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B1FVANNE9S, BETHUNB *r«UNE.
COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1832. ,
FIFTH VOLUME—NUMBliR 32.
THE EM1HRER
IS PUBLISHED WEt'.KLYS
A T three dollars per annum, payuble^in ad
vance: or four dollars if not paid for befoie
the end of the year.
Advertisements will be inserted at the rates of*
8mcntpfive tents per hundred words for the fast
insertion, and fifty cento for each week’s continu
ance. In all advertisements, the words that do
not amount to an even hundred* will be consid
ered as ad hundred, end charged as such. When
the number of insertions of an advertisement is
• not specified, it will be continued until forbid,
and charged accordingly.
Sheriffs’ and other Officers’ advertisements in
serted at customary rates. *
Letters to the Editors on hnsiness must be post*
jflid; and in all casos whore It is not dono, the
postage will be charged to the >vriter.
Sates of Land, by Administrators, Executors or
Guardians, are' required hy law to be held on the
first Tuesday in the month, between the hotirs of
ten in the foreuoon and three in the afternoon, at
the court-house in the county in which the prop
eity is situate. Notice of these are to be given m
a public gazette Sixty days previous to the day
or sale.
Sales of Negroes most bo at public auction, on
the first Tuesday of the month, betweeu the usu
al hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the
County where the Letters Testamentary, of Ad
ministration or Guardianship, may have been
"grunted, first giving Sixty Days' notice thereof,
jn one of the public gazettes of this stale, and ut
the door of the court-house whore such sales are
to be held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must j
be given in like manner for Forty Days previous ‘
to iho day of sale.
Notice to the debtors and creditors of un Estate
mast bo published Forty Days.
Notice that application will bo mride to the
pourl of Ordiuary for Leave to sell Land, must be
ublished Four Months.
t Notice for Leave to sell Negroes must be pub-
lulled for Four Months. before any order absolute
shall be made thereon by the Court.
Copartnership Notice.
T HE subscriber has taken ioto Copartner
ship Mr. James H. Mitchell, of Boston,
and will in future conduct his business under the
fpto of
NORTON & MITCHELL.
I I)c therefore earnestly requests all who are in
debted to him to make immediate puyment.
CHARLES E NORTON.
Norton He Mitchell
H AVE ju*t. received at Apalar Nicola. by the
brigs IFMango Cora, Columbus and .Ma
tilda, from N*w York, und by the schooner, North
Carolina, fropi Boston, a very extensive assort
ment of Domestic Goods and Groceries; all of
which they offer on the most favorable torms:-^-
Among them are
167 bates Plaids, Checks and Stripes,
75 do. Shootings and Shirtings,
42 cases Boots and Shoes,
23 do. Beaver fiats,
13 do. Wool do.
^00 barrels New England Rum,
3ft do. American Rye Gin,
50 do. do. Ilruudy.
50 do. Good Cider,
50 do. do. do. Vihepar,
30 pipes Trench Brandy, different bounds,
3 do. ‘Holland Gin,
2 do. Jamaica Rum,
4 do. Si. Croix do.
2 do. Windward IslandTluiift,
3 half pipes old L. J\ Madeira Wine,
12 do. do. £ icily do.
30 casks l>ry Malaga do.
•P) do. Sweet do. do.
1 pipe superior Noyon,
73 cttt:cs Sunlern und Museht Winr,
43 do. French Cordinls,
30 baskets Champiiigne Wiuc,
f*0 d» longcoikClurct
200 bags Havannuund Si. Domingo CofLVes
3D do. Spices,
JO do. Brasil Nuts, ..
7 do. Soft Shell Almonds,
0 do. Filberts,
15 casks American Clieojjp,
13 boxes Ecg Pine Apple do.
To barrels Iit?Ii PotaCoes,
30 do. Oikoiih,
76 do. Prime and Moss Pork, inspected*
20 do. Mackerel, (October brand,)
150 casks Thomasion l.ip>c,
iiOO do assorted Nails,
.300 coils Bale Rope, 4
50 do. ussorted sizes Manilla Rope,
2ft crates assorted Crockery,
30 baskets Sweet Oil,
2ft doz Castor do.
20 barrels Glauber and Epsom Subs,
SO,Ql)0 best Havanna Cigars;
THEY HAVE ALSO IN’ STORE,
300 barrels Whiskey,
120 pieces Kentucky Bagging,
$JlM) coils Western Repo,
40 barrels Sperm, and Linseed Oil,
IQ tons assorted Swedes and Russia Iron,
100 kegs White Lead ground iu Oil,
100 do. Verdigris,
300 bags Shot,
2,000 pounds Bar L($id,^<<*
300 reams Wrapping Fhjur.
An assortment of Blank Books.
Besides a great variety of other goods neo?ssa-
fy for country stores. And to induce Iho Mer
chants of the interior to confine their purclmses
tt» Apalachicola, they are determined to Hell aw
tew as can be purchased in New Orleans
CHARLES E. NORTON.
JAMES H. MITCHELL.
Apalachicola, Nov. 1332-—3C—tf
O. W. DILLDtGHAM
H AS.r*«cived und is now receiving innd-
ditiOn,fcijil" former stock of goods, a full
supply orDry.tJoode and Groceries: consisting
in part of
Blue, Black and Fancy Cloths,
Satinets, red and white Flannels,
0Q bales brown Shirtings und Sheeting,
.20 “ blenched “ “
6 “ ,t)ulTil Ulankcts,
3 “ point do.
“ rose do.
25 11 l’lnids and Striped Domestics,
50 pieces Irish Lintm,
200 “■ .Calicoes of various patterns,
Silk aud Cotton Ilnndkerchiois, *
Italian and Lustring Silk,
Ready-made Clothing, -
Saddles, Bridles, Mnrliuguies, and
Cat pet mid Fort Bags,
• .tjaggmg and Bale Rope,
60dtkds. St. Croix and N.O. Sugar,
200 hols. New Oi loans Molasses,
VOO “ M. O. Whiskey,
50 “ Northern Gin,
3 casks Madeira Wine,
*' 6 “ Sweet do>
10 bhis. Cogniac Brandy,
IO “ Jamaica Runt,
5 “ St. Croix do.
100 “ Canal Flour,
Bar Iron of all sizes,
Vemtiau Blinds, *
Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs,
Drugs and Medicines,
Castings and Blacksmith Tools,
Guns, Pistols and Dirks.
All of which he offers on his usual
good icrms.
Columbus, Nov. 10—26—tf
THE~
WARE-HOUSE
Columbus Booh Store.
SIGN OF THE BIBLE.
T ill, Subscriber has just received, per
Steamer Baltimore, the following valuable
Works, being a complete Children's Library:
PETER PARLEY’S TALES
about the ana, lnOoa and atari,
ChildVBotanv,
Tales about Africa,
» “ Asia,
** " Islamii in the Poe ok,
“ ■* the Ocean.
Travels west of the Missieaippi,
“ in Central Africa,
in die ^iorih of Europe,
Fir*: Book of History,
life of Christopher Columbus,
GEOvtGE WASHINGTON,
History of Ancient and Modern Greece,
Metliod of telling about Ueography,
Together with a full and general assortment of
Stationary, and Moynaro & Noyes’ celebrated
INK-
AND
Commission Business.
'VIJLnLL be continued by the subscribers uu*
▼ w derthe firm of S. K Hodges A t*p. whq.
while they feel grateful Ibr former favors will en
deavour to deserve a continuance of them.
SEABORN JONES,
SAMUEL M HODGES,
On Consignment-^ And will be sold on uccmmo-
dating terms:
GROCERIES.
GB bbls. N. Orleans and Florida Stigar,
OW*r2f)hhda.do do.
300 Coffee,
250 sacks Liverpool ground aud blown Saif,
“ ullutfi and liomany do.
1,00!) lbs Hastings, pots, ovens, ondir«nd, &c.
12 qr. cu.d;s Lisbon Wine.
ronor in Domes; hitler in do.; Axos;
; Tea; Loaf rfuaar; VVhite Huvanua do.;
75 pieces Kentucky Bagging;
40 “ Inverness do.;
50 coils Bale Rope; Bagging Ttiine;
15,000 lbs. Bacon; 40 kegs Lard;
40 bills. Flour; 10 bids. Salts;
300 bbls. N.O.and Florida MoinesanclSyrup
300 hhds. West India Molasses;
10 Mils. Pickled Pork, meat: aad prime;
Mackerel, No. 2;
Uardwuro, Cutlery, &c. •
50,010 Sugars, vurioqs quit lilies:
Truce Chains: Wrought Nails; Brads*
00 hogs Nails, 4d to 20d
DRY-GOODS.
40 piecoB Linen, various qualities;
rt »* Linen Drilling,
White und Red Flannel; Blue Plains;
Checks; Striped Domesticks;
Silks; Sewing Milk; Spool (’niton;
Calicoes Cotton aud Wool Cards;
Musquilo Netting;
Writing and letter Paper;
JIat& Leghorn Bounds; Boot. 1 : it Elions.
FURNITURE
1 Secretary und Book-Case;
2 Bureaus;
1 Ladies* Workstand;
1 Portable Desk.
July 10—9—tf _
WARB-SOwfSE
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
T VIlisubscr*bers havIog engaged in the above
. business,respectfully tender tiicir services to
their friends and the public, in the sUyage.sale and
shipment of Cotton and other produce, and receiv
ing and forwarding merchandise They are build
ing and will have ready for the reception ofCottou
by the commencement of the enduing fall, a large
nevv Wafe-House, situated on Randolph street,
which w constructed on the most approved plan,
perfectly.convenient to the hnsiness part of the
town; and being comparatively-remote from other
buiblmgrt, is lunujurubly nxcrupl from danger by
fire. Trusting they shall have it in their power
to do ample juKtice r to those who may bo pleaded
to favor them with their business, and to extend to
them the most liberal accommodation and advan
ces on Colton, they fluttei themselves that they
wilt be enabled to give general satisfaction, and
earnestly solicit a patronage and friendly support.
MORRIS. EVANS & Co.
Columbus. An? f—12—tf
A-few copies of the Memoirs of the Life of the
Duchess D’Abmntes, (Madam Jauot.) and the
t .ffe of Stephen IM W *
O NThnrsdny, tin'17th January, 1833, will
he fold to clone aeverul cuiisignmeuls,
•W bids Florida Sugar,
2 hhds Mdtanzas do.
30 4 West India MoUssjs,
50 bbls Syrup,
Domestic Calicoes, Hats, Boots, Shoes, Cutle
ry* Segars, and various other articles
Terms. Under §100 cdwli, above that sum six
ty days approved bankable paper.
S. K. HODGES & Co. Auet'rs.
Dec. 22 31 tf
J. S. SMITH & Co
NEXT DOOR TO THE COLUMBUS BANK,
Have received a handsome assortment of
STJMMSE. CLOTHING,
CONSISTING OF ••
Black Bombazine CO ATX and COATEES,
Do. Circassian do do
Brown und Green Merino Circassian do
C.rsinett Frock and Dress do
Black lasting do. do. <lo
ROUND JACKETS.
Black Bombazine Round Jackets,
Brown Liuen and Cotton do - ,
Do. Striped do.
VESTS.
White and figured Marsafllos Vcnt.s
Do. do. Valencia do
Plain do. Silk do
Do. do. Velvet do
Do. do. swansdown do t .
PANTALOONS.
Black Bombazine and Lusting Punta|oju? (
Do. Circassian do
Brown and black Brochillas \do
While and brown Linen Drilling, do
Do. Cotton do
Drab Merino Casimere Pants,
Do. Roan do. do
Cord and Russia Duck do
Fustian do
Linen Shirts with Rofiles,
White do.
Brown do.
Linen anil Cotton Draws,
Negro (Nothing
All of which they offer for ante fit tew prices.
Columbus, April 14—48—tf
PROCLAMATION.
% Andrew Jackson Prcstdtnl'of the (J.
States.
Wlitroas it Convention assembled in
the Suite of Soutli Carolina liave passed
an Ordinance, by which they declare
'Tliut the spvcrnl nets and parts of acts
ol the Conarcss of the United States,
Warranted fresh and Genuine
GARDEN NEEDS,
R aised by the Shaker Socioly, En
field, Ct. For sale by Goo. W.pil-
lingham Columbus Ga.
White Onion, Yellow Onion, RtW On
ion, Early Turnip Ueet, Orange Turnip
do. Blood do. French Sugar do. Mangel
•Wursul do. Scarlet Carrot, (very fine,) .1, k . c .1 V' 7
Orange do. Blood do. One. usov Parsnip 1 R" n « .' J bo f vs ,, ! e °'
u, 8 Vhi , «d,. % aim tgmrn,!
r “» N«;-= i-‘v {for it"Z S
( antelope do Grdbn Cttron do Dutch | 0 ’' |hel4 , h , Ju|
Summer Squhsh, Crookneck_ Summer do. , r8 t „ lnu( | )orlzed by tl|e
tutiun of tho United States, and violate
the true: mruuing and intent thereof, and
ate null und void, und no law,’ nor binding
oti the citizens of that State or its officers,
and by the said Ordinance it is further de
clared to he unlaw ful for any of the con-
slitiited authorities of the State, or of the
United States, to enforce the payment of
tho duties imposed by the said acts within
the santo State, and that it is the duty of
the Legislature to pass such laws n» may
J Cioorkdeck Winter do. Mammoth do.
Striped Cushaw do. White do. do. Impe-
i rial'Sugdr Loaf Lettuce, White fiend do.
; Fie Head do. Ice Coss do. Cabbage
i Head do„ Scarlut Short Top Radish, S il-
j nion do. Scarlet do. .Scarlet Turnip do.
Etu Iv Sugar Loaf Cabbage, Drum Head
1 tlo. Earlv York do. Greeli Savoy do.
' Yellow Savoy dii Green Glaccd do. Tur-
] nip Rooted do. Red Dutch do. Cow do.
Sod Kale, Early Spring Plat Turnip,
Norfolk Elat do. Long Hanover do. It
esvorrvir®.
riVlE Subpcribcra buve just received and of-
B. fef for dulo, upon accommodating terms, the
following articles:
4 /kiAiA bushels ground Alum 8ah,
20,00U lbs. Swedes Iroa,
3,UUt> lbs. Oast 8teul,
1,01)0 lbs. German do
1,000 lbs. £hcet Iron,
500 Russia Hhect Iroa
1,000 Hoop Iron,
20ft bbls. New Orleans SugaV,
8 buds. 8t- Croix do.
150 bags Green Coffee,
10 bags Java do
40 bbls. Lest Flour,
50 boxos Soap,
24 doz. Lemon Syrup,
6 doz. Wiue Bitters,
400 lbs. soil shelled Almond^
30 keg* Dupont's Powder,
20 kegH common do.
25(1 kegs Nails, assorted sizes,
120 bids. Molasses,
8 bbls. Louf.Sugar,
4ft boxes Sperm Candles,
20 bids Mackerel,
350 pieces best Kentucky Ragging,
125 coils Rope,
£0,000 Him. DdUUU. ‘ *
Together w : th divers other aitides,consti
tuting a full assortment of Grocerios
SMITH & AlORGAjV.
■ Mpy 3-rtf—r.i,
GENERAL FACTORAGE
nV5ga,rlo White I latdu.CouliffiVwer, Sage, i l oXr C c- y ^ |U " ^ '° " W
Squad, Pepper, Cayenne do. DouhlePep. , A J w| ,; , lheM sd Ordinance it
pergrass, Vege.al' C Oys.c, Scorzonern, is furl|tef 0fdained ;, ha(> in Il0 ca|e of , aw
rinraloea. Solid Celof£, Sutnmcr 0 , equity', decided in the courts of said
ry, Dwarf t u,fed Patslcn Curled i State, whereiu ahull be drawn in question
New 2enlnhdjpmage Rdhml Spitu^e, thn V|1 | i(ijt ufl|)u faid Ordinance, or of
Long Wliitp Okra, Short Greet! do. As-
paragus, Nnsturtion, Roquelte, (a fine
sullud,) Chervil, (for eallail,) Gurden
tite acts of tho Legislature that mhy hi
passed tr> give it effect, or of the said laws
ofihe'U. States, no uppoal shall lie ol-
Cress Endive, (,’. 1 green.a.) English Sbr- low()d , 0 \ |l{! S u,V..: n ,o Court of .ho Uni-
re!, White Mustard, Brown do. Leaks, s . aIM _
Early Sugar Corn, Eatly Washington
Peas, Early Juno do. Early Charlton, do.
White Marrowfat do. Stiawbofry Dwarf
do. Dwarf 'Blue Imperial do. Early China
Dtvarf Beans, Early Mohawk Dwarf do.
White Kidney Dwarf Jo. Supe'rior White
Pole do. Red Cramberry Pole do. Vari
egated Cramhcrry Pole Beaus,Lima Pole
do.
At.SO, Jt'ST BKCEIVED TI1E FOLLOWlNO
HER BN.
Sage, Buyal, Elder Flowers, Hemlock.
Tansey, double, .Jlardhack, Peppermint,
Spearmint, MullenvAVormwood, Lobelia,
Summer savory, Pennyroyal, Morher-
worl, Catnip, ltnlin, Uva Ursi, Princes
Pine. Dec. 1. 1832.
Ready Made Clothing
At cost for cash.
J UST received en consignment a large asson-
men', offresh ready made clothing.
SHORTER, TARVER * Co.
Deo, 7
COMMISSION BUSINESS
1 11 IfE subscribers having farmed a connection
L for the transaction of a general Factorage
& Commission Busiuess—in the City of Charles
toil—under the firm of
MALONE COHEN & CO.
offer their services to their friends and the public,
aud will be prepared to make the usu.nl advuncc.-
on Notion and other produce consigned rp their
care. They will also pay particular attention to
receiving und forwarding of Goods,, aud respect
fully solicit ashore of public patronage!
ROBEIIT MALONE.
HORACE SISTARE.
AARON COMEN.
Malone fc 8istakk continue their business in
£avuunah as usual,
rf 27—23—fit
MONEY LOTTERY.
T HE Drawing ofthe MILLEDGF1TLLE
LOTTERY, hag been received und may
be sebu by calling ut the store of the Agent.
f$ 10.00©—$5,000.
On the 2 ( Jd of the present month the above
splendid Prizes, together with a great variety of
others will be drawn. A few undrawn TiclroUr
remain on hand.
Wholes, $10 Halves $5—Quarters $2,50
E. ii. 1 NORTON, Agunt for the
Managers.
Columbus, Doc, 14—3i*-It
WAREHOUSE
AND
sWractb busiotess.
^BT^HE Subscribers muke a lender of their ser-
8. viecsto their friends and the public in the
above business -They huve in progress on exteu-
sive Ware-House and Close Store, which will be - - .
ready for the reception of produce aud mereban-1 u general assortment ol
dise by the first September next, situated in O- CROCE
NEGRO CLOTHING HATS
AND SXZOES.
J UST rccived,
1(10 Suits Pushup,
r.0 do Hsngtip Cord.
200 pirir Course Shoes,
20 do/.. Wuul Hats.
—ALSO—
A genera! mwortnicnt .if gentlemens wear,
CoaU, ihintaloons und vests. All of which we
offer very low.
HUDSON & FELTON.
Dor. 22—31—tf ■
NEW GOODS.
L. J. DAVIES .y Co.
WTAVEiust received an elegant ussortmepi
iiL of FANCY AND STAPLE
DRY GOOl)^
Which wilibe sold cheap for cash or approved
credit. Columbus Oct. 27—24 tf •
WW. r. MAZONE,
H AS taxon Uie store next door to Snvlth &.
Morgan, second from L. J Davies <St Co.
coruor of Biuad and Randolph streets, where he
lias just received (eight duys from New Oilcans)
glethorpp stroct cast of and near to the Insurance
Bank. The convenience arising from its imme
diate neighborhood to that part of the town in
which the principal pait of the cotton tviil be
sold, renders it a desirable place for the planters
to deposit their produce. They will feel grateful
for any consignment or orders with which they
may bn favored, SAsuring tbeir friends that then
unremitted attention will be exerted to promote
their interest. They will be prepared to make
liberal advances on cotion and other produce and
merchandise when required.
WM. H //ARPF.R,
FF.L1X LEW id.
Columbus, A ?. 11—-13—tf
New Goods, Netc Goods.
FB1IIF, Snl'scribers are now receiving from
JL New York and New Orleans a large nnd
general assortment of Fall and Jf inter Goode,
comprising every article usually kept in their line
which isofffcredjOnthe most accommodating terms
for cash or good paper our customers and purcha
sers generally are pariicularly invited to give us
a call, as we arc determined to sell bargain*.
HUDSON'& FELTON.
Dec. 14 31 tf
MILL. IRONS.
AND
Dutch Bolting Cloths,
J UST received, by
GEO. W. DILI.1MIGAM.
Nov 24—28—5t
PARTRIDGE NETS.
T HE subscriber bason hand u small lot of
Twine well calculated for the Manufacture
of Partridge Nets. E. S. NORTON.
Dec. 22—31—tf
Ton .Swedes Iron, assorted, also,
English German and Blistered Steel.
JU8T Ill'CRIVGD AND FOR SALE »Y
SHORTER, TARVER ft Co.
1 D«. 8-30-Hf
GROCERIES.
100 bbls Sugar,
50 bags Coffee,
300 sucks Suit,
100 pieces cotton Bugging,
50 coils Rope,
50 b’d*. Whiskey,
20 do- Northern Gife
20 do. P. Rum,
50 do. Molasses,
do. old Monongahala Whiskey,
1 pipe Cognise Brandy,
3 do. Holland (sin,
30 bbls. Mackerel, No. 3,
JO do. do. No. 1.
20- do. superfine Fleux
75 tusks Nails,
12,000 lbs. Bacon,
Teneriffo Wine,
Malagu do.
Muscat do.
Claret do. 4
Cordials, Lemon Syrup,
Jluisins, Soup. loaf Sugar,
Rice, sperm Caudles, Tobacco.
With many ether articles in his line, which will
be sold on accommodating terms.
Columbus. June 9—4—-if
POWERS & KTAFEW
A RE now opening, direct from New York
their usual supply of FALL and WIN'TEll
GOODS.
Anivnfi whKOi nro BLUE, llt.ACK. lilt OWN
ami tXVltUBLi; QUEENCLOT|INS
Satinets, Flannels, Unseys,
Negro Cloths, Blankets, Cali
coes, Hosiery, Sfc.
READY7JJADE CLOTHING
Shoes of truer 1/ description,
. HATS. SAPS, feC.
a».«okor Jit—24—tf
ted Suites, nor shall any copy ol the re
cord he pci milled or aliotVed for thtit pur
pose; and that unv person attempting to
take such appeal shall be punished as for
a contempt of court:
Aud, finally, the said Ordinance do*
dares that tho people of South Carolina
will maintain the said Ordinance at every
hnzaio, and that they will consider the
passage of any act by Congress abolishing
or closing the puna of the said State, or
otherwise obstructing the free ingress or
egress of vessels to and from the said ports,
or any other act of tho Federal .Govern
ment tu coerie the Slate, shut op her polls,
destroy or namiK, her commerce, or to en
force the said acts otherwise than through
civil tribunals of the country, us inconsis
tent with the longer continuance of South
Cnrcliiia in the Union; and that the peo
ple of the said Stu'O-will thenceforth hold
themscives absolved from ail fhrther obli
gation to maintain nr proservo their polit
ical connexion with the people of tho oth
er Status, aud will forthwith proceed to
organize a separate Government, and do
all other acts and things which sovereign
and independent States may of right do.
And whereas the said. Ordinance pre
scribes to the peopio of South Carolina a
course of conduct, in direct violation of
theii duly as citizens of the United Stules,
contrary to the laws of their country, sub
versive of its constitution? and liavmg for
its object the destruction of the Union,—
that Union, which coeval with our politi- j
cal existence, led our fathers, without any
other lies infinite them than those of pat-!
liolism and a common cause, through a !
sanguinary struggle to a glorious indepen- j
deuce—that sacred Union, hitherto itivio-j
Into, which perfected hy our happy Con - ]
stitution, has bro't us, by the favor ofj
Heaven, to a stato of prosperity ut home, I
aud high consideration abroad, rarely if
over, equalled in the history of uations.—
To preservo this bond of our political ex
istence from destruction, to maintain invio
late this state of national honor and pros
perity, and to justify the confidence my
fellow-citizens have reposed in inc. I,
Anmirw Jackson, President of the Uni
ted Slates, huve tlio’t proper to issu j this
my PROCLAMATION, stating my
views of the Constitution and laws appli
cable to the measures adoptod by the
Coiiveuiiooof South Carolina, and to the
reasons they have put .forth to sustain
them, declaring tho course which duty
will require nte to pursue, and appealing
to the understanding and patriotism oftha
peopio, warn them of the consequences
that must inevitably result from an obser
vance of the dictates of the Convention.
. Strict duty would require of me noth,
ing mure than the exercises of those powr-
ers with which 1 am now, or may here
after he invested, for preserving the pvace
of the Union, nnd for the execution of
the laws. But the imposing aspect which
opposition has assumed in this case, hy
clothing itself with Slate authority, and
the deep interest which the peopio of the
United States must all feel in preventing
a resort to stronger measures, while tiioro
is a hbpc that any thing will he yielded to
reasoning aud tenionstrance, perhaps de
mand, nnd will certainly justify a full ex
position to S. Carolina and the nation, of
the views I entertain of this important
question, ns well as a distinct enunciation
of the course which my sense of duty will
require me to pursue.
The ordinance is founded, net on thi«
indefensible right of resisting acts which
are plainly unconstitutional, and too op
pressive to he endured; hut on the strango
position that%nv one State may not only
declare an act of Congress void, but pro
hibit its execution—-that they may do
this consistently with the Constitution—
that the true construction of that inxtru
meat permits a State to retain ita place iu
the Union, and yet ho bound by no oth-
or of its laws than thoso it may chose to
consider as Unconstitutional, jft is true,
they add, that to justify this abrogation
of a law, i» must be palpably contrary to
the constitution; but it is evident, that to
give the right of resisting laws of that
description, coupled with the uncontrol
led right to decide what lawt de&rve
that character, is to give tho (tower’bf 1 re
sisting all laws; for, ns hv the theoty,
theie is uompeiil, the reasons alleged by
(lie State, good or bad, must prevail. If
it should be said that public opinion is a
sufficient check against tlw abuse’ of this
power, it may be asked, why it is not
deemed a sufficient guard against thepas.
sage of an UDCousiitutlbnal' act by Con
gress. There «, however, a restraint
in this lust case, which makes tht: essoin
ed power of a State more ir.dcfhnsiblo
nnd whicji does not exist in tho'ether.—-
There are two appeals from an unconsti
tutional act,.passed by Coligres*— btii to
the Judiciary, tills other to the pebj/le aad
the Stales. There islno appeal Trhin'dhe
State decision io theory, anil the prtleffcal
illustration shows that iho churrif' u hro
closed agaihst an application to rcvfetd
it, both judges and jtirors bring sworn to
decide in its favor. But reasoning on
this subject' is superfluous, when our so
cial compact, in express terms, declares
that the laws of tho Uuited SlHtds, its
Constitution, nnd treaties Inade under it,
are the supreme law of the bind—.Und for
greater caution adds,; “ that the judges in
every State ahslldm bound thereby, any
thing in the Const,union or laws ol anv
State, to the contrary notwithstanding.'’
And it may he asserted without fear of
refutation, ihnt no Federative Govern
ment could exist without a similar provi
sion. Look fur a moment to the conse
quence. If South Carolina considers tho
revenue Inws unconstitutional, and has a
rigid to prevent their execution in the
port of Charleston, there would be a
elonr constitutional objection to their col
lection iu every other port, and no rove,
nuc could be Collected any where; for all
imj)0«ts must be equal. It is no answer
to repeat, that un unconstitutional law is
no law, so lung as the question of its le
gality is to he decided by thp State itself,
for every Jaw operating imperiously upon
atly local interest, Will be perhaps thought,
and certainly represented, ns unconstitu
tional, and, as has been shewn, there is no
appeal,
In our.colonial stale, although defen
dant on.another powcf, wo very early
considered ourselves as connected hv
common interest with each otlior.—
Leagues were formed for common de
fence, and before the declaration of
independence <v0 were known in hur
aggregate character as the united colonies
of America! That decisive and important
step was tuken jointly. We declared
ourselves u nation by a joint, not by
several acts; and when the term*'of our
confederation were reduced to form, it
was id that of a solemn league of sever.il
states, by which (hey agreed that they
would collectively form one nation; for
the purpose of conducting sonic certain
domestic concerns and all foreign relations.
In the instrument formula that union is
found ana tide which doclitreshhai every.
State shall abide by the determination of
Congress on all questions, which by that
confederation should be .submitted' to
them.
Under the confederation, then, no stato
could legally annul a decision of tho
Congress, or refuse to submit to its exe
cution; but no provision was made to en.
force these decisions. Congress made
requisitions, but they were not complied
with. The Government could not ope
rate on individuals. They had no judi
ciary; no means of collecting'revenue.
But the delects of the confederation
need not be detailed. Under its opera
tion we could scarcely be culled a nation.
We had neither prosperity at homo ner
consideration abroad. This state of things
could not be endured, und our present
happy Constitution was formed, bill form
ed in vain, if this fatal ddctriim prevails.
It was formed for important objects, that
nro announced in tho preamble made ia
the liume and by the authority of the peo
ple of the United States, whose delegate! '
framed and whose conventions approved
it. The most important among the'to
objects, that which is placed first in rank,
or. which all the others rest, Is, "fs/tnyi
a more perfect miion.” Now it it pussi-
bio shat even if lltete is no express nrstfi-
sion giving supremacy to t|m constitflbn
and laws of the Uuited States ever thoso
of the states—can it be conceived, that an
instrument made for the purpose of “/ar
ming a more perfect Union” than that of
the confederation, should be so constructed
hy the assembler) wisdom of our country ue
to substitute for that Confederation a form
of Government, dependent for its exis
tence en the local interests, tho party
spirit of a stale, or of a prevailing fuctioo
in a state f Every man of plaiu, unso
phisticated understanding, who hears (be
question, will give such ail aaswer as Will
preserve the Union. Metaphysical sub
tlety in pursuit of an impracticable theory^
could alone have d-vite.l one that is csl-
tulnted to destroy it.
I consider then the power to annul a
law of the United Stu'rs, 1 'assumed bv one
state, iNcoMPATtSLE wrru tub ntavENCv
