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‘..jLerl fr«*Vf., lht i,,fo: " nCr ° f
j, ,h, rfiflo" of >b » «" m,k /
p ,„,ifion for the credvora of il>« P r -‘
lli'i «"••« fo «'i..b 'lie mooay >n ,
, ht trestorer*, hand.. ...» become «
lerfffarr pom' for ditooffion-ftmnld
U prov tom I.C tdop’ed. !. oagh' to
vtv Wf'i y und cau'-oufly guarded.
y„ .oVpofir order, hrrte .Irr.dy been
dr.wo on tire trer,f...er to ti c tmotirl : of
fl . two Ibouton.t (Wen bundred end
fifty nine do'lar. fi<rernand one third
non, ard 'here he. been retained by
the treifurer four hundred and d nety
oncdo’larn twenty one and two third
ce pi* for cxprnces 0 fafe kc-p ng.
Hiving in a former part of my mtf-
f l(?e , touched on the article of cotton,
1 beg perroffion to call vour attention
to the complainii* of foic : gn merchant,
i) to the d cep ion in the package of it
-To prefrtvc the cl araAer and repu
tation of that highly important ftaple,
it worthy of the moft monte attention,
ot the legiflatu-e of Georgia— That
(late, which at fit ft exdnfive’y brought
it into no;iceas an export of the Umted
State*, and which, fmm ita almoft uni
v fal encouragement of J a cul’ure fincc.
hidi fair to yield the United States a
larger fourcc of revenue, than any other
date in the union. An iufpcdioo law
wai p*fled iu 1796, tut repealed in
1797 ; whether it may he proper to
revive It, I leave* to your fuperior judg
ment. But it is known that a'moft all
of the valuable articles of export, from
the different Hales, are found to ftand
in need of infpedlons, and co'loo ia
certainly as valuable as any of then;— 1
Should this hafe praAice continue on* '
checked by fome guards, the mind of
the merchant will be filled with diftruft ;
the reputation of our cotton will dimi
n/h, and the lofs vill ultimately return
on onrfr Ives by a failure of price. Bui
this is not all, fuch infamous practices
tend to ftamp oo our charsAcr, as a ,
people, a total want of honor, juft ce
and morality ; which, I feel convinced,
yon will deem it your du ! y to p-cvent.
I beg leave again to call the attention
of the legiffature ro the ftale of the re
venue as ttfpeA* defaulting collegers,
and the falc of property for taxes io
feme of our frontier counties; the fums
due for raves in Frank'in, Camden,
Montgomery and fome other counties,
will ccver be fui.y recovered, while fales.
ire held withm their 1 mils for lands
If 1 diferetionary power was vrfted in
the t» eutivc by the tax aft, to order
fuch files an he m ght deem for the be
nrtif of the Hate, 10 be fold at cither of j
He principal cities or towns, fewer de*
fiulters would be found, and a very
fs id fome fura would rrph n (h the coffcra
? \‘ e from the amount due
by former co|l e aors.
Ibe (lie revenue, I with pleafurc in
°r!TJ you, has been abundantly fuffici
fo! ’ r ° BUlwer all the demands of go
.f nmeGt * T here have been warrants
a ' n ' or political year charge
M° the ciw.i cftabhfhmcnt of 1 709,
1 1 c amount of eight thoufaod one
,Uridrfd at,d twenty.five dollars five
\ to ; he amount of four thoufand
b- -lundrcd and ninety three dolla-i
fm^ CCI f 8 ’ cbar S tf * be ,0 the contingent
tho., r a °. 1799 '* to tbc amount of fix
. “Qd nine hundred and twenty two
-at , . f c h a;erab , e to fpec al appropri
* /99 » onc hundred and fifty
cb *'R'*bto 10 lpec',l ipnropri
[. ‘ °f '79* f *li'« hundred and Cfiy
««r c« «.«•., .0 fpeci.l
N fcven'!r°?i * ODC bundr€(J
that of 7 <°. V* c, * bt .V cents, to
! wo if-,!! OUr hundred and ninety
.7/ .*'*'? h,y “*«««- o T f
br « l«-»en De iUndrcd and feventy doj-
CCQ j*I- l ° *P ec '*l appropriation
, (ti ru Urrdr.d.od ien dol-
f «rd of ~r . ° 0 ' ' ent *' 10 couil gtot
«'cg, M '' ■ Ih ' <Jr»fn on the eon
,L " ’, haV ' bf " «» . larger
“•“* lU J wsold.
| f hi* i»*g fla*ure provided for printing the
jUvrg, for vrrkiog end engraving the
j Grrai Stal, for *he pay of the adjtrant
■ general, *nd retaining counlel in Phila
del phis, rtfpcA'rg writs of error, io
the adjudged cafes of our ronfifeation
tA, by the circuit court of the United
States, agrrra lv ro the requeft of thr
legifJa'ure, and fome other charges as
I ufual by Ipeciai »pp r opriatioq ; but thofe
j were totally overlooked in the appropri
j at;on law. Some of ti c officers of the
govrrr.ntief t, as the (alar’es were fi*ed
and derided in that a ti, fi r the political
j y °ar 1799* have thought that they were
entiilcd io a fu*l q iar.cr’s falary, for
that part cf the year, commencing on
the 7th ejay of OAcber, unt ; l the pre
fent meet og of the leg ffature. I did
not feel myfclf warranted to draw on
rhe treafury, for more than the portiou
of the quar cr*s faUrv for the lime, o:
which the officers sftually fttved, but
iubmil it to your decifion.
I onre rrmind you of an efehear
law, as a pr per fourcc of revenue. Au
office of that kind, in the hands of an
mdurtrious and tailhful ofilctr, will prove
I am cor.fi len', grratly produA ve At
any rate a trial can do no injury, ?§ it
can affcA none, but perfonS who have
got property id their hands, to. which
they have do aio'tl right or c!a m.
By the iaft tax and judiciary tAs,
there is no trx laid on 1 uit• at law.
Whether this was vn oaiilfion or the
intention of the Icgiiiturc, is unknown
o the executive—but he thinks it no
more than juft, hat the expcnccs of
that department, fhoufd he defrayed by
tbofp, who ocrafjoo its attendance and
decifion. A moderate tax 00 liccnfes
to pradice the law, ja is the cafe in fome
ftaus, would alfo affi.t, end could not
be comp ! a ccd of by the gcuilcmcn of
. the robe, wuu, no draw
l ample rcfcurcca from the putfci of their
clients.
No, 11. Are communication* from
he governments of Virginia, Maryland,
New-Haropfhire and Delaware, rcfptd
-1 ing fr»me propofed amendno-ors to the
cor.ftuutioß of the United S'ates » agree
i* b 'y to their rtqueft, they aie laid be
fore you for your dc iberai.oa.
By the bitflng of Piovidercc, we
have hitherto cfciprd the neccffiry of a
formsl war ; afrhough our commerce
has experienced the depredations, and !
our ci izeos and marineis, all the per
fccu.ions, infults and cruelties, inc dent
to a real war. This, although difavow
ed by the heftre governments, appears
to have been permitted by the immediate
olfucn and agents under their jurifd c
tion : and ic would lake a volume to
, # |
rclaic all the irjures, America has re
ceived from the Btilifh, as well as the
French nation—for the former, h' w~
| ever, there it no carufe. r l'o preftrve
peace wi.h that governuient, the Un tcd
S a:es forbete n pula s, at an cany ftsge
of the European ccnteft, when tbry
would have been warranted by every
law, human aid divine, and by their
juftice and clemency, occafiontd a dd
sgreement with au ally to whom they
were hound by the ftriAcft tics of for- j
mcr friendfh'p —But the United Stales
did not Hop here, when ihcy cou d bear
the attacks of Britaiu on their com
merce no longer, the oii«c branch was
frnt with the demand of reparation of
irjnri'S, to the court of London, and 1
a treaty was formed between Mo jay
and lord Orcuville, in my opinion every ;
way favorable to Britaiu, by which, as 1
one article ro ca ch the American favor,
reftitutiou was to have been m»dc, for
our citizens loffes, by Briofh fpoilations.
But it is now afferted, and fome cfficial
not ces fa net on it, that either to evade;
the rettuuiion of our captured p'operty,
or to operate as an (quivaienr or fe t off
for it, that immenfe claims of millions
have been fhowered in on our commiffi
oners j the d mauds of inveterate old
tones and traitors to the United Stales,
for loffes by the war wh ch they them'
Lives carried on ; and tor old debts,
which moft of thoL who rdided in the
i fouthern dates, aAualiy recovered dur*
| ing ihe time chofe ita e* were tn poff f*
fLa of ihc Bri;iih| or (00k property
fo druble the inscunf, hy force fr ra
•he planrarion* of tbc-r debtor* It 8
»lfo rumoured that the towuniffioncn
have broken up ; ihia, if true, places
our cit zt ns in the fame (ituation of
redrefi whirh thev were in, previous to
the treaty; whi ft the courts of the
United States arc ai'inahy open for
thole people, and Judgments have been
given in their fav.r in th s ftafe, for
property fo!d under theaonlifeation afts
of Geo rgia. Believe not, whi ft 1 Ly 1
this, that I have a wifh to glofa ov*r the
rooduX of the French nation—their
dcoredationa on us, havo hern cruelly
uiJ tift as reff-cXed a neutral na'ion, ai d
impolitic in the <*treme, as refpeXed
the connexions cuffing between the two
rcpub'ici— ih y have a'moft toiily cf
'rangtd the afVXioni of a peope, who
fought and conquered with them in the
revo ut'onary wai, and who were the
forerot (I to acknow ci’ge their republic i ]
and it will rot be until the au-ft eon
vmcmg proofs, arc gtvsn of integrity
towards us, that ihofc afftXiuns can
ever be rrgaiutd. We have to hepe,;
however, that thi.fe proof* wi ! be re
cetved by our national,gove» rmenU aa
a fvnous idea of amicable negociaton,
muft have been taterta ued by the Ften b
dircAory, fiom their advances to Mr.
Murray, our roinifler to the Batavian
republic, and the confeqnent nomination
of envoys to France, by our general
c*ecuiive. That peace may be the
fruit of negotiation with that nation,
and that we may (till be able to peferve
it with every other nation, ought to be
the prayer of every American We
want no foretga cor quefts— we w'di no
aggrandizement of toieigu territory —
our po'icy is, to hold a friendly corref
pondence with all nations, but to avoid
the contefta of any —to fell the furplus,
of what we raife, and to receive the I
lurplcs of other coiutrijs, which we!
may need. We have every thing to lofc,!
but nothing to gain, by war—puhl c 1
debt, dcvrftatioo, and human (laughter
are its never failing companions, and I
have yet lo learn, that either of
are public bldftngs : dill however,
(hould ncgoctation fail, and piracies on
our commerce continue, fhould our
government be fo irifKd with, and dif
refpeXed, and our American chsiaXcr i
be fo mfulted, that war cannot hr avoid
cd ; one only refoluuon is ncceffary for
our citizens, to be united and determi
ned, and to fubmit to thole evils as a
lelFcr injury, than the annihilation of
our e>iftance as a nation— And let the
be whom it may, to drive u« to
it, appealing to the Liv : ne Providence
which led our armies to v Xory in a
former ftruggle, we may again inert the
defiance of Fuioptao hefts, with a:
litKie apprehenfioa as we did during the
revolutionary war, and we may be as
certain of the f.mc fucecfs Let us,
however, whether in peace or war, watch
ever our excellent «ot;ft tut.oni of the
date aid union, and the republican
right which they f. verally contain with
a Lrupulous and vigilant eye, and thus
hand down to poftenty unimpaired,
ihofc invaiuabe buffings of freedom,
and independence, for whiCi our fathers
fought, and bled to fecure.
JAMES JACKdON.
State Houfti Louijv l/e,
Nov. 4, 1799.
LOUISVILLE,
November 12, 1799*
To the honorable the Irgiflalure o)
the jlatt 0)
Gentlemen,
UNDERSTANDING that
the office of Secretary of
(late is become vacant by the
resignation of eel. Milton ; ani
that a new appointment is about
to take place—l take tlm me
thod of announcing to your
honorable body, my intention
of being a candidate. My long
residence in this date, 1 tiuft
has made the members generally
acquainted with my perfon or
chara&er : I therefore mean not
to (elicit individually the votes
of any of the members; but
(hall conclude with the words
of one of the poets, although
differently applied :
Silence in hve betrays more wot
Than words iko eer so witty ;
B that is dumb you know.
Deserves a generous pity .
ANDREW BURNS.
November it,
IF has been repeatedly obferv
ed to the Subfcribcr, that
his political principles would
.operate againfl his more imme
diate inten d ; but furely this
cannot be the caufe of that (fu
nds obferved by fomc of his
former Cuftomers, whole ac
counts have (food unpaid a te
dious time. They cannot
he hopes be (o unjufl as to
contemplate a fcqueft ration by
way of pumfhment : if not,
they will immediately fettle iheir
refpeftive arrears, and prevent
that unplcafam lefort to which
he mull otherwile have rccourfe,
H is country friendswith whom
he has contiaftcd for cotton,
will perceive the above is not
I andrelled to them, Howcvef,
j he would be glad that they would
I lake advantage of the favorably
weaiher to hurry in their cotton,
as (aft as podible.
He has on hand ,
A considerable quantity of
SEASONABLE GOODS, Sc
continues to give Cafh for (eed
cotton, five dollars per hundred
allowed in payment of debts,
Z. LAMAR.
November 12,
the SUBSCRIBER
lias jujl received , in addition to
. his Jormer flock.
The following ARTICLES:
BR O A D Cloths and Bujf Cajfl
merrs
Ca/fimere Vejl Shapes
Ba h Coating
Dujftl Blankets , Rose ditto
Linen , Calicoes , Mujhns, Durants
Oznahurgs , Cotton Bagging
Flam and colored Cotton host
Velvetets and Thicksets
Royal Rihh , Writing Paper
Patent Medicine of all kinds
Gun Locks of the be/l quality
Lint sonted Pomatum
B'/t Black Ball
B'td.e Bits, Plated Spurs
Womens stirrup horn
: Haidwaie oj ad kinds
Pen Kn’ves t Saddle Tacks
Cotton Cards , No, 10
Pibbons , Scijflors
Ladies Hair Combs
Sewing Silk all color?
Pocket Handkerchiefs
Girt Webbing
7 himbles, with feel h Atoms
Neck Laces ,
Brjl White Chapel Needles
Razors in cases,
M \NUS LEMLf.
November 12.