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THE rOIiSTITrTiOXAEIXT. I'i n\* ofirii' # BV&rcE. |j. • S T TERMS —For the •cmi-weckly paper, pnbliMied rvcrjr Tuesday and Fridny morning, £5 per ani.um. ' and for the weekly <s3, all payable in advance, r T ADVERTISEMENTS arc inserted weekly for C2<‘‘ 1-2 cent* per “quart; ncini-wcckly62 1-2 cent:- f>r the ,* first, aivt 43 3-4 cent* for each pnV-equent in-erri »n, . and monthly fur Sl, 00 per square fur each inirriMi. ) For yearly advertisements private arrangem* sts arc j to he made. A deduction is made on tlie ad> crti-*c- j merits ufpublic officer o . ji^ J" Postage must be paid on letters of business. 1 1 - ' 1 6 OCI.ETIIOKPE MEETING. Friday, 3d of August. Tho citizens of the county, and many distill- jj, pushed visiters, numbering altogether, upwards V one ih msand, convened, to take into consi deration, tlie burdens imposed on the South, l>y ;j, he Tariff, and to determine on the mode antid measure of redress, proper to he adopted. The company assembled in the Cottrt-ITott.se, j were organized, l>y railing Joint Moore, | Jssq. to the Chair, ami apj*ointing Benjamin F. Hardeman, and Win. McKinley, Esq’rs, Secre tary s. The crowd wiu so great, that compar latively few could he seated : and having nonii nated Joseph 11 . Lumpkin, John M. Berrien,■ George 11. Noting, Augustin ( lay ton, Htu-j well Pope, Seaborn Jones, Isaac Collier, Thos. J'. Foster, and John Billups, to collect public .sentiment, and prepare and report, at 3 o clock,! I*. M. Resolutions in conformity thcrowi h.—, The meeting then adjourned to the Grove, a- j round the Female Academy, win rc a sumptuous dinner was provided by a lew generous citizens. John Moore, Esq. presided at the table, sup ported by Col. John Ranks, Maj. Isaac I oilier, Gen. Burwell Pope, Robert Freeman, Au gustus Alden, Esq. Maj. Joseph I. M«»oro, Capt.! Richard T. Hanlon, John Gilmer, Esq. Capt. Fohn Townsend, an i IMwurd Co\e, Esq. as Vice-Presidents. The cloth being removed, tire allowing sentiment was offered by the Commit » of Arrangements : Oar Senators and Representatives in Con- 1 press : Thoir efforts against the miscalled “ A-1 Tnerican System,” though utterly unavailing,) have obtained for them the highest reward of• •virtuous ambition —the gratitude of their con-j ! Col. Thomas F. Foster, in behalf of and colleagues, responded in an animated ad-! dres,i of half an hour’s length. He expressed) it, as his settled belief, that all hope of relief) from tho majority in Congress, was shut out fur-; over—vindicated his colleagues, who voted for! the Tariff act of the late session, from the! charge of having sanctioned, by their conduct, the principle of the protective system; and! concluded, by olfering, The patriotic citizens of Oglethorpe county — The first to propose a systematic opposition to' the Tariff: mat the cull which they have made meet n cordial response from our fellow-citizens throughout the state, and enlist the firm, united, and determined co-operation, of the whole peo pie of the south. By direction of the citizens of Lexington, who originated the meeting— The lion. John Forsyth and Judge Wavnc— W e are informed they voted with a Protest indo, ' a fact unknown to us on the 21st ultimo. —ls ; they are for resistance to the Tariff, we arc for them ; if not, we are as wc were. By the Committee of Arrangements. The. Hon. Augustin S. Clayton : He spoke not F«*r | the cars of an interested majority in Congress— | for that were, indeed, fruitless ; but for his anx-i ions and suffering constituents at homo. They) have heard his voice, and he was not mistaken I yi the response of their deep and hearty—-4- mcn. Judge Clayton arose, after the loud and con. tinned cheering had subsided, and replied to this), marked expression of approbation, in his most 1 felicitous manner. Ho concurred in tho opin-j ion expressed by the first speaker, that the last , glimmering of hope from our avaricious oppres sors, was extinguished —detailed many striking incidents, which occurred in the progress of the Bill, th rough the two branches of Congress, to;! sustain him in the conclusion to which he had arrived ; and for one hour, he alternately dc ligh’ed and inflamed the awdicnce, by tho most biting sarcasms and bitter denunciations, le velled against the American system, and its reck less and unprincipled advocates and bencficia ries, and concluded by offering the following sentiment : Self-Rcdrcss : The only remaining remedy for the oppressions of tho South. He that has a heart to feel, a head to frame, and an arm to defend, “ now’s the day and now’s the hour,” to strike for liberty ! By the Committee of Arrangements. The Hon. John M. Berrien—Asa Senator in Con gress, he ennobled the Protest of his state, by the eloquence which accompanied its presenta rion. As the author of the Free Trade Ad dress, and a member of the Committee to wait) upon Congress, he has rendered a cheerful, tho’l unavailing service, at the call of his fellow.ci tizens of Georgia. A zeal, thus signalized in their service, knows no abatement, while their oppressions remain. Judge Berrien arose, amid the enthusiastic •cheering, and in a manner, altogether his own, acknowledged with much feeling, the honor in-, tended him : gave a succinct history of the se veral Tariff laws—showing, that what was ori- i ginally supplicated, in ISlti, ns a boon, was de manded, in 1928, as a right, and proclaimed in t 1932, as the settled and permanent policy of the ( country. He inculcated the importance of bar- i jpmony among those groaning under the com- • rnon grievance, and with the bold and manly] ( spirit of a Henry, he hurled defiance at our op- ; pressors, and demanded of the State, whether i she would tamely surrender her sovereign and ( inalienable rights, and prove Ttcreant to the so- i lemn pledge., contained in the Protest of 1628. He concluded his able and eloquent address, bv ( caving, be would adopt, ns his own, the senti- ; mentof the first speaker, with a slight varia- i tion : i The Citizens of Oglethorpe : Their patriotic i call shall be responded to, by every freeman in. 'Georgia, and by every southern freeman. . j The following Preamble and Resolutions were i then reported, by tlie Committee appointed for t that purpose, through their Chairman, Col. Jo. r Isseph H. Lumpkin, who stated that lie had risen from a sick bed, to perform the duty, and that; ill health, and a desire to make way for the views t and suggestions of others, induced him to yield r the advocacy ot them to other speakers : but ■ he trusted it was unnecessary for him to say,|f that he would stake his life, his honor, antPeve-1 s ry thing dear to him, to sustain to the utmost, r tlie principles and pledges they contained. He i sat down amidst enthusiastic cheering. And | j they were then ably advocated by Col. Seaborn u Jones, who contended, that notwithstanding tin"; taxes had been lessened four millions, still, tlie, r burthens on the south were not diminished. He i p specified the increase of price paid for the great) u i necessaries of life, under this odious measure ;; ii and submitted, in conclusion," the followings I " The Stale of Georgia—She knows her rights Jj and has proved that she has the boldness to Hare, and the course to defend them. Her'’!; sons will not desert h«r. ... ~ , J Tlie vo‘e was then taken on the 1 reambleand». c each Resolution, separately ; and they were ah h adopted by the company. The preamble, and il tlie first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh resolu tions, unanimously : the second resolution, with the most rapturous applause, and the sixth with' '• verv few dissenting voices. e Whereas, it is the opinion of this meeting, that the proceeding* of the late session of Congress.!*! afford abundant and conclusive evidence, that no j - satisfactory' adjustment of the 1 anlF can Ik,* longer expected from a majority, deaf to the , j 'voieeof jus ice and reason, and obstinately dc- j termined to exercise power, regardless of right, i Cnd» r the sjiecious name and pretence, of regu- if hating duties on imports, and reducing the same, Jt itlic-v arc filchipg from southern labor, its hard- 1 < teamed pittance —to gratify the cupidity, and in- 1 jflate tlie pride of the Northern manufacturer jj land capitalist, contrary to the* constitution, andjp Ito the meaning and intention ot the trainers) ile rcof. And, whereas, the jieople ol Georgia) ! have only to depend on their sovereignty and re- jj served rights, for a redress of their wrongs. Resolved, therefore. That in tlie opinion of thi< j meeting, the law of Congress, to regulate im ports, and all the proceedings and acts ot that j body, have for their direct object, the encourage- | ment of domestic manufactures, arc not only mi- j equal in their operation, hut deliberate, palpable and dangerous breaches of the cons:itution —to which, as free citizens of Georgia, we ought not, • cannot, will not, longer submit. Resolved, That sliould lire general govern ment attempt by force, to coerce into submission any state which may interpose its sovereign')’. 1 ; to arrest the evil, and thereby’ preserve the (’on- • i stitution, we should fcH constrained, by a sense | i of self-preservation, to consider her defence es j sential to our safety. Resolved, That the people of this cofinty will, | on the first Monday in October next, elect four } Delegates (the number of their Representatives j j and Senator in tlie Legislature,) to meet at Alii- j [ h-dgevillc on the 2d Monday’ in November next, | I Hotbed with full powers, in behalf of their con. ; ; sthuonts, to maintain, preserve, and defend the j | rights and privileges of the free citizens of this j 1 state. Resoleed, That for the purpose of having the j 1 sense of the people fully’ represented in said Con- I vention, and to procure unanimity and concert iof action, a Committee of seven persons, to wit: ; j John Moore, Burwell Pope, John Banks, John Billups, George H. Young, Joseph 11. Lumpkin, J. B. M’Jtmkin, and A. S. Hill, he appointed to correspond and confer with similar Committees in oilier counties, and with a Central Committee at Millodgcville, (to be nominated by the citi zens of Baldwin county) to adopt such mea sures ns will place before the people correct in formation, and ns are best calculated to advance the objects herein contemplated. Resolved, That the several counties in this state are earnestly, though respectfully, request ed, to concur in the objects of the foregoing re solutions. Resolved, Tliat, to prevent misconstruction, at home or abroad, we aver our confidence in the patriotism of Gen. A. Jackson, unshaken. He is entitled to, and will undoubtedly receive, the almost unanimous suffrage of Georgia. Resolved, That our proceedings be signed by the Chairman and Secretaries, and inserted in the public Gazettes of ihu state. JOHN MOORE, Chairman. Hkx,. F. Haedeman. > g ecrclaries _ W ILLIAM M KIXLKY, $ VOLUNTEER TOASTS. By the President of the day. Georgia —ln the redemption of her pledge, not to submit to ■ flic Tariff, she expects every man to do bis duty. By Col. John Banks, one of the Vice Presi dents. The crisis has arrived, when we must not, we ought not, and, I hope, will not, longer submit to the exactions and oppressions of the misnamed American System. By Capt. R. T. Hanson, one of the Vice Pre sidents. The Tariff' —Union of the South, the only’ mode of radical redress, whether tlie rem edy he secession, nullification, or any r other effi cient measure. Bv Capt. Augustus Alden, one of the Vice Presidents. Southern rights and Constitutional Liberty —Alike essential to the perpetuity of our | Federal Union—grant us these, and we are sa tisfied —deny us these, and be the consequences at tho door of the oppressor, not the oppressed. Bv Gen. J. V. Harris, of Elbert. The crisis —lt demands wisdom to direct, and firmness to execute. Preserve the Union, if possible ; but, , not at the sacrifice of Liberty and our Constitu tion. Bv General Win. W, Montgomery, of Rich mond. South Carolina and Georgia —They . have entered into the contest for the great cause; ■ of the South, and, shoulder to shoulder, they will 1 < conquer or die. By Col. S. Rockwell, of Baldwin. The Tariff ■ System —Oppressive in its provisions, and uncon stitutional in its objects. The freemen of the ] South, will pour forth their millions for the sup- 1 port of Government, but not a cent for 'the pro- j tection of manufactures. i By Doctor S. Harlow, of Burke. The peo. i pie of Georgia in Convention met —They will de- ] vise proper measures, and the true sons of the State will execute what they shall determine. By’ J. S. Calhoun, Esq. of Baldwin. Freedom's 1 1 banner is again unfurled —One effort more— i Georgians, onward, relax not your energies, until justice shall resume her place, ami your! - violated federal constitution be restored to its i original purity. j By Col. J. B. Walker, of Morgan. In the 1 redress of Tariff grievances, let the freemen of i Georgia he prompted by the spirit of moderation; yet. let them be firm, united, and decisive. s By Geo. G. Matthews, Esq. of Greene. The c county of Oglethorpe —“My own, my native land.” s She has had the firmness, first publicly to pro claim to the world, and the noble daring and pat. \ riotism to resist the unconstitutional encroach- a ments of the Federal Government. By J. J. Griffin, of Bibb. Mutual Conces - I sion —The foundation of Societies, the basis of! 1 all republican Government, the only preserva- t tiye of our Union. May the course which Geor- C gia shall pursue, be, in principle, uncompromis- ti ing as fate, yet magnanimously forbearing. By Judge Dougherty, of Clark. Resistance to oppression, from any and every quarter, at f< anv and every hazard. jj u fey S. Oliver, Esq. of Elbert. The Const L;'p fw&tm of the United States —a compact between s sovereign States, of equal powers, and equal' n rights ; having no common tribunal to judge ofl its violations, each party has an cquaf riHit to w judge for itself, as well of infractions, as the tl mode and measure of redress. By Col. Jos. H. Lumpkin. Temperance So- p\ netics Their principle of total abstinence, im- \p, ports moral elevation to the sentiments of tliis'icc meeting, which haspractially adopted it. May! pi it spread and triumph until it has nullified every jj Dram shop. Rum hogshead, Brandy barrel, ana Whiskey cask, in the land. By A*. H. Pembe rton, Esq. of Augusta. Ihr present crisis— Let us have no more of the sick fy cant about brotherly love, and the sacredness Jibe Union—Thev who shoofcoff the tyranni cal oppression of their Mothe r country, will not Hesitate to resist that of th eir Sister States—and f need be, even unto death. i Bv S. Fuuche. of Wilkes. Secession, with liberty and equal rights, is better than I nion as , bng as we can ; but, liberty and equality for jvor ! By John Lamar, Esq. of Macon. Robert . Harnr, and .fames Hamilton, of Soirth-Carohnn. them ; they will do all that freemen dare d'>, to preserve the Union ; he that will do more, is 71 Bv Col. Thomas A. Pasteur, of Wilkes, Nul. fifiarlion—Onr Sister State, South-Carohna, may err, in pressing the measure ; but, our-cause is common, and onr arms will be ready, to defend her against Federal usurpation. By Janv sA. Groves, of Elbert, The Tariff 0 f ] 032 —A trap to catch compromisers. TlesjKm.se bv the company. We are too old to be caught with chaff. Bv F. H. Cone, Esq. of Greene. Liberty first, and Union afterwards. By Geo. R. Clayton, Esq. of Clark. Seces sion or Submission —1 he t reemen ol the South will never hesitate to choose the former. By C. J. Jenkins, Esq. of Richmond. The Union —Formed to be valuable ; why should not its value be calculated ? {V»I. Win. C. 1 hiwson, of Greene. The friends of the Tariff —In truth and in candour, we now tell them, our forbearance is ended—the argu ments of conciliation and modification have been exhausted. Ito vou think Georgia will submit / i Rather think the spirit of’76 never existed, and '■that oppression is preferable to Freedom, j Py G. W. Harris, Federal Usurpation— j Rendered trebly aggravating because inflicted by the relentless cruelty and avarice of our ! brethren. j By B. W. Hublunrd. The arguments offered this day, by our able statesmen, Foster, Clay ton, and Berrien, prove to us that wc are an oppressed people; by the odious protective b>ys jtem, that we are slaves- —and, “ who so base as !be a slave ? let him turn and flee.” By E. Coxe, Esq. The President of the United i Slates —His moral energy ; the veto on the I Batik question, is equal to iiis renown in the field. j By David S. White, of Elbert. The inter .position of Stale sovreignty, against the usurpa tions oftlie General Government ; the true “ To Kahn ” of our Federal republic. By Daniel Chandler, Esq. of Wilkes. In our struggle for constitutional rights, let us nei ther display the temerity of madmen, nor evince the cowardice of slaves. By Mr. Dilworth, of Morgan. The dearest of rights, and most sacred of duties —to resist oppression. By F. W. Cook. Some plan if resistance must he adopted —Let us try nullification; if car ried out, it can but produce disunion, and it may preserve the constitution —-and of what value is the Union, unless all bear equal burthens, and receive equal benefits. By Col. Robert Hubbard. The Union-*- Next to our liberty, the most dear , may we all re member, that it can only be preserved, by dis tribaling equally its benefits and burthens. By Col. John Milton, of Muscogee. The Nall i tiers of S. Ccralina —They have engaged our attention"; anam the common struggle for an equality of rights, if Georgia be weighed in the balance she will not be found wanting. By W. McKinley. Nullification —After the argument is exhausted, no novelty, it is nothing i but a short name for that old principle of politics, “ a Government forfeits all rights to obedience, by misrule.” Make me a maniac and a slave, the day 1 deny this faith. By Maj. Walker, of 'Burke. The Union — We Jove it, revere it, and value it highly ; we prize still higher, our liberty and rights ; and we delight to honor the men, who* have firmly, fearlessly, and ably, defended us. By Wensley Hobby, Esq. of Columbia. .S'. Carolina —Go on; let our oppressors appeal to force, if they dare, in the hour of your trial, the whole South will form itself into a rampart a round you. By P. W. Hutchinson. If a duty of three pence per pound, on Tea, produced the war with I Old England, what ought 40 per cent, on all the common articles of life, to produce with New England ? a speedy Convention to give the an swer. By Col. Elisha Strong, who was reluctantly absent. The Southern Stales —may they adopt such measures, that the next Congress may no* doubt what course will be pursued, if the Tariff is not reduced to 12] per cent, ad valorem. By Col. A. G. Foster, of Morgan. The Tariff —There seems now to be, in Georgia, but one opinion, as to resistance. May there be but one opinion as to the modus operand}. By Col. Win. Jones, of Lincoln. The Tariff —The South has borne its oppressions un‘il for bearance has ceased to be a virtue. South Caro lina is in the lead ; Georgia is buckling on her harness, and will soon pull hy the side of her' generous and devoted sister. They will not yield the principles for which they contend (equal rights) until tl»eir fields are turned into a “how ling wilderness.” By Goo. M. Dudley, Esq. The modi: of re sis fa nee to Federal Usurpation —4 he only pre liminary we have to settle. This done, our motto is, “ Animis opihmque parati.” By John Watkins, Sen. of Elbert. The South —Wc have asked for nothing but what is just, I and have been denied; we submit to nothing that is wrong. Therefore, to be, or not to bo, in the Union, (and not who is to be called Rabbi) is now the question. \ By Col. Porter, of Morgan. Georgia —She ' speaks, and shall be heard; resistance to an ua-| constitutional measure, is her privilege ; submit* sion not her character. By C. Howell, of La wrencevilfe. May we.lj without fear, and without danger, proceed to lax aside the oppressions of the Taritf. By Col. Juo. W. A. Pettit, of Henry. The ■ I nion of the States —Let us cling to it so reso-' lately and affectionately, that ice may at all times be willing, when Congress violates the*i Constitution, by an act calculated to dissolve it. | to Nullify the act and preserve the Union. Col. John Billups. South Carolina- j U hatexor may be the means she is employing { or its attainment, her object is the relief of the i chole South from intolerable and despotic op-1 Tension—Upon the issue of her struggle, are! suspended orfr rights and our liberties—Georm a i vill partake her destiux-. Bv Col. M. B. Lamar, of Muscogee. The rritings of Gov. Tuorp—Political Sermons on j he mount. By Col. R. L. Gamble, of Jetferson. Thee principle of State conventions, as adopted hy this i| patriotic meeting —The legal, peaceable, andl i onstitutional mode of a redress of federal op- ii; vession. i! By (Name not known.) Georgia —She dares : to do any tiling, upon principle; and being right results cannot be wrong. By Wm. H. Smith, Esq. Our sister °* Una : The bones of Georgia’s son s shall bleach a thousand hills, ere thy proud oppressors ride in triumph over thy ruins. , , Bv S. Taylor, of Jones. Georgia : She nas ( ai wax’s been temperate m her expressions and |j actions, on Nullification. But, when compell-,; ' e d to speak and act, has evinced that she is not devoid of the principle. ji ! p v R. B. Houghton, of Athens :M e luxe the ; Union much, but the South we adore. By C. W. Totten. Our absent patriot, Geo. R. Gilmcr. Bv a Carolinian. Submission to uncon>t>iu- . Uonul oppression : A phrase not to be found in • the vocabulary of Southern freemen. _ \ j Bx- Dr. S. Coxe. May the political fire, km ■dled'thisdav in Oglethorpe, unite and burnxvitkj : its kindred flame. State sovereignty, now bla-1 ziim in South-Carohna. I By Mr. Toombs, of Wilkes. The Tariffv System: Whether it be constitutional or not, j ' it" violates the inherent rights of southern free- 1 'men. If constitutional, let our oppressors re-, member, that when revolution commences, con ll.stitutions end. and that the exactions of a Brit-, ijish Parliament, were met with the unsheathed j 'sword of American patriots. j By Beuj. F. Hardeman, Esq. The doctrines J 'of’OS, and the mode of enforcing them: Let the I statesmen ot the South go into the State Lcgis ■ datures. Bv James L. Mitchell. Submission to tne , Tariff: Under existing circumstances, the badge , ; of cowards. Nullification or secession, the hope ■j of the oppressed. • I By Joseph Moore. Soulh-Carolina: M iso j 11 to devise, and bold to execute, the destruction ol ' < the Taritf. Georgia xx ill be in xvith her at the l ! death. ; j By T. R. Andrews. Georgia and Sonin- Carolina : Determined to resist the Taritf, ifne- I ccssurx , even unto death. By George Moore. The Unionists of the South: They oppose Nullijicutioy, “because it, ti leads to disunion and propose Secession as ai •j substitute. I I I By Geo. 11. Young, Esq. The Clark and ■I Troup parties : Let past animosities be forgot - j ten, in a sense of common suffering and common danger; for, who but a Nero would “fiddle, 1 while Rome is burning? ’ ; i By the Committac of Invitation- “ One of the ; j Invited: Hostility to the Tariff, and not to Remc ! dies, the touchstone of Southern patriotism. The Committee respectfully request the Edi • tors generally, of this State, to publish the whole > proceedings of the Meeting, in their respective papers. From the Washington Globe of August 4. THE LATE AND NEW TARIFF. The statement published in this day’s paper f exhibits a detailed account of the revenue derived t under the lately repealed Tariff law from the importations oflß3o, and an estimate of the a ; mount, calculated according to the rates of duty . established by the act of the last session. It will ■ be scon that the sum obtained from the late Ta -5 riff law was TWENTY-ONE MILLION SE- I YEN HUNDRED A FOURTEEN THOUS AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY t DOLLARS, and that, under the Tariff passed . at the last session, it xvill, upon the same amount . of importation, be THIRTEEN MILLIONS NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT . THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIF- I TY-ONE DOLLARS Deducting drawbacks • and expense of collection, the nett revenue xvill i he about ELEVEN MILLIONS OF DOL LARS, which will diminish the clear receipts of > the Treasury between six and seven millions. r In addition to this statement of the Treasury, , which, as it xvill furnish the data for the Collec , tors of the revenue in calculating the duty upon , every item imported, certainly exhibits the actu al operation of the nexv law, we give, from the - Baltimore American, an estimate adopted hy the ; Philadelphia Price Current, ns a j-gnide to the ; merchants of cities in their purchases and , sales. An examination of these statements will j show tiie precise difference between the late and new-Tariff, and it xvill be found that there is a > great reduction of the tax upon tiie class of pro ; tected articles, as well as those requiring no pro ■ teetion. But Messrs. Hayne, McDuffie, Miller, and the ; rest, in their circular to the people ofSouth-Caro i lina, assure them that “i/t« burthens of the pro • tecting duties are decidedly increased!!'” Is it > not strange, then, that these gentlemen voted for al! the provisions of the new Tariff, which were introduced for the purpose of reducing the “pro tective duties,” and which were opposed by all the ultra-tariff parly during the progress of the Bill ? The whole South, Nullifiors and all, voted for all the amendments contained in the new laxv, which were proposed as a reduction by the mode rate party in Congress, in conformity with the suggestions of the President, and which were founded upon the project of the Secretary of the Treasury. The}’ voted for them as reductions in the progress of the bill—declaring, neverthe less, that they xvould x-ote against the whole be cause it recognised the principle of protection. But becoming apprehensive, lest they should not be able to keep up the South Carolina excite ment upon an abstract principle, while an actual relief xvas given by bringingdown the tax to the wants of Gox eminent, these gentlemen noxv con tradict their own acts, and insist that the provis ions for which they voted, xvill raise the revenue. They say “upon these manufactures which are received in exchange for the staple productions' i of the southern Sfates, the aggregate increase of ; the burthens of taxation beyond what they were un ■ der the tariff of 1828, is believed to be upwards of one million of dollars - while the reduction or repeal of the duties on those imports which] j are received in exchange for the productions of} r the tariff States, and are principally consumed in ■ i those States, amounts to about four millions of j] ! dollars.” ‘ ; Did the author of this circular believe It him-!] self? Nothing but the charitable supposition || that the nullification mania had affected teilect, could make one think so.—ls a diminu-h tion ot the duty on the protected class of articles I! of about three millions of dollars, and about an!j equal amount upon the unprotected class, should | have the effect to encrease the burthens oftlie} j South, in what way can Congress go to work to 1 j relieve it from oppression ? If another attempt! I should he made next year, we have no question j but that Mr. McDuffie and the rest would votedi. tor the provisions of a bill lopping off 6 millions!j more from the rex*enue, upon the principles of j j the act of‘July last, by taking off as much more from the duties ; but upon the passage of the j law, they would be obliged to insist that it ren- | : ders tiie grievances of the South by two mil-! lions more oppressive, than under the law of;. 1 1828. Another reduction of G millions xvould, extirpate the duties altogether and leax-e the 1 I Government without revenue, and this, by Mr. [ McDuffie’s process of reasoning, would add an i other million of imposition on his constituents— I making in all 3 millions of extortion from them, although not a dollar of rex’enuo xvas raised by I the process, ( It will be remembered, that this ingenious gcn-V tkman, has been able to persuade his nullifying friends with the aid of Mr. Calhoun, that when the importing merchant in Ncw-\ ork, having paid the duty on a piece of cloth, taXc f lt . * n sale on the merchant in Kentucky, whom turn levies it upon the purchaser there, the South I Carolina planter, and not the wearer of the coats !/« Kentucky, is the real tax-paycr in So, now. he undertakes to prove, that, as t duty and the revenue is diminished, and, in so tar, 'is paid by nobodv, the burthen becomes^thej : heavier oil the South. There is a motive m all; iibis hallucination, which wc will explain lyc-j I alter. It will be found a politician s, not a plan tor's. . i From the Baltimore American. | S The Now Tariff Law. —We have thought it not unacceptable to our readers, to note the j principal points of difference between this, and j the Tariff acts now in operation. It xuil J)Cj j perceived that the new act goes into effect on the ( i 3,1 0 f March next, and that provision is made, ! that any original packages of merchandize mi- ; j'ported before the 3d of March, and remaining ! under the Custom House control on that day, I shall nay only the reduced duties, and shah be ■ entitled to the repayment of all sinus exceeding 1 the new rates, which may have been previously j paid on them. . _ , j Bv the present (old) Tariff, V 00l pays a spe cific’duty of four cents per pound, in addition to. an ad valorem duty of fifty pci nut. Bv the new Tariff, wool costing under eight ! cents a pound is free of duty ; over eight cents it is to pay a specific duty of four cents and for- } ty per cent ad valorem. . j On Woollens tiie present minimum system is j I abolished. Under the new law, plains costing} ' 35 cents, pay Jive per cent, or less than two cts., a yard ; under the old duty they came midei thcj 50 cent, minimum and paid 45 per cent, or 22.] , cents a yard. Plains under cents, pay hv the present (old) Taritf 14 cents per yard, un der the new, five per cent, ad valorem, or not I exceeding 1.) cents. Under the present (old) ! Tariff’, woollens are rated under a complicated ( i'sxsteinof inininumis, which maker* tedious to | form a complete comparison. the following ij table will show the alteration made on all goods; 1 costing between one dollar, and two dollars and ififty cents the square yard. The first column I contains tiie cost, the second the rate ot dut v I under the new act, and the third the amount of ialteration. Under the present (old) system, all this ramie comes under the minimum, and pays 1,12 s P cr *ff uarc y ar d-* I Cost per Rate of New duty Decrease of duty \ | ; square yard. 50 perct. on cost, per square yard. | $1,05 52 2 cts. (Wets. ; 1.10 »5 1.15 57i 5.» 1.20 60 521 1.25 62} 50 1.30 65 47 k 1.35 67 .V 45 1.40 70 42 2 1.45 72.] 40 1.50 75 37] 1,55 77] 35 1,60 B 0 32] 1,65 B2] 30 1,70 85 27] 1,75 87] 25 1,80 00 22] 1,85 92 i 20 1,90 95 17] 1,95 97 i 15 2.00 100 12] | 2,05 102] 10 2.10 105 7] 2.15 107 ] 5 2.20 110 2] 2.25 112] equal 2.30 115 &] increase j 2.35 117.1 ‘ 5 “ 2.40 120 7] “ | 2.45 122] 10 “j 2.50 125 12] “ j It will be seen that the new duty regularly | decreases from the cost of $2,25 per yard, when it is equal under both Tariffs, down to the cost of $1,05 per yard, in xvhich tiie duty is more than fifty per cent. less. Beyond the cost of $2,50, the same effect is produced, the new du ty being 35 cents per yard less than the old one, at tke cost of $2,55, & increasing up to the cost of $3,20 where the duties arc again equal. The effect oftlie alteration is to reduce the duties on all cheaper cloths, and retain them on the higher. } Flannels and Baizes are reduced from 22] to 10 cents the square yard. Brussels and Wilton carpctting from 70 to 03 cents per square yard. Venetian do. from 40 to 35 cents per square yard. Cotton Goods under the old Tariff pay 25 ; per cent, upon a minimum of 35 cents the yard. Under the new, plain cottons pay 25 per cent, on a minimum of 30 cents, and colored, &c. the same as before. Cotton bagging is reduced from 5 cents to 3] per yard. Silk Goods from 30 to 10 per cent. Irish Linens from 25 to 15 per cent. Sugar (broxvn) from 3 cents to 2] cents per lb. White from 4 to 3] cents. Tea from India and China free : from places other than beyond the Cape of Good Hope, ten 1 cents per pound. Coffee free. Salt is to pay ten cents per bushel of 56 pounds. ] Hemp is reduced from 60 per ton to S4O. Bar and Bolt Irox not rolled pay now 1 cent : ■ per pound. Under the new tariff 4-sth ofa cent, j The same x*olled, noxv pay $37 per ton. New i 1 duty S3O. | i Pig Iron is reduced from 62] cents to 50 cents ; per cwt. Sheet and hoop do. from 3] cents to 3 cents, j per lb. _ , French wines in casks (red) from 10 to G cents per gallon. do do. do. (white) from 15 to 10. To be reduced one half after 3d March, 1834. ■ The alteration in the dutv on window glass 1 ••.. * . . . : consists in the abolishing of the highest minimum ' ($5 per hundred feet.) | ♦ The new duty xvill be 1 cent for each penny sterling ! oftlie cost of woollen, liable to 50 percent. ■ From the New-York Mirror. STATUE OF WASHINGTON. j To the polite attention of Mr. Vcrplanck, xve < are indebted for a copy of Mr. Livingston’s let- j : ter to our countryman Grcenough, on the sub- j ijectof the Statue of Washington, for the Capi-j j jtol at Washington City. "Every lover of the] 1 ,art of sculpture—indeed every lover of real; i merit, of any description, will unite in praise of i < i the discriminating taste displayed by Congress!] in this measure ; and all must acknowledge the! r 'great skill and genius of the artist selected, asj r displayed in the lox-cly group long exhibited |k here, at the National Academy of Design, un-!| r der the name of Chanting Cherubs. We insert t Mr.- k erplanck’s letter, although not. sure that j it was intended for publication. { “ Washington, July 10, 1832. I Gentlemen : It is not often that any of the r official papers of our statesmen and public men I can find an appropriate place in your devoted to taste and literature. 1 nave, how. ever the pleasure of uo\V sending jou an official unpublished letter of our accomplished Sccreta. rv of State to our excellent sculptor, Greenough, communicating to him resolution of C 0,,. # cress for employing him on a Statute of \Vash. ino-ton, to be placed in the Capitol. Having been a member of the Committee of Public I Buildings, who introduced and carried through this resolution, I was favored with a copy of Mr Livingston’s letter, which I now send you. It is written with the feelings ot a patriot, and the taste of a refined judge ot art, upon a sub. |; cot that must interest all who love their conn, try, its fame, and its arts. It cannot, il/erelarc, | but be most acceptable to the roadefc ot • the ! Mirror. “ Your friend and obedient servant: “ G.--C. VERPLANCK, “ DEPARTMENT or S/ATE, j “ Washington, 23 d February l«32. \ “ Sir • I have great pleasure in transmit, tine to vou a copy of a resolution of the Ileus, of Representatives, by which they have au thorized the President to engage you to execute a Pedestrian Statue of Washington, to he jda oed in the Rotundo of the Capitol, in dus city. 'idic reference in the resolution to the bus by llowdon, was for the. purpose of securing a good representation of the features ; but it is pre sumed it will not restrict you to a servile- copy, should the action of the figure, which yon are at libertv to choose, require a more animated expression ot countenance. u Accompanying this note is a plan and up script ion of the place in which it is intended |to place the Statue, that you may be enabled Li/ve the base, as welLas the figure, the pro. I per elevation. j « The four faces of the base, should you do- I ride on making it quadrangular, may bo occu. ■pied with has-relic Is —representing, first,-the isurrender of Ycrktown ; second, the resigna 11ion ; third, the inauguration as President of j the United States at Ncw-York ; fourth, tm inscription. Should you prefer an octagonal base and pe destal, in order to make it more conformable to the shape of the hall, the intervening compart merits may be filled with such ornamental sculp ture as vou may desire*; but the square would, it is thought, be the best arrangement, as pre senting a larger unbroken surface for your fi gurus ; and corresponding, as will see, to the four entrances into the hall. lor the his torical bas-reliefs, the pictures of Trumbull may I furnish you with the resemblances, and, in ma lay cases, the pictures of the principal actors are 'preserved in their families, which will readily |be furnished to you ; but the grouping is left to your taste. I « Although no particular appropriation has ‘been made for your compensation, yet the duty j of the President requires that the expense should 'not exceed that which has been paid for similar works executed by artists ot the first reputa tion ; a limit which, ho is persuaded, you will not exceed ; and an estimate of which he re quests you will furnish, as soon as convenient. “ I am very happy, Sir, in announcing to you this proof of the'high serfeo'the representatives of your country have of your genius and talent, which, I am persuaded, you will exert in a man jner worthy of the subject on which they are to ibe employed. It is no ordinary task that iscott -1 tided to you; the remotest posterity of your [countrymen, travellers from the most distant re fgions, will come to study*, in your delineation, [the form, the features, the character of the man,, [who, although the successful leader of his eotm jtrymen in war, the founder ol their tree con. Istitution in peace, had the higher title of being [first at all times in tbeir affections. When you have impressed on your mind, by a close study of his life and character, the- acts and qualidcs which entitled him to this proud distinction, your imagination will be prepared to give form and expression to the figure that is to represent this rare combination of talent, character, and vir tue. If your art, in the words of a kindred spirit, is truly described as that j “ Per quani spiritus it vita re Jit bonus post mortem da\ cibus,” j it never had a more appropriate occasion toper i form its legitimate functions. Never did a lea jdcr better deserve this epithet of good ; never was it more important to embody the expres sion of his virtues ; and, by the touch of geni us, to restore life and animation to features which, in a very short tunc, no one living will have beheld. “ Excuse these reflections, which are dr*iwn from me by the nature of the subject, but arc not, lam sure, necessary'. As an American, you will duly appreciate the importance of your task, and the honor you will acquire by its exe cution, as an artist, you will feel, better than I can describe, the elevation of mind necessary to a proper conception of the character your chisel is to delineate. I am respectfully, sir, Your obedient servant, E. LIVINGSTON- Horatio Grecnough , Esq.” From the Charleston City Gazette. Gen. Blair and the Tariff. —The following letter from this gentleman was addressed to the Cher aw Republican, some lime since, and only published on the 4th inst. 'There is in the same paper, another letter from the General of the 26th ult. in answer to various questions pro jjounded to him by tiie editor—and which (tho the General says his friends characterised the call upon him as highly impertinent,) furnishes an effective vindication of his vote on the new bill, and a complete refutation of the charges and aspersions that had been so malevolently and even frivolously alleged against the conduct of Drayton, Blair and Mitchell—who did well to prefer any modification and reduction of the Tariff, to the ‘ odious abominations’ of the b; : - of ’29. We make room only for the first let ter to-day, and will follow it up with the Gene ral’s exposition to-morrow. Washington, D. C. July 14, 1932. To the Fdftor of the Chcraic Republican. Sir ;—ln your paper of 7th inst. which 1 have casually seen, there arc sundry articles containing, in the aggregate, several unwarran table assumptions. The only one I think it ne cessary to notice is tho allegation, that the 4 U nion Party, of South-Carolina, r by their delegates in ‘ the Baltimore Convention,’ have concurred in the nomination of M. Van Buren, for tho Vicc-Presidcncy. Although I believe the ob ject of this allegation is to provoke from the ‘ Union Party’ an angry disclaimer of Van Bu ren’s nomination, for political purposes, it shall not restrain me from doing so much ir.sticc to myself, and the party, as to say the very reverse of the charge made against us is tho truth. The allegation itself being false, of course the inference that we had become * Tariffmen had it otherwise been natural. , must fall to the ground. A similar inference is attempted to be drawn I from the fact that ‘ Messrs. Drayton, Blair and |*dj Mitchell, of South-Carolina, voted for the Bill' modifying the Tariff. I admit we gave the vote, but I protest against the inference.. I admit* y|