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unfortunately the toe of hi* pump came in con- tnel with the infernal ash bo*, and poor Fanny, found himself at the same instant most uncer emoniously lodged in the puddle* and to make had worse, hi* unmannerly list, as tftm- roosciousofif. msster’. rather unexpected detention, kept moving on it* journey at no verv measured pace of it. own accord. Our bewildered hero of the sh.rllcss collar, after groaning for about two minutes under the mud, connived in spite of the inflexibility of lii« bod- dire, to placo himself again in the proper po sition of a man, that is, with his head Inwards the heavens, ond his feet vice versa—when ni ter exhaling through his nose three pinches of j»*irr *' Amprinin gentleman,” he naturally looked around for the cause of his somerset. Tim ill omened ash box was soon discovered, and worse than all the very fountain head »f his misfortune stood leaning against the hall door, almost convulsed in a kink of laughter at the lady’s very ludicrous appearance.— ‘ Vidian,' exeiaitned the enraged gentleman, “ do vou know who I am.” “ No in truth nvie, and if n body wanted to learn your name, it is’nt on tho tail of jour shir,—he’d be after finding it.” '• Impudent vidian,” roared tho indignant d i,ii|i,(al this allusion to the deficiency of his tvaid rube.) “if there’s a lawyer in christen- dmn, I'll bring an action against the premises, to-nu rrow.” “ Och, then its your worship, that’s a most unreasonable ereathur to talk of bringing an tieiimi when its evident to every sensible body that you have received tho damages alrendy.” This retort fairly staggered tho disciple of Mr. Snout, who» to escape iho homo thrusts of Pal, and the horse hiugh* of some dozen most sympathising spectators, very prudently followed da hat, leaving nothing tlmhind save the memorial of hia misfortunes in the puddle. —JVeu, York Traveller. Jin Incorrigible Sol.—Deacon W. meeting Billy Norton oarly one morning wending his wav to Rl’Gtifiy’s grog-shop, resolved to ex postulate with him on the sinfulness of his ways. He requested him to tarry a moment, as ho had something important to communi cate ; hut Billy mnro than half suspecting tvluu was enming, declared ho had no time to spate, having urgent business tn attend to. ■But, said the Deacon, seizing him by the button of bis coat, I have only three questions to ask you, which I wish you to answer delib erately and truly. Well, said Billy, I will listen to your three question-*, and answer them to the best of my ability. The Deacon, in a solemn voice, according ly proceeded: Billy Norton, I want you to tell me whore, in your opinion, all drunkard* go to? tV-h-v. drnwled out Billy, generally down to M’GtifFy’a shop; hut sometimes, for the sake of variety, they call in at Lieutenant Uiln’s. You will not understand me, Billy, added the Doaron,inn soothing lone; I mauu, what becomes of |hese miserable creatures at last 1 0 it,* n great clianro if they don’t cull for a glass of IFesI India, and if the morning is cold nt'd wet, they will sometimes toss oflf n gill of Acu> England. But, impatiently exeluimeil the I^cncon, what is the final consequence of such villain ous proceedings T Had enough, in nil enneienee, said Billy, solemnly—a long bill is scored up, nnd if it isn't paid within the year, our furniture, cows, or something else are attached, which gives us a heap of trouble. You are resolved to misunderstand me, ex claimed Deacon IV. . ., in great wrath—I osk vou if —— Hold, said Billy—I have now nnswored yoor three questions fully and fairly j nnd if you ask any more, you must answer them > ourself. So saying, the incorrigible sot cool ly moved oflf toward* the grog-shop. [F.xe- ter Nows liOltj^ •Modem Dictionary—Old Bachelor— A per. cations and fearing character to’tatf era, are un accountably for the moment in a slate nf per fect abeyance. The waltz ia still—the song is bushed—the galopade is iu the dismals— the mazourka gone to the mountains. We hear it said that scarce a pleasant farm house exists within fifty miles of New Ymk, that is not slufTnd with fashionablo boarders, at $2 87 1-2 a week, washing included. Ev ery empty country cotinge is overflowing—ev ery old country sent is brushed up and tenan ted with the votaries of the ball room. The gay young creatures that formerly danced at Congress Hall, or perpetrated j'ux <P esprits at Ralston, nre now quietly reclining on benches by the side of inglorious slronms—botanizing in some silent vale between hills—or counting over their fingers or their conquests by the foot of some cherry Ireo. Tho Cholera is a dreadful mntedy—but if it makes the lower classes sober—and the up per classes think, what great good will it not produce! Wo are now in the very crisis of Iho pestilence. It* visits to every place it fa vors its company with, Inst generally about six weeks—three of theso we have past. Wo de sire the gay people ol the city who arc spread over tho country, to lie of good cheer—to em ploy their leisure moments in looking up infor mation—to study the habits of the country— to examioe nnd see for themselves how the cows are milked—Iho lands tnken care of— hay made—the grain reared, &c. It will do them no harm nnd may do thorn n little good horenfler. We cannot close without Iho usu al cholera advico—ho temperate—bo prudent —eat meat—drink port—clothe wnrm, nnd as the great Don .Uroussaiis would say—don’t marry till the cholera is gone.-Af. York C. E. Death of Commodore.G. IF. Dodgers.— With unfeigned regret we announce the dentil of Commodore GEORGE W. RODGERS,- commander in chief of the Vunitcd Stales’ squ.adrnn on lh>* station. On Monday Mor ning last, about 11 o’clock, the flag on board the U. S. sloop nf war IVarren, laving in the outer roads of this harbour, was observed to ho plased at Imlf-mssl—a mclnncholy signal, which way immediately understood to an nounce (lint Commodoro Rodgers was no mnro. Sorrow—deep sorrow— was exhibit ed in tho countenance of every one. The amiablo manners and conciliatory disposition of Com. Rodgers obtained for him friends wherever ho waa known. Never perhaps has nn individual, holding a similar situation, been more fortunate in winning the esteem—tho af fections—of all under his command. Never was tho death of an officer more sincerely la mented. Com. Rodgers wns taken ill nbout ten days since, on board his ship. His disease soon HBnnmad nn alarming shape, and it was asser ted that fears were entertained that he would not recover. On Sunday last, however, it was reported on shore that he was hotter, and our anxiatr for his safety was in some measure re lieved : Imt, unfortunutely, the nlleviutinn of his pains proceeded only from the fatal change which was to terminate hia existence. He retained full command of his senses tn the Inst moment. A few hours before his denlh, ho called his officers around him, and took a fiv therly leave of them all. The deceased waa nhnul 45 years of age, a native nf Maryland, a brother of Commodoro John Rodgers, now President of the Board of Navy Commissioners, and entered the service on tho 2d of April, 1804. His commission of Cnptnin is dated 3d March, 1825.—y/Veu’ York Courier and Enquirer. Cholera.—In Ncw-York, from the 17th to the 18th July, 11 o’clock A. M. there wore 138 now cases and 72 deaths. From the 18th to tho 19lh, 202 new ensea and 82 dentils. From tho 19th to Iho 20th, there woro 226 now eases and 100 deaths. From Iho 20th to the 21st, thoro were 311 now ensos nnd 104 deaths. From tho 21st to the 22d, 239 new enses and 90 deaths. From tho 22d to the Fashionable Society.—Where is fsshionnhle society ? what has become of the haul tan 1 whither have they fled? Nn one can tell.— Tito Sprirtgs—Ralston—Lebanon—the Ssa Shore—*11—all—are without the usual gay, ‘.lively, brilliant 4nd beautiful spirits. The Cholera has produced, terrible havoc in fashionable society. Its irruption in Cana da threw the gay world into apasms’ but its nc- tusl bona-fide appearance at the Five Points and thereabouts, has annihilated them entirely. How few of onr splendid dashers now peram bulate Broadway/ how few of those gay equipages roll over the pavements and seek the retreat* nf Bloomingdale. Cholera litters and Cholera patients are all the go. rlis ahols fulmmiblo world of New York he* left the city some time aince, and no one can tell whither they have gone. They lievo left their habitation. a p, ey , 0 rata, mice, and other respectable citizens ortho lower older*. The last new novel is laying on the work ta- ble unread and uncut—the lest new eong lays on the piano furte unrolled and untried—the fast uewdreea is however taken away, but no one can-tel! whither. Scandal, killing repu- Dolftfcal. 23d, 205 now cases and 63 deaths. Bcllnvuu f on who had rather keep hta grey hairs in his „nd Yorkvillo not included in this last report, head than have them combed out with a “ three-legged stool.” Chair—A machine mode of wood, nnd of ten ornamented, in public meetings, with a fgure head of the same mntorin'. •Matrimony—A trap in • which two bipeds are caught at a timo. Divorce—A sort of lever, used by the legis lature in prying open the jaws nf matrimony. Editor—A personage supposed by many to live on air. Proscription A kind of seasoning used prin cipally in fxdilicnl dishes. Charity—A rako of ice in n violent perspi ration. Lone—A cord made of Canada thistles, ' covered with floss silk. Extract from the Speech of J\1r. McDuffie, on the bill proposing a reduction of the Duties on Imports, delivered in the II. R. of the U. Slates, May 2S, 1832. ' And, sir, I will take tho liberty of sugges ting tn the northern guntlnmen, that indepen dent of the value of tho Unionin apolitical point of view—n value in which wo nil hnve n com mon interest—ita pecuniary valtto would he by no means inconsiderable to the manufac turing States, even under the proposed nr-' ranuemcat nf Iho duties; while tho pecuniary interest* of the southern Stales would feel no. thing but its burthens. But, sir, w ith the people * of tho southern Slates, this is not a pecuniary question of profit and loss, hut n question of of constitutional liberty. If they were volun- larily to surrender, to an irresponsible majori ty, tho unlimited right of appropriating their properly to its own use, they would he the slaves of that majority ; for “ nn man hns a right to thnt which another man has n right to take ftom him.” Mr. Chairman, I feel thnt I occupy a posi tion of great and nwl'ul responsibility, which imposes it on me, ns a sacred duly, to speak to that majority in tho plain language of truth nnd randor. With theso personal feelings o( kindness which I entertain for all, nnd of at tachment for many of thnt majority, 1 will ten der them the counsels and the admonitions of friendship. 1 now stand up before you, eir, a* a witness, nnd I give testimony in the pres ence of that God to whom we are all responsi ble, that 1 conscientiously believe that, if thin question be not adjusted during tbit session, South Carolina will not eubmit tothe tarifTfive months from the day of our adjournment. I beseech gentlemen, therefore, not in a spirit of meoance, but of admonition, and “ more in sorrow than in anger,” to pause for a moment, nnd calculate the consequences which may possibly ensue. I will not permit myself to believe that matters will ever reach the ex tremity of a dissolution of the Union. But ns ■he gentlemen from massachusetts has presen ted soino views to show how essentially the interests of the southern States nre involved in the Union, I briefly present some plain statements to show its value to the northern States. The dissolution of the Union, enmo when it may, will ho a great and common calamity to ua all; but it cannot be disguised that its effects would be widely different upon tho p«' curtiary prosperity of the south nnd of the north. In tho event of a separation, the southern States would have exports to at least the amount of forty millions, and the immenso commerce of which theso would be the basis, would exclusively pass through our southern cities. If the existing rate of dutios should be retained, those 8tntes would, forthwith, hnve an annual revenue of sixteen millions of dollars, without any increase of their burthens ; a sum not only sufficient for all the ordinary purposes of government, but sufficient, in the various modes of expenditure, to convert eve ry decayed village into a flourishing town, and to cause the very waste and “ blasted heath” to flourish and “ blossom ua the rose.” An average duty of only 10 per cent, would yield a revenue of four millions ; as large a revenue in proportion to population, as the northern Stntcs would derive from their whole com merce under an average duty nf 40 per cent. What would be the amount of the northern commerce ? Certainly not more than twenty millions. With the same rate of duty, the northern confederacy, with double the popula tion, would hnve only half an much revenue as their southern noighbor. How long, then, would they be without the blessings of inter nal taxes nnd excise duties ? But, above all, where would be the bounties and (lie blessings of the protecting system ? Gone, sir; utterly and irrecoverably vanished. It would remain as a dond letter upon your statute book, like tho well kpown preamble of an infatuated min' istry in annt.ier country, from whose example much profit might be derived if gentlemen would duly consider it. If, therefore, this bill would impoverish and desolate the manufac turing Stales, what, I pray you, would be the effect of a dissolution of the Union on their prosperity? And yet, sir, we hear the blind and infatuated advocates of the protecting ays' lent, uttering their anathema* against the peo ple of the southern Statos, because they will not submit to bo slaves, nnd insultingly ex claimed “ lot them go.” I will here call the attention of tho committee to a few extracis from the Weekly Register of Mr. Niles, to show tho spirit which animates one of the lea ding advocates of this system. I give hia ve ry words. “ The musket bearers of (he land, tho men .who know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain them, cannot submit to that legist linn which shall grind themselves into poverty, that the wild fancies and avaricious propensi ties of a few men of the nation of South Car olina, and some in tmver Virginia, may ho in dnlged.” “ So long as the father of waters rolls one drop tothe sea, sulong may any com promise be rejected with such selfish nnd proud men.” “ Nullifiers, who rejoico tlmt liberty confers nn blessings, save on those who live on the labor of others.” Looking forward with exultation In the ulti mate ruin of the slave holding Stntes, ho ex claims : “ Tho fox shall borrow in the wino vault, the rattle-snako repose among the rubbish of the green-house, and bats take possession of Iho ball-room. It is tiie will of Heaven, and JC8T.” I presont those extracis without comments ry, in the confident hope thnt they will be re< bilked and reprobated by every member of this committee, nnd every man in thia nation, who has any regard for the hnrmuny of the Union. Air. Chairman, owing to the peculiar cir cumstances in which she haa been placed, and not because she cluim* to have more intelli gence or patriotism than the other southern Stales, it has been the lot of South Corolina to be in the van of this great struggle for con stitutional liberty. Virginia and North Caro lina, in proportion to their population, furnish a comparatively small amount of the exports upon which the protecting system directly op erates. Georgia has been engrossed in main- toining her rights in other contest with this Government; and the penplo' of the new Slates of tho southwest, cultivating a fresh and fertile soil, recently acquired at the mini- num price, can ns well uiford to make cotton at six or eight cents n pound as those of South Carolina can at ten. They can sustain this oppressive system with comparatively little ufTering when the older planting Stntes will lie utterly mined. But they have tuo much sagnciiy not to see that when iho tide of ruin slmll have swept awoy the States which stand first in the march of tho oppressor, they are destined to hu iho next victims. South Carolina, .'hen, is fighting the com' mnn battle of all the southern States. She threw herself into tho breach ns a forlorn hope, when all the auspices were against her, and whatever may he the result of tho contest, 1 cannot but regard her destiny as a happy and glorioua one. Nothing elevatea the charac ter of a people to so high a point as a disinter ested struggle for liberty: and 1 do not believe there is at thia moment a spot upon the face of the globe where the spirit of freedom is higher than in South Carolina. There is no vulgar ambition mingling in this controversy. In ad verting to bUtdfieal analogies, I have been struck witl^jlhe strong resemblance between the situation of t|je.aouibem''State* in this ap parently unequal contest, and that of the Gre cian Stales which united to resist the Persian invasion. Ours, to be sure, is a civil struggle not to be waged with the vulgar implements of a or, but by tbs sovereign, legislative^ ond the judicial powers of the States. South Carolina is fully aware of the responsibility she has assumed, and of the peril she must encounter; but no great object can be accom plished without greal-sacrificefl. Had it not been for the heroic spirit of Leonidas and his immortal band, who devoted themselves at Thermopyl.x for the common cause of Greece, the light of Grecian liberty might have been extinguished forever, and the destiny of man kind entirely changed. And, 1 do confidently beliove that if South Carolina fails in the strug gle shi. ia now waging, the brief days of Amer ican liberty will be numbered. I have now concluded the remarks which I have deemed it my solemn duty to makn on this great question. If, in thn bent of debate, nnd the excitement escentially belonging to tho occasion, I have uttered any thing person ally offensive to any individual, I nssurn the committee that nothing could have been far ther from my intention. Whatever may be the issue of this controversy, nnd whatover may be our respective destinies, I trust in God that our common inheritance, though it should bn divided, will never be destroyed ; and that wc shall always cherish thn fond recollections and the friendly feelings which so appropriate ly belong to the common decendnnts of a glo rious ancestry. The Veto.—This important document—im portant in the results it must necessarily pro duce—occupies more than five columns of the Globe, and of courso too long for insertion in our columns. We must content ourselves, therefore, with a brief abstract of the reasons which thn President urges for refusing to char- tor tho Bill; defering until another occasion somo commentaries which those reasons seem to require. He believes that a Bank of the United States is, in many respects, convenient for the government and useful to the people. Hold ing this opinion, and believing that tho present Bank possesses powers unauthorized by the Constitution, he, early in his administration, called the attention of Congress to the forma tion of an institution which might combine its advantages without being liable to tho same objections. Ho regrets that no such modifi cations have been introduced into the Bill be fore him. The present Bank haa enjoyed a monopoly which has operated os a gratuity of many mil lions to tbo stockholders. Tho act proposes another gratuity. As the stock on the pas sage of the Bill might be expected In increase twenty or thirty per cent; and as more than eight millions of the stock are held by foreign' ers, it will be virtually making them a present of some millions of dollars. All monopolies are odious. If any must bo created, why should not government enjoy the advantage of them- Why should not Con' gross create and sell twenty eight millions of stock, and put the premium in tho Treasury ? It is unfair to deprive our own citizens of these advantages, and unwise to bostow them on foreigners. The embarrassment resulting from with' holding the charter, if any shall result, must bo attributed to bad management. If tho af fairs of the Bank have been well conducted, thoy can bo wound up without injury,— tf they have not, the loss will properly fall on tho stockholders. The United Stales Bank, by combination with the Stale Banks, can at any timo accom plish their own measures, however subversive of the interests of the people. Tho 9th Section of tho Act is particularly dangerous. (Here is an extended argument to show that it will operato beneficially to for eign stockholders,and injuriously to the Statoa in which branches are located.) The decision of the Suprome Court is not absolute. The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided'by its own opinion of tho Constitution- But tho Su preme Court has never covered tho whole ground of the question, whither the United States Bank is an Institution not Bt variance with the Constitution. On Iho contrary, they expressly declare they have no right to enquire into the degree of its nocessity. The present Bank is neither necessary norproper. It au thorizes and encourages transfers of stock to foreigners, and thus violates the reserved priv ileges of tho several States, in some of which alions are expre&ly disqualified from holding real properly. The old Bank of the United States posses sed a capital of eleven millions, which wns fully sufficient to enable it to carry on all the operations required of it hy government. The capital of the presont Bank is thirty-five mil lions, at least twenty-four more than has been ascertained to be necessary, and now the na' lional debt ia nearly paid off, still less will be required. Tho Government is the only proper judge, where it* agents should reside and keep theii offices. It is not therefore necessary to au thorize the Bank to create branches, whero it ptesses, to perform tho public service, with out consulting the Government and contrary to it* will. Tbo bonus extracted from the Bank is confession, that the powers granted, are grea ter than are ucces9ary to sustain its character as a fiscal agent. The States have a right to tax all monied institutions within their own limits; but by this act. that power ia taken away from them. This is dangerous and unconstitutional. Suspicions are entertained that the Rank has abused .its power. The facts disclosed seem to strengthen these suspicions. The foregoing will furnish a brief, ond cer tainly imperfect outline of the reasons urged by the President for withdrawing hia sanction. Enough will be seen, however, to ascertain the principles upon which be acts. To the Bank, aa at present constituted, he is decided ly opposed ; and it is questionable, whether under any modification, be would consent to a renewal of the charter. AX bon Chase and A. HI. Nisbet. FRIDAY, AUGUST ~3,1832. ~ FOR PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON. FOR VICE-PRESIDF.NT MARTIN VAN BUREN. REPUBLICAN TICKET FOH CONGRESS. HENRY BRANHAM, ofPntnam, AUGUSTIN S. CLAYTON, of Clark, THOMAS F. FOSTER, ofGrcene, ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe, CHARLES E. HAYNES, of Hancock, SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee, JAMES M. WAYNE, of Chatham, RICHARD H. WILDE, of Richmond. Jj’We are authorised to announce MIRABEAU B. LAMAR, Esq. as a candidate tor Con gress at the ensuing election. CLARK TICKET FOR CONGRESS. JOHN COFFEE, of Cherokee county. THOMAS W. HARRISS, of Wilton. THOMAS W. MURRAY, ofLincoln. DANIEL NEWNAN, of Henry. GEORGE W. OWENS, of Chatham. WILLIAM SCHLEY, of Richmond. DANIEL M. STEWART, ofGlvnn. JAMES C. TERRELL, of Franklin. JAMES C. WATSON, of Muscogee. JOHN MILTON, of Muscogee county, self-nomi nated candidate. ComAcncemint.—The lato Commencement in thia place was attended by an unusual number of highly re- spectublo visitors—tho exercises wore interesting, and we bclievo gave very general satisfaction. The follow ing young gentlemen were admitted to the degree of A. B.— and received their diplomas: A. II. Stephens,Wilkoscounty, S. Thomas,Athens j John W. Lumpkin, Athens; John R. Reid, Augiu'a ; Wm. Lc Conte, Liberty county; R. M. Gunby, Co lumbia county; T. F. Montgomery, DeKalb count;; J. 8. L. Mallard, Liberty county; H. P. Thomas, Clark county; J. W. Baker, Liberty county; J. J, Hutchinson, Augusta; J. Johnson, Henry county ; Wm. it. Crawford, jr. Oglethorpe county. On the following gentlomen were conferred thn de gree of A. M.: Graduates of this Institution—Gray A. Chandler, Paul F. Eve, T. J. Bryan, J. J. Bryan; W. H. White, D. 8. White, A. Franklin, James Smyth, John Lamar, Wm. II. Hunt, J. M. Borders, N. G, Foster, J. I. Griffin, I. B. Watts, R, B. Houghton, Abrnham Hill, A. B. Elliot, R. D. Moore, James Adams. IV. S. Rockwell, II. II. Hubbard, and W. P. Rembcrt, of U. College, N. Y. R. K. Hill, University of N. C. Ed win Liwrencc,of Middlebury College, Vt, The degree of D. D.was conferred on the Rev. Mr. McWhir.of Sun- bury, Geo. We understand the Trustees have appropriated g2,- 000 for the purpose ofbuilding a house for the reception of the Library and the cabinet of minerals, and §500 for the purpose of increasing Uie Library for the ensu- ing year. Doct. Henry Jackson of this county was elected a Trustee to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. James Nisbot, and Gen. J. V. Han is of Elbert, in the place of Alfred Cuthberl, Fsq. Public Meeting—Agreeably to notice given by thn circulation of hand bills in various par's of the town, an assemblage of from eight hundred to a thousand persons convened at tho Collcga Chapel g( 4 o’clock on the evening of the'first inst. to take into consideration tho proper mode of relief from the evils of toe present Tariff The Hon. fVm. It. Crawford was called to the Chair, andjibtny Hull, Esq. appointed Secretary. The object of the meeting waa briefly stated by W. H. Torrance, Esq. of Baldwin Co. who concluded by moving that a committee be appointed to draft resolu tions expressivo oftho feelings of tho individuals as sembled, upon the courso necessary to be pursued in relation to this odious.8ystsm—which motion was ad opted. Tho Hon. A. S. Clayton arrived just as tba motion passed, and immediately addressed the Chair, moving a reconsideration of the vote just taken, with a view to present to tbe meeting a preamble and reso lutions already prepared, and in hia possession. Upon this motion considerable debate ensued—Judge Clay ton, Judgo Berrien, Col. T F. Foster, W. C. Dawson, Esq. Judge Longstreot, Gen. Harden, and John Mijton, Esq. advocating, and Gen. Glasscock, W. H. Torrance, Esq. Judge Harriss, Dr. Tinsley, C. Terrell, Esq. and D. M. Stewart, Esq. opposing it. Col. R. L. Gambia was in favor of appointing the speakers to constitute a committee. After two ineffectual attempts to .Ircido tho motion, the preamble and reeolutiona alluded to were read at the request of the Chairman, by Judge Be.-rien, who, in his usual able and masterly manner, advocated Ibcir passage—which wss Anally effected by a iarge majority. They are as folio*s: Whereas, the people of Georgia, as well in primary assemblies of citizens in their respective counties, as by their Representatives in the Legivlatnrn thereof, have repeatedly and solemnly declared the several acts laying duties on imports, (in so far as such acts trans cended the purposes of revenue, and were designed for the protection ol'manufactures,) tn be unjust, oppres sive, and unconstitutional; and have solemnly sn- uuuuced their determination not to submit to such un lawful exactions; and their consequent resolution to resist them, if after a reasonable time they should not be repealed. And whereas, the good people of this state and others, having common interest with them in this mat ter, have looked to the period of the payment of the National Debt, as that, at which the income raised by taxation should be reduced to the sum required by tho wants of the Government, by duties fairly imposed up on all the imports of the United Stales—and have ex pected from the justice of that Congress which has just doted it e session, a repeal of these obnoxious laws. And whereas, this reasonable expectation has been disappoint' d, and the protection of manufactures is now avowed as a permanent principle of Federal legis- lation. Be it therefore resolved, That we aa free citizens of Georgia, will nut longer eubmit to the system of legis- lation which is arbitrary, unequal, unconstitutional, and therefore unjust—that it be recommended to onr fellow citizens in the several counties to elect delegatee to a State Convention, to assemble at Milbdfrville on the second Monday in November nezt, and to in vest them with full power inbchtlfofthe good peopled
