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A LIST OF ACTS,
JPasteA in/ th? legislature of Georgia, at the Fes
si&* Mold in Narember and Itcrembcr, 1391.
, , t , (ConcludedJrom Dcc. ‘28. )
109. To amend the Judiciary law of 1790, m
-gelation to bail, and also to amend an ncl entitled
V** an act to amend the Judiciary law of the Htate,
ponied the IClb day of Feb., 1799, no fur as to
authorize the issuing of bail process in certain
cnaei,” passed Nov. H, 1880, no ns to autli/D izo
agents, atlo.ncys in fact or at low, to hold to bail
in all civil cases.
110. To separate and divorce Elizabeth My
ers and John Myers, her husband.
] 11. Defining the liability of purchaser* of. nal
and person d estates, at executor's, ndminist.a
tor’s, guardian’s, and shei'iff's sales, when they
refuse or fail to comply with the terms of such
•ales.
115 S. To authorize the building of a meeting
house by the Baptist denomination worshiping
nl ■ place known by the name of the Double
Branches in the county of Lincoln, and to make
permanent the location of the same on that spot
oflatid heretofore set apart by one James Waic,
•of said county, and to sccuio the right of reli
■pious worship in said building to said deiimnina
ttion ■‘ofar as not to inf ingo on the rights of oili
er religions denominations who may hereafter
■wish to build a house of religious wo'ship at said
jplaee, and to appoint commissioners for the same
—Also, to incorporate the 1’ eshyloriun Church
ofNewnan, Coweta county, under the name and
style of the t*-*—£j||y||,nf Bnti'fKfiTill
jV’cpvmpi.—•A[{^rrfl) , |ffff)fpo7iilo ihc Methodist
Episcopal Church of N'ownitn, Coweta county,
under llio name and stylo of the Trustees ol
Niiwnan Mothodisl Episcopal Church.—Also, ti
appoint Trustees for the Baptist Chuielt in thr
town of Cuthboit, Randolph county, with cer
tain powers.
ID. To alto,- and amend an net to incorpor
ate the town of Monroe in the county of Walton.
111. To authorize John Mlielhy, 1’ cdeiirk
Bridgman, and Daniel 11. Hcurcy, to practice
Physic in this State.
115. To iiicorpo-nle the Baalist Church at
Holley Spring, on Rorkcv creek, in the county
of Laurens, and the Jlai.list Chu. dies at Mount
Zion nnd Bethel, in Hancock county, and ap
point Trustees for the sumo.
iIC. To authorize Andrew F. Woolley to keep
up his mill-darn nciois the ChuHlaioe River, iu
Alin county of Hall.
117. To amend the several nets passed in re
lation to the powe.snnd privileges ol die cor
po; ntion of the town of Athens.
118 To add a pint of Oglethorpe county to
tho county ofMadison.
119. To separate and divorce Nath miel I’ui
rill and his wife Hally Perrin.
190. To twill rizn end compel John R. M.
Neal, Treasuier, of Rarululoh county, j.o the
year 18)10, to pay over to the Justices of the In
ferior Cut.t ol SleW.ut county, any money
which he li Id or now holds mining fiom the
sale of lots in the town of Lumpkin, ilia! was
not otherwise disposed of previous tu the di
vision of Randolph county.
191. To alter and amend an act passed on
the 99d day ofDecomhe.r, 1898, so fur us respects
the Moor school fund of the counties of Irwin
and Telfair.
199, To regulate slaves in the town of Mil
ledgcville, nod to punish tlioirouue.sor munu
_ gets, iu coitaiu cases.
199. To amend la part the Dili section of nu
ncl to establish u hank at Milledgevllle, to he
called and known hy the name and style of the
Central Bank ofCoorgia, to approprialu moneys,
hunk stock and other securities, to furtnthe cap
ital stock of said hank, end to incorporate llin
scunie, so far as respects ike salary ofthe Cashiui
of said Lank.
191. To incorporate the meeting house near
Hard wick, >■> the county of B van.
195. To amend an act cnteled an net to in
‘corporate the county academy in -tho town
-of Greenville, in the county of Meriwether,
smi to appoint trustees for the name, passed
D io. 99, 1898, so far as to appoint two addition
el trustees for said academy, and also to ap
point additional trustees lor Randolph County
Aci-d.iny.
Ivti To incorporate the Oak Ridge Academy,
>in tlic c -unty of Talbot, and to appoint ti listens
for the same.
197. To add a part of Carroll county to Heard
county.
19S. To regulate the town of Ji Hotatm, iu the
county of (,’fiiudon. ,
199. J o sump atu Rebecca T. Warner end
Leonard T. Wnhier, ffer husband.
lltD- io alter ntnl change the name of Mary
Davenport to that of Alary Hiiceu.
1.11, 1 o compel county oll'ieprs, holding pub-
Tic moneys, to keep a hook oftctonl of the re
coipls und cxpenuiiti.i s of thwfanie.
D 9. To alter and iiiuendTie 9d section of an
act to make permanent (ha | uhlic aim in iho
county nf Carroll: to name, ineo. pointe, and up
point commisuimo s (io the same, passed 99d of
Dec., 1899, and to establish an elertiou district
‘hi s iid county. - «*t,
1 11. 'J’n ruakn permanent the site ofthe pnh
1m huntings in the county of Rahiloli h, at the
town of Ciubbei I, ami to into.-, male the same.
CM. 'i’o vest acm tain lot iu the town of Mu
con, in the Lpiscopul Chuich thereof, und to re
peal a part ot the sth section of an act enti
tled an act to amend tho scveial acts fm the in
oorjnn alien and goveiiuiieni ofthe town of Ma
con, and to vest u certain lot iu Macon iu the li
ptsonpul Church thereof, passed December 99
1890. ’
195. To move obstructions in the streets of
the low-n of'Petersburg in this Stale, und to
'Risen open llio sums,
, looguma.; Volunteer coinuuny of Ca
talry, to bo known and incur, united under the
name ofthe Glynn county iluzzars, and to sup
ply the same with a.ins, •
X3<* Io cßtuhlith an additional election ilia
- tnct fn the Countv of Rabun.
183. To provide for llio payment of one of
Jhe presiding magistrate* of each liiection dis
trict in tho county of Telfair, for attending at
the court house of said county, on the day after
each election has been held lor a Governor, Hen
ator und Representatives of this State, for the
tinrnose of consolidating all rein, its tor such elec-
Pftp**.'*
rT 109. To authorize Joseph Collins, Jr. of Tutt
' <tnll ouunly, to build a mill-dam ueioss llio O- i
hoopie rivei upon bis own land.
140. Jo authorize Iho Jurtge of the court of
common pleas and oyer and terminer, for the
U'e oily of Savannah, to hold special or extraor
dinary eouits forthe summary trial ol* causes
therein enumerator), and to empower (lie Mayor
ofthe city of Savannah, also to hold such spe
cial or extraordinary courts, and to regulate sea
men or tutu mors, nnd to prevent them from be
ing harboured or running in debt.
111. To comped tlie Justiees ofthe Pence of
Jho odolh diatiict of the Georgia militia, in tho
county of Dooly, and thoir successors iu olfiee,
to preside together, and to vacate their oltices
for refusing to do tho Bame.
Fonlic diet’of Edmund Pocket.
J o amend an uci milled “an act to
ibo improvement of tho roads and
oMins State,” passed December 19,
144. For tho Relief of Daniel Gray, of Upson
f.ounty. _ 1
145. To apportihn'tho roprosrntutivcs among
Oie several counties m this H tu io. according to
Hie Cth enumeration, in conformity to tlio 7th
™ u * n l9t Hrticlc «f Bn- Constitution.
1 • ' if, •‘tutorizo llio thtendant ami Com
missvononrbf tbu town of Columbus, to lav off
and leave water lots m said town, below Thu
tram Augusta to Washington, near Wiivht I
i-«
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villc, Orccneeboro,’ Madisen, Convington, and
on to Decatur, for the improvement *>f the
same.
149. To authorize a lottery for the purpose of
raising within a certain time, the sum ol s‘9obo,
to be appropriated to the lnuldiiig of a bridge in
the countytof Hull, and kce| ing llio same m
good onfei, and to appoint commissioners to car
ry the said ad into effect. ■
149. To impose, levy and collect a tax, for tho
1 political year 1999.
i 150. To loan to (lie town of Columbus, n sum
1 of money, for the construction of a bridge uc.oss
the Chattahoochee River, ut said town, to pro
' vide for tho payment of said loan, to make ’per
manent said bridge, and for oilier purposes.
I 151. To lay out and organize a new county,
■ to ho composed of all the lands lying West ol
f lire. Chattahoochee River, and North of Carroll
* county line, within the limits of Georgia.
159. To prevent itinerant or unauthorized
f persons, from locating themselves on or near the
? River Savannah, under the pretence of fi-diing,
B and to prevent obsti notions Io tile passage of fisl
1! up tho said river, and further to prohibit trading
* with slaves, and to extend tlio powers of civi
) oflloerH end patrols.
’ 109. To niilhorizn the Justices of tlioJnfeiioi
* Courts of Madison, Jasper, Burke, Walton
" Bulls, nnd Heriven counties, to loan out tlieii
r county funds at interest.
* 154. To innku permanent the silo of tlic pule
B lie buildings in the town of Lumpkin, in tin
county of Hie wart. -
.JGii,,-T£v,'jM , .V; Vfie tunes nfliolding the Hu; nrio
Courts in boiiiu ofthe counties in the Houthoii
'Cirriiit.
ft, 15U. To nller nnd ft the limes of holding tlx
’* Hupeitor Com Is io Wilkinson county.
I|J 157. To niillio'i/.o (lie Governor to issue i
ls! g’-uiil to the Rinnan Catholic Cliinili of Hi. I ’hi
r ‘ lip nnd Hi. James, for a lot in the town of Co
lurnbiis, for religious purposes.
r " J 59. To incorporate the town of Frnnk'iu, ii
1 tlic county of'l’roup, mid to nulho i/.n thu tus
k h-cs of'lurlVaiiMin iic.idcinv to crcCl their aea
e domy building on lot No. 999, ill the Gill (list ic
efsaid county,
d 159. To add a certain lot of land in Kandolpl
y comity, to the county of Htcwint.
1 11)9. To lay out the gold icgimi in (lie lands a
* peanut in the occupancy ofthe Clicokee In
diiins, into kiii dl lots, mid ills.,use of the sami
’ by si'iiarulo lottery.
1 401. To niilliorizii Win. Smith, trustee of tin
poor school fund of Luc lilies county, In loan onl
said fund, nnd to collect any and oil of the said
fund, that is already loaned out, or ntliouvise
due, nnceitain conditions.
1 109. 'J'o estahlish cm lain ferries therein men
liuneil.
109. To establish lh eo election dist ids 111 t!ic
county of Baker.
101. 'l'o icgidate slaves in tint rnilnlies nf
Burke, Jefferson, uni Hc.iven, and punish their
owiai soi ninnagois. m certain cases.
105. AiiiendiiUiry anil siipplniiicnlal to an act
to lay otfdbline and keep open the main channel
ul Hav inmili River, (Tom Augusta to the mouih
of Light wood Log (heck, in Llherl county, so
as lu prevent llmohsliuclion of navigation, and
(lie fee passage of fish therein, and to pmisii
tlniMi who may obstruct the same, and to ap
point commissioners to carry the provisions of
tliis act iuto idled, and to | mill out the mode ol
their compensation, passed Dec. 99, 1999, and
also the net-passed Due. 99, IMIO, tu amend said
recited net.
MIS. For llio, relief of Julia Ann Miller.
107. ’I o incorporate tin- I larmouv Academy in
the county of Henry, and to n t point trustees lor
the same,
Bid. To remove the county site of lt.nl e- conn
ly bom Bryan lc Lot number 179, in the fdh ilis
triet of said enmity, and in appoint commission
uis for that j iirjaiso,
K>9. To nnllioiize the payment to the trustees
ol the ITiiivvlitid comity Acaib-iuv of all mreais
or dii idends now duo or to which said insltlii
tion may be entitled, and to prm ide for the pay
ment to the s one of sll dividends Ibnl may here*
alic bo declined in favor thereof.
179. 'J’o compel pc: sons to serve as conimis
sion-us of | ulilii! mails in the county nf Chatham,
who may ho ai pointed he caliet in eonfoitnity
with the road laws now of force in said county.
171. To iiulliiiriv.e and cuipowei Daniel Mc-
Leod ol Stewart county, to estahlish a ferry
across the Cliatlaliooehoe River, mi his own
land.
179. To enij ower the Mayor and Aldei-uien
i f tin- city of Havannali, nnd (larulels thereof, to
iireliase land for die. erection cfa La/.aiettu,
and io give them j ll isdietien ever the same.
lid. To alter and aineiul the read laws so far
; respects the counties of Linanuel, I’olaski,
j Telfair, .ml I. imams,
171. 1o in ike null and void nil contracts made
. mid entered into writing, orolbenvise, between
’ pnily or pat tics, plainlitl or dcfeiiilant, tin-1 atlor
ttcy or attorneys at law, w here the alto nev >ball
tail or neglect to attend to the suit oi suits whii li
he or they emit’acted to do, in pcr-on, or bv
some competent altomey, until the leiiditimi of
a juilgmeiit,
I 1" .‘uilhoiizo John llailev ami Roheit
C-ollius, ol the <*oiiiily ol’ Bibb, to make and coin
sfrnei a causeway or turnpike mad on llu-ir own
I*lll'] , through the lobesotk.a, and to charge and
receive 101 l at the same, amt to annul an Older of
the lufe. ior Gout I of llio coimly afo.esaid, ( slab
bailing it 101 l lu iilgu over the Tobesofka e e*-k,
Oil the toad leading fiom the town of ALteon to
I’eiry, in the county ot lloustiin. with certain
provirions.
lit*. I o repeal the 4th section of an net **pjiss
cd llio 91-1 day of December, 1.<90, to appoint
eleven additiim.il tiusjec* of the Unive any of
Geo,gin, and to provide s ceriiiauent additional
find for tho Ku.ipoil of the same, and decline
the Dumber ofliustees which shall be necevst-y
to form it hoard, and to authorize a loan of Hill),
0 0 to die boa. d of liuslees of -aid I’niveisllv,
«”|l G* provide for the i ducation of eeitaiu pool
children lliereiii mentioned.
177. To divide the county of Leo, and to
form Knew county to be called Sumter.
Icß Jo reduce the fees on head right grants,
und to repeal alt laws militating against die
same
179. To nmmul tin net entitled an act to pro
vide, for the impiovuiiicul of tho roads and rivers
in this c*tale, passed Dec. IS, 1599.
I 'd. To dispose of f,action No. 409, in the Idt
disliict ol torineily Baldwin, now Alorgan eoun
i ty.
) 131. To alter and fix thu lime of holding the
■' Superior courts for the county of Muscogee, and
1 toimako all eases returned at t!iu la>l sSii n’t inr
j com I for Novohilkh u*;hi in tlio coimly <U* ’llio
i hi as ntuinl for isi.tl ui ibe next *>a[n*i*or coud for
■ ; saiii i-niiiiiy.
. I 189. For tlio relief of Augustin Harris.
. 189. 1 o appropiiato tnoucys for the support
. of govuriniAont for the political year. 1899.
| 184. 1 o incorporate certain academies, and li
f appoint trustees for thu said academies, and ti
j nuthoi izu the Govci nor to pay over to the trus
, lees ofthe Slnvvarl county academy the aeadc.
s uty lumi coming to said county.
lis*>. To alter and maend tut net to define the
Labilities ot securities on apical on slay of e.xe
, culion, and ifitr the proleeliou of bail on iccogni
j zunces,'bonds, not* a*, or other contracts.
, 1 u uiilhorizo the fitrinatioii of a compa
ny lor constructing a railroad, or turn: ike. foi.
, «o city .9 Augusta J* Balonlon, and thenui
westward to Kim Chattalumcl«o River, will
; prune nos ilioieto, and to |>\inish those mas
, injure llio same.
i Fhsclai ing and making certain the law
definmg the liabilities of undo:sera and seemi
. Bes to iKomis.siory nolo* and other instruments
j- when tho holder thereof shut) fail to pioeeed li
collect the same after milieu.
188. To exemp t fom road duty, on oerlait
conditions, nil mule slaves on the Island of St
t Catburme..
. Tho hill abolishing Penitentiary imptisonmen
. “as passed iho Hvnato by t vote of 4o to 94.-
CpyoTHtitc*
I Our’s is tho first stale w'.tich lias abandoned this
) system, afte. once Hilojiling it. Wo beiiovc
that the majority of the (.eojilo thmughoiit tlie
f State me in favor of llto system, and are oppose 1
, to our going back to ilia old i,topping ami b.and
ii jug system.—>S«e. Republican.
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FROM TUT kl< IIWOSD F!«<4>'lßtO.
0 tut mhksauk and tub report.
We bivo nnalixed tin; P.o-i lent s Mo sage
n Wo have pointed out two most substantial points
1S of difference between it* suggestions and those
of the Treasury Repo t —XV e now undot take
the more ungracious office of commenting upon
the Report itself.
, For its accompli died author, we cannot enter
,j- tain but one sentiment. No one in this natron
II has a greater admit alien for his abilities, his in
legriiy, Ins high sense of honor. Thu firm stand
,1 which ho assumed on the Missou i (lucstimi —
his independent clo ,iience tij on the flooi o. Con
, j gress—his admirable services at the Con tol
Ht. Jamo’s, have made the deepest ini' session
upon every ingenuous American. —The tto] ert
a before us, too, is worthy of his abilities. We
1 repeat, that no man, whether lie subscribes to
( or repudiates his propositions, can deny to the
* autlsir the possession of the great talents and on
e gy, by which he is distinguished and with
which they are stamped. —Hut the more we con
sider them, the ulßre |,iofoumlly do wo regret
” the errors mto which, wchmnhly think. Mi. Mc
-1(3 Latte has hevtvtwAiaycd.—We shall touch the
material parts orhiHHejTDrV*. tb-.uimig, us we go
along, to such propositions as seem to iisent.tlcd
n to censn.c, and to such as may deserve the Sup
port of the I’eo, le.
10 Ills dovcloj emeiit ofour Finances, (one great
duty of the Secreta.y of the Treasury,) is lumiii
.a ous and salisfaetoiy. *l’he Receipts of the I rea
! siry for the present year, are estimated at $->11,•
J ' 007,201 ‘da—of wfii' h more than a Hern millions
will have been approj lialed to the payment ol
m the Public Debt—The outre Debt of the United
Status, on the dud of January next, will amount
to i>3s 13—and Mr, MeLrmo shows, that
'' from lho estimated reoili; ts of the ensuing yom,
I the balance in the Treasury on the commence
' * rnoiit of the year, mill fiom the sale ol the Gov
eiiimeut r'h ees of the U ink of the United Slates,
' the whole Debt will he extinguished riming the
' first four years of A Jackson's Administration.
Tile ea iieslness with which the Secretary
presses “a eonsiiuuualiou so devoutly to he
|( wished for,” is wo thy of all praise. The spec
(j taolu which he exhibits to us, is brilliant and im
ptessivo ;
* The mo-nl iufliietiec which suclt an example
would noeessai ily pioducc throughout llio wo: Id,
in Hiiiio\i;i" appiehciisum, and inspiring new
; conlidcuce in our fee institutions, eannol he
i.ucstionnd. Seventeen years ago tlie country
j- cirtn-ged limn an expensive war, tiueumhered
with a debt of mo: e than one hundred and t WON
ty-H'jven millions, ami in a eornparalively du
l fenceless state. In this short period, it lias
I piomptly icpealed all the direct and iutciunl
, taxes which we e imposed doting the war, rc
, lying mainly upon revenne derived liom imposts,
I and sales of the | iltilie domain. F.om these
, sou: CCS, besides providing for the general ex
nndilute, the fonlier has been extensively for-
CI lifted, the naval and maritime runout ees strength-
I cued, and | ail of the debt of gratitude to (he
I sit vivo.s of the Revolutionary War discharged.
I We have, moreover, contributed a huge share to
the general improvement, added to the extent of
the Union by the purchase of the v In able lorrito
, ryofFloiida, and finally tie, jtti ed the menus of
exiingutshing the heavy debt incurred in stislaiu
ing the late war. and all that remained of the debt
of the revolution.”
To off.-ol lb s groat object, so dear to the
heat Is of the peo) hi, Mr. Mi Lane proposes to
< 'engross to aulho i/.e the sale of the stock which
is owned by the United Stales in the Rank.—
We hail this pro; mil ion with pleasure—mine os
| ucially ij lien it is unconnected with “any pledge
for the i one will of tire clnnlei ol the Hank.” —lt
is sincerely ho; nil, licit Congress nitty pass tlio
rc.'jiiisite law u on this subject.
So fir, the Secretary is upon safe ground.—
lint he comes next to the proposition for . cnevv
ing the chatter i f the Bunk.—And here ho gives
its llm piupci emilion, that “the perfonnanee of
the duties thus enjoThed by law upon the ttoo.o
lay of the Treasury implies, liowevor, no-cuin
, mitmcnl of any other Department of the Govern
ment, each being left lice loactacco ding to the
( mode pointed out by the fUeii-tifitioi).”—This
, e'lvetit was ('tie both lo the l’i o d tnt and to
llimßiltf; heeause ihcva eo used to each other
' ii on tit s itiesij. n. The President’s sentiments
upon tint Hank ol the United tritales, lenininod
unchanged. lie his avowed them frankly—too
' nun Ii so, in the o iuiou of some t olilieians, who
~ consult populaiily more Ilian tiuih.—Wlicroas,
, Mr. .Mel.amt's are decidedly in favor of renew
ing il, with such modifications as expoiiunco
I may have diclaleil,
! We shall not go til la-g., into this subject.—
Wo shall ol now elahuialulv discuss the con
|. stiluliotiality ami the expediency of llio Institn
tion. Mr. Benton's Speech, judge Clayton’s
I’.ssays, tibd hist, though not least, the first No. of
the last “ Southern Review” (November) state
lire eonslillilional objections with great cleamuss
and force. We especially recommend llm No.
■ in the Review—every hi.uo' il—lo the reader's
attention, hut, in the mean while, we extract
the following summary.; trusting that it is appo
site enough to excuse the dullness of "nutation ;
“ Tim Bank of the United Stales appears,
then, liable to the following h.icf seminary of
oonstitution.il objections:
| Il is not included in any of the express or onu
j. mernled | owers granted to Congress by the
I Constitution. It might have been, had the Con
vention seen fit, A Bank was proposed, dis
cussed, and rejected in the Convention; and so
obnoxious was t considered among the Stales,
lhatit was n ged jn the debate, that the tceep
' linnet the Constitute u among tlie people, would
he emlangcied by ado; t«ig such a ineasme.
“No currency is no iced in the Constitution,
hut a metallic currency of coined money , ami
as that is established, and no other, evoiy oilier,
’ hovvevui useful or convenient, was ofsonrsu ex
. hided, lint the Coiiveiition must have been a
ware of. and considered a Bank t iijwcurioiiey,
a- the Bank of F.ngland was known lo them, and
' the Bank of No. th Ametiea had been in opeia
tmn since I (SI.
1 “The Bank of the United Slates is a corpora
tion with exclusive privileges; it is not a public,
hot a ptivale curpmalion, consisting of such iior
sons as may heroine snhsr.ilieis. ihr ir assignees
and sm eessois.” ( Jiank Chit tc:, See. 7.)
“The Federal Guvennnent is a siihserthor lo
the amount of seven millions out of ihhly-live
** millions ol dollars, and elects dr.ectors in pi-o
portion lo its stock. It may lie said that this is,
inpait, a pnlilie, anil in part a private corpora
tion. fat it Im so. In the Convention, the
power of incorporating v as pro, used lobegKen
| to Congress gt iieiiilly-, and negatived.
“ It was proposed to he given in eases where
the run titular Hlales had not the power, whit It
might, nevertheless, he exercised lor tho public
good—negatived."
e “ft was proposod lo grant the power ofincor
poralmg, specially, foi loads and canals—ucaa
lived. e
“ It was proposed three tiroes to incorporate
an I diversity—negatived.
" “To establish post and military roads— -n«ca
“ lived. b
1 .“ To establish seminaries fe. the pminolton of
• fitcraluio, arts and sciences—negalived.
, “Tho same for the promotion of agriculture,
trade, coinmeiee ami nianufaetnres—negatived.
‘ “So that in whatever possible form the - ovv
-1 er of incorporating could he proposed, it was
steadily rejected by the Convention. Tho pow
er of direct iucorjioraiion having been thus «c
--, (statedly refuser! lo the General Government,
' can they assume it by indirect means by un
foreseen, unsuspected construction I”
* {l:viow ~len 6 UCS 011 <o show, that nl
_ mough it may boos much runrenienee in collect
~ mg trad distributing the puWiorevenues, it is not
%
“ indispensable,” as Mr. Mcl.ane seems to con
sider it— il is not so •'necessary" {to use tho
epithet of the Constitution) as that the govern
i incut cannot get on, and well 100, icithnut such
an Institution.*
MOlcLano, however, refers to n prevalent
and niitkur'elij, lor justifying the exercise of such
a power. Ist. lie rfcl'ets lo the Bank ot North
America,'established by the old Congress in
—and says that “ the authority of jho present
’ government cannot ho less clear. But was
* that ease itself a very clear one 7 Had the old
; Congress the piopor anlhoiity under the Articles
1 of Confederation 7 They might issue hills of
1 credit —They did issue tlrcni to the amount ol
millions—hut hills of credit we re not Bank
' —The very authority to establish the Bank nt
1 Noilli America vva-s doubted and disputed at the
' lime—yet the safely of the people was supposed
* to he the Supreme-Law. The Bank was excits
" ed from tho necessity of tho case. Tho enemy
", were at mir doors. Tlie funds of our country
* vveto nearly exhausted. Our gallant soldiers
1 were sQlfeiing for want of pay—Many wero
1 without shoes to their bleeding feel. —lt was at
! such a moment as this, that Robert Morris; pro
-3 posed the establishment of a national Bank with
; a capital of Ad'iO,ooo. And what analogy does
■ such a c.isis as that of I7SI t ear to our pte
-1 sent situation 7 No enemy at hand—the public
* debt on tlie eve of extinction—llio country
1 abounding in solvent hanks and specie currency.
Mr. Mcl.ane also refers to the sanction which
’ the Bank of ‘.ho U. tl. mijt icceivcd
’ fiom the several anlhorities and from a majority
* of the people of the nation. The precedents,
■ ;ro not ail one way. The Senate ot
the U. S. refused to rc-chaitor the former Bank
1 —liy the casting and glorious voice of old George
Clinton. Some of the Slates have uniformly
protested against the Institution. Sometimes a
.Stale, which has been at one finae for it, lias dc
( dared at another against it. I’onusylv ania was
' once against it, and New Vo.k for il—and now
* they have shifted sides. Virginia las always
1 been in the opposition.—But the sanction which
1 Mr. M ( Lane, like Mr. Madison, draws from pre
' cadent, is iusuHicient. — Precedent is not recog
' nixed by the Constitution as its Fxpositor. That
instillment cannot he amended, hut by three
i fourths of the States themselves.
! Let in ask, then, why is not this appeal made.
If the Bank he so indispensable; if it lias the
' voice of the People so stiongly in its favor, why
1 is not liie proposition made lo amend the Consti
tution, so as to sanction the power 7 Is not this
the wise and conciliatory course 7 Appeal to
the Slates—ask them for the authority—if they
1 grant il, all (Jotihl will he at an end. All discord
■ will cease. Tho(|uestiou is at rest forever.
But admit tlie | ovver —is il expedient lo re-es
: laMish such an institution as this is, for the pte
’ sent fiscal facilities of the G ivc nmenl 7 When
' the present Bank was established iti 1810, the
' |ii lie debt was I'ill millions. Before its Charter
expires, llm debt will he paid oil',—Now, our re
| venue is fitiui 25 to ufl millions—Then, it ought
not lo exceed 13millions. Isa Bank i f 35 mil
lions he nocesstny at this time, one of 15 mil
lions at the most will he sufficient in 1833.—A
1 gain; the modifications nccessaiy in the present
Charter would change tho whole character ol
the Institution. —At present, the Bank is a com
plote mockery of the reserved rights of the
States. It can establish a Branch) within llm
limits of any Slate, without her consent. It
( can remain ns lung as it pleases, against her
1 wishes—With the aid of tho Supremo Court,
’ il can defy her lax laws. The Stales have no
1 I s iitre in its capital; no control over its admiiiis
t-ation. Is all this right 7 Shull all tins ho con
■ tinned in the now Charter 7
We feel hound, therefbie, to [Kotest against
this po lion of the Treasury Ropoit, and lo “ up
-1 peal unto Ciesar.”
Tho S icreta y then proceeds to the impetr
taut proposition for ieducing the revenue to the
accessing expenses of the Government. He is
clearly in favor of such a reduction ; and the rea
sons which he assigns, and llm manner in which
he expresses them, are entitled lo un qualified
appiuhalion:
“ Whatever room there 'may be for diversity of
opinion, with respect lo the expediency of dis
. tiihuling among the several States any surplus
revenue that limy casually irecrue, il is not doubt
ed that any scheme for encouraging a surplus fur
distiibutron, or for any purpose which should
make il necessary, wiH ho generally discounte
nanced. There is too much leason to appre
hend, that a regular unifo m dependence nf the
State Governments upon the revenue of tho Gen
eral Government, or nn maifoim expectation
font the same source, wonld create too great
au incentive lo high and uno(|tiul duties, am) not
merely disturb lire ha mony of the Union, hut ul
timately undermine and suhve.t the purity and
independence of the State Sovereignties.
“The public w elfare anil tho stability-of the
Union would ho mine effectually promoted, by
leaving all that is not necessary to a liberal pub
lic expenditwo, with tlie people themselves.
Their aliuction for the Government would he
thereby strengthened, and llm sources of indivi
. dual and national wealth augmented; so that
when the Government should have cause lo in
crease its ex; endilurcs for public emurgeneies,
it might rely upon a people able and willing to
answer the cull- While those means of the na
tional wealth are thus cherished, the machinery
by which duties upon impo ts are collected and
In ought into (lie public treasury may he kept in
full o; oration, and susceptible of greater ctticien
. cy whenever tlie exigency may make il neces
san.”
O si sic omnia !—All this is wise, and just,
and l my republican; consistent with the sim; li
cit)’ of ike Federal Government, the sovereignty
of the States, and the virtue of the People. °
But in reducing the resume u> the necessary
expenses these two ipieslions uiise, Ist, what is
tube the amount of the expenses; and tid, on
what principle is the revenue to be cut down to
that scale 7
FXPEN3ESL
Mr. Mcl.ane estimates the present expenses at
$13,500,000 —but he proposes additional etxpen
-1 dilutes of 1,500,000 —making the whole $15,-
000,000. Tim additional sum does not appear
calculated to sluitic iis by its amount—hut, llm
j people have a light to demand, that nut a cent
should he taken from them, hut what is want
ing for the ex; eases of the Government. Let
us lake a hasty glauce then at Mr. Mi Lane’s
bn cel:
iCiirjvling the armours, and at min o the milt
' ti i. —Tlioiii can be no olijeuiiui to goiii" as far
’ the Sec. claries of the War and Navy ecoiiimoiid
in their Reports—hat not a slop further. It is
| their duly tosunly such subjects—and although
‘ we should positively abide by no man’s mohoTi
tv, yet v\e shouldpicfet in such cases the opin
* “Theexisting hanks mill, wi liom ilmilit, enter into
i arrangement,. It. r Iciuling their agency, niot the more (h
--i \ "futile ;a- there will hi- a compel cion aii-iiny theta (tint.
U l.crca-, this I ill delivers u> up boimil to the nalioiiai
, oaiik- who are tree lo refuse all arrangement.- lan on their
own icniH, an Ithc pulaic not lice, im.-nch rcl'.i-al tocm
i ploy any etin-r tsiak. Tlait ot - I'hilmU-lplii ~ 1 believe,
. now lines lais l ii-ine-s |,y their post notes, vvhie.h, he an
aeranyo naan with tlie lrca.-iirv, ate paid hv any Slate
eolleenir lo wlnnii they arc pre-i nlcd 'I Ids i xpialicat
■ alma-, siilnecs to prevent da- existence of dim tierm/li/
* w.aen may ju-uty the assiimplioa ol*a non-ennitieraleil
p mer, as n means Sir carr.i ing into ell et an enumerated
oat*, i Ids may lie dune, and has been done, aa-1 well
- done, without lids assumption; oierctitre.il does not
stai d on Unit degree utneeaiita \\ Inch can Ismcstlv ju«-
. luy it.
“ It may t.e said, dial a hank whose Ml's would have a
f currency all overthe Hnaes, v ould he more eonvi nienl
llnmone whose enrrenei is limiietl lo ti sn,si,. S[ ;l i,.. Sy
it would he still more convenient, ihal there slice Id lie a
(tank whose hills should have a currency all ovt r the
‘ wot id. Itui it tji.es not Itiilusv irnm lids superior convea
■ ietiei, lltai diere i.sists any wlure a power to eslatilish
• stieh a hank, on dint the. world inny mi so i n very will
i willioidit.
“Can il lie thought dial the constitution intended, dial
lor asi mi,-or two vCconrcsit nec, inorem less, Con toss
■ should lie authorized to break down die most ancient and
, timdemi iitnl laws of die. si vend Stales, saeh «s those
. atraiast mortmain, the laws of alienage, the rules nf de
scent, die m is ef distribution, ihe lawssife-ela hi nod for
h iiare, mat die laws i.fuamn|> ly.” —Mr Jejje riou’e C'u
tinet "jdniun, athlrtmd to On. U'uthingt<jn, in tin
. lihl. *
t in Prance, Png I a ad, ihe. llicre is one Rank without its
11 (fK’idiiio bnmvlies sprcndiac dmmgh the empire.
ions of his two colleagues to his own. We make
' llio same rema.U as to augmenting tkr, naval
■ anil military resources increase of nazal pay and
i emoluments, tyc. Jj-c. We would not go a step
beyond the retuisitions of the respective depart
! inents; nor then, even, without investigating
i every item and every argument in its favor,
i Rcnwciag obstructions from the Western II a
i | t rs. —Not a cent would wo devote to them —
t | because Congress has no jurisdiction over our
• i rivers. We “do not find them in the bond.”
1 1 Until that instrument is changed, by tho parties
r to It. the Federal Government is not auilpiiizcd
f t to appiop;iule u cent to the purpose.
f. Surreys of the coasts and harbours. —Tiicro
. J geems no rc.isMt ihlo objection to.the meusui e.
fj Custom houses anil ware-houses. Wlierever
i the;e he any difficulty in obtaining Ilium, let
1 ! them be built—but we have not yet understood
• | there was any dilfieully in tlie matter.
i - 1 The same remark applies to Court houses and
! j Clcrhs' Offices —with this diffidence, that wo
i ■ have occasionally known lh*U. S. Cou.t driven
■ j lo hold its sessions in uncomfortable rooms—
t: Whore no arrangements can he made for obvi
• j uting this inconvenience, there should lie no lies
-1 i itation in building a neat and convenient, nut
3 1 splendid ami expensive, edifice for its accoimno*
• 1 dalion.
! On Revolutionary Soldiers. —Where their sli-
I pnlatod coiil|iensaiion has not keen paid, their
■ claims should he dischargod.—Where they sul
-1 for f.om wounds contracted in the service of their
1 connliy, lie mnsi tie a niggardly econo'miW,frlTo"
f would not iclieve them—Ho nittsl bean imjiio
vident one, who does not erect the necessary
• barrio;s against f.aucl, imposition, or exlrava
: gancc.
3 Wo slioithl doubt exceedingly tlie policy ofin
f creasing the suhnios of our foreign ministers. —
> W e certainly can never expect our couiitiyincu
■ to vie with the splendor of EiiiOpean minisleis
s at foreign Courts—hut certainly llm statements
r of M . A/cLanc are entitled to great attention;
3 and if a a miouln en piiiy into tlie facts should
1 distinctly show the piopiicly of a moderate ad
• ditinn to llio salary of our uiuiste.s abroad, it
ought to he made.
I W e are happy lo see the Secretary calling on
■ ly for “ a moderate allowance for such objects
o general improvement as shall boos an ao
• knowledged national charnclor, within the (im
! its, as admitted by the executive, of tlie powers
' of Congress over tint subject”—hut aslhoCou
■ Blitutiou recognizes among such objects no
• hiancli f“ Internal liiiproveincnts,” no allow
-3 alien at all should he made.
' Let us come now to
1 THE REVENUE,
to meet the, expenses, say of 1-1,000,000.
But tins b ings us at once lo M . JWeLano’s
important siiititcstioris afuml the Public Lands
1 mill tho Tariff—We shall defer ottr comments
to the next pa, or.
44 •• I
i From the Edgefield Carolinian.
Tim Augusta Ch.onic.lo of S?Bth insl. copies
from a Philadelphia papers letter fiom Win. H.
Crawford lo Mr. luge soil,- urging, ns lie did
1 formerly in his S| oeclies in tlie Feiiato of ths
1 United Stales, tho expediency and constitution
ality nf the Bank of the 11. Stales. His nrgu
‘ menl for tho eiiiistiliition;diiy of tlie Bank, is,
‘ simply, that Congress has the power to pass all
laws which may he necessary and pioper to
‘ carry its enmne atetl powers into effect, and
> that this includes the tight to pass all laws which
i arc necessary and proper to cany tho enumerat
• ml powers into effect in the most perfect and
cornplutc manner —that llio Bank is tho most
perfect and complete mode of collecting and
1 distiibuting the revenue, (an express power of
• Congress,) and thereto.o constitutional. It is
obvious that this inode of rcjsoniug completely
eon founds the i ucstions of expediency and cou
i stitutioniility, & breaks down all barriois against
> llio unlimited discretion of Congress. Every
tiling is within the competency of Congress,
i which in its wildest discretion il may determine
1 does facilitate, in some degree no matter how
slight, the complete and perfect execution of
its [iowcs. To lake an example: Congress is
hound to guarantee to each Slate a republican
i form of government. This power might indeed
he executed in an imperfect and incomplete
manner by loin ing each State to regulate in gen
eral its own polity ; but surely much more per
fectly and completely by requiring every State
to abolish that anti-republican institution nf sla
very. And thus Congress may constitutionally
interfere with the p operty ol' the citizens of the
Southern Stales.—ls this he the strict construc
tion of an old Radical, what must be the vaga
• ries of an unlaced Liberal 1 If one who remem
bers that both the general power to charter in
corporations, and the special power lo incorpo
rate n National Bank were e.yirossly refused lo
: Congress by the Federal Convention, still con
cedes the constitutionality of tho hank, wo
should be glad to hour of any limit to his gener
ous concession.
•*»» e®s
t’orx’MTirs. Deo. 31.
We havc juM hoard of u s-hm liinfr or
' rui renro xvliit-h look place on Thursday
' evening'lust, within u few miles of litis
' plneo. Air. JUruondcr M'Cnnts. a respec-
I tiihlv citizen of this county, while fit tin <r
, nl his fireside in thedusk oftlicevon'njr.
. was attacked try a negro fellow, who
itished upon him with a large knife, and
indicted a desperate wound in the side of
, his head and neck : a senflle ensued, and
• Being- deprived of tho knife, the negro
fellow retreated to the yard, and having
pvoe tred tin axe. ngain advanced upon
1 his victim : who, hy this time, was nearly
J fainting with Ihe loss of hlood : lie was
, struck tit wn with the axe, and his head
beut lo pieces.— Democrat,
Macon, Idee. 80.
Inrcjiifisries. — Ponte wretch tande an at
tempt on Altmday nijrht last, lo tire the
J new .Academy lately creeled hy subscrip
tion entlie Pciilh Common. The torch
es were placed so ns to kindle flic wentli
i er-h: ai ding where it joins the cliimnoy,
obviously to induce the belief of the lire
. having originated hy negligence at the
• fireplace; hut the torches seem provi-
I ilenliully lo have gone oat of themselves,
1 without eonstmtumiing the nefarious de
-1 sign. The ends of (he plank are eonsid
eiv.tdy elmrml, hut no ll iipuf seems to
have been raised.
, It is hard to imagine what internal mo
tive could have prompted so diabolical
j an net. There was not even the hope of
plunder; (i>r there was nothing in the
house hat some benches, desks, und ehil
; droll's school hooks. It would he well
tor our patrol to keep a good look oat.
___ Mvirthyr. j
J In tlie Intrry of husiness, it escaped !
i our intention, to record in (he Dxlru
which we issued ou Wednesday last, a
-1 mongsl the sutlerers David I-'. A\ ilson, :
| "Ito had I'M casks of lime destroyed; [
, and also some property belonging to P.
P. Rockwell. The name of Mr. Sheep
; shanks was made to read Crail,-shanks 1
i Ihe amount in which P. Jmlson d* Co.
i ' vm ' insured on their house was SISOO '
■ and not ssofio as we were (hen led to
1 believe. That the public may know the
errors anti correction, at the same time,
we have to-day inserted that which we
published ns an extra a few days ago, '
from which all our readers, cuu have'an
account of the fire.— lh, \
TEACHERS* COJiVEXTIOV.
.Tcoordlng to the previous notice, n
-Ijo at twenty tcueliei'e a Sampled at the
court house in Milledgcville, lor tho pur
pose of taking into consideration of the
necessity of forming' a teachers society.
On motion, the Rev. Mr. Reman was
appointed President, and the Rev. if C.
lirowii. Secretary.-— Papers were read
nnd subjects discussed, connected with
educut.un und the objects of tho Conven
tion.
A constitution \Vas adopted for tho for
mation of a Teachers Society, of which
tin- following arc extra* ts.
Article Ist. Tliis association shall bo
called the Teachers Sociity and Hoard
of Education offjc cJt.de of Georgia.
Sid. Its objects are to promote the dif
fusion of knowledge. esp* ei illy among
Teachers, to promote harmony anil co
operation in their eflorls. and unibnnity
in their mode of teaching, and thus to
render them mure useful in their profes
sion.
The filh article provides for a board of
nine censors, whoso duties shad bo to ex
amine all candidates for membership ol
this society, a id grant ll.e u certificates
of moral imd literary qualifications to
Teach, and any censor may give such
ccrlilieatc till the next meeting uftho so
c.ety. The regular annual meetings of
the society will be held in Milledgcville,.
on the 3rd Monday in December, and the
semi-annual meetings on the 2d Monday
in .lur.c, at such place us may bo deter
mined by the society.
Ofllcivs elected under the Constitution;
Rev. C. P. Reman, President.
Rev. Alonzo Cluirch, I<t Vice President
Rev. George Whitt*, 2d do.
Rev. Otis Smith, 3d do.
James Waddcl, 4lh do.
Prancis D. Cummins, sth tin.
George P. Cooper, (hit do.
A. I*. Lewis, 7ih do.
Rev. .Mr. Alexander, Bth do.
Thomas R. Slate, Esq. Treasurer.
Rev. R. C. Rrown, Reo. »V. Cor. Sec’ry.i
■Tho Rev. Alonzo Church, I). D.
James P. Wa-hlol,
Rev. George Wlii e,
Th imas R. Slade. A ,)1,
Rev. Robert C. Rr nvn, \ Censors
Rev. John S. Wilson,
Mr. Prancis U. Ciinimins,
Rev, C. I*. Reman.
Alexander Helbcck,
TieMilviJ, That the f -il.iwlngtopics be
submitted to committee *. whose duty
shall be jointly or severally to prepare
essays, and report at the meeting in June
tin I December.
Ist. On the Fellenberg system.
2d. On Lyceums.
3d. On the -tn lies,exercises nnd man
uals, proper fu? c ) ninou echo. Is.
4 li. On tho construction and furnish,
irg s. h -ol rot mi.
slh, On free schools.
Oh. On tlieesfa' hslim-mt of an instil
tuti mi for the qualifying teachers.
Ttb, On government ofst hiols.
Blh. On Trustees ami Academies.
Tho next meeting ofihe moiety will
bo held in Macon, on tl.o second Mon
day in Juno next, Thomas R. Slade, Esq
of Clint *n, was appointed to deliver an
addicts upon education, b fare the s
ciety :it their next meeting in Ma< on.
(Signo 1) C. P. REMAN, Pros').
Rot hut C. Ruoiv.n, Sec’ry.
G. org : n Jourinil.
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LATEST FiiO.ll LIVERPOOL.
rVr.iv-Youx. Dec. 2<>.
The ships Caled mi i and George Clin
ton arc below from Liverpool, whem-e
they both sailed on the morning of tho
(!tli of Nayeinbcr,
The Lnnilon advices by thrsa arrival's
are not later Ilian -were received by tho
Ontario fl-om London.
Consideralil * alarm prevailed in so.-a ?
parts ofthc North ufE.igland. f o»n a r< -
port that the Cholera had broken oat t
Safiderlaad. and fiat five persons had
died fom that di-ensa. It was said to,
leave been introduced info !8u derland
from Riga, in thecli thos-chest of a sc «,
man. O.i a full iitvestigaliou, if was sat
isfactorily ascertained that the disease
of which tliohe persons <li*-«l was the or-“
diuary *• Eng!i>k Clmleru Mori,.
LIVERPOOL M \RKET.
Li verpool, Saturday, \ov. -7.
The Import of I lotto u tins week is
533 d hags, and the sales are 10,Odd bags
at fully last week's rales, including 3580
R->weds 5;l to 0 1-2, 178 1 New 0.1 mas
5 3 8d to TUI, 201(1 Alabama*, *Vc. od to
G]d.
—•*•9 «««•
CONGRESS.
roSTACIf OS NKWSI’AI* IRS—Till? LAWS, &(‘i
iMr. Arnold preaanled a (tctilion of
Samuel Martin, of Cainjibctfs Station,
in tlio State of Tennessee. The petition,
Mr. A. remarked, prc-catcd sevoiT*! now
and in'eresling questions, which would
uo doubt, at some period not fur distant!
'■all fortli the action of this House, fie
therefore moved that the petition be rca
which was ordoied by tho House, uut’l
it was read accordingly.
Mr. A. then resumed, nn-l assured the
Rouse that lie did not in c id to trouble
them with a speech; but lie fell bound
t'» make a passing rein irk. It might
seem to some gentleman on this lloor (
that flic propositions contained in the pie
tition were wild nnd visionary. He con
fussed that, when ho (lest received the
petition, the boldness ofsome of the nie«
sll res petitioned lor startled htpi; but
upon reading if u second lime, (ind alien;
a momcni’sreflection, he was convinced
that all the propo.-itioiis contained in the
petition were worthy of
anil that some of fa-mi, ho honestly be*
lieved, ilcsi-rved tho highest co'nsidera-i
tion. All its propositions have the same
tendency. Th-v lend to o|i-*n up the
lonutaias of information to the whole
people: and if. as ho thought all must
admit was the fact, the stability nnd per
manum-e of tins government, with all
its boasted institutions of freedom, de
pended upon the virtuuof the people; &- if
llie virtue of the people depended noon
•heir intelli‘.ciicc,then he vvna certain thnt
he had not: tlu*"(icd 100 much importance
to this petition.
Mr. A. asked, what does hf petition
propose? It contained five distinct pro
positions :
Ist. That, to nil actual subscribers,
newspapers and pamphlets, not excee
ding one sheet, should pass through the
mail free of postage.
2d. That all owners of printing press
es nnd types, und nil persons actually
working & employed as printer*', should