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K ~v him l.y Mail--the person ram. -
K'. . • v.ail.l . hmi, mar train "a- 1 o-t
- verbal i>.cknowlu,lpuKiU of tin
r is (lajmsilo in his office, winch shall he given
in case of miscurriuge.
(on business) must be post paid, or they
oflhe 0,1i.(■• * np • , t
KvSfiP Tsii: IMTED S»TA FL.S
y ..,. rrr , Administrators, end Onardiana.
K LAM) or NK<iK(>Kri.hyA.
or Unardhins, are n ipmcd, by Inw. w
il.e first Tuesday in the mon'li, between tin
in the forenoon, amt three in the afternoon, m
of the cotiniyin wliicli the proper.y u-
j C( * of these sulen must given in a public
■\'n r »nys previous to lla* day of sale.
the sale of personal pro|»e.ny< nnisi he given
■£....,* POKTY w»yien«.yoi sale.
K thf’debtors und creditors of an c&tale, must be
HjipihitilioLi Will tie umde to the Loiift o,
leave to sell h A .M) or iXLLHOLh, tuusi
H,..! r„y FOLK MONTHS.
r,s I) \v, m a«, is3>.
“ Be jusi, anil fear not."
HivOHTJI AJiraiCAX Ttf Vlir.V,
■xv. for Aptil, 1832, containing sovcnil
K valuable arliulos on into;estina; sulijocls,
Brucuiv ud by Muss:s, Kichakds die Ga
]■ Wii til of room prevents us four noticing
■ purtieul.il ly at present. Contents, iVe.
Bruxt.
Hpour o\ Tin; u. s. rank,
Brc r ortof the Comrnitteo of investigation
Be aii’.iiis of the L. S. Batik, as submitted
Clayton, is rccedved, and shall he
Kf.ee our readers us cmly aa practicable.
■. twelve eoliitiins of small type, in the
B’elogiapli, and wo luve nut yet had lime
Bum
(tvnimfv TOR < ONCRTS*.
[find the fotlowina notice of the Candida
t’ol. Mu TON, in the hist Cptimibus papers,
annul hut admire the fearless imi ’pen
, ujicimess, and candor, with which he
l,tmn ledged his ptdiii.'al creed—'hr timell
), hnl Mily ({.epoch.;,an,idoc.tritte ol ,\nlli-i
«—and nailed I.is colors to the mast, con
ii ,-ioli in swim with ihu glo ions vessel,
aniline his fortune:._with thnsp o''its jml.i
--■ lav, 'Those who agi.ee with’ mm, 'and
iu value oflhe diy trines, will p.ooeilv ap
in' his efjtosc, wliile even i’is oppononls,
for they may differ from Ins -o, ininns,
respect aiiitadmhe tho honest 3i»itl intre
etdieieiive. he ev;.tivcs in llikir pinity and
I e nie adllioriva d lo iinntmncc Col. JOHN
fON as a eaiulidale-.-ferl (.'oogress, »l the en
| election, and lo say, that he offers himself
i pen..le, as iffe advocate us the dotti me vt
E(ieatiuti. ,r
•TREAKIJUY ÜbTOffP.
e omit mur|;t tillte-r nnlUer, pie; a ed forlo
and among it,a reply lo the “ambiguous giv
oui" in the C.imfliilutiuni lisi of yesterday)
ve place' Wthe long expected jrrojet of lee
nr.isli ulion, from the Secretary of tho Treat
, for the atljUfUment of the TaT'ff. We
fluid time merely tu glance at it, at present,
let enough to assure ns, that it will not-gt all
fy ihu just d-eimmdssji Uiaßoulh, and that
loir in any respects, highly delusive iu its na
, likc all former projects of the kind. It will
10, that is certain; and its projector, and his
j'.itois, will, find, that the people of the South
[in more disposed to how down theii necks
Sissivelj lo the “ judicious Tariff” of Gen.
Ison, than lo tiie ctilincg and ginger outrage
Ir. Clay, or the “bill of abominations” of
Van I'uieii, cf which this is tho younger bio-..
, If they real 1 )' w ish to conciliate the South,
bera yield toil some actual and substantial
if, and rest assured that it will not he behind
1 with them, either in conciliation or gene
y. Tut if they, expect liberality from us,
arc willing to shew nono ih-meulves, they
find themselves wofully disappointed, ,hc,
wliu liv.y may.—Mu e anon.
THU I.ATU MEUTINO.
were not a liltlo surprised, on Saturday
ring last, on being asked, if we had attend
he meeting, and enpuiiing, what inoetiag,
jfi’i, tbit there had been a public, meeting
. Ciry Hall, that afternoon, to electa
t to tho Convention to b*t bold in .Mil
>■ n the Till inst., 10 make ar ...ige
r -n the subject cf Reduction-—that the
- nncenient of it, hud been llnough a
t'- riied through the streets by a boy with
I - id '.hut a delegate had been appointed,
tl nany persons attended, we know
.bn' i? presume very few, for we have not
'to t single one, of several whom we
ll • Kac, who was there. The proceedings
•is 'r.eo'.mg (which, it will bo perceived, is
R a meeting of citizens of Riclitni nd
in; i wdl be found hrdow.—VVe donotlike
nuide of getting up a public meeting. Why
I nrl tpe notice published in the papers, and
•o ' ---lime previously, that the people gerre-
T throughout the oily and county—all of
9n were euually interested—might have
it, and had an opportunity of aUend
’ '' lid seem, 100, from the follotvlng
•''co the Macon Telegraph, that lips
P“I i*r receding,on tlii-; suhject,iß not pccu
! ' : s meeting alone; though, how inauv
b the one in Macon, have been sitni
■' !u ted, we are unablo to say.—At a
‘ "—• in Perry, Houston County, on the
"on the same subject (as >ve see by u
publication of the proceedirgs in the Macon Tel
egrai h,) after a resolution lo appoint a delegate
had been offered, for the pm pose of testing the
opinion oflhe Meeting, a motion was made, in
writing, lo adjourn, and carried by a large ma
jority.
“It is mentioned in the Hfurnn Advertiser, of
. j the Ist in«t., that John Lamar, Es p was, on
Thursday last, elected a delegate to the con
templated Convention at Milledgeville, by “a
1 meeting nf the citizens of the county," at Bibb
1 court house. The statement is not accurate.
No public, notice of tire election was previously
given: so that the citizens of the county in ifv-r- J
erul had. in person or by p oxy, no opportunity
to vote for a delegate, or to express their senti
ments ns to tho expediency of sending one. Tho
election, therefore, was nut by “a inr.i tiiiL' of\
' the citizens oflhe county.” In fact, it consisted
• of no mo o than forty o; fifty persons, some at
-1 traded hv the trevet of tho project, hot most
, drawn thither by business, at the Superior
Coni t.
i It is not at Mr. Lamar s being the choice of
the individuals present, we mtiitmn —at Ids ele
vation to any station to which tho voice of the
poo le may'raise him, we shall hot repine;—but,
- as f.eemen, we must object to the manner in
which this matter was conducted. If it were
1 thought expedient, hv theactois. that the county
■ of Bibb should he head in the C-invention, the
people ought to have been appealed to, and the
1 business left to them. Notice given pieviou-ly,
1 a reasonable time is an essential preliminary.
'Vithout, it their will & wishes could not. cannot
‘ he ascertained, iior their atJthoiity conferred
I unless it should'appear, thiil, tired of the d udg
erv of thinking and acting in public matters,
they have left the task lo any small meeting that
may he surprized into the vexation ami labor.
If such abandonment lias not been made, Bibb
county is asyet without a delegate to represent
her in tiro proposed-Convention,” —And so is
Richmond county.
“At a meeting of Citizens of Richmond county,
a! the City .Hull in the City of Augusta, on the
II sth day of May, 1832, for the | urj rfu of taking
, into cansidnration the propriety cf concuning
■ with their fedlovv-eitizcns of other pails of the
! Slate who advocate the reduction of Meinbcis
in our Legislature;
On motion, The lion. Sami'it. lfAi.E,ti:e May
or of the City, was called to the Chair, and John
11. Mann, was appointed Secialaiy.
The following Uesolutiuus were then ([.ffered
and adopted, viz.:
On motion of Robert R. Reid, Esn.
Resolved, That we concur in opinion with onr
fellow-citizens of ibuttock end oilier comities
of < ieo gia, who advocate the reduction of iVlem
•l hers in wtir Stale Legislature.
Resolced, That a Delegate he appointed and
sent to attend the preliminary meeting to bo I
j hold in Milledgeville on the first Monday of the I
lure-sent month, prepurato.y to the calling of a I
General Convention.
,j On motion nf Wim.i.am Comm i no. Estp
j Resolved, That James M 'Laws, Es p he ap-1
! pointed the Delegate to attend the said Meeting, j
! Resolved, That the proeaedings of this mect
j in'! hi- -igoed by the Chairman and Secrete: y,
11 mid be j üblishcd in the several Gazettes of the i
, | city. SAMUEL HALE, Chairman.
, Attest, John H. Mann, Sccreiunj.
(tOiififlrTKhV, As
-1 The editors of the Oeitroia .Journal will per
ceive, by reference o our puj er of the 4-b,
j which wo have forwarded lo l-lrein, that l lie ar
ticle wlnch they attribute to us, In their No. of
f, Thursday last, is not ours, but a correspondent's.,
f aiid was erroneously copied into the Federal
Union (in which the editors say they fi st saw it)
I.ll9,though1 .119,though il bud been ediioiial, by the omission
(of the signature, “ A Kfivygian.” -And, in lips
•; way, were the editors led to attribute it to us.—
■ Not being ours, therefore, we do not feel called
I upon to volunteer i;i its behalf, particularly as its
• j respected author is amplycapable of doing all pos
• | silde justice to any cause in which he may en
!, gage.
,| Tho other article which tho Journal alludes to,
II in iiclalion to the Hancock meeting, and v. hicli;
l| tho editors observed also in the Federal Union,-
.' into which il was copied, with the former,is outs;
1. and is as fellows; “ The Hancock Meeting. — |
i We regret the movement of tho good people
i of Hancock county, in relation to Reduction, at
their lalo meeting,in Sparta—the proceedings of
|\\hi eh will he found in our paper- to day fust,
. because the [ ti,blie: mind is too much occupied,
C and properly so, with other vitally im; orlant suh
i.jcts—the decision of tho Supremo Court, and
: the Tariff —and therein e, necessarily unprepar
| ed to do proper justice to this. And, second, j
I because the whole undivided ia*- rest, considera- [
.; .lion, and energy of the Stale, wdl be called forth*
! on those subjects, and necessarily required, to
. | do justice lo ils character and interests, and the .
. welfare and prospe. ity of its people, That a
Ig; eat crisis is at hand—one deeply fraught with
j (lie future, destinies of the Stale and. the whole
country —is evident, and cannot he denied—j-.nd
, I to attempt lo deny or evade it, would he a
i, shameful neglect of duly, and traitorous lo the
| welfare mulhappiness of the country. It must
, he met. And to avert the direful consequences
’ which might otherwise result from il, the people
1 must be prepared to meet it—with the firmness
and dignity of freemen, determined to do what
, i ever circumstances may require, for ilia prusor-
I I ration of the institutions and happiness of the
, c mntry —fur Liberty, the Constitution, and liar ■
Union.”
Tlte Journal attributes this to a concerted j
t movement against tho cause of Reduction, on j
the part of the Chronicle, the Federal Union, and
t \ the Clark parly. Where it the evidence of il I <
,i Is it lo he found in any of the sentiments con
II mined in the above article, or anything else we j
have ever written 1 If so, let it be shewn. For
cm selves, we c nmol see it, or anything whipl,
could justify such a construction. M e '., a ve ne
ver consulted with thy F&devttl Union or the
p Cla.k party, on the subject, and am not in the
habit of colts'll tin ,1 aliv one as to what wo snali
think Or say.—They uro our honest sciitinionis,
dictated solely by tega d for the intpr-st and ho
|s nor, and welfare of tilio Stall, and if there he
‘ any thing wrong in thorn, we again say. let it be
shewn. We ata willing to ntake issue with the
■ Journal on this point; hut will not permit it to «y
f,om the arguments and sentiment* themselves,
|| to attribute to us motives whidi neither they not
anv part of our conduct will in ike sbghtest do-
A * «
W&V&TA, (fii; S.iTUIBB>AY, JIIY 12, ISJI2.
gree sustain ; and which tho Journal itself docs 1
not attempt to prove.—There are some persons
so far gone iu party-spirit, and so devoted to par
ty-discipline and party-support, that they can
not conceive us any higher motive for the actions
of others, than sheer party-feeling ; but, when
they choose to chaige it upon ns, they will please
to follow up the charge by something like proof.
That we have our individual party regards,found
ed on the generous and gratuitous support which
one party has extended lo ns, without prescri
bing any terms, or clogging, in the slightest de
gree, our free and independent course, we un
hesitatingly admit; and we have been proud lo
support that parly, too, whenever wo could do
so without any sacrifice of honesty or principle,
and should he wanting m common gratitude
. and feeling, ifwo were, not; hut, 'hat wo over
supported it contrary to the honest dictates of
p onr conscience (while on the other hand il is
. | known that we have often and openly dillored
s j Tom it) we posi'ively deny, and defy all prool
ij to the contrary. And, wliile we are determined
* | to think and act for ourselves, and to speak our
. I own honest sentiments, after carefully weighing
) ; both sides of eveiv question, when we cverde
-1 grade ourselves to the level of a mere party ad
-1 vacate, regardless of principle, arid saciifico the
t interests of our Slate and country, lo the inter
■ ests of any puny, any men, or luf men, may
’ that good opinion, unbiased by men or party,
| which alone we covet, ho changed inlocuises,
and our tongue, or our pen, ore it move in such
1 acanse, shrink moveless and powerless fiom
1 our control.
We, are not opposed to Reduction, on proper
principles, such as we have heretofore u ged;
but opposed to it as a mere party measure, and
pailieularly at this lime, when tho Hi ate has
’ higher mid more important interests at stake,
which the discussion of it is calculated to pre
judice, and which, much, and properly so, as
they now engroess tlie attention of rite people,
must preclude that close and undivided
lion to, and minute investigation of, Reduction,
which a subject so varied and important ab.so
lately demands, to do it proper justice.—A dis
tinguished statesman of Georgia, is repot ted to
have said, a short time ago, in speaking ot the
present position of litis Stale, ami its fit lute pros
poets —The discussion,at one and the same lime,
of throe questions of so great, general, and vi
tal, interest, intricacy, and importance, as the
Tariff, our whole Cherokee subject, and Reduc
tion, is ealctdiled to destroy tho energy, m
-1 flu.encß„aud character, of any people or State in
| tho Union.—And yet, added, to these, are the
Presidential election, the Periilentimy, and other
| leading and general questions. The remark is
j a most significant one, and highly deserving of
; the attention of tho people.
I
F"« THU aVm’XTA CIIIU'MI’U:.
IM HiiU: .MUF.TjNG.
1 1A res; ectahlu number of the inhabitants of the
1 county of Burke, convened at tho Court
II ouse, in Waynesboro’, on Tuesday, Ist of
May, IS'd'J, agreeably to adjournment—John
.Whitehead, Fsp in tho Chair—Edward
Hughes, Secretary.
Tin Committee, appointed at the fanner rneealng ,
made the following
REPORT
' The Committee, to whom was referred sun
dry .matters by the former meeting, hog leave
lo report, that, upon the deei-eun of the Supreme
Com I, in the case of Worcester vs. St ile of
Georgia, they consider public opinion no com
pletely settled, that il is optiecussuiy fur them to
discuss the meats of the case; hut their duly
will he fully discharged, by simply adverting loj
the course which il seems to them to behove the I
authorities and people of Stale lo pursue,;
iu relation to it. . Indeed-all the dopaitmenlsof
urn .Government have taken their ground, and |
already stand pledged on this occasion. The ,
Governor (following the example set him by his:
predeccsso-, iu a case pnciscly similar) lias do
dared that “ any -attempt to infringe the right of
it Slate to govern the entire population within its
i tenitorlal limits, (due. regard being hud lo the,
cases expressly excepted by the constitution oft Im:
United Stales) would he the usurpation of a
power never granted by tiro-Slates; mi Ii an at
tempt, whetievcr.made, will clraliciD") the most.
determined resistance, ami, it persevered in, j
I will inevitably eventuate Iu the annihilation of,
| our beloved Union”—and adds, “I wji' disro-;
gard all unconstitutional requisitions, ofwliat- j
ever character or origin they may he, and, lo (
( tho best of my abihtUc, will prelect and defend
the rights of the Slate, and use lli? limans us- j
forded me to maintain its laws and constitution.”
-—To tjns declaration, the Legislature have re
sponded by Lie unanimous adoption of Resolu
tions containing the same views of the constiln
, j tionul. ritllls and diiUcg of the State, and con
cluding with the following : “'1 hat iris Lxcolien
, cy, the Governor, be, and he is hereby author)/.-
, ed an I required, wjth all the force and means
placed at his command, by the constitution and
laws of this State, to resist and repel any and
every invasion, from whatever direction it may j
come, upon the administration of the criminal |
laws of this State."—The Judicial branch of our (
i Slate Government has, also, been faithful 're ils
I j duty, in pereniptoi ily reiusing lo carry (Tdoi ih-cl
! the unconstitutional, p.lid we a,;o ronstraiued t“
II say, unrighteous, mandate of the Sujaairnc t ucr.
i t of the Uniter. Status.
All the Hiil'amitics of the Slate, inning'has
. [ announced, their detetminudon and our- hoiigj
emphatically n govermnent of opinion, it be
i* comes the people lo make an open a> meal of
. I their sentiments on lids rnomctiteus subject, and,
. j if they believe those whom they have cnirnst
.' ed with the managciuunt ot ihmt dearest inter
i I ests have judged and u-tud tight 1 )', to snimgth-
Icn and one oiirag-J them m die ] erfotmance ol
■ th* ir duties, bv pro- 1 iltiimg to tue we ld that
! i they will stand Ly and suppoit litem in whatever
■i me t-iu us they nr ay find ii proper to ndr.pt in dc
; , fence of those tights and int'-rests. \V huti-fuiu.
(your Committee rerurrmeud the adoption of the
j ; fullowjug Resolution!) *
,j Ist. Resolved, That the proceedings of the
.. Sit, veme Court of tiro United States, iullie case
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| of\\ orecster vs. Georgia, both in sustaining their
jurisdiction, and in rendering such judgment as
they have rendered, arc arbitrary assumptions of
power, and in violalionof the cuprous provisions
of tho constitution.
~d. Resolved, That the State of Georgia en
tered into a I nuiir with the other Slates, tier
equals,, a* a sovereign and independent Stale,
granting to the Federal Government.certain
limited and specified powers, for express pur
poses, and reserving to herself all powers and
rights ol sovereignty not granted. That among
the powers so reserved, is absolute criminal ju
risdiction over her whole territory ; and any pre
-1 tensions which may be set up to control her in
i this matter, must ho considered an attempt to
degrade her from the condition of a soveieiirn
* Slate, to that of a petty corj oration.
3d. Resolved, That wo love the Union, and
i would make all proper sacrifices to maintain it,
1 and that our love of union prompts ns to rosial
f all encroachments upon the rights of its mcm
-1 hers, believing that suclt encroachments diroctlv
r tend to weaken, and eventually to destroy, that
I sacred bond.
4th. Resolved, That among the evils which
■ must lusiili fi cm t lie late strange, unurc-.cilcnt.
. ed, and unwarrantable decision of tho Supreme j
* Court, the diminished confidence of the people ;
, in that tribunal, will not be the least, and that lb" 1
, moral power which giew out of tho belief, ;.o
, fondly cherished, that the venerable men who
i compose it, were far above the influence of parly
i bias, must ire shaken, if net totally annihilated.
sib. Resolrtif, That we highly appreciate that
moral coinage and sound judgment, winch.wore
so eminently displayed by Judge Baldwin, who
nobly supported the constitutional rights of tiro
Slate of Georgia, though standing alone among j
his broth; i n.
Gth. Resolved, That the stand taken by his
Excellency, tho Governor, the General Assem
bly, an.l the Judge of the Wester n (‘n cuil,meets
with our entire approbation, and we assure them
of our ardent support in cveiy measure which
may become necessniy fin sin porting the rights
and dignity of the Stale, on this occasion —fully
, peisuadqd, that it requires only a fnin and un
yielding determination not to submit to usurper!
power, to avert front our beloved country the
calamities which threaten it —and .that a contra
ry couiso will certainly dopiivo us of all the
blessings that our fathers, purchased for us with
their blood.
Your Committee ask leave further to recom
mend, upon the subject of a reduction of .lire
Legislature, the following Resolutions ;
Resolved, That we accord with our fellow
citizens of Hancock, in the measures proposed
' by them, in their Circular to tire citizen;; of Guor.
gia.
Resolved, That a Delegate he appointor] by
the citizens of this County, in meet the Dele
gates f ont the several Counties which shall have
assembled in Millcdgovillo, on ilia Ist Monday '
of May hist., preliminary to the Convention for
nlleiitig the Constitution, in reference tu a re- j
duotion of the Legis attire.
1 Upon the subject of the Baltimore Conven- ,
(ion, your Committee further recommend lo Ibis ■
meeting, that our Senators and Representatives j
in Congress, he requested to attend the contetii- !
plated ('(invention, lo be holder! in Baltimore, '
for (ire purpose of selecting a Candnlala iur lue j
Vice Residency of the United Stales. !
Tiro meeting look tip and unanimously agreed j |
*to so muck.of Hit) Report as gvlatea tu ilia, -ieci- j.
sion of the Supreme Court. I I
Tho Resolutions on llie suhj ml of reduction i t
of the number of nic!..fiers of the.Lcgislaluie, 1 |
i were agreed t-..
j On motion, Rcf«(m/. Tluif Dr. SocTinvonrn
; ll.uii.ow, he, and fie is hereby appointed, a do- '
.' legate, to meet the Central Committee and do-1
legates from the other Counties, at Milledgeville,!
l on the. Ii st Monday in May, instant, to ag ec yu «.
■ the prclimiuat ios of the proposed Convention, j <
j The Reno ton tho subject ol thcjßaiiiuioru 1
. Convention, was agreed 10, and, on .'iiotiyu, liir. I
Chairman was reipicstud lo transmit a coj>y to
oniSenato s and Representatives iu Congress,
(In motion. Resolved, That the j.roceedmgsof .
this meeting he signed by the Chairman,and Sec-; ,
rotary, and published in lie Constitutionalist and i
Augu-ia.Chronicle, anrl in thef.'eorgiaJuunial. ; i
JNO. WHITEHEAD, Ckgi.-niiui. '
I Edward Hughes. Secretary.
FtH U I> LATCH I ROM CMIODi;.; ,
New York. ;May i. j
By the tiaeket ship Canada, Cap). Wilson, we .
1 have I iindon papers to March List, and Liver- | 1
! pool to the Ist of April, both inclusive,
i ' The Cholei a has made its aiu'earauco in Bar L. 1 <
The number of cases iJp to ffilh March is stated I 1
at I’ fi «
lu London on (lie 20th, llm number of new : t
cases was Uhl: deaths 40. On the '.'7 th, new;,
oases SO; deaths 4s. tßih, new cases!)! ; deaths j
4u. aotlr, new cases C 4; deaths 34. j.
In Du! Tin, up to the tii llr, hut one new onso |
hail occurred, making three in all; in Belfast no j .
new cares.
The Treaty of the London < onfer.ence so; fbe : '
separation of Holland and Belgium', (ui- l,neri“
latilied by Aiiitria. The rald-t alien l<y i’lu-ia' r j
was daily expected.
| The aCeond reading of the Reform l»d' iu t'.o '
111 .(SO of I.oils, had lietin postponed iiorti the I
, oih to the, !Hh of April.
- - (
Di -. M tui; (* n i - * a s r r ras i r: i.k.c r i-u, t
TIIK TMS.IT.
W'o |>i,ib!i.s!r, to- day,lire repr-i't of Cifi
Scuii'tiiry ol t^ - e 'lVt'tiHiiry. with llm to
r'oni|iunyiH'v lull on lint siilijoct (iftho Ta j
fill’- TKo (lorillticiil war long -it <:a (it
j o<t so% mul hnsi IjL-i-n Iruro'cxjtfiMed, mid j
w'l'rlonlrtlesH, he I'rmrl E'Xtoiisively. ,
\V« Irtive nut time, sit prewnl. to giv
to tire* j.iibiic our* rHloctrorrs on tin* nuo- j
jou.t |ir<i[)(.sci! Ly tfic So< r'clnry. nri.l mtot j i
'inline cttrscKeis w n li'" - t'entur 1“ on its i
ending iVqitni'ers. 'li.e rcni let' 1 *W 1 cell
Hull.on ninny ofthe inijiorf.nnt at iius.ji
per i(:c ditties nre still I’eirtined, no that ■ :
I is difficult to say. to whnt ()er cent, ad j I
• uloi'em. they would amount. Onaji
sliqtit exaniinafion, howeveu, we would j i
nppos6 tile average duties on all heavy t
i'nlected articles, do not vary materi.il-j (
;y f ront tlie tiii ifiOf I L 'I hey, at least, (
■ollsidcruLly exceed those ol IblO. ;
'i’lre titinimurn principle is yielded as ,
to woollens, hut retained aw to certain de-
serijitions es cot lon goods. Cash dittos
are substituted for credit, a great and
aralerial change in our system of impost
as estafilished from the eoiniiieneeineiit
or the Govei’inneiil, ealculated to raid
very considerably to lire nomiiial rule ol
dlilies', as lived in the proponed project,
we would suppose, not less than six per
cent. Another new principle is the tax
upon auction:; of one rind a hull'per cent,
which mast also he added so the nomin
al duties. 'I his fealiire involves an im
portant principle, and to these wo may
add ariotfuT feature, involving principles
ami cbnnequeneok, still more in vortuul.
Vie itreniillie fyslern ofIUHIN'I IKS to
the shipping interest, inserted nuilev u pro
/nice of draw hack! 'These, with smine
change te> lo the amount of valuat o r,
conrstilute the peculiar feat urea of the
plan. '! he hill is to go into operation on
the lid of .March, am! is permanent
in its provision;), eontemphiling no fur
ther reductions.
On
reviewing ils provisions, wo eon
clinic, on the whole, th it the plan will
not he i;tir\e.tq>lah!e to the mainilactin'-
•ng inlr rest. 11 makes some reductions
il is true, on the protected articles, hat it
also contains new prov isions, which can
, not. fail to he highly acceptable, to that
j interest, to which, if we add the almost
j ont.ro exemption from duties of the tin
j firoh i hil, mid vs (rich acts us a bounty, tr
j ihai ( xtent, to the j rohclrtl articles, tin
mannfacltiriug interest would ho in r
situation eer Utility not less desirable that
tlo* present. X’i edo not think that tin
project "ill he equally acceptable to tin
grei I opposing mid tax paying interest el
the country, judging frowr nil the. indict!
lions " Inch we ,-ec in that epiarter. Mr
Kleilie himself, who eertaiidy is Htlieli
rlispcived lo second lire •‘laxecutive
view.'’ us will he seen by an extract
from tiie last liielrmond llmpdrcr, con
siders twenty or twenty live per cent,
as tire extreme rale of duly, and oven
that lo he accompanied with a provision
of a gradual reduction of duties down lo
rhe invvc I rev nine point-. In this, we ih
not doubt, he speaks Ike language of lire
t rrtiiv South. As to lire prohidde urn,mill
of revenue which the hill will give, it is
ililliei.lt to speak w itii certainty. We
would suppose, speaking eoajee.Uinilly.
!hot it i'iiiiiiol fall short of sixteen orsev
enleen millions of dollars, tiro sain al
which ii is estimated under this project
and which, added to the public lands,
and hank dividends, would leave a per
manent revenue of from eighteen to
r vv only millions of dollars, and leaving a
surplus,'At least, of seven millions—a sum
selfieicntly larya l , w c fear, to divide, dint’
tr act, and ourn.pl the whole country.
iMjroin’ or Tim
tsKCilllT AIIV or Tin: TUU VST’K \.
(In iJic ii i'lsluinil us the 'J'tirijf,
'IJ)IKASU«» |)i;t'.trn;>u:NT, AjailFT H 32
JSih: In Trhedieiice to two I'esolnlinris
of the ii iCM 1 of li“pi'c f i ntiiliv es, of lire
l!)l!i .biiuiiiry 1 fi;2. direettHg the Kecrc
latyojtire 'Tu-usury t t < riileet inforina
lint nsi-.i eer lain rmtn'dael'n'es in the’ U
niteil Dtaies, and to ctitnipiinieute lire
same lo the House, vvitli sileh stiggcs
tiansHslic nigy think itsefnl. w ith a view
to (he inlj'L-! loeid of lire (aiitf, and with
such a tmilf ofdulies on imports, in Ids
op in ion, he best adapted to tin* ad v ance
inenl es the public iliteier-'; tjre lllaler
signed has thelmuor to report, that for
I he imi pcse ol'cl'i-e-(.jally eernplj iiig vyillr
(.hr* presumed object pt tin* House, as
sooll a* proper agents could lie* selee'ed,
lie oddi'essed eir»qilars (a copy ol which
is iio.vV'i'ttnsiiiifti'd) to gcutleiiie*!) in tin 1
r laics'imr ili of tlidj 'loiime, and in the
Mule oft tilio. rerpii'sting lilt 'f aid ill cpl
leeiiug Hie informalmn (h*slfcil, and also
s right personal I'onlt'i'eriees will) eini
n< rtl innnufaclurers, and <)t!ier gentle
men acrcjlliuled .w ith the subject.
-ue of those, hoxiVvcr, w ho trad heed
selected as agents, declined acting; and
ow.ng lo tliat, and other c .Uses, with
which ills not necessary to trophic the
House, more lime h is been .employed in
e;.ecut/ng. Ilii* itrifitlions of the. depart
mi nl ilinn wars anticipated. 'The im
parlance of despatch (idly appreci
ated. hnl until tjie returns cun hi he re
ceived, lo*'liable igned to emu
inuiiiciilc lid' fuels called for by lire
House, he did not deem himsell'aiithor
i'/.ed to Mil'inil any silggesTours, or itj
commend any pat In ulaf inudilieatiD'n of
ox'stlug duties.
"These reUrrnshave fim recently ticgrin
to conre in. and have yet been only par
tially recei ved; hut riilT'erthaii incur any
delay, I hi- ml v nneed pci iml ofthe ses
sion, or longer, expcetnli >o
oflhe House, the' imdersignc<* httsj the
honor (o commiiiiieate the •Vtri’ ofi as fin
u 11 1 *• y IniVe eopre to in*'.,(, mill will con
tiuuo lo ii'itnsmil ulh ei's as they may Le
received id lire •*,-partn e it.
In eomplyi*' g with so inueh -of the re
s'blu'.ioux r , ihe Mouse sis recpiii r' the !Srf
ch fui y cf the 'Treasury to c miiuHidual'-
Iris o*' n suggeslions. he s Well avval'i
of i he delicacy tu, d res|)oiisihihty ol the
task ho hasher it insl| tided to perfornr:
he is pi'i.fbuinlly sen-dhle, hovvev er, rd lire
.rnpurtanee ofthe crisis "ha h Iras ir;-
|,lin ed lilt* demand "'id he haa willin'
eo'ifuV.nco in lire liherul patriotism with
| vv (iich r very herest (Ji'nrt for he adjust
1 meat r fits acknowledged difficulties vvi!
lire teceived.
i If the raising the proper .-mount of re
; venire were the only object, or could n
'line guide these suggestions, the task
would he comparatively easy, hut the
crisis presents a different and far more
complicate sul.j. cl. The impost system
oflhe I idled Stales has heen. for many
years, incidentally, hut so intimately con
neeted with the growth ami protection
of Aaicriciti. capital and labor as to have
raised up great national iuterosts, -indis
pensiilile to the prosperity ol the i run
try, and f Isielr eannot he lost sight of in
•my new ndjirslmerit of the system. How
far otlrer interests, in (Liferent portions
of the j.iiioi), can ho satisfied in tin
system now lobe framed, without in.ja
ry to those important interests is the
question which makes a compliance w ith
the direction of the House, a labor ol
Treat delicacy, and of^tiU
iu the circumstances which at jiresent 1
1
VOJLUIIK \0.2»,
s i require a general reduction of the reve
d tine, it is not believed practicable to pre
• serve, lor itny length of time, the tic-fin .
1 of protection hitherto nflbrdcd to the-.
d interests whiclt have grown tip tnnn
d’i'fie post legislation. The state of pah
t,|lie feeling throughout tin important p<
r lion of the country, which, with great. .
\ or less intensity, calls for n revision < i
I. (lie existing lurin', is not to be disguise,;
i- ISoth pntriotisni and wisdom dictate tin >
r this sentiment should be respected, nn.',
V :,s fur ns tithy bo compatible with tla
s common weak that it he satisfied, not
I from any nnwimhy motive, but unde:
0 that ohiigatiun of duly, which requin -
- that all be regarded with an equal cyv ;
e ami that all be borne upon with an rrpi
i, hand* and. under that no less solem
e obligation, to preserve, by any reason:,
n hie concessions, our inestimable Union
t Fully impressed with these consider:.
'■ (ions, and in the belief that, by their re
solutions, the House has required sup
1 gestions for n general reduction of dulii :
II on the urtielt J comprehended' in the c>
•- isting tarill’, the undersigned has felt it
*■ his duty to deal with the subject in that
d spirit, and has now the honor to submit
> the result ofhis investigation and reflee
•' tion in the form of a bill accompanying
'1 this leltqg.
' lleiloes not intend it so much for u
<> perfect scheme, as to euibui y those sag
< gestions which lie has been culled upon
a to make in a deflinile and intelligible
n shape; and while looking to tht? pbtitot
e ie object of the resolution, w hich has al
e so guided his own judgment, he cheer
f (idly assumes the responsibility of. tin
i scheme mm presented, he will derive no
i’ less gratilieption, if that object can he.
h belter attained hy any atiolher plan vv hit!
(’ wiser counsels may devise. ' 1 *'
< The basis oflhe bill now submitted, is
a total repeal of the act of the "1 Dili tvJ
.Hay. mid a liiniiutidn of the Vev£-
i line afterwards to he. raised, </y u'new
• system of duties, to the existing expeit
- ditnres ofthe (.iovernment, and to .sue),
other necessary expenditures as the rk
-1 igeney ofthe public service mgy require,
t and Congress, in its wisdom,’ haiy* -uu
> thorize.
i* The estimate which was presented in
. the late annual report fronV.this depart
ment, and ofthe amount to be received
i into the .Treasury from customs, in the
year 1H32, was founded, chiefly, upon (Me
. importations Os the year Jhiil; and. as
llk‘receipts from that source Will not bo
a gi eater than may be safely relied on‘for
i> the payment of the public debt, withhi
ii llie tinie proposed, the duties cunnot l/e
materially, ifat all, reduced, consistent •
ly with that object, earlier.than the jKiri
od indicated.
I film duties he reduced, as proposed
in tire bill to take effect in .Vlarch,
the iirnniint which’, according to the prin
ciples adopted in forming the estimates
: for !Ki3, may he estimated ns the receipts
- from the customs in 1U33, will lie übont
• Wly,(kill,Ofo, which sum, after providiifg
fur the payment of the debt in that year,
would leave, lor all oilier objects,) tjjdd,-
- ipv.uio.
• ' (Should the public expenditures amount
to tlfi,0(1000(1 jitter the payment of the
debt in |K{3, there would be a surplus-ia
i that year of only $3,5110.000.
. No allowance, however, is made in
this (Miniate for the elfects of a diminish
ed importation, or an unusual re expOr
■ tut ion of (hose articles which may be
i included in the reduced tariff, and might
•' not bo necessary for the consumption of
, the cMintry before the reduced tardf
p sla uld go into operation. • Vet, hbvVever,
• equally a prospective redintfonmay enn
• bletlie importers to adjust (he supply to
the demand, it is believed Ihfit a conside
i ruble redaction should -he’made for these
contingencies. It : i« ’ doubtful ; wHcMvr
they would leave naysurpltis', btsf, it’iMUjr,
a small one. And, in carryingKito cflf'ct
i a great, change like this, it would be im-
I prudent to incur the risk of it scanty or
i deli olive revenue, merely to avoid the
■ chance (if a small surplus. 1
i If -a reduction 6f $10,000,000, or up
wards, should be made, to go into opera
lion iitiiaedhitely. it would effect not onij
the future revenue, but that which has
already accrued, and which forms the
fOiei'“basis of the receipts into thbTrei.
■ iiiry during the present year. Whatever
• amount, receivable from the customs i i
this year,may be now in bond, it cannot
I' be doubled, that before those bonds be
come line, n re exportation would take
i place of all sm !i articles as should be it;
cliidvcl in the reduced tarill, and be in u
sit uation to entitle them to debenture.
,-iueh article's could not enter intocoinpe
i tition with those imported under the iV
■ dueed tariff; and would necessarily be
re-exported. ,
In regard to the proper time (or the re
■ diielion to go into operation, the advan
tage which all parties interesteil“-the
producer, mnnuf.ieUirer, importer, eon
sinner —would derive from timely notice
of any importunt changes in the rates pi
duly, is a consideration which also, ought
1 not to be overlook! d.
For the objects mainly intended to he
provided fur, an annual revenue of sls.
(KMt,OOO is estimated to be necessary. <>l
this amount, until Congress shall other
wise determine, the sum of $3.000.MK)
may be estimated t.o be received from
the public lands; (Should Congress here
after determine to disperse with that
sourcc'of revenue, any deficiency there
by occasioned may readily be raised by a
| small augmentation ofthe duties propos
■ e.l bv the bill upon tlie class of artnhe
■ w hich are taxed solely for the purposes
of rev eaue, or may be distributed among
’ the whole.
The remaining *13,000,000 it is propns
i r*d to raisecx( lusively from ditties onlm
orts. inthe manner particularly provid
...I (or in the hill, fits estimated th:.K-u#-
■ his mode, the whole annual revenue
i from cu.-toms. calculated upon the iai
porlalionsol the year ending on the 30>a
■ -•epteinher, 1830, alter deducting re-»x
lortations. will be reduced more than
0,000,000; and. upon that portion id
■ hem commonly called protected article: ,
• .ore than tgt;J,o«K>,oo« : and. also, that the
ate of the whole duty from customs.
'tUeiiliited upon the cost ofthe imported
iatrcliundise. itt the c aoo year, exclust' ■
(Continued onfourthi>aj;c.)