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THE PATRIOT.
3Ubann, ©corgia:
Friday Morning, October 4, 1850.
several Stales hare surrendered no right to regti
Correspondents.
Some of roar articles are crowded oat.
See advertisements this' 4»k. See notice, for a
meeting of the citisens in this place next Monday.
We acknowledge the receipt of valuable
public documents from our Senator Hon. J. M.
Berrien.
late their own internal commerce or industry, by
taxation, bounties, or any other means. These
powers are therefore sovereign, and limited only
by the discretion of the State.
In confirmation of this doctrine, there have
been several decisions of the courts—holding
that so soon as articles of foreign commerce
leave the hands of the importer or come to he
incorporated in the internal commerce of
the State, the delegated power of the State
ceases, and the referred powers of the State
are supreme for its regulation. ,
This doctrine of the supreme power of the
States for internal taxation, was fully discussed
Notice—Public Meeting,
The citizens of Baker county are requested ..... , . , ,
to meet at Albany, on Monday next, at 3 o\ and authoritatively settled by the unanimous ex-
dock, P. M..to make arrangements for a coun- position and concurrence in opinion of the fatli-
tjr meeting, for the nomination of candidates to j cr4 c f ||, e republic* when the Constitution win
the State Convention. VOTERS ‘ nn< * er consideration of the people for their
-*- 1 " ' |adoption or rejection,
TtlC Macon .Hefting# j We quote the following extracts from the “Fed*
Our apace doea not allow ua to notice this jendist,’* which was written by Mr. Hamilton, Mr.
meeting at length. “Union and Southern Rights , J a y an( ] Madison, in 1789, and has at all times
Party**—“composed about equally of whigs and • t j licef been recognised as the highest autliority.
democrats**—“will forget nil past party distinc* j Thtugh a law, therefore, laying a tax for the nse
tions and differences.** To this extent, we like j of the United States would be supreme in its nature,
the name and the plan, and so far wo can unite ; «nd could not legally be opposed or controlled; yet
with Southern men, in opposing a Hi,Nation ‘ •»* *1*1 “ r Piling «bo collection of
‘" „ . , . . „ .,, .. a Ux laid by the antlionty of x state, (onleM upon
of the l mon for existing causca. Bull lhl! i mpor u and exports,) would not be the supreme the C)intrnlkw wiu ,j
platform is intended to pledgo Southern men ( | avr Q f (be land, but an usurpation of a power not I w jj| acco mplisl»
any hope of preserving the Union and bringing it
bark to a Constitutional basis, let us make the
effi»rt. After this fails, our skirts are clear and if
disunion must coino it is no fault of ours.
From the Central (Seorgian. o
We shall not work in the lead, nor advise it—*
But the question as we understand it, upon which
this battle Is to be fought, is “Submission** or “Re
sistance ;** and, by resistance, we mean the rearing
What follows convinced ns that he did not un
derstand the plan proposed, and we felt called
upon to answer and explain. So much for the
introduction. Ou the subjects of the Constitu
tionality, the practicability, and the cfTect of
non-interconrsc; the effect of immediate dis
union, and the folly of doing nothing, we refer
Mr. Brown to the series of articles which we
f th *‘ 5^ n | , 1 i * 1 *™ “ f . Sta “ P 0 *" , r* m,, >.“ d !have commenced thi. week. In his extracts
constitutionally exerted >n the prutectwa ot ouri r . . ...... ...
people, .nd the industry .nd commerce of the State, rr0,,,,I,e Constitution, w e have it.hcised the
that she msjr prepare herself for the contingency j words exported nnd porta which wrill show plain-
which may be pushed upon her bv the continued ly their meaning.
iggrer.ion. of the north. • '• • ' • f We are astonished to learn that Mr. Brown
There is no use in talking about defending our
rights, without taking the means of defence in
hand.
have denounced, by every legal and Constitu
tional means; and if the time should arrive
when the evils of revoulution are preferable to
thote which we must suffer under the existing
government, it will he ‘our right and our duty’
to resort to it. This ie the meaning and tlio
extent of Southern resolution-, and this is the
extent to which wise, prudent, and patriotic
men of all parties will act.
Hr. Cbierweod’s Report. . . My acquaintance with South-Wester
Mr. Underwood, from the Select Committee, gin dnleg hack nearly twentv v-r.,-. n ,
[cOMDXfCATED]
fleer Sir t—The interest which an all t
you feel in the improvement or Sootl, ™* w
Georgia, and the development of >11
cca, has emboldened me, not totally ,* 1 rMo °f-
to your columns, again to pot on the _!• "P*
letter w riter, and pen a few lines oi5n!!*, < ‘ f *
.glinted' but Still important and intenJ; llm S
ject ol internal improvement, and woul I * W, ‘'
w eight to my suggestions or sene * **•
6.V, were one needed, 1 might „ ,
ituuhiless he my parting udtiee. ’ ^
holds docilities so palpably violative of States!
j rights and so centralizi*" in their character and
It is our doty to the slavelmlding interest to take! effect, ns the following. He holds that “these : '•>» navigation ot the Ohio river, by construct- the best for the rollon culture, that I h,j* w
is protective step. Further than this, as a meas- articles of the Constitution** (prohibiting any j * u ff reservoirs on its tributary streams, have re- se-jn—iuiy, that the world contained, tv
» of resistance, we can not go. ! ta „ on prohibiting any preference! P»rt*d favorably, and recommend no appropria-1 J>|«nion Inis year by year, as crops ti«Jj
“ revs, Are., preparatory ' ^ l t " *# | tfl , #J*d beyond cnvail. Then,,."”
e «i. A vail..-# .i* |there exitteu one deficiency, which ^ 011
of the object of the j „ 1U Um | t , hi> action from comfo.^
I hot, and sustaining the highest chars,,,™"'
which this report Is cotton-growing. The weed mH,t (j," ° r
to which tiles* may Ito the wi.dest expectation—the fi.-lT* ^*
- . loliiln ivilll ovr,..n,l,,..B .« ITTlJUr
ex for!* and prohibiting any prefe
From the Southern Enterprise.
Lot «. gn to work build ourselves up; let us j „ are | a ,„ „ n j p,| |Klll |e to admit of the idea
keep our wealth at home, bestow it on our own in- , ’ . , , . ,
•titolione and we will .Iso become a mighty people of reserved power, it is expressly taken away
—a people that the North will be ghuTto claim as by the Constitutional compact'* so that “it is
not witluu the power of any one State to dis-
equal.
Nothin? but non-intercourse will bring about the j criminate between the productions and nmnu-
desired effect. So aeon a. the people of the South j fac , utM „ r , ho d j fferenl State, either by her
unite on it, it* good effect will be visible. !
From the Tallahassee Floridian Journal
We see that the Albany Patriot, and some other
u «i, ■. iiivu'n'iivc ; i — - d* —— «• * 11 r i i r ,— mat
to the port* of one State over those of another) t5on of 8*20,000 for survey** preparatory I ^ 3®" ««v*i|, I hen,m no ^
.« the accomplishment of the object of Urn p'is^hfo
report. I L„. „„,l ,i._ Inl °
The principles upon
founded, and the extent — — - . „ uca
made applicable, is embraced in the following ." Il,u " ,l esp inding bolls—the teeming
. . V .i *n r.i “house groan with the fleecy staple • v.»,k Bsw
extract from the report. Ihey are of the very |>ac k c . d bale would lie a useless Ihi '^*' 11
essence of Federalism, being derived from a cumberance to the stable in -
inspection laws or internal regulations !*• There
is not one word in any part of the Constitution 1 construction of the Constitution which leads to | forced by his necessities, die fa^ie^lu 13.
Democratic papers, are advocating non-intercourse which audio!
as a means of protecting Southern jights. It is ry to the letter
wont in any pan oi mo v-ousiiiuiioii. vv».»».»a» wi \ v me farmer woqIJ
loiizes this conclusion. It is contra- j unlimited powers of taxation ami expenditure, | l # *®P hl »nds to send a load to market i!
ft.fr and .pirit of the Constitution. make « way for commerce when they have * onho^So""^. boantiM** K
against the use of any peaceable and conati-; granted by the constitution,
totiona! mean, for the security of the Sooth 1 “ T! “ “* f —— f ““"
‘The inference from the whole is—that die indi-
r ~ ~. l ividualaUtea would, under the proposed constitution,
ogam, future «ggre».on,, cuch «. promo.,ng ^ <n itldrpendent >nd JJroll.ble .utbority
her industry, increasing her wealth, fmwer, and |Q revcnMe to any extent of which they may
real independence, by proper legislation for that ft*iid in need, by every kind of taxation, except
probcblc that thf« will be the lomimre which! ^faicli rererve to thc Stalc all the power, not i only the right to regulated. We protest against * : iu pktVre'if^uV eountn-^wwnt" 1 ^ '*
•c ! will adopt. If fully■ orried out, itj e3t M | y ,, r;111 t t .d to the General Government; »H auehpowera and nil aucli expenditure,. The | over colored i I, it not t'rue toU?" 8 "'
Indrpcndcnre. m “ " “ " y * j co'.trary to republican doctrine, the decision, j navigable water, of the i ni
(Many other extracts are crowded-out) ! of the eonrts, and the practice of the States. I’hey are, are “public higliw»y.,.„uwee *** I , ff „ t Vn^naniJiTah^' d.~rrT f "'* <le eBiltt * f "‘'
and a voluntary prostration of our rights to th<
mercy of a sectional majority. Does the “Un
ion and Southern Rights party of Bibb county** die union.**
Intend to deprive us of any eo iri’ufional mean*
the United States, such a* i You well know that l and others, („f
me conns, ami uie practice oi me outira. i ——-i — - »——ic highway's, and “free to ^ w as not the least) made effort afte*
Not one of the least curious of the arguments! the use of all the people of the United States, j and unUHn^wie"# ^ d,ntof
! used hy Mr. Brown against non-intercourse is. ■ in common,** but Congress lias no right to take a t. Hr t t .d;
that it “is in conflict with the cardinal princi- *l ,e money of the people to re-make these, or desired change, when lo—n* the earth’* » ^
pies of our party’* ‘Free trade and equal rights.’.to construct others. . motion foretells the earthquake’* sWk^th**
What party? Does he mean the* Southern j The following is the extract to which we: ""'ft l wl *
titute lor an entire subordination, m res|>ect to i meeung oi me citizens oi liioo county, tnc on-! ri 8 hts P ar ^ J io *.** ? P” nc 'pl° \ 4t ,p.. . , . - . - » . • *•>’ llie 8lor,M nt * tfi climax. Ilelndeed wau
branch of power, of >U.c author, ,y ,u that of j ject of which «•„ in the language of'one of its I ,hem '° f, "' klU 'T\ ^ ' M ' le f ° r! would tiIf'haT/ eoZ’nul . forndale *!“ l . *'*“ of C.
union.” President,, “to deliberate o,L and adoot areas. » t!n '<'*'« allJ coun ' Z ix » L ^ ^iri-M na„
“Tnlon and SonHirrn Rights” Meeting in
Hacon.
- - We arc indebted to tin* Macon Journal &
purpose, then wc denounce so much nf it as; Junes on rntports and «po,U- It will be shown ; y fc cr of ,, )e o glll P ,, |lteml , f r f „ r the
- aorrender of the verv citadel of our liliertiei. m the next p;»per, that this concurrent jurisdiction , i » Hat party r tioea lie mean me aoutnern ; ■*»#•##*..
* *- •' — «a«» the onlv aJmi»sible • procceonigs of a verv large and respectable. . . ... ! |,.,. A M r, r - n< i.
e n y a mi time j i • ' , , riahls party ? And if so, is it a principle with hate ref» rred.
ibordir.iitmn, in r«|«t lu, meeting nf the nt.rens nf Ild.li county, the oh- * ' ’ ... .*This lame
in tiie article ot Ux^ttion,
»ui)i<titute lor an entire subordination*
Presidents, “to deliberate upon and adopt tueas*
The preceding train of observation, will justify j , , • . . , . .. . r * . try I SSuch an an
■. ... , i i a ures lH*st calculated to oniiose the efforts now \ J 1
of self protection and security, ngAinst future •P CH,l,ori which has been elsewhere laid down, . ,* .. • - *, t* • „ + # Southern man.
, . I..*, . I h (that “a current jurisdiction in the article of taxation! making for a dissolution ot the l^uion * •,
wrongs' VV e should like to know. ' ‘
. „ . .... •», «w know from well known facts, la-! I..., ,1.,? Vl "iif,.* on,Mil. k i,..’,i ..ip ,
try f Such a., argument docs injustice to every ; , M , rin „ t l!ir „ u; , hllut every step in its efforts, un- j Aotl.iiV. how**™- -•.-■J * a "' 1 *" ,j11 *
the
t jurti
only admissible
Sontbtrn Pollry—Thr Rights Of the States subordination, in respect to ti*i* branch of power, ary." I„ t |„. discussion which preceds the de-, *
-the I’nlon of the States.
“The flute has come when it behooves every
j of shite authority to that of the anion.'
“The convention thought the concurrent jurisdic-
me unit- ua* voiiiv h iivii ii iiriiuun-9 cici » • ,, , , ... .1 “ I he (i||i,>i-|
Southern man to consider the host mean. n f """ P^emble lo flat sabnidinatinn; and ,x weve. , , , J r
preserving the Union, which lie love, ami the . dent, that it I,a. at least the merit ol reconciling;
rights ana honor which are dearer.”—The Vn •" indefinite coa*ntu.u.n d power ot taxation in Hie
^ p as i and Fu'ure. '.federal government, with an adequate and indepond*
“All violent policy, as it is eniffrary to the ■ r "' P""«-r in t!ie states, to provide for their own j
natural and ex|K*rienee*l course of human af-. necessities.
fair*, defeats itsell.”—Federalist. |
_ , , . .... !!7 We received the follow*
One of the mo»t momentous issues which has .... „
G*i., acconj; , an!t*d with a sprig of myrtle :
,i In'Cri&fd lo ihc Myrllr#
Myrtle! irndf-t, lovely. mi!J,
Thy breath i* lovely in the wild.
... . f ^ .* - | .... r , | It may be true ns Mr. Brown states, tli.it our
intitule for an entire • to arrest secession and preserve the confedor-1 J
ideas of State sovereignty ‘run up stream, but -
. , i • • i A c,. P»‘ovide, and the expenses of which are so
it seems to us tint Ins ideas nave run so rar,| . u . ' , .\ t At .
........ a , eu,r ... ..av.t.nia, u , ■ .Notliing, however, r.iusttl me i, mre
j der burdens upon its industry arising from id,., |he al^udonment, although \ve thouAi s, i
jklrarlioti, in it. enmniereini exchange,, for ten.ieirary, of our re t lUlroad vvh„, ‘ f
which general legislation alone can effectually Atlantic, lint this I an, convinced Lo ;
clnration of principles it is snid: |ihwr»hiu» inn his muib " u>c ,uu | trifling, compared with the magnitude of the
“'IV object for which said convention shall! d . own ,lrcu, V °" U, “ * U ' ,JPct : nS to he at,voca * j evil, that they would not be felt as a burden on
... scnihle has lint been di-linrlly it.-fined in the " n S ,llc .‘ ,f * consolidated government; the commerce it is prn|»ised to reliqyc.
in in the Acl > ‘"'i 1 * froin * , 'v Proeliiinlhm ol the Cover- instead of the Constitutional powers of a repub. j The great river, embraced in the designation
idi'Dond.! " or * I" 1 * fl'P sentiments Imldlv announced by Jiean government. |—*' 10 Missi-sippi and it. trihutnriei
it inn newspaper* and certain sjieal;
it iv., • c0 ' 1 " ,ust
abandoned, lor the present, tor evident reason
which 1 will give.
are forced to tin* ronrb,-i>*ii that tii
j pose of its friends, is to bring about a dissolu
- ... k , * i - . t ! proper! a of the nation, and not of the Mate* nr
In oar utter wo stnted a sur.iilc fact which,'-. ...
1 of individuals. If navigable, they arc public
- f .||jp i . t'l lil'l'. lUlldlo. II
■Jil ion CVCry ,nwvcr ™SM trt ,,nve known—that *tue hi^hwav*. 'IVv have neve
l th« attention of a free people is now
upon os, and chalenges the prompt decision of j
every Georgian. A few days only remain for j
deliberation, and every man tdinuld |K > rlbrm bis |
duty to himself and hi* country, by contribu- •
ting as far a* possible to just and patriotic con- •
elusions. The Convention of tlie people of*
Georgia, the members of which will be elected
on the 25th of November, will be clothed with
the original sovereignty of the |ieoplc, and will
consequently possess unlimited power to shape
or control the future destiny of Georgiu.—
Whatever may he the course of the Convention
its action will have a powerful Influence for
good or for evil; If wiao and prudent counsels
shall govern its deliberations, and influence its
action, it will he a means of arming the State*
with all their Constitutional rights for self pro- 1
tection and defence, without encroachment up-1
On flowery plains in worlds shove,
There grow* * plant, they c dl it love,
It indie haiin of God. designed
For all disease* of the mind.
And on thi* beautious world below.
The heavenly plant delights lo grow.
Sometimes the cot, sometime* the dome,
It always grows at woman’s home.
But most of all on Calvary,
The large*! sweetest plant* we see,
Enough grow* there,—if we could And,
To heal the soul* of all irntnldnd.
Fifteen years have, it is true, :rU,-J ir|
tullli ami population, auj a» a matter mnse.
the' < l uenl ••■veto, in impm tame, to the South .,,;'
'em Counties of (ieuigia ; but the amouut ,f
uvuilatilo eajritai at this time in market i* n-t
been s*.|<l as por 1,1 l* r oi*“‘»“» •“ the obje.-t,
r, rn I nf the. Union. ~ • I Northern States have, rqpio of them, mailo it n ! linns of the public domain, hernttse, Ireing ua i n:l ' 5 ‘ s:,le J"* 1 l ,r “n'ahle inyetlnients fins
'i’lu- measures \viti.*h hnve recently received penal offence to assist i:l the delivering up of n ‘ liontd liighwnya, they were reserved from sale. J 1 V' !’ ,, '*'* *'* e cn I*ifol—tint
the sanction of Congress, the circumstance of logitive slave; yet, even this plain violation of I ^ •“ «*“ « U *“ NV'td nta.u^ U "yZXt,
tin* foniirition mid ndoii**ion of the State of the intention of the Constitution is held (by the j * ‘ owns ten thousand acres of l:md—works
California, and the evils cf a dissolution of the ^up^mc Court of the United States) to be} PlanL Roid< In I'l^rida hand*, nird makes his lour hundred boles id
Union and arc discussed .at considerable length; • within the limit of their reserved powers.’ We I - .. * . t il his prejudices and illiln rall
stated tliis fact to show the extent to which the*
II.
Spirit of the Press.
We «re gratified to find that there is an appronch
ing unity of sentiment in Georgia nnd other South
ern States, which is an earnest for tire security
on lb* Constitutional rights of others, and thus, Soutliern rigbUt ind lhe pcIpeItti!y ol u
the eonclnsion is expressed in the following:
“1. ’Hint while we do not approve entirely of Northern States had gone in their aggressions
nil the Peace measures which have recently by the form* of taw and to show the futility
passed Congress and while we sanction (he 1 of t h ose objections which deny lo the Southern
votes of our Senators nnd Representatives in ! c.. . „ ..... , . , * ,
opposition to the admission of California; still Sla,ea 51,1 r, 6 ht of retal,al,on ,e « a! aml Con *
Plank Roads in Florida.
The spirit of plank road miking, seems to lie’ want of public spirit and extended vicwj.tr:
progressing iu earnest, in Florida. Already i forever bar and restrain its employment Turpi
one company is organized ami ready to coin- *
mence operations, and two others are now in
content plat iom
We liavfc received a copy of the following asset t that there is
. J lie improvements i ??o far as j-
Railroad* are beuelitte.I, it might its ‘Well 1*
buried with Kidd’s !o*t treasure, or in tin.-
romantic toudi oi l he Capulets. Noo;iecouM
» • . . | n • |-i -.VV..V*. —— vvj-j '*■ .w..*....i.p .lesti i »!•••» MH.I is lit.I Iiimiff Mlilll'it‘1!
see, in the action of Congress, nothing which 1 * 11 ,on,t measures. .%ery aggression o * c j,. cu j ar w bich is signed by twenty five promi-} feer and the ad j(»iuiMg counties t*» build
be regarded ns n violation of the Constitu-! which we complain has been committed by the
lion—nothing which will roquiry a resort to: forms of law, and it is bv this means only that
extreme measures, or in which the South can-j tho North wiM commit other aggressions; we
cy fculiiciriit in Ba
, Hoad.
not honorably acquiesce.
2. 'Hint we profess to be
true ft tends of |
have the power of retaliation by similai* means;
Southern Rights, and as ready to defend those j we havo heretofore done nothing but talk, and
lights ns any men living, when there is a just j now, wo are too valorous to do loss than to
nent citizens of Florida, and to which we cull i ^ n -V ° ,,w ert , n !*°*nt out hundreds of men, ten
‘ a dozen of whom could do so with rare—but
the attention of all who are interested:
Plank Road Meetings at Tallahassee.
TALLAHASska,September 25, 1850.
Sin:—Meetings will be held in this City <
will they do it f Who could accuse them of
so much liberality and foresIghtedneN I is it
not reduced to a demon-trnlile certainty that
these rich men never will build this fft/.id !—
That their money never will ctcaiie th
it may preserve tho rights of tho states, and u n j on>
perpetuate an equal Union. Rut if extreme!
i rush madly iufp a position which can only re- • Court to lie within the reserved powers of the j way of Duneansviile, or such other route as b ing settled, to w it^—that the Railrojtl
The following M trmcr« frem the * u!t ,!,%honor - ; States. Mr. Webster, to whom Mr. Brown re- niay be fixed ujioti. with a br.tneh, if ileemeil' be deferred, lor I do not despair of that
counsels shall prevail, either of resistance, or of } «s olll | iern p re *»” of the 17th ult. show that the * i ^ rs as aul * lor,t 5 confirms this statement. .Mr. ( to Monticello—and the other to Quin j uallv—wiiat mast be done? must tie
. , . . a , ... . . , . j - “I** ®l ,ow that the • it* purpose to war upon our proiiertv, or with-!... , . ,. * , , . ’ey.
passive submission, they will only tend to ren- of lhat are beginning to look forward hold our just Constitutional rights we sfrjml! Websler ln 1,18 s I’ ecch on Mr * Cln - V 8 ^solution ,
t!»e Union ! said :
Hie value and convenience of Plank Ronds
hen i
reprl the
have
Southern I
no one will deny who has at all exniiilued thejio unite u|
But 1 will state these complaints, especially subject. In this country, they will lie e.-pccinl*
* complaint of the South, which lias in my ly useful; while at the
, tiie
ess to
•xjhmim* prize our
opinion just foundation: mid that is, that there J of erecting then* will he comparatively small.; ha,-k
has heei: found at the North, among indivtdu-j It is believed that roads built upftn file nbme-i dav*
r.ls among the lcgi.d itnrs of the North, a dis j named routes will Ikj found profitable to thi
. fully, their constitutional stockholders—at all events, they will material
t-tunr of (tersoiis bound i ly increase the value of land in their vicinity
i;w*d into the free States.! uud, in the sating of time and expense of Iran
OodfttIKMI
You lull
egard tff» the
derpowerlesa, now and hereafter, eten our clear-, to „ |re, clb | e and'cnnftitutional mudoof redre... !«•-•)' tAfc«dir..le ll.oso rij-!,t s .‘
est Constitutional means of defence. , \y c have had much discussion, for the last few M l°"K n8 possible, and out of t!<
The object of tlicse essays, will be to examine j years, on natural and political rights. We shall " e are k*ft no other alternative,
the Constitutional rights of the several States, i h »ve more. These questions will be examined , tbal ***** •Mlnnissionisls_or that
j , . ° • . .» i thoroughly. •••••• t any sympathies with the eucmies of
and their means of self protection against the ! , .. r . ... . , • o: f t,,« ,
r ., . . . . . It was, perhaps time for the public inind to; svi*;m*»- > ; r.ts,
wrongs of either a sectional majority in C.on- awa |. enan j r i*e above the low pursuiU of party and j **• Believing, as we do, that either secession inci
press, or the legislation of individual States; ;„f pejf. a fr hork ha* been given by Congress,: or * n >* 0| her extreme measure, at prost-nr, can ; duti
but xve shall in the course of the discussion ex- j which all but the dead must feel. I.et, therefore, only result in mischief to the South, and to the. to s D , ,...
amine the present position of the Union and ^ patriots and wise men of the land come forth.—: cause of Republican institutions, we will sup-; I have always thought that lh" Constitution porlniion. conduce much to the gcnerMl wel- j m, for a filatik road. This l c,
iI.a Siai». aop tvmnm »1i. nmnAuwt Mmotlioa ! Uct TUB spirit or our ANCESTORS be isvoked— P 01 ’* no csttdidate for a seat in*s.*iid Convention : addre?scd t«> the L: a gi-latuics of tiie States j tare ol the country. Our present pro*|>ermi* j he cairicd out. The fa “user c:
let the institutions tiiev TRANSMITTED HE tre- j "ho does not, publicly and unequivocally, j themselves, or to the Stale* (hetii-eb
served AND IMPROVED.” | plwlge himself to oppose any and every nieas- j j haxe always entcrt.ii.Kd that v
The Columliu. (Ga.) Soutliern Sentinel,though mny lead, citherdirectiy «r indirect 1 entertain it now. lint when II
. . . ....... . . ’ ly, to a dissolution of the Union; and we re- J. ome venr* a* f o. was liefore the Sm
fovorine an immediate dissolution of the Union, q Ue ,t fl le frieuda of the IToion. in other enun- " ' l y_ ' ' ' * * 1
exhibit* the right rpirit in tiie foiln.inq extract, flea, to exart the same pledge from every can-
from an article on the subject of the Georgia Con-1 ilidnte liefore yichling him their support,
vention: * ft. That we flepreeate, ns unpatriotic and dis-
“ If those who compose ir .hall be able to devise' honorable, the practice, pursued by certain Di**-
any other mode, equally aa effectual, which .lull u " ion orators and prea.vn.of denouncin'; North
tho devision of our courts, and the common • P r “' n « lb * Union * b / rp * tnrin * •• <° iu originqj j *™ f tl,e S ? u,h {
purity, Heaven knows, we shall gladly adopt it, for being unsound on the subject of our local
our (treat aim is to save the South, not to destroy j institutions, and as being capable of joinin; '
the Union.”
the States, our wrongs, the proposed remedies,;
and the effect of each.
What are the powers of the several States
for self-protection or for retaliation within the
constitution l
To answer this question satisfactorily we need
only refer to the constitntion, tho writings of the
“Fathers of the Republic'* whilst tho constitu
tion was before tho people for their adoption,
ew.it-
farrier
•tilldrag hi* cotton to Macon and drag hi* |
'iiions buck ! Would it not l»e moth Ik*!
mie | Ian that u iii secure hi;u
uarkvt, than to foster an ei;'
s arc not equal to, or rein
i< I market less the rest <•:'
in hainl now a scheme xiiipl.'
capable of remedy ing, if not completely, at lea;
t*» a great extent, the v\il that enrttiuhrrs «s
country. You liave a coaqmny org.r.izid
large Hiiiuunt of subset iption already gi vr
lauuot doubt will
make it a**ra-
ndition affords as favorable an opportunity I ally to Ids inteiest to do the woodwork
id be desired for the promotion of such! this road- The cost of building Is conipara-
nterpriH
sense of our fellowr citizens.
The several States composing this Union, are
sovereign and independent, with the single ex
ception of tho powers vrliicb they have ex
pressly delegated in tho Constitution of the
United States.
in. mid
subject, ...
e Court | tfidodly behind the age. It becomes us to ox-! dm e in the bands of bis own negroes ami
of the United States, the majority of the judges * 1,r * ourselves, and l»y a trilling outlay and a lit ; ployees to market, (no small item); and lastly
held that the pow»*r to cause fugitives from ]public *|>iiit, to devebqu* the resources of' the i
service to lie delivered up was a power to be j our 3’ouiig hut treantiful State. ' toll t ,... ,
exer.eised under the autliority of this Govern- | We trust you will find it convenient to In' i* highly improbable. The South-western R*il
nient I do not know, outlie whole, that it • present at the meetings referred to, and that Rond w ill soon lie completed to Oglethorpe, tl
may not have been n fortunato decision. My P*} W *H# by your influence and pecuniary akl. terminus of the contemplated road; tiie euerjiy
habit is to respect the result of judicial deliber-1 n*&ist in our pro|>osed undertaking. We are and enterprise of Florida will soon call upoo
ations and the solemnity of judicial decisions. respectfully, die. us to till the gap which will intervene andsepa*
But, as it now stands, the business of seeing j j rate us from her Gulf coast, and why should
[communicated.] ! we be wanting t It was never yet the ens<\
■Dccatbb Co., Sept.. 30. IS30. |«J>»! «^“ _ w LiI
* are, in nil suvli matters, dv-! flvdv notliing. Tiie funner vim send Ids P"
paper.
exhibit the gratifying prospect of an approaching!
Union of Mutbera men, upon the ok) States Rights
“The power* not delegated to the United republican doctrine of peacableand Coxititchcal
States by the constitution, nor prohibited bjr it
to the States, are reserved to tho Slates respec
tively, or to the people.” Amendments Con. Art.
X.
Among the most important power* of States,
is the power of internal taxation, whether for
revenue, protection, or retaliation, anil this is one!
of tho power* with which tho several states
have never parted, as wc shall proceed to de
monstrate.
The following extracts from the constitntion
are the only powers touching this subject, which
have been delegated to Congress;
“To regulsto commerce with foreign nation*
and among (he seesrat, states sod with til* Indian
tribes.”
“No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported
from any state. No preference shall be given by
as) regulation of commerce or revenue, t*i the ports
of one state over those or another; nor shall tenth
boaod to or from one state, be obliged to enter clear,
or pay duties in another ”
“No state shall,without the consent of eongre*.,
, » servile revolt Wc believe such charges, un- i t | ia t these fugitives are delivered up resides in
We take the following extracts, it rsndom from »»rPprtod as they sre by the slightest proofs, to; t h e power °r CSngress and the nationnl judic.v | * imicatib Co., sept, ao isw. | -«*•--• o—
Mrs in Genraia Florida and Alatams mh i .h I ,*^ e * ,ron 8 e * t evidence that the men who tore, and my friend nt the bead nf the Judieiarv I .. „ , , , . duties of their |s>sition. nor shall n be . Audi
, ? tw g,.' FJ a , AUb * ln, » w , h .' ch nuke them are destitute of moral and political I Committee has a hill on the subject now liefore ,, " V Some time ago, I thought that , doubt that this will be soon performed.
—A... . . the Senale> wil |, Mlnc anwndmento to it, which 1 ,h ® ."T , “ 0e,ho »PP”;«ch.ng election. ,. , he , e 1k! nw > k e„ed to their true at*
I pro,*.,* to »up,«rt, with .11 it. provisions, to j ' V ‘ > “ ld “ W '^ ssio ''°: b ? dlsrru "' I teres? and thj fact, that now is the l«st time to
■ - • • | “ "8 but from P^ ,t " S aa ,he , take the first step and begin the great word of
l • call of noininming meetings under the address 1 , i i.., M „,.Loni <suith.western Geor-
Tel? foS i 1 ‘ Kr 7 d ‘ " r ‘sheep', clothing ^ i-P’o^ent, m^wewem ^
. .*. ^ .’Of nort hern interests,'and influence, it is cer- *>'“• .
winch ought to he removed which it is now ... uill „ iaf , hcre s dH , on flMJt , b raiae „, e
Ae power of the different department, of tins j of Union or Disnnion, and thereby
resilience to wrongs, end security against future
aggressions.
The Augusta Constitutionalist looks forward to a
Union of Southern men, and says:
“ Until auch union, it would be suicidal folly for
Georgia to resort to secession.
Retaliatory measures, if several Southern States
•old unite in them, might be devised which would
tell with avenging force opon the ofiending States-
But they can never restore what has been lost to the
South, not alone through the bad faith and inordi
nate selfishness of the Free Soil States, but in part
through her own scandalous divisions.
Again—the same paper sayi'''The true policy
for the Soutliern States is, for them so to direct
tlieir energies, their resources, and pursuits, as to
make themselves wholly independent of the non-
slaveholding States, and that onr State Legislature
should so shape their legislation as to effect this
great object.**
From the Southern Herald.
We believe tliere is a measure which if even
adopted by every Soutliern cotton-growing State-
will be the mean* of the South regaining tier equal
lay any impost or duties on import* or export*, ex- position in tiie Union—we lin’d within our fist the
cept what may be absolutely necessary for executing power of crippling the business of the North to such
its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties an extent as to cause her to become before two cot*
tad imposts laid by any state on import* or export* t<*n crop* would be disposed of, a humble suppliant
shall be far the use ol the treasury of the United j for «ur favor—we can touch the pocket nerve of lilt
■ ; and all such laws stall be subject to the j Northern capitalist, and it will be fait throughout
revision and control of the congress.”
(every grade of life at the North, eo intimately is
“The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all capital and labor connected there. Then nan-inttr-
prlvilegea and immunitica of citixena in the several. course ie the proper remedy. This retaliative
•tataa.** | measure should be flrrt adopted. He long ae there
honesty, and ought to he watched with espe
cial care.
6. That the people of Bibb County will for-
get all past Party distinctions and differences ;
nnd, in imitition of their Fathers* of the Revo
lution, will rally under the Flag df our glorious
Union—that they will devote tlieir time, their
talents, their money, nnd, if need be, ‘their lives
and sacred honor,* for its protection and pre
servation ; that wo call upon the Union men of
Georgia, and of the South, to unite w-ith ns in
the approaching strnggle, nor ceate their efforts
until our glorious Old Commonwealth, and the
Government of onr choice, aro rescued from
iuqieiidiiig dangers.**
The Letter of J# C. Brown Esq.
Wo publish in this paper the letter of Mr.
Brown, in answer to our letter published on
the 20th September. Mr. Brown has certainly
forgotten a part of the rontents of his private
letter, or he w ould not say—“my letter under a
private seal was not an enquiiy, but simply a
statement of the issue that would come before
the people upon the happening of certain con
tingenres.** As this seems to lie made a ques
tion of veracity by Mr. Brown, we. feel called
upon to quote from that private letter so much
as wu understood to he in the nature of “in
quiries** concerning our views and the probable
operation and effect of non-iutercourse. In the
private letter to which Mr. Brown refers he
says—“I understand you as adyoeatiogthe fol
lowing plan by your paper and that you men
tioned iayour conversation with myself,” &o.
Government to remove. | misleading the people, carry the State for sub
According to the^lccissions of the Courts, | mission to, and even approbation of, tho late
the States cannot obstruct the recoverv of a! opon Southern interests—now I
fugitive slave by any law which will interfere * U I ! Mnll . w ^ ,bc r 5t »°f "* \best
•.U -L 1 -I e .1 ,T 1 o. a 1 n,l<l wisest policy to the true friends of the
with the duties of tbo United htate. officer.,I Soatb , for , uc h I caa.ider extreme rea.edy men,
Vieesa, September 25tb, I8M.
Cot. Nelms Titt-.-Dear Sir.—lu
of the Sinn in«t., my .item ion «n drawn 10
tide under ll.e l.end of “Tiie Operation »nd .
of Non-Inlerconrec,” directed to myself, in reply-
you state, to “inquiries." My letter, under . I
_ I , — i vat-ee-1 was not an inquiry, butsimply
nut they, may with impunity make it a penal, as well a. the more moderate, to compromire | of the issue that would coiuc before the penple,"P
offence ill tho State officer, ‘to aui.t ill the de- * be. r re,,,A-t— - ....... -m. - — — ....It. -L_ ■ —_r —--i- ——ii»nsnries.
iivering up of a fugitive slave.' In tho recent
fugitive .lave law, thi. difficulty i. avoided hy
providing proper officers nnd mean, to execute
the law. Independently of State officer* nnd
State lawa.
Mr. Brown object* to non-lntercouree, be
cause he think, it would not secure unanimity
nnd say. without unamioity among the South
ern States, nothing can bo done. Does Mr.
Brown suppose that a proposition for disun
ion will secure unan.i.iity I Such violent prop
ositions. ore calculated to drive - majority of
the people to the oppoeite extreme, of inaction,
which will retail in the final proatration of our
power* and the absorption of onr rights, by
those who are really at onr n.crcy-. But what
shall we do with onr resolutions t Mr. Brown
oaks. Wo. answer—adhere to the letter and
spirit of them; resist the aggressions which you
their remedy notions, rally upon some middle She hsppeni.qr of certain cnniinpenciM.
ground.—retaliation—cumin.mtlnns for future j contingencies have taken plaee, and the *
security &c.,—and unite in common warfare] union or disunion, snd has priority of tbe**^
against the acquiescing, submitting Northern ' you sre attempting to make, and should, tl^ re ^
influence party. 'Hist there is such n party i be first considered and determined. If thcC»^_
being formed, is evident. That flic political; tions that are now about to assemble,>n their ^
effect of such an organization will lie to give | rations should decide that it would be imp°'j''V jfl
‘aid and comfort* to tho abolitionists no one can ’ imprudent, in this juncture of our
doubt. That Georgia can only Ie saved from to dissolve the Union; tlien your plan of e-”*
nil her, hy the co-operation and united nc- interests of the North, by the assessment of
in... of the friend* of Southern Right* is equnl- ] upon all articles of Northern pmdnre and
ly evident. If we quarrel and split upon “the tore, exposed for sale within the State, be h
remedy,” Georgia will settle down in a depth before lhe people of Georgia, and it* const' 1 *' ^
of infamy from which the hand of tho resume- ty and practicability would be fully due**-* ^
you argue at considerable length in your W”’ ^
your remedy is in accordance with ••**
spirit of tho Constitution, and esn be
plied snd enforced as any oilier tax law.
ceed to give you my reasons, bnefiy
unconstitutional,also impracticable daring
ingis**e,sad then will proceed
necessity, and vital inter**!* involved in
miration of the first ianoe; rad -pon-the
lion will uot lilt her.
DECATUR WHIG.
Texas Legislature.
The Legislature of the extra session of the
Texas Legislature rays the N. O. Delta, proved
a uulity. The Legislature adjourned to meet
again, on tb« third Monday in November next.