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cases, in which it would he proper, for the pur
pose of encouraging manufactures, to lay duties,
to prohibit the exportation of raw materials; and,
even in addition to the duties laid by Congress, t.n
imports for the sake of revenue, to lay a duty, to
disc mrage (he importation of particular article*
into a State, or to enable the manufactuier here,
to supply us on as good terms, as they could be.
obtained from a foreign market. But the most
we could obtain, was, that this power might lie
exercised by the Stales with, and only with the
consent of Congress, nod subject to its control.—
And so anxious were they, to' seize on every shil
ling of our money for the General Government,
that they insisted, even the little revenue that
might thus arise, should nut be appropriated to
the use of the respective States where it was col
lected, but should be paid into the Treasury of the
United States ; and, accordingly, it is so deter
mined.”
“ Thus, we have all doubts dissipated as to this
otherwise singular provision in the iostrumeni ;
and thus too, we have a fresh instance of the wis
dom of the Convention. A mode has been pro
vided, by which at any time, the people of any
one State, or number of States, may protect then
manufactures, without charging the cost of such
protection to the neighboring State. This pro
vision of the Convention lt> give the States an op
porlunitiy of protecting their own manufactures,
Ilia exact accordance with the immutable princi
ples of justice. T,i suffer Massachusetts, fur in-
utance, to promote tile success of her manufactur
ing establishments, by means of a National Tar
iff, would be neither more nor less, than to give
her t great«r advantages, and greater power too,
than she could have had, if she had not entered
into the Union.
“ If Massachusetts then, will have manufac
tures, Massachusetts must he content to have
them upon the usual terms, Her own citizen*
must pay the cost, whether it be directly, by tax
es for premiums or pecuniary bounties!, or indir
ly, by a tax upon consnmplion of the home fa
brie.”—Crisis, pp. 58-63.
He mark s by tlx Southern Review—‘'Such appears
to have been the real and genuine object of this
clause. After providing, in order to prevent any
disputes between the States, respecting iho man
ner or the objects in. and for which these duties
might be imposed, that the proceeds should In-
paid into the national treasury, it permits each
State, for the purpose of protecting its own man
ufactures, to levy, with the consent of Congress
whatevcrdu.iesit may please to impose on foreign
productions. The States which believe them
selves likely to be aggrandized by the increase of
manufactures, may tax its own citizens for ihti
1‘ncouragcment and protection ; the. people win
may find themselves enriched by the increase n
their towns and villages, and by the i creased
value of the productions of their soil, will pay, a-
is must just, the price of these henifleent estab
lishments ; and the farmer and the wool grower
and the speculating adventurer and the mereban-
will all rejoice greatly to con i-ibiile to this -ide ul
redundant prosperity. Let then, any State or
States which may choose to kindle their watch
tires at this new light which has just arisen on
the world—to adopt ihis new " American Sys
tem.” which has become almost superannuated
in Europe. underthe practiceof a thousand years;
let any Slate, we repeat,that chooses, adopt this
system for ils own people and its own benefit ;
e ill it by whatever term of endearment or ednjir
ntion the imagination can suggest, laud it in strains
of unqualified panegyric, hut in justice, concede
to every other Stale, the privilege of enjoying it*
own peculiar views, of pursuing its own domestic
policy.
If some States should startle at this arrange
ment, and suspect that it might injure their coin
mcrce and give advantages to other Stales, that
would not pursue the same system; may i: not
he replied, that this is only the natural effect ol
their favorite measure, even when applied to toe
whole country in ils intercourse with foreign na
tions. In our case, there is this equitable dift-r-
ence, that by tile provisions of the Constitutio
above, and as we believe fairly expounded, those
States only would suffer in their commerce, who
think they receive a fair equivalent in their mai u
factures ; whilst upon the liberal pleas now urged
upon the country with such untiling zeal, the
commeicnof those States would lie injured, if
not destroyed, on whom the manufacturing sys
tem is, in addition, a tax and an oppression.
It may not be irrelevant to remark, that if the
grant to Congress of the impost of five per cent,
on imported gooods, which was pressed so anx
iously on the Stales for several years, and which
might have postponed for a long time, the crea
tion of a new form of government, had once been
ratified, the position of the States as to each
other, would have been exactly such as.we have
here represented. The national-authority or pro
tection could have extended no farther than the
moderate imposition c*f five per cent.; every pro
tection to manufactures beyond this point, must
have been nflTorded, as is most equitabje, by each
state In proportion to the benefits it is expected
to receive, or the objects it proposed to encour
age. Each on this subject, without interferioj;
with the arrangements of other States, would
have been the arbiter of its own system—the
mastei of its own scheme of political economy ”
The remaining sections relate altogether to the
manner in which the taxes shall be collected.
Plain as the act may appear to be, we will
enture to say that the mode of its operation will
ot he generally comprehended, from the want
f a knowledge of the various manceuvrcB b»
which the tax is often made very much larger
’ban it appears to he. For exampl-—By the bill,
goods costing more than 51, and less than 5- bn
the square yard, shall lie taken to have cost 52 50
and pay a tax of 40 per d-nt. Now suppose n
piece of goods co?ta 5> 25 cent3 per square yard,
most persons would suppose that he had to pay
40 per cent, on 51 25 cents—which would be
eq ml to 50 cents. This, however, would be a
great mistake. These, goods though costing only
jt 25 per squase yard, are supposed to have cost
52 50. Well—then we suppose we pay 40 per
cent, on 52 50, which is just SI. This would in
deed he the amount or lax, according to the up
parent provisions of the act; but we have not
arrived at the truth yet.
To come at the truth, we must first suppose
that goods which really cost only SI 25 per square
yard, did actually cost 5® 50. To this must he
added, all charges, for freight, insurance, exchsnge.
drayage. wharfage, commission,—in u word, all
the charges that it is subject to, from the time it
leaves the store of the foreign merchant, until it
comes into the store of the American merchant
When that is done, 5 per cent, must he added to
that result; and then you have the sum on which
the duty is to be paid.
KXAMrLK.
One square yard of woollen cloth—cost in
England, " SI 25
But we must suppose it costs, 2 50
Then add for commissions, freight, insu
rance, exchange, drayage, wharfage, See.
tic. tcc. say 50
All that makes S3 00
Then by the custom house 5 pr. ct. is added, 15
53 15
Such is the exposition given by the writer of
“ The Crisis,” und by the Southern Review, of
the very part of the federal constitution, which
has been supposed to prohibit the adoption, by
any state, of the measure proposed in the 3d res
olution. And so far from that resolution present
ing any thing like a violation of the constitution
it is in exact conformity not only with the spirit,
but also with the very words of the article, which
it has been supposed to violate, us that article is
quoted in the preceding extracts, and explained,
without the assistance of any of the refinements
of construction and implication which are so
fashionable now-a-days, Wliat are the words of
the constitution ? “ No State shall, without the
consent of Congress, lay any imposts” fee.—
What is the literal import of this ? Why surely
that any State may, with the consent of Congress
lay imposts £*c. What docs the 3d resolution
propose ? That Georgia shall, retaliate on he
oppressors, by protecting the industry of her own
people against their unprincipled rapacity. Hoe
is this protection to be afforded? Simply by ex
, cercising Ilia right, secured to her not only by tin
' general principle of reserved power, hut also by
express relinquishment, of laying prohibitory taxes
for the protection of her own industry, on foreign
goods. For, us regards the sovereign and ind
pendent State of Georgia, Massachusetts It K-
tucky in this matter are just as much foreign na
tions, and their productions and manufactures arc
just as much foreign goods, as England &i 1- ranee
and their productions ate. But is it proposed '■
do this without the consent of Congress ?—i
mao in his senses can put this construction upu
the resolution. Because it certainly follows as
matter of course, that if the legislature shall u
dertakc to do anv thing which it has clearly and
unequivocally the right to do, under the constitu
On this sum then (S3 15) the tax of 40 pr. cent
is laid, instead nf on 5> 25, the real cost of tb*
cloth ; and by this means the tax amounts to
51 2C, instead of 50 cents, as a plain man, one
un irquaintcd with the tricks of the tarilfites, would
suppose.
In reading the following list of most enormous
and oppressive taxes, let not the people suppose
because they never see a tax gatherer coming in
to their booses and demanding the payment nf
these taxes, that they are therefore never paid.—
By all means that mistake is to be avoided. By a
most adroit mameovre, of the General Govern
ment, every merchant in the country, who sells
yard nf foreign tape, or gill of West India run.
has been made, in effect, a tax gatherer. This
regulation was at first introduced for the wise und
benevolent purpose of collecting the taxes from
the people without their feeling it: and while re
venue was the only object of the tariff, it was wrll
enough. But these greedy cormorants, the ma
nufacturers, have seized w ith their usual rapacity
on this excellent feature of our system, and by i
most abominable perversion, have applied it to
the unholy purpose of levying a tax, oiitrageou
and oppressive on us, without our knowing It, fo
the sole purpose nf filling their own pockets; thu
attempting secretly and by underhand means, to
plunder us of thp rewards of our labor, so that
they may themselves live in palaces, and fare
sumptuously every day.
AN ACT in alteration of the scveial acts imposing
duties on Imports.
He it enacted by the. Semite and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That from and after the first day of
September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
eight, in lieu of tfio duties now inposed by law, on
the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned,
them shall be levied, collected, and paid, the follow
ing duties ; that is to any :
First. On iron, in bars or bolts, not manufactured,
whole, or in part, by rolling, one cetu per pound.
Second On bar and bolt iron, made wholly, or in
part, hy rolling, thirty seven dollars per ton: Provi
ded, That all iron in Blabs, blooms, loops, or other
form less finished than iron in bars or bulls, except
pigs or cost iron, shall be rated as rolled iron in bars
or bolts, and pay a duty accordingly.
Third On iron in pigs, stity-two and one-lialf
cents per one hundred und twelve pounds.
Fourth On iron or stoel wire, not exceeding num
ber fourtoen, six cents per pound, and over number
fourteen, tun cents per pound
Fifth. On round iron, or braziers' rods, ofthree-six
teenths to eight sixteenths of an inch diameter, inclu
sive: sud on iron in nail nr spike rods, slit or rolled;
and on iron in shecls, and hoop iron ; and on iron slit
or rolled for band iron, ocroll iron nr casement reds,
three und one-half cents per pound.
Sixth On axes, adzes, drawing knives, cutting
knives, sirkles, oi reaping honks, scythes,spades, shov
els, squares of iron or slael, bridle bits of all des
criptions, steelyards and scale bestm, socket chisels,
vices, and screws of iron, for wood called wood
• crows, ten per cent, ad valorem, in addition to the pre-
eonl rates of duty
Seventh. On steel, one dollar and fifty cents per
one hundred and twelve pounds
Eighth. On lead, in pigs, bars, or sheets, three cents
per pound ; on leaden shot, four cents per pound ; on
red or white lead, dry or ground in oil, five cents per
pound ; on litharge mange mineral, load manufactur
cd into pipes, and sugar of loud, five cents per pound.
See. 3. And be it further enacted, That from end
after the thirtieth day nf June, une thousand eight hun
dred and twenty-eight,there shall be levied, collected,
and paid, on tlm importation of the articles hereinaf
ter mentioned, the following duties, in liou of those
now imposed by law :
First On wool unmanufactured, four cents per
pound ; and, also, in addition thereto, forty per cent,
ad valoiem, until the thirtieth day of June, one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty-nine; from which
time an additional ad valorem duty of five pur cent,
shall be imposed, annually, until the whole of said
and from that time a duly of fifty per centum ad va
lorem
Seventh. On woollen blankets, hosiery, mita, gloves
and bindings, thirty-five per cent, ad valorem On
clothing ready made, fifty per centum nil valorem.
Eighth. On Brussels, Turkey, and Wilton carpet*
and carpetings, seventv-cents, per squsro yard. On
all Venetian and ingrain carpels or carpeting, forty
cents pei squats yard. On all other kinds of carpels
and carpeting, nf wool, flax, hemp, or cotton, or parts
of either, thirty-two cents per square yard. On all
patent or painted floor cloths, fifty cents per square
yard. On nil cloth other than that usually denomi
nated patent floor cloth, twenty-five ccnta per square
yard. On furniture oil cloth, fifteen cents per square
yard On floor mntling msdo of flags or other ma
terials, fifteen cents per squaro yard.
Sec. ft And beit further enacted, Thu! from and
after iho thirtieth day of June, onu thousand eight
hundred ami twenty-eight, there shall lie levied, col
lected, mid paid, on the importation of the fallowing
articles, in liou of the duly now imposod by law.
First On unmanufactured hump, lurty-livt dollars
pei ton, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred end twenty nine, from which title, five
dollars per ton in addition, per annum, until the duty
shall amount to sixty dollars per ton On cotton bag
ging, four and a half cents per square yard, until the
thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
andtwenty-niniqaiid afterwards a duty of five cents
per square yard.
Second. On unmanufactured flax, thirty-five dollars
per ton, until the thirtieth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred nnd twenty-nine, from which time ati
additional duty of five dollars per toll, pur nnuum,
until thedutv shall amount to sixty dollars per ton.
Third. On sail duck, nine cents per square yard ;
and, in addition thereto one half cent yeaily, until
the same shall amount to Itvolve and a half cents per
square yard
Fourth On molasses, ton cents per gallon.
Fifth On all imported distilled spirits, fifteen cents
icr gallon, in addition to the duty now imposed by
aw.
Sixth. On oil manufactures, of silk, or of which
•ilk shall bn a component material, coming from be
yond the Cape of Good Hope, a duty of thirty per
cent ad valorem ; the additional duly of five per
centum to tnke effect from and after llio thirtieth day
of June, one thousand eight hundred & twenty-nine;
and on all utlter mtimifiicturea of silk, or of which
•ilk shall lie a component material, twenty per centum
ud valorem.
On indigo, nn additional duly of five cents the
pound, from tho tliiitictliday of .tunc, one thousand
eight hundred und twenty-nine, until tho thirtieth day
nf June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, nnd
from that timo nn additional duly of ton cents each
year, until the whole duly ahull amount to fifty cents
per pound.
See. 4, And be it further enacted, That from nnd
after thu thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-eight, no drawback of duty shall
be allowed on the exportation of any spirit, distilled
in the United States, from molasses; no drawback
shall he allowed on any quantity of sail-duck, less
than fifty bolts, exported in one ship or vessel, at any
one time.
Sec. 5. And be iifurther enacted, That from and
alter the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred nnd twenty-eight, there slialll he levied, col
lected, and paid, in lieu of the duties now imposed hy
law, on window glass, of the sizes abovo ten inches
hy fifteen inches, five dollars for one hundred squsro
feet: Provided, That all window glass imported ill
plates or sheets, uncut, shall be chargeable with the
same rate of duty. On vials nnd bottles, not exceed
ing the capacity of six ounces, each, onu dollar and
seventy-five cents pergmee.
Sect, li And be it further enacted That, from and
after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight
bundled and twenty-eight, there shall he levied, col
lected, and paid, in lieu of tho duties now imposed by
law, on all imported roofing sl ues, not i xcecding
twelve inches in longih, hy six inches in width, four
dollars per ton ; on all such slntes exceeding twelve,
and not exceeding fourteen inches in length, fivo dol
lars per ton ; on all slHtea exceeding fourteen and not
exceeding sixteen inches in length, six dollars per
ton ; op all slatos exceeding sixteen inches, and out
exceeding eighteen inelius ,n length, seven dollars per
ton; on all slates exceeding eighteen, and not ex
ceeding twenty inches in length, eight dollars por ton ;
on slutos exceeding twenty inches, and not exceeding
twenty-four inches in length, nine dollars per ton;
and on all slates cxcocdtng twenty-four inches iu
length, ten dollar* per ton. And tha’t, in lieu of the
present duties, there he levied, collected, and paid, a
duty of thirty three und a third per centum, ad valo
rem, on all imported ciphering slates.
Soc 7. And be it further enacted, That all cotton
cloths whatsoever, or cloths of which cotton shall bu
a component material, excepting nankeens, imported
direct from China, the original cost of which, at tho
place whence imported, with the addition of twenty
per cent if imported from thu Capo of Good Hope, oi
from any place beyond it, and of ten per cent, if im
ported from any other place, shall be less than thirty-
five cenu the squats yard, Bhall, with such addition,
be takon nnd doomed to have cost thirty-fivo cunts,
tbc square y ard, sod charged with duty accordingly.
Messrs. Editors.— Among the many way* that
ham been proposed to resist tho Tariff, none appear*
intro likely to Intvo an impression than a Southern
Cinvention, appointed hy the people. We ere too
mtrli disposed to wait for our Legislature to memori
alise Congress on grievances which oppress in—such
mmiorinia arc so frequently, sent to Congress from
Oil-Legislative assemblies, they ure nlicn regarded,
as lie ebulitions of a few boated politicians, wlio rule
in hose bodies, and consequently are thought to ox-
lerfl no farther than tho sphere from which thoy origi
nal Something with which the people at large
bare nothing to do, or tike no concern in. Ilut when
Uieponple thumselvee assemble iu bodies, and speak,
or petition, resolve, end resolving—resolve to act-
then Congress lends an attenlire ear to their just ap
peals.
I would suggest therefore that at our next general
election in October, each county in this suite ulo :l u
dclegito to meet at Milledgeviile, nn the first Monday
in November next and there appoint the proper num
ber of delegates, to a general convention, which may
be bald in Fayetteville in North Carolina, or at Cant-
den in South Carolina, nn the 1st Monday in Derem-
her, and there with delegates from all the .Southern
Slates, confer on the best constitutional moans of re
sisting the Tarilf, and recommend an adoption nf them
in all the Southern States More can ho accomplish
ed hy tho people in this way, than cun possibly be
done by acting separately ; and in distinct --nnimuni-
tics. Wliat is accomplished by ono. is rendered in
effectual, by different measures adopted by another.
One stale limy nttempl one scheme, und the next a
different nn-j hy which moans theii resistance is par-
nli/.cd Let the peoplu assemble and adopt their mea
sures ; and recommend or invito their fellow-citizens
of other Stales to unite with them in nil lawful ineth
ods, to put down, the slavish oppression under which
they groan. .Some I know are for waiting, fur the
evil to cure itself. If it overdoes it will bo 5 orb
years first, nnd in that time the Southern States will
have advanced 13 or 15 millions us tribute to the
Northern monopolist, never to return again. Direct
taxation cun be put oft' for a long time, by tho sule of
publio lauds to sustain the Treasury. The manufac
turers will do any thing tathcr than repeal duties.
Our nion may wonr homespun, yet our women, will
apt-ear In-si iu callicoes, silks, crapes and leghorns.
We will also have to buy bngging, salt, iron, nails,
bhtnkotts, paints, glass, and various otlicr articles,
which we cannot make, and must have, nnd the du
ties on which, if it docs not so vory well enrich the
Treasury, will feed the inaniifurlurers. So that our
men putting on homespun, will be a mere drop in the
buckett towards resisting this system.
OGLETHORPE.
e* to be a virtue, und where inaction would
be u crime.
We bold, that the people of every sovereign
State, should freely trade, where ever the best
market offers ; that in this they should he un
restricted, except for purjiosea of revenue.—
Your trade is noxv restricted by theTariff, so
that unless you will pay an over value for the
articles you need, you can buy of no ono ex
cept the supporters of this bill. They make
merchandize ; and offer to sell it to you ; if
you take it, they make n profit. If you do
not choose to take it, they pass n law and
compel you to purchase it. Iu this do you
feel the spirit of freemen, or will you bear it,
without an effort for your relief ?
In thntlong list of grievances, enumerated
by our loto-fiithers, in the Declaration of
their Independence, they set forth, that Grout
Britain had c it, “ off our trade with all parts
of the teorldShe was ottr parent, nnd op
pressed her offspring beyond sufferance.—
The Northern and Western States are our
brothers, mid we would cherish the endearing
relationship ; lmt they have restricted, “ our
trade with all parts of the world," nnd we
cannot quietly endure it.
Therefore Fellow-citizens, you ore invited
to convene at the court-house inEntonton,on
the second Tuesday in August next, to con
cert such Constitutional measures, alt will
counteract the oppressive effects of tho Tit
ff, anil ns shall become you as free citizens
of a sovereign State.
HENRY BRANHAM, Chair'n.
Wtiuv Wilson, Secretary.
meed (a our next Legislature, si tfitir approaching
"'“ion, to use great moderation of expression, rvitn
respect to this act of the General Government; but
at the same time to act with firnineaaand decision, in
passing a law imposing a heavy tax on all Northern
manufactures, as also on all cotton bagging, home*,
mules, or hogs, brought into alii* State, as articles of
sale, from the Statu of Kentucky, or any Western
Stale known to ho favorable to the present Tariff, *n
far as this can he dono consistent w ith the conetitolion
of this State or thu constitution of the U. Statin
f>. llesoleid. That a committee of three be appoint
ed to correspond with corresponding committees of
other counties of this State, favorable to tho forego
ing resolutions.
(i Resolved, That Wilsnn Conner, Norman McRae
and Benj F Harris be that committee.
7 And be it further resolved. That the sense of
thill meeting, us expressed iu the foregoing resolu
tions, afiar being duly signed by the Chairman and Se
cretary, bo forwarded for insertion in the Georgia
Journal, with the Address, with ■ request that tbs
Recorder, end Statesman, will give them an insertion
in their useful papers.
J Ct. CONNER, Chairman.
BEBJ. F. Harhi*. Secretary.
TO THE GIRLS.
Sweet Girl.*, «hnll I fell you the way fo get marriedf
Gyc*, to be sure, si-,—methink* you exclaim—
’1 i* a u ay, we con ci ..that our wiibe < are carried;
And why notI’ruy where is the wonder or bUnic .*
Lovely denre, neither wonder nor blame nerd affright }C;
•Tid the right ol your*ex, one nnd nil, to lovemun
>> ho tva* born to protect—not to Injure or flight ye,
And, therefore, get nturried us soon as you can.
And yet, shall \ D U you the way to Mtlurehlm?
*' little fancies, ni
c, if you hope t
, your wires nnd
Thnpc sweet ro*y lips—bow transporting tf kits tb m—
1 nose lips can tor trifles too frequently pout:
And youreyes, liUe twin dlutnonds—may kind Heaven Wfcgs
Those eje»—and you know it—can irowu, without doubt.
Then your tongues—pretty prattler*—can talk noenneariag—
. U yes, nnd can sting too, whenever you plente*—
no beg you to keep them sometime* **ut of hearing,
ad valorem duty shall amount to fifty per cent. And
all wool imported on the skin, shall be estimated as
to weight and value, and shall pay the same rate of
duty as other imported wool
Second On manufactures of wool, or of whici
wool shall be a component part, (eicept carpetings,
blankets, worsted stuff goods bombazines, hosiery,
mils, gloves, caps, and bindings,) the actual value of
which, at the place whence imported, shall not exceed
fifty cents the square yard, shall be deemed to have
coat fifty cents the square yard, and he charged there
on with a duty of forty per centum ad valorem, until
the thirtieth day of Juno, eighteen hundred and twen
ty-nine, and from that time a duty of forty-five per
centum ad valorem ; Provided, That on all manufac
tures of wool except flannels and baizea, the actual
value of whioh, nt th« placu bvhonoo imported, shall
not exceed thirty-three and one-third cents per square
yard, aliall pay fourteen cents per square yard
Third, On all manufactures of wool, or of which
wool shall be a component part, except as aforesaid
the actual value of which at tho place whenco minor
ted, shall exceed fifty cents the square yard, and snail
not exceed one dollar the square yard, shall be deem
ed to havo cost one dollar the square yard, and be
charged thereon with a duty of forty per centum ad
valorem, until the thirtieth day ol June, eighteen
hundred and twenty nine, and from that timo a duty
of fort)-fne per centum ad valorem.
Fourth On ull manufactures of wool, or of which
wool shall bo component part, except as aforesaid, the
actual value of which, at the place whence imported
shall exceed one dollar the nquare yard, and shall not
exceed two dollars and fifty cents, the square yard
shall he deemed to have cost two dollars and fifty
cents the square yard, and be charged with a duty
thereon of forty per centum ad valorem, until the
thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and twenty
nine, and from that timo • duty of foity-five per cen
turn ad valorem.
Fifth. All manufactures of wool, or of which wool
lion of Ibe United States, it must be done in the . J"nent par,” axeapt as aforeMidTthe
manner pointed out by that constitution, if tln-re , ctua | value of which, attho place whonce imported,
be any prescribed form existing. The resolution
in question is, therefore, ive conceive, as entirely
free front all the objections that have been urg< tl
against it, on tbc score of its constitutionality, a-
if it were simply a resolution rtquesting the legis
lature to pass a law for the improvement of our
Roads and Rivers.
The Tariff—In the Journal of (be 23d June
Iasi, the late Tariff aet was published si lengtl
By request, we rc-publ'ali so much of it as fixe
the taxes on the various article? which arc subject
tj i‘.s ouerotioc
shall exceed two dollais and fifty cents the square
yard, and shall not exceed four dollars the squaro
yard, shell be deemed to have cost, St the place
whence imported, four dollars the square yard, and a
duty of forty percent, ad valorem, ahull bo levied,
collected nnd puid.on such valuation, until the tltirti
otli day of June, ono thousand eight hundred and
twenty nine, and from that tune • duty uf forty-five
per centum sd valorem.
Sixth. On all manufactures of wool, or of winch
wool shall bo a component part, except as aforesaid,
the actual value of which, at the place whence impor
ted, shall exceed four dollars the squaro yard, theie
shall be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of forty
five per cent, ad valorem, until tho tlurlielh day of
June, ono thousand eight hundred and fventy-rino
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
flltST MONDAY IX OCTOUEil.
CANDIDATES.
Daniel II. Brailsford, of McIntosh,
Thomas U. P. Charlyon, of Chatham,
John A. Cotiibert, of Monroe.
Thomas F. Foster, of Greene,
Charles E. Haynes, of Hancock,
James Merriwktiier, of Clark,
Wiley Thompson, of Elbert,
William Triplett, of Wilke?,
James M. Wayne, of Chatham,
Charles W lliamson, of Baldwin,
Richard H. Wildf., of Richmond.
Bu 1 seven or these gentlemen can he elected.
On this subject—and it to an important one. to
our friends—we copy the following very appro
priate remarks from the Constitutionalist of the
27th ult. We hope they will be taken into seri
ous consideration by those who are immodiati ly
concerned:—and that some arrangement will In-
made. by which we will he saved the mortificii
tion nf Having to choose between friends equally
worthy.
“ We have been blamed for recommending to our
frienda who are candidates fur Congress, a course
which avoids alike collisions and defeat, and tho cry
of “ Caucus" and dictation" is raised against us I
We cannot help it. We profess to belong to the Re
publican majority in Georgia, and feel ourselves bound
at all times to make such suggestions sb may possibly,
tend to the advantage of “ the good cause."—Vie
ahould hold nurselvos without excuse if wc sat silent
ly by while fiiends or ‘funs were adopting measures
calculated to operato injuriously upon our party We
know that this same word Party, is often objected, to
and truly we wish die political millcniuin bad arri
ved, in which the citizens of this fre# country thinking
and acting together, might make a «»••*«*« of nil
•tnfes upon the altur of the public weal ; but tlioso
who ere at all conversant with our affairs, woll know
that there are parties in Georgia—and that there is a
constant struggle between them This being the ac
tual fact, it becomes us to “ call things by their right
names,” and to say without disguise to those nf our
friends who are seeking seats in Congress, that if there
bo no concert amongst them as to the number of
Candidates, they are creating heartburnings and evil
feelings for themselves and schiams in the party.
ho having eyes, doea nm see that the minority la
continually on the watch fin sums vulnerable point-
some indiscretion or neglect on our part—hy attack
ing or taking advantage of which a conquest may be
effected over us ? If this ho so what better opporlu-
nity for victory could lie afforded to our antagonists,
than by placing a large number of our candidates fur
Cnngtess before die people and dividing the strength
of a majority netween them l Tho minority will
move in phalanx—they have dono so heforo and will
do so now—they will take advanlago uf our want of
unanimity—of our waited and scattered strength-
end elect whom thoy will. It is important thctufore
to our success at the next Congressional Election—
that then be but few candidates on our side of the
question. It is suggested that the object is to elevate
some gentlemen at the expense of olhers--not so—
our appeal was to thocindidates themselves—and we
renew tho appeal to thorn ; we say to them—you ate
seeking nflico for the good of thu country and your
own benefit is a secondary consideration—consider
then at the throshliold, w hether ynu do not by thus
rushing forward towards seats in Congress, effect an
injury, not only to the country, but tu yourself alto.
If thero be a difficulty as to the persons who shall
retire from the contest, and yield to the pretensions of
others, decide for yourselves- -and if this cannot be
done, submit the whole matter to the decision of
fiiends on whom you can rely. If thero he any thing
unwise, impolitic, oi unfair in those suggestions, we
arc yot to make the discovery. Our object is to pre
serve pence and harmony in our ranks, and to main
tain their efficiency,"
ANTI TARIFF MEETINGS.
Eatonton, Ilth July, 1828.
A! a preliminary meeting of the citizens of l*n * -
osin county, held in the court-house this day, for
the purpose of concerting measures to procure a
more general meeting of the citizcnB of said coun
ty, at some convenient day, to take into consider
ation the oppressive tendency of the Tariff Bill
passed at the late session of Congress, and to adopt
the best constitutional measures to couoteract its
effects, Dr. Hekry Branuam was called to the
Chair, and W. Wilson appointed Secretary
On motion of Gnn. Hoxet,
Resolved, That Mark A. Cooper, Jas. A. Mcr-
riwethor and Wiley W. Mason, Ksqa. lie uppoint
ed a committee to draft S Circular, to be address
i d to the citizens of this county, for the purpose
of convening them at some Iiifure day at the
court house in Eatonton further to consider the
subject, und that said Circular lie signed by the
Chairman, and countersigned hy tho Secretary
On motion of Mark A. Cooper, Esq.
Resolved, That for the purpose of correspond
ing with the citizens of our own und our sister
States, and acquiring all the information that tnny
he had in relation to their feelings on the subject
of the Tariff bill, and the measures adopted by
them to evade its effects constitutionally, a com
mittee of three be appointed—The Hon. Eli S.
Shorter, Irliy Hudson,Esq. and Dr. Clopton were
appointed (hat Committee.
Resolved, That a committee of sixteen be ap
pointed to draft a preamble and resolutions to be
submitted at the general meeting.
Win. Turner, Jason Greer, Cary Cox, John
Hudson, W. W. Mason, J. A. Merriwether,Tho
mas Huxey, P. D. Woodruff, P. S. Holt, A. Le-
verett, Alexander Reid, Sr. Richard Pace, Win.
Iw Adams. Thoruas Johnston, J. J. Lamar, mmI
Wuid Hill, were, appointed that committee.
On motioD, The Chairman and Mark A. Coo
per, Esq. were added to the Corresponding Com'
mittre.
On motion, Resolved, That the General Meet
ing be held on the 2d Tuesday in August next.
Resolved, That the minutes of this meeting he
signed hy the Chairman and countersigned by the
Secretary, and that they together with the Cir
cular to be drafted by the committee appointed
for that purpose, be forwarded to the F.ditors of
the Georgia Journal for publication.
HENRY’ BRANHAM, Chairman.
Wiley YVils n, Secretary.
Monday, 7th July, 1823.
A number of tho citizens of Montgomery county,
convened nt tho enurt-housn in Mount \ ernnn, to
consult mi tho host courso hy them to ho pursued, with
respect to the Tariff, which is calculated to operato
most injuriously not only upon tho people of this
Stalo, hut upon tho Southern people generally—Mr.
James G. Coskek was called to the Chair, and Mr.
B F. IIaiihis was requested to art as Secretary.
Tho moating being thus organized, the Rcv'd. W
Conner rose and addressed the assembly as follows—
which address was accompanied with thu following
resolutions:
Gentlemen: Tho largoslnumbnr of ynu who arc now
assembled upon this occasion, aro too young to know
any thing about our Revolutionary struggle, in which
tho United States, by tho blessing nf God, was led to
rank among the nitions of the earth, only as you have
road those things in the history of those times, or
have been told them by your fathers, or their brothers
inarms. But tho most of those worthies have long
sinco filled up tho measure of their days, and now rest
quietly, beyond tho reach of the oppressors arm,
where the rich and tho poor lie down together, and
the servant is free from his master.
And yield uot too much to your puwrr tu t
r beauty and charm* w«*are debtor«,
What el*»* ynu would u
What pIm*?—Why, I’ll toll yuiubutbo not totucalou%
Tho task i* most oasy—yos, tasy for you.
Lot smiles nnd food humor bo offer about you,
And bo not by flattery carried away.
Do Uiistond proud man—no he can’t live without ycifc
And this, to got married, doar Kirlf,iithc way.
(17* “ STRicTtin,” next week.
MAHK1K.D— fin tho 2d inst. at IJeUcvap, Canidvn county, €ia.
by tho lleVd. Mr. l*rntt, of Darien, Mr. JAMKN HAMILTON
IILACKSIIRAR.ofL.iuronscnunty.tr> Miss CAROLINA RL17*A
LOUISA, fourth daughter of thu Hon. 0#n. John Flryd, of »h«
fonuor place.
A Circular Address to the Citizens of Put
nam County.
FuLtaw-CmzxNK—The pecuniary embar
rassments, under which our county has labor
ed, for more tlmt twelve months past, cannot
have failed to excite your deep and lively in
terest. Diligent enquiry lias been made, into
the causes of that pressure, which hits, in
part fallen on us till. No fur ns these causes
have Itpen traced, to the operntion of nature's
laws, nntrummclcd and unaided hy the mis
directed force of Legislative power, wrong
fully exercised, you huve patiently submitted,
believing llient to he under the control of n
Providence, directing all tilings in wisdom.
Rut wo believe nnd in part, by experience we
know, that this pressure 1ms been brought up
on us, by reason of restrictions upon our
trade, imposed by the United States Govern
nteiit. These lestrictions, wc believe, were
wrongfully laid, for purposes qnknown to the
Constitution of that Government, by an au
thority usurped. In their practical operation
they are too oppressive to he borne. The
right nf the United States Government, to
impose duties on imports, for the purposes ot
revenue is not denied ; but we hold that this
groat of power, hy the Constitution is limited
itt tti exercise, by the purpose, for which it is
used, and not by the effects, good or iff, which
arc to lie produced. For to us all efferu nn>
ill, which result in a sacrifice of principle,'or
au abuse of power.
By the Turiff your arc compelled to pay a
heavy and oppressive tax under semblance of
a duty, upon all the nrticles of first necessity
to every Farmer. Your iron, your steel, your
axes, adzes, drawing knives, cutting knives
and sytkes, your spndc?, shovels, squares, bri
die bits, steel-yard?, vices nnd screws, your
lend, your shot, nnd white lead, your wool
your coarse woolens, your blankets, stock
ings, and gloves, your manufactured flax, nnd
hemp, your molasses, window glass, & slate
and your cotton bugging, ore alt loaded with
a heavy tsx, to he paid—to whom f To the
United States Government—for what? For
revenue ? No. It is paid to cncrensc the
profits and support the establishments of the
Northern and Western Manufacturers. Thus
it is, that every Farmer, who buys these arti
cles from abroad, pays the labourer for his
hire, and then hires him to do his work.
The Turiff oppressess us, not only hy tnu-
king us pny more for wliat wc must buy, but
hy reducing to almost nothing the price of our
cotton, thereby muking the Farmer the agent
hy whom, he is himself knocked down.
Have you not remonstrated, time uftertime;
both hy the arguments of your Representatives
in Congress mid by the addresses of your Le
gislature? Yes. And have not the advo
cates of the hill, turned a deaf ear to your ar
guments, and trodden under toot, your Le
gislative resolves. Fellow-citizens you huve
been driven to thopoirrt, where patience ecas-
Wlton contrasting the happy situation of this great
Republic, with tho situation of the tuitions of tho old
world, the memory of those heroes whose valorous
deeds achieved our national independence, will bo
cherished with veneration St esteem by every Ameri
can, while trite patriotism finds a place in their huso ins
Half s century hss now passed away, since the decla
ration of Independence, still leaving us happy &. free ;
but without some special interposition .if Divine Pro
vidence, whsl may be osr situation at Iho close of ano
ther half century, it is impossible for us to forotell —
Tho language of our excellent Washington should
never be forgotten, “ united we aland, divided wo fall ”
Are we, as u nation, united as wc should he r Tho
contrary seetna to be the lamentable fact. At the late
session of Congress the bill of which wo now com
plain, and which is the causa of out present moeting,
was passed by s majority of both houses of Congress,
and was approved by the President of the United
Statca. But we rejoice that our Senators and Repre
sentatives wore then found at their post, otrenuously
opposing the passage of s law, which was calculated
in all its bearings to operate injuriously upon the peo
ple they represented. For this firm end patriotic act
of our Senators snd Representatives, they are enti
tled to ottr highest confnlt nco.
In the present stato of affairs, we host frequent en
quiries as to thu course most uropor to bo pursued, by
the people of the Southern Stales Sntn* would dic
tate measures hostile to the General Government.—
Olliers would advise the calling together tho Stale
Legislatures, for the immediate passage of Slate laws
in opposition to this" act of Congress. But experience
has longoinco proven, that rfiild snd pacific measures
is always the best. And, gentlemen, while I do clear
ly conceive, that measures hostile to the acts of the
General Government would be impolitic, and that the
calling together tho Stato Legislatures would he no
thing less than s waste of timo und an improper ex-
penditure of tho public money, yet I do conceive it to
be our duty to make use of the means st present with
in our reach, to save out solves from the injuiioos ef
fects of the law of which w* have juat cause to com
plain. The people of the North tiro manufacturing
people ; it is no doubt thoir interost to be so. But the
passage of a law in favor of the North, which in all
its hearings and operations, goes to effect tho interest
of tho South, wo viow os highly oppressive. But, gen
tlemen, if the Southern people act wisely, this aet of
Iho General Government will ultimately be overruled
fur our good. Joseph was sold hy his wicked brethiec
to he a slave in Egypt; but God intended to overrule
this act to the oxalting of Joseph, ami for the temporal
salvation of his biethren,sod all his fathers household.
And if wo set soberly and wisely in tbi* mutter, tb*
result will he in our favor. The Southern States, snd
especially the State of Goorgia, is formed for hide,
lonilenee ; especially when we take into the account
Kith soil and climate. Wo con rsiso our own corn,
wheat, cotton, and wool; we esn raise our own her
ses, tnulsV, pork snd boef; wo can make our own cot
ton bagging, and manufacture our own clothing ; wc
can raise our own sugar cane, snd make our own su
gar snd molasses. Let us not then, quarrel with our
Northern and Western brethren, about these trifles
Let the Northern people manufacture their wool, cot
ton and flax, und then let them wear it. Let them distil
their own whiskey snd gin, and conaiimo it si home
Lot the people of the West raise their own horses and
mules, and 1st them ride and work them. Let them
raise their own pork, und consume it in their own fa
milies. Let them insnufsctnre their coilou bagging
and thon apply it to their own domootic pufpoooo —
We can do, and we can do well, without any, or ill of
these things. It is neodiess to contend about them—
We have a heslthv climate : we have a ptoductive
soil—God hath eaiif, “ in the sweat of thp brosv, shall
thou eat bread " Let us cultivate our soil. It is our
Christian duty—it is our interest. It will abundantly
compensate u» for all our labors.
We have wives, and we have daughters, and we
rejoice to believe they sre patriots ; they will manu
facture our own clothing, and it will be our pride to
wear them, snd to wear them too, to the exclusion of
Northern manufactures. If we attend strictly to our
own interest in then particulars, not many years will
have passed by, before we shall see quite s different
state of thinge ; and such s state of things, as will be
highly eredtiebie, especially to ottr Southern females
This fair portion of our country instead of ondoavor-
ing to oxcel in all the fineries uf foreign imports, or
Northern manufactures, will be vising with each other,
to see whose husbands or sons shall appear tho most
neat, in those articles of domestic manufacture, made
with their own fair hands, or prepared under their
own special auperiuteodanco. Hom e industry and
economy will meet with its proper epeourngoment,
and wo shall by no means be disposed to complain of
Ihoss measures, by which we havo been led to the
pursuit of such a courso, and which must and will, if
properly improved, lead to the most boneticial result*.
I now tsko the liberty to ofl'or the following resolu-
lions: .....
Therefore be it resolred by the citizens now assrm.
bled, That they s'.ill do, and ever will, cherish. ;' n(1
most friendly regard for their Northern and Western
brethren, and that they hope ever to be opp-ysed to
any measures lending to a disunion of the people of
this grout Republic, they, nevertheless, <Yo view this
act nf the majority of the Congrcse t>f the United
Slates, as being highly oppress’-, o to the people oflho
Southern states.
2. Resolved, That wu do determine for ourselves,
and we do most earnestly tccomtnend to alt our bre
thren of thu South, to purchase no article whatever,
of Northern manufacture, nor any horse, mule, hog, or
any cotton bugging, gin ot whiskey, of Northern or
Western tiieuufacturu, nr growth, brought into this
State by citizens uf any stato favorable to the present
esisting Tariff.
3. And be it further resulted, That wo will not use
ourselves, nor in our families (unless in cases of ex
treme necessity) sptritous liquors nf any kind, distill
ed at the North or West, and brought into this Ststs,
as an article ol sals, by uny citizen of any Stato known
to ho favorsblo to the present Tariff
Coemard?s Office.
HIGHEST PRIZE 10,000 DOLLARS.
NEW-YORK CONSOLIDATED
LOTTFRY.
CLASS No. 10, FOR 1829.
To lc drawn in the Cilif of New York, next Wed
nesday the 2fid inst.
1 l’rizc of I0.U00 Dollars.
Whole* 0 Dollars*
0 Trixfs of 200 DuUuci
78 do 1.1
429 do 10 do
(CrOnlrMfriir
n-HJ »»»*■« ‘
July 21
rsid to
INAllD, I
I1U,III, T I’RIZE 4,000 DOLLARS.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
’or Internal Improvement, l.itrrature nnd CMriUrt, in ihr Citr
f Washincton, und in the Staws of Delaware, North Carolina acd
-ouisiiuia— 1 7tU Class—Numhrr Lottery—9 Drawn Ballot*.
SCHEME.
!>k Friirf ol GO Dollar*
40 do
I do 1,018 do
£i
nm do s do
W hole Ticket. ! Dol «r> —ItsfvM I Dollar.
Tf Orders from the country, encloses C*di or Print
atll meet with promptatteiilion, If •ddreswil tj
|„|. "1 II. CQ3NARP. MUItSxerilh'..
MACON MASONIC HALL
LOTTERY.
TVEXT Saturday, the 26th inst. the Sc*
la eond DmwltiE of the above Lottery w ill tahe ptaee-r«
,utl» w-ialdni fur Ticket, or Shares, wlU find llient for .ale, In •
grrut varirty «f Number*, »t the subsertbrr’*, who wlU al*0 re
ceive order* from the rtwintry.
Price of Tickets iDollars-Sharrs m proportion.
July 21 H* COhNARP, MtUrdy^ill^’^
S IR HENRY AND ECLIPSE—A Sub*
ncrlption fora Sweepstake Jluce, lobe run at thtBowlinf
Oreen Turf, inOrlethorpe, will be open in Leiinfton, until th«
third Monday in September. Three year old colts, One Hundred
- illanentrance. juty tl-*l
I KON.—The Subscribers ore daily expect
ing a Cargo of IRON, 2W tons, per brig Atlantic, from
Stockholm, selected eiprcssly for this nnd the markets in the iw*
Savannah, July 21—wgtmihn
rjIAXES
LAST NOTICE.—I shall
1 Sheriff's O
aa, to receive t
(July 21—It)
attend at the Sheriff's Office in Milledgeviile, on the first
Tuesday iu Au2u.it, to receive the remainder of the taxes due for
this county. (July 21—U> JAMES McCRARY, T. C.
T O THE PUBLIC.—-All persons will
take notice that if they trade with or give credit to any
enon whatever, on niy account, either of my own family or other*
rise, | w ill not be held restmnsible for such contracts,
july 21—»'lt* JOHN DISMHKK.S, of Baldwin county-
WrOTICE—I forworn nil persons from *rn-
ia din, with my wife SALLY STItOTIIBR, oi 1 am deter-
july S
€ r
ding x
mined not to pay uny contract whatever,
july 21 MARTIN STROTHER-
NDER un order of the Inferior court of
Greene county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, will be
1.06, belonging to the estate of Dugluss Carroll, dec’d. Sold (t>r
the benefit of the heirs of suid dec’d. Term* on the day.
uly 21 HOWELL II. CARROLL, Adre*r.
ga.N Friday the 29th day of August, will
be sold to the highest bidder, at the late rwidence of Lft-
tleberry Shields, deceased, in the county of Madison, a part of
tl»e personal property, belonging to the estate uf Mid uec*d*—
Term* on the day. SUS ANNAH SHIELDS, El’x.
RICHARDSON CHANDLER, r.xjQT-
july 21
T O the Inferior court of Putnam county,
when sittiug for ordinary purposes, application will be
made, four month* ufter date, for leave to sell part of the realm*
u,e01 ch ‘ r, ' ,L,uch ’ of “lkwIS’Yi'lynci., „
july 21 JOHN LYNCH, f AdmTE
T O all interested.—Four months hence,!
shall apply to the honorable Inferior court of Walton conn -
AWRKL1US N. JONSS*
EORGIA, Mf.dison county.—Sarah M.
Graham apply tor letters pf admia-
* u of said county,
.IT Clements and Jc |
.-tration outhc estiD'c of tihuries Clements, late
deceased.
And James .\ r .,drrson and Whitmell II. Adare apply for letters of
Ndministraiic „ on rk | a te of John Segruvcs, late of saldcoun-
'jdeeM.
This i' therefore to cite the kindred and creditors of said decM
to he. jmd -.fppt-ar at my office, within the time prescribed bp law,
to ’ new cause, if any they have, why said letters of admluistittiw
tbould not he granted.
Given under iny hand this 9th day of July, 182ft.
“TLllAM sande
.—iRi. to C. O.
EORGIA, Monroe county--John Stall-
ings, administrator on the estate of William Nunn. dcc'tL
applies to me for letters dismUsorf-* ’
Tills is thereforeto cite the kindred and creditors of aaid drcM.
to appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to shew
»u.se, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my baud this 7tU day of July, 1828.1 *
july 21— m6>n ELIAS BEALL, C. C. O.
P UTNAM Inferior Court, sitting for or*
Mo t n >* ^ July, im-p&ent their fc*
’L T . bo , n ,'V HoIt y ' Alfred Clopton, Em*.
ORDERED, 1 hat all Executors, Guardian* and Admtotstra-
tor», who fail to make their proper return* of Uiair actings and
domcias Executor* Administrator* a.utGuardians, on otbefrre
Irttr^wK'rl‘"k^! r DCM ' **
True extract from the minutes, 7«h JkWv jr28.
jaiy‘2l-**3t THAI). U. REE!
REES. C. C. Q v
TWfADlSON County, Georgia, June 8Jit,
A’A 1828.—Thi* day John Ru«set, a free i km ion of color, came
* terrd in myoiBr—« Vytiv»
forward ««
of North C
State, by occupation a farmer.
WILLIAM SANDER!. C. t. C.
M ORGAN Couutv, Georgia—-John M-
Garrett,tolled before Alexander McCalniu, Eiq.oae small
... ...... - -Jexander McCalpln, K*q.oa« small
— —— r . , dark hay mare mule, about | j ear* old ; no other marks perarivw.
4 :lrdl c it further rescind, Test wsth recun- ? J * IM ’ ,,r ‘ d “w^!aB& , D.vSDY*a^f ,k