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.-4 /.!»/ n! V must important Act)passed
at tin late Session of the Legislature.
To exit rul the time lor fortunate draw
ers mi he Limd Lotteries of 1818, 18t9,
and 1821, lo take out their grinds.
To rlmngc iho tune of holding ihe win
ter tession of die Inferior Court of Fay -
cite county.
To authorize and empower the Justice*
of the Inferior Court of Jefferson county
to establish an institution in said county
for the reljet of thn invalid poor thereof,
and to invett’in said court corporate pow
er, for the governnient of the same.
To amend the thirty-eighth section ol
nn net to revise and consolidate the militia
laws of this simp, and to repeal the caval
ry laws now in toice, passed 19th Decem
ber, 1818, so far as respects the appoint
ment of Judge Advocate.
To authorize ench of the rbligious so
cieties in MillpdeevilltrtoTetit out or sell
their parsonage'lots.
To niter alid fix tho time of holding the
summer session of the Superior Court of
Wilkes countv.
To authorize the clerks, sheriffs, and
other officers of the coumy nf D -K .Hi, to.
publish their advertisements in one of the
Milledgnville gazettes.
To alter snd fix tho time of holding the
infeiior Cqurt in tlio county of Stewart
Bud Randolph.
To authorize the 'Judge of the Superior
Courts of tho Southern Circuit to hold an
-extra term of said court iu tho county of
Deiiitur.
To alter and nmend an ant to imposo
an additional tax on Pedlars and other
Uinerupt traders, pnssr-d 9th Dec. 1824,
and to punish sucli traders for illegal tra
ding with slaves.
To make permanent the public site in
the county of Irwin, and to appoint Com
missioners for the same.
To it^orpornto a hanking company un
der the uaiue-ofihe Commercial Hank nl
Macon.
To incorporate a banking conipauy at
li.iwkinsvillu.
To regulate tho future elections of
Mombera nf Congress in this State.
To authorize and direct tho Superin
tendent of the Public.Hands at Columbus
to open and construct a road from Colum
bus to Franklin, in Troup county, and ul*
so to work and improve the road fiom Co-
* inbus. by tho wav of La Qaango, to the
old Mclptosh reserve, in Carroll comity,
and also the re- I from Grepnvillo, in Me-
riwethor. county, to Newoun, iu Coweta
county.
Prescribing the manner of taking testi
mony iu cases whom any person intends
contesting the so.it ol any member relum
ed ns elected a Senator nr Representative
Of the Li-gisliiiuri tif 'his Slate.
To mi nt|< ir. lieJli-uictut of llm Infe
rior Com' ot V\ tikes cnui v, nr a iniijeri-
iy .if ituui*. to Jure Or ,iuirch- •«» I'Wlur
lor die imptOVeineui of raids unJ bridges
in s<nd cuuHiy; also lo mhIioi/.*- s„id court
to levy an extra tax, I'm the purpose of
carrying tie same into effort;
Alumni ton i id the fifteenth, twenty-
i-c.mtd and iu cn;t-fourth sections of an
* ncj passed on the t9th Dee. 1818, emirled
ne act in revise nd cnnxolidnlo tho militia
Ihtts of 'Ins" State, and to repeal the caval
ry lints now in force, aod to tegulato the
number of reviews. „ ,
'Vo abolish Penitentiaty imprisonment
in thfe State, except in certain cases, mid to
change the-utodo of punishment of' primes
■ltd misdemeanors, tied for other purposes
To alter am) fix the time of hnldiug lire
Inferior Court of Duos county'.
Tn regulate and make uniform the pro
ceedings against bail in criminal cases.
To provide fur the recovery of costs
in certain cases.
'To amend and alter the o.tth of bailiffs
who luke charge of special and petit iuriet,
and for other purposes.
' Tu niter and amend ho act passed the
22d day of Dec. 1880, entitled an act to
provide for the temporary disposal of tho
improvements and possessions purchased
from the Cherokee Indians and rnaidrnis.
Tn declare ami make certain iho law
defining tho liability of securities and en
dorsers of promissory notes nnd other in
strument*.
To appoint commissioner*^to survey
and lay out a public market "road horn
Columbus, on the Chattahoochee, to St.
M nryV, in C.tuiden county.
To incorporate tho Insurance " Bank of
Columbus.
To repeal the teveriil ams passed grant
ing and extending the charter nf incorpo
ration to tho Oguecheo Navigation Com
pany .
Tu alter nnd amend the sixth aection
of nn act ontiiled, ” An act to sell and
dispose of the S ale’s mtetcsi inlets of
land which hove bean or may hereafter
ho condemned ns fraudulently drawn, in
the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Marion,
Harris, Talbot, Troup, Meriwether,
Coweta, nnd Carroll, passed December
20th, 1828.
To alter and amend an act to regulate
the-licensing of Physicians in this Stale,
passed Dec. 21th, 1820.
To compel tho clerks of the Inferior
Courts of the different counties -in this
Slate, to claim esirays when levied on by
executions.
To amend an act entitled nn act. to
charter tho Augusta Insurance and Bank
ing Company, passed Dec. 26th, 1827.
To amend the Judiciary Law of 1799,
in relation to bail; and aho to amenu an
act eotitled, “ an act to amend the Judi
ciary 'Law of this state, passed lGilt day
of February, 1799, so far as >« million***
•the issuing ef bail process inreitatuc:«ses, T '
pasted Nov. 8th, 1820, so as to nurhnriea
egi a s, ‘tiornies in fart oral law, to hold
\o bad is all civil cos®.
Defining thn liability of purchasers of
real, and personal < states, at executors,
administrators, guardian*,- and sheriffs’
sales,' when they ■< logo or fail to comply
with the terms of seririndes.
To comptil county officers, holding pub
lic moneys, to keep a hook, of record of
the receipts and expenditures of the same.
To amend nn act entitled “ au act lo
provide fur llm iniprovenieut of the roads
and rivers of this Stale,” passe#Dccember
18,1829.
To apportion tho representatives among
the several counties in this State, according
tp the 6th enumeration, in conformity to
tlie 7th section of tho 1st article of ihe
Constitution.
To place a part of tl»e public hands on
ti road lo continence on tho turnpike road
lending from Augusta tv Washington, near
Wrightsburo,’ anil pass through Wrights-
boro,” Crawfordvillc, Greenes boro,’ Ma
dison, Covington, and oil to Deratui, for
the improvement of die same.
To impose, levy and collect u tax, for
the political year 1882.
To loan to tho town of Columbus, a
sum of money for the construction -of n
brrdgeacross thn Chaitahonchie River,-at
said town, to provide fur the paymeul of
said loan, to make pei-maiieiitpiuid bridge,
, amt for other purposes.
To lay out and organize a new county,
Ip ho composed of ail the lands lying
West of the CliHttalioochie River, and
North of Carroll county liue, within the
limits ol Georgia.
To niter the times of holding tlio Supe
rior Courts in some of the counties iu the
Southern Circoit.
To alter and fix the' times of holding
thn Superior Courts iu Wilkinson county.
To lay out the gold region tn tho lands
at present in the occupancy Of thn Cher
okco Indians into small lots, and dispose
of the same by separate lottery.
Tu remove the county site of Baker
county from Byron in Lot number 172,
in tlm 8lh district of said county, nnd Iu
appoint commissioners lor that purpose.
Tu mako null and void all contracts
made and entered into in writittg or other
wise, between patty or parties plaintiff or
defendant, and attorney or attorneys at
law, where the attorney shall fail or nog-
lect to attend to tho suit or suits which ho
onhey contracted to do, in person or by
some competent attorney, mini the ren
dition of tl judgement.
To amend an net entitled an act to pro
vide for the improvement of the roads and
livers in this Slate, passed Dec. 18,1829.
AN ACT.
To alter and amend “An act, to author-
i»0 the survey and disposition of the
lands witltii; the limits of Georgia, in
the occupancy of the Cheiokue ti the
of Indians, ami all other unlncntad
hinds wiiliin the limits nf said Suite,
claimed s Creek land, nod to "titiM: a
it“ 'he Gov- mu to rail on nniiliraty
force I-. ,-•**»#..*- v . *«e ms
cliaige of iIkjij da.it s, nd to pur
lor rite pni.i.-ibmeni ot persons who nn
pi. vein, oi a.tempi to pr-wr- any Sur
veyor from perlinm-ng In* UHiies, as
pointed out by this act, or who shall
wilfully cm down ami deface any ni.n tr
od irees, or remove any land-mark
which may bo nude in pursuance of this
act, and lo protect the Indians in tin)
peaceable possession of their itnprove-
mmtls, and of the* lots on which they
may be situated,” passed mi tire 22d
day ol December, 1880, mu! tu order
the immediate survey, distribution und
occupancy of the Territory.
Sue. 1. lie it enacted by the Senate
and House of Kepresentatives of the
State of Georgia, in General Assembly-
met, and it is hereby enacted by the au
thority of the same, That so much of
the ihiitecuth sect.mi of the above reci
ted act, as requires a residence of four
years within the organized limits of this
State, immediately preceding ihe timehis
Excellency me Governor shall issue the
noiificHlion, he und tiie same is hereby re
pealed, und lliul all poisons possessing the
other-qu.ihfirmiuiis contained in said net,
who have been inhabitants wnlnn the or
ganized limits of this Slate three years
immediately preceding the first dav of
January eigbteeu hundred and (birt.v-two,
shall he entitled to a draw or draws, as
contemplated by said net.
Si c. 2. And be it further enacted by
the authorityaforesaid, That the fifteenth
section of sud act be, und the same is
hereby repealed.
Src. S. Atnl be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That so much
of the thirty-filth section of suid act, as
derlares, “and it theevuut tlint the Pm-
sideut of the United Stales shall at any
lime during <he ensuing reeoss of the Le
gislature, succeed in executing the com
pact between the United Slates and the
Suite of Georgia, in relation to tho Che
rokee lands, tiiot the Governor shall or-
der the D'siri-i Survevois to proceed to
the discharge, of their duties, ami to llm
completion uf the survey nf the Distriets,
as required by this act, and to the occu
pancy of said territory, otherwise rite sur
vey ot the districts slisll lie suspended un
til the next meeting of the General As
sembly, Mid until further enactment for
this purpose,” he, and tho same is hereby
re|tou!ed.
S«e. 4. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid. That on the first
day of April next, ensuing, the Governor
is hereby requited to order out the Dis
trict Surveyors lur rnniph-iing the surveys
of said territory, with as li*tle delay as
possible; and when the said survey shall
be completed urn! returns thcieof made,
in conformity with the provisions of suid
act, it shall be the duty of the Governor,
in case In# shall deem it lor the 'merest uf
Ihe State, to cause the Lotteiv Commis
sioner* to assemble at Milk-egt-ville, to
cotomonco the drawing of the Lottery, as
contemplated by this act.
A8BIIRY HULL,
Speaker of the Hons* of l?cpreteinsures.
THOMAS' 8TOCKS.
Presiildit of tho Senate.
Asseottil to. 22d December, 1831..
WILHON l.t 'II KIN, Governor.
From the Milledguville Recorder.
TIIE LEGISLATURE. #
The people of other Stale's—thoso ate
distance from the seem: ol ncimti, will bo
curious lo know what influoi.red the Le
gislature of Georgia to abolish Peniten
tiary imprisonment, since that-mode ef
punishing crimes has been long tried in
nearly ull the States of <hi« Union, and in
vnrloM* pans of Europe, with a success
that has ensured to it a very general popu
larity, The enquiry, ns to tiie main cause
thin operated in producing, this result ill
our Legislative councils, is more easily
made than answered. Legislation, iu this
case, as iu some others, is not conclusive
evidence of that high degree of intelli
gence which law-makers are supposed to
possess in rut eminent degree. It may be
asked, whir no better prospect of a satis
factory answer, what influence induced
the Legislature tu appoint Dr. Jones of
Claik, a geulh-m.'Mi not eminently quali
fied for the task, to prix-nro from tiie Bri
tish Court, copies oi tlm colonial records
ofGeorgia, connected with the history of
the Statu, when the same service could
have been performed much better ami at a
less expeiicc, by the American Minister
at the Court of Britain, ur by tbr Consul
of the United State* at Lmulbn or Liver
pool—but then. Governor Lumpkin’s re-
bilive would nor have been provided fm
at thn public expence. It may ho further
asked, wlmt influence count have prompt
ed a J'roup Legislature to no tiro a county
scite after John A. Cuthhcri, when the
aforesaid John A* had charged them, un
justly and injuriously, with plotting to
practice a fraud, and with attempting to
impose on the people ol ihe Stale a Gov-
eruoi who was not their choice; and after
lie had been convicted uf profligate-story-
telling) And last, though not least, wjiut,
motive cobid iiidiieeV.ihoso of both. 1 pyrites,,
who vie u ills each oilier iu the expression
of their veneration and iMarhuieut for
Gen. Jackson, to pin,* prematurity an no
'for the survey mid occupancy of the Che-
cokeo country—u ineaSuiru not iu accord
ance with the strict rule of light—of
doubtful, if not of dangeious policy ; ami
which must greatly eniliat ras* President
Jackson, if it dues nut injure Ins popular
ity, and hazarrhtlm loss of his election.
If any ask, why Gov. Lam,.km did not
nil—imseltia veto to preveut the passage
of measures so inconsistent, so much op
posed lo tlm public weal, and so derogato
ry to tho character of the State—a can
did, though not a'very satisfactory answer,
might disclose tho-lament able" fact, that
oil! Govern >•*. I,•:! ./ir .:«** Pvtriats
who, like • - u LrCit ar 'Fahii,
I will orvo'e 8101*1-11 ioi 'lie guild #,f the
, Republic, lie licioiigs 1 inter lo that or-
der ol Modern Patriot*-, whoso love of
monttv constsis.iii sell-ag.-. ,'in..zrment—
who 11*op up an Ujilicinmtd, win tnless po-
pul iniy by doing whatever the whim of
'hepeople, fur the time being, rather than
'heir sound, sober judgment, may dictate;
who Under thn practice of the plausible,
but unsound doctrine',' that the will ef the
people must, in every instance, he obeyed,
slums that shore of responsibility which
our Constitmino has wisely imposed 011
the Chief Magistrate of the State—of leur-
lessly putting his veto on overy bill and
public act which has out Justice for its
support, and H'tWorn for its warranty.—
Tho "Arms" ot Georgia, as exhtbitci uu
the Great Seal of the Stale, which iaal-.
fixed to all grunts nf land, have these me
morable words, "Justice, Wisdom, JUtide
ration,"^ ncnctiug three pillars that sup
port n fabric, emblematic, ns we suppose,'
of tins Republic. Whan the public au
thorities shall have surveyed and occupied
by force the 'Cherokee country wiihin
oui chartered limits, an honest, conscien
tious citizen, who has drawn land in this
Lottery, on getting his Gram from the
Slate, will find his i,Mention irresistibly
attracted by these high sounding words,
“ Justice**Wisdom, ”Moderation," on
the Soul of his nth* paper; and may per
chance commune with himself somfiwhni
in this way: Does this emblem of the
Suite’s “Justice, Wisdom and Modera
tion" represent a fact, ur is it a mere
mockery. Is it mm of the attriliuies of
Justice or of Wisdom to get possession of.
lands ur money, per fas aut nefdsl—by
means fair or fault The tivaiicions mi-
piincipted fulhor is slated indeed 10 have
given his son this -idvice— "Get money,
my snn-~ honestly if you can—but, at nay joifi it.
rate, gtt moniy," In opposition to this,
however, is 11 saving tisobl us the stars,
and as true as-it is tdd—a saying worthy
of nil commendation—which teuciyts us,
that "honesty is the best policy." Is it
honest then fo seize on, and take t>\ force,
a piece of properly that pleases nor tanev,
hut duos not exactly lielong turns) I, is
true, that we have 11 kind of leversinua
ry claim to these Indian lands—our rigid
and title is clear nnd indisputable when
ever the Government of the U. St iles
run puichase, as she is hound to do, fo
our use, from its present occupants, tin
Aborigines of the country, who are sup
posed still lo havo some rights in the soil
of their unlive land, derived fiom the laws
of Nature and of Nulions—Irom bAing ihe
fii-st and only possessors. But ’'might
gires right." This is the maxim of the
ambitious unprincipled politician, bat no
of an honest, pious man. And hete we
nt i\- suppose our conscientious Fortunate
Drawer in the Cherokee Laitd-Loiiets
to turn his attemiun to the signatures to
his grant. Most conspicuous among these
stands His Excellenrv the Governor,
Wilson Lumpkin, without whose name no
grant for land dhn issue. The Uonmru-
ner may be suppqsed to continue his self
examination some wlmt in this way:—If
this thing were Wrong, as it seems to me
to be, our excellent pious Governor woulp
not surely give it his assent and appro
bation; how coaid he do so, consistently
with his oath of office, his obligations to
tiie Mftst High, to the Giver of all good)
Besides, brother Polhill, of oar Church-,
is of the same mind with the Governor,
as is his partner Mr. Ciithber*, who also
passes for n ChristiiiQ, though he is spine-
what addicted to ***•*. I really wish 1
knew how to reconcile this matter to my
conscience, withou^iving offence to God
or man. -Interest prompts me to take
and use what the law has given me—but
then I have strange notions of things, and
cannot altogether divest myself uf the q*
pinion which I have invariably maintained
that “ cheating never thrives"—no neve*!
This pi iociple holds good when applied
to Nations or to individuals. 1 will have
nothing to do with this laud, obtained, us
it has been, by violence, if not by fraud.
Thn Spaniards were once the most chiv
alrous, wurlike, enterprising people i u all
Europe. They were the first discoverers
of our continent, and instead of treating
tbq Aborigines or iudiaus with some de
gree ot justice and humanity, as must oth
er Europeans did, they look away their
lands by force, without paying aoy thing
for them, and hunted the pour- natives
with blood-hounds. What wits the con
sequence) Shull we Goorgiaus imitate
tiie example of these cruel Spaniards)—
God turbid! As a punishment for their
sms, they are become a- proud, lazy, mis
erable race—have lost all their euergy of
character, and their ancient glory as a N
tion is remembered only tu make the con
trast with the present degenerate race
the mpre striking—Some ascribe this
i-hange to tlm d.scovery uf the mines of
Mexico atttl Peru. If this be. so, let us
bnwure of the Cherokee Gold Mines.—
But I attribute the degradation of old
Spa'll and her ouce valium sous to a fi*F
different cause—I view it ns a manifesta
tion of the Divine wrath— as a punishment
front Heaven for the. injustice und cruelty
practised on the Indians by the Spaniards,
who were prompted by their cupidity to
do uhai cmsrieuce must condemn, and
History has reemded to their infamy,—
Let us profit b> a knowledge of their fate.
Let us be conteui to wait a few years lon
ger for these Cherokee lands. We shall
.hen get them, by .purchase, outdo by the
Government for our use, honestly and
honorably, fail ly. This thing must hap
pen, and it will certainly be brought to
puss in good time. President Jiickson is
using every possible means *0 obtain pos
session of the Cherokee lauds for us, for
which we ought to feel grateful. The
Cherokees of full-blood nre enlisting and
removing to tho Westward—in a f-w
short-years, (perhaps ill two or three
veurs neailv all lull, Ui» k»ll breeds wilt
have departed ; their improvements in the
mean time will be occupied by while men,
and thus the population of the country
will lie gradually changed. After a while
lire cunning Imif-lireeds will make for
tunes hv selling to 'he United Slates, for
the use of Georgia, the whole territory to
which-tve have claim. This is as certain
as the sun shines, in a cloudless sky, at
nunn-day. Meanwhile tve are not suffer
ing fur land to cultivate, or for gold mines
to Work. There is plenty of both, uuoc-
cupied and (if a valuable kind. *Let us
get the Cherokee country, not by force
or fraud, hut honestly, licit we nmy eujpv
our inheritance with a good conscience,
ami sustain our character, us individuals
and as a Slate, free from reproach.—
Character, to an individual or to a Re
public, -is of infinitely- more value than
money, and it is fur belter to be poor, with
a good rharactei, than lo he rich with a
hud one. Wealth may lie acquired by in
diistrs, nnd sometimes even without it—
but fora had character there is no cure.—
Even repeiitvncp, with the forgiveness of
sins from nn High, does not altogether
waslr awav the stain which memory attach
es to the name of uu un just man. The
Coutrapner finally concludes, lo prac
tice honesty ns the safest and best policy,
Not to avail himself of ihepre'endod right
conferred by Ins gram—not to “ touch the
unclean thing." We highly approve of
iris determination, and earnestly exhort
our readers to “ go and do likewise.”
may bp nei-Ossary and proper to carry in
to' effect the enumerated powers, gives
Congress the right to pass the Bank Bill,
unloss a law most proper to .carry into
effect the power to collect and distribute
-revenue, should bo excluded by that pro
vision. The opponents of the' constitu
tionality of the Bank place great stress up
on the word necessary, contained in the
gram of power, and insist that no law can
ha-necessary, but such, that without
which the power could not be carried
info effect.* Now this construction ap
pears 10 me to be indefensible. It docs
seem to me, that the-words "necessary
and proper’-’ cannot exclude a law that
is most proper to curry this power into ef
fect. Yet the uhcoustitutiouality of the
Bank cun be pronounced only upon that
construction. It does appear to me that
the framers of the Constitution never could
have intended to exclude the passage of
a law most ploper lo carry a power into
effect, because it might be carried imper
fectly into effect by anotlu-r law. My
construction of the grant of power to pass
ull laws which may be necessary to curry
the enumerated powers into effect includes
the power to pass all laws which are ne
cessary and proper to carry the enumera
ted powers into effect in the most perfect
mid complete miiunor, 11ml jiot in au in
complete and imperfect manner.
I have not seen a complete develops-
nient of the President's plan of a Bank.
It is possible that by bis plan the transmis
sion of the revenue may he effected, but
iho safety of the public deposits cannot
be effected by thri President’s plan. The
advantage of this security lo the pyihlic is
incalculable. It ought not to be relin
quished, unlessit can be satisfactorily prov
ed that' the Bank ol the United States is
unconstitutional.
This,-1 think, cannot he siittsfhclorily
shown. My speeches are recorded, and
can be re-published if necessary. They
contain the result of the best investigation
I was able to give the subject. I am per
suaded I could not improve upon it now,
Editor of tho North American Review,
if I had the means uf investigating^ho’ Mr. Everett, (the same gemlemuu who
subject, which 1 have not.
I am, Sir, vour friend, &r.
Win. H. CRAWFORD.
(.'Iiules fared lngcrsotl, Esq.
From the Nuilonal Journal.
A letter has been addressed by W. H
Crawford of Georgia, to Mr. C. J. In-
gtrsol of Philadelphia, in which he gives
hi^ testimony iu favor of the consiitutional*
and usefulness of the Bank. ,AYe sutJ
Woodlawn, Dec. 5,183y
eaiiSmi—Your Iriendlv letter ojr'ihe
hjoci of the Bank of the United Slates,
has,'been received by doe corns** of mail.-
TW* opinion which I formed of the con-
stitutiotinliiy and expediency of tire Bank
of the United Suites when I was a mem
ber of the Senate, was the result of a care
ful exiniimition >f the consiitution of the
Lhti'ed Slates, made without anv precon
ceived opinions. That oninion is recor
ded in two speeches which I made in Ser-
ate in the year 1811. Since that time, I
had no ocruaioo of reviewing the ques
tion. My opinion remains unaltered. I
was Secretary nf ihe Treasury more thun
eight years, ami dining th.-n rime I had
nnuile evidenre of ihe great utility of tho
R ink of the U. Si res, in inaungiug the
fisral eonrenis of ihe Union.
I am persuaded, ihni no man, whatever
his preconceived opinions may h", can
preside over the Treasury one veait with-
•*ut being deeplv impressed wi-li the ex-
pediency of ihe Bank of 'lie U. S' ues, in
conducting ihi fiumeps of'he Union, The
provision* 10 he Cousll'U'iun wii oh give*.
Cougieu tiie power to pass all laws which
Mr. Galatia's Opinion -m the tariff.
— He thought it injudicious us affecting
the country at large, and as calculated to
retard and not to accelerate its prosperity.
But that view of the subject was lo hint
but of secondary importance. The en
ergy and intelligence of this aation would
surmount any obstacle which errors of le
gislation might oppose to its natural and
irresistible progress in manufactures, com
merce and every branch .of industry.—
This was at best but a question of time ;
and discussions 011 abstruse points of po
litical economy, like those on constitution
al questions, would always consist princi
pally of abstract and disputable argu
ments. But on questions of right and
wrong, of what was just ami unjust, there
could he 00 mistake.
It was to the effect of the tariff on dif
ferent suctions of the country that ho prin
cipally objected. Setting every argu
ment Aside, taking for criterion the pre
vailing opinion in the northern ami the
unanimous opiniou of the southern por
tions of the Union, the Tariff was avow
edly a measure that enriched one section
at the expense of another section of the
country.
It offered also suiit temptations to
smuggling, atid was so' vexatious in the de
tails necessary to enforce it, that the con
sequence was almost inevitable. Mr. G.
knew, he had bail the best means of as
certaining the honorable fidelity of the
American merchants in all their relations
with the revenue laws. But he knew al
so the uniform result of exaggerated du
ties in every country where they long pre
vailed. His leading reasons for opposing
the tariff, and tor most-earnestly wishing
its repeal wore, therefore, its unavoidable
tendency to demoralize the community,
aud gradually to alienate tlio affections of
a whole section of these Unitod Slates.
O11 the fatal result, in a government found
ed solely on the affections of the people,
invnsted with no other hut a moral fmee,
he would not permit himself 10 expatiate,
But lie would ask whether a presumed ex
portation that lie might somewhat hasten
the establishment of manufactures, which',
without any artificial aid, will necessarily
grow mid flourish with the growth of u
dense population, whether, a somewhat
more rapid accumulation of wealth, if
this, contrary to his own opinion, was ef
fected by the tariff, were objects of suffi-
cion> importance to outweigh considera
tions ot such nature as these he had mere
ly suggested.
CONGRESSIONAL ANALYSIS.
In the Senate, yesterday, several peti
tions and memorials were presentod.-*-
The resolutions submitted on Friday, by
Messrs. Hendricks, Benton, and Kane,
were adopted. Mr. Benton, from thn
Committee on Military Affairs, reported,
without amendment, the bills providing
for equipping aud mourning a portion of
tlio army, aud for tiie armament uf cer
tain fortifications. The bills for the re
lief of E. S. Meedor and Dixon Spoar,
tho appropriation of the procecds'of tho
public lands to the purposes of Internal
Improvement and education, under the
direction of the several States and iu tiie
ratio of their federal numbers, was consitl'
ered, and modified with Iho assent of the
mover. Mr. Duncan then offered a sub
stitute for the Resolution, proposing to
apply ono-third of the proceeds of the
lauds tu local improvements in the States;
one third to communications, by roads
and canals, from the Atlantic to the wes
tern waters; nnd the remaining third to
tho purposes of education—the .money to
ho expended under live direction of tho
several Slates; some discussion ensued,
which was arrested by the exjiiration of
tho hour.— Globe of Dec. 28.
llorough Mongers and the American
Press.—We quote part of a letter, of Cob-
beti upon the subject of an article in the
North Americau Review, against the Re*
form hi Euglaud. We called attention to
this article of the North American Review
when it first appeared in this country; hut
it seems we did not fully understand tho
origin of the labors of thn American press,
against thn spirit of Reform iu Europe,
which is born of our own free Institutions.
Mr. Cobboit tells us that tho Borough
mnngcring Aristocracy,employ their” se
cret service money" in purchasing counte
nance for their systems of monopoly from
the American press. It seems to be un
derstood, that what is said by (he presS
here against the spirit of our institutions,
is better calculated to destroy the influ
ence of their example abroad, than any
thing that can be said there. Our own
press, therefore, is hired to betray tho
cause of liberal principles!
We nre now distinctly informed, that,
the Legitimate Oppressors of Europe^
liko Philip ofMacedon, who kept the ora
tors of Greece in his pay, have actually
subsidized a portion of the American,
press, to leaguo with them iu suppressing
the principles of democracy. Hence, the'
J?**, was of the Committee, aud prepared, aSs
^ ww-Understand, the Address for the Cluy
1 ” Convention at Baltimore) udapted an arti
cle in his periodical to suit the views of
the English borough mongers, and it was
read in the House of Commons to alarns-
the House with apprehensions of revolu
tion and democracy. Hence, the Editor
of tho National (Bunk) Gazette, Mr.-
Walsh,justified the course of Charles X,
andfhis Minister Polignac, in France—
joined in their denunciations of the free
dom of the French Press^ and accompan
ied every step of the late revolution in
Franco with bad auguries. Deuce his
perpetual croakings over Poland—and his
efforts to put down any movement of the 1
sympathies of this country, for a suffering-
nation, whose efforts to throw off tho yoke*
of a foreign power ho banded us rebellion.
Hence, too, bis artful attempts to throw
the influence of the Americau press iuto
the 8caloof the ami-Reformers in England.
This gentleman formed intimates ill
that country, no doubt, when he visited it.
and when ho flattered tho haters of our
Government, by extolling that of Eng
land, nnd disparaging ours. His recorded
sentiments upon tho subject havo rccom-
moudod his paper to the Aristocracy a-
broud; and it is, we believe, extensively
circulated beyond the Atlantic, as nn an
tidote to the contagion of the American
politics. He is suspected of being well
paid for tho artful influence which his po
sition and these circumstances enable him
to give to the eaus- of the Philips beyond
tho Seas. He has beou obliged to admit,
that his press has received about a thou
sand dollars for the essays issued from it
in favor of the Bank of the United States,
because that was susceptible of proof.
But with how much of the secret service
money or the Legitimates lie. may be re-
w rrded, for the forebodings with which he
has overshadowed the progress of the late.
French Revolution—of Reform in Eng-,
laud—and tiie glorious struggles of unhap
py-Poland, lie will not tell, for it would
strip him of the character of an American
Editor,— of the power whitli he abuses,
for mercenary ends.— The Globe. .
AN IRI8H STORY.
” Arrah, Paul,” Suid one of fllem, “will
you tell us the story about-lhe lime you
wint up to buy the foriv-piana for Colo
nel Edmondson's daughter, long ago!”
“ Troth I wasn’t to ho blempt for- the
same purchase; hut Masthur Frank Ed
mondson, that put mo up to it, out o’ down
right wickedness. A wouh! it’s -there
tiie money was as plenty as sklate stone,
or this young fellow would’nt be at sucli
a loss to spied it in one divorsidu or ano
ther ; for he ped daceut fur his figai ies.
I had ye see, au ordlier for a pinna-forty,
to a Mist bur, ocb, I disremember his name;
but he lived in Wishtmoreland-strcet, in
the town of Dublin. • Paul,’ says Mas-
tliur Frank, ’will you have many things to
bring for my lather front Dublin)’ ‘Yes,
sir,’says I, ‘I’ll have a piaim-forty, please
yer honour, an' a lot of carpetin’ no’ two
tables; only Maslher Frank, I'm afoared
of losiu’ my way in that big placo, or be
in’ choated, or may bo geltin’ myself into
gaol.’ ’Well,* said ho, ‘I could serve
you, if you’d koop a secret.’ ‘Thry mo
wid it first,’ says 1. *My father’s a throw-
werc-passed. After tho consideration of
Executive business, the Senate adjourned j in’ away niottev upon a pinna-forty, an’
to this day, 12 o’clock. ■ he known no more whether one is good or
In the House of Keprcscntatices a bill' bad than a cow does of a holy*!ay ; nei-
frum the Committee on Naval Affairs, | thor docs my shister; au’ be winked
was reported making provisions for the | koowinly at me. ‘It’s well,’saitl he‘that
rebuilding the frigate Java, and sloop Cy- j it wasn’t a piaua-fifty, or piana-sixty that
mine, and for completing the rebuilding of I he ordarod ; he's too lavish onliiely of
the frigate Macedonian. A bill was- re-1 his money,’ says the cute young shaver j
ported from :he Committee on tho Mili-' ‘an’ it’s a shame for a man of his years
tin for the re-organization of the Militia to be buyin’ a musical coffia, wllln it’s
of the District of Columbia. Tiie Re- one of oak he ought to be thinktu’ of,’
solution submitted en Thursday last by an’ be wiuked so wisely at me again, that
Mr. Blair, of Tennessee, content plating sera one o’ me ever expected ho was only