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GEORGIA LKG1SLATHWB.
IN SENATE,
Tcshdav,
After the transaction • (fsome niinnport •
m bu»iiM*«is fli»-'• '*7
Representative IlylL •••*«. by Pffitlwl.
lot, the S)«h* !*•«*«> rriull
of which h«» been previously announced.
On (heir reicio, ihey adjourned.
\Vm>NEeiwv, Nov 13.
Comnthh f'* wen- hppoiu erf on previous
' notices; and bill* rejwned by conitnillec*
•OfoiiHril. <
* Notices foi bill* ware given;
Mr Otaltmi: To repeal lU act of
mamcr,intrusted »i.h Vhe guardrsiuhip ot
Stew Rights. It behooves then zealously
to debit! tho barriers destined to keep oi.
Federal ttggreMkm, fo reenr to the b*
principle* of our" politic-? *>*iem, mil It)
tiueri *hd vindlniee not only die right* -oi
the mile*, bm a bo the practical mean* by
which those right* may be maiet'iacd and
preserved.—
Tho Serf ale and (louse of Kepresen
(alive* Of the Stale of Georgia in General
Assembly tttot, do therefdro declare *od se-
solve.
That tiro sever..I (talc* composing, the
United State* ol America, uoiwpbulmiding
lit* cunt|tacl ol’ Unidif subsisting between
litem; and by whic|t a General Govern*
' Bv .... . .
1832, prohibiting the circulation of bills mom fur specific purposes is established
urn free, Sovereign and independent Stales.
—that in virtue of their sovereignty, they
under $-V . . ,
Mr. Cargill-: To lav off and make uni
form tho 'election precincts in the several
counties pf this si-'e.
Mr. Hilhnuse; Mmduca the pay of mem
bers ol lilt- Legislature, to $S per day.
Mr. Clovefand: To dividn the- Chat tv
honrhee, Ciriulq -lid from the Oil iltahoo-.
•hoe and south* in ircuits. to form n m-w
Judicial circuit to bo called “Coweta cir..
coil.’*
. Mr. Hubbard: To authorir.0 ihn sheriff*
of the Cherokee citcuit, to levy on nil such
lands as they shall have satisfactory evi
dence have been granted according lo law;
and to IrgnlilS Meii sales as Iwvo til ready
been m Tie by snid sheriffs without tho tots
having It. t n gr-hu d.
> Mr. Pflor: Jo amen.! and explain the
2d soction of i he attachment law of 1799.
Mr. Cargill); Tu malm the judges of the
Superior Conns of this stale, elective by
he people of the respective circuits.
'Several hills previously noticed, went
read a 2d time.
Mi‘. Cli ippell laid on tile table, tho fnl-
lowing preamble and resolution on the doc
trines of the Ki-ltN of the states, and the
principles of tho Proclamation and Potco
Bill.
“VVItoreas, the people of Georgia are
jflrmly JeVoted to the constitution of the
United States, mid lo that union of the
Ststps wl’icli it has ordaineif and aro ever
rsady to yield a choerlul obedience to tho
Federal aOthoritics when acting within
their constitutional sphere:—
And whereas, (uoy arc so fir niy devo
ted lo ibe reserved rights of the status, and
regard the faithful obsetvanco of the con-
stituirohnl boundary between those reserved
rights and tho delegated powers ol the Gen
eral Government, na essential to the suc
cessful workiug of our Federal system, and
to (he realization of the blessings content-
plated by our federal Union;—
Aud wheteas the practical ubsurvanco
of ibis boundary can no otherwise be en-
surml or onfuiced than by (On existence of
a Debt in tho 8cvor.il State* to t-Unck, resist
and ii- .el acts ol tho G .tor..I Government
llttitsr.httding the limn* ol Its delegated pow-
ern
And whereas, tho right of a Su'.o thus
to m.urpose its s veretgo ainliority ag-uusi
Fode.ai usurpations within its liiniis, lias
bi-on s-iinigty tidnitincod mid deoi.-d by fun
President of the tinned Suite* in b.s Pro.
lainaiioii of die I0*l> td*V'<if D-ce nber'lisi;
MUMhC*..-’— ...» ,~
passed ml'vli*' 2ltd day of Mai'cli lest; rmi-
tle.l •• In act liinhnr to pr v.de for the coJ-
lection -d dtnitw oil imports,*' -he measures
of a s ai» a l'ip -dby i.s eouttiiined it li<»> -
ities In me ezeicise of tht* tight, urn coo-
founded and put on the same footing wuti
ac.s ut'resistaore to the Federal laws by
mere oiiiioihb..sed individuals or bodies of
individual-; and Hi said Aci provision is
made to thwart aud tlefea a staio in hei
action on .this right, uy cml-ring enoutia.is
disc'eiioni'V p.it*e>s on the Federal Exec
Olive;—b- vesting ilm Federal Judiciary
With original jurisdiction Of cases not con.
lem.iltlW.I ny the coasd utiou as of Federal
Cog.iilHlice;-—by seining on suiis instttiiiod
in ibe Siam Conns <ud transti-ring the
ttbim ne dutciiqiuaiion tltereol tu tire Fed
eral Tribunalafr-and finally,-by placing the
whole tpdibiry and n ival force ol the coun
try in tlib uaii.lt of the' President of the
United Stales; lo bo by him employed foi
th* puriloso of suppressing by tho sword
and baybnetthn procoedpigs of a state <o
which site has had recourse under' the
inaction, of her high sovereign authority;
thus treating such proceedings not as the
acts of a sovereign Srntu'but as if they were
the lawless -movements of bands of insur
gents aud outlaws;—And wtieieas the said
Act was in. truth ui.d fact pusst-d for the
■Vowed purpose of being applied unit execu
ted against the proceedings of a sovereign
Stale, and yet on its face it is aimed only in
the I <w li'M'deiegtrof tui.iulhb. ixed ipdivid-
al>; — wlio. cp it clesry evinced a fixed mid
delibor.ur duit-rmtuHiiotl on tire part of the
G. um.tl .CViiveri.didii not to recognize flit-
dales al'divWelgO wliou tht-y come to
coi Met with the Fmlei al, A.uiburi/tvs- but
to view tlel IlSfat di«;iij mall, such conlltcit
tnemlv .is rt-'lractory portion* of a commit
dated emd/r.;-—.- ‘ " * T
VVlier.-l.ifo by tb» p’ oyis on; ino princi
pics of sot I -set, 3.01 u s vvyi'yjgo y is otic..
ly ol.lit i-(ii*'d as ag tinsi tji.< Guvoiumout
winch tin. *t.tet have created; a ltd-the stale
authorities arp .nude, «ubur.tiu«lo lo those
of that <.>0*emmeilt us l«r«» sue It subor.lt
Dal ion call flow fio.n an .llnliiuiltid liability
of the »iolys t<> ae cuotrblud and courted
by Fedora) power, L.-gitUtiycyjodici .1 -mid
•xecutive, hacked by all tho tdiywic.il force
ol ihe tonlodfiracvs.—winch is a subordina
tion as great, if not «* degrading, Vis that
winch marks llm relation between any the
most absolute Governm-in aud nt .leuend-
ent provinces.—Such is tho coit.lnioa id
which Uiu slams of this Uimo.i stand, acc.n-
duig to the ptuiclpias. |noclauiiH,l by ihu
Pr.-.idem r incurporated by Congress in
the legist.non ol'4tiO < couuiry, .iuiil which
judging from pav experience, we may na-
surediv SIV. will tie ausi.iiood by llte Fed
oral J.tdiriiiry; — a coudmeu evury.door ol
escape tronf win. n tti.Mu^lti jm be cfTncm-
ally closed by d oyutg to die several s ales
■oi only all right..it Wfi position and soil
protec mn whits- fttsmR,. „f ,he
•r »cy, but also the |ju.o tv nf seci-isiou Irom
their compact of, Jluiou, hhwe.tmr oiacii
that c..in .act tear M vioiniett and abuse.)
by the G. iiernl Goaerunient to ibedettruc
ot th.-i. rigbtt ..ud the lasting ruin of t|, e „
h»|i tn-*,.
I tins stale of tluugt; a solem dutv is
cuuibvni on loose who M e t B peculiar
have ibe right of provi-iifing, each within
its owu limits all excrc.se of power by me
Gonetal Government not au'hoiixed by
said compact; that aa iiide|wndeu< slates;
ilutii cunsiitnied' autliorin •», are wholly
exempt Irom any consiituiiunai liability tu
lie cuutrollod, or cocreed by tlm General
Government, oj any or all of the Depait-
ineuia thereof.—and that us fine stales,
they owe it to tbemselyes to (lie cause of
liberty uud m .nkin j, not to succumb to the
exercise of undelegulod powers within their
respective limits.
2. And it is further declared end resol
ved.
That by lltcir said compact culled the
conshiutioti uf the Untied Slates, the sev
eral Slates of this Unioh have not conferred
mi the General Government or any depart*
nent thereof, the right of riotermining us
Mr. Folwood to »mm4 dw for for
•JMte drawers in the Land Lotteries ol
1818, 1819 end 1820, to take out fheir
grants.; > ' ■ .
A number of other notices Were given,
but relating only to local subjects.
Tim Pie*idem announced the folbwtng
Joint Standing Committees, on Ibe part ot
Senate, via
On I hi State oj the republic.—Mrs.r-
'V’off.ird, Chappt-I, Tonns, Douglieni
Burch, Baxter, -Groves, Cleveland. Jo.u;
Daniel, McConnol, VVelburn, uud No.d ol
Nnwlow. • a ’ 11
On finance.— Messers Clevelgnt)* Mitch-
ell. Groves, Echols of Coweta, Nesbii.
Prior, Spann, llillhouse, Jones. Beull, Gor
don ofPutnam. Ilall.
On llailkt.—Mossrs. SafTiild, Gordon ol
Jones, Clayton, Kellum, Rogers, Houston
Eckly, Burch, Lewis of gieeue, Lucas
Morgan, Potior, Fields.
Oit the J when i y.— Messrs. Buxirr,
Chappell. Towns, Prior, Slapleion, Irvin,
States," not “ accwuntabto tu tbn Stain’'
“foranjr act don* in tho performanen of
their logM«dtrn furic/iua* ”
That the Fedue.il Government ho* a
sanction "borh necessarily implied and ex
pressly giveti',’’ by winch it may punish a
Stale for refusing to obey an act which may
iiave been determined Uy tier sovereign
people to oe unconstitutional und void
Tnul “ ibe Smuts severally liavo not re-
faimid their entire sovereignly.'’
That the State* severally have not a
,giit each lor itself on questions between
tisell and th-t Untied Slates Government,
ii judge-of,'and determine upon' antOns'i
‘ttional enact inetits oi Congiess— Bat (hat
tho Federal Judiciary is the proper iribu
mil iu such cases; and finally, ihuf the Fed
Mubt.-V, Overstreet, Yosiig of Irwin, Wil
lioms, Wrigl.t, McLennan, Harwell, Gres-
hern, Wilson, Hilliard,.Burks ol Sumter,
**A Miller. .
On J’rinting— Messrs. Wood of Cawc
t«, D v-, Coue ol Camden. Ch ill'ni, S-rick
land. Hubbard, Curry, Wartheii Kemp,
Kent, B arr, Pcppar, and Culpeper.
On Enrollment— Messrs. Stanford, Bass,
Blair, Bivin , Dobbs Robson, Beck,
Heard, Brown, Boring, Biadford, Rivers oi
Randolph, and Desmukeo. -
Petition!—Mpssis. Easley, Harris of
Warren, Torrence. Walker of Carroll,
Waller, Waecasser, Burnett; McBride,
Garrison, Groce, Harkaess, Holland and
Holt.
pf the stock, uml destitute Condition of
hausands of women and children, aud ybu
will bavn a faithful pic.nre of scenes which
tour ordcis, if executed, will spread over
this entire region. - - '
"ll seetrt to me thnt the Obligations resi
ling upon the President to avert from this
large community so dire and overw helming
a calamnity pro as Vdmperttivo ■ in their
character’! as any wAich have boon “assu
med in the Creek treaty.” At least (hey
interpose considerations of-equal Weight
I should suppose, witlr those by which it
has been induced .to overtook these obtiga- '
lions until the present lime.”
But there is another inquiry of ten-fold
greater importance, I*, this measure au
thorized? or is it a direct aud appalling
Cucluan, Houston. Gordon of Putnam, j mission—Consolidation and Tyranny.
Dougherty Welborn, Pmks and Hemphill,'. To the end therefore that they may he
On Agriculture ethil Internal Improve■ | opposed, and their pernicious tendency rc-
mcnti.—Messrs. Echols of Walton, Ei kly, I sisted by the good people of this Stam t
II di, Outing in, Rogers, Giesham, Fill-1 lie it rttolveel. That a proclamation by
wood, Howard, llillhouse, Waldliour of 1 Ilm President, iu caces where there exists
Liberty, Holawav, Pierson and Brooks. : no viol moil of Law, is not made the duly
On Public Education and Free Schools. I of the Executive, tends in practice, lo sub-
—Messrs. Munciii-f, Avery, Collier Wald- j slilule the op.uimi nnu will of lltdt officer,
hour of Effingham, Gordon of Jones, 1 in lieu of the majesty of the laws; utld
..c a »l all.... 1X-..I .1 . .• ..I . . .1 i *
, Privileges and Election!.— Messrs. An- _. .... _ rr _ „
eral Government, may coerce a State to derson of DeKalb, Hogan, llawihern,; violation of the Constitution—an act in its
submit to till laws which by Its authorities Daniel, Thomas, Leonard, Jones, Weil- clmractor severe—perhaps tyrannical; and
maybe deemed const national. man, Wynn, Pierce, Moore-of Emanuel, jin its results wholly destructive of the
These principles if successully maintain- Landrum, Uakerof Pike, und Hammond, (rights—nav, of the existence of the States?
cd, it will be perceived, and in degradation Commitees were appointed on notices,) Tho General Government explicitly
aud bills reported by committees previously : disclaims/uriiiiictum oi-er thn lands in coti-
appoimed. jtrovegy. It only claims the naked right
The Mouse went into committee of tlm I of ownership. It is n mere land-holder,
Whole, Mr. Young of Oglethorpe in the un d bus no right, as such, which other
of Su o sovereignty, the must servile Sub-
Smith of Sumpter, Mnsely, Allen, Wool
bright, Echols of W lion, Baiter, Ham
mond and Smith ol Bryan.
On tht Mifi/ary.—Messrs. Walker,
Cone, WotTbrd, Netvinan, Fret-man, Wil
cox, Anderson, Sharpe Gordon of Putnam,
several slates questions of disputed power I Cooper of Gilmer, Whitf.kcr, Wall, Kol-
nrisnig between the General Government | lies.
and any state or states;....nor have they by
said compact a-pointed any common * bit
er beiwceuihc General Goverom- m and tho
Sinlos fur the purpose of determining such
questions.
And be it further resolved, as a necessn
ry consequence of the foregoing, that each
sltite 1ms the right of judging for itself of
nfractions of the constitution by the Fed
eral Government and of interposing lot the
purpose of arresting such infractions withiu
its own limits; and that such judgement
and interposition of a state is only liable
to bu uvaritiled by the decision of three
fourths of all tlm slates acting under the
provisions for amending the comitatiun o
tho Umied Suites.
4. Resolved also—That the faculty of
secession is inseparably incident to :i com
pact subsisting between soveieign State*:
and the right of secession iu any particular
instanco must depoud on causes of winch
the party asserting the right must judge for
itself; nmongst which causes flagrant breach
es of the compact by ihu other party or pin
tles have always I teen coutideied good: and
secession, for any cause, can at the moa,
-expose the seteeding State only to tile con
s. (pi. -nc * ui isnig unde, the laws of Wat and
if notions, and nevei to those of Irens m
and rebelli >D.
5. Resolved forth t, that the principles
cau.iaiiu-d in the aloiesaid Proclamation ol
tlm President, ant! Act of itie Congress ot
Hie Uni lad Status, go directly, in then
tTiyury, to consolidate the States of tuts U-
iiihh iuio one suvtirotvoly ol winch (tie plain
coitv-queuco would lie a gieat central Gov
ernment freed from nil cheek exerctseable
by tlm States in their separate capacity, and
cmi.muling tlm vast and dive.sified interests
of the confederacy with absolute will and
according lo its own arbitrary construction
of its |>owins: whence would result in the
fits) instance the numerous ills uud irrita
tions of uni-governmeni, and in the final
event, the loss or liberty and tlm destruc
tion of llie Uumn of the Status.
The Senate aud House of Representa
tives of tlm Stale of Georgia do therefore
piomst against the aforosaid Act of Con
gress onf tied “an Act further to provide
lor tlm collection of duties on Inipoits,” und
also uguinsi the principles on which it is
based as inconsistent with ilm constitution
of the United Stales, and the rights of the
States: and they do hereby demand the ie-
peal of said Act; with a view to which, Ins
Excellency the Governor is requested to
transmit c-tptes of the fotegoing to the Kep-
resentativos of Georgia iu hotit branches
of Con pres*, to be by- them laid before their
respective.Houses at the ensuing Session
of Congress.”.
A Message was received from the Gov
ernor, transmitting to tlm General Assem
bly, the resignation of tlm Hon. GEoaue M.
'Protip, a Senator iu Congress from (his
State.
TuunsDAV, Nov. 14.
.Committees were appointed on tlm no
(ices ol yesterday.
A .number of bills were reported and
rend 1st time, and otliors reported previ
ous!) w.'te rend a second lime.
.Yutn-es for committees to report bills;
Mr. Clevoliinu; To alter and amend (lie
tc- mete t-Aiu-iunlly to secure the solvency
ol, hanking institution*.
Friday, Nov. 13.
Bills were reported in plirsuanco nf pre
vious notices.
Out- of which was. to form tho counties
ol Memtvea her, Troup, Heard, Coweta,
Fayette, IKK tilt, Carroll, Cottlt, aud Paul
ding, into a new Judicial Circuit, to bo cull
ed Out Coweta Circuit,
when directed against t^e solemn acts of a
sovereign State, is unauthorized aud unjus
tifiable.
iiesoloed, That this assembly doth ex-
plicitily .Hid peremtorily declare that i.
views the Federal Government as a com
pact, to which each Slate ucceded ns a
Stale, and, is an integral parly—That its
On the Penitentiary —Messrs. Freeman powers, resulting from he compact, are
Wilcox, llitnilersou, Sliurpo Gurdou of.
Put mini, Cooper uf Gilmer, Whittaker,
Wail and Kittles.
On Printing.—Messrs. ■ Lnldc-I, Mitch
ell, Echols of Walton, Wiggins, Neal of
Decatur, Kellum. Dunagau, Balter, Leg.
get, Cargile, Swain, Nesbit aud McFar
land. <
The bill allowing appellants iulerebt up
on cost, when they prevail upon the final
issue, wus read tho 3d time and rejected.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Nov. 12.
' Committees were appointed to prepare
and report bills; in cotifor'ihiiy with notices
of yetteiil.iy; iinJ hills were ' reported ft)
Committees previously appointed.
A few hills were road a second lime; and
the House theu received tlig Senate, to c
led ilio St ile House Officers.
[The result Ins been announced.]
Alter the election, the fji-nato retired,
aud tlm House adjourned.
WedNkhiiay, Nov. 13.
Mr. Bates, Irom the selec committee, to
cvltuni was referred so much of lm Gov
ernor’s Mess ige hs relates to Indian Allans,
reported the f llowiug biils:
To abolish Indian Agoucies; to limit the
occupancy of Lamia by ludiaus, which have
been in par( emigrated, and to Cause grant
it* issue to lots of land in possession of all
who have bud reserves in former treaties.
I — — 1 »-rfioits from hir
ing themselves lo cultivate laud for the In
diana, or lo rent land from them.
On motion of Mr. Bates—Resolved,
llia( the several Indian Agents present then
accounts to suid committee, with proof of
services raudeiud.
The Senate were received in the Repre
sentatives Hall, for the election of Briga
dier Generals ut the 2d Brigade, 10/It Di
vision; ot 1st Brigade, 9*h Division: of 2d
Bng tde, 1st Division; of the 1st Brigade,
3d Division; when on .ouuiing out the bal
lots, the f-tll-wing wastin' result;—for the
first named Brigade, Col, Zachariah
IVAi/r; second, M.tj. Hugh IV. Ector.
third Col Jot. O. I'homos, and for the
last. Col. Ro6erZ Bledsoe.
Tho Senate returned lo thoir Chaqibpr
uud the House adjnurui'd.'
Thursday, Nov, 14.
Bills werojrcpoi ted ou previous notices,
and read the first time.
Notices tor Committees lo report bills..
Mi. Dye: To It-gnlize all sales ol land
made piuvions to the issuing of the grant.
Mt. Harris, of Warren; To roviso, digest,
alter aud amend the patrol laws of this
Stste.
Mr. Young, of Oglcthor|ie: To author
ize lukeepurs aud other bujlees, to sell tho
propony boiled,
Friday, Nov. 15.
The House had befoio n a proposuiou
to elect Senators and Reptcsentinives bi
ennially, ami Judges and Solicitors every 4
years—To permit practitioners of the bo
tanical system of medicine to practice in
this State, after passing an examination by
a board ol' their own order, sntl to.author
ize *nrh physicians to form a bosrd to gram
license—To authorize ill* liiul of all cases
under $ 100 at the fiist term, on certain
continents: To reduce the feus of State
aud comity officets: To alter that part ol
the Constitution tvitich tna . rs clerks of In
ferior Courts elective by me people, &c.
limned by the plain sense and lutenttun of
the ins/rumeut constituting that compact;
nd no farther valid than they are author
ized by the grants euuriieulred tu that com
pact.
Resolved, That tho Federal Govern
ment, wus not made the exclusive or final
Judge of the extent of the Powers delega
ted to itself; since that would havti mad
its discretion, uud not the constitution, the
measure of its poweis ; but, that as in all
other cases of compact among parties, liav
ing no common judge, each party has an
equal light to judge for itself, as well of
nifinirlious, as of the mode and measure of
redress.
Resolved, That In ense of a deliberate,
palpable ami dangerous exercise of othei
powers not grouted by the said compact,
the Slates, respectively, have lint light,
and are in duty bound to interpose for ar
resting tlm progress of the evil, and for
maintaining wi inn th. ir respuctive limits,
the authorities, rights uud liberties appe.tdi-
uiug to them.
Resolved, That whensoever in the op<n
ion ol i Stale, misrule shall have become
the only guide to tlm exercise ol power, op
pression ibe only insult, and revolution the
only hope of an injurod people, the right ot
that people tu secede is undeniable ; and
in su doing, they are responsible only to
themselves and to their God. . ,
ntiwwa, tint ntr icepreienfatives of
a Sate, iu Congress, acting for the-good of
ihe Union, aro the representatives of (he
particular Slate, from which they may be
sent; and for any act, done in the perform
ance of their legist rttve functions, they are
accountable to (he people alone who sent
them.
Resolved, That sovereignty belongs not
to the Government, nor to its departments,
but lo the people of each Sta(n; and to
our system there Hoes not exist a sole and
aggregate community, known as the people
of the litt'on.
Resolved, That the sanction or right
claimed lor the Federul Government, to
punish a sovereign people, for refusing ob
edteaco, to what may be deemed bv them
to l/b an unconstitutional act ot that Gov*
tetliihenl,is unfounded amj.exists ueitber by
express gram, nor implied by the laws of
self ‘defence, nor can that G over nine./ by
lorce coerce a State to submit to sucli act.
Resolved, Thai uur Senators in Con
gress be requested and our Rnpresentativos
lie iitstucted to demand a repeal of the r et
of the last session, commonly known as the
Force Bill; because the same is improper
and uuuutho: ised -is Hie resort of arbitrary
power, sud an insult lo /he leelings of a free
people.
„ Saturday, November lG.
The speaker announced from the Choir,
the apptiiu/meul of the following joint stan
ding cumcniiteus viz :
On the State of the Republic.... Messrs.
Stales, Young uf Oglethorpe, Pace, Stark,
King.of Greoue, Stanford, Menweilitir,
Burns, Allard, Easley, Cooper, Anderson
of D-iKalU, nuo Wayne.
On Pinantt—Messrs. Day, Cone of
Greene, Mays, Flewelten, Harris of Pike,
fipnrks,Salomon, Stroud Wood of Coivcin,
tiiosou, Dunham, Blown, and Stuck.
On the Judiciary— Messrs. H.nris, ol
iV.dmii, Warren, Wald, Floyd, Steelman,
il irdeuiaii of Oglethorpe Phillip*, Clayton,
3ivre, Mnciiull, Btcon jf Crawford Wel :
Chair, on the bill to dispose by Lottery,
of tbs Fractions in the Cherokee Circuit...
The bill was reported by the committee,
without amendinniiti.t. Mr. Ward moved to
lay the report on ihn tabln the balance of
the session....Yeas 51; Nays 102. lUr.
Cooper moved to lay it on (lie table for
fnribe.r consideration....Yeas 6b ; Nays 86.
The report having been gone through wil It,
lie following section was added, on motion
of Mr. Dye, viz .* That all young men, who
have arrived at the age ot id since the first
of January 1832, or who may nrrive at (hat
age before he first of March 1834, be en
titled to a draw &c.... Yea* 118; Ways 36.
Other amendments luting offered, Mr.
Bates moved (he previous question, which
was sustained....and Ibe bill passed....Yeus
100; Nays 53.
Mi. Citnper laid on the table, thn tollotv
mg Proani tbl« unn Resolutions, relative tujbor., and Me Alice,
the powers of tun FediirirGovertiment. On Public E-.lucation and Free Schools
Tlt'o Senators amt Representatives of the I—Messrs. Hull, Harris of rtictimuiul,
ireotrle of Georgia in General Asscmitlv I IVulkur ol Lumpum, Rogers, Thom lull,
* ... . .." it. *1 i
_ _ met, cannot permit the present crisis in the
Mr. Gordon ol Pounim, reported, install- I Political relations of the Federal and State
ter, a hill lo establish u Ceutral M utual Branches ol me Government to pass, writ.-
Labor School in Georgia—to consolidate *" k '"g '«'« serious ,considor*ii totydlie
(Ire Poor School mid Academic Fund, and : "lamring pursers claimed lor' the Fe.tetal m
oreiten trust for the nurpose ol llio act,! Government, mid acted on by Congress, j ren, Cudoo, Davu ol Ulitui, Ulaekslieur,
read, and 3t)0 r U pie» ordered to bu printed! I Tl,e President ol ibe United Stares, in a j Ash, tlu.lsou, Varner, \V ood of Hail, Pit-
Mr. Darnell reitoned.insiunter. a bill o I '«««“* proclamation “ stating Ins vieivs ..I j unn nf Jackson, Lockhart, LnWsmi, Alc-
Sii.ti'po of Menwedier, Vunlamlingtiam.
Chastain, Cassells. Ring of Ctawlotd, An-
ilitrsuti of Wilkes, Ring of McLi/.'Sii, Berks
uf Talnot, limns ol Warren, and Pace.
On Internal Improvement .Vlsssrs, War
I reported, instamor, a bill o
authorize a rail road from Savannah lo Mri-
cou—Read I si inno, and 300 copies order
ed 'O bo printed.
The President communicated from the
Se'natu* Acuilemirua, a statement ul'he re* ,
ceipis Suit expenditure* from Hie 1-- of No-
number 1831 to the 1st ol Nov. 1833, eon-
lamiug a provision for refo iring t ie I »,n
f otnibe State. Referred to a select com
mitten coo uuing of Messrs. Echols of
VVal'on, Mi chell, mid Muoctief
Saturday. Nov. 16
tile Constitution,” iStc. asserts as Ihe
doctrines, in reference lo the powers ut
that Government and the rights of-tho
Stains, the following lo wit :
Thai the people nf lire United States
formed tho Const ni,iun.“
” rts.il they a-« one people iu the choice
of the President stul Vice President.”
Tun (tie Stales respectively. “ rannni
posses any rigot to sect) It." “Having ex-
prestlv p tried witb so in tny powers as tn
consti-Ut a single tu iou,”—‘uacAtse suti,
Committers were uppo uied on uot.ee* • sucesaiou iloestwf break.i I sj ib, but de»t-
of vesterluy. - - j rois the unity ol'a nation."
Mr. L d'tell, gave notice far tho appoint- j That 'he Re i until olive* us Congress;
meet ol a C»mau«ee, to prepare sud re |® ro ” "O' l ic it preseniaiive* <f- ih' pai.
I'oit a hill tn alter and a me re I the act, ragu* . State ftt.n which limy cogia,” out ••
lating tiie liceusing ol Physician*. J*R *B RoprosoutaiivfF’* Of ilia Uuiieo
lm vie, A bur, Ellis, and Lunar.
On Hanks— d/t!»srs. King ol Greene,
Muinrv; AVituams in, Rlioiles, C dlins, Lu-
ile,' .Roi>ertson ol Guiuitilria, Robison of
tVrjsjimgiun, Pope, Smith ol Coweta, Pur*
du'; Russ i an Jordan.
O i tut SUtitury.—.VIi-sirs. Vinson. Wil-
orx, U iK.Hr of Liu rty. Sellers, S mdfurj,
Hi.cotom', Sharpe ol raimall, Siqiln ol
ijeary, Hnrison, Roily, S.ewari, Bo.tuetl,
4-iore nt Camphe'l, uni Rullmrloril.
tin the Penitentiary ■ Messrs. Bui us, Rcd-
dkig; Cowre*. Pit >1.11 of sVa; 0.1. Saras,
Wmre of f piafnrro, Sbme, G abbs, Pod-
-ay,' Grueituurry, Ponticost, Engrain and
>1,iims.
t o F.i i.ninc Journals.. . Mo*srs. Ilea o:
THE ALABAMA CASE.
From the Puiladf.li'uia Daily Intel-
LIOENCER.
This controversy is one of startling and
appalling importance, The General Gov
ernment aud one of me S ates are diiec'iy
at issue. Both parties-are determined up
on the arbitrament uf ihe swo d. The prin
ciples involved are vital; ihu result, what-’
over it is, must be deplotabie.
Tire history of the case is plain. The
Untied States own lands in Alabama. Tire
ostabhsiied policy of tire General Govern
ment bus ueen to encourage the settlement
aud cultivation of alt public lauds by giving
tire setliers the right of pre- eruption. Tne
lands in controversy nave been accordingly
thus sauted, as tne public lead tu this and
utlrer Sutlej was first settled. The tract
in question comprises nine counties, aud
contains a population of tioenty-fve thou
sand persons. Ii has been, by ,he Legis
lature ot Alabama, organized so as to put
the enure machinery ot the State Govern
ment into lull operation. This measure
was adopted as well in conformity with the
welt known views and wishes of ibe Presi
dent, as iu pu/SuanCa of (ha Consiiiutio-t
uuu oidie ol Alabama,
Such is me condition of tho irsct, when
the President direct* tin* immense pop-
ulaiioo to leave I e land—lo abandnu (heir
Mouses uud fields, and go beyond the boun
dary hues ol me public land*.
f no sealers are ol opinion that they
have not a inie to me laud, but a legal rigid
to teuiarn upon it unit/ sold, and (non be
come bidder* lor it, They are willing to
pay lor site laud, but not to give it up.
Under ibese convictions, they refuse jo
abandon it.
1 tie 1' resident answers tha( he is bound
by a treaty with tho Creeks to cloar Hie
turn! lroui ni((uders. Tne means ol do-
tug tins have been pointed out, bn says
oy an Act of Cougress passed iu 1807;
luey are AilLI I'.IRY FORCE!
tie, ihereto.e, orders a portion of the
army ol the Uutleu Stales lo march into
Aiaodiuu, aud drive oui ihe whole white J hlsmeuts.
population irom these utne counties ai me
point ot mo Uayouet.
1 ne results w ould be the depopulation
ut mese uine counties; tne driving into the
wilderness of twenty-five thousand free
utizeus ul ibe State; the annihilation of
me State Goveruineut in these nine coun *
ties, auu me substitution of military force.
Alabama spurns at the thought ol sub
mission. Site sens in these acts of the
ixeiieiat Government an annihilation ot
State sovereignly. Her Governor has
placed me State in a posture of defence,
uud tne instant the General Government
“■sons to force she will be resisted by
force. .
The questions which occur are, first, is
me course adopted by the General Gov-
MiiuuoM m<bwry-tyr iniroaupy-wod to*
comity, is it authorized by tlm Constitution.
Upou me first point we will only refer
to Hie facts. Il niusi be a peculiar obli
gation winch woutd require llio expatriation
uf twenty-live thousand free citizens aud
me euiire depopulation of lime counties.
Our own State, it will be remeinueieri,
was originally principally settled by “squat
ters," on tile public land. Our state
(tuougli iior authority is uudouhteu) would
not Iiave dared to adopt towards them a
policy so severo.
Governor Gayle describes the b'trsii re
sults of the course ot the Administration
m me tallowing paragraphs :—
“The great object ut llio setlleis, tlm
year lias oeea to raise a sufficiency ot corn
tml oilier provisions, to supply the warns
ot the next season und alsoto obtain Ihe ne
cessury quantity of cuiile, hogs, and other
slock, ii is well known mat ihe fits
neatness of seiflerl in a new country is to
exchange Uieir transportation lor the means
ol suusistance and this mbs acfually been
d-me by ibe greater pot lion of ibe popula
tion in the Creek dsiioii. Their wagons,
curl*, horses, See. are gune, and very ma
ny cannot possibly leave /he country with
in Ibe lime specified in your instructions iu
/ne Marshal.
“ The agricultural labours of lire people
have been crowned wtfii success, mid ilieii
crops ot corn, peas, potatoes, Set. w.l
lace litem, during the et.suing year, ubot<
the diffimines produced by ihe scarcity u.
I SSL
Lliagine lor a mom: ut tho almost tot
land-holders do not share. Can it, (hen,
within the mcritory uf a soveieign Stale
take the laws regulating property inio it,
own hands, and execute its own decrees?
1( disclaims the jurisdiction, yet prostrates
and defies the jurisdiction of the State. If
calls itself a mere land-holder, yet on its
own land is absolute and uncontrolled.—
Do other land bidders possess these rights?
This is not pietended; but the Gene rut
Government does it uuder tho authority of
a treaty. Alabama denies (lie constitu
tionality of this treaty; and sustains her po
sition by arguments the most conclusive*
The powers of the General Government
are confined to the grant made by the foi*
lowing clause of llte Constitution:
“Congress snail have power to dispose
ol aud make til/ needful rules and regula
tions respecting ihe (erritory or o(her pro*
petty of the United States.”
If mis was designed to givn the General
Gnver/lmunt unlimited power within the
boundary lines of lauds owned hy ft in (he
5 a(es, we cannot conceive what rights are
left to ilia Slates. Governor Gayle justly
says:—
“/I'the General Government have the
right to regulate the conduct of cur people
in relation to their- land,-' if it cau rightfully
expel a citizen who tresspasses upon the
Ukndt-d possessions of his neighbour, by the-
summery interposition ot a military guard r
without even the forms of military inrush-
gation, what is to restrain it from'the exer-
cisif of the same' pOwCr in rclatiqpjp tres
passes upon personal property? fromthis
the irunsmou would be easy to the taking
cognizance of ail irregularities, misdemean
ors, and crimes, Ihe right to punish which
has heretofore been considered as belong
ing exclusively to the Sia(e tribunals. If,
by the treaty making power, the ordinary
operation nf our law* upon (tie pet (oris and
prope ty of oar own citizen* can be suspen*
ded, a* will be the Case if tile fifth article
oi the treaty is executed in the mode pres
cribed in- year late order to the .Marshal,
ihe whole field of Stale jurisdiction ni y
be couiularud um occupied, and State r«tr-
trngnty, the reserved rights of the States,
dj*c. aie but unmeaning sounds, totally un
worthy of seiious cousideiauou.”
The authorities of Alabama are obvi
ously the proper tribuuals for tho decisioo
ot mis question Alabama has offered to
take cognizance of suits entered uguiost the
intruders, but the General Government,
without deo.'iug the right of Alabama lo
adjudicate, complains Unit sucli a course
would not be sufficiently summary aud
certain: and prefers the sword. Accor
dingly tweuiy five thousaud of our fel
low fteomen, co-heirs iu tho rights for
which our commou ancestry bled—are to
be driven, at the point of the bayonet, from
their smiling farms and happy homes: ex
posed to the insults and outrage* of a mer
cenary soldiery; aud left in the wilderness
to perish from famiue or exposure to, the
Such a course ivas, not long since, adop
ted by Nicholas'of Russia, towards the
wretched Poles, They were, by au edict
of tbe Czar, driven in a body from their
land, across the boundary line. Nicholas
had a nation of slaves at his command, and
succeeded; but, in the present instance,
though there may be equal suffering in (he
victims, we doubt die probability of equal
success in tbe Government.
G toe no, it,, ol di. tu;, Mi-Gall, McLivy, destruction ol these crops, tiie loss of must
Tho rigid of a State, in its soveign ca*
pacilv to resist nuconsiitulional acts of (ho
General Government, when -opprosm'ely
operating against the interests of that slate,
we believe, is pretty generuly conceded by
all Southern politicians, who will dare-ven
ture the asset lion, that they know any thiog
of the mrmatloa onne tTHiOn; 'or 'the ob-’
jecis for which our 'government wax estab
lished, Then comes the question upon
which, those ho with to hold offices under
the name of Union to=n, pretends to stick
le upou the subject cf Stale Rights,
(aliasj Nullification. Whin degree of ope
jiression must a slates receive, and who i-
lo be made (lie judge of (lie cunsiitutional-
ny of die law complained of, and (he siof
dus opandi for relief. As to lire degree of
oppression, that I bn, state is to receive ut
(lie bands of ihe gnvt n.meul before she
can cveu remonstrate for relief; there is no
power on earih we presume, who will at
tempt lo contend, dial die people who feel
the oppressions most, iiave noi (he best
right lo complain ot (arm. They accor-
dmgiy petiiiou, remonstrate, corooluin beg
and pennon, remonstrate, coinpl'.in, and'
beg in vaiu, for years-lilt the oppression be*
conre insufferable; ibeir petitions treated
with scorn aud derision; ibeir remunstrauces
with ridicule and contempt, uud lltcir riiu->
nicial rights of Slate government denied
them, by die powers that be. To" whom
must they look for relief; from, what source
cun they expect it; must they lie told to wait-
iuugei; must they be told’ they must be
nu e, b.-tcausa they belong to the Union.
Wn understand (hat the very object for
wlncn tbe Union win lotmed, was for lbs
mutual benefit «nd pro ection of all, who
res de within ii, and when that object i* do-
tiVoyo l, the Union is destroyed wiib it,.aud
we cau bo tsi uf nothing but die name, winch
s hardly worib preserving, at die expense
n i piuMra-ton ol th - -ig is and liberties of
ne portion of the Americas people, for