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COL. GAMBLED U-.n KR".
\\ A-nl l > u-lu.-t, 2lBt April, ISM.
Mr. P. C; OJi.au, --''dfe*
'Dili,—In .liid Ucor?in.CoinSlitiUtolinlist nt .
girded. And ye! Congress is called iipoti to I other mailers especially enumerated in tile
rHlily-ruid-attimt.ihe deed.
AsqntoTtho RBpre- mtrnive «f the fremen
nf Georgia, I, never nan, unit neyor will, <0
tiler directly-, nr. iridlr.cfllv, byaft Ilf (let’ll,
uslily nr give cnimicna'iicc to mult a"ijrliCCthF
lilli mst. received here, litis jii< - iuni|£ l | “'?• Th 1 ' Baiik,-wi,l.ii' an my.vole Vim.-g.
' ' aft ilsehnrtcrrd
It el tnul ill giving a st.-itciiicul <V 11 j. Vote- nt
hi. dcll-gu ion upon the deposit? pie.-unu, .you
...tie rail my Uaitle down its iluvtii? vo.. ii tor
lii; "|'.M/viuue queftiuu, mill ausem np6li eVerj
tiitifr-yute. w in ibis jrmj’havtriuftn ,«».•-
:i 'uteri me, no lii.itlu uiqmcimonully j mis
'/ . "rulenf, iiiijiiaimiij and. lulr.ini 11111:»i.■[ 1, i.,
eiltfhWlcd ui jih u.ie 'MijUry, its it luriftt irefidy
ily 'iunnrdintely utovittiLg tnyiell’ ulier
Imll lutVi- the' I'uli.lieuttKi of
rights to liii; iiiM iinur of'iltt .’Vue life. J(s
tnustitiiiiftrinlily. cuttunt Dow he n,noted. i.L
luaT rtCeived the sunciinti of till rite depart-
ineiil^nl'llie Government, and is tn ail in tents
.mid ptirpor.tsihiihiw ofthe land, uniil.it shall
i'Xpirn-.by ip. iWu JitniiaiipfiT yr Jte’set hsido
by CulUputenT’fiutflnniy,, Congress litis. nn
iehf, npmllie qnoiin'it oftlie ilrpnfutia.tn in
pluvious tJOCMidn had been put ami "anud, | lituiejni itirmiry upon thecntistijftijopality of
• ftftif 1 hltortdodVi) avoid the ic/pohsibility <rf j Die Hub. L'frinsjder'lhe uitrinpt us nit eva-
VI,lilt? iiptai itie in .‘in question, This t» uni j -i"ti iil'iije.qiiaMioftprcsi.-iiledfui. c-xiuiniuilinrf
llift l.ict. 1 ivasuoseut in meet my family,! tnul ilitcislyii by Cotigress. . - •
who wcrclm their way Iroin Georgia f.. tins W.honuycru proposition shall lie prftsenfeDj
city, \vlieu the vole upon the- previous qu'os-
t i.ltl was to myself us Well us iiiiiny uthers up-
iteilly taken. Tltis cili.-un.aLnicu 1 much
i.egicticd, ns t iirril taken no port in. the nub* ,
Ite.iliixats^inii of the iplbslicm, nut luring-ft,riu-'
iiltte nnuiigliui obtain the Door previously to
. my hiuyiu^ilie cUy to meet rny latoily.. As.
i inn tli’u only lnetnliurtnitn Georgia whrise
vote i» nui recorded, upon the 't|ttoiuba of the
sii.puoittsj ulfliuiqjli 1 liute no desire to ie>-
mlme uimcveskiiry responsibility, yet 1 have
uu \\ Ulj to avoiu uny that muy properly bu
lling lutlie station 1 inuy pcctlpy. And thin
my constituents may huve uu doubt‘ha id .ilie
vote 1 would iuivo given, and would now'jjivc
were tlur i|Lu;,4iun again to be presented, 1 suite
iiiifiesiiutirigly.thuti would have voted against
Itie)ireviuusipiesiiuu,uiid fliut 1 would hav e to-
led tor uic-Tnruiiftnoiihcpublicdt - jio*itcA iothc
liiink oftlie United tdlules, believing tiiut they
weie iinpiojierly removed, without suHieieut
. ail'll', mid tit'violation of u tromrnci wileiimfy
ii.iiie witti me Hank, and lor which they him.
gmut ti full uud viiiuukle eriusiUeruliou io the
l iuted • Sfiuies 'in. uinuoy .uini services, and
' wltjell the laiili Of the hiuiob was,'and is, bound
nj nmiirutihi thu bunk, In tho nieun limb per-
loriniitg its ciptl/acl.
During tile exiStbncdof llio old Bnnk, Gen,
tViiShiiiuljui, Mr. Julm .YdaihS?iHr. Jeller-
soii, anir Mr. Miidisuii. pbriiiitted ihu phklic
'freusurirlo renniin iu iiiellmlk until tlio bx'-'
.• puiindn ol'iiseliurler, uud liir some tiiue.lhei'O-
- alter, mitilit wa».{mid rut in tho rogulur dis-
.iiirsbiiieuts of the GgyerufUftnl,. even idler tile
sl«s;k ill the United States iit the Jitmli Inul
• ueeh sold, iiltlmugli there was no contract thut
• ‘tie public mouuys should be de|Hisite<l tliere,
tier did tho Hunk allow uny tiling for the use
mi ihoiu, nor itud it paid uuy bonus foritschur'
lit?, iUr..Jederson, alUimigli opposed to. the
Itunk upon ciiusliintiouultrrounus, yet in 1804
s.meUbned u bill to establish a liruuch' of the
• Dunk nt .New Orleans, unit in 1807 another;
bill to punish frauds uud lingerles committed
upon tho sunic Bunk | using this language, in
me year 161b, to u friend of Ills, iit renniuu
to the silbjoef: “Tim IgW. ineorporutipg thu
■lM.uk Iiuv’mg pussCd by u itHijurily,;ils'ii|ijio-
ilonls,. true to u principle ill’ subiuissibn to a
tdujority, sullbreil the law to (low through its
totiii without interruption, &c."
I'itlu rto rceJjuncr. tilt; yrr.m-Ui Bunk pr jnc’or
I'litau. a itcw.oMe; J ,w*ll itieiidiiVcsitgiuo the
ciuistititlionar (towers.of Congress aipou.t.his
i.iiiportuntipii'Miim of naitoiujl policy. I sllfdl
lecl finidiiiiiieil, from eojisliljilional seruplcij
which .1 now cnini luiti, to rofruitt. frnitv-tin*
cxcrciso of wJuii I pitt down t|sH ilpubtliit
power. But ttiitil such uirovcutlon shell pre-
sent Jtaelf,-.! wili.itot'lie waluecd from tlui path
which duty pn-scribes, bv the violctii elui.tr-
tjrs of the parasites and advocates of (lower,.
' Alter the. expirution of tlm old Blink, utid
likftiro Ihcriuunrpurutioifufthe prusfeiit one, lo-.
iatt tranks nttti to be used us thn itiqigsihiVius uT
"0iu public Treasti.ru, unit in the Uve yeitrs in-
terveuitig theMwo periods, tltu government
trit.t uy.lilli ett|ieriliteiil ouu auilliuu four hull-,
ihbd ihiiiisuiid dollars. • Td. guard ugainst
tltoiceurreucu of.lhts evil, to et|utiUze u tie-
ittiigud currency, to have u sufu ddpusitoryidr
life (MtlJlic trcusiuv, mid 'to liuve the suine
Irmisiimibd withuut cost or charge vviieruvcr
it might be rcipmcd ill payment of tile public
dubts, Wole among Die pnucipul cuustduiu~
ti'ous wlut-h induced Congress to incurpurule
Die'piiis'itufUnited Stiiieb Jiunk.
id thu' Bunk eitu'rtur it is stipulqtod,' “tiiut
duvmgtlie ebiniuu.uice of. llte ueh whenever
.bCaified' by the ntertUury 'ot luu lie.isuty,
■'‘''-“■'ijihruunn ulmllgive the ueecsaary fucih.
regardless of riglit tin the one luind, nr- vvlnjt l
believe to be the unfounded,, thougli. honest,'
prejudices of the true f|ietids ol' the coi)stilu-
tiou ami raiioiuil liberty on the other.'
Von will do trie the "favor lo give, this an
iuscrtiuuiiu your pnppr, I,.. :
" *.■\ llitive the honor to lie;/
•Very, respectfully, •
/Vour obedient ser'vty
A BOOERi b.. GAMBLE-
ProiivtlisPlilfsdelpjim-'ExnmiiiQr.'•■••'•- 'j
".'BOtVKIiKlGNTV. , . ; •'
It lias been Hltbvyn in it preceilittg ntimhpr,
thuf Bovtirejgrny.Yesides-only itfthb people’ t>f/
uny society or Sinte—that no ninn or.Cody of.
men, exercising the puwhrs of government in
ifny.liirm whatever, is entitled, in strict pro-
ptiety, to the uppetlutinnnf Sovmigm thougli
they inuy receive it in cotmnonvparlaiicc.—
They uro in truth only the agciii of the s<>ve-'
rfcign.' This idea shall jut further illustrated
in.this cnmmuiiicuUon, With n vieW to re-
kulvirthe important un(l interesting problem,
-whom Bovuicigmy ill the ‘United States re
sides. ' / . ,' '-. . . - ' .
. If Ihd Governor or Monarch be not tho’.
agent'of the pco|tlo, frOjn Whotritlocs lie de-
■rive his ■ authority / ' No. answer can be iu-
ventcd ui this, question, except by'asstiining
that lie rules tHvino JuH. Thls, tho vpice of
all jnteiligeiit persous bus pronounced an ab
surdity. li’he rules tiivino jure, he is in trutit
the'sovereign oftlie people, uud we must-blot
but .Locke’s immortal labours, and Sidney’s
imperishable : work, to titoko way. again for’
tho'dogmas of Ijjir ltuteri Filtncr, -wlifch iu-
niuunt to'this, turDeUursou lids said, tiiut some'
tnen are horn with saddles on their'backs; ami
utliers.roady bottled uqd spurred tu ride them,
ll'.stiowevcr, “ ull tjien are bdfn freo.nnde-
qiiul, ,K ntid' “ all .government derives its J(iai
powers from tlur consent of itie governed,”
(truths whioii wu have been (Uglit to consider
ulf-toidcnt) tiien tha government vi> bvr.ry-
coituiry, is but an agency constituted.by Die
cmiktitniion. 'Ali other power* n mum in th
itnhvidtiiil. States, e.omiaeheiidiftg the interior
mid otltyr roneenis." .j
It will Is’ mo o tlint tin, 'arguments herein
ttd lueed, are intended as tui answer nt the
|M,,itlott, tlliii thuugh tlie coi.Btilutluu is o rtjin--.
pact, yet. a ti^rpntimt resulh’d, itol'sul'jeot.
to the principles of com jmet. -We attempt.to'
isliuw, shut "evini wpre this so,‘it would- imt
iqend the mijMcrTuj tho cinli,olitl.iUnj-s_, .
it tons- lie objected, that lie! laser House
nf.Giuiji’eks is jexehntiyely iimipiial.thitl thtye
liny people of tlie United'tilatrs, tis tin aggre-
-gat,i mass, are represented, aud therefore the
(ieoplo of' the 'whole country are, in certain
reifpeCbt, sovereign;' .In vvtiat rcspd'ap"/- If
tlm Httswer be, ns hr the powers, confided tn
the Oerierpt Government, we may be poHltiC-
■led to - , draw-the saute inference fn .favor of
the |ieopleT)f till- Sla!(-.-', frtiin tlic uudouttcilly
federal courUltuibn of tlm senato. As iblho
.-mine powers, there eainidt lie two soy ..
Ultimate sovereignty'- is indivisible.'■'.'.''But
there are mote dcr-MVe imsweis to itiis objec
tion. And one (terfet-rly Batittfaetop' is :Uif;t
there i.i nothing in Dio-nature of..tilings tit
littl'ler the members ttf.tr strictly federni rc-.
pitblte, cnnmtg.^nto' it a» indejiendr.nt anil
sovereign States, fmjti agreeing thjU. they
sltali have an ■ influence in thccoihmbtt de-
liltorattuns, propqrtiphea to i itr.tr wealth, their
niijnbetK, ior the size of their territory. Sucli
an agreement might put in jeopardy,the sove
reignty 'of the Hiniil{eic' States,, by olfering n
batr to • tfie ahhniy ambition bf.the" larger.
Tl■«# ..oriol.ili,' n lr.<.n,.«U, annnlrSnn ‘ utilil nn.
vs
forjffmnr'l ilic - omiMUutjcm>- JiU ami rrmfiircvs;*’ Jiritlpa/ailqxknl.aH
pownr® of flip 4tvp«nin*‘!ii f 'Vn»: ii inay sfccfri, turn StfCiHnO JhiTtiiol ol
viruiully roiifciilrnitii witlii’u fnniw*\f, own" tfiolt*. (Wc assi;rt thisi Upirn sucb
lire *atujforitk;m ami jm\vcr> of all-ilic (U-pim' tesUmnny, a-T we dunlit.) .*^110 puisuo
uitiitf* j* tlui -gifveiumotil. Tiiin. iippalltnf • bivaih l»#« »|»rea.d itsolftn countU w olR-
-tfiiie'uC tilings, RaiflH'alU'frti divi^d^ ularin. the Slufe liiAeriL iTeuilf. Nu<nliers of
linn dunnay, rj)i?Hi^fioijito.j|r <»ni> Irajipv'ctifui - •'*** •«*««*■%• j - ■» -—^
«ry. if nulbJum chi-tkra l>y tlic uniU’d cu-
ergiesuf tiic people, inuat, otehlirow
I lie liutitulioii* )/B<|iiBuiliHl itniii t>y our llcv-
oluiipriary j/juliows. Tbeir. cpn vno Ion-
iW .MMIhMldlBB*in’** - true liglit, the’ thtal
i’rik;1 airuniimpf 3tl and its tictrxtable oHttptitie
. -- —■i.a,.tfffitpring
the. Fbrce Act,’-(which ..w as justly .stylerl, at
the tiiite of ita ehaelinrtir. arepetil'ofuii
stiupibu; audcstabUsliment. ul'a Military i)ic-.
tin,- Gb't-rnotsol iheHiiucs. and unitQit them
iheiGovcrtiur of Georgia, are hut little better
than his minions. Even •members of the le
gislature of nui own -Slate have been seen Jn-
yoking. his jltiWcr to glut Ihuir revenge upon
a • political opponent in’ an bliscuro country
village. In a single year he rvrnovtslupwarif-
of- sevun' ortieeiw fititn tlteir ptaee’s. Men of
integrity .have. hcCn compelled;-J’ to. sacrifice
their iii’ileijeudeitce,’’ nay,, tochpose theciijri-
luj.iishtp,).^hbU(iiwok , enIiig fronrtheir lelli-. iiaiiiiins ol v lhbir wiv'es aiiil tluughtcrs by the-
1’reBideiltV iliftariorif br to renminc* Dtifir'urtr-
a.rgy..auil jt1fakiug.oirtheir idle tlroujhs'bCDin-
.-eicd.Bocjirily.;.. if pongress can cbiislrufand: ces. - Tho'l’residtfittj.jk«*abtisedrliis power ill-
yiolalc, at will, that-CiniBtitutiiin which was rciubval, “ to the.baqc purposes, pfjjiujty itnd
.devised by tjm pcoplb tb define anil - lfaiitMts 4Hiv r nU; .rcBejituieitt. 1 ’, lie TiVtr removed as
pmVe>'s,.'aii(lclpIlie the'.Fede'ral ExcctiHvBivith Jioncst a man as ever atlortied' his cabinefdiir
|ioiver« td.cnTorcc : phet|ien^tf by tlie'Swprdo’a; no other itaiise under-'lietivcn, but that.‘tltis
gained tiipsc-'pjio.lraniQd.ahd'et.tal)lishcd that nianaiilTcrcD witlt^ hint, jin opinion, and-tho.
Cuusfitnuoirrif-thp people no longer cpntrol House of. Hcprescntatives,. instead, of tiit-
Dtiur Tptvernnfem'ilmnigii the .limitations of .pe.uchiitg .Jiiin,;. as/Jiludisou sQ(>po«ed ■ they/
that Coustitutfon, hut-' tho Government Jieni- would ituVo dm"'- lifive, by’a.votebf Dtc m.a
But certainly, abstractly, ttpgidyng, until ac-
... . — - - tn hv-Dtclrebtifcdnrates,
ttially’swHilowpd dptvn.~, ----—t v
they would still remain" sovereign. .. Iti the
United Provinces, though the Stales Gener
al whs’iui exclusively’federal btgly; yetinthb
Ctdmcil of Hi ate; to whielt'was .conhnit(ed
(iriucipally .‘Djp 'mnilagemeiit of military, and
tiiinncia.l nuittcrs, and in- which the Sladthpl-
dor .prosidcili Alolland hud. three VOIOs. : . Of
the otlicr Provinces, three had two votes’
each,"and three one vote each. But .there is
an‘important -fact-an this pointfto be drawn
from.our tiwn anrials.. The.Oltl Congress of
J774,-- which asscmbhvl on tho filUi.of .Sep—
tomhor'bf (hat year, was certainly it strictly-
federal body. The Who]e‘ of tbo first day of.
their session was taken up with the exiliiiiua-
tiqn of the commissions of Dio .members! in'
othbr wonl8, to speak in diplomatic language,
the exhibition «f iheir respective, powers.
Upon the-next day,. (September C) they en
tered iipon bn'sineSsJ and thoifvery fiftt reso
lution was asfollbws : ' ■
-Resolved, That in dctnrmining questbujs jri
he Congress, each colony’or prbvincp shall
ir
utfsjfrtV trutialuriog the pubiie luuds.lrom plucti
* ft» plWsi’Wulpu itib United Aunt, tir tlibTqH
rtUrtie* tlie’reol, uud lor distributing Die snmn
IpTA
distributiifg-Die snma
In j iiuyiuent of .'tjt’o public (auditors’without
eti.-ngnig i laiining '• allow ulitje
oh'^utendur of 'ii/Htt'reiltu. of-.ektijjhuge, and
' sDull, jtlitd, do liuU.pvrlbim. the severaf anti
Vltere this ngeticy Is constituted. Whether
.byforce oVemtsent, with discreUtniury (KiworS;
tho,governmentJs a doSpQlistu, it tiialterti hot
Wlinihcr h be oxorcisPd'by' ono or many..
IVltcrq llid'grmit is with ilinhaiiOiis. if is. Oi-
tber a'inonirchy'br a republic, udebrding ns
the-, pmyM is in-the blinds of One or many,
tiliil ecottriliiig to the oxieut .oftlie cuutrol re
mitted by the people over their agents. ' ■ .
- If, at the time, of the formation of Die
federal flOnatCtullbii. thp States, that is. Dtp
peiiplo of the- Stoics,. Woro Bityereign, it bt/-
ciitnes •nebessuiy io tiseertuiu .-wltcthcr, by
- resjtucllvb dutliis WUiti eoiuiiii.ssioiiei s of loans
tbrDie sbyerul Btuiee, -or tifahynue ur mpiu oi
ilitn't-tVlieiicvitr tcqbji'cd byiuw.’btkn -t *
•;liy tttiollier scenou.tt is Shifciod, “Thrtf the
tliafittatrumpni, Diey" liitvtt surrendered the!
sovereignty,\pr.huyji*irtJ6n ofit.' ffcerininly’
'contains 'no express- surrender, no' evidence
nrpiiiulguiutitioiDmnloss .it arises by implica
tion IVilin tlifl niik'ud tuet.of having fort|icd, iir
cp'rln\h'rb>(«!ejs, u cbmmon'gbyeritmqrit. .
‘My .posifipiitture: vliut no peonje over give'
lip their srivereiguty. by riterely Uirmiug u be
v'oi umertl-T-thut this only jiuppeiis When Dili
tty ltllUlllcr.Bcenull.il JS OllUCICU, - Itinrinu ,l| Sr.vnrntcnfo nmt -Lm lid ,1
ill pluces iu witjelr'iiiu said Bank-or brtlue(ieB
iliLteol' lilay.lHt iw|uUlj»licil, vltiill Uu (nade iu.
tint said. tiruuk.Or brmmii.ua tn<irttOf unletts.iUe
Dearelary oflljq TreuBniy' simll nt. any time,
lit^ tietbfdGdugretii . ... _ ,,
initucdiutoly .tdlur iliu cutiqiienecmoiit pFDte
Dy t(ie.2dth section nf Die Ginirtcr it is ex-
pnissly cmtcttsU, tiiut' in cutisidemtidli ot 'titb'
i-xelttstvd'fLitff.gis' tuid ticmjils Couliitcd up
on ihu 'Utjfilt, it agrees to givu.une Und'a libit
tmiiionsiil' doiiat'B in ib’ii tmiieu
tu iituica, (o' Dt
paiii itii\vuj xliree aud luuV yeuVs. *.
. The cuutrucr was ehiBuit, -itie 'moneyJWns-
ptti'dj' tho'serv'iettihertuihted, tutieiicy equit;
nr.iA, ttid'(lahiiC imitiny frntitluUy kept to ibO.
uKEmi\t ot tutu liuihiieJ minious ui dutlarS, IU-
ciidjCS uilihdod. liir Uaitsicifuig titcin non,
(niHK'fO plttiavwiilttii-tliis’ljnited' Btutes, bad
|or-d)iinibuUqgitlie-suthe.;ih. jmytneul or. the
public cit-diuns, witltum phtiiging todunis-
- /iuiis.tor oUB.eetit ofeither -tosi nr cust to the
Uittteil Stales, All.thitrtias/beeD dbhe by Dtp
Dttitk t u'uifit Is’adinlttud i)ii'ljlrsidoB (hat rite
public depusilcs were; jtcrlcetly' kutil at the
time iil'liieir remnvul. ’ tu a pnenuiury jtoiut
WrinptltnKoi’fl. ,
TIlo.IbHmHltg j)!tsjt|go,thnn- Va«el; will .bo
readjwilh |tecuiiur suftBliieiuai, qfiP’gctibuht’ol'
'its strict.linplicnbiliiy fb.tltis interesting i|ucs-j
i!rin,.um) indeed; hudit been wriueit with ph
iihtntdKiie- ra/jerenee 'toiit, it .could nbfha've
been more direct or fdreihleV-’-'V -t.
'.'“•In short, ■scv.bral sovereign' bud indcpciV
ietit Btqi.es'tiitiy. unite Oieniselves'togeDter by
n'per|iettial confederacy, withouteaehiupan-'
liciilnr'conslhg lO.H u pert'cet ^mto.' They.
wUV.lVirm'togetliei alfetluvkl republic; tho.de-.
libefuiiptiB tu cumriton will, oiler nQ’.violence
toiite'soVeretgl'tty id’ eur.ii .tuembtrf, Dioiigli.
tlroy timy ;lli;COrtrtdt. iesjieets -'(ini sti/ne j-e-'.
stirnjut itln "Die exercise of ft,-1h'virtuo of vol-‘
vilegtt and benefits,' ; ’’ - 1 v . 5:1,500,006
IttierrM-qn .thut auni ueing a V .' ’ •
jmrt ofrtte' stock Ibr the ex-1 , cghnnn
” ' iStedcfrdf tlie Chdriti.r iit 0 (wrf" 1 ’
. ccui.utlci.iUo.sinu.S'wsB paid.' j • ,' -i
Interest (Pi'S irtj uiiUioiiB,.tlie \ '" . .. i
- buiutieb''ofDie stqvk of? mill.-' (*' /V
iiitiB ovyhod' Uy the j Luited l . ft,000,000
. ritpies in Die Batik, tor Silt }..
.yeqiw ut.G per cent, ' .. J
i ■' ' ■. itl,tiijO,t»OU
Nlnn-millions six hundred mid tltiny-jlmu-
■eurfl dnllursis Die (leeumtiry beuvfit wluclt bus.
nrtBuu to Die Uuitotl .Stales I tout the. bank as
.-llitive mentioned, uo other stuck belungtug tir
>.«:» yielding uny |unl>L 1 believe, w-liutevcr.—•
• ' ongreBs is nti'w called upon to mine with the
t* resident in tin itiiuuiurtu war agaiUBt its own
luslitntioii.- ijt w'hicli iltiw-tis seven tnlllionsnf
. dollars; a tiling unprecedented in tld* <rr uuy
saber•ciiunlryi merelyas l-.bel.iev.v, to grutily
. tile veiigeutii'enl'ii mini tuloxii-aled with (tow-
- er, who can-dtenr- ntv txiuirutlietinn fnuu mty
• quuitor. utid - vvlitu' tnoreover tlie great intcr-
r-sisufiW eontrury'iire vilutly uilt-eted by this
measnre; of 'Eatcuttre itit'srah, every Uiiug
is ilniiwii uulol'joitit, viittrprisoarrested, cred-
y'tHnnfertt—-that this only liup|iei|S
un»Hlgnnrnie .with' aitutner. jieuplo, bud thus
becotiie part of upother'-sgvercigii^-ohd Dlut
Dio
ijavo onevote. Th
seised Of, of at present able to procure,'.'proper
materials fof ascertaining the importance of
.VadDeg^-DieB had-Vhese materialsrwiihont
supposing .that thdy infringed upn tbeir foil-
erntivq character, they would have given
each colony, a ■ woight pro|tnrtioned. to ita im-
portimee. • ■
Not indent! is the constimtion br tho blouse
of Heiircsentntives, - pro(iefly National. U
needs'lWqi t.hings'lb Make it so.,.
1. Th’ut the,whnle r United States, .without
regard to thole distinctive chnruelers-as Suites,-
should - bodistricted for' the election ■ of
ally 'controls them j if the government.csfflb-
Iished to aunirmstergencraV utid equal justice",
promote' jiflace/antleriBuro.domestic tranquil-
rty.ciln pervert'itself-into an insfrainent .for
the. aggrandizement of one [tortion .of the
country, tif Die expense of tU^'other, and en-.
force ilmt perversion by .the., sword fif Blp
Chief Magistrate oflltc Coul
jdrity,- aiiproyed.tlje "act;: and'instead'.of liis
now-' Blanding 1>efi,te 'the'sennte'Jufa culprit,
he is bearding tiiut body Sir having 'dared to
inte'rftre.wUh-liis high prerogative strfaras to
express an opiiiiott/disiip|)rbbatpry-of lris con
duct. At” this Iia>tnv-nt he stands belnrc the
. _ I oufoderaby.n t ilyVe v-
ol.utiortize the Government, ariif an'ceessfnlly
concentrate within himself tin extent of inon-
nreliicnl and -des|MiHc powers, niiknnwn.-everi'
to that King. wbu'wui resisted arid discorded
by our-ticrnic, and yelfcratcd "fathers: mtiy- we‘.
(jot weil exclaim,-in Dte deepest humiliation;
Wtte'“-‘“- ,/;r! -“-' J •* ■*
iere are now the benefits and liberties re-
sulring from lire Revolution—anti - lotik- to
them os eutombed with.the ashes of its illu's'
rribus pafrims and sages I.. - .,-.'r :>
j it ls but too^evident, that princtples arc now
recognized- and acted on-hy-'the Federal Gn*
' " ' ,.^ v
yemineutp tjtc tendency.bf.wliicl), is necessa
rily to subvert those ."great iito'ilsorvalivedoc-'
trines of State Rights add Slate Jtctnedjes,
under wliiclt- that- Government' aitd’ itaGpn- ;A still greater-number hold the navy, rif tho
m,——- s——j - _j -l1;l republic -subservient to (hq cbiHmafiJs of ; (hb
fitution were created, qnd.whtch .are assuredly,
the only safegdarUs-of the coqslittitibpal'Uii-
ion of the Btates,. "The'evils-of'Dib.‘present,'
unless than Dtp wKole history qftKe past,’dv-,
ince tho necessity of a frequent'recurrence iff
first principles, and. inculcate the lesson that
“ the price ofliberty, is eternal vigilance;'’—
Tho country is in danger, and expects eve-
ry man to- do his duty,” and its billy "hope is
in the virtue and ShtcUigbncc of the pEonle.
ln brder, tliereinre, to arouse 'thaFVhrnie”'aiid
intelligence, avert tbe -poasotions, blighting'
influence *f-thp j doctrines of- Ormsolidation,-
dnd regc'ubrute and inculcate'thbse true doc
trines; and great. cotiseryaUvo' .principles, of
'38 and '99; which then rescued tbe'Goyeri
mehvntid cpnhfry frqm simitar evils’
Resolved, That we Will now form ourselves
into un'lissoeiution; antfadopt, for. fliq-tegulu'
; tion thereof, tho following constitution./ “
members. . Instead of this, byf the pro'vis-
.... gtc
Here fbtlows Dio Gousiitutaon, wliich, as it
ibn of the constHTitionj every Stole, howevor
small' it may bo hi. point of, (topulation, if if
contain only half the requisite, number to' -
send a rcpresoulutivci, is yet entitled to.tino
representafive. ’Why are' nut thb,'Tragi
tnenls :of pripulatldn in each . State,;' now:
wholly unrepresented; Joined fo -a;.similar
fragmoni in some otlicr State, and thus road»
pp into an eleetum/,1 UrrirLj- ■. :
1 .2. In ordpr to render .the Tkiuse ntnlotial,
.Dio ((iiaHlicn’tions of tlio electors’should, ho
:fixqd by the constitution pr by Congress,'and
should be uiiflitrin,-throughout .the.-'United
Stales. TnfMentl dfDlts. jt is left to each State.
It is dnly.provided that' the ploctorg of the.
most ulilnqitnia. brunch of. Die, State tegisld;
JQie qjiall bknthd electors of members of Cpn-
gress. ,The8q. .vary lu every. State.' more Of
less—some requiring property tuttl a nninber-
of -yeate rcsitiqnby, mid/otifcrs jmeiflter of
is sjnrilar to' thnse -adopted by all ;tile socie
tics, whose .proceedings wp have pubUshed.'We
"deem it unnecessaryjto.Insert. . ' v ‘
From'tlie State Itigbin- Sentinel. 1
• THEORY AND PRACTICE.
Mr.-M’DurrfE, in his lata Speech, calls,in
question the powor of tlie'Presiuepf .to remove
Executive pificera. Slfi CAbttouK admils
Die powcr.'in a Speeclt {Tuned polptedly against
Die President.' Tho relation a which' these
gentlemen Sustain td'each-other; ionsidered
in connexion wlthDie peculiar crisis, at wlrfch 1
tl.eytilvi.io, ImfpfMmnfqdoiibt,'that "
on Uns licuti tliey hnnestlydttlCrr^^^
’m&A _
(HI Die.-coii«fitutmn of, the llousb offte-
prqsButaiiycif is. aherctf in tViesv itWo Impm-^
taut particulars, it canintt lie prodneqd as
conqlnsLve evidence of. tlip iidtionnl character
notary cngagi-menls.' ;A‘ tporeon dups tint
censy to lie .free ttutl ili'd(i’(tendeut, wftuu lie i$
utdiged io (VilliI Dte engagements into- which
lie libs very \vUlingly 'Onjered.’-’ Vauel,' h.' i,
-.1. -
lly ini'" bet of ratifying the constitution,."the
people .Of life States, ucthig in Dteir sovereign
cii'pa'cirir's,'as v ^tutti8, 'in cuuvemiohs in each
Of- tlie'Htbief, ..wifluiul’parliug'with a single
itigTitis, nhd subject .to 5Tagreement wiih.flte
(Alter Suites,'ihuf their general tfgi-riLs sliniiltl'
not dn eertaui things, which uiight intericre
'willr tho objects fitf -which Die special agi-ni,
Viisr.UlO-Geueml'GpycfnntcnVwbs cuusutu-
fed. Liko-'pritdcnl jieojile,'they'did uot.'lef
this rest lit parole. ■■ They aaW the evil ellttcts
ol' Dtfs- in Greal Britain,-where - the people had
bc'iMi i-btnpelled to rise en mOsSe, and to force
their ngbUlSk to iidtait tlio- re-siricrious under
"witieh tliey acted. • Tiley' reducetl it to wri- '
ling; hnd .these instruments hi 'reality tlifler-
ittg jn insreSjtect from two diUereut 'letters of
aUurney,'flowing from tlie same person, (for a
Stoic ix u nt'irul petsnn,)’ are deiioniinated
■res((tcUvtTy.:Dtb Feileful. aud'^tate cbustil'u-
lions. *...." .•»? ’-
" The must, iunjottanr Consequences rt
In care (if a dillerence as W Diq memti
result.
| moauing'uf
Dtese mslrqmeuts,'wh6 is to judgej there be
ing Do common superior. Die agent or the
ciitistituent /. \V)tn ij lhu coustinieut ? The
people.ol each Stale, uHliin it*'own'borders,
is evjtlcitUy llte' cotiMituent both of the State
untl Federal.Guy.trunn-iits.
t rlcstreyril, curreucy deranged, public fuith
" T(;o.Government oftlie United States forms
a ptni of tho'Govcrnhieut of each State;'its
jurisdiction extends to .Die providing Ibr the
eiiurtiuin ttefenee against exicrior injuries anil
violence, .the regulation of commerce; and
of otir. Gqvordrirenl;.
STATb nioift-s 'itjfir.'iiNii ws.i.iKCbhDobeNrir.’
' Pumnutit tri previdiis.pfdriic rintiea, a jtpV-
tfon-of the cltizensof Lincoln -County, -0011.
varied in the'Onurt House at : LftiCtihnon, on
Satfmlny, Die Sflih l)f--April, 'Ifor tlfe-'pijrptrse.
of fntmiiig a Strife Rights Stkiiety,"'auxiliary'
To Dm’ Eiato Rights AosneiathAt of 45f6b»gin-,djr
compliance' with the. reemmriemluliijii: of the
Rteeting held in. Millerlgeville,' in -November
lastd*.. Pcter Liimnr, Esqt wnA jiatlcD. io. t\ic
CJiiiIt. arid R&j- damesHprppr bp|H)hitb.d
'Seerethry.' At.Die sfbtrgestionofDre .Objiir-
riiiin; \Vm. Lawrence,'E«|.texplultici,l Die ob-
jee'ts. ortho.meeting, iri.nn 'able, spirited, arid
mnnlys-adiiress. Gdv fnbtlon ef ’Cnl.', Wirij
Jones, n Cr'umflijice>f five-was npiruirited by
tho Chair, conSistingof CbU Writ, Jones,’Miq.
Jns; N; Harper,-;;W r m.-:.LuwtSiicc, Esii'r-I)r.
Ezekiel Lnriiar. and John 'Wright; .T3st(. to
draft"nhd report it-Prerimbre arid Cmistmilrnn,
for the cimsuleriition bf.the m ,H>t "mg; -rind of-
ter a short reDrtnieiit, ftliiriiig-which' flic
proceedings of .the.; State Rights • Meeting in
Mllledgevtlle, in No'venil'iorlnst, were rcatijtp
the meeting)Gol, Jones,'ftoirv tko Cnnmiiuee;
reported.a»follow*: : V '• ■
“Admonished by Dte'present portentous-hnd'
alarming inspect of otir-|K>lidcni affairs, sif tlte.
dangers Which .mt;nace thg pvoce and iiar-
muny ofour-cimntry.aintl tlfe veif existence
* u "' ■*—- --and' idsrYtif the ne-
. „ coticeqtrjtttxl eDorts on
the parr of the people, to protect’ and preserve,
tlieir dearest aud most sacred right^-we, a
jiortidn’brDicpeoiilDuf IJnColnttntmy.'-Tiavo
assembled together to consider atri adopt snch
rditicdial mensriresVak shall - bo cVenir d 1 erm-
-sistenl with Die individual duties rind respnp-
sibilitiesjof free fcltizens.' The mimnrous 're-
ccpt. nets of usurpation, by tho Feilcfal'-ga'vr
eminent,.of the authorities-'and'rights'or the
States,-uud n facut dts|ios(tion, cm tho part qf
many"delttded'br inlercsfed,.io.sustain mebs-
lires'teriilingj Directly to .Die overthrow of our
free institutions, rind Die establishment of a
consolidated despotism oft their riiins, devel
ops iulauguage too (ihiinto be misfukeui tear,
-though we.niny be.suticr«l to assert that the
Stafos arV Sovereign, arid have rights, yet
'they WiH; riot bo (leriniitcd tp exercise them,
whenever they conflict with.the views tf lire
Federal Executive,Dr tin interested ntstority
nf Congress. The bbrriers ofttho -CrtfcDtn,
tion have been recklessly broken - down, and
trampled underfoot; ll)C.8ciyer«igmy bnd in-
defieiuleuce of the'States lisvs Ista denied;
ntVd.th'e tslibns doctrines of.CoinoUdfukin as-
verted anti promulgated': the right of constru
ing llie Constituliiin at will, cpforcing ’that
will With the bayonf t, and making war upon
the people <tf a 'Sovereign State, has been
Daringly igrtU'iteri.i the ’Prard^nt has been
■ MtaV
rn-sicl virMinfly a Military Dietator, ;anft in
vested with the Public Sword, lo eriforce llieso
dcmllv'pmicj|de-s; ttnil lii'' liiw hiliiself virijent-
lj> aad'jawIeSsly seized-rippii thc'PubllcTnfse,
tinder the eonscioilsncss thnt wq are opjutscd
niunU ttflltii Kvct matt' tn' fLn Doitnlvi, ' tVtnt
wurp the jmlgnteril of muny.of: die member*;
,...,1 «. e haveturdoribClhat Dtey TiadThne-iSfi
The deeisiQti was tnadem'.the House .of rtccuslori, I. subscribe myriefilY;-' * '
Rcpresentmives, by--a' vutepf.-thirty-fuur ..
twenty (• and in the Se|ulto,-by-’Die etistihg.
-Vote-of.Dre Vice-I’resident. Oi'rr Object.is not
now to ■ discuss -'the'question, but te [present
sumft of .(he:.argnincnts which - were urged
upondhat Occasion, and te compare. DtetthWilli
the Bober/aduiouitibiiH Ofyikpefleftec.' •
. --Il is knmvii to.ull, that the' po.wer to remove
is riisrived argnirieunuively fintti-tiiis eiairse of
Die enttSfuminp ; the PxesiUent “8liullfloi«m-
rf/e-aud by aiid with the rit/eice fnd cmsenl ut
Die Spume shall qi)(M«u\, &c.’.’'.'- "-■ '"-D
• ?V‘etny.~'f UpsD wltjt opposed the (tower of
removal ijy the Prcsitleut, 'cuiitended. Rial' if
ft were allOned te-ihp President, il might be
lu'iido in 'tho liuinls;ot-ambitious and unprinci-,
plpd.picn, mi lnstmtiient Of Dtp most, oppres-
ft’re Mid; the' iiioit t/ridteitt'e-rengemiM—rTflat
eyori in monbrchies; the oDnriitry oflfeers tire
permitted’to return, (heir places,-"under all
cljuuges ofrulet's. It wouid coSveiCt all
TIItoKKicette Or 'TIlJE.COUIlTBV INTU THE
■MKBE TqriLS Aao.-e'atMTuniiSpr.'tnEPnEsi-
nENT—-A set vile dcjrCitdeu'cp-.oil one ludiviil'u-.
ai;Hvould di.lvr hn'uurable meri lrfim engaging
- in Die Irubile service ; end if, cotjtrai-y jo ex-
pectatem, snob men- should 'be brought. Into
otliee. Tur.r would be kedtipEn- To -run-nv-
c'essitv up"’ sAc»iricrKd> vfuk.r:m,iitetn&
or itmiPENriEMCE TO Ttii:. ivrDi. or.Trii
ClllEf ' MAUI3TIIATE; qR OF - EXPOSHIOj THEM-.
SELVESi-O THf. blSUKAPE OF UKino REKOVEb
FROM. OF>ICE, &C. .' -
' On the ptircr' hand,' it was contended, that
the power was indispensable to the- duo exe
cution of Ihri la\v«, ' What would/become w
the public iriterests. if during tlio recess pi the
Senate, Die President puuld ftut reniove ttQ
uiiluititful pflieer } ' If he could Jiff displace
placing upright and exeethnt qjfieers for a Mere
difiejmce yj. opinion. And .ititrutii
made from' suih mqtives, or with a view to
tow. the officers on 'dependents or favorites would
be impeachable ofi'ences.^fft Mr.' Madison said,
“In me first'piuce lie wnfba imjreachable iy
this'house, helbrethe Seriate,. for such aft-act
of utal-adiiiinistrutiAu. Of* for 1 contend
that the wanton remoVaioj meritdrious 'officers
would subject him to impeachment, and TtMotd/
from Jtis high trust.” m /~Q—4 Lloyd's Debates,
ft51,366,400, 4d0> to 00O—2 Lluy-d’s Deb. -1
to 12—4 Elliot's lieb. 141 to’ 207—5 Marsh'
Lil'e W’asin elf.-' 8,' jt>iy() to;200—3 Sory’s
Cum. on L'niist, U. D. 366 Ut 39(i. .
‘ practice.—Gtueral J ackson has. Completely
prostrated Die arguments of those wlro cou-
teuded.forDip (tower, uniPe.onRmtcdDio npp6-
sitt'dikarjiies. . He [lias ncniiy lenVertertull
the dUlteets of lire I Vdctai (iiivcrimiiui mli.
YHIGINJA LF.aiSLATirBE. -*•
The f'dlnwitig .is the political comgjexi""
nf Die jtext L-.-aislaturc, as far as heart 1
Jir-k-ws .'•"! 11/ireii. Anti Van Uun
rafln
StefTitrA '
Hnsseil''-^5! 5 ^ |
.Montgriniety,
Eirig.Srftiueeti •
Lnnts'a . -
Franklin ,‘y.
ChnHntje.-
Sliena’iidorth."':,'.
high -court of.irriiicacliment. WHh. pllrthe
strength and ail the resources of-Die itatfuif in
bis hands; htld by tho majesty,'pf tho-penplo's
power, which lie professes-to personify, the
demands dtjlimri tO bcootrio tlio ehruuiefers of
his'protests against thetr. usurpations. And
.while Die 'dim eyes’of Madison 'himself are
jooking Upon tlus (irautical refutatirm of the
argujuririts.^ty whi'eli lie'.persuadeil ujpnioiis-
jtenjde to comnnt their-liliany In tin. iun-grity
of the President, unilcr thfc'c)i,-cl; of-thu im
peaching (tower, where are tint high’ nijiiileil,
self-Iatided, lOti.d-hiiqsJjijg American [tepplp']
Six tlipasarid'of.them, wjth -burnished, arins,
well disciplined, and just from tfto. eampaigiis.
of SouDt Carolina and Alabanl.-if nwrtit.lhe.
orders of the President rif the Uuile’it States.
- * .1.. ■ •
Presiaent;qf,-thp United Stjfes, ■'Forty thou-.,
sand have "Dteir optiori lo give up their cm-'
pUtymt-ms, that is their btentl; or mnrch at the
order-ofthePresident of the OhUed States iaritl
a million more liaive.thc fate of iheir. paity-
arid their hopes of prefermari't.stakcd jupon the.
honor and. popularity of the; President ofthe
United States. Where is the pressf the boas
ted' palladium of .Ani?riean.UbeWy<AtL these
time# ofjrCTir /and eiriei-genoy..! ; Bracing-the
[nerves nf the.President of the; UuitedStates.
fires-through'rill her brtrders.wijcn Jcllerson
rdso to tho.Chief.Mugistracy.'by.virtueD1‘his
respect; for. State.' sovereignty arid'his'jealousy
nf Executive : priWet. i - Rnied. bj, blind idola.-
ters of the PresTdeiit Of tHq United. Stales.-^
And where is tlte Baldwin nnd the.'Jfidfson-
who forewarned us of this evil day,' and
BiV.'kiyglijUn (Wwiies-
8 iH»n«y 1 vahia {dvubt-
.fit):. ' ' 1
Pocahontas do 1
.Botetourt
Sussex • ■..'[ . 1
Albemitrle,- •' ' 2
Greensvflld - ■ ? 1
Isle ol Wight • ./'-l-.
.Prince George (driribt-
.Dftitjisr'VijDvi * . •
Frederick - ' J
.Wvttfe V - i;
Prince VYrnD (doubt
ful) -. 1
.24
Amborst
Campbell
Pitlsylvauia
Henry
Patrick
Bam "
Kerkcley
Lunenburg
Iiardy
LoudOun
C. City &N. Kcul
Kanawha
Rappahannock ,
Caroline
Chesterfield , ”
Gloucester
James Cityj &c. '
•Jiancsiriotm : ".
Nurthuniborlaud
Franklin. .. .- - .
Pendleton ' ' •[, ’
,P,.Arine.
KingGcbrge' *
:Heitrico - - - .r
Notteway -
Powhatan (doubt.)
Rqckbritlgo ' . -/ .
Freilerick .
Priuee Edward, •
Jri the foregoing table, we have placed all
Die tloiihifui nairids, except tho Powbatah del
egate, 011 the Jackson Van Suren stile.
. COMJKKSSIOVAI..
tauglft us wliere.itstertprewOold begin f They.
ure dead. aud fiom the place where they' de
livered their prtjphelic lessons. a-.Fqrsyt(iVritl’
a Ktiig, now swell tho dismal. cltofuS of maise;
to the President -Of thc lfntted States.
'Letter* tAjhe Pliibutelphis" Comwittce, in' wiswcr'to
' -DlSi/iivlMdonjo tlisfcflSrsrsrtelsbrittieh. ^ .
• c . 'i£; WAsiinroirori,' April- Bi'Ift^i;'
.GentlemenWl Ijave’Dto ngnoir to acknowl-[
!g» the receipt ofynut polite ihvitntjonV. and
regret Dint my public dntieq- forbid my accep
ting it. WitltBut carrying iny tbeory of State
Rights and'j'State.Remedios. as far as mnny oC
mv friends,, my devotion tpRieni. rtrrist. is
'Jttrtpes- ardenr.aridTimcerref andmonercan-fedt
selves, we are in."welt convinced its we cun be, more Dmrouglily-thanmyself. how rihrerison-
- - -‘ — ■ 'nidewmild bo tltenUemnttoadiustthericlits
Tif fit nine nr nl «v a 1/
by riiimy *>t.the,first then in’ thecnunuyVihri?[“f Sinies’or individuals, at a inoment when
Air, M!Di
M’.Unffid is right p and catriestiy desire there;remains lo be decided-the;higher/ques-
^ ‘ -(|q J,ri r c;tliA‘n,lriurir\n. sirwlS)ir> i . wIinlliAk 'ililLntr Mn 1
t|ml some tide Wjtuld.bringtheDuestlon uri be-” tibn; ‘wiiethet cither,- in ’ practice, have env.
(* trn n ITs,,t#,,l - fi In •. 'Ft.... _A t’.. M M / Jamlifn - - A* .Al AT..A • X. Il r I .t ■ .
fine a United States'Court tor adjudication.— rights, at dH k Most--glatlfy .therefore wil, ,.
We. are fully nwarotlmv tho qftestion has boen unite my liifmble efforts to Dtose' of nil the.
most ably.debated in Congress't arid-1but -it, Triends of'CoDslitutional Freedum', whatover
wtis. settled by - a'dcciaiou of Diet Btxly in fa- may be the shntlcs -of difference In'their optn-
vor ofAlr.. Culhriitu’s views'.' .Bulweardbl-' ions, fo[ Dhcok'.tbe career ofdisurpntion, no
so awnre that Utera ryero at. Die time" several matter-by whom attempted,'or how disguised/
cttcumstancc'B-which'Werc Well calculated to rin'ComjiliaOee With your re'fniest, I beg'Ieave
;.'IN. SEN ATE, ■ r H;
'. Tuesoat, April 29:
Mr. Clay moved to rake up Die repotUMSii
.taming'tm account jofthe.aggregate. number of
imlividuajs' wbu it ad siguetl inenioriulsTor arid
agairist-tlie finited Status' Bank.' By the re
port, - it appeared ■ .that’-'114,Oil. porsons hnd
petitioned liirreli,ej'ifuift thedistrewconsequent'
upo'tl tlie.hftefti'-t of tlie Executive,, aitd 6,721
ftad'preseriteil memorials of an opposite char-
,dctor"; Alr. C. moved that the report bejtrin- ;
• ted) with IflOOritliliUtiriril.copies;
. / Mr. Poihdextor,.wjth'tliu leavoof the Sent)-
trir from. Petuisylvania; would make a repoft. 1'
Tlie cqtrtiniUeo on Pubjic Lands; U? whqj ;
was referred tlie petition of235Ppl'es, Went(y - nj
arrived jn '.this country,, had intrusted hiiq u>
.make a report, accompanied with a bill. .
cotrimittee did 'not recognize tho policy of
granting.Iand" v generaliy, to.'foreigners, who
8opght refuge on these Ishpres; but were of
opiliidri-thut. ati-exceptioft Should bo iritule in
favorpf the gallant and unfortunate strangers,
.1b the present'case. After passingan cuiogi-
ilftt ujtori Poland and .her .noble sons, Die re
port went on to describe'-the[peculiar case of
Dte petitipnors, mid concluded .by recommend
ing that -ft,portion of land bejgrarited to them
1 !:J higaft, or-some other s uitable Territory.
soul he tvoulftosk, that the bi)l he’ hud
cd bfimade atepecial order for'Thuw-
dqy Week. • If- any- .thing [was ’done in-'this
triatfeftitAyas necessary .Dipt it .should be done
a|uickly. /.The" oariy.. attention of IbM- Seriute
would! enqbTe the .House to act upon the sub-
’ict during the present session, •
-The proposition of tlie honorable Senator
front jlississippi, was agreed to.
■ TheHouSeol/Rcpresentiitives wps occupied
-ifttliediscngsiori pf two subjects, bach of. great
importance 'the resolutious Introduced, .re-
eently, on the. subject of the proceedings in
Alabama, which were acedmpairic'd by Dte
dqath of Cdl; Harditriah O wens, and Die geu-
eral Appyopriatipn -BiU. The formerquesDou
was debuted, principally by .-Mr. Gilmer, pf
Georgia, imiV Mr. Giay and Mr,' McKiuli of
Alabama,’uutil the close of Die hour, when
the: IhJuse’paSSed' tp uie .order of the day. and
took up'Die latter one, in. Oommittee of, the
Whole on the State nf the Union; the bill wus '
debated, item by itetriV until'a late hour.
a- hrbffqr you the, annexed sentiment, which
and we havenoDoubCtltat th^"^?th»-«j|hb|(ft;!WHimof:bBDtqrigh)jri^ipropriate to,the
. ': • .%With very, fervent respect,
.■ ■/ -. ' @irs, your most olxi’t : •
, .r.-'.-. a- .-•••.,.(■• Humble So'rv't.,
v RICHARD HENRY TVJLDE. .
To John Naglee, John W« Barclay .John,
Conrad, John D. [Goodwin,: Charles Naylor,
und'George'SharsWood, ,Esqr8: • V ,
.State/Righft'anftjthe Unionrightly .sta-
ted—riveted; withmit Biaio,, ,Wi Vt,„l,t, W
nd'CminM"without the Uriioti.few States.
/_ ;WAkDi(i£tTo!«,'April ft, 1834.
. ..Geritlemeri:—Yorir’kitftl tayjtalion, on the
part of the frientls ol' Stale Rights) iftth.ft.city
anil county of Philadelphia, to nitl them ifttlte
celebration <tf the birth day of'Jefferson,’ the
great-fiinridcr. pf State Rights, litis been duly
received. J sincerely thank tftem for Dns
frientlly hnd.distinguished murktuf llterr no
tice, and .ns truly roghftihrit if will-notho in
my jmWer to maiiffesi fit person,/bow much I
am affected;by Suclj- an instance of kiiiduuss.
I am compelled, by a late" request of the Faeul-
S r of the University^ ofGeprgla,' to-atteriit as
teir represSutnttve,- the,.anniversary nf jhe.
American Lyceum, Qn theDrid of jicxt niontli-
. in (he city. of NerJ York,- and as' Dtat will
call mo from iny pubJjcDuDes in Congress, n
Shprt . time,. ;I' ajqjrehftrid.. thaLabsnnce' js as
much ns ought lo be spared from my post, or-
ns my consiinierits would rillow, in-a season of
sticli .pecidirir excitement; ’ as at present pi-d-
.vails, both in’ and but af CnngrtnsL' :.I_how.
ever, send a sentiment for Die occasion; - . .
■ ' . Vciy respectfillly,. . . *
■ ' Yonr obctlieiftserv’t.' '-V
-"’A. s. CLAYTGfN.
' To-Messrs,, Johtr Na'glec, Johii‘Al. Raf-
clay, John Crinrail, JolmD; Good»‘in Charles
• STATE BANKS. ? >/f
Air. Polk; from the Cotrimittee of Ways and
Means, made the following report whieh..wiis
read in the House'of UepreVentativcs on the
22d April: .-j '
Tho Committee of Ways and Alearisi in pur-
suatice of the third resolution of their'for
mer report upon the subject, of the U. States
'..aud the public deposites, which was r ’
■f/ed by the House. submit the f '
"J'J-, ■; / ’ REPORT..-'’
/ The House,: by its.vpre' having deei.l,.d
Dm: -the Stme-Bimkr«ught tn be continu. ,1
W the' plnccs of deposite ofthe^puhlic mondy,
and Diat it is -expedient lor'Congress to malitt
some pmVisibq, by. law prescribing thomtxleuf
«ftV»ft^U»Uwcjtrities tri be taken, uud Dio
manner and terms on 'which they aro to t>e
employed,’’ the-committee deemed it proper
in a riietoure; of so much itrijiortance, te as-
reertaih-fi-pm Die.Sccrotiuy ofthe. Treasury
•his opiuiohs rind vicivs,in regardtotlio regula
tionsproperto bendopted in Uie employment
of the State'''Banks to 'the depositories of tlio
public money and fiscal agents ofthe Govern-
monD arid also fur his view* in regard to tlio
ftrebablo effects which vrould he produced up-
onthifcurrepcy by such regnlations. They
accordingly addressed n letter tri tlie Secreta
ry,'.reimesting to be' furnished with the .inlftr-
matiou desired, and bercwitli report the tm-
8Wer, which has been receivetl.
the mode in; why:it
a corrupi; ambassador* or h^d of dopartmenl Navl'nr, Geri.Shnrsw6od;Esqrs.
"' 'The-righftri-d.efcndDiff riglus.V...... .
by State interposition; is ti right’.vyliicli-cnn
dr other otlicerengageti.ib-life flitaticts or ex- j" The righf tn defend Die rigMs OTtlie' Stateft).
peinlitures of the qouiitry;/'' 'Lite.President- •>., sum _• j_t, - _cu*ii
inde-| only be felintftiialied -with the right.to (to free.
must be prcsumed tq I
pendeuce.and high talents. It would be im-
possible th4he.shmitd abuse Re patronage p/i AUacit- or LtBERTr- Tlie -riitirit (it Re-
Usruovcnmq/ftptjhp power of rtwotpl lo tte pubHbanisrii is -ripreriding ’ in Earepe—and
iiakBAL oriftidfts Willriooner rif. Infer pre
nwmeteruig' to his own resentments, or of diq- ' is /.at; ;.»r ......n—....
wailT. r It will ftor be* long before tue-People
will rise in tlieir might, ami sweep even Die
traces nf Despotism from .the land. Late for
eign papers say that Dtcre exists in the milita
ry despotic Governments of Douniark,'Swe
den aud.Nbrw.ay, ainopg the rising gcueraiimt
a tendency to.republicanism,- whk.fi’-creates
great alarm. Itideedut .is contemplated',-to
establish a great Scandinavian. Republic to
eptbraee the Dtree kingdoms.. ..
Austria and Prussia will follow—and theft
the Autocrat of Russia will tremble -on liis
throne. Our (talriolic ancestors taught the
mliabitants ;of the. old ‘ World ’ the '.value or
raEEDO¥—ah*Sr. also taught them hfiw to
achieve it—amt tbePeopl* in Europe evince
ttnwjfniyncal signs of a disposiunn to profit-by
the .lessons oL Liberty wlijch tltey. have re
ceived. 'l'he- Goddess waves Iter' bannor on'
high—while lire watchword is Ojtjv.tBPs.-
Gf •: Rostov Journal.
. In Dqtermihing upon the
jho deposite Banks shall bo selected, the-cnin-
mitlcerire ofopinlon that a duo.regard to tho
public'interests will make it proper to lease
Dte.selection, in the first iu6tanco, to the Head
oftlie Treasury Department, or to some oUter
person designated by law, but when orico aolic-
tedrejtut it oqtof the'power of the. Executive to
•tion and [approbation or Congress: Slfoub) it
Itowovar be deemed expedient for Congr s»
“i o f t , se !r?,r' le8 !f n r’ h y ,n "'> ^
Which shall hereafter be employed ns dep »i,
tones,instead of delegating Die power ofselt ft-
ion, in Die first instance, to an E&cnDve a :fi-
cor, . there could be up .objection to that inode,
provtdeci it beseemed practicable to make he
selections in sitch a.manner as to protect-And
preserve Die public funds to he deposited llidrc-
iu- •, ’• - :; *; ' • *.:•• -•
'- Tbc bill they rft'port prescribes—First Its
mode in which, '.autl by whom, the S tm
Banks hereafter Iteli'c employed uethe int ■
depositories, shall tie seleetetf. Seenudly, .0
terms and conditions upon whicli they s I
bo eiu|tloyed, the,Duties and service's t
shall perfiu-m, and Dte securities winch they
may he required to give.-in onler etli-emtDl
to protect-Die-Gorernment against ihw
danger of )oss;-and -Dlihlly, it/proviX-a
when oytee selected, tliey shall he (tlnced
yoml the power, aud control of the Ext,
llv ® Dwartment, except as for. ns the *
and prudent management ofthe public r v-
““2“ repy^nder suclr.coatrol indispeusabla.
. Itie bill restricts tlie discretion of tlie '
—SB - -..’itfiftrEx-
ofthe (lower nfjiat
Department to. dikeoutinue Die-selected .
a* places of public Deposite, to cases, off
un the priri.gf said Batiks to cumpK,- wiM -...
termsjtttd cotiDitiou*.up which tnoy itiitj la*
oin|doyed; c'ir,t.(r.r'a.te ? .j„ . Wi 1 u.h any ■tir. |,id
•ttauksmay bcciinii: nusttte i)c(«ttitiirjia. nil,,;,,
£•;*;!* •"•Hivjf, qn.l.rcscrvcvui Uougros*Itri*