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EXF.COTIVK Dvf«T«ir.KT, I
Columbia, March llth, 1833. S
To Jambs Hamilton, Jr Esq. President of the
Convention of the People of Smith Carolina.
f*<R—l herewith transmit you ■« letter which I
have received from the Hon. Benjamin Wat.
kins Leigh, Commissioner from the State of
Virginia, which, together with the Correspond
ence in relation to Mr. Leigh's Mission and the
Resolutions of Virginia, of which hr is the bear
er, you are requested to lay before the Assemb'y
over which yon preside. lam very rcsftec'l'ul
ly, your obedient servant.
ROBERT V. HAYNE.
Colombia, March llth, 1533.
Having, at our first intet view, presented
% yon the resolutions of the Genera 1 Assembly
of Virginia of the 26th January la c t, on tbo sub
ject of federal relations, I have now to request
your Excellency to lay these resolutions before
*he Convention of the people of South Carolina,
which, at my instance, has boon re assembled
f(v the purpose of considering them.
The Grnerpl Assembly of Virginia has ex
pressed, inJts own Itmgu-jge, its son'irnonts con
cerning tho unhappy controversy between tho
State of?. Carolina and the Federal Govern
ment, and its motives, its views and object, in
malting this intercession. In these respects,
therefore, the commissioner it has thought pro
per to depute to Carolina, can h ve noth
ins to add. and nothing even to explain. Tho
duty presented to hi n is simple and precise. Ho
is instructed ..to communicate the preamble and
resolutions to the proper authorities of this State,
and ‘‘to give them guoh direction as in his judg
■roent may be best ivdculated to promote the
objects which the Legislature of Virginia has in
1 .view:” and this part oi’liis duly ho has already,
by the prompt’and cordial compliance of those
authorities, had tho happiness to accomplish, to
Ihe entire satisfaction (ns lie has reason to be
lieve) of the. Legislature of Virginia. And he w
further instructed and “authorized to express u>
the public, authorities and people of tins our sis
ter 9* ale, ihe since se goodwill of the Legisla
ture and people qf Virginia, towards their sister
State, and their anxious solicitude that the hind
and respectful representations they have addres
*<jd to her, may lend to an accommodation of tho"
Vdcrences between this Slate and the Geoural
Government.”
Virginia is anim tied with an ardent a/id do
vo’ed attachment to the Union of tbe*St*tes,
n i t - tli” l iahts of the aovernl Slates tint com
pose the Union; and ifsimil i’ity of situation and
tp’enesls naturally induce her to’ aymoathize,
With peculiar sensibility, in whatever rfF’ivt tho
prosperity arid happiness of South Carolina and
the other Southern States, she knows how to
r’-cpooile this sentiment with Iter aftiouion and
duty and every other State, sever
a Iv. and towards the -United States. She is
most solioilou*, to maintain and preserve our
present institutions, wliic'i. though thev partake
of imperfection, from which no human institu
tions can ever ho exempt, anil notwithstanding
some instances of inal administration nr error,
which all governments ere liable, ar« yet, ue
she confidently believe*, tlid happiest frame of
polity tint is now or ever hi* been enjoyed by
any people —to maintain and presern tti, eyehole
Ojid every port of these institutions, in full vigor
and purity; to uphold the Union, and the State*;
*to maintain the Federal Government in all its
j nt powers, nilmimstered according to the f-tiro
principles of the .eoßsti’ution, without the least
departure from the limitations prescribed by the
comonc’; fairly understood, and the State gov
ernments in all their rights and authority, as ab
solutely necessary to the good government and
happiness of their respective citizens. Consul)
dat ion and disunion are aliicp, abhorrent f oin her
affections and her judgment, the one involving,
at the least, a forfei uro of the manifold advan
tage* and blessings so long and so generally
felt and acknowledged to have sheen derived
from tho Union; and tho other having an appa
rent, perhaps inevitable, tendency to military
■(lesr>oti»m. And she’is apprehensive—for rea
son* too obvious to need particular mention—
that in case say difference* hatwenft the federal
.government and the States, shall ever be brought
to the aruitrament of force, the result, 1< t it be
whnt it mny, mnst effect such a change in om
existing institutions a* cannot hut lie evil, since
it would be * change from tho*o forms of Gov
ernment which we have cXperieiictid to lie good,
god under which we have certainly been in the
main, free, prosperous, contented aod’happy.*-
Therefore. in the present controversy between
the federal government aryl the Stale of South
Carolina, *he deprecates any resort to force hy
oititef, and ie sanguine in the hope, that, with
proper-moderation and fprbearanoe on both sides,
this controversy may he adjusted (as all our
controversies hitherto have been) by tfi<> influ
ence of truth, reason a«(J justice.
‘Virginia, rememhoring the history of South
Carolina, her services id war and in peace, anil
her contribution* of vir’ue and intelligence to
the common councils of tiiod.'nion. and knowing
well the generosity, the magnanimity, and the
loyalty of her character, entertained the most
perfect confidence, that these sentiments so
qherished by herself, would find a response in
the heart and understanding of every citizen of
this State. And : that confidence induced her
Intercession on the present occasion. She has
not preen ned to dictate, or even to a (vise. She
has addressed her entreaty to the Congress of
the United States to redress the grievance of
which South Carolina complains. And she hl9
spoken jo South Cardlu}a al-o, as one sovereign
■State, as one State of this Union, ought to speak
to another. She has earnestly, affectionately,
and respectfully, requested and entreated South
Carolina, ‘Ho rescind or suspend her late Or
din ince, and await the result of a combined and
strenuous effort of the f.tends of Union and
Peace, to effect an adjust merit and conciliation
of all public differences now unhappily existing.”
81)0 well hoped, that this state “ vyonld listen
willingly and respectfully to her voice;” for she
knew and felt, that South Carolina could not
descend from the dignity, and would nowise
comnromit the rights, ol her sovereignty, hy
yiejifitSg *° d ,c intercession of* sister state.
If, theteforc, no other considerations could
have been presented to the Convention of the
people of South Carolina, if no other motives for
compliance have been suggested than the
intercession of Virginia, offered in the temper and
manner it has been, and the intetest we all have
in the Union, the common attachment we feel
t for our tried republican institutions, the aversion
from civil 4i*cord qupt.com motion, and the wise
and just dread of changes of which no sagacity
,cata t’orsee the consequences,—it might have
been honed and expected, that the Convention
1. would rescind, oral least suspend for a tjme, its
* late Ordinance.
But, in truth the Convention comes now. to a
consideration of this subjeot, under a state of
circumstances, not anticipated by Virginia, whey
she interposed her good offices to promote a
peaceable, adjustment of the controversy be
tween' this Btate and the Federal Government.
There has he en made that “ combined and stre
nuous- effort of the friends of peace Union,
to effect tin adjustment and conciliation” of this
controversy, the result of which South Carolina
was re.yucs ed ntid expected to await—end that
effort, it is hoped, will prove successful, Ihe
recent act of Congress, “to modify the act ol
the Hilt July, 1832, and all other acts imposing
duties on •ni|jort# f , * f is •uch a moiJi neat ion of the
Tariff laws as (I trust) will leave little room for
hesitation on.the part of the Convention of the
people of South Carolina, as to the wisdom and
ptoerieiy of rewinding its Ordinance.
Forbearing, therefore, to enter at large into
the many and-forcible considerations of justice
and policy, which, independently of this tr.oa
sure of Cougritss, might, I humbly conceive,
have sufficed to induce tho Convention to sus
pend, if not to rescind the Ordinance, 1 shall
rest in the Iku|*, that the wisdom of the Conven
tion will adopt, at once, the course which tho
dignity, arid patriotism of South Carolina, her
attachment to the Unioti, so constantly express
ed, and manifested hy Iter deeds, her duty to
hersolf and towards her sister States, and (I
hope I may add without presumption) her res
pect lor the intercession of Virginia, shall die
tate to he proper; and tha.t that course will lead
to a renewal of perfect harmony.
Sensible asl am, how little any effort ofm.ipo
has, or could have contributed to the result, I
now anticipate, I shall be well content with tho
honor of having been the hearer oi the resolu
tions of Virginia, tied of a favorable answer to ■
them —happy in being tho humblest instrument
of such a wo. k.
Jhage the honor to be, with profound respect,
your most obedient servant,
B. VV. LEIGH.
To his Excellency Robert Y. Hayno, Gover
nor of doutn Carolina.
I’rom the Columbia (S C ) Tile scope, March 13
S, C. CONVENTION.
. Wednesday, Alareh 13, 1533.
The cotivLMilio.il met pursuant to ad
journment, at -meridian to tl iy. Ihe
proceeding* wore upenud by a prayer
lY.uu the Jiev. Mr. VV-fford.atid the Joiir
11,it of v«s ,H *oit i v read. The Hull. C. J
(Jolt; itli, Itom ,lto select committee •*!
twent v-one, reporled 10 tho Cunveiiiioi
an Ordinance and an urxompaiiyitig Ru-
P‘u ,011 the sulijad of the Act ,i‘ the lute
fffimgress us the Unr-iff Slate-., entitled
> An act "» m.-rjifv lint act of the 14 ir
-inly, 183 2, and nil o>her nets imposing
duties mi imports " . *
The Report und Ordinance were a>
follows;
Tlie Committee to whom wa« reform!,the j
Ci ntmuiiicj> i"0 c*t >iio Honrable B. W.
Leigh, commissioner from the S ate of
Yogumi, &. all other matters runitoccd
with the sttlijoc l , aud die course which
• should be pursued by the Gonvetition
<tl Uh* present important crisis of our
political alTilrs, beg leave to
RRPOIIT
(in ■part)
That they have hui un .ler consider a-
Jioo, the act pjessud at the late •>o<KU"i) «»l
Congress, to tti-ulify tli« “act of the 14 I) j
o| July 1832. anti all other acts imposing
dirties on imports;" atitl have duly (Jel.h
eratoil <>ti the com so which it becomes
the people t> South <Car<jni ; i to puisne
at ilija interesting crisis in our political af- '
fairs It is now tijwiml* of ion yews!
.since tin: people and constituted aether j
ines of iliis Sißve, took ground agafust dre j
protec ittg system, as “aiiconstiuidomd,'
oppressive and uoj m” and solemnly do* ;
chired in language which was then rordi
u li responded to by tb<> oili-er
State*, that it never Could be submitted |
to ‘-as the set.led policy us the coun'i v.”
After remonstrating lur years against this I
system in v lin, and miking every possi* 1
bieilfoit to produce a redress of lies
grievance by invoking the protection of
the constitution, and by appealing to die
jus ice of our Broth.en, wo saw dining
tue session of C"iigross, wdveh ended in
in'July last,a utpdilicadou effected avow*
edly as the final adjustment of tj:e Xar
il)', to take ellVc. atu r the complete ex
tinguishinent of the publicdebt,by which
the proteiMiitg system c uld only be con
stdeiaid as iiVoted iip ui the country for
eve-. Believing dia' under these cir
cnmstances, du re was «o hope of any
fu« dier reduction of the duties from the
ordinary action of he federal government
and convinced th it undnr the operation of
tins system the labor a> and capi'al of ihe
plitn atiou states must be forever tributary
to dm ill unit.ictni mg slates, and that wo}
should in effect bo reduced to a coiuii
ti m i fc* fuurtl VassUge, Smith Carolina
felt herself const i allied, hv a just regard*
for her own lights «& interests, by her love
ol liberty and her devotion to the Con*
sdtu'ion, to iutei p «'e in h*u Sovereign ca
piciiy for die purpose of arresting the
progress of dm evil, an 1 maiinn.tung with ,
in her own truths, the authorities, righis!
aud lihoriics appertaining to her ns a sov-J
ereigu slate. Ardently ntiacHftd tu the
union of die States, the people of South j
Carolina were sdll mo-e deVo ed to the j
lights of the Suites, without which dm j
Union .it sell would cease to be a blessing,
and well convinced that th i regulation of
the whole labour aid capital <d this vns
confederacy by a great central <3oviun
tiieni must lead inevitably to die total
destruction of om free institutions, they
d.d tmt hesitate t<» throw themselves
fearlessly in»u the breach, to arrest the
to tom of usur p.iijuM wllieb was stveep
i*g Imbue it all that was truly value,
bin ip our political system.
Ihe edeci of thi interposition, if i'\
has not equaled our wishes, has been be
yond what existing circumstances would
have auihoig.-d m to IVK p ec t. The
spectacle ol a single Suite, unaided and
alone, standing up for her righis-e-itfln
encml by no oilier motive than a sincere
desire to maintain the public liberty ami
btiug about a salutary reform in the ad
ministration of die Government, has
' roused die alteniioit of the whole country,
\ and has caused many to pause and reflect,
•J*° have heretofore seenred madly bem I
on the consummation of a scheme of poli
cy absolutely fatal to the libeity of the
people, aud the prosperity of a large por
tion of the Union. Though reviled and
slandered by those whose pecuniary or
political stood in the way of a.
satisfactory uffjusimout of the
—.desonejd by.mapyffo whom she Rad a
right io look for succour and support,' aud
-Ifireautaed with violence from abroad,
and convulsion* wi'liin, South Carolina,
conscious of the, recti udt of her inten
dims and the justice of her cause , has
stood no moved; dimly res rived to niiiiu
tnin her liberties, or perish io the conflict.
•The result has been a benefit'iaj mod iff
cal ip 11 of the Tut iIF of 1832, e.ven before,
the fim« appointed for that act to go into
effect; and wiiliin a low tno.nhs a Lei it>
criiictmem, fircompunied hy a provision
for a gradual reduction of the duties to
the revenue standard. Thuogh , * l ° re
<(ncti< » provided for by ihe bill, which
lias just passed, its, neither in its jin >utrt»
nr the time when it ts itr po itpo effect,
such as the South had a njjht to require;
yet such ah approach has been made tu
wards ihotroo principles <>li which the
duties no imports ought to be adjusted
under our .system, , that it}* P opple-ol
So,illi Carolina ate wi.ho{«, so far to y ield
to the toeasuie, as so - aytee that tiieir
Ordinance shall hencefoith be considered
as having no force or tlloct. .Uiiequal
and oppressive as the system of raising
revenue by dnjiCs upon impnrts, oiust be
upon the Agiioiltttral S sues, which ftu
ttisli more (ban two thirds of the domes
tic exports of tlte Ueitcd Slates; yet
Smith Carolina always has been, and
still is willing to ma.ke large sact tfice* tp
the peace and bn tunny of . the Utiimi.
Th •ugh site believes that the protecting
systffm is foil a tied iii the assum.riun 0!
powers not granted by tho C<-ii-uiuruui
to ihe Federal G«»*rernine,iff, yet she Stas
never insisted on strch an immediee re
duction of tiie duties as should iuvplvi
ihe ntunufacimets in ruin. That ne
due lion te the lowest aimmut necessary
to supply the wants of the Government,,
might bu safely effected in four nr five
years, c.tttttirt, in oor estimain-a, admit ol
a 1 easonable doubi-; sitil, in t) g'eal stXog
gle foT principles, Stniitjf dai'diua would
disdain to cavil, spoilt a saiuH amount of
do ies, :md a few, years mo<e or less ip
effecting 1 be. adjusimeot, prtvvidi and ptdy .
she can sec-nro substantial, j istice, oud
obtain a distinct rect giiition ol the princi
ple for winch she lias sW loiig cott'emled
Among the pr.< .vt»i>Hts xff the new Bid,
which 1 econrmtnul it in cur accoplat.ce,
is the esiablisliinenl of a system of .ail
vaLrctn Julies', and the en'ire aoahdon
mon’ of tlte specific d<dies, and the mini ;
mums. Tyrannical provisi- ns, by who b
duties tatod nominally at 2 ) ior cent,
were in m,(nV cases raised upwards ol
100 per ecu!, and by wlti It tho coo se
atpj cheap at tides, used by the ,p»oi,
aero ta.xvd much higher Ita 1 iite expeu.
s v.n articles used, by tho (ycl.: an oilpis
and odious regnlatioii, ag -tust \viticit we
have constant.y - pfo'ested iii the nv<s
earnest leftn- 1 . Tiie ntdijefion before
the expiration "I 1 lit? present year of one
tenth pail of the duties icles “ex
c.eoding ■ twenty per cent on the v.due
• hereof * (eoibracing the entire mass oi
the protected articles) and a g'ndusl te
dtici ioti boreiifter, on stirdi at tides .(liuvii
to 20 per Cent (the duties upon which.
iiihJoi the latiff of 1832. range from 30
Ito upwards •>( 100 |t«r cut, and ayptragf
op.vaids of 30 per ct»«.:) are ,gi_eat at if
manifest ameliora'ious o 4 the., sys'em tv
'the betiefrs of which we canj-■ ■,! be >n
| seusiuiv. great mils. I>e the au
vaipiigos of these leductiotis, they ar<
Ismail iu -comparison with the distinct hi
j cognition, in the nctv htlf, of two great
i principles which w« dot in of iupstimable
| value —that the duties shall epetcuallt/ he
[ brought down to the. revenue standard
'even if it shill he found uocessaiy to re
duce tho duties on the protected article
below 20 per cent, and that no more
slfcrill be raised than shall .be ne
cessary to an economical adijtinis'.riV.ion
of the Government. f i.
These provisions omb dv tiie great
principle* in reference to this subject I n
which South Carolina has so lung and so.
earnestly conltMirfed, and if • *he pledge
ihetein c'o.ll tar tied simli be |ulfilji*d in good
faith, —they mt|ti, in thejr opeftitiou, ar
rest the abuses which h eve gr-uvr) out ol
the unauthorized appropriations of.the.
public muney, . should Consider tin
reduction iff the revfinuo to tlt.e amoorrt
“neccssaty 10 the econonricat
tion of the government,” as one of tin '
happiest reforms wh ch could-
tako place iu tho practical operation pi-
system; as it would at rest tho progresv
of cmruptiott; limit the exercise of Fxe *
cutive patronage and power—#e«toro tire
independence of the States, and pot ait
end to all theseqnestions of disputed pow
er, against which we li.tvo cot.stfiply pro
tested. It is this aspect of the question
w hich has reconciled us to tire.provisions
of ffie new bdl (certainly not free ft urn
objections) which provide for tiro intro
duction of linens, silks„ w orsted ; aod a
number of.uther articles frit of duty.
The reduction of revenue which will
thereby he effected, and the. bobeTtcral itr
fluencG • fa free trade, in these
article* which nw .hirathisively
pm chased by the agricoltural staples of
the Southern States, which will furnish
advantageous exchange for these produc
tions, to the amount of several mill ions of
dollars annually, are considerations not
to be overlooked. Nor can we be in
sensible to the benefi s to be derived from
'ire united efforts of the whole Soinh,
aided by o lter stales having interests i
dentified with our own in bringing about
the late adjustment of the tariff, promis
ififf, we trust for the future, that union
of sentinteo!, and concert in action, which
a e necessary tosecuie the rights and
interests of the Southern States.
On the whole, in whatever aspect the
question is contemplated, your,committee
find in the late modification of -the tai.ff,
cause for congratujation and triumph.
It we have not yet succeeded in the com
plete establishment of the gteat principles
of tree trade and cons itutfonal iibei t y,such
progress has been made towards the ac
cemplishmunt of the foimer as must serve
to tejundie our hopes & to excite us to
fresh exertions in the glorious work so re*
form iu which we are engaged. Influen
ced by these views, the commhlee is sat
isfied that it would not comport with the
liberal feelings of the people of South
Carolina; nor be consistent with the sin
cere desire by which they have always
.beep animated, not only t* live iu har
-01 'tty with their biethrew, but to p/e
--servo the Union of the Slates, could tifey
besitiitp under existing ettcutnoances iu
1 ecoui eendittg that tiro ordinance of Nul
lification, and the acts of'ihe L' gislatnre
couscqnut thereon, be henceforth held
and deemed, of no force and effect. Aod
they recommend the following
ORDINANCE.
VVhopens, the-Cioigr«*s of the United Slat*’*
ihjf *>•• -HjCt recently passed, low mtoic such a re
(iuctiou ami tHu.iifi ation of tiie ilulics .upon fo'r-
imparts, as amounts substantially t > an
ult ini an.- iftiiietiint of die duties tu the Revenue
Sraui'ai if., and that no higher duties *h ijl ho
laid than tnav hf ltecess.ai v to tirftay die econo
mical expenditures t»f the Govet nment.
/t is therefore Ordain' and and D> eland. That
die 'Ordinance'''entitled “ An Ordinance tu Nul
lity certain acts of the Congress of Ihe United
States, purportingdo lie laws laying dudes oi>
the importation of fureigns*ott>n)odities,'' ami .all
acts passed in jfursuance thereof, tie henc* r f<>nh I
■teemed and held (q have.no for.ee or effect; 1
provided that the' act entitled •* a* yet further to '
sdlei and amend the militia Isws of thi** State,” |
passed on she 20th day i*f December. 183'2. shall i
remain in force ii-itit it shaft be repealed or 1110 !
dified t>v the Legislature,
On motion of Col. Wilson, these were ord ted j
to be •printed, and made ihe order us the tfay for
to-morrow.
Col. Wilion. after a few explanatory remarks,
the following resolution, In wit :.
Rcsulrtd, Tlitu a committee Ire appointed to
wait on our Senators and ib p. a scnlativcs lately
in Congress, and now in jbe town »f Colutnlrta.
10 give us 'jonuiue iiifofniaiion relative to the
! fate proceeding’s of the Federal Government
tow ards Sourh-Carolina, in of the
j OitlMWnce of Nullification, passed b • tire pno
[ pie of this State, io Convention, io November
last; and that the committee r< port vv'sat ar
rangetnenls may be made as to lire manner and
time of giving tire information nlesir-ett.
- On matio.’i of f’olcock, the resolution
*v*r onl rto lie on tlr*- lalrle After a slrort in
teivrtl. Col. VViisuu moved to take i< wp tor 41*1-
uoiiiAte cuOKjileiMlion. Qi-n lluiniduiv moved
to postpone jt until to morrow. After some j
'slight ufi'-me tire vu.tn w.,stak«n 00 tiro question 1
of pus poireorevvt, »ntl (•he m *f,ion fjilerf, aye S-66 j
floe* Tire .rcttuhition iv- s tiieu adopted, «ml
Col. Wilson, Gen. H nnifiuu mid Cliancallor !
Jii'instpn. wart-appointed tire comm flee.
Co'. Wilson the'irintroduced tiie following re
solutions, to vvii: ‘
Whereas, a Con venjt’on of lire people of the
State lias been called, to pi -ce tile Slate ot South
Carolina npoii its sorcieignty, and consider of
and do such acts ns may in the opinion of this
Convention, serve m ire eff-ctuat'y to perpetuate
'hesArtte. Aud tvbvrea* p'oteetton and all. «t
ancc arc reciprocal ditties, and a Innrda.afntal
principle of nil Governni'’ota ; Ire it therefore.
llcsolr tl. That it isvxp<dicnt an I proper that
th«,ConstOtiti rn of this Stale he so allereil and
amended os in require every elector who may
claim to exercise >he «-tecljve traoclrisc. in ad
dilimi <0 the oath of qua ificad-m now prescri
ned, to take jvp ondi ol nileginn e to the State of
c ootli (ta>ohea-{ ami up nr tjje refusai of any
elector to take such oath, the Managers of Klee
tion shslt not be permitted to receive his vote
Respired, That h-is expedient and prs -er that
all 1 .‘beers hereof! uto he elm to 11 1 any office of
horor, profit or tiu.st. civil or military he lei|uir
cdto tak • l»n oath of para in out iilicgiiace to ihe
rt ate of SoinJi Cir-rlioii.
These Resolutions having heen laid hnfore the
Convention trytflie Pn-nMent. >lr. Tornttyll sta-.
led that the committee of twenty one already’
had the s it j rfs f t which they referred, und. r
Cniistdrrafiou; ' whereupon Mr. Wilson moved
that the,- shmi'd he referred to that committee ,
which to. 'Gen. Hamilton then mo
ved-that the geutlemen who offered these ■
tion*should be added to tiie. commare-
touive- to the Hoo John L Wilion was
added io the. selccPeoinmittee of twenty one. (
On inotio 1 «f Col. Klmare. the Conven,>oii.
riiljourued until eleven o’clock ty-morrow.
Prom Hi' Globe, March 2.
THE COLLECTION BILL.
Our readers will perceive from the
Congressional jnnr-emling*, thai the Biii
.•up'iited by the Judiciaiy Coinmiitee of
tiie Senate l»as become 11 law. Tlte ma
jority in t.he Iv use of Represei,tati.vrx i
■vits greater than was ever known upon
unv uiipoitant oi tnusted question in this
country. Tiie ymo was 149 to 47
Kaliti di of Odin, who was for a moment
in the Senate, would have made lire v.ate;
for rhe 6:11 around 1:50-—Thus null fica
tioti kicks tiie beam.
This bill, xvliicli was designed merely
as a measure nf couoieracriwu to the >•< di -
rtehco "I null ficainm, has received a riiul- j
fi tide of christc'iffngs by the orat.ns in
Congtesß. Sonin nf ihe nuli.fieiscalled it
tho “lialuny Hay Hill" others <>l‘ theju
th Huston Port Bill"— bu< the mo-t ia
kine tills among them was the “Bloody
Bill." Mr. McDuffie, after the final
vote, when the question was about to be
put nii ihe title, proposed to amend the
title tu toad—
' “An net to subvert the sovereignity of
the Stales nf this Union, t<* establish a
C’insolidatod g >vemincut without limitation
of'port pm, and make the civil subordinate
ro the miliary power.”
-That is to say, that “the sovereignty <-f
the Suites” consists in the right <>f noili-*
ficat ion. That an act to pi event a total,
overtlnow of the tevenue system hy 'lie
sword «»( Dictator Hamilton, is “to make
the. civil subordinate to the military pow
er” and 1h it to deny the light assumed
by South Carolina to subject every othei
State tn thefUnion to it* absolute s«av is
to establish a consolidated government
without (imitation of powers."
Since the bill has bec»me a firw, we
think it will gradually lose its tcriific as
pect tn the Niillilyeis. They will find i(.
an innoeept coutiivance t<» collect the
dories without tlte trouble of a Writ of
Repleviu. They will be satisfied after
a wlvde to call it simply “n collection bill,"
as it was termedijy its.friends; «>r will
give it that still mote agreeable title, 'the
Sugar Bill;" so called, we presume, as
saving Gen. U ranium the necessity of
making War for his sugar, and carrying
“his friends unto the death for it."
We regret to see that the Editor of
the Richmond Enquirer, while he admits
that 1 lie Collection Bill “has been most
wretchedly caricatured.” still considers it
“exceptionable.” I' is nothing but the
remedy of Mr. Jefferson modified and
moderated, applied to an infinitely more
malignant and threatening malady, 4( i$
true ibat it Was opposed iu a siieut
vole by u few— a very few of those who
have hitherto given ihe administration a
fir at support—-but we can assure our friend
of the Enquirer, that strong leduing* to
nullification, or weak fears of its power in
the South, operated on most of those who
voted against the Bill* Tiie attempt was
to give u triumph to the Nullitjefs— !o
submit the Tat id to the mercy of the nul
lify jog Convention for iis sanction—to
I sacrifice, the great conservative principle
of the Constitution, the right of the Gov
ernment of the Union io preserve itself,
to the spurious doctrines propagated by
lan ambitious demagogue and his partizaus
! under the abused oatno of State /iiglns.
| We know that the Editor of tho Enq dr
ier Ims not taken this view o 1 the c ourse
of tiie enemies of the Bill, who aie, for
•he most part, cnemiei of»lie pdministia*
tion; and.we have already said that some
who yoied for the. Bdl, varied under a
false view of the demand* oft heir cun-li
tiieots.uird of tho ptinciples involved, Bm
with a few exceptions, the question upon
that Bill discriminates the friends of the
Union from its enemies-.— lbid.
j * -A
i In days that arc passed—days in w hich
I the mite of Null.fication hid u'*t over
: spread his imagination, Mr. McDuffie
j .vpnke.ihus of Aodrotv Jackson “io a
I woid, if i were called upon to define
wh it it is that constitutes a talent lot gov
erning the human affairs wilt wisdom, !
would -ay, that when our <j .nntiy is sur
1 oirnded with difficulties, and. a a isis is
; furseoted in her affairs, from which she
sh .uld be speedily extric.uted, thye is
bekt qniilifivd to role over her dus inius
—unr, woo declaim most ehigoontiy
upon disiiessits; not, wii<> can wiite, lifter
months us deiibtMatiou the m«»at pliiloso
phical exposition of the causes <»f her om
barrassmeo ; but wh" has the judgement
to decide with proinpiitudo, what is-, tin
remedy that will save tjte republic, and
energj enough to mipply lhat remedy sue
j cestully whatever obstacles may be inter*
| |>Osed by foreign force, or Domestic Tie
j asoir. Such is tlte man 1 should desig
j tiale as qualified to fill tiie fiigln-st Exe
cotive office of the Reuublic. And stuh
a man precisely is Andr/ew Jackson.'*
DIVOR 3
A most rcmaikablo case of disagree
ment between a young ipuriicd couple,
resulting in the derangement of the taenial
faculties of the lady, ts related io itre re
port «f tho proceedings of the Vuginia
Legislature. On Tuesday, Feb, 19 io
the House ol Delegates, Mr. Ginns. ol
said, lor the first lime *n liis l.fu lie rose
to present u petition’ of William 15. Wil
liams foi a divorce from M Idred Ins wife.
This petition*ivi:h the »ccooqtai.yiug
documents, presented a st< ry oi the
most interns iug character. It shewed
hat the petuioner some years since paid
Iris addresses to tiie lady xvtiu afiot wa./J
httcaqie his wife, and was tlicn it jeced
bv her; that subsequently, encouraged bv
marked indicatixaia in the conduct of die
lady, us a favor able .cliange in her senti
meins towaids him, he again addressed
bur, Was jicceirted, and about amenth
nee was mailiud to her; that t!ie tuit
riage was aci<mp roied by the usual festiv
i ies and deni "iistirttioiis of joy, and that
00 t|te second night afiet the wedding his
murder was attempted bv his wife, by an
,ngeui us device»—that of pouring molt
en lead in his ear. Mr. G. was <d opin
ion, that, alt the facts being consul, it’d in
this tiausactiun, it prescmqd a case of
scarcely perceptible niaduess iu whicli
tiie delect of reason was only developed
liy some great excitement aod which at
time* broke out into acts of tin ex'iuvn- |
gant or monstrous nature. If such was I
die fact, and tfieJiifiv was deranged be
fore marriage, that circumstance was suf
ficient to auihoiizc a divorce,, ill- under
stood that it was the ardem desire of ail
parties, that this unhappy .marriage,should
be se-.ered. If -her derangement was
cat sed by repugnant u C<» the connexion
Nhe had foi mod, it was clear that she
would never bo restored to happiness 01
reason until released from i ; white if »lie (
was deranged befoie it was suf
ficient in itself, for a divorce. The
petition was refered.
COTTON MANUFACTURE.
This amazing manufacture continues in
increase. The reduction of tho profits has
sharpened the wits of the manufacturers ;
and mon,,women, and childiuu, as well as
mechanics, throw off ari iot reusing quanti
ty ofwoik. We perceive, ft olll the evi
dence on the factory bill, that the weoklv
quantity now spun hy one spindle is 2!
hanks of No. 40 a week. Tfie cotton
spun iu Great Brittain l; si year amount
ed to about 288,000,000, lbs.
Qf this vast quantity a ten h was spun
in Scotland. Tlte United Slates snpolv
thiee-firardi of the consumption or 213,
000,000 lbs. The East Indies abuu l
20,000,000. The West Indies, I,GOOt
-000 only. All tho cotton, except the
growth of the East and West Indies, pays
a duty of 5-8 J per lb. The duty would
last year exceed J 2600,000; and would be
us nearly as possible 10 per cent, on tint
return of cotton in bund. Lmif Aithurp
must have a very Ingh idea us his coun
try men’s. merit, when he supposes that
they are able to meet the cmupeti imi of
the foreigner, no; only when they pay
double price fur overy tiling thay eat or
drink, but are subjected tu a direct tax 011
the raw material of .10 per Cuut.— Gias
gow Chronicle,
Question and ANswen !—Mr Clayton
of Di-ianrare, in the cmrsu of his armi
ment in favur of the revenue bill, in Hie
Senate, asked Air. Tyler “if he would
deny tbaf he was a citizen of the United.,
Statesf” To which Mr: Tyler respon-]
dad lhat “he was out a cit Zen of the gov
ernment of the United Stages.”
07- If Mr. Tyler had been in many
parts of Europe in troublesome times, he
would ntit only have proOdly called hhn
self a “ciiiznii of tho United S.taUfs, *
also said hu was a “Yankee” —boasting ol
events
“Which gave’Gi fame • '
Tlte Yi.nkee iiaiiie.”
“She is no Frenchman,” said the boat
swain of the Jova; when earned below
| lutu a cock-pit severely wounded by b
i,j Yankee. She fires three tiroes
!to our two. We’ll be prisoners, at on ear
voyage to r- —, in a lew minutes.”
Gen. Stack’s vdtire** tohis men at the Latffe
of Bennington t—
“My biave fellD'VS,—l wds never given
to much'Speech-iuakmg, but there uro
the Biitish, and we must boat them, or
Molly S ark deeps u wid »w tiie night.”
A Beautiful Novel! r.—-The West
ern Bank of Ph Iddelphia has issued bills
of the denomination ul five and ten do lain
in the Gt" man language. Tliyy. are made
payable Gen ge W««lf or beaitr, and
exlribit speermeus of bank note engraving
of the finest order, by Charles Toppau *fc
Cos. The v : gtiene on the fives is an ex
quisite repre-entation of that ciuel j (f.t
hefiiic fiagelhy in >ho history of sAt ijter
l.rnd—Trrut. siiouttug the apple 011 the
head ol bis child, by lyrnonic Gessler.—
hete <d Swizei lapd is seen standing nguins’
tile trunk of a huge “father of the finest,*t
btriHte ed; iiis strung how nplifted iu his
left baud. Iris right-'drawn hack, he lean
ing fora aid \\ nichingw i. h intense anxiety
the (licfit of (its Hue arrow,« hit h is then
seen piercing the apple- in. its centre. In
Ins belt bangs afio Iter aniitv, ui h tvhit h
lie in ended to permit jifie the hr an of tjiu
tinfueliug tyrant, had 'fie sum ieju.ied Ilia
clrtid. Gessler sits loused, fiis b- nnet
up, in fiont ofa file of Stddieis ; loekj/ig.
in e-id blupd, U|n)n tlte hoy who stao.ds,
a little licnv, I'ts’cncd 10 the stake. Tho
hark ground pit seats to tiie eye the tug
ged mountains of'tirnrantic S«izerfiiiitf.
lowering to ihe >.kies. On eisfier side of
his heautif.ri amJ jiitetesiiirg s<etteiv, is
placeil ;i minor vignette, i.fq resmuirg 'in;
rich (111 iii.iii Pnnnsv Ivaiiia, and
Uos dr*.Vnr drivitig hi* .fi.t cattle In Iho
‘ Great E>ii|»orioui;*’ On each eud b»i*
dc*r is seen n graceful female nguro:— hat
on (lie tight leminds ns of ‘»wo.ji
ol Coleraine ;” s/fC is indeed “lovely and
winning.” That on the left is modest
and rn/al 01 the esJrerne., loaning ever c,
Xditage gee, xvj.li a wisp of “straw'* in
Inir hand, and a faithful fa tin d< g look
ing up.before her, wrlli “pi decliotr” ui)
his Cotiiilexianre.'
Toe ten is lull of greatnOss henutr.
W»shiag|oi), 1 lip first ol \ *i,t licaiis—A|, .
tantora, ihe la-t if tjiu Wampan ngs.--
i lie emblems ol Agnciil.irie, iM-ninfiir
mres, Indu-liv, F te.ii'l (Jirmniorfe, ai.d
the Meritn ic A*‘s. By ja-i ])<«*, the
Western Bride’’ deseives g eat credit
for i>s 1 lieril ' iic.tJtii locutcni oi tli.e ‘‘ik.,
cltanic Ar..s.“
Ptuutyh'unidu.
I*Atilt Ts. Batii-U, 1 l<o cue!,o s, for 1)
VjJtctr it"n- di i’p iu tiie th nut, am) *li>>w
great 1 jnpt.itmg he hiiman Vuii u
A iii".'t ins ance 1 met v v| th
<ll Mr. tl ahaiii's vnla a l>i"inpl"n. A
.lady villa had great adint. <ll inn fm fiis >al
onts, j rfseutetrj fion a hit a part"*, on
which site had bestowed great pains iu
teaching it ‘o >u k. Alter dtruier, daring
ap iusuin the funveisari ii, l vas >tai tied
by a voice limu u«u coruei of the rutmi
calling utn. io it s rung, hem y uiHi-iuT,
“c<*lli,f!, Braha-.'.’tirMt us r Sort !” N"^
thing cuold exceed ihe »u<pn%u and atj
miration of tho company. Thu r<q.ros(
being repea ud am! tea a; sit cu tl, the par
tot struck U;» iltu fu»t verse nf 1 Gaff
save the King,” iii a clear, warfilin*; unit’,
aiming at the style us he o'»i*e , ami sing
it thru’. The ease With winch *l i» huff
was taught, was •q lil y siipprisi g wi h
the per/uimaine. The same lady pre
pared him to nee st C t •liini so that s'pj
nearly fed from her chair. Upon Jfi*
C’-mmetpcing Rule, Utitannia,” in n loud
and iulrepu! tone, the chanlrens fell ■ u
her knees before the bird, exprccsine in
tet nis ofrleliuh* iter admit atimi of i<s tal
ents. Thi« (xiiioi bin been only exceed
ed by L'-rd Ki lly’s, who upon beina a\!< •
t;d to sins; replied, “i never sing <"1 a
Sunday.” “Never mind that, i*. 11, tmiv ,
give us a S"inr.” “i\•» excuse me, I*io
got a.Cold —how InuirxC i am?" This
eXiraurdmaiy creature (mifunaed tho
three vei-os entire of “God save tiro
King.” wmrds and music, wi'lxiui liesi a
t ou, from the beginning to the end.
AN ACT
To 1 rt’veijt the rircnlaiioii of Bunk Bit s
utffer the riutiuctiiiatn nos Five dol
lars, wiiliin this S•«■(<’.
Whereas, the ciicul ition of o mk BilJi
ofa small den-anination, has been pmduc
tiveof fraud dud loss to the public, and
Ir.ts a leiidi’iu v to picvent nr retard tho
.Geuuialerrd •S(t!etfdy ofa spe
cio currency..
Be it therefore rnaccd by tire S'ena'o
aod House ol Repi.eseutMiive* ol the State
of Georgia in general assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted by the authority jrf
the same, That from and afier tiro first
day ol September next, it shall not be law*
ful fi»r any Bank or body corporate, in
vested w ith banking privileges, or,person
nr persons whomsoever, within the limits
of this State to issue, emit, pay away, puss
or circulate m y bank Bill,-No *, Ticket,
or paper, purporting to be u Bank Note,
«»r of the nature, character or appearance
ofa Bank Note, or calculated fi»f circula
tion as a Bank Note, either of the Banks
of this State or of any other State, of u
less denomination 'ban Five dollars.—
Provided, that nothing herein contained
Uhall be so construed, as to make it unlaw
ful for any corporation or person or per
sons whomsoever, to present f<jt payment,
or in any other mode, trausmit for ledem
tiou to any Bank either of this or any 0-
ther State,any Billot Bills ofsuch Bank
of the denomination aforesaid, remaining
iu circulation after the im6 aforesaid, with
the view and in the mode l!ap the
fpturo iffrculation thoterff*