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POLITICAL.
— i:\Jrnci IVrtin Hu* 4:ircnl:ii-
ftf.ttr. Itinrofjroflh-Carotifia,
to fats Constituents.
W.V»HI»OTU!» (,'nv, July 17t!l, l&W-
Fr.r.r.ow Citi/.exs Congress has just cl«i eel one
of the longest—most Inliurioiis, nmi most hij;lily. re
snorisible sessions, tlmt Ims been held foe mmiy years
nnst. or that will propahly he held lor ninny years to
some. I propose to submit to you n briel rev tew o(
the most proiuinenl subjeets which have engaged
attention.
FINANCES.
Batsnee in the Treasury on 1st fanua.
rv M3T. was , ,
The receipts into the Treasury during
the year 18ftl‘ were—
From customs or duties on imports,
From Hie sale of the public lands,
From dividends on Bank stock,
J'rotn indemnity under the Danish treaty,
and incidental receipts, o
•irons of dollars. Take it'at one hundred millions. I liastard notMti- in saying, il would Hot have been less
• * * 1 -* — •*—*• * tl |lie payment
ri.tr
$6,011,530,
24.22M41
3,210,815
400,000
average prelection is b»rly f>* , r **•*»•*- >0 h*a«f
wliicli will give a protection * fi ImMy millions of dol
lars, paid liy (lie people of the United State?, to pro-
f «> < t ami on rich the iiiHiiutacluren of (lie country.——
Tiie whole hiirlhen is. therefore, sixty millions :>f dol-
Inrs—twenty millions, ;it leart, upon the foreign im
ports. for revenue ; anil forly millions to tlie maiiufuc-
tliters, for protection. And v\ hen, therefore, if is said,
that the agricultural Slates who receive no protec
tion, constituting only about one funrlh of the Cuion.
pay three, fourths of the revenue, il ii to he understood
nsllieainoniituhic.il they plTy either for revenue, or
X.for protection. And this is true, if there lie any truth*) P 1
"*n figures, lint we have more palpable evidence of
I the withering and d-'solaling ioHiifitee of this system
upon the HgricuHual Slates. The destruction of the
price of our agririillural products, of our property,
and of our labor; the constant tide of emigrnlion
which is depopulating our State; nnd that general
decay and ruin every w here vi>ih!e. are mclauchol)
nt this time, than twenty inilli*
of the pnhli.i debt deferred for y
Tin* txvo pension b.l's pa^efl^at this session, must in
cur ir very large expenditure. One provides » pen
sion for all revolutionary soldiers, who may have
served six mnntli* in any • opacity, or under any cir
cumstances, without any regard to the amount of their
properly. To those who may have mm ved two years,
it gives, what is termed, full pay for life. The oilier
provides a pension for all persons, who nt any lime
have been wounded in the military service of the
country, and have thereby ber<uue d sahled—with a
that the invalid soldier, wounded during
llie revolutionary wnr, shall l»e entitled to .a dnnMe
pension: and with the further provision, that the in-
001.503
3,001.010
6.943.2 18
3 -'50.1*3
10,171.3*7
Making nn aggregate of $3l,o4I ,300
The expenditures for the year 1831, viz:—
Civil list^ foreign intercourse, and mis-
ctdfoncoHs
Military service, Indian affairs, and Inter
nal improvement,
Naval service, including its gradual im
provement.
The Public Debt,
Making fhe total expenditures for the
year 18'1
And leaving in the Treasury on 1st Janua
ry, 1832,
Tin: public debt.
The public debt, \va% on the. 1st Janua
ry I8:n.
There was paid during the last year,
monuments of iis folly.
From 111 i -i view of III*
il is the policy of the mi
l|jc w hole Inn then ot tie
(?cted arlich
er. the iiupro
ry dollar Hies
for proicctioi
r !t <e. Il.ey pa
gel nothing i
i irkedlie
•N"
I W II v
throw
I to ex
II a i t id
I In* i
npt from
In Yh«
Mill I
it Will In
ng Slat
nent upon the pro
ati'Oi. allogeth
el u ii
aliil
ilie lime i
bills. Si
of those, i
country I
tituft* w id
hi pensio
lln.-e win
I his disahilr.y.
ccrely desirous i
ho are ties'ilule.
ithfuHv. I could i
*w ami children <
with a lull pay f
si..,11 I
I
if
pe
frn
both (he
>1 , on-rut to la
power, to declare void, witbirl their respective horde rd,
am law which they may 'think unconstitutional.
Thus understanding it, I am oppdbud to it. T will
endeavor briefly to slate my doctrine upon the subject.
In general whorl n question arises, whether nil ftet of
(.'ougress is constitutional or not, it belongs to llie Judi
cial department to decide it; because in general the
| question arises in a rase, either in law or equity, that is,
in a controversy between parties which had taken a
shape for judicial decision.
lint w hen the question is one of political power, that
is, between the Federal Ciovernment and the States,
W’liether the former has invaded the reserved rights of
' the latter, I hold ill it questions of this kind do not lie-
tong to judicial cogu'/.nwc,*. That the people of the
1 States are parties to the Federal compact, in their char-
; aeter of States, That the (’(institution has not conferred
! upon the Judicial Department, any political power
whatever. That therefore in relation to questions of
this character, there is no common umpire. And that
< ousequently. the States niu-l decide for themselves.
dj.
I hop,
ln'i
consumers,
| the.
i here tl
I’etmu. V; here taxes n
n vi-ms to reni n e them a
to he received by them
tide in their political faith, that hi
11• • 11 umlcr the I.i.I.
r great plca-ure '
ll-I•'IIII expenditure
hers whii h lone I
avail tli
i Inn e d
There
ry now
re unti
ll will aflbrd
is. th:
r Fhe s
• opinion
hat is the remedy f M
udy rightful remedy is that of
nt v\hit’ll at;.'Hip’s to maintain the right of
one State to imllifv. A thus suspend the operation of the
law passed according to dm forms of tin* Cniwfitvit'um.
until three-fourths n|’the StaP-s act under a clause pro
viding for utiiciuluictjN, seem- to me to lie based upon
thiseiror. 'That in every ease of a contested power,
the question is, what d >c.s the Uun-titu!i*ui grant as it
wot ts 1 Whereas uu<|< r an amendment proposed, the
question alw avs i-, u »t whit lie* (’oiisfitutioii now is.
hut what it shall In rmfh r hr. I have said, that I hold
The <»o 1 v chi
, the Tmi.f. is
i.f the I’n
tin
I poll II
duction
Tlu-re i
somelhi
In
poililil sje
fart ft filli
tired nint >
rv article,
the redue
lillg. here!..hi
till/null. Ap
lid it W ill lie (.
n is morenpp;
mount paid I
taut artii I
the act of 1-2*
it of
dul v t enIIv fif!
ing an actnaI
and protedioi
fold that (hi-
other. Wli.-i
mauulactnn
hat hill <
id.
.1 the ItgI ic
nled to the
leaving the ammiat of the public debt
wn the 1-t January IS12, $ 2 1.322.2-9
The iinporlalions ot the last year, as well as the
•ndes of (tie pu! lie lands, were much larger than hud
been anticipated. The receipts into the treasury were
there hire. uuu-uall) large, nud have euahleii the ad
ministration to discharge a much larger auioiiul of the
public debt than had been expected. For the same
peasotr, under tin* present aide management of our
frnnrtr.es, we shall be able, with tin; receipts and accru
ing duties of the present year, to discharge, the whole
debt This vviJi place our country free fron a nation- 1 • , »orn»«ui<* M,m
al debt", and’ ought, therefore, to relieve the people* the •.nine. In
from an annual hurtiivn of taxes, of twelve miHioa*
of dollars. This ghirious event, so gratifying to eve
ry true patriot, has been looked to w ith peculiar inter- j m ' '!’5
rst and anxiety by the people of the south, and by !, " v ,l1 '
■one more so, tban tlu.se whom ( now address. We Ml * |,,v
bave looked to it with hope and expectation. We l *'
have hailed it as a great national jubilee, when the ‘
shackles thrown around our commerce should he
knocked oil"; w hen the taxes imposeil on the people
.should he reduced ; when the poor man as well a-
llie rich, should have cause to rejoice; when the farm
er and the merchant as well as the mechanic, should
feel his industry and enterprize stimulated and encour
aged by nu increase in the pricuof the products of hi- |a-
Imr, and a decrease, in llie price of the uecesaries ami
r.onveiilunces of life; and when universal peace ami
prosperity should pervade our borders That period b-.o
arrived. The nntionnl drht nun/ now hr rons'iiti rat n.s hire, in* interest in
•paid off. And let me ie»k, whether the reasonable w ere, w luU they «•
liopes and expectations of the pcopln have been real- hall equal to tin*
ized—whether Congress have, relieved the great hodv i [hemxelves—the p
of the people from those burthens which justice, as 1 by <d raw wool at
well os the spirit of our free institutions, demanded at l , l ,,t, t- When, tin
our hands? On the contrary, we have submitted "ere compelled t
loan arrangement of the tariff, by which the heavy I bad fi’utnml a hill
taxes heretofore imposed upon the necessaries of life
and upon the great body of the people, are to he con
tinued—I fear, to he perpetuated ; ami by which, the
people of the south are to he oppressed and giound to
the dust, I fear forever, to protect and enrich the cap-
Halists and manufacturers of more favored regions.
This brings me to the consideration of—
THE T.UDFF.
Much of our time nnd attention has been given to
this great and interesting subject.
It is known that most of the revenue, raised for tha
support of the Federal Government, is derived from
laves laid upon goods imported from foreign countries
Tin ;se duties enhance llie price of such goods, ami
ultimately fall upon those u ho consume them. The
-JVitt is, therefore, a system of indirect taxation. It
has become a system of heavy taxation. Bill, as a
system of taxation merely, the people, in no portion
of tlie Union, have ever complained, (tl the heavy
burthens laid upon us to supply the neeessnry wauls
•f the government, we do not complain, il is llie
heavy burthens laid upon os for tlie support of the
aortheru manufacturers, of which wo have always
complained, and of which l know w shall never cease
to complain as long ns a single spark of liberty warms
our bosoms. A moderate revenue duly laid upon llie | 111
foreign nrlicle necessarily enhances llie price of llie do- po-mg tiin-t
uiestie article, precisely in the same degree, and to the I '"hor of o
same amount that it does the foreign nrlicle. We not la-1 ns In.
only, therefore, pay the duty for revenue upon the li>- frirullm-al
reign article, but we necussarily pay the same amount do nothing
of duty for protection upon the domestic article. A re- «"•«» find i
venue duty, therefore, however moderate, must aflord j there excl
reasonable protection to the manufactures of the coon- 1 must lie i
try. Of this incidental protection we do not complain, ! """ murkel.
while the duty is laid for revenuo mainly II the I before we air
manufacturers flourish under il, we rejoice at il. In I is il with line
the early history of our governmeiil, these duties were ' allowed to ei
moderate, seldom exceeding PJ^ per cent., and alw ays i imlustry
higher upon the luxuries of life Ilian upon the lit res. ] The goverm’i
•ities of life; because llie former were considered the
most proper subject of taxation. Such continued to hi
the policy of the government unlit lHIli, when the mi- | his chip
lien had just emerged from a short but expensive war; ' for soi l
crowned, indeed, with the laurels of victory, hut In-I ulndnri
den with a heavy imtinna! deld. To discharge this I Ihepric
debt, became at once no object of deep solicitude u ith
tlie imtriols of that day. They therefore increased
the duties to an average of. about 2o per cent., w id, H
provision that at the end of three years, they should I iron ; anil
be reduced ; hut still conliimed the higher duties upon ''
the luxuries of life. In less, however, thnu three i ears
the manufacturing inlorest became loo strong lor
the agricultural; and instead of diminishing the lax- l i
«s ax the national debt diminished, they have in' I <
creased the taxes, as llie nalional debt has decreased 1 I
And now that it is paid oil', nnd il has become imlis-
jxensnhly necessary to reduce the revenue ot the com,.
try, how has tl been done I By inning ami in
some instances, increasing, the present high ami op
pressive duties upon llie uocci.nries of |,j',. „, l( |
moving altogether llie luxes Iroin the luxuries of lift,
and such as did not come in compelitipii with ihcir
manufacturos While lbs tax upon salt has been von-
tinned at 100 per cent , tlml upon grapes, fig, raisins
macaronis, and such thing., lias been removed alto-
gelhee. While tile duly upon sugar and mohtses has
beesi eooliimed at 100 per cent., that upon coffee ten
and chocolate has been entirely removed. And while
coarse woollen and outton goods and iron have hem,
continued al horn 40 to 100 percent., silks and win. »
of all descriptions, are admitted nearly |', ee of duly
(inch a system is the very reverse of dial adopted by
llie immortal Washington, and his great compeers
who achieved our liberties, and laid the foundation of
our government. It exempts from taxation such arti-
pies as are consumed by tlie wealthy and luxurious
While it lays heavy and oppressive burthens upon the
necessaries ot life, and such as arc consumed by the
ef.ire. which lin
tlu*«t» ll11(»!*• itcrl
*/ opprnprni'r
rtiiipliit fi n ill
i-lrs. Hi pip i- a
there i-
•llllf t i"U fll 1
air a million:
1»V other |»i’f)v
ill 111min a hini
11>• mi a short
theiri
"M't-
»1 «m11 v I»v 111r* sitlu
|u oiligul
Lfht of flu
a-the
'tale
•»t. I’
ii.l. Ilia!
athmi
e,|e.
ml.l s.
•al . harm
■ I'• ‘s 4*1 tin//,
I e.illliot f
■ uttf-rlv «Ip.iirei| iif:
• !\ >hu
I*ut 'hi< ri*riit I run*
iy iu n l.itum to il. as
ise-. of |*liv*iieal inalu-
>nl h«>n the jnilienl
in in those of* a polit-
he aj»[»lieil only in
i!ii- h-tler w'itliotiI olleriii*: a fer-
11 > i nle- the fle-tmies of nations,
ir helmed ecointry from this sad
me when it ma\. im tongue can
ils \\ ii 14 h In* hid in the then mvste-
sisrapli
il\ da\
\\ ilh sentiments of«
s]>eetfullv.
f. r HAunont.
routs.—I |* to tin
iiiii •
• ni-
fir-T of An:
'•(I at tin- tin
rt fr i
rnv
this -e
-l.x till
tl:.
-nwoiw:—
KF.iDT.ST.l
.!V the
i,ml in
i.f of
\\W i
•ler tn
Iif the nil
'l.derlhe
Hot On
ll poods. The
ally lorly-five
iin uni |*riii4*i(*1 e
hill «.l (hi- se-si«.
duties heillir i»:i
tin* eliMiiire iu
wilt he
impor-
lhitlier more tlrm lliis mimhe:
leaele d, this >e;i-;o||, l|uehee .uni Mmitre.ll. III
\n Iioiii find their w a\ into the I’nited States. If
14» the alm\4* the emigrants that have arri\»*il at
more and Philadelphia, and those uliieh will yet
hel'ore the w interscjisoii. it w ill h»* found that no'
les. than \MM).IIIIII j»e|soi|s have heeti added iu ot
datifui t!»e present sjM'iui. \\ *• a-k. w liat i- to
trom tin- iiinti4l.i114>ri4if* all -orl-of’ people from I
Tim \V*'sj*'i n < 4m1111r\ i- d**eply interested in
! troduetinii of population from ahro.nl, to -rtile n
re add
Malti-
4 ’ I a i it i * r I
*d to poi
*\ the w ay. t
politieal eri
*». I lf' eh:
er\ -dav * 111.
• A////. for In
lark.T and «l
lav e tmlieed (as win
V whieh the l edera
-on tlie pul'll
’ that "f nil* Ilia
* n
• •ralist I ilion
mind against
of federalism :
il'/orl, I»111 tlu
l*r>| to i in/il in r
lauds ; hi
lie-
* ha
* nt ,
of llie
s the
’ to l>.
of In
Mill 111. this' should
vv ha
'll- 1 ,
il.-e ,
all tin
roteefn-n.
m*ii t * the :
i hi«‘la they
»! importing
•ir dye -hilf.
the majoriM
• the lev •*ii>
ll*' of tin-
a list I in*
ii.'ing Hi-
ralisin of former times—
ht**eii or twenty years |
only ;m instance of that j
ie put i- found ahitsinp i
■ preceditur assumes ,
•mites more .stronylv
means hut fair *»n — . ,
hut til*' truth, to per-
U'm. 8* hl* v . former- ,
nf the unlti.' Hitij t
f tie- unlimited i
> suit tlo
tin* piii
-lent with the
iqut.ihsfs, ;
I i i/ito/ihi \
that tin- i
* h tin
inliin
the pllhli*
* In
tie
ol** ainoii”s| |i\ fa
tli*'
1 a I e -1
-111.111.I
1*1 should petiliol
interests
w ns pre
tended fo lev*
try. I I* 11 Ilia:
mid a murker
may hi*, ronq
consent to take tin* yoke t>
could l consent I** impose i
peuenui-lv confided !<* me I
most sacred i kills Some
this hill, most honestly I kn
ed it s 4 * 1111 * I f i i 11 p ! n't t**r tliai
under the hope,that iu a lev
lied. I thought differently,
tliiup is very certain : il llie
«j ii i» in it, im other porli
cause t*» c..unplain *>l it N
nioii will ever consent to a i
VVImt, then, is the sy-triu
is ahout to impo-** upon us !
Inn of prnti el inn.
o| the I nioii i- Ii
another—hoimtie.-
"iith as a <
11> niuiiit nt
vv uli He profits ol
Southern stale-.
I'lllpt I** -ee the < '
that hodv to prntut it tin
>1 i hildri II. heeail-e they
i precisely the same way
tired trends in
is. And siip-
put down in
loreil 141 iis pu
ll..' West, for
omnvc at the
Pl
ot' th*
would 111
ehtllhfmi
al ilel.’ir
M ' O p 14 ' til
rah - Is. ai
-I,
rulv . Ih
tioii—ll.
. would
aliioiit *
fell*'
rail*'
ir ('*
to inF. FnitoR? of 1 itc ntcoftnrn.
Iiitrmlcd Oimior In JikI^c llnj'toil,
SKf AIlUMlX.
The citizens of Athens, auvi’its vicinity, lead prepar
ed to greet the arrival of their distinguished and highly
valued compatriot, Judge Ci.aytov, with u Public
Dinner, on the 3*1 of August last; and their committee
had, besides those of our own .State, extended their in
vitations to several eminent gentlemen of S. Carolina^
to participate in the intended tribute of applause to than
gentleman, for his able, faithful, and untiring services,
iu opposition to the “ American System” and tlie “Hank
monopoly
The people of Oyhthnrpc County having fixed on the
saute day, for a General Meeting and Dinner, “ to take
into roiHfdoration what mode and measure of redress
they would determine upon, in order to relieve them
selves and their children from the unjust and burthen*
sour* operation of the Tariff,” to which, Judge Clayton
and many of our expected guests, and others of Athens
• and its vicinity, were ulso invited, “ to aid and ani
mate by their councils and example, in the choice and
c\* 4-utiu^of the means agreed on/' it became necessary
that th*' irre.it object of the Lrrinotun (a name of omi
nous import,) meeting should not he marred, by the ab
straction from it of so many persons ns would hqve
; been detained iu Athens by the contemplated dinner.
It was therefore mutually arranged by the Lrrinsfton
'and Athens Committees, that Judge Clayton and his
1 friend* should unite with the people of Oglethorpe, in
1 giving force, by unity of action, to the intended move
ment tier**, in the great cause of constitutional liberty ;
, an-1 accordingly the Dinner at Athena was postponed
; to considerations equally gratifying to Judge Clayton
and his friends.
'rii** following letters addressed to the Committee,
upon tin* occasion, are too interesting to he pretennit-
ted ; as they convey to the people of Georgia, tlie senti
ments and opinions of several enlightened patriots of a
sister Stale, which cannot, in these times of political
tribulation, he disseminated too far or wide among
those who have determined to IVhe themselves from an
act of legislative usurpation, ns inexpedient as it is un
just, ami not more unpist than unconstitutional.
ONE OF THE ATHENS COMMITTEE.
Columbia, (S. C.) July 29, 1832,
Gknti.emf.n—1 have just received tlie honor of your
invitation to a Public Dinner, ill approval of the con-
dint of your truly deserving and highly talented fellow-
eiti/en, Judge Clayton. I would most gladly have at
tended on such an occasion; hut nn engagement in tlie
middle of the week puts it out of my pow’er. But I
sincerely hope, that a common feeling, arising from
common interest and common*injuries, will prove u
bond of brotherly union hetween Georgia and South-
< ,’arolina.
Dilferenecs in speculative opinion ought not to divide
men whose views for the public good, and the purity of
our Constitution, are substantially tlie same. I hope
both States w ill prosper in tlicir struggle uguiu.*t the ex-
err-ise of un delegated authority. Success to their ef
fort*. is tin* ardent wish of,
Gentlemen, vour obliged 5 end ami fellow-citizell,
THOMAS COOPER.
Til r.mVARM II WIDEV, Esq.
ond the Cum. of Arrangin't, Athens, Cico.
OilAiu.Ksrov, 31st July, 1832.
Gi.n it.t’mi.v ;—1 regret that the season of the year,
and the great distance between us, will deprive me of
ih*' pleasure of being present at the dinner to be giv
en by the citizens nf Athens and its vicinity, iu honor
ii. A. S. Clayton. 1 regard the name of this
ii as identified with constitutional liberty.
■ Iptc Mini’ll gratified to uhservo-lhe progress
Eight principles in Georgia. They are already
iff our (wo S(nf?s—adspicds that find ■ ,
light ill the eigne of the fast nppro.ichii,» *® eri "«
people, which ii-nires ue of tlie ultimate °' 0,,r
State Sovereignty and constitutional libem i ,lll:
natural couscijueilre, of the preservation of ih"r iu
on the only terms on xvhicli it ought t0 he , Lii ‘»ii
justice ami equal rights. b ° I ,CT Petuated-
Accent the assurance, of the consideration and
eem, with which, I am very respectfully V n, .
of the
g.'lllle
Me
of Sja
■ Id
- lilt!*' to
i*' 4-r\ nf l*'dctali>f. f.-,
Mol IlMVe been |||e Milli
on the common .-cu-e a
•iti/.i'lis, w hi* h it now \
l it rail \. have been view
lal -habhv malice ihev ;
lot Mrgi'lltlv pre-sed
that //•* re f. deralisi-',
r-iuitinue f*'d*'rah-t<.
I them—an e\ cut of
icon rage i ca-onahle
t. f« *l*’i-;i 1 i-t. a
dm
Mr
ml di-cen
iv.tnif»»'s\lv i
ed merelv
1‘l.ts
e-t I
d-'te
d 1*. Mibn.it to it, tn.t l «••mid i
M-heme. i
hie lo the
M * -t.-i ii
.—wha
;i 14».’11 v
'"I"
'rill-
- it
Vlliell I
tpifal ami lal.oi
• f the
le.dlh
IM11*4
qi.e-
it fn
aeeiimill.ihoi. of di»
iimndateil tins i!|.
- political M’he
i.l .l.-le*
(•tioii and
y are never able to j
ling the -i*'lii-h cor- I
"king al the mighty i
or with v\ 1. i 4 -1. their t
ilm*-*s, li.i\,• jihv.nlv !
•P ,,J
the tariff of i-2*
people of tin- Soil
on of tin* I 'nioii ha
> other porli m of t
it is founded upon a pussihh
I douh;
tail " liieh this
IS ? I' i.1.Mil fill
. h tin* wealth oi
n-lerreil into tli
I ed upon one -I
tiler—pi oterlioi
ig that «
*f not a prohahl
The ausvver woul
es no such power h
could not piolnhil einej lal ion. ”
gentle reader. A ina|iiritv of (
tliontv for w hatever it ple.|ses v
” pros nle for the eoinnion di'feiiei* and
I'.ir**/ i> IIOW considered h\ mall) of the greatest *
jnrefs of the land, a- presenting an ample wairant)
d*»iug an) thing and ever) tiling vvli’u h thev mav iii
ealeulated l*t piiuuote that oh|< *• 1.
Million. ;md tlcrcfo
Sol'tlv. if von plea
'•uigre-s 4- hi find ;
Tic -\n eepiug elan
a I w
I State, ami tli*' i.mr.
| «• \ iD their pr*'-4'iit plans threaten, cones out from n-
, I irnuig 'Ii*' enemies of Ins country, and hom'-tlv warns
j In- fellow citizen- of their dang'-r. Th*'\ have been
i- ' emitting th**ir vi'inun iu t«ir*'uts, lately, on (im. N**w-
i nan ami others, with all tin* waspish irritation thev are
■ . so aiiiiahlv r* > iuarkahl*> for—luit. thanks to retributive
i- pi-tie*', tlcir true characters have Icn unequivocally
. expo-ed in th** ope rat ion. II id the (ieicral di-luUiored
uhiinttiiig to their iiupiisilioii. they might
'-tul.it*'*!: ’• t >h. dear t i. icral. h<*\\ com.!
not ;
pockets ot |
11 \
e, liy Ui-pi
• praetie.d ioju-liei
oimlrv
might.
tint <d" n< sImI
w ilh as null'll l ight a- a
al alii ns -hmilil he tnncil
i re not an article i*i tic
111 ii >ti t half tic Ivvi-ting
i regulate, trade, and to
■ produce abroad.
-I safely
il-. I.<
ipi'oc.al. M Ic
'"lllllli'
*111 I i i
,-*ll
the
.*? Slate
Til** iuiii
1 to pay
make sale of
» manufacture ? They ai
Market w ith the product-
• of duty. This is not a
av v duly upon • x11* import
h*'iit upon
and it is I
tiotl I \ . pa
•• Tie m
any of tic ;
nut. shall n
paiicnhir lie
lllllli III tic folio
agrapli I :
re » W *
ig vvorils-
•ajor-
not collie into lie
ijorilv iii IT!»- de
nt of tic eoiiulrv '
'oii-titutiott. \vlu*'h
■it those conferring
v taxes and duties,
party
him-elf h\
have thus
y.ni he so rriu tty
1 out nI tin Im it about oi
10)1 eoicrl n ? Whv.
ith froi
1 t'» It'll tic troth—to ht tin r
sVVeel, snug little Federal I
h-lllliellt l
year—ill*.
i know \\ Im
i»« r to thre
i'IiiIh
think th*
-Al tele |
id of course to propagate I
idling federalism among ihei
•m in the surest way for i
eption ; and it must delight
>. to know the immeiisf* siin .
mtie nnd.'itaking. What a
' such
pi rsnns
entirely fn
lit lays a In
d purpose n
atir market. A soitrhcrw fatnn-r >mds I
vv heal, or tiduiceo, lo (lie (North, to exchange I
Mid* as lie ib compelled to have. The man-
tells him, he. will give him for his produce I
n the foreign market, deducting the co«t and
tr'iirspnrtation. 'I’lie planter agrees to take j
uires what lie can have his manufactures al. ,
oollcii and cotton goods, salt, sugar, and
< l*»ld that he must give the price in the I
ket. vv ith the cost and charges of tran-por- i
Ini ion added, lo-jtllur mill fifty per mil. I h train. j
'I’lie pluuter imputes \\lt\ futv per cent, is added; nnd
is f«dd. I*» hi- deep mortification, that it is given by
order of the gov ernm*-ni. to pr*»teet and enrich the la
id tin* manufacturer* ! And yd In* is compelled
to give it. 'l’lu* articles In* must have; ami Ic i-in
hibited, by heavy duties, iVom trailing with tin* rest ol
the world. Strip this sysmiu ot tlie ili.-gui-*- ami mvs-
miporlation of
il. s now existing -li ill think pmper to a*l-
h*' prohibited by tic Coiigre— prjor to thr
id i ii'lil ; hut a tax or
pin tation not exeecd-
imr. flu* pro-peritv or
edoiluiU'iiee of Fortisi
al I moll ' That we;i
stratum
i*l tin* pl
ot' the
tables our Mag-
for and political
' ll... |..M.|>I.> „f
is eotisulidatioit
n. *>r at least to
s ullimate and
*v*'rv frin friend
■ss we hnv *• had
’»* tin* liberties,
ole, to the
-o lirinly■ *'siahli.s|n.‘d in S. ('arolina, that there is little
doubt that our next Legislature will he almost unani
mous tor Nullification. Von may he assured, gcutle-
ncn. of tins most .solemn truth, that there is one charac
teristic which distinguishes our State Rights and Free
It.nle I’arty, from all the parties which have existed
sine** tic foundation of this government. This charac
teristic is, our strict adherence to principle from the be
riming. and our utter regardlessness of men—We are
neither Jackson nor ('lay, nor Van Buren nor Bar-
hour ticn. r.mphatieally, we are‘‘NO MAN’S .MEN.”
We go for constitutional freedom, and the freedom of
conscience ; and these blessings we are resolved to
have, at any ami every hazard.
Nothing has gratified our party more, than to observe
Georgia sii-t lining tin* great cause, precisely upon
tin* same pure and lofty p'rineiples of patriotism.—
\ our public meetings indicate, that von arc ahout to
redeem that most solemn pledge, which your Legisla
ture ordered to he carefully preserved among the ar
chives ol th** Senate ofil.e Foiled States, “in justifica
tion <>t lor rhorortir, to thr present generation, and to
posh rityf that if the Tariff System he not abandon
ed. Georgia “will take mk.vsVrks of a DECISIVE
CHAUACTKR for the FKOTECTION of her peo
ple, and the VINDICATION of the Constitution.”
Fermit me, gentlemen, to enclose you a Toast:—
I imr if in and >miitli-Cornliiio—Sister States—I'nitcd in
inlrrist and in fi/iny—Both solemnly pledged to sr-
/inroh Slate actum, iu th** present crisis—To which
State shall the imperishable honor belong, of first re
deeming tic pledge '—and to subscribe myself, with
great respect, your most oh’t serv't.
ROBERT J. TCRNBITLL.
Messrs. F.i'wvitn 11 uidkn and Orimts,
Committee, Athens, Hmrifio.
sond i i'jht Imn(In il
impost
tin- article, nothing
is said about tin* sort of
their goods
it, and i
such as
perso
v belli*
V hit.-
•hi.
iis friend- ha
.1 opcratii
’ 111row i
ami this
•aled roil
I- In n ply to <
iMiion-tlioiia s, vve have ln-ru in-
i the 11*.or Ol c*»iigress and d-e-
u <is not to In- plan d on tin some
• of nllii r pnrlinns of Hu I „ion !
VcrnmenI, thus marked l,y mic.Ii
1 «*ppi essjiui, Im -ii Gilt it (ed lo G\
be tree! 1| may he Mihniitle'd
» enjoy |hat rich
to us by our la
this
poor and middling classes of society; and this is done
potto raise a revenue, but avowedly to protect the
VtftUty manufacturers of the country. .Such a mcas-
are 1 MAfiu'wred totally incoiisblmit with the eternal
ipiril of a fre
friitciples of insticc, nr.il the sj
■lent; and. if l had stood alone,
its piaetu-u
plaint- and solemn
sultingly t < • I * I, both <
vv here. f/i«/ our lain
fooling uilli I he lab
Can a system of ii
palpable injustice iti
a people professing
to; hut vv e can no longer lie said
inheritance ot irccdoir. bequeathe
there.
Fellow citizens, I have dwelt much I
subject than I could have wi-l.cd, hut n
its magnitude and importance demanded. This is an
important era in the. histoiy of our country, ll the
great struggle in which we have been engaged, for
tree trade and llie rights of tin; South, he now I -st.
all is lost. It il becomes tin? permanent policy of this
government, to tax our imlustry nnd tlie produc's ol
our labor, vi ilh heavy burthens, for the avowed pur
pose of protecting and enriching other port' ms ot the
Union, then is tin* equality of rights and of pi j\ iloges,
seemed to us by the constitution, an empty name. It
it becomes the settled pid.ey of an interested major-
migration or importation of whirh ('oogres- bnfi
eon ler red upon it, ill** unquestionable right to prohibit
after the year I "MIS; and. if the strict constructionists
should insist upon a strict construction in tins particu
lar, vv ho could charge them vv nh inconsistency ?
\\ e hav e said, above, that this i- a possible case. We
have said so, Irrraiise, after seeing the extent of the
present tariff delusion, which now covers the land like
an Fgvptian darkness, and which, forty years ago.
would have been pronounced, h) nine out of ten who
lived at that day, as utterly impossible ever to happen,
vve can believe iu any thing short of a man's biting Ins
.!inlk r t* Ikivlmin's Lt*tjcr
To tin C'Uiiinitti i of o Colilirol Muting in X. ('arolina.
Fi:km \ ri. Sept. !Mh. 1 *32.
liK'.m m'.n: -I Inv *• recrivi d your letter of the 25th
nil., eii' ld ing certain resolutions'adopted at a political
meeting, held on that day, at Shoe* o Springs, Warren
enuiitv. North (’arolina.
to pi rpehioli the ihv i-ioiis, -*
and throw fre-h hones ,,f rM| ,i
to array them agam-t »*aeh ol
hostility, and availing oiirs**lv
fan il into exasperation. NV
a ciuitinnaiiee of this slat** of thing
irritating collisions to vv liieh it nee
'•aled our whole population
to -
pent) of the I Vil
li this exposition to
lefaligahl** struggle- |
i among tin* p*‘**p|*-.
i hitter and abiding j
■v cry opportunity to j
perfectly aware that .
nd the incessant
irilv leads, hav**
need a tendency
t this |
Fulfil
3d .if \>
Un wii.Ksr.iv, 31st July, 1832.
\—I had yesterday the honor to receive,
v our lett* r of th** 23d inst., inviting me to
e Dinner, to he giv en t*> the I Ion. A. S. (.’layton,
citizens of' Athens and its vicinity, on Friday the
Appreciating as I do most highly, the
ran principles, eminent talents, arid lin
es of Judge Clayton; and entertaining the
el for ih*' citizens of Georgia, a State se-
iii her devotion to Liberty and tin* Con-
mld have allorded me tin* greatest satis-
teein, with winch, l am very respectfully vournS^
servant. J. UAMli Tovt W
Killed Harden, Robert Jl. Houghton, Jn» r
•/"*■ •'• »'«««. J-mt'smTycr,
Cherry Hili., Kid, Aueus( lsia
Gentlemen-—Oil my arrival at home,
K", 1 l0,1,, l d >°. ur lettcr 1 iMviting me lo be pre/m
dinner to lie given (o (lie Hon. A. S. Clayton h'*,*
<:itize»» of Athene and its vicinity, tngvould l,av« I,,"'
lied me very much to have vvitnOKtl the heartv x
approving welcome with which nnelightened an Ik 1 ',
sp,rited l.itt injured and oppressed people recetS
their faithful, zealous and uncompromising re tm
live, after a long ami arduous campaign ii?the field?
federal legislation, ill which Ins bestexertioiu were! f
ployed in attempting to arrest tlie career of mile
and oppression. But as I did nut reach home
lime time after your meeting, 1 need offer no ftmh
explanation of my absence, ; pr of my delay ill ansiviV
your kind invitation. trm 8
Permit me, gentlemen, to coiigrntiilate yon on d
noble and patriotic spirit manifested by the people of i
tliens & its vicinity, us well as by other citizensof Gr
gin there assembled, during the College exercises of t!'
Commencement. I hail this manifestation as an uue
ry of the spirit that will soon he awakened tbronr.| l „!!l
your State; and I confidently look forward to the d«v
not distant—when Georgia and South-Cnroliua
stand side by side, animated by one soul, vindicatin,
their sacred rights. I anticipate with equal confidence*
a glorious, and I will add, a bloodless victory over th e i'
oppressors. r
1 tender you, gentlemen, and those you represent
the assurance of my sincere respect. *
GEO. McDUFFlF
To Gen. Edward Haupkv,
and others, Committee Sfc. Athens, Geo.
Fairfiki.d, August 2d, 183*2.
Gkstdkmf.s : I regret that a lute change of resideiire
occasioned your polite note of invitation to be forwarded
to me from Columbia, too late to allow me, had circuiu-
stances otherwise permitted, to attend the public dinner
to he given by the citizens of Athens und its vicinity to
the Him. A. S. Clayton, on the 3d inst. It would have
given me peculiar pleasure to attend a public meeting
on such an occasion, of the citizens of your patriotic
State, which has afforded to the confederacy an exam*
pie, how the rights of a State ought to he maintained
It would have afforded still more gratification to mi n
in paying a tribute nf .respect to one of the most able
zealous, and distinguished advocates of Southern in'
tcrcstsaml Southern principles, and further to cultivate
»n acquaintance, which has afibrded me ho uuick
pleasure.
1 have the him : to be, with the utmost respect, vour 1
ob H dientservant WM. HARPER.
Messrs. Edward Harden, J. C. Edwards, Robert R
Houghton, Jus. A. It'right, and Junius HiUycr, (/«»,». I
mi the.
FROM TUB Boston FAMILY LYCEUM.
School Statistics.—About one thin! of the vvliof*
population of n country are between the ages of th re *
and sixteen or eighteen ; and of course are the proper
subjects of school education.
In the U. Slates, more than four millions of chil
dren ought lo he under llie influence of schools.
Iu .Maine, flic law requires that the inhabitants of e.
very town pay annually for the support of schools-, a
sum equal al least to 40 cents for every person livirigan
it. That amounts to .**> 120,000. Their expenditures
are more Ihanfjj? 140,000.
In New Hampshire,a separate tax of #90,000ia nm-
ed for schools, besides an annual appropriation from
u tax on hank stock of 8 or $ 10,000,
In Vermont, more than riO/MlOftre raised for school*
from n 3 per cent tax on the grand list, uml H s much
more from district taxes, besides aun income of nearly
$ 2,000 from hanks.
In .Massachusetts, are nearly three tlioosnnd school j,
supported by public taxes ami f>rivale subscript ions.
In Boston, the schools contain more than MfcUUOchil
dren at an expense of about $200,000,
In Rlioih^sland are about seven hunifyetJ sdmofe,
supported ny* a legislative approprratiirri of $ 1,000 an
nually, by taxes and by private subscriptions.
The Connecticut school fund is nearly tiro million*,
hut fails of its desired object. Children WLtheiUle,
85,000—schools ahout 1,500.
In New-Vork are more than 9.000 schools, amflowr
500,000 children taught in them. School fund, CTOO,*
000: distributed annually, .<$ 100,000, hut outhecon-
dition that eueli ton n raise by tax, or otherwise,**
much tis they receive from the fund. A wise provii*
sion.
New Jersey has H fund of $ 245,000, and an annual
income of $22,000.
In Fenns) Ivuuia, during the last year, more than
2.>0,001! children, out of 400,000, were destitute of
school instruction.
Delaware has a school fund of $ 70,000.
Maryland has n school fund of .<5 75,000, ami an in
come for schools fr-un the hanks, which are divided be
tween the several comities.
Virginia has a fund of 1.233,000, the income di
vided among the counties according to the white po
pulation. appropriated to paying the tuition of poor
hildren, generally attending private schools.
% * tli Carolina has a fund ol $ 70,000, designedfor
pt**d the polite imitation extended western states, are divided into townships, six miles
111 I I I >. ■ ■ >r lw........... ..I*... ' Sllll/irt* Mild 4*214* tl 11\»«• IIG ll ■ rx ■•.fn aiiu mil*
*1*1
It being, however, altogethr
(alien to the
Southern eli
res nf blond:
the parly fe
and ferocious feeling I
dness, frankness and generosity of the
*t**r.) attc-ted l»y ihe numerous in.-tan-
. homicide and murder, originating iu
olleagues have s«» illdlls-
11141-1 *
iolutioiH, you ask mo
in relation to the I* rot ret ire N*/s-
• nt, ih*.' Raul, oj the I nileil Shifts
twilling to obtrude ion
-tarns ipoii the pub-
nn li. ti thus poll-
< them. I llicre-
er the in*piiri“s.
iiy opinions ore.
e Im***ii led to a-
aud certain that il was ily in Congress, to de-troy our
world, and thereby th
ducts, for the avowed purpose
of servile dependence upon
for whatever we have either
tke tail political act of my life, 1 should hav
gloried in recording my vote against it.
Such a modification is the very policy ofthe friends
ol the American system, more projicrly vailed the Chi
nese system. It lutt) long been their object, to throw did our fathers pour out the
llie whole burthen of taxation ujiori such articles from might secure for their child
•broad as come into competition with their niAimJac- j deuce. These art
lures, which we therefore called the “ protected ani- i of their truth. I h
•les v“ white those they do not manufacture are called i
•he “ unprotected articles.” This policy bus alw ays
oeen deprecate! by the people of the South, «s nn- 1
onnstituti«mnl, unequal, uuu fied;>u*live of their rights
■nd prosperity- Tim reason i* nbvunis. A Ihx laid I
upon the unprotected articles - s into Ihe treasury,
and imp.ises no additional but .en upon the commuui- i
ty; while a duty laid upon the protected article, often !
imposes a burthen of tluree limes that amount. Iu a 1
former communication, to which 1 must here refer, I
Must rated this position by a reference to the article of 1
sugar. The duty upon sugar is 104) per cent. This
duty enables (he sugar planters ol" Louisiana to get
'omnium* nn ith tin* j
>*ir agricultuul pro- i
placing us in a Mate j
northern brethren, ]
sell or to buy. then
blood in vain, that they :
n. liberty and iodepeu- I
my deliberate opinions. Sati.-fied
ve lelt it to he my sacred duly,
however painful, to express them to ) *»u, honestly and
frankly. And if, iu their expression, you should think
I have yielded loo much to a spirit of dissatisfaction,
it must be attributed to my deep-rooted devotion to
(be liberty and constitution of my country, and anx
ious tears I* st these pure monuments of humnit w i--
doin and virtue should be destroyed by the cupidity
and HVtgrce ot an interested majority in Congress,
who hold in their hands the destiny of this Union.
PUBLIC I .XIM NDlTURLkS-
Frmn the view* which I have given of our system
of taxation, it limy readily he perceived why
In conformity to oi
to .-tat** my scntimcii
t> in, Inh riiol Improre
and Sullificntion.
WhiUtT should be altogether n
opinion • ill regard t*» political qii
lie. I am etpiaU) loth l*> w ithhold them
Indy and explicitly called upon to expre
IbVe w ithout h«*.**itaui y proee*‘d to an-
I iiuderstaiid tin* committee to a-k nn ha
not by what proce.-s of reaxniiug I h
*lopt them.
first, then, ns to the protective SyMeiii, |»y which I
mean th** laying of inqm-ls, not to raise revenue, for tin*
Mike of revenue, lull to -upport doinestie manufaitiires a-
gain.st foreign competition. I am decidedly and utter
ly opposed to th** nnIioIp sv-toMi, upon tli** x.irious
grounds of its being in \i«>l.nion of tin* •spirit of thr
i'oiistiliitionand being unjust, unequal and <.ppre<-jN *■
in its operation. I emdos** two dclixer***! I>x
ill**, on this -llh|c«'t. in th*- House of l;**pr»‘-«MitatiN
tin* first in 182b, a ml th* other in l"2 I. in Nvhieii) on nviII
mm* inv vi.'wsat length, oil all tlm grounds.
Next in order, is the suhj***’t of InteriiaI Improvement.
I consider that whole sy«tein. nnIicii attempted to he ev
eeuted by ('*»njjr**ss, whether ill tin* liu m of construct inn
or appropriation hy troy of subscription to irhot is to In
constructed hy other*, as uneon-titutioiial, as highlv in-
c\pedii*nt, and asralculaled lo underinine ih** imlepeii-
denee of the Stale** and the virtue of the people, iu a
struggle for tin* spoils of tin* Ti* i-urv. >1 v n ienn < at
large up*ui thi-’ subject will h.» exhibited in tNVo -peeeh-
*-s iionv eiiclos(*d, delivered by no* in tin* House of Re
presentatives, the one ill I-l.-. and tin* other iii l-itti.*
j Tin* Bank of the I nit***l States, is th** next subject.
Besides th** *ihjeetions to this upon tli** -.core of expedi-
j eney. particularly the mighty power arising from the
concentration in an organized form, of coimtlc— mil
I lions id' dollars, I consider this as being altogetln
\on«l tin* constitutimml competency of Congress,
j 'Fhe latitude of construction, which would bring thi:
| within tin* pale of the constitution, would in my csti
matioii, utterly destroy all those restrictions and reser
triously kept :11 ix c and lioj
‘ But tin's** are not the only nor the worst results, h
oppu-es obstacles almost insuperabl** to the prevalence
of religion, of which, note, we are di-tniL'ui-hed proles,
-or--, though the promotion of party *»r any other strife
he as .dieu as hell, to the spirit and 'precept.- of the Gos-
p'-i-
“ Ifi'"ir iiiilnriMiiciiN ari> di'inaiRlurl fur |H'r»istinjr in n
course the iimuitiated might deiioiinee as most atro
cious, they are many and imperative. Is it no luxury,
think you. fora trio of such persons as ire arc. to exer
cise uncontrolled authority over half your popubitiou *
If ire tell them black is Nvhit*—that consolidation was
the doctrine offJetl’erson. as it is ofoar oracle ; or that a
blockhead siihniissiom-t is tlie only lit man to repre
them in (**mgr«*.ss and th* legislature wo are belie
.sound repuhii
pin taut serv ie
higln’st resp*
( olid to none
stitutioti, it nn
faction to hava*
to in** on this o*
(Hit *>f III) pi INV
gentlemen, my -inecre thanks for vour kindness ; and
" ith my best wishes for the filial triumph of the great (
principles to which wear** all devote*!, and for your in- j
dividual health and happiness, permit me to assure you
of inv perxmal consideration and esteem.
ROBERT V. IIAVNE.
I'.. IInhukn, Esq. Ac. Ac. Committee.
Nn
common schools.
South Carolina appropriates $40,000, annually, to
free schools.
Georgia has a fund of $500,000, and more than 700 |
common schools.
Alabama, nnd most of all (he western and south* I
Guf.lnvillk, (S. C.) Aug. 1, 1832.
• r.vTLKMKN—I hav** this mouieiit r«*c*‘iv*:«t your very
id im ilalion to a Dinner to he given at Athens, on
<1 in-t., to the 11
hv the date of tIii
,\. n. Clayton. ) on will per-
that I have not time, if other
and our edicts acted on without hesitation
goad and worry our opponents, and sometimes put
them (Ionvii ? I lave we not rendered eyerv man we
hated for Ins talents or patriotism, or envied for his sue- j
cess, an object *if distrust or d« '-tation among the rea- |
ders of our columns ? Have xv** not lived for years on
angled reputations ofthe Crawfords,'Troup,
r. Ac. Ac. ? Ilax** Nve not, hy a maiaemre that
would scarce have cheated idiocy, d«*e*'iv«?*l and divid-
e*l the Troup men about us ? And the smile that spake
hut our triumph and scorn at their imbecility, was ac
cepted by tin* simpletons as an ey ideiice of sincerity*
and good' feeling; forgetting, tin* fool-, that men may
.-mile and smile, and h*—the context is in S|,akspenrc.
•nr a*’hi**ve(uen*w t w** prule mirsi‘lv**s
dohi.-iou yye ha\e hitherto successful,
ui tie* great body of the former Clark
vhi*-h thousands of democratie republicans
e*l hy the cry of federalist and aristocrat,
ept tip hv our friends and their emissaries
epublienii leaders. The Clark part) real-
ml fad. became extinct, as a party, oh their
Clark's) retirement. The member- of the
yyi re rallied hy ii- and our friends under
and luxe since been led hv tin* nose, blind-
snnll coterie «»f Ncnv T'rcatv, State-s**lli|ig,
•n !i'*l*»rah-ls; for you know that no mail
uipport**d that treaty, and understood yy hat lie xxas
'. <'oiil*l he other than an abettor of uiicoii-titution-
< •lime
But of nil
most oil tin*
lx plieti-ed
quare, and each toxvnship into section's one mile I
I have only to return you, ' s< t'iHre, xvith one section, the sixteenth, appropriated
*’ *' ’ * * • 1 to education.
Mississippi has a fund of $28.000, but it is not avail
able until it amounts to $ 401),000.
The Legislature of Louisimik grants to each parish or J
county in that stnte, $2 624 for each voter—the a- I
mount for nuy one parish not to exceed $ 1,350. nor
to fall short of $ 800. $ 40,000 are applied to educa
ting the poor. I
Tennessee has a school fund of nbout $500,000, |
hut complaints arc made that it is not well applied.
Kentucky had a fund of $ 140,000, hut a portion of I
it lias'heen lost. A report to the legislature, from Hie
K**v. IL O. Peers, says that not more than one third |
permitted, to enable me to travel to j of the children between the ages of four and fifteen,
t ..i e..- •!.- •>: - • attend school.
In Ohio, a system of free schools, similar that of N*
England, is established hy law.
In Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, no legi)!«li' 8 I
measures for the support of schools have been mlo^l*
ed. All the schools ure supported Gv private tuition.
^ -**ec*c*~
Commerck OF Libf.ria.—By a letter from Dr. Mech
lin, the Colonial Agent, dated May 1st, it appears I
that during the past year 59 vessels had visited the ■
Colony for the purposes of trade, 32 of which were j
American, 25 English, and 2 French. The eiportti
amounted to $ 125.549 1(> in value. The cultivation I
of collee, cotton, and indigo, all of which are indi* I
genous to the soil, is rapidly increasing. One of the |
colonists expects to have a plantation *>{29,003 cufo#
trees shortly completed.—A r o/. hit.
•d and k
in-t tlu* i
f*>bh**l. by
AthciH, hv tin* tun** appoint***! for the Dinner. If I
laid rei’eiN«•<I your note in time. 1 would have made ul-
mo-l any .-aeiiliee to hax** testified to you the high va
lue Nvhieh I pla*’** np*qi th** honor «Ione me, hy the in-
Nitation. Ii would luive allorded me peculiar pleasure,
to hav*' had an opportunity nf pcr-onal intercourse with
j’ i tin* gallant spirit- of Georgia, xvho will be assembled
I then;—men xvith whom tin- patriots of Soiith-Curolinu
expert “ shoulder to shoulder, and side hy .-ido,” to
wag** the great content for constitutional liberty iu
which they are engaged. And surely there could be
no more appropriate occasion for such a meeting, than
that of paying a riled tribute to a public servant,
xvho raising himself high above all personal considera
tions, contemning as they deserve, all party influences,
has xvith a recklessness of consequences, and an hones
ty and patriotism worthy of all praise, duvoted himself,
lor xveal or lor xxoe. to the great and sacred cause for
xvlii' h xve are struggling. Believe me, gentlemen, that
I hail with peculiar pleasure, th*- hourly increasing
signs of a return of tlio.-c kindly feelings between our
tnx o Stall's, which never should’ have been disturbed ;
and which I declare to you, in the utmost sincerity, ne
ver have been disturbed, so far as the great mass of our
population is concerned. Our present feelings of
kindness and respect for you are not new—xve have
never known any other. I trust that all our future
rix(dries may be, xvhicli -hall he the first to begin and
ih** last to abandon an (-tlicicnt resistance ton tyranny
a- oppressive, as odious and as debasing us ever was
inflicted upon man.
I have the honor to he, gentlemen, very respectfully,
your obedient servant, \V. THOMPSON, Jn.
To Ei>n\aui> 11 xitDKN and Otiikils, Committee.
the
be-
great Mr.
on-titutmu
other xvor
-till refractory
election; xxolui
cllarc of Ins cot
Ills
jority in Congress look upon taxation u* a Glassing— j yatious xxhirli m ike the Federal Guxerutiiuiit a limited
on**. And 1 feel that 1 do not state the case too strong
ly, yy lieu Isay that it resolve* itself into a question be
much more for the sugar they manufacture. That I Vo them a national debt is a national blessing; be
Bute manufacture* double as much sugar as we import; cause it affords nil excuse for the continuance ot high
•nd it requires but a xiueH share of intelligence to per- J taxes. Under such circumstances, the natural and
ceive, that a tax of one dollar laid iifmii foreign sugar inevitable conM-queiicc must he. that the public **x-
pendituies xvil! be improper, prodigal and corrupt.—
lm|«>»e,n burthen of two additional dollars upon thr
community, which is paid hy lliein, not into the reve
nue of the country, hut into the pockets of the sugar ,
planter#- The same is equally true of every other I They hax e
manufacturing interest, and <•( the whole maim tact or
Ing interest thus protected. We are told hy the man
tifacturere, in tlielr memorial to Cougri’S)*, that then
mount nf goods manufactured in the I ? 8 and thus
b*UCfdin j>ricfciiy « duty iqmii furci-u goods, is K»0 the wild
Tin* expenses of this government, in the carl) period
of it, wci’o between two and throe milium* **f dollars-
„ lied to the ■liorilious aiuouut of
thirteen million-. Fnder the Pension hill and other
liillspobed at this session, it will not he Ie*- than six
teen million?; mid hut (or tin* manly mill putiiolir
stand, inutle hy the President two year* ago, ayainsl
the i
of expenditure then set uu foot, I
twcctl n Hiippoxed convenience to the public in the ad- I
inini-trutum of the fmaiu’ca and the cliaract«*r of tli** :
circulating iticdium, and the creation of a |ft>xvcr hv tlie
goveriiuuuit. which mil) nooueror later hc**uiu** stung-
* r than the a»>vernnu*in itself Tim JmirnuU nf Uun-
gre-- will allow, that xxlieu the present Bank wan char
tered in 18RI, | voted agam-t it.
; The la»t subject embraced ill the resolution is that nf
.V ullijicatiou.
| I understood this term as meant to import tin* right
of Uim •ocml Himes, hy interpo-ing their ami rt igu
al. that i-. arbitrary power; or
phrased it, a poxxcr liigher fha
ring to his oxvnsen-*' id'light, or i
oxvn will. But xve s***4*. Sir. von ai
vmi may g*». Sir—xve will it 'feat yin
no ir-e lor any mail xvho order'* the
[ try. to the prepihint ion of om
1 our ni'xvspapi'r; retneinher,
| lection.” Altd they have done it!—yea, republic all < lark
1 ins'll, the-** upstart usurper*, tlie-c .n//’.appointed dema
gogue*. these petty de-qmt-. imbecile ai infancy for
good, potellt a* demon* for mischief, have hv their turn
arbitrary fiat cashiered your gallant Nexviuiu from the
service of hi* country.
God of heaven! »*hade* of Jackson and Baldwin!
I a»he» of mir fathers!—hm Georgia really sunk to ihi.«
Uttermost depth of abject humiliation, that a trio of Ic-
de*l»4, the State-selling doctor and In- puir of xmall at
InUliea, cun halloo tluni-aiitU of reptlhliciili freemen to ! ^ ilffdiliu and her cause, when some politician* find it
»«lb. to execute t/o ii mandates, as herds *>f * attl
»r** driven t*> pasture • If urn submit to this, strip the
cM'iitrheoll ol >*mr Btnle n’f its laurel, whi* Ii would he
Imi a di»h<iiie»t inn* ken . and replace th** renth of Im-
lioi hy th*; vilest Weed Iti tu tic id* upon
BURKE.
The Circulating Medium.—The quantity of
him! silver money circulating in the commercial wond
is estimated hy Mr. McCulloch at something less than
three hundred millions sterling.
Thc following recital is from Ihe London UfarnniJ
Hernhl. where if is creditted to the London Globe.-"
j 9’lie editor of the latter journal, in presenting flic «» c *
count to his renders, ie marks that il conics from *
j source above nil suspicion. How many *uch c«-
I may not have happened during the progress of U*
j elmlerain America and Europe?
Premature Interment.—A distressing instance of P
mature interment occurred Inst week in the nelgn
| hood *>f Old street, 81 Luke’s. A poor woman *
! her son were violently attacked xvith Cholera, win®
, iu the case ofthe latter very soon terminated, hs it JV
! supposed, fatally: and after having lain »PI Mir JlI, ^
less for n few hours, the body was buried. H ,c
woman also shortly after got xvorxe, timi became
sensible and motionless. Having been kept* 15 ^
as was considered safe, she xvae pul into n coffin h*
> buried ; hut just as the uudcrtakersxvero about
it down, she revived, pushed off the lid and ve . r - ‘ „
recovered. Having anxiously inquired about * ier .
she was informed that lie had been buried ( or *J V i 0 „
hours, which made hervery uneasy, and she »•■***• ^
• . .( r i / bis being examined. Her desires M‘«re after a
l <«y n,. h«r»r ..***.«
sowruRly Its linnginrd, w hen on 0|ieiitng tnt ‘
WHS fnuiitl Ilmt (In* l llllli IihiI liirneil ronml. |
ils fnCB almust lo |tieces w’illi e^ouy, hjiviiig.I
course lie suiipoaeij, come (o life iu (hi* ore**"* |
lion r
Canal from thr \ih lo llir llril .V".—A r r ori I in f ^
niuiiis .ii.iili* Iis miiiu' ilislili^ui,lieil Fmiicli r-n*
XTOft.lMIft wiiiilii rim.lrm t u di'i'li eimii 1 , |W .
riiiuii'i l (Im Aral.i.' Gulf willi llie Nile m«l '•" |„,rt I
nil. limin' Afiii'ii nil i-liuul, nmi “liiirti'll (lie * , n .i. I
. Miinmilliw lo Honibny line Imlf. 11 * ,ui£i*|
I eriiiil me, mrimi tumun. toeiingrniiiluii'you on the ilornbly Inee (linn lies lu'ell e\|M'iul<'<‘ "" * n 1
bright mi qiiecs ftuft ure heuiuuiq mi ih** eoiiiiimu cauiie wnrk- of the .uuie htiu* in Gwul Undue
I’emh.eton, (S. C.) Aiijrust lift, 18;!2.
(iKVTi.r:wen—By last I'M-ning's mail I liml the |ft t .||.
sure In rereive ynur I'uviir of tin: -j;t,| July, (which, liy a
inis-iliri'ciiim in 4'i.liuiilsia, iliil not |ireviiiusly ciuiie lo
Imml.) iuviliiur mu to a l’uhlic Dinner to he given to
u . | the Hull. A. fv < Ins ton. r.t ,Ntliens, uu thin ilav.
II-1 * • ' *'• I if vour pnlite coiniiiuiiicatioii hail reached mo
'power nmi the success el* j timis. I regret that imperative circuiiislanrcs ami en-
Sir, we will defeat vour e-1 B«»*'nie»U would have preseuteil the if the
polite iiivitiitii.il with wliieh you have honored me. 1
have afforded
lice ll present at ynur festival, and to have united
these testimiiuials id piddle cunftileuce and esteem
whii'h ymi have so justly paid to your distiiiaitished re-
prcseiintive, w hose aide and palrintir services in the
Inst session qf tlie t.’ougress of the Kuited States have
pliieed him in the front rauh ot'the eluiiiipioiis nf the
Smilli i und whoso jionerous mid manly support of S
/e litiihh lore*do her, has Ellen him the hitfliesi
•!.• iiis i■ 11 imr Kriililude mid re«a,il To have milled in
nlrdmic ,,f hiiinir in iln« gmiilcimni, I should have Celt
myself hiirlily litmnrcd.
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