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VOL. If.)
ATHENS; GEORGIA : PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M‘DONNELL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER iS, 1809.
The following Mejfagc was commu
nicated to both branches cf the Le
gijlalure on the fib inji.
Fellow-Citizens of (be Senate and of
the Idotife cf Reprejentatives 3
f I had flattered mytel.f, from the
arrangements which were entered
into, m April laft, by the General
Government, and the minifter of
Great Britain refldent in our Coun
try, that, at the meeting of this Le~
a flature, our fellow citizens would
13 ive been round in the free and un
r -ircined exercife and enjoyment
q that trade and commerce, the
ant of which at this time fo ma
• rally ••ffeexs us both in a national
and individual point of view ; but a
line cf conduct on the part of the
ILirifh M ini dry, as pei lid ions as
unexamp'ed, has bladed every hope
lor the prefenr, of a friendly accom
■ lodation of the cljfF;renct3l xifting
between the two governments, and
t fr up, as to our individual trante
: -lions, In a fituation worfe than
: U which urged the propriety cf
the law for relief of Debtors.
Acquainted as >ou are with the
operation of this I?.*v in the and iTcrent
<% dtions of the State,- you can be ft
determine whether it has been pro
ductive of thole benefits to our ci-
L.-t.s ‘vhich it was expected would
bed r ived from it, and whether it
v and: be neceifary thacic fhouki un
o- go. any alterations and be conti
|j;u and for a longer period, or fufter
d altogether to ceafe at the e'xpi
: ui.on of the tune for which it was
;; nabbed. This fubjedt ought and
’>■-•.11 no doubt occupy your early
retention. • If I am cor redly fn
f irrnecl the people have not, nor
can they get, money to dT barge
their debts, and unlefs fuch meafures
are adopted as will in fotne degree
red ore the value of property, and
eaufe ic pals in tire payment of
d'Jrs, the inccnveniencies and fuf
ferings which our involved cutsets
have heretofore experienced will be
trivial when compared with thofe
which truil inevitably erdue.
TANARUS: e law, which palled at the laffc
f fuoncf the Legiflature, to appro
■ ia-e the funds heretofore fee apart
tnr the redemption of the public
oebt wi.i require your conGJerauon.
ic was contrived by many of our ci
tizens and I believe by borne of the
members of that Legsfixture, that
the Sure pap rs were to be receiv
ed in payment of the bonds given
for the fradliots in the fir ft as well
as the la.fi: acquired Territory ; but
°n an examination of die law it was
found that thl, bunds for the lafi
dek upiVcn o fractions were only
appropriated- I think ir but equi-
that the purchasers of the
fraction a cf bith ueferiptions fhouki
‘•c T oryan equal footing, and
m! :c therebre recommend to you
r - ] ~ of fuch a law as wul
j p r op riila all e a ft. the amoun co f
Foreign Correspondent
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED,
the bonds that were given for thofe
firft fold and remain unpaid, to the
lame purpofes as the bonds menti
oned in the law above alluded to.
I am the more induced to this re
commendation, from the circutn
flance of the amount already ap
propriated not being more than
half enough to redeem the State
papers now in circulation, and be
lieving it would be of primary im
portance to the State that none of
them fhould be left afloat.
The packet No. i, contains a
copy of a correfpondence which
took place between the Governor
of North Carolina and my fell, and
which, f commenced in confluence
of the refolutions puffed by this
Late in ib'cS, concerning an adjull
rnent of our difpute relative to
boundary. It will be perceived,
that the ft ate of North Carolina
confiders this affair as finally fettled,
and refutes to take any further flops
relative thereto.
It was my w’fh after being ap
prifed that the Legislature of the
fta e of North Carolina declined
any further communications nn this
ftibj -ct, that our Commiffnners
fhould have proceeded in compli
ance with our refolutionn to aicer
tain the 35th degree of north, lati
tude, and mark the lino, without the
co-operation of cornmiffioners on
the pare of that date, and I accord
ingly requefb.d them by letter to
attend at this place and appoint p.n
arnib to accompany them for that
purpose ; but they failed to attend
as I requf.fted, and no anfwef to my
letter was received from either of
them except Major Long, who in
formed me that he was deterred
from entering on the ter vice re
quired of him on account of the
bad ftate of his health.
At the n qutftcf the Governor
of Per.nfyivania, I tranfinit for your
confideration in packet No. 2, re
folutions paited by the Legiflature
of that Face, in which are fee forth
the reafons for their oppoficicn to
the decrees of the Federal Court in
OiiTiftead’s cafe, and by which it is
proposed tn amend the Conftitu
tio ) of the United States, fo that an
impartial tribunal may be eftablifh
ed to determine difputes between
the General and ft ate Governments.
In this packet you will find alio a
re foliation of the Legiflature of
Maffachufms, recommending that
the Federal Ccnilitution be fo a
mended, that no lav; fhall be enabl
ed tor laying an embargo or pro
hibiting or fulpending commene
for .a longer peiiod than until the
expiration of thirty clays from the
commencement of the ft*ftion of
Cong refs nr At faceted ing the one
a; which fuch law fhall have paft'd.
Andalfo rtfoimions of the ijegifl-i
---ture of Maryland and Mafiacht tetts
rejefUng the alter at tor. propofth :>v
the lLt:e*o£ Virginia to the Conitt-
tutioß of the United States by which
it was intended to render the Sena
tors in Corgrefs removable from
office by the Legiflatures of tlie
flares appointing them. The relo
lutions of Virginia on this fuhjeft
were laid before the Legiflature at
its late fcftion.
By an afl of Congrefs, paffed the
ad of March 1807, to prohibit the
itr; ortntion of Haves into any port
or place within the jurifdiiftion of
the United States, it is provided
that negroes or perfons of color im
ported or brought within the Uni
ted States in violation of this law,
fhall remain fubjedt to any regula
tions, not contravening the provi
fions thereof, which the Legiflatures
cf the teveral dates may make for
cifpofi -g of fuch negroes or perfons
of color, who are to be delivered to
thofe perfons as the refpe&ive Hates
may appoint to receive them. I
miift therefore fugged the proprie
ty of your puffing .uch a law as will
embrace the intentions ot and aid
in carrying into effnfl, the above
mentioned aft of Congrefs.
Conformably to the powers veil
ed in me by the law, paffed at the
laft fetli on of the legiflature, for the
eftabliflime.nt and fupport of mili
tary fchools, and to point out the
mode of diftributing the public
arms fire. upon the application for
m oor-generals Clark and Jack, I
caufed to be delivered to Lhem
from the Artenal in Louifville, their
refpeteive proportions of the 4000
rnufkets and cartonch boxes which
were received from the general
rovernment —For the depofit of
thofe for General Clark’s divilionl
fixed on Phiirps's Mills on the Ap
palacheein the county of Morgan,
and of thofe for General Jack’s di
vifion at Elbcrton—thote places
being recommended to me as the
rnofl central in each division, and
where the bill tecurity for their
fate keeping can be had—The date
having been at confuderablc expence
to obtain thofe arms, and it being
of the utmoft importance that they
fhould Ids kept in good order, and
ar all times fit for ufe, permit me
to recommend to you the amend
ment of the above mentioned adt,
fo far as to point out particularly the
duty of the perfons who will have
charge of them and to allow them
fuch compenfation for their tervf
res as will be a fufiievent reward
for the ftrifteft attention to the re
gulations preferibed for them.—
The quantity of arms in the Arfenul
at Louifville being in confequence
of this diftribution, reduced to hhi
than one half of their original num
ber, I direclied Lieutenant Boftwick
the officer of the guard to difeharge
fix of the men cr, ployed by him at
that place.
The document No, 3 is a fire
ment of warrants drawn on the
Treafurer duiiag the political jear
(No. 77.
3809 } amounting in the aggregate
co the fum of 71,134 dollars. 18 3-4
cents notwith(landing the drafts on
the Treafurer have been thus large,
I am informed by that officer, that
the amount cf money in the Treafury
at this time, is confiderably more
than it has been at the
ment of any feffion of
tore for many years
however recommend a rev.l.GhUn
the tax law to your confideration.—
The officers included with its exe
cution have difficulties to encounter
on account cf its ambiguity in fome
parts. I fed perfuaded that when
it comes to be lo amended, that each
one concerned in carrying it into
t ffcft can clearly comprehend in,
the taxes will be collided with great
facility and that no difficulty will
occur in getting them out of the
Lands of the collectors, an evil
which I am happy to fay has within
the lafl 2 or 3 years very much di
mini fhed.
‘The Executive appointments
made during the revels of the Le
g fiiuire, which under the oth fic
tion of the 2d article of the confti
tufion remain to be approved or elite
approved by the Leg flature, are
iubmUted for your confederation iti
the Document No. 4.
In compliance with a resolution of
the lad legislature, I caufed the frac
tions in the 7th diftria: of Baldwin,
on the Ocmulgee river which were
fit for cultivation, to be leafed on;
’till the firft of January next, the,
amount for wnich 1 hey rented.
(371 dollars 50 cents) when theex
pences of renting come to be de
ducted, and the trouble of collect
ing it taken into view, cannot be
confidcred of fufficient conftquencc
to warrant their being again dif
poted of in a fimilar way—l would
therefore fuggelt to ye u, the pro
priety of telling them on a credit,
requiring the bone's to be given for
them, to bear iotereft f.om their
date. From their inimenfe value,
I feel confident that the intereft cm
the amount for which they would
no doubt fell,, will enhance the re
venue of the ft ate moie in one vea*",-
fiian the net amount of fix years
lent of that pait which is now fit for
cultivation.
Among the various cbj; which
require tegifhdve interference, none
ai e of lih h magnitude tfr.d impor
tance as thote which have for their
end the general welfare. While the
narii ns of Europe are ftroggling for
the balance of power—their lubjedls
driven from their peaceful puifairs
to icents cf horror and df vaftatwm
while articles of foreign manutec
tare, in confequence of their com
motions, continue to rife in value
and demand in propnition to the
great fear city a. r,g us of drafts'-
ing fpccitj does it not beho e us io
encourage and cherifi). every i iftit
tion for the pr omotion of agriculture