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friends of firitifh freedom to j
procure that reform which can
alone save the country from
ruin.
When a bow has been drain
ed to the utmoff it will break
etlaft. But as if ‘the calls of
the government were not fuf_
fictetit to snap the and as
if th« trapping of ii were an hon j
or to be coveted, the proprietor of
tythes has come forward on the pre
iicnt occasion to give the finishing
pull before another budget should
have prevented tlie farmer front
supplying the people with com,
except at a price which none but
the most affluent could afford to
pay.
Gentlemen, the farmer, the
mere farmer ha* been forc'd to
comply with the various demand#
made upon him, and with the
rine of uuhet that has lately
taken p'rJl f°r the chance that
some scanty pittance might still
remain to him by which he mignt
k< cp his family from starving
But where a man is not dependant
on the urXt veai’a crop for Ills
support he h'J* a' other duty t<
p-rfo- m r he i» hound to act in
such away, as to shew the people
the true state of the country,
n d not by submitting to be tile
mere agent of o'hcrs, who art
fattening on the publii k -pod, ap.
pear to be a pa-taker of fie plunder
mikl be held out to pub'-ck <lr-e-.
tation and p intrd at bv the fin
®er of scc»» n, as sellng hn c< r i a
an enormous price ’, when in ffttt
the money he receive* at mat ket
with oiir hand, i* imiiicilia'ily
p-utrd with by the other in pay
inirnt ol land tux, property tax,
poor rate highway r:ifr, church
late and gi cut and small tythvs.
In corroboration of which l shall
njw proceed to .‘■tate my farts, by
giving yotrau account of what I
pay annually u«der those nerd',
upon 4 hu m for wliich were i to
let it, I could no; obtain more than
1 Go/, per annum rent.
■. St d .
I.and *nx ls» 8 5
Piopatty tax 5i 6 4
Poor ra f c 47 . 5 0
Highway rata 10 17 3
Church rate 1 13 b
Great i y the* 39 2 »>
bmali Tythes it 5 O
Tar ul i*7 rd O
't his gemiemru i» what 1 pay at
prrMtot, liut whan ihr proprietor
cf the great t\ ho w«s tor raiaing
them to 50/. u ycui ! wi.rch would
bare brought my outgoings tor
tythci, taxes and riucss, to right
p> unds fifteen shilling and six
pence prr \tar beyonu any tent l
could vbhun, 1 lut tnat. itiv l ist
pi.t vi'jke Hie bou> out tlia*. u ner
ved me man to trust iuithtr tp
ui cation l
Gentle men when you consider,
in addition to what i nave lu re
stated, the it.cik ascii pi tee i f U.
tjoieis’ wngcx, anti min a id price
cl every Hit* g titttl upou alarm
such a* iron, timber, leather, car s
hot St-t, iVc. .to tit w tilth are tu
constant vi «r aid uu, (he
three fust u the shape ol huTnd.v;,
cans, vaggiti , h.s;to a, and
pl< ugh*, for which aga.o there
Is iiutjnc li ) au i c tUs d aetu.it d
ill the n*«Kiog , .uu ill t the
lift uic iirtpitu y swept uli hy
the disOt ,cii miiie.it to coliv
or the ii live >c« o! contagions dis.
U»rpera,j you cauuct wouuera,
the iHgii jnee ol corn , and you
must be coltv uticd the pres* tit ay %-
tern tl taxing Ut> >iiu., it perser
vtciin will in a snort » me pievcnt
the b’nrn.ei hern ft.l ug the pro
duce id his land, i xcopc nt rutU
a price, as I l.a't. cbnivid btluit 1 ,
which none but ttic aiii,; c tu cau
artcud to pay.
Now Gentlemen, there is an
easy remedy lot tr.c grievances
which all Ictl, but ol which lew
date opct.ly to compU n, ai d
that i> a for and repre
ssntatiOi'i ot the I‘coplc ut Puma
knot.
Were the Guardian* of tbs* Pec* !
p!c’» Prupeiiy tir> ir real Kcpie- I
M Bttti'cb instead of being i«iurn. J
rd to iot’f in parli-mum in the 1
sth\ they ..ie it is uot unreasonable
tu suppose that si me check might
hr put on ihe proprietor of tyuie-.
when Ins * xotui.uni di tuaueshave J
driven ihc laiaitt u* submit to ni» j
tyiucft oeiog ukeir m k>ad j ami i
ft
that the farmer should at leas'
have a right to retain a utr propor.
coin of’ the tcuth part of hi* Crop
set a part for the tythr*, for the
money hr had expended in buying
dressing Jk artificial manure : And'
it should-not he forgotten tliatw/iifrt
the Cle r Zy were first allowed a
Tenth part of the gross produce
of the Land, the Tvthes were di
vidrd Into four rijual parts , and ap_'
plied ro four d Iferent purposes sj
'f'he first forth went to the Bishop ; 1
the Sect)' d to the maintenance of
the repairs of ehe Church ; Ihc
third to the support of the Poor ;
& the 4th wa* all that was pocket.
*d bv the Hector. But gentlemen
the Hector now pockets all ! and
so far from contributing to the sup. j
port of the Pror, absolutely de_ !
mands that the Farmer sno«ld ;
pay the Poor rate on the ij thes
he has compounded for !
Now Genihmm, I shall conclude
by observing Sc it is an observation 1
th:»t should be partictdai ly im nil.
vd to at the present juncture, that
those who have not the spiii; to
itVist oppression and extortion
at home, will fall an easy conquest
to a foreign for, shuld he ev c r
affect a landing on our coasts. —
House, therefore, Britons', from
your torpor come forward to p o
curea Constitutional Parliamenta
ry He form, and you may then
look forward to peace Liberty and
pi-sty, in the room of War, La
nvnc, and horeign dependence.
Mr. Mallet-, ivfr. Clifford fi* se
veral others spoke warmly on the
subject.
'1 he resolutions were then put
.tnd carried with ou.y on* ot
two disentients.
The resolutions vitjned by the
shot ills nnd freeholders present,
were ordered to be published in
ihe morning newspapers , and the
meeting w as adjoin md.
SAVANNAH, November il, lSny.
The mail ol tint morning, x» wasiitici;>a
ted in our lad, bin g» us very late sod imer
efting iutelhgeiicr fr m Europe, IbeU ip
Maflachufvus .to in Liverpool, aim brig
Brunswick Ir. m Portsmouth, arrived at
CbrtrL-lU.n on lutfd v lad, with London
piper* to the ift, and Live*pool to «lie 3d
of October
Two circoniftnnces mentioned by these
accounts cannot fail to be particularly ion r
< fling, as they luild out a hope that the bel
ligerent powers aie about to withdraw their
pref. ut order* and decrees ag.ioll neutral
c mmerev—itufe aie the probability %» »
t’tatv having been concluded by Mr. Arm- j
rtiong with ihe French government; and j
tire change which has taken place ip the j
Britith ininiflry. The duke of Poitlatid, j
Lord Catllcrcaph, and our good rsusD Mr. I
Caonihg, have rebelled their l iiicet. Frevi
ou» to this taking place, however, Mr Can.
irog and Lord CMtlereagh tuught * duel, in
winch, after exchanging iwo lliuts, he I .r
--mcr was wounded in the flrlhy pan of his
thigh, and his iordfhip < fcaptd with (lie 1 ■[» ,
ol oue of his lapel-buttons.— The dilpme t,
ac' ounted for in various ways Among nth
ri, that it originated in confeq'ieoee cf 1
Mr. C anning's prelliiig re; eat dly t e ne
*•■ lFitv ol the other’s rctigt.a ion Few hon
ed men w ill liefiiale to admit, that it would
have been minutely more beneficial to the
Britilli nation it Mr Canning and a'l politi-
C’ ,m» of fimih.r call had been dilinitled from
it* enunfeb long The di ticieucies in
the minifkry had not yet hre*i' fi led up; an«l
as he tri mbers of the lad admioillt tii.m
have reli Ld io co-bperate with the rem
nant ol ihe prelti.i, hopes are entertained
■ that au entire new minifby, mote friendly,
(Uf> it cannot hr) to the intmlts < f peace
I and jufli. c, will he iurmed in rs ft., d.
I lie expedition to Spa n wa. conceived to
beabiodouvil, a* well as ihe on* againll Wal- ,
ckvron.
I.oNDnN, September Si.
The king esine to tow n yesterday, and
held a kvrc, but the cxpedled p og ,is was j
not made in c!:eru. i i.atrd change i-t minil- j
try. One of tie inimedia.e caulVs o: ihe j
change—the resignation of the duke cl I’oit- j
bud, has been the tsulc of the d-iny His :
grace was the key llone of the arc I', 1 ', ai d I
that being taken away, the remainder has
filltn i::to confufion. Mr. Fentv lis uu
dtrll.icd to have set up a claim to I icc ed
io liia place as premier, i hi- pr fuiii| ti u
justly itYsnJed Vir. Canning, who thi nght ;
(ha: if cither was to be preferred, he h.j at
le.<ll .'n equ.d claim ; hut lie conceived in.t i
n> ibt ptcicut pcrih iisli uainui ol the cxun- |
irv, luithei of them ct uld torm au adininif. 1
nation Capa k o> coiidvcYing hism-l. Ilvsi
affairs with -dv.iit.ige Feelii g however,
that Mr: Lcu'eval h. d mifor unately lupc- >
tior influence, he abllein.d Irom a tcnonig
the cai ii)*t council, h exed h m c't in his J
Oliirc, to biitig up all the arriars of hufiuets, }
and particularly to pals the accounts ot hu
triuid. Mr. Frere : and having doHe this 1
itetiudered bis resignation. On i uefday |
l’irccvsl was clothed with til* king at
Wii'dlbr With rcipcCt to lord Caftictcagh s i
u liguation, au attempt has been made to !
Ictlom down easy, Iv h.viug it believed, |
1 that he utirc- merely to make v ,ytcr m.r
4. is WtlLlicy, in coufomiity with an old ■
j agreemirtt to that tfltcl. 1
In ctmfi of this change and rival
t llt-p in the cabinet there a sic three
1 iiiniflci* vitt allr, although not aetumly
tut yjellcrday, wlicu his ntajrfty came to
t.avr ; tlie duke ot Portland, lord Cafbe
te-gh, anti Mr. Canning ; aud it was un
dtrtloiid lord Ltvtil u Gower, Mr. L-rg,
) and Mr. Hutcliiuiou, would not reiaoi
; tin ir pl. ee* m the event of th-ir Irerals
out. All the tniniOers, however, :-t
--ts-.ued the levee, yeltcrday wwii tne ex
-7b
' , -f ■
centior of lord CafUffrttgh. t>«* no fhy>l
arr. ntfcmeat *a* jna*'c. Ihe difficulties
were l«i the4uke of Poland notwrila
ftwidtug bis <r,iferalile (late of health, w.i I
requested to rctaiu the feal* Tor a day or
tvr i longer, and no pcrlou ItiiT.'d hands on
a nerr a^i»oiu(Ucnt.
MILLEDCKVIL LE* j
THURSDAY, Nov. 9. ;
Governor s Message.
elloui citizens of the Senate , .
and of the
Iloufe of Representatives.
I HAD flat:e r ed rovfUf, j
from ihe arragetnens which
were entered in Apul laH by
the General Governmem, and
the rainiitcr of G. B. resident,
in our Courtly, that, at the
meeting of 1 his Legillature, our
fcllc-v; a zens would have been ]
found in the free and enre- ■
drained excrci e and enjoyment
of that trade and commerce,
the want ol which at this time
10 maierially affects us both in
a national and individual point
of view ; but a line of conduft
on the part of (he Briiifh Min
dtery, as peifi tious as unexam,
pled, has blallcd eveiy hope,
for the prcfeiM, of a fnend.y
accomodation of the d.ffereuces
exilfing between thetwogovein.
ments, and left us, as to oui
individual imilaciions, in a
luuttion work than that which
urged die prop<i<*iy for the Jaw
ioi relief of Debtors;
Acquainted as you are with
the operation of this law in the
different lections of the St-ne,
you can belt determine whet iei
11 has been pioduttive of these
bench s to our citizens which
tt was expteted would be den
ved 11 uni it, and whether it will
be necefl.ity that it (hould un
dergo any alterations and be
continued for a longer jetiod,
or iullered altogether to ceu e
at the expiiaiion t>* the time
for which it was enabled. 'I his
j iubjtcl ought and will no doubt
occupy your early attention.—
I i( 1 au» cot reedy informed the
peopl* have not, nor can they
* get money to discharge dun
I debt.-, and Uide's iuch nualures
are adopted as will in fouie de
l gtee telioie the value of pro
pa ty, and caute it to pal* in
pavneern of debts, the iucon*
veniencici and luffering winch
; our involved citizens have here
| tofore expei iencea will be trivial
j w hen compared with thoie
which mult navitably ensue.
I he law, which paired at the
j ' fctii nos the Legillature,
to appropitate the funds hereto
tore Ictapaii for Ihe tedemption
of the pubhek debt wnl requite
j > our confiucration. It was
| conceived try many of our ci
tizens and 1 believe by lome of
tt.c meuibei* 01 mat Legiflatuie
j mat the State papers Wcte to be
receivcu in pay uicntof the bonds
i g> v en ioi (l )e | r- cltons tn the
h it as Writ „s the lait acquired
Ctumy ; but on antXimina
tion of the iaw i« was found that
, the bonds for the lait dilcrip
tion of b actions were only ap
i propriated. I think it but e
| quliable ;hat the puichafets of
I the ft action* of both deferip
| tion.s fbould be placed on an
equal looting, and mu ft there.
J foie recommend 10 you the
pa if age of luch a law as will
i appropriate, at lead the amount
! ol die bond« that were given
f for thole fi ft (old and remain
unpaid, to the lame purpoles
! -s the bonds mentioned in the
j law above alluded to. 1 am
I »he mote induced 10 this recom I
j meudaoon, Irons the circum •
> llance of the amount already |
, appropriated not being more 1
! dvn halt enough to redeem the j
i 11 ate papas now ui circulation, !
r
and believing it would be of
primary importance to the State
| that none of them iliouid be left j
afloat. f
The packet No. 1, corrains I
a co v of a correspondence
which took place between the
1 Governor cf North Carolina
j and mys and which, I com.
; menced in conlequence of the
Re'oiution- puffed by this slate !
in tSoB, concerning an adjttft- 1
: merit of ourdifputc relative to ,
1 boundary. It will pcrcei
■ ved, that the (late of North.
: Carolina confiders this affair a? |
i finally fettled and relufes to take
) any lurihet Heps relative there,
to.
It was mv wifn after being
apprised, that the Legflature
of the Rate of NonU.Carolina
declined anv further communi.
S J
1 cations on this subject, that out ‘
! com mi dinners fliould have pro.
ceeded in compliance with out
Relolutions to alcertain the
35th degtee of North latitude,
and mark the line, with the co
operation of Cornmilfioners on
the part of that state and I ao
cordingly requested them by
letter to attend at this place and ;
appoint an ani l to accompany :
there for that purpose ; but they
failed to attend as I reques
ted, and no anlwer to my letter
, was received from either of
them except IVlqor Long, who
informed me that he was Jc
-erred Irom entering on the ler
vee required of him on account
of the bad state of his health.
At the request of the Govern
or of Pennsylvania, I iranf
mir for vour consideration in
picket No. 2, Refoiutjons pal,
ted by the Legillature of that
date, m which aie let forth the
iclolutions for their oppoiition
to the decrees of the Federal
Court in Olmftead’s case, and
by which it is proposed to a
mend the confiitution of the
United States, lo that arr im.
partial tiibunal may be efta
bitilled to determine disputes
between the General and Hate
Governments. In this packet
you will find alio a refoluiton
; of the legillature of Maffachu*
(ctt>, recommending that the
Federal Coniluution be lo a.
mended, that no law fhali be
enacted for laying an embargo
or prohibiting or (upending
commerce for a longer period
than until the expiration of tl.ir.
ty days from the commence
ment of the session
next fuccetding the one at
which luch law Hull have pal
fed. And aiio relolutions of
the Legillature of Maryland
and Maiiachulctts rejetting the
alteration propoied by the state
j of Virginia to the Coniiitution
j of the United States, by which
j:t was intended to render the
, Senators m Congrels remova
ble from office by the LegilD
ture of the Hates appointing
them. The resolutions of Vir
ginia on this lubject were laid
before the Lrgifiature at its last
; lellion.
By an act of Congress, pas
s fed the lecond of Much 1807,
to prohibit the importation of
Have* into any port or place
j within the junfdidion of the
United States, it U provided
that negroes or persons of
color nnpotted or bi ought
| within the United States in vio
lation of this law, fhail remain
' subject to any regulations, nut
contravening the ptovifions
ihaeof, which the Legillature
of the Several States may make
ter d; (poling of Inch negroes
■ or per lons ot color who are to
be delivered to thole ptrlou* }
la#I a# tefpective Si«t may
1 appoint to rece*-'* them. I
I uiult luggeft the pro
• pr»eb' ot your palling iuch a law
1
, as will embrace the intentioruß
of an aid in cat t ying into effect®
j the abovementioned act O S®
t Congress. ■
Conformably to the potv?rrl
veffed in me by the law, palLim
at the lalt session of the ietplia.®
ture, for the ellablifhnp'.
flip port of military
to point out :he mode os'
! bating the public arms Scz. up I
1 on the application for major®
, generals Clarke and [sek, >■
can fed to be delivered to them®
from the Arsenal in Louisville I
I their respective proportions oil
the 4000 muskets 6c cartouchl
boxes which v.ere received bom®
t e general government—p o r®
the aepoiit o( thole for Gener.®
al Cia'ke’s division I fixed oal
Phillips’s Miils on the Appa-B
lachee in the county of Morgan®
‘ and of those for General Jack’s®
d vision at Elbe non —thole pU.I
ces being recommended to me®
a? the mod central in each di-®
V!fi«n,and where the L»e»t ken-®
rity lor their lase keeping can®
be isad—The date having been®
at considerable expence to ob-H
! tain thele arms, and it beinl
the unnott impottance that®
‘ tiiev ihouid be kept in good®
order Sc at all times fit foruie,l
permit me to recommend to®
you the amendment of the a-l
bovementioned act, so fat as®
to point out parucuiasly the®
the persons who vvilll
have charge ofthem and to®
allow them luch compenia.ionl
foi their ter vices aa will be al
fulfilcient teuatd for thefliitteft®
at ention to the regulations!
P 1 ek 1 ified for them. The quan.B
ttty o 1 aim* in ihe Arcenal at I
Louisv nle hem g in confer I]
quence of this didribu ion, tc-B
duced to Ids that one half ofl
their o rgiral number, l directed!
L.iutemmt IkAftwick ihe officer I
of the guard to difeharge fix I
I ol the men mipioyed by hnal
> at that piace, I
lhe document No. 3 is a I
statement of warrant drawn on I
the Tteafurer, out mg the puli-I
tical year 1809, amounting ini
the aggregate to the futn of 71,-1
J 3sb. cts, notwithltanding I
the droits on the nealurer have I
been thus large, I am infoimed I
by that olficer, that the amount
of money ir« the trealury, atthii
time, is conliderably mote than
it has been at the commencement
of any idfion of the legiUature
for many years pall. I muff,
however, recommend a reviliorv
of the tax law to your conside
ration. The officers entrulfcd
with its execution have difficul
ties to encounter on account of
its ambiguity in some parts, I
feel perluatled that when it be
comes to be lo amended, that
each one concerned in carrying
it into eftefct, can clearly com-;
prehend it, the taxes will be col
led with great facility, and
that no difficulty will occur in
getting them out of the hands of
the colletlois, an evil which I 1
am happy to lay has within the
•all two or three years very
much diminilhed.
I he Executive appointments
made during the recets of the ie
gdlature, which under the 9th
led ion of the 2d article of the
Conliitution remain to be ap«
proved or diiapproved by the
Ligiflature, are iubmiued for
your consideration in the docu
ment No. 4.
In compliance with a relolu*
lion of the LegifUture, I cauted
the fractions in the 7th di(lril4*
Baldwin, on the Ocorulgefc riv
er, which we r c fit for cultivate
on. **> be leaiccl out till the iff
of January next, the amount
lor which they rented (371 doi*
lars 50 cents) when the cxpcnces
of renting come to be deducted,
aim the trouble of collecting U