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Oi tin 1 event, that the regular term of said [court] had
i»een lie. 1.1 in conformity to the laws of force in this State,
regulating said court.
Sec. 4.\tind be it further enacted hy the authority afore-
tid, That in the event there should not have been any
jurors drawn and summoned to attend the. regular term
of said court, that it shall and may be lawful, f >r the jus
tices of the Inferior Court, or a majority ot them, with the
Clerk of the Inferior Court and Sheriff of said county;
and they are. hereby required, immediately after the pas
sage of this act, (or as soon thereafter as convenience will
admit,) to proceed to the drawing of grand and pent ju
rors, from the jurv-boxes of said couni v, in regular order.,
as is contemplated by the laws now of force in this State,
nnd the Sheriff of said county is also hereby required, to
summons the jurors thus drawn to attend, at the time
and place aforesaid, giving them legal notice previous to
the sitting of said Court, and the list of the jurors thus
drawn by the Interior Court aforesaid, shall be turned
over to tho-Clerk of the Superior Court, whose duty it
shall he to make out the venire of said lists, and turn them
over to tiie Sheriff, agreeable to the law now ol force,
and the Sheriff of said count v is hereby required, to make
his return to said court, agreeable to the law now regu
lating tiie return of Sheriffs in such cases.
Sec. 5. mind be it further enacted That it shall and may
be lawful fo sue out, serve and return writs and other
processes to said extra term, in the same manner ami ini',
del* the same regulations and provisions, as it the same
were for a regular term of said court. „
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of tiie Anuse of Representat ives.
tBwmas STOCKS,
Resident of the Senate.
Assentod to, Dec. 22,1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
AN ACT amendatory of the fifteenth, twenty second
and twenty fourth sections, of an act passed on the
nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and
eighteen; entitled an act to revise atld.consolidate the
Militia Laws of this State, and to repeal the Cavalry
Laws now in three, ami to regulate the number of re
views.
Bee. 1. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the State of Georgia in Centred Assembly mf/,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That
the nineteenth day <>f December, eighteen hundred and
eighteen, entitled an act, to revise and consolidate the Mil-
inn Laws of this State, shall be in the words following,
viz:
Sec. 15. The commanding officers of volunteer compa
nies of every description, shall muster their companies at
h ast lour times in each year, at such times as may be or
dered by the commanding officer of said company, and at.
such place as shall have been established hy the members
of said company or a majority thereof as the muster
ground of said company, end the commanding officers of
companies of every description, shall once in each year,
by order of i lie commanding officer of the regiment, or of
tiie battaliion in counties containing but one battaliion,
take an exact account of the arms and accoutrements in
possession of his company designating, public from pri
vate, and also the. number of each particular description
of arms and accoutrements, and the number of effeetivt
men composing his command as well those absent at)
they who are present at the time of taking said enumera
tion, and shall make a true return thereof to the coin-
commanding officer of the regiment or battalion as the
case may be, in such from as they may receive from the
commanding officer or adjutant, which returns shall Ik
ready on the days of review and inspectcon, and handed
to the Inspector cut his arriving at the head of each com
pany, for his use during the inspection and then to b»
tended to the commanding officer of the battailion or ro-
giment, or their adjutant for consolidation, which eon
s didated return shall lie handed or forwarded to the Bri
tt e'e Inspect! r to wliich the reginycui or battaliion be
longs.
Bt-e. 22. Them shall be regimental, Battailion and vol
unteer company courts of inquiry, to he apppoinred and
ordered by the commanding officers of regiments, Battr.l-
lioiisand companies, under the following rules and regu
lations: Regimental courts of inquiry shall he held with
in sixty days after each review or Regimental muster, to
C insist of at ieust seven and not more than eleven of the
eorumissioneed or brevetted officers of rlie Regiment.
Battailion courts of enquiry shall be he’d within thirty
days after each Battailion muster or review, in counties
containing hut one Battailion, to consist of at least five
and not more than seven.of the commissioned or brevett-
ed officers of theTJattallion winch officers in I with cases
shall he regularly detailed by the commanding officer of
t lie Battailion or Regiment as the case may be, and noti-
f. d thereof on the day of muster or review, or hy a cita
tion under his hand, delivered by tiie adjutant or left at
their place of abode two days previous to the silting of
tiie court, and designating the time and place of holding
such court., and the officer highest in rank shall preside,
lull. in case of equality of rank seniority shall give a pre-
fire nee, ami the several Regimental and Battailion courts
of enquiry when convened at the time and jdace appoint
ed, shall have power to assess fines or. all delinquent of-
ji.ccrs and soldiers within then Regimental or Battailion
districts, and all defaulters at Regimental or Battailion
musters or reviews, shall be tried at the courts which
may next happen. Volunteer company court* of enqui
ry shall be held within twenty* days after each muster, or
or on the next muster dtty, to be composed of at leasi
three of the commissioned or bre vetted officers of said
company, and the officer highest in rank shall preside,
and may have a clerk who shall keep a record of their
proceedings, and receive the fines that any delinquent
yi ty voluntarily pay within ten days after each court
w it bout cost, and after the expiration of fen days, he shall
i ssue execution against all persons on whom fines may
have been assessed, who have failed to pay the same,
and shall be allowed to charge twenty five cents cost for
issuing the same directed to any Constable within the
fan mils of said company to execute and return, signed
hy himself and counter-signed by the presiding officer of
said court, and the fund thereby created shall by the di
rection of the officers be applied to the equipment of said
company, and the courts of enquiry of Regiments and
B.itudlions, Ln counties containing but one Battailion
Ml also have power to order the issuing of execution,
against delinquent Provost Martials, or otlu.-r officers
charged wijli the collection of the funds of the Regiment
or Battailion, for such sum or sums as they may when re
quired, fail to account for directed to the Sheriff’(or his
deputy) of the county', whose duty it shall be to collect
and pay over the same to the pay roaster of the Regiment
xir Battaliion.
See. 24th, The commissioned offieersof the respective
Regiments and of Baltallions in counties containing bur
one Battailion, shall at their first, convention after the
first day of March next, that may be occasioned- by Bri
gade, Regimental, (or battailion as above provided) or-
i\.-rs, shall proceed under the. superintendence of three or
m ire of the officers of the Battailion or Regiment, to the
election of a clerk and Provost Martial, and after ascer
taining the persons elected, grant to each of them a cer-
tbfieate of the same, and the persons thus elected shall
attend the Regimental or Battailion court of enquiry,
which may next happen within their respective districts,
and on producing the certificate herein before directed to
be given, the presiding officer shall administer or cause to
administered, the following oath or affiramatjon, vi*: I.
A. B. do sohnenly* swear (or affirm,) that I will faithful
ly discharge the duties of clerk (or Provost Martial,) of
tiie (insert the number of the) Regiment (or Battalln n)
Georgia Militia, to the best of my understanding so help
me God: which oath shall he entered on the minutes of
said court, and subscribed by the persons taking the
same, and w hen thus qualified they may continue to dis
charge the duties assigned them during their residence
within the Regimental or Battailion district, for which
they may have been elected, unless removed hy the con
currence of two thirds of the memliers of any regimental
«• battailion court of enquiry on a charge and proof of
malpractice, and it shall be the duty of said clerks to at
tend all the Battailion anil Regimental courts of enquiry
thereafter, to beheld in their respective districts, and to
keep a fair record of the proceedings of said courts, and
within ten days after each court make out a list of all
fines assessed thereat, designating the districts in which
each delinquent resides, and also of the appropriation
made by said court, and forwa«i it to the pay-master of
the Regiment or of the Battaliion in counties containing
fe.it one Battaliion, who is authorized to receive ahd re
ceipt for the fines that, any delinquent, may voluntarily
pay. A d the commanding officer of Regirnents or Bat-
t all ions upon receiving t!ic affidavit of any delinquent,
(previous to the issuing of execution.) pr< perly attested
by any officer authorized to administer the same, and
showing good cause why he should not have, peen fined,
may direct the cle.rk to stay the issuing of execution uni
til the sitting of the succeeding court, when said affidavit
shall V 'a d'before the court, who may upon the merit*
thereof remit or continue said fine, and dire** that it be
collected forthw ith, and the clerk shaQ immediately after
the expiration of thirty days, issue execution against each
delinquent, w ho has failed to pay the fine assessed against
him or to file the affidavit herein before required; signed
by himself and countersigned by the presiding officer ol
the court, or in his absence by any other officer w ho was
a member of the court, and directed to the P- ovost Mar
tial of the Regiment or Battaliion or any lawful consta
ble, within the said Regiment or Battailion, which exe
cutions shall he by t he clerk delivered to the Provost Mar
tial, (and take his receipt thereof which shall be by the
clerk given to the pay roaster,) who may distribute the
same to the several constables within the Regimental or
ot her districts for collection, or proceed to collect the same
under the same rules and regulations, in regard to consta
ble’s sales generally and such executions shall have the
same dignity as though they had been issued by a.jus
tice of the jieace, and the same costs awarded the clerks
and provost or constable collecting as in cases of equal
dignity in justices courts, and the Provost Martial shall
be required within six months from the time of receiving
the execution from the clerk, to pay all moneys which
may have come into his hands through the collection
thereof to the pay master of the Regiment or Battaliion,
and to return such executions as cannot be collected with
the truth of the case endorsed on the back thereof, and all
such as have been collected by the clerk.
Sec. 25th. find be it farther enacted, That nothing here
in contained, shaB be so constructed as to authorise, more
than one annual review, any law usage or custom, to the
con Iran* notwithstanding.
See. 26. And be it further enacted, That in counties hav
ing but one Battailion, the court of enquiry in sakl Bat
tailion, shall be authorized to lay out, form or alter com
pany or justices districts in said county.
ASBURY HULL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives;
THOMAS STOCKS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, Dec. 23, 1831.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.
LEGISLATIVE*
To the Editors of the Federal Union.
9 .y Gentlemen,—I ask you to republish in your
from and after tiie passage of this act the fifteenth, twen- paper, the Speeches of Mr. Warner and ol’ Mr.
ty second aud twenty fourth sections of an act, passed on ^Hudson, the former delivered, in support of the
proposition to amend the Constitution, so far as
that instrument requires property to qualify a
member of the General Assembly. My object in
making this request is to exhibit to the people at
one view, leading doctrines of the two parties in
this State. The doctrine contained in Mr. War
ner’s speech is the doctrine of the Union or Lump
kin party. Mr. Hudson’s doctrine is, that of their
adversaries, and is emphatically the aristocratic
doctrine.
The able and satisfactory view of the subject
presented by Mr. Warner, it seems to me, entitled
the proposition to amend the constitution- in that
particular, to a more indulgent hearing and a bet
ter fate from the Crawford party in the Represen
tative branch of the Legislature—The names of
most, or all of whom will be found to be recorded
against the proposition ; while the party of which
Mr. Warner is an efficient and distinquished mem
ber, will be found to lie in its favor. W hy is this ?
W herefbre is this relict of transatlantic arristocra-
cy suffered to deface the otherwise fair features of
our Constitution ? A proposition to amend the
constitution is nothing more, than a proposition,
by the Representatives to the people, since it re
quires the sanction of two successive Legislatures
to make it a part of the constitution. Why then
their determined opposition now, if it proceed not
from the deeprooted arristocratic feeling of the
party no.w in the majority, in the Legislature? I
will take some other occasion to review the speech
es adverse to this important measure—My only-
object at present being to present the following to
your readers., OBSERVER.
quantity of the goods of this world as required by
an arbitrary enactment in your constitution. Is it
right, said Mr. W. that a people claiming to be
free and independent, should thus be defeated in
their w ishes by an arbitrary enactment better suit
ed to the genius of a monied aristocracy, than to
the principles of a republican form of government?
Would it not be far better for us to expunge this
arbitrary, and obnoxious provision from the consti
tution, this relict of Colonial bondage, and act up
on the principles which we profess to maintain ?
Make the people the sole and exclusive judges of
the qualifications of those whom they desire to
represent them, regardless of the importance
which some men seem to attach to property as a
qualification. Mr. W. said, he understood that
all men were created equal—Yes sir, in the se
cond paragraph of that declaration W’hicb separat
ed the American Colonies from the thraldom of
British Aristocracy, and W’hich now adorns the
walls of this House as a perpetual memento of
those w'lio signed it—it is declared that all men
are created equal—Yes Sir, created equal. Mr.
W. hoped gentlemen would recollect that expres
sion. What a commentary then, he asked, upon
equality is that position of your constitution which
declares that a given amount of property shall he
requisite to become the Representative of a peo
ple whose boast ever has been equal privileges
and equal rights. It matters not, said Mr. \V.
what distinguished services an individual may have
rendered his country, either in the Cabinet or in
the field—he may have expended the last cent of a
cumstrmces in which that would be the result.—
Let gentlemen twn to the practical operation of
the constitution as it now stands—let them extend
their views over the whole State, and determine
whether the exclusion of men from this House on
account of the want of the property qualification,
required by the constitution, lias been the cause of
serious injury. He knew of but few instances in
which in jury had resulted. But the great objec
tion to the proposed change is—and here Mr. H.
said he would take leave to remark that if the prop
erty qualification were reduced to $5, he w ould be
willing to make th£ change, he never wished it to
be so high as it is now. He had never made such
a proposition.” But lie must urge upon the House
to retain a property qualification, no matter how
small it might be. But the great objection i3 this
—that there is a class of men who do not pay their
honest debts, and yet hold their property so cover
ed up that it cannot be got at. That, sir, is a class
of men who, said Mr. H. I do not w ish to legislate
for me. For if they act dishonestly towards their
neighbors, they will most probably act dishonestly
as legislators. They will have it in their power to
spend their money freely at musters and justices
courts, and so secure a serjjyn the legislature. They
should not he permitted toTegislate for the country.
There is another objection. One reason the fra- (
mere of the constitution had for introducing the fea
ture into the constitution was, that in the new T
countries which were but sparsely populated, men
might be elected who had no interest in the county
RIOTS IN ENGLAND.
. We have received from Mr. Wilmer, of Liver
pool, the following letter with its enclosure relating
to tiie riots iri Preston, the town represented in
Parliament by Mr..Qratyr Hui.t:
Preston, Monday.—*Qeffr Sirs—I dare say yml
will have many exaggerated reports of the attempts
at riot which we-have liad‘ here to-day. Son e
mischief has been done, but nothing in compari
son to the reports which have been circulated. A
few fellows (about two hundred in number,) with a
drum and fife, and a large banner, inscribed, “He
that hath no sword, let him sell iris garment and
buy one; tor taxes without representation is ty
ranny,” proceeded to the different factories and
turned out the hands, calling in their way at the
Police Office (or lock up,) where they released two
prisoners, burnt all the papers and books they found
in the office, and destroyed all the furniture. Al
ter committing this act they proceeded to the large
factory near the House of Correction, where they
broke open the watch house, tore the books and
broke the windows. They then returned to the
prison, opposite which the whole mob assembled,
hut therg teas not one of them daring enough to
lead on fell fellows. They W'ould, in all probability,
have met with a very warm reception, for consid
erable preparations had been made to receive them.
They hovered about for some time, when a con
siderable number of them W’ent to Gallows hill, to
hold a meeting, and pass resolutions similar to those
intended to have been adopted in London to day
(Monday.) The town has been since quiet, which
we may in some measure attribute to the very
heavy rain that has fallen since 5 o’clock. Ex
presses have been sent to Manchester and Black
burn for Military, W'hich W’e are hourly expecting.
Mr. Hunt left here in the Leeds coach at ten this
morning.
The Liverpool Courier adds, that it was antici
pated that these excesses would have been renew
ed in the course of the night, but owing to the joint
—might come to the legislature, and do that, for
princely fortune upon the altarof his country’s good ! their own benefit, which their constituents would
—his blood may have flowed profusely in the pro-! not approve of, and never return to the county
lection of your borders from the savagelomahawk 'again.—Then, public opinion, was for this reason,
and scalping knife. Yet, notwithstanding all these tin favor of the restriction. And all reflection had
services, if from misfortune he lacks the requisite j induced him to believe that the public interest
amount of property, lie must be thrown into the j would, even now, as then, be better promoted w T cre
shade, there to remain a living monument of the jit committed to the hands of those who had an in
unequal operations of that government, which all • terestin the county they represented. That there
his energies have been exerted to protect—while i w’ere some men, w r ho did not possess the. property
he who lias been fortunate enough to secure the! qualification required by the constitution, yet w r ere j influence of the continued rain, and the appeur-
amount of* property required by the constitution, j able to serve as representatives of the people ably j ance of the. troops, no furllter depredations were
without contributing any thing tor the support of and faithfully, he freely admitted. But how many j attempted.
Coventry.—Here the mob succeeded in setting
firerto a manufactory ami a house adjoining. Tiie
military, however, speedily dispersed them.
JlTeeclesfield.—In this town some disposition to
tumult has been manifested; but the military art 1
in great force, and it is not probable that anv se
rious disturbances will take place.
IVorceslor.—On Saturday a retbrm meeting tt.t:
held, but every thing went off very quietly until
the evening, when a fire accidentally broke ort in
continued Mr. H.had expressed his apprehension in j a by-street which attracted a great concourse of
feeling terms, of the danger of a monied aristocracy j the lower orders, and as their numbers increased
in this country. -Mr# H. hoped that, would have 1 they grew bolder, and broke the windows of the
lieen left out of tjie discussion, because tfcat j Town-hall. They were however, routed bv the
gentleman, with his acknowledged acquaintance special constables. The mob then appeared de-
with the subject, surely could not have meant what termined upon riot, and shortly after twelve o’clock
was apparent from his proposition. Does he sup- proceeded in a body, computed at about 600 or
pose that the possession of property worth $250 j 800, into Folegnte-strcef, and broke the whole of
would make a man an aristocrat ? Mr. H. hoped j France’s, the attorney, and Lendall’s windows.
our common country, is necessarily elevated over
the head of him who has lost all in the common
cause.
instances are there? How many are there who
act differently ? These views he thought were ve
ry important, and should have. their due weight
Is this equality ? Is this the enjovment’of equal! with the house. If, in practice; we had found in-”
privileges and equal rights, to exclude one class ; jury to result from the property qualification, Mr.
of citizens from the honors and emoluments of j H. said, he would be among the-fbremost to repeal
SPEECH OF MR. WARNER,
or CRAWFOKH.
Mr. Warner said that, inasmuch as he was the
individual who had introduced the bill, for the con
sideration of the house, and having lieen notified
by gentlemen, that they should oppose the passage
of it, he would claim the indulgence of tiie House
to say a few words in favor of its passage.
The object of the bill, Mr. W. said, was to re
peal part of two sections of the first article of die
constitution, which make property a necessary
qualification to become the Representatives of the
sovereign people of this State. Aristocracy, and
more particularly a rionied Aristocracy is an evil
much to be dreaded In every republican govern
ment, and all enactments which tend to its en
couragement ought to be promptly abolished.—
Whatever reasons may have operated upon the
minds of those who framed the Constitution, and
induced them to incorporate into the body of that
instrument the provisions now sought to lie repeal
ed was, Mr. W. said, unknown io him. It was
entirely sufficient for his present purpose, to shew,
that no valid reasons now exist why the proposed,
alteration should not be made, and according to
the old maxim the reason ceasing, the law ought
also to cease. Representatives are elected by
Ihe people for the express purpose of promoting
their welfare and happiness. The Representative
derives all his power and authority to act from
them, and his sole object should be, to act honestly,
and represent their wishes correctly- The people
create him, and lie is responsible to them lor the
trust committed to his charge. Mr. W said, he
had always been taught to believe and did believe,
that the people, when left to act for themselves in
their aggregate and sovereign capacity, would act
correctly and judiciously.
Assuming this proposition then, to be true (and
which Mr. \V. hoped no gentleman professing re
publican principles would be disposed to contro
vert) why not leave the sovereign people of this
State to choose their own representatives from
among themselves untrammelled, and unfettered, as
their own consciences may dictate? Will any
gentleman lie bold enough to say that the posses
sion of a given amount of property qualifies him
to represent his constituents with more honesty or
ability ? Will any gentleman hazard his reputa
tion by declaring, that the possession of a freehold
estate of the value of two hundred and fifty dol
lars either strengthens his judgment or expands his
intellect ? The i neon test i hie evidence of experi
ence Mr. W. said, had almost universally proven
that the accumulation and possession of property
had produced a contrary effect on the mental facul
ties of man.
II the possesion of property then, neither en
lightens the judgment nor increases the fidelity of
men, does there exist any good reason why its
possession should constitute an indispensable quali
fication, to become the representatives of an en
lightened community? Property we all know,is
power in the hands of those who possess it; but it
is no evidence of honesty or capacity. Suppose,
said Mr. W. for the purpose of illustrating the
unequal operation of the present provision of the
constitution upon the citizens of this State, that an
individual resales in your neighborhood who is
acknowledged hy all to be honest, faithful and in
telligent—He has represented his county in the
Stale Legislature with the general approbation of
his constituent;*—but the hand of misfortune is
laid heavily upon him, circumstances beyond his
controul deprive him of his property—some one of
the four elements may have scattered his sub
stance—yesterday he may have been in the enjoy
ment of plenty, to-day that which constitutes his
sure qualification according to the present provi
sion of the constitution is a lieap of smouldering
ruins—His fellow citizens are again anxious to
avail themselves of his services as their Represen
tative, but their wishes must necessarily be de
flated, because he docs not possess u sufficient
office solely because they have been less fortunate
than another in the acquisition of property? If
this is the enjoyment of equal privileges and equal
rights, as understood by our illustrious ancestors,
may Heaven avert the application of them in this
our dav. Mr. W. said, his friend from Putnam,
(Mr. Hudson) 'notified him the other day, that he
should oppose the passage of the bill, and that he
had opposed the passage of all similar bills for the
last fifteen years. One hardly would have suppos
ed that a gentleman of his (Mr. H.) long experi
ence, sagacity, and acknowledged good judgment,
would have persisted in error so long; but it is
some times unfortunately the case that men persist
in error lbr the sake of consistency only.
Mr. W. remarked, that opposition to the final
passage of the bill, he was aware would be at
tempted, but his reliance for its final passage was
upon the good sense of the House. Gentlemen are
all willing, it is presumed, to rece vethe sufi’ragosof
that portion of their fellow citizens who reside in
their respective counties, who are disqualified by
the constitution from Representatives upon the
score of property; but Mr. W. did hope that all
those who wPre unwilling to place all their con
stituents upon an equal footing in that regard, will
have magnanimity enongh not to ask from the dis
qualified portion of them their support in future.
If the constituents of gentlemen are not suffi
ciently enlightened to choose their own Represen
tatives without any reference to property, he^did
hope and trust they would only call upon that por
tion of them, whom they may consider qualified by
the possession of a sufficient amount to bestow
their suffrages at the next election. Give to the
people equal privileges and equal rights in the ex
ercise of the elective franchise, said Mr. W. and
it was all he desired. Make merit and capacity
tiie sole tests of qualification for a Senator and
Representative in the State Legislaturet Why is
property more necessary to constitute a Represen
tative W the State Legislature than in the Con
gress of the United States? There is no such
odious feature in the Constitution of the United
States. Why should we retain it in the State of
Georgia ? Are the people of the State of Georgia
less republican in their principles* than those who
framed the Constitution of the United States r
He trusted not. Mr. W. remarked, that he would
take one other view of the subject . AY hen our 1
common country is invaded by an enemy, who
fights your battles? Generally those wh# are
disqualified from being Representatives by the
Constitution. Is it, right or just that those who
defend your homes, your firesides, from imminent
danger, who sprve you in the tented field, should
be disqualified from serving you in the Halls of
Legislation, provided the people are willing to
trust them? Mr. \\\ thought gentlemen would
find it difficult to accommodate ihe provisionflfenf
the Constitution, sought to be repealed, to the
standard of true democratic principles. All politi
cal power emanates from the people, and they
ought to have the (fee and. unrestrained power of
conferring it upon whom they please, without the
least inducement on the part of those upon whom
it is conferred, to perjure themselves by swearing
that tliey possessed a certain amount of property
at the time of their election—He had, he said, de
tained the House sufficiently long, and would be
happy to hear the arguments that might he urged
against the passage of the bill.
SFEECH OF MR* HUDSON,
OF PUTNAM.
Mr. Hudson of Putnam, said he was sensible that
in rising fo address the House on this important
subject, he would have, to combat prejudices and
prepossessions of long standing. But he was sa
tisfied that when both sides of the subject were
fairly presented to the House, and patiently heard,
impressions would be made very different from
those which now existed. He would state that he
would be as far as any man from excluding from
the legislature worthy and able men, whoure some
times found without the requisite property qualifi
cation, if they could be admitted without produc
ing injury elsewhere. And he hoped to be able to
present some reasons why some restriction should
exist as a general measure, even though it may op
erate hardly in some particular instances.
On all questions to alter the constitution, he had
been accustomed to look at the proposition with in
tense interest. Because it amounts to this. It is
an attempt by the representatives of the people to
alter the expressed wiil of the people. Questions
of this sort were always matters for grave consider
ation, and should be met in a calm ami dispassion
ate manner. There were instances, he admitted,
in which the constitution shoujd be amended. But
when a question of this sort presents itself, he was
dis[Htsed to investigate it thoroughly before he
would make the alteration. He had announced
his determination to oppose this alteration;—he
differed with gentlemen in his opinion of the neces
sity of it; but he hoped it was an honest difference
of opinion. He would, however, most cheerfully
adopt it, if he could believe the effects following its
adoption would be such as had been stated. If it
would be the means of bringing talented and able
men into the House, he would most cordially sup
port i(.* But, he believed,Ricre were but
it. But he could point to no instances yet. And
until some instances do occur, he would be unwill
ing to change the. pro vision.
The gentleman from Crawford (Mr. Warner)
that this was only intended as a play on words,
and not intended to be in earnest. H • was surely
too well acquainted with the import of language
to mean seriously what he said. He insists on the
then turned on Sir Anolhony Lechmere Sideboi-
tom’s and three or four more, doing partial dam
age ; and this passed on till about one o’clock,
when a party of the Fifteenth TIussars, though
responsibility of the representative to the people, j not. thirty men, put them to flight. They hail* *1
—I do so too. We agree in the details. I hold J the soldiers with cheers on their arrival, and Lapt.
in the strictest accountability of the representative i Bathurst, very soon after the riot act had beet*
to his constituents. But there should be some j read, ordered every one who w5s found in the street
guard—some qualification in regard fo property j to be taken, which soon tranquilized the moh.—
—some interest in the county represented—no j We paraded the town witli parties of two or three
matter how inconsiderable. Reduce it to $5, ifyou ! soldiers to about six or eight constables, and at foi r
choose. But, at least, require a man to be able to j all was tranquil and quiet, when a party of High-
pay all his just debts, and to swear safely that he j landers, foot, arrived by a* forced march from Per
is worth something besides, before you make him j shore. Perhaps £20 will pay all the damage.—
a representative. I am fully sensible, sir, said Mr. The magistrates were v.t*rv active (though anti-
II. that the possession of property does not increase I reformers) or much damage was contemplated.'—
a man’s ability to serve the people. Money does Fifteen persons have lieen taken into custody, but
not increase the power of judgment—nor a man’s no one was seriously hurt, and on Sunday, the city
fidelity, nor his intellect. But somethingis neces- remained perfectly tranquil.
sary to keep this body as pure as it can be kept. Lynn, JVov. 2.—On Sunday evening week, a
This, Mr. H. thought, was a proposition that! fire broke out on a form al Hillgay, not far distant
would bear the strictest scrutiny. In what the j from this place. The corn,, with other properly
gentleman said of colonial bondage, I think he was i consumed by the conflagration, is said to aroniwit
mistaken. In the British Parliament, there is no J to nearly £1,000, and report states that it was iu4
property qualification required—nor was there of insured,
those who represented the colonies. This lea- POLAND,
ture of our constitution was the act of the con veil- j We copy from the Times of the 8th Nov. tiie
tion of 1798, and it was not adopted but on due j following invitation, which is, in the course of sin-
and thorough consideration. The gemleman ex- | nature, by the mosl distinguished Polish patriots in
presses his regret that I should persist so long in j Fiance and England, addressed to the Polish poo-
error. Sir, if! am in error it is an error of the head j pie. It is couched in language and breathes a di>
and not of the heart, I can assure him. It is an er- j termination worthy of the gallant men from whom
ror, if it he one, of the judgment exclusively. Our i it proceeds, and the noble race to whom it is di-
feelings have been sought to be enlisted by a re
ference to those who fight the battles of the coun
try. Mr II. thought there were many who served
the country in that capacity, wlien needed, wlioare
worth some property. That part of the gentle
man’s argument was addressed to the passions, and
not to the reason of the house. Mr. IT. hoped
that, on a subject like this, the. reason would have
been exclusively addressed. Finally, on every view
of the subject which Mr. H. was capable of giv
ing to it, he was satisfied that the bill ought not to
pass.
FOREIGN.
retried. They seem determined not to become
tiie slaves of the Autocrat, but to seek, in our con
genial soil, an asylum, where they may wait more
propitious davs
ADDRESS TO THE POLES BY THEIR
COUNTRYMEN IN ENGLAND AND
FRANCE.
Fot.es !—Confident in the enlightened spirit of
the age, nnd in the sanctity of your course, you
rose to throw off’ the yoke of the oppressor. The
world, in astonishment, has witnessed your achieve
ments ; but nations whom honor, duty, and even
interest, commanded to assist you, have pusillaniro-
ously betrayed the common cause. - Future ages
will shew how base was their conduct, how short
sighted their policy. The contest is at an end;
1he sword of the autocrat has triumphed. Eu
rope, by her callous indifference to your misfor
tunes, participates in the unhallowed act. Poland
is no more; erased frorn^ the list of natious, she is
Home Department,, lamenting and deprecating
the circumstances.—Car. Gazette.
From the Liverpool Journal, 5.
(»reat alarm prevailed through town yesterday,
in consequence of letters from New Castle, statin nr
that the Cholera had made its appearance on Sun
derland, and soon after the arrival of the Post the
following extract from the letter of one of the most
respectable houses in New Castle, w as j>osted in
Exchange News Room.
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.
The packet ship Sheffield, at New-York, brings
London papers of the 8th. Liverpool of the 9 th,
and the Shipping Lists and Lloyd’s, to the latest
dates. The intlligencc is interesting in the ex
treme. The internal condition of England con
tinues to be alarming, and riots and burnings are
the order of the day. That the Lords wiil again
reject the Reform Bill wc cannot believe, and until
that bill has finally become the Law of the land,
there is no reason to expect quiet.
Sir Francis Burdet has placed himself at the
head of the Union Clubs.
That the Cholera has actually appeared at Sun
derland, we are inclined to believe is but too true.
The Globe says, “ We learn wfith great pleasure
that no new cases of cholera have been reported to
the Board of Health; and we have seen several
letters this morning from Sunderland and New
castle, which deny that it is the real Asiatic cholera
that has appeared there.” And the latest Times
says, that but one new ease occurred on the day
that the latest accounts left that town, and adds
that its existence there, in any shape, is matter of
doubt,
LATE FROM EUROPE.
AY e are indebted to the New-York Courier Sr
Enquirer, for a slip containing intelligence from
Liverpool to the 5th Nov. inclusive, by the arriv
al nt that port of the George. Clinton, ( apt. Haw- doomed anew to a long*slavery,
son. The items are few, but not unimportant.— j Countrymen !—AVhat can we'exuect from the
The approach ot the Cholera, and the fatality j conqueror? His rage and fury we have already
which has attended its introduction into England, j defied, and if an unexpected.effort of liupianifv
renders every quarantine precaution necessary.— j should attempt to spare our sufferings, fecimgs of
Lhe total number of deaths hy the riots m Bristol, ] patriotism would be more deeply wounded than
is thirty wounded and maimed fifty one. A ; they have ever been by every crueltv and torture,
meeting was held by the Merchants and Citizens formerly devised to suppress them; for what, short
of Bnsto on the subject ol the popular Commotions j of the independence of Poland, can satisfy met*
which adopted an an dress to the secretary of the who have sworn to die, for her freedom ?
Poles !—You have hitherto done all that became
a great and noble nation. You have spared no
sacrifices to attain your great object: thousands of
your brave brethren ha ve already sealed with their
blood ’heir great compact with Heaven, to die for
their country. But if the sword of our enemy
spared our lives, let usremcriilicr that we are bo trial
to devote every hour that.remains to us to emulate
the heroes that have fallen, and whose honor and
glory are our most sacred trust. No inducement
of fortune, rank, and interest shall betray us into
an act unworthy ol our most solejn vows: ihesc
must be guarded as the spotless name of Pole,
which will henceforth be left, to Europe as that oft
patriotism anil devotion.
Poles! let us leave that wretched car;ntry, now
no more our own, though soaked.with 1 lie best
blood of her defenders—let us leave Europe, a
hearties* spectator of our struggle and despair.—
America is tiie only country worthy of affording
nn asylum to men wlio have sacrificed every thiag
for freedom; there Poland will be enshrined in our
hearts, and heaven will perhaps bless our devotion-
IVtrrsaw, Oef, 85.—News was received her*
yesterday that the fortress ofeEamosc has submit
ted at discretion to the celemency qChis'Majesi*
tiie Emperor, and King? .The garrison consists ol
4200 men.
It appears from a census lately taken, that tn^
number of inhabitants of Warsaw is now 118,943,
not including the persons Who arrive daily. The
population has tlierefore been diminished in the
course of this year by 1 25,000—namely, 15,090
males and 10,000 females. Among the present
population are 19,214 Jejvs; in the third quarter
of fhe city they are numerous and exceed