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From the Western Monthly Magazine,
POLITICS.
I lm.l long been a student of-politics in the ab-
struct. I had read the works of the wise, from
Pluto to Jt remy Bentham. 1 had marked, with
rare,.the growth of the English constitution. I
had traced, strp by step, the progress of that
great science—the science of legislation—“from
the feudal ages to our own illumined century. I
had long mused with wonder and delight, over
the principles and proportions ol'the government
of my own land—and often iiad I thanked God,
that he had given me to live in such a land. I
had acquired a good idea of political economy,
also; had pondered tbo works of Smith, and
weighed the peculiar doctrines of Ricardo, Say,
Al iltlius and ALCulloch. But whilejmsicd in
gathering this theoretical knowledge, I had al
most entirely neglected passing events and pre
valent opinions. Shut up in my study, I heard
little of the wordy tempest that was raging a-
broad. Newspapers I seldom read; and when
I did, I skipped the politics. Nothing can be
more uninteresting, than the cavils of a partis
an, to one that neither knows nor cares where
fore he so frets himself. I knew, of course,
that Jackson and Clay were contending for the
■presidency; I knew that the first had been a
brave and successful soldier; and the last, a
what do you belong to?” “To the Americar
pcoglc.” “And what do you wish and pra
for?” “For the happiness of my follow-citi
zens, and my fellow-men.”
'Vo Were ten miles beyond that place bofor<
another word was exchanged. My friend had
evidently got hold of a strange idea, and li:
knew not vital to think it—whether flesh, /is
or fowl. At last, he renewed the conversation.
“I am not,” said lie, “a partisan; but I canno
comprehend your indi/lercncc*.” “Iani not in
different,” said I,—“far from it; ifl knew win
would best forward the interest of my country,
tint man I would follow; but I am ignorant.”
lie bade me read the papers ;• he referred me to
documents, tospcechesinnumcrablc;he became 1
eloquent in opposition to General Jackin.—
His gray eye gleamed with don.h'.c intelligence
iiis broad, freckled face seemed inspired, as
lie demonstrated that the president was oppos
ed to the constitution, and meant to destroy it;
that bis party were the vilest of the land—the
mob, tbo populace, tbo anarchists; that his
measures aimed at making (lie executive su
preme ; that if he remained In the chair, it
would he to make that chair a throne; to set
the north against the south; the poor against
the rich ; the ignorant against the educated:
to divide the Union into sections, the sections
j >le dat vork to make de whole happy 5 Jat chose
le vise men and de good nien for ruler, and in
, ,, , .. , . . , , into parties; to unbind the faggot, and sepa-
bold and suMessful poht.cmn—so much was ratc stkk f rom stick and ^ s araid thc st ' rm
matter ol history. 1 hat a soldter should be | aild tUe stru ,„ l0j and tho consternation, to seize
ing of thc h .ppincss and improvement of tlie
people governed; and tho lawgiver, and lie
that executes thc laws, and every one that has
an inlluence over them, should be capable of
understanding the true happiness of the com
munity, and the true way of securing that hap
piness. In this view of the case, the legislator
should bo> chosen solely with an eye to his ca
pability of making good laws; the executive,
solely with an eye to bis power and Known de
sire of executing those laws in their spirit. To
bestow any office of responsibility, as a reward,
I conceived to be. dangerous, and subversive
ot the first principles of our government; for if
the people reward tho services done them, by
tho highest office in their gift, can they look
tii it individuals having power ttt bestow office,
will not regard those that have done them ser
vice, rather than those that are fitted to serve
thc public 1 And to bestow a civil office as a
reward for military services, was, to toy think
ing, to go back to the principles and ways of
the dark ages. However; of General Jackson
I know nothing, and he might be; like Washing
ton, great in the cabinet as in the field. I
stood, consequently, in relation to the presiden
tial question, perfectly neutral; ami with re
gard to all thc other questidus of the hour, perfect
ly ignorant.
To do away this' ignorance; to come to some
understanding of t!io temper and character of
tlio people; to observe the operations of the re
publican system—I thought would be but prop
er, before entering into public life; and as a
first step, I determined to go through thc great
democratic state of Kentucky,ot the time of.riie
presidential election, and thus have a view of the
enlightened yeomanry of our country, when in
terested and excited in the exercise of their
sovereign power.
It was upon a damp and uncomfortable morn
ing, that I got into the stago for Lexington.
Tircro were two passengers, but I could not dis
cover their features in the misty twilight; ainf
as conversation—beyond a growl at the delay of
the ferry-boat, ortho sleepiuess of sumo post-
nmstar by the wayside, or. the weakness of the
burse gears;—is out ofthc question before break
fast, l thought my best way was, to wrap myself
iirmv cloak, and con over my plans, and hopes,
and, if possible, go to sleep. I slept according
ly. At th.; proper hour and place, we stopped,
snatched a hasty breakfast, and again resumed
our scats.
I had observe I that one ofiny companions, a
man with a very high shirt coiiar, to which but
littlcstarcb had been used, and a bropd-brimmed
white hat, had appeared a good deal agitated
during breakfast, bad eyed me continually, both
there and in the stage, looking as though he
longed to say something to me,- but was uncer
tain whether I was the right person or not, all
which attention puzzled me not a little, as I was
not aware tint I had overseen him before. Not
a word, however,- Was addressed io me during
tin; first stage a iter breakfast. Tho two gentle
men on tho back scat exchanged a few pithy ob
servations on the weather, the reads, and the
harvest; hut my opposite friend was evidently
too full of something to take any interest in gen
eral matters, until tint something was off his
mind. When we stopped to change horses, I
jumped out and walked into the bar-room to
wanu my toes; my friend of the high collar fol
lowed me. I drew up a chair to the fire—lie
drew up one likewise. I expected now to be ad
dressed. He poked the backstick and kicked the
forestick, and looked round at me. “It is cool,
air,” said lie. “It is so, indeed, sir,” said b He
gave another kick—looked round again; the
Words were upon his lips, but he seemed unable
to grve them utterance ; and clenched hi - teeth,
he startodup, walked to the window, and poured
a glass of whiskey from tin; decanter standing
there. There was a pause; he took a turn up J
thc room/hesitated a moment, and then walk
ing straiglrt up to me, with % his hands in his
breeches pockets, “Sir,” said lie, “do you
•vote for.Jackson? “I do not, sir,” said I. Ho
took another turn; when he came back, his
brow was clearer, and one hand half extended;
“You go then, of coarse, for Glay.” “Indeed,
.1 do not, sir,” said I. He bh his lip, and plun
ged his hands again into those* unknown depths.
“Do you vote for Wirt, sir?” said he, with a
low voice, like tl»c muttering of far off thun
der. “No,” was still my answer. Ilis eyes
•Opened in amazement, and it almost sacmed to
T*e, horror. > “Then who, sir, in the name of
all that’s strahgc, do 3-00 vote fori” “Sir,”
said I, “I am not a voter.” Such a catastro
phe was wholly unexpected. He stared at mo
« minute, and then went for advice to the whis
key-battle. “But, sir,” said he returning to
the charge, “you have preferences!” “Not i.<
th 1 -least. “No preferences!” “.Norn; whal
er r.” “Do vou not think Jackson a despotl”
“.No.” l yiot Clay an aristocrat!” “No.”
“Nor Wirt a renegade and a hypocrite?”—
“Not I.” Do yon belong to no party-?”—
“No no.” <f Do ycu follow no loader I” “None.”
“Then what—lbr the love of mercy, tell me—
stance, and I arrived at Georgetown a Clay-
man. But fate had determined that I should
not long remain so. I was put into a rdoni at
the hocei, where I found a small nian of about
five feet five inches, in a blue coat and velvet
collar, busily employed with an immense pile
of papers. I was myself somewhat excited and
•agitated with thc thought of what dangers my
country had to go through, and wondered that
they had n -ver occurred to ma before; and so
instead of going th bed, I began to walk up and
down the room; 'Sty companion like most small
men, was talkative and pushing his spectacles
up on liii forehead, he rubbed his eyes, and
yawning observed, that ij was hard work—hard
work—and very few thanks given after all.—
My mind was of course of Jackson’s usurpation
of which I longed for undoubted proofs; and
when I heard this observation of my chuni’s,
and noted the pile of written documents before
him, 1 came, at once, without any tedious inter
mediate steps, to die conclusion, that this was
a patriot who had collected the very proofs I
longed for; and with a look and emphasis that
must havo spoken volumes; I exclaimed, “Sat
isfy me, sir, that Jadtsun is a tyrant, and you
are my friend fofever!” The man recoiled
five feet from me; his spectacles fell from his
narrow brow, and falling, caught upon the end
of his long nose ; and ghastly seemed his small
quick eyes, as they (lushed upon me over the
silver rirrfs.' “A tyrant!” he shotted; “sir,
he’s his country’s savior.” “He’s an usurper,”
stiid I. “He’s the champion of liberty,” said
lie. “He will crush our liberties' to’ tho dust,”
I exclaimed. “He will build them up to heav
en,” he answered; and so we might have con
tinued, asserthfgand counter-asserting, all night
had not some gesture of mine upset nil the little
man’s papers. “There,” said he, stooping to
pick them up, “are proofs, sir, urefragible
proofs/ol" General'Jackson’s unspotted patri
otism.” Let me be brief, for *tis too dull a
Subject, I well know, to expatiate upon; we
spent hours in going over those papers. They
were cosclusivc—perfectly uncontrovcrtiGle;
they shoe cd tbo president to be iu truth im
maculate, and proved Harry Clay to be aiming
at supreme .porter by the most despicable chi
canery’. They informed me that the United
States Bank, which I had ignorantly looked
upon as a commercial institution, was,* in fac:
an immense political engine.’ I wifi not go in
to detail. Suffico it to say, that I became a
Jackson-man in ioto. It was aglorious discov
ery I bad made, but it cost me a night’s rest.—
The drealn iif which I had so long lay', was bro
ken; f saw,' with horror, my uaiive land, thc
home ot freedom, the hope of thc World, a field
of contention, where envy, jealousy and cal
umny walked unmaskcdfrafad’tbe highest bid
der was the best man. 1 determined, at one
time, to return home; at another, to plunge
into the vortex, and save m\ country from ru
in. Hope, fear, despair, ruled me by turns.—
At length morning came; it found me weary
and haggahl. I had concluded togoon to Lex
ington, tfnd took my scat in the stage. There
was one passenger,—dark, slcrn and silent. My
mind was full and would overflow; and what
was thc consequence I The dark man was an
anti mason; two hours were ample tlirie to brush
away the cobwebs that had been woven, about
my' brain. I saw now with other eyes;' I saw
Clay and Jackson alike aiming at undue influ
ence. I saw' a secret brotherhood undermining
the very corner-stone of all our institutions.
“Crush masonrysaid thc dark man, “and you
crush* intrigue and bribery, come und -r what
name it will. Smite the'root, the bidden root,
and the trunk will need no blazing,-' and thc
branch will rot of itself.” . 11 indu'd dt Postle^
waite’s an antimason." My health has never
been very good, and the anxiety and excite
ment ofthc last nvo ; dhys,"was too much for
111c. I lost my appetite’ anil niy spirits,' and
my strength began to fail.' And still I heard
thc hum of politics all about me. At first,
each argument had appeared to me perfect;
but now, that I thought of the matter, ani con
sidered that each had seemed true, and only
one could be true, I Was more perplexed' than
ever.
The result of it all, was, I had a fever.' Pol
itics wen; forbidden in my presence, however,
and, in time, I recovered. The election wa
then over—the mental epidemic had subsided,
and 1 determined to make the best of my way
homo. There was a French gentleman in the
coach, polite and kind, as all French gentlemen
are, but who looked excessively frightened.
If politics were mentioned, he moved convul
sively; antf once, when I observed, in shak
ing of the soils, that the country iu that neigh
borhood appeared to be all clay, lie shrunk from
.nc in evident alarm. 1 felt-for the (>oor man;
and upon thc first opening, asked him the
c.iuse ol his fears. “Sare,” said he, “I come
t j Amerique to see von grande nation enjoy
.to hberte. 1 look for find all broder all brodcr,
all vise. In my imagination, I see von poo
ls chaise, act togeder like de friend. Mais,
oarblcu! I find de same fight of dose "in de
•rower. I find de bribe, do quarrel, de hard
vord. I go to de hotel, and, mafoi, dey say,
•ia ! y r ou Jaqueson or Clay ? I get in de s*age,
ind dey say ’gain, you safe, you Jaqueson or
Clay ? Every where de vorry me to piece.
Yli, Monsieur l you have von grande coiuitrie,
•’ou have de people avee bcaucoup de forte
hut vid all de libertr, I see much dat vould
make me miserable. I shall go back to France
are ; dere we hive von revolution, and all _
-.dl! again; here, it seems to me revolution all
time, I shall go hack to France, sare, tout
, -i pres." I wondered not a whit, at the poor
man’s disgust. I threw to the wind, all ideas
of publicity in a political way. I took td o’th
or studies, other hopes, and look forward now
to other prospects. National perfection I
longer consider attainable; jnor desirable even
The love of political onjiiipiice seems as.strange
to nie«£^kmtms hejng what they afe—as the
love of the sea and the ship seems strange to
the landsman, who has been just far enough to
feel the nausea and misery of the rocking ele
inent, and whose hands have caught a flavor of
tar from some rope by which he steadied him
self. I have long prayed for “those that go
down in ships upon the great waters;” I have
now added a petition for those that afe tossed
on thc sea of politics; for they arc hourly' nigh
to a worse shipwreck than can ever befal ■ the
honest mariner—the shipwreck of good faith
THE ENFORCING BILL.
AN ACT further to provide for the Cdllcc-
tion of Duties ou Imports’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives ofthc- United States of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled, That whenever, by
reasons of unlawful obstructions, combinations
or assemblages of persons, it shall become im
practicable, in the judgment of the Presi
dent, to execute? the feVenuo lawsj and cdlldct
tim duties pc imports in the ordinary way, in
iu any collection district, it shallaiud may bo
lawful for the President to direct that the cus-;
tom-house for such district be established and
kept in any secure place within some port or
harbor of such district either upon laud or on
hoard any vessel; andj in that case it shall be
the duty of tho collector to reside at such place,
and there to detain all vessels and cargoes ar
riving witlfair said district until the . duties im
posed on said cargoes,-by Irfw/ b'e paid in cash
deducting interest according to existing laws;
and in such.cases it shall be unlawful to take
the vessel or cargo from the custody of the prop
er o/ficer of the customs, unless by process fronl
some court of the United {States; and in case
of an attempt otherwise (o' take such vessel or
cargo by any force, or combination,' or assem
blage of persons too great to be overcome by
the officers of tho customs/it shall and may he
lawful for the President of the United States,
or such person or persons as he shall havo em
powered for that purpose, to employ such part
of the land or naval forces, or militia of the U-
nited States as may be deemed necessary for
the purpose of preventing tho removal of such
vessel or cargo, and protecting the officers of
tho customs in retaining the custody thereof.
9sr~ 2j And be it further enacted, That the
jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United
States shall extend to all cases, in law or equi
ty, arisi.ig under the revenue laws of the United
States, for which other provisoes arc not .alrea
dy made by law; and if any person shall receive
any injury to his person or property for or on
account of any act by him done; under any
law of the United States, for the protection of
the revenue or the collection of duties on im
ports, lie shall be entitled to maintain suit for
damage (lib re for ip the circuit court of tbo U-
nited States in tl>o district wherein the party
doing the injury may reside or shall be found.
And all property taken or detained by any of
ficer or other person under authority of nijy
revenue law ofthc Unitpd States shall be .irre
pleviable and shall be deemed to be in tho cus
tody of the law, and subjert only' to tire orders
and decrees of the courts of the United States
having jurisdiction thereof. And if any per
son shall dispossess or rescue, or attempt to
dispossess or rescue, any property^ taken or
detained as' aforesaid, or shall aid or assist
therein, such person shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor/and shall be liable to such pun
ishment as is’provided by the ^twenty-second
section of thc act for die puisfdnent of certain
crimes against the United States, approved the
thirteenth day April anno domipi one thousand
seven hundred and ninety, for tbo wilful obstruc
tion or resistance of officers in tne service of
livered to the clerk of the State Court, or left
at bis office by the marshal of the district, or
his deputy, or some person duly authorized
therW;'and, thereupon, it shall K© the diity of
the said State court to stay all further proceed
ings iii siich cause, and the said suit or prosecu
tion, upon delivery of such process, or leaving
tiie same as aforesaid, shall be deemed and ta
ken to be moved to tho said circuit court, and
any further proceedings, trial or judgment
therein in the State court shall bn wholly null
and void, And if the defendant in any sucli
suit be in actual custody on mesne process
therein, it shall be the duty of the marshal; by
virtue of the writ of habeas corpus cum causa,
to take tbo bddy’of the .defendant into his cus
tody', to. be. dealt with in the said cause accord
ing to tile rules of Jaw and order of the circuit
court, or of any judge thereof in vacation. And
all-attachments made, and all bail and other
security given upon such suit or prosecution,
shall be and continue In’ like farce and effect,
a* if the t sama suit or pr6sc£uti,on, had proceed
ed to final judgment and execution in the State
court. And if upon the removal of aiiy such
suit, or prosecution, it shall be made to appear
to the said circuit court that nn copy of the re
cord and proceedings therein, in the State court,
can be obtained, it shall be lawful for said cir
cuit court to allow and require tho plaintifl’to
proceed de novo; aild to file a declaration
of lils cause of action, and the parties may
thereupon proceed as in actions originally
brought in said circuit court; and on failure of
so proceeding, judgment ot non pros, may be
rendered against the plaintiff with costs for the
defendant.
Sec. -£ And be it further enacted, That in
any case in whiqh any par ly is, or may be by
law, entitled to copies of the record ,and pro
ceedings in any suit or prosecution in any State
Court, to be used in any court of the United
States if tho clerk of said State court shall, up
on demand; and the payment or,tender ofthc
legal fees’,' refuse or neglect to deliver to such
party certified copies of siich .record and pro
ceedings, the court of the United States in
which such record and proceedings may be
needed, on proof, by affidavit, that the clork
oif siich Stare court has refused or neglected to
deliver copies, thereof, on demand as aforesaid
may direct and allow such record to be suppli
ed by affidavit, or otherwise, as the circum
stances of the case may require and allow; and,’
thereupon, such proceeding, trial, and judgment
may bo bad hi die Said, court, of. tbo United
States, and all sucli processes awarded; as if
certified copies of such records and proceed
ings had;beer« regularly. before the said court.
Sec. 5. And. be it further enacted, That
who never the president of the United States
shall be officially informed, by thc authorities
of any State, or by a judge of any circuit or
district court of the United States, in the State
that, within the limits of such State, any law
or laws of the United States, or the execution
thereof, or of any process from the courts of
the United States is obstructed by the employ
ment of military' force or by any other unlaw
ful means, too’great-to be overcome by the or
dinary course of judicial proceeding, or by thc
powers vested in the marshal by' existing laws,
shall be lawful for him, tho President of the
United States, forthwith, to issue his procla
mation, declaring such fact or information, and
equiring all such military and other force
Cold and Land Lotteries.
process.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in’
any case where suit or prosecution shall be
commenced in a court of any State against any
officer of thc United States, or gtlier .person,
for or on account of any act, done, under the
revenue laws' of. the United States, or under
color thereof, or for or on account of any right,
authority, or title, set up or claimed 1$ such
officer, or other person, under any such law
of thc United States, it shall be lawful fdt the
defendant in sucli suit, or prosecution, at any
time before trial, upon a petirion to thc,circuit
court, of the U. States, in and for the district
iff which the defendant shall have been served
with process, setting forth the nature of said
suit or prosecution,'and verifying the said peti
tion by affidavit,'together with a certificate sign
ed by an attorney or counsellor at law of some
court of record of thc State in’which sucli' suit
shall have been' corftinenccd/oV of the United
Slates, setting forth that, as counsel for-the pe
titioner,'he lias, examined tho proceedings a-
jjainst him, and lias carefully inquired into all
the matters set forth in the petition, and that
be believes the same to be truewhich petition,
allfidayit; and certificate,- shall be presented to
the said circuit court, if In session, and if not,
to the clerk thereof,- at his office, and shall be
fil tl in said office, and thc cause shall thereup
on bo entered on the docket of said court, and
shall be thereafter proceeded in as a cause o-
riginally commenced in that court; and it shall
he the duty ofthc clerk of said court, if the suit
were commenced in the court below by sum
mons, to issue a writ of certiorari to the State
court, requiring said court to send to the said
circuit court the record and proceedings in
said cause, or if it were commenced by capias,
he shall issue a writ of habeas corpus cum cau
sa, a duplicate of which said writ shall be de-
fqrtliwitlt to disperse; and if at any time, after
issuing such proclamation, and such opposition
or obstruction shall be made, in the’ manner or
bjr the means aforesaid, the President shall be
and hereby is, authorized, promptly,to employ
such means to suppress thc same, and to cause
thc said laws or process to bo duly exec.ut'ed, as
arc authorized and provided iq the cases there
in mentioned by tbo act oT the twenty-eighth
of February, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-five, entitled “An act to provide for
calling forth the militia to execute the laws ot
the Uniou, suppress insurrections, repel inva-
sions.-.and to repeal the act now in force for
that purpose;” and also, by the act of the third
of March, one thousand eight hundred and
seven, entitled “An act authorizing the em
ployment of the land and naval forces of the
United States in cases of insurrection.”
Sec. G. And be it further exacted, That in
auy State wheretbpjail-Va’rc not allowed to be
used for the imprisonment of persons arrested
or committed under the laws of tbo United
States, or where bouses are not allowed to be
so used, it shall and may be lawful for any mar
shal, under the direction of the judge of the U-
nitei States for the proper district, to’use oth
er convenient places, within the limits of said
State, and to make such other provision as he
may deem expedient and necessary for the
purpose.
Sec. 7.:And be it further enacted, That ei
ther of the justices, of the Supreme Court, or a
judge of any. district court of the United States,
in addition to tire authority already conferred
by law, shall have power to grant writs of ha
beas corpus in all cases of a prisoner or prison
ers, in jail or confinement, where he or they
shall be committed or confined on, or. by .any
authority or law, for any act dope/or omitted
to be done, .in pursuance of a law. ofthc United
States/or any. order,-process, or decree, of any
judge or cour't thereot’a'ny thing in any act of
Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.—
And ff any person or persons to wlibin siich
writ of habeas’corpus may be directed, shall re
fuse to obey the sa'me, or shall neglect or refuse
to make return or shall make a false return
thereto, in addition ro the remedies already
given by law, lie or they shall be deemed and
taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
on co/iv-iction before any court of competent
jurisdiction, be punished by fine, not exceed
ing one thousand dollars and by imprisonment
not exceeding six months gr by either, accord
ing to thc nature, and aggravation >f thc case.
Sec. 8. And be A- further crulc.tr. f' That tho
several provisions contained in’ the first and
fifth sections of this act sliajl be in force until
the and of next Session of Congress, and no
longer. ,
Passed the Senate. Attest ;
WALTER LOWRIE Secretary.
F DUR months after d ite, application will he
mad? to the court of ordinary for leave to
sell niuoty-eiglit acres of land more or less, being
the east part of lot No. 169, in the first district of
originally Henry now Butts county, belonging to
the estate of John Barron, deceased.
SMITH BARRON, Adm’or.
March 9, 1833. 25
GOLD LOTTERY
Prizes, drawn up to March 13.
J2i&6—David F Riley 639 20 3; Win Johnson
(Shiuey) 493 19 2; John Singer 219 11 1; John
Kings orps 657 4 1; Thus D Dyess 1261 31; W1x
P Tompkins 358 21 3; Wm L Southall 396 19 2;
H G Lamar 1090 2 2; Robt V Grumbles 12 1 4;
Win A Haywood .898 19 2; L J Groce 64 2 1;
Jos Moseley’s of’76 litfO 3 4; Nath Barker ;49
2 4; Albert Ivey 639 16 2; John Daniel 76 13
J A Tharp 363.33; . .G Petty J094 3 4- J A Tharp
322 t6 4; Bonj.Goxwell 346 1 1; S W Tomp
kins 63 18 3; Rhoda Groce w 1027 19 8; R Will
iams 102114 J; Anderson M’Ncal 68 16 2; A B
M‘Guire 46 12 1; S Williams 102 18 3;,Thomas
Collins 858 5 1; L IS Chauibless 106 15 1; Green
Wilder 333 I 3; J D jWiiun i38 18 3; Rieli Boz-
worth 871 16 2; Eli Frost 1094 18 3; Thomas
Gardner392 15 2; Thus Martin 8 43; Jas Glea-
*on 5 12; Bennett Morgan 256 11 1; S Rainey
97619 2; Jas Patton 49 21 2; Wm, S Norm mi
445 1 1; J P Palmer 446 5 1; • VVnMIiingtbn Poe
576 2 2; D J Carr 900 2 2; Wm J Due 461 1 3;
Win F Clark 1071 1.
Itutts—Robt Lawson.444 16 2: Rich P.irl'er
261 2 ?; (j Hendrick946 16 2; John M'Miplyu-J
436 15 2; Rich Harper 382 2 4; Josiah Hardy
599 1 2; J Gilbert 802 2 3; Robt Kilcrcase 1139
19 3; Wm Power 244 17 2; S Wilkerson 475 1
2; Jas W Watkins 213 182, Phil Thurman 807
15 2;. NB Burnett8 13 1; Mary B Sharp orp
734 3 4; Obadiah O Hastv36l 13.. Robt J M*-
Tyre 699 4 3; R Williams 1290 3 4; F Smith 3S3
2 1; Juhu Andrews 471 13 1; S S Scott 446 2 4;
U ill Amos 307 1 4; L Tomlinson 572 17 3; G
Moody 836 2 3; Win Phillips 1200 3 4; James
Pridgen 2o5 1 1; Wm Redmans orps 60 163.
Campbell—Wm Hick? 12 7 3 4; Jos Woodall
121 4 1; E Woatherinetou 425 13 1; J M Hoop
er 645 19 3; Jas Wilkins sr 484 3 £; Eliz Duke
w 1107 19 2; J MJnish 76 14 1; E S Jackson
726 2 4; 1. Strickland 257 21 3; Taotnas Glass
135 12 1; Lewis Cooper 476 19 2; Geo .Moore
50 13 1; J W Jones 970 21 3; M Gray 1253 19
3;.JohnS Truwit2l2 12 1; John ill Boggs 915
53; Rylqp ftPGu’iic 407 1 1; Josiah Vann 345
16 4; M M'Eiwreatli 938 14 1; Stephen Hester
402 19 3; 14 Camp 82 18 3; Jas Lougiao 12 3 1;
E Herndon 372 2 3; .Ivan M*Gouirt43 1 3.
Coweta—|A lliltou 601 17 2; Jas W Carsoo
39911 1; Mile-. Smith 775 12-1; O Spragiugsjr
1220 2.1 3; H Gibson 1274 18.3;; J Fielding 918
18 3; Jas Sbaddix 821 3 4; Johu.Turner 956 11
1; J as Rellv 389173; Genrgo Nix 27 1 3; Hen
ry Neely 557,5 1; Jas Thomas 866 3 3; Win
Smith 193 1 3; B Haynie 901 2 3; Wm Morgan
152 18 1; Jos M Handley 361 2 1; D Corley 971
19 3; J E Conyers 937 4 3; Ishain Smith 1247
3 8; W Struger 207 18 3; J as Gay 43 11 J; T
Eason 330 1 2; S Holland 1129 2 2; Arch Bcu-
tou 52 1 1; Win R Williamson 129t II t; Jacob
Gurley 414 131'; S ABreedlove 535 31; R Har
kins 13818 3.
Crawford—1 hos J Curtis 743 2 2; Sam Mont
gomery 975 ltj.3; John Matthews sr 390 151;
M It Myriek 603 2.2, Uriah IJIappey- 930 19 2;
JasCuretou 182 18 3; H H Langford 305.19. 3;
Wm B Simmons 45 5 1; D Campbell 184 14 1:
M Bowden 514 15 1; John Brooks 171 2 2; R .L
M‘Murry 843 11 1; Ellis Wood 10l3 2 2; Aq’nl-
ta Blakely 125 15 1; Josiah Moody 29 13 1; B
M Sauders 752 3 4;. Jos Buudrick 840 14 1; T
Crutcnficld 33320 3; E Heard 940 2 1; M in 11
Brooks sr 55 5 1; Jos Wilder 2 21 3; J Lagroue
1961 5; Joshua Barnes 104 1 3; D Dawson 529
3 2; J B Ellis 253 19 2; John Barker 1821 2; J
Hicks 535 2 8; Johu Deloach 1U3 2 2; O Nash
orp 1094 16 2; FA TBursotr 16511 1; A John
son 1273 15 2. ... , . .
Fayetter-Jlijobes lU 12 1; H Clcikcr 1273
17 3; isaacAV’lijUoy 50 3 1;. H M Stare 270 2 2;
S Mccumbs 730 3 3; 11 Heard 79 1 1; A Miller
875 9 2; Allen Brooks 579 1 3; Jas Alford 502
5 1; John Graves sr 1275 192; HD Madgx. 245.
3 i; Win P W>lson 378 13 1; T W Davis 126
18 1; Wm Watts 158 I 2'; Alfred Brown i255
18 3; John M'Loau 734 3 1; 11 Dorman 645 1 4;
H D Puuol515 1; J Lamberth 19 15 2; Wm B
Hul 500 2 4; John Johnson 44612 1; VVrn.Pow
ell sr 1108 111; Rich Millers orps 140.2 4%. John
Al‘Donald 6J5 21 2; SV illis West 521 4 3; Wm
Brussell 135 2 1; S Bearden 7< 1 111; J R B os-
worth 159 18 3; J M Forbus 574 3 3; T Coletnan
1064 3 3. .. . .
Henri/—Thos G.Bunplt.57Q .18 2; Ja» Moore
1260 16 3; Elisha Crew.696 3 4; A Johnson 154
164; Tbos R Kussell 1818 4 3; C F Knight 463
11 1; John Fargasuu 860 3 1; Sami A Clark 185
1 3; Betij Moj-riss 875.21 2; VVip .Russell 473 16
4; Allen Parkei 330 17 3; Nathan Gann 544 21
3; Gyros liyce 158 21; L Woodall 138 2 2; M J
Stewarts orps 125 16 2; E M Cook 878 182; J
Owens 875 3 1; V Brooks orps 622 12; PA
Cates 344 1 4; Parker Eason i5 3 l, N Vinson
374 2 J; A Tatum 753 18 2; Rhody .Gardner
1157 18 3; Robt Waugh938 20 3; Ira G Jackson
519 3 4; Jcsso Johnson 664 20 3; Win Wood840,
34; S Williams 994 162; Wnt Edwards 108(12
8; Fergus Russell 541 14 1; John C Gipson 902
ill; Win Kilpatrick h of f 709 4 John Tho
mas 447 17 3; Mary Rind' ret w 1282 3 4; Gilford
Jordan 28 192; J T Ra. sum 35J4 1; John Mur
ray 2U5 21 3; S W Stephens 605 2 i; Wm T
Crews 9td f l’; D’S Kimbrell66 17 3; Joshua J
Evius 791*11, t; John Walker 228 18 2; Amasa
Speuccr 716 3 J; J S .Mitchell 12US 2L 2; Henry
N l^ope h of 842 2 2. Jas Murray 694 15 2; llil-
ley Brooks 667 152; Jas Beal) .1216 2 3; Miltou
Kiug 322 21; . Wiq. Dodson 1196 3 4; J Watkins
613 5 1; Sami’.Vysems 246 2 2; Cullen Bass 285
14 1; Joshua Starr 346 2.2: R Mayes 878 19 2;
Jas J Lovejoy 258 17 3;'Flauders Thompson 178
2 If it m- Garrett 917 213, , .
Houston— Wiley T Wilkes ,298 3 3; A Jones
8t>5 3 2; Thos Jotiusou 594 J4 1; John B Can
non 188 18 2; YY'm Wiuget 978 3 2; J Kittreli
220 17 4; Neourty Muuzmgo w 377 1 3; •W.ntJM.*-
Keuzie 848 1 2; John S Taylor 99 18 3; . John
JtJptsu 373 13 A; Joipt Jones 760 1 4; J.ohti M‘-
Brydes orps 380 1 1; Jas Pope fi79 15 2; E No
bles 6'43 2 2; Eliz H alker w 512 4 1; H P Har
ris 1208 2 2; Jas E White 96 1 2; Johu Murray
1233 192; G A Weathersbie 857 21 2; J Mercer
671 L> 2; H Conyers 442 18 3; Jas J Bryaut 615
2 3; L Covington 38 5 1; L Brown 372 17 2; M
Lucky ,w 17513; Wm ftl‘Dowell 25117,4; Mo-
ie«.Thompson. 0 3 J; Richd Joimsou jr 287 11 1;
A ileus orps 181 34; Joseph Hawkins 358 11 t;
Wui Fail 917 16 8; L S Armstrong 58 15 2; A
Chuucey 521 l2l; Wm H Smith 689 15 2.
Jones—T Macphirson 1889 15 8; G Pope 12/6
31; il Blow 34 Id 3; D llysler 320 2 1; KD
Martin 3 3 3; Robt Pickett 59 15 2; El lute lungs
6l5 3 1. Martha Stewart 564 18 1; -N Norris
711 21; B Elliott 544 l 4; 1C Harris 11 19 3;
Wm Bruzeil 813,17 2; Geo Broach 813 1.2; i\
Colwell w 3 17 2; Benj Reynolds sr 957 1J 1; N
C! Wriglnlldd 19 3; Thos Lowe "UU 12 1; Thos
G Cook 6163 3; li Harman 123 2 4; Beuj Ellis
753 3 3; Joseph Harper 573 21 2; E Mewellen
4ud 16 2; Al Amos 544 13 1; J Bohaunn 1126 3
3; M Sullivan 73 11 1; NY in G Champion 396 15
1; 1 B Juhun 486 3 3; Y»uug Smith 968 19 2;
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Johu Pearsons orps 536 4 1; Jas Gates 553 li i;
NV un Paul sr 848 17 2; M P Carmichael w 550 l
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Greene 178 1 i; G D Anstey631 3 4; M Buck-
halter jr 67 1 2: J J Lamar32l 13 In; J M‘Clane
1096 121; J Modessctt 101812 1; NVm S Jones
1252 3 3; S Crutchfield 1045 21 3; U Bonner650
8 2; At Ussery 861 121; J Miller 333 8 4; Robt
Stuodley 381 3 4; Forney 628 3 3; B
Rabuus orps 60 2 8; NVm Gill697 14 1; David R
Brook 659 8 1; P Northern f?39 3 3; M Clavbmi
tv 1080 4 1; Thos D Oxford 685.17 3; J q 0 j
well 748 3 3; Jesse Johnson 74 16 2; AG WritJiif
66 2 2; Johu Simmons 261 13 1; EW‘ RumuoV
1814 1; A G P Blount 1027 17 3; Sami Wilson
50 2 3; A Comer 3563 2; DN Smub 1197 20 ;p
Wm F Furgusoii 274 18 2; Jas Sumner 2Gf
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F A Shields 45111 1; Jl Wheelis 853 11 1- j'
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ford 82311 1; Wm T Cherry 8924 1; A Recidin-
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I/enly 612 188; J Callaway 1151 2 2; J S p at .
liffe 271 16 4; G Parks 79-13; NVm B Stephen?
1196 20 3; 11 Harper 232 2i 3; C T Kenedy 414
152; NVm P Simmons 744-2 1; U Dumas 89311
1; AH Chappell 1209 21 2;- Tho* Dyson 9i)9 4
3; Parham Buckner 1121 2 3;" Jab Graves 1201
19,2i Thos Jones lunatic 159 4 1;'John H Greet:3
666 2 4; J as Graves 500 3 1; F II Grcsliari 33
19 2; Robt Allen 1227 3 2; A Freeman G88 21
8; Peter Saunders 86323: John B Ofdetree 448
20 3; Jas C ADMickle 495 5 1; R J Crawford
305 13 Is; Jeremiah Byrd 413 14 1; D Proctor
722 15 2; Jas Brown 103021 3: John NV Persons
353 14 1; N A Purefoy 550 17.2; J E Thompson
1164162; N Odonell 17812 1; R i* rcemnn 1242
20 3; NV Harris 660 1 4; Mary Miller w 1294 IS
3; Al llenigaii 320 1 3; NV Fowler 697 19 2; 31
A How w 184 162; Sami Fowler 474 2 1; Joei
Tucker 1057 3 2; P Gresba:n476 20 3; J Flcir.-
nting 750 3 4; Rebecca Roland w 196 17 4; Jcp-
tha P Hills orps.125332; Mary Jackson w 7 21 3;
A NV Redding 1427 3 3; E Dumas 73 1 3;. An
thony Burnett 7853 -4.
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12 13 1; Isaac Evans 1124 20 3; Jas Ilartsfield
490 3 4; II Deasou 1561 4; E Head 447 4 1; J
Bridges 437 16 4; NV Hester 415 1 3; I Ham
mond 872 1 2;.Bcnj Joiner 480 3 4; J Ilatchersr
314 15 2; J Pearson 247 3 i; Jas Bush 216 1 3;
NVm Tt/rrentiues orps 444 16 4; NVm Rowland
53420 3; J Scottsorps 1027 15 2; W E Mang-.
ham 48822; D Huckaby 39221; Jas Blair 826
3 4; Jas Moore 853 19 3; P Bledsoe 519 18 3; E
S.inlduth 344 3 2; 1. Milk364 34; John J Iloylc
598 32; S KCrawley 3201 T JohnBottoins232
34; D Kent 90o 18 3; A Wadsworth 936 21 3;
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REMARKS
OF MIt. EVERETT, OF MASS.
On the motion made on the 19th February, to
reconsider the vote, whereby the House concur
red with the Committee of the NVhoIc, on an a-
mendnieiit laying a duty of two cents per pound
on imported. Cotton.
. Mr. E. Everett said, he should vote against the
reconsideration. He should vote against reduc
ing the fluty on imported cotton, for tho same
reason that he had voted, and should continue tu
vote, against reducing the duty ou imported cot
ton fabrics. Jn fact, the same general principles
applied, with a great degree of similarity iu tho.
two cases. NVheu the proiectiug duty on cotlou
fabrics was laid, in 1816, that duty was not in
tended for the benefit ot the manufacturer alone:
the interest of the planter was also consulted.—
This has been controverted 011 this floor; hut I
know it to he true. I do not pretend to speak of
the motives of the Southern members who voted
for the minimum duty on cotton in 1816, (a duty
avowedly asked for a prohibitory duty,) bur l
know that the manufacturers, who petitioned for
that duty, urged, iu favor of it, that its effect Aoufd
be to shut oot a foreign material, as well as a for
eign manufacture. In tho memorial of the man
ufactures., of cotton, in Massachusetts, iu 1815.it
is said that—
“The articles, whose prohibition tve pray for,
are made of very inferior materials, and aremau-
ulacturcdin a thantier calculated to deceive rath
er than to serve the consumer. No part ofthc
United States enters into their composition.—
They arc the work of foreign hands on a foreign
material. Yet arc they thrown it:to this country
in such abundance, as to threaten the exclusion of
its more useful aud substantial manufacture*.—
They injuriously affect tho industry, not only of
the manufacturing, but of tho agricultural States,
and they cause a continual drain of specie. The ;
prohibiting their importation, except for exporta
tion, would, we apprehend, be attended with sal
utary effects upon tiie cultivators and manufactu-
ers of tho staple for the South.”
, In the report of the Committee of Commerce L
trail Manufactures, at the same sessiou of Con
gress at which this duty was laid, it was ex
pressly stated, that would be oue of thc benefi
cial results of fostering the cotton manufacture
in tills country, .that it would increase the con
sumption for American cotton. Nothing is there
fore more certain, than that, at the period when
the protecting duty was laid, it was intended, as
one object, to sliut out India cotton, in the form of
the fabric ; and the Reasons of policy which con
nected the two objects then exist now.
But I have other reasons for not disturbing this
duty on cotton. Its history entitles it-to respect.
It is a curious history, and less kuonu than it
ought to be. The gentleman, from New \orl>.
Air. Cambreleng, thoroughly acquainted as lie u
with all these matters, had asked whether there j
was, by tho existing laws, any duty on forcijn
colton imported., l.tvill.lhcrefore recall the man
ner in which.ibis duty was laid, to tiie rccollcc
tiou of the House.
Tho manufacture of cotton is as old as the ear
liest settlements of America ; not, of course. tS ^
manufacture ia mills; and with machinery, (which
is an invention of the laJt sixty years,) but the ;
householdman’ufarture. Nine tenths of the pop* i
ulation.gf’ the country, .not merely the poorest |
portion ofthc inhabitants, but the substantial je®" cl
irfanry, was from the first clothed in hornespt^
Cotton fabrics,;it is true, were much less "p r:!
then than at the prescut day; sheeting andshtw a
ings of that, material were much less used; bn* ■
various articles ofclothing were made of cotton* ,|
and of cotton and woollen mixed, besides its use
in other parts of domestic economy. Just
the adoption of the constitution, colton mills tver
established iu .Massachusetts, Rhoda Island, V ' 1 ,®
neeticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania* ‘ : J_
perhaps in other States. They - were aided ]
State bounties, by tho efforts of patriotic assoc**'
tions, aud byduties lain by tho t'tatcs, upon t ‘
importation of colton fabrics. Such was tbesia. 1
of things when the Constitution went iuto °pf-
ation in 1789; there was a very extensive boa*
hold manufacture of cotton, and the uiauuf acU1 ''
with machinery was daily increasing. . ,
Now, what was doue by the first revenue ’^
passed under the Constitution ? Cotton ® s aI *a
material was left in the hill, as it went throve
the House of representatives, among the tree “
tides. Though a little had beeu raised in ' "j
of the Southern States, it was uot known ^
staple product, nor as an article of exportation
all the cotton used in the couutry, for ^
or other manufacture, (except iu the im |lie ‘^
neighborhood of those spots where the 5 ,
quantity alluded to was produced,) was > n ’l’
ed from the West Indies and the Spanish *
As the bill passed the House of Represent*
the foreigu raw material for clothing wasailo"
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