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b TATE STOCKh.—'flit' following extract from
th.' Nori.ilk Be-co t. st* fbriii a true view oi the prin
cipal causes which h is deptiisscd our State Stocks io
foreign market'. The suspension ol specie pay ntent*
in this coiii.trv no <1 -übt ere tied alarm an<t produced
a temporary distrust of American securities; but that
art "ill he rightlx interpreted. It "ill be seen that
it " is br.mgnt about bv no desire ol slimming re
sp msiidii i s. or ol violating obligations, but rather,
on t!te one h Hid, to enable us to meet them with more
ce taiicv in the ett I. li'the men-tue ha I l«< n ti-l.>pt
ed dishoae-th, th m wo d I have been ample cause
tor a total loss <>f credit. Bn', our faith is as sound as
oar resources arc competent* American integrity
has never set failed; nor will it. so long as we remain
the peonle we are. When that is wilfully viol ited we
ha I better cease to exist as a nation. — Halt. Amer.
It is doubtless true that some of the States have
irone too fir in pledging themselves to contracts for
fireisr.i capital. But as the burden of these obliga
tions rests upon their own shoulders, they will feel the
pressure in good time. The necessity of meetine
their engagement* is iiupt-ratixe,—nor is ability want
ing in atty one case, though some suffering may be
the consequence The result "ill lie greater cautimi
in future —the enuuS'ds of prndt nee will he listened
to, when they are enforced by the adnnmitions of ex
perience.
Itis perhaps fortunate, just now, that our stocks are
depressed abroad, -o that no ficilities tor going far
ther in debt afford temptations that way. The States
are allowed a breathing lime, and can pause in the
high career of rinei prise and s|»‘i ul ition. They can
estimate accurately the w iglii of the burden that is
already a-su ued, before receiving any farther addi
tions to it. Ift e Slates had gone on tin il responsi
bilities had accumulated t > such an extent as t > cause
despair at the prospect of meeting them, then the evil
would ha.e been one of a wry dill’, rent sort from that
which now afflicts tb,e country.
Slate Stocks.— We occasionally hear men ofsagar
itv and comnierci d experience express themselves de
spotiditigly of the eicdit of American securities in the
for< ign markets, and infer th it it never can be " hat it
lias been, or at lea-t for many years to come. If it be
meant th it th se securities will not for some time to
come, be as eagerly sought bv for ign capitali-ts for
investment ns heretofore, wewiil allow the supposition
to be reasonable enotig' ; but if’ more be tm ant, we
dissent aitogeth r from the opinion. In commerce as
in o ner things, no great off ct can be produced with
out a compt tent cause, and before we are "tiling to
allow that the credi- of die thriving States of this con
fedeiacy is utterly lo t and gone, "e must be able to
see some eviib m-e of the fact. II s any one of the
States threatened, or th.night of threatening, that she
would sponge her debt? Fits any one nfused to
pay the inteiest -.lien due according to contract ?
Nothing of’the kind his Lapp-med or "ill happen.
What then has i.dlicted such a blow on State credit ?
We answer that State credit, assurb, has not suffered
at all. it is true, we are free to confess, that State
Stocks are not greedily caught tip at a high premium
in foreign in irkets; but are not these same 't icks de
pressed at home, " here nobody doubts th-’ S' Iveucv of
the States? And win u the e bonds are selling pret
ty considerably below par here, can we expect them
to hold up their heads in England, while steamers art?
perpetually plying between this country am! Europt?
In pl du terms, St ite St' cks have depreciated just as
every thing else has done and "ill <l<> in a great com
mercial crisis. Il’m uiey becomes sc tree, people must :
pay more fir it; and wlun money is worth A??, tirenty '
and thirty per cent, as h<s been the < ase in the cities i
of this country, h>w can we expe< t securities bearing I
six per cent., onlv to be in demand, or at sill saleable
except at prop >ri mal rates? And if our Stocks fall ;
nt home, it must follow that they "ill also decline at a !
point not m- re th m fourteen or sixteen days distant I
from our comm- r- i d mail-. Add to thi», that the!
inonex market of England is as Icard pressed as our I
own—that the Bank o| England i* scarcely able to
maimain >, i cie payim nts. and could not, peril ips, ;
but for the aid oliiaimd from the Bank of France— ,
that this sane instit'di m h been compelli dto estati- '
lish a rate of i oeresi higher than she has charged du- ’
ring tlm present century. These considerations are j
suflich'iit io act <niiit far the condition of American ;
securities; and just as sure as the sky will get clearer, j
and btisine»s resume i s wonted animation, all our i
Suite St cks. like all other good paper, will look up '
as might as ever.
_ o I
In connection wilt t'd* subject it may not be inap
propriate to quote the remarks recently made by the
N w York Ex ress, in reference to the efforts which
hive b en m ide in England to depress the credit of
American State Stocks.
Since the public dt*?*i of the United States has been
< xtiagui-hed, mid which was largely owned in Eng
land. that amount ol debt has been replaced hv ano
ther desert; tion, that of Slate Stocks bearing even a
greater rate of inler<»t than the Public Stock. The
capitalists of the old world, bitt particularly of Eng
land, have found from the experience of more than
half a century, that these securities have been sound
and productive; tn no instance h ive tlfev 10-t a dollar
of principal or interest im ‘niter United States, or State
securities. Even the first and the second Unit 'd
States B inks, w hen their charters expired, pdd a
large interest, —an entire capital and a surplus of
from sixteen to tn• nu per cent. Thus these stock
have become great favorites. They have alwns
been sound, and always pi) a higher i tile of interest
than an » Eir »pe m securities,—w hen the capitali-t
there could gi t h ■ three per cent o i Britis i funds,
or on bond mid mortgage, H,. could obtain five and
six on Atmti ti securities. I is now a great object
to de-troy the cred? of i »•».■ S' ite stock-, an t thus
to cripple the inf mt lie cibs of’ ini- country. F--r
this purpose the London Times is out, endeavoring
to take away th* co ifi !euc ■ of the c-ipitaii-t- of Eu
rope in all these st wks. For a long tim • past thi
journal has compared them to South American stocks,
arraying the losses that had b--en mule in Mexican,
Columbian, Braz lian, and other S unit American
B ml-, as a Bug Bear to inti -Mate the timid and the
ign >ran’. It. appears th it Mr. Webster has ben
called on to give an opiui n, which i-just such a one
as every intelligent ami honorable man in this conn
try knows to be trite and sicred, and yet becau-e it
sustains ami strengthens the character of our institu
tion?, and gives a fdthfi I sta erm'itt of our mean- tint!
abil’ty, he a|-o receives th* shafts of this powerful
Press. The writer of this ii his attacks upon this
eminent expounder of our L iw* and Constitution,
shows but Ids ignorance of the subject upon which lie
discourses, —ami yet in a comrrv where there is so
much ignorance of the United States, it would not be
surprising if its articles had some influence.
Avoid the man who stys the world owes him a
living.
If yon are p >or, it is gome consolation that you can
shave yourself.
I . [From the Recorder]
Wa.-’Hl.ncto.n City, 30. b Dec., 1830.
; Grieve ami Orme:
Gentlemen :—I enclose the letter 1 have received
i from Peter llagncr, Esq., third Auditor of the Treti-
I sury Department, upon the subject of’the claims of
the gallant volunteer soldiers, wiin served iimlci Gen
eral Charles 11. Nelson, in his campaign in Florida,
during the years of 1837 and ’3B, for horses lost by
them. The Senators and Representatives from
Georgia, will urge these claims as rapidly as practi
cable, to a final adjustment. So soon as the ie.*ult
shall be known, it will be communicated to the long- '
delayed claimants. Please insert the enclosed letter
in y our paper, and pass it to the editorsol the Journal,
Standard of Union, and Federal Union, with the re
quest. that they also publish it—it will oblige me, and
• outer, 1 am sure, a favor on the claimants. Very
respectfully, ,
WAI. C. DAWSON. •
1’ ut: si k y Department,)
3J Auditor’s Office, 2 ith Dec., 1839. }
Sir —l have the honor to cknowledgethe receipt
of your letter of the 20th iti't., enclosing t"o claims
ol members of Gen. N- Ison’s Brigade of Georgia Vo
.unteers, to be placed with otlurs heretofore sent by
you, informing me that your constituents "h > havi
claims peniiitig, ire sufieting for want of their mo
ney, and are urging you on the subject, and r quest
ing me t > write to you fully in relation thereto, a let
, ter which you may cause to be published for inibrma
: lion.
As has been explained to you in previous commu
nications, the claims of the Volunteers of the afore
said Brigade, oi the Alabama Regiment, command
ed bv Col. Snodgrass, and the Tennessee Battalion,
commanded by .Maj. Lauderdale, for losses of hor-c<,
See., ascribed io a failure on the part of th<- United
States to su ( ply suflicient forage, cannot undergo an\
satisfactory examination, until the accounts .■ the
Qiiariermasteis’ Department shall h ive b en tho
roughly sear* bed, ami statements of the forage there
by shown to have been from time to time issued by
the I niii'd Slates, foi the horses of the respective com- !
mands, shall have been prepared therefrom. The j.
work of looking through so large a number of ac- '
counts, and multiplying of vouchers, as r quired to !
be resorted to, and <>f extracting th' refrom the infor-l
mation wanted, has been of a very tedious descrip-j
tiou, necessarily demanding a great length of time. I
ami die prosecution <d' it ha» been unavoidably sub-|
je< t to continual interruptions in tittending to the I
mass of urgent current business of' the <dii< e in thi< '
branch of its duties. Advantage has been taken of
every opportunity, and the utmost exertions have
been used to bring the work to a clo-e, bitt "hi h it
Ims not yet been I'mnd practicable to do. Consid
erable progress therein has been made, nearlx all tlw !
accounts having been searched; hut to complete the I
searches, and to reduce the information collected to :
an available form, will need I'itrtlier time. No avoid- I
aide delay in finishing the statements, "ill arise; nor ;
after they shall be in readiness, in looking up and ex
amining th'-claims in due course, and communica
ting the result to the parties cotici rued.
With great respect,
Your most obedient servant,
PETER MAGNER, Auditor.
The Hon. W. C. Dawson,
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Henry D. Gilpin,
Esq., late Solicitor of the Trea-ury, is the new At
torney General, vice Air. Grundy, resigned. The
.appointment "as offered io Mr. Dallas and Mr.
Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, but both gentlemen de
clined it ; tlie latter is now a senator in Congress, and
is occ isioually spoken of for the mxt Presidem y—
but "hat reason Air. Dallas had for dei lining the
office, is a subject ol marvel, inasmuch as his fiuam-ts
are said to be in a shattered condition, and this post
would be characterized l»v S im Weller, as one in
" hit h he’d have nothing to do, and plenty to get.
Mr. Burchell fills the office of Solicitor, vacated by
Mr. Gilpin.
In the House, alter a speech from Air. Smrkwea
ther, of Ohio, Air. Clifford, of Mriiie, bv some ma
nceuvermg, succeeded in bringing in the statemetg of
the Clerk, showing the reasons for his refusal tn call
the New Jersey inembers~»-af er which, the House
adjourned.
1 It* statement of the Clerk is a master-piece, as an
argument and a composition.— Charleston Couri r.
M ASHINGTOiV J ti. (5. More snow last night,
and we are again blocked up from Southern m ws by
the freezing of the Potomac—- olds, chills ami cramps
are fitrni.-hiiig the medical gentlemen with a score of
patients per diem, and hacks ami -I. iglis are our only
mode of locomotion in this city of mile distance*.
Notwithstanding these di-comfuts, we continue lobe
enlivened by dinner partie-, balls, fairs •» and one
forgets in the well warmed rooms where they take
place, that out of doors he experiences the weather of
Liberia.
McKenzie, the Canadian agitator, is creating q ite
an excitement here—the members from all parts of the
country are daily present- d with letters to influence
ihentselve- in hi- behalf, and though several calls have
been made on the Pie-ident for the purpose of oh
t doing his liberation, no interference, it is said, can
take place, unless n be at the in-lance of the British
Minister. He may, theres re, be left to we.r out his
lite in the p-i-mi of New York, for no odier crime
than the exercise -4 his right of thought ami speech.
His piper wlmh is on'y issued occa-iomdly, is dated
Imm t- e “American Ba-tilr,” mil though a spirit of
bitterness pervades hi- lucubrations, there is certainly
some truth am! ju-tice on his side.
1 lie rumor of the day is the withdrawal of Mr.
Calhoun Imm public life, which it is said will take
place at iltcend of his pre-ent term. His friends will,
howev- r, support him strongly as the successor til Mr.
Van B ireu, ami thong h the claim- of a citizen of your
Slate are urged, as w- II a- tho-e of Senators from
Missouri and P-mtsylvania, the probability at pres
ent i-, that no ch >i e can I e m ide out of the various
materials wlii h now compose our partv, and that the
election <4 1344. mu-tbe m .de from the House.
Nothing l a- been done in the Hon e this morning,
and thev adjourned after the announcement <-f the
death of Mr. Alvord, of Mass u husetts, in whoseplice.
by the way. we have new- this morning, th .1 Mr. Ba
ker, (Whig) has been chm-eti.
I lie Senate have been occupied in receiving and
referring petitions all the morning.
_ 1 was glad to see m portion of the Georgia delega
tion at church yesterday, or rather at the Capitol,
where tie had an excel ent sermon from the R-v. Mi.
Cook in-m, the Ch<pl-Hi of the Smale. The Hall
was crowded.— ('onslitulitmalisl.
A naw set »f buttons rvvives an old coat.
STATE RIGHTS ANO UNITED STATES RIGHTS.
S’l.' A !.MjD a Rd) O't* if/iy I.’
THE THUE ISMT..
Shill ours be n CO I'ER .V W EAT O !•’ Til 11 HANKS
ora GOT HITS MUST OS THE PEOPLE! Shull let
have a CO N >TiTVTtON AL THEASUHY, or t;n US
CONSTITUTIONAL N ITIONAI. HANK! Shallot
have a CON'STITI TIONA L Cl llllENcYofeoinssn
SILVER or one of !H R EOE EM A H!. U PAPEP.I Shi,l,
welive uniler the ilespotismof a MONIED A lUSTOCR AC Y.
or under the safeguards of a EREE CONSTITUTION !
[Washington i,'hronielc
.11BS. B.r.BBVIS.£B :
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1840.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Ft llt PItHSIDF.NT,
flfl A EJ TO EWRfI'GiV.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN FORSYTH.
DOMIN ATION' inR CON GUESS.
I HOMAS GLASCOCK, of Richmond.
A. IVERSON, of Mnscogi e.
ROBERT W. POOI ER, of Chatham.
JAMES IHLLYER, of Chrke.
D. C. CAMPBELL, of Bibb.
JOSI \H PATTERSON, of E nlv.
HOPKINS HOLSEY,’ of Clarke.'
JOHN W. LUMPKIN, ofFloyd.
F. H. CONE, of Greene.
Nomination for Electors of Prescient an 1 Vice
Presi lent of the United Slates.
Valentine Walker, of Richmond.
W'.i. B. Woffari), «-f Habersham.
W vi. B. Bullock, of Chatham.
J >II.X Robinson, of Jasper.
John Bates, of Moray.
Titos. F. AxiiMisox, of Franklin.
Milner Echols, of Walton.
Samuel Groves, oi’ Madison.
S vmuf.l Bell, of I' ilki i 'im.
William A. Ten.nii.L!:, Bihlnin.
Thomas Wooton, of Wilkes.
i
CiZ” Late accounts train Augusta state, that the
monetary affairs of that city are in quite a contract
ed condition. No ban! discounts; and the mer
chants and planters are pushed upon for the payment
ol their obligations—and property will soon have to
be sacrificed to meet the demands of'the incorporated
Shylocks of that quarter of t'm- State. . We feel sa
tisfied that the compla nts of Hie people are well
founded, when they’ assert, that the banks yield but
little or no acci’inmodatiims to them in this critical
conjuncture of their financial affairs.
If the 1 egislature of our state had adopted any very
salutary measures against die banks for their recent
suspension of specie payments, the cry would have
been raised, that the contraction-in banking opera
tions was caused in consequence of ill timed legisla
tion. But, the evils which were predicted would
follow the action of th» legislature, have been real
ised, without any important action of our general as
sembly. The people are pre-sed on for payment to
the banks, but the banks " ill not pav their own debts
—propei ty will -non be under the auctioneer’s ham
mer, and then the banks, who hold the money, will
become the p irchas. rs, and the people, who have
contributed their substance to support and cherish
these institution*, will have to submit to baukriiptcy
and ruin. Great God, have matters come to this!
Is oui-lawed and insolent wealth to ride over an em
barrassed people, < rti*liing commercial enterprise—
palsying agricultural industry—and leaving, like the
bla.-ting Siroci o, dessida'ion in its wake? Alatiers
must change—the indignant feelings of an outraged
people cannot long be suppressed.
The people look now mainly to the banks to afford
the neces'iirv facilities for the purchase of their pro
duction.* ; and do t.ot expect those institutions to en
ter into a conspiracy to depress the value of the pro
ducts of tin ir industry. Upon their economy and
prudence they depend to > flict a liberation from debt,
aided by such accommodation* as the peculiar crisis
of our financial condition demands.
COMMERCE.
The following table, showing the value of the im
ports and exports of' the United States, for the six
years, ending in 1839, we extract from the Trea
surer’s report. It is a valuable table, and contains
import nt inform ition to every man who desires an
acquaintance w ith the extent of the commerce of the
country. The imports of 18 19, it will be seen, ex
ceed those of any previous year, excepting 1836.
Value of Imports for the Year ending 3Qlh September.
Free of duty. Paving? duty Pay in«r specific Total,
ad valrrein. duties.
1831, 68,3 )3,18 i 35.6 8.208 22.519,944 126.521,332
1835, 77,940.493 45 817.74" 26.137,509 149,895.742
1836, 92,056.481 59.343.388 38.580,166 189 980,035
1837, 69.250.031 37,716,374 34,022 812 140 989.217
1838, 60.860,0 5 27.090.480 25 766,919 113,717.404
1839, 72,010,719 42,563,739 43,005,102 157,609,560
/ ultie <>J Exports for the Year ending -YV/i September.
DoiiiPHtic Foreign nirr- Total. Value of im
prod'ieiL cliaodiz.c. port*.
1831, 81,024.162 23.312 81 I 104.336 973 126.521,332
1835, 101,189.082 20.504,495 121,693 577 149.895 742
1836, 106,916,680 21.746,360 128,663 0-10 189,980.035
1837, 9(5.564,4 14 21.8.54.962 1 17.4 19.376 110,989 217
1838, 96,033,821 12 452,795 108,486.616 113 717,404
1839, 11)0,951,004 17.408,000 118,359,004 157,6)9,560
MAINE LEGISLATURE.—Stephen C. Fo-ter
l as been chosen Pre.idi nt of the Semite, and 11.
Hamlin Speaker of the House, by very large Admi
nistration majorities.
OUR TRADE WITH FRANCE.
The coimm rce of the United State- "till France,
and her dependencies, from 1834 to 1838 inclusive,
was as follows:
Imports. Export*.
1834, $17657,245 sl6 111,442
1835, 23,362,584 20.335.066
1836, 37.036 235 21441.200
1837, 22,497.817 20,255,346
1838, 18 087,149 16,252,413
EXPORTS OF COTTON
From tlie United States, for the ten years, ending
30th September, 1338:
1829, $26.575 311 1834, $49,448,402
1830, 20,674 883 1835, G1.G61.302
1831, 25,289.402 1836,
1832, 31,724.682 183 7, 63,2 iO 102
1833, 36,131,10.5 | 18.18, 61,550,811
ff?’ Die imports into tlm Uttifed State- font
11 xas, in 1837 ami 1833, amounti d t<> $329,102;
and <'ur exports to that country during tho e years
s2,2ss,3oß—leaving a balance in favor oi die Unite<
St ites of $1,926,706.
AIASS \CIIUSETTS LEGISL vTURE—Th<
organization id the .Massachusetts Legis ature is com
plete by the choice of the Hon. Daniel P. King.
VV big, as President of the Senate, by one vote. The
Whig majority in the H >u*e is stated at thirty.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE.—The Letr’s
lature of New York a-sembled at Albany on the 7th
instant. In the Senate, the LieutenailT Governor
took the Chair, and the House was organized by the
election of George W. Patterson, as Speaker, P. B.
Brindle, as Clerk, and Minus Magoun, as Sergeant
at-Arms—all Whigs. On the same flay, the Gover
nor delivered his Alessnge, which is veiy lengthy, and
in which h*' speak* of tin* requisition made upon him
by the Governor of Viremia, for the surrender of
three persons as fugitives fro.n justice, charged with
having feloniously st<4> n a negro slave in that State,
as follows :
“ A r< quisition wa* made upon me in July last, by
the Executive of Virginia, fur the di livery ol’ thru
|n r.-on* as fugitives from j tstice, charged with ha*
ing lelonioti'lv -t 'len a m gro slave in 'hat State. I
declined to eomplv with the r> quisition, upon th
gf' tttids that the right to d<maiid. and the re< ipnx al
obligation to surrender fugitives from jus ic<, I eiW'i n
Mivereign -md independent moi.ms. a» ilefi nd bv die
law < f nations, include only tlio-e cast s in wlti> h tlie
act' < onstiluting die offence char ed are rec enizei
as crime* by the univer-al law -of all civilized con -
f ies ; that the object of the provi-ion < out lined m
the Constitution ol the United State*, mithorizinir tin
demand and surrender of fugitive* charged with Hen
son, felony, or other crime, was to r< counize and es
tablish this principle ol tlie Lw of nations in the mu
tual ri lations of the states as independent equal and
sovereign cmnmmiities ; that the act* ch irued upon
the persons demanded were not recognized as crimi
nal by the laws of this State, or bv the universal law *
of all civilized countries ; and that consequently the
case did mil fall within Hie provisions of the constitu
tion of th • Uii'teil St te*.
“ The Gov ernorof Virginia, in bis last annual mes- |
sane, referred the Sidijeci to ihe con-ideration ol’ the
Legislature of that State, and declared that my con
struction of the cosstituti m oftheUiiited States could
not be acquiesced in or sumnitted to. He added that
if it were allowed to prevail, ami no relief couM be
obtain d again*! what he designated a llagr mt inva
sion of the right* of Virginia, either by ;m amendment
of the constitution of th'* United Stales, o by die ac
tion ol'ihe Legislature of Virginia, it might ultimately
become the important and solemn duty of Virginia to
appeal from the cancelled obligations of tl.e national
compact to original rigins and the law of self-preser
vation.
“ I confess my surprise that it should in any pa't
of the Union be regardi <1 a- a new and startling doc
trine th it the constitutional power of the Executive of
any oilier State todemami the surrender of a citizen
of this State, to be eanie.i to the former ami tried for
an ofl’ence committed here, is limited o> cases in which
the ofl’ence charged is recognized as criminal by the
statute laws of this S'ate, fix the common law, or
by' the universal laws of mankind. N' r can I "i h
hold the expression of’ my sincere regret th Uac n
strtti tion of the constitution, manifestly necessary to
maintain the sovereignty of this State and the perso
nal rights offer citiz> ns, should be regarded by tin
Executive of Virginia as ju tilling, in any contin-'
g< ncy, a menace of secession from the Union.
“ Tlie su'j ct is one which appertain- to th" Exe
cutive department. Th duties of that departme-n in
such cases are prescribed by the con-iimtion of the I
Uni’ed States, ami not by the con-tiiiuion or laws of.
this State. Ne\ erthele*?, the respect I eoteriain for
the Executive of Virginia, as well a* the dcferenct I ;
owe to the Legislature of this State, induce me to
transmit here" ith the correspondence which has t.ik’n
place.”
MAINE AND GEORGIA.—A-we have not as
yet received the message of the G-'vernor of Maine,
to the ire <>f that State, which ha- recently
met, we avail ourselves of the fdlowinu notice of a
portion of that message, winch we copy from the
New York Journal of’Commerce:
Governor Fairfield, of Maine, in his late Message,
holds a very conciliatory tone towards Georgia, in
regard to the controversy between the two States, |
growing out of the demand upon the former by the
litter for the surrender of' two citizens of Maine,
charged with the- ab<hicii->n of a slave from tin state '
of Georgia, as fugitives Iro nju-tice. Alluding t • the
late project of a non-intercoiirse law, brought^for-■
ward in the Georgia Legislature at its last session, j
but not adopted, Governor Fait field, (not at that time ,
knowing the is«tie ) ~uy
“ If there was the least probability tlrit sin h a tnea
• ttre cottld succeed m the Legist -titre of Georgia,,
-omc counter a- turn <m our part, might, perhaps, he |
ucc--sary. But I am -ore it > annul prevail. The
p opo-ition so clearly violates th Coiisliluti it of the
Unit'd State-, ami is so subversive, mil >mly of pie
plainest principles <d law, but ofc'>mm m -e-ise mid
common ju-tice, th t the int> lligent Legislature of
that distinguished amt g-limit state will never s-m -
timi it. The late Governor ■ f Georgia and my pr<-
<lcce-or-, though not agreeing in their > on-lrm tioit
of the C-msiituti n in regard to the relative rights
and obligations of the States, yet differ, prim ipally,
i upon a que-tioii oi tact, to wit, wholly r the persons
di mantled were or were not fu u iii veß f r( „n justice.
Fiom the i.ecision o! this question, the Constitution
ha- established no tribunal; an 1 Maine, claiming an
equal right vvi It Georgia to examine and determine it,
believes that .-he is not only v iolating the constitution,
hut is pl mting i er-ell up< n the great ilm trine of
sttite lights. Upon a qne. lion of ilii* sort, then,
"here lliere is fonmi to exi-t an honest difference of
opinion, smelt it would be worse than fully to array
tin* citizens of the respective States in hostile attitude,
and to regard large <da. -es of the citizens, indiscrim
inately, of one State, as on'y bent on the commission
of crime, when entering the territory of the other.
I’heie is no re ison why Maine and Georgia, though
widely separated on the map of the country, should
not be nearly allied in miittial re pect, interest, and
kind offices The slate ol public l'e» ling in Maine,
lias been entirely misconceived bv the late Governor
of Georgia. Il'tiu re are any at.rmg it* wh<» are dis
oo-ed to interfere with the dome-tic i st'tntions of
Georgia, or any other State in vi. lati it ol’law, i»i
who me dispn-ed to obstruct tlie public authorities in
the stiictest petformance i l'the cmi-titutimial ob iga
ti' ii to deliver tip fugitives from ju ticc, !><• th* i»f
■ence what it mav, the number is extremely limited.
I am perstt ub d that the pre-ent apyment feeling in
out sister State, w ill s ion x ield to juster views ; and
that no stint <tf biiternes- will be permitted to spring
•ip betwe it the two Sta'es, tending permanently to
affect the peac> ltd and fri-mby relations that ought
ever to subsist between the different memb‘ rs of onr
great confederacy, ami w hich I am confident, the ci
tizens ol'this St He are disposed assiduously and sin
cerely to cultivate.”
[Elsewlu re. Gov. Fail field states that the principal
point ofdispute is whether the two men demanded are
10 fact fugitives from justice.]
Mr. 1. Rogers, oi Philadelphia, a i abin passenger
in the packet ship Charles Carroll, from H *vre, died
on board, Dec. 20th, on the banksol Newfoundland,
of old age. being in his 83th year. His body was
preserved in spirits for interment on shore.
PROPOSITION TO CROSS THE ATLAN
TIC IN A BALLOON.—Mr. Chari- s Green, the
well know n aeronaut, has been for some time making
calculation* for the construction of a balloon on an w
principle, for the pnipo-e of cro-sing the Atlantic,
I- Olli New York to England. The machine is to be
ol gigantic dimensions, and its enterprising proprie
-1 'l’ as -' rts that it cotdd be safely effected as the jour
ney fr-itn L-mdoii to Nas-att, in the great balloon the
stnmmr befiire last. Mr. Gieen says, that, had it not
e o ue. e-s-iry to ha»e the balloon in Paris by a spe
cified time, he would ha»e proceeded on to Turkey,
f’>r which he was in a direct line. .Mr. Green is also
about to construct a balloon for a number < f gentle
men, io be used for purely scientific purposes.
RECEPTION OF GENERAL JACKSON.—
As hail been previmi-ly arranged the st< amers bear
ing the venerable Ex-Preside.4 arrived yesterday
morning at about 10 o’clock. An immense throng
a-sembled at tlie wharf to welcome him, and the steam
boats, vt s-els in the river, and house tops, were alive
with people waving their hats and handkerchiefs as
he,approached. The old General looks somewhat
the w.nse for age, lint is still remarkably active and
heart! for one of'his years.
The reception generally, was one of which the aged
veteran should feel proud. There "as a lukewarm
ness on the part ol s<>me of his political opponents
which we consider any thing but praiswortlix; but the
bmly of our ciliz ns were out and cordially welcom
ed t e man who, in 1815, inanltdly braved", not only
an almost un* oiiqneratde enemy but public opinion,
in their b half. We, in our individual capacity are
amoiiu ih-.se who hax e politically opposed G» neral
Jackson in tlmugh’, word and deed not eleventh
11 -in' nv n. but went auainsi his political advan. emei.t
from die first jump out—still, xveye-terday forgot the
pobii. ian and thought only of the man—welcomed
him as the “Her > of N« w Orhans” and the fearless
defender nt tiis country, and were wiling to forget
aught else.
Ou leaving the boat a barom he with four In-rses
was ready to rec- ive him, from whence he was escort
ed, by th-' Legion ami Washington Battalion, to the
S ate House:. As the procession pa—ed along Canal
street, st dnise ina-s <-l citiz-ms tnrom. ed ea< h side,
ami ttie numerous baleonits were groaning with their
lair burthens—ladi-s waving their handkerchiefs,
w- ile the -ilver-headed warrior bowed in ackmiw 1-
< dgment of’ their -alutations.
From the State House* he was escorted to the pub
lic square in front of the old Catbed al, by the vete
| cans-d ’l4 and ’ls. the member- of the Legislature,
many members cd'the city council-, and a lame «on
j course ol the citizens. Ar-ived at th public square
i he was coiiduc ted to the cathedral when* an oration
was deli-ered, sifter which be reviewed the troop- in
the square, the canotiier- meanwhile firing a salute.
1 hi- pa-t --I the cerem -nies over he was esi orted to
his room- sit the St. Louis Evch.ittge-by the Military,
after which they were dismissed.
N- w Orleans It is won some fame for the brilliance
cd her military displays, but the parade of yesterday
exceeded any thing of the kind we have ever achi< v
ed. A I filings of rivalry were forgot en, ami the
Legi-m sind Wa-hitigt m Batista m turned out in c on
cert. We never saw them look to more advantage
than they did on this occasion, and the light of other
days could be se- n brightening in the o|.| -oldiei’s
eyes a- he cont-mphited the fine martial display be
fore hnn. lie who had led raw mid undisriplincd
Tennesseeans mid Louisimii -ns to battle and to vic
tory, from the same spot, now beheld a well-drilled
ami di -i ipliiwd array of troops, and his phased cotin
t- n nice fully indicated his satisfaction.
In the evening, agreeable to the invitation of the
m nt igement, the Getter d and his -nite attended the
St. Charles. At the close of the ct of the comedy
then performing, the curtain was dropped, and the an
them played according to mm-iuncement. The cur
tain then rose, mid Mr. J. M. Field delivered a poeti
cal addres-, from his own pen, to the defender of New
Oilesins, the aged veteran who c ame
“ To liless the cltililr- n of the sin s ho saved.••
The house wa-cra nnied from th-* pit to the dome,
•ml the G- uer-I twice arise to acknowledge tlteen
t'm-iistic cheering of the multitude. “Hail C lum
bi |” W.I- then -utig by the full company of the Saint
Char es, and the white-headed wairtor 1 ft the theatre
ami i the pi.dougcd cheers of an admiring attdieuce of
s "io two dnm-and souls. Thus i nd* nut biiefattd
h '-tily written rei ord of a day th it will be remember
ed while N w Orleans stiintls, and the Mississippi
flows.—A’. <). Pirapvne, Jan. 9.