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I*o fr: THY.
••With n poet’.* hamt. and a proptu <’ s , r '•
Up utruck tlie wild warbling* of his lyre”
rolf THE TIMES \Nl> SfATK RIOIIT S \ I)V): • ATI).
Tlse prate of < OFtuin littlo,
An Officer of tin: Revolution, who was captured on f.v r I.latnJ
by the Britiph and cxecnird as a Spy. Idle Andre Ims been
lauded to the (kies; mis worth and chit airy lu.w r.mr.inud tt.t.
noticed : and not a singl* inscription hue been untie, to prese rve:
his ashes from insult.
ll.iirMtii the shade of you drooping «illoiv,
Ho silently sleeps in his peaceful grave ;
There's nought to he heart!, but the dashing billow,
'Hound the quiet npuse of the brave.
No monument's there, in splendid array —
No storied urn standing o’er him :
Yet all, tvh't pass where his relies dee: y,
1) moan hist fate, an I deplore him-
The zephyr, that lightly plays o'er his head,
And the slow, rustling sound of the wave;
Are requiems lit for the rest til the dead—
For the undisturb’d sin p ol the brave.
()> who lias a heart to feeling so dead, •
That does not lament bis sad l'.te ?
Who, when viewing bis grave, hath not said.
Here rest tue remains of the great.
LUCIE.N.
Milledgpvi’lc, January Ot?, 1833.
philosophical epic.ram.
Says the Earth lo the Moon* you’re a pilfering jade;
V\ pat you steal from tie - in :< beyond all belief!’
Fair (’vn! hi :r< ’ Mid an: E :r!h lid ! tour prate ;
reef • • is the thief.’
a b. r w J ,
’e- " ~Colic ca :1 news’
■1 ■ " hr: t i times.’
I'Ht ye, :• •>' yoy - : <■.
Tue ifiuufi.e. ‘n.. . <?. R. •■. l r ■•.-it session of
. '
Oircnms’.An ‘ r- Ia • ■ . admitted
• *
dini;vg.iis.;oJ tbriarg' tc tiw’j;i.nitu:.!v»n.
„fliatl J!o .':te :ul it- t! • SU* »:*:.*.* 1,.»t liiS-iil
stittstim:, r.“in . lete >r. ■■•■ u over the numerous
ti'ijtrlimr.’nls -ova in l.i • w.iv of its prosperity
since the ,;:i brtutmic lire of li-i.'i i. Tiic ellbrtsoiits
enemies at tli;it time to destroy it, although unsuc
cessful, left the institution some .lint crippled atnl
depressed. .Since which time, however, it has been
gradually rising, and now. through the liberality of
tiic Legislature, lias risen Phumix like, from the ash
es of its former misfortunes, renewed and invigora
ted—in fresh beauty and usefulivss. An enlistment
of State pride in its behalf is all that is now wanting
to place Franklin College on an equality with the
most successful and distinguished seminaries of the
land; without this its endowments however liberal—
its advantages however numerous, mast prove una
vailing, and it must languish on, if not in obscurity,
in the dubious twilight of uncertain fame and for-
tunes.' It is almost unnecessary to urge this as now
almost the only obstacle in the way of its complete
success—it is self evident. For what ail vantages
can the more popular institutions at the North now
boast over Franklin College? Her endowments are
as liberal—her officers as numerous, able, and effi
cient—her philosophical and chemical apparatus as
complete, and her libraries as valuable as the most
of those at the North, whose halls are crowded by
Southern youth, whilst their own institution is left
almost empty and desolate! This must always be
the case until the people of Georgia are brought to
look upon their own College as a -Slate institution,”
in the success of which, their respectability ns a peo
ple, and their honor as a State, are deeply involved.
Were this the case, as it ought to be, so many ofher
youth would not be now abroad in pursuit of that
which they could obtain at homo with equal facility,
and at not much less sacrifice of health, wealth, aiid
happiness.
The improvements made in the institution during
the last two years arc immense; and for the gratifi
cation of those who may doubt this fact, we would
call their attention to the publication oCstudies of
the ditlerent classes by the Faculty,which lias been
for some time going t!i ■ rounds of the papers in our
State. Let them compare this with similar publi
cations, but a few years back, and they will no lon
ger remain skeptical on the subject. In fine, we
hazard nothing in making the assertion, that there
are but low institutions in (he country, North, East,
South, or West, whose advantages for bestowing
liberal education on youth are greater than those en
joyed by Franklin College.
Mechanic*. —Let the operative mechanic become
•cientifical.v acquainted with the principles of his trade,
and lie will tind an int. rest excited, of which before he
had no conception. Lei tho i h nientary principles of
philosophy spring up in hi.* mind, count cted with hi.,
occupation, and he will derive plcasnr ■ as well as profit
from his business, lie will tfiink as w. II as labor, in
the exercise of his physical powers, those of the intel
lect will be unfolded and niattiri and. Tue uiutni.l sym
pathies excited by the copartnership u f lli« body and
the mind, w ill so beguile the hardship of manual labor,
that his work will he his delight- lie will also become
acquainted with those in thods of operation, which are
the results of well directed exp riinents, and which are
beat adapted to the effect he wish.* to produce. 11
will avail himself of ’bo experietr-e of men of extensive
theoretical cnotvledge, and increase his conti lei.ee in
his ova abilities by solving, with Ins own hand, inter
csting pronl.-in m rhanics. Conscious that lie un
derstands tu •mi I' tpb sos his trade, | )c will bo perpetu
ally acuniri ug uew m isti ry over the materials and i’.•
diffl-utfi. *ol .o’ work. By shortening the process ol
laiior. and • . --*■■■■ u.g surer safeguards Iroin accident, lie
!•-•> 1 ...n i. it r. 'I jndiis
trains ain-l. iv •( ii • , 'd V..; u mind, will nut only
oo.gp.r pr ; •' •. •t . mv i,. t, Imt his
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tJVj.-cll l"olli rs.—
is iirtal to ino trade
ol it b«riier.
;»i yn torsi.
If vvrk. —L- 11 •" vre, commonly called in Eng
land “Havre de Grace,” but which ! have never
heaivl so designated here, receives its name from its
good and accessible harbour situated just under the
shelter of a promontory on the eastern bank of the
Seine, where it empties itself into the English Chan
nel. The river is here an arm of the sea, about three
miles wide. Le Havre stands nearly on a level
with the sea, and is a neat, well-built modern town,
with spacious streets and convenient docks. At a
short"distance from the town the land rises into a
ridge of'soine elevation,on which the wealthy inha
bitants of Havre have built villas, and where trees
and gardens add much to the beauty of ihc spot.—
The faubourg is called Ingouville, and it commands
verv extensive views of the Channel, the river, and
the land; tl: - situation is both charming and beau
tiful. Steam packets ply regularly between Havre
and Southampton, as they do between Dieppe and
Brighton, and betw .m Calais and Dover. My stay
in Havre was only a single night, as I found the
steamboat which rails up the Seine twice or thrice a
week for Rouen, was to leave early on the morning
after my auival ; and I am too great an admirer of
lieitutilid scenery to have omitted this opportunity
of viewing the charming valley of the Seine. We
left the doc], at five in the morning, and stood out
i into the roads, but soon directed our course up the |
broad river.- This part of the French coast, like i
many parts of the coast of England, is bordered by I
chalk dills, so that we have no exclusive title on this j
ground to the name of Albion. Other parts of the I
coast, however,have a low and sandy beach. Tlks |
valley of the Seine between Rotten and Havre is I
verv serpentine, and runs between lulls oi lime
stone, where the rocks stand out in bold crags and
scaurs,and are accompanied as in the lime-stone
districts of England, with pasturage and wood in
the valleys. The fresh water of the river and the
salt w ater of the sea, were most distinctly marked
by their different colours ; there was no inching of
one into the other, but the line of demarcation was
as obvious as if a wall had been built to indicate it.
The greater number of our passengers were En
glish ; but there were sonic French, and amongst
them a gentleman with his two daughters from Lor
raine. The voting ladies were lively and intelli
gent, and 1 had some conversation -with them about
tin English language and literature, hike most of
their countrymen, they found our language very
difficult, and the pronunciation, owing to its endless
irregularities, quite unattainable. They also com
plained o: the indistinctness with which the Fuig
l!s:t so' :■!••. especially in sliding over the let:* r,
v.-ifi'-h the French rattle so distinctly. I amused
. .th ird Byron’s contrast between the
F 'din , nd the English languages, in bis Beppo ;
con-urred in bis Lordship’s opinion of the two,
•’•fist T -.ont'-ndetl that it was not quite fair ; as the
hues in which lie commends the liquid Italian,
and ridicules our “harsh northern grunting guttur
al.” sufficiently prove the English is capable of
sweetness as well as strength. The winding .Seine
runs through delicious scenery. The hills are gen
erally of a rounded and graceful form, but with bold
crags upon their sides ; they arc covered either with
verdure or trees, and the pastures of the valley are
rich and delightful t > the eye. There is an abun
dance of wood, ornamentally scattered over the
hill sides and the valley ; and many a lively pretty
village, and many a fruitful orchard, stand on the
banks of the river. Normandy is one of the few
provinces of France where much grazing land is to
seen, and where cattle arc bred. Yet even here the
cattle tire by no means so fat and fine as those of
England, nor is the meat equal to ours. After a
most agreeable passage, we arrived at Rouen about
two o’clock.
< ont;esr.sssovYS,.
IN SENATE.
Monday, Jan. *2l, 18.13.
Air. Wilkins, from the committee on the Judicia
ry, to whom was referred the message of the Presi
dent ol the United States of the Kith instant, rela
tive to the proceedings of South Carolina, reported
the following bill, which was read and ordered to be
printed:
a mix.
Further to provide for the collection of dutie on
imports.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That whenever, by reason of
unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages
of persons, or unlawful threats and menaces against
officers of the United States.it shall become imprac
ticable, in the judgment of the President, to execute
the revenue laws, and collect the duties on imports
in the ordinary way, in any collection district, it shall
and may he lawful for the President to direct that
the custom house for such districts, be established
and kept in any secure place within some port or
liarbor of such district, cither upon land or on board
any vessel: and in that Case it shall be the duty of
the Collector to reside at such place, and there to" de
tain all vessels and cargoes arriving within the said
district until the duties imposed on said cargoes In
law be paid, deducting interest according to existing
laws: and in such cases it shall lie unlawful to take
the vessel or cargo from the custody of the proper
officer of the customs, unless by process from some
court of the United States; and in case of any at
tempt otherwise to take such vessel or cargo, hv anv
force, or combination, or assemblage of persons, too
great tobc overcome by the officers of the customs,
it shall and may be lawful for the President of tho
United .States, or such person or persons as he shall
have empowered for that purpose, to rmulov such
part of the land or naval forces, or militia of the Ta
inted States, as in ay lie deemed necessary for tit •
purpose of preventing the removal of such vessels or
cargo, and protecting the officers of the customs in
retaining the custody thereof, and also for die pur
pose of preventing and suppressing anv armed or
riotous assemblage of persons resisting the custom
house officers in the exercise of| their unties, or in
any manner opposing the execution of the revenue
laws of the United States, or otherwise violating or
assisting and abetting violations of the same.
Sec. v’. Be it further enacted, That the jurisdic
tions of the Circuit Courts oi the United States shall
extend to all eases, in law or equity, arising under
the revenue laws of the United States, for which
oilier provisions arc not already made by law. And
it"any person shall root i\c any injury to his person
or property, lor or on account of anv act hv him
done, under any law of the United States, ha- the
protection of the revenue, or the collection of duties i
on imports, lie shall he entitled to maintain suit for
damage tlu i for, in the Circuit Court of the United!
States itt tho district wherein the party doing the in-!
jury may reside, nr shall h» found. And all projicr-1
ty taken or detained b> am officer or other person 1
under authority of ai y law of the l nited Mates,
shall be irrepleviable and shall be deemed to be in
flic custody of the lav, and subject only to 'he or
ders and decrees of tlb courts of the 1 nited Sta tes,
having jurisdiction thereof. Andi! any person sual!
dispossess or rescue, oj attempt to dispossess or res
cue, any property so taken or detained as aforesaid,
or shall aid or assist thenin, such person shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, an 1 shall he 1.-able
to such punishment, as is provided by the ~~’d-;sec
tion of the act for the punishment <>i certain crimes,
against the United States, approved theSOtii day ol
April, Anno Domini 90c thousand seven hundred
and ninctv, for the wilful obstruction and resistance
of officers in the service of process.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That in any ease
where suit or prosecution shall be commenced in a
court of anv State against any officer o* the 1 nited
State:-, or other person, fur, on account ol any act
done under the laws of the l nited States, or uimlci
color thereof, or sot or on account o! any ri fiit, nu
thorifv, or title, set up or claimed by such officer or
■other person under any i ■ w oi the 1 nited S.av 0. it
shall be laws”! for the and Tcndant in such suit or pros
ecution, at any time before trial, upon a petition to
said court, setting forth, the nature of said suit. <>r<
prosecution, and ’eritying the said petition by affida
vit, w!t: ’h said [:■ tition and aihaa vit si’.;;!l be proson f
ed to said court, or to the clerk thereof, or left at
the office of tho said elerl. to remove the said suit, j
or prosecution, to the ('ircr.it ( ourt of the I nited j
States then next to he hidden in the district where ;
the said suit, or prosecution, is commenced ; and, j
thereupon, it shall he the duty of the said State court;
to stay all further proceedings therein; and the. sit’d
vuit, or prosecution, up< n presentment ol said |>e ti
tion. or affidavit, or leaving the same as aforesaid,
shall he deemed and taken to lie removed into the
■ aid Circuit Court, and any further proceedings, tri
al or judgment therein, in tho said Slate court, shall
Le v. hollv null and void; and on proof being made to
the said Circuit Court of the presentment <>f said pe
tition and affidavit, or of the leaving of the same ns
aforesaid, the said Circuit Court shall have authori
ty to entertain jurisdiction of said suit, or prosecu
tion, and to proceed therein, and to hear, try, and
determine the same, in like manner as if the same
had been originally cognizable and instituted in such
Circuit Court. And all attachments made and all
hail and other security given upon such suitor pros,
edition, shall he and continue in like force and 1 fleet
as if the same suit, nr prosecution had proceeded to
final judgment and execution in tiic State Court
And if upon the removal of any such suit or prose
cution, it shall be made to appear to.the said Circuit
Court that no copy of the record and proceedin'.s
therein, in the Ktate eourt,can be obtainsd. it shall
be lawful for said Circuit Court to allow and require
{lie plaint ill’to proceed de novo, and to lde a declar
ation of his cause of action, and the parties may
thereupon proceed as in actions originally- brought
in said Circuit Court; and on failure of so proceed
ing, judgment of non pres may he rendered against
the plaintiff, with costs for the defendant.
Sec. !. Be it further enacted,.That in any ease in
which anv party is, or may be, by law, entitled to
copies of the record oi proceedings in any suitor
prosecution in any State court, to be used in any
court in the United States if the clerk oi said State
court shall, upon demand, and the payment or ten
der of the legal fees, refuse or neglected to deliver
to such party certified copies of such record and pro
ceedings, the court of the United Mates in which
such record of proceedings may be needed, on proof
by affidavit that the clerk of such State court has
refused or neglect to deliver copies thereof, on de
mand, as aforesaid, may direct and allow such re
cord to be supplied by affidavit, or otherwise as the
circumstances of the case may require and allow;
and thereupon such proceeding, trial and judgment,
may be had in the said court of the L nited States,
and all such processes awarded, as it certified copies
oi such records and proceedings had been regularly
before the said gourt.
Sec. .'>. Be it further enacted, That whenever the
President of the United Stales shall be officially in
former by the authorities of any State, or by the
Circuit and one of the District Judges 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, will in any event be obstructed
by the employment of military force, or by any oth
er unlawful means too great to be overcome by the
ordinary course of judicial proceeding, or by the
powers vested in the marshal by existing laws, it
shall bo lawful for him, the President of the United
States, forthwith to issue his proclamation, declar
ing such fact or information, and requiring all such
military or other force forthwith to disperse: ;« and if
at any time after the issuing of such proclamation,
anysuc.lt opposition or obstruction shall be made in
the manner or by the menus aforesaid, promptly to
employ such means to resist and suppress the sanffe,
and to cause the said law or process to lie duly ex
ecuted; as arc authorized and provided in the cases
therein mentioned, by the Set of the 28th Feb. 17#u,
entitled, “An act to provide for calling forth the
militia to execute the laws of the Union,-suppress
insiurcclions, repei invasions, and to repeal the act
now in force for that purpose.” And, also, by the
act of 3d March, 1807, entitled, “An act authoriz
ing Ihe employment of the land and naval forces of
the United Mates in cases of insurrection.”
Fee. !’>. Be it further enacted, That in any State
where the jails are not allowed to be used for the
impr’ -orsmenl of persons arrested or committed un
der the laws of the United States, or w here houses
are not allowed to be so used, it shall and may be
lawful for any marshal, under the direction of the
judge of the United States, for the proper district, to
use other convenient places, and to make such other
provision as he msv deem expedient and necessary
for that purpose.
Sec. 7. Be It further enacted, That either of the
justices of the Supreme Court, or a judge of any Dis
trict ('ourt of the United States, in addition to the
authority already conferred by law, shall have pow
er to grant writs of habeas corpus in all cases of a
prisoner or prisoners, in jail or confinement, where
be or they sh;dl be committed or fined on or by any
authority or law for any act done, or omitted to be
•done, in pursutfnee of a law of the United States, or
any order, process or decree, of any judge or court
thereof, any thing in any act of Congress to the con
trary notwithstanding. And if any person or per
sons to whom such w rits of habeas corpus may be
directed, shall refuse to of ev the same, or shall neg
lect or refuse to make return, or shall make a false
return thereto, in addition to the remedies already
given by law, !;e ortliey shall be deemed and taken
to lie guilty ot a misdemeanor, and shall, on convic
tion before any erturt oj competent jure diction, be
punished by fine not exceeding.
dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding 1
or hv either, according to th*’ nature and ag-j
graof the t-tf*,
HOUSE of representatives.
'J'nirRBDAY, Jan. 2-L
TARIFF BILL.
yg,. WILDE resumed the floor, and concluded
course oflrs remarks in support of th<* bill-
Ho v. as followed by Mr. VINTON, of Ohio, on
the opposite side. Mr. V. had proceeded for a con
siderable time, when he gave way for motion by
\| - \!! )LD, lor tlie rising of the C< •minittee.
’The motion prevailed —yeas (50, nays G 2.
So the Committee rose.
.]., thi' I louse, .Mr. SPEIGHT moved again to go
in (on -it tee, and demanded the Yeas and Nays.
Mr. IRV IN moved an adjournment.
Mr. SLEIGHT demanded the yeas and nays.
They were taken accordingly, and stood as follows:
venS 75; nays 78.
So the House refused to adjourn.
[lt was now past 1 o'clock.]
Mr. SLEIGHT renewed his motion to go into
Committee.
Mr. BURL) demanded a call of the House.
Mr. TAYLOR said that, if the gentleman would
j withdraw that motion, he would consent to a recess
i till six o’clock.
Mr. Rul'd declining to do so, the yeas and nays
were taken, on calling the House, and resulted as
follows: yeas .*,*>, nqys 05.
So 1 lie call was refused.
Mr. SUTHERLAND moved an adjournment.
Mr. WILDE, demanded the yeas and nays —be-
ing t then they wore: yeas 70, nays 80.
So the House refused to adjourn.
The question recurring on Mr. Speight’s motion
to go into Committee of the Whole on the State of
the Union.
Mr. ARNOLD demanded the yeas and nays—
being taken they were as follows: yeas DO, nays
75. . .
The House thereupon went again into Commit
tee of the Whole on‘the State of the Union, Mr.
WAYNE in the Chair, and resumed the consider
ation of the Tariff Bill.
Mr. YIN TON resumed the course of his re
marks.
At about six o’clock, Mr. E v ERLI I moved for
the rising of the Committee. The motion was neg
atived—avi s 57, nocs 63.
Mr. VINTON then resumed, and continued to
occupy the floor until near 7 o’clock.
During the course of Mr. \ INTON’S speech he
had observed that “lie would sooner see every man
who occupied the seats around him swept away
he would sooner see the rivers of this land run with
blood, and one half of the population of t Lis lair Re
public perish bv the sword, than see one jot or tittle
of that sacred constitution which had been bequeath
ed to us hv our fathers, or of the laws, obliterated
hy force:” when a sudden cry was heard from Mr.
McDUFFIE of “Robespierre!” This cry was in
stantly followed hy hisses from various quarters ol
the House. The Chair called to order.
Mr. CARSON said that the gentleman had a right
to give utterance to his indignant feeling at such a
sentiment.
The CIIAIR (Mr. Wayne,) replied that lie was
Hot clothed in vain with power to preserve order in
the House, and he should not fail to exercise it.
Considerable sensation prevailed for a moment,
but it soon subsided.
When Mr - VINTON had concluded his speech :
Mr. CARSON rose to explain. It had not been
he, (as seemed to lie supposed by many gentlemen,)
who had uttered the expressive word “Robespierre/
when the gentleman from Ohio had expressed a sen
timent so monstrous. That word had been uttered
by a gentleman over the way who would never dis
avow his words. Deeply as Mr. (J. felt, he should
have remained silent; but when he heard the hiss
ing which arose, he could not hut express what he
had done. But my G—d ! (exclaintcd Mr. C.) what
have we hoard! heard it here! on the floor of an A
merican Congress! That the gentleman would see
every man on this floor swept oil'from it—all the ta
lent, all the patriotism, all the noble spirits in that
Hall swept otf! But was that all? No, but that he
would see the rivers of this whole country run blood;
and half the population of this our la k inheritance
put to tiic sword, rather, than that constitution
should he violated, which Mr. 0. had heard the gen
tleman himself declare to have been already viola
ted—half the population! by which the gentleman
meant his brethren—and this, after a sovereign
State had pronounced the law in question to he un
constitutional ?
Mr. VINTON here asked leave to set the gentle
man right, as to what he had said.
The CHAIR. Does the gentleman yield the
floor.
Mr. CARSON. No: if the gentleman would hut
put himself right—
Mr. WATMOUGH here interposed, and called
his friend from North-Carolina to order He begged
his triend to softer him to interpose, and step before
him, to save himself, before any thing should be ut
tered from which, might he cause of lasting regret.
The gentleman from Ohio had not said, what the
gentleman was under an impression that he had.—•
The gent! man had been remarking on
Here Mr. WATMOUGH. was called to order by
many voices; and the Chair admonished him that
he was departing from rule.
Mr. CARSON said he would take the admonition
ofhis friend; although lie believed that his friend
had been even more out of order than himself. It
had been with deep regret that he had expressed his
emotions at what he had understood the gentleman
from Ohio to have said. The gentleman might at
tempt to palliate the sentiment; but, unless he wholly
retracted, a!! attempts to explain it away would he
unavailing.
.Mr. VfNTOX now explained. lie had made no
use of the word “violated.” A violation of the Con
stitution might happen through mere misapprehen
sion ofjudgmcnt. What he had said was, that sooner
than see the Constitution oiu,iti::!atei> bv rouci:,
he would sec the alternative lie had mentioned. Be
cause he considered that as a total annihilation of
the Constitution which must put an end to the Gov
ernment.
Mr. McDUFFIE said lie was very sorry that ho
found himself under the necessity, from what had
just occurred, of addressing the Chair at all. It had
been his fixed purpose, and still was, to take no part
in the present discussion: and he was verv sorrv
that what had occurred in the House, rendered it
now necessary for him .to say a single word. When
the gentleman from Ohio had uttered that sentiment
which the Home, he presumed, had heard with a
portion of that abhorrence it had excited in his own
mind—he could not help involuntarily making the
exclamation he had uttered. lie admitted that,
st riot lx oniiridt ivd.it could not he vid to be perfectly
n order, though it was no more than what often
Happened, in.a,l parts ot the world. As he had been
out of on!- r. he owed an apology to the House: hut
none to the nt!- in. :i from < >hio.
Mr. WATMOUGH now u ved for the raising
of the Committee; but the motion failed, Yr as Gy,
Nays 7-2.
Mr. \V. accordingly took the >or, and went into
a speech in opposition to the bill. Mr. W. was
speaking when our paper went to press.
I'OttTJCAtl
“ Tha price of Liberty, is eternal vigilance."
MEETING IN MONROE.
Pursuant to notice given in the Georgia .Messer,
gerof the lltii inst, inviting the citiz ns of Monroe
County, without distinction of parties, to meet in the
( Yurt I louse in Forsyth, this day, 23 Jan ]sy;i f or
the purpose of expressing an opinion in relation to
the late Proclamation of the President of the Uni
ted States, a large and respectable number ol the
citizens of the County, amounting to live or six hun
dred, convened at the time and place appointed:
Dr. Wm. B. Step!sens was called to the Chair, and
Wm. P. Henry appointed Secretary,
A. 11. Chappell, Esq. explained the object of the
meeting, and off red the following Preamble and
Resolutions, viz:
The citizens of Monroe Comity, assembled in
pursuance of notice, for the purpose of expressing
their sentiments in relation to the late Proclaims
tion of the President of the United States, cannot
repress the declaration of their strong surprise and
regret,that principles and doctrines such as those
contained in that document should have been sanc
tioned ami promulged by the present chief magis
trate of the Union. The effectual maintninaneeof
that division of powers which the Constitution has
ordained between the General Government and the
particular .State-, is a vital and most difficult point
ir the working of the. complex political system of
our country. It would be rendering this* distribu
tion of powers idlannd unavailing—.indeed it would
he a virtual annulment of the distribution itself—if
to that Government which holds the purse and
sword of the whole Confederacy be also ascribed
the sole and exclusive right of deciding what pow
ers have been conferred on it, and of binding the sev
eral States by such its decisions; —for die uncheck
ed right of judging of the extent of its own powers
coupled with the unlimited command of the resour
ces, pecuniary and military, of the count rv, for the
purpose of giving elliet to its judgments, "must un
questionably amount in practice to concentratin'* in
that Government any and all powers which it may
choose to arrogate.
Os such a character and tendency, however, are
the doctrines of the Proclan ation—doctrines which
have ever been rejected hy the Republican party as
unsound and dangerous, and which have heretofore
only found a reception among that portion of the
people and politicians of this country known as the
Federal party. —For the great, permanent and par
amount point ofdiflercnce between political parties
in the United States—a dillcrencc springing from
the peculiar character of our* Federative Svstcm
and destined to last as Jong as the Constitution itself
shall exist in its present state —turns on the ques
tion oftiii: right or judging, —the Federal party
maintaining that the right of determining w hat pow -
ers are delegated by the Constitution atid what are
reserved to the States, resides exclusively in the
General Gov ernment as against the sever.l States,
and that the latter are constitutionally obliged to
yield to the determinations of the former, on all
questions touching the’ boundary of power, whilst
the Republican party, on the other hand, has always
insisted that e ach State, in virtue ol'its reserved sove
reignty, and as a necessary incident thereto, possess
es an equal and co-ordinate right of judging for it
self, as against the General Government, what pow
ers it has granted and w hat it has retained, and
may also constitutionally act upon such its judg
ment, by taking measures to arrest, within its par
ticular limits, infractions of the Constitution by the
Federal authorities.
The cardinal conflicting doctrines of the two
great parties of our country being thus ascertained
and distinguish'd, it is hardly possible to doubt as to
their respective tendencies. That of the Federal
ists, by freeing the General Government from all
chock whatever, exercisable by the States in their]
separate capacity, lends directly and enrely to con- j
solidation and ultimate despotism ; whereas that of '
the Republican is happily adapted to the keeping off
the General Government and the several States
within their respective rightful spheres, by render-J
ing them mutual checks on each other; and al
though itex'poscs the country to the danger of occa-1
sional collisions between the head and members of-J
the confederacy, yet an apt remedy for such coiiis-J
ions is always at hand in the power of amending the 1
Constitution —a remedy to which resort will invar;-f
ably he had, on failure of other means, if there be a j.
sincere disposition to preserve peace and the integ
ritv of the Union.
That Andrew- Jackson should, at this late day, ]
have solemnly repudiated th republican doctrine*
on this subject, and w edded himself by the most
imposing sanctions, to those of the Federalists, is an
event, than which none has ever occurred in our
constitutional history more strange, unnatural, and
portentous of lasting ill. To say nothing of the tact,
that the doctrines he now advances are those in o|<-
position to w hich he was elected to his present high
station, nor of the further fact, that the doctrines he ;
now casts oirarc the same that were thought to
have gained a triumph in his elevation to power,
leaving out view, too, that as a member of the repub
lican party,lie was always conceived to hold the es
sential distinctive doctrines of that party,—dropping
all these tilings from our thoughts, it is enough to ;
present the simple question, lias not his administra
tion of the Government, h;> to the moment ol issuing
this Proclamation, been marked by a copstatit and
dear recognition of the principles he now denoun
ces ! Upon what hut a right of annulling laws and >
treaties of the United States which she judged tone
unconstitutional, has the whole policy ot Georgia j
lor years past, proceeded in relation to her (hero
kce territory ? Upon what but a right ol annulling
as uncoiislitutiona' even that twenty-fifth section 0
the Judiciary Act, the constitutionality of which the
President scorns to think has never been question© .
has Georgia based herself in her disobedience to the
mandates,and defiance of the power ofthcSupiem®
Federal Court ? And upon what, let it be u» c >
but a recognition of this right of annulment, as excr
eiseilby Georgia, has the I’resident himself .piece®
ed, during all this time, in his acquiescence ®
strenuous and long continued annulling policy 0 *
State s And shall lie hope to win our belief "
he tells ns’now that “the power to annul a bnv o * >
United States, assumed hy one State, is incon'P 0 '
hie w ith the existence of the Union, contie |lct
expressly hy the letter of the Constitution,!®. .
thorised by its spirit, inconsistent with every UR
I’iple rm which it w as founded, and destructive .
meal 01.j.a-t for v hi' li it was formed”!