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nortance, particularly on wool, iron, and , coarse cloths. If the duties on these ar-! tides contemplate the encouragement of (oir manufactures, the process by which the object is effectual* and, is strangely con trad ctory to the dictates of common sense, ami to the suggestions of every ofiv’s experience. It Congress wUh to create a market for the raw materials of our agricultural and mining labor, surely the readiest mode to accomplish this end, is, to mode* ate our excessive imposts. <§* to leave our manufacturers unrestricted and untaxed. But fetus examine more mi ne tel v the effect of the late I'an ft. By it, the duties on woollens of a coarse nature, are so excessive that they amount to an exclusion. Being ar ticles commonly consumed by the ag ricultural class of our citizens, we are compelled to purchase them from our manufacturers. They give us the lowest price for our Cotton, reject entire ly our Tobacco and Kin*, am) then de prive us of the privilege (>f receiving in exchange for our Commodities, goods at a price This is a trick of fraud, hut our sacrifice is too great for us to be duped by the subtleties of 90 low a contrivance. The duties on Iron are also cons'derably augmented, to an f-xterit, so great as to produce a sensible diminution in its importa tion. And the very fact that we prefer to import it from England and 2$ veden to the. procuring of it from ourown mines, ar gues conclusively that it is cheaper to the consumer to get it from Staffordshire or Furness than in our Country. But the operations of the late Tariff, will have a tendency to exclude European rompeti tio i—[he Northern States will have the monopoly—the supply wifi be unequal to tiie demand; ami the price must neces sarily rise. An examination of this Tar iff will satisfy any dispassionate and re fl<*c ing mind, that it i- predicated on the unjust and rotton principle >f taxing ar ticles of the first necessity to the highest possible rates, and articles of luxury to the lowest practicable amount. The ea*ne Act, which increased the duties on the coarser cloths ft pm 49 cents per yard to 61, reduced the duty on Maderia wine from 100 to .90 cents per gallon, thus proving tiiat this splendid * American Sys styled par excellence —takes from poverty the fruits of its labor, and extends to wealth its protecting arm. Such a course is fraught with injustice, characteriz'd by inequality, marked by oppression, and big with the destinies of a N dion. Our government may go on, triumphing over the ruins of wisdom, and banquetting on the spoils of power, but the act ihat destroys her character fur justice, rings the knell of her doom. Lke virtue, once gone, ’tis gone forever. It is a Phoenix that can live but once, and after it die-, there is no resurrection from its ashes. The government that attempts to regu late the industry and control the employ ments of its citizens, pursues a policy doubtful in its prospective benefits, and questionable in its constitutional author! ty. They thrive best, when free i from the shackles of tyrannical restrictions, and protected from the interference of legislative quackery. Individual are the best judges of their own interest, and the aggregate of individual interests, is that of the nation. But the policy which is now settled by govermental interposition, renders it ne essary to pursue an avoca tion, that will be protected by the broad mantle of natoual legislation. Without entering into a circumstantial detail of their governing principles, the Committee will give an epitome of them in reference to the -übjects und or consideration. We contend then that commerce should he free and Unshackled —that individuals should buy wherever they can procure ar tides cheapest—that governments should not interfere with individual persuits— that the prohibitory system has a tenden cy to force capital out of its proper chan, nel—that a protection of manufactures, by duties and restrictions, js taxing the many for the benefit of the few —that ar tificial distinctions should be obliterated — —• monopoly discouraged—exclu-ion de precated—local preferences censured, and factitious counteractions publicly proscri •b'd. For the establishment of these principles, Southern Genius and Talent have contended in vain. When cunning failed to defeat their efforts, power would succeed —and numerical superiority tri umphing over the strength of wisdom, of ten -food upon the ruins of . the Constitu tion, and sounded the blast of its ill-got ten victory. Our oppressors were shield ed by the panoply of interest , and resting] securely on the hopes of their invincibili ty, they regarded the indignant bursts of manly eloquence, and the strong expres sions of honest freemen, as the flimsy reasoning of chringing scyophant-, or the frothy declamation -f wheedling de pendants. Vll ‘heir legislation proves, that they £re influenced by considerations of interest, ami not by the impulses of a brotherly feeling. St If i- then idol, and on its altar, they sacrifice their own lib r ty, and the liberty of others. They ex tend their protection not to our interest, on our account, but to their interest on their own account —thus exhibiting their criminal rapioty and their contracted sel fi-ltness. Their wisdom we question, their liberality we deny, their cJi-mlerest ness we condemn. And raising the strong voice of remonstrance against such partial legislation, we cannot but breath a pitying sigh at that crooked policy, which corrupts by compromise and con founds by contrivance. Against South ern interest they have levelled the engines of tneir power, and it must be destroyed, even if the liberties of our country are to be buried beneath its ruins. To tv rtsuch a catastrophe, we have petitioned—we have remonstrated. Our petitions have flat tered then vaniiy; our remonstrances have strengthened their obstr acy, and the soothing voice ol expos ulation, has hr en drowned amid the clam urs of contending passions, and pronounced the oui break ing of an ill-timed • omplairit or the whine of affected suffering. the situation of our country, admonishes us to submit to these degrading imputations. It i already in a tremulous coin nation, and another shock may bu st its bands, and dissolve the UNION. Mutual ounces sions built up our confederacy. and mutual forbearance must preserve it. The peo ple of each state, have their private feel ings and their sectional partialities —and too often in matters which affect their in terest, their judgments are warped by passion, and their reason blinded by pre judice- Under our government, the same feelings and interests, which n,a k the re lations between individuals, pervade the more complicated and diversified rela tions b‘tween communities. Ihe inde pendence of the man is corroboi ated by the independence of the state, and the independence of the state is Jopendui upon the independence ol the man. W here then there is a multiplicity of iu> dependent c immunities, lounded upon tin same principles and bound b the same decisions, so reciprocally situated as to have a frequency of intercourse and an identity ot interest, there , every thing pleads for th ir lasting UNION. Oik CONSTITUTION is the gulden cine ture ’ that binds us togcthei, and until it be broken we are free and united. Fully impressed with the imp o-tance of these solemn ;ru h-, the southern states will be the !a>t to lay tin ir hands on the ark of our safety If they destroy it, it will be, after it has undergone so many changes from the rpvolutione vs tilllC, HS not to L)*-* recognized as the work of our forefathers, or become so shattered from the innova tions of legislation, as to be incapable of protecting us from ihe wintry blast-* of oppression and the pelting storms of in justice. ir the tranquility of p'-a* e, we wdl enjoy beneath it the full feficity of repose—and in the tumult of war. our arms will be swords and our bodies ram parts for its protection. liesulved. That the late act of Con gress purporting to be ** an act in altera tion of the several a;ts imposing duties on imports’’ is unconstitutional, and vio lative of the principles upon which *ur confederacy was‘formed:—having for itn object the encouragement of dome-tic manufactures, and not the iaising of a revenue, it is eiihtr a perversion of con struction, or an assumption of power. Resolved , \ hat the late Tar.fi’ Act, will, in its operations, have a tendency to diminish our merce—to deprive us of a maik t for our agricultural produce; to interfere with- in dividual pursuits—to tax the many for the benefit of the few, and is therefore “ doubtful in its pi 1 icy, as well as in its constitutional authority.” Jtesolved , That as the Southern States can make a constitutional iesbtance to the late 1 arilf Law, v. ithout endangering the exi-tence of the Union, or hazarding the subversion of oar government, v<e pledge ourselves to co-opeiate with them in ad>( ting such measure- as may havt a tendency to counteract its evils, ai-d to effect its repeal. Resolved, That we have confidence in th*‘ wisdom and prudence of the Execu tive and Legislature of ou* State.arid will join wi h them m a ly constitutional mea sure, wined) may h ve for its wbject the repeal of ihe Ke Tariff, or the rendering of .t inoperative. Resolved. That we abstain, as far as poss hi , from die use f all a tides, the growth, pr.obi e,or maruiactu e * f thus- States that aided in the passage f the late fa tl—.hat ue enceU age the domestic manufacture of our ow- fabric, and taise, ass ra* practicable, our Ivgs aid horses. Resolved, That the titi/en# of our State reiy upon their own resources, and in all cases where, it becomes necewary to u-e irticb s manufactured or laised in Si tes any oth’ r tlvmour own. tha twe giie preference to those belong ng to the State or States oppo * and to tl e Tariff. Resolved T at the Justices of the In ferior t • u* sand their success r* in office, be a standing committee to disti finite Premiums to su* h persons being members of this association, as shall produce the best samples of dnm stic goods, and Ihe finest specimens of live stork, on every anniversary <>f (his association to b*- held on the first Monday in December, animal lv—under such rules and regulaiion** as shall be prescribed by the members pre sent. And that the Oeik of *h Inferior r ourt open a Book for th t purpose to receive <he names of uch persons as wisli to become members, who sh .11 pay. annu ally, flit* sum of twenty five cents, to con ti u<e a fund for the purpose *f paving the Pietniums and the expenses of the society. Z FRANKLIN, C/rr. THOMAS GIBSON, Sec. The following article, from a late Savannah Georgian, shows in what estimation the county of Warren is held in regard to any part she. may take in our state politics. From this article it would appear that an expres sion of the sense of our citizens, on the question of the propriety of es tablishing a Court of Errors, is confi dently expected; all we would say, then, at this time is. let every < ifiz-n go to the polls, and express his opin ion, as requested by our loferi r Gioirf, rjfiii.i. *lr lishment ot su* li a e<*urt in our slate. From the Savannah Georgian. “It is gratifying to us. as it will be to the Citiz ns ol Chatham, to find that the presentment ol the Grand Jury, at the bust t erm ol the Superior Court ol this County, concerning a Court of Errors, has met with the decided approbation of the intelligence ol our State, and tiiat *o take a vote ol the people upon the sub je< t, at tue election in October, is tfeiy extensively intended. The Justices of ihe Inferior Court, of the very respecta ble and pa uotic county of Warren, have unanimously recommended that the v< t*-is of it, should endorse u,on their tick ets Court ol Errors, or JVo Court of Er rors, a <1 from the manner they have in q tested the Edit.,r of the Kuial Cibine't ] to puoi;-ii th*- Chatham presentment, it is obvious they anticipate a triumphant vote by *he people of \V alien, in favor of a ‘court ol Kiiors.’ We lak** the liberty to run nu the people of the Eastern Cir cuit, tiiat mu h is expected f om them upon this subject, and wo confidently I>< k lor an unanimous declaration f *h u ir sentiments in favor ol a Court of Er rors. Let the gentlemen who may be interested in tue elections, attend to tins matter, and not allow it to be lost sight of, in th'-ir anxiety to aid the sue 1 ces-, either of candidates for the Gener al Assembly or for Congress.’’ A newspaper has lately been issued by J hn S*. Greene, Esq in Rhode Island, called ‘h Herald, it supports the deni o tatic cand.date Andrew Jackson. The first number in doing Justice to th* * hai deter of our candidate, in the midst of a gainsaying.peopie, giv;B fair promise of future usefulness. We extract the full* wing:— [Amer. Sentinel. REMARKABLE COINCIDE* CE. It is a fact generally known that tin elder Adams was elected Presi dent in 1796 by ? majority of but one vote o*.er Mr. Jefferson, and as an evidence that he was not the choice of tlu- people, it is only net essary to stall* that the elrtors in Pennsylvania at.d Virginia were chosen on the ground that tiny would vote for Mr. J. that one elector in each of the Col- j tegpt of those two states, very much to th* Surprise of their <•• until < *fs, voted for Mr. Adonis — H \ri either of those g-n leo eo done tlnir dnv to • * the.people* Ml*. Jefferson would h..vc bum elected. L is remark..* |e n trt t in the election >! the second Ada. s f he received the \ofe of New Y .rk, (which constituted his whole strength west of the II *dsnn) by one ni jori y; when the i lioice came before toe House of Representatives, it was found necessary to secure the votes of seven states besides New-E*igland, to ensure his election —these lie •- < eived, the members voting ass N lows:— 18 out of 34 in New Yol k 8 out of 14 Ohio Clay.) 7 out of 12 Kentucky (add Mr, 5 tint of 9 Maryland 2 out of 3 Louisiana 1 Missouri 1 Illinois \ ma jority of one in each delegation—, which cpnsequrntly secured to him the vote of their several S ates, giving him the exact tiumh<’ , r of 13, being a majority of one State! it. will be seen that hitd any one member of the above seven states wh.) voted for Mr Ad ams simply given a blank vote, he would not have been elected— but what is of more importance, it will be dis overed by an examination of the popular vote of the six latter states (Mr. Clay not bt ing before the house) that Gen. J. was tlnir decided favourite—these would have secured his election, had the members done their duty, and if is this which is the the f mndation ol all opposition to wr. Adams administration—the for*n of the constitution were observed, but the voire of the people was utterly disregarded. — 1 A French child has arrived in Lon don with iis parents, which has in uistimt and legible printed capital characters, round the ha'l of the right eye, ♦napolk n EMPBRBUtt; and round that of th. lip, ‘empeukur NAPOI, -ON.’ T’tie eyes are time, ad the left is < ppear of ihe same cdor, l'iie Marchioness of l)ev*mshire is to show the child to th*- Ki g, before ihe public can see her. The parents have letters to all the chief M diral men in London, and to the duk** of Sussex, who had been previously made acquainted with this most ex traordinary plitnomorion.— Lon. Tap , THE H ITTI SHEPHERD. A pr*Miil p ’,l‘gmi ami ms man ii *ing over a comm >n, saw a sliepli rd tend ing his llo> k; and having anew coat on, the parson asked him, in a haugh ty tone, who gave, him that coat. ‘ Phe same,’ said the shepherd, ‘that clothed you—the parish.* The par son,* nettled at this, rode on iiini‘ utir ing, a little way, and then b tile bis man go back, and ask the shepherd if he would come and live with him, for he wanted a fool. The man, go ing accordingly to the shepherd, de livered his master’s message.—*YVhy, are you going away then?* said the shephi rd. No,’ answered the o'h r. ‘Then you may fell your master.’ re plied the shepherd, *his living rami t i". ->!• ’in three of us. , ISO i ICE. 1 HEREBY f rwain all persons, from trading for three notes, or either of them given by myself and made payable to Benjamin Smith; as 1 do not intend to pay them, the consideration having entirely fails ed for w hich they were given: One >f them given for one hundred dollars, dated January or February 1828, and due on the 25th December 1829; and two others, their amounts separately not recollected, hut amounting togeth er to twenty three dollars, both of them dated sometime in January or Febuary 1828, but the time when duo not recollected. EDWARD FOARD. September 27(h 1828, 3- —lB. The Macon Messenger, will insert the above three times, and orward their account to the aubsciuer,