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adopted by the President, claims to the amounf of
SIOO,OOO only, have been admitted. Whether
the balance, viz. $150,000 will be credited to
the Indians or will pass into the treasury of the
U. States, is not known to me.
I announce to you with pleasure that in
compliance with the request contained in
the memorial of the last session, and in ful
filment of the stipulations of the articles of
agreement and cession, a treaty is about to
be bolden with the Creeks for the extin
gui-hment of their claims to all the lands
within our limits. May we not fl it-rour
selves that this friendly measure is the pre
cursor cf the final adjustment of all differ
erences between the general governmeni
and the state of Georgia ; atul that, in a
like treaty with the Cherokees, we may
see all difficulties removed—the relations
of (he Iwo governments restored to whai
they ought to be, and an old contract which
has contributed so much to disturb them,
carried into complete and final execu
tion. i
It gives me great pleasure also to be able
to inform you, on the authority of otir agen’
that the claims for militia services which
have been earnestly and repeatedly pres
sed upon the federal government for some
20 or 30 years past, and which have so far
remained unsati-fied, will be likely to find
a gracious reception at the ensuing session
of Congress. To promote this desirable
result, I recommend to you to cootinue the
services of Col. Hunter on the part of the
state. The ju-tice of these claims is so un
doubted that to be universally acknowledg
e&, they need only be understood.
As soon as it was ascertained that Con
gress had passed an act authorising (be Pres
ident to procure the necessary surveys,
plans and estimates for roads and canals,
&c. I aJdressed a letter to the President,
requesting i hat Georgia should be admitted
to a participation of any benefits or advan
tages which might result to the union from
that act, and called bis attention particular
ly to the importance of connecting the wa
.ters of the Savannah with those of the Ten
nessee, and the waters of the St. Mary’s
with those of Suwanee. His answer, giv
en through the Seretary of War, is trans
milted herewith. It was presumed that
the Congress had derived its power to pa*
the act from the provisions of the constitu
tion which authorize it to regulate com
tnerce between the different states, and
which confide to it the defence of the coun
try; and that no operations would heat
tempted under it which would be confined j
exclusively to the limits a:>d jurisdiction ot i
any particular state.—Taking this forgrant j
ed, so far from opposing obstacles to its ex
ecution, I thought it my duty to interpose
our claim for that proportion of any good
resulting from if, which might rightfully
belong to Georgia.—And here permit hip.
as connected with this subject to ask vonr
attention to a resolution of the last legisla
ture which authorizes the Governour to
direct a survey to be made between the na J
vigable waters of the St. Marys and Suwa
nee rivers, for the purpose of connecting
them !>v a canal—a measure ofgreat inter
est to Georgia, and unquestionably of first
importance to the United States—but cer
tainty one which can be carried into execu
tion bv the United States alone. The ter
ritory through which the canal must pa-s.
is the property of ihe United States, with
in their exclusive jurisdiction, and any sur- ■
vey a'lempted there, under the orders of
thp Governour of Georgia, would be con
sidered a trepis* and perhaps resented ac
cordingly. Whilst, therefore, I feel the
uttno-t solicitude that this work should be
unF-rtaken promptly, and believe too, that
the United Slates cannot engage in one
which will contribute so importantly to the
interests and safety of the whole union, I
humbly submit to yon ihe reconsideration
of the measnje referred to, that if you con
cur in opinion with me, the resolution may
he rerinded. Georgia will not voluntarily
place herself in the wrong with the United
Slates, whilst points in controversy of a
delicate nature remain unadjusted between
them.
In executing the resolution of the legis
lature relative to the running of the line
between this State aDd the State of Alaba
ma, it was discovered from the correspon
rlence between the two governments, that
the Executive of the United States had
never been informed of the desire of the
State of Alabama to have the line run.
And for this reason alone did the United
States object to take any agency in the
Work. It is true they assigned the addi
tional one of the United States being under
no obligation to do so by the articles of
agreement and cession, a* the legislatures
of Georgia and Alabama had believed
Those legislature* were mistaken, but the
United States were nevertheless hound by
considerations of interest to see that the
line when run, was truly run and marked.
The country coterminous with that of
Georgia belongs as yet to the United States,
nnd not to Alabama, and when looking to
the ultimate interests of Alabama we invit
ed her in the spirit of sisterly affection, to
unite and co-operate with us, it was not ex
pected that the principal obstacle to the ex
ecution of the work would he found in the
denial by the government of the United
States that Alabama wished it, especially
when it has known here, that so long ago
as January, 1823, the legislature of Alaba
ma had come to resolutions expressive of
their utmost solicitude that the line should
be speedily run, and that copies of the same
should he transmitted by the Governour
without delay to the President of the Unit
ed Slates and to the Governour of Georgia.
A copy haviug been received in due rime
at this department it was presumed that one
had also been received by the Executive of
the United States. It was not for the Gov
ernour of Georgia to inquire whether, in
conformity with the requisitions of the re
solutions, a copy had been forwarded to the
President of the United States, or whether
if forwarded, it had been received. It is
sufficient (hat Ihe United States government
may now know that the assent of Alabama
to the running of the line is not warning,
and it only remains for me to assure the
legislature that whenever it becomes neces
sary lo (he interest of the State to cause the
tine (o be run, such measures as they may
:hiok proper to adopt will be carried into
execution effectually and without delay.
The slate of Alabama will of course be in
cited to concur, and both will consider it
due to the United Slates (ogive them timely
lolice. The correspondence on this sub
ject with the government of the United
States and that of Alabama is sunmitted.
It is with great reluctance 1 feel myself
constrained to call your attention to (be
general relations between the federal and
-tale governments. These relations, in
stead of being fixed and permanen! as the
constitution itself, are changing every day
although the instrument which defines them
does not change. There is in all political
bodies, however organized, an instinctive
passion for the accumulation of power.
Tho*e of the U. States have not been back
ward in exhibiting this trait, and as this, like
most other strong passions,acquires strength
by indulgence, it is not a subject of wonder
that at this day it should be displayed with
a force and effect calculated to awaken the
most fearful apprehensions. Under its im
pulses, if not restrained, the states will be
ultimately stripped of the powers once con
sidered essential to their sovereignty, and
he doomed to move in the humble and sub
ordinate spheres of corporations, merely
municipal, without referring to the series
of measures which (derived by latitude of
construction) have bad a teudency to weak
en the powers of Ibe States,and to strength
en those of the general government, it will
he sufficient to advert to those of more re
cent occurrence, because of more alarming ,
character. They are Ihe attempted re
strictions upon the State of Missouri as con
ditions of her admission into the Union—the j
repeated and partially successful assertion
of absolute and uocontrollable power over !
internal improvement,—and lastly, but j
least to be expected, the bold assump i
tion of the power to regulate at plea-1
sure by duties, restraints and prohibi j
tions the entire industry of the conn- i
try, and eventually of course to prescribe
the direction which the labour of every
man shall take, whatever be his own natu
ral inclination or propensity. It was con
fidently believed before, that if there was
any one political feeling cherished by the 1
people of the United States, more univer- ’
sally than another, it was that the freedom
of industry, that is io say, the right of everv I
man to betake himself to any honest ern
plovment whatever as best suited his inch
nations or interest was absolutely secured
against the possibility of encroachment from
my quarter. The confiding American
people no more thought of guarding this
right of freedom of industry against the in
vasion of ‘heir repiesentatives, than of pro
hibitmg them from contaminating the puri
ty of the atmosphere tbpy breathed, or
poisoning the fonntains of water from which
they drank. Nevertheless this sacred
right, derived immediately from Deity, and
which no human institutions could take
away, did not present ao impediment to the
giant strides of the federal government. In
thus defying nature and transcending the
limits of the constitution, what apology
could be found for poor, frail, misguided
man, but the one which the advocates of
this system have sought for themselves—a
refuge in the exploded doctrines of the six
teemh century —? refuge indeed, because
covered with a veil of thick darkness. But
to our shame be it written, the descendants
of the very people of Europe who were
enchained for ages by this system rise up
in our day, with uplifted hands and voices
against it. It is this, say they, which con-;
fined our fathers to their work-shops—]
which cut off all intercourse between man
and man, by which intellect could be im
proved—which made the son to tread in
the footsteps of the father—and which left
him no ideas, no sentiments, no feeling but
what belonged to his family and to his trade.
The American Congress which ought to be
in the van of every thing liberal in politicks,
in commerce and in the arts, go back to this
era to seek lessons of instruction for their
constituents. As providence will have it,
these constituents are 300 years in advance
us them, and unless they give lessons to
their representatives in turn they will find
the ge.neral government very soon employ
ed in making roads and digging canals with
in their own exclusive limits and jnrwdic
lion—levying taxes on one portion of the
community for the single purpose of giving
encouragement to the industry of another
portion ol the same community, and finally
passing an act of universal emancipation,
which would undoubtedly be the last. If I
the Legislature of a State should resolve to
resist such assumed powers, the United
States government would be reduced to the
unpleasant alternative either of enforcing
them because they were clear, manifest,
and explicit ones, or of revoking them a9
of equivocal and doubtful character and not
justifying a recourse to civil war, to main
tain them. And it would seem that this
single consideration would be sufficient to
deter any wise and prudent administration
of government under our constitution from
acting upon such constructive powers at all.
(Concluded on the last page.)
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From the Southern Intelligencer.
To tlse Board of Directors of the Classical ,
Scientifick , and ‘Theological Seminary of
tht South.
Your Agent would beg leave to report —
That he set out, between the twentieth
and thirtieth of April, to discharge the im
portant trust committed to him, by the res
olution adopted at the last meeting: and
was absent one month. It cannot be ex
pected in that time, that any thing more
could have been done than to prepare the
way for future operations. Yet it must be
gratifying to the Board, and to all who feel
any interest in the diffusion of Literature
and Religion in tbe South, to be informed
that few objects of benevolence, if the term
cfwbe applied, have me! so fully Ihe views
and wishes of the people of this Siate aud
Georgia, at the Institution which you design
to establish.
It is true, like every thing else which
pertains to the Kingdom of the Redeemer,
or even to the extension of useful knowl
edge, it finds its opponents, Hnd some per
haps where they should never have been
found. This cannot appear strange or un
auspicious, when we consider the literary
condition of our country; anil the unpar
donable neglect which has hitherto been
practiced towards an enlightened ministry, j
Having visited many of the most re-pec
table and infiuPDtial characters, both eccle-;
siastical and civil, in the State, and having
lairly and candidly stated the design of the!
enterprize, it affords no little satisfaction loi
felicitate this Board upon the prospect of
future success, which already begins lo open
before them. The period has not only ar
rived which demands an Institution of this
kind, bui it has brought with it the period,
when all hearts and hands are ready to bring
it into existence. Notwithstanding the
loud calls, which time after time have been
made upon our charity, for objects worthy
of promotion, -this appears an object in
which the majority feel themselves deeply
interred, and to the accomplishment ot
which they are willing to contribute theii
mite. It is true, that this assertion is found
ed upon a partial exertion; but when we
consider where the experiment has been
made, that it has been in almost the remot
est portion of our State, and consider the
success which has attended this feeble es
fort, I trust the Board will not be disposed
to consider the assertion calculated to excite
an illusive hope. Nor do I presume, that
it will diminish the joy, or discourage the
hearts of those who have embarked in the
causp, to be told that other denominations
of Christians, have more than wished us
success. The Baptist and Methodist Breth
ren have, from a sense of the utility of the
Institution, as far as my visits and personal
application extended, given; and appear
willing to give a helping hand.
Your Agent directed his journey to the
City of Charleston, through the Districts of
Barnwell and Beaufort. It was deemed
imprudent to visit any of the Islands, as the
weather was unusually hot for that season
of the year, and it was supposed that diseas
es produced by the climate, would iu con
sequence appear earlier. His applications
were of course confined to those vicinities,
contiguous to the route directed, and bis
success will appear fr"tn the subscription
papers, which he is prepared to present.
In the city of Charleston, he found the
Rev. Samuel S. Davis, agpnf for the Theo
logical Seminary at Princeton, who was
striving to redeem the pledge made hy the
Synod of South Carolina aud Georgia to that
institution. To have presented the Classi
cal, Scienlifie.k, and Theological Seminary
of the South, fully to the view of the pub
lick, would have been to divert the attention
of the people altogether from the Seminary
at Princeton, and to retard still more the
payment of that debt, in which the Synod
now finds itself involved It was, there
fore, the advice of the brethren in the min
istry in that place, that your Agent should
withhold any publick exertions, which be
might be disposed to make, until Mr. Davis j
shall have made his last effort there for the
benefit of the Synod. At the *ame time,’
they have expressed their determination to
co operate lully with us in the business after
the next meeting of the Synod. They have
given a written engagement to this effect.
It is moreover I heir advice, that this insti
tution be made Synodical All are satisfied
that it should be located in the District of
Pendleton and that a sufficient number of
the Presbytery of South Carolina should
always he upon the Board to form a quorum,
as the Presbytery would be nearest this In
stitution.
The amount of subscription taken by
your agent m person, has been between
Twelve and Fifteen Hundred Dollars.—
One hundred and eight Dollars of which,
he received in cash and put upon interest
from Ist June.
If the Board should not think proper to
offer this Institution to the patronage of Sy
nod, they hare only to persevere with that
energy which the importance of the case
requires, and with the Divine Blessing
there can he no doubt of success. Perhaps
the object may not be accomplished at as
early a period as might be desired, and as
has been expected : but the spirit of enter
prize is already sufficiently awakened upon
the subject to form, in different sections of
the country, societies to support the vari
ous branches of the Institution. Indeed the
anxiety generally felt and expressed, tells
us plainly, that the period has arrived when
a Seminary shall arisp in the South, which
shall remove many of those difficulties that
have hitherto been found in the way of our
Southern youth, whose views are to the
ministry. A Seminary which shall advance !
the cause of Religion in this Country ; |
which shall render the advantages of a lib j
eral education more common, and which :
will prove an infinite blessing to generations
yet unborn.
But to effect this I deem it my duty faith
fully, hut humbly to submit it to the Board,
that some means should be devised by
which a more constant and regular effort
should be made to accomplish the eud
which we have in view. If the Board
think proper to appoint an agent to solicit
benefactions without the bounds of the Pres
bytery, such regulations should be made, as
to enable that agent to visit every section
of the state, and to remain just so long in
one place ns would tend to the benefit of
the institution. In short, whoever the
Board may appoint to this business, should
have guch provision made for him, (hat he j
could devote his time and talents altogeth-1
er to this particular object, until it be ac
complished. i
*®\roti™£?nt now submits foryonr inspec
tion the different subscription papers.
R. B. CATER.
7lh Oct. 1824.
•* Ordered , that the agent’s report he
published in the Southern Intelligencer and
the Mw-iouary of Georgia.”
A true copy from the minutes of the
Board. H. Reid, Stc'ry.
To the Preachers of the South Carolina Con
ference.
In consequence of there having been sev
eral new Conferences set off by the last
General Conference, the time for the next
inerting of Ihe South Carolina Conference t
was changed from ihe 201 h January to the
16th February, 1825. This change, by
some inadvertency or mistake, has not been
noticed in the minutes of the conferences,
and (as we are informed) has not yet been
made known to some of the preachers.—
To avoid, therefore, the inconvenience to
these preachers of travelling several hun
dred miles to attend conference when ihe
conference will not he in session, a< well as
to prevent the loss of their labours on the
circuits, we take the liberty to certify in
this way, that the meeting of the South
Carolina Conference was ordered by the
Bishops for Feb. IG, and will (for all that
we know) take place on that day.
S. K. Hodges,
Win. Capers.
Editors of newspapers in’ this State will
oblige by publishing this notice.
Nov. 9.
A HINT TO MINISTERS.
As we fear it may be the mistake of some
ministers, especially in the early stages of
their labours, to deal in a style of language
and argumentation far above the reach of
the bulk of their hearers, the following ex
cellent sentiment, from Colton’s Lacon, may
he highly beneficial.— Evan. Mag.
“ Iu addressing the multitude we must
follow the advice of Cromwell to his soldiers,
1 Fire lota.” This is the great art of the
Methodists. If our eloquence be directed
above the heads of our hearers, we shall
do do execution. By pointing our argu
ments low. we stand a chance of hitting
their hearts a well as their heads. In ad
dressing angels we could hardly raie our
eloquence too high ; but we must remem
ber that men are noi angels. Would we
warm them by our eloquence, unlike Ma
homet’s mountain, it must rome down to
them, since they cannnt raise themselves
to it. It must come down to thpir wants
and their wishes—to their hopes and their’
fears—to their families and fii6ides.”
ALABAMA.
The Alabama Presbytery, says the Bos
ton Recorder, has formed itself into a Mis
sionary Society, and each of the members
is required to ride through the destitute
parts of the state, at least one month of -he
year. They are attempting also to pro
cure Missionaries from abroad. The waste
places within their bouuds are numer
ous.
Alabama is rapidly increasing in popula
tion and wealth. If we ar not misinform
ed, there is also a strong disposition mani
fested to obtain regular religious privile
ges, and to give the rising generation the
best advantages for intellectual improve
ment. It is a happy circum-tance 100, that
several of the most distinguished civilians
are meo of piety, and disposed to encourage
every laudable effort to maintain literary
and religious institutions. When men whom
the people delight to honour with their con
fidence, are ready to exert their influence
in favour of the truth of God, and by their
conversation and example show that they’
regard religion as the only solid basis of
prosperity to the state, there is much rea- ‘
son to hope that the mass of the population
will so far partake of their spirit, as to in
sure the blessing of God, by their regard
to the Sabbath and the Sanctuary.
We do not knrtw precisely the present
population of this state. It must approach
to 200,000, if it do not exceed it. Yet it
is supplied only by sixteen Presbyterian
Clergymen ! What number of ministers of
other denominations there may be,we have
not now the means of ascertaining, but pro
bably there are not fifty in the whole ; and
what are these among 200,000 souls, scat
tered over a territory of 47,000 square
miles !
Emigration to Hayti. —Letters were re
ceived yesterday from Port an Prince, an
nouncing the arrival of the brig De Witt
Clinton, tbe first vessel dispatched from
this port by the Emigration Society. The
passengers were in good health, and so
much satisfied with the care and attention
shown them by Capt. Barstow, that they re
turned him their thanks in the newspapers.
They were received with every expres
sion of cordiality and joy ; and a pub
lick dinner was given to Capt. Barstow and
Dr. B. a cabin passenger, by the “Societe
Pliilanthropique,” at which a great number
of the principal citizens were present.
N. Y. paper.
There are in the Methodist E. Church
of the United States, 1272 Travelling
Preachers—and the total number in socie
ty of this denomination, is 328,523. In
crease this year, 15,983.
There are in Upper Canada, 84 itinerant
and local preachers, 500 congregations, 45
chapels, and 6159 members.
A small religious sect exists in Manches
ter, Eng. and io Philadelphia, which
stains from all animal food.