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i;y uni EXPiiKsslmL
EXTRACTS FROjI THR
mj co Emm m bssass,
Jj liven l before (he lwo Houses of Congress, at the com
mencement of the Second Session of the Ticenty-fjih
C-mgrrss, on Tuesday list.
Ties document was received in this city, last evening,
by the Express Mail —and we hasten to give as much of
the more important part of it os our limits will allow.
It seem - , by the Message, that the condition of For
eig 1 relations has received no material change since the
last annual Message. The prospect of an amicable ad
justment of the difficulties with the Government of Mex
ican very uncertain ; concerning which the President
remarks, after detailing the difficulties, that—
Not perceiving in what manner any of the powers
given to the Executive alone, could be farther usefully
employed i:i bringing this unfortunate controversy to a
satisfactory termination, the subject was by my predeces
sor refer’d to Coturress,as one calling for its interposition.
In accordance with the clearly understood wishes of the
Legislature, another and formal demand for satisfaction
has been made upon the Mexican Government, with
what .success the documents now communicated wall
sh nv. (J 1 a careful and deliberate examination of their
contents, and considering the spirit manifested by the
Mexico 1 Government, it has become my painful duty to
return the subject, as it now stands, to Congress, to whom
it belongs, to decide upon the time, the mode, and the
measure of redress. Whatever may be your decision,
it shall be faithfully executed,—confident that it will be
charac'fcrl ted by that moderation and justice which will,
I trusg under all circumstances, govern the councils of
our country.
The balance in the Treasury on the Ist day of Janua
ry* P33<, was $15,958,533. The receipts during the pre
sent year from ail sources, including the amount of Trea :
sur / notes issued, are estimated at $23,499,981, constitu- j
hug an aggregate oi $69,-16 8,504. Os f his amount, about i
§35,231,351 will have been expended at the end of the i
year on appropriations made by Congress; and the res
idue, amounting to §31,187,113 will be the nominal bal
ance in the Treasury on the Is! of January next. But j
ol that sum, only §1,085,198 is considered ns immediately
ava 'able tor, arid applicable to, public purposes. Those
par io !-• of it will be for some time unavailable, consists 1
♦third'/ of sums deposited with the States, anti due from
t!u: i inner deposite banks. The do ails upon this sub
jec we; be found m the annual report of the Secretary of
th : j I’ivas try. The amount of Treasury notes, which it
wi ! oimie - «nry to issue during the year on account of
t.'io-n iuud- beingunavailable, will, it it supposed, not
, v 1 1 *oiir an il! hah millions. It seemed proper,in
On eiditi >n of the countrv, to have the estimates on all
smo, - v - ■ c;do as low as practicable, without prejudice
I ,' ■§l ililicmeasures. The Departments were,
1 to prepare their esfi nat< s acc< rdingly,
td < am i■; :iv to tmd /hat they have been able to grad
m» o ueui o.i s i erono.uucal a scale. In the great and
open unm.ncv. *J d.i/iuatious to which the revenue is
subjected, it is not possible to compute the receipts he
ioreiiu nd witji great cermiufy; but hiouldkhey not differ
e sen'.Civ lro.n present anticipations, and should the
l) p . I- . ;j, > ; l IM' |;]'ich c\Y ’o!' ! the no diHi
eiii-ysticm i likely to ho noon in defraying the current ex- j
ponses w.di promptitude and ndelitv.
•Aot w.‘;i e:i;m.ng the g;eat u.al.arnr-smcn’s which
.rn/e reeendy occur yd in crirner; ial affairs, and the
| :i '*nj. idulg< n:e w i ch, in consequence ot these etn
b irrassmoiits, has been ex-ended to both the merchants
■ i .id Lie hanks, itis gru ifvingto be able to anticipate
-d - - 'ho 1 1 oasury .notes, which have e.e<. n issued during
tne pro it v« ir,! o redeemed, and that the resour-!
' • • resort to 1 •nos <»r in
'* f *’ 1 - - ■• ■ 1 : wo a : 11 a. fiir tlcfi'iyitig all Cilur
go-- ynppse ! o i if during 1833.
. lon k-p >ri <u tho Secretary of the Tren«nrv, will as
-11;.. ■. , u a, ni vc mmu'c cxo-jaiiinn of all matters con
nect* ul wi.u i adrmntsfra:ian of the fi mnees during
tie current vv jr; a nerhrl which, for the amount.of pub
iic aioiievi (fsiiur-V' I n> l <]<m >~utcd wi"u the States, ns i
' vo ‘l ‘''j i.'h* huantial <• ri rallies encountered and over-*
* in on ...
\ our was, fit the iast session, invited to the
i!c-n-n»i.v ! ; 1 auditional letrslativc provisions in respect
| • *‘ 3 ' ‘ 'ec b safe-keeping, and transit rof the pub
lic nunev. Ao. law huviug hr m t):e 1 matured, and
u l< >r finding the proceedings of Congress as in
tt*.i am ?j on ft ltd, ala •comes my duty again to biiuy
tue sub v to your nohee.
On tint occasion three mofea of perform
‘W •> branch of the public service were pre
scate] for consideration. These were, the
creation oi u National Bank ; the revival, with
1:10 hheaponn, of the denositcsystem establish
ed by the act of the 23 1 of June, IS3O, per
lintiiiifjr tiie use of the public moneys by the
barks; anti the discontinuance of the use of.
nwh institutions for the purpose referred to,
v 'do suitable provisions for their accomplish- 1
-iv.it through the agency of public officers.—
Tousiuorin" the opinions of both Houses of
‘ onrrress on the two first, propositions as ex
]ire isc 1 in the negative, in which I entirely con
fir, it is unnecessary forme a pain to recur to
them. In respect to the last, you have had an
opportunity since your adjournment, not only
to te st, still farther the expediency of the meas
ure, by liie continue 1 practical operation of
such parts of it as are now in force, but also to
discover, what should ever he sought for and
• oyarde 1 w'th the utmost deference—the opin
ions and wishes of the people. The national
wT is the supreme law of the Republic, and on
a'! subjects within the limits of his constitution
a powers, should lx; faithfully obeyed by the
nub.a* servant. Since the measure in ques
t' vi was submitted to your consideration, most
“! you have enjoyed the advantage of perso
nal communication with your constituents.—
Tor one State only has an election been held
tor the Federal Government; hot the early
day at which it took place, deprives the meas
ure under consideration of much of the sup
port it might otherwise hav<? derived from the
result. Local elections for State officers have,
however, been held in several of the States, at
which the expediency of the plan proposed by
the Executive has been more or less discussed.
You will, I am confident, yield to their results
the respect due to every expression of the pub
lic \ oice. Desiring, however, to arrive at truth
and a just view of the subject in all its bearings,
you will at the same time remember, that ques
tions of far deeper and more immediate local
interest, than the fiscal plans of the National
Treasury, were involved in those elections. —
Above all, we cannot overlook the striking fact
that there were at the time in those States more
than one hundred and sixty millions of bank
capital, of which large portions were subject
to actual forfeiture—other large portions up
held only by special and limited legislative in
dulgences—and most of it, if not all, to a
greater or lesser extent, dependant for a con
tinuance of its corporate existence upon the
will of the State Legislatures to be then chos
en. Apprised of this circumstance, you will
judge, whether it is not most probable that the
peculiar condition of that vast interest in these
respects, the extent to wich it has been spread
through all the ramifications of society, its di
rect connection with the then pending elections,
and the feelings it was calculated to infuse into
the canvass, have exercised afar greater influ
ence over the result, than any widen* could posi
blv have been produced by a conflict of opin
ion* in respect to a question in the administra
tion of the General Government, more remote
and far less important in its bearings upon that
interest.
-1 have found no reason to change rev own
• opinion as to the expediency of adopting the
system proposed, being perfectly satisfied tuat
| there will be neither stability nor safety, either
in the fiscal affairs of the Government, or in
the pecuniary transactions of individuals and
corporations, so long as a connection exists be
tween them, which like the past, offers such
I strong inducements to make them the subjects
or political agitation. Indeed, lam more than
ever convinced of the dangers to whicii the free
land unbiassed exercise of political opinion—
I the only sure foundation and safeguard of re
publican government —would be exposed by
any further increase of the already overgrown
influence of corporate authorities. I cannot
therefore, consistently wit!i my views of duty
advise a renewel of a connection which circum
stances have dissolved.
The discontinuance of the use of State
banks for fiscal purposes ought not to be re
yarded as a measure of hostility toward those
| institutions. Banks, properly established and
conducted, are highly useful to the business of
the country, an 1 will doubtless continue to ex
ist in tiie States, so long as they co fb ni io
their laws, and are found to be safe and bene
ficial. How they should be created, what pri
vileges they should enjoy, under what respon
sibilities they should act, and to what re-.fric
tions they should he subject, are question-;
which, as I observed on a previous occasion,
belong to the States to decide. Upon the r
rights, or the exercise of them, the General
Government can have no motive to c.ueroa ■ i,
Its duty toward them is well performed, when
it refrains from legislating for their special
benefit, because such legislation would violate
the spirit of the Constitution, and be unjust to
other interests ; when it takes no steps to iin
pa re their usefulness, but so manages its own
affairs as to make it the interest of those insti
tutions to strengthen and imorovc their condi
tion for the security and welfare of the com
munity at large. They have no right to insist
oil a connection with the Federal Government,
nor on the use of the public money for their
own benefit. The object of the measure un
der consideration is, to avoid for the future a
compulsory connection of this kind. It pro
poses to place the General Government, in re
gard to the essential points of the collection,
safe-keeping and transfer of the public money,
in a situation which shall relieve it from all de
pcndance on the will of irresponsible individu
als or corporations ; to withdraw those moneys
from the uses of private trade, and confide
thorn to agents constitutionally selected and
coMruled bylaw; to abstain from improper!
interference with the industry of the people, j
and withhold inducements to improvident deal
ings on the part of individuals; to give stabili
ty to the concerns of the Treasury; to pre
serve the measures of the Government from
the unavoidable reproaches that flow from
such a connection, and the banks themselves
: from the injurious effects of a supposed par
t icipation in the political conflicts of the day,
•from which they will otherwise find it difficult
o escape.
These are my views upon this important
subject: formed after careful reflection, and
with no desire but to arrive at what is most
likely to promote the public interest. They
are now, as they were before, submitted with
unfeigned deference for the opinions of others.
It was hardly to be hoped that changes so im
portant, on a subject so interesting, could be
made without producing a serious diversity of
opinion; but so lon** as tiio ,e conflicting views
are kept above the influence of individuals of
local interests; so long as they pursue only the
general good, and are discussed with modera
tion and candor, such diversity is a benefit, not
an injury. If a majority of Congress see the
public welfare in a different light; and more
especially if they should be satisfied that the
measure proposed would not be acceptable to
the people; 1 shall look to their wisdom to sub
stitute such as may he more conductive to the
one, and more satisfactory to the other, in
any event they may confidently rely on my
hearty co-operation to the fullest extent which
my views ofthe Constitution and my sense olj
duty will permit.
It is obviously important to this branch of
the public service, and to the business and qui
et of the country, that the whole subject should
in some way be settled and regulated by law ;
and, if possible, at your present session. Be
sides the plans above referred to, 1 am not
aware ibat any one has been suggested, ex
cept that of keeping the public money in the
State banks in special deposite. This plan is,
to some extent, in accordance with the prac
tice oft he Government, and with the present
arrangement of the Treasury Department;
which, except, perhaps, during the operation
of the late deposite act, has always been allow
ed, even during the existence of a N tionul
Bank, to make a temporary use of the Brute
banks, in particular places, for the safe keep
ing of portions of the revenue. This deere
tiouary power might be continued, ifCongress
deem it desirable, whatever general system
may be adopted. So long as tne connection
is voluntary, wc need perhaps anticipate few
of those difficulties, and little ol’ that depen
dence, on tne banks, which must attend every
such connection when compulsory in its na
ture, and when so arranged as to make the
banks a fixed part ofthe machinery of Gov
eminent. It is undoubtedly in the power of
Congress so to regulate and guard it as to pre
vent tiie public money from being applied to
tne use, or intermingled with the ail* firs, of in
lividu ds. Tails arranged, although it would
not give to tne Government that entire control
over its own funds which 1 desire to
secure to it by the plan 1 have proposed, it
would, it must bo admitted, in a great degree,
ccomplish one ofthe objects which has recotn-
• landed that plan to my judgment—the separ
• i’on oft lie fiscal concerns of the Government
from those of nd:vidua’. 3 or corporations.—
With these observations, I recommended the
whole matter to your dispassionate reflection :
coefidenilv hoping that some conclusion may
be readied by your deliberations, which, on
:o one 'land, si roll give safety and stability to
the 'i cal operations of the Government, and
he co isistei.t on the o‘her, with the genius of
our i !st:tutio*v;. an ’ with interests and wishes
of the great mass of our constituents.
_• , c statements here fellow in relation to the Na
tion::! Hank, her charter, &.e.
The Pro • 1 (:iV tlio.ii proceeds to remark, at length,
conce’ningthe public lands. He also hints the neces
sityof enlarging the regular forces —which subject is
referred to the report of the Secretary of War. Thence
to the plan for the removal of the ludiaus—the navy—
the Post-Office Department—the revenue—steam-boat
casualties, and the affairs of the District of Columbia—
which, from its peculiar situation, governed entirely by
the laws of Congress, has suffered for the want of prop
er legislation.
&CT Governor Gilmer does not approve of the resolu
tion, which has passed both Houses of the Legislature,
to authorize the Centra! Bank to raise, by loan, #150,-
000, for the purpose of meeting the dividends which
have been declared by the Directors of the Bank. The
objections are briefly thus :
Tiie law by which the Central Bank was
created, determines the extent of the authority
of its Directors. That law cannot be altered,
nor the powers conferred by it upon the Di
rectors, lessened or increased by a Resolu
tion of the Legislature.
The law in pointing out the duties of the Di
rectors of the Central Bank, as special Agents
of the State, grants them no power to Ixrrow
money. It appears to me therefore to he in
consistent with the principles of Legislation, to
attempt by Resolution, to give them that au
thority.
By the Constitution, all Bills for raising rev
cntic, or appropriating money, must originate
in the House of Representatives, and be read
three times, on three several days in each
Branch ofthe General Assembly.
ftCT A MU to authorize Limited Partnerships has pas
sed the lower House of the Alabama Legislature.
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OCT It is probable that the Bank convention, in New
York, will not fix upon any slated time for the resum
tion of specie payments.
C O A C II
WARE- HOUSE.
"VIMRIGLEY Sl HART, (opposite comer to AVasli
• * ington Hall,) have *.n hand a large assortment
of Saddlery, Harness, Hardware, Carriaue-Furm
tuke, *scc.
—ALSO
Carriages, Barouches, Bugjys, Gigs, Tilhurys, Sid
neys, and Fancy Wagons. J,Vj“ Vehicles of ail kinds, of
tiie lu st ma eriais, manufactured to order.
Macon, December 9 7
i lATS! IT ATS!! H ATS!! r
- '^Jjf^gp
GEORGE A. KIMBERLY
HAS now on hand a very large assortment of Hats
and Cass, most of which are manufactured by
j liiniself expressly for retailing, and are warranted to -bo
superior to any he has ever before offered, and at pri
ces corresponding with the times.
| Among his assortment may he found super Black
'and Dmb Beaver Hats, of the laiest fashion ; super
iblack Hats, with wide and medium brims, ofthe latest
j fashion ; black and drab smooth Beaver Ha sos every
'variety of shape and style ; satin bea\er Hats ofsune
[ rior quality, warranted extra fine fur bodies. Youths’
satin beaver Ha s, extra fine ; Youths’ hoover Hate, a
large assortment. Also, a large assortment ot I 'ur
Caps, some of which are very nue, toge.her with every
artic.e usually kept in a regular Hat store —all of w hicn
are offered on as good terms as can be purchased of
anv manfacturer in the Unfed S a es.
(K l r Gentlemen about treating themselves to a NEW
HAT will do weii to call.
At Cost, a few ladies’ Fur Capes, Pelerines, Muffs
and Ruffs. Dect be 9 7
I’. F. LEWIS,
FASHIONABLE MERCHANT TAILOR,
ON COTTON-AVENUE,
T HERE gentlemen nm fie accommodated with
w v subs made to order, on the shortest notice, and
ofthe bet material of English and French Goods—and
of the most recent style. Also, a fine assortment ofthe
besi. Ready-Made Clothing of every description, com
mon in his business. Citizens and tra isietit persons,
b> giving him a call, will find a choice selection of Fan
cy Articles.
A ii, UNi FORMS made to order in the best and la
test style, and good materials.
Good workmen are employed, and all orders will be
strictly and punctually attended to.
Wanted. —Two Journeymen Tailors, to whom lib
eral wages uad steady employ will be given.
December 9 7
PROSPECTUS
f jtOR publishing a Monthly Jit eiew of the Macon Mar
-B kef, to continence on flu Dt of January, 1839.
It will be printed in Let er form ; —the first number will
lie issued on die first of next month (January.) Giving
the Receipts of Cotton for the month, and season; the
Stock of Colton on hand —camparing the same with the
past season ; the S. ick of Cotton as reported iti the va
r’ous Cotton mars; prices of Cotton in Macon, and
! /her markets of the United S ; es, Liverpool and Ha
ir re—with such statistics as would he useful or interest
ing in regard to 'he staple of Cjtton ; current rates of
Freights from Macon ; rates of Exchange —and a Re
view of the market gene railt.
Terms—Five dollars for the season, in advance.
December 9 C. A. HIGGINS, Editor.
G. C. McNIELL
IS now receiving, at 'be store in Messrs. Rea &, Cot
ton’s Fire Proof buildings, Commerce-Row, an ex
tetisive and carefully selected Stock of Fancy and Sta
ple Dry Goods, Ready-Made Clothlyg, &c.
Among other things will be found, Silks, Satina and
Satin Reps, English, French and Grodenap Merinos ;
French and English, Swiss and Scotch worked and
embroidered Capes and Collars of various stvles; Mus
lins, Lawns, Linr.ens, Diapers, Carpetings, Prints, Ho
isery, Shawls, Bonnetts, V eils, &c., with' other articles
usually kept in a Dry Goods Store—all of which will be
sold on good terms.
December 9 7
For Sa?e.
VIT OOD lots of Oak and Hickory Land, a few miles
* from Macon.
Also a FARM of one hundred acres in a good con
dition, for planting, three and a half miles from town.
Dec. 2. 6 Apply to JAS. A. NISBET.
DICKINSON & WARE
Hum sot at their Store, under the Central Hotel,
SUGARS, Coffee and Teas
Salt, Iron and N >iis
Rurn, G: i and Whiskey
Holland Gin and Comae Brandy
An aosor’ment of Cordials
A superior article of VI ilnsses
Madeira, Sicily Madeira and Port Wines
Sugar and Butter Crackers
Hard-ware. Crockery-ware and Stone-ware
Hemp Bagging
Guotiey Bar ring, anew article, 43 inches wide.,
With every article usirdV kept in a Grocery Store.
A general assortment of DRY GOODS.
And also, are coP a tanflv receiving large and fresh
supplies of Family Groceries, Liquors, dec. which are
offered favorably for cash.
December 9 . 7
NEW HOOKS !
IIFG of Aaron Burr, cownlete.
J Ernes* Mabravers hv Bulwer.
Black Chief, by John T. Irving, and
Janet Hamilton. For sale hv
GRIFFIN &. PURSE.
December 1 G