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From the Ladle ■ Magazine.
41' vine rouse thee dearest! —’lis not veil
To'lct thy spirit brood
Thus darkly o’er the cares that swell
Life’s current to a flood ;
As brook , ami torrents, rivers,all,
Increase the guif iit which they fall,
'Such thoughts, by gathering up the tills
Of lesser griefs, spread real ills ;
And w ith their gloomy shades, conceal
The landftnarks Hope would else reveal.
Come fouse thee, now —1 know thy mind,
And would its strength awaken;
Proud,-gifted, noble, ardent, kind
* Strange thou shouldst be the* shaken '■
Hut rouse afresh each energy,
And be what heaven intended thee y
Throw from thy thoughts this wearying weight,
And prove thy spirit firmly great;
I would not see thee bend below
The angry storms of earthly ’ ’>•
Full well I knew the generous soul
W hich warms flute into life,
.Each spring which can its powers control,
Familiar to thy Wife—
For deemest thou she had stooped to Lind
1 ler fate unto a common mind ?
the eagle-like ambition, nurs’d
From childhood in her heart had first
Consumed with its Promethean flame,
The shrine that sunk her so to shame.
Then rouse thee, dealest from the dream
That fetters now thy powers —
Shake oil' this gloom—>l lope sheds a beam
To gild each cloud which lowers;
And though at present seems so far
The wished goal —a guiding star
With peaceful ray would light thee on,
Until its utmost bounds L,- won ;
"That quenchless ray thou’lt ever prove,
In f< tid, undying, wsodsd i.ovk.
• FAME,
BY JOANNA BAiLI-IK.
Oil! who shall lightly say that fame
Is nothing but an empty name !
"W hilst in that sound there is a charm *
The nerves to brace, the heart to .. arm :
As, thinking of the mighty dead.
The young from slothful conch will start
And vow, with titled hands outspread,
JLike them to act a noble part.
Dh! who shall lightly say that fame
Is nothing but an empty name 1
When, but for those our mighty iL'-adj
All ages past a blank would be,
Sunk in oblivion's murkey bed —
A desert bare, a shiplcss sea 7
They are the distant objects seen
The lofty marks ofv.hat hath been.
Oh ! who shall lightly sny that liune
Th nothing but an empty mum:- '
"When uteiu’ry of the mighty dead
To earth worn pilgrim’s wistful eye,
*j’hc brightest rays of cheering slipd,
That point to iimuort ilily.
A REMINkCKNCF.
‘ I raw he" in chililhoo t,
A bright go nth: thing,
■4. iko the dawn of the morning.
Or daws of the spring*;
The blossoms and birds
Werys '. or playmates ail lay,
Here i* as attractive
Ana artless us they.
I met h *.- again—
A fair gi l l of eighteen—
Fresh glittering with grace-*,
Of mind, and of mien,
Her speech was all music ;
Like moonlight she shone ;
The ( .■ .y of tnany ;
Tbe glory of one.
Years, years lleetcd over—
-1 stood at- her feet,
The bud had grown blossomi
The blossom was fruit.
A.Signified mother
Her infant she bore.
And looked more engaging.
Than ever before.
I saw ber once more ;
Twas the day that she died
Heaven’s light was around her,
And laith at her side !
No wishes to move bur,
No fear t appal;
O then 1 I felt, then,
Mm was fairest of a l ' 1”
Tin: exquisites appeal.
J.' 1 ihat.is n bachelor, though married'Vo the.
muse, _ j
T talks with all the gentle folk 3, and llirts with!
all tho-blues ;
I;'s I that koha us knowing new as env iod-y ran,
T\,r oircc’ l was a j.hmnore, but now lam a mail.
J quotes the,ancient c’.assicid.s, I, knovvs'the new
est tui es,
I wears a cct.t iltot's elegant, and striped panta
loons ;
ft’s I that h;.s the shiny-boots, and sports the
spotted gills,
Jt’s I that drinks tiro Burgundy, mul near pays
niy c*i : lt •
7 brrr i, a lllih pv>p?/ I has a liulc pane,
1 beaus lira pretty laities out, and be..us them
home again :
it’s I that's pins the handkerchief*, It's I that ties
their shoes..
It’s I that goes a. mlopping tor -to tell them what
to Choose. *
Who Should it be of all the world, who should‘it
bo but I,
v.rites the pretty poetry what makes the
ladies erv,
4 ires the people stare at me, bee-nttse.l looks so
fine, .
Ik .es the fat old grce?r men, wbat asks me out
, . m dine.
2 knows a little la tie. Stuff, and half a line of
• t .< ' ,
Jl fy bn-litr is a Itenrficrinan, and taught >,ie how to
Spink,
Jr’s 1 that makes the morning calls, It’s J goes
•net to tea,
C hlcO Mfv ajnn-i, 911* half *9 rittut me.
Free Trade FonveiUion.
lie ported for the Philadelphia Gazette.
FREE TRADE CONVENTION.
Saturday, Sept. 00/A-
Itt addition to the states mentioned in our
last rejiort, Rhode Island was to day rr pre
sented iit the Convention.
At 10 o’clock the meeting was called to
order by the Hon. Burwell Basset, the <. hair
man pro. jemjtore.
Mr. Cheats moved that the Convention
proceed immediately to elect a President.
Mr Gallatin had heard that some difficul
ties had arisen on the point ol tho election
of a President, wlietln r it should be by states
or per capita. It Vas not necessary to set
tle the abstract principle involved in the
l question. Formality sltouid be avoided.—
This bod v was not a’Congress, but a volunta
rv meet in!?. There was one individual .prc
-1 scut whose nomination would unite all votes.
He therefore nominated Mr. P. P. Barbour,
of Virginia, for 'he ollice of President.
In this motion Mr. Gallatin was unanim
ously supported, and Judge Barbour was e*
looted President by general acclamation.
The President on taking his seat, made an
address to the following effect:—
Gentlemen of the Con rent inn :
Tho or. asion which has brought us togeth
er, is certainly an important one, whether we
have reference to the subject committed to 1
\ our care, or to the result which may How
j from our deliberations.
! In almost every other country, upon the
i face of tho earth,hen the people f< < l them*
! s Ives to be aggrieved, they have before them,
i the painful alternative, either of imcondition
lal submission, without the hope of redress, or
lof an attempt to right themselves hv force,
' and thus- breaking up the very foundations
ol their government. Happily forus, out
lot is otherwise cast. l f - re the principle is
; held so sacred, that it is not permitted to be
drawn into question ; nay, as if to make as
surance doubly sure, it. is explicitly guarran
! teed by the constitution—That the people
j have a right peaceably to assemble, and de
mand a redress of their grievances. It is in
the exercise of this unquestioned and un
| questionable right, that we h ive now met to-
Igethi r —not to indulge in captious, or trivial
j complaints, not to give utterance to tho voice
: of faction, but for a higher, for a nobler pur
pose.—As the representatives of a large por
tion of the people of this l tiiorr, in theii
name, arid on their behalf, to expostulate
with our countrymen, in a tone, manly, yet
respectful; firm,yet temperate —To declare
in the fire of the whole community, that
those wlki scut ns Imre, beliove themselves
to be burdened, by an unjust, unequal and
wrongful system of taxation; mm to appeal to
the sense of justice of those who arc a large
majority for the correction of so great an evil.
To be called to preside over such an as
sembly, isau honor, which any man might
highly appreciate; for myself, l ten dot you
my acknowledgements lot such an evidence
of your confidence in advance. lam aware
that it devolves upon me high responsibility.
But l shall meet it with firmness, promising
the best exertions of such ability ns 1 have,
; with the asSurarjpc of zeal, and determined
! Impartiality. And gentlemen, if bv any thing
which vve shaft do 1- re, wo can contribute in
any degree, to the attainment of the great
object which v.e have in view, wc .-.hail cer
tainly have render-d some service to the
State.
To this end, let ns, I beseech you, conduct
all our proceedings in a spirit of conciliat ion
and harmony. Let us, by our exa ripl ". 'hew
to the world, that whilst we know our rights,
and knowing dare man tain them 5 vve at the
same time, know bow to respect the rights
and feelings of others, 'inus shall we best
acquit ourselves of the obligations which we
owe to our constituents*; thus may we in
dulge the stronger hope of fulfilling their
just expectations. And if, after all, our c*f-
Ibrts should fail of success, we -shall at least
have the consolation to "know, that vve made
them with an anxious desire, amicably and
justly to settle a question, which seriously
disturbs the harmony of our common comi
trv.
On motion of l>r. Tidy man of South Caro
lina, thanks \\, re presented to the Pennsylva
nia delegation, for the arrangements they
had made for the accommodation of the Con
vention.’
On motion of Judge Shorter of Georgia, j
Mr. Ruguet of Philadelphia, was unatiim-;
j ously elected Secretary of the Convention.
On motion of Col. Basset, of Virginia, the :
j Secret ry was authorized to employ so-many '
: assistant -as he might deem neoessaiy.
On motion of Col. 'Basset, it was - resolved 1
' that the rules ot Congr.-ss, for the. regulation •
iof business, be adopted by the Convention. !
On motion Mr. Du-.ngoolc .of Virginia, it j
was resolved that the editors of newspapers
and r*ic stenographers employed by them, be
, authorised to take *eats within the bar.
Mr Mitchell of South Carolina sai I, that,
las there appeared to lie a pause in tiie jwo
; feeding of the Convention, he wow hi take
! thin opportunity of ofleringa -et of p'solti
j tions which might serve as land marks in the
discussion, and shew the people and the gen
oral government that a perfre' Hnifo: :nity of
feeling prevailed in this body. He had the 1
great, r confidence in bringing forward those i
resolutions because they wore not tho fabric I
of his own brain. They claimed an huthori- i
jty far above any thing he could give them.— j
j They had been adopted at a meeting in the j
town of Boston in 1820,, when an attoitjpt was j
making-to revise thetariffou tho principles
that had been adopted in the Into revision.—
In the periodicals of that May, the meeting
was described as consisting of the ablest
Counsellors, the wealthiest manufacturers,
and the most enterprising merchants of that
great aid eminent metropolis. This gave
! tito resolutions great authority, which was
j strengthened bv tlie fact,"that they had also
.1 substance been adopted by a meeting held
■in riuudelphm, in the seme ve-ar. Every
| man in South Carolina,-echoes the sentiments
j of these resolutioifs.
Tho first resolution is,- “That no objection
ought to be made to any amount of taxes
equally apportio.: and an.i imposed for the mu
pose of raising revenue for the support offmv
ernrtientThis was the resolution adopted
’ by tje irot cnligbt'T.cd ia>n in Mqgsafbtp
setts, and there was no man in South Caroli
na, from the Mountains to Hie Ocean, or
from the -North Carolina tine to the Savannah
river, that cliel not cordially assent t.j it.”
“But” the r solution proceeds, “taxes im
posed on the people for the sole.benefit of any
one class of men, are equaliy inconsistent
with tno principles of our constitution and
with sound policy.”
i Equal rights, equal duties, equal immtmi
ti s,equal disabilities, continued Mr. Mitch*
j ell, is trie language of the constitution.—
Tin re is not a man in South Carolina who
Aloes not obj et to this impedtion of taxes for
the benefit of particular classes. We all ad
mit the right to tax to any necessary extent
j for the support of government; but when you
| go beyond this, we can not understand in what
principle von proceed.
Mr. Al. said that the people of Soidh C-iro
| linaean no where find in tiie Constitution an
) express authority gr cri to Congress by the
j peop<<: of tiie States to encourage rannufac
j hires by taxation : nor can they understand
j how a power to regulate commerce can com
j prebend a power to promote manufactures
jby direct or indirect bounties: how reguia
ition means prohibition; how a power ox
! pressiy given for the purpose of increasing
! foreign commerce—of extending it to every
quarter oftlre globe—and placing ji on the
best and most prosperous footing—cun imply
a power to diminish and annihilate it and
turn labor and capital to manufacturing in
dustry : This is above.the comprehension of
those whom lie bad the honor to i( present. —
i Mr. M- said that this in the minds of his con
stituents was neither more nor less than arbi
trary taxation, and he was more than grati
fied that they liad bcen supported in this view
of the Constitution by the commercial peo
ple of the great and enlightened cities of Bos
ton ami Philadelphia. i
Tiie other resolutions are,
“That high bounties -on such domestic j
manufactures as arc how-fitted by the tariff,
•favor great capitalists rather than personal in
|diistfv, or the owners of smell capitals and
therefore that we do not perceive its tenden
cy to promote national industry.
“That we are equally incapable of discov
ering its beneficial effects on -agriculture,
1 since the obvious consequences of its adop
tion would be that the farmer must gi ve *k>re
than he now does, for all he buys, ami -re
ceive less for all he-sells.
“'l'll.at the iiit-io-itious of duties which are
mormons and declared by a hirge portion of
the people to be unequal abd mijusi, is dan
gerous, as it encourages the practice of suiug
glilf-
“That in the opinion of this meeting, the
Tariff should lx? reduced to the
standard of revenue for the sujqiort of gov
ernment.”
These resolutions were submitted by Air.
Mitchell, as the universal sentiment, of the
people of South Carolina—as sentiments wor
thy of universal adoption—and to which no
rational objection eoirtd tic made eitlier in or
out of tile Convention.
fhi motion of a gent leman who tliotight it
would be more in order to divide the business'
of the Convention among committees, be
fore passing resolutions of a general charac
ter, the resolutions wore laid era -the table.
(A. B. Tim resolutions brought-forward by
Hr. M. are copies of the celebrated resolu.
tionsolli red J>y Air.’Daniel Webster, at the
; meeting in Boston in l”20)
j Mr*. GMlatin thought that lj-jore bringing
' specific propositions before the Convent ion,
![some preliminary steps were necessary for
| the general arrange ijent of business. 11*
I had learned with great sails!■- ion that/f/-
teai states were represented in the (’osiven
; lion. The members as yet had but little
: opportunity for ascertaining each other’s
! sentiments* To pi emote this object and to
facilitate business, he would propose that a,
committee should be appointed, consisti ,g of
two incmlx rs to lie elected by the (lelegw
i tion.of each state, or of one member when
; from the necessity of the case, these would
he no more than oi.c, and that to this federa
tive committee thus formed should ho com
mitted the viiity of arranging the order of bu
siness. The principal object of the •Coirvcn
; tion was of a jtracticrrl nature. A remon
strance to. Congress must be prepared. A
committee of ec.-ffespondence tocoliect facts,
j may be necessary. An address to the peo
|of the United States will perhaps be thought
j [Hoper. To prepare business lor the con-
Isideratioii of tlieJConvcntio;i a general com
mitt, e seemed necessary, and that this com
; mittee might have general powers, he offered
! a resolution expressed in general terms.
| A verbal amendment to the resolution, was
! offered by Mr. Jonps of Georgia, and accept
!< and by Mr. Gallatin, as expressing the sciiti
imentho intended to convey.
Mr. Poindexter said the resolution conflic
ted with the riib-s of Congress, which had
just been adopted for the regulation of busi
ness. in tin* H iu.se of Repres.ntativcH, the
Speaker appoints ine Committees.
'J'he President of the Convention (Mr. Bar
bour) ib dared the practice of Congress tube,
as had beco.stated by Air. Poindexter, but
added that it would be much more agreeable
to him, if the delegation from tiro different
sir.tes would elect, their own members of the
committee. As he had hot vet had time to
Ix i -iuie generally acquainted with the mem
bers, he might in some ■cases, place* on the
counnittc those who would not be most ac
ceptable to the majority of their own delega
tion.
Mr. Gallatin said that when he voted for
the adoption of the rules of Congress, lie -did i
not suppose he was voting for them in extvn
so, but simply for so much us was necessary
for preserving order. One great object of
the resolution, would bo defeated, if the Pres
ident should appoint tlie Committee. Tliat I
object was that each State, represented <
this floor, should have its due weight in tlie
preparation of business for the consideration
of the Convention—that the sentiments of
.ill the States should be ascertained asnearly
, as possible.
Mr. Cheves thought there was no difficul
,ty in the case. The convention could im
pose on itself such restrictions as it pleased;
| and it could take them oft' when it pleased,—
It had, in this respect, greater liberties tlinn
Congress. The object of tlm mover of the
resolution, by wljivh tlfev felt tltC{Tl?c!vos
trammeled, had, no doubt, been simply the
adoption of the common law of parliament for
the preservation of order.
Mr. Poindexter then moved the suspen
sion of the rule of Congress on the appoint
ment of committees : ami Mr. (otllatiu’s reso
lution was unanimously adopted.
Mr. G’heves then moved to rescind the
i ales of Congress. Mr. Basset assented to
the motion. lie observed that when he had
prof osed their adoption, it had passed through
his mind that many of them were inapplica
ble to the present convention, but he thought
that as the exceptions occurred they could lie
! rescinded, leaving in force such only of the
rules as w ere applicable.
The rules were then rescinded.
A member then offered a resolution, “that
so much of the rules of the House of Repre
sentatives, as relates to the introduction of
resolutions, and mode of debate, lie adopted
by this Convi ntion.”
This was opposed by Mr. Carpenter et
Maine, on tiie ground that disputes would
continually arise, as to which of the rules re
ferred to in the resolution, were appl.cable
in this convention. In would be best to be
governed by the common law of parliament.,!
livery member had implicit confidence in the
President. He was well acquainted with
business. And, if he ever e. cidt J wrong, an
appeal could be made to the* Convention.
The i ..oiion was negatived.
If was. then resolved that there should be a \
recess of half an Jiotir, to aiibrd the dilFerent i
delegations an opportunity of electing the j
members of the Federative Committee, for the j
general arrangement of business.
When the President had resumed the chair,
the did'..lent delegations reported that they
bad elected the following gentlemen,members
of the
FED ERA TIVE COMMITTEE.
MAINE.
| Joshua Carpenter, Charles Q. Clapp.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Theodore Sedgwick, Honrv Lee.
RHODE ISLAND.
Win. Hunter.
NEW YORK.
Albert Gal!uti*i, . John Aug. Smith.
NEW JERSEY.
( oTicl. is •liiril.'iilnirg, John \ iiliake.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Thomas P. Cope, Cienjuat C. Riddle
AMR ALAND.
Win. E. I laud v, A. E. Jones.
VIRGINIA.
James AL < larnett, John W. .Tones,
NORTH CAROLIN A.
James Iredell, Win. IN Blount.
SOUTH CAROLINA. „
Chancellor Harper, Daniel E. Huger.
GEORGIA.
John AX, Berrien, Eli S. Shorter.
ALABAMA.
•Enoch Tar suns, Thomas Goldsmith
MJSSISStPI*.
George Poindexter.
TENNESSEE.
Wm. E. Butler, Aix’r. Patton.
Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, stated that it
was desirable to ascertain the -operations o!
tiie duties in various parts of the and
ts some parts were not represented on this
floor, fie would ..offer a resolution to invest
the President to invito persons capable ol
giving information, to a seat -within the bar.
Tiie resolution was unanimously adopted,
and the Couventiqa adjourned to l*i oT-iock
oil :.i.oud,,_..
Delegates from “Connecticut appeared in the
Convention to-day. The whole number
who iKive inscribed their names in the hook
is t!f •
The general tr federative committee asked
for instructions, which wore given, Hunting
their powers to the Convention.
A motion was made and carried to provide
seats for such -laities as might think proper to
attend.
Momw, dricher 3, 1831.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
by the secratnry-
A number pf new delegates ajipearcd and
snfi -bribed ti>eir names.
Tiie F resident amtoupcoJ the names ofse”
veral gentlemen whom (in the exercise ol
the discretionary powers conferred in him by
Air. Berrien’s rosidution,) he had invited to
take seats within the bar.
(V.neng the gentlemen, mentioned by the
President was Mr. Henry B. Sedgwick, a na
tive of .Massachusetts, but, vve believe, for
some time a resident, of New York. lie was
the proposer of the Convention, through the
medium of the New York Evening Post. A
few weeks'ago he was struck with a paralysis.
The disease does not affect his mind, and his
interest in the objects of the convention be
ing undiminkheil, he was conducted to his
seat by the assistance cf his servants and his
friends.)
Major Edwards ofW%h Carolina, said he
understood tho Convention would lie honor
ed with the presence of the fairer and better
part of creation. Me therefore moved llwt
thePr -sident should be invested with power j
to make sueii arrangements as in his diacre
f.'ou he might deem necessary for the accom
odation of such ladies as might think proper
to attend.
A gentleman from New York (Mr. P. F.)
moved to lay the resolution on the table. lie;
waa supported by . very few.
The resolution was finally carried by gen-!
end acclamation—only a single vote in the ne
gative being distinctly heard.
A letter .was received from John 'himford
Esq. of New York, stating that lie had depos-j
ited in tho hall, £u the use of the members
oftheConv. ‘ltion, five liundr-d copies of the
report of the Committee oa Commerce of tho j
year 18‘JO.
Mr. Gallatin, the.chairman of rhe Federa
tive or Gcvcrai Committee, repotted that the
Committee were doubtful of the extent of the
powers conferred on them—w hether they had.
authority to draft a memorial to Congress and
an address to she people, or simply to prepare
business for tlie consideration of tue Cqdvcii
tion. He had been instructed by tlie Coin,
mittee to ask for information on tiie joints,
and . Iso to submit to the Convention, a reso
lution for the appoint o. a committee, consis
j t * , ’3 °* o:, f person from each of the States rep
j resented in the Convention, to prosecute bn
; fore Congress the greats objects which they
' Jrd t: ,r inld-tk to nro:ie>;-t
1 V
When the resolution for the apjmintmei.i oi
permanent committee to prost.ee.t v the cast
afore Congress was submitted to the Con
dition, Mr. Poindexter said its pi.: astrology
.as such as to .mjdy the adoption of a mo
lorial by the Convention—and none had yet
eon adopted. He, therefore, moved to lay
ije resolution on the table.
W hen the resolution requesting informa
ion ufthe powers of the •committee was
rought forward, Governor Miller of South
Carolina, asked what particular instructions
•ere required.
Air. Gallatin replied that he had nothing
articular to say, except that doubts had ari
•n in tiie Commit id of the extent of their
ower—some supposing it extended to the
rafting of mem , dsarid addresses, and oth
rs believing tlnn ft extended no further than
> the arrangement of business lor the con
dcratioii of the Convention. He had been
istjrueted to ask information o:i theso
oil its.
Governor Miller requested that the re so
il ion by w hich i he Committee had been coo
itiited, should be read.
('<l. Preston of bouta Carolina moved that
ic Committee should be limited “to report
er si: h objects as ought to engage the aften
uncf the Convention,”
Col. Nivett of Boston, offered, r an amend*
icnt to this resolution, a proposition that “the
ommittce should be authorised to prepare
; ,fts of a memorial and such others papers
i they might deem necessary.”
Col. Preston's motion w.s adopted.
Col. Preston then inquired when th orga
ic committee (as he beleived lie ought to
ill it) would be prepared to report.
Mr. Gallatin replied that he was not able
i say. IJe*liad requested the members of
le committee to tarry after the adjournment.
On motion of Mr. Poindexter, it was re
solved that tho Chief Justice of the United
State? (Judge Marshall) now in this city,
should be invited to taxe a seat within the
bar of the Ilodse.
Mr. Poindexter prefaced Ids resolution with
a few remarks, expressive of tho opinion
which he, and wc believe all the nation, en
tertain, of thecharactcr of the venerable chief
Justice.
A genii man announced the arrival of
members from Connecticut, and piesumrd
that as they were but tw o in number, they
should'take seats with the Federative Com
mittee. *
The President replied they would of course
unless some objection were made.
The l‘n sklent laid -before the meeting, a
document that had been forwarded from Lau
derdale County, Alabama. It represented
that the citizens of that county were decided
ly opposed to the tariff-policy, but that it was
inconvenient to them to send representatives.
They would, however, be bound by the pro
ceedings of the .Convention, provided they
were not of a nullify ing character. They al
so suggested the holding of an annual meet
ing of the friends of Five Trade, the dele
gates to which should he apportioned among
the several State s according to the number of
their representatives in Congress.
Oa motion of Mr. Gallatin it was then re
solved, that there should ho n recess-of an
hour, to.allow the Federative Committee an
opportunity for deliberation.
When the President res unrig] the chair, Mr.
Gallatin the Chairman of the Federative
Committee, i>y direction of that Cumiaittec,
reported two resolutions, one directingap ad
dress to the people of the United .States, the
other a memorial to Congress, to be prepared
to promote -the objecisof the Convention.
Th< se resolutions were adopted without a
dissenting voice.
Mr. .1 Icrcien of New York, then offered a
resolution requesting die General Committee
to have the memorial and address prepared,
and lo submit them to the consideration of
the Convention.
It would, be believed, be conceded on all
hands, that attendance in the Convention,was
very inconvenient to many of the members,
and productive of great sacrifices. The soon
er vve can got through the business, the* more
satisfactory it will be to ait. Mr. M. proposed
to commit the duty of preparing the memo
rial and the address to the General Commit
tee,, la cause it vv.-.i already appointed, be
cause it was vve if qualified, and because, from
the manner in which it had boon formed, it
possessed the means of ascertaining the exact
wishes of (lie different stub represented in
the Convention. An additional reason was,*
that some interchange of sentiuvnt on the
subje ct of the I 'lnoriai and of the address,
had he understood, already taken place among
the members of tiie Committee.
The motion was adopted, 117 members vo
ting in the affirmative. .
Mr. Jones of Georgia then offered a resolu
tion, the gist of which was the absolute vn
constitutionality of the “American System.”
Mr. Charles Q. Clapp, of Maine, p, jposed
a substitute, asserting the opposition of the
of the “American System” to the spirit of the
constitution.
():i motion of Mr. Basset, it was resolved
to Gy the resolution and tho substitute 0:1 the
table.
Mr. Poindexter . of Mississippi, then offered
a scries of resolutions, expressive of thp war
mest attapliment to the constitution and a de
termination to defend it at all hazards from
all foes external and internal; but insisting
on the principles of strict construction, decla
ring a constitution to be an instrument limit
ing the Governors, and that when these limit*
were transgressed by the Governors, the peo
ple ought not to submit.
Mr. Poindexter offered to b.y th e r eolu.
lions on the table, and Mr, Cethake of New
Jersey, n.aile a motie., f u ( } )at e ftbct.
, 5* ou !I ‘ ol of South Carolina, thought
t.'is course y.ould be improper. The resolu
tions purported to be instructions to the Gon
f-i'd Committee, an.i if they we ye to have any
effect, they ought t<r be discussed before the
Goner ! < ‘onunittee made its report. laying
lb. m on the table, right retard the proceed
ings of thfi coiumittee,
Mi. Jones of Georgia, In an animated
speech, declared that the object of his resolu
tion was to instruct tije committee, and the
object oi the resolutions of the gentlemen
trom Mississippi, was the same, if it bo pro
per to give jury instructions to the comm it tee
itjo c.- -,c,f;r it,A done better. H c^ijcet
was to eliedt tne utimcnts of
t on,in regar.' tthe unconstituti o , ai;t°!T' e# '
tecting arid prohibitory duties, ip,V ‘ 1 |,r °'
< specially i.istnrtted by his constim’ 1 ' 1 ,iCei *
maintain the uneonstitutionality as J ,0
•'.‘xpediem yof the s; stem. He had i in '
die object ler white th: y are as oP|B M„j °" 11
it would > e to little purpose if thr/* Cd ’ *“• >
-o dec arc that the system was Ulltollat J
al. ihe inexjH tlteney ol it, was to w. “ I ‘*
stitiients, a minor consideratio'i 'v con ’
on the principle of the unconstitufi, ,„i-.
the system. 11 ad as our condition S C ‘
hard as our buril.as are, lliey are mil;’' ,s '
ifh. cL.s,3:ri
the system lx- admitted We had butt ' "
ver have assembled, if by our silence o-, T
point we leave it to be inferred that ti„.' . K
constitutional and we are at tlic men- • f Ctis
Congress if we only declare it incxpedi'J'*
Col. llntler, of South Carolina,
equal animation) said lie hoped tliTr
elutions cf the gentleiuati from M;
i.ouk, be reierreu to me committee, vvitbtii
report. As far as tint report went, he [
perfectly satisfied. He feared it did ... '
far enough. The address and „,e,„ ori 4
be drawn up by that committee, would l r '
a tone, a spirit that might satisfy U ,- e
tuents. But, be observed, therewas ll() m
s:o.-i made m it to tne question of ,h e
stitut.onality of the tarili*. My cormtituent-’
said Mr. Butler, believe that it is . f ,e o , )s .; t ;.’
tionalA believing so,it was a,question of tel
importance to them. I agree with my f r j' c .
from Georgia, that it is necessary tlmt V*'
question should be decided on by this foi”
I will go ns far in tbft spirit of eonciiation u
any one. lam delighted w ith the P pf r ; ( r)j , ,
I see pervades this assembly. I scea jjf
silicn :o epjiose the system of ninth ire row"
plain, a’ J a spirit becoming tllc occask( , V
out I cannot go so far to co.-npromit pri, ICi
|)les, and to disregard the instructions of those
who sent ;ue hi re. Ido not insist on the nr ( -
cise proposition in which it may be said the
constitution had been violated; It was enough
that the constitution of a people had been vi
dated—whether in spirit or letter was i wlM '
tonal. Iconic instrneted by constituentswi, 0
know their rights, and will not consent t„
any compromises of print-.pie, that will put
them in jeopardy, and to yield the coiistin,.
tionality of the measure might have that effort
and to forbear expressing our opinion on this
pci fit, might be coustrucdsmto acquitsctnce,
although not so intended. This question
must be met, and it i refuse to meet it, 1 will
go home to be consumed by the indignation
of freemen who have sent me litre to assort
and maintain their rights.
Mr. 4 elftake agreed to withdraw-e* motion
to lay the resolu.lens offered byAlrlAnndexttr
o:i the table, to make way far the motion to
rcfjtr them to the committee, on tke distract
understanding that such reference of them
in no way implied any instruction >n the sub
jttet to the committee by the Convention. Hr
said be had no intention uf expressing an o
pinion of the constitutionality q< the restric
tive system; but wished simply to stave of
the discussion fertile present. The comma
tee, he had no doubt, would be able to mm
the wishes, it not of all, of the great majority
of the members of the Convonnuo. 'Tliodis.
citssion could be entered upon when tiie me
morial & aikiress were before the comcnlior.
Chancellor Harper, of S. Carolina uiovei
to commit ail the resolutions to the General
Committee for consideration.
Air. thieves said that if the resolution*
were to he r< garde<l in the iii'ht of instruc
tions, he would give the preference to that
of the gentleman from Georgia, (Mr. Jones.)
The resolutions of the gentleman from .Mis
sissippi-involved too much—they involved the
whole principles of government, some ol
which it was unnecessary now to discifss.lt
the resolutions wet J simply coumjitted to tk
General. Committee for consideration, vve
should he just where vve are nojy, for the reso
lutions involved no opinions not familiar to
all the members of the committee. Tvf
courses presented themselves to the Conven
tion. The one was to make an express (lech
ration of principles in distinct re olutioiis,
and U: governed thereby in the preparatior
of memorials and remonstrances. The othet
was to embody the sense, intelligence, ami
local information of the members in distinct
committers. As the object was to consume
the least time, the latter oourso had been
adopted by the Convention. It was obvnws
that there was but one question which coutd
agitate this’body, and that was the questw
of the constitutionality of the restrictiv e as
tern. This question cannot*be evaded. Meet
it in some shape, wo must. It must bo
brought forward; if by no other person, h
myself, (unless l am forcibly silenced) though
1 should (in fer its being brought forward by
another. It struck .Mr. C. that the best way
to bring it forward would he to suffer the coo
tnittee to report, as discussion now m'"litre
tard their proceedings.
Chancellor ’lahi'kh, of Srtutli Cardinal
was decidedly of opinion that it would bo
best to defer the discussion, till the eompiil
toe had made the'* report. —The rcsoloti®
that had been offered might be regarded as
mere hints for their consideration.
Mr. ll'Tiiuia.v, of Georgia, with a view *
asc-.rt-.dni, iff whether the resolution* co ' : ’
ta'Vird instructions to tiie committee, or
suggestions, requested that they ting'd v
read again. ,
The request was complied vhth, and ■
Mr. Bmkuikn stated that tho resolution*
not in his view, contain any thing ab?o..im
binding on tho commit tee. or on the Com'
tion. He gave tho prelVrencc to thp f eso
tion of his colleague (.Mr. Jove?,) I' ul “
would, out. of abundant caution, suggest a
hid alteration to his friend in order to n^ r
the wishes of the members generally;
The President stated that the cotnitw!
of the resolutions wojild not bind the w* l
They might, decide directly against them,
tin y saw tit.
The resolutions of Mr, Jones ofCeorg l •
Mr, CY.vi'p of Maine, and Mr. IViinhs**’
of Mississippi, were then comnutted 10
organic egrnmidee for consideration- ,
On motion of Mr. Pbksekved
New York, it was resolved that the 1
Janks EkowN, l;.;£ Minister to France,
invited to take a sent vvlthiri tho bar.
Mr. Gallatin said that art* thr com
mont' of these resolution# rtfinoscd OJ .-“