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■mmamw!* jysup-; ASH Maawaajag;mag a■: aMaaftsami 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 .-“