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[COSAM EMIR BARTLETT —EDITOR ] THE DEMOCRAT, will bo published every week in Columbus , Muscogee County, GeorviJ at Three Dollars per annum if paid in advanco’ or Four Dollars at the end of tho year It is rxpected that all application for subscription trom a distanco, will be accompanied with tho money, Advertiaemonts will bo inserted at rcasonablo rates, bales of land and negroes, by adminis trators, executors or guardians, are required bv i»w to bo hold on the .first Tuesday in the montli between tho hour* of ten o’clock in tho forenoon V three in the afternoon, at the court house of tho county in which Iho property is situated. Notieo of these sales must be given in a public Gazette sixty days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property i„ u .t be given in a like manner forty days previous to the day of sale * * Notieo to debtors and creditors of an estate ©list be published forty days. Notiee that all application will be made to the court of ordinary for leave to sell land must bo published four months. P RESIDENT'S MESSAGE. [CONTINUED.] Instructions nnd advice have been given to the Governor of Arkansas and the offi cers iu command in the adjoining Mexican Stale, by which, it is hoped, the quiet r f that frontier will le preserved, until a final settlement of the dividing line shall have removed all ground of controversy. The exchange of ratifications of the trea ty concluded fast year with Awsliia has net jet taken place. The delay lias been oc casioned by the non-arrival of the ratifica tion of that Government within the time prescribed i y the treaty. Renewed au thority has been asked for the representa tive of Austria; and, in the mean time, the rapidly incroasiug trade and navigation between the two countries have been placed upon tho most liberal footing of our navi gation acts. Several alleged depredations have beru recently committed on our commercn by tho national vessels of I’oitugal. They havo been made ibo subject of immediate remonstration and reclamation. lam not yet possessed of st.iTicieiit information to express a definite opinion of their charac ter, but expect soon to receive it. No proper means shall b« omitted to obtain for our citizens all the redress to which they may appear to be entitled. Almost nt tho moment of your last ses sion, two bills, the one entitled “An act for making appropriation for building liglit-hou scs, light-boats, beacons, and monuments, placing buoys, and for improving harbors and directing surveys*” and the other, "An act to authorize a subscription for stock in the Louisville and Portland Catial Company,'* Were submitted for my appro val. Ii was itn possible, within the time al lotved'me, before the close of the session, so give these bills the consideration which was duo to their character and importance; slid I was compelled to retain them for that purpose. I now avail myself of this early opportunity to re nun them to the Houses in which they respectively origina ted, with the reasons which, after mature deliberation, compel me to withhold my ap proval. Tic practice of defraying out of the united States the expenst s incurred by the establishment and support of light-houses, bcaccns, buoys, and public piers, within tits bays, inlets, harbors, and ports of the United States, to render the navigation thereof safe and easy, is coeval with the a deption of the Constitution, and has beeD interruption of dispute. As our foreign commerce increased, and tvas extended into the intetior of the coun try by the establishment of ports of entry and delivery upon our navigable rivers, the Sphere of those expenditures received a corresponding enlargement. Light-houses, < beacons, buoys, public piers, and tho remo- 1 va! of sand-bars, sawyers, and other pat t’al or temporary impediments in the navi gable rivers and harbors which were embra ced in tho revenuo districts from time to tinio established by law, were authorized t jjon the same principle, and tho expense defrayed in the same manner. That ilusy expenses have at times been extravaga* and disproportionate, is very piobable.— Tho circumstances under which they are incurred are well calculated to lead to such u result, unless their application is subjec ted to the closest scrutiny. Thu local ad vantages arising trom tho disbursement of public money too frequently, it is to be teared, invite appropriations for objects of this character that are neither necessary n °r useful. The number of light-house lteepeix is already very large, and tho bill before mo proposes to add to it fifty-one no re, of various descriptions. From rep- resentations upon the subject which are un derstood to be emitted to respect, I am in duced to believe that there has not only been great improvidence in the past expen ditures of the Government upon these ob ects, but that the security of navigation has, iu some instances, been diminished by the multiplication of light-houses, and con st quent change of lights, upon the coast. — It is in this, os in other respects, out duty to avoid ail unnecessary’ expense, as well as every increase of patronage not callt’d for by the public servite. Cat, in the discharge ol that duty in this pat titular, it must not be forgotten trial, iu relation to our foreign commerce, the burden and bent fit of pio ter ting and accommodating it necessarily go together, and must do so as long as the public revet.tin is drawn from the people through the cusiom-house. It is indisputa ble, that whatever gives facility and securi ty to navigation, cheapens imports and'wll "ho consume them aro like interested in "halever produces this *ffert. If they ‘ °n*unie, they ought, a* they now do, to v ■*; I otherwise, they do 00l pty. Th THIS DBMOCRAT, . consumer in the most inland State detives ae same advantage from every necessary , J‘id prudent expenditure for the facility «A ( security of our foreign commerce and uav isattr-n, that he does who resides in a ma j "line State. Local expenditures have not of themselves, a correspondent operation. ; I’ioni a bill making direct appropriations j for such objects, I should m,t have with , "eld my assent. The one row ictunrd J does so m several particulars, but it also contains appropriations for surveys of a local character, which I cannot approve. It gives me satisfaction to find that no se rious inconvenience has arisen from with itol.itng my approval from ibis bill; nor will t‘> tiusi, because of regret that an oppor tunny will be thereby afforded for Congicss !° 11 v luw i |s provisions under circumstances eitt r calculated for full investigation than those under which it was passed. In speaking of duett appropriations, I mean not to include n practice which has obtained to some extent, and to which I have, in one instance, in a different capaci •y. g |V en my assent—that of subscribing to the stock of private associations. Positive experience, and a more thorough consider ation of the subject, have convinced me of the impropriety as well as inexpediency of such investments. All improvements ef tocled by the funds of the nation for gene ra! use should bo open to the enjoyment of all our fellow citizens, exempt fiom the pay ment of tolls, or any imposition of that character. Tho practice of thus ming ling the concerns of the government with those of the States or of individuals, is in consistent with the object ot its institution, and highly impolitic. The successful oper ation of the federal system can only ha preserved by confining it to iho few and simple, but yet important objects for which it was designed, A different praciicc, if allowed to jrro gicss, would uliirr.aioly change the charac ter of tnis Government, by consolidating into one ihn (vencra! ments, which were intended to be kept for ever distinct. I cannot perceive how bills athorizing such subscriptions cap be oiher wiso regarded than as bills for revenue, and consequently subject to tho rule in that res pect prescribed by the Constitution If the interest of the Government in piivate is subordinate to that of individuals, the management and control of a portion of the public funds is delegated to unknown to the Constiiution, and beyond the supervision of our constituents; if su perior, its officers and agents will be con stantly exposed to imputations of favoritism and oppression. Direct prejudice to the public interest, or an alienation of the af fections and respect of portions of the peo ple, may therefore, in addition to the gene ral discredit resulting to the Government from embaiking with its constituents in pe cuniary speculations, be looked for as the probable fruit of such associations. It is no answer to this objection to say that the extent of consequences like these cannot be great from a limited and small numbrrof investments, because experience in other matters teaches us, and we are not at liberty to disregard its admonitions, that, unless an entire stop be put to them, it will soon be impossible to prevent their accumulation, until they are spread over the whole coun try, and mado to embrace many of the pri vate and appropriate concerns of indivi duals. The power which the General Govern ment would acquire within the several States by becoming the principal stockholder in j corporations, controlling every canal and j each sixty or hundred miles of every ini- j portant road, and giving a proportionate j vote in all their elections, is almost incon ceivable, and in my view, dangerous to tho liberties of the people. This mode cf aiding such works is, also in its nature, deceptive, and in many cases conductive to improvidence in the adminis tration of tho national funds. Appropria tions will be obtained with much greater facility, and granted with less security to ihe public interest, when the measure is thus disguised, than when definite and direct expenditures of money are asked for. The interests of the nation would doubiless be better served by avoiding all such indirect modes of aiding particular objects. In a Government like ours, more especially, should all public acts be, as far as practica ble, simple, undisguised, and intelligible, ilmt they may become fit subjects for the approbation or animadversion of the people. The bill authorizing a subscription to the Louisville and Portland canal affords a stri* king illustration of the difficulty of with* holding additional appropriations for the same object, when the first erroneous step has been taken by instituting a partnership between the Government, and private companies. It proposes third sub sn iption on the part of the United States, when each preceding one was at the time regarded! as the exient of the aid which Government was to render to that work; and Hie accompanying hill of light-houses, Ac., contains an appropriation for a survey of the bed of the river, tviih a view to its I improvement, by removing the obstruction which tiie canal is designed to avoid. Tins improvement, if successful, would afford s ft to passage to the river, and render the canal entirely useles. To such improvi dence is tho cou sc of legislation subject, in ri latiuii to internal improvements on local matters even with the best inteutions on the part of Congress. Although the motives which have influ enced mo in this matter may be already suite iently slated, 1 am, nevertheless, in duced by its importance to add «i sea oh* * sei vatioiis of a general character. Id nty objoctious to tho bills authorizing COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATUItC^g^M.JpiKUAB V 1, is*. subscriptions to the MwfSfrlle and Ro,k vflle Road Companies, I expressed mv views fully iuregaidto lire power of Con gross to consrnci roads and canals withirt a State, or to appropriate money fur impio vnrents of a local character. If, at die same time, intimated my belief th ,t ii, o righi to make appropriation, for such as were of a national character had been s » generally acted upon, and so long acquits j * u Hie federal and State Govern men*, and thcronsiiiuents of each, as loju-. ; lif y * !s exercise on the ground of continued and uiniiterrupted usage; but that it was nevertheless, highly expedient that appro priations, oven ofihat’character should,with the exception made at tne time, he defer rod uniil the national debt is paid, and that, intlie mean while, sonic general mle for Lie action of thtr Government in that resoect oucht io be established. These suggestions were not necessary to the decision of tho question then before mi; and were, I readily admit, intended to a waken tho attention, and draw forth ’the o pinions and obsei vulion, of our coustituen's upon a subject of the highest importance to iheir iotoiterest, and one destined to ex ert a powerful iutlnenco upon the future operations cf our political system. I know of no tribunal to which a public man in this countiy, in u case of di übt mid dilli- j cutty can up;cal wi h greater advantage 1 or more propriety, than the judgment of the people, and although I must necessarily, 1 io the discharge of my official duties, be 1 governed by the dictates of my own judg- j meot, I have no desire to conceal mv anx-! ious wish to conform, as fur ns I cun, to the views ot tliuse for whom I act. All irregular expressions of public oj-'n ion arc of necessity attended with some doubt as to their accuracy: hut making full allowances on that account, I cannot, I think, deceive myself in believing that the uci3 referred to, us well as tho suggestions which I allowed myself to make in relation ", *!**”,unon the fur***— ~r ' at the Government, have been approved by the great body of the pci pie. That those whose immediate pecuniary interests are to be affected by proposed expenditures should shrink front die application cf a iulo which prefers their more general and re mote interests to those which are personal and immediate, is to be expected. But even such objections must, from the nature of our population, be but temporary in their duration; and if it wore otherwise, oui course should be the same; for the time is yet I hope, far distant, when those eutiusied with power to be exercised for the good of the whole will consider it either honest oi wise to purchase local favor at the sacrifice of principle and ilia g< neral good. So understanding public sentiment, and throughly satisfied that tho host interests ol our common country imperiously require that the course which I have recommended in this regard should be adopted, I have, upon the most matuie consideration, deter mined to pursue it. It is due to candor, as well to my own feelings, that 2 should express tho reluct unce andaoxieiy which I must nt all times experience in exercising the undoubted right of the Executive to withhold his as sent from bills on other grounds than their unconstitutional!!)'. That this right should not be exercised on slight occasions, all will admit. It is only in matters of deep in terest, when the principle involved may be J justly regarded as next in importance to | infractions of the Constitution itself, tlist i 1 such a step can bo expected to meet with ; the approbation of the people. Such an | occasion do I conscientieusly believe the present to be. In the discharge of this delicate and highly responsible duty, I am I sustained liy the refloctio.l that tho exer-' cise of this pow er has been deemed consis tent with the obligation of official duty by several of my predecessors; and by the per suasion, too, that, whatever liberal institu tions may liave to fear from the encroach ment of Executive power, which has been every whore the cause of so much strife and bloody contention, but little danger is to be apprehended from a precedent by which that authority denies to itself tho exercise of powers that bring in their train influence and patronage of g:cat extent, and thus excludes the operation of personal interests, every where the bane cf official trust. I derive, too, no small degree of satisfaction from the reflection, that, if I have mista ken the interests and wishes of the people, tho Constitution affords the means of soon redressing the error, by selecting for the place their favor has bestowed upon me a citizen whose opinions may accord with their own I trust in the mean time, the interests of the nation will be saved from prejudice, by a rigid application of that portion of the public funds which might c thervvise he applied to different objecs to that highest of all our obligations, the pay ment of the public debt, and opportunity be afforded for tho adoption of some beilei rule for the operations of the Government ill this matter than any which, has hitherto been acted upon. Proufoundly impressed with tho impor tance of the subjen, not merely as it relates to the genetal prosperity of ilie country, but to the safety of the federal sys'em, I cannot avoid repeating my earnest hope that all good citizens, who take a propei interests iu the success and harmony of otr admirahlo political institutions, and who ate incapable of desiring •<> convert an op position state of things into means for tin gratification ofpeisonul ambition, will, lay ing aside minor considerations, and discai ding local prejudices, uiote their honest exertions to establish some fixed genera piinciple, which shall be calculated to of feel thegreaiest extent of public good u J regard in the subject of intern .1 i.. prove -1 ami; ff.id the leasi gn.iiujs .’or sec i tioii-.l disc oil It'll!. 1 lie gene ral ground if u y u! j. c.ion to uppiopru.tious lias In en heietiduic- expres sdff; ami 1 shall tiidc-tvet to avoid a repeti tion of what has been nlreaiiy ‘nt-fod—the impm lance of sustaining Stale S. vneigu ties, as i.ir as is i ons sii-i.t wi.h the iigltiful action of tin.- I ctb ral Govt rum* n*, and t.| piesti viog ihe grealt st attainable iiarwuuy beiueen them. 1 will now only add an oxpiession otmy cot,victim.—a conviction which every (ley’s experience seives to conform—ihat the political cimd which in culcates lb.- pursuits < f liiose great objects us a painmouiii doty is the nut Lath, and une to which we me mainly inuebu*] lor tne present success of the enure system, and to which we must alone look fur us fu- ] tine stability. That there are diversities in the interests of the difft icni Stale which compose tins eiuensivt confederacy, must be admitted 1 dose diversities arising fiom situation, climate, population, and pursuits, are doub llt.s-. as it is natural they should be, great ly ex ggcrated by jealousies, and the spirit of rivalry so ins* parable from neighboting comiiniiiies. These circumstances make it the duly of those who are distrusted with the management of its affairs to neutralise th< ir (ffacisas t o as prccticablr, by making die benefit i.il operation oljihe Feuei ul Gov ernment us equal and ecj iliable among tlie Several Stales as can bo done cousisUuoy wnil the gioat ends of its institution. It is only necessary to refer to undoubted furs, to sco how far the pint acts ol the Government upon the subject under con sideration have fallen stunt t f this object. Tim expenditures beret*'fine mado lor in ternal improvements amount to upwards of five million if dollais, and have been distii buted in veiy unequal pu pei nous amongst the Stales. Tiie estimated expense us works of which surveys have bccu made, partially surveyed, amounts to im-.o than ninety-six millions of dollars. Tnat such improvuieuts on account ot pniticular circumstances, may ho mere ad vantage*. nsly and beneficially made iu some Siates than in others, is doubiless Hue; but that they are of a character which suould prevent an equitable distribute ii ol the funds amoitgis die seveial Stales, is not to be conceded The want of ihis < qmlubio distribution cannot fail to prove a prolific source of irritation umongts the States. We have it cui.su.ntly before our eyes,] that professions of supeiior Zeal in the cause of internal improvement, and a dispusi ion to lavish ihe public funds upon objects ol (hat character, are Gaily and earnestly put Until by aspirants to power, as consiittiung the highest claims to the confidence ol tbe people. Would it be s'range, under seen circumstances, and in times ol great ex citement, that giants ot litis descrption should find their motives in ol j ! cis, which may not accord with the public good 1 Those who have not had occasion io see and ragret the indication of a sinister Influ ence in these mailers in past times, have boen more fortunate than myself in Itieir observation of the course of public affairs If to these evils bo added the combina tions and angry contentions to which sucii a couise of tilings gives rise, with their bale ful influences upon the legislation ol Cou gress touching the leading and appropriate duties of the Federal Government, it was hut doing justice to tiie charutloi of our people to expect the Severe condemnation of the past winch tho recent exhibition ol public sentiment h *s evinced. Nothing short of a radical change in the action oftlie Government upon .tho subject can, in my opinii n, remedy tho evil. If, as it would be nntuial to expert, the States which have betn let si favored in past ap propriations should insist on tiing tedit'S sod in those hereafter to bo made, at tbe expense of the Slates which have so largely and disproportionately participated, we have, as matters notv stand, bin little secu rity that the attempt would do more than change the inequality from one quarter to another. Thus viewing ihe subject, I have hereto foie felt it my duty to recommend t lie adop tion of sotrio plan for the distribution of ihe suiplus funds w hicli may at any nine le niuin io the Tieasury alter ihe n ifionai debt shall have hern paid, among the Stales, in propoiiioli lo the tmmber <f their H-prc* seniativcs, to he applied by them to ibjecis of internal improvements. Although ibis plan has met with favor in some poi lions of the F riot;, it bus also eli cited objtclions wi ich mci it delAu late con sideration. A bri* f notice of these ol jtc tions here will not, ihuicfoie, I tiusi, be re garded as out c f place. They reel, as far as they* come to my knowledge, on tho fol!p« ing gioumls:—lst, an objection to iho ratio of distribution; 2d, au apprchcudon that tno existence of such a regulation would produce im provi out ami oppressive axaliou K* raise tho funds for distribution; dd, that tho mode proposed would lead lo tne const fecfieii of works of a local nature, to the exclusion of such as are general, and as would consequently he of a more useful character; and iaat. that il weu’d create a discred itable and injurious dependence, "ii the part otllie State Governments, upon the federal pewer. Os those who object to iho ratio of representation as tho basis of distribution, some insit that tbo im pollution* of the uspeelive States would cousii . nle one that w mild be mote equitable, and others, aoiin, that the extent of their respective tin rTo ries would furnish a standard winch would be more expedient, and sufficiently equitable. The ratio of reprMentation presented itself to my mind, and it still doe*, as one id obvh.us equity, because -fils being tbe latio of comriautum. whether tho fund* to tie distributed be thrived ftom the cus toms or from direct taxation Ii docs not follow however, that its adoption is indispensable to (he .islsbhslnueiil of-the system priqxsec. There my be considerations appertaining to the subject vluch would render a departufo, to tome exient, >.utu the rule *>f oeAtribniioti, proper - Not it VOLUME Hits NUMBER Iv* j shmWoJ.. necessary tl. U tbe bads of disp il utb.n In my first message, I stated it to be mv opic l !."* ‘ h;, .t '*' ,s ""l probable Dm any kdi.islmt - . t i , 'll' 0 " 1 rincipl, s saii i.< U,ry t.. ({,<- . ;He of ij,e Dmon. will, until a remote ,i, .1 ,f ■ over, leave the Government without a co»si4 , j blesu.pl,,. ~, the treasury, beyond wli»t may be , required for Us current service ” I have'no can e to change that opinion, but nun ;, to confirm it - so, | U l bese expectations be realized, « «,uin,b!« fund would thus l.e produced f>r the plan undeV consideration to operate upon; and if (hers be n, such bind, its adoption, work n , i iury In any in, lerest; for I cannot assent to tbo t'nstness of !lm appieliension that Ihe establishment q ic p-sed system would lend to lire encourage.,i. ,n „f improvident legislation oftlie character si, ppused. U Jntover the proper sullm.ity, in the exercise of eons itnuonal power, shall, at any lime hereafter, . decide lo be tor lire general good will in that as in oilier respects, and support of the wholo country, and we have ample security that every abuse of power in that regard, by the agents us Uro people, will receive a speedy and effectual corrective at their hr n'a Ihe views which I take of the fu. turn toumlpd on the obvious and iucrcnsinir im. provement of our fellow-cetiZens, in rntell.aence, and in public and private virtue, le«c me without linirii apj)n*hct*vioiiH on ih;it h *.id Ido not doubt that those who come after ur, will he as much alive ns nnr are lo tiie obligation upon a I Ihe trustees ofpolitical power locxenipt ib-so tor whom they net Irour all unuoeegsary h.n-- I liens, and as sensible of the great liutli, that iho i (.sources ot the nation, beyend those required 1. f the immediate and nece*sary purl’ose* of Govern* merit, can no !i .* r• ■ !>c no wctll deposited as in tho pockets of the people. It may sometimes happen that the interests cf part icular states, would not be deemed to roincida with the general interest in relation to inn.io e. ment within such siai« s |} ut ,f u, e danger to be apprehended from this source is sulHci -nt to require it, a discretion might ho reserved t . fon gre s to direct, lo such improvements of a gener al character a* ihe Slates, under the restriction of confining to each Slate tiro expenditure of ilg ap propriate quota, it may, however, be assumed a safe, general rule, that such improvements *va serve lo increase the prosperity of the respective Males in which they aro made, by giving new fa cilities to trade, and thereby augmenting tiuj wealtii and comfort of tiieirinbabihints, constitoo. tho mresl nuulccf i i V .a«.uum. | no strchgtii as well as ihe true glory of tho confederacy is mainly frounded on tlie prosperity and p-wer if tho several independent sovereignties of which it i* composed, and the certainly wilh which they cun bo brought into succcisful, active co-opera tion, through the agency of iho Fcdoial Govern ment. It is, moreover, within the knowledge of such as are at all conversant with public affairs, that schemes of internal improvement have, from time to time, been propo cd, which, from their extent and seeming magnificence, wero regarded ass national concernment hot u hich, upon fuller c . sideralion and further experience, would now • rejected with great unanimity. That the plan under consideration, Would derh a important advantages from its certainty, and that the moneys set aprt for these purposes would h« more jildiciou: !y applied and economically expen ded under the direction of tho Slate 1 egislnluics, iu which every part of each State is inunediaiely represented, cannot, I think, bo doubted. In tho new Stutcs particularly, where a comparatively small population is scattered over an extensive surface, and the representation in Congress con sequently very limited, it is natural to expect that tho appropriation: made hy tho Federal Govern ment would be more likely to bo exnondcd in iho vicinity of those members through whose imuindi. ate agency thoy wero obtained, ih.in if the funds were placed under the control of tho Legislature iu which every county of tho Hate has its ov u re presentative Tliis supposition does not necessa rily impugn the motives of such Congressional representatives, nor is it so intended' \Vo are all sensible of tho bias to which the strongest minds and purest hearts aro, under such circumstancos, liable. In respect to the last object ion, its probable effect upon the dignity and Independence of tho State Governments, itnppcear* lonic only nnee» sary lo state the caso as it is, and ns it would he if the measure proposed were adopted, to show that the operation is most liholy to bo the verv re verse of that which the objection supposes. Iu the one caso, the Mate would receive its quota oftlie rational revenuo fur domestic use up on a fixed principle, as a matter of right, and from a fund to the creation of which it had itself con tributed its fair proportion There coaid be mail- ing derogatory in that.. As matters now stand, Ihe Slates themselves, in their sovereign character are not tinfrequcntly |>ctitioners at the bar of tho Federal Legislature for such allowances out of tire national treasury ss it may comport with tlnrfr pleasure or sense of ddty to bestow upon them. It cannot require argument to prove which of iho two courses is inoat compatible wi Ii the efficien cy or respectability of the State Governments. But all those arc matters fordisenssb n and dis* passionate considerations. That thu desired nd justment would be attended with difficulty, ass rHz no reason why it should not be attempted Tho effective operation cf such motives would have prevented the adoption of the Constitution under which we have so long lived, and under thd be nign influence of which our beloved country has signally prospered. The frnnieia of hat sacred instrument had greater difficulties to overcome, and thoy did over come them The pat mtisin ..f the people, directed by a deop conviction of t| lo importance of tho Union, produced mutual concer sion and reciprocal tbrbcaance. , Strict light was merged in a spirit of compromise, and the result ha*consecrated their disinterested devotion to the general weal. I'tdess the American people have degenerated, the same result ran be again effected, whenever experience points out the necessity of a resort to the same means lo upheld Ihe fabric which their father* have reared II is out oftlie power of man to make a systoni of government like ours, or any other, opo*ale with precise equa lity upon states situated iike Ihn c which compose this confederacy; nor is inequality olw .ys injus tice. Every date cannot expect to shapo the measures of the General Government to suit its own paiticular inteicst The causes which pre vent it aro seated in the nature of things, and cannot be entirely counteracted hy human mean.-. Mutual forbearance, therefore, becomes a dntv obligatory upon all; and we may. lain conlidon", count on a clieerlnl compliance with this high in- I j’.lne.tion on the part of our constituents. It is | not to be supposed that they wilt o' jeet to make j such comparatively inconsiderable sacrifices for the preservation of rights and privilege* which other less favored portions of the world have - . i vain waded tliaongh seas of blood to acquire j Our course is a safe one, if it be hut faithful'y adhered to. Acquiescence in tho constitutional -,- expressed will of the majority, anil the exon ; o of that will in a spuit o( moderation, justice ii brotherly kindness, w ill coiisttiiiie a cement w’bo would forever prp orve our Union Those wi > cherish and inculcate Heiiiinients like these rep. dt-r ft most essential service lo iheir country; whilst tho-C why seek to weaken‘he r iofl ioio are. however conscientious and p aisewnrtliy their intentions' iu effect its worst erieiiiio*. If the intelligence nod influence of the country, instead of laboring to fomont seciion.d prejtt<fi<" i, to be made subsequent In parly win taro, wen-, in go< and Ifiilh, applied loJ.bc eradieg'ion , f csti: es • 1 , j real discontent, hv the itiiprerciuenf of oui lic.i