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GEORG IS hIUiISLATVUi:.
>fr, Aral’s S|i)c<*csi.
Mr. Speaker:—l rise for the purpose of ma
king u motion to ru-considcr the Journal of yes
lord ay, so far ns relates to lli ; action of the
House, upon the prcam!>l>; an I r. solutions, of
fered by the gentleman from Warren, known as
the Tariff preamble and resolutions.
I confess, Mr. Speaker, that 1 inak • this mo
tion with but little hope of success; but, bar, 1 cm
induced to do it, that gentlemen may otic t more
have an opportunity of recording tlioir votes a
gainst a measure, which, if carried through the
Legislature, w:H inrny opinion, have a tendency
t# rivet upon us more completely the tariffsvs.
tern, limn any measure ev-r before attempted in
this Slate—and 1 warn genlb-iiien to weigh well
this important matter, and r bMhre it I
too late, thedisas!ions • •■him ipu ice s that inn ,
result from such a cuur -of I. < siatinn.
I am opposed to any and ail I- .dativeaction
upon this subject, at tin-, ttna 1 , and consider it
not only improper, but extra odd dal. And, Mr.
Speaker, why do Iso consider its I’ecause the
people, tin: sitrerrij’ii p.-op/c of Georgia, have ta
ken ibis matter into their own bands, and shall
we, their servants, usurp, and tab from lb
this unquestionable righ ' Are gentlemen afraid
to trust the people with the man an mus this
great and important matter? \\ ill any man
pretend to say, that the people oftJenrgia have
not intelligence enough to know their T;bti,
and patriotism und boldm ss stifiieient to main,
tain them? None dare openly to make the insin
uation. I ncknowlcdg : ilio right oftbe peopl ■
to act on Ibis question, whenever tin:v sliall de
termine to dos i, and none have the ri lit to ques
tion their nets.
The resolutions on your table, Mr. Speaker,
denounce South Carolina, a sister ■ ate, laboring
'under like grievances with on is -Ivi s ; a stale
that is making onr cans ia r e use, in ibe great
struggle for I liberty— and sliall wo lake side.!
with our oppressors? I la p., n
The resolutions nUo prop. , • a ;'o:i:Ik iii Con
vention, under certain rid s and reieilutioiw.—
Do gentlemen believe that a convention can be
had upon the plan proposal? Doilmv : .|, ;L .,".| V
wish a convention? f doubt, very nmeli, Mr.
Speaker, the sincerity of some, at least—the
phraseology of the Preamble itself, i. j( videnee,
to my mind, that their supporters entertain
doubts, or why do they use the words (if a con
vention be necessary?) that is to sn, if a eon
volition be necessary ut all—la;l oflbis, we the
friends oftbe resolutions have doubts. JJo not
gentlemen know it to be impossible to get a con
vention upon the plan propos si? It is proposed
to have a Southern convention, provided six
States concur in the measure, lias not Ten
nessee already refus'd! and bus not South Car
olina gone too fur to accede to meli a proposi
tiou? Jt would be u retrograde step in Imr to
consent to such a proposition, in Imr pres at al
titude. And pray, gentlemen, where will von
find your sfx States to concur! Can yam name
them? You cannot, and your who] ■ plan is de
feated.
1 will tell yon the 'rands eret, Mr. Speaker.
It is we'll known, that th ■ people, feeling lliem.
(Helves oppressed by the burdens of (be Tnrilf,
Imve recently determined to take the iii,alter into
thi lirserions consideration, and determine upon I
sonio peaceable and elf clnal mode of redress.
Accordingly Delegates were el eted to a Stale
Convention—the convention in t —but a certain
portion of thoso delegates earn.! w ith a determi
nation to oppos ■ every thing that amounts toanv
thing like resistance to the Tarilf; ami after re
maining in convention four days, (hiding them
selves largely in tint minority, and discoverin'/
that some mode of resistance would be submitted
to the people for their ratification or rejection,
they determined to withdraw, and lake no part
in this high handed measure, as they considered
it, against the Tarilf.
Ruing unable to control the deliberations of
the Convention, and much mor.ifmd at their nn
expected defeat, it now beenmo necessary m
•■ganl/.e and commence a new plan, hv way. if
|Kissihle, of defeating the objects contemplated ,
by tllo convon'imi, \ud here it might he ask.
ed, what was the plan devised f It was this, ifi
have been correctly informed, and I derive my
information from hi gentleman, a member of this
House, who was pros ait, mi l knows much of ■
the midnight ussamblagcs of tin., s ibmissanj .
party, which co u' ,• i partly of hi tli th ■ partii s, i
known as the Clark and Tro ■ |,nil After i
much constitution, ni setin 5 after ting, was ,
hel I in ;i certain l.'mg Roem in this town, and i
on Saturday night, I 7th of the present mouth, a ,
largo mooting uas h Id, consisting of ;i pait of ,
the soceders from the convention, mil a lano. ,
majority of the Clark party in the Legislature, ,
when it was delermin 1 that something must he ,
dono to put down th m couveaiion people. \ ,
certain senator in Congress, (I mean Mi T,,,-.
'syth,) made a long speech on the ; he 1
fneeting adjo.mie I over until Monday nigh ,
1 t)th, at w hieh time tli t - am i; ~i. ,
fared by tho g al. arm from K'ehmon I, (\|r. ;
<sla«.nvk.l ht lit ng one of tl *> i(mt t
bad been nap . nt"d at a : . ■> (
caucus, to report si-h a- of r ..,, s ,
would aiis.v r th.dr eil a. \ aiein'm ~
all thn.way from Harris eiaitv. (It ; ,k h" i s v
sometimes calle Ith > Teni -s warrior, at o'h. v
or times, ho is call I Rnrkley Marti:- 1 h.ad'to d
give his views ut great
determined, that nolwkhs an ii ig ; ; ■ p ~j ,
taken this matter, the Tarilf, iio td r ~,v „ ,
hands, they con Id not b ■ tn: ■; 1 with : , mli |
I hut ths Legist itur I it A
Accordingly, tho preamble an 1 r dutious uow t
on your table, was placed ia tho hands of the
i.-ntlonian from Warren, wd > report I them i„
l .isHouso on the n- \t day. and til me a ad. r
* urns J. 'J'liis is th" very way th so resolutions ’i
bnve been com I und b■ ;■: |. ||,; s
House; and 1 dare any gent! -maa pres .ait, to \
<n ny it.
I now call up > i the «r nil -m a f ae Hi it.
mmd, from Warren, tnv.l f o:u 11 -k, tn deny t
this statem.nit off.mt; if i , . d ■. I pm, |
fora reply—n:i,l n.nie is i tad . .Mr. Sp-iimr. |<
it is unpleasant to make lie ■•• r.-mt:,: but a S
duty that I owe both tonivs'df n I • > isti; tifii:n
comp'd me do it. 1 want t!i wb d p, >l■ of
C* iorgia to know Lou . • i■- . •is |,av ■ II
(cob concocted mi l brought before t,V • ! , is,-. K
1 «ittaey, the people, may he the b tier ,R t 1!
*■' )lJ 'f the mo- os' "f •'i-r m v I M
confess candidly, that 1 cannot for tho life o
■ me, divest myself of the belief, that they havi
= been introduced here, more for party purposes
than for the good of tho country.
u Mr. Speaker, I now have a more unpleasan
11 duty to perform, than that which I have already
11 done; and if, in the discharge of this duty, I
should find it necessary to mention tho names
• of individuals, both absent and present, I hope
5 the House will pardon me for a violation of the
’ rule, when the many examples set me yesterday
• are so fresh in tho minds of gentlemen.
I have a few interrogatories to put to mv old
friends from Warren and Hancock, Mr. Ryan
and Mr. Haynes. 1 say to these gentlemen,
that strong suspicions are entertained against
both of them, by their old political friends, that
they have abandoned the good old principle.s*of
18dr. ; that they have not kept the faith, and are
political apostates. I ask, is it so or not? I
hope they will clear themselves of these eharg
es if they can—it i*.ay bo,j that they are reak.
ing their vengeance upon the whole party, with
which they have formerly peted, and that too,
at the .sacrifice of principle) because they, or
some of their friends, have Dot becii'grulified in
their ambitious views in permit of office—per.
baps it may be because of the defeat of a cer
tain gentleman who Ims recently been a candi
date liir Congress. 1 hope they will explain
why it is, that they both new act with their for
mer opponents, and that, 100, at the sacrifice of
their principles. I have rat nafriendlv fecliti'/s
personally towards eithbr of them, except such
as have been produced shici the commence
ment of the present session, by their strange
political course. I have thought it net amiss to
inform them of tin s ■ suspicions, that they might
remove them if possible.
Igo fir principle, regardless of names. I
will go band in band with any man who will
go for correct, principl and to none others
will I give the band of fellowship. If lam not
greatly mistaken in the principles which good
old Hancock and Warren support, they w ill not
sustain them in their present course ; but ibis
is a matter between them and tlioir constituents.
Old Warren is my native county, and proud
am I to claim her as such ; and my greatest
desire is, that she may at all times be faithfully
represented, and thereby avoid the imputations
and reproaches which so thickly surround one
of her representatives at this time,
I have said much more than 1 intended—but
I hope the circumstances under which I am
placed, fully justify mo in making these remarks.
I hope the motion for rc-eonsiderution will pre
vail.
•a5.3«1 lioiisfrosKi—Semsion.
IN SEN \TK - I \ N. 25.
('imslilnliimn/ Powers,
Mr. Ci.avton ros 1 (or the purpose of submit
ting a resolution for the consideration oftbe
Senate. The gentleman from Snath (’arolinn
ii"ar him [Mr. (?;i lliom i ] had on Tuesday offer
ed resolutions declaratory oftbe powers oftbe
(lovernment and I lie Stales which bad been
made the order ofthe day li>r Monday next. To
these resolutions, the gentleman from Tenne.ss.
see [Mr. (irmidy] bad proposed iimendnicn's,
which were printed, and were to be moved again
whenever tlieorgimd resolutions should be con
sidered. These amendments, while they declare
Inc several acts oft 'engress laying duties on im
ports to be constitutional, and deny the power of
n single Slate to annul them, or any other rnn
slihUiimfil hir, tacitly yield ibe whole deedrinc
of nullification by the implied admission that a
nv unconstitutional law may he judged of by the
Stale in the Inst resort and annulled by the same
authority, Ile dissented from this doctrine—and
it he bad rightly considered the proposed a
mendments, it became bis duty to place on re
cord bis own sentiments, and that of the State
lie in part represented, on Ibis most important
subject, affirming Ibe just powers of tbistiov
ernment, mid repudiating the whole doctrine
contended (br ami asserted in tho resolutions of
the gentleman from South Carolina. Diil’ering
on this subject, ns bo formerly bad in debate
hero, from the from Tennessee, be
knew no middle ground on which they could
meet, no point of concession to which lie should
be willing to go, short of a full recognition of
tho true principles oftbe (‘(institution, as assert
ed in the resolution be was about to oiler. He
then submitted tho following resolution, which
was read, laid on the table, and ordered to he
printed for the use of the Senate:
/iV.va/m/, That the power to annul the several
acts of Congress imposing duties on imports or
tiny other hi w of the Tinted States, when assum
ed by a single Slate, is “incompatible with the
existence of tho Talon, contradicted expressly
by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized
by its spirit, i leonsislent with every principle
on which it was founded, and destructive ofthe
great object for which it was formed ;” that the
people of these i nitcd Slates are for the pur
po-s-'s enumerated in their Constitution OINK
I‘EOTLK \N!) SIXCU'I NATION, having
delegated fall powers to their common agents to
pres -I've and defend their national interests, lor
the purpose of a t lining the great end of,all gov.
eminent, tho safely and happiness of the gov.
erne 1 : that while the Constitution docs provide
for the interest and safety of all the States, it
docs not s"Ctttv all the rights of independent
sovereignty to nnv ; licit the allegiance of the
people is rightfully due ns it lias been freelv
given to the I Icneral (lovornmcnt, to the extent
of all the sovereign power expressly ceded to
that (lovernment b\ the Constitution ; that the
Supreme Court ofthe Tinted States is the pro.
per and only tribun d in the last resort for the
decision of all eases iti law and equity arising nn
dor the Constitution, the laws of the Tuited
T ates, and treaties made under their autli c ity ;
that resistance to ibe laws founded on the inher
ent. and inalienable right of all men to resist op.
pression i. In itsnntmv revolutionary and extra
c institutional—mid that entertaining those
views, tho Senate oftbe United States, while
willing I > concede e\ >ry thing To tmv honest
dtfi Teii vof opinion which can he \ aided eon.
• -! ill with limb nor and interest oftbe n:i.
i m, will not lull in the faithful discharge of its
••t st s d am duty to s'ipeart the T vealive in the
'•t-t administration of the (luvernaient, and
'''■ m it with all constitutional power necessary
I" t tie .. iit hful exeei it ion of the laws and the pro
; ri ation of the I nioii.
Hie vote on the Land Rill in the Senate, as
report -d by ns, was *,» 1 for. it —-0 against it.
'■ ' to of Mr. Troup, Senator from tleorgin,
"( mi to have been set down against it, which
""ti i have reduc d the inajoritv one rote. It
stood thus ;
‘ H —M' ssrs. Roll, Cliamhers. Clay, Clay
ton, Dallas, Dickcrr-on, Dudley, Ewing, Foot,
b riding.niys a, I [endricks, Holmes, Johnston,
Kn /lit, I oind Mer. Prentiss, Uohhins, Ruggles,
■ ,u r * S shoe, Sprague, Tomlinson, Wagg i
man, dVilkins—gj,
H T s —M"ssrs. Denton, {thick, Drown.
La kner, I a noun, Forsyth, Grundy. Hill,
Kane, King, Mangum, M II r, Mo ire, Rives,
lobinson. Smith, Tip v n. Troup, T\ ler. White,
tV right—-1-
WASHINGTON, January 29.
e Congress —Analysis of Proceedings. —ln the
s> Scnalr, yesterday, after several petitions and
memorials were presented and referred, and
11 private bills reported—the resolutions heretofore
n offered by Mr. Calhoun, declaring the theory
of the form of Government, whick exists in the
■ J ailed htales, came up, upon the proposition of
Mr. Gnvxnv to amend the resolutions by atri
king out the whole after the word Resolved,
) and inserting a declaration of the constitutional
powers of the General Government, relative to
levying duties on imports.
1 Mr. Mwai jt, after some preliminary rc
’ marks, upon the propriety of delaying the do
( hate upon this subject until the result of the dis
‘ cussion elsew here should be had, moved to post,
pmr; the consideration of the resolutions and
amendment until Thursday next,
Mr. Poor enquired if the amendment pro
posed to the amendment by the gentleman from
Delaware, | Mr. Clayton,] was before the Ken
-1 ate ?
’ '/'he Uiiair stated that the proposition had
been read and ordered to be printed, but had not
1 beeen moved.
Mr. Clayton then requested Mr. Manou.m
• to withdraw bis motion to postpone, to enable
■ him to move his amendment, to which Mr. M.
1 assented—when Mr. Clayton moved to strike
■ out the bth and’Oth resolutions of Mr. Grundy's
1 substitute, and insert instead thereof hi* amend
-1 meet.
1 Mr. M in, urn then renewed his motion to post
■ pone to Thursday.
Mr. W imsTcit said he was disposed to allow
’ the Senator from South Carolina, | Mr. Calhoun]
1 to select hisown time for ihe consideration of the
resolutions. He was unwilling to interfere
with any understanding which might exist be.
1 tween the Senator from North Carolina, [Mr.
s Manguni,) and that gentleman on this subject,
• unless it extended to the special order—the bill
reported by the Committee of tho Judiciary.—
1 Ile could not assent to the postponement of that
’ bill.
• Mr. Calhoun had a request to make of the
1 Senator from Tennessee,. [Mr. Grundy,) which
! was (bunded on strict justice, it was not ne
cessary for him to detain the Senate with a de-
J tailed statement of the situation of the Stale
J of South Caolina. It was sufficient to say that
that State, acting su her sovereign capacity as
1 judge of her own rights, in the last resort, had
1 annulled certain acts of (kmgress. The I’rcsi
• dent of (he United States, taking a view of the
■ righ's of the Slate, entirely different from that
entertained by her, bad promulgated bis procla
mation to that effect. As a citizen of that
State, and repfes nting her in part in the Sen
ate, h - had moved certain specific propositions
which la; had drawn with great care —which did
. not contain a single word which was not ahso
, I itely true.—and which ho olf rcd as a plea in
bar to tho measures which had been reported by
. the Judiciary Committee in pursuance oftliu Ex
i ccuiive recommendation. He wished to inter
, pus,' the ('onsutiition of the United States be
tween this bill which erects a military despotism,
an I creates a dictator—and disguise it as you
i will, the bill amounts to u repeal of the ('onsti
tutioii—for tho purpose of carrying on war
, against Soutli Carolina, IJo had en Jouvorod to
interpose that neglected and despised instrument,
C the Constitution, in bur to the prosecution of
this war. How had his wishes been met ! In.
, stood of meeting tho issue he had intended to
forni by his plea in bar, another bad been putin,
, which, by the rules of the Serial, ■, overrides it.
. ilefuiv any tribunal, there was no culprit so
1 humble as not to enjoy tho right of making his
defence in bis own way. liy the amendment
of tho gentleman from Tennessee, [Mr. Grun
, dy,| the exercise of this right was denied to a
I sovereign State. Ile therefore claimed of that
gentleman to withdraw his amendment, that the
, issue might he fairly made tip.
C Mr. Grundy was not unwilling to discharge
, any duty imposed on him by the obligations of
! justice. Hut ho must in this case he permitted
to exercise his own judgment as to the obliga
tion. If the postponement that had been mov
ed should he carried, ho should have had an op.
■ portnnity of considering the claim of the gen
tleman. Wtii oho was up, he would make a
single remark upon the statement of the gentle-’
man, that the bill reported front tho committee
of the Judiciary repealed the Constitution and
erected a military despotism. It was not so.—
The gentleman was entirely mistaken. It was
a pacific measure, intended to prevent brothers
from shedding each other’s blood. When the
bill should regularly come before the Senate, he
could demonstrate that it was not a hostile men
s’,ir ■ —that none of its provisions led to hostili
ty—hut on the other hand, that it was expressly
designed to prevent collision between the citi.
zens of South Carolina and the other Stales.
Mr. Calhoun said as to the specific charac
ter of this bill—Good Lord, deliver us! It pro
posed to make peace by annihilating tho Gov.
eminent of a sovereign .Stale—in the first in
stance, by shniting up her Courts of Justice—
mid, if the principle is carried out, by shutting
up her Legislature as well as the Oo.nvoniion of
her citizens. If gentlemen really desire peace,
their pa his an easy one. They had only to
repeal thus ■ laws which we have been told by
the I’residettt were unjust, and by tho Secretary
of the Treasury, unnecessary for the purposes
of revenue. Let this bo done—or let the rev
rime provisions of those laws be separated from
the protective, and my w«trd for it, the State of
South Carolina will withdraw her Ordinance.
There were a hundred modes preferable to that
of humbling a sovereign member of the Union
to the dust. Should tho gentleman from Ten
ne-see [Mr. Grundy.] refuse to withdraw his
amendment, lie would propose an amend'meat to
it, which he wished might now he read ; which
was accordingly done, and ordered to bo printed.
Mr. Grundy requested permission to mi ike one
declaration, which he wished might be remem
bered. Ile had never given his aid in establish
lug the tariff system, lie was now probably
willing to go as far as the Senator friar. South
Carolina, | M r. Cai.iioi x | in reducing tli: ! sys
tem. In raising his voice on this subject, it
was not in behalfof the tariff, but in support of
the Union. Any personal appeal with regard
to the reduction of duties, was not applicable to
him—uuv insinuation that ho wished to preserve
the laritf system was unjust. The genii -.man
says, the hill from the Judiciary Committee,
closes the Courts of Justice of South Carolina. }
He would enquire byway of rcplv. whether I
that State has not legislated the United States j
out of its limits ■ The object of the bill is to give |
due elleet to tho Constitutional powers of tine I
general government.
Mr. Cai.iioi x said the gentleman had enquir- |
ed if South Carolina had not legislated the I -
nitej States out of its limits. He answered no. j
The States have reserved powers—the I nited
States delegated powers. The State had
throw n herself u pon her reserved powers to obtain
justice. Nothing wax intended but to meet pro
cess by process. No application of force on tin
part of the Slate hud been contemplat' d, wlv n
the UnitedStutes —a giant with a hundred arms,
comes forward and says keep the peace ! —and
now proposes to subvert the State Government.
Mr. VVkhstuk thought nothing could be more
irregular than this discussion, unless the gentle
man from SouthCarolina [Mr. Calhoun] acts up
on the notion that it is necessary, in order to op.
■ pose a measure with success, to give it a bad
name, and to denounce in advance what he might
find difficult to controvert in argument, when it
came regularly before the Senate. He could not,
ns one of the Committee which had reported the
bill, sit silently, after hearing that gentleman
state that its object was to erect a military des
potism—to create a Dictator.—Ho proposed to
try conclusions with the gentleman with refer
ence to its provisions, at a suitable time, and in
a suitable manner. The gentleman was not
only sure of his own integrity, whichhefMr.W.]
should not doubt—but was Certain of the abso
lute truth ofhis resolutions, to the word and let
ter.
Mr. Calhoun said, there was no fact stated
in them which was not true.
Mr. Wjbbster.—That is what 1 deny, and
wish to put in issue.
.Mr. Calhoun would be happy to meet that
issue.
Mr. VVeiistf.r had met with nothing compara
ble to tho absolute infallibility of the gentleman
upon abstract questions, except the case of the
hero of Iludibras, who had met with and con
versed with Truth in her proper person. Hum
hie minds, like his own, which hud not enjoyed
that advantage, were compelled to acquire the
knowledge of Truth by argument, reasoning
and discussion.As to the measures recommended
in the bill reported from the Judiciary committee,
lie felt it incumbent on him to say that there
was not a principle to be found in it which was
not in strict conformity with the Constitution
and the laws heretofore passed. With regard
to every provision in the bill, except tho first
section, he might, if it was deemed proper, use
the mode of reasoning called by logicians argil
mrntum ad hotninem, for there was not one of
them which hud not received tho sanction and
support of the representatives of South Carolina
once and again. The charge that the bill erect,
ed a despotism and created a dictator, ho felt
hound to repel. Loud sounding words of that
character, upon such u subject, were unworthy
the gentleman.
Mr. Calhoun said, if he had the wit of the
author of Iludibras, he would not use it upon
such a solemn occasion. It was not his purpose
to denounce the bill or the committee which had
reported it—though the citizens of South Caroli
na, exorcising no powers but such as rightfully
belonged to them, had been denounced as trai
tors. The Senator from Massachusetts, [Mr.
Webster.] says he can show that the prineiples
of the lull have received the votes of the Repre
sentatives of South Carolina in their favor. That
gentleman can show no such thing. According
In the views entertained by that gentleman, a
sovereign State throwing herself on her reserv
ed rights, may be placed upon the same ground
with a baud of smugglers, who are endeavoring
toovndo the revenue laws. Hut in point of fact,
no such case na the present had ever before ex
is'ed.—He would prefer that the resolutions be
laid cm the table —which was agreed to without
a division.
The Senat then, in execution of tho special
order of she day, took up the bill further to pro.
vide for the collection of duties on imports.
Mr. Manouk moved to postpone the further
consideration of tho bill to Thursday next, and
make it the special order—upon which motion
he asked the yeas and nays —which were or
dcred.
Tho motion was negatived by the following
vote :
Yeas — Meessrs. Bibb, Black, Brown Cal
houn, King, Mangum, Miller,Moore, Poindexter,
Rivos, Smith, Troup, Tyler, Wnggaman, and
Whit*—l3.
Nay-t—Messrs. Benton, Chambers, Clay,
Clayton, Dallas, Dickerson, Dudley, Ewing,
Forsyth, Foot, Frolinghnyson, Grundy, Hon
drieks, Mill, Holmes, Johnston, Kane, Knight,
Prentiss, Robins, Robinson Haggles, Seymour,
Silsbee, Sprague, Tipton, Tomlinson, Webster,
Wilkins and Wright—siO.
Mr. Wit.kins then went into an extended .ex
plana t on of the provisions of the bill, and of the
occasion which called for them—after address
ing tho Senate about an hour and an half without
concluding his speech, he gave way to a motion
by Mr. Grundy, that the Senate adjourn, which
was carried.
hi the House of Representatives, after tho
transaction of the usual morning business, the
Tariff bill was taken up in committee of the whole
on the state of the Union, Mr. Wayne in the
chair. Mr. Burgess resumed his remarks in op.
position to the general principles of the hill,
which he concluded after speaking three hours.
Mr. Young moved that tho Committee rise,
which was negatived—yeas 61, nays 07. Mr.
Young then addressed the committee in opposi
tion to tho bill, and after speaking an hour and
a quarter, he gave way to a motion by Mr. In
gersoll that the Committee rise, which was neg
atived—yeas 54, nays 80. Mr. Young resumed
and in a few minutes concluded his remarks. —
Mr. Howard then addressed the committee in
favor of the bill, suggesting, however, several'
modifications. Mr. W. B. Shepard then mov
ed that the committee rise, which was carried—
yens 77, nays 71. Mr. Evans of Maine, niov,
od that tho House adjourn. Mr. C. P. \\ bite
asked for the yens and nays, which were order,
ed, and were yens 85, nays 75. The House ae
cordingly, at half past six o’clock, P. M. ad
journed.
JANUARY 30.
Congress,—Analysis of Proceedings. —ln the
Sctwh: yesterday. At one o’clock the senate
again look up tho proceedings of yesterday —
the bill further to provide for the collection of
duties on imports. Mr. Wilkins, the chairman
of the judiciary committee, from which the bill
was reported, resumed bis speech in explanation
of the several provisions of the bill, which at
nearly three oeloek, he concluded —when Mr.
Poindexter moved the bill bo postponed till to
morrow, [this day] and made the special order,
that the senate might proceed to tho considera
tion of executive business, which was agreed to.
When the doors were opened the senate had
adjourned.
In the House of Representatives, several pri
| vate bills Mere reported, read tM’ice and com
j milled.—Thu resolution submitted by Mr. Ap.
! pleton, on Saturday last, calling on thosecreta-
I ry of the treasury, for information connected
j with the subject of tho tariff, Mas taken up—
I tho question being on a motion by Mr. Clay, to
' lay it on the table, which Mas decided in
the negative—yens 53, nays 71.—Some discus
| sion ensued upon the resolution, in which Messrs.
Appleton, Clay, and Cambrcleng took part.
Mr. (’lax then moved to lay the resolution on
| the table until the second dav of March, which
was negatived—yeas 78, nays B*2. The hour
r Hotted to morning business having expired,
Mr. \ efplank moved to go into committee upon
/
the tariff. Mr. Dickson demanded the yeas
and nays—which wore ordered and were —yeas
94, nays <57. The House accordingly went in
to committee of the whole on the state of the
Upion, upon the tariff bill—Mr. Wayne in the
chair. Mr. W. B. Shepard addressed tho house
an hour and a half in opposition to the general
principles of tho bill. Mr. Slade then took
tho floor in opposition to the bill ; and after
speaking an hour, he gave way to a motion by
Mr. Poarce, that the committee rise—yeas 40,
nays 53. There being no quorum, the commit
too rose and reported that fact to the house.
The speaker, having counted the members pre
sent, announced that a quorum M'as then in at
tendance, when Mr. Wayne resumed the chair.
Mr. Pearce renewed the motion that tho com
mittee rise, which was negatived—yens 40,
nays 08. Mr. Slade resumed his remarks, and
after speaking an hour and a quarter, ho gave
way to a motion by Mr. Heister, that the com
mittee rise, which was negatived —ayes 45, uoes
72. Mr. Slade then continued his remarks,
and, when our paper was made up, had not
concluded. JAN. 31,
Congress—Analysis of Proceedings. —ln the
Senate yesterday, Mr. Silsbee presented sundry
resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts,
on the subject of the Tariff, which were read
and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dallas laid be
fore the Senate a copy of the proceedings of a
large public meeting, hold on Thursday last in
Philadelphia, on the subject of tho Tariff, which
were laid oulho table and directed to be printed.
Several private bills were reported, and ordered
to a second reading. At one o’clock the Senate
resumed the consideration of the bill further to
provide for the collodion of the duties on im
ports. Mr. Bibb took the floor in opposition to
the bill, and after speaking two hours, ho gave
wiiy to a motion by Mr. King, that tho Senate
adjourn, which was carried. Mr. Bibb will re
sume liis argument to day.
lit the House of Representatives, Mr. A
dams presented a report of a Joint Committee
of the Legislaturoof Massachusetts, accompuined
with sundry resolutions deprecating the passage
of the Tariffbill now before the House, which
wore read and ordered to he printed and refered
to the Committee oftho Whole on tho state of the
Union. Mr. Adams then inquired of the
Speaker whether a memorial had been received
by him from the Committee of the friends of
Domestic Industry in Now-York. The Speaker
answered in tho affirmative. Mr Adams wished
the memorial to he read. Tho Speaker said it
could not bo presented by the rules of the House
until Monday, except by tho consent of the
House. Consent being unanimously given, the
memorial was partlv read, when Mr. Adams
moved to dis ; • .io further reading, and
refer it to tli*.* . eof the Whole on the
state of the ■ ..id print it; which was agreed
to. Several communication from the Departments
were laid before the House and ordered to be
printed. Mr Wilde, after sonic preliminary
remarks upon the imputations cast upon I he Com
mittee of Ways and Means, contained in the
Report oftho Joint Committee of the Legislature
of Massachusetts, moved to reconsider the vote
by which it was referred and ordered to be
printed. Before tho vote was taken on this
motion the hour allotted to morning business had
expired. The House then went into Committee
oftho Whole on the state of the Union, upon the
Tariff hill—Mr Wayne in tho Chair. Mr. 1. C.
Bales addressed tho Committee in opposition to
the hill nearly two hours, and was followed by
Mr. Pearce, also against tho Dill, —who had hot
concluded hi.s speech when our paper was made up
Last of the Races. —On Saturday tho Races
of the Savannah Jockey Club terminated after
an animated and bustling week. At an early
hour the road to the Course began to present a
moving scene of horses and vehicles of every
description, and at the regular time for starting,
the Course was crowded. The rivals for tho
purse ($200) wore Jonh, (handicapped at 80
pounds) Patsoy Wallace, (75 pounds) and Uncas,
(100 pounds.) Tho first heat was won by Joab,
Patsey Wallace coming in two lengths behind
him,and Uncas following about the same distance
behind her. Time 1 m.sßs. The second boat was
a very close one, all three horses keeping to
gether nearly the way round, but Joab had tho
j tools oftho others, am! came in a length ahead
of Patsey Wallace, Uncas being last. Time 2m
18s. Tho third heat was stonily contended for
by Patsey and Uncas, they keeping close upon
Joab and putting him up to all ho knew, but it
proved Wo much tor them as he kept tho lead
and came out an open length ahead —Patsey
second, Uncas last. This terminated tho Races
for this season.
Our city has felt their influence in no dis
agreeable manner. There has been a cheer
fulness and activity in the motions of our gone
-1 rally sober-sided citizens, which., indicate that
they were well satisfied at heart. We under
-1 stand that the Savannah Jockey Club has receiv
ed a considerable addition toils members, and
j it may now be view id as established on too per
manent a footing to fear any of those vicisitudes
which so often dissolve such assemblies. After
the racing was over on Saturday, the members
of the club sat down to a dinner prepared for
them at the Course, and the afternoon was spent
, with the greatest harmony and hilarity. Vari
ous toasts appropriate for such an occasion wore
given. Miss Sally Hornet was too important a
personage to bo omitted, and her untiring adver
’ snry, Rattlesnake, came in for her share of com
pliments.—Savannah Georgian, Ath inst,
’ In 1825, one of Mr. Carroll’s grand-daugh
ters was married to tho Marquis of Wellesley,
then Viceroy of Ireland; and it is a singular
circumstance that one hundred and forty years
j after the first emigration of her ancestors to
> America, this lady should become Vico Queen
-of tho country from which they fled, at the
f summit of a system which a more immediate
i ancestor had risked every thing to destroy ; or,
1 in the energetic and poetic language of Bishop
i England, “ that in the laud from which his fa.
t ther fled in fear, his daughter’s daughter now
. reigns a queen.”
, To Ladies in leant of Husbands. —It appears
- from the Sydney Gazette, that In the Sutton
. Forest district of Australia, there are only 140
1 females to 210 males, and that four years ago,
there were in the whole colony not more than
. 8987 females to 27,611 males, leaving a me
. lancholy deficiency of 18,621.
- i March of Intellect. —The reader has observed
I tho march of pantomime in the action oftho om
- nibus cubs—great intellect there 1 The purvey
i ors to omnibuses at tho Angel, Islington, have
i yet ti larger stock oftho fashionable article, in
- tolled. One little fellow who dealt in penny
. tracts and lolly.pops, was attended by anotliei
. rather void I ’area penny tray, with
i penny tru worths of all sorts, penny
i articles ■ ,— ‘ Is that your apprentice,
r said a g ,u to the elder boy : ‘No sir
I. he's my pupil, was the answer. This smack;
n of the sehoulmus'cr.
I
FRIDAY FKKRI ARY 8. 1833. 1
j loxterv T
Our Milledgevillc correspondent informs us, that it
was supposed the drawing of the Land Lottery would
be completed on the llth instant. It will be some time
before the drawing of the Gold Lottery is brought to a
close.
FOREIGN.
The arrival of the ship Poland at Ncw-York from
Liverpool, brings English papers to the 24th December.
The news of the surrender of the citadel of Antwerp I
had not, at that date, been received in England. Tho I
arrival in Charleston of the brig Texel, from'Rotter
dam, brings the information of the surrender of that
fortress to the French, after a resistance of 18 days.
The British fleet had returned to England, and the
Dutch merchant vessels which it had captured had been
released.
At Oporto nothing decisive had occurred. General
Solignac, a French officer of considerable reputation,
had been appointed to the command of Don Pedro’s
forces.
In England the elections had terminated in favour of
the Ministry. Cobbett has been returned for Oldham.
A London paper of the 23d states, that the city was
unusually barren of continental news ; that the money
market continued very firm, and tho speculators expect
ed soon to hear of the fall of the citadel of Antwerp;*
the news of which it was considered, would enhance
the value of the stock.
.Since the above was in type, we received the Charles
ton Courier of last Wednesday, containing the informa
tion of the arrival at that port of the skip Hogarth, from
Havre, whence she sailed on the 27th December. The
fall of the citadel of Antwerp is confirmed. This news
had been announced to the inhabitants of Paris, by the
firing of the guns at the Hotel des Invalides. It was
reported that the King of the French, Queen, and all
the Royal Family, intend to go to Lille, to meet the
troops and the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours,‘"upon
their return from Ik Igi'.mu Genera! Chnsse surrender
ed the citadel at discretion. Ho and all his garrison are
to remain prisoners of war until the complete evacua
tion of all the forts.
CONGRESS.
We received by the last mail Washington papers Co
the 31st of last month, from which we have made such
selections as we thought of importance and interest to
this section of.the Union. In both houses two subjects
were in full debate, which elicit much feeling, and create
much interest throughout the country. The Enforcing
bill, and Mr. Calhoun’s resolutions, in the Senate, ,and
the Tariff in the House. In a few days we shall hear of
either house coming to some decision on the subject be
fore if, It is believed by those who have paid some at
tention to the prevailing feelings of the members, that
the Tariff bill will pass the house. It will be more
doubtful in the .Senate. According to the proceedings
of the -enate, it appears that the committee on the ju
diciary, which reported the bill for enforcing the collec
tiuu of the revenue, has proposed two amendments to
it: one to limit some of its provisions to the end of tho
next session of Congress, and the other, to restrict the
ÜB6 of military force by Hie Executive to the suppression
of violence. These will remove some strong objec
tions to the bill. We shall endeavor to give in our
next the debate in the Senate, though what is to como
may prove more interesting, ns it appears that Mr.
Webster and Mr. Calhoun are to he the principal speak
ers upon the question before the Senate.
BANKS.
In Pennsylvania, on the (ith of November last, as
reported to the Legislature,' there were 37 banks, of
which 1 I were located in Philadelphia. The Bank of
theU. S. is not included in the following items.
Capital paid in, §11,515,368
Notes in circulation, 9,237,504
Bills discounted, 25,191,780
Specie, 2,954,076
In Massachusetts, on the first Saturday of August,
1832, there were 83 banks, of which 22 were located
in Boston.
Capital, . §34,520.200
Notes in circulation, 7,122,856
Specie, 902,205
4 . >. SENATORS.
Joseph Kent from Maryland, A. Naudain from Dela
ware, and Asher Robbins from Rhode Island, have been
elected to the United States Senate, to serve for six
years from the 4th March next.
(Ij 3 Always desirous to act impartially, we publish
the following communication, in reply to the notice in
serted incur lust paper, and for which we had sufficient
authority. This communication would not have been
published, if it had come to us anonymously.
Mr. Editor i —The writer of this article, deems it
due to truth, to the public, and to Mr. Samuel Tarver,
to state that the notice which you were authorized to
publish ill your last paper, denying the political opinions
of the gentleman mentioned, was wholly incorrect.
The opinions of Mr. Tarver arc well known in this com
munity, and we speak knowingly when we slate, that
he is n imllijier. Wo cannot believe that Mr. T.
authorized tho publication, for we believe him 100 hon
est a man, to deny his political sentiments for the pur
pose of obtaining an office. The denial must have been
unauthorized by and without his knowledge, it was
i therefore with surprise that we noticed the publication
■ alluded to. The writer of this is himself a nullifies
and would not therefore urge this as an objection to the
• claims of any individual, on the contrary he deems it duo
the gentleman to* correct the statement. Mr. T. is a
candidate before the people, for u responsible office
i within their gift, his claims as well as those of the oth
er Candida*- • are before the public. If political ojiin
■ ions have any bearing upon this election, the voters
. should know Mr. T’s real opinions, that they may give
their votes advisedly. TRUTH.
There were only 14 deaths in the City of Charleston
daring the week ending on the Ist inst. 9 whites, 5 co
lorcd—one at the advanced age of owe hundred and eight.
, The U. »S. ships Vandalia, Com. J. 1). Henley, and St.
, Louis, sailed from Pensacola on the 9th nil. on a cruise.
3 Cold Weather. —The thermometer was 30 degrees be
-3 low zero at Quebec, on the 17th ult.
> Anti-Nullification meetings have lately been held in
* Beaufort and Pasquotank Counties, North CaroMnn, at
• which very decided Resolutions in favor of 4he Union
were unanimously passed.
Secession. —A Cooper in Now \ ork in speaking of tho
right of secession, said, that “a State had no more right to
Union, ' a
‘ cask." The simile is striking and appropriate. . ?
The number of daily papers in the United States has
’ more than doubled within tlie last five years. 1 here arc
1 now between sixty and seventy, a greater number, says
* the New-York Journal of Commerce, than is published
in the whole world besides,
] The Baltimore American cautions its readers to be
careful in their examination of dollars offered to
them, bearing the stamp “ Rcpublicn tie Colombia,”
ami dale 1820 and 1821.—Many are said to bo in circn
liitioit which are from 1(1 to 33 per cent, lighter than the
Standard weight, and made of some spurious mixture
‘ r of metals.
I, A Manchester (Eng.) paper says, that at a meeting
y of the Cheltenham Gtee Club, during the performance
’ of “ Non Nobis, Domini,” by forty voices, a glass turn
ip j bier, which stood upon a tabic in the room, broke into n
;s i thousand pieces, as if it had been shattered by an ex
i plosion of gunpowder 1