THE MINERS’ AND FARMERS’ JOURNAL.
When It can be juJicioosIy expended, for
the promotion of the and benevolent
purpoM c^JtoinpUtrd by the tixinders of
our jp>?eniinent. 'J he sparseoew of our
population preJenU great, perhaps, inauper-
•ble ^iflicultioiu When, aa the reauU uf a
«-ia* aad liberal lystem oT legislatioo, the
iolett wp»n mir coast shall receive the im-
provexoeiit of whtch they are (niace^ttible;
when our great natural bif^hwaya, the rivers
cooiwcted with them, shall nssuine tiMt con
ditio*, in which ProvKleoce dosigna they
•hall be piaced by our hands; when these
chaiMMlii ol'communication nhall be intersec
ted by Rail Roads and Canals; and as the
natural conseqHence of this state of things,
agncuKur* shall receive her nppro()riate
reward, w* will have laid the foundation ut
• school system, as extensi\e as our limits,
and as enduring as our prosperity. A few
individuals will not have been selected ami
cherished as the pecuhar objects of public
fMtronag*; but the general character of the
supply a circulating mcdiuni romnionsurato | |»rovincial laws passed by the (leneral As- jty Courts, iind so far ns niy iiilornmtion ex-
with tlie wants of the romhtunity T—or bhall Heiiibly whirh sat ut Little River in i tends, the liurlhen is sustained exclusively
several Rnriks be chartered, iii which the | oniitlin;j tlie entire icgialation of tlie molli- by th*' jtolls niid by real estate. >> hy
State may subscribe such |X)rtion of the , er couutry with rrjnrd to this State during ; should this radical ditSironce exist between
stock as slio rhoosos, thti go\«rniiieiit and a fieriod of f«iur butiJn-d atui ninety years, | the systfin o| Stiite aud coiuily taxation!
direction being cviiitiued to the iiid.vidiiul and embracing nioro than h liundrod entire 11 ndcr tlie former the cnpitntion le\y is the
stftckhol»lers ? statutes or [>arts of statutes. Of these ina-1 same in amount with that |Miid by the three
1 shall stibmil tny views upon this suljert iiy rei.tte to the criminal law of the cfKintry, hundred dollars \aluo in land, under the
with gr*'ut deferem s to the opinions of those several rrcatc capital felonifs, or jiunihh lalti r a dilleront riilo exiMs in practice in
more conversant with it. 1 have had no cajiitally, ofiliiccs that were pnxioiisly sub- nlmubt every coiiiiiry. I he n\sult is that
expertenre in the nmnayement of nionitsJ ject to a milder penalty ; and yet, it is Ijc- nothing itUe system or unilormity con be
corporatioDS, and excrj-t upon nn occasion lievrj that complete copies of tlir»c oourt-' «»id to prevail in the urrangumcnt ct our
when some investigation of the coo&titu- inents are not to be found in half a d 'zen (istiil coficerns.
tionahty and exjiediency of a IJank of the ' librariet* in the State. A part i»f those m
State became a public duty, such inquiries force and many not in force, were (>ubli>h.
have rarely attracted my attentii>a. Atthat ed in Newbcrn, lliirty years siiK-e, but the
time, I entertained d«Hjbts with r«>;ard to work did not equal ptiblic expf'ctation, aud
both, end my subsequent reflections have is now out ot' print. 'I'he livcs, tl»e liberty
had no tendency to riiiiovc them. 1 diHibt and pro[>erty of our citizsr.s, are thus sub-
the constitutional right to establish such an |et;t to the enactmentf of a governinent prompt the enquiry, whetlier the virtual
institution, Urause it seems to me that its vvidely dissimilar tVom ours, which few have »urrender by the legislature, to the Jus-
issti(‘s, thoujjh termed liank notps, ar? sub-' rend, or hud it in th«ir j>ower to read, 'i'he , tices of the County Courts of three fourths
stantially bills of credit. I forlx-ar enter- legislation of neaih live centuries is a seal-1 of the |)ower to lay taxes, is inexact nc-
wpsence of our free institutions. *i,h r
respccl due to the immediate -
tives of the people. Iff have &
either, 1 tnist it will U attributill.
wont of disposition to discharge w.ih
Iho obligations impo«,d upS
station I occupy. My ooinion. u..7, '*>•
it IS a fundamenlnl principle of the Go
vernment “ that the |K.»ple ought not to be
taxed without the cuiiiteni of ihemselveH or
their representatives in Ceneral Asseuibly
Irt'ely givfii.”—A proper regard lor this
article of the Drclaration of Rights may
country will be elevated, and thousands now mg into the discussion of this pro[>osition,, ed Ijook to the grtat body of the coniuiuni- cordance with the spirit ot the provision.
too poor to afiiird the blessings of education
to tlieir children, will find this, though the
and will state very briefly some few of the ! ty, and m soiu* degret* even to the proles- 1 call your ntteutiuD to this subje-t, with
objections which suggest themselves to the i »ioii whose iuterest and duty render the stu- less hc»itution, because we can entertain no
DKist important, but one of many advaota- ; expediency of the measun*. Of the power I dy of the Law the bi«inebs of life. It is hoj>e of success in any attempt to improve
fCoa incident to an improved condition of
life. Extended commercial facilities will
stimulate to agncultural exertions;—in
creased production afli^rd the lueans of
of the (Jeiiernl Government to establish a but a short time since the questioo whether ' the condition of the country, without
Rank of this character, (terhups no scruples . a statute regulating the trial of an lodivid- sulMtantial change uf the [>olu'y hitherto
ne«Hl be entertained. 'I'he ability of the na- j ual for a capital ftliKiy, was in force in this | pursued. 'I'ho liurtben of taxstioa shoutd
tion to rnuintain such an institution, is vast- State, became the subjtxt of solemn argu- Ik‘ equali/«d. its range must to enlarged,
education; and the diffusion of knowledge ly greater than ours; jet the exp»rimeut nuni before tiie Supreme Court, and callcd and the sggrcgate amount increase*!, if wc
station I occupy. My opinions haveV
expressed with an earnestnes. in^ni
a conv ,cti.«i of their correctness, J
panied, however, by any van.t. ,h„,
pained by the detection of their fulUcv ,
have no other ambition thab to uoit?L!
you m the adoption of stich
sl.all b»‘ best calculated to devekipejnrf **
prove our physical and intelleciml
es, to promote the pn*perity,
the chamcter of the State.
1 have the honor lo be, Getillenieo
n ith high consideration,
Your obedient serrant
I>AVII> L. SW iiv
r.secutirt Pfparim^nl, Snrtk Caroiint i
Norrmhtr 18fA. Itj33.
i
Is KKIt /\ \ Y
SK.NAl e! ^
Mmday Xor. lt.- A qtioru™, ke,n,f p„.
sent, the Senators produced Jhei,
tials, were qiialifn-d, and took th«ir
Mr. .Montgomery rooredthst Wiiiam’p
Moseley, the Senator from lienwr, be
pointfHl Speaker; which motion
operate as tlw most certain preventive o)'| has never been tried, and at the present pe- furth directly op|K,*.te opiniuDS Irom the expt'ct lo sustain the charactcr and credit; „2rt*cd to. VV hereupon oo
crime. A more liberal scheme would be | riod receives eDcouragement from uo class) Judges. '1 he truth is, tiiut not only tlie of the Slate, in tlio promotiwu of uny liberal of Mr. Skinner, of Perquioions tbt
tertained whether the intention of the L
^t^iature wan *** lo that corporation,
rh»" proceeds of the vacant and unapropria-
better suited to the condition of older and j of politicians. If surce.si»fully managed, uf source but the very existence uf our statute ei>tcrpn»).
richor communities, anl i trust the day is it might be for n time, I think tln*rc is too I.aw, is, as remarked by an elegant vvriler, 1 beg leave to rcommen*! lo your con-
Dot very distant when it will be so to ours, much danger, that it would ultimately con-. with regard to the coitiinou I..aw, “asun- sideratioii the acconipanyuig corresjion-
From the pliraseology of the act estab- nect itself with the politics of tlie Cijuntry, discoverabieasthesourccsof the Nile.” in deuce of James VV yche, Ksrpjire, Su^ierin.
lishing the Literary Fund, doubts are en-] and l>a'e a tendency to cormpt the people such a state of things, the expounder of the lemlant of I'ublic Works, with this lie-
■ , and tlieir r^presf’iitntives. Fioallr, if, con- I .aw alone is sate. 'J'ho I'xecutive and I^- partment, relative to the dulie* and compvii-
* trarv to ail ex(>erience, indniduuls should gi^Uitive Ife^Artments of the (iuvurnmcnt ->atioii of that olVicer. It will be [lerceived,
I be found, who having no intert-st of tbeir cease to l>e co-ordiuate with the Judciary, that further legihlaiion is necessary to sc-
ted swamp lands, or the lands themselves, j own to sliarpen vigilance, sliruld yet brii^ since the latter has not only the right to ciiru the ki-rvio s of any individual cuinpe-
Acting upon the latter impressior, the Di-1 *o the management of such a corporation construe the whole body of lcgi»laiiwt, bul ■ lent to the cunevt du«.li«tgeol liiat im|>ort-
rectors have prepared a plan, by which it tlie requisite att':ntion, shill and iiitegritv, the privilege of deelanuj the eiisience aut trust.
19 proposed to drain and bring into market, j it may then be prudent to enquire whether withiu this State of any poitioii of the im- In compliance with the Resolution pa*
a particular tract of country, and thus lest | a general state of in*ie!)tednc!»s on the part inense mass of British Statutis enacted lai- ed at llt« last S«.’>.Hion of tlie (tvneral -As-j Sjiain Ik* adled to the noniMli-x^^
by experiment, the propnety of entering I of the governed to the governiiiciit can be tenor to the period at which we be gun to sembly, I have purchased, aud transmitted I w^j^fcu^HKi a bnllotinc took pUcsi '
upon a general system of improvement.— | free from the dangers here, that have at- legislate for >urM;lves. 1 lutfiid no disre- to the Kxecutive Lk‘p(iriiiient wl' each State ! |^ju|(pd in the clectiou of Green Hill
This plan will accompany the Report be-j tended it elsewhorj ? If it b*; a blessing in- s|iect to the Judiciary—the ditlicuity dues and Territory in ti»c I iiion, a copy ofj (>„ motion of .Mr. Martin W iJocim
fore alluded to, and the importance of the | cident to a public debt, that the creditor has not ari*>e from a disi>oe.ition on their part tu Mac Rae's Map of this Stale. 1 cannot ‘
piliject, will ensure fur it a favorable — '* u ..i 1 ——i.- ... -11...1. .1... ...i .. . •
Bide rat ion.
This re^ioa of marshes i; rcf
the en^neers who have explored 1
ing over a surfacc of two QiillioDS kiiu a uaii i ...v ^ ..... ^ fdon.»j m mv.i j , ' */1
of acres, three-fifth of which is the exclu- i destriirtion of the (>overninent \\ hy are rr.unt in comparison with its import^iKe.— spcctivc court-houses, it might bare a ten-. . ".T,! ^ rwgoalioo *
8ive» property of the State. Some of the ' the public lands s>ld for cash rather thun on '1 lie laws and journals ofc a siit^le s«-#»ion dency lo diliuse moie ^eiu.‘rally amung our' ’ I.’*
iired at our arc much u;oio voluminous than mk.Ii a tilizt-ns corre t knjw|edse ot'the ffeoirra-l** ‘
er was conducted to tl>« Chair; fro« thine#
Ih) made his ackuowledgemenig tu
ate in no appiopruvte address.
(hi motioQ of .Mr. .Mathews, Stmwi T.
Patterson was a^inted Pnncip*! Qrt* i
and William J. Cowan, Clerk Assihum. '
On motion of .Mr. Vanhook,'Thciry t,
Wheeler was oppointed IViocipaJ Dw,
kee(ier.
Mr. Vanlwok also moved tliat firtm Hi
be appointed Assistant Doorkeeper j i[f|
Mr. Howell moved lhat tite named of il(t.T
most intelligent, enterprizmg and well gov- i a cn.dit ? 'I'he exp>erie:ice acquired
writ of elartine issue to ai 1
''-•dX^ot the geogra-r-
emed members of the Confederation, have Public Treasury upon this subject it etiti- work would be if properly executed. ; hy of our Mate, and discharge in souic molioo « .Mr. llinloa,r
th**ir little repui>lics confined by narrower I lied to consider.ition. 'J'he head of that de- * • . . • .... . ..i.i. ....... .> Idered Ibat a
limits. It constitutes a twentieth of «»ur I r’«*'tnient, has not alwRvs found it an easy
own s,il in extent, and perhaps nn eighth in matter to reouce into [»os.sossion the few which wc are iruvenicd. Coirptlenl jud^
fertility. It is not only with.rtJt productive ■ debts which have at various timps been due entertain the opinion that the bulk of our ance at.d Ref«rt •! ihe Convention of S.
value in its piesent condition, but is proba-1 to the Stnte from her citizens. Success lias »iatute book mij^ht be le.ssn ned at least one urolina ; — Re*.»lulious of the l.®gisi*tiircs
L!y more than all other causes, the .source j more rarely attended his elTorts in such ra- ihinl, by a ref^eal of ststuK s wJnch are of .Mjioe, .M-vsuchust'ttss, N. Jersev, lk>ia-
m e!i«-ct (>bE>ok-ie, and otliers, ihe ebj>.it of ware, New \urk, .Mi»«i>sippi, Indiana,
A judicious legal rei'orin should, however, i!' gne Ihe obligation which tlie conimuni-1 p ,,
■“sy extend to all the suiweou'iil cuiittii.cut-s, by ty is under to li.e « ntcrpruiing publisher. , 'iTi t *****1^*^ yiCooa»
, 1 . . .1 fill... Hold on alectioQ on lb* a«
lew which wc are i:uvt;n.e,d. toirptleiil judges 1 transmit in tile marked A, the Urdin- , m ^
of disease, rendering life uncomfortable ami ' ses, aud when succf ssful, it has been after
irisecuH'; and thus blighting the prosperity j longer intervals than f.rdmarily chamctir-
r.f the fairest portion of the State. 1 («. l ize the trantaclions of in«lividuals. Would actiitenis. 1
lit-ve that no d.xibu exist among those ac- j it be otherwise if the debts really due fo the
»Uy of l>oc»^mber, to fill ssid tacaDcr.
A iTM’ssage from llie House nf ('.iwnoa^j
propoviiig to ballot imcB«diateti itt thr«l
r^igrueaing (.'lerks, aud utating lU'.VS
Hall, John W. Covington, 'i'h«i. L Wf*
quainled with the subject, of the practica
bility of r*!aiining these pestilential wastes,
atid rendvrtng them abodes of plenty and
comparative hicaltbfulness. The eff.xt of all j to eslablixh a B.ink, rather as an expedient
which has been uttuuicd by 6ub9e«;ucnt n- and illiiuiis, ap|>roving tin.' l‘to.'lsmatioo of] l^nraster Thomas J Mini TW
actii»eiiis. I'Ims whole ef the kgisLti'>n ihe Presideul of i)i« I uiti-d Stales, and I j,* IlenryS Clark Htiniel
from i::.-, to 1777, with the exception uf reproUiing itie pr.crwlii.g., „f U.e ,«ople ^Vh,t^'n.l H.rxjwr,
; " rZ \ o feoulo L-rol.ua C.^iuecticut a,K^ ; *h.cb propo.it,
I he great error, I apprehend, which pre- Acts, and a few others, might with propriety .Marylaud, a^>provitig the l‘rocUmati>jn aud j and a rors«c« r^urned informrztMl
vails cn this sul.jetl, is that we are dispf^d lie cxjHjnged from our Cfnle, surplussigr. ilte i'ar.lf, and dLsapproving tle doctrUie wf t!,e7atoc of Tlw Msfihwil
S:a:e were nominallv due to a Rank ?
our previous legislation, has been to lock
them up frfjin imjividwil appropriation, with
out making any effort to impnne them.
Ill compliance with the provisions of the
act passed at the last session of tlie Gener
al .\sa>‘inbly, to establish tbe lUnk of N.
Carolina, bwks of sulMcription were open-
ed at the several places, aud at the periods
designated by the third secti^m of the Char-
tfT. 'I’he result is known to you, and is
strong pvidence.that individual subscriptions
of stock cannot be obtained to any banking
institution in this Stat^, tho direction of
xvhith cannot be controlled by the stockhol
ders. Thus the subject, which occupied s^»
much time at the last Session, returns up
on you With renewed niid increased claims
♦o y(Air attention. The regulation of the
«mrreocy of the cotinln-, is at al! timt;s a
to relieve us from taxation, t*^an w iih a view
to the great object to be attained hy such
an institution, a sound circulating me dium.
In the managen»«‘nt of public as of private
aflairs, we are sometimes tentpit-d to ne
.Many sulaequeut acts, and .>.ik, of the... .\..ililWat.o.i .--tVoir. AJ.b-,,...di«.pproviiig Demi,«liui.. Me«r,. I j.tt
connected with Ihe criminal law, should the I aritt and r*pr biitiug .NulhL-e-Uon ;—
“hare a similar fate. It i» a capital felony, from .New ilam^tshirf, approving tliu IVoc-
tor instance, lo counterfeit the notes of the lamatiou, and commending Ihe eicrciae oi
Hank of North .America, whi'h have no llie Veto;—and from S irginia, recumuiend-
tircu'ation within thi:-Slate.
and .Skinner of Perquimone were
to conduct t(»e balloting on tbe peri of '.>•
.'dilate. A message was receir^ fnoi 'Ji
House of Cominoos, staliog lhal V'm
nrnnislaw* ing to Ihe |ie..p,e o| f>oulh ( angina, lo rc-1 i:„ihr.*^ arr aiMuur;i ».
lect that system of policy which finds its'nncumber tlic pages of the Revisal, pro- sciud th»>ir OnJinance, and to Congre.* ^ Ultoiin* -t*-
appropriate reward in patient industry, and vidmg for tlie punishment of counterlhtiag inodily the Tand'l>iws. ‘I'he tile marked ^ *
hoi>c to secure pros;*rity hy s(jme .scheme our rcvohitionary bills of cn-dit, Ihe iieces- H., conuiini Reaoiuluxis of the I/egi«Uiurc
of s{»erulati(Ki which is the most alluring •ity of whieh oeased years vmce with the of Sxjth 4 arolina, rvcouimeixliug Ibo call
when the least understoofj. W p forget that existence of the bills theinselve*. An anti- of a rouventioii to oetermme quesiioos ol
the Public freasury mu->t at lust be reph^n-' quary would ut prcsr-nt U; much inirc dis
ished from the pockets of the rommunity; p«i«ed to trace out their similitude liwii a
and that the indirect is freqiK*ntIy the nii.»st ctsmlerfeiter.
unequal and oppresMve species of contribu- Is ii not strange, ihal our Rcvisal should
tion. Hank st>;ck is certainly a legitimate exhibit t«j the citi/''ii, various enactments
subjrcl of revenue; bit the stockholder to fsinish otli-nces w bn h cannot be cfiminit-
di«puted power betw«-en the States and tiia
tieiieml tjovernment; and Resolutions from
MaHMchus*;tls, iJelaware, Oiiio and .Missis
sippi, di’iseittiDg t'roiii the proposition, in
the ti> marked C., willN; found Rcwrlutij«w
o( tuc i.egi»liitur*-s ot New ’ s-n«tc
should pay for the privileges conferred upon ted, and conceal from his view innumerubte Delaware and Illinois, recommeiMliDg itie
A mt ange from tlie other H.sisf. pe\*.l
ting the appoinliiM^ of a joint tekrl n»
milter, to wait on the (iotrrmr. aodintora
him of the org«ni7«liun ol' ih' lifjulatun
.and slating tlial .Mes«rs. Uarrio|’rr loi!.«(
cornpoae ihe committee on their pari. T*
propoeitioii was agreed to, and
Skinner f>f Psrquimotis and Hmiso
appointed tb« cominittev on Itie psrt of lii
him. j'i«t so much as he rcceivcs over a fair |)enalties altacbefi to actions, which he doe.s passage of a l.aw by ( ongn m for the more
in ll*e or- not know lo lie wrong? It is submilte.J to [»erf«;ct aiKi uuitorm orguniawtion of the
flfiicaU- subject of legislati'^, but is at (.rc- i dinary course of dealing, and no more. A your wisdom l« determine whether a legal Mihtia Irom .Ma«sacbu*eit,» ucxl Peuiuiyl-
wit peculiarly so. The dividends which exaction tas a tendency, either to t^Mem so |ierpJcxed, mlrirate and um er- vania, requesting the Governor of the s«ve-
liave be**n d**cinred during the present year, j impede the operations of the liank, or give tain, is suited to the g*fnius of our mstitu-1 ral Sut. s to n-commem! to their rcsiwctive
of the capital stock of the .State Hank and 1 rise to the opposite evil, exc»-s*ive ist-ues. lions, and the character of K;r citiZ'-ns. I>egi,latures, iIk* adoj.lioa of »uch mewsuret
Hank of Newliem, am.sint to nearly one- j In the former case, a scarcity of circulating 'r|,c Pui.ijc 'IVeaxurer in hi*s bst annual f"«y 1* necessary lo ensure a speedy and
iliird of the entire banking capital of tbe medium is pro]uced ; in the latter, the com- Rrport, called the attention of Um; I^-g.sla- ab.dition ot Lottcrw« , and Irom New
State. The ohjoctir^s which exist to tbe , munity for the use of a depreciated currcn- lure to the fact, that for wveral yi*ars i*»t Haa;pshirc, Resolutions projsnma an ex-
chart'^rofthcBankof North-Carolina,have cy pay on indirect tax, greatiy larger in a- the di«Ujrsr ments al the'I n-aburv, had ex- ‘‘••ange of Uw R. ^ru. I he* pa.«
I . ... >>:Jp(»lv ing
culatm.'rwdium, has of course taken place.; Ranks, by the deprt-ciation of their notes, as it now siands, tha tax paid uiKm | tmansle
In add.tir.n to this, it is now rei;ardei as at ; 1 think, hmvcver, lUt an attentive f xanii- „.„i depeiKls quite m „,uch uintn the ' M) Private Secretary will lay mv Ixjlter
l^a«t prol^ble. that tl»r Bank of the I nit^-d | nniiou will aatisty every w.e, that it must miPgniv of the -Mi/ens as ibo value of his before you, tofrether with su.'h resit.,
htatps will rK.t be re-chartered. It will rc- ; axcecd the entire r»-venu-, which has ls.en pro,K..nv, li,e greatest burthen 1, of courso nations of .M.htia Officers and Justices of
quire the exercist: of all your wiwlom and | derived Irom alt these institutions,
pni'ieo'^, to preserve the commuiiit
the pvi!» w hu h these couibmed cause*
ten to produee.
Me.*iirs. Kerr, Beard, Jones, M>ie!;«"
ry and lldwards w*r« nppointed a ruci:*
tee to pref>are Rules of Order for tU tfJ*'
emmeiit of tli« Senate during the
Sessioo.
.Mr. CInyton, from the eommill^ tPT*!*’
led to conluct the balloting for ltir»» I*
gr*sing 'lerks, report««l lhat I^sm'I
im*n and John W. Covington weredultt*
lected ; and that no other person m it-tk*-
lion hud received a mnjority ol' wk
I'be Votes stood thus :
C
ro»m*»luo
J90M
I imfKMied u[Kiii the nist meritorious portion Peace as have licen received since tbe
I I I r -f—•• iiK.i it«ri «|VII - •••• .
ty from | I venture therefore to reconin.end the e*. rommumtv, au.l the Slate is deprived adj.Kirnment of the last (ieneral \siewblv.
,thr.,a- j tahhshmera of Banks at s,«rh places ai. the of one third of tho reven.Ks which should ‘ Tho death of Chief Justice Henders...,
, . . , , ,, ^ I “'V acrru. from this s.>urce. It s.erns to me «»»« l«^t of the ,hr.-e illustrious men who
Whether tl.e ormmal estaLlisbm2Dt of aggregate amount capital m>t to exceed lhat the whnle scries of legislation ui«n the constituted the first Supn-me Court held un-
Irinkiri:: inst,tutu>r« i„ this State, was the , thi^e tiMll.o.|s of dollars, and ll« direction „,e present system, bascaused a vacnn-
rp-;!to| w,«. Kn,l,ti..n, „ rather rMic conhd.-d to tho individual stockholders, amendment, 'n.ero is ,,erhaps no tax which ^ cv m the high office which he hlled for so
n.'.
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Mwrk
Ijinrwirr
lUriy
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An indfrftunl biilloting tlKn (>’! ^
for the Kngrosfcing (^'lerk yet to cIk- >
when iho votes stooi as follow*;
I MiK-k
f I I Mattli-w»
•j:, I t.«nr»«Uf
13 I Klink
A message from the ol bar ll'si'e. c’®
muniraiing the aonunl mossnge of
pro|M>ning lhat ll»e ine«*g* ■
copies fi>r each tiiem*^
hich pro|K*ition
s« I-
I 1 .1 . r .1 • I It I . 1 I J J . fr‘'m the hitter source, R««al estate contri-
laws ; or by tli.- eitiz^ns of other .‘,lMes, en- Med to dividends arcordm.-ly. , ^ ,;„verninent. an
tir. ly exempt from «ir influenr. and ton- ] Amon^ the various s.il.j.^cts which w.ll nearly equal lo the poll tax while
trol As L..nks are l^d,s;«^r.Mb!.^ nil will ^rome f,efore you. the rev.Ki,^, of the wholo a comparliv.ly Mnull mim is levied upon
j.rsf. r a d-.m»:^tic fo a for.,i;:n mstilution. I 1h-J\ of oiir puolie statute l;iws ir.iy bo im n evry oth'-r si«cirs of j.roiKjrty uikI none
ihe imp. r'ant qu*“stion toljedetfrminod IS, tioned, as deeply mlere,i,ng to tbe commu- ui^.n m.Kuedmr.ital
what sh.-tll tl.e character of the c.r[»>ri : .nitv. '1 tie earli. r statiit#? in forr« m this 1
. ,, , , r . J r.”'’ 't"s II wc examine iinother branch of the in due I,UK.-
tioo. S: ,11 Bank Ur crest.d, SfH.o, wan .n«c».-d in th^ v-ar 12:«, in ihe sv Mom, the inequalilv is still more glarii r.
of II. nry the third. Our Revised Three fourths of the'taxes uh ' '
, I Mf. .-iir-r.Mii, from the cr'mmiit«’ *|PP^
In this nnriiial .Me.swge I have de«^med ted lo conduct the balloting for ll*« '■‘'t''
It projier to direct y.njr atleution to the i «,ng ('|„rk vet to U* ele f.-d. re[K)rtei IW,
more imiHiftnnI .suhj-cts of lyg^L.t.on on- „n counting the buliotv ihi-ie npp^f^ '
ly. V anous matters ol h-ss gi'iM>nii inter-' h.ivo Is.ofi 17»l vote* "iven ® T 0,1
•-•si, but which arc nevfrtlii lfMs worthy ol nuinl)»-r W ilham HsU I'"'!
your consideration, will b« communicnted
iip«wi puWw faii!s, and g .vereijed by pul ' ' r ign
iiuiiiIkt William .j,.
which IH rt majority "f the niiriil-*''
ti d ; l.ut thnl the As-Ji-tunt « lurks s
oflic'-rf, vMtli 3 caj :iui sulIicicMly hr;-; to .Cw*le, oh it u leriucJ, ..oiikocdccs wilb the pie ol this JSia’e^are impo«;d by
I, , •- ....IV. lid; l.ut thnl the As-)i-tunI .
I mori garii g. In the n-nmrks which I have d.jemrd il ! jxirteil the n’iinif r ol' votes to I*** ^ '
idbv M 1 I '7 ' «l"Hi nuinlwr -«) is not a m^iTiiy. A ^
«d by the C oun- fd to unite ih t f..i-.knrM wh.ch 1. of the cu^Mon ,n.m -tli.>r-n .1 .v..* > rJrrr-l. ^