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I have carried into complete clVect ' their intentions, until the evils, which arise from this organic de fect are re niedied. Considering the great extent of our Confederacy, the rupiu in crease of its population, and the diversity of their interests and pursuits, it cannot be disguised thai the contingency by which one branch of the Legislature is to form itself into an electoral col leges, cannot become one of or dinary occurrence, without pro diicin.; incalculable mischief. What was intended as the medi cine of the constitution in extreme cases, cannot be frequently used without changing it chancier, and, sooner or later, producing incurable disorder. Every election by the Mouse of Representatives is calculated to lessen the force of that security which is derived from the distinct and separate character ofihe Le gislative and executive functions, SATUIiDAY, DKC. 26, 1835. V? merry Christmas." No pa per will be issued from this ofHce the ensuing week. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Several of the members have passed through this place on their return home. We learn that the Legislature adjourned on Tues day last, after a session of 37 days having passed oO Public Acts, 103 Private Acts, and 29 Resolu tions. The following are the Cap tions of the Public Acts we w ill insert the Private Acts and Reso- iillU line ticwata t in ikiuii- . , . i . . .i tr , unions m our next paper, togelh tations adverse to their efficiency j 1 1 ' as organs of the constitution and with such of the final proceed laws, its tendency will be to unite': ings as we may deem interesting both in resisting the will of the ! to our 'readers. People, and thus give a direction j to lh Government ami -republican j and dangerous. All history tells I us that a Iree peopie should he watchful of delegated power, and should uever acquiesce in a prac tice which will diminise their con trol nvnr it. 1 his oo ivration. so! PUBLIC .JCTS. 1. An et to amend the act of 1S;3, lo incorpoiaic the Roanoke ami Kalrili iiol iio.ul Company. 2. To provide for the piynitnt of the instalments on the shares reserved to the Stale of North (!:irnliii:i. f Authorizes the Gov- universal in its awplication to alljp.no. am i,bjjc Treasurer to the principles of a republic, is pe-j )orrmv ,u. sl,ni of Slu(),()00, if cuhaily so in ours, where the for- to tu; procured at a rate of inter ruation of parties founded on sec- j nol t0 exceed live per cent, tioml interests is so much fostered pCr annum. by the extent of our territory.; 3. To amend the act of IS33. These interests, represented by incoi pointing the Wilmington candidates for the Presidency, are :,,d Ualeih Kail Road company, constantly prone, in the zeal of f Provides for increasing the eap pany and selfish objects, to gen- it ol u any Mini not exceeding crate influences unmindful of the 5 1,500.000 and ihe road to be general good, and forgetful of the1 commenced within three years, restraints which the great body of ' -1. To allow iurlher time lor the People would enforce, if they 1 registerin; grams, proving and were, in no contingency, to lessen ' releiing deeds, mesne convey -the right of expressing their will, j "C-s powers of attorney, bills of The experience of our country, j sale' aml dt"(,,N ol" Sift from the formation of the Govern-i ,ovvs lvvo -vejrs ,,,r lh" purpose. jnenttothe present day, demon-i 5 , "c c;Pa strates that the People cannot loo! stock l tne Hdnn I oil Bridge soon adopt some stronger safe- i c8mP:,l,v ' increased t , 1 . 1 . . 1 . seventy Five thonsiiid dollars. guard for their right to elect the . , . . - , J ?. . . 0 ..1-. 10 amend an act for ctitlm highest officers known to the Con- ... ,. , n P . . . .... a naviffahle canal horn tin' waters stitution, than is contained in that j ofthe HIizibi.lh rjvcr jn Vi inja sacred instrument as it now stands. 1 . fif IVlwlliniank ;.tfnp It is my duty to call the panic-j vonn i;aKOiilia. in v.r. olar attention of Congress to the present condition of the District of Columbia. From whatever cause the great depression has arisen which now exists in the pe cuniary concerns of this District, irtni:i. I)pf 1 7S7 7. To amend the act of l79o, concerning the draining of low lauds. S. Authorizing the entering of the unMirveyid lands acquired by it is proper that its situation j jreaty from the Cherokee Indians, in 1S17 and 1S19, in the counties of Haywood and Macon. 9. To incorporate the Djcp River Gold Mining company. 10. Id rrpeal m part the 1 3ih should be fullv understood, and such relief of remedies provided as are consistent with the powers of Congress. 1 earnestly recom mend the extention of everv polit ical right to the citizens of ihe rtion ol the art of 1S34. :tuiho District which their true interests ; rizing the making ol a turnpike require, and which does not con- ro;,'l I!l Runcornl?" county. Aid ith the provisions of the ! n- A me.ida'ory of iho act ol constitution. It is believed that ! KS- ,,,,r Uu' n'!i,'r tf Debtors the laws for the government of the ; &' r:,l,lt'r Ia l ' s made nistrirl ref.nirp' rrvisd nri n- i "P U,K,'', provisions of nid inendmeni.and that much good ;,r,!' ra" ?Wl ."",kr "K' maybe done by modify i lhe ' f'd re-i.a.ions that govern appeals in ciner cases. j 12. Aulhoi izini; the Public may ue none oy nioaitung penal code, so as to give uniform ity to its provisions. Your attention is also invited to the defects which exist in the Ju dicial system of the United States. Treasure! to subscribe, on behalf of ihe State, to the slock of the Oconalufty Turnpike Company, Ihe same amount he was aulhoti As at present organized, the ze(! lo subscribe under the act of States ofthe Union derive unequal advantages from thi Federal Ju diciary, which have so often been pointed out that I deem it unne cessary to repeat them here, h is hoped that the present Congress "will extend to all the States that equality in respect to the bene fits of the laws of the Un ion which can only be secured by the uniformity and efficiency of the Judicial system. With these observations on the topics of general interest which ore deemed worthy of your con sideration, I leave them to your care, trusting that the legislative measures they call for will be met as the wants and the best interests of our beloved country demand. ANDREW JACKSON. Washington, Dec. 7zA, 1835. CC?-When ouu will not, two cannot quarrel. 13. To regulate the practice of hawking & peddling in this State. 14. To amend an act establish ing the Merchants' Bank in the town of Newborn. 15. To incorporate the Cincin nati and Charleston Rail Road Company. lb To incorporate the Raleigh and ayetteville Rail Road Coin pany. 17. Making an appropriation lor can the Capital of the State. S. To amend an act incorpo rating the MattamuskeM f:aa. and Kosebay Turnpike Company, jT.- ai session. 19. To incorporate the Ameri can Gold Mining Company, in Mecklenburg count'. 20. To incorporate the Episco pal School of North Carolina. 21. To incorporate the South Buffalo Gold Mining Company. lei if 22. To give further lime for paying in Kcitry money. Allows lill 15th Dec. next. 23. To incorporate Ihe Lincoln Gold Mining Company. 2-1. To revise and amend an act passeil in lS31t to incorporate the Tarborough and Hamilton Rail Road Company. 25. To incorporate the Frank lin Turnpike Company, and lor other purposes. 26. Declaratory of the duties of Entry Takers, in certain cases. 27. Concerning the probate ol wills made out of the State, and the registration of Deeds and pow ers of attorney executed in foreign countries. 2S. Incorporating the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company. 20. To incorporate the Conrad Gold Mining company. 30. Providing lor the election of Members of Assembly, in ca es of vacancy by death or other wise, before the meeting oP the Legislature. When such vacan cies occur, the Sheriff to notify the Governor immediately, who is to order a writ of election to supply the vacancy; the Sheriff to be liable to indictment, and fined and imprisoned at the docretion of the court foj neglecting thus to inform the court. 31. Incorporating Campbell Creek Gold M ining company. 32. Incorporating the Long Creek Gold Mining company of Mecklenburg county. 33. Incorporating the Concord Gold Mining company. 31. More effectually to sup press the vice of gaming in this iale. 35. Supplemental to an act of the present session, to amend the act of 1633, incorporating the Roanoke and Raleigh Rail Road company. Exempting the property of the company 11 um taxation during fifteen years. J 36. Providing compensation to the Sheriff of the several coun ties for making returns of the votes given at the election for the adoption or rejection of the amen ded Constitution 37. To declare and amend the law respecting public jails, in cer tain cases. 3S. For the relief of sick and disabled seamen. 39. Incorporating the Roanoke, Danville, and Junction Rail Road Company. Inaugural Address. On Thurs- of that party the political cred j of a Jefferson, a Madison, and a Jackson. That Government is. established for the benefit of the people, the whole people, and not for a few at the expense of the many, is an axiom indelibly im pressed upon my mind, and has been heretofore, and shall ever continue to be, the guide of my political life- Our Constitution has given but limited powers to your Executive. In the discharge of its duties, it shall be my object to pursue such a course as will promote the happiness and pros perity of the great body of the people, and the welfare of our common country. In communi- ties like ours, blessed with repub lican institutions, where the sove reignty is in the people, and where every place of trust, and every office is made for their ad vantage, and is filled directly by them or indirectly by their agents, and where the laws are but the emanations of their will, declared by their representatives, virtue and intelligence ought to prevail. It is therefore one of the prima ry objects, and by the Constitu tion it is made the duty of the Le gislature, to diffuse the benefits of education among the people. Any feasible and practicable plan for such a purpose would, so far as the co-operation of the Execu tive might be necessary, receive my aid. To develop the resour ces of the Stale, to improve its in ternal condition, and to exalt the ! moral character of its citizens, be j long to the legislative department. Whenever the assistance of the executive shall r,e required to ef fect these objects, while 1 occupy the station, that assistance shall be cheerfully rendered. Economy is a virtue in all Governments, more especially in Republics. Not a parsimonious saving, but a liberal economy, accomplishing the greatest benefit with the least expenditure, avoiding waste and profusion, but securing in the ser vice of the State the most honest and capable of its citizens, and obtaining those advantages to the community that are obvious and palpable. A correct economy draws only so much from the ear nings of the people as will prop erly administer their government, leaving the remainder to be used by them according to the dictates day, the 10th IJec. inst. His Ex- : I ol l,,eir judgment; thus tend cellency Richahd I). Spaight, ! "mS l increase the wealth of the ... : . 1 r oiaie uv aouuiK 10 me wea 111 ol w as inaugurated as Governor of . . . - ? . v .1 , , 411 ! ,,s citizens. On the contrary, Aorth Caro una. In his Address. 1 t . 1 r ' high taxes, and profuse, improvi- wh.ch follows, as the Standard dent and wasteful expenditure up correctly observes, "the people of on chimerical and visionary pro North Carolina have an outline of jects, tend to diminish the wealth the course and policy which will ! f me citizens without adding to be pursued bv their truly Repub- l,,e service r resources of the lican Governor, and the princi- co"inio"eallh. pies of republicanism which will .. IPJ'y nnd accountabi ii' 1 lit v 111 all public functionaries, has guide him, in his constant efforts 1 ... . . . . evel ueen deemed to be an axiom to advance the glory and prospe- in tne political faith I profess, rity of the State over which he is And if we wish to preserve to our calkd to preside, and to secure j selves and posterity the blessings the best interests and happiness of f liberty unimpaired, we should all its people. In him they have ! never dv'ate from that maxim. a Republican of the democratic i 'ft an adherence to it, we confine 1 1 .... J all those who hold office and nlace school, unswerving in his nrm- . y11"- rt,,u F,dtc . , . r 1 1 r ' 10 a slnct constitutional and legal c,ple, and unterrified ,n bis ef- I discharge of their duties, neither forts to serve Ins fellow citizens, ! arrogating lo themselves nowers 1 - ! .1 1 1 r ami iuiviinie uie cause 01 democ racy." Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and1Iouse of Commons: Called by your suffrages to the high office of Chief M agistrate of my native State, I should be want ing courtesy to you, as well as re gard to my own feelings, if I re frained from tendering you my most grateful acknowledgements for this proof of your confidence. Accept, therefore, my thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me. I consider it a duty incumbent upon me, to make a declaration of the principles which shall direct my conduct in the place thus in trusted to my administration. In doing so, shall be as brief as possible. I shall not attempt to elaborate the subject, but merely to state those general political maxims, which I conceive to be sound and correct. A republican from predilection and education, my course shall be regulated by the great principles they do not possess, nor omitting 10 execute laithtully those that ap pertain to their stations, never for getting that they are but trustees in the situation they occupy, for the good of the people. Having slated several general rules, upon which depend the cor rect administration of all republi can governments, and in fact that of all good governments, I shall now briefly notice those which pe culiarly belong to our situation, as one of the United States, and which shall be, as they have ever been, my principal guides in the determination of my course upon our federal relations. I presume, in aoing so, 1 shall ot be accused of intermeddling with affairs not belonging to the office I am about to enter. I might plead in julifj cntion, the fashion of ihe times but I put it upon higher grounds! as the Chief Magistrate of one of the btates forming the confedera cy, it is expected and required of me. I am in favour of a strict con struction of the power bestowed by our federal constitution, limit ing the 'operations of the federal government to the powers ex pressly granted, anil mose neces sary and proper to carry them in: to execution a necessity anu propriety that must be obvious, not far-fetched, and requiring great casuistry, and fine spun, metaphysical reasoning, to derive them. The exercise of all doubt ful powers ought to be carefully avoided. If any one, the right to exercise which is doubtful, should Iia fctPinpd as beneficial to the people, that power can be obtain ed by au amendment to the Con stitution. Our Fathers, knowing that all human institutions must Iv he imnerfect. have wisely declared the mode in which the federal constitution micht be amended, so as to make it suit the condition and wishes of the peo ple at every period. To exercise doubtful powers will cause jeal ousy and dissatisfaction, and may endanger the Union, the Palla dium of our liberty and safety. That Union which has made us a great, a happy people, respected abroad and prosperous at home. Who is there among us, who does not congratulate himself in being a citizen of such a government, the inhabitant of a country bes towing so many advantages? The history ofpast ages, and the events of the present, show us the value of the Union. If it were to be destroyed and broken up, what would be our situation? We should be divided into several small confederacies, or into twenty-four or more sovereign, inde pendent states, each acting for itself separately from the others. Should we not then be like the states of ancient Greece? whose history is a record of war of stale w ith stale, of battles lost and won, of tow ns and cities besieged and taken a narrative of human suffering and human woe? Should we exchange our present condi tion of strength, happiness and prosperity, for weakness, misery and internal dissention? If at any lime we should consider ourselves aggrieved by the action of the federal government, we ought to bear much every much, before even a thought of the dissolution of the Union should be entertain ed. In the language of Jefferson, I would say, "If every infraction of a compact of so many parties is to be resisted at once, a's a dissolu tion of it, none can ever be formed which would last one year. We must have patience and long en durance with our brethren while under delusion; give them time for reflection and experience of consequences." A common name and a com mon lame unite us. We are i brethren of the same political fain- ily. Let us not ihen forget the revered and illustrious Washing ton, the Father of his country, when lie admonishes us to consider it "of infinite moment that" we "should properly estimate the im mense value of the "national Un ion" to our "collective and indi vidual happiness," to "cherish a cordial, habitual and. immoveable attachment to it," "watching for its preservation with jealous anx iety." Such, gentlemen, are my opin ions; and entertainining as I do a most sincere conviction and be lief in their truth, soundness and correctness, I may be pardoned the reiteration, that I shall endeav or 10 administer the dulies of the station I hold according to them. It will be my inclination, as it is my duty, so to conduct my official actions, as to make the people contented, as far as practi cable, with their government, both Federal and State.' And if in the progress of my administra tion, I should so far forget that respect which is due to myself, as well as the station I occupy, as to cater to the mad spirit of party by attempting to render the people dissatisfied with their Govern ment, I should reproach myself as guilty of a dereliction ofduiy,ud a faithlessness to the trust con finded to me. That the Almighty disposer of events and dispenser of all good, may take us UllJcr guidance, preserve, ht our free institutiu '. 'i't a satined, happy people, is ihe iraier 1 address to the ll.roi,e c?-1 Mercy. e LU5;,j; r ThG bi author directing the Itlbli,. "? i borrow $"400,000 ,n l State to take the reserved stock iu,e p',r,t!;; State, has passed bo h f ol the Legislature aJ , Raleigh, Dec. ot r. gislaturewilltmainf -J. (Tuesday.) urday was deVtcd Un ing of bills, andsom, ' paed their final rearfi, !' a, 0 "hich Wer private character. Lj On .Thursday Un 1 eda Jud-P nf.c' -o- ... ..,c ou )erioP( ni, of Law and Kquiiv, ri'ce j l' Jlailm resigned. Tliere " " three ballo,igs, Mw, W il 1 am -I A l- 1 . C Stanly being i wliirli i,..l ... ii ,MU'nu as lollons: Saunders Alexander Stanly Graham Scatterincr The bill making a fnier propriation of $75,000 loa the completion of the Capii.,1 j; passed both Houses, and iC fore a law. Ueishr. tt? Robert Potter. fformprV Representative in Conc itr INortu Carolina,) was killed Texas, in a skirmish about ilie j November. ib. 1st 89 70 11 07 21 -ii 05 ii 50 2' wiiluii-awiK 41 Of: G Petersburg Jtarfot, Dec. 15.- Lotton The highest sales vtss day were at I4f cts. aboi i; bales sold. Dec. 19. Cotton demar good; general prices far cot. ijuaiuy, 112 10 J4 D-D Cts.-U', CTPork is selling in Rkl, mond, Va. at 8 50. ia.i!:. congress. in me House 0: Representatives, on the IGiliiu 2 memorials from Maine, pravi Congress to abolish slavery in! District of Columbia, were sented thev were laid on ii table by the following ote vp; 1 SO, nays 31 . On the same li the Speaker presented a memo:, for David Newland of.WCc:! plaining of an illegal return, the case of James Graham, a. contesting his right to a 5ea: Congress, as one of the repre tatives from the State of Carolina. fl7"The Legislature ofVir: ia assembled on the 7th i'-jr elected good and true (Itii)'1' Speakers of both brani". 3 have reinstated Mr. Uiichi'1-L tor of the Enquirer a Printer and Peter V. 1) member of the Executively by handsome majorities. as it should be. Presidential XominnM Pennsyhania...GvnAhn' received the nomination ol Anti-Masonic Convention at j1;;' risburg, for the President"1;; United States-fur Harris -Webster 29 voles. FoM'ceI; sident, Francis Granger of -V-received 102 votes. i- u" Steamboat Edmund V- "' natr.-This boat, buk enterprising citizens, Vw,rj!, havenatr, eam:' nnhUI s . r iI.p s: and proprietors u fc. mill in iiiif lll.ll.L. ' Will ill ..- I ... p some weeks since, and m t 4 ire tv III Hp read V fof? Her length is SO y 23 ft. beam, and auu burthen. She is 10 ?! " tins ana laruwi.. veyanceoffreigl.. P );: aud will have inrre 'f