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ol. XV kLL jQ 49. The Tarborough IVcss, BY GEORGE HOWARD, Is published weekly at Two Dollars and Fifty Cents per year, if paid in advance or Three Uollars2i the expiration of the subscription year For anj period less than a year, Twenty-five Cents per month. Subscribers are at liberty to discontinue at any time, on giving notice thereof and paying arrears those residing at a instance, must invariably pay in advance, or give a respon sible reference in this vicinity. Advertisements not exceeding a square will be inserted at OneDullar the first insertion, and '25 cents fof every continuance. Longer advertise ments in like proportion. Court Orders and Ju dicial advertisements '25 per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must be marked the number of in sertions required, or theywill be continued until otherwise ordered and charged accordingly. Letters addressed to the Kditor must be p st paid or they may notbe attended to. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. continued from last No ) The Judicial Department of our Govern ment has been administered wiih prompt ness, fidelity, and ability: but I cannot for bear to call your attention to the frequent acts of violence and force committed upon our Jails, whereby prisoners, charged with the highest crimes, are released, rescued, o escape. To such an extent has this offence been carried, that open force has hen used, and that, too, I believe, in the presence of the Jailor, to break the Jail, seize the pri soners, and inflict on them summitry punish ment, for real or supposed offences. In o ther instances, the prisoners have been ai ded in their escape, by external force, clan destinely used. In others, by the use of intruments furnished them in prison. Whether these frequent and repeated offen ces against the due administration of Just ice, arise from the cowardice, connivance, or negligence of Jailors, or from the delin quency of the Magistrates, in not building sufficient prisons, are questions submitted for your consideration, with the hope that you will apply the corrective, if the present Laws be insufficient. There is another matter, connected with the due administration of the Criminal Law. that deserves attention. Criminals have been permitted to go at large, and fi nally to escape, after it nas ueui notorious ly known, that they have committed offen ces. If the present Law on that subject can be improved, I recommend that it be done. Nothing affords such ample protec tion to the Innocent , as the certain pun ishment of the Guilty. The President and Directors of the Lit erary Fund, will lay before you, in due time, a detailed Report of their proceed ings, and the state of the Fund, and of the extent of their operations iu draining the Swamp Lands. It will be your duty, as it is the desire of the Literary Board, to in stitute the most rigid examination and scrutiny into the manner, in which the pe cuniary affurs of the Board have been man aged. It is due to the People to know how they have bien managed; and it is due to the Board, if they have faithfully dis charged their duties, that their Fellow Citizens should know that also. And in connection with this examina tion, 1 would recommend a scrutiny into the affairs and condition of the Univeisity of our State. It is the child of the Consti tution, and should be watched over with Parental care by your Body. It is believ ed that due attention is not paid to that im portant Institution by the Legislature. Such Reports and Examinations are not made, as will give the Public full informa tion, in relation to its management and utility; and thus Demagogues sometimes raake it the hobby, upon which they ride into public favor, by making the grossest misrepresentations. The Report of the Board of Internal Im provement, will be laid before you during the present Session, which does not prom ise to be very interesting, as the Board has but little under its chirge at this time, be side the small Fund under its control, into the management of which they invite the strictest scrutiny. By virtue of the Act authorizing me to appoint an agent in the County ol Macon or Cherokee, for the purpose therein spe cified, I appointed Jacob Silek, Eq who gave the Bond and Security required, and entered upon the discharge of Ins du ties. His communications to the Treasu ry Department, will give you the informa tion as to his progress. The general pecu niary pressure, the scarcity of a circulating medium in the Western part of the State, the want of sufficient Roads to carry Pro duce to market, and the outlays necessary to settle a new Country, all combine to make it extremely difficult to pay the debt the State upon the Cherokee Bonds, audit, is believed if payments thereon be rigorously exacted, the result will be, in many instances, ruin to the debtors, and loss to the State; but if reasonable indul gence be given, it is probable, th it mo-t of ihe debts will be collected. The high price, for which these Linda sold, would seem to justify all reasonable indulgence A Resolution of last Session having au thorized me to employ Counsel to defend the Tides of Purchasers of Lmds in Cher okee founty, I engaged the service of Thomas L. Clingman, Esri. who, I pre sume, vvill make a Report, during the Ses sion, upon the subject, which will be laid before you. 'The progress of civilization, sustained by 'he dictates of humanity, would seem to appeal to public liberality, for the estab lishment of Asylums for the use and bene fit of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, and for the pro ection of the unfortunate Lunatic. The helpless and suffering condition of mi ll V ot these adl'ded creatines, have long since and often appealed to the public char ity of a Christian community'. It is refer red to you to siy. how inbred d has been tint appeal. It is likewise referred io you to say, how much longer we h ill manifest our gross ingratitude to Him, who show ers upon us, with the hand of profusion, ill the choice blessings of life, while we vitbhold a beggarly pit auce from his af flicted Children. The establishment of a Penitentiary, in his Slate, has long been a matter of discus sion, and it is probable, by this time, that Public opinion has determined upon its ex p?diency. I therefore direct your atten lion to the subject. Long experience iu the practice of Criminal Courts, has sitisfi-d me, th.it offenders are often permitted to escape from a laudable humanity in Jurors, who look upon the severity and ignominy of the punishment that awaits the culprit, upon a verdict of Guilty, until 'lit ir kind lier feelings conjure up doubts enough toj justify a conscientious acquit'al. It is believed, that a few years apprenticeship in a Penitentiary, substituted for the pre sent mode of punishment, would cause many a verdict to more nearly approximate the truth. Whether it be expedient to establish these institutions, and if expedient, whe ther this is a propitious time to do so whe ther you vvill embark the Funds of the State, in any of the schemes of Internal Im provement heretofore suggested are mat ters for your consideration. To you, the consideration of these mat ters appropriately belongs in you, the the powers of Taxation and appropriation are cuiisatutionally vested. You are fresh from your Constituents, and doubtless well advised as to their wishes and wants -to them, you are responsible for the man ner in which you shall discharge the high tiusts confided to you, and therefore to you, are these matters most respectfully referred. 1 would recommend, that whatever schemes of expenditure you may embark in, that you keep within the means at the command of the Stale; otherwise, the Peo ple must be taxed more heavily, or the State must conirac; a Loan. The pres sure of the limes forbids the former the tarnished honor of some of the States, should make us, for the present, decline Ihe latter. The mania for State Banking, and the mad career of Internal Improvement, which seized a number of the States, have involved them in an indebtedness, very oppressive, but not hopeless. American credit and character require that ihe stain of violated faith should be obliterated, by our honest ackowledgment of the debt, and a .-till more honest effort to pay it. I there fore recommend the passage of Resolutions, expressive of the strong interest, which this State feels in the full redemption of every pledge of Public faith, and, of its ulter detestation ol the aoominahle doc trine of Repudiation. That-State, which honestly owes a debt, and has, or can, com mand the means of payment, and refuses to pay, because it cannot be compelled to do so, has already bartered Public Honor, and only awaits an increase of price, to barter Public L berty. This recommendation will come, with peculiar force from you. North Carolina has been jeered for slug gishness and indolence, because she has chosen to guard her Treasury and protect her Honor, by avoiding debt, and promply meeting her engagements. She 1ms y ield ed toothers the glory of their magnificent expenditure, and will yield to them all that lory which will arise from a repudiation of their contracts. In the language of one of her noblest sons, "it is better for her to sleep on in indolence and innocence, than to wake up to infamy and treason." But when Public honor is at stake, or public Liberty endangered, she will shake the poppy from her brow; and then, for her high souled patriotism, for her unwa vering devotion to the love of Liberty, for her loyalty to the Union, and for her stern integrity, the proudest sister of the Repub lic may well desire to be her rival. , The Civil commotion, which has lately disturbed the patriotic Slate of Rhode Is- 'nu, is deeply to be regretted, and its ter mina'ion in a conflict might have been at ended with serious consequences to the other States. Aside then from mere sym pathy, we cannot be indifferent spectators Inequality in the right of suffrage, is the ground upon which resistance to the con stituted authorities, and overt acts of rebel lion, are attempted to be justified. With out parsing upon the merits of the issue between the parties, in that State, I am constrained to say, that there is a spirit too often manifested in our country, to enforce our supposed rights, or to redress our sup pose I grievances, by appeals to open resis tince, r.ither than to Law, to reason, and .. . : ft .. ... m - iLiuiiimg sense oi Justice, it is not every grievance, under which a people may labor, that justifies a resort to force for re Ir iss; nor is it to be believed, that in my portion of our country, in this enlight ened age, will a course of policy be persis ted in, that is grossly unjust and oppress ive. The steady appeal to right and to reason, is sure in due time to procure the appr priate remedy. The example of our own Slate, in her steady efforts to reform her representations, by appeals to he jus tice of her claims, and the success which eventually crowned those efforts, is proof of the wisdom of that policy. I therefore deem it the duty ofall friends of social or der, to rebuke, on all occasions, that spirit which is ever ready to light the torch of civil nscoru, and revel in the blood ot a brother. Our B.mks resumed specie payments du ring the past summer, and it is believed will be able to sustain themselves in future. But while they afford us a sound Currency, it is io be regretted, that they are not ena ble! to extend their accommodations, and increase their circulation, to that extent the necessities of the community require. Njrth Carolina, although an Atlantic State, is. to a great extent, in the condi tion of some of the interior States. She has no large commercial mart, from which is shipped the principal productions of her industry. These are shipped mostly from the Ports of Virginia and South Carolina. The balances against her at the North, contracted for the immense quantity of merchandise, purchased there, have to be paid in cash. Our Bank notes have to supply this cost, either by being presented at once for specie, and that taken to the North, or, by being taken to the North, and there shaved to the Brokers at a dis count, (which a prompt redemption in spe cie cannot prevent,) who forthwith present them nf Bank for payment in specie, or its equivalent. Thus, the perpetual flow of our Bank notes Northward, to pay balan ces against us, is met by a counter-cur rent of the same notes Southward not to pay balances in our favor not to be thrown again into circulation by the purchase of our produce but to stop them from circu lation, by pushing them into the Banks, and drawing out the specie for them. The only means of protection, against these continued drains, which our Banks can re sort to,istocurtail theircirculation;the very thing that operates against the community, but the only thing which can prevent them from being driven again into another sus- pension, u we naa a ixauonai currency at par in every part of the Union, by which to pay these balances against us, that Currency would never touch the hands of the Broker. It would be thrown into cir culation in every direction, instead of being thrown back upon the Bank that issued it. Our notes would remain among us there would be but little demand for specie, as but few would return upon the Banks, and they would thus be enabled to throw a much larger amount into circulation, without the risk of their sudden return for specie, and without the risk of being driv en again into another suspension. The hopes of having a National Currency has been twice thwarted by the President's Vetoes upon Charters for National Banks. Whether he will continue regardless of the will and of the sufferings of the people, time will disclose. Whether the exam ples of Washington and of Madison are unworthy of his imitation he must decide. One thing we all know from the time of the establishment of the first National Bank, to the present time, whenever we have been without that institution, our pe cuniary affairs have been greatly deranged. In this State, the issue of a National Bank has been fairly submitted to the people, by the rival candidates, in the two last Guber natorial elections. The result, each time, proves the majority to be in favor of such an Institution. It is, therefore, respectful ly submitted, whether you ought not to aid, by all the means at your command, to carry out this expressed will of your constituents- The disease under which the National prosperity labors, is the want of facility in Exchanges, and a sound uniform National Currency. The remedy resorted to in some of the States, is the establishment of State Banks, which throw in circulation a supply of notes, which for a moment seems to give relief, but these notes have only to take a turn or two Northward, and bmk again, to be redeemed wiih specie, and the vaults are emptied -the Bank suspends the notes become valueless, and the reme dy turns out to be? a wr. tched quackery, thit aggravates ihe disease. Banks owned by S'a!e, so located a to be subject to hese continue I drains of their specie, can not withstand the operation, any more lhan those owned by individuals. The passug of a new Tariff of duties, at i the last Session of Congress, it is hoped, ' will relieve the nation from the temporary shifts of issuing 'Treasury notes, or of re-' sorting to loins, i0 m?et its current ex penses, and to py its debts. Already its effects are visible in the incr -as d activity ! ot American Industry, and in the growl ing tone of some of the European Journals.! a id in due time, it i believed, wdl be vis I ible in Ihe increase of our K venue. But; scarcely has the law g me into ope ation. b-fore we hear its repeal threatened, be cause its object is something beside raising Revenue It is high time, the principles, under whi"h tluti s may be imposed, should b settled ami adhered to. "The principles being settled, the extent to which the power m;ty be exercised, then becomes a matter of expediency. All gree that duties may be imposed to raise Revenue, but some contend that they can be imposed for no other obj-ct If this latter doctrine be true, then ;tre we shorn of some of the most important prerogatives of a sovereign People then may we be subjected lo the most abject commercial Slavery. If it be ad mi t-d that Europe can pour into our Country, the excessive productions from her Mai kets, or tax them so high as to be ruinous to us, and that w have no power, to pro ect ourselves against the influx of the one, or, to counteract th oppressive exclusion, or heavy exactions ol the other then, indeed, are we in a help less condition. 'The avowal of this doc trine, is well c dculate I to invite Foreign Powers, who are so inclined to forget right, to impose all such lyraniojl restric tions upon our commerce, as their cupidi ty may suggest. Indeed, for some time past, we have been approximating this con dition. Europe has been flooding our country with the products of her labor, at a tax of some 20 per cent, while the pro ductions of American labor have been ei ther totally excluded from her markets, or taxed from 50 to 2500 per cent. Her wri ters upon the wealth of nations, descant to us upon the beauties of Free Trade Herolitical Orators and Journals, shout to us, across the Atlantic '-Free 'Trade'" and the glorious privilege of buying from whom you please. Some of us re-echo Free Trade, and the glorious privilege of buying of whom we please. But from none of these do we hear, the shout of Free Trade, and the glorious privilege of selling where ve please, and to whom we choose. It is as important to us, to have the privilege of selling, without exorbitant exactions, as it is to buy without them. If every facility and inducement to purchase the industry of others are opened to us but every facility and inducement to sell the products of our industry are ob structed or closed, then mut we become, most surely, a ruined people. 'This senti ment, uttered by one of our most distin guished Presidents, in 1S24, in relation to a Tariff, and at a time when he was before the people as a candidate for that high of fice, is fully sustained by eighteen years of subsequent experience. He said Hn short, sir, we have been too long subject to the policy of British Merchants. It is time we should become a little mure .we ricanized, and, instead of feeding the pau pers and laborers of England, feed our own; or, else, in a short time, by continu ing our present policy, we sinll all be ren dered paupers ourselves.11 The policy then recommended, by him, hs not been pursued, and how truly he shadowed forth our present condition. Let us resist ihe policy of British Merchants, let us be come a good deal more Jlmericanized, let us feed our own paupers and laborers, instead of feeding those of England, let us abandon that policy which leads to Pauper ism, and adopt that which will lead pau pers and laborers to competency and inde pendence. Let us declare our Commercial Independence and proclaim to the world, we have the power not only to raise Reve nue by imposing duties, but that we have the power, by imposing them, to protect American Industry, against European in dustry, and to counteract by our Legisla tion, any foreign Legislation hostile to our interests. But, at the same time, let us invite all nations to a commercial inter course with us, upon terms of ihe most ex tended liberality, but, they must be terms of equality and reciprocity. That the General Government has pow er to impose duties for the protection of A merican Industry, against European Indus try, and to counteract foreign legislation host Mevto our Interests, 1 think cannot ad mit o? doubt. When the States became independent, they had the power, unques tionably. All their powers to impose du ties, they transferred to the General Gov- ernmeir by the adop'ion of he Constitu tion. Thev then cead to have the pow er; and, i' the General Government has it not. thn the power is extinct. Is there an Ameiican willing to admit this? 1 do not wish io he understood as advo citing a high 'Tariff I contend for tho power to impose it, if we think our inte rests require it. I advocate the doctrine of Free Trade, as fir as it is practicable; but wh n it ceases to be practicable, unless at a ruinous sacrifice to us, I abmdon it, and say to the world We will do unto oth ers, as they do unions." It hare thought it proper, on this occa sion to say thus much, on this important subject. The American people ought to know the general opinion of the Union up on if; that thy uiay make some calcula tion what is likely to be the course of poli ce pursued for the future. Frequent le gislation on the subject, from one extreme to a-iother, defeats the best devised plans. buTi 'S the wisest calculations, and often destroys hopes well founded. The sus pense in which the People are kppt, checks 1 Heir ene-gy, curbs their enterprize, and kills their prosperity I had long entertained ihe hope, that, upon the payment of our National Debt, the procreds arising from the sales of the Public Lands, would be distributed among the Sif.s, to which they so jus'ly belong. This Fund would aid the States greatly in the Education of their Youth, and in their schemes of I mprovement. But if we wish to expend more than the means now at our command, we shall have to resort to an in crease of Tax s upon our eitizpns. The President has thought proper to interpose himself, between us and our just rights, and deprive us, for the present, of the funds arising from lhat source. He had the power to do so, and we must submit, until the time shall arrive, for us to exer cise the power vesied in us, bv removing the obstiuction, and taking possession of what is so jus'ly our own. I'hc President having called an extra Session of Congress in 1841, prior to the regular Congressional Elections in our State, it became my duty to order an Elec tion for Members of the present Congress, by Proclamation. In the death of the Hon, Lewis Wil liams, the late Representative in the thir teenth Congressional District, the Housn of Representatives was deprived of its oldest, and one of its most efficient Mem bers, the Stale of ' one its ablest and most faithful Representatives, and the communi ty, of one of its bst, most esteemed citi zens A Writ of Election was issued to -upply the vacancy, which resulted in the election of the Hon. Anderson Mitchell, of Wilkes. By the death of Alexander Troy, Esq. laie Solicitor of the fifth Judicial Circuit, he Stale was deprived of an excellent Offi cer, and of a most estimable citizen. A temporary appointment, by the presiding Judge, of the Hon. Robert Strange, was made lo fill the vacancy. It will be your duly to elect his successor. Soliciors for the second and fourth Judicial Circuits, are likewise to be elected. 'The Kepoit of the state and progress of Common Schools, is necessarily too long for ihis Cminiirilfat!nn nnrl will constitute a part of ihe Report of the Literary Board. Having received the resignations, in file A, of Willam B. Shepard, Esq the Senator eh ct from the first Senatorial District; of Elisha Bostict, a member elect of the Hous2 of Commons, from the County of Richmond; and of Rnbt. T. Paine, a mem ber elect of the same Hou-e, for the Coun ty of Chowan; I issued Writs of Election, to supply these vacancies. I he accompanying b ile, marked r, con- ains the r --situations of Justices of the ? . . . t reace, male since the last L.etiBiive ses sion. The accompanying File C, contains Re solutions, passed by the Legislatures of the following States, viz: Maine, Massachu setts, Vermont. Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Penn sylvania, Maryland, Virginia. South Carr lina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Kentucky, and Indiana. 'These Resolutions refer to the following subjects: The death of the President and the do nation to his Widow; The amendment of the Constitution as to Ihe Veto Power, and the Presidential term of service, and the psage of a Law, requi ring Electors f.r President and Vice Presi dent, to be elected on the same day throughout the Union; 'The Revenue and Tariff, protective and discriminating; The Public Lands, and the distribution of the proceeds of the sales thereof; Th demand of fugitives from justice. embracing the demand of persons, charged with Negro stealing and tne conespuu- dence on the subject; Thp Xnnh Kist Hounuaiy, The admission of Texas into the Union; The U. S. Bank or Fiscal Corporation; The Bankrupt Law; The Sub-Treasury; The Repudiation of State Ueolsj
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