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ration companies of our primary rivers, and an elegant map of the coast, made by United States En gineers, together with the nume rous surveys of western roads, and boundaries of the extensive swamps to the east, and geologi cal charts furnished by Professors Olmstead and Mitchell, form so much of the ground work of a cor rect map of North-Carolina, upon which the rising generation of the State may trace her extensive ter ritory, and calculate her abundant resources for the prosecution of those great works ot Internal Im provement, which must sooner or later be undertaken, that 1 feel it my duty, again to bring the sub ject before you, and to ask for it the favorable consideration of the Legislature. Before closing this communi cation, could I discover any rea sonable prospect of a beneficial result, it would afford me plea sure to direct your attention to our militia, as a subject deeply interesting in itself, and recogni zed by the Constitution, as being identified with the rights and lib erties of our country; but there are difficulties growing out of the organization and discipline pre scribed by Congress, which, dur ing its operation must forever baf fle every exertion to accomplish the important object, "a well trained and disciplined militia." The act of Congress of 1792, on the subject of the militia, holds to service all free -white males be tween the age of eighteen and forty-five. Since the period of the passage of that act, our popula tion has nearly quadrupled, and, consequenly, the number of per sons subject to militia duty, has increased in the same ratio, mak ing the number between those ages, little less than two millions a force, which, it is believed, no exigence of the country can ever require. To subject, then, so large a por tion of the community, as is re quired by the above act, to the performance of militia duty, and to a course of training indispensa ble to the attainment of that de gree of discipline necessary to render them effective in service, would be imposing a tax on the time of our citizens, which neither their circumstances nor the inte rest of the country would justify. It would seem evident, then, that no important improvement of the militia can be effected, till Con gress shall adopt an organiza- fin nf tllC.SOr tO quisuiuiis ui mom r- ... lmv-;p.n nd unon to maive. r. Yfr.llTlVf II1L t'AIULlUHUO I l ing shewn, that, in consequence of the short-lived existence oi m" volunteer companies, mi- Mr. Wilson, you arc alsoisupporting the manufactories of training can be predicated, com petent to the end proposed. This view of the subject seems to have been so generally taken by the most eminent military men of the country, as to have established it, so far as their concurrent testi mony will go, as true; and that the militia laws, as generally enforced and observed in the middle and Southern States, instead of ad vancing the military art, is pro ductive of a contrary effect, by en gendering vicious habits, encour aging iutomperance, and, conse quently, a spiritof insubordination. By an act of the Legislature, the Governor is authorized to dis tribute the public arms among the volunteer companies of the State; and, under this act, frequent re- nf nnr Stnu hns sustained creator losses in the loan of them, than benefit from their use, it has been deem ed expedient to suspend for a sca- .1 :.M.KiiV!ti nn- SOn lueir liiimui uioii iuuu"") less it be at a few points, where sudden invasion, or other danger, may render it as a precautionary measure, expedient. In every instance where volun teer companies have been dissol ved, with the arms of the State in their hands, embarrassment has occurred, in their collection; much loss in their number; and still greater sacrifice in their general abuse and securing to the State the value of the arms, which can seldom be done with certainty, does not do away the principal ob- jection which exists to the loan of i . i i i them; as tneir value in money, cannot be deemed an equivalent to their importance to the State when they shall be required for its defence. It is, therefore, respect fully submitted, whether the pow er ot the Lxecutive over the pub lic arms, should not be restricted to the emergency of "repelling in vasion or suppressing insurrec tion," or to the reasonable ap prehension of such a calam ity. The death of Chief Justice Tay lor, which occurred soon after the rise of the last Legislature, pro duced a vacancy on the Bench of the supreme Court, which was filled under the provisions of the Constitution, and by the advice of the Council ot State, by granting the temporary commission, (to terminate with the present session ot the General Assembly) to John D. Toomer, Esquire, of Fayctte- ville. It is with you to make the permanent appointment. Doubts being entertained, to what portion of tiie salary appro priated for the payment of a Judge of the Supreme Court, the repre sentatives of Judge Taylor are entitled (he having died soon after the commencemertt of a quarter, the current half year had been perlormed,) it is with great defer ence submitted, whether a war rant, for the residue of the salary i . 11 not claimed oy nis successor m we have lost a citizen of great value, who, in the discharge of hi The nau'er marked A, contains the resignation of his appointment of Senator to the Congress of the United States, of the Honorable John Branch. In accepting the resignation of Mr. Branch, it will be recollected with pride, and with pleasure, that, although the .nature of our connection is by it chan ged, yet, his services are not lost, but rather transferred to a sphere of more extended usefulness; where, in his own language, "the just pretensions & relative weight ot the State may ue maintained in the councils of our country;" and to a place for which he is peculi arly fitted, both by his unbending integrity and firmness. The file herewith transmitted, marked B, contains reports, reso lutions and memorials of several of our sister States, on subjects of the first importance to the Union, and some of them, particularly so to the Southern States, viz: a re port and resolutions of the Gene ral Assembly of Missouri, on a re port and resolutions of the Legis lature of Georgia, declaring that the Congress of the United States have no constitutional power to appropriate monies to aid the American Colonization Society; and a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution ofi the United States, by which the! E. Badger, Esquires. President & Vice-President shall! The resolution adopted i be elected by the people, without the interference of the House of Representatives in any case. Al so resolutions ot the Legislature of Louisiana, nronosinir an amend- '11 o i f ill ment to the Constitution of the U-i the State to her use. and vet nited States, by which the Presi-j expended in her education and dent and Vice-President should' support, has been complied with, hold their ofiiccs for six years, and the letters and statements of and be ineligible afterwards. Al- the accounts from the Guardianc! so the Preamble and Resolutions! Miss Blakely will be found in the of the General Assembly of Vir-i fde marked C. ginia, on the proceedings of the The resignation of such Justi respective Legislatures of South- ccs of the Peace and Militia Offi Carolina and Georgia, on the Ta-jeers as have been received during rill" acts, the acts for Internal I m-1 the recess of the Legislature, will provements, &c. heretofore pass-1 be found in the file marked D. one portion of the country, 4 1 out upon me agriculture of aD ther, can the burthen of taxation fall! But as nothing has .. transpired, by which the peculja policy of the present admini$tra tion can be known, either as re gards the foreign or domestic re lations of the country, and as onrs is emphatically a government 0f public opinion, and we have eve. ry thing to hope from the present enlightened Chief Magistrate of the nation, elevated as he been by that opinion, a course of forbearance on this important measure," is, for the present, re, spectfully recommended; for j have no doubt, that free and calm investigation, indicating at once moderation and firmness on 0a part, will soon obtain a repeal of all palpably unequal and oppres. sive measures; and that our Fede. ral institutions will take deeper root, by the agitations of the storm. An act was passed by the las: Legislature, "for revising, digest ing and amending the Jaws rela ting to executors and administra tors;" by which the Governor is authorized to appoint two com missioncrs to. carry the provisions of the act into effect. I have ac cordingly conferred the commis sion on 1 nomas Kuffin and Geo. at tlie same time, directing me to ascer tain from the Guardian of Miss Udney M. Blakely, the amount, if any, remaining in his hands cf ithe several sums appropriated bv ed by Congress; and resolutions adopted by the State of South- Carolina on the subject of the 1 a- but not until the official labors of riff the right, of Congress to a dopt a system of Internal Im provements, and to make an ap propriation for the benefit of the Colonization Society; and also the resolutions ot the General office, shall not issue in favor of Assembly of Mississippi on the his representatives. By his death, subject of the Tariff. The same tion, upon which, a system of official duties for nearly thirty years, was diligent and just, and having acquired the confidence. he deserves also the gratitude of the fetate. It is also my painful duty to communicate the death of Joseph Wilson, Esquire, Solicitor for the sixth Judicial district, occasioning a vacancy in that office. The o fice of Solicitor having been crea ted since the adoption of the Con stitution, and tho right of supply ing for a season a vacancy occa sioned by death or otherwise, be ing conferred by tho Legislature on the Judge presiding in the Cir cuit where such vacancy happens, it was not deemed the duly if it was the right of the Governor and Council to interfere. The ner- manent appointment of a succcs- file contains three very able pa pers from the State of Georgia. transmitted from the Executive of that State, with a request that they may be laid before you. One, a report on the resolutions of South Carolina and Ohio, on the subject of State rights, of Slavery, and an appropriation for the Coloniza tion Society; another, a remon strance, addressed to the States in favor of the Tariff; and the third, a memorial on this snh- ject, addressed to the Anti-Tariff otates, of which number is North- Carolina, from every principle of iruerest, anil lair constitutional construction. If the Treasury be closed to the tributary streams of commerce, and the General Government of the country is still to be support ed under a heavy Tariff of dntin hid for the express purpose oflCanada. If, Gentlemen, in bringing those matters to the consideration of the Legislature, which are deemed most intimately connected with the welfare of our beloved Stale, I have too freely and openly ex pressed my own views of what I deem the true and enlightened policy we should pursue, I derive me Highest satisfaction from re flecting, that it will not' be attri buted to a disposition to assume but to the proper motive, a wil lingness to meet any responsibili ty due to the high station, to which I have the honor to be called. I am, Gentlemen, most respect fully, your obedient servant, JOHN OWEN. Executive Department, ? November 11th, 1829.) General Scott. It is stated if the New-York papers that Gene ral Scott has acquiesced in the de cisions made against him relative to his rank in the armv, and has reported himself for duty. Smuggling. Twelve package? of woollens were recently seizw in Boston, on suspicion of bavin? been smuggled. These good are supposed to have come froP
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