proposed to the said Constitution will re-ceive-an
early and mature consideration,
we, ilie said delegates, in the name and
in the behalf of the people of the State of
New York, do, by these presents, assent
to, and ratify the said Constitution, &c.
'&(. &c.
Done in Convention, at Poughkeepsic,
in the county of Dutchess, in the State of
New York, the 26th day of July, in the
year of our Lord 1788.
George. Clinton, President.
Attest: John McKesson, ) g
Ab. B. Banker,
Secretaries.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Tn Convention.
Whereas the General Convention which
met at Philadelphia in pursuance of a re
commendation of Congress, did recom
mend to the citizens of the United States
aConstitution or form of Government, in
the following words, namely:
"We the people," &c. Here follows
the Constitution of the United States
verbatim.
Resolved, That this Convention, in be
half of the freemen, citizens, and inhabi
tants of the State of North Carolina, do
adopt and ratify the said Constitution!
UIJU IUIIIJ UI UVt'l UIlJUIll.
Done in Convention, this 21st day of
November, 1789.
Samuel Johnston,
President of the Convention.
J. Hunt, ) &
James Taylor, becr-
RHODE ISLAND.
On the 16th of June, 1790, the follow
ing ratification by the State of Rhode
Island, was communicated to Congress.
The Constitution of the United States
of America precedes the following ratifi
cation. Ratification of the Constitution by the
Convention of the State of Rhode Island
and Providence Plantations.
We, the delegates of the people of the
State of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations, duly elected, and met in
Convention, having maturely considered
the Constitution for the United Stales of
America, agreed to on the 17th day of
September, in the year one thousand se
ven hundred and eighty-seven, by the
Convention then assembled at Philadel
phie, in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania, a copy whereof precedes these
presents; and having also seriously and
deliberately considered the present situ
ation of this State, do declare and make
known, &c. &c.
Under these impressions, and declaring
that the rights aforesaid cannot be a
bridged or violated, and that the explan
ations aforesaid are consistent with the
said Constitution, and in confidence that
the amendments hereafter mentioned will
receive an early and mature considera
tion, and conformably to the fifth article
of said Constitution, speedily become a
part thereof. We, the said deletes, in
the name and in behalf of the people of
me otate ot Uhode Island and Provi
dence Plantations, do, by these presents,
assent to and ratify the said Constitu
tion, &c. &c.
Done in Convention at Newnort. in
the county of Newport, in the State of
Rhode Island and Provide Phntn.
tions, the 29th day of May, in the year of
mui uum nvv, ana in the tourteenth
year of the independence of the United
States of America.
By order of the Convention,
Daniel Owen, President.
Attest: Daniel Updike, Secretary.
In Convention of the delegates of the
e,0"ers f the State of New York, done
.ii nc j. uii) me seventeenth day of Oc
tober, in the fifteenth year of the inde
pendence of the Unitri n r a
ca, 1790, every impediment, as well on
the part of the State of New York, as on
the part of the Slate of Vermont, to the
admission of the State of Vermont into
me uuiuii ui iiib uii ueu states of Ameri
ca, is removed: in full faith and assu
rance that the same will stand approved
This Convention, haviilg impartially
deliberated upon the Constitution of the
United States of America as now estab
lished, submitted to us by1 an act of the
General Assembly of the fetato of Ver
mont, passed October 27th, 1790, do, in
virtue of the power and authority to us
given for that purpose, fully and entirely
approve of, assent to, and! ratify the said
Constitution; and tJeelare that, immedi
ately from and after this State shall be
admitted by the Congress into the Union,
and to a full participation of the benefits
of the government now enjoyed by the
States in the Union, the same shall be
binding on us, and the people of the
State of Vermont, forever.
Done at Bennington, in the county of
Bennington, the 10th day of January, in
the fifteenth year of the independence o
the United States of America, 1790. In
testimony whereof, we have hereunto
subscribed our names.
Thomas Crittenden, President.
A late
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1S33.
(fcJ'Vhe reader will find in the preceding col
umns the "Acts of the several States, ratifying
the Constitution of the United States of Ameri
ca." A perusal of these interesting documents,
in connection with the Constitution itself, can
scarcely fail to convey to every mind that is un
biassed by party considerations, or confused by
'metaphysical subtlety," ;i correct idea of the
origin and character of the General Government.
It will be seen that the Constitution was ratified
by the people of the several" Slates, acting as
separate and distinct communities; that in so do
ing they regarded it as "entering into an explicit
and solemn compact with each other," for cer
tain well-defined purposes; and "that the powers
granted under the Constitution, being derived
from the people of the United States, may be re
sumed by them whensoever the same shall be
perverted to their injury or oppression, and that
every power not granted theiebv remains with
them, and at their will." Here it is exnresslv
stated, in the act of ratification by the people of
Virginia, mat even "the powers granted," when
perverted to their injury or oppression, may be
resumed at will but it mav asked, if the nennl
of the other States are injured by this proceed-
ing on me pan oi :ne people ot one or more
States, what then? To this we would reolv. that
the parlies to the compact must determine what
course to pursue in such an event. To permit
the ueneral Uovernment to decide in such a case,
would unquestionably at once change its charac
ter from that of a General Agent for all the par
ties to that of a "Common Superior." This con
clusion appears to us unavoidable.
jyProposals have been issued by Mr. I. C.
Patridge, for publishing a weekly nevsn;iper at
Chnpel Hill, to be called "The Harbinger," and
to be under the special supervision of the Profes
sors of the University. The Prospectus can be
seen at this office.
Congress. h the Senate, the debate on the
"enforcing bill" still continues. After Mr. Ty
ler, Messrs. Clayton anil Mangum. On Tues
day last, Mr. Clay introduced a bill to modify
the Tariff act of last session. It proposes to
make a uniform reduction of the duties at differ
ent stated periods. Mr. Clay, in his introducto
ry remarks, stated "that the policy of protection
was in the most imminent danger if it should
be preserved for the present session, it must in
evitably fall at the next session of Congress."
In the House of Representatives, the new Ta
riff bill is still undergoing amendments. The
judiciary committee of the House have also re
ported an entorcing bill, but have declined vest
ing the power of military coercion In the hands
of the President.
e J a Seat in the Cabinet is, as might have
been expected, false. Mr. W. does not
take an office under the present adrninis
tration. Richmond Enquirer.
Hon. Daniel lFebster....We think it necessa
ry to state, to enable the reader fully to compre
hend the following formal annunciation, that it
has recently been confidently declared in various
quarters, on the authority of advices from Wash
ington City, that Mr. Webster has become a fre
quent visiter at the White House, dining with
the President, is now looked upon as the cham
pion of the administration in the Senate, &c. We
should like to know how the Enquirer would
have treated,two months since, a report that Mr.
Webster was about taking an office under the
present Administration.
We understand, from Washington, that
the report of Mr. Webster's being offer-
voted to public business during hia gt
in Charleston, precludes himfrorn
cepting the dinner. Uc"
The Charleston Courier states as ru
mor, that the 'powers that be' had declj
ned taking any step in accordance wul
the wishes of Virginia, until after the ad
journment of Congress, and that if y
Tariff be not modified, the Convention
would be convened to decide the question
of secession. The Mercury, however, i
authorized to state that these rumors lre
altogether without authority. The reply
given to Mr. Leigh will not be publish
until it has been communicated to the au
thorities at Richmond, where the Viroi.
nia Legislature is still in session, ami
may act upon the matter before they ad.
journ.- Fay. Obs.
Munitions of War. We understand
says the Charleston Courier of the 2lst
ult. that ten or twelve 18 pounders, with
upwards of two thousand stand of arm
and other warlike appurtenances, for the
use of the State, arrived here on Satur
day, in the brig Jones, from New York.
ft'T'ThG following mav nerhans be regarded ! fl"?ThR (lifficiiliirs resnnetinrr tlm
as an earnest of what the people of the South vessels detained by the U. S. authorities
may soon expect in case the -single nation" l,0(H at Charleston, are said to have been ami
tnnes should unhappily prevail. In his speech! ,. .. uim
.u.T....:ffL:ii ti '!. a.i :.u u:l CablV aOMSteO.
UII IIJC tell 111 Mill, C1TICSIUCIII S Uii III 5, Willi 1113
Nathaniel Macon... Pi correspondent of the
New York Courier and Enquirer, at Washington
Citv, writes as follows:
"The venerable Nathaniel Macon, of
North Carolina, has, some time since, re
tired from public life.. A more spotless
and pure man; a more inflexible and un
bending democrat; a more discreet and
disinterested patriot, lives not within
these yet United States. His advanced
age and his habits of retirement, have
precluded him, for some time past, from
any political correspondence. For years
he has had no communication with the
Vice President. But since the Pro
clamation, Mr. Macon has opened a cor
respondence with Mr. Calhoun, by wri
ting him a kind letter on the subject of
our political affairs. It is sufficient to
state the fact without comment. It indi
cates the feelings of the southern de
mocracy
characteristic thoughtlessness made use of some
irritating expressions which are thus described
by the Fayetteville Observer:
"We learn from a private source, that
the speech of Mr. Adams was calculated
to outrage the feelings of every Southern
man who heard it; that he spoke of a par
ticular species of property about which
the South can never permit Congress to
legislate, as the "machinery" of the
South; said that the standing army was
kept up by the Government to protect the
South from this machinery, and that with
out it, the South could neither keep nor
rid itself of this machinery. This was
adding fuel to the fire already raging, as is
evident from the account of what followed.
The courteous and diplomatic Editor of the
New York American, a(W expressing the opi
nion that Nullification in its worst form is less to
be feared by ihe friends of the Union, than a
Couvenlion of the States for re-modelling the
Constitution, mystically adds:
"So surely as that instrument is ever
submitted to a General Convention, so
cably adjusted.
rA large meeting was held at Char
lotte Coun Mouse, Va. on the 4th inst.at
which Mr. John Randolph, of Roanoke,
made a long speech and introduced a set
of resolutions, which were almost unani
mously adopted, solemnly protesting a
gainst many of the doctrines of the Presi
dent's Proclamation affirming the right
of secession reprobating the doctrine
of nullification approving of the missiou
of Mr. Leigh, &c. Mr. Randolph was
so weak that he had to be lilted up to the
stand whence he made his speech.
flThe Raleigh Register states that
Mr. Speaker Stevenson, in a late letter to
one of his Virginia correspondents, gives
his decided opinion against the right of a
State to secede Jrom the Union, under
any circumstances, for cause or without
it, in war or in peace, and denie3 that it
can be considered either a peaceable or
constitutional remedy, as it is wholly in-
surely will it be irrevocably destroyed: conssttin with the great objects of tht
and of all portions of the Union, it is the
South, as it seems to us, that has most to
lose, and would certainly lose most by
hazarding the experiment. Yet from the
South do these calls for a Convention
come."
The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette solves the
mystery as follows:
"South Carolina asks the States to
form a Convention, to which the Consti
tution shall be refered for re-modelling,
and several of the adjoining Stales appear
willing to try the experiment. As friends
of pence and of the Union, we caution
our Southern neighbors against such a
dangerous experiment. They now hold
their slaves by a constitutional provision,
but the free States would never again
consent to give up the rights of human
beings, whom God has created in his own
image, and endowed with the inalienable
right of seeking their own liberty.
Whenever the Constitution of the United
States shall come before the people for
any general revision, slavery will be the
first error to be corrected. Let South
Carolina be chary of her nullification
threats and her Convmtion resorts.
Things are well now for them; let them
be cautious how they attempt to make
them better."
South Carolina. The City Council
of Charleston are paying every possible
respect to Mr. Leigh, the Virginia Com
missioner. Thev have made him th
"Guest of the City," and invited him to
aine with them, in company with the Go
vernor, Lieut. Governor, Gen. Hamilton,
the Charleston delegations to the Con
xion ana me legislature, Judges, &c.
All nullifyers,
P'm IlG-Iate Cnar,eslon papers state
that Mr. Leigh, from considerations ari
sing out of the public relations he bears
has very respectfully declined the com
pliment tendered by the City Council, to
Anf Jf !l,mself Gu6st of the City
And, his whole time being necessarily de-
Union, and the blessings it was intend
ed to secure.
Eastern Nullification. The Legisla
ture of Massachusetts have passed a reso
lution formally protesting against the a
doption of the Tariff bill at present be
fore Congress, "as subversive of the best
interests of the country, derogatory to the
national honor, and involving such a
gross and palpable abuse of the powerof
the Government, as would justify t lie
states and citizens aggrieved by it in any
measure which they might think proper
to adopt, for the purpose of obtaining redress."
Virginia Legislature. The following Pre
amble and Resolutions, adopted by the Senate a
a substitute for those submitted to them by tins.
House of Delegates, on the subject of foreign
relations, were finally agreed lo by the House,
on the 26th ult. by a vote of ayes 77, noes 47:
Whereas the General Assembly of
Virginia, actuated by an ardent desire to
preserve the peace and harmony of our
common country, relying upon the senso
of the people of each and everv State of
the Union, as a sufficient pledge that
their representatives in Congress will so
modify the acts laying duties and imposts
on the importation of foreign commodi
ties, commonly called the Tariff acts, that
they will no longer furnish caue of com
plaint to the people of any particular
State, believing accordingly, that the peo
ple of South Carolina are mistaken!"
supposing that Congress will yield them
no relief from the pressure of those acts,
especially as the auspicious approach of
the extinguishment of the public debt, af
fords a just ground for the indulgence of
a contrary expectation; and confident
that they are too strongly attached to the
Union of the States, to resort to any pro
ceedings which mil? lit dissnlvn nr endan
ger it, whilst they have any fair hope if
obtaining their obiect bv moro renula)!'
and peaceful. measures: Dersuaded. nlsd?.
that they will listen willingly and respect