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. A 1 Op V v V v . U V No: ' 4 ..-'. ' HALKIGII, (N. C.)' FIJIDAV JAKUATJY St, tt:3. , 7 . . .Till S TAH, - . ' " . s - t'TU verity, tiy" , . . ' .-BKr. L.VWU2NCE.. ' i-erliiiio, Wlr jwt tMiN r- J JnJwiM. iini;ilieuiel, . ' .i,L A$rt'seMmt, "Ktf Ctccttlir bt 1 i .i. . ...... f... ... . .. .i .In anta fur each utinusr.es:.-- Frflra the National Journal. Js ..', jt eiectim f Praiknt In the IIjusc of J!erirt$en!ittltei. .' ; TP THE MOPLE'OT THE VXITID ST&TtS. . It is impossible far any one who has conversed itl history-' of nations, toeimparo the liberty of our. citizens and the authority of our lav, without tdiniiaiiun. la oo other eoiintry. are i!io ncoole so free or the law to abso. luts. Thoir execution is neter resisted bv force, nor eveu obstructed by tumults; nA ca sirred is their io3 enco that theif rkiiina; do not coinplaio of their eral consent there seems to be aa icep- twm itillia 'discontent and spprehension vhiclt mny fccisons have expressed at skeins thb lect:oa of PreMilcat refer red to the House, ot iiepresonwitves 'llirV Lave considered it & power too ' treat to be superadded to the regular v ftihctions of that boJv; tm uunortautto ;be withdrawn altogeUier Irma Uie pco . pic ami too dangerous, Irouv Us rela hnntliin with the execBrive, to t con fidd to a branch of the legisfature.1 :'f ; But this sentiment of anxiety, howey er natural, is la a ercat deree produ ced bv a. tnVstonception of the extsut j ana chRracter or t:ie jower in quesuoo. j " Tiiose vlw feekir," aicribe, to this part ef the Conotitution' a greater defet t than .really bcloh2;s,to itK and suppose cn the lower house of Congress n,ab Wue eonro over the appointment of ' the President. If. this apprehenVuM. C were jyst.it Would Indeed be alarming. . .ttwty present a state of things utter If su&verwve of tho fundamental -ma' ' ia oi'good govemment.r It would co , fonnd what -ought to be distinct,;-1aau ' 'jfflaU tle executive, the crcatureof the legisla'tnrc The symmetry ortteLoa instltatioa. 13at ir tJiC stitution .vould be deformed, -and its ren"th destroyed. For this violation ofprmcipie and rule; would soon ceasa to oe contingent. Ir would have the ftitjuU of reproducingUself, and would jiotessarily become uniform.1 It would always be ia the; power of a party in t;oiigress,by uie maenmery ci a caucus troy some more guilty contrivance, to diitract the public tniud by presenting Y a multitude of candidates, or by up- voning the least popular among mose ; 1 ho might bfler Uicmselvei to prevent v' anv". - vnl's: anil tlius hro!t therlection into L thf Howe of KepresentatiVe, where, I aciording to'.tlio wishes of some, and j' t!i fear of others, the"; choice of tlie . tli'Cmagistrate Would b removed coin- fljielv from th iftflaeftce of the people, i Ltl "Subjected itiiely to. tne arbitrary ! " tirmiiiatiu of the members, of Conr I griffs. ; That jsiicli a course raiht be l inViiriiiiil v rivert to t!ic election. W evi- dently posiiule, if this doctrine were .Wind; and that it would be hhly pro- I bab e. in t'hat case, nut be lulerreu Irom tliie fact: that those politicians who sop I ;''pi?ted the late caac nomination, are I tii; persons w!i now inculcate the no 1 tiii. that the election in proe;res,;is to 1 be1 decided by the independent jujjment l;WiW Ifousetf Repretmlativet, without i nlf rici' tu titrt existing and inteHi"it I We'infclfcstarinot of the public, willv f!ii:f tiamination-orthe subject, --.J'owevr. Will" bo sufficient to saow, tnu' ';tlrf dut.ct colnptiiijicd of, is by no means hwfal- id tfrw evilrapprehended ftoin it, hlikel v to be fonwidaMe; thai the "C-."'i'wcr: ithus toatinfienHy. - delegated, t'i' t,'R,l,s'1 i'tfi'i'alous Slid 'Jmportaft't, ii o'c- ! cumjmiiiUl bv itinrtations, anil gaaKUvo tif a le r.t;.nA!bilii. so inut'keu . and -so Slritt, 'tj to si-cure us against all reason b!e f4 of. its mischievous or tyranni- M esfrbise. ! Iftdced the. very fact ot beiaa rcferredtsthe imuiediate rep- i Pentad v'es of tliC m'oyle, in iKeference liber pre-existin tvody. ua'.Mds U jI of ffwntativei, its chief ea- erjr u fuui.a. ims rtl l u'.ticai a 5an receives the popular will freh frS tboasaiMl sources, aa.l by lite virwrou action f a direct rep&aibility. distri bute it through evtry branch wf the go vernment. If the. pulse of tne xeca tive beat hhU with aaibitiua, if it lao- iifh with ludolrace, or smk with cor- raptioo, the soTeremity ef the people. acting immediately on the1 House of wptvesjiaiives, restrains, rou or re news itt lueaemixreoltheiUtLciary, ike the head of the executive, are me nable to this body, which it itself re sponsibly to the people alone. . It lies nearest to (he people, ao l its power u the, exact measure if its responsibility. In It, their action pn tr.e rovcrnmcnt Do- ioa, and through it, conunaea. . tlow- ever elevutv'd, cr however humble, how ever permanent or transient the. office, the force of public sentiment it trans mitted to it, in due proportion, by tne lust and beautiral economy ol oar sys tem. . Upon this . direct influence on the onehand, and accumulated account ability on the, other, the health and vi gour oi the system depend. At tun as Uiey are preserved our liberty ia secure, and most per.sl at toon at they are de stroy til. - v-1;- ':..; , I u respect ta the nature of this re soonsibility,' although some difference of opiniou nas prevailed, none lias exis ted as- to its -legree. Members of the house have conceived themselves bound by the will of their immediate constitu ents. nr of the citizens of their respec tive states, or of the nation according to the more local or general nature of the sub'ect olleirislation, or to their par ticalar apprehensions of the direction of official obligation. Eut all have a reed, that where noJuar is interposed by the Constitu tiim, (which- being die most aolemn -act ot tuo people, isvths higliest. possible lorm ot instruction, the subservience of the representative ji . . '. . si to tne constituent is complete. - aou tlits doctrine holds good in matters ot mere legislation, which constitute the general and ordinary duty of the repre Mniaiive Doay is m juugmenioi i (aiUitol dr legate is to be regulated by me voice or tne people, in us tocai, li mited or general toi,;i expression upon subjects cobnecwu with foreign intercourse, domestic traile, tne collec tion of taxes, tbe disbursement ot revc nue; is afiv mart prepared so tar to vio late justice, reason, and analogy, as to contend, that upon a matter oi hneciuc contingent, and momentous trust, such as the choice of the highest omcer the gbvernnient. tlie actual and uneqn vocal expression ot tne people's wui not still more to be regarded?.' For let it be observed that the people fiavi al ready declared their preference by au organic act, and that in all tne relations of life, bo;h moral ahd political,': tne more dennite the character, or rare iiie occurrence, or important tne nature oi tne duty, the more unconditional the o- biigatioa -attached to it becomes,-ami tbe more rigorous, the responsibility bv which its perlormance is eutorced. t. ibis view ot ; Uie subject, winch ac cords with.the spirit of the gbvermuent. coincides exactly with,, the letter ot the CuutlifJUioov t k'lOtii' this it ; appears, ly simple, and can DiiiHer be explain- UvebeeLha last body fixed wpcu: f.? ' TRE A- UK! by its otr inixat'.nn U is t!.- muit J o - The anuuilrtj jxmJnt ..f ll pi t'.e people. Hut even the Treasury a la b"4y of rert rrc had be ;i appoint- lIi-U!! Sof Lon;t ed wi;h power to act iodei rmUntly of is a d '.utieat of ".'lS IWiVtxT. .- ( .f tn "ci-ittary ft ti i..tif: to t-'.!i i ( .1 t C Cd ilit. It t"j rr ic'.rth trt'jj the people, it ia scarcely rxiwibletusuoJ inserted entire in the .cr. '1 ' pose they wouldactalaoindreDdently lfoUip'; brief t'ttment v., I rrec..t t ol reason And no reason lor Ditler-lour readers, the nnt i.,!oiuct j ni'i one anuwate to anether, in a. po-lconUn.oJ in Uie report: polar i government, can . be imagined I ' . ' ruytttri"? f. ,terxtt. ronger, than tiut resulting rom U I - The actual receipts in! fact ol ms oeio tuougtit to deserve it I the Ircasury dunn the by agreater number of bis countrymen. I year 18i3 amounted to -IT.d'o a The best rrcdehtuls', th most ptiwer-l , MAmg, w it'i the lui appeal Uiat . can present, in, a I lance in tne li taui v. competition fur the presidency, with J the lt Jan. IS-IC.uf ; B. or C. it thai he ha reeeived great-1 . : k . . er number of electoral votes than either of them. And a deci-uou a?inst him. tabs just, omit be upirtrd byreaxms hot only strons but irresistible, palpable and convincing to the uoderatandiqgof the nation. Cither the public senti ment must have chauged toward him. or some damning deteotion been made on Urn, some disqualifying act commit el aor misconceived. Tbe candidate wno happens to have a plurality of voles is clearly preferred, and tKo candidate having a winnrily of votes is clearly postponed, to any lbcr. And inwevcr the subject is revolved in tno miivj, or presented to the imagmation, tbir ). tin . between the coUiiKUVfs. them- sce cannot b altermi., , ; . Uut thfir relation to the public, as established by the Constitution, of a different character. ? To obtain the full consent of Tie oationl it is made bcrtt- sary uut a candidate lor the hi-n o.Uce of President, should Jiave, ctoro vlerto ral votes for ' him, than, axainst bita. The people of the states, failing to pro- uuco mis Ciect,, when operating as component communities, or in their na tional rapacity, are next appeae.l ti in their lederal character, and instead oi acting through the di(re!iort of electors as in the first iitttance,act ia the se cond through the ruparwbtitiyf-of. their representatives. liy this .new . combi nation . of political el ejuenUr With the event", oh; a primary 'election in view, if. was -reasonable to snppose a more decided result, and a sutfisicnt sanction would be given to the tlec tion. . It was obviously wiih this tame view, iu order that a somple'e, rather than a new election might .take place, that the choice of the bouse it restrict ed by the constitution to the narrowest compass compatible', wiia the principle ot reference, aim wun any choice at ail to nave ueciareti mat the House Representatives, ia case an 'election is referred to them, iftall select tlie person haying, the highest , )vanbhr of volte, would have been absurd would have defeated tlie object of the reference, by tuning iu aui i lie reijuisue sancuon .to pluralityol votes, io nave restrain ed tlie ciioiee to tlie tw persons having ine highest number oj vote, would have been, a povision wholly irreconciliabic to Uie elective system, and directly re- tugnant to that deference for the popu ar will, whicJt h id occasioned the re ference; for if there should, be several candidates. py Inciting th fjtf more ilfrtnr.il ded from the house-than would be ad- thevoice of the people has loudly reject- year miUed. : Vor-example if here should cd 1,.n the wdf neral Jnck-I- " be s x comoet tors b!fore the oeonle. wu ue ri V'" ",0 ... ... .rvr, or ev three ba- on , .4.23 ',437 53 An t?grgate,of ' 2-t,773,U J El ', lue actual expend.;-. ii ring thu year XS-J, a- uiuupted to . 1 5,31 4,171 Leaving a balance in the Treasury on the 1st Janua- - 4824, of- . 9,463,CS1 The actnal receipts into ted by bim; or a transcendent virtue, or the' .Treasury, during the Averpowerin? decree of merit be disco-1 three first quarters of the vered in his-surtessrut ODnonent. lyear iQZi, are esti mated to With regarvTto, the election viqw in (have amounted to V ld.GJO.EOJ 10 8 progress, as the elements out of which I And the actual receipts i't result 19 10, ansr, nave . aircauy, 1 miu um -.iaMrj, uunng doubtless assamed all the reldliori.which I the fourth quarter of .the ti due respect to pu"b,lick opinion, and yea?, including the moiety 1 taithlul sense ot represenUUve tluty oitiieioanot-i.uix-.wo.su- are capable of forounz. there can be no I thonscd by the act of the itflpropriet j-jn referrin-j to it with a view 2Cth of May, 1824, for pay- , olilto.trating, by application, the prin ing the 6th per cent. Mock ciMcs l have endeavored td establish. I of1812, are estimated at 7.350,003 In tompanng tbe claims ct the highest! waning me lotai estima and the lowest candidate; the . reason I ted receipts into the Tr'y, r Kofornt ttisi firtf a ka mt uill I dllrin ' l! VMI 1 834 ' ' Cf r HO RHt Q5 not be proportioned simply ti their re- AM. with the balance in snective number of votes. Circuin-1 the i reasury on tne nrtt or ' m . t I . n. A 1 stances betonz to each tide oi the case iinuary iosm, lorming an which cannot be overlooked.' On the 1 aggregate of ; S6,444,816 77 side of Mr Grawfordr it will be obser- " .-' 4 The expenditures during " -' . ' - the three first iiuarters of t- - - 1' the year 1824, are estima-, 1 ted. to have amounted tobil,503,r02 73 Ahd the " expenditures arked and. .exclusive. formality -nil during the 4th quarter are ; f ITJ... .C. ."l L,l!in.livl al::' f A A A 4 1 D. ved thar.hu Iriends placed lum ia view of the public at a very e4rly ,tjeno-l; that suDsefjuenuy combining meir oiu, cial influence with their personal re- spectability, they presented him.witli a in it might well happen, that their favmte Candida, to-the naU-; esUmated at - :.y, 10,-r- Ihe choice to the two h gh- and that in apite of this imposing ce- ' Making the total esti - :toral votes would be exclu- remony and solicitous recommendation, mated expenditure of ;the . i..:..o.u.. i.i i. ..l the voice of the DeoDle has loudly reiect- year 1824, - ;. SI. 93: SI, 938,147 .86 in is Inl ua hnm K nutuni nn h ffi'rtinn ol I SllfV. on CI, IIIC.. tl IS IHU1MUIC XUUK UIC I V i I . . . . I or four lowest candiaates would, Pe pcoplcUat it waft not reared Dy ry, esti .,fU. iv-isAU,A:.Aj-mnM i .ntrtfrae. nor cuiuYatea dt wtronaffo. i iac ui . 3 . . t. . Tl..,i .L.J M-Kprt.i nn J.tmnnt 1 I ha flltlilAfl III-! . W " V llfcllV01f ., jfc lie aui . n . I . IST 9 r . t I ,. nfc.being founded on ihe ioiint presses . to work for ftim.,4haf in isi oi jan. uzo, inciuuing b, ,uiu,t!uu people, the fiamers of this clause this government of thi (people, he i ..re- 3 per cent.' s ock tubacnpiion to the !wu.w: i-.i . a ui- em nent y thi man ofthevenvlc. hat Bank of the U. States, for wl ; h 'tho vuuaviiuu'iu hum f uwiiuit uui T iui . i 1 had to secure a just ef I wc " . " u ,a!"c "i" '"S3 i"c v a . ,1 , . -I tis rti.voliitinn nml tvrminilpil !l. ty ot tne people, nd ol v'. ' . -'". ""ir i? owinw curve on tne victory oi cw to; votes ernme of the of the perform.' ;They tect to a inaiort cours? to provide that effect. These are correlative pro . . i- r ...... And leaving in the Trea- ' the first of Janua-. ',; ', 1 matea oa -r.V- 4 5Q5 6G8 SI ' debt unredeemed, on the- i. .... -- . ...i i.. . . r.L. lmonweaUh of Massachusetts instrument are precisely adapted .to its We xne popularity . noPlioMem. - ----;' l-f - i . i . . t. .ncimjieis. iMiftinn iini niirrorE aii zra in- a i pii iiiir vrni, a iw. win nr. sia iiiiimii iraiiu intent. For it is" worthy- ot remark. w V'u,w M -. --o - --- . ;t- ---- that thevydo not direct but allow, do not Olid that iu -electing a president, nut Only to any strong i videiisesSUlie cautious and re- Served Idaracter fiei a aWigned to it, .'and of the :m trending weight of aceouii I tabili! , with, which its execution most Jje a!'fc...!ed.-:; Bat in order tov demon- jfctraH it more clearly let us caiwult the pirit ol'-jhe government, and the letter f olilir Ceustuutwo.;' ;; i ;?."- C .' Iaf every well regulated government a then is one great principle that -up- " pwt its whole oraauization, cuVcrns alU is combinations, and inspires ail jt ai 4. ; Tii atiam. thtd the orisriA falt , : . . , - - o ... : i. 21 hcnl pnii-er is in the vcojiU, ties at v r ta'eis fir t.cnstitut'nn.and'zctu is-thevliousu of : Uepresentarivea sur rouiuied by stricter - limitations, . nd placed under, additional accoouUbility, out the act itseit'-m.teid oi being origi nal, is conclusive.' ; The members of the House are not expected to reverse, but required to fofit tlie wishes of the people. 1 hey are not to aooiisn wuai is besruii. but to complete what is ua- titdshed.- in the appyinimeut of Elec- tars, the people having operated in their . I ' . .. ..... V tiatiuuai taiwci-T - io ic mmw Fi-esident. 'ttiS jN-ganlc pruvitton reiird wir tbat.event, is satiiied. .- But .the prudential maxims of government; re quired, iu foi iniiig Uie coustitutkin, that the danger uf , smalt pluialrties should be avoided and. that in a syHtem found ed on the: consent of tlie people, it would ue unsafe to place in the chief oQke of the siate. any individual woo am not concentrate in fliis person,. not only greater number of electoral otesrinaii any-of ins competitoi-s but abater uumberthan all. Less than a inajor?: tv. .it was wisely considered, would be . . . . i .. .... . .... loo Marrow a uase lor so eievateu sut lion..' This coiiKidtmnon (if we excei dig simpre acciuem a uei was iu mitv iiiative for a reference.1. And indeed theix could have Been ne oiaer , for'tbe candidate who has a plurality cl votes is ascleartj superior in popuiar favor W - bis opj cnl, as it lie tiaa a aiajoiuy.- V eit . uieia in a oaiance, and tbo scale umtaining iuu pounun. preponderates over that w ito 80, er that wi th 40.- as iudiputabt y; as - if it held ; 60, 'i' oO, ot' .'i'be tu Orleans. stock of the Bank held by th ment is considered an equivak 86.045,003 38. - "'- O That though be wus postpbn- j & " U is estimated tint, in the prn' svas" nositLius die nroofof one is th fsiab- ed Dy the caucus, tie is preierrea uy tne riming mows ociMemuer last, mo , KnrofTtLl natipV-That Ids supefiority oveJ hi. 1C . , the two highest candidates might not pnncipa mat who wtupportetl in great JrlVL hrinir with them a miioritv nf votes it part by legislatures, exceeds the Vote of 529,302, the amount exported m the 4 - is Sed by f' eitirestates bf the U.ioo...nd .e- preceding year; and that ihe- .valu, of . iZ1" oualsthatoftheold and populous com. foreign armies exported was 825.213,-, c-'-.: A Abdthat 782: which wat less' by, 82,294,840. r:.' :t . sulateddiisfricts, bis stretches along the ring the same period,, is estimated at S7o,iT,iei wnicn exceeas tno lin ear by S936, i a xv r . at ti.. i ... .Ai.nri k i B.iU.UtaVlwmii VUUlW w . .K ' I. .1.. nn,tn nf rU r,ha,a n.i a from th three Iii-hest C It b not lm ; uir7" 'IC K;7 6 .1 t r r i neri. oi uie union, wesiwaiu i uie ? ' ; i i lartnesc laaes. . i u dossiuio ior nnvi ici&uiis uar-1 comtn mad said shall lioose .from. tho three ine the hiiievt-o4mbertf?l &esr Bttt.it is said .-''the house of Representatives siiall ehoosc from - the persons, having tho highest tiumbers. '-not , exceeding fArce.''-clearly importing that choice mm, rf necessary, reach to. shall not extend beyond the three est.--fa this respect, the original corresponded witli tiie existing amend ment, lop when, oy mat, tne pumper be admitted was limited to ove, ... cr.J fnr, tmitx -nluUtaa- . Hi I ia oa ouCPhtLal 10 It SS the OH nnltinn. and bv this alone, all flection is to a mirror. "1 his is the only ilm rAmlitmna of the oroblera arc aatis-1 lirameht that connect it with the nation, fied A plurality has its weighty nta- and gives it, collective! v or individually, ft'f.rt. thi iiiflnenca of the- nubhc imDortancev 'While a member Mr.1 and the resmmsibility of their or Uonrest expresses tner wisr.es ana representatives re secured each con-J intentions, the volition and judgment of ducing "to the fuliVoperationV the oth-iXurty thousand freemetl, he it a pers6n And it may uc said to uemonstrate i age ot greai uu uw MimeijMuw of the new tariff apoa :-0 v man. no inatter liow atrone his psrsonal the revenue cannot new be corrtict! y eil- . 'w vi nt-ennssetisions mav be. to look here won 1 timated On one important branch of ; L' Hits picture, undon this;, without, being J imports, those from beyond the Cape cf I lwiil llAno sea Hix.i-iuMtna ! I n.fl f ,. L-& impressed by the force or the contrastr tod Hope, its provisront wui not take - if... iU. .In oimrn nnl ro. I effort until ihfl firat of J.innnrv nif. : ' tne " ., , .P. i.. ' I.. I. :.s i. . . n iu Co r i.;l i , - . ; - j)UtJ SponsiBie asbeuuij,u macusiuic iu-iu w W n ," ''-V.'"" hi-h- P Euthe sub ectpresenU itself in anolM1'. w" l" r' ' S . - - ' r claSe tiier point of vWTh, dignity of the "t llousevf Representatives as' well at ''"7 ,T . J .1 , v" i A - I. . i . ... . Hue rpiidennfl' their arronnlii. the !i. - . 10 1 itt QUty. COIIBISU IU IL ICIUCMTUUUg II1C I . , ,r .1 . . ? r, " . v .1 . J ..o ... -r I tiort rauned bv the new tar:ft cann. t e. ' , ' f5 . r each poepie. ; .tie lacuuy oi rcpresemation rj;;- t. .. . , . inertv ot re-1 " w..,4v v'. v , er that so far fi-om there being any ground I Strip him of this "glorious privilege, fur fear that the Representatives ot tbe he forfeits an nis consequence! auu such i Lin dischamn AM imnortant is the delicate relation oetween au mui- dutv about to be.devolvcd on them,tiouscandidateandanbiidngconsttt-.;tr,i;Brcrfirfl- h Rtronr and exnlicitUnt. on these occSsions: that be leaves declaration of , public preference which himself open to the suspicion of having the electoral colleges or tncir respeo teeen aiveneu ii ' "J om hv nronouneed. there is the - attraction oi some powcnui u ever f reason to believe; they will give lawless interest, ; So great a desertion (hat declaration complete efiect. . .. - r lof duty, and dereliction of principle and It is' obvious that if the Constitution l'"de. have never yet nap ... v... had designed the impulse of the peo- country, ana are not now n . . P J :.L .u ,i.Ia iMii w . The contest between Jeuer pie'S voie-to xeriDHifuw . m.c . .u ta u. hold of the house, the cbcice.Irom 1- uo T j- . i i . .a Minniii s 1 ii il ii i-i it, a. a'Ltaswuv i w OHinx te caiiuniair-uinii.iru, wwuiu .. . , . , h. h.en determined by lot. or the to the minds of members, they cap only if selection delegated would W C7 ;i .v?er ! ivp been extended in its application to mo T.....nt more.! a'.l ritinsonannallr eliiribltv indeed l'prepor,dera:ict is perfect- if the uulependcnt juHaH of fie e ' ' , ; frrren were to be exercised, it is prb- eacnt&tiYCtvoiyU see TLe Fcd?ra3- V .-'":3$r able tbelloustf i n regard it as a pi'egnant and an awlul ex ample; leaching, bow presumptuous it is to stand up against the judgment of the people; and how terrible, is the lorce ol U1C for one quarteryof the year, be stated with perfect accuracy." V s " ; '. -;' It is beli -vpcI, however, jthat the in-? vestigatioh v l.ii.li has been made with a view to thatoi jt Lt.aflbrdsdata for sti- mating its cflccts with suCicient exact- i ness for the present' purpose. It La9 been found that,'0j on die whole impor- ; tationt (estimating tin 'r value at the j, rates adopted in formiiig t! e natistical report,) in the tin ee quaricra of -the year ending on the 30th June, 1824, the gross amount of duties was 27.45 per . cent; and that, if the rates the pre-, sent tari9had be en applied to the same ' importations, the duties .would have a- ? mounted to fc30. 50 per cent: which is ' equal to an increase upon the amount of ' duties, of 10'..9 tter cent. It also' appears, that in eight of the principal.. ports" of the Ui ited States, the rato of duties ij)ott the w iiole amount of iumor- " tations during the third tjuartcr ot (ho I year 1823, Was 28. 36; and during th 'r: corresponding quarter of the year 1821, it was S30. 03 per cent. But it is to be '' observed, tliat iu the third, qoarier of - 1B24, the importations from beyond tie j. -f.: neop e, anu. now teinuie. is uii.-luii-v ui r- et t . ...t-Wterl." '.. SicWgnatioti whenitis justly- V Uope were cot tuecW ,; .., . y. ; currfc : 4 - .i: fJ-lVP t '10 '3 ; . '- y:,-. ., .' , 1 i ; r ''S .'l .'-'-;- ,.;..,......!-.. ..i.t- ' ' " sc-1--'"'-"'"'''----"'--', -: ' - s.".-;;.'"' . -. '. V Ik.'- mm ; -.4-; if ' ; -4k .
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 21, 1825, edition 1
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