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V: . ,.. i IIO. 16 IlAIiEIGH, II. C. THTJHGDA-2", APIIIL 10, 1032r I. 2l3 BX&2b " -JiJ Curofiita State. GaseHc, rcausaxn, ' ' LAWRENCE & LBMAY. V TERMS. - dollar Iter anwom one Sule, who may desire to become subscribers, w.l U ..rictlyW ? ' mount of the year's Jet YBE.T.MKW, OOt exceed... Witl three times for ooe dollar, ad twe ' tr-uveeenta for each continuance. . tsTTr ibo Editor most. o . .ADDRESS . T7 Oa the subject of aroendiog tlio Constilutioa of the Suae. . ., . , To thePfopfft of North Carolina,: : The gFncral rigut of a majority of the qualified yotcro iu a State, to alter their Constitution in any manner which may suit the .-.pleasure of that majority,; is, in our country; indisputable But (he practice of the American States has Jlc'erniineuV; that the most ordinary, and pcrhap therefore, the most appro. :.l-..ilind iif remedy'ina: C&nstilu- prime, '-' - ,. .. a State Convention, authorized, and in iUtocpwtt step, reguiatea uy iuw. inrdinglY wore than S0.000 free man .,.f tin 8tati8li)tgnei..ti.igja8t. far the carevot evus in uieir i,onsuiu " tion against hieh tle haVe 'been -jiritanlainlns for morethattSO yenrsi rr.a niilcation Was made under the ,i;,;.,n sanction ot your Bill ri . . . n'll p VI llisiitwlucU reserves to theople a v . ... T iirlifsiftir fern tvAxL "to neiiitvn :sm" redress of iheif grievance,-and to m- wasrejeciea oy . " t hv the House oi v,om- mons, alter navmg pusc " y m . - ,. . IIia KmnTf tirtnesMpe w ofivo tti tUU Address. --Ofj 4h-evnlg-f the-dathen ihm -Bill; for tak "was rejected,' a meeting of the llcpre seniatives of a ninjorify f the pcupld .w.l- ..!r. for the wurnose of adopting to meet the just expectations oi utc '1 Un ninfer nuniijer of I im bclicvin" that a fair and free tits- ed in your Constitution, ami oi.iuc cround upon which a change n de manded, would reconcile the minority to their adoption, wercTinvnlhng to re commend, to their constituents an cx-..r..C-lw.J4hf.te nrocccd wttlidut the amnion of leMaltv mdlionlyf, but hoping that a-common interest, a etise of justice, a proper respect for tlie ; fundamental principles of populir go vernments, and a disabuse of the pi.b Jic minas to the motivcH or a lnajon ty.may co-operate-to secureW Ment of all fccctionsto this nece.-sary rclon.i, determined to pursue the course indi cated by their proceedings now laid be fore you. The, question is thus pi-e-entcd befoie the highest hutnaii tnbu nal. An-appcal h:i been taken fioin the servants ol' the people to tlic sover-, . eirn people themselves, and to us has been delegated the trust of presenting it to you for determination. Our duly twill be besf, performed by omittirg 4every aptwal to your passions and pre judices,1 and we content ourselves by Jayip before you FACTS, which make itht appeal iri-esislihle; If It w tbe d Itermincd by the rules of justice, puln othm and amdor. I. UNEQUAL REI'RnsEKTAriOX The firht and prominent delect in ""your State" CoiwtttntionldiicOQ " proposrit to corftTf 'allows to each county three menders in ,iirar Generat-AsscwrW "frt'ifs " BiwPpopulatK'nritndr88: "liia is thi' wurce-f -gross injustice, of Joud complalntand of great political evilr Aware how easily you may be de ceived into a distrust of general state ments made in a political Address, ami desirous to advance noe tjiat can de lude, we have rarefully ptx-parofrom hd OCScial Reports of our Financial . Officers and the last Census taken un--4eiHuttw a Tabie which exhiUits, at one view, the annual public Taxes, Federal Pop ulation and White Population of eat h county in the State. . It is here insert ed and we beg you to examine it: 1 ' 4.f BUI, A It ST ATKMF.NT or Tft, and -i:. WliH. pnpuUlioo. nd Krder.1 popiilalmo id th Mtmiict of Xortlt enroling .oiled Irom .li. Kctuu list o18;32, m! ill. Cwihh ol isrio. ....... - - I.- FciUiul. I I'npuUlion. I V Jme . J Pu.iiIi'b. Tmm. f450 6HW 6400 1080 , 9 JOO 7t , - 660(1 4500 5(10 53(0 9000 3(H) . S70O K 41)0 6700 - S'JOO ' 650 ' 59 '-45O0 1000 M) 8700 450 6000 4800 . 980 ' 9K 6700 " 1100 8700 . 8300 ' - TOO 6400 - 8300 I 650 58(0 3'I0 i 400 - ' 5400 - 4000 : looo .MtK -- moo T- 4 460 4500 410 - $ v 44I0 8.100 . 1050 9500 . 7000 7m 1 6100 - -3700 - ' 4tO - 8200 ' 49r- 470 : 7100 6000 i ' 970 .7800 ' 5000 ' I 970 7'MO 4500" 700 6600 4500 J -i 1100 - 710 - - - 8000 - - I 800 6300 . 4300 . i 850 8300 " 8400 - , 150 .7X JCoj ltumfurt lUxilm Hmntwkk t'oluinbiK (f-urriiurk CbovMi 1 t'.iirt Itoptia Pmklia firwno Nyda HcnfiH Hayvood Jonco ; Jnhiulok Vtnotr j Mmuo -Moor. Mrti . - Oiulew r)aot.nk . frnBifimnft ., ltdiQooil 650 eaoo -- 760H 5300 87O0 ccoo ; 5300 ' 7!W0 70U0 9400 sttoo Smnpioa rrrrelt - B80 COO 1050 liOO ISilO 8000 19UO StOO 4'JOO S90O r 9000 -9600 tl00 H100 15700 1SS0O Watkioxtoa Wyo BrtM i i Crt,e. Rilgraonib ; Rranvillo . tfilifat t MH -.jMHO-.-.4,J0(iJ Xwrttiampto.r-ta i3o- io. 6su0 410 "ii4oo 9100' 145(10 14000 10100 ' vmo f.5(W ' Pkt 1300 15(HJ 1(1000 W.rre. W.ko A.ton ' . ' llinioofnb. Biirko 9oa 17K l-.ftiO tmu 16 m 1.1500 I '.. 850 looo 1000 1400 lM S60 Chitli.ni ' CumberUmt Cat naftoir Cbwrut Unvidton 800 " " 7303 . 1S"00 17700 1.1800 21000 iraoo 10000 'J0900 11200 11800 1OI0 ISJUO 15100 13.-00 ! H4no 940 I4(i0 ItlK) S0.K jo - OI ; 8.W0 11U0 M 1700 1500. 1300 10" K) 600 laws 11300 15700 11500 I7fi00 12S00 8500 IGOOO 8400 1OC00 14500 14000 13000 I -.2300 103OO tioiliord , . Utncoln Mcekle.hnrf Montgomery Rockingbkim lt..ilolih Itowan K.tberfoH SioUel . : Surry ; Are yonr founded upon the wi.e will? Make choice of tlio basis whic?r itrrortTs scft itf irdtff bni n ions' of equal rilit and justice, whether it be taxes-alone, white population alone, or fodornV population aloilcj or nopula-Hm"aniVtajftrnlinerl- sWly-you rwtlf iercetTO thlft tnir niajoiitj "StW6'4MMerMrt' tie first riiuned in" fiis table, elect a majority rf both houses of the General Assenifily, and yet, they pay more than one-tliird of the public taxes. r TJiey -contain.- but very- few exceeding and Tint mreirnrdortrnr hitt popu ra ition ol tUc State! - is tUi cq- tion ol t'le State! 14 turn cqualf i .... j . ti)C nocessury csienses ot your Mate .uovernnicnt are ajMUi wi.uw aouan per year, a"d accord nig l-zationt?T:Bantyte"a-sooiTerpre- ciscijrtne same cost to tne pnwie revc- nue. anci mere Dcinir o-t-counties, mc proportion of each is SI 2.50. . Du t the same S3 counties which contribute less frhaw"dnthird of tWrevnue, 1 tost more than half of ' the total ; amr.nnt By recurring to the table, you will er- thev-co6tS44ra5twhctv-is aft Xces! of 18,460 dollars cost, beyond their assrejate taxes. , Is it just, that they ihoulS elect a. majority of the Legisla- ture? : " , Some of these counties cost you four itmei;; as much ; a , they - pay 4. -.others three times as muchj" "many" others, twice as much. -l-4t -just, or wise, that their representation should be equal to the others? " j There are 24 counties whose aggre gate expense to your government is more than; double their aggregate pub lic tax) and 20 of these do not pay into the Treasury a sum equal to the wages of their own Members, added to a just proportion of Jhe incidental charges of legislation alone ; and 12 of them pay an agjjregatetax ot 5,400 dollars only, whose representatives alone, receive back 8000 dollars! Is this right? Is it just towards a free people whose re volutionary struggle rested upon the basis "that taxation and representation should go togetherr" - There are 40 counties in the State which donot pajjaxesjo coyer their cost " to jour gbvernmehtrandislt pTu dent t refuse your aid in - correcting iJle rule which vest them with the power of electing two-thirds of your iaw-givers? Do the counties which are thus de ficient - in their-contributions "to your public revenues, and so oncroUs by thViTosVcoTitaiD:T"federalT)rwhi population whichaiL,make3pll-hejr claims. 4othe repcesen.tati(ia jpieyhavc? Ate they in a condition to give person al services, or to bear personal ouruens, which justify this exemption from pecU- niary burdens while they have equal representation with the largest coun ties? A reference to the table of their population wiir determine this ques tiun beyond all contradiction. Look at .. - I 1 . i iLjUkd.thclel reason and conscience ...... antiwar thtA pnnuiripiL. ."llieir iwinu-T lation is as disproportionate to the Douer they exercise, as their taxes have been shown to be. - One man, in one section of the State, has as much ' political weight as a even in another, or ix in another, or five in another. &c. Two-thirds of the com munity pay one'thtrd of the same com- muuiiy. to Dee.ir.wasiKrxx.v.ioiBe it as you may, this is the paneu trutn. We would not weary you by compar- ne the population and taxes ot sepa rate counties together, nor can it be necessarv that we should. Yet we must not omit to state, thai thin subject has brought into existence and fosters a spirit ,of sectional hostili- tv, which mars the peace oi your &e rislature and material! y impedes the ad vancement of the common gomi, i nis . I . - .1 i - 1. is so Dlainiv true, mat none ano nas any regard for hi character, will ven tur to denr it ' These, are some of the reasons w hich sustain the demand that has been made KobcM. for Equal Rights: , - : - i 1 The largest vote ever taken in the State, at the Election for President of j A new enemy wa created at the last .sion, hot as Its 8iatiMir have not beea Kfrtaii- ed, ft lsaiipoMlile.lolnke rtiiiloactOOi.t, . , the United States, wu 53,000." At the lasi Aurust election, more than hall that number voluntarily voted in favor of changing this feature of your Con--stitution; and if polls had been kept open in all the counties under the au thority of law, there is no doubt that njarljt iuve wnoneititi demand this reform of their (iovern- tn'ent, and will the minority refuse to provide. for it by the established forms or lawf Uan they do so, ana oe con sistent in tlteir attachment to Repub licanism? Is the privilece too tri- i 4Uug..io create acn-xeai. auu pereer-4 ance among those who ask itr lhen the sacrifice will be less to those who yield up a power to which they can lay no just claim. But the right of repre sentationa fair and equal represen tation of the people is now another name for civil freedom; and the strug gle for it can never cease while the spirit of Liberty exists in our land. Freemen who resist it, do injury to themselves--they cannot enter upon such a warfare, without selling their party. . Policy, patriotism and self- interest, unite in requiring them to do Hstice and preserve equality in their Government. -Mr-THR- iiBGtSlATURB; By-you. present jnstitutron. the" .0.JCLA?JroWXJ!!!fi !Wimot5, and it is proposed to -alter it, so as to have biennial sessions, except in cases of emergency; and at the same time, to diminish the number of members. This is a proposition in which all ire interested, and . the alteration is'de- msnded as well by your neemt7te as ByyWiAmifjOne portiorcjof yeu Kepreseutatives have been engagea in excited strife against aopthera and the pebpre'liave been agitated by these tect tonal contests, until both Repre sentatives -and -people' teenr to-ivavT lust aightof the financial tonctrnsej ine Blare. we propose to invite your attention to this subject- to point out, if we can, the main cause tf evils which willbe shewn to exist, and dis close, theremedy'that Jpropbsed'.;rr ;In a time of profound peace; without anv eltort deservin? the name oi an lor developing the resources and lm proving the internal communication of the state; without any serious loss ot public funds; nay, at the close of a most ' profitable speculation in the Stocks of Banking corporations, you wiUIhe Treasury is ieicMltif 'poorjj and that ; in all. human probability, , the next Assembly may not find unappropriated money tn it sufficient to pay their wages!! "We have no desire to mis lead, and no motive to deceive vou; but to anticipate the attempts of those who may think itls thetHntmstto do so, (If, there be any auch,) we will present you the official evidence in our reach : : ---. The Comptroller's Sutement to the Legisla ture ol 1S33, pots down the balance oi iaso in the Treasury, on November 1st, 1833, at $57,877 A part of this, to-wit: (17,970, was the unexnenneo Daianee oi 3u,utj ap- iropriated by the Legislature in 1 83'i, or re-building the Capitol, and which has been expended since the BepOrl, 17,970 Leavinc In the Treasury, an unappropri ated balance Not. 1, 1833 of $39,907 5235SS2Sa3 Now tho exprniet of th Lef iil.tnro firl833,lrtild thtr 1 mtmj oa in. 14th of JnM.ry, 1834. were ' 142,000 The surat pid, and to be "paid, beforo . . II Itt day ol Norober ne lor in. "aalariea of Ewuti; Jildietut and oilier oflicen of Slate, amount to 30,000 The incidental1 charges of Leeitlatioa T4.mli.lw,.!;.iM Clot wittweeed- j- ,000 Th. aoDroiriatioos mad., by the Leeit-. 1 1 laluro -of 1 83dr- for ro-baildmt-tlM CapUo.lrrfprifle'endmt; tens lor ,ie the Situ( Laws, tu. ka. to bo paid in like nwooerj will eaeeed 10,000 Making an aggreple of $160,000 To cover these appropriations lor necessary expenouures , tne iouowing sums of money will be in, or receiva- Ut. TVAaB.. w n n.- k.r... ta IUICBL. tllC IICtlHlTiVU V, VCIUIB m ii .-,- Jv P ' ..,V Balance belorc stated, anippropriated M OB ltt AOT, 1833, The ordinary reveoueof (h. Stat oot exeeedinf; ..- - The amount of 44 ditideod of Capital stock iothe baiik ofNewbern, binf 80 percent on 1818 shares, payable - 1st of March, 1834,; The amount of hoods for sale, of Trea surer Haywood's property, uncollect ed Nof. lst.1834 ;Z II ' f3,907 68,000 89,360 2,500 "" Makltir together, 1h nn of --tM,76r Or 813,233 less than the amount of in dispensable demands .upon the Pub lic Treasury during the current year. Is this tne result of accident? It has been foreseen and foretold. The Finance Committee of 1832 and 1833 .The Treasurer In his Reports to the Assembly, and the Governor by mess age in 1833, have called upon the Legislature to anticipate" these things. The Committee of Finance proposed to submit a plan for remedying this, evil by "increasing the Hevcnuc;' or, in plainer words, by increasing the public taxes.. . But the people, by a vote of 30,000 freemen, petitioned the same body to remove.this grievance by dUminiihing their number and making their' session biennial The call of t'le'pvopU" was disregardcd and the Ste note at tfie. Mtcutof F.Nt cotitmn. : proposal of thTt)ommitter was" neter acted upon. Where will you look for the . causes of results like thesel The answer is not difficult to ba made. T .The expenses of your government have gone on. to increase with the multiplication of counties. When pubcjeonvenience jn-ad? therectioiv jpQi.. wwmcelr'aii ata voQable,n one secHon" oftfie'StMeT another has been frequently erected elsewhere without toecessityrin order to preserve legislative power among the latter. Tne recollection vl men who have utli ved their party feelinE j will attest tow stateoieuti-ana it itTlia not, we are sustained by your Statue book, and the recorded proceedings, of the General Assemblies. Thus the State which was, in 1776, divided into 36 counties, ('including the whole of what is now Tennessee ) has ceded away the better half of her territory, and the remainder is cut up into 65 counties. The Assembly which was once composed of .115 members has gone oa to. increase to 202. Their sessions which were . once held 3 and .4 and 5 week onlyf ; arc now held 8. weeks. Their sessions " which on ce cost 815,000, now cost the people S50.000; and a government which once cost less than 40,000, annually, now tncsc intrccu'.ueinHu vn uic rea- in expenses oi me jumciary since it was placed upon a respectable basis and suited to the absolute necessities J of the State, and we will show him inrj return theaddition ' of twice the a-1 iwivugii . niHiy . .sst itvivi auo a, v Showing less ttiteA4ftif furposeavthe . ormer hag been improved. Have they arisefromjAejpc.nd monev lor nublic works? Let the ptrmmwrie-w-Tr-teny ,f -.- . - nuL ii i irr luiiuiiiriiL til imiiiii; hiiiiil within your borders, unless it mry be your University, : and for th&tv you; are indebted to the patriotism and liberal- allty3f i ndif" id uarc6'ati1bfitSsArc they the result of any unproiifciidc speculations or pecuniary loss? Far embarking credit in the three old Banks, has realized a clear profit of one million of dollars, and (as we will show presently has thereby not hasten ed on, but delayed the day ol her pov erty, or, we might more correctly say, has postponed the 'day of its discovery t and yet the greater part of it has been already squandered anil the last dot lar will foon be consumed unless some salutary Reform can be introduced in to the government. Whence then, does it happen- What is the real cause of this intolera ble public, evil? " tr The ordinary revenue- is be tween 12,000 and 15,000 dollar less than the necessary annual expense of the government, and this has been the case for many years" so say your public officers oi Finance, and so nave your legislative Committees reported. The sources from which this deficiency has been supplied, (viz: the Bank Dividends and tax are of late nearly discontinued and will soon be exhaust ed. 2. The General Assembly costs je&rljjfovr or five seven! -of th re venue in consequence of their increas ed; numbers and longer sessions. , 3. I hese long sessions are brought about by several causes; one : is that large bodies move slowly," and another, that sectional party strife has grown upjfrom ConsiUuoa3i determined - resistance, to . it on the other; ahotherts thaflhe" Legtstafurgtl clothe4r.wlth; the;: power vf eletting Militia Officerij J ustices of the ' Peace, and the Governor, and these elections create contests and electioneering another is, that a system of local le gislation for particular counties lus be come habitual, and is unchecked. - If the causes are here truly assigned, fand that:, they. are ina f 'eatdeee noWwttT'doubtiX loss for the remedy of your condition? T:e expenses of the Legislature ' may be diminished more than 25,000 dollars per annum by reducing the number of inetubera.to 120 or 130, and by having biennial sessions. Thus, its annual cost may be reduced below one third ot the revenue, , lit this means, and by transferring to the., people the right 6f electing their G overnor, and by giving the appointment of Militia Officer! and Justice of the Peace to some other tribunal, Its seTsiona wilt h shortened. ". You will be relieved "from the dishonor and expense which sectional controversies entail upon tn State, by ' giving equal representation toevery part ot the community, accord ing to a scale of population and ' taxa tion combined, and these together wilt furnish a ' salutary check . upon local IegTslationi-' -w ...y: Can you call this question a section' al question? W hat portion of the State -what. county is not deeply in terested in its accommodation? There is no complete redress except by reforming the Constitution. The censorious may ictdown the evil to a want of public spirit - an ! patriotism a- imtig v.jiir nr.'i, bat i. v.-.ll r.'t b gry keciuSay the Judiciary?- -Let any one trat4it TrueU the addition of a hundre'd dollars for owns Bank stick to a-eonstderatlo - justtodoSi"- it is true," increase your -taxes,, and thu ailleviate'the vils by removing Wdedsoi ip. oBu to 1832, from tho iomeof theircausesi but ths effecT,,Tp.id'bV,B.k of Nberr..a Z$ wouiu oe temporary omy, and were jt otherwise, they have jnven the clearest proof that this would be an unwelcome remedy, by deebnini: fr -two va ceive how .ineffectual if would cer - tainlrbeaa a riln.ftn nt. ulnlslit . - jw and unjurt to othcr r Those counties who pay ;;enea beyond l"uuu-K,"7- "J requu.ng county to pay it. own menibera out of the county nfi 1 rAildnpW tin, , ia ,iin tit discuss a nronosiiion of this kind " .IV.W..T, WMD f.lH .v where two-tliirtls have direct inter est to oppose it. 'lliese however, am) all other legislative action unsanction ed by the sovereign will, would be temporising expedients. , i ne evw is agreaione, its cause i. tne con,utu- . v,. ,0.v.v, the people clone can correct it. - Tr-fethere are 117,000 dl!ars in the hands of the Treasurer which we have" ii ot teckonetTin oof preccdrn estimates uecause me aum nas ojen sei- a. I il 1 l" -., Tl, 7 J' V. "umw,e reciursoi mai lunu unuer tne " oircc- t mount diminished a it has been tty a regular annual drain to supply these annual deficiencies. ' These;, stocks have been the meant of creating false hones in man V resoecf s. The v who used. DVia iv yvm'Ca llltlk.ItV . JI UUCUs kj I AM. .woubI.permit,Jier 4iecesaryexpensert to exceed the ordinarr revenue, and blame. Rut. it haa hn aaiil with 1 ...... --------. i ii;l r. w- i'iiiiih tii ri icib have ,,fcome"to a crisis, "w1iehall your servants are bound- to lay the trufh as it is; before the" people,' and i leave the result to their natriotism and intellrgeiicf PcffrttorrtS- give you some account of these fundav to shew fas we can without' dt.uht.j ready consumed hj t the 4 thriftless course of public proceedings, and to demonstrate how soon the other half will follow it, unless there is BOine effi cient reform; ' The 8tate owns 37CS shares of Rtnck In ' ill. StaleHsnk," ahieh litis IIhuK 1 ' now dividioeamone the proprietors, ' -t-Tb Sioekhpldtrsjvalned it by autho- rny oi iaw, at sunotiais per'' snarei '' but the Slate Teeeirrd last year 40 dollars upon the share at tho la divi sion of .pHxl. It la exptntM not rt-inrctted. Ileoee, tho residue ol Slock will be 90 dollars per share, or .-.,..,, The State owns 1818 shisof Stock lo --the Hank of Nevhern, ia the some eoodition valued by the Slnekhnl'l. era at 65 doltnrt per share ( worth 70 dnllara) but Hie S'ale rewired last year, at ltl dividend of Capital,. 8.1 dollars on the slmre, and reeeitet this year, at 2nd dmdrod thereiif, 80 dollar on the share. Tl"! lorrorr is . expemlrtl, nut r-invetil-the latter is included in the preeedins; esti mates. Hence, there tc a residue of - Stock In the flank of Ncwbern, equal to 85 dollars oa lb slmre, or - 4J.450 The aggregate of tltese two values of stock,, is Ji, 188490 Rut there h) deficiency wlr dy shown of 13,833 There are about 70,000 duU TareTreesary amtes reileem able at the Treasury, fin- eluding; 10,000;; which we - have understood are redeem- , ed and burned, but which come into net I year's Trees- . lit- Hmit4 wkli.ll Hrf-B I 1..... t. Hank Stock 70.000 - The Lea;ialaiare have directed Ihe wliol. liaieTJIwa 10 be (iijewed fnr piililioaiirm, and, at a nij moderato e-"'?1 .. tim.le, it will enst lO.IHVI " dulbus wore 10 ullih . T them, - - 10,000 ' t " Vn V,. , . '"" "T- 'r' - V"- 7 - - ejaaaaaaaaaavaasalBBa" These, added together will, make, ' 93,833 And being dedoeted from the altnve ' balance of 128,490 dollars, the difference Is tho v -reat-amoomrot yoor . t aterr'""T llaok aad Ncwbera . llauk . Blocks, which will be oa - band at their alose, viai 35,527 , A sum barely sufficient to meet th deficiency in your ordinary, reventy for two yearsj'but,, which may not fc received in time to answer: that obt for the present year, i r h We wish to put the whole easbe foreyou. The State owns also S00" 000 worth of Stock in the Bank of Cap Fear, not taken into view by u, be cause the charter of that Iiwliut't'rt i eTtenrted. and - the cannot be used unless itis soft to meet the wants of the government and grad ually consumed by the same ? opera tions that have wasted the ' other Stocks. ..ThisStockls ajl that will be left in a few ye ar.vwitK the addition of a few Bank shares belonging to: the School Fund,) of the Capital and pro CisMrivedby the State from Bank Dividends and taxes and Bonus, for charters The amounts of these profits are thus stated in the official report of mce this AddreM was prepared tlie Slat. Baak haa declared a 3d Dividend of Capital, b) which the htnta TeeeH.e f0 per iharo the prrseiil jesrj but this can make sMtdiRbi.-neo aa ilie n-niral reuill of llirH ealula(ioiiS. bowav rr it mav rflieie ttie present neeewiiy of our ot 1832, viz.: $60,000 Cai-earntiasi- t-Ir- -- - 840,ooo r- - pro y - . a6io. I Totrethrr. eooa! to ' ' i taa . .,,., .iTlo.-"-.'" : i i .,-,i i' , J . .- .. ueti. anti unun were invested in thpsn Mjuk it! Here are 6ne lillinn . a X lg cery year, by tJie nefmcrt ex , i- Gov-ernmentbv the ex 1 .... . . - . hutlill'llllltb, a! 1 pensiveness of legislation you ill be urged, to withhold the instructions, by winch alone this can be effectually checked. , Fellow Citizens, will you ; .iisiuii ui urc vuuuscis ui incrc eciiunat , party spirit under such circumstances? 0r M thft fauge of gacrcd justIce.Tia enDgl.tened patriotism, se-. conded as they are Ly the warning at J .einnterost? ' Let not ' passion, nor ! M.wef th(J enaiiry. .: l,: , ' -Hi. cM..; ri-.:i.t- j i . .... - v. . i - v ui.hm luiuvigflp. t,,e sa((5 cmlMirked upon I'oo. wa.ei in-ai iiiii onit'i!i tvu a.cxe to see Internat Improvements, suited to lier 'OVIICIIIC Ul and raiculateif to elevate . J - fie? 'tfcifarnreitfttoaifttt? Hf':1 fr- iS5..?JSsIi JfJirlh'Hv?" commence, op uiiist be under the control of a Govern' iiieht "whoso;7 cessWyii'Mi'''ti' t eed the ordinary revenue 815,000 per year, audi who doesi not know; that the system " would be a " tcape goat," . to tiiesin . of all otlier expenditures. !m tomvhtmsr Wbtnd-thebco when it -i notoriou that few amontf v vvr . vidvi i alii II a l Q. uf'-silira;veT6ugTi f "a fter a n j I knowlcd-ra of' ouir finances for mat I 'ymliepRtltijii rtToTtTtr C never comina?idmoiiey fur- tne exp' r 'dTtureTor tfeFnrife tomrsue'aV" t an ofg7eaT p ubc7wpiksi"1f yoti ' to rely upc'ii an. increase of taxes V ; VV-', i to the present diftclency of re ' ' I the enlarged dcmjtnd on it for ' tcrest of a State debt. Far be .ra Biail.eaktoja thepursuit of an object so wprf 1 r ' n in State, so necessary to ; her n56"1 and hsr character But thi$1)re not time for concealing ' facts.r.'e. oc" casion requires of us to Ktivlth('y fear what we believe to bc"c ' htiwever, the State expe , can he tinimiktiPit hv iiutirSrtiljOrin. harmnnv routnenct t tit JlClls, the the. nroceed of your Vtrn 'nds j whVn disposed bf,- an? of Stocks, will leave toe to ; v mpt tlio inlorpntnf a trAor improve- ? i ments, and there cannD do.ub f . v success unlesNoiHrolm 11 drs- tined to occupy in M.th ichaPte5 ; of exceptions forever ;. -f Tedious as we e been on this point, we feel condto "-tl, that the expeiisivenessour Legislature, . -i not the only obpon lt PreB,cn' ; ' organization. , An "r,T, Per,od our historv m .State, the annual, v meeting of yourlepresentative was ..-. perhaps wise anflccessaryi but row, v it afilicia the ntry by too much le gislation; it en'l'" two evils where : ; . r rnrrarta nl.rt ne OiatUlO WUVSV SO ln.inWiff'fawhich"th"reeM permitted by,''"-'' , P888 f?r h? court y reprened by them, -without debate aniotit the rest of your repre senUtives. ey because they were iin. j iTnls some prudent check, Xo- each coui ; tmle of -ita own. cal legtsn -.i.haa Jncrease4l ;;.ani ought to be diminished,". We nJ deceivd, but we think it. r t I ' wbranche of tne Legislature.- j " i TheAp' are not informed of the cts . , of ie Assembly, belore another .a scij hasTnet andmay have repealed oriodified them. They are never a- . hi to test the sagacity of their Rcpre- jitativesby the results of experience, . ider the law. ttver have beea tlie Inv. - Itrumcnt for-makmg, before a new e- fection.XEven the Shenfis of tie'.; fetate, are not unfrequently ignorant of. materml alterations made in the law for collecting the revenue, until alter . they have i ncurred the forfeitu rs of , n MM neglecting tncir provisions, a nr,e, we confidently assert, are some of ti e legitimate frultsof pnnwa Legislatures. 'Till; We 'have antiripatcdj by- tlrs- preceding rematks, the statement of that basis ot representation which la -; I demanded, and the reduction of mem-1 bers which is proposed. IF there be - any more just and republican atanaaro, let li Da ctlei ed. it is to regaiawj uio scale of representation according1 to Taxes & Population. It U not proposed ' by any, that your representation should , be 1ased on' either of these separate- " lyr . Such charges, are the pretexts oi a prejudiced opposition to reform.--But to meet it in a spirit ? of concilia tmn ovi-n the 'nrriudices. and to ac- commodate the habit and views of the minority, the majority, who ask: thu ( measure ot justice, nave pieogeu mem- . selves, that' each County, no matter how small its population t taxes. mu.t have the election of one member, -. .vti- t er hi ratio s'nll If. which i i - j 1 "4 '. ,. ...... se t N 11 I - I 1 and..Z:r2..J:! :".-1,l:3S,.,:'i' f ).