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7 .'x-Li-liill fin t TH TTTTSTTT lido " A taio.x or the uhjus ro:t the sake op run vaiQ3.-wi3E. VOLUME XI. T. J. CltOU, Pnprittar aad ruUUUr. TERMS! J. DJUnaai Fifty Ctalt if pld ia tdvanee- iircr wp"" " r - - 71m. JWUre sad Vie Cf u not paid .Am Ilia a.atraliiMl a Ilia fair. aanar ?iau r-. . i - - - r i - lijewsUmwd nlil til errsarsg. ie paid, eic.pt i a ih tpluto of lh. Editor. 1 UAd'ertttaneut wterted It Oo. Dollar per rturi (K '' " tt'i 'd ljrN.) tur Uur fun uw.rtiwa.eod itt Mot for nch ouolinutnc. jiwort edveti-aewienle SWiuY Bale ehariad ? it ul hiilu . na A tlailuMuM. a S'll Map .J per w K f w - , r " ml. oil! I ad frota thi regular privet, fur id tflierBy tbsyesr. 1 CHARLOTTE, N C,v DECE.1IOER 21, 1810. MJIKBER 13. achat Cst . 0. Cekr, Uklmkirf , N.C. V .r"5Crfjr-b wri'H.T Al.XftV.P. I - -- y I Ml Bunt irvi-a iiicl-u a. a, m, - I 57 mtm. 8 10 56 .'. li I 4J.fWa. 01 1 1 .A..'. ffUumUjl 13.4 CITiM 31 S S3 '. 'I fridsv. 7 114 471 tfatutd.y, 7 IS 4 47 Fir :sov, p wu )tlae4.v, 17 134 47 Utl -l TttMkjU fr 13 4 4 New ri.ESlDE.VTS SICSSAGE. IiuimI suggestion on our part, coioaiunica I Tb present ,touod condition of their fi Ud ly ibo 8ccrUry of Slats lo ilt. Fw. iiiucm, and tb luccert witb Aliicb Dilar Tbat uiiui.l.r, oot foclioj biniMilf .uificioot- roMincult iq icgaid to lliem, l timet pp. ljr iutfueid upoo touruof lh poiuti rtiicd; mruly iniuftoouuiuLIe, lave been oercump, in lb diKUWioo, Tull itlo be bii duty to'nramotiartupoiiwbicblbsPi;o)U aodCoK rtfiir th tottter to Lit on GoverDmeut fninjnt of tbs Uiied 3ite moy well coo fof it. further decision. Having now been ; grtu!ale tbem:!ea. AnoveiflowinTrea for aomo lima uaJer it. adutement, apeo-1 wry, boaever it ui.y be rvgordfd at an nj aoiwer uiy ue conUJeutiy expected. evideuca ofputiis prpciity, i aum coo troiu i ne cueraciur of oouU tiill id difference, nod lie undoubted deposition of bolb partiei to bri (lie matter to an earlj coocluiion, I Iw4( with eotira confl dence la protnpt and i.liif.cUry te run'tia lion of i he oejotmiiwo. Three comiainion ere ware appointed ebortly after I her S iljfiu'rif-TWtrr y been found t contirt in onile re people; and experience hue detuooetrated He insouipatibiltty wilb the ealutary action of pjlitiuil ikittituiione tike thote of the L ot I'd Statea. Our eafcit reliance for Gi..rtcial efikivoey nod independence hte, oo the coo- ineot of Coogren, uoder (ha act of the Uel tewioa providing for the eiploialion aod aourcoa uoeccuaibered itli debt ; eud, in tli ii retpect, ibe Federal GovcrnoKiot occu- wreey of the fica jeLich aeparalee Ibe piea a aixiguliuly Jurluoale and tmly eovia Statee of Mainland Nea lTarpptbrra fioui tne UntiiU rrovtucei; tuey bare beta ac hlenf-a of the Preaidcot of the United r s . . State. traoaQiUed to Mb Houece af Congreas, Pecember 9, 1840. 1 1 g tm.Citit f tU Sttmt$, ' aealr.e. Kffrtuntthtu i ' J Oor deeoot ffaliloda ia do to tht 8j. reei Deio for fearing graeivotfy contio cd I ear beloved enootry, ibrongh tbe ioMtodc of another year, the invalotbla l.'cwo of bealih, p'eoiy, and peace. Set. bt tbit favored leod boao o ewe rally Iiepte4 from lb rttasee f tjieee, or -,e labor of lb boebeaaiaao nor axply !aied aad aever beiore b oflr re!.. joi vitb other eoontrlei bea piece J oo or favorable baai tbeo th.t fhitb tbey happily accopy at Ibi critical cotjjno. ;? tb f!Itr of tbf .eotfd.--A ftjid id porverio abatioeoc from all inter, rebc vitb lb domeilio aod political re Liioti of othe Piatae alike due to the aim lod dieiioctiv character f wr Gov oaieot aad I lb prtocipla by vbtcb it y djrecUd j a feithful ohMivtvce, ia lb to j jc meet of oor Atreiga retatiooe, f the iclic W erroekiag plaioly. dealing Jttly, id teqoiriog truth aad juiiice ia retura, i the Lett cooMriativea of lb peec of iiioo 2 etriot impiftlility ia tor aoU CitiWji of Tfieoibip, m lb cooiverciat tftletre cood, and tow r. ur freto olbere : ibe, ccoiBf.oicd by liipoeitiua a prompt to aiaieteio, io every rvtrg'ocy, oor s rignta, are iron msipie aetrea iq ma lavaetoa w mm oihera, bat gieo to our couolry od atenuMol ataodiog ia the treat family IT utiooe, of vbicb bat juai cauia to 1: praad, aod lb bdnoUgea of abkb r ipenaaced by our eilxeoe ioroQoui eve- T tortioa of lb eartb lo vbicb iheir ed- trpriiiog aad tdvaoUiroa apiril Bey ear r tbeo. Fee?, if aey, reaeia toeaoeihl i tb valoe of oor friradebip, or igooraol k tb urn oo Vbwb if eat be acquired, 1.4 by tbish it cao alooe be preeervtd. .. A eeriee of qetetieQi of long ttaodiog, 5ca!i ia their adueunerrt. aod tnopertaol b their cooeefl.ieocet, io vbieb ihe right. eor citizeot and toe l.oor o( in couotry Me doeo'.r involved, bare, to lb ceorti lab yea, (the poet of thto during eoacMMul admibitiratioo w try imma tie aredecMaor.) beeo breorbt, lo a tat- I'tatory cooclotioo ; and the inert twpor in of thnta reiaaiaing art, I tm bappy to I 'teve, to Ciir way of being tpeedily aod 1'itCielorily adjiMled. . I With all tb IWr oftht r!d oor rela- at ire tboea of booorall peaco. . Since ar adjvoraaeot, aothieg eeriooe bet oo ' .mJ . - .Lu.i ,kia jtaaiM. IWI 1H HJWfflipt VI lU..ir. "Hi" "i i - aaimnft. Ucuo J. have liMrercd abv W other beoiepber, tbey bev oot cat. m aorteotoaa tbtdo op Bippy fee. Cuod by do eoUnjliog tlliancee, t baked by a coiuumo oatoro aad iolar. V ub iha ibaf aaLtooa of oaokiodouf uraUset are for tbe preaervatioo of peca, bue aultd aad civilLtiog triotuphe all wrttcipatowttb a goeroo onwhrtioo. l it hchoeeea o to b prepared for toy Ht, 4 lo he alTayt reedy lo ruaia'.ain Jveiitl aod tiiliffhieosd principle, of ta- ni Mtarooore. fof ebieb tbie Govern !t kaa alaa.I.ut. Is (h. ahivk ceateodins eauxree. it io only by av-om. j reeeluto bearing, and ctoiUieg lben Mea oith dofentive armor, tbat aejtrtl uon cao maiolaia their iodepea Jeol Tbe icitemeot vbieb trV ot of lb I'tilQiiel enotrorerty beivMn the foiled W eoo liro.1 HriUio bavieg to a greet fnr aobMded, it i Hoped that a favor period ia approaobtna for He Ooel aet. meat. Do!, Geveron.aia moet ov be "lecedof Ibe deBeer vilb vbieb tbe n ie fraoahl J and it tnuet bo their :"'. a it w their tntereit, that thus par i mi, aj ii ruaimii aitviv. . m--.- w peedil'ai practicable, la my loot bo 1 iteMege yna ver informed thai (he ppoiiio for a eofflmiieion of ploratioo 4 eurvey prmaieed by Great Eritain hid ' received, and that a eoooterproject, -odmg "!M o provietoo for lh crtio 4 B'tUHj-retmenlof tb limit in dupate, ' ih-o beinre the Tritteh Government fur 'cwirIrteiion. The anerof that Gov ""ent, trcomiuni.d by aJdiliooal propo- '" of ita own, vaa received, through ' "rtmiii.r here, einco your oiprijor. ''re ere pmoipily coneidered ; euoo at r dir.td correct in principle, and con fn't vith a di rojird to the jut r fhtt ; ,ft roitfd f:et-e and of tbe gti of, .-, fr..u (r,.j , ; Rn, the teaauoe for f i f (: wvth no tit rnxiitioa U bno I antcred udoo tbe tbar.e of mv lively employed until their progreat at in- Idotict ia March, 1S37, tb act for the die lcrcupcd by tLe iocUmeocy of tbe eeaoo, jtributioo of tb turplot rerenu vie in a court oi ropig czecuuoo. iariy tweuiy eight tcillion. of dollare of tb public too noyt vere, io pureuance f ita provision, depoiiicd vitb the Sieioa ia tho tnootba of January, April, aid July, of tbat year, lo Uay tbero occii(cd a general .upriiion of vpeci payatceUi by iha buz, tucluumg, no f aiy fe icepliuoe, those io bib the eua vtit rume t&etr labor a tooa a practical! w the eotuiog year. It i undentood thai their respective et ateinatioua vi!l ihrov oev lijht opo the totjecl in controvarey, end eeivoto reaiete any erroneoue luipreeeioui vbicb mey have beeo aaado elwvhero prejjjicial lo Ibe richl of ikL'uitrd &ate. It aavauiorie other reeeoov, vith aeitvoffrvtoiingtha !pUi utooice oere depveited, and upon mbtrreeioiolt vbicb, io oor peculiar noW CJelity ihe GoTcrnmeat had oufor- tern of govei8wrjt, imped and eou.pl.oete jtoaawy made ttwf crpoodaoi Tor ita rave, oegotialioue iovulviog th territorial ritbta ' t1"7 vbicb bed ben collected from the reople, add vere ioipn,aU lo th pub lie ten ice. Thi eurpeoeien, and (he ex. of a Stat, that I (bought it asy duty, at you bev beeo informed oo a proviooaoccaaioo, to f ropoto to the Ujili.b Govcromeol, through lie Biiourter at Warbiogloo, that early U; .beuld he Ukeo to adjust the poiuta of differeac oo lh lioe of boundary Vrea tho ontranc of Lake Sdporior lo tbe oel nortbvetUia point of lb Lake of tbe Wood, by tb arbitration of a friendly Pcv. r,ia coaforuuly vilhahcetvealh arucl ftb treaty of Ghent. b an.wer bat yet beeo reiuroed by the Critiab Govrroeaeoi to tti projaeUioa ccci io bsukiojr and comaierco out of vhicb it eroie, n.d vlicb acre greatly ag gravated ty it occureoce, rondo, to o great eiici-t, ttomilable the piioclpal part of tba public money thto on hand ; lu.penJcllb. collectioo of rceoy miluona accruiug on onr aitrchaata' beudi ; aod greatly reduced tbe revenue anting frcrn cuatooit and lltfub lie laodt. Thee etTccia bote continued to eporait, to vriout degree., to lb prcteot poriodi tod, in tcditlon loxh dtcreai an Wilb Auetria, FrabcirPruiali, Bum.b.T6 ' u. produced, lvo ea a eHlirf?irU.iir of Eorcp. I am 1 ""'",0 ou "V' rt.1BTjiieji UJ Government eeci and th rsiaioiB I'ovoia Btppy lo inform yeii our relation continue to he of lb tnott frieodly character. With Ueigioos, a treaty of commerce aad ntnga. tieo, baaed wpoaliboral priociple f recipro city aod qualiiy, vaa ceoeluded ia Mareli M, aod, bine beeo ratified ay th lil giaa Geveraoaetit, vi'J h duly laid bafor tb Sen!. It it a eutject of confralula tieo tbttt it prttide ftftbiwHafaweTr a;-'0', wy jottorabt of a long Minding queeliea of eon wover.y ; too rdmonog th only vbn' le obtcb could ohttruct tlx friecdiy aod u tualtj idvfiUOttf fDitrcsurtt bet eta tb tve. nttioo. A aocMeoger tat beea e patched viib the H.noverian treaty to Br. lio, vhere, according to atipulatido, the ratiUcatiom tr to V ticblogtd. i oot bappy to auoeooc to you tbat, after tnaoyj ceityaaod difijcoittee, a treaty ot com wore aaJ nevigatioo, between th Coiled S:nt tod Portugal, va coocludad aad eigncd at Liebeo, oo lb ZQib of Augvat Utt, hy lb Pleoipoteoliarife of th to Gdvernbont. Ita ttipulalieat tr founded opo thee prio. ciplc of vtotutl liberality ood edeotee vbicb lb I'aited 8utebavalvtyougbl lo anako tb batit of their ioterccura vith foreiga Povtr, nd it M hoped tbey vitt tied to fueitr aod ttreegtbeo tb eemr. cial iotercourt of tb tve cooolriet. U oJtr Ibt ipprobttioo of tb hat teaaiao of Coogrt.v.ao agot baa been eeot to Gar nany for tba porptw of prtnotiog the in Mreete of our tohecco tradt. Tb toinmittientr enpeiuteJ onde tbe cooveotico for th tdjuttmtol of cleima of litinot of th I1 oiled State urea Mexico baviog met aod organised at na.hiogteo io Aoguet Wit, th pa pert io lb pottat.ioD of lb Goverooient, relating to tbec claima, vere coosmuoicated to tho board. 1 b cluse oot tsibraced by that convention ar ae'v th eubjrct of oegatiation he! veen the lvo GoveretnenU, tbrougb tb Btdiuea of or Sf mietcr at tuttieo. Nothing ha occorrtif tod'tturb the bar. oiony of our relation vitb tho diSbrtnt Govrntrteo:t of Sooth America. I regret, hovr, to la oh!itd to' Inform ymt that lb claim ofourcilistot upoo the let K oed br tho eeparato Gveroocoti into vbicb it baa beeo revolved. Tho charg d.flYire of Brazil haviaj not to prolong tbo treaty of 1!'3, it rill ceae lo be blijrry opo fither parly o tvo biennial ledueiion under th act of 1 603, aad probably aa roucb more up jb lb iinporlalioo of Iron fur railioaut, by .fecial legislation. , ...... ?t vTbiltt aocb baa beta our coodiUoe) for tb lct four yeare io relation to revenue, v hivo, durbg tb earn period, been (ob jected to to onatoidabl ceotinoence of groivin outof cseiirahtaetion, and abkb could oot t iamediatnly arretted viihant great prejodic to tb pub'to iotcrcrt. f tbee,tbe ebargefipeo taa I leevury, in coo sequence of tl Chcroke treaty alooe, without dertof to oU.ere arising ew of loclia treetiei, bt already eicteded Cva miltioo of d41re i that for tbo prosecution f meaaurce for tb reoiovtl of tb Seminole fu.liioi vhieh ver feund in pregretr, b been nearly fourteen roillien. ; aad lb pub lic Vuilditigt ktv required ibe ooutual aura of oaarly lure million. - ; It afibrda B, bovercr, great pleasure lo b able to ttf , tbat, from lh commence- ntot of thi period to tb preaent day, ve ry demand upoo lh tiovernmtut, at home er abroad, bat beto provptty mer. Tbie hie been done, aot nly vithout creating a perreeoeol debt, er a reeorl lo ad Jiiioul taia non ioaay form, bat ia tba mid.tof a etcadi ly prpjrustva reduction of caistio burdeni epooin Peopl, leaving ttill aeoneidarable baltnc of availahla fundi vhicb vill rtmaia in tba Trettury at tb end of tb year 1 ha ma:l aatoont or 1 retsory tiniae, not etceiding foar and a ball millioni ef dollars, Already havo tho retource of oiaoy of ihe Sutet and tbe future industry of (heir cili znut beo indi finitely morlgegrd to th tub joct of Luropeao Govarninetite to the amount of twelve millione aiioually to pay tbe cootani!y accruing iotercet oo lorrov d ir.owy-a sum cfdin half tb or dinary revenuct of tbo thole foiled Stale; The pretest vhicb line relation atTorde to foreijjfiort lo tcrutioij; th7 tBaoigenient if our doioeitic aftuira, if oot actually lo in termeddle vitb them, pretcutt a wthjecl for earnest tttfuiion, cot to aey of aerioot alarm. Fortunately the Federal Govern ment, vith the exception of to obligatioq. entered into in behalf of ibe District of Co lumbia, vhicb mutt toon be diecharced it .L...M . r - . i r wuwiij rxruipi irom any eucu eoicarnrs- Meet, vae more tbeo tbe work of a day. j render itecrealico andexit.nclbaource II atteotioo cf every department ot the ; of outer aod uaappeatabl dttcorii. ii wo Government vaa immediately, aod io good iadd to thia it inevitable tendency to pro faith, directed lo that end ; and bat beeo to ' duco aad foaler extravegaol expeodituret cf ooblinoed to ibe jpreieni moaient. The et jib public money, by vbicb a necowily it liuiHtca and approprialiooa for the year created for oev leant and near burden oo 1533 (tbe first over vbicb I bad any con tbe People ; aod, finally, if wo refer to tho " tro)) ver aumewbat diminished. The lamplct of every GorernrncDl which ta expeodituree ol 1839 ver reduced ail millioni of dollar. Tbo. of 1 840, eiclu live of diiburiemeot for public debt and truat claioit, vill ptobably net exceed tveo-ty-tvo and a half million ; bcink betveeo tvo. ood three million kta tliao tboe of th preceding year, acd nine or tro oiill&os let ineu loose oi urn. .Tier nee u oeeo foiled Decenary, io order to produce Ibii result, to retort to the cover conferred bv meot. It ie tieo. at it lelieved, tbe only Cogrcec, of pottponiug certain cler?!!. ofj th public vetkt, except by deferring ex peooilurei for a fhorl period upoo a limited portion of them ; aod vhicb postponement terminated oai lim liuce, at tho momcal tho Trei'sury Drptrlment, by further re coipt from the indebted bit-ki, becauj ful ly assured of it ability to meet them with out prejudice to th public lervict io other reececte. Caoeee ar io ooerntico vbicb ill, it is believed, justify a Hill further r- duotioti, vilbeul injury to any impoiloot aa- tteoai ieterettr i btpfi ef ultM)g tb troop mpleydi Florida bar beea gradually aod greatly reduced, through lb persevering eObrtt of lb Tar Departuaot ; and a leatooabl bop may b eoterlaioed tbat lb necessity for military operations i that quartvr vill toon ceu. 1 b removal of tho Indiana fron vitbio ur tettled bor der i eearly completed. Tb peciioo list, on of tb heaviest charge opeo lb Treasury, ia rapidly diminishing by daatb Th most costly of our poblio building art either fioithed, or nearly ; tad may, I think, ttrtly proton ourtelvtt cotio- utd xipiioB frooi border diffieBliie. Th avtiliblt bilince in tb Irenory oa tb ltt of Jtauary oexl.ie titisitid at ett aillioo tod a balf of dollar. Thi ma, vitb tb Mpectid reeeipie freo all tooreti doritf lb oext yttr, rill, it it btliavtd, b luGcieot lo totbl lh Govtrastit to Bin evry cgtgatat, nd Isar a tuiitblt baltac i lb 1 reasary at lb end or to Govercmcnt vbicb. bavin full aod faith fully paid ill it cieditort, Lit tieo relieved itself, eutirely from debt. To maiotaio a diilioulioo so desirable and o bworahie t oor oatiooal character, ahould bt aa object of earoett solicitude. - Never should a free people if it b pot ibl to avoid it, upoe tbtmwlvse to the oceetsity of Laving to treat cf tho peace, the beoor. or tbo safety of tb Republic, vitb tb Goteromeot of foreign creditors, vli, Levever veil disposed lteytnay be lo cultivat vith os io geoerat friendly re latiut.1, ar oevei Ibclcis, by th I v of their ovn cotiditivo, tutda hostile to th eucceti aod permaoeocy of political iuttituiiont l.ke cure. Meet humiliating may be the em. barrastmeoia consequcol upeo each a coo dition. Aoolher okjcctioo, scarcely lest foroiidahla, to lh commencement of a oev debt, i tli inevitable tendency to increase io magnitude, and lo footer oatiecal exlrav. agance. Hv-bat been a uoprotiiabio ob- earver ot ven:a bo needs at thie day t U adomotssed of th d.uicultiet vbieb a Gotarnuiea-behiiuaSly dpeudat oa lotos to tutu i u ite ordioary expacdiior, bas to encounter io resisiing lb ioOueoce coo etaciiy exerted in favor of addniooal loans ; ho tcrich themsekef by eecuritie for amoucte much xcetdiog the money tby actually advsoce --e prohlia eoprce of individual sg;rand.z ment io ell borrevisg countries; by atock Leldors, Vho aerk Iheir gam ia tb rise etd-fall if IMSo etocki ; nod by the MlGsh importonititi of applictnie for appropria tieaa for vorkt aeovedlr for lb aceoramo- datiue of Ibo Public, but tho real ebjecte of tartn are, wwqthwtryibi adacmot cf private inloreet. Tb kno oceetsity vbicb to many of lb S:a!oa vill b ondar to impose taxae for the pay msol of th in. lerejt oo tboird.bt, furnishes a8 addiiieaal ami very cogent reaaoo vby lb Fed.ral Gevernai.ol sboold rafrain from creating a nations! dabt, by vbicb lb Peopl voold b ipftte4 to detthlo tat atios for e eimilar ohjtct, Te possets vitbio eorles ample resource for every emergency ; end ve may b rjtiile eor that oor ciiizB, io oo futor exigency, vill bo onvillie to topply lb Govern went vith ill th meant asked for tba infform nt ilia rnnnlrr. In l!rr. nf J peac there can, at all erentt, he a juiii. ucitioB Tor the erealioo of a permaotnldcbl by lb Federal Gevernraoot. It limited rang of constitotional dotie may certain. ly, under such circamitaocre, be performed taiout such a resort. It ha, it it teen, exieted for proof, bov tcldom it it that tbo ytiem, vbeo ooce adapted and implanted io tbo policy of a couulry, bat foiled to ex pand ileelf, until public credit vat ext.oOtU -d, and the people ver oo looger able to eodura increasing weight, it items im pottiblo to resist th conclusion, that no beocfit resulting from it caieer, no extent of conquest, do accession of wealth to par. liculer clisses, cor my, oor all it combin td bdvinteget, cao couplerbalccce it utti tae'. bat certain reiulti a tpleadid Gov. crnmant, tad aa impoverished Peopl If ctuooa! baiik vat, aa i otdeaiaUri repudiated by lb framora cf the CoustilO tuiioo aa incompatible vitb (ho rihta cf tb Statea and tbo lihertic of tho People ; if, fro a tl begiouiog, it has leea tegatded Ly !rg portion of oor ciiizec a coming ' iu direct collisioo vilb that great and vital tmtedmeot of tbe Conatiiutioo wbicb do. claret that all povert not conferred ly that inttruraeot on ibo General GovotOitol atv riMrved to tho Statea aod the People ; if it ba bteo viewed by the in aa ibe Grit great ' etep to lb march of latttadinous construo tioo, vbicb unchecked, would render that uared inttroment of little value ai an go vrittao constitution, dependent, tl it would lion ba, for ill mtamn, co lh interested ( iotarpretalioa f a domioant party", aod af ford ioj o tecority to tb rights of tbo mi . ooriiy ; if tucb if undeniably tbo ease, what ritiocil frtuod could Lava beeo cooceired for aotiuipatug aught but dotormioed op ptntioo to rich aa icititutioa it ibe present dty? Ceold a different result Lav beeo ox- ptctad, whee tha conteqaeoc vbicb bav Coved fiea it creation, and parlicolarly ' rm it atrogglet to perpetoate ill exUtenco, kid eccfirmeo, io tottrikiog a manner. rijo ipprehtitiols of it earliost oppooeot ; been avoided during four rear of greater ' f"J plibd W require recapitO fiwal aMTicuUieathaa hav. "existed io, a .im. Matian. la rvpct to th facility aod een ilar period einco ih "adoption of th Con.ii. ; vioifnc it affwds in cendaefing lb public lutmn, and one also remarkal'o for the o. enrrenca of extraordinary cauies ef exptn- bn it bid bteo io clearly demonstrated that a concentrated money-pover, vieldies year, if tb remedial mtaiortt ceaatctcd j to vail a capital, and eombic"g ucb incal. vita ia cuitomttBdtMpuWuiicdi, hire, jcolib'.a meant or inuuenc. may, io tboto tofor rcommedd,thaU ba adapted, aad I peccAUr cttijuoclarea to wbicb tbit Gov. tbl atv appropriatioaab7Cea1iHth.au til eramast ii onaroidahly xpoaad, prove aa carry Iba txptaditora bejetd tba tlic4atvrrattb foe tb political pover of tbo etiv.at."' t,,, t., -m m r pop) thwalvai vhwrt tba Una obarao. Tkeaev lyttim iiUbliskei by Congreni tcr of it capacity to regtilat, according to for tb uVkisping of lb public mooy, ir vill aod in loterssls, aod iheiniereats prateribiog tb kied of corrticy I b rt-j f it faveriics, th vtlo and productioo of eeived forth pok!irvi,od orovidilf I tba labor and orenen v ef aver? Baa la (hi tddiiiina! guirdi and ateoritii agaiait txiended conbtry, bid beeo e fully and (one, hit oev bee etvtrtl meoibi ia cp. fearfully developed; wheo it vf notorioo rttieo. Altneogb it aighlb prtmtture.MIitt ill claMeicfthiigriitcomniunily bad, opa to txpenenc of tneb limittd dun ties, 1 by mtiai ef llie novir acd iofiucoc it tho if.nrBi . iiuiui vpi.i.s ii rvg.iu i is. extent f it irfluincet io vorraetilg mny tviit oadar vtich Ike HJeral uevrnntat and tbo eeoniry hav bitbirloiof.rel-ei peeially tbott tbat bav grovatst f biak ing txpantittt, a depreciated curreoiy, aid official dtfalcitieti ; yet it ii Lot light I tty tbat oelbing haioecorrtd in la practi cal eparatito of (h tyttta t vttito ia tbo eligbtesl degr, but Bucb t ltrgih 9, tb eenfideel antieie ititm of id frianis- Tb grousdi of Ihts biv beta berttofor Lati.!. am.A 1 VV kL'ltla ai ika fJ.oa VIMOflt Jv(tW buw lUf juiJiiv vi iui uwvvimiwiii to diichirg Ihrengh in tgeoty vry duly ditnrct. Cut, lo aecompli.b to desirable to ob ttill onltttoding, tnd lest by Iweoty-ibrwe , lect, tvo things are indiepeasihle : first tbit million tbia th Unitid Stair 1 have io da- tho anion of tba Federal Gorernmeat be posit vitb th Silt, i composed of tuck ealy ii r not yet due, er ha,v not beeo presented for piymeoi. I hay may t re deemed oot of the trcruinj revenue, if tbl txpendiluret do not exceed in amount with in whiob Ihey Biy, il ia thought, b kepi w ilhoul prejudice M th public interest, and th revenue thall prov to l a lurgo a may justly be totioipited. Among th reflcctioni arising from the etwtrtritaf:Ti ef tb- ctrromsiancw, or;r, not th least gratifying, ia tbe conscious- ...Mia r.f rvtn.v.. hava eat wet bt.n .aiia. ! nit that the U ever nmeol bad th rerolo L . . . .... I . . , . I - I 1 ' . . .Jk.u . . lion ana iu. aouny 10 euihit-, h, r.vii dmergenoy, to theeeeredohligotionenf lav; to execute all ita contract eecerding to Ihe xprrweed lh. iololioa of bis Co-.rnmei.t req..irmntf tl, Constitution j and thus . a aa.... 1. .'ii 1 la iimmhI mhaft tnnat fiaf!rwt rallt-ln.. to pretent, when must reeded a reliving point by which th business nf lh whole lh I Jtb day of Dcobr, 1641, vbeo ihv w""r m'S"1 M 6rfuM ,' till uiivafjii: itmiuam 1 .viv whmh impoffint aa veil lo th interest aa lo the mural of th People. Ther can surety no h cd difwrenc of opinion in rcrd evils that voold bat exteosiv anmmercial iotercourwe between th United Stales and that vs.i empire vill no longer b rtgulaltd by xpreii Hipula liana. ' ' ' It affordt m pleasure to communicii to you that lb Government of Chili hat ca tered into an grernolio indemnify th cltiqtanl io th eaea of the lleeedooiao, for Amoricaa property tur.sd in 1910; and to add, that information ha alio beeo re eeived vhicb justifies tha bop of in early tdjuetjoent of lh remaining clsime upoo that GotarnmenU " Tb commiasinoer appointed in porea ene of th conventioo betveen th United Statea and Texae, for, mirkiog lh boundary betvewo them, hav, according lo Ihe last report rcived from our eomrnieeioner, surveyed and eettblished lh whole extent of th boundary north along lh vesiern b.nk of lb Sabmo river, from ita entrance' into tb Gulf of Mexico lo the thirty eecond degr of north leiVlndo. Tb commission adjourned 00 lh ISth of Judo last, to re issemhlo on th let of Novemher, for the purpose of establiihing accurately th inter tsetiun of lh Ihirty-eecond dog re of tati lud vith the vesiern b.inb of th Sabine, tnd tbo meridian hoe ihetico to Red river. It ie presumed (Wt ihe woik will bs con eluded in the pteeci.l eese n. ; kepi vithih th boondsriss prescribed by ita founders ; and, secondly, tbat all appro priations for ol jctt admitted to be consti ttitional, pad tb f xpenditnr of them also, be auljecled to a tltndardof rigid but veil coneidered and practical economy. Th first depend chiefly 09 th peopl them eelvee, lb opinions tbey form df tho tro construction qf lh constitution, end tb confidence they repose io th political tea timent of thoi they tvlect at their repr. renlstives io lh Frdsral Lgi!i!oro ; lb eecond rest upon lh fidelity vilb vhicb their more immediate representatives, and other poblio fuocriooariee, discharge tha trusta committed to them. The duly of economizing theexnente of the public ear-2 vie is admitted on all hands; yet tbera are fe subjects upon vhieh ther axistt a wider diQ'-rence of opinion than it conttinl. ly manifostnd in rwgnrd lo th fidelity vith vhicb that duty ia discharged. Neither diversity of sentiment, nor even mutual re crlminiiioDt, upon a point io rerpect to vhicb th public mind 11 to juitly teositive, lit tha, .Maalaftla' rVn if tb Govtyuiwmt, at thai orilieali con well be entirely avoidud ; and least o momf nt," bed euffered itwdf to b deterred ! at perio.lt of great political excit-nwit. An intfllisent people, liovever, eeldem fail to arrive, in the end, t eorrecKf ojvclusions in tuclj a mailer. Frictica,! eebnomy in the maflerrment nf nuhlie aOairacan hje no adverwe infiitenco to contend vilb mor from upholding lh only Iru atandard of va!u, ithr by tli "pretsiirt or !rrw cir cumstance or th violence of onmoriied denunciation. Th Bnoerio vhichlhe Paiiola .mt.ined the orrformahcn of thia duty vae highly honorable (0 iheir fortitude ! powerful then a large aurploiWeno ; end tod patriotism. It cannol fail lo etimutat j the unuwaily largo ap pmpriations for 1837 may, without lioulii, indepenceotiy 01 tne extrnordiniry TWj'lisitioot for tho public aorvic graving out of th a(t of imr la- their aieots to adhere, under all circum. stances, lo th lin of duty ; and to satisfy thsm ef the eafely vith vhicb a course reelly right, and demanded by a fioancial crisis, may, in a community lib oora, be puretieJ, however apparenily eever it im medial,operatioOi .v - The poiicy of th Federal GoTe'rnment, in cxtingjishing a rapidly, a possible the eallonal debt, tnd subsequently io resisting every lemptilioo to create a oev one, de .ervee.lo be regarded io the ttm fovorS hi liht. Among th many objectiona to a nstiono! dabt, the certain tendency of pub lic -eciiritie to concentrate nltimetely in Ihe eofTtir of foreign stockholder te one dian relatione, be, io no inconsiderable de gree, traced to this mores. Th Widen and rapid distribution of tb large surplus iheo itMho Treavary, and lh equally sad den and onpreccdcntedly vr revulsion ia lb cominorce and business of lh coon try, pointing vith onerring certainty to a jfrwat and protracted reduction of tho ref trm etretigtheneij lh f ropeielyBf tb ear liest practicable reductioa of lh pubbd'ex pendiliirw. .v , ,y fjt I . But, to ehang a system operating Upon to large a surface, and applicable to coca atiicb tTry dty cmbcring ilrerglh. 'aujerooi iod divernfitd utierwls and ob- poiuut, been iofocted to roadoeta vitb a tririt of beedleit iFeculation ;, when it bad bien ma (hit, tccar ia th dupport of tho combif.allen o'flcfluences by vhicb if va turrnnded, it could violate it cherter, nd tl lb lav at defiaoc vitb irepoaity ; and vben, loo, it bid become moat apparent that 1 to beliar tbat aucb an accuoaulaUon of pi vers cia tvir b granted vithont tha certainly f Uing abated, iu U indatgo ia a fotal delusion ? To avoid tbo necessity of a permanent debt, aad it ioavitabl cootaoncea, 1 . bivt idvocivel, and endeaverrd to carry - into oOact, lb policy of coofioing tb p- propriatiens for lh poblio sore ico to ncta bjiatt oty 11 ar clearly vitbio th con ililotionil saihorityef the Federal Govern mat; f excluding from it xpenee thoeo iapreyident iod tutborittd grtotiof publio moy for work of internal improvement, vhicb ver o visely arrestsd by lb con ititotinosl ioterposilioo of my predtceator, aad vhicb, if tbey hid oot beeo to check ed, vou'd long before thit lim bave.iovotr. id Ibo Fiaincea of tb General Govern mBt in mbarraKRMnta for greater Ibao tbnsa which ar nov experienced by any of tbo Statea; f limiting all oor xpo ditor tea ibwt aimpt, unoelentatiooa, and ' " coomicil dminiirtia of public a fairs, vkisb ' eloo corMteot vitb tbe char--. . etr of oar inttitotion j of collecting ao nually from tha customs, aod tbo eafe of publio fondeaTravena fully adequate to defray all the xpns ihu iocarred, bat, onder pretaoc vvhteoever, to impowo raxvt upon lh peopl lo a gratr amount ' lhan vat aeloally neceaeary to tb publio aervic, cendaeled opoo tb pritciplew I hv etatid . -. I a liio af a national bank,""r a depen dene cpoa bank of any ioecriptioo forth mangmeat er oor awal anaire, 1 recom mended the adoption of th tyittm which hi ' . nov ia iucctfcful operation. Tbat yra , tfford vry requisite facility for tb Iran. tctien or th pecaniary eonoero of tba Government ; vill, it i confidently aoticipa. , tad, produce io other respect many of tha . benefit vbieb bav bee from tint to tim expected from lb creation of a national -banka'bot vhicb bav never been realized ; void lb manifold. ril inseparaW from) ' taoh trrjnstitutioo ; diminish, to a gretr extrot thia could bo iccomplwbed by any thar measure of reform, tb patronag 01 the Federal Govern meal a via policy ia illiGoTeramant, bat mor spcially o to 00 lik oor. vbicb vorki veil nly in pro. portion i it i mid to rely for ita rapport upon th anbtaaeed and unadulterated pir. irm of it eoottitoeot; do away, forever, all depcodence orf corporate bodiea, ilber in th nising, collecting, awfokeepmg, or disbwetng the public rtvenae; and placo . ' th Government cqnaBy abov tb learpta. lion of fostering dangwroo aod vncorwtito. tiooal institution ai bom, or in neceeeity attondait oa lh collection, transfer, and disbursemeot ef th pqblio mtocy vitb premptitud tad tueceit, I caa aiy, vitb coaSamco, tbat th appreheteioaa of tbat vh foil il t b Iheir duty to appose itt ideptioa hive proved lo b unfooadad. Oa tha contrary, tbia branch ef th fiscal afairi af th Goverement ba been, and it it be lieved may tlwaya be, thnt earned on with very desirable facility aad K.nriiy. - A few changat and improvements ia tba 4 tail of tb yttam, vithoot aactiag any principlte involved ia it, vill b eobmiited to yo by lb Steniary f tb Treasory, aad vill, 1 b orvj reeervw t yowr bends tb attention to vbieb Ihey may, oa exam ination, be fonnd to b entitled. I kav dterocd tlx. brief eommary ef oor fiscal affair necessary I tho do perform tne of duty apeeially enjoined opoa a by tb Consliluiien. It vill eerve, also, to illutlrai mor folly tb principle by which I hav beeo guided in reference t tvo eon tested peinle in oor public policy, vbieb vere earliest iniheirdev.lepm.nl.aod have beeu mor irtpertanl in iheir consequences, than aay (bit bav arisen under oor com plicated and difficult, yet admirable system of government t I allude t a oatonal debt tnd a national Unk. It va ia Ibett that th peliitral cooieiti by vbieb tb country ha bee agitated ever eince lb adoption of lb Constitution, t a great maore, origin aid ; and there 1 loo much rssoo to appro hend that Ike' conflicting interests and ep ootirii! princiile thai mirtballed'vill eon tinue, aa' hertofor. lo produce limilar, if not aggravtltd, cotteqoeoee. - Coining into odico Iho declared enemy of both, I have eirnestly endeavored topro vetit a resort to either. V The contiderttioo that a larg poblio debt affbrdi an apology, and produce io om degree, a neceesity, alto, for retorting to tyttein and extent of taxation vhicb ia not bnly oppressive throughout, but bkeviss to apt. to kid, io tht end, loth commission of that most odion of all offence against th principle of republican government lh prostitution of political power, confer red for the general benefit, to th aggran dizement of narlieular claaeet. and th rrali- ficatioo of individual citniditvia alone ! of adapting ita policy to tb iv aod mter. soiricient, independently of Ibe weighty ob ett of a (till mor formidabl money -povt jeetion vhicb hav already beta urgd, to abrvad. , ' :". s
North Carolina Whig (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 24, 1840, edition 1
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