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amir SATUIIDAY
I CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS J AND THE GLORY OF THE STATE IS THE" rnMMnv w ' ' L
: ' ' ' ' ' i , , ' "r SsAAlt Ils THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS. - -
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In advance, peryear,$2
Not paid in advance,
ioc paia until six
months have expir-"
ed 300
Not paid till the year
ha expired, 350
No subscription received
for a less time than a year,
unless the price be paid in
advance.
By WM. H. BAY3SJE.
.' IT?" Persons who adrertiae in tho newspapers ; should
Always nark their advertirffciaents ith the number of
Usertions; otherwise they often forget and let the ad
vertisement ruu longer than neeeasary . and when the
bill comes to be settled, there is something said about the
cost. And when an. article is advertised for sale, whew it
iold. the advertiser should attend to taking it out of
cue paper, because it misleads tUe readers of the paper
- usmei r uuuiii& vv v-w-ov. -
FAYETTEVILLE, N: C, FEBRUARY 15, 1851.
ruicss of
1 00 '
85 , " "
75 "
60 "
50 "
-10 "
I 25 "
65 " .-'
75 " "
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55 "
45 " "
35 " 4
AT THE CAROLINIAN OFFICE.
From and after the 1st of Sept. 185 0.
--- --''-----.--.-.-. '
For all such Blanks as we keej for sale, GO
.cents per quire.
; Where HI inks are printed to order, the prices
Will range from 35 cts. to $1 50 per quire, thus:
1 quire can blanks $1 50 per quire.
I "
3 "
4, 5 or 6 " "
10 : "
20 ... '
I quire letter-sheet blanks
3 "
4, 5 or G . "
10 " "
15 " "
20 44 "
Any blank printed to order which has more
matter in it than is usual in blanks prinled for
the above prices, will be charged extra accord
ing to the amount of tintter, or the fancy-work
directed to bs done. "In like m.-ttmer, a blank
containing but a few lines of matter to the sheet
will be cliared a less price.
HATS & CAPS.
1 w-ould respectfully' call the attention of my
I friends and the 'public generally to my new and
large stock of H as and Caps. Having selected
'them with great care, I feel assured that if there
, is any thing in the shape of a hat, cap or turban,
in New York or PhiludelphM, that is calculated
fto please the public, they cm be suited at my
" store, north-east corner Market Square, Green
street.
- I am prepared to furnish country merchants at
wholesale on the most reasonable terms. 1 in
rtend selling for verv small profits.
. DAVID GEE.
Sept 21, 1S50.
POST OFFICE INFORMATION.
A single letter means
may be 75
10 Reward.
Runaway from the subscriber on the 0th inst.,
a uej;ro boy by the name ofWESLiT. Said ne-
firo is 27 years of age; about five feet nine inches
high; weighs about 1'iO or lo pounds ; has
rather a saucy look; with a scar running across
the forehead above the eye-brow, and he is
of a d irk chopper color. He has a large natural
gap between the upper front teeth.
The above reward will be paid for his appre
hension and delivery to me,jor for putting hirn
in 'any jail so thdt I can tcet him again. A iy in
formation concerning him will be received if di- j
rected to me at Rollins' Store, Moore count v,
-N. C. TUOS. HARRINGTON."
Sept 21, 1S50. CO i-tf
anv WeiS-hintr niinre
. . , - c r i . .
avoiurupois or less. A letter weighing over 1 oz.
and less than 2 isregarded as 4 letters.
Newspaper, means a paper of 1000 square in
ches or less. ,
No P. M. can frank a letter weighing over 1
ounce, except on 'official Business.'
Postage on letters from any office in the U. S.,
to and fmm California, or ou'r Territories on the
Pacific, 40 cents prepaid or not. 'Newspapers
and pamphlets 3 cents each, sea postage, and the
inland Postage to be added, if any.
P. M.'s w hose corn's were . e200 or less for fl,p
year ending June 30, 1S50, can send and receive
w niten letters lree. not weitrhine- over j (,v
eacn on their own private business. They can
nanic io UKiitorma, or anv other olace in the IT
S. possessions, but not bpi-nnH
Postage on letters to China, &c
cents or 45 cents.
Postage on regular or transient oarers. 1 or 1
cents, and 50 per cent, commission on them.
Total postage on papers to Great Britain 4
cents, 2 cents to be paid in each country; to anv
place through Great Britain i cents, prepaid.
The Postage oft letters, to or from Great Brit
ain is 24 cts., the single rate.
The franking privilege 'travels with its pos
sessor.' A Postmaster can frank through any
otlice he may pass in travelling, but he cannot
send franked letters from his own office at the
same time.
Postmasters whose annual compensation is not
over $200, may frank names of subscribers and
money to newspapers.
Postmasters are entitled by law to the follow
ing commissions on the amount of letter postages
received by them in each quarter of the year,
and in due proportion of any fractional part of a
quarter ; but no Postmaster can receive a larger
compensation from commissions than $500 per
quarter:
40 per cent, on the first $100;
33; " " next 300 ;
30 " " 2,000;
12J " on all over 2,400 ;
A commission of 50 per cent, is allowed on
postage of Newspapers, Pamphlets, and Maga
zines; also two cents is allowed for the delivery
of 'each free letter, (excepting free packets of ,
printed matter, such as Speeches; &.c, though
made up in letter form,) to officers where the
commission does not arn't to $.500.
On letters received for distribution at such
offices as are designated for that purpose by the
Postmaster General, a commission of 7 per cent,
is allowed. Postmasters whose annual compen
sation is not over $200 may frank names of sub
scribers and money to editors.
At offices where the mail is regularly to arrive
between the hours of 9 o'clock in the evening
and 5 o'clock in the morning, 50 instead of 40
per cent, is allowed on the first $100 of letter
postage.
Table of postages.
NORTH CAROLINIAN.
Wm.II. XSaye Eilitor and Proprietor.
FAYETTEVILLE, X. C.
FEBR'D'AB.'Sr 15, 2851.
OHIO. The Legislature is said to have ad
journed without electing a U. S. Senator. This
is in consequence of the abolitionists holding
the balance of pow er.
$3- Ihe following extract from the Address
of the western whig3, will show, what a set of
cobblers they were :
Suppose you take from tle rich man
Ins thousands, it is only his awl. If you
take from the poor man his hundreds the
poor hardly have units it is his awl too.
Which will cling; to his awl with 'the more
pertint,(.rityr',
5- The cold shower bath is used as a mode of
punishment in the Sing-Sing Penitentiary, N
i. it is saia to nave a netter etlect man any
other kind of punishment. In summer time we
should suppose it would be too pleasant to be
dreaded. The patient is stripped and nlaced in
a sitting position, with his neck in a stationary
collar, by which means the water is thrown full
in the face, and he has no power to move.
CC?- Wm. Henry Marsh, a boy three years old,
living in New York, beats the drum as well as
any old drummer. He is a prodiv on the drum.
2oz 1 oz. 2 oz 3 oz.
5 "To 2U "30
10 20 40 GO
2 2 2 2
24 43 96 144
NEW CLOT I
AND GEXTIiEJIESS' OUTPITTISG
ESTAiSXjISilBIEXT.
A. WALDAUEIl
CO.,
(Hay street, corner opposite Fayctteville Hotel,
" and next door to .Messrs' Lilly's store,)
Has just received a lar;;e assortment of winter Clothing
consist.in.tr of fine .lnil)U:-s"red dr.ib Overcoats; fine Oas
tariti Coats; line frock aiiil dreys Coats. &.-.; and a good
. assortment of Pantaloons of ull colors and prices.
Cloak, Cato'.ons. a new aud fashionable article; winter
loose Sacks, and all kinds of winter (.'oats; line Lliii ts. (the
finest assortment ever brought into this market).
Hoots. Shoos. Hats. Caps, Truulis, Travelling Bags,
Umbrellas. &c.
Old customers are particularly invited to call aud ex
amine our goods.
A. YTALDAUEIt St CO.
Not 2. 1S50. tf
JOHN D. WILLIAMS?
1 cent.
1 Cti
Forwarding
Commission and
MEUCUANT
Fayctteville, N. C.
Feb, 23, 1850.
t NEGROES WANTED.
c!ash will be paid for likely young Negioes
if application is made soon.
J. o T. WAD DILL.
Sept 14, 1S50. 003-tf
FALL AND WINTER
Fall and Winter
reneral and well
We; are now receiving Our
Goods, consisting of a very
selected stock,
k , Sn. all iLiiies,
which we are offering on our uual terms.
All sorts of Produce purchased ;
and we attend as usual to the Forwarding Busi
ness. J. & T. WADDILL,
r Nov 30, 1S50 C14-tf Hay street.
Letters not over 300 miles,
Letters over 300 miles,
Dropped letters,
Letters bv British mails.
Newspapers not over 100 miles.
or within the State, for each
sheet or supplement.
Do. over 100 miles and out of the
State,
To be prepaid if not sent from
the office of publication.
Pjiisphlets, Magazine.-, periodi
cals arul all other printed mat
ter, except as before and under
mentioned for each not over loz2oz. 3 oz. 4 oz
2" 3 Tl 5
A fraction of oz. over not to be
regarded.
Circulars and handbills not over
single cap size and unsealed
(to be prepaid,) 3 cents.
The Cnnard line of steamers is under contract
wiiii ure j i- uritain, ior carry mg mails, and
all the postage except, ; cents on letters carried
from the U. States by that line, is received bv
Great Britain; but the Collins' lits is under con
tract with the United States, and all the postage
except 3 cents on letters carried out by this
line, is received by the U . States.
Important to Mill Owners.
FAYETTEVILLE F0Ur40BY
AND MACI1INK SHOP.
The undersigned is now prepared to furnish
Castings of every description, at the shortest
notice. Those in want of Castings, will find it
to their interest to leave their orders at the
Favetteville Foundry and Machine Shop.
He is prepared with four lathes and other
tools, to put up machinery of anv description.
IIENKY G. HALL.
Favetteville, Nov. 10, 1S50. 612-tf
fjCJ- The Charleston Mercury, noticing the
recent correspondence between Gov. Means of
South Carolina, and the British Consul at Char
leston, in regard to the law of that State in re
gard to the imprisonment of all colored seamen
entering that port, says :
The laws of South Carolina provide that
persons of Afrit an descent who arrive here
in vessels from other Sta tes, or from foreign
countries, shall be removed and placed in
confinement until the departure of such
vessels, and that their support in the mean
time shall be at the cost of those who
brought them here. The statue was en
acted immediately after -the attempt in
31st Congress 2d Session.
Mr Pearce of Maryland, presented the memo
rial of members of the Convention to reform the
constitution of Maryland, asking Congress to ap
propriate a sufficient sum to establish a line of
steamers between this country and Africa. Re
ferred to committee on commerce.
The New York and San Francisco mint bills
were in full blast in the House of Representa
tives. Mr Bayly of Yersinia offered a substitute.
changing the bill to a simple act for stamping
bars and ingots of gold, and legalizing them as a
currency. The House agreed to take MrBavlv'a
substitute, but oefore any action was taken the
House adjourned.
A memorial was received from Barnabas
Bates, a Yankee we suppose, offering to contract
with the government for the transportation and
delivery of all mail matter on all the post routes
existing or to be established in the United States,
and at rates much reduced from present rates,
aud to pay the government a hundred thousand
dollars a year for the privilege. This extraor-,
dinary proposition was referred to the commit
tee on post offices and post roads.
Mr Winthrop being about to be superseded in
the Senate, by Mr Rantoul, introduced a resolu
tion designed to settle authoritatively, how Iona:
a Senator may hold a seat under an appointment
from the Governor. The committee appointed
to investigate the matter, reported that a Sena
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lines -or Ie ,o iiiir -
1 tioaTj0 veate J vry st:b -
frequent insert on30 ceta ta
., jlexcepttt remaimjifor s: V
jieralmojithsj vjifjt it will '
i months, $4 for three, ito .
S-Sivi'or twelve rnimtL .
to' . large advrttcbi
x5a5. tbythe year or dtXtnortL
tor receiving such appointment may retain his
seat until an appointment shall be made bv thp
Legislature, and the appointee accepts the ap
pointment, and the Senate is officially informed
thereof. It is understood that Mr Rantoul is en
gaged iu Illinois, and will hardly be able to accept.
- The Senate passed a resolution for distributing
the works of Alexander Hamilton and John
Adams.
The bill to establish a board of claims "Cali
fornia was ordered to a third readin"1.
The New York and California mint bills were
taken up, and Mr Bayly's substitute, which had
been voted in, in place of the original bill, was
rejected. The original bill was then rejected bv
considerable vote.
1 S22 to orirani'.e an insurrection in Char
leston, an attempt which, as was fully
proved, originated with and was conducted
by colored persons from the West Indies.
It was the first attempt of the kind, from
the original settlement of the Colony, and
naturally strongly riveted attention on the
circumstance that it was the work of
strangers, and the natural remedy for a
mischief that had never in a single instance
shown itself as the spontaneous fruit of our
domestic system id servitude, seemed to
be to exclude from our shores the free color
ed people of other countries, or to ensure
their harmlessness while here, by strict
confinement. The object of the law was
simply to provide for tiie safety of the
people of the JState. by an effective res-
inction on a class ol strangers who, in the
case referred to, had organized a conspira
cv that threatened a wide destruction of
life and property, and could hardly have
ended snort of the annihilation of the black
population.
6.
otB L ASH FIELD & WEST,
; :"$MPOKTEnS AND JORBEliS OF
Silk and Paiicy Goods,
SHAWLS, LACES, KlISBOXS, &c,
No. SO,
HUGH McNAIR.
- Dec 21, 1S50.
C EDA II STItEET,
J'ear Broadway,
3m. pd
5EW YORK
MAII3TT 6l PAXJXMIESt
GROCERS AND COMMISSION
135 Front street, near Maiden Lane
I-artlcular attention paid to the sale of Cot
, ton, Naval Stores, and other Produce.
Liberal advances made on consignments.
T MALLETT. NW YORK. J. PAULMIER -Jan.
11, 1851. ; 0m .
SHEETING AND YARN.
I hare on hand and for salo on accommodating terras
Sheetings and Yarns (at the Factory prices) from the
Cedar Falls Manufacturing Company, "Randolph county
N . C. . ...
The quality of those goods is too well known to need any
recommendation They are equal, if not superior to any
madeJn this State. ' " -
tOO-tt'.- , - " FETER P. JOHNSON- J
JLIVERY STABLE.
The subscriber informs the public that he
keeps HORSCS and VEHICLES for hire, and is
prepared to furnish conveyances to neighboring
towns and villages. 11 is stock is good, and dri
vers careful, lie will also board horses at mod
erate prices. Applv to
J. W. POWERS, Agt.,
Who also keeps a good supply of .GROCERIES
of the best quality.
?I3 A few Boarders can be ac
commodated, with or without lodging, bv ap
plying to J. v. POWERS.
Oct. 1, 1S50. tf
-
ROWLAND & MKAY
announce to their friends and the people of
Robeson that they have opened A STORE in the
town of Lumberton, and are now receiving from
New York, a huge stock of new and carefully-
selected GOODS, Embracing
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware,
Cutlery, Boots and Shoes, Hats,
Ready-made Clothing, and every article
called for in a store.
Of the quality of their goods, they will only
say that the utmost care was taken in the selec
tion of their stwck, and they do not believe that
articles equal to these in durability and excel
lence, have ever been offered for sale in Robeson
county. They are determined to sell at the
lowest possible prices which will enable them
to make that comfortable living that ought to be
the reward of every honest, man's industry, and
they solicit the public to bestow upon them their
fair share of patronage. - .
If constant application to business, energy in
its pursuit, and an anxious desire to please, will
insure success, they feel certain , that no man
who once calls upon . them will leave the store
dissatisfied. Their motto is Excelsior, and
pressing forward in the spiritof this watchword,
they hope alike to advance " themselves, and to
bring increased comfort and prosperity to the
neighborhood in which 1hev:l
.Lumberton, Oct. 10, 1S50., t -;616-tf
Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
New York, Feb. 7. The steamer Em
pire City arrived here this afternoon. &he
brings two hundred and ten passengers.
ami about one million dollars' worth of
gold dust. Her dates are from San Fran
cisco to January 1st, being two weeks
later,
The
news from the Isthmus
is unim
portant.
A lire had occurred at Laguna, which
destroyed eighty houses, besides other
property to "a considerable amount.
The health of California has greatly im
proved, and the weather was very fine.
The depredations by the Indians con
tinue very annoying,. Many of the miners
have been compelled to leave their places '
in consequence ot the depredations
The cholera has entirely disappeared
from California.
Serious "apprehensions are entertained
for the safety of the steamer Panama,
which had, at last accounts, been out
twenty eight days.
The Georgia Ins been totally destroyed
bv fire. No lives lost.
"The election of a United States senator
appears tobe the all-engrossing topic of
conversation. Among the whigs, Edward
Bazant and John Wethered are promi
nently spoken of as candidates; and with
the democrats, John 13. Weller. P. V.
Hallock, J. W. George, and Colonel Fre
mont are named. The latter, however,
stand no chance if the plurality rule is re
sorted to in the election.
The legislature meets at an Jose on the
6th of February. , -,'- r
The Empire City brings. Kingston dates
to the SIst January. ;-'"- cholera was de
creasing
A serious riot had taken - place at St.
David's, by which several lives were lost.
Business in California generally is steady
and healthy, v AH kinds of t produce in
abundance, and prices of flour, provisions,
&c , declining, though quotations h do not
differ much from previous accounts. - T
From the North Carolina Standard.
To the Legislature "of jX. Carolina. No
Gentlemen: In our last we ventured,
with pioper deference we trust, to question
tiie constitutionality of the -ad valorem tax,
or impost duty, which you propose par
ticularly discriminating as it does, and
with the qualifications, or -contingent con
ditions annexed.
We owe it, however, to ourselves to
say, that since we have commenced wri
ting upon this subject; our views have ma
terially changed, both as to its constitution
ality, as well as to its expediency. But
as we belong to that school of politicians
whose judgments are ever the result of their
understanding, we never fear to proclaim
the apprehensions of the one, as well as to
follow implicity, the sober dictates of the
other, though we should even cross the path
of those iu whose wake we have so often
followed.
ft would be perfectly useless for us,
were we writing over our own signature,
to make any profession of "State rights; '
neither shall we now attempt any "dis
claimer,' when we venture to speak of
State obligations.
The language of all ought to be that
the States have rights which shall be res
pected the States have duties which should
be performed. In adopting this language,
for the purpose of conveying the sentiment.
we do not wish to be understood even as
intimating that the duty of obedience was
less obligatory than the duty to enforce
obediei.ee; by no means; on the contrary,
known duty cannot be postponed, but the
exercise of a perfect right, tor sufficient
reasons may be. "
But let us proceed to the task before us
"No State shall, without the consent of
Congress, lay any imposts, or duties on
imports, except what may be absolutely
necessary for executing its inspection laws;
and the nett proceeds of all duties and im
posts Iaid:by any State on imports or ex
ports, shall be for the use of the Treasury
of the United States; and all such laws
shall be subject to the revision and control
of Consress.
These are the very words of the Feder
al Constitution, and tliev have both a deep
as wen as humen meaning, and would be j
pntirpl tr inovnMAr!a n.-if Kntif . e-xkxi r..-. . I
to the other parts of that instrument, as
well as to the concurrent Kistory of the da v.
Here too, and without wishing to tread
on forbidden ground, (far if we know our
selves, we hold all party beneath us on this
momentous question,) are we forced to
make an allusion to a "protective Tariff. "
which is done, as you will see, not with
any ulterior object, but merely to remove
the rubbish from our path, and to defend
the position which we now take -
The Convention which formed the Fed
eral Constitution, having refused to.confide
to the Congress of the United States the
power to protect the "domestic industry'
of the country, by any other than a -"revenue
Tariff," it became obvious to the
States that unless this power resided some
where, that cases would, arise actually
requiring it,iand if it ; was-to1 be found
neither in the government orin the States,
that their condition, so far from, being im
proved by the Union, would, as to this, be
prejudiced and seriously' injured; for ; we
all know, that before the adoption of the
Federal Constitution, some of them did ex
ercise -it.- r 1. '..
n Convention, on the other hand knew
of
Of
an
to
that if they left the power in the States,
without the proper limitations to its abuse,
that imposts or duties upon imports by the
States, might from an improper spirit be
imposed which would be met with retali
atory enactments, and finally destroy that
iraiernai leeiing- which can alone hold th
States together. Although th ev saw that
.1 " . j
ineie was a manliest necessity, that the
fetates should possess this power, yet they
likewise foresaw that discriminating
against the productions of each, was rath
er too delicate a prerogative to be lodged in
a common "brotherhood,"1 without the
ever-watchtul supervision of the common
parent. Hence the clause in question,
and hence the reasons fur those limitations
and restrictions. f
The States saw it in the same Iiht, and
readily assented to it. By confining the
States to the amount necessary to execute
their inspection laws, no hard thoughts
could or would arise, ami by requiring'the
consent of Congress, (if ever it becomes
necessary for legislative action to protect
their "domestic industry,") that consent
would not be withheld: for here, too, the
motive being obvious, the consequences
would rather be imputed to necessity tthan
choice; but in both instances the nett pro
duce, after deducting the expenses incident
to the first, would uo "into the Federal
Treasury." This, too, was a further re
striction to its abuse, and was a , silent
admonition to the Legislatures, that even
in the exercise of the taxing power, bear
ing upon "importations" that it should
never be made to discriminate against the
peculiar industry of the States, without
obvious necessity, of which necessity, in
this particular instance, theclause in ques
tion made Congress the judn?.
They knew that notwithstanding this
restriction, that under the taxing power
belonging to the States, that in some mo.
mentary excitement the same spirit 'tiii"ht
be indulged in laying duties upon "im
ports," which would give rise to the same
retaliation, ami end in the same discoid.
II... I m. . . .
nence iney add to the latter part of the
clause, that all such laws shall be
suDject to the revision anil control
Congressthat is, laws of that kind,
the like kind or species; such as have
assential identity or common kindred,
me oonstilutjoual prohibition.
Now what is, the common affinity which
we, are endeavoring to point out? First,
that the power shall not be imposed upon
"imports and exports. ' Second, that if
done, it shall be restricted to the excep
tion expressed, and confined to the excep
tion implied, both from the concurrent
history of the times, as well as inferred
from the winds 'subject to the revision and
control of Congress. "
Let it not here be said tnat we are sur
rendering, libitum, the taxing power id'.
me state; no such thing; we are only af
firming that it has bounds to its exercise
that legislative discretion is circumscribed
111 its hitherto boundless range, by the
very spirit of the clause stated. Why
should Congress wish to "revise"' or "con
trol," if they did not fear its improper ex
ercise? A revision and control ot" Con
gress for what? Obviously that Congress
might see first, that the "inspection
laws" vyere not made a pretence for the
imposition of the duty. Second, 'that even
though it be imposed for the protection of
the estate manufactures, that they mi-ht
see that it was done bona fid".. In othr
words, we hold that although the power of
taxation (with one or two Constitutional
limitations) is plenary; yet that a State,
through her Legislature, has no right to
impose a discriminating tax r duty , when
it is obvious that her aim is to crinnle th.
"production," aud not to 'obtain revenue,
and still less to advance the productive in
dustry of her people.
So careful were they to guard against
every probable cause of collision or angry
feeling, that they even say "nor shall any
vessel, bound to or from one State, be!
obliged to enter, clear or nay duties in I
another'
Why this restriction upon State taxa
tion absolutely denying to the Legi-dature,
under any circumstances, the imposition
of any duty upon a vessel coming from one
State to another? Unquestionably for the
purpose of unfettering the general com
merce of the nation, as well. as the inter
mediate or particular exchange r ti,a
' v-
States. -Why busy themselves with the
vessels from one port to another, carryino
on the internal domestic exchanges? "For
the again reason that the same spirit of
rivalry, of jealousy, of real or supposed in
jury, would lead to such abuse as would
be productive of retaliation and discord,
and thus disturb the peace and harmony of
the whole.
Now we know full well that a State has
a right to tax merchandize, and that she
has a right to tax all those "who peddle in
any county goods not of the growth or
manufacture of this &tate,'' and that North
Carolina has already exercised this right
which has likewise been affirmed, by a de
cision of the Supreme Court of the State.
Neither are we ignorant that cases havp
been adjudicated in the Supreme Court of
tne united Mates, atorming the right of
the States to tax merchandize afterit shall
have become incorporated . ivitll I the com
mon mass of the citjzen's property.
Wilis .we do not deny, when the tax is
imposed m good ; faith ;for, revenue., For
then, the tax so loses that identity r coin-
raoti kindred tcth the federal prohibition as
to becom
impost" or ;-ad valorem" 'resting neithc 1
unon di 'libit ton or protection Vs irSfnal ,-''.
feature, but upon "i .revenue,' and as uch
can be exercised without; either the revis
ion of control uf Congress; J" - - T
- Now Uien what is the "bona fide' object
ofyotir ten per cenf.'ad valorem, discrun-
inating tax? You have not the lea,?t conceal
ed it; for we know that no son of the old
North State will conceal anything. 'Your
object is openly proclaimed." You avow it
to be a discriminating tax upon the iiianii -factured
goods.not only of particularly onu-'
merated JStales, but upon those good wheti
they Unl beconse even the property of any
of its citizens. You go farther, am admit
that yb'u do not want it lor revenue, . for
you append a- condition upon which" con'- -
tmgency you make void the duty or tax.
Such then being your object, tve res-
pectfullv submit whether it does not coiivj
within the nerview and J meaninir of ths
clause in question, which to somestiiaH -extent
circumscribes the range of yoir !
legislative discretion. We hae said that 5
the clause had a latent mean in 2, and that "
some parts of it is perfectly inexplicable,
v imuui giving 11 11, e interpretation " winch
we have placed upon it. The hidden 1
meaning, so far at least as provides for the.
manufacturing interest of tin;' States, bv
State laws themselves, may be seen bv -
the concurrent history, which . we fchafi
now ive ; and that our v iews are correct
we defy any other rational interpretation:
inepieceoi history alluded , to is an -extract
from a speech made by Luther
Martin, one of th-e delegates of the feder
al convention. The speech was made in
1788, before the Maryland Legislature
Air Martin, in common with the other ,
delegates from that State, were called
upon by the Legislature to give them in- -formation
in regutl to the proceedings of
the late convention. ; , . j
" By this same section," says Mr Mar-
tin, alluding to the constitutional clause, ' ;
"every State is prohibited from .laying . '
any imposts or duties oh imports or exr
ports, without the permission of the gen-,
eral government. It was urged by us,
that as almost all the sources of taxation
were given to Congress it would he but '
reasonable to leave to the States the power
of bringing revenue into their treasuries "
by laying a duty on exports if they should
think proper, which might he so light as
not to injure or discourage industry, and
yet might be productive of considerable
revenue. Also, that there might bz cases
in which it would be proper for the pur
pose of encourarin":' manufactures tu Ihv
j duties to prohibit the- exportation of the
idw material, and even in addition to the
duties laid by Congress on imports for
revenue to lava duty to discourage the
importation of particular articles into a :
; oiate, to enable th manufacturer here '
j to supply us on as good terms as they could
; be obtained from a foreign market. How
j ever, the most we could obtain was that'
j this power might be exercised by the States
with and only with the consent of Con
gress and subject to its control, &c.,
Here, then, we see that a portion of the
delegates iu convention asked simply for
the poor privilege ot taxing mainly their
own people to promote their own industry
(for we all know that a tax upon imports ,
falls mostly upon the consumer,) and that
privilege was withheld, without ,the limi
tations alluded to. "'
Was the protection of the manufacturing
industry of the States by the States them
selves, such a suicidal policy in the estima
tion of the framersof the federal Constitu
tion that Congress should tirst"revise,"and
then get the nett proceeds in the bargain ?
Certainly not. Whence then could such a
watchful and distrustful viirilance havn .-''
! ...1 a . i - - -
u.i.i.uicu t rrum no omer source man a
well founded apprehension that odious
discriminations might be made, whose ten-
dency was to alienate the feelings of the
citizens of one State from another, and;
thus estranged, that they would cease to be'
what they started out to be a band of
brothers. . , FED KB. . -
THE AMERICA.
The second boat, containing ten persons,
which we -reported as having left the I
wrecked steamer, a week ago last Thurs
day night, was picked up oft Cape Uatte
rasi, on the same night by the schooner
Star, from New York, bound to Washih"
ton N. C. The boat contained Capt.
tiroad well and nine men. - Thev all atriv-
en saie ac Washington,
containing six men instill
wi ingfon Commercial. -
' Another boat
missing. ff'it-
, Suddcn DfATH.Mr Jesse Gaylord.
of Bristol, a pall bearer at the funeral of
Mrs Johnson, while in the act of loerinsf
the 'corps into the grave, suddenly fell '
back and expired. He was forty-four -years
of age, and always been a remarka-,
ably healthy man. V'i'
, 'Fearful '; Death- Ilerr Keyninger,f aJ"',
wire performer, in attempting to walk j from -V-,
the tower of the capitol;fell and was killeji ,
at Baton Rouge f"La.) on 5th inst. ,
Peter says it is all folly to tell a man
that he must not enlarge his debts when L
the poor fellow is iloing all he can to ton-
racf them. . . t . l,.Ift.-
When is money damn? v Ans. Whet
money drti? in the inoroinf:. and tnht' aei
lenilictrte. , It ceases to fcs fcti n;cbt . ; ; , V- ' i.. .
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