0 o ft ') II Mara Ia .... Ke. ..Hon, rdgl.,ini, especially i u ' VftT-L .l!!'1 . Jm til W.Uac of joqtality r!ucli Lai aa rpM)M U tit heart ol lh ciuica, tml which will U with lailtf tmri . a va . ' n t -ik. f (iiv JuiiN n i), Jr. fV()fi.'MVV..Nn.f. a w?m. k,i eaf HimV Mil fin on Ml U it.' win, it u , n whiter cAnouxiAXit mblitkrd onre week at too dollars per !. 'J-fitf. it .i. '. tA"u", yfi" run nt irre mn,uusi Of lit - iJUri and f fly tents, if paid (U'any oik. vii,M miihtit lie year. No Paper' "will li discontinued until otl arrtarae oft 5 tid, unlus et Ike Eilitor'iditrrrtio. It subscription will be rteeired fvf a leu r than one year. J failure to notify Ihr Mllar of with to dtseonnnue, one month Hrforr the trpita Htm of a year, will be eonsidrrrd at 1 " ww engagement. '. lf ptrson procuring tix snlernt sub ambers to i iMromuan, mail hare a ' veentk paper rraft'. Advertising it lh Mminl nit. AH lrtir addrtnri to Iht rjitormhJ It poil paid or thy trill n be attended t(h tyr TImsm Icrnw will bo ninctly aJlier. eJt. From ikt Raleigh Rcgitttr. ON OUR STATE CONSTITUTION JVC. . AII politrl pttWKt t tr! tn,in lJ"ri d fruni, ibo poil iHtij."DM ofRigku To thi Cmiu : la my ltl ewyt, I fhownl thnt lb" Prople l Nrib Candnu Di ver rlifillhCHimiiiwiir h Statu, wjIiti by. dirpct,.otn,4if ibn.nmli!wfi rvJiy bj)iiiK roiilrrreil u!h a power up xi the C'-'mrw or CuimuUiui of 178. Tim - Vaaiir.uxxuJ riled. brCiiUti), FrnkoU trt i-bcieA that Coogron n txit tiie Pro pr, lnfauM Cutign'M at the utiiuntt, were cl"tlii wiltino olh-r pr limn tn framt a Cuiutilutiuo, and ereit tliu lunilej puwir . never conferred by any fair 9Xfrnmta of lie public will and bH'aua the people were never allowed to vote fr accepting nr reiorlinc 111 L'onati(utii aa framed. er in tvatHuhing people, I have not a a governtnenl sailtnl and will iMlm puin. 1 know that it baa reaulted well : I Uilicve thai the leaders of that day were good- mm, and I am wire that luey acted tn.m the moat udiiiht 4nte.itiofi4. Obvi ; W aa they are to all who have read the ' vi liatry of laaea tiinca,' it wilf nut.be anuwi I to glanre al tome ollha uiilicutiici vnicii f ; wfafraj oaf liifhcr 111 1770- ditilcul tt wludixonatraiued ILuiulu jiurp w w "er.ftif tlie wke-of safety the raow of the C'luutry. All of ua know thu( iifthil day", !T. the(waneretwtyjwjrTtre ttHhe SlttterdeK imti-d a II hi"! and fortes : and the lut ter pirrtT Avoiitd ccrHnnhr bava opposed all pi ins for a new Government. The Tories . Were- no" cotitOTiblfr-WMHWtVr-iuair tin- Whigs would nave dcrcatftd by a plu- lality of vote una Conatiluti that could nave been " framed." United as were the "" ' IfAPi ajrainat the British Government, --JjeLit .could not be "txpettwl that perfect an,i a particular t-onatilulion. Ileaco '..'r.r ii wdTstratrstnUOVvuM'7.He iveeiwity ol pulting'a plan ol govennnent Ixlore the pnonle for their direct roe. Tofenvcf, the wa7 of luoepemlt-iice Imii jiHt lejan, arul it was indispenattbln to our ---r- etH-eene that there elioold be im doliiy iu funning regular plans of civil guveruiucnt None could have failed to perceive ihut de lay must end in anarchy an J aiuk the caunc - f America -Freedom ittiN. Carolina. Acting ukju tho maxim, that the safety ol thu wholn was n supreme taw, ami tmprii ed by the necessity that pased them, our fitlitTH in that vcneruble body did not stop to debate tlwir powers, but established ' vhat they haT lison only deputed lo frame" indeed, usurped the power to do eiilM. and relied upon the Tooplti lo ao qmWe in their dRtcnninotion. But here thv were obliged to provide against anoih 1 abirming apprclicusion. This very at tempt to usurp power wight stir the spirit of jealousy into open, hostility and ""fniigrrfeiriniTTiifl by a schism among the IrAigs. It seems Jto ma perfectly clear Jlhat the Convention j W this in their view in the. formation id nhe-BiltofKri'hU'' 'and the estaWishmenf WJlie "Constitution. KytriSTmrneaiaie IWincntKHi or the "Constitution" govern .inent was established and anarchy avoid ed by die aimullaneouspublicatioh of the JJili of Rights, the unlimited power of the People was acknowledged and intended to J)e (mYdo secure. - The former was accom Biwlated as near as it could be to tho old hubitu and prejudices of the people, while the Utter maintained the great principle ijfc!pukr,y aii?H!iou for example, in submission to an Mistins necessity and the old customs ol qTiaTTCpresemalt uueu -. towns, tha Bill of Uiiihlsexolicitly dcclar -ed -That all n-ilitical power, k,!!tedL'ji, : ;-" and loeriveii' from tho People only 1. f -r hat tlie prople of this State ousrht to liave 'the sole and exclusive right "of regolatiug Ilthn imeriml police arnF overinaent there. of . 'j. ThaM- tire . poople have rjiit lo ;. asam"bto together, to'consuh fir their com .. lutai t('ud,.t imtrucl their rtpftitnlatittt - and to apply to the Legislature for redress - t cJ their grievances; 18. ,That a frequent - "rfrorrew to fundHmental principles is at aoTiMf mruaor t preservrthe blwannp A Liberty." V:htfe theCwmfitution'pro t7.;, tided 6 tb tktiw UCMttaor Vi h w a lury Uun or Ubiv tt appret i'mw aa Mar kbUi In ilia M clmr trr of tiw , CuLuy iU U,U wf rtakla aa. euirj llif rtjta aiwl iinMHwl nu rrrictiian ua km powor nf ilia (wopl tUreartttr to ra uioa iinadekgaiwl iruat. Who aaa bo Iwfa dial llm rxmt wfHil.J Imrt ar(in;eT ed iu IIhi Criwiiiuliuo itlml Uh CiIII U Kiglita! riiejr apqm4 to fcOTII but nt la eiihor myly. Oih-r fomre oflhot (wiMiJirfion, nurtt l n;Miprd, and me r:ujua nu:h pnbaWr W ta tlitir crettlum, vrowins ut of a nimtiar neceaai y bH l!ii wimjIJ artm to bi uraiucrMiry, -ucii me -uiiTrmnio iy ibeir own act and br thrir own drcLrutium, in auUuuaa, ( vnmiiuwwi, H if aiaifJ. I l.tl "IB Or. dVr fu avoid dninhy mlrvi&i&h. 'A be 1 , : y , ... cimt in c( if thai a (ovcroiitit ahajld m entnlduliei in (iiia HiaM. Ikerrforr, wa lite n-pre M-ulafivef o( jb fwim?n of .Virth-Larolitu, dna d c. for framinea CMiiiiiiliin d d tlurc Ilial a guvtrnimut liall Ijo tstablitUd iu majuif t die aa fj. Iw." A rertirrencfl In (ha procitdinai of ibat body, will prove that thry fir pawed ike t.ntfitutm and wbtrquentla framed and ralin vi (he ISill iif Kighta. They did Dot fu upon tlie j-n-al principles of freeduro nd tlien proceed to oriaiiiza a eovero. incut IU( fb idd aeerd wilb (hem-bul ibey mum rather to have framed a Cmaii fuli'Jo Ifi'altwaa eiJie1ifTit DeMr f.r the nrewnl einerjenc eaiahliibud tlic general pruciph-a 1 poju. Far rijj1it."Th Coalifutiiii wai rnsJolo t-ftt tha prejuiticea "of umie tha Bill of I Kighti Waa aUoptrd to acure tha arquiea renca of oil. It mi ht well do it, for ft maintain the unlimited anverei nty of ih? Puilo and pnl no UhhJi on the majority right to refurm the f overnmcDt. It can not be amir to re.rtark in connexion wild vernmenl forlhe,7'6 ,,w tmvnUHi w'aa coi-tpM .i UeleKatea e k-cled from m Counitea and 7 Uiwnay Ujat bv a ml of lie Caveulioa it wne ordained that, in all nwntion bo. fora theut. each couuty aiionld have but en vote Wt foer r f ve Drlejatea and each. Town one vote m ita uoe Delegate. Tbia, acrvca to provtf,.low. much ..pt . lje priori plea of potmlar richt wh roncnled hit aake nf Mr!.inimiv,-7evi"wwm 1.1 1 t.. 11 . ' .v 3 ' ...... x imtm vniuiiceu uy iii'ir Tinea ine voire oi WUUrslen towiisof (lie State Bad the same wigUt in aeiUing the L'oustitu Ttl J! ff tba peopbi sevee CotmHeit A boMugh, which did hot probably cohtain !10 voters, counteracted the - wilt- f the largest county containing tkotttandi, -"Ki CPpt ppoo the grounds I have taken,' how jaball we assi4s4oaooHiii for ihalanagl: incrtrnnstency between the 19th aection of our bill of ' rights,! vtuch. doclarea - that all men have an nnatienabie right to wor ahip Almighty Uod according lo the die tatef thctr own eoriences," and the 3id aeclMtt of tUa d'aiatilution which es- etudes hien from iniblie trust on account of their religiuus'xreedf lofurnl nS if ybu can how elae, we are lo hnl a reason for articles already quoted from the Bill of rights wuich asaert tba unwuiled sover eignty, and the undoubted purity of the people, while the Constitution excludes them from electing any of their own Chief Officers T It cannot be denied, that the mnin object of tlie Convention of 1776, was to void anarchy nnd secure the right of self government to the iriiJc people. They could not have been indifferent to the first principle of tho revolution, that each one who endures a lull share of the public burdens, shall have an equal Voice in the lovyinj ot lanes. For this, ther were then waging battle to this, they had subscribed in the Declaration of In. dependence, and if it was not attained by the t institution, it was hot abandoned by that Instrument but only suspended to se cure the establishment of a popular gov ernment and aiterwnrds to reform tlioir lmperasyplaus-ofttdoa This experiment' of self government by the people- tnost -mtpprly ccewfeil,- and very soon after it, we bud the authors of the-tyomSiiutHHi ready to- extend As filty 'W 17lf7r""p'l"p''S'tiun was1 'made1 inf the Scnai 0 of North Carolina to raise a uiot select Committee who should consid er of and rejiorl what ultera(lMH were no-ce.-wary to lie made in the Constitution, so as to equalise representation, and econo- miae the expenses of the gorerninent and give stability to legislation, clearly indica tin;r that the first object was to be elE'c led by abolishing the Contf and Borouifh town system the nndjdimittisbin the number of members in the Assembly, and the last by making lb nieetings of the frequttaL StanJlMjsutlk of Inat acnaie was couipwwu f w vcijr mea,fbo had iStJ, members of the,.Cme. vention of 1776. arid they paased this res olutiorr witnoul any recorded dissent, ak though no other instance Car) be found.. in lhat day where, id an important measnre . . .1 r 1 . l it waa acted uiKin in the Legialature with J out a call fof AlfilMA tfoclTrwt it is, that this proposal was -rejected me House yl Communally a majority iif 6, Ml the fact is remarkable that only one mern- ber of that body who had been in theC()n - vention of 1770, Voted against it. Away th"ri witf) IbepletfW ftnit thif work of mir fathere te too aaend aud vuiicre&le 9 b? r-wmeaor iiaerrora and di fi-cla! Wfl iwt f'lk.wthniraurt,,,!, M ihiHUawrir. lal -"jf.w 11. iyn u aiiiw a enrtii lr eriaW 'rM-fi,r the f ittdimeiiTal btm cpl if publK jiHiea and frad.N F tha lrincipla etahlnM by tha Com-it U rn itaelf, by tnaUnj- the pLn of ovr gif crnnwiit ciiifirm to tkim. 1 Tha CofMlitulion. al it U. wta f.nnA bai(r to .void anarchy wa the ftuit tf I orpfdpWer- waacnr.ftiii1 d'ioj' ,Th P''d ' itultei aw 1hn- r"''! PaiMiIar riubu a '"! "ic ewriHH 1 1b Kfrftoa ho- 7 , 11 1 rmiirr 10 M wHiorej tl (HaU it baa o fJiw dffocts tbao aay akinilj i at. Tha authwra uf thi dwrU-r m i bad Ciulu ajd aoni iH-T Ma'ca, Uiry at KHipit iv (lira inrra, but nem pwju.ti' 1 "--i ' -wiijfr w hum ana cirtti'a I k. .1.. . . etancea, bava ftfani5ed, and the ri.b are nut tnte to their nifhu or u4 In tbeia; aoivea 11 mey 00 not demaml a Rtfurm. Having fmithej now tha vhort biatn j of our CoafitutMi wbkh I prorata-! i, and Ibenca altowo that I hare it aw autb rralauoetty about it aa ahould dvtt tu (f un eAanijinff its utquaJ and dclcfav parta, I ml1 procet-d o pnol out ba r,la mini Mm, and diaruaa Ilia Mceaniy .r K Prto ai will aa tW tuuda of ciJU tug i(; 1 muat boweirr defer Uwae (rata nmllera to another time and U futire My. . . . ' f XEX. Ala 23fd, 1831 Fmni IU ILiletVh Rr-.Uirr fOX Ob ft T A f K N3Tm?Tltrfr All political power is tested la and derlv. ed (Mm the ppltonjJBitlofRizUt. The prple stand aed of 4iet more than aruioenla. . Tha firmer art ao stnxir that abcu they one havaleea no ticed, they pretenl a case ot surb clear in juaiie Itwi argunietrfs iee.abTst mtsplae ed,f Very frequently, at aliments have fr'eh iUlto' u4 it I an ttiifashiiMiable now a-dy,io treaVa pirr' cal riieti'm with candour, that these arc received with jealouty, or met by atrrv impoaitioo upon the prejudices or i juiw re of the public, iir the point of dirile, have thereUn" taken the tnaiUe la rr pare a table r the Miputatim aud to,' fj tacit enunhftn ,-rth Ctrr ,'inf s-f ri"- ri weu 4 vout4 lav it bfh,m Vru ttaiirm.- I , . -. . i the fCkriul repf.rt of tlie last Crnjuj, and to Uie ataioaientnreparad at 4na Comptrua kHb ntFx'e and taid bPire'tbe aMehtMy ol 1 933..,. The soma art stated in round num bers lo iacilttaia calculatiutii and the Jiutt wnicn ware imposed ai tu Ireaaury, are exrtrfdfxi frorn the auvaint' of taies lie- ea u sel n y e" r m mlnMf "bTXTCSohrt General "KytAjC- Total of la 1 e paid into Treasury. . While pojmla- . lion, Counties, Trrellt -Washington Beaufort -Idet V owl 1,030 400 ibotf -' 600 -830. 700 400 650 .1,100 ; 800 . 700 4o0 700 - 600 400 '380 "1700 1650 1,000 1,100 970 -.700 6,300 Kiibeaonf -CruoDwickf CuluodMia .. Bludenf Currituckf Caihdeuf PasqucUuik, PorqiiiuMiui ( Jhow ait - - - atoo 3,000 4,300 800 4,500 5,000 4,300 8,000 4,400 400 U.800 4,900 , 4,200 Gateaf Carteretf Onslow f . Jonosf r Maconf lliiywoodf Leuoirt . Greenef Ilertfird Frniiklitl Nash 8,700 3.300 3.H0U 5,300 4,500 -6,400, ne 1,050 6,000 I,0W-7,OO0 r Johnston Person 6o0 0,400 Aloorof M UUpllll SamiwoB ) RichinofiJ BunciiuboJ DavidsoO -Surry Randolph Rockingham 1 , Anson ' Cutrrurv;.;v Mwitrtrefyr Wilkesf .... 9S0,. 9S0 - - 650 1,000 940 1,000 1,100 1,000 - " ft)0 6.700 7,000 -,ero 11.500 11;300 13,300 16,600 ,400 0,100 6 500 10,3.10 Sid?5 LiacdiL 2'0. 60j SleekUnburg 2,000 ,12,00 - -"2.300 16,000 R.nran ' 'st. . i,i ' -2,500 ;r::tr 1,400,: V. 1,400 : lr-wa 14,300 11,400 irie -'.; Burke! 14,0.)0 15.700 11,000 13,000 7,200 Guilfmi Rutherford .1 Stokes 7 vraoen ------ UtmbtrUni T Edgrli'mb (7ranpf - f Halifax' , Air Itmoter , ,.YorYAd;.Tpt, - 1.W0 -1,8009,000 2,000 - 7,"00 1,900 ' ".400 ,100 " B,00 . . 2.300 77 i'orrxa lVMI 4.5'KI t.il " ' flalknm Lnie , J.HiK) 10,1 IW) Tba Conira tnarted (j) are u.r no nm roerrtiKjin to iu rtrraita a aim aatHl ia thir Nrmhrti tmi and rM yood tba amount of their cet le the r arhnwnt. . v, ' ' ; " Tba ajereaaary evpeajar r rmr Plata Gwraavnt, aa they are stated ta the Comptrotb-rt Report art th1 " ' " t ro.itiffeortr, 4v a.ttif . Wrnfla tor SHIIing, Prmers SaUry, QfiZ3 Executive, State 4 Cmptro. er 'a Uepartntetils. Adjutant UetMittl, . Judiciary, Ordinary rare fine Is aboat ' Dtfirienry, Z . ' When ibe deoeral AemWv ailaltaiirer of cearae tlr ovficinnry ie increased, df if 11 mii tor a snorter period, toe same is dt- aiwn4iedr . ... . il ie-saJy-assnaMry Is awaken afkawfriMi to this labia to seen is Relorm. But, I will rewmrrhlrpa rt of titi ul Wr iai v "Ben ray. hi the mean time wift rna draw tbs atiotiia oT 'yJat Wother Tlil'rl t? thu Table and invite them lo publnb it lor the information of the peui4e lliev can not righlfuJIy claim tba credit Uhcin el Iher food or candid KJitocs, and yet with hold from tba people a knowledge 1 the burden thry endure and the wanner in which tbav are imwMMlr-- If aay ttme-aJ lowed it, f would aisle oat a copy of this Table and send it to each paper ta North mine 1 awe, are too stuobora ta be loo overcome by prejudice, if thry are ouce made known to tbe mass of the penoie. ON OUR STATE CONSTITUTION. .va r. Afl pt-Etki! Tr IrfWedirrwnddr -jivwl fron tlie- people , ely." QUI of wgmn - ..... . Ta. tka Editor t vhTLTZZZZ:. -r-Tke list -or table, which I fcrohbed yea io my last essay, m what I consider a necessary piece uf uiformatioa 10 the tem t - fl. : . jrr . . - .. . - 11 w nionnvin j 10 wi tone urn apamv which ia fell And tie. iyKirance which pre. aui about the renl comu.a of oar elate. mob u -r)eciawe ttndVntdus-aej morea woo navweieu ra iee tneassct. ty of Lerislatort are either ahainefally tgiwi iit, :onrtfmitttlty tnditxretit"tor lrer iinpeoJinf fate. Lot our reaJers aiuwer, eeeb ll.r .Unf, wtwrther'fflcyibadCot neglected all their life to learn what were lierwtwreaiid shaf the 'irprXtrtcf Ke'r eoveraioeiitl aod u adV bate thrown away in a spirit of iudoleoce, the atatemenl I have publrtheJ, Teiind'rt"of their patri' otiaro lo resume the power that conhuns it, and fulkiw me iu a ro vie W of those jutoter able evils that thia system of County rep-'- rescnlatioa has entailed upon nma-Cre limt- I do not new spesk of its gross in equality; 1 shall Dot now dwell upo ita practical injustice to particular portions of . B a at a . -I ' m Btaie 1 Here anuaeomj 10 inoseeyiM it has brought upon, and that certain nun which it threatens to. ALL the Ptopla to all sections. .... , .v .. 'V;. The State engaged in a Bank specula tiib abdut 1611 aud 1912; and if her re sjrce bed bose huvbandsd with a prudsiU economy, site might al this day have ooiui ted ofiV Trtcitury. A fund might bave beenaccamulated, equal or nearly equal to the noble enterprise of educating the. ms of tlie poorer Cii sens in the Stale Tkb kiW,;ha,ta with others, that a spirit of Slate pride and-patiwtnira almMrbav WigOBdefwa. All will soon kmw that the Treasu.7 Js exhaoted, but H e will stop loempiire bow it lf.p,f .1. - The lerttoneering-liny Vandidatft witt ascribe it to causes very f.wwign frohi the 1 trull. Some 1 wilt da so trom igttorance", ' other fron -a desire to find fault with Ineir competitow, ana not a (eW finder ihe iuiJueuca of both lboM mo tives. 1 "V ' ' i '. .' To arrive at the profit of tha Bank speculation, we must add together, all that the State ' has received M Dividends, Bottuaajud Tases, arilfe) the pewi-yahm of Stock, and deduct from it tb price of the Stock. The d.&reuceU. the profit For Dividend to 1632 SMiriepitltjia.ll m it- f iCo.ooo for tat jf 1 per ct. per anmiin 24o,ooo PreseuUstiuiaied vaJi'iiui"57orJoi Total ' 91,610100 Ded'.il7mShare Stock at lion per Share 712,7000 ," . I Leas 30a Shares gia en to the State to Cliaiicra 36,ooo ; J 9 All t.ra t1,6.3 The profits are nearly an milUtm ol dollar,) . Ftnca lfill, lbs aewrt re. 1 ceivea jntwMi oa Bank stirk, evoesds Aroourt rJ-eejved kif Itonns frrxs Banks of Cape t W . and Newfaern AasouBt rcsivx t I per cU tal froraaame ' Amount of funde bebwm n 30,eoo SlOrOoo - - the olata birkwiea in 1 vested in the 3 Banks in lrd,eiceedod 12-Vno Total . . - . - -1,201,000 The tfdinarjf reremiea alnee 1 ) 1 4, at an averavte of VOTr ouo per yiir.anMMMtt ta . i 7Joo The I'greple amount of these ' ' " . I make ao account for the monies re ceived for entry of Vacant lamia, fir they are appropriated try law to the Literarg I una t I aay aoUiuii ol Ui proceeds Imui sale of Public or Indian lands, Wauae tley are appropriated lo Internal Improve. ments, yet here is a r'veiiof or Two Ji- tiot fee lundrti fioaaasd ddlttri iA Up ward", ' J'" Now. le us see what ire the present resources of tha Slate. There are 7 1 27 Shares' of Kank alo k, and 8ou dollars, ie UfedtfekaraeU. UossVsmiU a 'dtaiA. ciatww tnlhe Work of 1 5 with a' debt due In the State Hark nf $h11lrsrfhr 9 in Kharee of the Stock, and with tba vim id fOUjOno unredeemed mury alea, which were issued lo pay for btuck, Via 1 . , 7H,7oe Deducting 1 4 eVpre i 1 Ml.SH4aUJO- I4rSM Bank Debt - e4.o. TresMiry Notes 9o,oon ' , ' ' Tbia leaves only flo4,1 Wb'ch la rs than half the Bank rofli. Tbs other haU is b?o logcihcr with $ l vJ.OTtt of the fbr.la invrstwi in the trmte; Hern has been a revenue off J.500,000 reduceJ i tl0(),lwii. lira million nf doltan and awre-tiavn -riktnt tr -tlt.-m. fives wuijrs and. fljwu. .a wnr,J!- After lMard.ru see oppressive , specula lim lit ihe UaiiM Jus turned out most pr.'iblaWy oa paper, tba purse uf. the : people lbs Treasury of the Slate' is as empty aa il wsjW tew beenr if-tlw- 35,ftOO,'-wned in 1 81 3 and 11 4, bad been put at simple iotaisst aiid tlMt iwsrsnt iMVeeleJ rgUMir ly as it became payable and the expenses iSfrfcfl government kid 4eW at the-aos lime limited to bsr erdtaary revsnue. will not undertake to show you in detail. rhemtintTtr which thlt reiult taa. bees brouiilil abvulv But I am concerned to kotrw that the evils whica rontributed in a great degree to produce it, are eot remek ffirdiTatid If ftcy kre bot speedily femivd they will entail great: iLisciuula on .the people. Tbia I proceed Id deinonstratn," . I.- Our accessary e xiiensea are jrreatcr than the ordinary revenues of tha ctile.. 3. Our failrML-A3ieii.!ty .is too nu- merous, and comtequently coats too much. 3. Our LegtiJatKiit M nnwhelesome, because Ihe members are loo much f tci ted by sectional party spirit and aaacuible together too often. " '.. . " fTQiOpi.rifjajrmninVly" an mnuence over our i'cepfe. , , . .. In tba discussion 4 these topics. abail be confined to narrow limits by the form ia which I muflf id irese ihroWlt you the people of this State 1 but the knits I crowd within lhat eompess, may be useful and profitable lo tliose who will renect en I hose subjects. . ; .7 -7' 7:77vit :f.. 1. 1 need nfler no psoot lo tuitaio mv first position with such as read tbeanliual report of the Treasurer. , That excellent MdttfJuiibJoff Reporf to Ihe Assembly, that " the ordiua ry revenue of lbs Stale .4- SAU-and that the amount aniHMlly expemted M Die nrcttmiry expsifs of Jho guvernmenf ex fiMfte ey wpeeifi ft- wpimtfmmvmmtrtt may be slated al au average of w5orw neamoir;er sys.-i-T The trdmary imUlic revenue of ibis Si.ije.liaS jiot, been adequate to tliia purpose fur- winy years' that for Ibo K-rf ten ycars this delect ba Varied "from 1 2,ouo to I7,ooo dollars annually. I reler you to the Report of the Committee of 1 loanro. iti Hie Iu.-4 A sembly, which re-iteratcd this etatemeut, 2. When our Citnstitutinn was adopted. the State was divided iuto 3dcaiities,and tne'Oe'riirrtf A'aeinl,y.-,wa iwrnpnyd of 114 nawiibers. tlie counties are nosv MvcLtatsJi9i)7nemt'i I.J ... P.I ...A n.nM Amcu.m. ihetirober of cjuntiea was greatly ui- creased, many yean ago, tlie exjwiwe nl" an Assembly did, not exceed .jmetin.c $14, adery 'rarely: tJo.ooaj but now. the accouuts H the Treasurer and Comptroller exhibit to ns an annual ea. p!U of Sloiw for..!be poy pj mentvri. sav nothing of printing and otner rowia- gencirs though the lattef makes no trilling isuni in our pub'ic accounts. , 1 ha vho'e uecessary extwii! of our GovcrniiKint used tjy,3vwJuMaUvrlof$,oto, Maii tnaa josy see who takea the lrl.le li examine 4 ao'ij'f t. Our fathers erre anti4i-d'i.. , " Uy. M.iny amtsig us pnfs to iri,r- ata their emwluci aa nHhhd wonky iuiir -imit,iti.o in ill Ihinjrs, tttd lbs people may bo a little curis ta know why,- m ikis reiect, any etcepiist ahould U made ly, lettrr.Assrmblies.Oor )ii!iers Ikotigbi 114 members of lite AasrmUy snfti it nl Iu . ( managf the aff.irs of f tale euro w Men urhainded by diiucel ee tiolevwa he -0 Utter day w Many amrf.g 0 pmwsa to believe that liey cSKJor led lbs kwtailiris '4 the peojde well, and saafieoce shvuld ' tenth as lhsl.it has rtl be n i pruderr-Jy- -snd pr(ie rmady managed since the i.oi- , ber 1 thf wfkia is iijcreserif Jtf" orrtv?oo. ' OurCukrr inruUaledfeis omy.io pubis) !(- a a piinripie y Ike lUpuldic, but .we Late diaregaid 4 il by our practice. , , . . t . . 3. Our Wyialattofl ts uiiahi,lesi. fwu - caue lbs Getwiral AMrtiblv ails .a i..1eo, aud ia excited by a sport X tvlMa par ty. W hat a fruitlul tbente ft.r (IWuViisj i here I A In I f-r Ihe b'joor and ytyt ity of th Siatethr is m4 BMt ebo has repreeenird Ihe peJple io 3 vrara, ' mat wi.j Dotcanrm lbl rbarge I and ibfw -is ao iseclsai of the Stale which kav av4 P It ita truth. The L f xlpiore nn pa. ' ee a Uw willwait tfiSn e. 1 l. r.l...n .J da etffia, from Jbe ciirhuliaitre thai VH tt,iljggai)nwimLa is43 Us sed-44.. may be fire Wakd Thi Irada i t yeteia) ef trptrtmrntt r lew prTik'tiy irpi. rmna fo the pubtm is every" sy.Tkf ail wail Ihe aneille ef J.no.ry, snd ths -acta ara . not Drinted . urut lUlrilxilaJ , thioughuut Ihe Ftale .r two twrfith 0er tha aifjisjrnmetit. -It lakes at leat three month or more ' tlie pr. (e to 'bsrn them, and by thia time, the aiumnl ib r. lions have rome sr ind and wbnl rk oe ba been alUded Sue a judgment lrrvpe -nence, upoe ihe snetty arl, s-isd. in if - ilteir servsnt ? tnileed. In some rrt . .v. 1 . . T' . is t nT r tt " T -i . . are hardly known, beinre aiioihrf bly hat Convened and mI ' probably rt . pnaled or changed lbs law.- CWlati is , . mlH be wniihn bumlred arjiiinenf, fit lAal.tbe JLegixIaiure pa:ii a iw 1.1 ii- sing a tine of on evrv n.l V l lull"' 1.1 r Li Colli I, . . i . .jiwd a Utturc aiiil ! uiu ! ...1 : led a lax. In (X toU r J, 1 I , rf IVpitrtiwtTmpflHed flint f ,t , vi Sheritls U" IhisMate, winch ' ie h i milled be tlie ht Aasemt'ly, lf,ut t.'.; SZrriJs AsJ id tiMnen lk lm l.f.-rt tl ma toe lata ta caatvlf tt-uA it, Y. y f. . quenlly tirO' I tKiutit bi;i)j.Vidiaw I us been repV-a'e, Irrfore a snt'icier.r fi.frie s J ; " " fiifieJtffTiistij ita,i w-iN e -o tiwr' queutlyliiii II leeii nicTole if "bJirii. - It "' citirena 16 be laved fmir diJtutt in il.e Jiiipe id 'jJ'arafa fres co t tu Jt?ni ' " ' lairyer hi ther the Gittetiil At 11 by Isd . -peneiltt4 "a h iliif wFevi'.u'i 't-t L7 7 lo it and Mf)rcpeak)d, and tv d jBidrvqu it;!y ... others liave involvf d theuisuUr n iu sen-us . . dimcultiea by tinlalinjra taw thry did n know of or by ieting.tapon 1 iiwiichl.a4.... been repeated wifliool IheiK kno Uu '."' la eonorxioo with this W.jecf, it eiil n"t be aniiVl6 a lit, (hst ly coiivening ll ', , ' AtMiplily lens freaoenilv fey Mire i. -rf Iwa years) Ibo people would save ! ii$' , every other year, or 2'yioo w-r 'aM'iim, , and thereby ,diminih the rx peaces t t lL " , Slate Governna ot ONE 1 Ol liTU at ine 7 iast. - L-nquestifebty, .tlie -lirtie of -tha ' - Asu.Uy is waited, their harmmy n dif , iurbed Iheir, judgments are wledr a.id . thetr j!iirioisni 'li'ethrotied hy sc ttiHinf party spirit. TSo great qur.iit uis ig0ur Jl'y broVi.lt bel"iolliat lvJy Wrth.t ; lioing iuierrupted by this dem.Mi of JiC'irJ. v It is tvlleartd unprofitable to epend our lime '- - ia IrncinJhe path of his adini;i!v, vt d ating put nieaiturea of critiiti;aiKu and : ri-criuiinalion' uiMtn tbe":etifiiiry, wfin fi per.'y haaeitcouraged hisappnaichor fs . tered hi tit"jl"he 4Cqiured over.mr-leiidatiun it now to . grcafitJiatHie iterverted vision. of ouf bvsi.' " - legislators s iiim-wKero be ouht not to' be s-en, end Vive themirlVea tu Us f"iw trot TPtreu hjee te ef t tie -thi -ero twwey chasetef. It.f,.iynorposeiAj' - Ic plainly, but 1 ttiean.no otii me to any.. , Lefaio giv iod a inl"re"nerkat;!e tu ' stance of ibis alurmiiiji evil." .-Tba Xr2i-- lalure ofi?l9 or.l;16 caikd tlie lunJi ; of tins State to be valued, and according to that aettmrnt they imposed the It, ad tax, Tbia asaessmeut ' was lodged with Ttttr CI!rk of tha "Cai.if .Ci Urfs. ' s id ' they "were directed to issue tt copy f toe ime "to'llioiw who receive' the Lit of Taes in the Counties for tlie.tr - g-ivrrl- hwntr ! ne tea -ties bee imposed- m ding lo that assessment erer tinrr.'. Vf accident .4"apnefrd -to" ha ve : s f ih t -that paper, ftntl the act of Awiob!v i - cbes me that the Land Ta i "ar V "i every doHar of the fame.". Now tne '- sdineot has put live lauds oi the Siate t fifty-l iur miltifHia j . - - - Thereflire the land tat impo sed Dy taw ia 7 , Wliilo tlie. return of tTie f - ills and the report" the Comptrollef will ahi w that the land t.ix coUtUtrd dues. . v 'tiut exceed " . ? : . $33,5.ei . .V
