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r Hout4o pubUsJi1s bticfly at follows t . ,; - j
These? tetters wce'noi; inallywjitteilot;
the Press but are nouthonzed;o.De pup.-.
.l' vi.. v. t t fv wf ire
th the preset tat of oiimirtr5ejevapera-
v vtThV optfttnofthe .ctwfinu.i.nea auinoronc
:Df frW of the CorfctHutHirvlIf nottbe
5- father of cinribt but carry with them great
ht- liaailciliDeratelv formedand now arffumiV!
r f k thcalm iihilophyS of-V9I retirement; from
v , ; 1 JW inflaencetl by anjr 'political tblaapilaSual-'
flk. fcJfjKiS!?- iyiS4 IkJtfciWttiriSSto
i Ubar ;.bi-r? a r late letter reminfls me
$f- our coXicrsatioii ort f ru? cpnatitutionaUtf
ofvthc powrin ConsreM to'imose a tariif
for it he ncjou rvgem rnt nfnianqVactur
res
had $4 P! ts It f fu 1 fi U t fig i 1 1 b v
friqnt
i feae noWa able sooner to- comply with
jor;ret -The
aabjfct ;ni2ht have been? advant3geouslj
leipandj but I leave. that tmproyeroeht
I to your owt refle'ctiotis and researches f
0 fhe Cop stit u tiun vts :in -Gimgttss;
fpfcVsljtC theoweVr to J a j a na i qnj I ec t
Itaxe duti iimpsfs and excises arid
V th' iwwer trt regulate trade. ; i
Tbat t bejfonner po wer, if not particolar-
.yxjyessepVwbu
v th latter as one t fhi nhiprf nF AJrrono1
p w er 1 jre gal at e trad e ;i ) o t n ecessa ri ly
impugjed t y .Uf being o eipre5seJ; Rx
ampies of Lhis cannot. snmetimes-be
mwj avoiaecViOtare to oe seen;elaewhere
in the Constitatiort f Thus the powir to
deffoe jnd buMih ghucrg againkt ihe lt
. pf oationvf Scl(letbe?powerlaferw-ards
i pruciuar( cxpreseu, to cnaKe; roles
i cdatenug captures, &c.Vfrom c.ffondi ng
he utra.ij i So so a '6 wer j j tff cti ti m.
n ey ' :ffou t .doub;! es a ih ctud jtli at of r e-
guK tibg'itJ yai u,' haa not t le laj teV po w-f
er been expressly inserted.-The term tax.
. es.
ihcl
. ahaH be: laid on exports, .&e-"( . Here th
two termSire ised as ynoyrnus.i And
u auuuici viauc, wnere:ii; is sani, " no
Stare shall layj anyimpost orfjloties Sic J"
" tiie terms tnj posts SL duties aire synonymous.
Ple uusms, tauolotesvaiit the promiscu
ou use of terms, and;' phrases, fdiff-ring in
Jtheir shadea otmeantrig, (at ways to beTexl
pounded wi b rfererice to the context and
"&nder th cpntrbl btltrie gf neil xdviracter
and. manifejit . scope of the instrument: irt
'fometimes, tithe purpose of greater cau
tion somfifnestdi tbe imjkrfextibns
laiiwiijjr, wutiiuuicumes 10 rne imperfec-
lion oi mart nimseii. ; mmw view nf thV
tasn?yitHeg
nerai3power to regulate trade
fDiHt.incim
e a, power
to impise duties oh
it. not to o
it it in1 a
clause; ennraeratinjr
' t!e several
iiiuucs wi revenue, autnprtseu
t tution. V In few! cssm could
by the Cin:
Vim mnt!,"
w i in more
claim to re beet.
or can it De mldrred, that a uowerl to
I
regulate trade does not, invol ve a power to
xax lU .irom Hie. distinction I made in the
. : t- . - r . . . . o i. - . i ... '
original corj trovers with Great-Britain,
fcetween a wer to regulate trade' with tVe
Colonies ad a Ipower to i 5 x them A
ipower to r -culnte trade. betWeen different
parw.oi tn
Empire, was confessed I v ne-
UM w a s.tuinirredto i ie- a ta r
as that was
the case, in ibeBitish Parlia
tne;.t ;Vthe
taxtnsf pnrt bei riff a tithed same
u it, u nepeasaniy tnnerot in ; the Colo-
Uial; JLegisM tares, SV sufficient, and the
oidy Mfe deposHoriebrthe ta
o- a:oi -iiJ r .,"l:VxI"6P?,r;
Ml""' fFinax tbeatfenpt atatv trr-f
lcrut an M'ct iax, rn tthe case voP the I
nramp Act, prouoced a radical examination
ef the subjeci before alnlation ntrade
V v? Wivenuc grown ibto an
fstabhshe4;teu
ragentent
ot t manmartUTPa
jn Great-Bri-
tam;
r: "
1 f : Tf 1 oi!f tofi lfVi n c o ti feci
5lh f,,J," r rel a t iVins tvep n G reat-
ami per ColofiiestwhiciWere of a
peculia cmj,lica,ed? and irt raf re-
Spects, of arfundefined characteiv:l It is a
-W. n of my p(rwmie to sketch the groomU of
;the cotifulef t opinion. I had expressed; that
if &ntin alone, would certain! rbkve
uded ilUtiesi iojoosts. and eTi.!; In
uther ciaiisfiit is aairl, ho lax fir "duties
. . ' ,t t.;-the m uin and a ' Im i tted ob"
ject ?or tne rarliamenfarvT r,Tnf;
trade w t;b t he- ColphUslC wahenii;
(llteswheth
Y C S tf? Mvbraes the dbiecFbf
UHJhW manufactures and products
bbiV f "?? affinnt ve mb t
Vltrad
1 Win tAF g .eeral hie of it
stj,rvMie, objpctstoWhieh t'
' i 'ii. ii ii . . ri-r"v.iicii uivinn-.nnif nnrniuir. ra i. fe .. j
2.VTbe ftower has been underatood and used
by all eommeretstAnd .iiiantifactorin.ifiatioTivs;
embracing the bbject of leiicbuwginglnanuc:
tores.' - It is oelieved that not a f ingle exception
canbe-named.' : - - '
. 3. ?This has been particularly the; case with
Great itritain,' whose commercial vocabulary is
the parent of ours A primary object of her com
mercial rcidations is well k no wa to have bVen
the protection and encouragement of Jer manu
fact uresi .' ; 5-, h '1 ! --5 -iPv-;
4.t Sue was understood to be a proper U9e of
xne power pj.vfie virmeu, orates most : prepared
for inannfacturing mdustry.vwhikt retaVnuiff the
potverYovcr torei tmde
5. : Such ar useof riurer r bv ContrrrM. ac-
eorrlsrVb h t h j;tent ion aod ex pecialion' of" th
ihrmsclyes t04he Oovernment of the tJj'Siateu
Th i jwa? em nhatlcallyl t he case lit tKettRasterhL
themo! eimaiHact uringilerhbeHofthetlonfedd
efcy!Afr ianguge,held in the Convention
5ifrMaSRcltiyetaVy;;o
.-.V IVf J
; nufartureB, thy - jit can byC art v a'utho
l ry in' theoBi Oon1edertroi Aealh, If
-to "preserve huh iwit Cbnmiercefo raisniie
rvalue of pur pjwn riaiids wc must give Con-
rreaajiqp9wers;itttiestloit- iiJ -4
opponent j -Si All w e h ear
Kand farmer wl flourish,
ana tradesman are 6
rcpuyj li ,tne upnstitu-
5':Tb.CQnyenrionofMassachui
on? ?h Ke w England whose debates have been
Pr;H.panhot doubted that "the
Renpraeut there expraWd was common' to" . the
other. States inhat uartcrm6re especiatlv 'tb
Connecticut and Rhod Isl mdhe fnost tliickly
peopled of all theStateSjland having, , of course,
then thoughts most turned to the subject of m v
mifacturesA like mterterehce may . be confi
cfently applied ,t Kewaerfiey whosecbates irt
.SSTion; have tnbt een' preserved. In the
populous and manufacturing;- State-: of. Pen nsy I
vatwa a partial account bnlv of the dehat K. .
ing ben pubfished, not'hinff certain Is known of
rfiut amble evidence
that regulations of trade, ftjr the encouragement
oi manufactures, were, considered as within the
power to be granted to ; the. new Congress, as
trell as within theiscohe of th Q;nni , .k
Pf MStatea south pf FenVisylvahia, the only two
wiusci conventions, tne debates have been
pf e$erved are Virginia ami Korth-Cardlina, and
from theae no adverse-infereucs an ho HMwn
Nor is there the slightest indicntion that either of
uic io aiajes iannest south, whose debates in
Convention, if preserved, have.not hrm:
public; viewed the encotp agenient oT m: nufac-
i ores,. as not within the g&ner power over trade
toj he' transferred to$ the Government of the
tftuted States, ;kv. -tv ' - -r--
vti. IfCbngreHS Kavernot the power- it is annVl
uiiHicu ior ine n.uiot) ; a policy Withoutexample
- "yu ami iioi wiinm iiie rrason,
of tne solitsiy one m ourjh.V The example
alluded to, i the prohibition of a tax on exp-ri,
which resulted from the anbarent ? imnntoiKilUv
4 f riismg, in that mpde a .revenue : from 'the
States, proportioned to the ability to pay it tJie
ability of some being derived, in a rreat, me
,u?.eJot fi,l,n their exports, but from their fish
eries;' from their freights, ml from commerce at
large, in some of its branches i aftogetheri cxter-
-nal to the United States the profits from all
wnien, oeing mvisiDie and- intangible, would es-
eape a tax, ou expurta:-- A tax on imports on the
other hand, being a tajt on consumption vhich
is in proportion ta the ability of the consumers,
whencesocver derived was free from that in
equality. . . -j- 'y(, 'r
7. If ret enue' be the able obiect 'of 'a legitimate
impost and the encouragement of domestic ar4
tick-sbe notyithin the poer of reulHtihgtradej
it., would f dlow that no monopolizing or unequal
reguUtions of foreigri nations could be "counter-
jscted t that,, neither the staple articles of sub-t
sistence, nor the esseniial implements for the
public safety could, under any circumstances
be insured or fostered at home, by reerulations of
commerce, the usual" and most convenient mode
of providing for bof b t and tliat theAmerican
navigation, though the source of naval defence.
ota cheapening. competition in carrying our val
uable and bulky articles to market, and of an in
dependent carriage of them during foreign wars,
when a foreign navigation mierht belwietvlrawn.
must be at price abandoned, or speedily des-i
iroyra rjieing cyiaeni mat a tonnage duty in
ioreign pons against our vessels, ana an exemp
tion from :such a, dutv in fvnr nf fJirifm1
I must have the inevitable effect of banishing nura
I rn uicowmh , t j -'.r.v'v' " ,
J To assume a cower to protect piir navigation
1 and tbejculUvatipn and tabricatien of all articles
j requisite for.the public safety, as incident to the
Utruction of the te'xt of tlie CUmsritution: thkn tn
I consider it as embraced yythc specified power
to refrulate trade a power-which has been ex'eri
cised by all nations for those purposes, and which
effects those purposes with less Aof 'interference
with the authority and con-eniency of the States,.
than micrht result from internal and direct mode
would beauthorizel,nB far as deemed unneces
sary and proper, by considering the power as
an; incidental power. O-. ''&i-X& ;
1: 8.-uThat the encouragement, pf manufactures,
was an object of the power!-tdVeeulate trade, is
proved by the use made; of the power 'for tha
object; in the first session, of the Fii-st Congress
under the Const" ution f Wheb among the mem-
present: wereso many who had been menv
'the: Constitution;' and of the: State Convent ons
classes consisting
ppbsed apd who had
Us acttiul form.-
printed proceedings
or ooncrressu mat occasion, inat me power was
m - T - " II .--a S"'" 2ft'
demedy any ofthemv :-
as WeU of the ahti federal :ajtuefedefal party,
the names
thenTdiStinuishingtth&sewho .had
opposed and those who hadip proved the"Con"
stidition, did not liesitate-toc propose duties and
to suggest even proioHiou in ravor :orf several
articles oi ne r, prouacuon. f isy .one a,"auty i was
proposed on minefal coal, in faVoriofthe Virgin
ia coal pits t by. a.notber, a iduty -on hemp ) was
proposed, to encourage the grbwtblofllwt arti
cle ; an'il by a thinv -a prohibition; even of "fo-
repn beef was suggested!, as a measure of 3bund
policy. -J l&eejsfoffrty jucbnte. ."'"'''; ,
:K';fuH
stlt ut "WpQwe; to protect a nd fos ter ma-.
noctures py regulations ot Trade, an rcvi-'
Bfbat pughf,;0fr itse Iftsetilhe
"ft" ithenifVrrYhU praetibat sapc-
Govern ment, for nei Hy farty.y ea rs'j with
ii-icondurrenceor;actquiescence jbrVeverv
Stai Go5ernmept,l-thrb
perib . a nd i t;m i ae4dd e d t hrobgh; a 1 1
the v icissi t u d esioTpa r ty which marked he
period.g?b nove),c6nstruction, however
miwusly devised or however respecta
ble a nd ba triotic its na t rbhsz ca n wif h tn.
.. . ... , . j ( . : . - . . nmiH(
:he weigtit of; such autlKritw?s. or th nn.
broken cbrreh t ;f iso probndvdV un
versatpra
""""".ffnriottttii
b J .WiVsntof hich iS the.impntatiBn ,rue iimoiighe Several SUIes fromufis Sin- fieh'doht.it , ?tut JW' KiJPv '
"'need, )?Poti1iJi5 MttW'KelaiJI F HVr K
mt'rrti.Naj; Mlfeisrs Sto ;i
B'
nost to le liefpi' fi.f a undlsafe
CTnrriff ofaofatsttulrnh' ainl
I r m .jn teyprcf ta tin by fa If the sd ccesiye
autn
I'ture; heated s it ma V be bv the strife of
..?rirric4'--i::pW
el orjuence or ca p t tvat Hig ai tf ress of a few
Pfar statesmen jfiiemsjerves, rhaps
infliiencetT bjhW sam
Iti the latter tet t toj prevail, everv new
I egisl att v e opi n ton rntgh t make a new Qon-
siitulion,; the foot of evkm pe W Chanv
vi tvyuiif .uiatve a new sianuara tt mea-
a n , a 1 1 e m p tvfia s beh m k d e J in a hiifrhlv res
pectabfeqaarjterat
a resoi nuon, ; Jor ina j 4 proposed in Con
gress, to subsiit ute, f(ijl t he po weFnf .Co h -
gtess to regulate tratlejsa as ,tb encourage
manuiactures, a power in the several States
1 iS w 1 1 h li he cbnste h t j of Ithatl body
t11" thtsxoed tent i dtlrivl firn a -rlatise
in uic tnin section or article hrst of. the
Constitution which sayl .HKo State shall;
'"Tt0-? ,7 n"hw "u napons or exports,
except ;wf)tihiiy be; abkoliltelyt necessary
for , execti ting its Ji ospection laws ;V and the
net produce f M dutiei; aid impostslaid
by any! St;iteo i -n partahd expjrts, shall
be or tlie ilse of te: iVeasiiry Vff.the lJni?-
ed b tatea; and a ll such iavvs shai 1 be b
ject to the revision &id :bntrol of the Con-
ares.v.t'
XS i 4 saj nothing of thp c(ear indications
ht ; the clajus-e 'was itetA'Sefixrbiereiio
proyidel for:exens.ihurred ;bjrrprtiiii
lar Sute, id their rrtispeciion laws,"and
ii suth improveincfit ajihey miht choose
to make in tbeir harbori and rivers,5 with
the Sanction 0f Congresslobjects to' which,
the reserved-; power has been applied, in
several instances, at the request of jVirgt
nirt and Georgia how coiuld it ever be ima ¬
gined that any State waild Wish to tax its
aw n t ra ti e for the e n ecu fag m e n t o f in a n A
ufactures, if possessed of the authority,. or
couldtn facr, do so, if wishing it ?. .
. A tux' on 1 m porta would be a tax on its
own consummion t and the net nrncppiU
emu", nccuruiiiK iu uie 1
ause, not into its
own 1 reasurj, put into t
e Treasury ofthe
wiuld tax itself
United States, the Stan
separately for the equal
ain of all the o-
ther states ; antf as fait as the manufac
tures, so encouraged, migh ti succeed in u I -
tiinatelyjincreasifigahe stock Untoarket,
and. lowerii the price by ' competition,
this advantage, also, procured at the -sole
expense of the SUte, would be common to
all the others. . . .
.But the very soggestibn of such ah ex
edient to any SUte, would! have an: air.bf
niockerj, when ifs eaycrtencerf iihprsctica
u 1 1 1 t . 1 9 in k e 11 1 n 10 vrew, . io n V yr n 0
. w k m tarn .-. a . a - i m. i . l..
recollects or recurS to. the
' - v .. .... ,-.,.v, . .,. ... ,. r.
I priodfwben the
s in the iritl
power over xomtnercewas
al btateS and; separate at tempts werefmadel
iu va, ui . vmrrisc rcinjiaic 11, neu De
- 4 i 1 1 : .... -
reform whiclii provided: Ifori suchwegula
tions
";. f
f To refer a ptaf e; I herejforeiiSoihe; exeri
cisevfa-noWer, as Yeservetl! to tier bv ih
Constitution, thejiinfssibiU
wliidv tvas ;aii inducement to adout the
Constitutionis of airnejdiatTdeviceSV
the last that ouffht to hp brnOwht fAwui
And what renders it them
j - ,M a! uu Ktiuimerce. as far
as it could beseparate
r.sfead
oi belonging tp the I reasary of the State
as previous to the Constitution, would beit
l iu tt..:. j wj! . i , i i . .
i be id a worse condition, utteA the adopt ioii
re, in.-refer
met tniP'iir. ne rnmn m y nv
1 i. ' f J . ; 1 .'" V e ' 'mm Si- f iv: t f ' . ' J
eci,..a taXrIor tne cdmmnA trem-ir 1
commbn alllthe States, Wiihob
natiufacrwre or product bh thr bwfi
r t a k e o f t h f r n n t n . lU V. t ivr, . : I
Of he impracticability, tfsebaratelrel
i a nous or- trao e, ami the resulting 'necessr.
more sensible f hanirglti;; J She was be.
cod i ngly among t he most earnest for grant"-
ng to Congress a poweraldegVaeatiLVie' 1
t .v;;fii.'.i.i'r.-...JliUL-3?l iv.-.( .i" 1
njlirnnibe irl leiltto furid. Joflntcrnal Imfxrerh?m ''SJhfSTS"'
bussed jadrtientoralfmen- n,n4ontd,"it ,
andlnr intjpniirehceiJHTlecid W'Sture, that tjie best mkiJi
rtties'n'der.:Jt.'.'x:dmmencii'm
brth;aTuricon ti nudlWjfa loilg i perrori,
tirougVth viirreH tfe n ;;)ittcai ycon
tes r $ ; or; t he opinio of eve rv new lieiris-
toiu,inai ,ine auerapts were not only; abor-j uey tnusrog, by; narrow waters and ter
rive, uur, oyuemonsirating lines merely ihetacil
ofvi?eneral and uniform Jrpoiilntio'MaJ;;A ( titious iiVtrndiYrrinn.. r.f...,.i.r ..ji
the onginai. impulse to the iconstitutionat would defeat eyervatteuintt revin
Ine n.f f I which Was a particU ar object i n " l of the general gbol. ."fci-:;
J adontingth Consfitution
iWeCtgressto'tnak 'A'W
declaration ;of cobsen t'toKSt!ate .tariff in - os(;CABEi4:Elq.
'lavorofBtatelmanufactures andthfr ber; r-rtiu 'r .'''-7
irivinty hif' f..;i it.. v .. . . t . ' . ' ' i 'i -y.T: i-1
V.I.W vi'mii iiiiuui laui iiilci cnu' trip imnrnVA. w i i? ine r mpasorfN ra me ipi .-ff.::!:-
vujcV wuiuore occasions man one in the Ueparted by thecort :.
y.rvT...s uiHierviirKisimivc eouncti it on thelI2tlt ihsUdeelaringrh the ftbiri- 'XRwrtflfiUlions.or ;tli6--.natuna.;ii
t TTitr : . -i-- r-'--. . -. .
purpose. - It; was s'jOP DerceWd; ho
m ? 4 a -, ij- r .'-r, . - , - ....-,- ........ i -;
tliatMhe'cbncurren
ncesa.r7;a'rj
IU
syuan
Penh
out
'Peiips
co"n'(jb
., mvov rvjs were u purceaeju ior . tne
raoirient by th it f the nofivnfin f? a.,.
wort on tne nnances
passage
fonts - a signal illustration
fse Jeomidl the
'rbf.kebariftemleas nurnbli
:ir leeftein? iTB ClPare cbvnlnstructel, aad ourhj.n :
AB-'ft t!'y8--qsiedvtuse:theirnfluepot. f ,4
raisevreyenue by fiutiesbniHijititb lfu. effect, and that a copy of; these ro '
Wts5ed bj inem mtti other bhaurielse - " I" :
pecatl of ?S1 ar lijttrjW.t5r- m- I
lesuhlened tBan iriyrmiak rSee Do: fe? Tc &&bbet, 1
f0riir8nv-j5 -SfiiteandoppQsedn.oi
tbelwan ot a edera tbutnendnt bj-arbpos,ti0; ;
jiieffee was that of?a GoSsV10?6 VnitJ If
sed on the part orMaryrand for a' unifor- tes a8 to. g1 e , Congress tht ngt " i '
mitjr ofrfrgulujibns ;6etweeiL&f&o1StatW WBaeini! j :
and'ConiiniinhPr upr UViA a. .vl-i-Mr-?-.-Sp.eikhtof Greenevsaidtliat th ;1
MeV" auu .ine. . concurreiice:o.. r!efi nf 1 !Vf -;v.?;.t.:' ."&tv r rrUft 5?
ia - was' atcotd nv- iiivitadrl n.
HyivariiacouldiShnffrAnM
eu-orKcthan Mrvlariify witlurtiH
ylvania nor Netv-Yrirlr wiihnf .ti.o u pdwerinf questtbn'HHefdenieti
rrbnr. if '11 .." O t . t ... 4 frivli'f':tV(f nrf oa mall nit 'Cnv V
"alMSdn 1 o,an(&: lreyer by:' the C?tv
vention ar Philadelphia in l78r and ;ihe
i 1
CbnsUtution which was the fruit tifti
- i . . .
nere. isa
lien; aji vrpr
iffiHltVfral
of coilecti ng, in cbntiuou 3 cbmmu
unities;
indifeel tixes wherfl not the same iri
by;.the?vtolenti.:wie
jna.M
hundred and fif(y-t and tlie number ahn,,.
co aione, to seventeen or eighteen hundrecli
mor than three hundred of J whm were
nKiiu cu uic ierriuie punisnment 01 the
t 1 lies ' n-
May i hot be regarded : as amonsr
courfet gte. such additional force to the
manr&obligati(vr-tof
"""j" ioue secures tneir peace, their safe
ty and their prosneritv I Ana it fr.in rl.a
m?r4 VvibMs and awl iil - consvauences of
Slfeigot
oiutiauiW, maw uiviueu' from each' i.tkf
. . , - ,;. . -7
?;jia'd:indirec
excisiejrso that whilst heiriexDmtitn
w,m,d be necessarily anil - vastly increased
bJIe,ew imatib5hey
oh land or other property, . (q arbitrary !as
esstents job iavisibJehdsabtb
odiotm tArin riAf.crtc C : -i
lliobserytba
tnyselftin wjiat has been said f b thV a
Kvtongressito tennbr
nucts by regulation uf ebmecefn ih
e xe rci se iof t h e do We r. t hev CrW'fVri;; t '
w.ic iu ineir consiiiuentswnosefiobt and
n is iii tiiat as in aMowiercaes Vfo
IXTR THE RE51STEh2
- ,. -wi.;:,- , -. . ': ;'; . .r ?
Auesdav last. as eivcn in the last Star.'
spj JJeficieqt anil inaccurateiliui
e,3r.
f re,T,4 Jo ln? Kevoluiianarrwar in stpatJiese funds in vain and Quixofi
tiat(coui)trjr, the taxes, were of very :dif- atteitwv4' " V
terent rates in the .different i Provinces j Mr.:fepaht of Craven was rpP6sed
par- ctiladthe tax on salt, which ; was thbpdment. ; 'He TconsidereoVit as
Ms. 10 . i miermr provinces, anUKlowin eyasinn ofthe questionvhich bht bb(
the maritime, and Jhe tax; bnTJt obacc Weti 1 jHe thottglit this course would ena
whuh was very h.gh ,n general, whilst H b!e Congress ; to buy up .the States- JIt
som, of the prov.nces thee of the arti- (topel Mat NorthtCarbLa,: hitherto
.T-V-r" oin& army 01 patrols.- srouldinot now appear as an?aDDlicaf t fo-
KK'rr.lV- ?K':vn& to'inesejJtates, j hat
IrieiR ceon'ranhirhl hiinna n;..u:.ir .1
0 i,3, " ." -'"vMipieu as
t,keJ vwll be by arti ficia I chi n nets if iiiti-ri
i viiuugiii proper io rsHomii. - xnev loi tow.
IB Thetnate nrlhs t la VoT vA Jfialf
ii to a, committee oi tpewnQie nous
Uavidknrk Pirr ih. r?hiij intt tho: 7?WAlt;Ar
1 exercise, or tne. s.inie; won d he.- :thi'ik "
5:a-od,banr)rifd:io'ik."iiK
- J - - -. - . . a "
ci
uut iwruicscuiaiivcs in j-unirress ' tip i
ruett nat tnerei are in:,reaiit j an j su rpfj
sncbiid Jj wpTilH tKe qperatibn of -la:taifTlathati
ptllitigtKat thil4eslatue Should' liav
feaiti iiexbniewild anflcWiiiaf;,;
If i'wit1 .uuuus;te?t jney sIioup
)dadisdn, and3 expressed
fftr those of i $om8(3mf
fJMr. ShobetVex
wtthfthe? amend injent of thelgentleiar
m lwrand opposed tb the amend
ra"ent of the gentleman from Caswell, (Mr
orov-iiiitts uiis, wouiu in i, reality eive tt
oonress-ipai uangerous
' ' T" ,1. 1
power oi whict
gent leme n complai Pefr.abVmoch
igMr eilbprn fexpresseti hinelf in fa
yor of thiarnenrlmen blithe gen
tIemanAjrom
Horih'-Carblina.a.iP the torigin a."
thirteettStates-rtUat ;wb '-Have edualh
ttmght,ehaye equally bled, and oiislv :
euallypharel the; public bounty- jju
ivhat isthe;tfact
are receiving miilions,-.we scarcely get a '
f.tlipirsanasv . . u . .
Mr; Miller thought that the amend men ;
of jthe-gentlemaa trom ;iienoir - steerei
CleaJ-of the Constitutional difficulty, ant
Cpibsaid hb
aniemlmelu 01,1
qupStibnehaUJ whi e i
wbbd! prpvembfjCT
of thetneasure; l itAvould alsQ prove U
obj eel ibhabl e to.itsoppon ents But ti sc
eritle (nen it Iwojufl d appea r at"b not to
mitSgad ..i ni .egrd i to aatlerj on .jiict
thsiera to entertainjomething li :f
iersiUibushprrbr ipy(
with the ge nil erba n ; from Green e i n con;
sidering me-II, States generaUy as oil tru j
.Verge
dt bankruptcy though thCisituV?
pf our own btate is sufficiently embaru
i
T
singl abd he read, as acounterpart to t
gehtl e mjans ta tern en t4 the foil awi ng r
sage Crbm the-late essae of 4he Pit'?
tlentV :':,
a '
.1
if l'he receipts bfthe.existing year, greater hv
nearly iwo mil lions ?nf ifoflarsthanrhd beervf"'
aUnr u-ith a orostvect "of menm foritiie "t-,
. I. I & V. . . A A v
ei en ;cnme rce tit t ne count r v
prtperirohi tihk jirnproying coMditi
hraUi'tfr departmenVs of lindus'ry 'it hoi
ion
JO:v
ofisicqnentf inceMem;the' exportation ,ctj ;!'
prxMhtC f:,de 'incrrase of its tonnagethat fft ''
datioit f j hVal strengtli as vWd' as ebmm y '
riches, teep'mg pace with the increase of V"'"
pierce tb-i.ic.ide'bt ahniiatly. ami rapid..
pfeasin-r, pn4er the application of Surplus t1 '
annual ainl wpid incrsingiithe pablK j
Veniie i 1eseryeatan equal value in cvep - j
ik'the (Jitlpnjrhrotiffh the; power 'of tra
prompt made by the Bank of the United
A:tfv.,.,- exnense or risk; to the rtktiori, and ,
ctirrencvmaintai tied in a healthful sUte Jbyi?
in
1 a
scsrvr tess abundant t the. receipts, of .W-ji.,v
h0rrspreRentirfg a large andgratifying exf'" -tver
thnse of theiiiar'iiiiwece,diwg. ti !.'
in a state o ' &
1
' - fesySrTl oauc tne -uon-