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4 on: --' 1 a TO THE CITIZENS - ' r.'' ' 'r- v,rfi ThU'cannotbd thought a specimen of Ubcr Thirteenth Congresuoaal or eccaoroicS administration,; when fS. ' . ?' v-. . aroitvk. ' j jt j8 tnQWI tp bavo extended more tbart se? feibrxzra:n ttecircttle"" cntyraollars!for ereinntscf tirt ibat v a . . m a n i n atuaaat a-w . elect him. -V . :; ' r - IUtmagantasthisesUmatemay i&ea -y TT.'ir.- -r "7- VY u 't i. I n3 less beieh well sustained by the resu t ; for, v jc wu n. -"H"--, -v v-".-,- t - trf twtfUnd and n whole numbpf hi the United States, General it-- ..- :rf Wn fcrnidred ftnd thir- tfr Si Die ior wij wo ,1. - Prof tten tisl Wg ne ou" uu J rrr-- j " ,w-wvixuua.u, ;w .v . r k mnuiit tie -the issue w - . -n-4ii with Ttreciaiotu. r JXianT ubuib 1 iizs ureaar cosi us more man iwemr mil ! !Atinn. tnen ncnauos,'0"' L". r nrf nntittindiiKr (uiin minsi me uutct u-1 ugos w uuuara. now djucb i.iswr I son andMr. Van ftireji. ui, juug.ug "wu ment are known to exist, but the amount ot J amount will be, when all outsUnding claims t h evidence efoteailhat time, and from . ntA im artained until tney shall shall hare been settled, nobody can tell. f fcduld be placedi-lbeUeyea it probable Uat of treasury himself must be at fault thatihe whole '.ebsf of the ww. will M q Gen: Harrison.weuld get one hundred of the cJn this gubjett, because Jie , has furbished, to to fortj rmllionsf dnllarsS,v I Electoral -yotes more than were required U ' dition which to predicate aby The 1UITUVU aV IIVU . . . ty-fodr and Mr Tan Buren only sixty: The following SiatestedM wit ; Maine ilO, Vermont 7,: Massacltosetts 14, . Rhode Island 4. Connecticut 8, New York 423eW Jersey 8, Pennsylvania 30, Delaware 3, Maryland 10, North tJarplina 15, Georgia ,11, MTssraippi 4; LouisiMi 8,Tennesseel5, Kentucky itsran 3 : .in all 234, as above stated. On the other handMr. Van Buren receiv ed the-votes of the .following States," to wit t New Hampshire 7, Virginia 23, South Car olina tt? Alabama 7 llUnoia f 5fMissoirrif4 and Arkansas 3 1-making" an aggregate of ' only 60. - ! : . - . "' --' It will be observed that ueneraniamsou majority over Mr. Van Buren is one hundred w . , ... i and seventy-four. t. w r-rf i three to one ; that of tne twenty-six ocaies which compose our Union, General Harrison hs received the vote of nineteen, and Mr. Van Buren the' vote of . only seven, which is .. likewise nearly three to one. , , The popular rote was scarcely les3 decis ive ia favor of General Harrison, for he bb taindraf;maorityer; Mri VanBaren of nearly one hundred and fifty thousand.' The Weal Stale of New York, in which Mr. Van Buren resides,; : votedvagairist him, - and gave a majority for Harrison pf more.than thirteen thousand lile the State of Ohio, in which Gen. Harrison resides, , voted for him iu op- , position to MrvVan Biren by a majority of more.' -than "twentj-three thousand. -It has never before occuiisd I believe, in the his- tory cf cur country that a candidate for the Presidency was rejected by the people of his own State, as Mr. Van Buren has been by New! York. r It : proves on one "hajid the great merit of General Harrison in the esti- mation of the people, and nn the other the striking demerit of Mr. Van Buren. It also illustrates in . the most conspicuous and for cible jnanner. "the intelligence, virtue, and " . m - d ' w cases duce country they did them.' Such instances of exclusive, devotion to the public good rarely occuiy and .they must, through all time ito come eminently redound to jthe character of that State. The votes for President and Vice. Presi dent-were counted on Wednesday last; the 10th instant, in presence of both Houses of Congress, and the result nfiieially ascertain ed to be as above stated. ThHS has ended, fellow-citizens; this great and agitating con test,, this struggle between the people or phe hapd, and Bxecutive power on the other. In no country ,x or age of the world, has any spectacle been: 'seen like thatxhibited in the! United States durinjrthe last year Con ventions and .other meetings of the People, numbertng frotn five to seventy-five thousand, were held Jn every State, and almost in eve ry neighbourhood.! At these meetings, the measures pursued by Mr. Van Bpren were , fully and freely discussed, and the judgment against him must, therefore, be considered as the ' most.decisive, the most' mature' and deliberate ever pronounced by the people of the United States in any similar case. : Ahother remarkable characteristic of these meetings is, that in no instance was there anJming'-lierrw proceeding - from the Whig party, but a due observance of the law was manifested at all , times.. . If 4an distirbahcei(did exist, fhey were justly and distihettf' iraceable so far as I am in-i- formed to the conduct of die Van Buren par ijj who :bn some occasions.-seemed anxious to.restrain the people from the exercise of theif right to assemble peaceably together, and to discuss matters of public concernment. But to the lasting honor and renown of our free Institutions, the People, notwithstand ing these impediments, have obtained a glo rious triumph, '-and in the most signal man ner bavcr rebukedVMr. Van Buren as the au thor of the mischief, tnisrule and oppression withi which we have, been laboring for years past. ;;Neyer fr any candidate for the Pre sidency so badly beaten, nor did any onede- serve to pe so ocaien. Txor, in wnateverai- not grossly abused, and to require the most searEhVgWutiny.the most thorough reform. It hasWolW stated tonjllowclt. izens, that the Van Buren party,' before they eame inw power, con of twelve or thirteen milhocj a tear un imilliocijeariinder. . -4 - .i - - - O r " " iPB vnsn rtsriwn unr thiwaam m;ii; , ave increased ttto about threet times that wm VVU : lllliilUlliM -i Uiw T -wwuuw ;"V'fjise oi tne toree uureos administration; , Jias amounted to the enormous sum of-one W?a ? . T11 ? ?andred andtixthoasandnine hundred and sixty dol- average expense ?per year has Mdlbrty-fiye Aoosand ji w-.wu. -.w.-6 f::m Vi? hundred and thirtv-seren dollars: the aver. u-Ji- j .f t cfurteen thousand ond " M" uu , ten; dollars ?,the average per day, has been : on i nuaored and 4wo thousand and twenty fomness-pf the people of ve admiring its varied excellencies, become the rfly, at such time and in such quantities as of the blandishments usually applied in such nd adv converts to its theory. will suit his own convenience, of which he , noppe&3 w ouib puuc, kuu iu- i m.a.. C j v u. j.wnAl I .1. them to teg their duty to the rtolo .llaLM, . w u.b iotuw muiuw wuu. tt4o . A r.m;. if rSffhtlw uv s iviivi v ww-. , - : 1 ka hnAhost ott.ll- I J "r ' .uxMrn uv'1iAtir. hahp T nnv tWfl :hlinre md fifty dollars. and a - i a . a aw a. i s.a.a..aa. ' r- t u a v a w w- What the expenditure w'H 1)? duij estimate of tbebrobable aniountof butstandln Silence in mis rcspcci, iuj i tn . , - likel-10 be sotneaithat rCd tne amount was iixeiy 10 ue s policf suggested the propriety of . r , , -r ;v 3 ., ' 7 , 3 r concealing J v - I v Bdt whatever mav be the amount of exnen- diture forlhe last year of IMr. Van Buren'a mittee of Ways and Means, authorixing an administratiott, eyery one must admit that for other issue of Treasury notes, amounting to the three first rears it was most enormous, five millions of dollars. ? It must be obvious and exceeded all the bounds of reason or pro I r.;o .lM.ithoi HfrVan Biirenl nor anv 1 "l"; iV tilt one of his party, his yet satisfactorily ex- more than one hun-1 died and eleven millions of dollars have been expended during the first three years of his ndminiRtnttion. Snrelv. then, thev! could not! expect that the people would regard with ap .mint distrefiahcv between their precepts and , their example between what they 1 nreached before thev came into power, and l vB7 wtzMw v nvv nmri itff i m ir w ai ai , iuui; ass i DeoDieieftun their capacity for self-gov- diiH tin aitontivn tn thAir nnrn in. terMta. thev will demand consistency in the i onndnr.i of their nuhlic servants, and Will not I fail to distrust those who makeair promises, but" afterwards violate them. I No doubt this inconsistency of the Van Buren party, this "want of good faith in redeeming their pledg es, was one main cause of their overthrow in the late elections ; and their fate will be a useful and salutary warning to all others who may hereafter be employed in administering the Government. The various arunces oi double-dealing, of saying one thing and db- in another, will henceforth. I trust, be ban- ished from the land- and never again be re- lied on, by any party, as means of support ; but honesty of purpose in all things, and a plain, open, and direct course inhe execn- tion of that purpose, will be required of ery one' who may aspire' to the affections and confidence of the people. When this shall be known as the law of public opinion, which the people themselves will enforce, and from which thev will allow no departure, then will our republican Government shine forth to the world in all its brilliancy and beauty ; tnen t improved gence. ' v On the subject of expenditures much mis apprehension has existed. The Van Buren party, always dexterous in making excuses to exonerate themselves, have attempted to throw the responsibility upon the.Whigs. But, fellow-citbens, you know very well that the Whigs have been in the minority, and cannot, therefore, in any view of the case, be held accountable for the measures of extrav agance of which we hare complained. . Can the stronger party govern the weaker, or the weaker the stronger!, Why certainly-the stronger must govern the weaker; and the Van Buren party having been the stronger, it follows necessarily that they are responsi ble.' , Take for example the following case 'in the city of New York, thefe were em ployed during a former administration, for the purpose of collecting the revenue, about one hundred and fifty officers of every de scription, who received for their compensa tion an aggregate sum of about one hundred and fifty 'thousand dollars. Both the num ber of officers and the amount of compensa tion were condemned by the Van Buren par ty as being entirely too great.!! But since they came into power they have, increased the number of officers to about five hundred, and the aggregate compensation to about 500,000 dollars. Now, I ask, in all sober ness and truth, who is answerable for this doubling, nay trebling, the. number of offi cers and the amount of their compensation 1 Most unquestionably the' VanBuren party, because they have had complete and abso lutcontrol over the whole matter For all thesVofficers and agents have been appoint ed, and permitted to remain in service, either by the President himself, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the Collector of the port of New York, and consequently they must be held responsible for every cent of the in creased expenditure. This case is present- tn vr.ii go a .-mnln nnT.o. AA'Ato;n ii " .CI ?&ZZ::V2 irn?. -- l wu -,ai "-"- "u uc "u,u V. mit th.l9ncnomou? extf?te 10 fjf Hi ?n? t but no friend of his ever will contend that he and T .t-rT:"1'"1' i -j . w- w - - t w Kf4nrll r fhA VaittlaA - I ... . .... , - I J In disbursingpr paying nit the revenue, tas wen as in ponecung. 11, mere nas been l mucn conauci wnicn requires investigation. It has been said,, on authority entitled to credit, that." the cost of building the Obib ship of the line,was twp hundred and nine- ty-fourj thousand and forty-two,aoIIars-l nd "Ar rea anumiv-nveaoaa rs nearly inrce limes "4mnch as the ilding Seyeral 1 fttli Zr, UnA riA M7.7:cry -r: "'."r."' i ui oia nnQin.regara tome uniosuinot tne ecrrgreat nc ligence and ahuse if. not fraud and necnla. ' in me uisDurscment or the.puDl'T mo :t-" l.lUIUrUVCU, 0 UVUUUUC VI uneuvoi .uus- I uu : t "What fia lippn fiiidiit th TrrasnTV ttary DepartmentsVia' equally true,' I believe, of the other departments.- The War Department. .in particular,; it is bought, abounds in cases of abuse and violations if lawfirhicn 'wotrld astpnishlthnationv hmt l w a w w iuuai a sat the enormous expense of carrfingon thew fofofmed Consritt .that the retenue Torlhis year nuuiu yctucicui w iu - "v nenditures. and leaVe a surnlus in theTrea- sury on the first of January next, nut soon after this communication was received, a bill was introduced by the chairman of the Com- that if the revenue was sufficient, there could he no necessity for Treasury notes, and con sequently that the measure proposed was noi in strict " accordance with the information previously given by the Department. But inconsistent and contradiclory a it was, Congress was constrained to pass the bill, because the public service should not be al- iect.' it did not appear that any other mea sure.cudd be adopted so as to afford, in due time': the necessary relief; A duty on wines niiu miiks iiiiuui lcu a a wlai w United States, I am ready to vote for at any mnmn. ni snail no so ii uiai oroDQSiuun can be, meted on before the end of the Ses sion i bnt the revenue - to be derived from that source-could not be rendered.aitrailahje soon-enough to meet the pressing: wahts o the Treasurv. I Another alternative Waatp borrow money : but this again could tiot be done in such time, and upon such terms, as to render it preferable to an issue of Trea sury notes In regard to a tax, of which some politicians spoke favorably at a former Session, 1 take this occasion to say, that I am totally opposed to it. This species of tax ainavs presses upon the people with more grievous weight than any other kind of public burden whatsoever. If land be taxed, the fanners and planters are compelled to pay the amount of the levy, although their crops may have failed, and they may be destitute of the means to discharge their ob- ligations. They have no, option or choice in the matter, but pay they must at all hat' ards. It is not so, however, with a duty on imported goods, and especially with a duty on wines and silks, which -are articles of luxury, and may be dispensed witn. -it any sole judge. The payment is also gen made so as to suit the interest of both parties that is, of the buyer and seller hence it is that a duty on imported goods, or in. other words, a tax on consumptions, causes so little oppression and is so easily paid. No system or. scheme of direct tax should therefore be resorted to in a free country, so long as an adequate supply of re venue can be raised by a duty on imported goods. According to the latter, the payment is always voluntary ; but, according to the former, it is compulsory ; and if there werd no other difference, this alone would render the latter infinitely preferable. j'A hue and cry has been raised against a tariff, which is held up as a great bugbear to frighten the people of the Southern States I am persuaded, however, you will not con cur in this; for what, let me ask, is a tariff? It! is simply; a regulation of commerce, a mere rate of duties, which the law declares shall be imposed on all foreign goods brought into the United States. Whether the duty be higher or lower whether it be -five, ten, or! twenty per cent.- amounts to nothing in that aspect of the case ; for such a regula tioa of commerce has always existed. What is called a protective tariff is the only mea sure to which there can be any objection, and against this I have uniformly voted. But a tax or duty on wines and silks, for the pur pose of revenue, cannot be regarded by any one in bis. sober senses as a " protective ta riff." The only wonder is, that these arti cles should have been exempted from duty at any time.! But as the Treasury is empty, and as it must be supplied from some quar ter,! shall vote for a duty on wines and silks whenever the question is made, rather than resort to any other mode of raising revenue, such as a tax on lands, or an excise of any description I In connexion with the subject of revenue, it is proper to mention that the disordered state of our circulating medium still contin wt i r v.w.u.i,c. uo Y money of one State will riot answer the nur I fWTiQA Ai mnriPV in a nnthAr Slain a1 now be evident that the experiments made on the subject of the currency by Mr. Van Buren, apd his predecessor, have resulted in disaster and rum to the whole nation. At the time these experiments commenced, no people on earth were ever so signally bles sed as we were with a circulating medium, of jiniversal credit, at homeland abroad. ut. they thousht proper to break in uoor, , - - m inH ISIH rignitl VB7.ftH.rt A nanr aWawm purpose, aid afford ethu greater facilities, to exchange than the -Bank of the United States. In a short time, however, the pet or State Bank svstera which thev had intrn- dut?ed blew upand scattered desolation iar andVide through the lanifcien we were told that the Sub-Treasurv svstem fwhich edy aU the evil. twTi-T.iSS: lea exDerimpnt. -i..f.i Jdo we now see TneuDreW 44t- , v ouo-xreasury nas we now see? The 6ub-Ti nin practical Operation for rs, and our monetarv rnncp . '? pnwueai operation ibr -ahout five t vears. and our mftn.a, s..-j - of being tjnended, bave been growing worse ana worse every day. After so jnuch sad capenence, u was to be hoped the Van Bu fthkntleri thftlf rainO"snrorfcontroyei8nt6vwitf"L... btirnintf ,rf; the iects, and woui: 2turfl, at last, to the plan I of a iianlc of Up, unuea oiaxes nrsi aaopi ed by Washington.in -1701; and then re-a- dopted by Madison in 1816. The authority mtn lift -WaslirmTton and Madt- ion oght to oVercnmeall cec ..o. ,t;WK t.v haf nntsrnvpd and ranci l tioned. and especially when ? that Imeasure I was found, by experience, tor Conduce.UBi- verstaHy tojftne 4 prospemy ana nappiness oi the people But the van uuren party nave wnnted the wisdom or magnanimity to do this, and, at the present Session, have obsti nately refused to repeaJihat odious ..jrd de; structivo Sub-Treasury system .which, has caused to much evil in .the land.' In. short, fellow-citizens, it is my deliberate opinion that the money or circulating medium of country for years past must then be deci the country never van be, and Wr will be? ded.The question of the public lands, in restored to a sound and healthy condition, Ullill W 0,mSIM ' " mo AO Kirch ft itso 1 iuitUc tit ttifi urn- i ted States. You know I have entertained this opinion from the Urst moment l entered into public life, as member of the Assem- J . aft . W . VI bly, from the-county of Surry, and have -ex-nrpsed it lii voti times -without ntrmbetW I have said, over and over! again, iniyour pre sence, that all the schemes proposed by the Van Burei party, forjnanaging ou finances, would be temporary and delusive ? that they would ultimately fail ; and we should be driven, at last, to establish another Bank of the United States. With a bank of that kind, we have always been prosperous j but without it, we have progressed ! rapidly to ruin Why, then, 1 would ask, must we still suffer morel Why lmhst we bear a greater load of injury and oppression before wn ran rnmala bur senses, and be prepared to establish a Bank of the United States 7 HI COWUlu,vwwia -'' : The nniversal desolation which has been spreading over the country since 1837, ought to be suhlcient to teach us that such an in- Htitution is necessary and proper r and one rtf th rrateat benefits I anticipated from the defeat of Mr. Van Burenland the elec- tion of General Harrison, was therestablish- ment of a National Bank, and the Restoration of the currency, by that means; lo a condi- ion of sound and uniform value. General Harrison will not come into office till the 4th of next month. ( March.) and at that time, also, the present Congress will expire AH our hopes of relief during Mr. Van Bu ren's term of service are therefore vain and illusory, and we must look alone: to General Harrison for those substantial benefits which, 1 doubt not. his administration will abun dantly afford to the whole country. 9 Another momentous question, to be deci ded during General Harrison s administra tion, relates to a proper disposition of the publiclands.:' Thequestionjif the currency is not ntorefmportant than thisone in regard to theJands; for the new -States are urging claims which are wholly repugnant to the rights and interests of the old States. Bills for granting pre-emptions, and graduating the price of lands, have again been submit ted to Congress, but have not as yet been finally acted on. It is to bewhoped they will not pass at this Session, but will be postpon ed till the next, when more good faith and a greater sense of justice will prevail. The Van Buren party have generally favored the exclusive pretensions of the new States, while the Whig party have advocated aeon trary doctrine, and maintained that the old States bave as much right as the new States to this immense fund of national wealth. The whole quantity .of public lands, inclu Lding that to which the Indian title has not been extinguished, is about one thousand millions of acres, which, at the minimum price, would be worth one thousand two hundred and fifty millions of dollars. If North Carolina, for , the present time, and the time to comeV could have her share of this immense fund of national "wealth, what incalculable benefits and advantages would be derived frorn it! ..The railroad could be extended from Raleigh, by Salem or Salis bury, tothe western extremity of the State. Then another road, from ftaleigh to Payette- ville, and so on, till every section of the State was benefited by these improvements. At the same time, schools could be estab lished in every neighborhood ; and after all this had been done, we should, have money in the Treasury to support the State Govern ment of North Carolina, without any tax upon the people. If we therefore want rail roads ; if we wish for schools ; if we desire our own State Government to be supported without taxing the people, let us never cotfc sent to give up our share of the public lands- It is very surprising, to see some members from the old States co-operating with the new States, and advocating measures which tend to impair the value of the public do main. !-'. The United States are at peace with all tbe civilized world. But the I controversy with England in relation to our North-East-ern boundary is of a very delicate nature, and is regarded by some as likely to pro duce, in the end, a rupture between the two countries. Such a result is much to be de precated, and should be avoided by every means in our power consistent with the hon or of the nation. At any time war is a most dreadful scourge, and ought never to be un dertaken except in vindication of our rights. A good cause inspires the hearts and strength ens the arms of any people ; and thus ac coutred, so to speak, they will Jefer be) Jn vincible. But even fox just cause a war should not be commenced till every- expe dient for the preservation of peace has been fried ; add I -hayc entire confidence that Genieral&inspDy'tohoth, under the Con stitution, the. management of bur foreign affairs is to be entrusted,, will -conduct all the negotiations upon that principle. The United States! and England have greater in ducemen ts to remain at peace than any otner two countries on the face of thi crlnho. Our tra3e is vastly important to them, and their trade, vastly important to us; and hence no war could arise between us if both are equally disposed to do justice.; , is per fectly clear that the United States are dispo sed to do tbem justice,briwelaim onlr (0 the boundarjr ltne'-f agreed upon at the close of the evolntinarjwar. T) that boqridary weiiaTC alright iol!gStwhenit shall it be ascertained by Vex survey. Bui in relation to oUicr points in Steamboat Caroline and Mhe' rapri: Jraent rm mciww-j u"u ". r , not certain tnat me comiuci oiiur. ra the frontier feas been, exactly 4hafrhtsh tha dutieof neutrality required ot the. howejrerthe mate ir rnzv" ba fcxDlained neteaiUr to the mu- tual satistaction ot doib jru, uk. 1 war between two greatationnf ii not be allowed to take place in . consequence or ir regularities attnbutahle rto tne ciuxeua t suDjects on euuer ww ; ...,. y . It will not have escaped your auemron, fellow-citizens, that the next Congress will be as important as anv that has; ever Deen assembled in';the United States-: All 's the rreai fruestions' which f baVe agitated -the my judgment, ciaims prgw;. ; otner. ana 11 11 is not aisuuscu ui uuuwg -.u " W . , , J " net togressti tfie id states may surrender - 1 . . aaaa. 'aaaaat H. . a M, if Af akB a V nfllH an nope oi juwr. Afterft&e nexChilssghe new States will . Wt an inrrreaeaed number of members ac Aordinff to the cedsus of 1840, and if we do & ma-s7 ii 1 1 1 1 naTmrwr iiiriiiiiRiSK 01. not obtain our rights before tneincrease pi quently to i that eyent TlNextJii ihipoftance ronrpspntation. we cannot wmwi to the Question concerning tnepupnc-ianu is the nuestion of establishing a Bank nf the United States, and a treformatibriifof the rencv : then the' question of revising the ta riff, arid proyidmg a r sumcient , reveirae meet the wants of thelaiifiof lessen ing the expenditures; ofove' i n trod nr.intr a. wise and. -wholesome econo- mv : of examinini? thoroughly into the con duct of all nublic officers, and punishing frauds and defalcations ; the question o pre- - . ; . - k- LJj serving peace with foreigiinations, DyMdomg justice to them, and requiring them to do us justice these, and many more which might be mentioned; wilt be important subjects I of deliberation before the nfext Congress It is evident, then, that high and respon- sibledutics will devolve upon the ne$ Congress, which, if rightly discharged, must I conduce to the lasting prosperity and nappi- uess ofthe country. But if these duties are not well and faithfully performed, disaster and ruin must ensue, in a far greater degree than has ever before been experienced. Xou turned out Mr. van Duren, ana eieci. ed General Harrison, for the purpose of re dressing the wrongs and remedying the evils which for a long-time, nave amicteu Jtne country. But to enable General 'Harrison to accomplish any good whatever, , he must be supported by a majority' of both Houses of Congress. If either House is opposed to him, every measure wnicn ne recommenas may be defeated. No good law can be pas- ed, nor any bad law repealed, unless he is sustained by a majority of both Houses Look, for example, at the effort made during this session to repeal the Sub- treasury, re ferred to in a preceding part of my letter. The people had condemned Mr. Van Burerg and, ot course, naa conaemnea nis 'mea ures ; but yet the Sub-Treasury could not be repealed, because his ' friends make the majority in the present Congress. Suppose they make a. majority n the next Congress, will they not pursue the same course and defeat every measure proposed by General Harrison? Certainly they will j and it be hoves the people, who are friends and sup- porters ters of General Harrison, to be cautious selecting Representatiyes to the next in Congress. On the choice they may make will depend all the ; success the entire amount Of good to resulffrom General Har rison V administratiobr ' It would, indeed, be a most extraordinary spectacle to ''elect General Harrison in nrder to accomplish certain ends of reformation in the Govern-' ment, and. then to send on members Of Ci ther House to defeat those very ends. I am persuaded the people will hot agree that any thing of this kind shall take; place. ; On the 4th of March, the time .rwhiii I was elected your representative,: will ex pire, and I take this occasion, felIowiti zens, to return you my most sincere and on feigned thanks for. the many acts of kind ness and favor received at your hands. No individual in the United States has more reason than I have to be . grateful to Jiis constituents. I have endeavored to dis charge my duty faithfully in all things' t but owing to my being in the ; minority for' so many years, I have not been able to render you as efficient service as I could wish, or as I would have done if I had been in the majority.. In obedience to the solicitation of my friends, I shall again be a candidate for your suffrages at the next election. Should I be honored with your confidence, I shalt en deavor to fulfil all the pledges I have given you. I have promised you that much good would result from tbe election of General Harrison, and if I weriVnow to decline, it might be said that I had done so, because I knew that more had been promised, than could be performed. To convince you tiiat I was sincere in what was promised, -and that I do not shrink from the responsibility of fulfilling every promise, to;the word! and to the letter, I am ' again a' candidate. Another reason, inducing me to be a candi date for re-election, i a, that it will probably be the last time I shall ever have the honor of tendering my services .to the Thirteenth Congressional District of North Carolraa. The ejection in; 1843,; which comes t after the ensuing-one in August neitj wilLbe an der thenew census of j 1640, and according to an arnmgement of the districts j perhaps totally different from ' the present arrange ment. From what I ; can learn, it 13 proba ble that the ratio of represeutation will he raised to fifty or sixty thousand, &id in that case ray public or legislative connexion with the old district, composed of tbe conn tics of v iiaes, ourrv, lredell, and Ashe, may be forever dissolved, and such.' other arrange ment introduced as; the General AsWmbly may adopts Having been so long ancclated in mutual friendship and good will wiflr the citizens of the present district. I: am am. I ous, if I niay be allowed to say so, to retain meir confidence to the last Should I suc ceed in this,:it would be a consolation to me in all my subsequent journey through life. A further reason inducing'anxietv Ton mv w uq iu me nex rvongress IS. mat, .1 r -i Wacquki'nted with the roatine .-ess; t-a to know how abuse nn r bill f they csirt, are trbe ferreted out "T8? acd puuislcd when there isa majority init House "to make Vail heedful innh.J l&W???' JlHPwer and tS ngnt to oeierminewneineri tny past Cour in pnbJic life has been such as to deserte renewal nfyour coofidence,and to vonr aJ tsion I shall at all times cheerfully submit t be, yill be condaciYC'td 'prosperity anJ narpmcs .oi our common country, I 8u scnoe my sen, . v iVvou,r friend and fellow-citizen ;. f:r-- LEY1S WILLIAMS. WAfinxGTos, ebruttrg ivtk, 1841. I . I- I II RESOLUTIONS of a Public nature. i by the I Legislature, of North-Carolina i us ocssiou ui iou- I Wiffiiii; we believe that each of the r nited" Slates; beings a party to the National compact, possesses an interest in thePiibi,-. a la 1. . "t jjomainproporxionea 10 ine reueral popu. tidnof each; or, in the terms of the compact according to the usual respective propor. tions' of the general charge and expenditure- and we see with regret, that, by the introduc. tion of Bilfs, called Pre-emption Bill8, Giv duatioa Bills," and other measures, into the Congres&of the United States, manifest in. justice is intended-to.. the older members uie vonieaeracy, ' Be U therefore Rexthed, That this General i. sembly do condemn in the most decided manner, u Act by the Congress of the United States, whatere UUe it may Dear, wluca; conterapJatea a disposiUon i the proceed of the'aales of the Public Lands, other w man as eet lorta in tbe deeds of Cession from tbt several States. . Resolved further. That out Senators and es in the Coogress of die United Slates, be request to use weir oesi ezeruons to procure tne passage of i bin directing the division of the proceeds of the sale, of the PabSc" Doaiain among the. States in an equitable ratio, to-be used by the States for Internal Imnm. ment, Education, or any other purpose, as mav 1 .1- 1A a.-J: W .U I CS.-a . wscujcu vajitoikiw. vj w cciai oiuu rectiviDg tud dinUibbtion. -. r Resolved. That the (jrovernoz of this Stt u . ' iucsicu w jurwaru a copj m ume nesoiuiions to etch of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, with a request that they lay them before their respectire bodies, " ,'tvy::y ': ., a. .-.1 1 f.L.'.n. I . . RORr B. GILT J AM. ft u r A. JOYNER. & S. 1 Ealified, the Utfe day of January, 1841.1 . i-cic, iu ic-tipcHuigoi cvoanoice lQie: t upon the coast of North Carolina, at or neail Iag s if ead, so as to atlerd a safe and coo. venient retreat for the commerce of the Coun try as well fropf the .pursuit of foreign ene mies in time of War, as from storms and tempests is by this General Assembly deer ed a Work of great Cortance to the com mercial prosperity of the People of these United States, because of the great destrue tions of Vessela- itth Iace. with the con.f seonent loss of jife and of individual pro-': peny, ana oecau.;oi Htne nign rates ot m- surancjs imposed' upottl Vessels and their; Cargoes v for thevant of jfufficient Inlet :. throughVhich to seek" a lui oor there ; And ; wuereas 10 remove an aoaoa oi; me prac . tir.ab.litv"nrl n0rmgnoiurnf ana-h a mnrl i mo uicai aiiti .general uuuiy 01 woica wu? little auestisMiedVai Resolution vena nasspd Jr last General Asselhbly directing i SeyCiW adjacentwatera of Albemarlej Croaton andiRoanoke Sounds, tor be macV by some practical Engineer of high distinc tion, with the view of having the Inlet re opened at "that place ; .and wbereas, such Survev has been made as directed, and from the report thereof, we 'aire satisfied that the? . , , , E re-bpening of. JEtdanoke Inlet can and ought to be effected ; land, whereas we believe that the General Government,, from its supervi sory powers over the Commerce of theCoun try, has anthontv under the Constitution at the- Un i ted Stl&s to. undertake and accom- C pi ish this work ;', thereforo Beit Rooked by the General Assembly of ik. State of North fttroAoawThaUnr iSeoatoraandE . reaentaii?e? in CoBgresa, haand they ar herelry nrj ed and requested to use their utmost exertions in pre i. earing from the GerralGorerBment, an approprialia w meet uie le-opeay pj noanoxe tmet. n. fi ur.Ar i2oW, That the Report of tli Sorvey of aaid Work, directed U be made by thehi General Assembly of tbk State, be herewith pri ed, and inatr iiiA SxeeUeney, the '(Governor of m states be requested to transmit a copy of these Ke lotions to each of ttur Senators and RepreseotaliTo Satined, the 11th day of January, 1941. For "repairing the Governor's Residence, ! JU j. ii'i an ft 'Furniture. Resolved by the General Auembly vf the Stale Dollars be, and the same is hen-by appropriated, to v applied under the direction of the Governor, Srtrett? of State, Tireastrrer, and Comptroller, for tbe repsin me uoternors Moose, Unt-hpases sod enclosure. - Resolved further, That the Public Treasurer psjfj tfte Private Secretary of the Governor, the sum of thousand dollars, fe be applied under the direction His Excellency, in the purchase of any Furniture n cwsary 1 or im uovernoT s House. E Rfued, the 1 1th day of January, 1841. For distributing the Revised Statutes. Reso W.That his Exceflencr: the Governor, eta. to be distriboied one opy of the first volume of tt Sesised Htatutes, ;to the Justices of the Peace ta, several: CounUVa in this State that have been ppi ed, qnalirjed and Mw'aeuafveinoeUM said to&i nwo uauiuuicu, inciuauig tnose woo may oespHj ca as me present session of the: General Attttani- SatiSeJ;the tlthday- ofary, 184I.J Accepting: from the' Hon. Edward Stailj d a the donation of certain Books therein a - tioned, . , y . Documentary History of the Eerolutioo; the Dif" mslie Correspondence ; Ihe Land. Laws ; Am State Papersr Rser ofTWtV. - ConiesiedEl tions: Commercial flfiffuI.M-mwi.-vl ElUott's Deb T. r WjWHMU, Uum M-w - . 8tanly, one pf the RepresenuUives of the State of f Carolina, in Coiftgveas, be received f and that bw ollency, ;jhe. Governor of this State, transmit to Hon. CZrardjetafilyyuw thanks of this Leg" mot ine 4ooauonv , f A , f j fUtified, the 1 1th day of January, 1841. It Concerning the' Statue of Washington. 1hereaaV.:in. .i' sVnmrhnnlcatum from Hon;,William Gaston information has bee' received that Mr. JohaTrazer of nev-x v native artist and a man of the most r .5. a-v; v ' - - .- 'V f V -
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