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VERMONT. Extracts from the Message of Go. WHHans, of Vermont, communicated to the Legislature of. that State October 11, 1851. " I trust that you will, in all your deliberations, bear in mind that legislators are not only respon sible to their constituents, but are also subject to a higher law, and higher power, and unless they feel and act under a sense of this subjection, the oaths, which they take at the commencement of their po litical service, would be but mockery. To be just and fear not, and to act in subjection to this power, is the duty of every person whatever ; and legisla tors and rulers cannot exempt themselves from this obligation. I should consider myself very unfit to take upon me the duties of the office to which I have been elected, if I did not feel that the oath I have taken laid me under an obligation to discharge the duties of it in the fear of Him, before whom the nations " are as a drop in the bucket , and are counted as the small dust in the balance," and who taketh up the isles as a very little thing." It is with unpleasant feelings I have witnessed, that sub jection to this law has been made a subject of re proach or ridicule, or(that listeniug to the dictates of conscience, and seeking its direction, should be treated as fanaticism, or an exploded idea of by-gone times. The laws of our Maker, and the teachings of an enlightened conscience, instruct rulers to do no injustice, and all to be submissive and obedient to lawful authority, and cannot be made a pretext for oppression, or uf resistance to the requirements of law. This principle is so general, that I deem it almost idle and superfluous to mention it. The people of this State are better acquainted with their rights and duties than is supposed by many. They entertain no idea that they are absolved from obe dience to law, because it does not conform to their views and wishes. This latter sentiment, I have no reason to believe, pervades any considerable portion of our fellow citizens, and I mention it with a view to assert my disbelief of any such sentiment ex isting among many of the citizens of this State, and not to controvert or show its fallacy. If it were practicable, it would be desirable that every act of a legislative body should be accompa nied with such evidences of its necessity and utility as to ensure a ready acquiescence in the propriety ana wisaom 01 lis provisions, and tnus commend itself to the hearts miliating and degrading submission. In an extended territory, like that of the United States, the different sections will have different in terests, and legislators will be influenced bv their local situations. Hence they will be liable to the imputation of being governed by sectional and not national views. This was the complaint against cnose laws winch were enacted in favor of a pro tective tariff, and which, at one time, came very near involving the country in a civil war. It should be remembered, however, that what advances the in terest of one section, in a measure advances the in terest of all. The protection, which has heretofore been extended to the manufacturing interest; has also benefitted that of agriculture and commerce. An abandonment of this interest was truly a sec tional, and not a national measure. We ought not to look witn jealousy or envy, on the wealth which may have been accumulated, in consequence of this protection, when it has been so liberally expended in works of usefulness, and benevolence, extending to every pan 01 mis repuDUc we nope that we shall again witness a resort to a protective tariff, and that the doctrine of free trade will be given up as a sectional and narrow feeling, not adapted to the wants of the whole Union. Sensible, how ever, that in our government a majority must deter mine what measures shall be adopted, even if our wishes should be disregarded, and a policy still more fatal to our interests should be pursued, we shall endeavor to seek redress in the Union, and not out of it. There is another subject, connected with the ac tion of this state, which I ought not to pass over in silence, inasmuch as our state has been most un justly calumniated by those who have officiously iniermeaaiea witn our concerns, some ot the states in the confederate republic, our equals, and not our superiors, have undertaken to sit in judg ment, and reprove and reprimand our legislative acts, as though we were accountable to them. Those of our own citizens, who have either approved or condemned any acts or proceedings of the leg islature, have but exercised the right of expressing their own opinion, and endeavoring to influence the opinion of others, which all undoubtedly possess ; and so far as it evinces an anxiety to keep rulers and legislators within the pale of constitutional authority, or to protect the natural rights or liber ties of man, or to procure the repeal or modification and affections of the people. 1 - A .1 aau noi require ine coercive power ot government eminent, it cannot be a subject of censure, but mer to enforce it. But as obedience and submission j its approbation. Those belonging to other states must be yieled to the supremacy of the laws, and and other governments, who have reflected iniuri a resort to compulsory measures must be had, if ously on the legislation of this state, are not enti necessary, to ensure this obedience, it is incumbent ; tied to this charitable construction of their motives on a legislative body to consult the general good, j or acts. We are not bound to consult their wish and not unnecessarily sacrifice the interest of one ; es, or conform to their views, when we legislate for portion of the community to that of the other, nor I ourselves. It is no time for them to complain until wantonly injure the feelings and views of one, to wo violate their rights concmate and gratify those of another. When there is this conflict of interest and opinion, the voice of the majority must prevail. In a republican government, having a written constitution, there are two tests to which all letris- by them, the passing the law in relation to the writ of habeas corpus, and extending its provisions to persons claimed as fugitive slaves, cannot be made a subject of reproach. The law of this state is probably the first act of any legislature, designed to give the person claimed as a -fugitive ftom service, the way and the means of having his claim to free dom established by a judicial tribunal, and proffer ing the professional aid of the state's attorney, to oeiend mm irom any uniawrux seizure, not warrant ed by the law and the constitution. Of the ne cessity, propriety, or expediency of such an act, it is not for me to decide. Never having heard that such an act was in contemplation, until the evening it passed, I nevertheless examined its provisions, and though I had doubts of its necessity or expe- oiency, i had noneot its constitutionality, and gave it my approval. As early as the year 1786, this state found it necessary to provide against free persons being trans ported out of this state, and sold as slaves, and our permanent laws make such practices highly penal I can see no good reason why an inquiry may not be had, on the return ot a writ ot habeas corpus, whether a person is arrested or imprisoned bv law ful authority, or is about to be sent out of the state without sueh authority. Instances have not been wanting, where persons have assumed to act as com missioners without any authority, and where, m a summary manner, they have taken jurisdiction over a person not a fugitive, and not subject to their ju risdiction or authority. The habeas corpus act passed by the legislature of this state, in the year 1814, met with the same obiection and opposition as the act of the last legislature, and yet no attempt was made to procure its repeal, and its provisions uave since Deen incorporated into the constitution of this istatc. It is not, with me, among the objectionable pro visions of the act of our legislature, that it rjmvirlps for carrying the subject, by appeal, to the courts of law, where, from the decision of the highest courts of this state, a writ of eror will lie to the supreme L a? il TT . 1 . - - wun, oi me u nitcd states, nor would it have been objectionable if they had made the writ returnable, hi me nrst instance, to the supreme court of the siaie. it is declared by the constitution of this state, that " the writ of habeas corpus shall in no c:use oe suspended; it shall be issuable of right, and 4.1. ""I 14 -. - ..O' ura ycuerai Assembly shall make provision to ren Statistics of the fiate Ccnsm, Prepared at the Census Bureau. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA SEVENTH CENSUS, 1850. Counties. a e Q S a rtf nnxr lflw i-lintbr rf tlm cf.itn - 1 Aar it n aiuuuli. -BP. . 1 1 11 - j ..j ........ v. vi gcuciui Kv I , uuu cu;iu;u renieov, mail cases proper theretor." It protects the citizen from all unlawful imprisonment, and it matters not how ob scure the person illegally detained, or how high the pretended authority who claims to detain. Congress, in the plentitude of their power, cannot suspend it, nor can they direct how a trial shall be had in the same, before what tribunal, or at what lime. If, as I remarked hpfnw. tha h. These remarks are elicited from a consiilnrfition 1 cre in their convictions nf tho ,mAn0;h,fi:i.. n . , , uuvuiiauiuiiuiiauiy ot the law ot the congress of the United States, of the act of cougrcss, or even if they had anv on the subject of fugitives from labor, and the act reasonable doubt upon the subject, they took the of the legislature of this state, relating to the writ j method least liable to objection, when they made i; v -l--.i n . ,. 5 IT . vuii-uo, auu ui iuu uew uiiven oi tuem f""""" wivt h 10a uidicial tnbunaL whos rlo- iVm lnCZlV7 7 JPUDUCPm- othe- Of the former, I have no disposition to ion was still liable to re-examination before the ution The! forlr 7ZX f "T" I ?? P discUSsion' and sha11 not SW of it I highest courts of this state, and of the United tuuon. lhe.tormer may compel a repeal or alter-! in th k - i . - V , . ct. ti. j , ' . - . utu ot- r i " j i . . . x yiwMwu, uuu ceriuiiuu not oi i -mct. j.h-il more is nomine novel lnreterrinw to ZTZ aJlr approbation. I early learned, in the resolutions of , the writ of habeas corpus fo7 relief ajrainst anv act 1S10I1S , , ,. , . . 1 "j "- 111:1111 1, iuul it LHiion'rs nnr tn Bpeakmg and publishing the sentiments and views the state legislature decide on the Stution of every individual The merits of public men ality of lavs made by the general wramSTt and measures must be subject to be discussed free- that power being exclusively &SS ly, in order to obtain that remedy, if any is neces- ry courts of the Union ;" and from that vlar to t ie SlStiTr m present time' 1 have ne'er ny groat practical their legislative capacity can alone give. Every at- good from passing resolutions on subieets not im tempt to repress this UWv af nA ,ykJ j- x.i ? r". uHrsvw not 1m- . j -"c ; lucuiau.' v conneiTPn witn .-m nti.n oo tkn press, and to silence an inquirv into the nmnfefar Umf, . or wisdom of public men and measures, whether by law or the exercise of patronage, by appeals to the passions, the fears, the avarice or ambition of in dividuals, must be futile and vain, and can obtain no permanent favor of the thinking and intelligent opinion of Mr. Jefferson, whose authoritv will be listened to in some of the states which have mani fested hostility to the law of this state. Writing - "".".jjucu iuii.-iyiier, who wasnaoic to De re inoeo oy virtue ot an act of congress called the " alien law," and iuviting him to the state of Vir ginia, he says : "that should you VOU chonsrt it for vvmv xl 1 C . 1 1 . . . ootiiuu. uh laws oi tne land, m mini f.wH i- Rpnftlllivioa nrtA cnn.-.1 d . .i ' ZtmJI - 1J . . J - .va .uc unuuupr buuicieniiy ac-1 "s"1' JulIscs ind protect vou trom any exerci quamted with the wishes and feelin?s of their ran- iof power unauthorized hv tha nmclr,tA 'r i stituents, without the aid of resolutions and in sjtruction. I may remark for myself individual! v. tky. I ever other powers congress may possess, in order to citizens ot the United states. TYr 1 ,1 , r : - . "V uuru uomestic tranqiuhtv adont the anonmrro -wf an am nnt : 1 .i,t , 1 v "toUS; rZ 3 ? tbe Png of the laws in . k t.lf ,i; 'iVT. I 4uw,uon 1 nave not been able myself, I can, insure domestic tranouilitv and nmmntA tha not 1 It . F ' . b power unauthorized bv the COnKtifnhmi rf nn United States. The liabeas corpus secures every mau here, alien or citizen, against everything which is not law, whatever shape it may assume."0 Hav ing the same high confidence in the intelligence and integrity of the judges of this state, I have no doubt, that in the administration of this law. thev will not contravene the constitution, either nf t1 J - V J t 1 . . - 1 t mm . . . . - 1 ""'-i a u.c uui uceii note to nmi in it tht l St A ,., " 1 . 1 ' will never consent to part with this liberty, howcv- er mnTi it m . ucuraireu uv some, to avoid ascru- rather coincided with the ! inquire into any assumed authority of coimnission- l....,..,n i? xr r 1 1 ao . :n 11 ..1. j opinions of a learned chancellor of New York, and i or others ; will protect all within their iurisdic tiny of the acts and merits of themselves an To h-1 UJJr' "L CUlt . United i"oniromniawtul seizure and imprisonment, and a 1 . us. fa" uu vi ouiutr 111 riip niRnnmiKzhnji ooammai - .vtMiiWuvu -'Llt-VOiiH-II 'uiou who are the most sen- subject, that no legislation bv con- remand any one, broucrht before them, wlin is liol.l by lawful authorit-. An interesting and important ouestion nn A j 1 . , he , I ouiies, auu 01 some ot aTuW aAS? 18 t?8 aPPrehended the of that portion of the U abuse of this liberty, while men are under the su- j sitive on this subject, tl S5iriEj3CT- OI Ul iaW j n,aTri?e410r liredV , Bwt this, Subject of fugitives from Justice, isnder discss To the other test alUeglslative acts are also snb- S ui the state of Maryland, in which they have di- ject, and H is the ptovnSofine jndS oW 1 niZHlT Z D 7t judidal dedsions' c' rected Ufr Attorn General to " Proceed ment to determine? when the law andTS." iLfi0"8 -1-eme court, upon a on foot asmay bring the same before the su- tion are antagonistic, that the former must vield. I lvl!l,l it1 SziSiT States for its adjudic and the latter prevail. This nower r.f thn 'ZT'T' am" W m uie ra - I w vav IUVUV.UU ikukuj uui, is not doubted at day. It is the right and privilege of any one. lunrni V rwr nnw A 1 I I 1 . . . I?lSrssrS"P!, Wuch Purred . "ti- w tne considerannn of a ujv;iiuuii il. iiiiiv rn s inu- tnot snmot.mn , ua vim,n mey may exprt-ss for cominor tn snrTi arising under the noititntmn ftU ituJa ai. this decisions, which are frequently given by the way of j on the subject of fugitives, whether from labor or , at-! lllUStratlOU Or eYlllanntinn nnlir T ol,..,.l.l l l ami tl, J Jxi - .1 - i ' v i a wiii.. mil iii ii i n:iin i ihuwvvi hiiu i tuiati iMinri if iiiiTina it Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Bruriswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleaveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, Iredell, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell, Maeon, Martin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Orange, Pasquotank, Perqoimons, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Richmond, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanley, Stokes, Surry, Tyrrell, Union, Wake, Warren, Washington, Watauga, Wayne, Wilkes, Yancey, 1.516 827 1,166 1,407 1,663 1,070 1,005 771 1,942 983 1,296 926 770 972 815 1,237 2,210 1,020 613 1,526 777 1,842 2,531 925 2,308 1,027 1,419 1,649 1,739 1,115 1,072 880 2,093 684 3,048 1,759 1,110 931 831 923 1,834 1,704 440 702 1,022 860 9361 923! 1,632 902 1,286 1,248 1,884 1,341 963 2,186 1,1501 818! i,o7o: 1,315 2,512; 949; 1,513; 1,693 1,842 1,833; 1,582 946, 1,268; 2,797i 635' 1,422 2,844 905 670 569 1.576: 2,050; 1,322, 1,516 827 1,166 M07 1,673 1,070 1,007 771 1,942 984 1,296 927 770 972 817 1,239 2,211 1,020 613 1,526 782 1,842 2,559 926 2,338 1,027 1,419 1,649 1,765 1,115 1,072 880 2,093 684 3,048 1,792 1,137 931 831 923 1,846 1,704 440 702! 1,038 S "5 a a "3 S I 5 O a I o o O s g S5! 860 951' 923 1,645: 904; 1,286' 1,258 1,884 1.341 963; 2.186 1,150, 818j l,078i 1,318 2,523 950 1,513 1,703 1,868 1,890 1,582 951 1,311 2,806 635 1,422 2,844 905 670 573 1,576 2,050 1,391 105.542, 106,023 3,806 2,274 3,298 4,102 3,764 2,560 2,539 1,816, 5,914 2,669 3,502 2,455 1.77G 2,546 3,420 3,582 5,986 3,154 1,371 4,327, 2,138 3,583 6,135 2,223 5,979 2,804 3,526 4,088 4,664 2.734 2,947 2,015 5,092 1,538, 7,868 2,825 2,984 3,013 1,703 2,338 5,108 4,412 1,049 1,775 2,734 2,367 2,833 2,353 4,148 2,5 15 3,476 2,908 4,094 2,875 2,427 5,639 2,319 1.831 2,723 3,255 6,869 2,409 3,636 4,245 4,844 5,160 4,175 2,708 3,575 7,933 1,636 3,997 6,747 2,236 1,586 1,684 3,817 5,258 3,965 4,118 2,379 3,258 3,994 3,899 2,784 2,516 1,835 5,687 2,808 3,441 2,551 1,796 2,621 3,661 3,690 6,178 3,339 1,573 4,265 2,119 3,639 6,312 2,377 6,160 2,809 3,639 4,277 4,999 2,951 2,981 2,143 5,204 1,721 8,006 2,938 2,947 2,879 1,850 2,460 5,439 4,488 1,090 1.792 2,927 2,410 2,780 2,262 4,136 2,540 3,721 3,064 4,096 3,119 2,578 5,691 2.292 1,798 2,870 3,409 6,926 2,481 3,654 4,502 5,057 5,275 4,249 2,729 3,689 8,238 1,665 4,021 7,430 2,368 1,630 1,558 3,985! 5,488 3,844 272,369 280,095 164 9 48 45 439 153 163 155 56 77 62 43 142 58 205 8 160 5 45 34 77 692 436 95 102 45 176 139 68 255 15 18 511 64 337 882 21 428 107 14 96 73 72 14 110 56 154 62 24 79 312 409 418 79 239 596 218 153 40 202 120 551 202 63 104 267 25 78 120 64 26 636 235 121 16 348 94 24 160 15 53 41 465 160 191 164 51 86 57 65 148 91 213 13 140 3 59 23 72 844 510 94 87 37 166 138 84 266 18 213 577 52 357 990 9 16 445 104 16 67 69 73 16 97 50 171 95 20 90 316 488 412 91 242 638 232 142 60 195 104 620 217 52 116 209 24 71 152 66 25 665 206 114 13 316 117 26 8,248 4,677 6,657 8,182 8,567 5,657 5,109 3,970 11,708 5,640, 7.062 5,114 3,862 5,316 7,499 7,293 12,464 6,501 3,048 8,649 4,406 8,758 13,393 4,789 12.328 5,695 7,507 8,642 9,815 6.206 5,961 4,555 11,384 3,375 16,568 7,635 6,656 5,929 4,426 5,009 10,577 9,063 2,281 3,712 5,691 4,984 5,840 4,940 8,441 5,099 7,366 6,601 9,087 6,824 5,175 11,811 5,845 4,079 5,888 6,764 14,192 5,114 8,461 9,166 10,016 10,645 8,900 5,486 7,413 16,443 3,431 8,069 15,478 5,045 3,451 3,271 8,466 10,957 7,859 3,196 543 6,832 595 5,249 7,194 4,358 3.302 1,717 2,132 2,684 1,203 2,187 1,487; 7,770 1,569 5,985 337 3,673 1,747; 1,503 5,951 7,217 2,447 2,992 2,171 6,007 8,547 1,353 5,507 2,112 3,871 9,865 3,244 3,186 8,954 418 924 3,716 2,627 4,142 4,663 2,757 4,116 2,055 1,262 549 3,367 5,473 1,773 1,976 4,056 8,581 6,511 3,108 5,244 3,100 3,252 4,893 6,633 1,640: 4,704 4,365 5,329 3,854 2,905 5,685 1,436 1.793 2,008 1,702 1,982 9,409 8,867 2,215 129 5,020 1,142 346 a a 3 .S a I D 3 a o-c (0 '1071 29 159 53 198 135 127 116 105 116 132 55 112 57 241 61 183 38 110 91 52 97 233 92 167 66 169 218 111 122 35 210 351 123 181 385 105; 46 141 151 163 124 62 94 76 59 67 99 144 72 75 126 269 229 72 142 94 143 114 196 154 102 155 166 202 140 161 Oil 70! 147 57 107 234 205 105 23 224 58 66 923 633 675 1,253 594 542 486 385 1,105 373 875 366 579 208 707 957 1,633 459 344 96 399 388 959 50 1,23 404 923 737 936 588 724 490 1,074 372 1.668 868 653 413 378 293 1,096 1,002 240 362 711 508 631 510 l,030j 541 718 718 559 644 349 1,082, 530 505 684 684 1.173 496 1,112 717 1,070 959 948 515 591 1,503 210 877 1,410 543 444 442 668 1,097 970 38 4 32 3 73 50 61 80 19 22 44 8 15 19 56 3 48 5 23 16 5 67 105 18 37 57 14 80 25 10 22 55 37 55 4 1 20 6 28 102 14 17 61 29 18 17 16 14 4 24 186 7 27 17 11 21 17 41 41 1 10 43 108 28 53 10 34 48 41 9 56 20 24 1 69 9 10 PRODIGIOUS IN CLOTHS, CASSMERES irJ-L READY-MADE CL0IHIH0 S' Ac, c, 4fcc. Tne World Pair Is abont a SJSP "othing to doCH the cheap Goods seiUn. ,h PROCTERS ia GOODS NEW FALL AND WINTER FOR 1851.2. MERCHANT TAILOR. Successor to the firm of Oliver & p Sign of the R. R. R ttr Doors Open from 6 o'clock, A. Mt't. ADMISSION FREE HAVING purchased out (he entiro Si M. OUtcf, in the late firm StOoS? I avail myself of in very first opportune ,-,Pro patrons of the said firm of the fact and t , fori :fae' them the continuance of their support T h ci,ri ceivea a oeauuim supply ot goods, select", IT Oliver, with great care, from the latest ;I b Ht ected mebracing St 1 AT biotas, vast t meres ana Nestings of every t grade, Dress-Shirls, Undcr-Shirts, DrawJT Handkerchiefs, frc, &c. ' lraH In fact, everything usually kept by MerrW.. or Clothiers. I shall be assisted by Mr GmT? an experienced Coat cutter, (and a pupil 0f ui IN. in fact, having been Oliver and Procter'! ,1' for the last fourteen months. ) I shall have c Cu,te' pantaloons and vest department myself anw i?ef" exclusive charge of it in the late firm inrV T'M years. ' last fif( Everything will be done thai can be don. , satisfaction and to render the establishment0 gire wi h its patrons. Profoundly thankful for the JWv so liberally bestowed upon us as a firm I BjiPM?B by assiduous attention to business and a dZ V , to merit its continuance. aes' topease ISAAC PROCTER. ALSO, ON HAND AND AM RECEIVING dailv . assortment of CLOTHING, of everv dS,h l ow? Northern manufac, JjM which, being made under my own supervision r f fully recommend. rvisln, Icao Raleigh, Oct 24th, 1851. TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOlSriir 1T0ETH CAROLINA. TTAVING made arrangements to leave the Si.i. , rv v "j luiGicsi io Isaac r foci ir f last eitfht vears.l T -l-'r to those who have stood by me so long, aTaTaS everv wav worth v nriho ,.nC.i . 6c,,ncineii f ," . vuuuucuce anu support I look upon Mr. Procter, without attemotiL I believed, Alfomnd'i.. a i r o " ' noi a m udk mil or ho ( hri n ur t rf ' 1 j rlis.,. . J -. y ;-o "j """.uuuctieu wan mm in businisaaK ' ng tne very oesl cutter I ever saw. He will beT ted by Geo L.Gould, a pupil of mine, who bE cutting all the Coats made uP tor our customers fur last fourteen months, and has no superior in thatdeoart meat. I have left in the concern all the patterns I haw of my customers scattered all over the State, and the may rely upon being as faithfully served, having their cloths, as well cut and made, and the quality of the m terialS JUSt SUch as WOUld he furnish,! ,or . pl' BUG.' present in " propria persona." I have laboored hard to build up a business in North Cr..in aJI that those who have Batronised me should continue to uphold my late partner, particularly when assured br me, that they will be as well served as thev wpr. m,i'. the adminis'ration of Oliver & Procter. , . . THOMAS M. OLIVER. Raleigh, October 23d, 1851. io3 13,226! 13,970! 580,49l! 288,412 10,207 56;916 2,523 INDIANS. Hay wood males, females, 357 353 t Macon males, 63 females, Total, Dwelling-houses in the State, Families do. , White males, . . 272,369 White females, . . 280,095 710 RECAPITULATION. Total, 58 121 105,542 106,023 Deaths during1 the year, Farms in cultivation, . . Manufacturing establishments producing" $500 and upwaids annually, 10,207 56,916 2,523 to see the authority in conoress . x. 1 . . . J ""'fc'V the judicial tribunal, who Tlr i "TQa 1rom me ordsot the constitution, and or void, as it conforms to or conflicts wh tL f n. ! ITJa nlst whlch 1 damental law. In order to tram fi " " i .1 . T w nn,a' an5l nora. acquiescence, . r ..... mmm n wxicu most! wnn wprc trio cnkit,, ; ; - - jju3 vi iib provisions hrxA U 1 a a . . . . ii w.iy dih to acquiesce, and had not the means or aointy to tryie vahditv of any acte passed by congress, on any question of constitu al construction. Iam not insensible that others whose opinions are of very high authority, have different views. Those who think wvw m. v uil ? IT . P re- 1- 1 i " vwmumvuw; in r lnliAinl r . .-. a 1 if rrrT UBMUU .on l",s. and difficult sub- had no othr ht tn . ... v "T 4- I M 1 1 , tA il.. -a.: 1 a , m . . ciuzen snouta tee! that he can present his views, that he will be heard with patience, and not be embarrassed by any previous expression of opin ion not required, uncalled for, and extra judicial, and nU a decision of the question submitted. No individual, or State, should be discouraged from re sorting to this mode of trying the validity of any legislative act. J I need not speak to you of our attachment to the Lfnion, or our reverence for the constitution, or our unwavering obedience to all its requirements. A recurrence to history will show, that we volun tarily and unhesitatingly sought admission into the Union, and ratified and confirmed its constitution, ime never, even when invited by those in der any constitutional obligation T torred to, to enact laws to carry the same into ef fect, may be justified in passing this law, and will probably have to resort to other measures more stringent and effectual. Those of the representatives and senators in congress who neither voted for the law in question, nor proposed any alterations or amendments, I have no reason to believe, had any such views of consti- iruuiU UUW OT obligation. ut I have no wish whom tant alteration in its provisions t.A W ' "ir w ttfW?HB "gi censure, or an- . . r '"mnicB- i proe uie law in niinstmn nn,i ,:n , i . x i ni winy iiuu inai it is no reason with rno cither t, a we placed confidence iskod hB L JT umy or oongation. J5ut I have n, .rain in its 7olftlZTS to ngitate,...censure, ted no wish to disturb the ratio of representation; . .vm.ru man ouiers, m acts or measur es which might be considered as tending to a vio iataon of, or resistance tn hm nt.. "iir , no loud and V SS to the constitution, as such professions sometTmes indicate that there may havebeen reason to doubt that attachment, and an uncalled for mfrL5 the Union and constitution been wanting mioht imnlir that . t . . 5- 1 v nwiiau neretotore m that reverence. qfafMBOeA.to the overaent of the United States depends not upon our will ; we cannot whUe we enjoy if. protection, absolve ounX? noTcan from that allegiance. And U.a' anv niimV-r rft - or any number of inhabitants within any graphitl hmite, attempt it, the laws of the UnftTd ana its constitution would still be in force ineffectual, h 7. dered I have bo 1Z rUInon' to enforce obedience, nave 00 reason to doubt. W tw lw. Power would be found, W the id rSTtl compel submission to law and authority ETW? , , , T w.u"" uul wi tne necessarv have rirwl rl ""1UU 88 u and nublic hTJ " jfs " solutions of '" u execuuve messages, a dedanu orZ 8n iD5mation' that adheSncloX oi moir naeliU to the Union, as though this rH' anoe depenWupon their will and pleasut fflj" the cry of danger to the Church in the counSv Af pretext for arbitrary and oppressive measures? J no reason with me. either to wit.hH nacnee trom any administration AT ttlV TV1A lirhv think differently, or to withhold it hereafter, if they i were honest anA nnnf : iU .. - "fug-m, in meir convicuons ot duty. Tj nanimity, or a perfect coincidence of opin ion, is not to be expected in any legislative body on every question before them, either of ordinary legislation, or of constitutional rights or duties. a or can 1 hesitate to express my approbation of uwuHve, in carrying into ettect, either this or any other law passed agreeably to the forms of the constitution. Indeed.it would be an anomaly, and a dereliction of duty, for any executive to refuse or neglect to execute a law, which has passed the legislature, and received his official sanction. It is not, however, a matter of much importance what may be my opinion in relation to the law in n una. tion. It is sufficient on this occasion to say, that of the constitutionality of the act, both in the whole, and in its particular provisions, very great doubts have been entertained. The President of the Uni ted States withheld his approbation, until he had "7ueu opinion ot the Attorney General. Others, not com-inced of that opinion, still continue m the belief that congress had assumed powers not delegated to them, and had disregarded the prin ciples of civil liberty, and the constitution. One branch of the legislature of this state, with out any apparent dissent, had pronounced the act a violation of the principles of civil liberty and the constitution and set forth the reasons for such an opinion The other declared their disapprobation of the act, and urged rts repeal, of such modifies- " : t"" . ,c "gnis oi our own citi- ffSfiA th08e igbt be" were sincere in the belief of these opuuonsexpresse J tives and legislative branches of state goverument c ui ui u easy solution, as to warrant the impu tation of hostility to the Union, or constitution or treasonable disaffection to the government, in any of those who may entertain different and discordant views oi tnese questions. I do not look with disfavor on any attempt to try the validity of a law of congress, or of a state legislature, by appeals to the judiciary, while I wholly discountenance all attempts of forcible resis tance ; but I have not formed SO low an nnininn rf the stability of the Union, or the authority of the general government, as to suppose that either can be materially affected by any violent outbreak of popular indignation, or the indiscretion, even of uouits oi tne peopfe. Nor am I willing so to confound the distinctions between crimes, as to magimy mem to Uie crime of treason, the highest which can oe committed in a state. Called out, in the early part of mv life, with detach nent of militia, to enforce the laws of the u nion, i then witnessed instances of tne authority and laws of the United States, by oouies ot armed men, property seized under the auuioruy oi tne united States rescued by violence, and by men armed for the purpose, soldiers fired upon, wounded, and some of them shot down in tne discharge ot their duty, professional ingenuity taxed to the utmost to screen the offenders, and to ! u , rawa inenectuai ; and although some o - wimvreu oi muraer and man slanorhter in tlw nnnti. T.: .1 . o-", ww ui mm ssiace, yet 1 was taught by the courts of the Union, that no treason was committed. The integrity of the Union was .ot uesiroyea or nnnaired by such violent and law less acts, although they were constant and contin ued ror a long time. 1 was then taught a lesson of reverence and submission to the laws, which made a lasting impression on my mind. A resis tance, and particularly a resistance by force, and by rtuu iv luuruerous assault, was not ac ceptible to me then, nor is it now, and I hope the majesty and supremacy of the laW Will OVA. Ko tr'tn dicated. But I have no fears that the government iia w wuuuhiy suiectea bv anv nnnh tnmnit,,. AnI rr,v..,k- A ' anKi pjpmar curamouons. Ti. - not wn pleasure, that I have felt it neces sary io say tnus much on the laws of the United "u OI wis state : a respect both for the union, ana tor this state, would not permit me to say less. I have received several communications from other states, and from constitutional conventions, which mil be transmitted to you. A communica tion from the state of Virgkua, and also one from the state of North Carolina, were so a;..a and offensive to this state, that I deem it not con- Mfttent with Vi l t l ii. - . . wu . icupeub l uer me lecrislature. to inaians male, . . 420 female, . . 411 Free colored males, . 13,226 rree colored females, . 13,970 Total free population, . Slaves, Total population, . -552,464 831 27,196 580,491 288,412 868,903 Federal representative population, 753,538 VALUABLE LAND FOR SALS. fig On Saturday, the 13th day of December next, on the premises, I shall offer for sale, the well known and desirable country residence called Harrison's or Up church 8 old place, Iving 12 miles South from Louisburg, m Franklin county, near Poplar Spring Church. The said land is situated in a ferule section of country and has on it a large and comfortable dwelling house, with Oil a ...A I I 1 ' mmm d . ' mmmij uui ouiiuings ; a mm and mill-seat wubirucieu country store bouse, a new communicate them to you, except at your requ'est, and the governors of thesestates wer so informed." a well fflffl nAUBA a oiacKsmun s snop ; a well of good water at the-store, and never failing springs in abundance on the land. The tract contains about lOOO Acres, lying on the waters of CrankpA rvoot . i. wnicn is fresh and nroductive. nA nroii ni.n . .u cultivation of cotton, corn, wheat, Ac. The houae is moll i e .... 1 . ""SB ".iuiea iora puDiic nouse, and the Store is regWIed as. the best country stand within the bonnds of the nnnn. ... IS a . . - tjr. oeverai lortunes have been realized by the sale of su ui uiai piace. At the same time, I shall sell three other tracts of Iana, all on a credit. The above described tract will be sold by virtue of a decree of the Court of Equity, on a credit ot one, two and three years, with interest from the day ot sale. Bonds with security will be required in all cases THOS. K. THOMAS, C. M. E. yjcioDcr lath, 1851. 890 -w3w. State of Worth Carolina, Nash County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Aug. Term, 1851. Evan H. Morgan, Ex'r. of Thomas Bryant, m. John R Carpenter and wife Eliza and next of kin of Thomas I Bryant. Probate of a Will. T a ppeanng to the satisfaction of the Court that the Defendants reside beyond the limits ot this State - It is therefore ordered that i.nhlin.tin k ! ' " 1Mrlh r,rl c...J:. i : mAAwam in ine aara lor six successive weeks no ti tying the said Defendants rn an on thm 2nd Z a 'fr Coart Hose in Nashville, on the 2nd Mondav in Nmomh.. . 1, nVoln thC .Pr?b?te ot the ,ast WiU a"d testament of 1 nomas Brvant. if thav OAA Witness. G. W. WrA ni-rt r Ati r P...1 - m " r fice m Nashville, the 2nd Monday of August, and in the" 7Bth year of American Independence, A. D. 1851. G. W. WARD, C. C. C Sept. 3, 185r. Pr. adv. $5 62. ' 87-6w.' ler and State of North Carolina, Martin Co. IN EQUITY. t:.u.. XT TXT ... '""""'r ra ana others. . M P t.... others. Si ?' Ha1mmond : Sir-Yon are hereby no i ! ?! J 1 ih "nd at my Office, in Willianv ton, on Thursday the 20th dav of Nnmh.. r '..u. purpose of takine testimcnv ; .k- 12 " ,ue j - c "j ine quutc ameu CdUSP. and making on nuirinnni.. r . -.T.. . e' ffihT - 2"J toM1 PW. And you are hKS Mrc" z c?se fai1 ! on the 20th t.:.... - i ' - i"u uioceeu at me ena ot P , f T71 . -zrz. " viern ana master of our said A. d" , isl? 7 ffice thi8 tbe l9t daJ of September; September 10. r C. B. HASSELL, Pr. adv. $5 62 1-2 C. M. E. 884 6w, State of North Carolina. Nash r;. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Aug. Term, 1851. Neverson V. Cooper and wife Martha. James C. Green and wife Mary, Thomas Battle, Elizabeth B. Battle INannie K. Battle, Lawrence B. Rattl Tin bmi. I William Battle. Petition for Division of Land. " T appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Win Battle is not an inhabitant of this State : It is there fore ordered that publication be made for six weeks in the North Carolina Standard, for the said Wm. Battle to appear at the next Term ot this Court, to be held for the County of Nash, at the Court House in Nashville, on the 2nd Monday of November next, and plead, answer, or demur, or the Petition will be taken pro confesso as to him, and heard accordingly. Witness. G. W. Ward. Clerk fice the 2nd Monday of August, A. D., 1851 q . rn J W. WARD, C. C. C. Sept. 10. Pr. adv. $5 62 1-2.1 884 fir State of North Carolina, Nash County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, August Term, 1851. German Eatmon and Alexander Eatmon and his wife Martha, vs. John R. Eatmon. Charles N. Edmunds and hia wife Nancy, Mr. Henry H. Eatmon and John S. Cockroof and his wife Elizabeth Jane. Petition for Division of Lands. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that John R. Eatmon, Charles N. Edmunds and his wife Nan cy, Mr. Henry H. Eatmon and John S. Cockroof and his wife Elizabeth Jane are not inhabitants of this State It is therefore ordered that publication bp mi. 6.- .; J weeks in the North Carolina Standard, for the said John R. Eatmon, Charles N. Edmunds and his wife Nancy Mr. Henry H. Eatmon and John S. Cockroof and his wife Elizabeth Jane, to appear at the next Term of this Court, to be held for the County of Nash, at the Court House in Nashville, on the 2nd Mondav of Nnvemhor next, and plead, answer, or demur, or the Petition will be taken pro confesso as to them, and heardaccordingly Witness. G. W. Ward, Clerk of our said Courtf at Office the 2nd Monday of August, A. D.. 1851 G. W. WARD C C. C October 1,1851. (Pr. adv. $5 62$. ) 888 6w. OLD AXES MADE NEW. rpHE Subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and a me yuuuc generally mat ne has taken the stand formerlv ocniinind hv t - s;i.a n ..... ,t -v w uuius, ana mat ne is p.cpcu o exccuie any Job in his line as Blacksmith, particularly OLD AXES MADE NEW. W. , his Apprenticeship with Mr. Burns, he flatters himself " Zu Pf.rPetuate tbe character heretofore sustained by that Establishment My Ghibt Mill is in good order ; all Corn brought to it wdl be strictly and promptly attended to by , . L . RALPH M. ANDREWS. Raleigh, October 1, 1851. 887 w6m Swedenborgianiem Reviewed, BY Enoch Powell, D. D., Prof, in the Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine. For sale by H. D. TURNER. vcwocr ID, loo I . MASONIC INSTITUTE. GERMANTON, N. C. GERMANTON LODGE No. 116 of Ancient York Masons, take pleasure in informing their brethren ot the order, and the pnblic generally, that they are about establishing at Germanton, an institution of a high Crrada of srhnlnrehin fnr ik. -J j males. They, with many others, having long felt the want of a school of this character in this part of the South, have taken measures to build up an institution that will give to our young men every advantage for obtaining a thorough education in any part, or the whole of a Col lege Course. Students can be prepared for any of the College classes. DMr George M. Evf.tihaut has been elected by the Board of Trustees as the Principal. Mr. Evcrhart has had the experince of nearly seven years as Teacher four years as the Principal of an Academy, and three as an instructor in one of the most'popular colleges in the South. Marked success has attend his effnrt in Mrh of these departments. Moreover, if scholarship and untiring energy and a devotion to his Drofession. can re commend him to our neoDle. he surf I v will rernivc , wuuuciice. oeverai competent assistants will aid him. and such other mpnna mill ). nm rilnvr-J that shall raise the School at once to a position of su perior usefulness. The Edifice is a very large and elegant hrick build ing. Germanton is remarkable for its healthy location, and the morality of its citizens. Board can be obtain ed in our best families at the low price of $6 per month. The scholastic year is divided into two unequal sessions, the first commencing on Tuesday, the 1st of January, 1852, continues 15 weeks. The second, commencing on the third Monday in June, continues27 weeks. The prices of tuition are as follows: Ancient Laniruasres. . - jfittfl nervcar, English and Mathematics, 20 - -The Primary branches, - 14 - - The members of the Lodge are the Trustees of the Institute. Committee in behalf of Trustees, Germanton, Oct 20, F. HiLt. L S. Gibsox, Dr. W. W. Stkdma.v, A. Scal.es, J. A. BlTTIXG, Da. B. Joxes, E. BAirxEn, Dr. W. Withers. (8. S. Blackbchx. 1851. 103 w.lst Jan. THE LASTFASHIONS! Call at JT. JT. Bigg's Clothing Store. AND examine his new Fall and Winter Goods, con sisting of a very superior lot of CLOTHS, Cassi; meres and Vestings selected by himself in Jfe ork and Philadelphia, from the latest importations, embrac ing ail the new styles, and suitable for all occasions. AUo an extensive supply of Ready-Made Clothing, suitable for Fall and Winter, some of which are rcry He also has a fine article of Dress Hat, is well as a ge eral supply of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, snch as Dress and Under Shirts of all kinds, Half Hwe. Su penders, White and colored Kid Gloves, Pocket Hw kerchiefs and Cravats in great varieties, Dressing-g0nS &c All of which will be sold on reasonable lcrH He warrants a first rate fitting garment to all ffh0 may patronize him, and respectfully solicits a trial. A small lot of Military trim rains just received CaU at No 10, Fayetteville Street, bigGS Raleigh, Oct. 22d, 1 85 1. 1024 Star, and Biblical Recorder insert 4 weeks. ooi THE American Miller and Millwright's Assistant by Wm.C Hughes. Illustrated with cute if M.' chinery &c.-in 1 vol. l2mo. ft JU9t recJiveS Snd SUC'lM. L. POMEROT 10 SEWARD. med A T wt a v r .1 . km' n8 n v r. i irqm me suoscrmer a yeuuw i - . SAMPSON DEW. about nineteen years oi--- I U l-A . , , . . I.-.M1S. B" uh vtucii uu ieu a green coat ana Diue pam""" , boy was bound to me until he attains the age of 31 & I hereby forwarn all persons from harboring or ?mF- mg said boy. I will give the above reward for his ,ae i erv tn m nr r, f, u :D ; inil so that i get him. ALFRED MITCHELL, alias 0OOa' Raleigh, October 20th, 1851, 101 Warreiitoo Female Seianar . THE Examination of the Pupils of this nsl,tuVr will take place on the 5th and 8th of NojfO ensuing. The fiiends of the Youne Ladies anu "-r lie generally are requested to attend. Concert u evening of the 5th. DANIEL TURNfcK, i iumy October 24. 1851. W-" A jTIOCWTAIIV BUTTER PRIME lot just in Store and for sale by W. H. & K. S. TVC
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