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BtlOMAS WATSON,
At three cHrs per annum payable in advance.
jY AUTHORITY.
LAW! CP THE
. I'aSheo.at:
AN ACT
TED STATES.
TfIEECOXi)ESS103 OFJTHE TrETY-FIRST
: ; j ' COXCRESS. .. , ' . - . .
1 1 arn'end; the act jjrantinir " Cera.in re-
linauisHci aid unappropriated : lands to the State
i nf Alah lajfor the purpose of improving; the na-
I viiration if the Tennessee,! Coosa, Cahawba, and
J! IilackWaTiior, rivers," j approvejl the twenty-third
day ofllajr, one thousand eight hundi ed and
. V- twenty-pihi ;.- ! j: ' !
Be it eroded by the Senaic and House of
ticpreseniititcs of the United States of Ame
rica in Cctgfess asseniMed, That it shall and
may be layfiil for the Stateof Alabama, by the
Board of 0nl Commissioners appointee, by her
"'jforlhat Wfppse, to contract for and construct
that part rftfte ranal rou id the Muscle shoals,
beginningiatlCampbeirs lrry, arid running up
the river tJ iamb's ferry, before they contract
for, or coiipjete tliatpart of the said :oritem
plated iica jiajy Lctweeri Campbell's ferry and
r nr.nA ; anv thinr in tne aci 10 wnicn 1111
is an amendment 1 to the contrary
, .tandinff ; "Hi ll . '.
jurtner enacted,
Sec. And be it
shall be tl
ted Statef
furnish tc
ioon.asij
ecjuty of the
who have this
riotwith-
Ingineers of
That it
thetJni-
matter in charge,
to
as
of
said board 61 Uommissioners,
ralticable, a plan pf that section'
iho cAnal libove contemplated first to be eiel
. Mtd. rhiinectinir it .with the". river at-tor neajr
to Camifll1 ferry; and at the most eligibly
point at,! tr iihinediately below, Lamb's ferrv,
on the chc ipest practicable plan, in coriformit;
with mik Original act, to bef approvec by th
Presiderit'bf the "United States. .
Sec. 3. lAtifd be it further enacted, That thfe
oction 'toH said canal i above Lamb's ferry!,
jihall, by aid Engineers, be so planned as to
connectiitj Wth the deeji water in the river at
or above iamb's ferry, and the section below
Campbeirii .jerry, shall, iii like ma finer, be
' ' t oimected jVjith ( the ,decp water at cr below
iid last n eijtioned ferr; 4
1 iUN IJlvlli VV Diriv Biipuix,
authorized to change the location of such ofSce,
whenever; in his opinion, the 'public interest
may require it. !
I Sec. 2. 1 And be it further enacted, That th
Land Office now established at Monroe, sha
be removed to the place designated for the lo
cation of this office, and the Register and Re
ceiver of the Monroe Land Office, shall super
intend the sales of public , lands within said
district, who shall give security in the same
manner, in the same sums, and whose com
pensation, emoluments, duties, and authorities,
shall, in 'every respect, be the same, in relation
to the lands which shall be disposed of at their
of ice, as jarc or may be by law provided, Jin
relation1 to the Registers and ' Receivers of
IVIoneys in the several offices established
sale of public lands. jj
3.! And be it further enacted, That all
the public lands lying East of the Meridian
line in the Territory aforesaid, -.which are not
now embraced in the district of Detroit, be
and they are hereby, attached thereto ; and it
shall be the duty of the Register and Receiver
widow and chi
entitled to an
contract,! and
dren of any person who became
allotement of land under said
died without performing the
conditions required, shall, on paying into the
Treasury, one klollar and twenty-five cents per
to the third of March, eighteen
flirty-three, receive a patent for
acre, previous
hundred and: t
he same.
Approved, February 19, 1831.
-- i
rubiic
for the
Sec.
pi tne
in the
books
.i:
to saiq
Land Office in said district to deposit
Land Office at Detroit 1 all the records,
and papers, surveys, fcc. which pertain
Land Office at Monroe, which shall be
kept by the Register and Receiver of the Land
Office I at Detroit, as a part of the records
said office, i H
SecJ 4. And be it further enacted, That
.Speaker! of the'.
Approve
AN" ACT
'-, io
A
House of Representatives.
2. CALHOUN. ,
President of tlie Senate,
1831.
JDREW" JACKSON.
toi authorize t
cnanaisc: oyi wu y
aeueuiui r.'
i
,, Be it c
fieyrescn
rica in
after the
acted by the
atives of the
ip-rcss
assage of tin
e -transportation of mer
water with the benefit of
Senate and Hoiisc of
United Stated of Ame-
assemblcd, That from and
s aci, all goods, wares.
or merchc:idseimpprteld.into the United States,
h dntiniAdn which have been paid, or se
cured to V e taid!, may be transported by land,
or partly
the distri,
two bthei
;VJ lniid. and nartlv bv water, from
i into whichl thev were imported to
districts, and exported from either
L- - - 1. . i 11 Tl '
of them nth the benbht pt arawoacK: i'to
i;jPJ. ! Tmi all refirulations and formalities
now in fckxe, relating I to the transportation: pf
goodsj w tres, or 'merchandise, by land or by
iv.it p. frJrWthe district into which they were
district, for thd benefit of
drawbact;,! and such other regulations as ard
o: iindnr and bv virtue ot the act to
which1 tliild is an addition, for the further trans
Twat'inJrilLiirli frobds. wares, or merchan
disc, to clhJr districtst shall be complied with
And pro
and forn
expor
Ided also, That all the regulations
Jliiies how in force, respecting, the
for thi bne1fit of draW
with,
jothcr
addition :
diall be,
atijn?of goods,
so
pr(
tion -if
from
te so
, Approv
AN ACT
the
brc
wares, and merchandise,
back, shall be complied
Far as may be consisient witn tne
yiiions of the adto which this is in
Ana me secruiai v i "y x j
inn he is herebv authorized to pre
Scribe! Uh form of the certificate to be used
and the batiis to be taken, on the transpona
irti roods.! wares or merchandise
gelcond .district into .whic
4 . . J -.i .1 n
Ufflit- to me tnira uisinci.
d, February
..
12, 1831.
fi they may
Ifprpvidehebafterlbr the payment of six
thousai t (touars annuaiivito uie oei a
; 1 - ; -:'
and for,ihcr purpose:
r Hlg
State 61. Vw York
credit ot the Indian
jihat.. flHi.Sccrctaryj
jbc it cliattcd by 1h Senate and House of Re
lis assembled, "JThaf the broceeds of
the sumbf ipne hundred thousand aonars, De-
tht Amount " placed in the hands ot the
President qf the United! States, in trust, lor
the Seifcl tribe of Indians, situated in the
be ncreaiier passeu io me
appropriation.' fund: and
nf War be authorized tb
TPeivc itiri rnv over vto me oeneca inuc ui
Iudiahs sum Of six thousand dollars ari-
iiuallv Jilijie' way ind Jmanner as heretofore
practise, be paid out of any rioney in the
Trcasurj-Jnpt otherjwiseiappropriated.
Sec.1 And be ill further enacted, That the
decretal joI War be authorized to receive anjd
piy ovcrqj the Seneca tribe of Indians, thje
sum of iw6 thousand - six hundred and lour
t(cn dolors and fory cents, out cf any money
An theTifelisury, not otherwise jippropriated,
"oftccbtndnf the deficiencv, bv that amount,
ii the simfnaid over to said Indians the last
' - - - l -r r -
v;ar. Hi.
ApproEebruary 19, 1831.
of
bll
such public lands as shall have been offered
for tsale to the highest bidder at Monroe or
Detroit, pursuant to any proclamation of the
President of the United States,; and -which are
embraced within the provisions -of this act,
and which lands remain unsold at the taking
effect rjf this act, shall be subject to be entered
and is old at private sale, by the Registers of
tKie Land Offices to which they are hereby 'at
tached; and all provisions of law applicable
to! then public lands, to which this act applies,
shall continue in full force and effect.
Se6. 5. And be it -further enacted, That so
much of the State of Illinois as lies between
he Illinois and Mississippi rivers, bounded! on
the South by the base line, on the north by the
northern boundary of that State, and on the
extreme; east by the third principal Meridian,
be formed into a separate land district, the offi
ces for which to be located where it will best
accommodate purchasers and others, by the
resident f and a Register and Receiver shall
be appointed at such time as the President of
the United States shall deem proper. !l
; Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That an
other district be also formed in that State! I on
he north of , the dividing linc! between town-
silps sixteen and seventeen north of base line,
and east of the third principal Meridian, intlud-
ing till tnat part oi tne cnate to its nonnern
boundary, the offices for which to be located
bytt e President, where the public interest! and
th$ ponvemence of purchasers may require ;
an4 Register and Receiver! shall be appointed
at tuch time as the President of the United
Stales shall deem proper.
Sjc. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
RegBt$rs and Recovers shall reside, rcspec
tivelv-at the place Jere the Land Offices are
located, give securii- in the same manner, in
the sane sums,, and whose compensation, emo
lumeits, and duties, and authority, in every
:re)edi, be the same, in relation to the lands
which shall be disposed of at their offices, as
may b&by law provided in relation to the Re
gisfers nd Receivers of Public Moneys in the
sev era! pffices established for the disposal of
ihe land of the United States north-west of
the rive Ohio.
Sec. q And be it further enacted, That the
said land shall be disposed o in the same
manner, aid on the same terms and conditions,
as are o may be provided by law lor tne
sale; of otler lands of the United States : Pro
Didcd Tht no tracts , of land excepted i from
sales by itue of any., former acts, shall be
som oy vique ot tnisiact.
Sec. 9. Xnd be it furter enacted, That all
the lands ti which the Indian title is extin-
ffUlhcd, lyilg in that part of the State of In
diana whichis east of the! Lake Michigan, bor
dering upoiithe northern line of said State,
and not attacied tb any land district, shall be,
and the feameare hereby, attached to the ror
Wayne Distrtt. ,
Approved febuary ly, Jodl.
j i
AT ACj McstabUsh a Land Office i l Uie '1 erntoiM
c;:i,Cchijran, and tor other purposes.
Be ittirhrifid 01 the Senate dud House ot
Refresefafoives ofl the United States of Ame
in the
a' new-
public
riza tn Toigtess assemoiea, inw au inc puui
Ik land hi whichl the; 1 Indian title , has eM
cstinguiihid, ymi West of the ineridian linje
TUrritorv of Michigan, shall constitute
Mi district; for the sale of.th
,ir;iiU )io firid district, there snail
same, shall, oh paying into the Treasury one
dollar-and twenty-five cents the acre, previous
o: the third of March eighteen hundred and
thirty three receive a patent for the same.
Sec. 3 And be it further enacted. That the
AN ACT to amend the act for takinsr the fifth census
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in Congress assembledyThzt it shall and may
be lawful for! sUch of the assistants to the Mar
shals in the respective States and Territories,
who have not, before the passage of this, act,
made their respective returns to such Marshals,
under the act herebv amended, to complete
it "
heir enumerations and make their returns un
der the said act, at any 'time before the first day
of June, and for the Marshals of such States and
Territories to make their returns to the Secre-
ary of State at any time before the first day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
one : Provided, That nothing herein contained,
shall be decreed to release such Marshals and
assistants froijb the penalties contained in the
act aforesaid, pnless their returns shall be made
within the time prescribed in this act : And
provided further, That no person be included
mjne returns maoeunoer tne present act, unless
such persons shall have been inhabitants of the
Districts for which suh returns shall be made,
on the first day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
copies of returns and aggregate amounts direct-
cu iu uc nicu uy iue lfiarsnais wim me lerKS
of the several Distrct Courts, and SuDreme
Courts of the Territories of the United States,
sharf be preserved by said Clerks, and remain
in their office: respectively ; and so much of the
Act to which this is an amendment as requires
that they shall be transmited by said Clerks to
the Departerrjent of State, is hereby repealed.
Sec. J. And be it further enacted. That it shall
tne secretary ot state to note all
errors in tne returns ot the Mar-
be the duty o
the clerical
shals and Assistants," whether in the additions
classification of inhabitants, or otherwise, and
cause said notes to be printed with the aggre
gate returns of the Marshals, for the use of Con
gress.
ApprovedJ 9d Febiiarv. 1831-
Marshall to receive from the Treasury of'the
United States,! the amount certified to be due,
unless otherwise ordered by the Senate;
Sec. 4. Ana be it further enacted, That
there shall be paid to the Marshal of the State
of Missouri, the sum of fifty dollars, and to
the Marshall I of the Territory of Arkansas,
the sum of five dollars, for serving and re
turning subpoenas for witnesses, issued by or
der of the said court. j
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the
sum of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars
be, and the same, i$ hereby, appropriated to deJ
iray me expenses incurred under the provi
sions of this act, to be paid out of any money
in the Treasury hot otherwise appropriated.
. Approved, 13th January, 1831.
AN ACT to authorize the construction of three
schooners for the naval service of the United
States. 1
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That the Presi
dent of the United States be, and he is hereby,
authorized to cause to be built, equipped and
employed in the naval service Of the United
States, three (schooners, not exceeding twelves
guns bach; and that the sum of eighty-seven
thousand three hundred and sixty dollars be,
and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated, for the purpose ofcarrying the
Ibregoiog proVisions into effect. j !
Approved, February 3, 1831. , .
t ! ' . ; .
AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to quiet
the titles of certain -purchasers of lands between
the lines of Ludlow and Roberts, in the State of
year eighteen hundred and thirty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives oj trie united States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That in addition
to the sum appropriated by the act entitled,
" An act to quiet the titles of certain purcha
sers of lands between the lines of Ludlow and
Roberts, in the State of Ohio," approved
the twenty-sixth of May, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty, the President of the Uni
ted States be, and he is hereby, authorized to
pay, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to Philip Doddridge,
the claimant of the Virginia military survey,
numbered six thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight,
for ! seven hundred acres,; being one
of this Virginia military surveys, in the said
act mentioned, lying between the lines of Lud
low and Roberts, in the State oi Ohio, the
J 1
AN ACT to alfer and amend f An act to set apart
and dispose of fcrtain public i lands for the encour
agement of thcine and olive."
Be it enacted b the Senateland House of Repre
sentatives of the mited States of America in Con
gress assemblecL That all persons entitled to
lands, under a rontract entered into pn mc
eighth of Januari, eighteen hundred and nine
teen, by the' Secretary of the Treasury on the
part, of the UnitM States, and Charles jVillar,
Agent of the Toniecbee Association, in pursu
ance of 'An acfl to set apart and dispose of
certain public lanfc ffor the encouragement of
the cultivation of tfe vine and olive," approved
o ti the third of Mrch, eighteen hundred and
seventeen, their hers, devises or assigns, who
a ppear by the retort of William L. Adams,
special agent of tie Treasury, appointed in
compliance with absolution of. the Senate,
passed the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred
and j twenty-six, twlhave complied with the
conditions of setteiaent and cultivation, as
Ktiniilatpd for in lain -contract, or who shall
hereafter make it appear to the satisfaction of
4he Secretary oi tit 1 reasury, mat uiey nave
so rnmnlipd. shall dn navimr into the X reasurv
One dollar and tweitv-nv cents the acre pre1
tibiis to the third oMarcV, eighteen hundred
nd thirtv-three, rtceivela patent fr the
same.
? Sec. 2. And be itfurtheX enacted That all
persons wljo became lentitleV to An allotement
of land under said contractitlieir heirs, devi
sees, . or assigns, who hard failed to comply
with the conditions of seuchent and cultiva
AN ACT furfther supplemental to the act enti
tied "An act making further provision for set
tling the claims to j land in the Territory of
Missouri, I passed the thirteenth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America
. : r i. 7 . j rru. . .1 tt:j einnn
11 1 . 1' 'I'- .1 ' 1 1 ',. .. 1.. f jl
00 nejreDy rennquisn 10 me innaDiianis 01 me
several towns or villages of Portage des Sioux,
C7U1I1L UUi lUS, OUIUI JjUUlb, OUIIll X' CI UllldllU,
Villa a Robert, Carondeht, Saint. Genevieve,
New Madric!, New Bourbon, and Little Prairie,
in the State !of Missouri, all the right, title and
interest, oil the United States, in and to the
town and Village lots, out lots, common field
lots, and commons, (in, adjoining, and belong
ing to, the said towns or villages, confirmed to
.1 11 .1 . ii
tnem respectively by tne nrst section 01 me
act of Congjress, entitled " An act making fur
ther provision for settling the claims to jand in
the Territory of Missouri," passed the thri
teenth day lof June one thousand eight hun
dred and twelve ; to) be held by the inhabitants
of the said towns and villages in full property,
according to their several rights therein, to be
regulated or disposed of to the use pf the inha
bitants, according to the laws of the State of
Missouri. ;
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
United States do I hereby relinquish all their
right, title, and interst, in and to the town and
village lots-, out lots, and common field lots, in
in the State of Missouri, reserved for the sup
port of scjiools, irt the respective towns and
villages aforesaid, by the second section of the
above recited act pf Congress ; cand that the
same shallbe sold br disposed of; or regulated
for the sai purposes, in such, manner as may
be directed by the Legislature ol said state.
Approved, January 27, lcul.
:l bea LLy ii Office established at such plafe
witjijji
district-- asl
tion within the period reuixd thereby, who
at the time of the passaffe ofthis act shall be
. srr
KENTU
INTHBHOU,
1 Mm
LtGISIATDR
; The House,
of the . day,
the whble
ceo
resolved itself into a
lib
Me, on the state !of" rZZ ?
Ir. Desha in.th r.l YtT ,f i
spent therein, the'Spl Uvkt
and Mr. Dpsha rim-! A 7s 'i. '
MONWEALTn I
after some time
sumed the chai
the Committee had taken under consit!
sundry, respruUdns rjassed by A
legislatures, on me suoject pi tne Ai'in tpx v
Sedition Laws, and had come to a ri pi (tic
thereupon J which he deliveredin at the tirV I
table, where it was read, and uxanJ icsh -
agreea ttf ljjr thfe Ji ouse, as follows :i l
cprcscuiaiives oi me gooarr jste; ot'
this ComntonWteaUh in general asseni fcb4
of sundry Stale in the) Union, io thej frbplt
tions passed at
tain unconstitu
monly calle
tly;to
?wprs
temorj
tion-
ine, last session, resper ;ccr-
ionai : laws of Uongre jcain?
he Alien and Seditl A rlawsl
would be faithless indeedjo theinse) rcH and
to muse mey represent, were tney s
acquiesce in the- principles and doct
tempted to be maintained in all tbnsiv
that of Virginia only excepted. Nj
enter the held ol argument, and atte
fullv or forcibly to exnose the- unco
I . A. X A. 3 1 I Z 1 - 1 VII..
amy 01 uiosa ounoxious laws, wouiaJUils'i
prehended, bd as Unnecessaay us univiilinS
Wje cannot however hut lament, tlf" Lritljdl
discussion , o: : those interesting j su AsbV
sundry of the Legislatures of our sist Stwtc?,
unfounded si ggstions, and uncandia 'siriu?
tions, derogitory of the true charl-ttr and
principles of tlie good people of this bpiimonf
wealth, have I ccn substituted in plaof(f laf
reasoning and sound argument. ! Our rathions
of these Wanning measures of thcllMTineral
Government! together with bur relfOis ibr
those opinions; were detailed with deouy and
with temper, and submitted iof the, discassion
and judgment pf our fellow-citizens tloVghout
the Union Whether the like" decntv and
temper have been observed in the-a;isMers '.'4K
most of those States; who have dei6 alJ,,
tempted tb obviate the great truthsfeoatllned! in
those resoluiionswe haye now bnlyllsubniit
to a candid world Faithful to the" ti re' princi
ples of the Federal Union, unconscif jst)f anv
designs to disturb the harmony of ti it iJnion,
and anxious only to iescape the
potism, the
AN ACT making provision for the compensation
of witnesses, and payment of other expenses, at
tending the trial of the; impeachment of James H.
Peck.
Be it enacted bv the Senate and HoUsc of
Revresentatives of the United States ot Ame
rica in Congress I assembled, That to every
witness summoned to attend the trial of the im
peachment of James II. Peck, there shall be
allowed and paid, for every day's attendance
upon the said trial, the sum ol lour dollars,
and also for mileage, at the rate of twenty
cents for every mile distance coming to the
city of Washington, and returning to the usual
place of residence 01 tne witnesses reaper
X
five dollars ;and sixty-eight cents, with inte
rest at the rate of six per centum per annum,
from the fifth day of March, eighteen hundred
and twenty-five, until paid; the said Philip
having already conveyed to the United States,
the title to the said seven hundred acres of
land, in the planner directed by the President
of the United Statesy pursuant to the provi
sions of the act of Congress before recited.
This act shall commence and be in force from
the passing thereof.
Approved, F ebruary 12, 1831.
I M
AN ACT to repeal the charges imposed on pass
ports and clearances, s
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That so much of
the act of the first June, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-six, entitled "An act pro
viding; passports for the ships and vessels of
the United States," as imposes a charge of
fen dollars for passports, and of four dollars
for a clearance, to any ship, or vessel bound on
a voyage to anyforeign country, be, and the
same is hereby, repealed, to take effect from
and after the thirty-first day of March of the
present year. 1 .
Approved, February 12, 1831. f
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of State to is
sue a patent to John Powell.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That the Secre
tary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized
and required to issue letters patent, in the
usual form, to John Powell, for !his invention
of a machine " for the purpose 6f separating
the metal from gold ore, and the auriferous
earth of alluvial deposites," upon his compli
ance fwith all the provisions of the existing
laws; except so far as they require, on the part
of a tens, a residence 01 iwo years in me uni
' ' 1
ted States. ;
Approved, February 12, 1831.
rood people of
fan
his
wealth are regardless of censure or
tion. Leas
monwealth
owever, the silence oil
snouiu ue consirueu 11
lptecT
Mif des
f fJnmbn
fdimnia-
I 1 - '. 1,1
ced and attempted to be maintamec
least those of our!ftlln
T . 4
the Union, who so wiq
Bn .ac-r
shdvan
dtizen
differ
hose important subjects, Jimld be
the expectation, that wifjali1 be
tiVely, copiputing
usual roulie of travel by land.
Sec. lAnd be
shall e "the duty
the said distance by the
it further enacted, That it
of the Secretary of the Se-
naUto aicertainfnd certify the amount due
tiTeach witness for attendance and mileage ;
which certificate shall be a sufficient voucher
to entitle the witness to receive from the 1 rea
surv of the Uniteld States the! amount certified
to be due, unless otherwise ordered by the
Senate.
And bel it further enacteay L hat to
hal of the Dictrict of Columbia! there
allowed and paid, for every day's at
tendance upon the cour,t pf impeachment uu
Ving the said triaty the sum of liva4oil4rsy the
amount to .be ascertained and certified by ! the
Secretary of the Senate ; which r certificate
9 Sec. 3
the Mars
shall be
AN ACT authorizing the sale of jot tract of land
' the.rfiin named.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Housejof
Kepreseniaiives oj me umiea otatc- uj Ame
rica in Consrress assembled, That it shall be
the duty of the president of the United States
tp offer at I public sale, as soon as may be, the
southwest: northwest, and northeast quarters
of section number twenty-five, of township
number six,: lp range number one west, in ine
Cincinnati District, under the same rules and
regulations that govern the sale of other pub
lie lands of the United States.
Approved, February 12, 1831 ; s
RESOLUTION, in relation to the transmission
oft public documents printed by order of
either House of Congress, j
Resolved ly the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the : United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That nothing contained
in the act to reduce into one the several, acts
establishing and regulating the Post Office
March third, one thou-
sanf eight hundred and iwemv-in, .iax;
'construed to repeal, ox Unut the operation of
v i.: ,!, Arim nr the transmission of certain
documenU ftee o( postage, approved December
ninoteen
tw
answers, or
throughout
from us oh
deluded by
deterred from what we conceive our titty t or
snrinK irom me principles coniaineai4 mosti
resolutions ; therefore, lii! '
' Resolved, That this CmmonweaJlnicbhsi
der the Fede ral Union upon the tern i!nd!for
the purposes specified in the late co tact,-a;;
conducive to the liberty and happin :Hof the
several State 3 r That it does now un Wjvbealj
ly declare : ts attachment to the Uni ixi ,and to
that compact, agreeable to its obvious p id rCajl
intention, and will be among the, lastH), seek
its dcsolution : lhat if those who ddt; mister
the General Government be permittee! 1 trans
gress the limits fixed by that comf at i (by a
total disregard to the special delegauns -01 1
power therein contained, axil anniJUtlion of
the State G overnments, and the erectidi'upon
their ruin? of a general consolodateni'j dverh,
ment, wilibe the inevitable consequence: .That
the principle and construction contenled for
by sundry jof the, State Legislatures juat the
General Government is the' exclusive j idge oi
the extent pi tne powers aeiegaxea ioj w .iop
nothing shojt of despotism ; since &e di$cj'c
tion of those who administer the goyepment,
and not ihk constitut ion, would be tr&ieasjire
of their powers. 5 That the several StatJS who
formed that instrument, being soveieJcnt and ;
independehtl have the unquesUonab! flight to
judge of ijsj infraction, and dnulhfectiohby '
inose sovereignties, oj' an itnauinoi
done under color of that instruma :tl is : the
rightful remedy : That ttns Comrj okwealth
doesj'upon ihe most deliberate recon ji deration
declare, that the said Alien and Sedjji n laws
are, in their opinion, palpable violatil ! j of the .
said Constitution ; and however chlf -fiUy&tfA
' i j
may be disposed to;6urrendert its op
majority
nary or
regulations
banner.
jfiercd,
Til
this uommonww"" :"r -7 z I t U At .cu ' j. 1
thos laws nd be thereby tisea, as i WivLli
for similai-fhtura violations ofthefe :f ;r j
S w E
its sister States Jn mattelfe.ff orr t-
obbtful policy j yet in rfplientus
like the present. wmch.ac uy
wound the best rights of the citize Ti wouia
consider d Silent acauiescencd as hiLiar1- mm
m irti ! J i.-'J 1 iL.YS.'J.mnnnT i'fh- flft
nal : i nai aiinpugn me umw.
party to the federal compact,
t does1
A0Ur lint it will not now nor eve nfeaiter,
.A4ca InnnneA in A COnsiltUtlOn:
any attempt, from what gaartersoet
to violate that compact uj a
that no pretexts or arguments may.
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imonw phr.as , i
will Mto ;Iic I ,
at thf lctimcix
i rDccerther 1S25.: -mmmmA ' . '
' bLaJSxl seeycniidon,.
ieeoest'iifiliction, the rapid strides i
- J W.co rorr' to the States,
. thta Commonwealth
Sgabit tfidmv its SOUSMN ROT
ExtracL tc. ydiy:l':ru
Attftk THOMAS TODD, C
iNSEiiTNovilTO I
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