biflllM .' .fa
. . PUI5ISIIE1 - :
RY THOM WATSON
;V;
iThree dollars per annum; payable in advance.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
General Government,, ior me
of all the States, amoun t to the enormous .num
ber of one billion sixty two millions four, hun
dred ar sixty three thousand one hundred and
seventy" one ; which, at the minimum price of
one dollar and twenty five cents per acre woujd
yield, the immense, sum; of one billion three
hondred and twenty seven millions nine hun
dred and seventy eight. thousand ntuehundred
and sixty three dollars. and venty five ceins,
Tki .h,.:.w nronortion of North Carolina,
even supposing the lands! were; equally divided
J h States, without regard to their
size or population, would amount to four mil-
Rons four hundred, anu -twenty.
nine nunareu . "r i; V r" e
federal population is assumed as the basis ol
the division; her share ivould nearly double
that amounU With a fund like this, sir, what
might we bot do to adva'n e the: prosper. tv and
welfare of our good old State?. The blessings
of educauon mitrht be; liberally bestowpd upii
all' of our poor ;! her great resources might be
called into active and useful operBtipn; internal
improvements, connecting the mountains and
the ocean, the very means by which our great
resources might be developed, and, our.citizens
rendered an united, happy and contentedjpeo
ple, would be constructed ;and our own popu
lation, instead of seeking other dimes nd
countries, u here they may receive a reward
for their labours and industry, might Here -t
dawn under their .own. jvine and fig tree,, and
become rich, prosperous, and happy. i?iiY,l
.cannot dwell upon the enchanimentofthe scene
Which this act of justiccontbe part of Congress,
would produee upon mv' native slate, j I am a
North Carolinian bv birth, education and feel
ing, and, '" with all her faults, I love her still;
and I, never, no never, - an ! raise my feeble
voice against her just and righteous claims to a
share of the proceeds of the public lands. As
lias bee., trulv remarked, she is "the Ireland
!V thi. Tthiiii'i' the disinherited child i ann false
must be her: sons !' to their trust, and recreant
to her cause whowoiild, in this her hour or
need, fail ! to assert her just and legal rights.
Would that I coul.l animate every Senator
present with a just sense of her frongs and ac
tive conception of her rights: ! Would that I
ncould, on this subject, excite tnem wun i-
ble enthusiasm which animated Gustavasj as
as1 he became conscious of his desperateti
Vasa,
for-
f Ui. v " 7. ...... tirtV0
tunes, and tne. great oecewny -nw
exertion; when he exclaimed, ; ; ,1; rr&
Here will I eland, an.l breast me to the shock, :
Till (; or Denmark la.'!. -! ; ;- ''-T.
'Our own State has never received any of
the favours even which the General Governs
ment could rightfully bestow, with the excep
tion of an appropriation of twenty -thousand
dollar, to clear but certain obstructions near
the Z mouth of the Cape Fear river, which were
ut there, during the war, for the general good,
and one or ' two smader ones, not exceaing,
:'. in; all, 5 fifty thousand dollars, for the internal
improvement of the State, since she became a
inember of the confederacy,; 1, believe the
whole amount is stated. r Those works of a naf
tional character,' such as forts, light houses,
&c. cannot, be brought into the computation,
as fhey; were constructed as much for the bene
fit of- the other . States , of the Union, as for
North Carolina. Whilst, on the con'trary,
millions upon-'millions have been' lavished up
on the other States,' as their surpassing pros
perity and improvement 'well attests ; andCon-'
greSs, even iOf -the very? lands ceded to it by;
North Caralina,' granted one hundred thousand
4 acres for the use of two Colleges, one in East,;
and; one in 1. West Tennesse ; and one hundred
thousand acres, itt c one 1 tract, for. the use of
Academies, one in each county of the State of
Tennesseey to be established by the legislature1
hereof. - j'.-; ..-'Vv-;.. 'A r&JWr?-
- A Before J proceed to show the unjust manner
- iii which the Congress of the United States has
already disposed of a portion of the
public
uniain, , I would beg leave to submit
to the
Mabiip tht avKlom which was adorned
"vevinr and selling the public , lands, as con-:
" tattled in a report to: Congress. According to
that system, all public5 lands offered for sale are
T --r-.--. - ; " . -f li. , '
I previously accurately surveyed, oy skuiui sur -
' veyors, j in ranges of townships . of. six miles !
"square each ; which townships - are subdivided J
' ' ihio thirty six eaual divisions or sduare-'miles, 1
J called sectioiis: bv lines crossinr each other
ricrht Wnorls. and jrenerallv rnntainincr six
hundred and forty acres; These sections: arej
U5 tiro year 830; po person could purchase1 a
Ie3s quantity than a quarter.. In that year, pro-
Vision ' was naae tor , the further division : of
the sections into eighths, thereby
allowing' a
if he wish
the session
purchaser, io; buy only eighty acres,
ed.tO' purchase, no m6i e. ;, During
of Conffressof 1832, further to exte
nd accomo-
flation to purchasers if the public lands, and ts
oeciallv to thet poorer classes," the r sections
have again been divided intu sixteenths, admit-
1 mitting purchase of only, forty, acres. .. The
Senate will now bei better enabled) --to estimate
lihe unbounded liberality of the General Go
.iv.ernment.to the
formed, that, by
'Hive percent, of
' . . . . . . . ' . , . .
jthe sales of the publi
Hf are appropriate; i
j' of 'internal impro
I .
on terms of eqdality, accordin
v to the C.insti:
tytiQn, with the gJd Sutes, where
I"
ftkiv liryan speech coirtiniid.
ThVs-sir, it will be perceived that the; total
S . Iaurk lan.U which areheld bv the
new States, when they are in-t) uesiry rtne very- ovpreigu.. v vlfU-v.A wew.v., r-rr--;. --
,k,I ;J Zr i'-c v.i-i man of Ml hts advantages, and enfoss all the better
ihextsting lawspfCongressii dieSutes.r " - rnr MIVh MbeauarwartoWao
thenett proceeds arising froni '', If the States are entitled to the proceeds o pri6cs , jjesideSf aie- i(woald be doing Ib-
c lands, within their limits, the public lands, after the; payment oi ipeuepMjniet.ohose. who have already nireuitsed if the Go-
'., ... ! - ill fnr inKloK AnVl tn 1V10 General Gov I vernmentl tha frespnt nrices. 'and iolale the terms of
vemept itand one . section 5in ernment, Congress has no right J-o -PPP" tlie new sk at the exnerise of th.'old ones and thus
77 !t Am jorxjorreciness ofthe argument, that shecan- is, the diitVof rn.cc ; i - -i . , .. f--- -.- r----..-.., i nwm.a- c t-Jv"!
or correctness of the argument, thatsbe f can-
not aa tne iirae lor the old States
Hut this i not all. The ' munificence of the':
General ; Government towards the hew; States
does not stop. here. ' Appropriations, to a very
large amount, for the purposes of internal ira
provements, Colleges, - Academies and Univer
sities, common chpols, religious and chaHu
tie i nstitn tiohsa tuj f8eadf.:0Q?efnmipnf''
of the public lands, have 'beenf made to the nevr
States.- according jo a statement prepared, for
tne House of, Representatives,, up to January
, l&SK. as follows:' - ' i . i'ik$
t :
Ohio,
Indiana, '
Illinois, ,
Missouri,' .....
Mississippi,
Alabama, z
Arkansas, '
Flurida,';
1,01-2,592'
l,711.Vi25
1,181 ;4S
?33,44
1,216,450 i
920,053
- 599,973
'996,338 ;
947,724
I-.--.
; - ; - r 1 1,057,685 ;
!i The Senate will perceive that up to January,
1832," the new Stales had reeeived,' for these
important purposes,'eIeven millions fifty-seven
th'-usand six hundred and "eighty-five acres
pf . tho public lands ; whilst the roUV States,
whose ' blood and. treasure were poured out to
acqui e atid defend them, have riot been en
iched by the donation ofa single acre: -Those
lands, to say nothing of the additional five per
cent. I to Which they are en titled upon the nett
proceeds f the sales, of all that are: sold, &c.
would yield, at a moderate price, the . enor
mous sum of sixty millions of dollars. Accor
:ling to an assessment of all the lands in North
Carolina, rriadci in the year 1815, (when they
we're far Vore valuable, . and there were fewer
i nducements' to leave the State,) they' were val
led at fifty-two millions of dollars ; anii thus
t would appear that the General Goveanment,
in its prodigality, has actually given away, to
Ihe New IS tales, a territory far exceeding in
value and:fertility, &cV that! of the' whole State
i ii,orwi yum mm. i win jioi stop to enquire
hether tpe Legislature of North Carolina did
t exceed the bounds of its authority, when it
eded these lands to the General Government t
Whether the lands did hot belong to the neoble
n their sovereign capacity and whether they,
ouid be disposed of by the iegislature, with-
ut an express delegation of power, to that ef-
'ect, from the eople, or only by a Convention
ailed torlthat purpose. Soffice it siri to saV
hat the JLeg-i-Iature, " havinjj, taken upon itself
the authority to do so, and, ihus deprived the
jtate of a; valuable part of its domain, ;it is but
just and: right that the legislature should now
demand of the.lveneral Lroyernment the share
br proportion of the proceeds of them to which
OUr k?laltj S eilllllCU. ; , : t: t !
TheV' gentleman from Surry, (Mr. Waugh)
iasjintroluced a series of resolutions, which,
like the prostrations made by the conspirators
gainst Caesa r, on the k tho rning of his death, al
the foot of his throne. are onlv intended to cont
ccal their true meaning, anu to uisguise tne
purpose tvhich they are intended to' effect.
They are pot intended to remedy the existing
evils complained of jthey seek nothing from
the General Government ; they do not assert
he claim f of the State tb a
eeeds -f the. public lands ; v they ilo not Jadmit
even - the authority of Congrtss to. dispose of
them ; but they deal in generalities couched
in Isuch ambiguous and equivocarterrns, that,
like the! responses of the o racle, they, in volve
the true Question in such uncertainly and doubt
as to meant-j-aothirig; and still the gentleman
has ingenuity enough so to expound them as
pake them suit his purpose!.' jThe first esblu
jioii, .like, any other abstract propositioh, is
purely passive in its character; the first branch
of the second resolution contains a political ax-
turn, which meets .with my hearty concurrence,
viz. . that all the public revenues are collected
from the people directly or; indirectly, and
ought ne ver to exceed the amount of expendi
tures necessary to ah economical ladministra
jtion of kHe Government, 3ut,;sir ?I should
be glad to know what the gentleman means by
his political corrollary "and, therefore, when
ever the procedsbfthe sales of the territory or
ic lands of the United States are not reqtn-'
red (in
aid of other revenues) forthc Legitimate
purposes of the national Government, we be?
comwieno! some; sale" method fordistributhg
) among, all the States any surplus proceeds of
i the public lands which may from time to time
I; . . ... ii. i ,1.-.. f u-.it:....i cVli.i
; remain n t me ircawi y iuc,uu.irw , crirtcs
remain. in me trea
after defraying its ttrpenditiireSV7s
Dos the gentl erpip froni Surry expect tb
throw dust'in the "eyes' of the people' thus, hv
l makine u them blind to their interest ! . If the
I proceeds of the public lands are not to be d is-',
tribute pnti the
leeitimate purposes bf Government," they hev-
er will be distribute .What lire he legitimate
j purposes of Governmat? If they embrace a
race a
inatrnificent and expensive system of internal
- , . .. i. . t
and forts, the building of a navy, the invest-
inent of millions in a national Bank, and all the
exDenses ui an cahi,-
sir, tN proceeds the PJ
dust.in Re balance,
poses. , ine l,snare QMHu , .
ins and thenower ot the General Government,!
snare OI,nS OMvca ... mc uuiii-
h4ving;thennlhpn
1 . ' " ' .'. ! - - .- 1 1 I 1
aaer the pntteeds ol the public lanas are
imnrmramonr. tnA r.nns rucunn ni iicrnL nnnspmo . . . :
. i a f , t ' - 0 ' I J . ' : . 1 .1 r nn 1 1 Hart tr nfl AMhifin 4rmi har i urmifH ha vivsa. i flPnTlVAl lh TifinP
,f j them to any omer purposes. w ny is w fV " Ldel
tere ii the iuslicv hausteditt these legitimate' purpbses that; v
some safe method lordistjrlbuiionalnb
tateafkLrdeda-eu the. gentleman froni Sur- 1
rv that W2ifhriw;
ryhat heahall faave an opportunity of giving
a local naDitalton and a name77: to thesmvs-,
teriqus. words, "devise and ncommehdJ,?Uhe t
believes that it is, unconstitutional for Congress
to HlfsDose of inrnrofpffi Af thft iviiKliv. fiti-
w .Wfposp ot proceed ft me public lands
; recommend a.a amendment to the
rAi;..r:l , j
yonstliuiion r i
it wouk have (
Thtsr slrv is histtneaningamlit ti
saved jan i unnecessiary debate, ifV in plain lan
6Havt enaveur" a is me opinion, oi tnis
nnono k.J .1.1- l.-ti II i.'jl ... r ' . ,1 ,i
stitutional power: to distribute.the broceetlsldf
mena some safe method for distribution amon
thfi Stat.A 'V I.rdarlrvo tl.o '.War. lam. U . LJ O .'. .
'tn";.i'?1fe i!nd the-State of Ohio, with a liopula-
mjc puyiji; iauu . uiuong uie oiaies. . a,C-
cording (o his ilesolutmn, only the surplus
ro(ceeds of the jpublic lands; whicKmayJfroiri
States, after defraying its epHlfn'turVsVaito
be distributed, he had better not recommeidjto
Congress! to incur the expense of amending the
Constitution ; to j-nothing Will-emain in the
treasury,! after satisfying the horde of hungjr;
political cormojrUwhd hartg'upon thG
ernmenU and dvfraying the'Javish expenditure
of the public money upon all and any c bjecls
which! may be deemed legitimate purposes.
The third i resolution requires no action on
the part j of ther Government, and, as the assr
Uon pfain 6pinion is not objectiohablel -Ctt,
sir, shopld be glad to know for what" purpose
this General Assembly ' is called upon to -sejul
on to ; the : Congress of the. United States the
fourth resolution I thought that the object wf.
an legislation vjas to remeay some grievance,
or to jussert spine ight, and provide means jto
rhaihtaiiij it.' 'VJikt " does the Coiigrpss bf the
United .qtatcs. Scares ' about our 44 resol viiig fur
ther, i that we deprecate all attempts on the
part of the citizens, of this State tQ increase
the dihiclilties,' and magnify the jealousies, hl
readyj exhibited ulponnationarvjqueslitjnsin'
respect to . our public lands, by giving 1 1 them
a party character, which does not prope rly be
long to the subject,! and thereby holding out in
ducements to the new States to put forih'ur-
gent
other
and unreasonable demands and on the
h an d, r b y; jd e n 6 u n ci no t h ei r c la i m s w h
reproaches,1 so as to kindle a blaze of iis-
bitter
conterit 4n tbe 4aion, iyhicHlibwit;ef ihtn -
ded by . those who raised it, must ultidiatelv. ejn-
dahger the peace and prosperity of the bst
Government on I earth ?" What have thevlto
db with lj ?Wh'ai'rmijr va usi
such j af 1tatev'oY t
from Surryr surely. does not intend to fix a libel
upon thfe; character of our goad old Sia te.p4
When hive its peaceable citizens ever attempt
ed to increase the difficultie-a, and magnify, the
iealousie's-aireadvexhibited unon 'nktioilal
a cif. o fx th ei r ii vgsj x an Vy op po i n t iv M c h ca n )b j
construei into a denouncement ot tiie claims
oi tne new aiates,! mini outer rtproacie$i solas
to kindle a blaze of discontent in the tiaticjn',
ana p.o enaanffer ineexistence otour Movetn-
mehtl? This resolution does
great injustice
to
the good pepple:6f ourLStatfi; ahd'tliQ gehtik
man. I from Surrvj $hould have spared them t'heJ
deep; mortification: and exposure.; There can
bp?biub1nr ophiin ih North Carofina,iamdng
tie, peQf'updrl he;ubject4.the;:'distr bti tpn
of the . public lands ;, and it'will be easily ilis
cerned who - among us are for giviug this mat
ter 44 a;! party : character for 44 by their; fruits
ye shalrknowthem;" and it requires no sagaci
ty td distinguish those who are ready atids wil t
lirig 'to' assert and main tain ths just clai rri upon
the General Gofernment, ra behalf of North
yaroina,3 ; ; . 4. . .f;,'-
j The resolution introduced byJhe gen tleman
froni Surrv made! no demand iof the General
Government, and assert -no claim, on the part
(If bur Slate; to al share of the proceeds of the
puonc lanus. iney are, itiereiure, -penec,iiy
uselessjand can afford no relief to the people.
'i - The resolutions introduced aaamcnd itory to
thesleby the gcnilenian from Ansori,i rrieet
jrillj nrj' :apprabVii6n:They..t;4eear in sub
stance, jthat Congress ought hbf toTediicelhe
ininjmum' pncM
sold, npr, give Uie public lands the Slater in
which they are situated, as thereby the prosper
ity, jf the old StateBwouhl, be teriousiy affec
ted, ati( 'great! iifijustice done tj those Slates
which Ceded them V and moreijv6r,Hli at such
disposition should be mad 6 of them, or he pro-
cee7S inereot ainHug.;.me oMivco-ruiiig u
their i respective sacrifices, &c or. in Jpropor-
tion! tcAheir-federal population .The rmmmwmXiod $w
i . T. i, v. . . . i. j . 1 , ,. . . t . i .... voice ol North Carolina be heard.-not in' theian?uarc of
ride y now oneinollar amrtwenty-tiye centtf
er aclenwUhrn is red diced. thtefiJl
scarcely pay, tne expenses of, surveying, fcc.
and consiequently cease to be 8 source of Ire
venue5 4o the; Government ; andsb -"jgrtsat will
be. he consequent ihducement remove, that
iheoldlSmeswilihd'4rained KAeir Jpbpula-
tion and the valtie of their Iatds be degraded.!
to a mre nominal lvalue: A feneralToin and
- ti,. - - -1- tAr,iu,k nt,Vnonntn ndUU
viai!ff,u t LA (-.. f.
t ffreaiimDoverisuiiieuu-.wmis
We9tward th starof empire vings' its way ;
and
a
i r
VtiorhV scctor powe? wd i.e trsfeiVea
- w na,:Ln AAA IK vrrnrr. iriah
natibn wielded bV;the Vyergrown
?A..i. J tviU. ' H h) .e u
r I a.:f fla - - a.
ea. at the einense
eat tbatk cedent provision whbh provicd, for tte
common used iienent of all, It, wotld not . increase tne
demand, asfest einerience and olisrvation have shewn
us that the sply bf lands, at the nreent prices, Is Inade-
quate to tbelmand. so great is the inigrafiod ; and that
V Uur mi2ratoi,onulatin.! in their eiemess and avidity
it jov terrttorUWjsloos; have evec passed beyond .the
beinff supported and tosteea ny ..tire Gene-
fGovmment 'arid; the vt contribitijous
t A a n 11 Wl iAlMrt IvAih m tQlth arWrrtArtii:
bonndaries of the United
-V.
t rf?6fwnta the,Senatetiiat if Congress
H" JiWi la0d, iol ihe at.in wbicbtbey
! are situated, it would nut only h, JrL; and nahibiJ
violation of thfrm nr th. a.t. uaa;?,J. .
Von'tini brech tf f-Hhr. buA dear and manifest in-
"fenaend oCtbeConsuiution of Unrted
S'.rt eenorTnUy iand injusUcjeof ihis act too, sir,
vi Mepreobvioa5iWhert .Ve-'aI . . fi0llW
by the pomnton treasure,
tbe SlaeV,and- lo give
which r tbev are located
vu'd be anact of ppliticaj robLery of Ibebare or proV
portion of money contributed, by (he old States, for their
purchase Andas h Ween remarked.Hhe inennaiity .of
? 8ratuMouessswa 0ng ihe; aewStates n-puUT-Jbe
itu... m-- - "tr-r vv'" "rr'ii
ias uiirKeu XS S ini tn'f ho n il .1,1
vi imiuyiiwauio oniyooiaiti ab . acresiCis up
posing a division of the lands among.lh citizens of those
tVQ States respectively, the citizen o Ohio would ob
tain less than su acres for hta'sbare; abti the ' cinVen pi
Misscfuri Jipwards of two hundred and sverity-twoj cypres
as his proportiort: ; , 4 ; .''';
The reveiiue of the(Gfeneral Gwerataenf-isnotifdw
collected from the Slates in their sovereign cliarsctpr,
butjrodi each individual couipossinc the community at
arge, in all the States; and it would, therefore, be im
Osslble now to ascertain what eacb State has contribu
ted to tiitf-reneral charge and expenditure, and the onlv
:jusahde4uijtable.blaii that could ne devised, is to dis
s? tribute the proceeds of the public iands'amdiig the S tates
according to their tederaf population. Bv the "compro
mise Tariff law,"f which -is ia full force until 1842, a suf
Bcient revenue is raised, to meet ail thf expenses of the
Government and according to" the irielssage of the Pre
sident of the United States to the present Congress,
(1835,X " all the remains of the public debt have Jbeen re
deemedor njoney has been, placed in deposite for this
purpose whenever the creditors choose Jo receive it. -All
jtUether, pecuniary engagements of the Govern
ment have been honourably and promltly. fulfilled, and
there wUr be a balance in , the treasury of about nine
teen millions of dollars, at the close; of the present year,
(t is believed that, after meeting all outstanding and un
espended appropriations, there will j remain hear ele ven
millions, ttf be applied to any new objects which Con
gress may designate, or to the more rapid execution o
the works already in progress. In aidof these objects.
and
10 sui vine current emend turea of ihA nsn!ncr
year, n is. esumateu; that there will he received from
various sources twenty millions more iii 1833." ' In the
same messege, he remarfcs,i"amohgthe evidences oi
the increasing prosperity of the country,' not ' the least
gratifying is (hat afforded by the receipts from the sales
of the public lands, which amount im the present year,
tb the unexpected sum of eleven millions of Dollars."
Ifthissum, sirt which it is not pretenyed is needed for
the General Government' ivere distributed among the
Slates, as in justice it oughtaccording ' to ' their fedcfnl
population,- the sTiare of Norrth Carolina" would amount
to five hundred thousand dollars k-And but last - week. ' sin
we passed an act pledging the faith of theTState, her
oan srocK, etc. ior the purpose of borrowing " the nm
of 4f)0,00a,1o enable our State 1o take stock reserved for
hriii one of hfr nirn Rantrsl Tk!. m;no m..,t U
raised by taaation, from or cithtcn, uecsuse our Legis-1
laiure reiusea to aemaua oi me eeneri ixovernmem our
.iireof the proceeds of the nublic land, to wuich.'I hae
already shewn the Senate, we are so jiistly entiled. j
f Our annual revenue from the sales of the public lands,
would-amount to several- hundred thousand dollars.
With this annual sum we mteht regenerate the State.
relieve the people of taxation, and disoel the desnonden-
f cy ana gioom wnicn nang over our: good old State like
an incumuus 01 despair and retard pbr progress of im
provement and prosperify-i '-x&-(itiq:.l .f.-
in a few years more it will be too late. The west in dailv
1- : tli : . .. . . 7
jrcin; m uurauers ana powers " Alicmgan is' already
KnocKingai me door ot the Union Far admission r Flo: i
da and Arkansas are following ber jwake s and hie em
pire bf the: VVesf with her i majority in' bolb houses of
r ...:n 1 1 r. .
u5r. S" me ascendency in the nation,', dis
tribute the public Jands imotig tbexsetves, as fhey shall
happeii to-be located, and thus 'Northfcarrolinai -'will: be
forever barred of her just and lawful Hghts. Sach, sir,
will be the fruiti of this division among ourselves ; jocb
the consequences of the madness and folly whiclr pre
vent us from securing to our State, this much needed aid.
Mr. Speaker, I have trespassed already 4oo long upon
the kind indulgence of the Senate ; jbtjjt I cannot resume
my seat Without once more adverting - to' the argument
that these lands belong absolutely tb be General Gov
ernment; and that North Carolina has no claim to them.
Sir,' if we abandon our claim, and admit the uncontrolled
Hght ofthe Government tb them, I will shew you how
nef will fie'dispBsed of, by reading an extract from the
Journals of Congress ; it is as follows, viz : ' s "r
'llnthe Senate. Friday, February" 18th: Mr! Raftis
King.'of .New York; rose and said, In "offering, the 'reso
lotidn he was about to submit; though it :was a subject of
great national importance, he did not desire to debate it,"
nor did ne offer it with a view to 'the present consideration.
fie submitted if as a matter for future consideration,' and
Doped it would be received by, alljparts of the bo'usejv as
one entitled to its most serious attention.' He then laid
on the table the following resoliilidn : ; 1
Resolved by the Senate of the United States of America,
That as soon as the portion of the existing funded. 'debt
of the United Slates, for the payment of which the public
lands of the United States are pledged, hall bave been
paid off. then and thenceforth the whole of the public lands
of the United States, with tlte nett 'pvticccds qf ' all future
sales thereof , shall constitute and form a fund which is here
by appropriated, and the faith of tha United States is pled
ged that the said fund shall be inviolably applied to aid the
emancipation of such slaves, within, any of the United
States," &c. . ;,' ,,.-.!.: t"..i,ii'':,wl,;ii
, "iNow is the time for the sbolitionists of the : north ; and
all who are actuated by a false and mistaken philanthro
phy, drfthc subjecl.bf slavery lo consider this resolution.
Are we prepared for this humiliation and officious inter
ference with "our rights ? 1 Sir' the' old Constitution is
nearly dead.t; Let not the : energies of the State expire
with it j let the remembrance of tbe deeds of those who
a suppliant, but, trUmpet-tongaed,? with the authority of
one wboassertsa right. My exnaustin,1sirt overpowers
meJ I. for one, can never consent torsive up this claim ol
my native State tfif.a share of the proceeds of the poblic
lands no. heven never, jcrli J i " ,i
. ..-'.,--:; - j '-lit- 1 "' i-;
PART OF LOTJip. 83j On Middle St
liVl Newbern, with jl the i imprciyemerits
'"t! L thereon, being two "'Dwelh'ngs'iand
btore Houses, with tuHiciept out .iiouses,-
with sufiicieht 'out .Houses,-
ately1 Occupied by the subscriber. -W t
500 acres of Pine rlJarid: Ivinirl on
B rices" Creek,' about nine miles from NewberriJ
r Terms made knbwn on application to; Wm.
S. Morris, or to . JAMES DAV1S
Newbern Jan. 22; 18361 rf, .5 f ' t;:
AN away
from the
Subscriber on
the
night of the 19th inst. a'Kegro Wo
man named SUKEY, about 53 s jears old, of
low stature, and formerly, belonged to William
Handcock Escf,t Whoever s will anprehend
saidNeroj and lodgie herjin ahy iJail, tr give
'such? -information thiat l get her.agaln shall re-
ceive
the above .reward, and rail 5 necessary
charges. Any person! found l harboring her.
will be prosecuted. : ; " '
WILLIAMBROYER
Ncwttern, Jan. 2iB I30
V , AWWER TO MR.
portJiymttieSecrei
f ; : f Vaahingtojii Jan. IS, l$3&i
To Uie PtfSidfntofthe United States 3;$ ? j i'
IfTlierecretary bf tState has llie honor to lay
before the President a copy, of a- reptift njadp
tj; him in June last and of a letter addressed ,U?
this Department by the Jlate rMinister'6fi thsi
Go yerp nic n t rpt France,! with , the jcocrespan
d e nee 'co nn ec ted w i th k that .co tnm n ni tsati 0 q
which,; together with;a4iate correspondepc. '
between the Secretary of State and the French, .
charge d'afiairesf and a. recent correspondence
between ' the ; charge 1'affaires of the;,UnitiL
States at Paris, and the 'Duke .de Broglie al?
ready traismi tied tolthe' President to :be eopvi
niunicated to Congress, with hisjspecial nejs "
saic-rclaUve thereio,; are the, oniy 't papets jui
iheDepartmenlof Stjite supposed tdie called .
forjby, the: resolutions ofithe Senate of the ltlr
instant,.;,..,: .f . x ' ,
1 It-will he een by. lhe cprrcsponden'ceiltri "' '
thejeharge d'affaires of France,' that .a de? patcii .
tp him from, the Puke dfBBrogliVaVrji.ta' -the:
Secretary, at the Departmeiit,in Septembii
last." rJLt concluded withVan. authority jppejr
mi a cor)' to be takjeii if it was desired jat ;
despatch being an argumentive answer to ! the.
last letter of Mr. Liyingsion tb the French G'6-,
vernment, arid inaffirmahce "f Uhet rigJitot
France to expect.expfahatibris of the raessagpl
of the. President,' wliich France had been dis
tinclly and timely irifoimed could not be givsh.
without a disregard ;by '"'the Chief Magistrate of
his
constitutional obligations, no desire- was
expressed to obtain a copy : it being obvious
ly improper to receive an argumentin a form
tvhichJadmilted of hp 1 repiy, and necessarily
unavailing to enquire how mnch or howjlittlte
woul d sa tis fv France, when her riffht to afiy
such explanation had beenheforehand, so4is i
tinctly and formally denied..
All which is respectfully submitted. : .
.'Li . 1 . : JOHN FOKSYTU.
!
Department of State,
r.
! ' ' , Washington,-; June 16, JSc
I havei the honor to present for the ezahiinl
lion of the President three letters received at
the -Department from-, dated; "at'PanV
ihidJ fohL3dnd30tb-of April v; Th .last
two I found here on mv. recent return Ifrom
two I found here on my, recent , return Ifrom.
a;: T"K .L iUi. nttL' -L-J.-.T :
.10h'pf'j)une ;:(he;list.,:jcawe.oWy oVnjhanil' '
yesterdav. Several jCommunicationsavebeJBD:
previously received from the same quarter all
of iheni volunteered ; none of them have1 Jb&eji .
acknowledged. . Tie. unsolicited coramiaiiidar
lions to the Deparlmeat by citjzens of the Xfnf;
ted! Stales of iacts'that; . mav comd. toheV
knowledge while residing abroad, 1iteify:0 "(y ; '
interesting to their couhtry, are always received'
with i pleiasure, and 'carefully preserved ;pthe
files of the .Gbvernment Eyenb
forjeigh' tppics are' received .-viifr prdpjr4'd)ce'l.
forhemptiyes and icharacterpf tbe wjii niay
.choose. ti) express 'liem.:J;;'; .v',- Jir,?-Mv, .
VBut holding it both improper' Ssd "danjgerouV
to couhtenahce auy! of our citizens, occupying .
no'public station,' in sending confidential com
municalions on" our 'affairs with a' foreign Cr
vernment; at hic wV Wave Sn acfcriediteC
agejnti upon subjeets ihrolvihg the honjr of tjfte
countryrilhout the knowledge ofsuchasn(;'
and virtually substituting himself as the jchan-'
nel of 5 communication ; between that Govertt-'
ment arid his 6wni:I considered it my i dutj .fo'
invite MrPaffcdt id the Department ttfdpprixse
him of the contents pfMri---' letter dfiW
23d of April, and at the 'same time, to infbrtzi
him that he might communicate the fact to th.
Duke deBroglie, that'no notice could be takn'
of Mr; - and his -communicationsi.ilAik V
iiThe extreme - and culpable Indiscretion -of ,
JSIrj- f'ihthiB transaction was ilrikinglycil"' j
iustrated byt remark of Mr.i-Pageotiateir a'
careful Examination of the letters of 23d Aprils .
that, . although -j without .instructions Wfroin jhis'
Government, he wbuld venture, to assure-ye
that: the Duke ;de;tfroglietcouldiot bayp
peeled. Mr. ; to make such a ..cdnunhntoA- :
lion to the 3ccr.etar o'C Staterf 'i- rM-h-- y
Decliaing to enter into the corisidefatio'tiVf :
what thcDuke might have'expectedor intended
I was sasfied with the. assurances MrJgeot ' ..
gave me that he wopld immediajtesjtatfl !
had! occurred to hisj Government, fi V !
, All which is r.espctfujly'subrnitied -w.iwftite
hoper, if the course" pursued isapprov'edb the
President that this jrepbrV way, be jGletl -in Ju
Departnxent with the letter to whichitYefcr "
:;;-"n;:!r:i"-r:'-:'rr;"JOHN"TORs 1
1 jtb llie 'Preside titc qftjie United States? i
u
I -? -K i-.-. . . r.'J V"
iNk). 50. Mr. FoTSythto Mr." Llblgsi42E
Department of SrA-tt? " n .n
?SinYn my hble;pb:49yott were indrrned
V V UU1I1U " Itill VtJ AtcJ-Baa i
that the Hast 1 ette'rf of M: SerUrierVould bo
made 'ihe sectfiseparatdiind
iQSiruciiuua iu juui , uiiH iiiiiij; iu auuiu
-! . i -."'" .t . uC .-llJ.' .':!!.) iiLi'L ' L :
irriiauon pruuuecu (jj.iccijih lutiueuis in
relations with France, thdTresideht will
onr
take Tor granted that this very exceptionable ; '
langtiage of tho French; Minister Was "nsled by
the orders er will b6- countenanced by the; au- .
thbrity of the King of' France )Yotif will,
therefore,'; as early as "practicable- after this
reaches you, call the attention ot tne Minister,
of Foreign Aflairs to-thel'roUOwing passage m
MiSerhrier'sletteiM I?s plainles quejporleT i
Avrilwl834ftie soot pas- senlemeDt. etrange
pat renliere inexaciHuuc ucsr-ai iegauonsr, sox.
lesqueMes elles reposent,rrnais aussi JceqSe! j
les' explications, qu?a ,reejbej a Paris, U-M M?
ingstbn et celles ue le soussignet aidwinccp '
directement au cabinet da ashipgtonjeni-
blaient ne pas kisser meme. Ja passibjlij l!uir
malenlenda, sur desiptfaui.deJlcafy'
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