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MESSAGE No. H.
Fran Milieelkfley iti Govatnor, AslWartd to Ltjpw
hnure of SMh-Gtlio, on the 11th Utfi J80r ."
ft tl HonoralU thi Prtiitni, wi
Mtmhtrt tf tbtStnat
XVAtthe reaoest of this Hoft.PiercBat-
Mi, Esq. ooot this'Stnatprs from this state
ntheConrcsi of the United States, I have;
Ae honorjtQ lay before you two letters
which I have received from him. I think
it my f duty t(eompIy with hi request thus
early, as they conuin sentiments respecting1
the resolution of Congress upon the pro
posed Amendment of the ConstitutfpcdC
the United Statesjwhlch" I have just caused
to be- laid b:Jure'yo;;x--l.;vv:"rV
hve the honor to be v ; ;.
, "s, V vv, With high respect,; ;
to such s'sutt;. of things l could not- I cam
nojI wiU opt s
tog both my concern snd disapprobation
concern, because expected yery differ
ent conduct fromgentletn.en .with vrhom I
hopedjto have been, in unisob disappoint
ment strlndihff these men whobejore t
revolution In the pttbljo mind tooV placer
ppssessied.'a jealous regard for'equal rights ;
now in fidvrerthe first to subvert the prin
cipIesjL which they wished to be thought the
vf I request, itri y6u winliv this letter and
a' copy of itf before the two.houses. ' V T will
lhdalge, a hope ' tha the legislature may jjot,
by any. present Tmpfcsiions be hurricd'-in-to
a measure which places the .state 6ii in
unequal fooling in' the eonfederacjv
T- I have the honortobevw .
,not of my being in the way of dicharging
this duty;:p: have the honor 'Uf 'btfcpi
AVith great consideration & esteem C f
v: Dear SJf. yoor most obedient v
j Irecfived the letter you favored me 'with,
covering-your cdmmunicaUaQ to the legist
latyre,' for f whicir$ retum'youi tnv" best,
. Pertisios this letter overf T see nothing
in it that I can. Wish i6 be secret j ' you are
theVefore at liberty to make what 'use you
:7i&. PocrLsoir,
:-Ypur-most obedienC? ' coideratiOn and regard - , hu aireadyeen pyblished in variou
1ES K RICHARDSQN. - X W, -in the United States, ahd tn Europe
W.o,.v.,W v;Vli 5.-s- v.- aeseivedlyeKrygeneralattet
JAMES
Columbia May
. y :. : Federal City y December 6, 103. ;
- A resblution passed Senate oh Friday
last, which will be sent to the stvcral Sutes
for their approbation ; the "'object of it is,
to authorise the, , Electors Vtodesignate In
voting for a President and Vice-President j
to this resolution I ive beenJpppdsed it
becomes my auty to sute to the JLegisiature
His IxceHcncy Gevimot RidiaKhoo,
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i Looking oyer J? copy of mylettec to yu
ot December 6, which letter I requested
jvu w tay uetorc w
one departure from
thank you to amend
to the legislature. . I wiU quote, the . sen.
tence to save you the
Birth to heat and turbulent passiofas, which rd notionsfwhich have.too georally prev
it in a-'dtgretxhecked by.minoUacrimWte' vll505 u,en:
VOte lOT tWO persons." ' ij n v - .' pptng inc lutywuwwwiwwiyiiwu
vzThe,following excellent original piper j
on, various important agricultural subjects.
various iorms
StlAs
dly excited yery'lKenerml attention..
A3 nowever some may not naye yet aeen 11,
itnd as the great truthsSt sets forth, are in
tiinatcly' connected with the farming inte-
ret, f : request you wil again give InsertUJ
pmiosopnical speculator njtoine l
on; The
I (h. thenm nl uroofilinn nnnnt tail Yt h-
.grammar, w;hch I Will & gra0eiHy ihe deVelpperneBrof prm.
btfore th letter i 6ent 1 cipws, yaim nave unsoriunaiciy dccu roo
iutle attended to in Aisxountry, but the
trouble of iookrr.. practical farmer ViUapljly the importont
of my own State why I am Opposed to it. I ver the whole letter: V".; U ' ; j doctrines, to the preservation of the cjuality
First, Jfike the Constitatibar as it stands, r "The attachment to an" indiviitnil. trA of his grain,' amlljolonger give into the a8
swum wv.irt. tMaf wty i uywy wmVI w4 vu
The Convention i n fixing on two names to
be indiscriminately Voted for. felt an anxie
ty, to guard against the evilsLttending an I . I do not know your :frenmeVts'on';th
elective; fhlef magistracy as have ;been felt proposed alteration of ' the constitution.-
in roiana. yy njie two anf ingau&ca cm? Your sution ai governor your havingd
ens Jare itidicriminately .'voted for, party v bcated personal rights since yoirtntered
eatwifl not be sorea as by having sin- imoYpublic life must give greaiweight to
gle oppdsite tharopioiii,1 runniag in direct any opinion you may giyeon thisVery in
opposittbn to each other; .the attachment terestihg question. Intrigue itself cannot
toim individual gives birth to heat and -jur- have the impudenceif truth is at all re.
owent. passions, , wnfen are in: a megree f warded. trcaU:ira party question It is
ty of frequendy reoewing our seed from
remote puces ; ,
v Coipefs Point, 1 7th ir7, 1 799.
INSPECTED FRIEND, .
Kind providence haying placed me in a sta
tion of life which obliged me to procure a
' living by industry, and that principally in
t ' 1 - t- ' I ' J ' L
tne agricultural noe, u nas causea mc xo oc
chicked byjan indlscriminate.Srote for two j traly a qaestioli'of sUte rights ; or rather
uctauua, vvu wu iy tux wiw woswiiK i an inmronr arierant nv a tew tar. tmfler
hoDc hat II their candidate does not uc- l.thenfiriauV rarh f WvitiKTiMt.m' m mfi 1 -a. . J. .,u c
eitothieiittaeyf rank in the J cVeatiol
-teed-i
beinfr Victi-PresidenX. be ill the road to it.
If the alteration is agreed - to, the small
States, in which number South-Carolina is
ranked, nver will give either a President
or v iceiresio:cmrto 7the tianrtarge
piaics can ineu comome secretly, ana gtve
a President and VtjPresident for ever
Four State send ieVeiit)'.four members to
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we nouse orepresentauvesj tne wnole
iiniost the whole i-of- those planted are the
produce 'of plants t1tepst';;tlejgenerated,'
The conside ration of wliich induced me to
tryao Opposite metd.-; Having often ob
served that some plants pr vines produced
potatoe s.wrger petier snapea, anq, jo
er abundaflce than, others, -without any'apV
parent incasoit txcit the operation of na--turei-it
induced ine to save a quantity from
such only for planting the et uing season, i
and I was highly gratified-id finding their;
prouuction. exceeu mac -o ouct u
same kind, planted iil iHe same time, and
with : every equal advantage,' beyond my
exrectation,-in- siae,shapraad-qttantity a.
this induced jne to continue thd practice ;
and I am satisfied 4 thatfl havebeeh fully
compensated for all the addijional trouble.
tA cirdimtnce happened respecting po
tatoes, which may be Worth relating c a wo
man whdm I me. in market requested' mc
to bring half jj. bushel of sweet potatoes for
Seed thtr next market day, I promis
ed vtd4DUt going through the market ony
thatdayprevious to her son's coming for
the potatoes;! observed the woman selling'
such as I ' had brought lor her i wnen tnc '
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ooy came-iasitea nim tne rcauim?jr
wanted potatoes for seed; while they were
selling their own ; his answer was, thaths
father aid that if they ud not get seea
rrom'me once in three or four years, their
potatoes would be gobd for nothing.-e j
ry, t he jiaa used tne same jmeans in.se, , i
lecttng ' his I'poatoes' for planting as I did, 77.
whether, he would nave pronteo oy cnang, ;
ing with one who Used the btbermethod . I
In discowsirW with a friend who livet . ... '
ita great distance from me on the abovei
sutyject, ne inirouuccu iTrw ioawavwi -voiur
of theogihg seed,' oneCwa asparagus
the radish seed, he had from me; the pro-
duction of both hetaid was preferable to.
any thing of the.'kind ever seen " in that ;
neighbourhood which was near iOO mile'tW
distant, to which he ascribed the benefit 5, f :
but in two or three years the radishes dege-, ;
1 nerated so as to be no better than whathe.
had before ; I asked his method of , saving' "'
t'st. -a . t
Scedt ne saia ne naa no otnerraaisnes in nis
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tonfedemfon. Thehondurofsayinte eml
States from degradation; 11s reserved for I . the 'omnion verv 'cenerallv en
toy parti
kbaiT'assed
entertaintdF
South-Carolina -she will thus become the J by farmers and gardeners,' that changiog
1 hebes or America. (-; If Soutb-CarolinaJ Bee'ds; roots and plants to distant places, or
gives ner sanction to- tne proposed altera , I diftereot soils or climates, is beneficial to
tion, she ratifies forever her own degrada- J sericulture, not. agreeing with my observa-
uon,as well as that of Other stateslU If the tions on practice. vThis induced me to
alteration succeeds, the ViccFresidency J make roony experiments oh that heafd, all
will lorever become an article for sale, bar 0f which, more than 40 years practice;
nTr.5Fcnuqyes isone nunarea ter, or e$charigef by a combination of a few 1 have operated to prove to'.teV Sausfaction, j cess
?4 ?-e'; In the mode pointed out 1 states. ThrowybuVt founded, had,
oyure vonjirewion, mere can oe no com- lora President, and you mav namethe Vice I and ifso. miisthe extremrlv bre udkial to metnoa
biuatwn.as to a Vice-President for in that Presidetot.v Thus the Vice-President, in- acrirulture: a it turns th attention of the thought I
we, the choice of At shlaHer States noicht stead of beine tlie- iccond most estimable I nhnnr1'man from wliar anneaas tn me one iORwitn
garden, and when he had pulled what was',
fit for use let the other goto seedTthea 5
told hi in; my method, yizv'-Assqon as .
radishes are fit for Use, I dig op ten or
twelve of those which please me, best, as
to colour; shape, &c. and plant the m at least
100 yards from where any other bloom at
the time they do-this, -! informed, hiov
Was the best method I knew of to improve -
any kind' of Vegetables, yarying'the Pr
agreeauie 10; tneir nature ana as pe
lomyjopinion, taKentnejnost proper
o aegenerace nts. a as tea 11 ,c
should be benefitted by exchang-w
him f his answer was, he believed :
1 was tne oest garaner.
Inor about the year iyr2, a friend sent; ;
me fov grains of a small kind of Jndian,
corn, the grains ot which were no larger .
than a goose shot Which he informed me .
by a notes in w
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were ongioajiy .jrom uuina, proaucca .
Trom ; tf 10 iu cars -on siaiK.; a nose
step ra and giva 1 1 cSldeiit.-;lTie oaten- character in the : union; aa is Icontem plated J Rreat obiecti vis. 'that of 'selecting seeds &
V j" 1 tt i' ' uwvvci uc .wnsujuuon, as now stana3 wiu roots lor punting or sewing, irom suen ve-
tbejoposed alteration, is td5 prevent a re- be the creature, the offspring of intrigue- getables as come to the greatest perfection
petition oth disgraceful scene, iso Me- In the event of the death of a President, in the'soil which he cultivates, a ;
.grading to republican govern menC that how dreiful would the situation of die coun- Vhat induced me to make experiments
tobkflace at the last election ;'thereisvnO try become hndertW government ofsuch on that head, ;.wasserving that all kinds
hOTestma whose puls : does pot beat high a Vice-President as this intriguing innova- of vegetables wete- continually Varying in
(ra that occasion, bilt the nrohabilitv of
threeeverligamjheing two names equal on the Union.- :tJ grains I planted, and found the produdtioa
tbehkhest numbehis io remote as not to I South-CaroEfia haa'aWd fiitivfth'reniw' 1 th'rtat - AtWnf tTaturhaii -ka ermjrl to answer the description, H but the; eara
Ution bfembracingis many enlightened, stmctjd that wonderful machine, if I may wtremauanUew them ripened be-
well educated citizens 3b imW ' int in ther I W UAur th WcQmn Mta inrl'i liortl saved aome: of the breest and ear- -
UniorUcan ther be' a lleetintr nundTtt fw.W irinl aV'haiI an?f elimati tn natnralifte. I liesU and planted theni between rows I,'-,:
the state, who does not foresee the effect of allkurds of vegetables, that it will produce 1 largerand eaer kinds of oorn, which pro--the
proposed alteration 1 There cannot;; In l at any rate; the better to suit them, if the duced a mixture fo advantage ; then I sef-
aicw yearshen party heat subsides, if it
ever Will Subside, I would venture to risk the most prober seed.
the states, .'who have allowed themselves to- J lyrty of subjoining a few facts and experi
heliurried by the spirit of partyllnto an apk l jneritsZoUt of an- inconceivaMe number
justify an alteration so materially affecting
.fthc sovereignty 'of :.Staie'a i.io renibte is it
that if Doctor Price who was said to be
better read in the doctrine of. chances than
any otfyer man i ft Europe could rise from
. Jiis graveTje woiild probably tell us that it
thVnearcst io impossibility its ever tak;
. ing place agalnf We all recollect the course
of this extraordinary clrcu mstance too well
to need my detailing h : it is rnuch to be
apprehended that in.a Barpxilm of discon-
7 tent br resentment, some of the States may
K-hurriwdinto an approbation pf a mea
sure, without allowing time to view it in all
its bearirfgswhich in theer.d, they may
.;";;hrc W;tO VegreU j; . "
I have another reason which had xan iti
-ri- fldipce pa me in opposing the contemplated
arterauga .'aid cJrdat6Uga me,
lyAKdf tQ mate known to the
legjslrt
1 ship in senate, of the sovereign rights of
SdudCar6li na, ole ly in my hands : . I
had not long beeo in senate, . since my last
ejection; Wore I perceived a combination
aaiong ceruui lafge states, unfair in itself,
and dangerous io. its consequences, to the
' rights et other1 sutes j they hold evening
"meetings to decide, what shall take place or
prevail in senate,' Into this -combination
- they have draws two or three of the small
statesi andby ihis combination nothiog is
. suSeredto come fairly before senate-; that
is not either bronght forward by;ne ofthe
party, or has not their Previous sanction
that i produced; Che' ;
greatest number of the largest ears; jind :
first -tip?; : which I planted the ensuing sea-w' I
eon, ana was not., iutle grauneq w. una nn . i i i
--,i:" -.-- lf'- '.ii; it .-'ii -M-'::r T
precracue,ooin.mquanHtv ana . .: ;- y
that"'Of ahyvCorn ' I-hy:etuIi3 '
,cti6n
f corn I have conti-
probation rfef the tneasufewould devoutly which1 have'r all combined to proVethe a- wjitjj ; to thatof an
tliant SftMtKTTjrrftllna'fA. 1r.w tkmCmliV I v - - . .. .. . - I ttlaDted ThlS' kind O
the snare laid for thera-tfrom the degra-1 In orabout thcyear. 174S. my father pro- nued to plant ever i'mce, selecting that de--
oationinto wuicn they are tourryipg aiem-t cured the seeds of the long warty squash 6w w sccu m wichiuci
selves I vesterdav Was assured W:vrvl ki4i'hav hn Went nn the farm ever Others to itTTi vitWheh the first ear8 are
woftfl ahnriMr - thiPitrwthr f 1 - wuv,rt.i ;t,i;w-' 'VWI tnnnr fa rritie enouch for seed, feather a sufficient '
Rhode-Island did all in his Wer to pre, preferable to what they were at first. Our, quantity: tor cany coror or ror rcpunW.5,
vent the adoption of the alteration by Rh()deHarly-pe
lshhdVbtttin,copseussfft!ne.fediM
falista cjing ctivq vh, opposing it, the re- havebeen planted successively eyery sea:
publicacs stid Hjndst a good, thing.--
5ach : is the hurry mto which party heats
sometimes hurry . men. South-CarolinaH
nas a lavoraawopporiuoiy- to :.otsiinguisn,
herself -for possessing true patriotism, and
calm, ckar judgment. God Almi ghty grant
that she may embrace the opportunity v .'
I regret exceedingly that, the state of my
health does not peirtnit of my return to Car
olina. ; I f my. worthy colleague and raysel t
Were ; called before thje legislature to give a
statement of public measures, public relati
ons, and. pnvate combinations, I am well
satisfied thatwe should Jaot differr in our
statenients-bat alas I my ' health perolits
son woce on rtne p ucj, wney nave not
been' changed and are novpreterable. to
what they were when first obtained.. I ne
seed of our asparagus was "procured from
NeW-ork, in the year 17521, since which
time have not planted ra seed buCwnat
grew on my beds, and by selecting the seed.
planting the ;next;yeafc having particular
care to take it from stalks that are large at
bottom, of a Tegular .taper,-not over tall.
the ears set low containing the greatest num.- .7
berof godd sizeable ears of the bestquali
; ty let it dry speedily; and from the cora ,
gatheredVM last described, plant your raaia
crop, and if any hills should missT replant
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from the : largestiulics I have improved U from that .first gathered, which wiU cause ' , t
creatly. ' "-'v ' ' ;'..- ' . - ? the crop toripen more regularly than
"A"co:ipUVntfc;wr
toes of everv kind decrenerate at which 1.
am not sarprisedv'whehthe most proper J years, and am satisfi 1 it has increased the
meansto oroduce that effect is constantly I Quantity and improved the quality of ml
practised! to wit, ustngor seUing the best, I ebcjFoi4--fcctun. of aQ7 P01
and pUBung, wc rcluse 1 by wtucit means son wno nas not inegi axr cxpenmcni.
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