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1 ...... - . ' ." - '''-" i : - ' '' " I: 1 f ' " " i " , . ' ' I i. ... 1 : i i . . : " ' I -' -:'" 'i ':':---''- 1 1 1 I ! n ill mm Hi .VJLUXJ MET Mil ' ' . ' '. 1 -! S - ; ! 1 " ' ' Li i i F. C. HILL., Editor arid Proprietor. " BE JVST M'Mt FE.R .VW? Wilmington, North Carolina. , r -". - . T ' - ' ' ' ' - 1 1 i i ii .a ;"vjVol.iv;no. 2. :i h ' I- " Friday, jAiiultyii: ;' ayuole no. 158., i . -v : I . . ; i .:-.:. - . . . - - . . . L- - x . - i ! i - - -J --" -!- -n ! PUBLISHED EVER Y FRIDA Y MORNING. : i : ' I Three Dollars per annum, in advance, j - Not oxcedinsr a "iufire inserted at ONE DOIJ.AR( (';.. the first, anJT.VIiirvr.riVK (UEM'S for each subse ' quent in:rtion , I . - , ,No Subscribers taken for less lhan one year, I und all vho permit their subscription to run over ; -a year, without giving notice, are considered I bound for the second year, and so on for all sue: ;eeeding years. . -No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor.' . FM;R South West of tho Town Hall, one d wr from thu corner. NOTICE. i IP RO POS-ALS will b- recei ved at this oflW for the delijf-ry durint; lh year 18 M, of 5000cords of PINE WOOD, on ihe Wilmingl. n and llaleih Hail'Road finpan,y's wharf, in W il nrnjjion, nnd 30"O CORDS tor be delivered on their wharf in Charleston S. 0. S ... . ALEX. MACRAE, ; ' i Sjlc.uu Boat Agent. Transportation Office of ' , W. ofe. R. K. R. Wilmington, N. C. . 1 : Dec r. loth, 1833. - . - 152,3 man. . ! TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, i j : '"-'. Ueeeiiiti'er ISili, 18ob.' .' l ' ' ; ' TTO arljrle will be "received for transportation X .t the Dt potat Wiimiiion, uiitil llie freight bfjt'iifmid. Niir will any aiticle which hHs teen .'brought' on the railroad be delivered, until the fiviht hts been p.iid. . - ': . ' 1 ' L. Li IT. SAUNDERS. .153 tf '"'Agent Trauspurtution. . ' ' ' : ' ! '.''. ' ' .',.',.' lKOSPECTUS .oa ncw-.p:tper, in the town of Wilmington. " "The! subscriber proposes ' to" publish in this town, a newspaper to be. called the iviL-MiKa row eekly ciihonicl6. IT, is contidt'ntly bf lievt d, that Wil mingfon has pass- d i s lowest point of deprt'jssuon, atid that its ptoress hence fudilh rutt be upward, and onward, to a "prospi rity u'fkitown in its. former history li3 , ijnpoiianct', its coiuit-tU'd u till llie wor.ks ot a public cliaractt-r; no'.v nearly NCpnipjetfd, mid "thof projvcit'il wttii a prospi'L't of Yiitiii'iiilt r.fconiplislun Jt is ceturnta b.'Cvii'iiitto- diiiis inort' and -.ivote : . . . , . ..i : . i. . ' apparciiL. - .1 ue , uoii ioult u inni j tnaUiuV tu iuiprovi the port'and its vari ; 'ous passages, as WeUr as tu in.ike Uuown its prjsoiit jrreal "udvuut tge.", , must ieisd 1 iufjase the const cjuei.ee Wilming HtJli a.a coiiiinercitl inart It is therefore thought thiit two pa pel 6 .s!)ou4d,uud will be supt.iined here. . , ; ; As, regards the prinriplea which will, gove r'ir the subscriber in the perunnaiu-e of hisj editorial d u lies, it -vil I ot c'u rse be jexpected thatre should maUe them .public in thtsmost explicit inaiuier. ! In the first lilact then, ns that mav be i; by i any. d ee i n ed o f t h e i nost i ru po r ta nc e , liis 6ilitieal principles coincide with these vn irxiii invd ' ge'ii era 1 1 y by the VV ing- a 1 1 y of the UViiou. - For tiaates,! he profess s toliave I Title reverence, lurther lhati the ! individuals who hear tht in evince a devo tion lev and' a willingness to make sacri fices 1o-r their' couuuv. 11V will noti , I . . . '." i :j V liu vv eiv v under bill y e if cu ui'sta ne.s, be .'-qoil,"-A,3ttnieTtf,' partisan., lie wilj'not i : cotLStiit to advocate measures', adverse to : .iVediciateS'Of his deliberate; judgment, jio "O inalle'r by ; Ayhom proposed or by whom 56ustaed lielievinif that a he present jl f cause vf the Wluj party is the. cause ol: truth, the cause ot pairi'nisin, tne :au?iej! H -f lfdod ouvernuietit, he will advocate ks doc l t ines wit ii fi i nnuss, but itJ.i ca nd r, 1 ''...fit. f-':...t' i.... ...:.!. a 1 , 1 VVlLI t-UI, uui- wiui propi' i u.rrv i c.ui c w j '.v lhe oi'iiiiidiis of n.liiii;il onnoneiiis. ..Hi, ! . r : . ' i s - i i .' -. V , ivT ye reat interests ot iht? fnli ijUil I ni -J : pryem-nt of North Cyardiuii, claim .aiul 1 sl .illre"eivc froin the subscriber. a warm - dljlarty .'sa'pp.dil".-'- In si. vino q uphold ri!r,aui';idvafiCtrlli se ifiU'r-st, he i'will noti be oiivehied b' secriotial feejtno-s cir cutnscribed notions: The e-ner-jjv of his i pVJrpb?e,. nd ihe labor ot his , .IjeVtin faallj be ' liven to raise high the prospe ntv of iNortn Carolina. one and indivisible." ' "".! ; . Education, Common School Edu ," ca'tian, as another element of vast import .?ce in the vell being of the State, . wil ; .also find in the Editor of the- Chronicle j ian-;eafnesi : co-laborer 'with ethers, fo,r the 7 - i - . j . i i:w ' . i n . j ; . . - on 01 "3 uentnts, ana an ! - 1 vWiring agent tor-the spread, ot its I JSMffnty .innuences. . , I v 4 i'Ve !' Chronicle Will be at all limes :a ! iupponer otine supreinaev of the laws j ; jdJ sjood morals and constantly endeavor ! JLQ incuicuie on ine puotic mind,, correct i r U "ii ..k:.. .. ...l: . i i. - - TV . j .u a'1 ""J1- .wnicn it discusses, n 'li" W Will likewise be a vehicle com -jruercial, . mercantile, local and. miscella- eous intelligence, to all which srtall be ffiveti close attention as to fulness and : . .accuracy , 'v'Tne . terms of the paper are fixed at f 4r0.2.SO per annum, payable upon the deli it v "-fetv! of . Ihe iflrfet "inuinbrr. The publi- cation will commence o soon as. the ne- cessarv arranjreoients can be-, made. : iiiwfir be'i of ihe super royal size, qr f t about that of the Ad vertiser, and pnntetl , On goou.paper, wun new ivpe. , - .sa x brown: i--"- WHiningtori, N.C-December 5th, 18?8. . CARRIAGES aHE subscriber begs leave to inform his cus tomers, friends, and the public, that he still continues to carry on the COACH vlAKING BUSINESS at his old stand, in all its various branch'. and h'! Utflv received a lari e supply of O ARB I AGES' from the North! of every jd'scnpu-iiii winch will be sold on reasonable ; terms. A'so, a gHu supply of rlARiVESS, !, 'i'hosH in wiiii t would do well to call jand examine, befoie ourthasin elsewhpre . R MICK XRfriairtii.' loie at short nutirf. V ;mingion, Jan. 18;h. IS39 : j 157 if ' STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. A' w iiover Count y. r I Superior Court of LMv arid Equity, ) Fall Tcrui; 13J8- t Z. ii.ilon Fi'unt 1 j vs-,- i ( ' ( "N mcv Hunt. cause tt appears that sub', ar-.u ' wa i i to! iN.ii.cv tftint. the d f nd oa. c.ni- inui d nu hf'r to -appeai and answer lit- petition filed in this Court. Siuin? iVrni. lS37. wiiich f O r- - , as returned not found ; and ihn fire prwla inaiion was made by the blvenir in the. Conn i louse, f tr'thc said defendant, to appear nnd an wer said petition ; and the said defendant -fail-in- so to appear and answer : it is now ordkrkd by the Couii, that notice 'of the. fo.regomg be given by aivertis. nient for -three niouhs, and oiuu)aiid the said NaiK'y tiunt Jo a' -pp r ,nd answer- ihe'saul petition af the next uperio'r Court of Law and E-juit- for New Hanover county, to be hcid at the Conit lions in Wil-raiii-ton, on j.l ha fourth Monday a!':er the tourth M nday in March, 183'J. or the said petition will b' taken as confessed, and this cause set down to be In aid fcx. paite. t W linens t j wen Holmes, jun. Clerk of said Court, at office, the 5ih Monflv after the 4th Monday in riepltiiiber, A. D 18118. UVEx HOJLMES. u.l ! 157" 3mo - Clerk C. NOTICE j II K conn rtnersh jp heretofore ek isttnjf i-u .. between the subscribers,' under the firm of HALLET'lj & BROWN; was dissolved by !ufutuid c( naent, on (he 31st day'of October last jl lie concerns of the copartnership will be settled un d ihu . business continued by. L.fcU-MiiKL BE N.I A MIN H ALIXT T, LEONARD BROWNE New .York. Deceit...... 24ib. 183vS. LEONARD B 11, VV N, late (Jl.kliett with him. iSA frown,) h P O 1' I 'tlR ( s asiKiatui if K i nsion," R.. 1 ) a iid wdl nans act incrcanti.i !aisin'ss in the ciry.of New Yoi.. ui-'dn- the- tiv ot POTTER, 93 V u:i s:reVt. LE'")N;A RT) B RO W N, A-sA. t'O itit 15'I f 50B; jS Green Cuba, , . ijust recuivej 1 by Mofo, and for sale by BAURi iJc- BHi AN r h 1839 ' 15 i f i January 1 1 M iK Stage Line lo Eair.ttecille. iT&'LQCKkW & SI EG ALL are now run- j JljniT-ga slase between Duplin Old Court-; House and F yeiteille six tunes a week. Pas-: ' nr-t..." l . I. . i fssencis ieainr nininton oy uir cars on; Mo'iMlav.:Thursday, and Saturday, will betaken to Kavctteville in 15 hours, and til the sauie cost! "as heretofore Lit VI ttjiett's line. ' j j BLOCKER & STEGALL. ; Januaty 1 1th, 18.)' , 15d if JHolusses. ; j flyK TIERCES Matanzas sugar house, ' 6 OP 50 htids. St Ja-ro de Cuba,' just rtceivnl for cale bv (. I ' BARRY & BRVANT. January 11th, 1820. 156 tf MISS JESSIE U. 8I.UPSO.V KESPEO TFU ELY Informs the in I of W;ngton and its vicinity iVionday next she intends opening a r on SCHOO FOR YO UNG LADIES, in which will be taught i ; .EnJT-li ; FrJni b in all its branches, 1 L:it:Uao;r, !- Music , -Dra w i n g, a n d ' Pa i w t i ng", Fancy Work ami Yaxw;rk.; . -WUotLnt n, January ls?t. 1839. 15. If J A RH ANTE D fi t sh , and yrentriji e gvo w !h i! 'iW of 1838, , .' . : i! FOR SAI.K BY B RY N. '155 3iiio Wilmington -.January 1th. l"9. Garden eeds, rnT7 ARR ANTED fresh, and genuine Qrourilx l VV of. 1838, . ' for sale by . WRIGHT & SAVAGE Deepmber 28.h, IS3H. -1M -J SALT, COFFEE. c j S3T Sacks coarse Salt'in bleached saeks jof extra size. . V ",y bags Domingo Coffee, v . ; 50 bags Cuba do. V . ' . ' .' i . 300 casks Lm, . .' V- Qft Indian bbls. bro. Sherry Wine, . a qr casks, and eight casks4 Iupuyn ' French Bran'y, 100 boxes Soap, No 1 &nd JCo. 2, ! 1C bWe. Hogs' Hea4s, QO quintalsCodfish, j ' 50. boxes do. ; ' ' :; 80 boxes fresh Bunch Raisins, casks Nails, assorted sizes, V 20 "j. Wrought Spikes, ( j 50 bbT. Irish Potatoes, - ' - 20 Coils Manilla Rope, i . 20 bales 3-4 brown Shi tings, i j just received for sale by J I -. BARRY fit BRYANT. Novembet23d,lf38. . 149 tf FOR sfAi.r? flTlHE LOT on the cornVrof Second and JA. I JocK streets, dunnin? the residence - of NorecaUr lib, 183. 147 it Consulado Geral de Portugal no Estados : Uaidos, TODA a persoa qie tencionar transportarae a, qu'alquic r dos portos aos domiruo de Por tugal, he obiegado a1 munierse. com o seo coai pelente Passaporte, vijsto que o Governo Ponu guez tcm dodo ai mais terminantes ordens' a esse respieto os seos Delogadus por tanto iniji viduo que assim a nao fizjr,' aeharda to la emliia raco nosfo desemharqe, e o Capiiao do navio fi-a responsel por es,U cto illegal de qualquier pussagieio. He in JispensaVel que toda persoa d idade esrega munido d'essc Documento, assim como que nao livTrm mpno de doze anfos de i lade. JOA DE ALMEIDA DEL A FIG AVI KR A ; Cuiinul Oeral. Baltimore, 1 de Janciio, 1839. 157 31 THF! attention of ship owners, masters of ves sels, and p jsei:;rrs, irmng tnni this port in vesspls'tO the Poriuuese Doiuir.ious is called 'i :to tne a!jovr nouiv, witten in the Portuguese ! ilanuftge, the purport of which is to niakeknown, that each p issen r.5; ( xcepting children of under twelve years of ae ) joing lo any of ! fwn ts or d.aninions of Portugal, must be supplied j wiih distinct and separate passions, issued j c rtifi.d by the Vice Consul of' lite port from v hence baid p; ss n;er departs. 1 ; ; Persons omitting to comply With the above ; r-quisition, will subject ihe vessel in which they uike ssase to cojjsidei'uljle trouble at the port of destination. : , . JOSEPH SI NT AS. . Vice Consul of Portugal. : Wilminsrton. Januny Uih, IH.i'J. 157 3a' Stop the Thief ! ! $20 REWARD. 2TLEN from me in September last, fa N EG l? M A N, namel Prince, five feet ten inches liiglslout built, pretty black, twenty six yejus of ae, walks with his toes very much out, inclined to lauh when spofcen to. He wai ol len by a white woman, by the name .of ARAH EVANS, about nineteen years of;ae, five fett jrjve ii'ches high, 'with tolerable fair skin, ray eyes, dark flaxen hair, brazen mind, with a downcast iook. She had witti her when she left a ! yotuiii white ffi male child, three mouths old, with a red spot oh its face. 1 fif y were lakei? op in October at Wilmington.' The negro was pul in jail;. the woman driven off. The negro has since broke jail. 1 think they will lrkeiy get together and make for the North. I T will give" the above reward for ttke apprehensioVi of both, and confining them in jail, so that t can get the neg:o,and bring the thief to justice. She iook the negro dressed. in woman's clo lies to Wilmington, and may do the same again if they gel together. " 1 THOMAS W. HUEY. Jacksonham P O. Lancaster District-, S. C Jan 1st, 1839. 157 6v " LiiE, li.vIe. .'.': WING made aniioirfnienta tor a daily upply of thebest LUAJ LIME, of sup. - nor.ipiali.y bi!ni"d.liy Mr. J. M. Bosiey, (son' of the law -.Amos BosleVi) I nni prepared to de- riv-i -tiv sitnii in any part fl(f the city, by the' -,;-(..! o. ;-or "suiaiitr quantity, on the moot re;mi ' : rm. Lmie can also be put up in bbls . o'- hUdi. n"A delivered at any of theiwharves 'in t;ood shipping ord r. IVrsons , at a flistancc ..w ill have ifu ir .oiders promptly amended to, by remitting the cash by mail, or giving a satisfac tory refeie'nce in this cit , . JOI IN STEW A HT, Lime and Feed Store, No 39. VV.st -Pratt ; street, above Haiiover street. baltimore. January S2ih, 1839 j 157 5w ihrCharsre t. Baitimore Aviericon ' Sugar, Coffee &. XYIolasss Or HHDS SUGAR. P20 Bags COFFEE, v 50 Hhds. MOLASSES. Just received per Brig Francis from St Jauo DeCuba. , FOU SAI.A BY BARRY & BRYANT. Dec. fi 183R . 151 tf. 133-BARGAINS! BARGAINS 1! THE suhseriber, being dpo.'; d to change his business in this place, offers now Ii.is remain ing stock of j; i DRY GOODS. HARDWARE, AJNTD CUTLERY, ' at reduced prices, (say cost and charges.) Persons desiring to purchase, whethpr from town or country, are invited to call and exa mine the stock. i ; E ' B. RTOHAUDSON. !; Wilm'm?ton: Jan 17th. 1839, 17 3w j JUST ARRIVED tfkfinS ARKS Li vrrpnol Ground Salt, in-fine -o'rdtr, by bri Empji 1 j ; lObbls Mor.on?ahela hiskey,' high p.oqf, ! Pniisvlvania Whiskey nnd Gm, j J j . "Manufactured Tobacco, in variety. j APPLY, to j i R VV. BROWN SON. I -Javoiarr 17'h.ln9. 157 2w! , CORN, i A nppTv of R rky Point COrlN win b-" k"pt at h5 w-arehoascof th subscriber, in Q,uince s Alley ;Avlrre it wjII be srto in quantities to suit pnr-hasers, from -5 talOO" i JAMES F. McREE WHminstrm. Ian 4Uv 1839 - 155 It Landrcth's Garden Seeds FRESti AND GENUINE, for sale by B. Is HOSftTNS. 157 t." January 17th, 1839. NOTICE. i LL persons indebted to THOS. SMITH bo. ar requested to call on D. B: BaKkb, a,hd make payment. . A. BAKER, I 155 tf December J8th. 1838. tO-Charje to A. Baker. LIME. SALT. AND RUM. OfC CASKS Thomaston Lime, If 0 sacks fine Blow n Salt, ! 60 bbls. N. E. Rum, WhKd. do.- JK JCSrKECXITED Ft OtEtT BARRY & BRYANT. Jamwirv.llth. tf. ' . ; 156 if . JOB P I5TISO, ;-: v OP EVER Yl DESCRIPTION, NEATLY IXECOTED AT THIS OFFICE, . ' FojrtttBV5 .:- - . p RE3IRICS -. v . r -in Mr. F. J. IULL.of BHUXSVVICK Co. X. C. ON" I II K SUBJbt T OF PUBLIC LAN DS. Monday, Dec. I O.H 1 &i3. The following Reol tit ions, introduced by Mr. Hild, were called up for conside ration, viz . T ' j Required. That eahtof the United Sia?e, be- ing a par-y l the national ctinionct, possesses, ao interest m the, Publie Lflnd Ijtr'oiportioned to tiie tedrat population ot each, or, in th teuns oj the compaci, accoiding to ill: usul respective pro portions of the general charge ami expendittir. s." Resolved, 1 tiat24hosei feuies, jin whose fjvor Cor igress hasnot made appropriMlioi.s of the pub- he Doiname for the purposes of Education, are I - r 1 ii entitled to suen appropriations as Wiil correspond, i in a just pr,.po,tion, will ihoW heretofore made ! in belia-f t other Slates I Kesolvea. I n.u our 2enatfra and 11 -nrescnta- .: r: u..:ri ':. j i ;:,; ;" ,n r Carolina to her portion of, the Public Lands. And I that tl.e same, when obtained, be lappjied to the I establishment and -support of Common Schools i' and ihe promotion audi diilusiort .of Education -I .-. . ,H-i,nv,..rt c.i... llnouuhoul the State itthe State. IS ; I The question being on the adoption of the. Resolutions Mr. iHiLL addressed the House as folipvs: Ii i I - Mr. Speaker : In introducing the fur- going Resolutions, I am solely influenced by a eohsiJeration, most assuredly of para mount importance ri desire, I have ever cherished with the deepest interest, to 'fur nish the rnt ansof a plain education to every Litiz-n within our urnits.; - . 1 1 am aware .Sir that in nronnin'- nnv . action 'in relation to he Public Lands I am approaching a subject which h is b en a prolific source of uiseussipu; and extra vagant political, controversy vyithin tliese Halls B..it, on the present occasion, I disavow such' feeling and sh ill studious ly; '3 void any such tendency id the remarks 1 am about to nbmilt Th argument by which 1 shall atit'triplito lapuort the Reso lutions, I shall . found 1st. Upon the justice and brpprie!y of our claims ' I 2d. Oa ihe impoitipt advantages vvh?ch may be anticipated td result from the ap plication of the procel'ds, iiS contemplated by the Rt'solutions, ad 3d. Upon the necessities f our People and the urgent claimihey have upon the btateto supply their vants.i j. l win not, oir, wejiry tne attention oi this House by entering into a detailed his tory of the Public Domain. Sufficient lor my present purpose will t be to tate. that, at one p- riod of our country's history, nil that y I Tact .of lejrntory, included be tween the Pacific Ocf'an knd bur present Northern iioundary,w'a8;granted by Eli zabeth of England to the illustrious ibdivi dual whose name the.Capital of our State, ihecity in which our present deliberations are neiu, now Dears? l nat oy var.ous subsequent tanls arid forfeited charters, other territorial limits; weie established and dissolved; That,! by a treaty between Fi ance and Great BeitairtV entered into' in the year 1763, the M?ssissp- i River was agreed uponasthe Bqundry line between Lousiana and the- BtiitisliHAmerican po- sessions. This, Sir, was about the condition of the Boundary of the British American Provinces at the perij id o pur: memorable struggle (or Libedy The briginal 13 Stales were then, sotrle of them, undefined and many of ihern unexplored; Brit so Co lon'.es. The numerous jabjises of , the mother country, and It he lame of liberty which burned within the (bosoms of our Patriot r aihers, deteimmeu them lo cast off the yoke of oppression iand esublish for themselves and their pus eritv.'a frt e and mdependt nt forjn of Govern n.ent Upon the incidents oj" issue of this glori ous epoch, I will npl prmittnyself to dwell, farther than is important to my pre sent purpose. The j same, pal ing spirit which ae'.uatd adr forfathersn declaring their independence, spstaiiied and carried them successfully throuwljit umqual contest. By t hp Treaty of JPeace. which followed .in 1783, .(reat Britain reliri quishtd to:. the old 113. all; claim to the Gov. rnmerit property and- 1 errttonal rights of the same, extending l.o all the lands included within the chartered limits of the United States land (,hn linotvti as Grown ; Lands:.- - ' The B'lwndaryas determined by the Treaty, was follows j. viz : On the forth,- by the Russiafr an British Aine rica'n possessions ori the East, bv t he At fantic Ucean on tbeSoulh rf nd 'Wes', by tne .lississippurvi.ver aiio; ijir; V7UIIHI oi. Mexico, At ihy8 period, the jimi's of ma- nir f. ike -Slat were verv eilensive: in j ----- f , i . i them unde6nedv a!nd. in all of some Of them, differing in ar a auq value. I ue -fit; 4 cause in which Wry t were 'ri gaged, was a common cauie, theistruggfe of freemen for liberty. Ji furriiihing the means lor the arcomplishme.nl of their object, The rule; of apporyonmenji was not according to the extent or value of the Territory possessed by each, but, impelled -by an ardent love of liberty," eachj'j contributed, cheerfully cootributeji, aecdrdirg- to the abilityof eqch. :Bat Sir,l ir: the progress of t he Rerolutiori;tbta rery Subject of the waste lands was a sop rce of "d isco r d 'and disfrRtion. which excited uad lorbqdings in-the hosoms of thoae early votaries of l freedom . - ' j! ' ;'i - -'"'. I .The targe States, irnuenre! by that leel- 4illffQavarice I r . . i c ' ) r il i ea appears to oe aimpt inseparame irom oiimatares. contended - ihtiLi in the 'tvent . i f a successful issue to tne contest, tneir .T'rritorial limits should not be lessened ; and their ' right vt soil retn-iin unaltered The smiller Stites urged, on the otHer hand, that 'he 'struggle wtis for principle and no" for. aggrandizement th.ii ".tltey ' contributed their1 q JO'ia -b'.'men and of money that the sovereignty of ihe soil, within the cha rtered Ifmits of ach of tht;. States, va?;-tiil in the li ilh "CJnm n, and never could be vvresie-l from M but bv a uiiit-d -fiort and at a common sacrihVe-- Hiar even, if they succeeded in the attempt to be emancip ited from foreign oppres sion, their political imprtiii e vvotiid in- Levjiabl v be overshadowed Vitl hmniv he r;bo rtWt,rh-l,J... : ' ;.'!.,..'....' Jf L.. l." J..- u i i ur in in" r nul l tr U 11" I irer 0 , ? . . V bt;,tes amJ 'fn'd io. enter into th.e Ldn- leileracy until a compact was formed. which secured to. each member ri.rlit l . fT" , proponiom-d tothechar l and 'spraditure. meui retf by .each. .'" j out, Sir, t; exhibit to thjs louse more e lea rlv ibn stale of rV.pl incr l!;b r.r.:.S;i: . ': : . i"- ...I .u:. . .l- .Li.. a i- eu W!. v., a.oje.;i ui. in.s rany. penoa, i will read the Instructions given. by the vjeiierai vs.selnuly or tne otaie oi .iarv- land to their Delegates in CongreiS In) the year 1779: j r ... M . li . c.i .r. rv ' . i " Having confeiied upon you a trustbf i tne lnglie"t nature, it is evident we piapt great confidence in, your integrity!,, ability and zeai, to promote the' general wc If.iie )f the Uhited States and the "particular interests of this Slate, .when the' lattei :is not iucoinpatible "With the fofmer: hut to add greater weight to your proceed. ngs in iot.gres, and take, away an si:spi cions, that tiie opinions you are to deli Ver, and thj. voj.es you give, may be lie mere opinion of individuals and not re sulting from your knowledge of the sense and deliberate jndjment of the State. ybu lepresent. We think it our duty to m strnct us .followWh on the sulject of tiie Confederation a subject on which, un fortunately, a supposed ditference of i nter- esis has produced din almost equal diii siou . of sen'ixuent among the several Slates comprising ihe Utiion. We 5.iy a supposed difff rt nce'of interests, for. if o cal uitachments and prijudices, and tjhe. avarice and ambition of itultvidua's, would give way io the dictates ol a sound policy, founded oil The pi i tic i pies, of jusjice (ajtid no other'p dicy but what is founded .Ion those immutable' principles deserves toibe called sound) we flatter ourselves this ap part nt diversity of i tit rests woukl soion ranish ; and alflhe States would confed erate on terms, mutually ad vantageous; to all ; .for they would then perceive, that jno ither confederation than ooe so formed could be lasting. Although the pressure of immediate Calamities, the dread iof their continliance from the ajSpea rancejof disunion, and sofne Other peculiar cir eti msta rices, trny have induced some Stales to accede to the present confedt ra- Ltion, comrary lo heir own irrteiests anJ judgments, it requtres no great fharejof loresighl to predict, tli.it when those ctss esr cease to operate, the States which ha ve thus .acceded to the cohleder,.tidn, will consider it as no longer binding, and will eagerly embrace tho first occasionof asserting their just rights, and securing iheir independence. Is- it possible, that those Slates, which;. are ambivionsly grasping at Territorieto which,, in our judgment, they have, not the least shadow of exclusive right, will use with greajer moderation, the iner-ase of .wealth" ad power derived from lhos '1'erritorif-?, v hen.acqutred. than what they nave Uis j p'fyd in their endeavors to acquire thepn? vv e tnuiK not we are cimviuceu air s. trie spirit which had prompted them iio insist on a claim s i extravagant, so repuj natit to every principle of justice, so ,n compatible with' the general, weifi re of the States, will urge them on to add op pressidn to injustice. If th-y shojld not be incited by a steiionty of wealth apd strength, to oppress by , open force their less wealthy and less powerful neighbors, yet depopulation and, consequently, the impoverisitnent of thoie States, will ne cessarily folloxy, whichsby an unfair con struction of-the confederation! may be stripped of a common interest and tjhe .coinruon benefi.s.desirabb" fiotn the. West- .ein Country. Suppose V lrgitiia. for u- s(fce, indisputably possessed of the ex tensive and fertile country t uhich he has set up cl-iim, Twhat would be the' pro bable consequences to Mary'and of ftich a-rvundist'irbrd arid undisputed poss.-ssilm. T'hey cannot escape the leat -discerning Virginia, by e4ling on the most ruoderjite terms a small proporiion of the Ian.ds.ir. stion. wou4 -draw into her treasuiry. va sumad money, and in proportion, to the riums arising from such sabs, woild te enabled to lessen her Tajes Larids coiikparatively chiejip. and Taxep compa tively low. with the lands and Taxes of I an adjacent State, would quickly drin the State, thus disadvantageous ctrcurn stanced ot its most useful inhabitants, its wealth, and its. ronsetjuence in the scale of the confederated State, ould iBihk ol coo rse. A claim so injurious' to more than one-half, if not :the whole ot the United States, -ought to be sup ported bv the clearest evidence bf lhe right. Yet what evidence of that riht hs been produced - What .arguments allegedios! p po rt, e it h e r o i t h e e f de b ee' or the right? None that we bare heard o. deserving a 4 serious refatation. 'We arecOnvincedpocy.and justice reqaire,wbiph that a country, unseuUd at the commence-Ttoreyer for the m and benefit of such e menc. ment of this War. claimed bv the British CiowAi, and ceded to it by j .the Treaty of Pans, if vreu1 from t lie com mon enemy b- the blood and ! treasure of the 13 Slates. htiu1d.be considered a? n j common priVVty sulject to b parcelled ( out y Cbugres, i'ntb hee. I'cotit-tttifrzt, '--and indeper.tietit Governn-nts, in mch manner and at such times as the .wisdom of tha! Assemhlv shall bert-mier direct. Thus convinced, we should beiray the trust reposed in us by our constituents, were vveta authorize "syou to . ratiiy en their behaif, (lie C'onfederntion, unless it be urtht r explained. ' We hive coqlly, and dispassionately, considered the fubr jei t ; ve lnve weit In u rooable inconvir- nieuce and h.trdship. agnm.-t the sacrifice - nf in.t .ml i tml -n.rht Liml tin J . - . r struct you t.Jt to agree to the oonfed.r J'liqn," tmlessan ariicie or. articles b addtjj ihento. ni con!or(ii'y with our tleclnra tion. Should we succeed' iti obtain in1? such article or a iticlex. then you are herj- bv fully inpoweitd to uj vde to the C6&- - i n - i- leueruc.y . - - ' ? .The political s.igaoity, the juHht intjo the future, man Melted by thej authors df r,K'se i trucuons. is indeed most admirh- ble. 'I iie artit les insitrd on by Mary1- I land.'vveie insciti J ; and yetrih little inoiie i than h iif a ceiitiiiy, we w:tness the ovet ! whtlaiing prv ponderancc of some StattSa I in t he Couiici !s ol the Nation. Whfcti 'the :ipn!irtiuttiitent of representation was tna:e at the adoj iton of ihe Federl Corj stituMon, to Ma ry la ltd vas a? signed incinbt rs; N. Caiolina 5; Virginia 10 x t - r - . i i i .1 iew i orii v: anu now stanos tne nd- count in. our 'day ? Why, Maryland has 8, onh Cartitmn 13. Virginia, '2 1, New Yoik,lt! So that the depopulation al luded to in. the dec in ration has liakeil plac at least ii "a relative sense. Ai me cio?e oi tne revolution. I ti e - couVilry wiS encu inhered by an cnornus tlet of 20(i millions, lobe pa ill out of the. Treasui y of the old 13, besides heavy responsibilities by the Treasuries of the Siates lespectively. Our Commerce, at that per,iod, being very stnajl, the revt nue from it was iiicouMilerable ; 'aiid-this hea vy ..indebtedness was not: principally- by1 th Agricultural inter, st. This, togethejr with,: prov iioning the army during the war, 'was a mighty rt quisiti m upon th soil. Incesant cul.ure, cart lesaly applied, and without any aid from minoring, pro duced a state of exhaustion tending to sterility Iri this condition of our agri cultural prospects, the sale of the Public Ivtnds.commenced -the tiigin soil of tbo VVet was thiown openlto our enterpris ing and ind strions citizens -great in ducements were offered to settiers bj the General "Goerntriertt -ihe Linds were cheafi and the faxes low pre-emptioil rights were gra-ntt d tht m arid so iwtinifi cenl was., its' -policy. (at our , expense) in the appropriation of landfor Ir.u rnarim proveiuent,; arnl purtises of Education, that facilities in both will be furnished to every neighborhood within' the limits of the new States.'; . f . ;' ? - Sir, the inducement was too powerful; the lemp'ation too strong to be resisted by a. being whose in breast self-interest is tho ruling principle. A mighty tjde of emi gration .Wt st ward, was its const qtrence', which,, with the old Stages, has not jj-et reacbed its ebb, but is annually drajnipo; us o; our talents, and our wealth. . .! The views set forth by the State of Ma ryland, in tier insfuction& to her delegate,1 were similar to. those entertaintd by all the small States, and the act of cession by the State of Delaware was accompanied by '.He following Resolutions, viz : " Resolrtd. Thai tins State coKKider'lliHriselves justly en'ided to a rih? in coniiiiinif willi'tlie iikiii bers of Ihe Union, lo ibat t-xierisive. tract of coun try "yliieh lis to thWciWBrd f the frontier cf the Uhited Siaif-s the property of whieh was nt vested in, or jrniUd tn ii. dividual?, nt ihe eotii nirrnceiiientof the prt-sent VnrS that tfi same halh, been or may be ganwd from the king of Great Bri tain, or tlie(MHiive IrtOians, by Hyp. bld and trea sure of all. and thei ef ; e txrbe a romriHiii esMe, lo b" tau'eJ out on terms beneficial to the United .aia'es." ' ..." - I' . . ' Such, si r Was the character of the Stales to the Lands within Uieir respective limits, a, the period of the American War; and such was the publicjfeeling which prevailed iri relaiiep to the; subject. - It remains for me to show the effects, produced on it by tiat eveDt, and the cir-cpms-tinces growing put of the same. It was. essential to a successftH , prose cution of the war, and the establish merit of a salutary and permanent form -of .Go vernment after ita closer that a -federal al liance should be formed bet ween ihe States. Without it here was no common head , tio concert 'of action, either projecting plans 'of operation or raising means -Jfor conducting them. Ta effect a compromise. and to accomplish so deairable'an object, the diflerent Legislatures passed Resolu tions; and the. General Congress made rr lwl o" j ,uau uui putici vu uu more) to the magnanimity and patriotism of Ihe States and under the genial influ ence ol" the love of th ; Union. and of Liberty, the appeal was not made in vain. New York led the way in .the gene rous compromise. In the year 1780, her Legislature passed an act, entitled flp acrto faciiitale the completion qftbe arti? cles of confederation and perpetual 'untoo among the United Slates of Ameri'ia.. By. this act, It was declared that thejtm1?. forever for tbeure H- I 1" t "V
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