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DAVID 'OUTLAW;? Editors. . Tiios.Jii3fAir, 5 RALEIGH, W. C. THTJnSDAY, TONE 16, 1B35 VOL XXVII. HO. 2G . THOMAS J. LEMAV, mOfHIKTOH A!0 PDBLISUER.' 8umeirTij, lhre dollar per'annuio one kXtAMWJfttw. aMMri)ers.n(rAiif ii4i be allowed loremainlaarrenriloiirer III in one jr ear, It eron i tttdrnl without hi Blrfe, whn may delretoheome ubcribr will b rielly rui'red In liajrtlte whole B mi lit ofthe jrer'ituiiirR! inn in advtnce AnfiiriitiTi, not exceeding teen line. tr.fi rent tor iracn continuance. LnTr to tin Editor mut be iot paid PUBLIC LANDS- UGPORTftf THE COMMITTEE 1o whom nfeiird.thB itert and, lteolu- tinninl the - IKiitHlnrtt hi ."a"""'" N-llmeiliirri at.d Hie proceeding- w the Senate ol the Ui.Hr.l Slate. relitie to the ai.nroniiilmn f Public Laud. (r the I""-- nl KtiioHitnt t the "gilaiui-e Of Norlli tan.lirm. Dec. 1881. "The committee, to whom was re .Mes!whrchre1atcitir 1n reports sAiuLj:ii4uUuas-- nf JMtajutt -athe ireeedigs in. ihai Snatorviflier UaUed Statev. relative to appropria tion' ol public l.tfid fur the purposes of elucaiiiii. respectfully Repo t: That they have riven to the subject -IMh Menfnmatm :ctnfsinerattnw" whic'i their time ami opportunities would admit. Your committee are deeply impressed with the importance of education and the general diffusion of knowledge. In a government which 'depends" on the public will, where the sovereign power is vested "i tY lhrpiteTOTi quent recurrence of elections, our citizens are p-r i o I i al I y a n il frequent ly called upon to delegate certain por tions "of that sovereignty w hich - is tti berent in them, it is almost as impor '"tni tV as tint tliy shout I poascss them. With out th s knowledge r they too often be come the d'ipes of intrigue and the unconscious" instruments of faction. Your committee view with pride the rapitl progress - whirl-- North Carolina has. of late, ma le in knowledge and science Tear academic have been established by individual subscriptions and indi vidual exertions in almost every coun ty in the state. At these seminaries, by the generous exertions of their found rs and patrons thousands of vtiuth, of both sexes, are instructed in - the sabot dinate- branches -f - science, - and qualifted-for the ordinary business -of life; Our University, too, is annually sending forth graduates, who generally-j embark in the business o instruction, or in some of the learned professions. Many of them are now distinguishing themselves in their several callings, and some are doing honor to the legis lative councils of the state. The ef fect of the establishment of these in stitutions has been to give to the pea- file of the state a more expanded and iberat view of her policy. , The subject of Internal Improve mentV once thought to be impractica ble and visionary, iww meets with a friend in every man of intelligence. Tie question now is, how shall we best render .navijgadjde open" and improve "iiur "roads? How shall we lessen our dependence on .the adjnceiitstatesnd selves of the advantages which nature h:is given us? Our criminal code, once sangiiinary atidTblomly, has bc- L-.f, w',t t mt jtttM fwr cttten'4wi; j becomerMri'tre. '-eivuixen:.- :anlre&ti.euv end North Carolina b-gins to have a just sense of what is due U her . own character and standing as a member of the 'Union.. : Your committee . regret, while ad vantages have been thus afforded to men of proper? and fortune of educat ing their -children, tint the Stati on her part, has not made corresponding eTirt4il Tr,m;,r7Sh,M7 wlieTe flielsitii1t tuntty d-eoeaflg-ineir cntiureo. The numhsr who h ive the mearts of sending their children to an academy, or to tlte University, is cpmparattvely small; and your committee apprehend, that while Hie eff trts of the liberal and the more wealthy- to establish these seminaries may have given to' their children advantages which .they did noi before possess, that' it may have had the contrary ffeet upon the poorer classes f the community. , The population of North Carolina i so ihin, that in most parts of the state, it requires the whole of a neigh borhood to find employment and af ford the means of paying neighborhood teachers. Where the means exist, as those who are most engag-d in the cause of education generally send their children to some Academy,;, or to the University the balance, not so justly appreciating the importance of the subject, suffer it to remain neglected tor the want of suitable persona to give an impulse to their-exertionKThtr establishment of primary frep schools, where the poor . as well as the rich can have an opportunity of instruct ing their children in the rudiments of an English education is certainly a ihtnttevootlT t belshed for" Irery fiieml of Kwewntry. ' Yoar Committee, however. In the present embarrassed .. condititn of the country, woujd despair of this Slate without any fund at its disposal, ex cept what is collected by taxes from the people, being able to do any thing ... i . - ' ...i : not for the claim winch North Caroh na has upon the general government ior an appropnauon oi puouc tar claim is oriTT Carolina. The subject was brought before the Legislature . at ' a TovVX. session, which, by a joint, re solution of both Houses, instructed their Senators, and requested their Representatives, in Congress from this State to urge the right of North Carolina, to participate in the appro priations of Public Lands for the pur- pose aioresaiu, in just proportions to What had been granted to the new states. This claim the Senate of the United States thought it inexpedient ever, gratified that the subject has of laf rftetemttek f Sesr partTit<IAfary toi ik . 1 lamps nire, anu mat mere is reason -to beliv that tlvpv r li posed, through the medium of their representation in Consrrss. to assert : . " i our cootmiltee do not consider it important to enter minutely into the discussion of the question made in the Maryland, and assented to in the New ..Hampshire Report, whether pre vious to the several sessions which have .been madu in the general gsivern ni en t, the non-cetling states were in justice entitled to participate in the extensive back couulry which then formed a part of the states, which have since made such lanre sessions to the United States: because they rarihM Seliowft have any bearing upon the main ques tion. If, however, they were to ex press an opinion, it would be unfavor able to the claim then set up by the minor states. The war of the reo!u(iun was a war of dclence, not of conq uest. The SlajesV from" a 'sense of IniTivliTual weakness, associated together for their mutual safety, in tbe character of State, having certain chartered limits, which were recognised as their respec tive boundaries), for the purpose of protecting the persons and. property of their citizens from the exactions of arbitrary power, and of defending the unalienable rights of man. It never wa9 understood, or even contemplated. that the war was to be waged for the acquisition of territory. No such mo tives ever actuated tfie citizens of the United States. It is a novel idea to your Committee that two or more States, engaged in a war on the'saine side, impelled by the same motives, because they are success ful, can be said to be entitled to any portion of each other's territory by right of eonquett. The victory which is achieved is over the common tnemv. but the conquest, it seems, is over eatk other. Untler the articles id con federation, the Sfates were sovereign to all intents and purposes. The con sideration was onljji stnei alliance for purposes of mutual safety and tie fence. -When, therefore, 6reat Bri tain acknowledged . our-independence, it was as separate, sovereign and inde pendent StaU.s Again, conquest implies the acquis iwa44wey Union acquired any. ;territorj bjrs, the war. Each remained '. within ils for mer chartered limits. -The larger States, however, have now parted with any right they formerly had in the lands they have ceded, and the other states, through their representation in Congress, have admitted that the right was in the cediiig' States: hy " accept ing their sessions upon the condition severti lessionrACtaI4 789 the General Assembly of North Carolina passed an act. ceding all that tract of country, which now constitutes the State of Tennessee, to the United States. - As - it " regards" the claim of North Carolina to the territory over which she then, and previous to that time, had exercised jurisdiction, there can be no question. Her boun daries had never been defined by any charter subsequent to her own; her claim, there, rested upon as firm a ba sis as the claim of Maryland to the territory over which she now exercises jurisdiction. The act of cession has the - following preamble: "Whereas, the United States, in Congress assem bled have repeatedly and earnestly re commended to the respective States in the Union claiming or owning va cant Western Territory, to make sessions of part of the same as a furth er means as well of hastening the ex tinguishment of the debts as of estab lishing the harmony of the United States : ami the i nhabi tant s of the -said Western Territory being also desi rous ; that rsach" sessions should be made, in order to obtain a more am ple protection than they have, - hereto fore received- Now- this State beinv ef f OtcsTrous of'dolng . am pie "Justice to thepullic creditors as well is the establishing the harmony of the lmi ed j&Vacj.-.aniI--.otnplying with therTh tneani ofiobtaipinj education reasonable desires or her citizens: Be v, .c. oico snows very cieariyuoor 01 ecry iiiuiymuai, anu me. the temper of the people at that time, poor, as well as the rich, could avail It was soon after .the close of the re- themselves of the advantages of a fund UtWary trwggle,hen th tater,Ja having each their quota of public debt-,' Your committee applaud, rather 10 pay, anu naving no surplus iund, l-iT.j .1 at ' was apprehensive of the loss of hia ueots, ami tue people were oppressed by the burtlien of the taxes imposed to' defray the ordinary expenses of Gov eminent, and borne down under the weight of debts already contracted. These circumstances gave rise to much discontent and coionlaint. and. no doubt to the pretended claim on the part of the minor States, to parti cipate in the Western Lands belong ing to other states. It was certainly 5nerotts,. imd may hane' been politico 'ijaJKSSii4oai i.l . IT:.. r .1. . . to the Union, for the purpose of se uiutirui State's, and! gratifying the wishes ota- part of-4heif - J citizens, who were anxious to set up T for themselves. " It is no less certain- 1 11. . t a r -. 1 not aoused, and the tuud which was intended for general, applied to local purposes, the act also contains this provision: "That all the lands intend ed to be ceded by-virtue of this act, to the United states of America, and not appropriated as before mentioned, shall be considered at a common Xund for the use and benefit of the United b'utes of America, JSorth Carolina m- clusive, according to. their respective andmual proportionrin'the-generut charge an:l expenditure, and shall be ana Jor no other use or purpose what ever," Language could not have ex pressed the intention of the Legisla ture more plainly, or placed the claim ot those states, which have not yet re eetved -appropriation,-upon v firmer basis. The acts of session of other States contain similar provisions; 7 -Your committee have too exalted an opinion of the Congress of the United States, to believe that however much they may doubt "the expediency of making appropriations tor the benefit of the obi, corresponding with those already made for the new States," they can hesitate for ; a moment. : to redeem the plighted faith of the nation,., and perform the'vrry"conditions upon which the sessions were made. - Your committee give no additional force to the reasoning contained in the reports to the Legislatures of ., the States before mentioned, to shew the justice of the claims of the non-ceditig states to be allowed appropriations proportionate to those already granted to the new States; and they admit the claim of those States which have made the largest sessions, are placed, by the several acts upon the subiect. on the same footing except perhaps, that there may be more equity .in the claim uf me ceetiing states, inasmuch as they i have made the contract, and paid the consideration upon wuicu , tlte oeneut of the stipulations contained in the several session acts, have been guar anteed to them. There can be " as little doubt of the right .of all the States to share the advantages which have mulled from, the purchase, of Public Lands as they were paid for with moneydrawnfrttntlhr'T feasury of the United States, in the proportion that they have contributed towards the same: as that might be a difficult mat ter to ascertain, perhaps no better mode can be devised than the one sug gested by the Maryland Committee, the ralte-et square miles." -r-"-:'" Your t oinmiitee ' are satisfied that t&e'rfatemt'nt and ratttf fctiwtrwfttfe ' in' Tliat the amount oi unapprnptisted Public Lands is four hundred millions of acres. The total amount necessary to do justice to those States, which have not yet had-any appropriation mane in meir lavour, is y;u,uu acres, or something less than 2 1-2 percent, upon the whole amount. ; That the amoirnt already appropn- atetl for literary purposes, and which W'H be . appropriated, if the system heretofore followed should be adhered to for the benefit of the new States and Territories, is 14 576,569 2-S "a cres.,, Nor ih Carolina is entitled to an appropriation ' of 980,065 acres, which, at two dollars per acre, would amount to the sum of ftl,96t 332. Two dollars per acre being something less than the average price lor which government lands have sold it would be fair to estimate the claim of North Carolina at 2,000,000; the' interest upon that sum would be 2120,000 per annum, which divided equally among the etwnttes m the state, would make the sum of 81,933 70 per annum,' to eacn county, & 1 2u,uuu per annum, divided among all the different conn ties in - the State, according to their respective population and wants, iudi- ciouslf- managed, would- enauie the Legislature to iestabT3sh""schools"lo a considerable extent, in each county. would thus be brought home to the man conucmn, me apprupnauons ai- . . i 1 .s a . stipulated to be a common fund, for the common Denent ot all the Mates, slial not be applied exclusively for the bene - ! fit of any particular Slate or section of country. . Your committee, from every consld eratton which they have been able to give the subject, cordially concur with the sentiment expressed in the Mary land lie port, "that in whatever point ui view me puouc lanus are cousiuer ed, whether, as acquired by purchase, IT..:..- ri n Union. -They ought to inure, there-. land cannot be appropriated to the use at. not wronaa respwtt'eTandtenenttf any parttcularstater"ti) the exclusion ot tbe others, without an i n fringempT) n of - thepri n ci pi e r upon pretwlymade,-anda-vkdation -of-thc nivn D-.13I.I19 IIUMI BatC3 n II C Ui spirit ol our national compact as well as the principles of justice and sound policy." They also agree perfectly in opinion with the sentiment express ed by the Legislature of New Hamp shire. "That those states for whose benefit such appropriations have not yet been made, will not be true to themselves, if they do not make kuovin to Congress," who alone possess the power to make them, their request for such appropriations,-not air ar mat tcrqffavour, but of, right." They, therefbreTiesp adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved bu the General ' Assemblu of V 1 1. r TI..1 1. . r .1 urcmia, inai tacit -or me United States has an equal - righUo participate in tne oenrnt ol the public lands as the-common property of the Union; and that the States in , whose favor Congress has .not.niade appro priations of land for the purposes of education, arc entitled to such appro priations as will be in just proportion with those already made in favor of other states, and in accordance with me principles upon which sessions have been made by States to the Unit ed states. . --r-r" Retolved, That Ida Excellency the Gov. ertior beTeqttealed to transmit copies of the forefroinfr Report and Hrluluiion to eacn oi our Senators and Itcprrsentatiret in Con ere, with a reqitett that liter will Iivthe tame before their respective Houses, and uc their endeavours to procure the pawage ol an act to cirry into effect the jurt principle therein set forth. i Reolved. That hi Excellency the Gov emur be also requested lo tranamit copies m ma Mia tiepon ina uetoiuiiona to the Governors of lite several slate of lit Union, with a request that they will communicate the Mine to their respective Lrgi!a'iye, anu ,uubii nicir .o-operiiion. AH of which is resnectfullT sub- mitted. : ' . - . , - SAM UEI NILLMAN, Chm: STATE . CONVENTION. SUK 7 r PLUS RE VEN VETr" ' There needs no better evidence of the growing popularity of . the people's cause, and the certain triumph of lib-' eral principles, than the zeal and en thusiasm manifested in all parts of the atatein -a niuiin I i ff !! nti 4n l people would not be sufficiently arous ed af IhFpresent alVrming crisis inlthe affairs of the country, are completely dissipated. We are now convinced that a spirit is awakening throughout out land, that will inevitably overthrow onr present rulers and tyrannical op pressors. : A graat deal depends tinon the sound discretion of the State Con vention, ir they conduct their 'jJe.lih-' eWtioMWfltJJom and sagantyihis' Slate. ilt unqucRtidftabiy itU jonty, and a large minority, against Mr. Van Jiuren. : ., ,y- Without the most distant idea of pointing out, for the consideration ol the Convention, any business, but such as will naturally come before them, we would nevertheless respectfully invite the attention of the public to 4 subject of greater magnitude, and of infinitely greater importance to the country. than any that has ever before engaged the attention ofthe people.' We have reference to the Surplus Revenue. In the public moneys, every person in the State is deeply and immediately interested. Every dollar jn the na- , tional treasury,", unappropriated, be longs to the people; and they have a right to demand It, whenever they please, and require it for public pur poses. That rhere, is a deep laid scheme to defraud 'the people of this money, is now placed beyond all doubt A few irresponsible persons, of no torious character, at Washington, haye ranspired -todeprive the-people'of raore.inin winy minions oj aotlars. Mr. Van IJuren, Amos Kendall, Mr. Woodbury, and Reuben M. Whitney, have now got possession of this enor mous smou nt o f, m on ey,. uttd naouu BcquaiBted with thetharacter of these men, will, for a moment, believe that it can ever be peaceably obtained from them. ,They are . determined to hold it or perish in the attempt. It. there lorr, oniy remains ior me people 10 apply for it inr-the-ordinary' formi of legislation. When this fails, the al.- tef native will preSenlTUelrwFeti it will be better to suffer under oppres- sion ana public roouery, or take strong .1 a - t - There are innamerablejvoi ks i of in ternal improvement in every section that ought immediately to'bc construct- cu. vanais, rau-ruaus, ana omer public unprovemvnts, in almost every couuiy, migui oe advantageously made, if the people only llaTtTtie means to complete them. J he question then presents itselt to the farmers and me cuanics 01 me country, wnetner they win suner metr-twn money to remain in the hands of stock gamblers and brokers, or whether thev will take it oeneut oi the country at large, litis fBaWo-niljAWastsa by tlie Albany Regency. )ur Legis- 7 : :j -.. - - , . latuv haTc,in;lKcl, ueclarel the people shall not have their wti timniiv I hiwiir-ftsi'Ti,-1it Pi,nM I MvTe arsTdetTared agauist the people -r--T T" "" r-r r ' ' T Co. We now appeal" to tlte people themselves. l'erhapi no bndyt:auldwithso much prtmnety. rail, tlte attention of the people to this subject, as the Conven tion about to assemble tt UUcsCT If thev fchould think nroner to recommend Iff a Convention, early in September, of the friends of internal improvement. ugricuuure, eaucanon, ana tne me chanic arts, and in favor of takinz their shares-ef the surplus revenue to-cffe-t these great objects, the recommends UdxrwouTd 1e reipondetf tt by the! ac" ciamatiups ol the people Let each county and town send as many dele gates as they might deem expedient, and we would soon , see whether Reu ben M. Whitney & Co. or the people are to govern. We have not the shad ow of a doubt that the people of this State will decide against the Albany Regency ..by more than Jwenty thou-r sand majority. We shall shortly re fer to the many subjects that might properly come before such a Conven tion. -A. J , E. Star. ' PltOKKSSlO AN1 fMIAm iCP. "The followinir is extracted from the Speech delivered in Die Ilotise of rpre-ntutive u7 . uive in soppon ot Economy, in 1828, rhen the wliole expenses of the Gov. ernmeniUKi not exceed thirteen millions. It was recalled to oor recollection the 01 day, when in looking over the ayes and noes in me proceeding ot the Senate, we found the name of (hit same Mr. Rives at every turn voting in favor ofthe largest proposed appropriations. The expenditure during the last year amounted to twenty -four mil lionai and according to the appropriations - uicu ior dv ir. Hives ao willingly, the ivernment will consume thia vear tmivanli of thirty millions. ' ' We do not publish this extract with any hope or expectation tf reclaiming the author to the principles from which he Itac tpof- usru, nuriacxpresa our detestation 01 the detestable spostate, but to ak the attcnt on ofthe people to the base deception which has been practiced upon them. Kitrht vear ffVWnV .'y.JhvnJijithenfxoiwH iiciu .iiai me expenditure 01 thirteen million would convert our republic, system into monarchy, and laid down the nrincinl ith. tt -qttahhcaUort (and it la a true principle too) that tverg tnertuM f tpn,hturt lendi um,s ,w iFiirn.ic nit injiuence if th Exnu Uvet" but now, when this same Mr. Hive is with the adDiinijitrnlWin bought un h. f-.U-r. ,l gol4,4hewflwhWigcl'!n ixpemlii fmrty millions, so he and his minion ;-et their nor. f sttd his minions ret their nor. lion, of it. JTlie people may bleed freely without any compunctions on 1iis hart and monarchy luay eiigulfiuyonlypcimit Wi4hU ni corrupt party 10 triumph, and riot on the hard earnings of an honest people. We ask attention to the extract it is worth reading, and containa good Whig doctrines. It is much more applicable to the abuses of tne present time, than to those to which h vasarrplied.-Tht pstroitutre of the Govern. ment is three fold greater now than during ,y admmUtraUnM.tVtruger Adats4 ,.n.r..j,-m ;.f ;, Sharlallivilltddvacate. l!Biit,8ir.tojcturnlQ.mesubject.of our public expenditures. I would say to the honorable gentleman from Penn sylvania, that (he truo mode of testing the economy of our government, at any given period, is not t compare its ex peuses with those of a foreign govern ment, but with its own at some-antecedent peruid. Now, sir. if we do this, we shall find that, during Mr. Jefferson's administration, in 1 802. for example, the. whole - expenditures of the government, exclusive of the pay ments to the public debt, amounted to 3,737,079; while the same class of expenditure? during the year 1826, according to the last Treasury report. amounted to 813.062.316. Here. then, we have an increase of expendi ture equal to 350 per cent, n ' than 25 years, which, after making every allowance for the growth ol the country, and the expansion of its in stitutions, (fori stem to me to be dis proportionate ami extravagant. - I Sir, I have'dwelt the longer upon these -views, because I have r deep and settled conviction that economy is a cardinal virtue in every republican government? It is not merely for the pecuniary saving, and the consequent relief to the industry and rcmtrrcer of the people ,wUidi it brings with it that I esteem it. It is still more, for its political efiects. It js not only the close allyt but the surest guarantee of - ! the public liberty. It is the exeat in sirument ior restraining that dangerous principle of executive influence which is jierpefuaUy.vndermining and assail tng the fabric of free government every where, and of our Own not less than omera. i his influence exerts and en- lie expenditure, then, and you at that same time . diminish executive in fluence. ' - Sir, I may have fears upon this subject, which firmer minds can, and do repel; but jt has long been my o pinion, that th'erc is a decided tenden cy in our government to a dangerous and disproportionate accumulation of t&t Monarchy is the euthanasia of our political system. Gentlemen who treat thase tears as altogether visional - -jn" n. 4 1 ntt ik i si irA4 q rf v'' u n . t or. mnm- 'Jf niiu in''B . ojft- v iui j t vv uv iinv tuu distinguished Jnenibcr from Pennsyl- t'anadniuiisv . , ... Iration, have not, I am persuaded, tx range oftlus powerlul engine, in the . magnitude whtrh rr tiss.- at vrtstnf. AttHineil. " 1 - .laiijr jjci suns nave iiasnij au'u- ,.M. u. . - ted ttiatttiepatTronaweoctlie Executive consisted exclusively in appointments' to office. But an equally, if not moro important branch of patronage, con sists in the disposition of public mo- -neys through the medium of contract! made under the direction. of the Exe... cutive. "Believing this immense force of Executive Datronasre to be dantreroua " to the public liberty, and as the dis bursements of public money must ne cessarily be made by the Executive branch of the government, that every Ar 1:. a . .it-. ."- tvi tore vi v Arvirfiliut v ICIIIIW Ull Ctl I T in inrrvne ttii IfifTiiMiirik tf tk.f ri... partment, I am for embracing every fit occasion to reduce the nuhlir. nini!'i. ture to the real demands of the public service. It is with reference to this, gfea.t (c.iobject, that I attach so r much importance to a wine economy in the administration of the public affairs. When Mr." Itorlrn nrnniwI . kJ. M&a.'.- scheme of economical reform, he did not look merely to the saving of money, though that was something to a people groaning beneath the weight of their ' public burthens but he looked be- 1 4 .1. 1 , . . . ..... yonu, to jne nigner ODject or aim.inuli ng, through the instrumentality of pe- - Luiiiuij uniciiLiiuieui, me uangeruus and irrmvinir inflinmr. nf f ...... H ' - ..... V. mo VIU1TIUr When, in the same memorable year, Mr. Dunning submitted his celebrated; resolution, ollirraing that the influenco, . .41. . r 1 a" . 01 me crown nan increased, was in- creasing, and ought to be diminished. he submitted by the side of it, another -resolution, affirming it to be the ritrht and the duty of the House of Commons to examine into, and correct abuses in . the expenditure of the public revenue.' and declared that both propositions 1 . . t 1 .. aiuou upon otic great principle." ' Abolitionists. After . all the nro- mises by the Albany Argus, and its -compeer, the Richmond Enquirer, as t-the-rtuppresston-'Df Hie" incc'n"diarie? in the North, the New York LegislaJ ture has merely dccltrred Xhaftegis- lotion iswmeccssary and inexpedient The Albany Whig contains the fol lowing on the subject! " , S "J'olent Legal Restraint. The art Hum party n the New- York Le gisiaxure nave at last made 1 movement Itrtlie wake oT'th'e Vice President, on thenbject tif slavery and abolition. - - -A I - wilt ..-.I T.... 1 -1 1 uii uiG , uuiiviii ; emmor. tits played by the party lor the benefit of a Southern . market after ' tle ; strong; " language 0r the Argos, and flourish of trunipets about the "Potent Irsrnl re, lrfliia'l.with- whichhe Van4luren men were to fetter the sbuliiionists it- kUdjfirous enough tortd Mr, Mack's resolutions rrnoi ted in theenate.' - - 1 he party, after weighing over the ' iubJecftB'tv1iotewinterrliavi found at last that, they cannot tjamboozle the ' south, and that Van Buren himself has been compelled to come out and admit ' the power of Congress to abolish slav- ery in the District of Columbia, or risk the loss of the Nortlicn abolition vote. ' And in consequence we have the lame - and impotent apology in Mr. Hack's rrixiiuiiuiiB, imi tne sevwie uectarBTton 1 that leaislution is unnecessary and in- ' erpeJien'." .-' . ' . " ": If the Van Buren lenders in Virginia ' " and Georgia now doubt which way the ' party will lean in cse the Yice Preai dent is successful, they are a most comfortably sceptical set of politicians. They will find out when too late, how far they were right in pronouncing Mr. '" Van Buren to be "altogether Southern in his feelings.' . . 1 LETTER VIII. . At-tAKT, Sep. 21st 1884. V the ITon. Jlturtin 7u flurev: . Sir The manner in which the bill to raise twelve thousand men, origina ted in 1814, has been detailed. It . was a measure recommended by Cov. Tompkins; and as the bill repot ted by ' Mr. Van Ruren. dilTered from that re- . portrd by O en. Rotit, - it is "pro per to" examine-iayrbatthe difrerence "aniiis- J ted. The proposition of Gen. Root was, that the men should be raised by -volunteer enlistments, and that as an
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