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i , V 3M jy - ' :- ' V ''-v-y vyy V - y (yr ?y 7 :;,''Vr - -.r:-, yyVJs y. U: r -y r:y Ayy ; ; ' JDEBATE ON THE il V ; V ' 7 4 7i4the,togality,of Lo verhirientarc1 not'T-a &ndPto cto jjj&elmy ority.'? aVthe pbw V :; V irrl' Stanlv's Sfi ceth concluded. ) v" V r-.- ' Bt Mnsuliinsr tho Very correct :Ma.tESiatdJiJrnce Vnd StrothcrLlt aDicared, -tliat the Mint mid way betyeen;ihe Ocean and the Tennessee line, on Tthc northcrnvbouiidarycpf the State,, was the itortli-westcrn comer 01 uran vuie couniy suspending a plumbV or drawing a line sbatb from that poinV 'it gaye to the Eastern half of the State, thirty-five counties, , including the whole of Granville; all .;Vke bnta small sec tion Vn its buth-west corner, the creater part of Cumberland and Bladen and Bninswick. In his calculations, he wje($ted t Cumberland from the J5asU Xnat county ; aoes not go, wun us and we tkke no benefit of its weicht in.our scale, ; ; ;J. ' "PVnm if Kft Comntroller's Renort to tli& present session, -of 1 the" land-tax, at the rate of six cents of tax for everylone hon- dred dollars of tH Value, the Talucof the lands in jthe East- crn-'oo ijounucs, rmciiu nunwno, o . piu,i w,uy And -thVvalutf orthe lands in the Western coun : v ties, at the same ifatcf -ls: :l .iv . .t-w,o v 15,252,000 The late census .shews that the Eastern counties contain 1 13,891 slaves ; estimate them.iat S250 each, the value Js '. u..'V:."-:: S2,4r2,T50 Hie "VTestern counties contain 91,026 slaTes,alue; 22,756,500 The result of these statements, gives to the East a property in lands and slaves of'"; : ; :f " ... 847,000.000 :And to the West ' " - J " . v ;38,000;000 Shewing the property in tlie East, in these items; only, toll ' Anpdrtion the whole representatioa of the sixty two coun ties in the House of CCommons (124 members) by "this esti mate of property and tlie East will be entitled to sixty Vcigtit members,, and the West to fifty-six mcimSers. i r ? ' ' r That nart of the revenue of the State, collected by the shc- - ri fiVfor, the -pfeseni year, isi xty-six 'thousand ' dol lars. ' O f i this the East paid thirty-seven thousand dpllarsi and the West j twenty-nine thousand dollars. Appoibn the representation j by taxation, the East will be entitled to sixty-mnc members; the West :to'fl?fivcmem : r Upon Jhc basis, of pirtyndefaxationthen, the EasterrfU:munity : tlie favdriie bCorie dav, has heentbeictim of i the half of tlie State would be enUUed to tlurtcen representatives fext,' and systems of policy iind ambitiori inure inawiuo iTtieru imn. vmu uciunt mc wMnwMMio uom. nave liourisiica anu iaiien witn ineir auinors. xnis ac- grtwing value and improvement of tlie Eastern section, :will ;paptmctit;;thc Judiciary,has been created, separate; co-ordir ljegisiaiure , to protect i iioc. acxi ve principles ti me (huuhu ureqsi, avarice anu an oiuon : uursucn as luey jirexneT est nave- more ?tnan an equal snare, ana ai mis moment, as. 19 genera uy ine case, ine far greater prbiwtion of - those of importance;are"fill tlie -cst V Itis fit, also; to mention belnlporiab&arwulafc in wijicii ine iasi nave yca iue wiiuie powxrwnue, t esi ; I mean the power of chooslnff, the telectbfsof president and ,v iw-jL'resiaenisince : oy ; we. :eiuaieiecnonf West having more votes thanthe East, can elect' a ticket ih uuinjsiiiuii iu. um uiimuuiuus yuio ui iuc jiisu . nil! suoxii- der of right and power; musber made to party purposes. ; - L. .d'fe- -r7? : : B, . x we ueii ouieiHion urceu aainsv.um ionsuiuuon, is iflai advanced by thegentlemanfromEichmond" The-want of a more speedy mcana of removin e: the Judsreof iu9 ouperior ana supreme . oirts,).iqanA wmt oi; impeacnmcni for crimes : iti other words, Jtlie want of a provisiomta make me tenure oi inq omcc oi j uuge. io oe uul uuring uis goou oe haviour, but during the pleasure" of the ecislature. Mn "S. said, he had hoped a doctrine so dangerous to the best inter- esxs oi mc couniry,wouiu never auonieu in inese oiatcs, ine x ujciai departments are maae se stitutiort limiting and superin Legislature. The Legislature is bound to act withj II : " A - cannot ue acuieu all powjprvrests in.;tne people they mLUe ihel Constitution and' physica1fy;va: "majority can 'destroy - it- ; X?t tfiei Cmtitution spokeh bf byittd, -fras that Vntfrittctf. foiro of jgovera hao j ' - existeVl sahe TOrlol? tate Miiiii notisting iir jts$i ! at wntnCori i; iiiuiese -piaies ueciareu, uiav aiiconnxiQnvoeween em anuv " -t rtfita1has;s a iigndfjide CiaipntS tinM4tn ''t the; terms of this iassocialion,M peopie surrenuercu , wiei ruauira rig" inwtqie nanusoi .too i Juegisiaturei except EOriar laineu inenK v liii great vauuoir uie peopieoi uusoraie pref ?.y fixed Iqlhelr tad tblu &tsranted&Is trtbCo1 jjoa ofe nam nave iouna anvaavo- ;ww4 uie ; ecutivW; Legislativel and Jaj( not?i&cfca paraie anu uisuncij:! pie von w uie cv piaucmuuiif anii iotTjnicninjii qi iuipse yvMP,; tending the operations ofthe funU ; 4 ft CQrtairilj to me it eems , prescrioeu . iimiis 5 ; its 1 power, is siricny - tieu neu : au . me caci wsc ui inv juvij A iguv uiaiurixi;uuii, wuji;it,4us it sue,, : r agent tianscenditheiauthority given iby?hisprincipal Ir&d ceedsrhot; malbe if he does, shall iiot the Hl ofthe masteH;th (eiTe't tlie wULifth vehtionand tter j! power to make laws, and "with; the legislature; isriot Xicgisiature woum nave oeen despotic. 10 prevent tins evu, 1 u nas onginajteu mp me legislature, auuu;augii t6 check theegislature to w pllecl lor,hd ipeatedly ised marked out(in the Cohstitutibnr theJ Judiciary, a'separate ?atetceed with and indenendentranch of government was creafed,'; lmpor- peated applications from a: portiqrt of tbis:State ; tan t as this department is it has no control over the strength f latUrer a Cohyeht 1 or met weami 01 me atate. it nas no canaciiv 10 miure : 11 is nvi uiiucr um ui iviuwii iuai,jtiauyc auuiuniy ia nucea. v , - i if is its i province W protect becitizeh against the oppression i M. Sid he woure tof the, LcrislatureiJlt is m public justice and public safety - Experience hashewja that sections of a iiftmfnti-imdimuitti I re inculcatinSf that ou secure The YWest have their,fanns stocked so have the East: but -fits independcricej you preserve its integrity and-firmness the East have lafge tqwns. which possess and employ a con-h and it remainsVwhat the Consiitutio'n intendcdritJsliould be. . siderable commercial capital, in : merchandize,- vessels; &c; p the ark of our safety : k buf if you render tlie udes ticpen- mey own too, unquesuonauiy, nincricnxns 01 ine uans capi ent on the Legislature ibr:the continuance i of their offices, ia 01 vie aiaie. Against lucse mnus, amounung w many jaiid.the supply or their bread, you barter independence anil millions more, the. Vest have nothing to set 6ft; ; ; virtue for servility:and corruption :t;you Convert the sentinel 'But the. West claim the- advantage of numbers. On this!) fato an enemy, and 'render that department fa iciirse,-which point I Was gratified, said Jlr.-b; to bear the gentleman iromj was designed for a blcssinir. Mr: S. said, these trutlis were Hillsborough, (Dr.Smith) admit the rule of federal numbers f so obvious, and tlie observations to enforce them - so trite. to be the proper ground of .calculation; Certainlythis is Cor- j J that he had believed adoctnn( Cancerous . a 1 n.:ii i a. 11.- 1 ..1.1 . 1 1 -4.. -. ; i . - . ...- . "- . . - reel, anu uojecuuns iu umjuic wuum tuuic nun an 111 trace ?i from ns; who enjoy it as a .right in our' compact with vthe presen tati ves to Congress, gi ves th rcc votes in the election of President, and wThich places in ' the hands of the Southern States, the power to turn thescalc in Jibe election of JPresi- ucuu' jjy uiis rute oi apuuruuruiiEr uic unc iiuiiui-vu aim iwca-1 - r . . , ti ',.,1 1 V . J A J. i ty-iour. members, tlie vtest wouia uc enuueu xo seyeniy-iour, opposed adoctrine which claimed omiiipoteirot gislature, and dejienden ist, except araro and'melanclibiy instan cate and very danrbuii affairs aim frciju iq!thefru6wii haturcpreiudiciai; a people ouerlit: ifrljo very ciri : curospectrf doing it,i ml1imt:itiewki " V stitutibnj was unnecessary th port of: that measure were 4mju 50- c irtg into .'atf yenttb if noterieefcw uwn the liave no certainty whaiwe" shtiul4btaihyhts placee lelt v 'y ' a S The Yeas aljd Nays i being takeii oli he Resolutions; ; tlio '-fc' result vvas'as foU6wsNayaSlul"4fg" Vy-K CONGRESS f r Mr. oyd,frtan the selct mxihtte(? i p and the East to forty-nine repiescntatives. Upon Uie average of .the three"4 modes, the East would, haye.sixty-two, and the ' Vest sixty-one members. .-JYrty':- k ,; V cy , : i and he fervently prayed that ' ther malady misrht not be f 1 dnatiojaircadde a report, cohciiiainw more extensively!! iinuri , xne moue oi - same gentleman j considered as of tio consequen the whole body of Tiee i mand would' be ihterestinsr r ' KJ ' . 7 i . - " . -(. I I wwf n tuvi w J yiyvj, yM u uiy UWTUr Vila JIUVI'UUl ther in! arms or dress, and without discipline : who are tbeip .The is.Wen re the bill v':' -a- is to tne oilier orancu oi:iiie oojecuon, arising irom ine j; officers, or how they areTchosen, was not worth considera- WWwWwp equal representationof counties of unequal size and popula-1 tion." ' 1 '- . i Vy-: W--M: -$fejf$ . tion;;Mrf S: saidif resulted from ibis cirW Utfhe stance, it admitted a remedy without a Contention jUlie Le: fto'saiy; there should be im blnection toal Conventions ibr gislaturc was competent to regulate the boundaries of coun Convention could not iriii're us Siirelv I misconceived the IrtMarferoTifflonsofbiU ie':illitnofii1prfitit !iendnndv!i Hereopon arose a conyaiio .s. - iJUtnorulectnildbea ChaWrajSteWwdebd; Ibe counties mustTaiy datly, as well in popuIatmn as. in ViatheenoVMrWoodm ::, wealth and if niade e $1? cd for a day! Li his view, no inconvenience or injustice re- can control it 1 Does not the rmati6iW6f iJ"irJi'"' t- v. .1 vr -At' i5fv - ; J -f td,VcV powered, all cases where a defective schedule ha bee or halJheiaftei? f sulttd from the txistiner. state of. the rountiesi Each section ;l o m. .;m'-iiBAiiAtAl:kir:,.4-riA i: i j-t. iLt; j-TiVf. Z-rrJr. of tlie State formed one great community,-with comraon.fcel-; nurcst ilrtUi'hat-.'secbritV- enutled;!Ant tavidelor .5 .. ng and interests ; there were, small ; countiefcrin; both sec-; to be now assembled, wouldibeihus tions; ami invariably uiei would be mundhistronr am- m further tiian we nitybetwecn the great and general ; interests of adjoining j !,aVc already made-pnhetright; . ',,' viumifvMjm umv'uu .iw, v i v voviivmi, , renuer inecgisiaiure oespouc -anu uie anu property in- andwhile all were governed byTthe same laws, tbere could be f secure, tiy destroying the " independehceofS the Judiciary f (o J?st ground of jealousy f although it miht happen the re- May ther riot adbptthefrotiori jresentajive w'as elected by:three;hupd meniii:oie.countiVa and by thr.tbousanuVin the next; ; y - V &' -T shoihile they perve Govern ....o. sa.uxouiu noi peneve iiiaj iuconsiuuupn ,was j mentmar the enjoyment of ever imperfect, nor the practice under it uniust. in recrard :tothe Mkicisn. niivi" tfrt,tf a rnnMirt&rv important l iioputation- that population eacli had its: influence. For the opposite claim; f 'withKlHitim 4 nWhriti I vMH wbirliiin vpI murC , alone should go ycrn presentation, and; give-j i aer W niTsemCoristituiibn reoulre ia hazai clous :a rehied n lawiitpthctaheas Vr . V x. . , "v vyr"'","" "VM' ne oeiievea. it was aiso irue, xnau wwvery icexcepuons, eJheTirst.tofaIljnf of aprmcipkef Ihe utmost manitude:;.::;- !Uey: fiad: clebuipadleK tfiem wSeahaff fbund -Wr. 5..said:thc complaints Against the practice under, the Hhpht? a; oiistitutionwere as. unfounded as the chareres .asralnst! the I v rri;i.ix:& in lieu thereof to K . That the Secretar noweretL in all cases where a defective schedule hia heeirt nrsKall fiiaftMO be, exhibited, to huDA under tn? tcV ened:AR ct in adoioon lo airacJ . ' :f". entitled tiilt tMroride fdr-eilain persons ensraffed ithcJand and iai-r" val wmce of the United State in the revohiUdnaiy war." DaiSed Mav lw 182 '; ; " --or whereip be exhibited tct; . . him, tinder the said act e shafl hare fctneken. or shaU hereafter striMcithe - applicant frian thejfot of p?nsio'ncisW V' supplyih? any defecti oi eibltine xne exiuiuuuu ui uch wucuiutiu ociiwir w siJi oe Musoea uiar tne pensioner ougnt to be restored, ne snail oe, and hereby i4 authoriised and - requjrea to re$tore pim f ; prt jji piaqe pi an, original appiicaupm to place l?ir . 21VhereapoiV;tlc 4nd uii , - amendment wai ordered to bei)nfitei!;:vi vV. '? v--,-f,- i ne iouse xuen resupieu vic, coiiaiucrauon oi ine unugiSQea pusiness. qt onsmution-useih ,n uuriaws are equal good pt badve;aU borouvMiv S.aid;"h considere eutitlwomre i-eia i-"" - 'rTOV? 11 u Iul,lW1IS rtthan;was paid by tliose t that paythc-larger- Plain Of lt Pllhllft' manv.' iq tint Irivishprf iinnr fWPoc i".' 11-J :- .lJis:: .rif-l.! xr.- id UnOn thft- KflSt ! : .'t'rAHlitin4!ni l- iMn(hiifir nf i''n r, nnrltVa4ilkAM4tianM With tlin o.wAk . . 1 ' . 1 , l . ir : . - ,1 1- . i - J . . 1 . v-.. r -. - . ttie-st,andAharc:ta anu otneea of the State the loaves and-fishes, so called, from iyutcd undcx.it, aU, arc bound "to conforni tcT tlie rcsoliition of jettfday.(t!b ;Mr;Chersoyed toVcorain .; ;J 'meahapwithJnstrdctiQ auon as are maispewuij necessary, ana ne emorcexi nisouon pr rerraris At .considerable leyigth A debate ensued,' but9iebil,Wi'.taikW-ic'V j ! r Mk Ikistifl, Jonlthe committee on mval afiaira, re"q'ueAted to be discharsr "ed from tb e further cqnaeKitidn $ tle petitions -of Marcos; deVilliers And , '. ' Amald Guillemard. who pray th?e5interooUtoa ctkihgTss io'itlease them : " , 1 lruiu prison, i r cuowji, jv ucre, c, we vuuuiicu'Dy, uio wuji.uovcnwr , . v ;y:eFlorida)doye tbec -Y ' Opann doctiroe United State,; J'. iC''j : This nnotiqa puced a deb ate which occupied the whole" of tiie daSVand A v was'ildt at fenth decidediJucli wajynth toolc place uvtb!c course ci ei 1 : jeial3yetweeli' Mes Banu ed SUtteire)atiYe o the coireapodnce waich led to the'treff 1 of fihenl V also OH vne suojecv 1 exunuzsiiBieiix oi..wi.o iauian, uwe: januf, 01 n;cT
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