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i '.t " Our are the plans of fair lellgltf ul peaces Unwarp'd by party rage, to live like brothers." THREE PQllAItS Per A n mini, TUESDAY, JtMlf i73 1836. VOJLTOIE XXXTJUU , 4 OIVE HALF IIV ADVANCE. URT.isn:n itebi tcisii.it, By Joseph Gales & Son. TERMS. Tnrnr TWtiih ncr annum one half in advance last. After recapitulating at great length the various points in cfisfvute, he stated that ' it trai fiot'his intuition to menace or inu!t. the Goyerrimwl of France" in the Message of 1834. Oir receiving; this rw.,i,ft.i.. t ith.r t the time ofsuli.sciilin?lassuranf e, the French Govei Hment were tl rivA notice of their wish to have! salisfieil. and have m-dprpfl the mnnpv in t , W ..M.T,..V.J, - --- --- . , m , " J the Paper iltscontinueti ai ine exiiroiim.ui uiv oe paicl. i ;year, will hepresumej a desiring Us continuance until comUermanucu. - V 1 1 ' " ' ' ' ' ' AilT.RTISEiEIVTS, Not rxreetluiff iiTton iie. Willi inserted three limes for a Dollar; and twentyifivc cents for each Ja(j jj)ev i,Jr(- (n ,e ,. sul5euentpuhlicalion: those of greater length, in r f 1R4 :t l.roiorlion. If the numl)er of insertions he not " PsaiS in lBo4. lt 18 marked on Uiem, they will be continued until or- d red out and charged aecotdingly. Jion. JLewis Williams. In lookinsback nn tliese transactions. it is impossible, I think, not to feel emo tions of gratitude to the Senate of the U niled State, for the wisdom, dignity and firmness which marked their nrncoedinS. - - i . i . .... " ecommendatiun reasonable to suppose the House of Kenresentatives would have concurred j and at this mo ment, in all probability, we should be en gaged in war, instead of being surround ed by the blessings of peace. An approv- "Wc have bcet favored with a Pamphlet 011 writer on the laws ot JNations says : conv of a Citctilar Letter receni I v is- " 1 hose wlm rush to arms ivilhoqt neees sued bv this jrenlk'inan to the citizens sitv are He scourges, of the human race, oi the Thirteenth ConcressionaU)islrict ,,aibarwnS enemies to society, and rebel of Norih-Canilina. We miblish it en- lius .-violators of the laws of nature, or rather the laws of the common Father of lnankind,, The fact that bur contrp- verssy with France has been amicably set tled, proves that war would have been unnecessary ; and if we had plunged the country into it, we should have been re in stvle and unexceptionable in temper P'nached by the civilized world in terms and because our paper circulates ex- ,,ke those above recited. tite, because his opinions on ail subjects are entitled to resoeel because the to pics of which lie treat s, arc of absorbing interest at this moment because his manner of discussing the several mat ters referred to in the Circular is lucid tensively in his District. To the Citizens of the Thirteenth Congres sionul District of North-Carolina. 1 Fkllow-Ciiizens : The prospect of a war with France, wiih which we have been tlucatened for more than a year past, lias nt length hapnilv subsided, At-4he close tA the last session ol Longrcss, appreheo yioiis were entertained of an unlayorable isue to the controery. In tlieCircnlar Letter which I had t lie honor to address to vou at tliat liflif: 1'trtok' occasion to sa'y, that in iny oninioa there was not an adequate cause for war," and that by exercising; sound discretion, 1 hoped il niiiiht be avoided. In ihe coarse of the Great-Britain, that she interposed as me iliator between France and the U. States, that per good offices were accepted by both Government ; but before they could be rendered j'fteclive. Fiance became satis fied with the explanations in 4he Message delivered toCoujrresss in December. Hut why, -1 ask, should France and the United States ever go to war ? We "were friends and allies during our revolutionary strug gle. By the aid she afforded us, we were able to triumph in many instances, when without that mu defeat and disaster would have attended us. Old friends, friends in tiuie of need, should not beorgottenv Peace being thus restored, and there Treasury be full op empty. A contrary course would soon lead to ;n empty Treasury, while he"extravagant hbit, with its annoying pro pensUles, wi-uld remain in full force. . Those who advocate the doctrine of increased expenditures of the public money, which I have attempted to controvert; may be lairly presum. td to liave some other object in w. My x hausting the Treasury, they must intend to de feat the passage of the land bill. - For the last reven yesr-s, i have seen thetrrowmtr importance of this question, and have never faded to call your attention to it by every means in my pow. er. 1 told you tha',ih my opinion, the new Slates designed ultimately to g-et possession of all the public. lands, and thus to deprivtfthe old Slates of their interest in this immense fund of nat'onal wealth. The right of the old States to a share of this property, is too plain to be doubt ed or denitd ; and I shall rot weary your pati ence by undertaking to prove what is incontes table. The proceeds of the sales of public lands, last year, amounted to more titan fifteen millions of dollar-i ; and if the sales of this year should go on as they hnve commenced, the revenue from that source will be between twenty and thirty million. If the bill now before Congres-shoulu P'ss, North-Caiolina will receive on the 1st dav of July, more than a million of dollars. Next year, if the sales should contiuue as above stat ed, she - would receive upwards of a million mi re, and so on through all future time, till the whole national domain, exceeding1 in quantity a thousand m llions of acres, shall have been sold, and the" money equally distributed: provided There should be no war, or other calamity, to divert or suspend the operations of the law. Now it is monstrous injustice, it is an insulting and flagitious injury to the old States, to say thai they must surrender their cl.ims to this proper ty, or the proceeds arising from it, for the ben efit of the new States exclusively. Is there a human being in the old States so lost to every dictate of reason and common sense, so regard less of what is due to himself and his fellow-citizens, o incapable of d"scovering the true in terest of lis country, as to tdjerate for a moment the demands of the new States ? I shouldhope noi. .These demands arc too unjust and extrava gant, the consummation of them would be too unrighteous, not to excite alarm in the old Stales, if they should be at once fully developed and properly understood. Hence they have enable North Carolina to accomplish every thing been fr qttently made to assume the shape of Uhe could desire in the way of rail-roads and I -II ; . . ..... . 1 . . . . ours, which sptaic one thing while they do ano-lcanaH, or the establishment of free schools. K ther j which deceive and mislead by degrees, so Jven the half, or a third, or a fourth, in this view s not to awaken apprehension or muse opposi- otthe case, would he bc t'er than nothing at al'. (ion. Of this character's the bill now before In this opinion, fellow citizens, tarn persuaded i(HK'-. a, uinbii iro;scs " io grauuuic mc i you win muy concur. tion ofa rail-road three or four hundred miles through the public lamls in the State of lUmo's, ami granting t the;"compmy every alternate section of land, a,t theminirmtm price, along the whole distance,. The powerful and effective aid of the Government is thus given to almost every project in the new States, while the claims of the old States, founded inright and justice, are denied. Similar projects for. improving the rest of the new State and territories, have been -ubmittcd, and considered, I believe, vi;h more or less favor, in every instance. Iflhe new States expeded to act in gpod faiths they would not oppose the land bill, bc cmuc the price would be just the same to them, whether the proceeds are divided among all the States, or rem. in in the Treasury. Their oppo sition to the measure proves that they expect, at no distant day, to get the whole of the land Did they, for example object to the bill of 1833, wl.ich proposed to give them twelve and.a half per cent more than to the old Slates, because it was too little or too much for ihm to receive ? Why, certainly, because they thought it too lit tle"; and the hope of ! getting- mor must have been the sole cause of their opposition to the bill. The old Stales, by opposing italsb on th t ground, acted precisely as the new Si ales would n iye wisht d tham to dor and coutr bitted to gve effect to their designs of finally. getting posses sion of all the land. After this'manner it is that the old States have been accessaries in the wrong done to themselves, .have been instru mental in working th'ejr own injury. But tiiis twelve-and-a-half per ceo, to the new States is not without some reason to sup port it. They have a greatetnerease ot-popu-lat on than the old Sjaies, and according lo the rub? laid down irvttfe deeds of cession, this ad vance of twelve-and-a-half per cent, to the new States was thought by; many to be strictly just and right, because it was proportionate to the greater increase in the number of their inhabi tants. Whether it was so or not, one thing is evident, tint half a loaf is heller than no bread.' I shoiihl therefore contend, that it was much wiser policy in the oi l States much more to their interest, to take seven-eights of the pro ceeds of the lands, than to encounter the risk, nay, .absolute certainty, of losing the whole; provided we do not agree to that dstribulion. A million of dollars this year, a million next year, and a million perhaps for every year after wards through a long succession of aires, would tunes out of the s-tbstance of the people : Con gress sliuuld prevent such occurrences-if posii otc. -; - On the subject of the public1 lands, my remarks fellow-cit zen.s wiJl perhaps engage an undue portion of your time. It dynnds, your, roost serious attention, cspegia-Ily at tiiis moment, for Micbigan and A'rkansaw- are claiming to be ad mitted into the tuion If stjtcessful, they will increase theyel?uWestrel)gtbf the new. States ii Congress and add to the difficulties hereaf ter of passing.any law. for the. benefit of the old States. Michigan seems to' have been so eager io get all the 1 and 4ri her limits, that she did not insett in her Constutl ui, the usunl provisions, disc'aiming o:i the part of lhat State, the own ership of the soil or the right to dispose of it For tiiis reason, aTong others', I expect to vole, agtinst admitting Michigan into the Union. j C'rusiderable fears are entertained in regard to the safety of the public money deposited in the 'pet Banks. There are' thirty five'of these suppose j fhfre" cti1db tree valdofijactioo whatever. It is lue to tb couitry generally, and particularly to-the; -officer Concerned, that the reasons for the removal, should be stated, be cause if good, they would certainly b.i approved, and if bad they would be condemned, 'aaTtbey cntglit to be, by a virtuous intelligent people. ' withont such control, ihe exercise of Executive discretion, might become as wanton arid capri cious, as hidd; n, and unsearclivible as the behests . of a Spanish inquisition.. No free people can, or . will submit to the exercise of a power, which requires concealment 'bvCuse they know that ; . if deeds are not evil, darkness will not bo ' sought fr rather than tigbt " " The war with the Seminole IndiansJias beeft a'tandtd with . considerable b'sS'lliffc, and much suffering, wi the part of the- people ia that quarter : UTetfer il-cttiuave been vot- ' ded orVfiotV the. government is ObSgetl todefend - the people of Ahe. fraotrers in nil such eases. ' B'.-sidesthiilestrucrion or many - valuable lives. banks which have immediate bab bties amoaui?e i xfaenses f the war before it is. ended, will '. rm nn 1 . . Tl ' f- 1 ia . Y J K I. t . . ' ' . .. I. ; m U A. .M tln1. iccie in their vaults to something nwre than i Florkhf cos'i ,n the first instance. Such exim- ensuinj; summer, intelli-ience was recciv- being not the least prospect ol collision Yprice ef the public Inndt to make provision for) The NcrS'ates further allege, that the lands ed in this country that the French Cham- Wl,n nnJ n'er civinzeu power on earin, actual etler. ami to cede thereuse lands to the I which they ask us to grant them, is "refuse beis or LeMsl-ittve Asemblv had pass- it would seem to be the duly of the Uni-Statcs inwhUh they he The title of a bdl is J land," and of little or no value. Now it is very .. ... 0 . .. . " ted States, to exnmnp wel lour internal "'ways urmerMooa 10 tieciare its otyecr, out in strange indeed, they should want the land, if 1 V 1 7?VV " ' 1 '' condition and see what leisures ou-ht ,h's CAft we re nnt ,oUl a d.b,-.it reducing it is worth nothing. The fact oftheir wanting td lo fulfil the tn-aiy J but annexed a condition, anasee wuat measuies ouit lhtpdct 0jKht wf nor about ceding those it proves that they think jt valu.bte. 1 contend condition that nvnWnfitii.i should hi1 M- to De auopted lor the p-ootl Ol the Several which are valuable to the States. It sneaks on- that it ia immensely SO. ffir it Vl!i!V loct lo on en bv the l'xecuii4 "of the United States. States. The surplus in the Treasury jly of graduating the price and ceding teu$e more than fifteen milliions of dollars, and will of rertiin 0vV.rp&ii.n nedin hie nipssnnp amounts to about thirty-hve millions of or m outer wonis, such as are ojnitieor prooaoiy yield the same-or a greater amount "S'ZZmJSt dollars, a considerable, portion of which . Let us then look at the bill itself, and for many years lo.om,. Neither U it "refuse to l nugtess, ot Uecemucr. lo4 , anu cs- , . . . f irii-.K see uh.t it contains. - , land," in the sense in whicli thev use that term, penally of the part in which he reconi- been denved from the sale of the pub- The bill provides that, in five years after the Hefore any thing can he called "refuse" it must mended that the Government of jfhe Uni- llc and. Ihe bfales have a right to 4th of July nex all the lands now in market be wanted, it must be seen, examined and re. demand this part of the surplus, as clear- shall be ceded in full property to ihe Slates in jected, as unwonhy of being takn lual citizen would have to J v ",cu XUey mayle; that 111 the mean time, the j sense there is scarcely a foot of 1 uuUhrough out In this ted States should adopt reprisal," as jcmanii lms , pai a suitable ami nroner measure uf retribu- 7 as an -ndivid tive justice a to perceive why tht9 condition should be " i...iS,ui.iuic. v uiui.iciii ua.ancc s,me rMittcInleof reduction shall be applied to taken and used is, that we have surveyed and ... a I .1 l kk lnlf I. I A.a r. at ffvM nil II. A I 11 I h . . . 1 w . . thtiught to interpose insuperable obstacles ""U,M UL V,c 1,,rt!,u,J' " a. . c a" ,1,,t,s oereafer to be brought to market ; nltered to sell more ot it, than can be purchased .gainst France. It isdifficuU demand anv property to which his title SHf iweniyT why tbts condition should be was indisputable. A sufficient balance 8,me rniwclple of re, price shall be reduced every successive year at jour vast and wide spread domain, which can e cents per acre : that ibe be called "retuse.", I he reason it has not been to a tinal and SattsfaCtorV atliuStmeUt Ol I ' l'"1 3 louiim ut -n -nu- juci uine . uuii feiutrs on me ianu suaii nave a pic- tjr ioi.ujcu u uic- niuuucr to innauiianis in Hie all the nni'nuin rnntiaVion hetwern the ing among the S'atCS what properly be- enPive right 'to purcha e it, at w hai ever red uc- country. It appeals from a report made to Con- ail tilt points II COtttCSlatlon between the - instead of mirsuin- ,,on ,,,e PrJc- Rha" have attained at the-time gress, fn 1834. that there are upwards of tlvr- two countries. 1 he explanations requir, rs ' Uitm. uut, ,n8;ea pu"1'" ihy m:iy wlsh 1o make ,he purrhase, 5tc. Th s tv-five milhons ofcres in the State of Illinois, ed br the law of the French Chambers thrs couT-e, dictated both by justice and bill, ffif. should paa-, will completely Subvert Jf which someihing more than two millions on. I i f I I ,r.. - i - - a . V- . hatl been suhsUntiallygiven bv our Mi-lsuu,5U P,'"ej "any ot uinbc wn i ;ire con- the whole land svsem of the United States. ly had been sold at that time. In M ssnuri, --.- .i I rprni-il in tli m in iiiistrntiiin ol the lipn- the first nluc. it wi I pflrinnl v sinn ih . 1 here wrr nnviin i r.f I hirtv.inn mil mn nt , niMer. Air. liviii?h mi. w en ne inrsa:c -v - - ------------ v -..-. --- --- . -; .us in at minru ui j ai in , aim " now necessary for the President only to j ay, mat ins intentions naa ueeu conccny expounded. A single coutiliatorv word of this kind, rendering the explanations of our Minister more formal antl clear, ral Government, seem disnosed. llvus tor no ne will buy Imd if the price ts reduced cres of which not two millions bad been sold. far, to resist every measure which bas a "Lev t 7'y tfi,ve Prr,cent' yMr- 'J 'VI,c,n "fVi l:ua-e .,0. lhat . , ,. . ., , ., because by delaying the purchase from a er to the land which had not been sold in. these two tendency to divide the surplus aiming the yeart ,,e w m:iCt or, which 19 lhe same th;,1J? states, amounting to about seventy millions of States. Thrir excuse is, that all the he will save, mnnev f sler than he could do bv acres, is refuse," and of no value, money must be appropriatctl to the build- ny investment in land. After five years shail Much injury lias been done to the . public ill"" of ihin. fortifications. &c ; This islhS4Te e'aps", the salts in the mean time. having lands by the operahon of whafare Called "pre ".- . k..n ,.l.ou...i..i iU i . i I n I. ... -i-i..i. l : ... ... -.1 -! . " "iisMiiuiru m ' tic manner p-'iiieil OUT. iflf cuiuhwh i5. iiic-ciij luc io, actual rci a a tr a. i t iiiaiir rnitiirvti nvs r r i o v a e v rtriitri nio oc i would have removed all timiCUliy, ami , ...v.r. U(md are to be ceded in full property ro Ae nw tiers a prior right to purcli-ise the lands at the the money would have been promptly "7 a: " i.c .ui..iinm r04-" " " Mates ; the Prcs d -nt is directed 'o dote all ihe lowest price, to the exclusion of all other per paid. No scruples on the subject were government since its loundation, to the land offices, and thus to put an end finally to the sons. Hence the publicities, which is the fair- entertained in 1850 51 when our M in- present time. If all the money were to whole business. lest mode of disposing of the latids, are est- p-ed, ister lr llivM nvP to the French Go- be appropriated, :t could not be usefully Such is the sweet morsel which the old Sta'es or eHectually superceded in every instance, lster, Air. Hves, gave to the rrencn UO- n!:'fi,aKlv Psn.lliod Th'nrnnf of thU "re askt" swallow, forthe benefit orthe new! where pre-emption rights Obtain. Lnnds, worth verument all the explanations required of or prontaoiy expenuctt. in prooi ot inis, have been somewhat pariicu'ar in describing five, ten, fif een or twenty dollars an acre, are cerlaiii expressions contained in the Pre- 11 nly necessary to Hate, that of the it, that you m?ght see more dis iivctly and ap-j thus permitted to be taken up. and appropria- sident's messae ofxDeceuiber 1829. useful and ordinary appropriations here- preciate more . fullv, the enormous injustice of its ttd by settlers at one dollar and twenty.five cts. If it vva riritCit Ihnf limp tn xntain to tofore made there are eight millions un- several nactm. nts. But yH the advicates of per acre. The Government, or which is the WlZ?tu?n,u . ViS.:JI.: P.J S exnended in the Treasury. How then measure, fiirgettlng the Constitution of the me thing, all the rest, of the people of the u. ylltlllIH II1C X-EI1LI a' U II ' I tlllia ILS 9 1 I r I rt t- ar n . mI I . . I a A -i-. .. .1 s T I wiatM Sa nrlk1 UI t l fva I i W " y- - , sunlit 1 W nACe'KU Laiii h Ka v(t-l vwu.m j, uniiomiiiii ti tuc WIMIJIHCIS ami treaties ivv .mw h.vi.; '"J1"1" vawm UI IMC ii any respects, anabilulc monarch, it "ouui ,u oe possioie uvausoro tne. exna- with theold States, from whom the land wasac- 'and in this manner; and it is difficult to per. Certainly COuTd not be wrong, in 1855, to ordinary samr-now Called lor, it eight quired by gratuitous ctssion, regardless of the reive why settlers should be so much the ob ex plain to the present ruler of France, mil,4i6ns of the former appropriations re- c aims of equity sinkgood faith, seem to perse- jects of preference and favor, when in fact they who camp inlil luVu nr nrrnrdinr io the 'ain on hand, 35 an unexpended balance ? vereasifthey were engaged in a meritorious re intrudei-s upon the lar.d, having gone there Who came into pou er according tO Ue Fxecutivc officers must have work' Thfy that f,,e K.ecitive is in fa- in express violation of the laws ol the country. Wins of a written, and in many respects, Wllicriuc nxicmivc .omens must, uavr vor f ,hrlr 8clieme But before 'his argument Hut bowever meritorious this class of persons ol a free Constitution j who was more the been delaiquent in the performance ot ran be allowed to have weight with a virtuous, may be, the laws which hsve been passed for friend and advocate of libertTvthan jany their ;lutj ; thevmust have been negli- independent peop'e. who have knowledge to their benefit have been abu of his brrdrcessors and tvhohad been the dentin prosecuting the various branches perceive j.1Ml intelligence to pursue their own infamous bauds have been p used, and the most ract iced n nontheigo. Speculators are said to have lured . . .i 1 -iL' ft . 4 : .-i.4 .1 -t. . I td nnlilir coniro. nr (Iip mnnev liortn- I interest, it must be proved that the scheme it- " Cr "Tr that it is essentially just and pm. certain persons, to go .11 through the public v.Niniy 01 vcurcjaims... ne rrcutn imi- j-- r-r """pen Umil ibis shall have ben done, theoptnion I rrl rln e lt im flVrkf vulimKL T. garded as authority; The objec- To plant perhaps a dozen bills of corn and po nister, in conseueocc of the Message of l been more than sufficient. This conclu- of no individual December tfir.4. bad ben wit hd m wn from ision cannot be avoided or resisted. But ought to be res the 'United-Stites tid Mr. XVtnntOlla?a'n : If the amount of r particular kind tion totLe Land bill, in the Veto Message of tatoes; orsow a turnip patch, probab'y not more - ' i r Uf hi inr in tbp rnnntrv will rrn hire onlvl10. was inai proposea to give lf ive anal'"" lc" H"lc lm w"" ucncni '? i? f" from FrtncCa in .Pttrsi,nc I ? Jw c,!lL rILn? V !!l J ?i a nV c"1 to the" new States. It seems of the prempt-o, laws, by swearmg that they wi iiirections given mm, -to leave inatl" v,,v I then that we have iwo opinions in'-direct conflict h-id made actual- mtiemerusi in this way, it is country in case the law for tlitrfttlfilnicnl price of that labor will be enhanced in a wm, each other. If it was wrong in of the trcatv should not be passedr Tbe ratio with the increase of money. In this give onecighth to the new States, as wai 1833, to j said, frauds to the amount ot ten millions of dol- Ifc I t ' . A. J " . 9 ' . .. 1 wax propns I ars, nave uccn tumuim.ru m uouisiai a aone, .. . : .. 1 1 I iwl uihiil iTlnt similar O r. Iiau. ...' ta rs hi the two rnnnlrins Were iliiisfWaVf tlie government WOUHl derive VCry euu. uc uwiic i iii nine. 11 crna.niy cigm w..-. w.v... l,r w two countries cre IbUS '.( J - a,ivanlatre ,vhteVer from manutwf to surrender tbc whole to them perpetrated in other new States cannot be told, 1 bought to a most critical posture , t suppose, with precision. At any rate, w ttlg only a pa, k to liglit up the flame 6f ncreasert JPPP" J"0,B I 1 At this time, when Rail roads and Canal, are "now enough of this system, of the fraud, for a ir between them would begone,1 but a doable price would MnmMmmlnt, ; ' ,k- Kery and perjury, wh ch it produces, to demaitd it 1 would be useless, pei haps, tn trace Ke Mrntrmrsy thiwigh its siibsrtjttcnt tse t Ibe ieting Congress, at the (begiotfing of the present session. Instead fan cffoit to avoid war, there appeared to have existed a disposition lb provoke L akaa a. , f I I" K' " K J be naul tor it : one snip, or one lortinca- trv. it is of unsneakable importance to North tion would cost perhaps as much as twtil Carolina to receive the amount to which she is v ttvrt fortifications would have lstiy tntitled. I here is already a tad-road ships its repeal. 11 no sucn consequences resulted from it, the direct interest which all the people of all the States have in selling the land tor . 1 . .u fe., r i.r:, '.1.. - '"I'-' , ' - ' . . V .. .. fl u2,M.kiiMw v',4n t ih. in.nb rf. wnat 11 is worin, wuu u 10ru.u1 uie conunuance lone, before tbc increase 01 money in tne : ' 1 ot r 7,t 1" 1 a-I of the system- The rights of all the people in the aggregate, ougiti cenainiy 10 oe constuereu of paramount importawce to the benefit which it may be prepo-ed to -Confer on a few imbvid a ... r market. 4 to the-Citv of ltaleitrh. NoW. if we could reei-ive From 1816 to 1836. we haVe expended about j a million of dollars in July, and another milfion fourteen millions of dolls ri on fortifications and I probably in the course f next year, we should t, Cicumstances. trivial in :' ""' uals. who if not speculators ofthe worst kind. ' t 1 v sw 1 it inrvMSM mwr w-mw n 1 rm vu -1 r 1 vi mijwhi tin aiaa wr iiiiiiih inert 111 in tv:tniii 1 tit.i .a 12 1 1 tri 1 1 1 " r- . -, were, seized 11 noil a if to aggravate tlie nfiw-ntviu-nmilUhnc k hde mditarv cs- leadinir frun lUleiirh ttirmirb-the' centre of the : intruders upon tht laiwl atwl violators of the rtmw. ..r .i:K.A..n ir.l . n'r.ii. .t.it I..ui:i .f... ..w. BW.J, f I e.i. ti...-.. .... -..i.i k. laws. They neither merit nor should recede o III lllMJIICkU'VIIII u . mill I.UIIIIICIII HIFCUSI, ill 111,1 1I1NVA .lilJiifli w. 1 ciih u ii.i.im.ii.j, , u. 1 - . , . ( . , , .. . . . I . . . . .. ..1." .. . .. t. I .mliilirsnr. h-vmrl wlint IB hpjlliiWf'n itn all lte rest of their fellow citizens. If any diHerence is rruide. it should rather be in favor of those who demean themselves submissively to the laws. ami justly in reference to the rights and interests of others. The whole expense of .the lnd system to the Government of the United States, the cost o greater irritation. The lanuae ofoevs- I one hundred atul tliirly-tbree millions ; and the completed in a few jears, and then our fam er-, papers and nnhli f.ntin, ihronoh Ihe I wh',e ,,avs1 establishment has cost nearly sixty taking charge of their own produce, might leave ; r - : I .even miltiAiia. Al ili'n ni.'t ,m ull!in lot Wilkeshnrotiph or !Statf.ville. and in tWentv- COUntrv. a'aii. bad nvidrrt lefwlenrv " ."1 , V" . . V" " ' " I . : i" . ' . , 1 rroccm in luiure c soursments t out t cnni iiour or;iinriy-vix nours iravct, arrive ai : reiers that way. Y involve the JtatUn-tn Var J see upon-wl at principle it is tltataonivnriationsl btirg, Richmond, VsMngfon, or Baltimore, ac- . sT - 1 a i' r- 1 Hi a.. " "".- - "I '.. . r . . a a tiie best market in laces. . I tie an van ibis are incalculable. I rL 1 :. .1 I 1. ! . I. ... tlu nm-m rS rfli 1 : , . . ' cwHi ukwciBi'im. 1 o waiue mnwev necanse 1 tno. ine on: aiaies one-ui i oe urru nu hhiiit- 1 mKiiiir uic sihicjj, piaCKll jn a Situation from Which It was wC )re:it,.vtuild be pnKiirtteind n.d-a-Stiifln at iheattemnts made bv tlie ntw. States I tScc. &c must he between three and four hun UrtbCUltto advance or Tecvde.Vtrt; I I bieJna4roverint,asiian indtvidua. So long .Rotate' iiwy all the-Jand, and deprive tbem ol I dred thousand do'lars a year. It; wmitd there Mictions the state of thtnW when 'thel " 'Jw"l W,,M Wl"n tfM . n . . .ii I eeevof to avoxi an extravagance, whether the on a point 01 etiquette merr IV, was re-! ', puoucinoney so much gretter ?han b;vei cording as they siMiuid hod nusruant to the fpottt.n-c ,.r. hninftnit v inillereioiore oeen made, thoiild now be demanded l oneor H-e other ot luose p the dictates of wisdoS : but Vet 'weere MeWf eH 10 ,,,e tageSort?nsPortatu,n1,ke 1 tl I a. ite-iuent tie ivereil ln amtnii ..,...nn ij Conrcs, 011 the 8th day of December igai Valid, Book J. Chsp. 18 p. 58?. it. m. .na ..Pccirv 'tn ronsliutt such work, t fore be little better than prottigacy to permit the Tlie new States are prolific enough in schemes most valuable portions ot the land to be engros for their owh improvement. At this moment, a sed by speculators, who act only from a love of bill is before Congress authorizing; the construe I their own interest, ami wuo mace immense 1 ten millions. Of course thev ha-fass th'.n one dollar in gold aivdvsiirer to. pjy six dollars of debi. One bank in vMOnTgin, whoe capital is only a hundred aiHTTTfly thousand dollars, has nearly eight Uidred thousand dollars placed in iiis keepij. These are a few facts out of many wUieft might be btaled, to show that the Condition of lhe public money is not as safe as it ought to be.; In order to thrpw light on the 8tlject. repeated efforts have been made to pass a Resolution in the H use .f Itepresenta tives, empowering a Committee to send for per sons and paperst and to t xamine fully into sun dry matters touching the condition of Ihe Hanks and the safety of the. Government Ueposites. Uut these efforts have been voted down, under the rule which requires two-thirds to suspend :t, and those who wrrei n the negative on the ques tion seem pre-determined not to institute the least inquiry. What they mean by it, I Cannot tll ; but it appears to me, it is lhe plain and imperative duty ofCongress lo get all the in formation -they can on any subject, and especial ly in regard to the safe keeping of the public money. For the money belongs to the people, ahd Congress, as their agents ' and representa tives, are bound lo nr.;vide fr its nerlVct secu rity. Nor should rbesc pet banks be allowed to si the deposi'e-, without paying interest. They lave aoout iiurty-nve nu. lions, which at an in terest of six per cent, would yield more than two millions of dollars. As the money belongs o the people, so likewise does trie interest: but yet the banks, as far as I know, have not been required to pay any interest at all. Thus in effect they have, separate privileges and e moluments from the rest of the community. The number of State Banks has greatly muL tiplied of late, and at present amounts, I believe, to about six hundred, rrom certain indications, it would not be surprising if many of them were to break before long, and t e country should a- gain be flooded with such ragged, worthless paper money as prevailed fifteen or twenty years ago. if these evils do-come upon n shall have the consolation to know that 1 h ive used every effort in my power to prevent their re currence that I have invariably opposed the system of policy wh-ch will have resulted in so deplorable a state of things. My views on the subject have heretofore been fully communica ed to you, and it is unnecessary now td repeat them.- : A new territorial Government is about to be established called Wisconsin," situated be tween Lake Michigan on the east, and Missis sippi river on the West. No other pait of the United States, and certainly no inland part, pre. sents, pethapa, as manv commercial advantages as this. Hv means ofthe Lakes it communicates on the east, directly with Montreal and Quebec, in the Rri'ish dominions 1 and bv means of the Kne canal, wrfh the City of New York. On the west by the River Mississippi, it communicates with New Organs. The two best market "in til.e United States, and the best in the British dominions, are tliHs easily accessible to the peo jble of Wi-cons'n. It is said, also, to be a fine Country, bavinj a goo 1 cUmate for so h-gh a la titude, ii rich soil, and an abundance of mineral wealth. I Our Confederacy cons'sted of only thirteen States in the Revolution. It now consists of tventv.f;uir. Arkansas and-Michigan are to be admitted this session, which, will make twen ty six 1 and when Florida and Wisconsin are ad mitted, the Union will be composed of twenty eight states. The great extension of our coun try m territor-al nmns, and its unexampled growth hi wealth and population, mu-t be a source of high giatihcation to every patriotic mind. In Contemplating our future lestiny, nothing 00 " ' a m . . ' . 1 curstod'Sturo the felicity of the prospect, Dut ine pretensions ofthe new Sttes m regard to the public lands. If they should wrest from the bid States all their tihtful share of this property, it must very materially impair the relations of, jgood will, which ought to subsist between mem iter of the same confederacy. An act of that sort would convince the o'd St:es that justice and generosity cannot be ""elied on as furnlabing motives suitable for goveniingthe conduct of States, when tempted to aggrand Ze themselves. As a necessary consequence, the vdue ofthe tJnion will be less highly prized, and its harmo ny more exposed to interruption. States .no more than, individuals can. dwell together in peace and happiness, unless he obligations of equity and good concience are reciprocally ful-fiikd. In the letter which I had the honor to address to you at the last Session, I stated th.t the number of officers, agents and persons m the employment of the government, was sixty thou- sand two hundred and r.inety-rour : that all of them held Jheir place, directly or indirectly from the Executive, and With the exception of the Judicial officers, were liable to be dismissed at bis pleasure. " The number of officers thus dependant on the will of the Executive, is ne cessarily increasing every year from the xpaiv sion of ihe country, and the multiplication vo business and the more I reflect on the subject themoreU am convincef, that some'm-d'.fication of the laws in this respect, is esserdially requis ite, r or the unrestrained exercise ot executive discretion gives to it a vast preponderance over all the o'her branches ot the government : and at last will invest it witb powers equivalent to absolute monarchy or despotism. The people by TBhomandfpr -whom the Government was es tablished, have' provided in the Constitution for the ultimate ascendency of the Representative mancn. uni tne evident tendency ot rne sya lem-in practice is to give -supremacy 10 the Ex ecutive 1 Wnd if it be not arrested will finally lead to the consolidation of all power in that branch. In order to remedy this, a bill has again been reported in the Senate, requiring the rre pies show the manifest propriety of preserving peace, as long as possible, both with savage and civilized nations. The greatest triumphs are , dearly paid for, even by lhe victors themselves. A bitt is before Congress, to modify the Pen r sion laws, and to extend their benefits to some ; persons, for Whom noprvisian is m de at pres- -ent. It' is to be hoped th s- will be donei4for with a redundant treasury, 'with a. surphis Jbf -, thirty-five milRqns, with a sharp conflict of opin ion, as to the best mode Tor disposing of it, I am satisfied nothing would meet with more gejaeral approbation, than to make a further bestowrtient on ihe old soldiers of the Jtevolulioti, to whom we are iudarbted for all the blessings we enjoy. I have thus submitted to you, fellow citizens, my views touching some orthe most important subjects which have engaged the attention of Congress. Many other subjects of a public and private na'ure, amounting to several hundred, have also been presented. In every instance I shall endeavor lo act so as to promote yourwtV.-; fare, and that of our common country. All per." sons are liable to err; bot my knowledge of your enlightened views, and generous f feelings, in spires a confident hope that forgiveness for un intentional errors will be awarded to me. Your friend, and Fellow citireniT IJE WIS WILLIAM. LIST OF TERR1BLES. New Fork, J$pril26. m George Bate was instantly killed .at Quincy, Massachusetts, on Tuesday after noon, by the fall of shears used for the rail wharf. --The turpentine, factory of Henshaw & (Jo., at bouth lloston, was burnt for the sixth time on the same day. Samuel Logan, merchant, who waa wounded in ap aflVay, in which . ho waa not an actor, on the 28th ult., at Lexing ton, Kentucky, is dead of his wounds ; h was a you nj; man of most excellent char-. acler.- George-Hamilton, of Shelby coun ty, Kentucky, a man ot property, and heretofore of respectable standing,, hat been committed at Louisville, for the murder of Michael Fontain. 'William H. N. Drake, a respectable lawyer in Pen dleton county, Kentucky, has been found dead in the woods, under circumstances 'which leave little doubt lhat he was cru elly murdered and robbed. John Burd, convicted of the murder of Harvey, was suspended by a rope from a gallows erec ted for that purpose, at. New Orleans on the 8th instant. Before suspension he said that a man (named Kelly) stood be fore him, who ought to change places with-: him. A lad about 10 years of age, json of Levi Fry, of Boston, was capsiied with his . wheelbarrow dver a wharf into the river at Boston last week, and was drowned. Yesterday afternoon, (so says the Courier,) as the locomotive engine and cars, with passengers, were on tleirway from Jamaica to Brooklyn, a spark from the engine set fire to a barn situated near, the railroad, and lhe wind being high, the whole in a short time was in flames, which communicating to another barn and dwell ing house, belonging to Mr. Suydam, en- irely destroyed them, together witu llieir . a a a t contents, and. three vaiuauie norses ana wo cows; and the tire soon communicated to the adjacent woods which were fierce- v I v burning when our informant came away A young gentlentan of Philadelphia made an unsuccessful attempt at sutcitie on Friday last, in one of the hotels of that cityi by mixing poison T'iji "his liquors, Messrs. li. . . amitn, 01 Bangor, nave ost two saw mills at Shad-rip-falls,. by fire, valued at 3,000 dollars, and the " worst of it is,they5 forgot to get insurance (some- people Suffer amazingly from bad memories.) A scow laden with flour and whiskey, with five men on board went over Altenstown dam, near Maucii Chunk, recently, and two of the m wre oper cliurch in liarclay that the centre part of the ceiling outside the arches over the galleries, wmcn warn flat, had fallen from its place, together with the centre beam, and the cross pie ces for the support of the plaster j leaving a perfectly clear space, from the floor to the roof, at least thirty feet square. Th weight of the timbers, which with tlu plaster fell all of 40 feet, smashed down several of the pews arid "broke through to the basement. Mr. Schnrcman, cwr one, on Friday herd an inquesi orj th body ofa man about 50 yeafi ofage found floating in Coeatics slip find and thcr on a man about SO yeari 'ofgtfa found in the North river, at rtlnssaolpf Hoboken. Verdict in both cases, death by, drownin?. Also on the body bfjeremtaa sident, whefti nukes nomioations to till vacan-j McGaurahan, a native Ireland. fondf , uucasiyneoy cxCrc... B .... yi fluatino. jn t ie water at pier wo. 4 norm ova from offide, to tite tlie reasons, for such f . 1 5r 4i . 1 1 raovala. To this change of the Uw. houkl j nvcr i Verdict, dcallx by drowning, Ne unK, rrcenny, an two, 01 tne re drowned. On' Friday morning, on ?ning St. Mary's (Roman. CatholfcJ irch in Barclay street. It was found cies m if It 1 ' '
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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