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, - II , ft ! ' . , i t - - v - .. . i . . .,,.rr::i ...a ... .. . t--t -r-. - -ra- i.. ... . e . . 1 , . i - m . . .. .... r l- .' - iii-..it- I i f n i it - IS PUBLISHED EEM5 TSAY By Joseph Gales G Sen. Thm DotAi per niram--one half in advance Those who So not, either at tbe time of subscribing or suBscqnenUy give notice of their wbh to have he Papef discontinued at the expiration of the ycart will be presumed as desiring its co ance an til countermanded. Rot exceeding ttxteen linet, will be inserted fAree for a Dollar ; and twenty-five cents for- each subsequent publication : those of greater lengthen proportion. . If the number of insertions be not marked on them, they will be continued until or dered out and eharced accordingly. -ANNUAL TREASURY -REPORT From the National Intelligencer. Of this document, transmitted to both , Houses of Congressionthfe "first day ofthe session, we ' hatethougttt -ou'r ircaclers ' would not be dissatisfied, for the present with an abridged account, which we have1 arranged under its several natural; divi sions, as follows ; ' ! Receipts tmd Expenditures for 1836. . The balance in the Treasury on the 1st of January last, was 826,749, 803. The receipts for 1836 are estimated at 47 691 toms 817 20,048,029. The expenditures for I8S6 are ascertained ana esumateu ai 032 of which the payments Tor the mili tary service f including fortifications du ring the three first quarters, have amoun ted to St 3,0 10,061. lr Deductuig the expenditures of the year ascertained and probable, from the re ceipts, the balance uhich will be in the Treasury oh the 1st of January 1837i is estimated at 43,005,669, and ttelucting the " unavailable fund" of 1.080000, leaving" the available balance", 4 1,925 669. fTbis does not include the balance to the credit' of the Post Qffice Depart ment at the end of the year, estimated at 513,9200 " V ! 'Revenue end Expenditures for. 1837. The -recei) are estimate a follows : Customs Sl6,500,000; Lands 5,000,000; Bank Stock &. Miscellaneous 2,500,000. The expenditures (including ; 1,000,000 for usual excess of appropriations beyond estimates) are estimated at 56,755,831. ine imnoris waring jne year euuing me win oepteniDer, loao, are ascertaineu and estimated at 8173,540,000, showing an increase, compared with the precedr mgyear, ot a,p44,3. f & A M St FW m - . The .Exports during tne tsame penou are ascertained and estimated at 121,789,000, of which 101,105,000 were domestic produc!s,and the residue- foreign, exhibiting an aggre- gate increase, ctunpared with thepreced- ,898, of bich the receipts From Cus; Vr Ti j r u vV; 11 lor the three nrst quarters have DeetvJ , ."v v-; on er M..;M'rM.M T iai minounceu my purnuse io resign my i iu a aim i is icim9 f viii , m-i litis i ing year, of 35,423, and an amount ex- pronation oi my country unon my resist ceeding the average of the last three years ance to the principles aud. doctrines asser- - - H,:: ... u . 4 X : "c "Hf"M U The recommendations' Of the last An- nual il-Keport are renewed, and reductions . 1 sue gested of duties on raw materials oi foreign origin used in some of our impor tant manufactures, and next on articles of comfort and necessity for the People generally.. - A prohibition of the sale ofthe public domain to any, but actual settlers is also mentioned as another mode of curtailing the revenue. : '" The Public Money. . A n account is given of . the measu res adopted in pursuance of the act of June 23d, 1836, to. regulate the . deposited of the public money, and some recommen dations are made of prospective pro visions on the subject, .such as authority to discontinue .as deposite banks, . when no longer necessary, those selected uuder the late act, &cV s . . f-'.--. ' . The Mini and the Currency, i. The coinage of the Mint, from the 1st of January to the 1st ofovembert l8S6, has been of gold, 83,619,440, and f sil ver, 2,877,000. The establishineiit of a gold coin; of. one dollar is again urged up- rt " ;r ri A an Congress. The quantity of gold now in the country is estimated at 15,000,000. at seventy-three nnill ions. Yarioua spe- V4i i aliens on ane lupjeci occupjra numper of pages in this part of the report, j , Mtiellaneousi The report concludes with several sug gestions of a miscellaneous character, a mong which the renewed recommendation of the Adoption -of measures for reigolat ing steamboat navigation must meet with very general, approbation from all those who have ai much horror a we have of those appalling catastrophes which, class themselves under the head of Steamboat disaste rs if i ii. 6.AMr r h I nnr Know wnrin the wholb specie in the -country in Octo- two Or three districts .in Maine, but ber, 1833 at thirty millionrof dollars, we arrange the members aijwe think the and the? whole specie jm in tire country final result witrbe. r, . . at Annual; Message jto the Legislature of N. Carolina; insists upon it that Congress should immediately redacejthe Tariff, re gardless.of the terms of (he Compromise Act, which he says the people did not authorize," (though the people's repre- ciiiaiives speaKing ineir-voice, um.) tie anus in a strain worthy of the Penn sylvania charter-breakers,. it is but an act ot Congress, which , like all others, can be altered or, repealed by the Legis laiivis pow?r." oo vcan"a Liesisiarure do many otheV things, asa matter of right, wnicn common honesty requires that it should not do. TKe Missouri Comoro mise stands oh precisely the same foot. mg that the Tariff Com promise does- how would Gov. Snaizht relish a reneal ot thai Nay, how would he like an al teration of the Tariff Com promise, for the purpose ot augmenting instead "ot reduc ing the Ottties Did the Tartff party outnumber their adversaries in Congress, such an attempt would be denounced as a breach of. faith of tlit most flagrant stamp. Is it less so, when set at nought r, l l : i oy ooumern nemagogues, tor party pur poses f We trow not. rirgtnian. -'1 Idr. LEIOn's RESIGN AflON. On resigning his seat ir the Senate ofthe United States, Mr. Leigh addressed the.Tollowiug communication to- Lieut. GOvtRoBERtSON . . " Richmond. Dec 5th. 1836. " Sir In tne letter I addressed to theJ Korth-CatoUna'QQY SiAmtt in his' I cn.nbA. ..r i, lu . r .i . ofhee of Senator of the U. States at lher,nlh coanmeiir.emerit of the nreseilt spssinni atitl 1 now hrhv nso-n thi oIHcp i". - - r I should Ihavt confinel this- letter to the single purpose of making this resign- non, ii tue ooiigaitons oi iruin ami candor, 1 owe1 to mv own rpnutatiorw and A . I r. ii - . ! ia my sense oi tnuigs, my duty to my country and its institutions, did not im J pose upon me the necessity of correcting some misapprehensions, which I have dis-1 rnvprtrl tn PTist. n fn trv mAiivM Tnt resininw. i . . w . - . . RirP. avail mvcalT nf v.?a oDDortunitv to dec are. in thp mnat P-rnli cit and solemn manner, what 1 fhmtohf had intimatedery distinctly in my l?lter ot tne u March, above reterted r to, that my sole reason and motive for resigning my seat in the Senate, consist in the imperious necessity lam under of giving my whole attention to my private affairs, or rather in my sense ot the duty which I owfc to my family, and to all my personal relations in society. 1 could not retain my seat in the benate, it 1 would : and 1 must ask leave to say further, tliat so iar from beinsl in tne siigntest uegree lnnuenceu to resign loy tne instructions wnicn ine wenerai as- sembly gave me at its last session, and. the resolution it thought proper to adopt, that m W ' 4 I. a B I was bound to obey those instructions or i I resign so iar, too, irom Deing moven ;oy any apprehension ot 4he censure f the General Assembly, or even of any public odium I might incur by retaining my office, i piaceu my wnoie nope oi uic lasting ap pnnciples and doctrines, as novel in my .niniun. as the v are erroneous and danirer- miB . ;pnilin i an PtilirP snhvprsinn nf f he t 7 n Constitution of the Senate, to an alteration t ; o ' . - of tie wnoie frame of the Federal Govern- ment. ahd to the destruction of all thcbal ances wisely provided by the Constitution, an ivpII in riKinopl fn lhn.rlitinnc Af flip several departments of Hhe Governmept towafds eaih other, as the relation of the whole towards the State Governments. I request you to communicate, this let ter to the General Assembly. 1 have the honor to be, sir, With all respect, Your obedient servant, B. W. LEIGH. To the HoA'Wthdhak Robibtsoit, fLieut. Governor of Virginia. " THE NEXT CONGRESS. The election of Representatives to the next Congress has already taken place in thirteen States j, which oMo845 Q.em-' bers. In the present Congress, the rep resentatioit or these states stands : V 5ft s Van Rurcti 87 maioritr 29. The same States will stand in the; next vnp- - -ST ' . i vy : ;-a frew.: Whigs, b Wlty ll -W'1 ,b3t i. Van lfuren-78 ma- g nett gain 18. ,We do a choice has been made Present Congress. Next Congress, Whig.y.B. Maine, v 2 2 6 Vermont,- I. '5 0 1 2 30 :is 0 0 7 Massachusetts, 10 2 New York,f 9 ai t: to 10 Pennsylvania, 11 17 Delaware,, J.:; A South Carolina, ZL5 2 Georgia, ! o; 9 10 i 2 2 0 0 11 6 67 Louisiana, Illinois, Missouri, : Ohio, j New Jersey, 2 0 1 10 0 ' i .58 1 3 1 6 87 1 3 2 8 o 78 Van Rurin rnafnritv in tkpo Stfta in 1 he present Congress -29 : in the next. IU VnryBuren lossj 15." The States which yet to choose are New Hampshire, Rhode tslanilConnecticut, Mar1 vla"bd', Virginia, NorthCarolina,labama,Mississippi,Teh- uestsec, xveuiucKy, ana inuiana. jv gam 01 a few "members in thesfe States will jrive the w ings me ascendancy in incpopuiarDraiicn of the' National Legislature. Let Connec ticut bear this in mind next spring, i . Boston Jitlajs. STATE LEGISLATURE. REPORT of the Judiciary Committee concerning 1'UJULW and PRIVATE ACTS. . x The Committee on the Judiciary, who were ; i j ii I.- -I . " . insiructeu uy resolution o inquire wneth er the act ot 'tlie last General Assembly entitled ' An Act to regulate thf mode k of passing private acts of the General As semby,,35be applicable to the proceedings of the Legislature unler the amended Constitution S and also to ascertain and determine what Laws are properly de-i - nominated puouc, ami wnat private acts, - have b'estoweiil on the whole subject the -cunsideration due to its importance, and REPORT, That they entertain no doubt as to the competency of the General Assembly of the last year, to pass the act now in ques tion, and that the same is to be regarded as in full force, until it shall be repealed or ; i'C-- r . ft.?. i . i roiKi;neu. it is one oi nivers laws, passeu at the same session, which were conceived to be necessary to give effect to the amend lnenfsol the constitution, which had been recently sanctioned by the people, and their enactmeut devtdved as an imperious duty V lorDiatieii Dy constitutional proniDltlon ane ivereign power nau oruuiueu mui ?J from and after the. first oJanuafy1 one tnond hundred and thirty six" invo constitution. Among others that " the sTlo AtMk I A ccnmlil Kofl n r srvoco on "whiuit dhoh wi j pn- vatc Law unless it shall be made to Ap M,tar 1,,ai u,,rV ua8 "ouce ' appiicauon Pass cn law snau nave uet-n given, I umicr auui yuirecuuns aim in ucn niauiici as shall be provided by Law." This Or i . . . diuance of the Constitution was known to tne .uegisiaiure oi to nave neen a rldoiited by the popular vote. It was also aPl,arent 10 lhem that unless they made pro I ,a,wu yj uciwc men aujwuiumcui, for advertisement of notice in pursuance of that ordinance, that no Pin ate Lav whatever could be passed, by the pres ent Legislature, until it should have made a similar enactment to that now referred and notice of thirty days should have been given, according to its terms. In such circumstances, tne propriety ot tne act is most maniresr,it it were witnin me powers oi tne uenerai ASsemDiy. rour commit tee believe that the General Assembly , in wnicn tne constitution ex pressiy vests tne Legislative authority' have the right to puss any Law which is not inhibited by, or is not inconsistent with some provision of that instrument, or ot the beueral Consti . . . . . - tution. ' What clause oflhe Constitution, tliey would ask, is violated by the act be fore mentioned ? Certainly none in 'the Constitution of .1776. It such an ac had been passed, prior to the recent amend- mciiis Dy i ne convention oi 1000, uwouiu unquestionably have been valid so long as lhe legislature would sunei it to oeen forcer. That, convention has not only, not taken a- way the power to enact such a law, but virtually oruainea mat it snouiu De passed. . It 1 j I . 1 II a It is supposed thai the right to pass it tsde nveu irom tne amenuments nu tjiat it couu I . Ia.4. .a only be passed by. a legislature convened uer tlie new Constitution ? It observed that the paragraph ot the It must be amend ments, now under discussion, confers no new power on the General Assembly bu torbids the exercise ot an old one, excep on certain cqnditions. The Legislative power of the General Assembly exlends not merely to the pres ent lime and events, but may prospec tively embrace any future contingencv. The law in question might have provided that in the event of the adoption of the amendments of the constitution,, adver tisement of application (or private acts should be made fori thirty days, much more when it was authoritatively announ ced that the amendments had been adop- teu, mignt tne legislature proviue to give them Practical operation. A wise law giver will endeavor as well to prevent grievances as administer remedies for theautT have enacted no law in refer- eoce to private acts at thelast jession of the Legislature- would have beento ex clude any private Bill from consideration, tor at least tne, nrst tuirty nays ; 01 4111s a- - I -if t m .s . 1 session, yourcommittee therefore ueem the passage of the said act to have neen both constitutional and expedient ' - On the other subject of their inquiry vour committed regret that their investi- ganon naa not atiainea more aenniie re suits, or been more satisfactory to them selves. On the one hand, they; have felt that by too strict an injerpretation:of the term Private Law, much useful legisla tion might bt prevented at the. present session, whilst on the contrary,vthe salu- tary operation 01 tne section ui tne voii- stitution forbidding the passage f Private Laws, except orti particqlar condition. would be wholly abrogated and annulled, unless the General Assembly shall affit the proper constructions to this term, and insist on its enforcement in' every , in stance. It-can hardly be supposed that the Judiciary branch of the Government witl have .either the disposition or author ity to look beyond the enactments ofthe Legislature,' ta ascertain whether they were passed with or without legal notice of their introduction. This clause ofthe amended constitution is binding, threfore, only on the conscience of the Legislatur, and is dependent upon this alone fori its observance. Its true nieanins is. for that reason, to be sought with the greater dil- gence, and adhered to with the more vigour. Your Committee hrst directed heir inquiries to the question, whether n Parliamentary language the terms pub ic ami private acts have not a meaning in some respects djjSfrent from their le gal significationXSut are unable to find any authority for such difft-rence; they have therelore no other criteria for dis- inguishing between public and private Bills, but such as are furnished by the Judicial tribunals and legal writers, and these are far from being, in all cases, sat isfactory. . In some statutesvspecial clauses have been inserted, declaring that hose statutes shall be held and deemed to be public acts. But this, as your com mittee believe, has been property ;-con- fttruedt not to change the jcharacterror the acts, but merelv to determirreKthe manner in which they shall be allegedand proved in the Courts ot Justice. Wheth er a statute be public or private must de- ptpo on us nature anu oojecis. ii tnese be private, the statute itself cannot be public!, notwithstandiifg the declaration of the-Legislature to the contrary; nor should the evasion be allowed ot insert ing provisions of a, public kind for the mere purpose ol dispensing with the ne cessity of advertisement, where they do not belong to the general scope of the particular" Bill. The general description of nublic acts is 4that ther rc latent o the Interests of the public at large, and pri- vateto inuiviuuais, or inaiviuuais only." This vague description, which pervades all the elementary books, and. has by many been mistaken. for a definition, af fords but an uncertain test for discrimi nation. Tour committee believe that the following points are settled by adju dication, or by common consent, to wit: that all acts are public, 1st, Which concern all persons gener ally. . 2nd, Which affect the sovereign rin any of his rights, whether of sovereignty ocproperty : hence any act which gives Jhalty or fine, to the State-is on that account puDiicyv ' 3rd, -Which concern the officers of the State whether civil or military. 4th, Which concern, the -Legislature. 5th, Which relate to trade in genera!, or to public highways or navigable rivers. And of these some are termed public local acts, and others public general acts, according to their respective spheres of operation, lhe foregoing summary may not embrace all acts of a public nature? but is supported by authority as far as-it extends, and may be useful in drawing the line of distinction. Private acts, em brace all those not falling within any of the descriptions aforesaid $ an attempt . . . to ueune them more particularly is unne cessary. Your committee are aware that the precise boundary between public and private acts cannot in every instance be determined by the rules here furnished, but they are gratified by the reflection, that in the great majority of Bills there can be no question as to their character, and in any particular case where, difficul ty" may arise on the subject, the forego ing classification may be found useful, if not. decisive To the wisdom of the House it will belong to apply them with proper discrimination, in each case in which, their application becomes necessa- rv. . Your committee ask to be dischar get! from the further consideration of the subject. j - V ' ' Respectfully submitted, . WILLIAM A GRAHAM. December 5, 1836... - . " H ' ' SENATE'-"' Saturday. December 10. y MrVMnseley, from the Judiciary Com ihittee, reported a bill to give Courts" of Equity power" to change the names of per sons. . . Mr. Taylor presented a resolution that from and after to-day, the two Houses hold evening: sessions, commencing at three o'clock, at which no other business shall be taken up except the revised sta tutes Laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Bryan, the bill to establish a seventlJudicial Circuit, wa taken ' up, .passed its secoid and third time, .and nrdered to fie engrossed. A bill concerning bodies corporate, was read the' thfrd time apd nassed. XPro vides thatVhere no limit is fixed to cor iTorations, they shall exist for SO years, andnhata neglect to eiercise thei cor porate privileges for 2 years shall work a forfeiture. " ' - l J'' ' ' ; A messagVwas received from tlie C.om mons, informing 't&at they are pow ready to receive the Senate to examine the re tUrns of the electioa for Gotemor, where- upon Se Senate; preceded' Dy their Spfak-.-turn erf proceedeU to the HaJI iol the 'House nrvii-.- i. . 4 . i hy other notice ofthe intention lo. vacate weir, aeaia, ?.yfS5WS?!'!':" ' " other tiun By dMmtreduction'of lia?on, tTfi ft JF fthMMhja. I whlrh. for tWfirst time, convened to their ears the .?STl V0m . Voram,uee " Fropositions and Grievances, reported tin favorably ou thifiBillOl Jfpe'al "anHAct, passeu in jtsaa, to annex pari ot vyiiKes io Ab5 inst the expediency of ch-ngihefee f Icene.,, in elections. ConcRITCd in.gli ! M r. Jye ; i n t rod u ced Kill tp regulate the Cotinry tlourts of Aslie Jwhich was ppttfl tho first lime, passed arid referreiL Mr. Coor presented a bill to ncrp?., rate lhe town of Waynesboro', together establir umociof the ehajgeH True; the with a petition of sundry citizens of that; tenth article of the conBtitati place on Whe subject. Read the f Brstlnate and House. ofCCIo timef passed and referred j judges -of uto.ouneatkw A mcisaw' tva pnHn the Spnate in-? members. "But whereftodUn what tnanner are they ' A message w as nW the senate, n- f forming Uiat body of the readiness of this , constmiuonal olaalilify! la the House to meet themrtn theAHall bf the I .w dixit bf anv member, not under oatL satUfac- House of Commons, for the purpose of tory evidence, upon which you can ground the, ex examining the votes' given t the late' pulsion of any other member. Is lhe riminate4 , eleclion ef Governortof thi Slate, .ncl . in.o,mig ,h.t M.. Cansland Ray-j ner consutute the Committee of exam inationon the part Of this House. i Received a message from the Senate, ! inforniing that Mr. Polk iappointed to ! superintend said examinati on the part: of the Senate. v. SENATE. ; - Monday, Dec. 12. Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Mili tary Affairs reported unfuvurabl v on the petition of the commissioned officers of k .....tA 1 working on Roads. Concurred in. , w- - - J . I Mr. Taylor presented a Resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to enquire into the expediency of giving Solicitors, of the State a fixed salary. Adopted.- Mr. Arrington, a Resolution request ing the uovernor to communicate any in formation -relative to thelilivestiuent of. our portion or the surplus revenue at a iroht : also, anv proposals for borrowm it, received by him officially. Adopted - ng m - m - Air. Mosely presented a Preamble arid Resolutions, relative to the qualifications of individuals to hold seats in the Gene ral Assembly The Resolutions declarej that no person who shall not have resided usual I v in the Senatorial district from which he is chosen, for twelve,, months i immediately preceding his election that : no person vno does not possess three -' hutidreU acres of landin fee, both , he ! .a. 1 1 :ia- .!j ,1:- i v,,mu.c a ih.ici csi 111 saiu u.s, trict, are entitled to seats 5 and that any promise or understanding, open or secret, ', to receive the title for the mere purpose of qualification, and to convey back alter such nuroose is answered is a nalnahle ' sucn purpose is answerea, is a palpable , evasion of the Constitutiop, and a fraud r Upon its provisions. ,c j lhe 3td Resolution affirms, that if, f after his election, he, shall at anv timewJ cease to holdrthe freehold aforesaid, lie'i'j nnl 1 e I . I not quan ned. ; I 1 he 4' It ResolulMri affirms, that the term eligible, used in the Constitution, : refers to the day of election, and that the election of anv nerson who shali: oii : that tfa - or profit ny depai Slate, or under any other State or Guv- eminent, the said" election is null and . j 'Vi. r.L n a- its 11 l . 1 lhe 5th Resolution -affirms, that the acceptance by any person' elected, , after j ins election to any orace or place 01 trust or pront under, the United states, &C, clUqualifie. such ,.ers from The 6th Resolution affirms the office of Postmaster to come within the prohi bition in the Constitution, and declaring lhatnhe election. of any Senator holding such appointment is null and void. Mr Morehead introduced Resolutions, giving the Commitlee power to send for persons and papers, also prescribing what rfotice shall be given in taking depositions. Mr. Bryan, of Carteret and Jones, said the- extra- ordinary excitement under which the Senate labours, would seem to preclude the palm and,; dispassionate consideration of the grave and important matters in- volved in the discussion of the subject before it If it could be stripped of the frightral mein, which par- ty .feelings had thrown around it, it would be found that we were touching pon rights wliich are guar- anteed to the humblest citizen by the constitution pf r, hold any ottce:or placeef-trtsl : rT C Under the United plates or me it were better, frr better that this Lprolatnr . - tment thereof, or under this ' should be dissolved, and legislation for aeason eeese. the State.f The Chairman of Privileges and le- angry political combatants, and, would, if adopted, j tions,.wishes this jflouse'o assume the responsibili- supersede the action of mis committee upon the snb. ' ' ty, and rightfully too, of prescribing the course which ject matter now before them. ' They are declaratory " ' they? shall adopt, in thef prosecution of the grave of the opinion of the Senate, upon the vexed ruea- - r charges alleged against the three Senators from Ruth- tions arising npon, the constitutional qualifications of P erford, Chatham, and Richmond. He is known to its members, and are well calculated to rrntge tho belong to the same party with these Senators, and , party feelings, that have been excited by tha agitation ; " in 'times like these, when the malignant and pro-' of tins subject. If they, shall be adopted as the, sense 4 -scriptive spirit of party, has spared neither age nor of this hintlythe path oMnry wilnUpfn to these ' virtae, nor innocence, well may be pause, and aeek Senators; anJ they by Wgnauo aparedtha U.K the aid of some responsible powex, to shield him ; mortification of-WoUnded prideand irritated sensi fronv the ungenerous-, and, ignoble imputation, of bihty which this discussion is so weU Calculated to beiner awaved bv Dartv influeMSe:;;Tlie Senate will nrndnee. . M. ... uuir-Tuuiuyv jcjuoc uuuv ww wwtwuHi eirvu ' here, meet us at every step, and thif debate has pro- plete ctsvi omissus, on our Statute Bc "respecting it .The act of, 1796, f 466, prescribes that it shall not be lawful for any person to vacate the seat of any member of the General Assemblyf who 'has taken his seat, ia emsequeAceof the resurn of JU isAerf inemhers seat, ; dec. Ovho of ns hold, or have taken or certificate of fjj -' "l. Tj 4i iv .Lj. Uif:i.lI4T Ck.it theycondeinned unheard, by thedwdataxdiy tc lutiV the Senator fibm Samoednl Thev hold. their seats by the same tenure, by wbichthis hbnO- nam oenaw.cuuuM mwuihu- ffijffiSS; acted in conforn-dtlhereto, W representatives, until'the edtttrary 'made tejaHy manifest How slianteaoneistm impedinga just and kgal mveatigatMywifli- , oenMorwfjiniMKm Pp."?" . , L' - 3JSt' may be said that the act ;.f 1796r only appliea to. cases where the right to a seat isontested by two or ' more opposing : candidates for the same. If it be'so, n this is a Ww--ptovided for by any constitution was adopted in 1776, and if this , act does not apply to cases like these, sixty years, have now elapsed, without making any provision lor ; such exigencies. The Senator, a number oTyeara ago, from one of the counties whjeh I have the honor: tn ivniHutnt. bod hia mmi contested' on the enrotmd !that he had nof the freehold required by the ronsti- tution. The requisitionpof this' act, were followed in that ease he received the-reauired notice. deDo- aiHrina ;orp toVnn Aj-f Mnripr the art. and mi that. time, it was thought to apply, to such cases and deemed correct. He would not be understood fas ' claiming for this act any such exclusive powers or that it was intended tb meet the cases now hefbre the Senate, but hi submitting it. to. their considers tion, it shewed the obvious necessity of adopting the" ' resolutions. Abstracted firom partf influencss and feelings, he viewed this Question ma one of far more miDortance. N than the predominance and success of one party bT ver the other xt.u the I ed of nis libefUes or pnvuegea, -out oy tne lacv pi tno land. ' Does the Senator firom 'Warren-believe that the law of the land, will sanction the monstrous doc trines which-he has advocated here' to day!- Does he believe that the law of -the landVwiU-, disseize a Senator of his privileges on this .floor, by.the ei-par-. te statement of any postmaster ;tlany other officert Does he not know that this, proswution agamst these' SLnatnra in 5r tti.'nghmi nf on imriAathKriiAnil SUt i nofvour warrant to summon Dereons beforeithk committee, Umited, to e confines of this Sate if:' wiu.m us iuueapiiyona in uDiui ;:. u mi. tf?yj obtamed in any other way than, by depositions W Can the committee exercise this power unless It W conferred noon themt This will show vou the ne- cessity of proceeding in this matter according io the law of the land, The Senator from Warren has de- ckred certificate of the Postmaster General " a11 tilat required. That it bears the stamp and aQthorIty 0fareconL AndistHsdlthatisreojdred! ArP thintWTnttirJnn!nteTin.fnr- him- no explanations to be made no resignations ? sent him-rrno communications pertinent to. this is- ; ne made to him? Surely it will not be contended , f .t" 'Kf'lWS4 A infallibility of a record. What is the law of ho land is it the wiU of a nartv. ofjthe stubborn mi" judice of a maioritvl Wo shouTd be itioulnk seeking-to mamtain the purity of1 one article of the ; Consuution; at the expense sacrifice bfanothet -".voiding btit, to nun aw tM; W . than this Senate, the" conservator of lhe great rurhta lf our constituei isuuuiu yecuuu; tue we buu ijnun ox law UDHUHr "P vrtmsuiuuon ueciares loai m au prosecuQons, erv man' a riirht to be mfor tion agahisttum, and to confront the. accusers and. . witnesses vnmoineriesumony, anasnaunotoecom- t"5""11 w slve against uiuueu. . isuiere any V UlVW IMVU VW W jUUgliiUi VTlUi"" out permitting them to confront the witnesses against them, witii other testimonyl Wifl you force them- under the. penalty of expulsion to give testimony a gainst themselves? Party-screws can wring firom 'a reluctant partizan a disavowal of the true sentiments ' 5 of his heart, but the laws of freemen never can sane-: tion the' odious tyranny and proscription ' without . trial -condemnation without ahearmg according to the law ofthe land, and confession tmdertha pains and penplties of punishment. vThw then'is 'not Jk ' ' party question, for it involves the rights, of all of us, '" and every Senator is deeply interested fa weservinir its purity,. If our party distinctiona are founded up on principle, we should be emulous of each, other, in , ' rnaintaining unimpaired tins gireat featore of the , constimtion, which is alike essential to both,fortheia'. . common existence and salyationi The resolutions of the.8raatofrom Greene and Inoir, came hits oil over the troubled arid agitated sea they seemed calculated to brine- the clad tidinn of Oeaes to am- , xic uuBicu uiat ail iuiruier acnon yyigtlt be StJt- pended uiitU the resolutions came ntptf Men will di articled m ooooartion 'to ths obmlima 1 nnr rhtft nir influcrrirM nf nartv lntfllntfr fMtnftT.'iinm now. entertained by thessi Senators, he felt ' sisured ' i . that it would be more eratifVin to them. aa'wcJl fca 'r to those who, iutw bftmd, to frt nith wh otnr er si duttfulry sulnuting ,U the authority t of. tha t invested with the powers they asked for in order th - . t I'W 0- V life ll: If: l?-U 4s 4 - -4 s -V ,
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 20, 1836, edition 1
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