Southern telegraph., January 29, 1836, Image 1

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THK SOI TIIKIIN TELEGII VIM!
M KMTKU lf ri'lLIUIEIi KTKBT SHUSH IV
At KIVK DOLLARS per yew, ff aaVamr, or
SM at the -expiration of tin year.
.V Sulme rifitiutu recticed Jr m tkorter pe
riod lhau tut year.
TVrnia ml ld rliiii".
Per iinre f trn line or less, lor the first in
sertion, One Dollar; lor ouch additional inser
tion, Fifty Out.
finvr onr, ten rents per line for the (!rt,
imi five rent ier line for each additional inser
tion. 07" To those who advertise by the year, a
imTinuiaceiiiii win ue luatir.
NltM,
Utos 1 .
The frost looked forth one 'till cold nijjlit,
And ha said iw I shall bo out ol'sij;lit,
Nj through the vail", and over (he height
In silence I'll lake my way ;
I ill not it on like that blustering train,
The " inil H.'.d the -now, the hailnnd I lie rain,
li" make ho nim-li bustle and mi ic in wiin
Uul I'll ho u busy as thev."
Then he wont'to the inoiiiilain and powdered its
erect,
He climbed o-the I. cos and their boughs liedres-
With din annuls and pearls, and over the brca.st
Ol' this ipiivcraWrTukc he spread
A coal of mail, that it need not fear
The don nriiiht fail ol many a -pear
Thai he hung on it margin far and near,
Where u rock could rear ttl head.
He went to the windows of those who slept,
And over each pane like a fairy crept,
..Wherever he breathed, whoieverhc stepped,
Hy the hunt ol the moon wort seen
Ir e.
here were none 01 nirus ami "n anus 01 nee,
and llie-e
All piclured in silvery sheen!
e went In the cuph ..aril, ana Iimlinir there
1 lit 1 it 1 1 .1 'fiin i ui 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 i . . . . ,
New, just to set them a thinking,
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'111.' I.i . .I . 'i-l ... Ih I . 1 I
Villi inr tii'-: 01 iviuei I nc v vc leu 101 me
Shall wlchiek" to loll theiu I'm drinking-
Frnm the Lonin Ule Journal.
Ct-flSS of 'fur: v 1:111.
'Tis andiiilht's holy hour find silence now
1- bruodhijt like a gentle tfiirit o'er
'Clio "till and publics- world. Hark on tin w inds
The bell'l deep tones are swelling 'li" the knell
Of the departs I year. No funeral train
Is -weei'ing past yet, on yon stream and wood
With melancholy Ugh', the wottubuniua rest
Like a rale spotless shroud the air i-; stirred
Asbv a mourner's ligli'tiwl on yon ehiud,
That floats no ftill and placidly thrtnijjfi heaven,
The 8irite ef the Seasons seem to stand,
"Vonns luring, bright suiuuior, autumn's solemn
form,
Anil winter with his ngnd locks, anil breathe,
In mournful cadences that come abroad
Like the far wind-harp's wild and touching wail,
A melancholy dirge o'er the dead year
(ioiie from the Earth forever.
'Tis a lime
For memory and for (ear. Within the deep
Still chamber of the heart a spoctre dim,
Whose tones are like the wizard voice of Time,
Heard from the tomb of Ago-, points iU cold
g- . . ... il. 1 i
'.'Anil solemn linger w me kmihui
4A"d holy vision, that have passed awuy
And left no shadow of their loveliness
On the dread waste of life. That spectre lifts
The coffin-lid of Hope, and Joy, and love,
And bending mournfully above the pale
Si-.cct forms, that slumber there, scatters dead
flowers ,
O'er what has passed to nothingness. I he year
Has gone, and. with it, many a glorious-throng
Of happy dreams. Itsjiiur'c is on oii-li brow,
Its shadow in eacn neari. in iu wi omi",
j It waived it sceptre o'er the beautiful
f ' And they are not It laid its pallid hand
Upon the strong Can und the haughty form
Is fallen, and the (lashing eye is dim.
II trod the ball ol revelry, where thronged
The bright and joyous and the tearful wail
Of stricken ones is heard where erst the song
And reckless shout resounded. It passed o'er
The battle pluin, where sword, uud spcur, and
shield m
Flashed inthe light of mid-day and the strength
Of ferried hosts is shivered, and the grass,
(irecn from the soil of carnage, waves above
'The crushed and mouldered skeletons, it came
And faded like u wreath of mist at eve,
I, ore it melted ill the viewless air,
It heralded its millions to their home
; J11 tbo dim laudol dreams.
Remorseless Time
f fierce Spirit of tne Glass and Sey thewhat
power
jf 'an stay him in his silent course, or melt
His iron heart of pity ! On, still on,
He presses, and forever. The proud bird,
'The condor of the Andes, that can soar
Through Heaven's unfathouiabledepths,orbrave
The fury of the northern hurricane
And bathe his plumage in the thunder's home,
Furls his broad wings at nightfall and sinksdown
To rest upon.his mountain crag hut Time
Knows not the weight of sleep or weariness,
And Night's deep durkliess has no chain to bind
His rushing pinion. Revolutions sweep
O'er Earth, like troubled visions o'er the breast
4)( dreaming Sorrow--Cities rise and sink
Like bubble on the water Fiery isles
Spring blazing from the Ocean, and go back
T .. . minis VImii 11 1 :i i lie rn.ir
i o their uiysicm-un v .. -
To heaven their bald aud Slackened dills, and
now n
Their tall -heads to Ihe plain New hmpires rise,
tiBtberiBgtliestrengiii 01 ooioj
And r11sh.1U.wn like the Alpine avalanche,
Startling the nations and the very stars,
Yon bright and burning blazonary of God,
C.litter a while in their eternal depths.
vi 1 ... piuitwi ikvniiesi 01 ineir irnin.
11M.V s'P"' i4w- ' " 1
Irom ttieir giorioun )iii':ic mm u uwav
. . .1 ? i.i.. v..i 'i'i..,
.at . Kuiiiiiip iiiiiiu 111. iiiirr'it fit n.nr
Dark, itwn, all-pitiless, and pause not,
Amid ih mighty wrecks that strew his path,
TaeHaad muse, like other conquerors,
l' poa the fearful ruiu he has wrought-
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tu:: WEDDKD Lit i".
V MM. - V K.il.
I may perhaps startle you, Elk. bf sav
ing that the hrst yeir t a young hmiii iiiN
wM lite is tlio muff uuhiupv, and the
I insitryiug one sue ejipe
ilowuv-
er luteiiti v wo may
caar-
ai ter of our attiuu.:
e 111 iv
j affgnff we know i
MML still fHsII we
Wtud-
hecouio
H es, tli.it we MM nNHRmtJI to learn.
By acii hi is the adeciitai oh eitlier side
shown, ami iililumgli it is in tho poweruu I
nature of a woman to iiij infest her ilyvoted
ness and teudcniesa by a thousand little at
teniions, she must nut repine if sin: receive
not the like. The feeling of the otlior sex
are not so soft and exquisite as llu.se of our
own; il they were, wo iniht pocaibly be
hiippicr, and we may for a lu miei't wish
thov were s ; bin we slnll restiaiu so sel-ii.-li
a (lenire, il we reflect how much more
nuiit tliey woul i be, by s:u h a constitution
ol'heurt, to bc.tr ibe crosses and bullets of
the world; and we shall rejoice thai they
do not possess ajseener sensibilities, and
rest eofrcut wiili o.ir Msiii!to in
crease at their expensej'a Imp'phlWsvlik h
if not quite meeting our ideas of perrertiou,
doef 10 siiiticieiitly to make us blest.
It is s aid that "Lovers' quarrels" are b it
tbo renewal of love, but it is not so in truth.
ooii:inuen (iitiereneos aim hKKennja will
utidertmiM the strongest Bdectjoti, mi l a
w iie cannot be too 0 refill to avoid disputes
upon the most trivial sui j.xts, in-.lecd, it is
llie every day occurrenc-'s which tries the
love and tempers in the married life r;e;U
occasions for quarrels ran seldom occur.
livery wish, every prtj.idieo mat nice!
with attention, ami tho Brat ihouoht of ilio
woman should be thJ pleasing mid prov id
ing tor her buslmnd. It is iin;iosiliie to
enumerate all lhelit;le incidents which Mi
n y m.irrieil men, or the litile uuobtruaivo
pleas ires which it is iu the pow er of a wife
to givQj but thruugauut her life, iu her em
ploy mentis and in her amusements, she intwl
l.e.ir bis pleasures iu her mind. !Siie mnsi
act for him in preference to herself, and
she will be amply re Warded by witlUMNHIl
bis deli,dr.s iu her and in his home, To a
woman who low her husbiiud with nil the
ilev oledness of her ualtiiv, i'-is ill be tl
pleasure, not a tasl;; and t m ike bittl lup
in, she will uocr grudge any aucrtoVe of
her own,
Tho gre --test misery a woman can ex
po ienre, is the lunge ', heart and id e.n
tcd atfec ton of hur husband;but even in
that pniuf.il case .-hi! must iiot -relax in tin
lerforui.inceof her du'ies; she must not up
braid, she m ist bear with fortitude and pa.
tiencu ber great disappointment; she must
return good for evil to the utm st, and her
cousolaliun will be tho eonsci aisiicss lhat
her trials have not their rise or coHtiouaoce
iu auy deretictitiii of ullbctijii or daty on
her part.
Sjiiio women, in order to win back a
husband's wandering love have recour to
allcoipts tuiiroisi! bis joulofljay ) bit t In: v
are much mistaken pursiiinosucli a meth
od. A man, however debased his con hie,
never entirely fotgots the love bo once bore
to the bride of bis youth : there arc momenta
when feelings of tenderness for her will re
turn widi force to Ins hear', an I to trap the
iienefit of such momenta, the injured but for-
riving wife, must still lie enobrinedtn the
purity of toriuor tiiniv. A husband wiil ex
cuse his faults to himself, and in sonic
measure also stand exonerated to the world,
if his wife relax iu propriety of her cmuKiei,
while no tho oaitrary, the gentle forbear
ance, the Nflcompli lining pationce, and un
obtrusive rectitude of the woman he injures,
will deeply strike his heart, and do much
to win him back to his former love and to
the obsc v ;ui o of the vows he breathed u!
the altar, when his lien rt was devoted to the
being from whom itha? Wandered. A kind
ook. an afleci itn ito cxp: e-sion half uttered,
mlls' bring ihe wife to his side and she must
with smiles and tenderness encourage the
returning aflbctiini, carefully avoiding all
reference to her sufferings, or the cause of
the'"
This will not be difficult for n virtuous
woman to perform. Our love, which before
marriage is constrained by the modesty and
reserve natural too.-r sex, increases it; fer
vency and dep h afterwards, it enables us
to hear unfolt the world's scorn; oil is swal
lowed up in it ; an affectionate wife clings to
her husband through poverty ifnd riches;
and the more tho world recedes from him,
the more firmly will she stand by him; she.
will be his comlorter when nil other worldly
comfort has slid from from him; her devo!
edness will be his rock when he has no
other support; she will smile at the frowns
of hte world, she will not heed its censures,
he is her all, and in her love are nil other
feelings forgottan or absorbed. No sacri
fice will be too great, tho faintest smile will
not be regarded too little; quick at feeling
unkindnoss, we arc as quick at feeling tcn
and a very trirlng circumstance is sufficient
to awaken or to kill the pain of our hearts
and bring us misery or happines.
An eminent barrister had a ease sent to
him foca i opinion. The ease stated was the
most preposterous and improvable that ever
occurred inthe mind of man, and concluded
by nsjtiug, whether under such circumstan
ces.tvn action would lie? Ho took his pen
and wrote:
"Yes, if tho witnesses a?i7ZIir too; but not
otherwise.
It is cstimnted that thore are thirty-two
millions five hnnil. -1 and sixty-lour thou
sand newspapers annually issued from the
New York press.
. air .A.
e iar 1 1 u cffiBfn o 1 ant
li 1 ali i mti 1 r pXi'
faidTw hcujirn
traatTAixa aikcte.
, a tailor, wlso bad Li
Mr. 1 , a tailor, who had been ad-
vs' i.-ing U a few weeks id tho Transcript,
en! e-l ai o.,i- o a day or two siure, ex
hibiiius; the ...-.o..r.n an I C'tK4tonK of a
man whin won out wih hard lib, and
li u not beta m bud f.ra firtnight- 'fur
ing himself m o a chair, he exelaiinodfjiriili
in c.;.ressne shako of the head and a de
ploring nta the lim.is, 'This will
uevcr do at ali auvoi . 1 can't Man. I this
any wav.'
'C'au'i stand whtt?'said we,beiuuii)g to
bo al.usnod.
'Vnv that advertisement of mine iu the
Trans-ript. J. heals all 1 everfte ud of?'
Why . h it! how ! is there
any tfetat! onto! ulaeef
there's uo mistake about tli it 1
can assure you. I've had so much work to
do ever since it was inserted, that I don't
ku w which wav to turu lirst. The mcas-
JMP ""J the shears n.e in my hauls mghi
Itfln, day, and .'n fairly worn out with hard
work. Ineyc-jie to mo Irom everv p;irt
ol tliu city uwii off, luerchants lawyers,
judges, uldermon 1 never can .sti.iid if,
I'm sure. Yjj must tuko out that udver
tisemen'. 'Certaioir, if you desire it.'
'iou'il do me a favor, I assure you. It is
a lino thing to hive plcuiy of b i.noss
but two ni ici) of a god thing you im-
dcrst nul me. Siio.iidsyM)iisiuess slacken
away agjn,, I shall know-where to come
But Iff isf'iit "ffl)gjH i good by afier
I've had ..breathing itpell il all jtgun.'
Mr. T doiia.'ied, to n s um; the nioas-
u re and tile ahi.'ars; and it any tailor, or
other mechanic, is desirous o.' adding to his
business, and is o-'it afraid of i-am . uveartMl
therewith be is now aequaiufed with the
inouiis ofobluiuili ' bis desires.
V. r. TrHucript.
This isn't bad but thou wo should'.it
have thought of mentioning a circumstance
like this. Why, bless your heart, brother
rrans'-rij)', we could toll Votl over Hundreds
of fact ilislratiug the luinicidoiis benoli
of advertising in tho Herald that would
throw ymir story into ihe middle of lust
week. Here, only day bofoio Jfesterday,
Mr. , a move Maotifactrnr, came
in, he jging us to hold back a lew dav
lor, said he, 'sin -e last week, when I begun
to advertise ill the Hwrald t'-kme or.ia.s for
oirr J0; xlurrx! and they keep coinin-' in
so'fast, that l'in m lutdh) afraid shall iuivc
tu rnd out of Im-Suite for iron! Do stop
advertising just long enough for,'
Here fair devil must needs put , his our;
, i iri i
Mny, is ivi He 1 (hurt vo
reuieinber
about as
bow Mi
Hit
dealer and
.Mr. , the Tailor .md Mr. ' 'pub
r;uiii hoi a y tur tongue ? we had to snip
tfi'o young dog, or else he'd huvo ratfiud
over half our list i..' dvcrtlsers. Are von
satisfied Mr. Trans. :,.? We omit to "tell
the tojihtest owfor frur you w iuLinU be
li. iv it. Commercial He .id.
II.-oii Rklations. .o!1 Gwynnc wis
eAuU suceessf.il kl i browing ridicule upon
her rival, the Diohoeaa of Pourtsiuiutli,
originally Miss Q leroiiaille. She pretend
ed to be rola'ed lo the best families in
Fiance, and whenever aie of their membere
died she put horsoif in n nirning It Inp
pi ucd ih.it news of tho vJ.iam of T.irtary's
de ith h id lately reached England. A
prince ol France was also recently dead,
and the Duchess of, Portstnuoutb was of
course in moles, Nell came to court In
the same attire; and standing close by her
Uracc, wlae usked by one of nicnas why she
was inotJintig l Oh,1 said Nell, 'have vou
u it hoard of my loss iu the death of tho
Gh4m of Tartan V 'And w hat the deuce,'
rouliod her
WonJt, wua iho ChiitU of Tarta
t
y lo you?' 'Go,' aiisweivd Noll, 'exactly the
same relu;; u that tho i rnuo ul
.Mile lorouaille,
waa to
Tin: Moo.v. Professor Gruithausen, of
ALiiuh, declared publicly some time since
that he had discovered indisputable proofs
that the Moon, like the Firth,; inhabited,
All Europe had replied by railory to tho
deputations of the Uivariiu asiroit-nner.
but his firmness was not shaken hv it. The
Geryun journals h ive'pubhshod the result
oi Professor Gruilliausenseti's observations;
conibiuod with iuose of h... learned follow-
l.d o.-.-r, the Hitrbnomer, Schroeter. The
Common conclusions tiro, 1st That vegeta.
tioii ou on thesupcrficcs of die in -ai extoiid-
friun die ooth degree of South L ittitude, to
tho 05th degree of North Lttitnde; 'id, That
from die .rl5.h of North Latitude, to the 57th
of South Latitude, there aio louod oviden!
traces of the abodes of animated beings; 'M,
And finally, tb itsomo of the signs of the ex
istence of Inn ir inhabitants are so apparent
that great ro.idscan be distinguished, traced
in different dircctnms, and in particular, a
colossal edifice, situated nearly under the
equator of the planet. The wh ile presents
the appearancoof a considerable city, near
which m. be disdngtiished a construction
exactly similar to what we call u starred
redoubt, or a work with horns. Paris (uipcr.
The National Intelligencer of yesterday
says: We observed that Mr. Clay's seat
in the Senate was vacant yesterday. We
learn with rHut sorrow, ilia t his absence was
caused by die aiilieiiug news of the death
of huxuilv remaining uauohter, Mrs. Irvine:
a lady whose distinguished virtues endear-
cu nor to an no kiio v nor, out most ot nil
to her fond and affectionate father. It will
bo poor consolation to him, and yet it i
something, that in this city tho sympathy
with him in hisaliiiclion is univ ersal, among
many simngcn uow here, as among tho
residents.
Il . II L. I. I I .
A man is not made ridiculous so much hy
the qualities which he really has, as by
those he affects to have,
INAUGURAL ADORE
OYER.9R LYCH.
b:OXCLLUi:o.
Uudor existini ci.-cunistan-e. Icarn'n-'
hit a resort to E irapea u m irkctsin order
llloilhllll it ftllli.i..ta ...... L ...
u it, i , ot ..-on ir-
cessary, and that a pledge of 'die faith and
the credit of the sUlc n.iv be ffojjffd, I
view the prohibitory clause in our consau-
lion as matter of regret.
The oljecti ais to the policy of rearing
up in irkeia at bonny and aiding them by ev
ery facility of intercourse, as far uj! h ive
loarid ,ure not based upon argument or f ac'
but p.-edicaled on tho round assertion that
the scheme is impracticable -h it ueither
Natchez, nor any other point on the river,
widiin our limits, can ever become a slup
puig rU Sjch opinionsarc f.Muidod or
gratuitous p.-esuiiipimn, and d not ffttfjl
trom a close observation of the nature of
diings. An hypothesis maybe resorted to in
order to exemplify or elucidate, but is whol
ly insufficient hi establish uiiHirtant nnd
leading truth. Sj gravo an assertion, and
-me so reprehensible in i.s ch iracier, sh uld
have been made witii great doliooration,
and its correctness suscep tilde ot demon stra.
1MB, We toff Iff s tne exporicif e in
this, and the facts and circumstances, us far
is I am informoJ, are alte'.hcr euour.i
tftngt It seems to nio that so desirable an nMecl
deserves at least an energetic affj iniitod
elf rt. 1 see no reason to doubt tit it the
State roads can compote, and su.-c -saf.iMv
too, with die SmW Urinattd iind N.ishvil!e
road ou fair Icins. It only necessary to
give an tnpetus I ihe uiideriakii1 r, tint wo
any not be out.--, qipod in our progress, and
in tho cni:.p!etiouof liirf work. I cannot
allow myst'li'toeiiieitain the idea, that there
is a s!-.gle mdividiiaJ of your budy that wih
oppose, or mar the fl ittering prospects of a
s: henie.t!nt promises so much, by die gran
of privileges and advantages to ibe compiuiv
of the Now Orleans rood, denied to those oi'
the State: such a supposition presu ppe. ses
i feeling foreign and unnatural; and verv
discordaut with the southern clwrac or,
which is regifdod as being extreinely sensi
tive ami ten udous ofits ri-bts and ' jirinc:
p'es, too much so, 1 pcrsuude myself to v iold
them to sofucd con. idorations.
Wo have now approached a crisis, in
which the great interest and character of iho
s' tie doraand of unify nn-t concert, It jy
both desirable and praise worthy f a a in-.n
lo overc inio his own nnroasouaiilo prejudi
ces; but in doing so, he gains but lidle if he
his hose of another to gratify, Let usjheu
is laras in ty l.e, divest iiursnko fail (iff
local tooling of jrulsousy ; and tax ijr ill ll
viduai ccsearches, for tho develononient of
soi ue gimeral plan, and the best moies by
which this good work- maybe effected.
When the play and energies of the mini,
free and untroriiirudluil, n re called in'.o ae
I on, wc may an u ,,.a e that manly and 1 .f.v
course, of which wo are ustiy emulous,
and which should always chiracterisw the
actsof dcabcrativc b idics.
sffpwroaecuuon oiagoneriisysten) ot
mleriwluimrovemeu'rairuavurablestroiiins
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o moo ii. in; oveuoimi u.. iiiuivillini Oil-
lerprisc seems to be enlisted, in I may p,
nhiu ho a,.n-.,.;,...t c.,. ii, .:.... ...-i
t ......I ... .... .. to ..UU31I iiliiuii oi
i.uiroius. jj'ii a uisnosit on to erntmrK in
he improvement nl navigation is not s .
clearly elic ited; and lirucc the)ropriety of
the 8t-ite undertaking, or aiding in this
bnpch of the business. The rep . t the
com:niss-ioners, together with 'h it of ihe oar
ginoi r, Mr. (ioion,.aro to to found in tho
archives of the State, and will affu-d the
best information as to the praciioah.ilv and
p.-obablo cost of the project. The Y.ilo
li ibush, Tallahatchie, un.l some otiio.'
streanis not c.inbraced in the lejiorls, arc
nudouil, susceptible of great iiiijiiMveinoui.
Any collision with the gencnil gu enueiit
as tar as it can properly be avoided is to I e
deprecated. Notliin : of a !i';ht or nnimpur-
taut character, should ho sullered topiodjce
such a result But a d ic ruitard to tho in
terest of the state, indaoes mo to ndvert io a
circumstance iu our federal relations lhai
inay cjaim )' our" aUentiou. In tho tre
with Iho Chickasaw tribe of Indian, the
claim of the State to section No. 1J, undo -tho
net of CoiiiTV.-ss, has been disregarded.
The right to this reservation heretofore, has
been clearly recognised. The pinprietv
of s uno expression of your body, by whi,:h
our ilolegHtiim iu Cuugress ni.iv probably
he aided in effecting a proper and satisfac
tory adjustment id" tho claim is submitted
for your deliberation. Tho people of this
state fully confiding in the justice mi l imer
ality of Congress, have, with a patient de
gree of forbearance, refrained IVian p.vssin ;
upon that body, claims to which they co ,
eeive themselves entitled, They ha o wit
nessed liberal donations to sister states; and
boy now behold the almost en iro disposi
tion of the laud within their limits acquired
from the Choetuws, without having receiv
ed similar donations. Tho rights of bo'h
the general and state governments ahpjid
he preserved inviolate; mil so far from
the one infringing on the other, auy act ver
ging towards the Hue of sepuratidii, in is;
be viewed with die most Uvelv into .est and
concern. A fair exercise of the uowers del-
"gated should be cheerfully conceded
the utbor Hand, tho right reserved lo the
Stato must bo adhered to. In die language
i.f poor Cordelia ; 1 would suy to both
: 1 lovo your Majesty,
According to my houd; nor more nor le. .
Oecirrences if a highly exciting and of
fensive nature, having recently taken place
in some of the iinn-siaveholdino states, c-
cul :ed, if persited in, to afloet ns in a most
serious and yttr.l manner. Tho subject is
I one of delicacy, aud lo be approached with
-otirtesy ah.l imim;)ePfion. Ttl
ol right Itlfftffftj admits of n- parler, no
hi o. (,i H,!in-, no discussion frjni any q iar-'-r
nor ran n ffasffciffff hoarinf m thi
jo nt, ffthisi imiaffliaHry or renw'e'v. he
lintnil ( f ir MMaffff hi stiimpino uj
oii hr ui.-.-n !nrv io... .'iii.-iiN. mir ni b .'-
n it. and oo i.axidia.ipprolMti'n, there can
i t.... i ... . . -
unions oj, iii..ii. I wi'l not douht. nor
I . ,
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! V1 taj2T " 80 '
' " u J'"1 " te" ,,"",.v- 1
hit sister states
Mark a die, an I
Precaution, and
watchhiiness o-i mr part, nrestrtne neither
the ono nor the oth :r. Policv aoems to en-
juii iipou us such enactmonui as may be
uecesnary to bring ihe olfonTc and its pun
ishment wilhm the palaofthe law;an l affff
ity requires ih it they sbsjold lc predicated'
ou the principles of reciprocity. 1 persuade
myself that an appeal to the justice, and
pr.ai.-iety of some nrrangcinout of this char-
ac'or, w ill not be disre -.irdetl.
Mississippi b..-. given a pr .-Mical demon
s'.ralion of fuolingen this e.citng siilject4
that may serve as au impressive adurniiion
to oflonders ; an J Inwevorwe may regret
iho sjsffffMff we are constrained to admit,
that necessity wills ffmiraoa prompt a, ;iin
iiiiry ntosja ot' tiff ;.nd piiiiishuient uu
known lo liw. Bat no means should be
"ircd 1 1 guard Rga tost, and prevent similar
occurrence. i Affg but the most most
manifest, imiuini'iii, au uitiMttatad peril
oau justify a repotiiiou ot aucii daugerous
exutsipffs.
A glance at our foreign rclatbms prcsen's
lowering an! r uber disciKiraoing aspect.
In our nail. hi il horizon u d.;rk and porteutoits
cloud is visible. 15 it the enlightened age
in winch we live, and tho justice ot our
cause, cheers and bids us hope, that m its
transit and litre iteuod calamities uir be
iverte.!; :lnt thb Auieric.ii is may
cover and protect our hffjor and rights. On
the other baud, let us indulge the belief tb.it
all proper moans will be exhausted iu the
way of lorlie irauoe . and conciliation. If
then we mast xtri'cr, lot it be f r ghry.
A general db .pitsi.ion of the topics intro
d ieedin this address was not iu tended and if
the limits usually prescribed on such occa
sions have been transcended, an apologv
in i v nc found in 'he condition and require
ments of the country. It was not so much
my purpose to discuss particularly every
altercated p iin', us lo submit somegeuer.il
views ii u l principles, that in iy iu.lucc a
train of '.ho. it au I reasoning, by thi app!i
:a!ion of vi b.. li, each one in IV lie aided in
arriving el sound conelusi-.nis of his own.
N ot so much a dissertation, as a Syllabus,
from the inveetrg ittua of which useful de
ductions m iy p isst dy llow.
in con iusiaii, gentlemen, allow me to
tender :nv he u(y o.,- iperation in llie furthcr-
toe prospo.i.v nu ih.ippiness of the country
uhjJ : vnch.
J ic'i.sox, Miss., Janu:irv 7, i jJJ.
From Ihe National Intillijencer Dec. 30.
PUBLIC LANDS' SALliS DISTUIBU-
Mr CwL,Tr:Mrf, mid niidresso l the Chair.
Althoigh (sod lie) I find luvsoli boi'llrt
W u bv the severest an'hction with winch
j,,,-. idonce bus ever been pleased lo visit
Urn I hsva thou .-hi iho ...v ,,v..i- C
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no . it n-ir Ion n
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in", ill as 1 ii'ol ii'ial'tii-il. to ilis.-hur on
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. i.,o- .I i'ies .lii l I ll tw ria
in inns i-
... ..fdio no ahi I. I. ,u
boeu jjiveu to
aslv leave to introduce a (bill to appropriate,
CVr a limited rime, the proceeds of the s ile
f toe public -.u.ls of the Uui'oJ Statcs,auJ
for graiituu laud to curtain States.
1 feel it iii'-uiiiueut on me to make a brief
explau i on of the highly important measure
which I h ive n ow the h .nor to propose.
The bill which I desire to in' oduoo pro
vide for the distrihulioii of the propels
of the publh lands in tin years 34,
i ). iidiiii I ii, among the twcn'y-foiir Sta os
of tte U in mi, and ooiiioniii substantially to
b it. which passed iu 183.'. It is therefore
of a temp nary cb iracler; but if it sin II be
iuuud t. have salutary ojieration, it will bo
in iho power oi' a future C ingress '.- ive it
a u in letifljtfl ooiitiu lauce; aud if otherwise,
it will expiro by its own ternis. iu tho
. -en of War unfortunately breaking out
with ajty lbreij;ii power, Jhe bill is to cease,
and the f un) which, it distributes is to bo
applied to the piMtecuti ai idtho War. The
bill directs lhat ten per rent of the nett pro
ceeds of iho public lands, sold within the
iiuiils of die sevou new Siates, shall be first
-ot iiptrt for them, in addition to the live pe.
ceiii, leservi-J hy their several coinpaclB
with iho United States; and that the residue
of die proceeds, who :.or from sales imdff
iu ttio States or lerrilories shall be divided
among the twenly-fo.ir States, in propor
tion to ftioir respective federal population,
iu this respect the bill confirms to that which
.vos introduced in 1832. Fur one, 1 1 should
h ivo been wiliuig to huvo allowed tho new
SFatcs 'i l-'i iusiead of ti-.i per cent; but
as tb it w is objected to by tlw Presideir, in
Ins oio-Most ago and has beeu opposed iu
other q i.u te.N, 1 tluaight it bust to restrict
the allowance to the m ore moderate sum.
The bill also contains large and liberal
gran's of laud to several of tbo now States,
to place them upon an equ dhy with others
to which the bounty ot Congress -has been
hero otbro extended, and provides that, when
other new States shall boaduii 'ed into the
Union, they shall receive their share of the
common fund. wair.l
Tho nett amount of tbo sales of llie public
I-, nds in the year 1833 was the sum ol
$:J,'Jiv7,tir 5T, in the year 1834 was
$l,K5T,oOO, OU, and iii the year 18bo,
according to actual receipts in the three tirsi
quarters and estimate of the fourth is, $12,
222,121 15; making an aggregate fur the
three years of $21,017,404 30. This ag
gregate is w h it tbo bill propose.-1 idla nbnje
and nj w the twenty-four States ou the
ftV of M--IV. MMMinn.. hr.
whi -b have state I. Tiie dmoreneo b
tween the estimate mide bv the Secretory
of the Treasury and that which I have offor
d of th product of the last q router ot this
year -uris from my hiving taken, as tho
probable aom, re-tbir- of the total anrxiut
ol tne three h -at q iartero, and he some oth
er conjectural mun. Deducing from th
-M.047,4d 3, the fitleon per cen. tt
which tbe seven new Stitou, eccordin.- tn
ihe bill, will be first entiiled, am vinting to
$'2,012,350 1, there will remira for distri--mfioo
am aig the twentv-four S.itoa of tin
Uui. the sum .of fH,435,045 91. O
this sum the proportion of Kentucky will be
sJ''4'UU7-H of Virginia the sum 'f 1,581.
I8 m, of North Cir dina $ ;HS,0 J2 41, ami
of Pennsylvania $2,03,233 32. 10 pro
Krtu.n of In liana, hihirHng the fifteen per
enf. will lie $ -365,588 , nfuhh $f,677,
110 84, and of Mtoimppi $358,915 45.
And the pronorti.-iiij of all tlur tenty-fb ir
Siafcs are indicated in a table which I hol l
m my hand, prepared at my instance iu
the offi -e of the S -rotary of the Senate,
an! to which any Senator miy have
cess The grounds on whim tho etflri
allowance is rmdo to the n-?w State fi.., .
their complain lhat all lands sold by thrt
Federal Uovernmen; are five yetrs ex'omp -ed
from State taxation ; secondly, that it i
to beappliiil in such a manner as will aug
ment tho value ofthe uuiold public lands
within thehr,and lastly, their recent settle
ment. It may be recollected that a bill passed
1 -'i Houses of C ingress, in the' scsfina
which tcrmiti: tod on the 3d March. 18:U.
for the distribution ofthe amount received
from the public lands, uoon the nrinciDles
of that now offered. The President, hi htl
message at the commencement ofthe pre
vious session, had specially invited the It;
tention of Congress to the subiect of tho
public lands; had adverted to their libera
two from the pledge fr payment of tho
debts; and had intimated his readiness to
concur in any disposal if the n which mi-'ht
appear toC ingress most cdMuetive to the
quiet harm my, and general interest of the
American Pe ipie.
Afrer such a message, the President's
disapprohati m of tha bill could n t hwe
been anticipated- It was presonted to him
out he2d of March W83. It w is not returned
as the constimtion requires but w is retain
ed by him af.er the expiration of his official
term, aud until the next session ofCo.igress,
which had no power to act upon it. It was
on lerstood and believed ;t in anticipation
ofthe passage ofthe bib, the Ptesideiit had
prepared objections to it, w',i h he bad in
tended to return with his negative: but he
did n . If the bill had been rclurned, there
rsraason to believe tliat u would haftpM
seJ, notwithstanding those' objections. In
Ihe H niso, it had been curried by a majori
ty of mote than two-thirds. And in tho
Senate, although there was not that mijoi
tyi.nispias.ge, it Wlls .'u iooeed that, in
consequiee of the passage of the C mipro
mise Bill some of the Senators who had
voted against the Land Bill had changed
their views, aud would have voted for it
iqxin its return, and others had left the
.Senate.
There are those who believe th.it the bill
was uiiconstitu-jonally retained by the Presf
den', and is now the law of the land. B it
whether it be o or not, the Genera! Gov
ernment holds the public domain in trust Bli
the common benefit of the S ates; and it i-,
therefore, competent to provide bv law tb it
the trustees shall make distributi n, of tho
proceeds ot the three past years, as well as
future years ammg those entitled to the
beneficial interest. The bill makes such u
provision. And it is very rem irkable, that
tho sum which it proposes to distribute is
about the gross surplus or halan-'e, estima
ted in the Tre isury on the first of JanyaffT
182 J-. When the returns of tho last s
lor ofthe year come in, it wiil probably bo
found that the surplus is I -rg.-r than the sum
which the bill distributes. Bat if it shoul I
not be, there wiil remain the seven million
held in the bank of the United Stales, ap
plicable, as far as it may be received, to li.e
service of the ensuing yir. t sffii
Ii would bo peruiotiire now -to enter inb
a consideration of the probable revenue cf
future y.ai-s, but at tho proper time, I think
if wiil not be diilieuk lo show that, excl.i
ive of what may be received from ttie p'l -lie
liDids, it will Lo abundantly sufiicient f t
all the economical purposes oi' Governmeu ,
in time of peace. And tho bill, as I have
already sta yd, prov ides for war. I wish to
guard against all misconception by rept
bag, wllat I have heretofore several timo
said, that this bill is not founded upon anv
notion of a power in C mgress to lay aud colic.-
t taxes and distribute the amount anion ;
the several states. I think
fosses no such- power, and has
exercise it until some such ame
Unit propo.-ed by ihe Seuator from South
Car Una, (Mr. Calhoun) shall lie adopted.
But tho bill rests on the basis of a clear an I
comprehensive grant of pbwer to Congress
over the Territories and property of the li
nited Slates inthe Constitution, nnd upon
exp ss stipulations iu tbe deeds of cession.
Mr. President, I have ever resjarde.'
with tee.mgs ot the pruto indent
the decisiou which tbo Prcbideut
Uui'od Stales felt himself in luoed l
on the bid of 1833. If it had been hr
pleasure to approve it, tho Meads of DepnVt-
meuts would u t now be taxing their ingen
uity lo find out useless oi jecU of expendi
ture, or objects which may be well postpon
ed to a more distant day. If the bill had
passed, about twenty millions of dollars
would have boon during tbe last three year.-,
in the hands ofthe several States, applica
ble by them to the beneficent purposes of
Internal Improvineot, Education, or Culono
...iti-'ii. V.'haJ unwuttktj beuuhu unght n t
adrneff as