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w 14 t.... * 'LA~R~i~JOX-EqEdjto 'rx h_ n i'tuiwpst I-all *e will ~TO~jih1 ~ *<~ E~EFILD-C V 0 U AE1 1:1. l)69~r-, Ivor invltuiii if' pttid sit 344tZ~jn -ZnlmAire i~la~ *sclv jj Cess it' J)Wd I rciA thie.xpiratiin of' bix jlu(co:ls. 510155 *thosie or Sq' tJsocrpliconi-'nd osi .il~r ii the .State irfs requsrm'I to pity ift ,d~rapirc. No imsh c iti receivcdtior less than one year, and n11 ptp~er sliscosttimsosl sut till tirnrimir-P are pd, exet lit tles opiton of the Lia ; iss~iiii)ti iill be csnttiisu ited u.ia,oiier FWj"6t'h the firs&t is~'io.snnl no:. luinX tdie itumbstr'oI inuitoil masrked sl i diemn. wiM be eotii4t'i -antil Aritlerei stit, afi All r otmmui% aio adr-wi to thle Editorst, (rosir-.,itm) WWii Loot. prompsjtly, mi strictlyat .jteusded. to. r F. Quti frariiq W~chli e 8st:~ js ointi Crinieisltu is proportinnoistd o the el;ssiVs irfztwlcc exWj~tot iu thes gm'ie-al rewit, filed ' ir Pf kiii~tnct, ,ic iS iev t~j'~ i lit ile Stitte Imi-a c~iveJ.' ic''ator c'i. usreistly less thnissx tal ju.:oH -lth'; -crs the. %v:issit of'a tI iill return ~ viv It -'~ttti'~, orsr'cA ltinit .sstrl fcmA w ilh jih t'i 1ta. rs'!irn, S oiss lbrit, 1.'I'lio stuabtr of coiiitipsiosaed officer.s ill hi: ('.()ti 13 1y 2&i 'ic *slider otCnn'oiiaiAc olliceits. t .3d Theis rotmiir (if i' 'Iitiy privais~it. 4th. TJhc' jiu'itbr ot' ssssi-effihctive torivatem; ands fih Tilt ill i itter ands daocript ioi of* liilisc ntios. .,rally); all(, tit Is10 ii'is;:'utANsiV calst. the midu re *tirn to he d'lifere'd 521 de tC'lsssel oir oice'r c'omt ilii idillfi the Rt's'isue-stlct wsis'l to elWrns. *riejsr Colnusob or ssfir-m4 tiitimidisliis re'.ihsictt. wiii I 3 * cait!~ thseo em nzs'y retimsrit i hi ismisiifteliv 4qonesolidat.'v, addhsing the itild aidu stff1 oer- .. 4aill c vse thecse reimni'sual u'ntutrsu to !-.! iflhlirvdl lo this hBrigaiiih ( ralu'ts~.orcittie.er., c'ssuuntnliii *The lirigntles to whI iCh Lilut rsplu'ivc'lv hI~; - witsiout d-lav.. TJhet Mimt'ulisr (k'its!4 fior fitui Iinoigauc~s, will meic tilt?' ref", tj. mlrill; o e iosolih~cwd. arid digXe I.brigwlxc strtf. ensiss th-lcr' 'ig;sslu reUirtt~ to lie 11 gPediatelt l ivrs to htit M1ajnr (uConeiis, or' oii eeres coiulu'miig thle 1livisRIo*,A, to vwl'C" h lilt!%. re flskt's ilebia: retsirsis, sishlitig the 41I-t'ioi tsf. kild cists" till to lie. 4101i%~el s tlin-i (2oism-'.,t cb'~i~ssif'wiciswill lit, if l~siitit~ iehs dafts, Puot reC4'iVe stolsil stit sctilus incitee'.ri. (ivJRiifll cousiposi r'tsilis , l.! Mh sark "I. lit, c it ilsilistce. it * isoet; sild tis:tr ofs tiK' son'sti5#4i:'eI rez.,itsienst.sI.' hri *1f. i isi sn' rs ii'o omit tfl Mf't'iv'ed; nuitol yet, !o till! riaj'roatci of our iitia ofie'sres, siait)i tts itaifs dii'rses'tt Of' the tilcte. it l1:s, hitesi uut1pomibin ulttisi a rill]s ''1toi1 cti'lsep iniiatn for mny Car s-s pu-t. Lptt this reliroacli ex6iti 110 loit-1. lcvt eommisiuy shou~ld tit lcsamt Lnowi 'is tvil. Wetrchl. All 0ntlicsurs, nix~orcl. !ng to rank, will exteis thisonrds-r. Mtorcla 17 G-17 *NEW I JUG AN 1) IIAMIIIRG, S. c. B WINDING otl:!r,- '.'r sstl. WhIcl'le.' s~ 3111d llsst:'.a iti 7.-w $togs-. flPU ., * and D P. -S FEiI'S, PA 7Tl'i-X ,I MIN S,~ - slret .4sva :l ii lit. lsish &stitcsc:1l a'ort Illnt of ariiea ill the :ssoi- 6i:10. f;'.ss1j111Meisit-s ctot or iNssper*'ur .4sitslitv. tit I will be eli ~Ipscd of (otl very twhi-rsctr Is'ras. Posrtons4 wis;s";sss , g sissts sireiiviteds to Call. Ilucaalchi-', S. k". Mjcrr': :, 1 P.11; W NO 'Ec' . F4 I'WILL attcsis ait tile follolving 1)In'ctdj, Z.to Colilect ttixsna for the Yea :i.) Oil Moltsloy, I litiiAprila sit cther'sPoti, " ~frils y 5 th " "V Pope's, Thuisrsdalzy 14 Ith " ''IOtitost1i aIislsy2us 10 Co' v Lisits ill, Mmirady 7th Cothra's.-c - 'tItisida' isl'MiyI Rietl ,tuil ats r J~~'.dge~~~I... %Jsib Il.iis &sIr ihtl , _ S Y.4. p - L u umT1-rL m .1 The oeililao ar-- . 2. I1 0 .'e (1 ii4 er1 1A1 r q e d afil 1+ J4 , Y~nm did udtoi h'ao Yom rwte doesseea r-A ou leifyonja iao ne JVes, and fr'ieds, Aa wlasten'd'ta411o the Ihno gleYis, The dearest rigla to nrd. fl1nt fate consignead .oj 6'n aplace * Thel last asidedT oFlnn racez Wieeitr 'strt: That spot by imrre was 1a.'d, Foriiiins ot' a144her kindt4, No piace for fir renown. Dame nattire, in creating shows, Sprend wide the Orange and the Rose, AI iinade at fertile aind ; s.i htere I will rdain a change, I'll give ti-la. 1n I, anod beast a range, No rer-itenie for man. No prowuing S:avge l:ire to stav. Theyiv h da .ii *: it 1-ntch their prey, Thro' lakes and pr-mds they tke their chaise The water to their knees :,nl waist, Throtigh hosts t1f tning bands. This Spot. (thoiugI stianrge, is stirely Ime,) This cnr-4 : ot,us 41aschse for Vol, And all i-- plaglite you hore; (-oIndctin, tlwnui no: ylour ernel fate, (Wtena scen ar;,* .t her ways are btraight,) But till her works adore. Y7ou. only yoai, conl brave tint pinane, Ati gutarl iromt harn the wretched racee, W haI t fr v 'o Inust die: Thtn f.ar ve not. Ve little hand, - Of v;hivah'onms son'-, froln (-conaed Yir ne iune shi.d! ever fly- J. H. Catp Melten. MYIinellaneousN. MM-38. S Il LIT11. FEM1ALE Thi< hiady is. we holicwe, a little over 40 VINri o Of aw?. She was born i Sctland. W bl tiii fifteen - .ars :,W, site haitppelned it) overhear her brothe repeatiing, as a schol i eereise, th le demionstration of a pro position im geometry. Her aitition %was arrated. ad ier genits then felt the first co011scions't impulse of its master siting. Mbe instantly p(-cred a copv of inelid, and fod del4ig ,1ht in. explorind it, pa~ges.. Somle tilme afteri-"rds she q itred ofi P -ret in. zavn ' owro v oud he .nny am fh it a ongiar,. st'dynign_ in. Be asked her wvhy she ws.hed to s4tuytftin-= p-Ihe replied. "Rvlctau.se I lIong to rend New oll's Priicipia ."9 IIt (no1u4 raged her to make the unusail, ad, as it was thent thought. during alliempt. Bt Fides 1h- ILatim. shi. 1i,-'sc S(.41 of every mo-~rni cielntirwfic lananage, ami4 is, %%ithit doniht, se of th,- very first ;strutioners of thi.- n11e. lier name sl~iinine over Englandl togevt!ier wvith that of La Pliace 0 Ole Col i.it of lnrope, amtiowii ditci in, .Atinerica Ctmtittties tie great constelttion of astro notnical .sticice of tht pre-ent day. I Iow insernitable tire the workings of gelius ! 1o here it has not been kinited by nature, tid r1t ignites it. It is bieyold the power of eiremstance to (iench its uines. iroanoyiv and MAlpitematlics .v h id their most illustrions votir~' -not in the cbpirs of~apt learned titles 4aid riehe fhe sient retreats q buIII inl thet legis-li France, on.thle (Ief..i'i ctnt ami e rserys . A ~Tri'fn- of- onrs, wvhen ,vy'iin Mrs. Somerville's family, happenel'to ask her hiushnild wIat, was --itained in certain drawtvers he w. opening. Ito replied, "irMs. SomewtVille's di' ma. Shte has received themt fron literry and sti aifie socitie.s m oil parts f tha t ! ept.Amareri. - The followin , anecdtitoto will Aow 'the olpiion intortainled (f her by .a Place. with wmill she had lolng beent in the *h1abit of Correspouding onl cientifle nh'et-ts. Sho tins been31 twice marfri..t, fari toi sa ir. Clegg, --afterwvrds to Ir ) omaierville, her pire sent tiebdii. rThic denn'f of her chhne~ms tiCe history ".vei4 iiany ii,-on n to) Ihawla~e - and he tonce t4ohl a raie,.d ula-r'e wvore proat hif but tV. 0 ,i 41men ini the i oari wh~o conlt 'hoiin wtas It'.'('"y"the L.k. itn thi. depurte wait, Mars. Sanmer'.ille a.oWp'i.lshd wi-tille .au-t *r:eticaF must (ciaft, fi're.t raaep.ne in ilk, a learaned chemiaist, and44 a thohngh minlerailogist itand .At the amelt timel, this exttaordailTry woman is ai pt)!tern of social am'1'domnestic viini, ?i:ch4;ar?ing inl at moist extraordiia ary mannli, every4.1'. du ty to tier friends and( famaily. lIfer s'efet ; 'eleihtier umain iner41j e ting. and~ he)' hea e'videtntly the aboade of "eer amin.e affreti4m aind Chirit .-Tsra n r er 'r.- A betken Lauir' iinot4, of I Brontlb~tin, Mon lit. to. N. Y not)ifjtiha theiubltitc ihmu4h the A mtetrdtiam l ~~Iatel iee, timt her dtear hausandai . tsiaha II inn, h.:t4 leti herI 4 :ad boarid. .n 1 d trav edt toi piaes 41ni. *.'.n -andt 51he iidso alth g.irls, o'hl maihs ar wido~ws to meddlyf ni iih rT iiairry haiim, iunder tlw: aienalty 4' 1 he lawi. Shet eaurneavly rim rema- tai edi:ors tharoiihutia thae wo.idih, te' lay ithe tihregoingi intoiranutioni CeCiv.e thatt we~ have compag~il with her re tEinst.-[ Couri. r mal /,,sreor. And we ioo.-[ N. Y'. TJranseriptl. A nif we timr.-[Standard. A nd we tive.-r IWqer* M hodist And we six.-[Zoit's. Hcralr. Atid wsev.en.-[ Malte 'Pree-Pre I And we eighit.-[Mo. Frre Pess. And woe.- [ostcM g Leave: her hed ard ho , theillian! and And strtove4 to parts unkrnown,4ho Vaga 0lumd! nnd-e eleven.--[Ab1, Gu. -- And we mnake up the dozeu.-[N. Y. Commercial Adrertiser. 114- left her I'cd! '0, the tmoTrmw,!n And we start him again.-[Miner's-Jeer naol. H'eep him moving. Snit River is. too good for him.-[Juckson Courier. a.ay he have corns on his toesnol ln ains in his ribs all thf- days of his lifi. Leave a n'om I:I's I-l and iorl t!he raeless knave! We'll give him the sixteet kick.-[Car lisl Reputlican. (,If. tlii vnbowi le deser'es nn tblition a! kick, and we'll give him the se.eieeitth. -( rIe-'dad Hcruld. Brak-:I a wtoin' h: liart, tlet fiend !-Take Itat mtO.-Painsejlle Tlegraiph. The fellow de!erves to have hif bend comibed with i three legrIz'd stool, hi-i shins rublibed down with brick hats, and his eye lidz bluittoned hack tothe blaze of' a .iiv snt give htitme another shove, and Hunt iiin, ye s-pisters !-W1'ashington Mirror We will join hands with our nineteen lrethren-we will score ima-a wretch we hope thtt all girls. old maids. or widows, in our neigliorhood, will shun hiim.-Edge field Ada1-rtiser. A QrAIFRs LETTkR TO Jts WATCh MAKE.R.--I herewith .end thee my poiket clock, which greatly ;tudith ins iieed of thy friend1ly correction: the last tlime lie was at th iedly school, he wats no wIs-S reformed, nor evn in the !east benefitted thereby; for I perceive 13 tI index of his iind thatit he i; a liar, and the trtih is not ina him: tha-it hib moions are wavering and irreagthtr: that hik pulses ate siinetimne ivery quick, vhtich ietokeuth not :mn eve-i tei per,at other ties it waxeth sluigglish, (not with:. :nuting I frequenttly uge him,) that n% . hen he should be (oin his dity, as tlou knowest his usiual niaeic denotleth, I find him sletping and sluiuhe. -or, as the vanity' of hainnIai reason pthr. eth it, I cnteh lun unpjisiig, bence I nml indceed to believe he is not right in the iniard man. Ex niauine . hiu. -4situianr , u""''a t' ' -.. , I I( secdt then, ilrtr6uhly; thint thou 111:y. fraie and disposition, lindrnn hhn'~froni the error of his ways, lnd how him the path %%ht rein lie chuitld Ko: It grie'.eth ile to ibiik, ;11i14 wh. en I ponder ihcr on, I ait nearly of opinion that his body i, foul, and die wI hole mass is corruj-pted. -lea<-e hinm thertefor % ith th3 charrning physie, from aill pollition. that lie ma -ibirate and cir citltite a( corditig to the -tu0b.. 136ill pace him for a few ul:utder thN enr-. -md pay for board as ihin reqidresit. II :Iv last thtn charged me with on -tt' f.h ofi a eud. n% hie I wil4 pay Wheln ty work deserves it. I iatreit thee, fricnd'JIIn, tto dentenin thyself on this oCcasion 'w ith i right itig ment, according to. he gift which i; in thee. and prove thyself I work iman that need not .be.ashfmed. Ami when thou layest thy. -'Q1etin - hanld 1111011 hino, let it be without sion, lest tIe..drive him to detrnetion. nregulate his motion for the time come, )' lhe motion of the light that ruleth the'day, and let hitm learn from the ueiring guide,-hie -ti-aetlation otf his table aid equator, mnd when thou-tindest hiii tonverted freoni ilke rror..of his wa:ys, Atd tore coniorable to theabove maen tfonted rule.'then do thou send him home with a just hill ofthlarges dra'wn out by the -pirit of mo1lerationi, atil it sham-hhe tl i the root Wall evil to thee.. ' M.ASI RING CORN. The ftsilw9 iJP rule Ium :-certinnin-te < tyfnity . 'f h.eled C ori, in a house of any umosjiqn, is by William Murray, Esq. of duntit C arolitn, utid was: rinl bef-ore lie St. Johmn'.tolb-toni Aga'-lnit;nzl Se-ity, andl tcrmnit'aied, bth. m-ii fotr, publienl ion ini LiuhSouthiernt Atrrieudnuit. "Ruh-i Ilinvin-a pe-.ously I led C orn in thie ha.uin tat it i ill 1 f e-qiil . iniu-igeth r, and 'hearp id ci.- lhv I : li:. ct-,i o ggInm dieI uwrigh on th~Ciiis lag p r t.' O f i / J . d -ia jigi e ' : n i i la dnd a decianl . a bhl tif sheiWiCorn. If' it he required-! to find gte quaintit'I~tf ear" Ctorn, suljatiisme~ 8 for -I, ande cui 'ofi oiJa fagaretis hefibre. .Ihomph~ul-in a bulk of' Cotrn in the ear. nInsmtn-iin -12 liee- ' Ilong,! I I fe-i- broad antI G tiee dieep, there will he :164 huishelIs anid R tenths of' a bushel of shaelle-d Coirn, or 633 bnshels and)6 tenths of bar Corn;-n-: 12 12 .11 11 132 132 - 4 8 - 610,8 i33,6i The decimnal dj i. nsdt i lien the oicet dis to Iindit the quatity'. itn shte!led Corn, ht-emise that de''itmal is thae haltf oaf t decitml 8, aind it rqu~ires tw..o buishl-s of enr Corn to) itake one ttf~schel Con. In uiniig these rules a half bunshl shiibi be aordded for ev9.ery hund mred, tht'tmuim t of'rmr result ihfotn' the suabstitutjin of the dre(inndeIs ?n lil. ;Morey, lhe ol man, rm ived lie com11 mumll io ofhsdomwith resigniation : bit al the feeileness" of Pepit's charneter was tiIme muifet wient it cilme to his turn lo lenn his lot. Onl Friday mormnin, a1t ten minutes past eiglt deloek, tile wlfil sentenwceof . law was earriei into efrect uojieschi at hisan coillelkg's. Pep'a wvns cthe first to descend fronm his veltiece. Ile. mnted the senfiidd with a firm siti, nid exhlibited in his etitire ie psortmuelt a letree of eninlm %ess a1nd resina liti irt frormed n sirong cotarst witlh Ile wealiess il irresolution displayel ly him diuriit, Its trial. On) reachin g- th'e thtil pslat frrm. h boweil to the assembled multitude, resiLtnetl bimelf into lie hnd- of* the ex e:tltlone-, unf3d itn anlot limen m tie ceased to exist. # The tlpenrance of hile next prisoner, (Mory)whocn asee ii le %ealhold excited tn inteneely phinfttl icelinig mtklon. the popl Iltee. In contScrliience of his exirneme de hility, h was nctutailly, lifted on the seniffl by ite executioner and his assistants, b whom tll was strapped to the ittal honrtil. The knil thten desctnlene, aid almost bthrie the comyles ati brintibles multiude could pvveivo'ttr sigm.n41 given ihr its fall, the wre':elt:eritiial was a leadlesseorpse. Fiestel thjotntrh, lie saw the nxe rai.,er, etlored thll1. Ihblood )f his ntecomplices. neverFs-wed ilte 11ihtest elotioni of ti-ar, r lqrr< lIt'. centinted to converse with those atnrnd hiri till the ms4isltt excettioni er Iaid h6 hand n)n his --houlder as inlica titt, tIha il fntwd nimentt had nrrived. I mn ]O ed .the stepe- ivith extraordiir rapidily. 'nd incin himself1 in the at i nde ol 1n ofna , pronounced the fIblowin2 wOrds, wvitli Ack:e. and firm voice: sI m about to apfealr ' my God. T have tohl the truth. I file coltent. I have rendered n service to Iy country, bty p1o1tint my11tv neoliesg. I lay'etob fle truth and1 ti31o vh- -1' e4nl*etwrr-Htinven tou Wit n1ess. npyand 4Stisfied. I elemand var-. el-di amurm_ f reret mv ns,-rffnn more th:n my own e."'Utoit thi' he turned elteklv rottidand derivererl himself into the hando h1i exe cuthiners. The entire of the filial ceremony occupi eed but fle brief spe'e of five naittitt'es, it !ei, 'xttetlv tiien iitminites nier h o'cloik when the reiakin- axe.fell upiln the last of' fhe (.rfiminals. Thire is an A m ier":tm geitleman residing in )nris of tite name nil hwrie,w hose w elt h ilsitiensme 15 toeniblhe lits to Vic inl Siplen - der with the richest of'h.- English r'sidents A laite (rount from l'aris state that one of his recent halls, wa; probably fithe most brilliant ever riven in the- Capital. On the day #of the fete he senf (--4entM,00(lrnnes to the poper otleinti earneters to be disntributed toI the p"or. An atutsitig i2 giclent Ocetirrel durin the evening. A letter was received froit the Police otliec itifrming Col.~Thorne thia byv means of for'hged invitation, filiv h td obtainled nietitance itito his st bernt. The con4teration wns excessive. The gentlemen f'li iltir pocSket,'-nndf the ht~ic.ie held fast t totheir jewelry. Te [)teh'ess of Sotherfnid tremled flr hler diamondis, and the Duke of i1ev'on shire teok snuft' with an embarrassed aironi of l goad libox. No losses however occurred, thie -:;iety qf the e'.%etning was sootn restored.-A /bilbn! .A.eaily Adv. TfF CROUPqi.-Ir. F'iher, iln the lai i unbier of the Meden and 1114 urgical .houtr runl, recommtendts to mters a3314 nutrse. disense, the crotup, to appjly innntaedintel3 atnd >erseverinigl y, unitil miedeie:d taidh entn he ohitained, toi the tini and :ct pphler partt 43 the cicst, 5ponIge's oft ntnykllins d1ipe 1))4 so bit4,P ot-nuset an horn--, andi wirsn outt so tat thei walteri tmay nth 4ioze froi them. The1 r''eedy wats first sugge'stede hi, 's ema phaysaiitm, antd hias bieena practiset Withi decidbed at utnifottm suces F1wr non-r u.a.-Several genttlemie hav. associntedl for thet putrpose of etnitiva ting the lieet, and introdinig the mnannu senit a pe'rson to Frnancoe for te purtpose ) obtaiing infornattion inl relationt to the mannufacture.lostn Ik)aily .-dtecrtiser. After the late coniflttnratt. ilTe Artenn in Franlart, Kentuttcky, at hnts fihl piecr vas taken out1 of te rubebisht itninjureed This pie.ce was capttured from hiurgoyne, nt Stirnte.ga, eurrendered to the British hvy Hul te'-taklenI by lInhrrison t the Thamtes; pre 'seted hv ('ongress to G'overnor Shelby and by ite Gov. to thte State ofC Kentucky .M.a".' th~ousandl bushels of1 cofeer are 1v img im btouth street coveredl by a tempornr shted, havi ing edcen dugt 'f31 rdmt the rit, of on10e of the stores,seo nticely burned b~y tha lnte fire. thiat-tony r'eites cleaningt nu1 griunig to be fit lhr uise. .This allin ds 3 grocers a fine d""ortunit thrseulto. N. V. Dain.Ae o ee6lttn~ It Sen 0Sena 'T ntestlon'M~ strict~ I these i i thihe excepjion ' the two enn m V. rmont, all" wh have spokeni ha. e avowed their coski'iction, nlot oily that they t:',iitill nothing 1rqtuirim the action Of tihe Seate, ut that'the #cti tionis are highIlly lliselhievonis, as teiding to agitate aid omstraet thea' coalimtry, nod to enb tr Ut :nifie itself. It- ith these con ressiols, I mav fairly ask. why shoutild these pej1t tions 1e re'eiv(d ? N hy receive-, when h C iNaO inade ump our iiiminds not to act 1 Ih. ily waste our time aand 1ower outr <hlgimaty im the useless (ceremony of receiv nug to reject, as is proposed, shouhl thpe.. 1on h611 e received ? Wh y, fmnally receive, whiat all acknowledge to b)e diangerous amid mischievons 1 But one reason )mtas4or can ie a-4siglned--that not to receive would be a violation if the right of' petition,. amd of course, that we are bound to receive, how ever olh.ectioiablo nd dangerous the peti tiomns may he. If such he the'fact, there is .1n1 end to the question. As great as w iould he tite advantage to tile abolitionists, if we are bound to receive ; if it would lie a viobition of the right of petition not to receive, we must aequmiesce. 0 11 the other himd. if it shall he shown, not only that we aae not bound to receive, but that to receive, oi t he ground on w hich it 1::..; -een phiced. would sacriice tle cona'stitutional rights of ihi.. hody, would yield to tihe abolitionisits u they could hope at this time, and would -.ntrremoler all tihe outiworks by which the sle'dloktlinr States can delend theii rigahts and property nf r.ar:, then a inninotis re.!ectiulm t these petit ions (,tight of right to to low. Thlt (-eision, thel, (If the question now 0efore ti Senate is rdineed to tie rile point. Are we bound tie receive these pet tions ? or to v:iry the form of the questioi, Won! ; lie a violation of the right of peti ion not to receive theim ? Whein the ground was iret taken. tiat.t woimhol lie a1 violationi, I colitke-~ge .er nado it) stlf It it thos.e who tno1E it wert mitanesernaW-- c ..... rnghts of this body, ank the prOvisions of' time Costitititim : bil fiodiig it so enetip"Itlv maiitained, I 'aave ,iamee carefrully ilivestigatul fihe sluljet il] the re-it ihas been a coflihm'ationi of m fir-I iimpression. aic a conivic lotionl that Ih claim of ri-tht is w ihout a shadow or foun dation. The question, I must say, has nol heens fairly elect. Those opposed to iho sidt. which wve support, have distissed ti qiestiotn as if we denied time right of peti tion. when they cohuld not lt know that th4 trae issue is not its to the f.ri,mtence of the right. which is acknon lhred Iby al, but it e.rtent and linits, which not but one of on opponents hIai so uch as attempted to as certainl. What they have decliled doing, ummnertake to perforn. There mnust lie some point. all will ngree whore the right of petition ends, an that of this body h-gins. Where i tha point ? I have Cxalnined this questioi carefully, ani I assert hohily, without th least fear of refutatio, that stretched u theit utnost, the right canniot lie extende beyojid the preseltation of . petition, : which point the rights of this body com imenee. Wheln a petition is presented, it i before the Senate. It imust then he acte ten. Somlae dispiOsitiol nmst [e Made of before tile Senate cana )roceedl to the cor stideration of any other ,ibjeet. This i 01ne1 will denmy. 1 ihll the at tiuan of t eate' it. rights comlimnenve-rightsNectirt by a direct provision tet' the ('Cititutio whichl clothes eaichl Ilounsen with the right< r'eguliamg it, oiwn p)roc'eedinlgs, thait is. I deermmeat, by Ii 'edo rules, the oder aln tormh of its act tin. To extende the i;ht < peetit ion1 bey'oand preenltationl is cl'early I ox mciii it bieyondt that pint, whiere theo at - tin of tihe Menaiiteiommen'aces', tami tas snel is ta imifiest violationm oif its ttiotnigion ,-ihts. Ilue thmen w'e have, th,- ioierb li IneenLI tilt iiht iof peotititin antI the( right I the SeatlteIce re;'uteIt thme proedotingt < ho-arly fixed, tandl so perlfenctly deinmed las mI to tadmit oif istaike, tandi I wotuld rtdd, conatroversyt, hadmt it nott beeni tque.tioiiedt i tis dlisenmssioni. I f whaitt I havtie tassertedl reqiredo conlfa1 imationa, tample tmight lbe found ini ourn rulb w~mhi embtidy thle deliberamte senase of ti (s iovernlmment tin thlis tday. - A tamng theml ti 'e'natte hais prt'ecribed'thatt oif its piroceetin:mi tin thme presenltationls. It is cont'ained inl ti -I4th tale, which I ask tile Secretariy rea'td, with Mr'..Jeirerson's reumarmksin refe I ceee to it: -Ble foire amny petitiona om' memaorial addire sedt to thet Senmate shal lihe received, and- re, at theao tambie, whIether tile statme shall lie i. I tronilieed by the Presidenit or a member, - rief statemaent of tile ctontenits tof the p , ttion or' amnohmtial shmall verhally be alma .by thae inttrder."-Ilmle 24. Mn. Jefferso'su remamtrks :"Regulari a mnotion for receiving it miust bee nmde m .teonetd andlt a quest ion put, u'het her it she /n~i re-cired limit a ery fromn the Hlonae 'ceceive,' tir evetn a htdence, tdispenises wi h le forman~lity oif the qan~stionm.' ii I lere we halve ta coalnamtion'of all - oDive .assertedl. It cleamrly proves tht wh I ta pietitionl is presaetd, time action oif t out aiterat 'isti s sscq ie i .14 4,... HImId nndfcto. f . ules. Ie intivo tile strongsest evience of tihe deliberate senso of thi body in reference to tie point under I feel that I night here terminate the cdiq cnssion. I have Shown conlueisiveliv that the ri:bt of petition cannot possily bIe ex teuded ibeyomnd presntation. A: tit point it i muet by lte rihtms of the Senate : and it follows as a necessary contsfaiseiuece, that so far frot being hmm to receive these petitions, so far would a rejection he fron vioating the right of pctition, u ere it left perfect ly free to reject or receive at plea. sure- to deprive us or which would violato tile rights of this body, secnrid by tile Con stitnution. Hutt oni a quection of suih n-nitude, I reei it to lie a duty to remove every dilli nilty ; and, that snot a shadow of dout may reimain, I shall ticxi proceed to reply to tine objections 011ur opponlent5s have Ialo to the grounnds I have taken. At the heattd of these, it has been urged, mgain sd a:;min. that petitioners have a rigit to ho heard. and that not to receive petitions is to refuse a hearim. It is to le regrretted that, tlroughlout this., diseinssin,* those op posed ton u-s have lealt in seh vautitne genie raities, and ven;ntrcd asertions with so - little attention to facts. 1 by have they not informed is, inl tine present instannee', what i. rneaint by tie right to ie heard., and how that right is viol:ted b,y a refiuil' to receive . lual they iousght proper to give its this imlfon:nationn, it would at least have greatly facilitated ny reply ; but as it v-. I it coinstrained to ilquire into the dif felraent sciilen. in whien tihe misertion isay bo tiken, and then to show Ilat inl not one of them is the righst of petition in the sligIt 'st degree., imf.ringeel % a relin-ii to receive. W hat then is hlmiant boy tine assertion incard I Is it Mes:mnst ihatit they has ve a rigi. to appear in I Senate (i'hamber in pen-41n1 uLWi54tL Amir w tiftmvn lanid fVI 'to hesird it it- defelnet. ? If this le tihe. snwanmig, the Idllest alipreheinsien st t see that til luesion onl i:eceiving, has not tie slightest hearing on such right. If they ha.ive tho ri:ht to Ie heard iersonIally at our hmar, it ii otit fse 24t1h rle of our proceeedinigs. it the fiith, wich violates that rirJht ~That ruie expressly provides that a iotion to admit aniy person whatever within Idoos - of time Senate to Present a petitio*. shall he out of order..amn of course exclnies th petitioners from Iing heard in person. But it may be meant that petitioners havo a ritit to have their petitions presented to tine senate, amid read in their hearing. . I-C this he tise neaniinig, the. i:..i.t has ien Ht joyed in tihe preseil instance to the flle' extenlt. The petitionl wVas presented kv thl! Sentatorfrsom l'ennsylvannnia (.Mr. IBucha'nan I in the usual mode, by giv;ng a statefnenst i'4 t its Contents, and onil iy call was read by th11 i Secretary at Iis table. I mt oem more sense can he atiached no > tie assertion. It may be nineaint that tihe! 1 petitionlers hiave a right to have their peti t tions disetns'ed by the Senate. If th6iis bo - intended, I will venn'e to Say that thero t iever ws.i as assertion more directly in thn A teeth of SivS than that whi. ba.i msien' so t frequeily made in tine course of this dis - cnssioni-that to tefiuse to receive tIIe pr-t i , Iton is to refuse ta he tan insg to the petitioner. 1 1as not this question heen Ifiore us for II mniths I InIs not tine petition bein dise'4 . day aster day. jully and freely, in all fits her'arinsgs ! A~se nd hw, withs thse fancts o bietore us, withntine debtenss still ring-ing in di otur ears, ansy beintor can5 rise in his plae if ;mad gravely promninnsee utat to refuns ten lreceive this, p'tition is to refunse a hmearing to thes ptistionecrs-i refu'tse discssion. tn .time berotilest sense4. is pnast nmy comtsprehn t iolnn. Our speleneents. ans if in theiir eatger* -niesq tinoiiumser'ibe thes rilnts ofthe d en f ateI, andeto nlaritnge tho:'snlo tine aboslit imonist ,(Iior 'sneh mnstt ine time elfieet of thneir course) mmhve closed thmmi r tenmsett agti nsit facts pamss ni ing befoere their eys; atnd haw~ enttirely in ' ovrioiked tine inature of tine cipre' tin now b'''er the r'enamte. and u, hiehI tihe)y have be'en sin long d<hsessin1g. Ph''im iquesl tsion s reeivinng ushe petintioni, le snot onni ly mits tins dlinrssions. bust cmntns 10~ it iti tine nmost ampn le ,m:ntnrss: snore so, imn a5 inct, tan tiny 0 ter excep'jt thne fnnai epites.. Ii to iiniis the~ rejection eof thne pra'tyer iof the in- " (C ist imn,mr sime taintamount qunest ion. Whait -ever msay go to showi~ thmat tine pentition is or is not deserv'ing the actin ofC this bodiy, nmy be freely nurgedi for cnm angainist it, ans i hass' beets doneu onl the preCsnt occansio. 5-in this respect tiher'e is ta strdiing diiflere'nc'e a betweein it andI smny of tine subsequen,'ss -qustionss whiichi may Ine raised tufter rcece" enn, tanid particularly'l time one nniub.c UI ' *Sensator fromnn Teinnn' ''e, (3|lr. (Grusnd ' /J, whso niow is so stretnnons tan :imalocte . ncl fnavor of tihe right sof tine petitiosne'rs ton E i'l hneard. lie spoke witih greait ampparssnt conm. of plasesncy of hsis c'oursse, as it respere' ts anioth thn er of thnese lnetitins. And wihat wans the~ course ! lie whio is inw so ceager fior di.e i c~iissions, tso give ta heaing, msoved tco lav tins 'I peetitiogi otn the ttable-a motetion which'ents~ so o..'os .5.e