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tAere Wsach atonic, ly be adopted. As a Citizen of the Stale, without reference to atif local poaistion, i sinccraly hope thai the central route may be found to have that unequivocal claim to preference. I even think ifahould he adopted, tmiesst-ejiue^ther* route ahali appear to hare a decided superiority over it. .Bul l dia sure that no public spirited citizen, "anxious Jbr the-sueeess of tftfc work; no stockholder, reasonably regardful of hie own interest, trill be disposed g? farther. 1o insure suecess in ?ee^ ing. thorn mountain harriers which hare so long tnsde atrangers of kiadxtod com mnnitiM-^n achievement surpassing hi spblimity ill thii Xerxes and Hannibal and Bonaparte ever accomplished?united councils are indispensably necssary.? The only mode of effecting this desirab?< result will be to hare all the proposci route* and mountain passes hcenralelj orreyed by sdebtific engineers, befori any comparison ia attempted. When tliii is done, it ia extremely probable that th< preferable route will be so dearly indica . 12 J, zl3 to sapcraeed all doubt on the sub ic&. : ltd# Tar it may be expedient foe-thc Suu to aid in lite prosecution and completion # this-work, by subscribing to the Stock of lb Company- which has boon incorporated, i think the time has not yet come for deciding Km ulrtuidi -been saved bf OQ public ?pir?cd fdbw-ciiiacu CoL W*d Hampton, who being one of the Centra Coai ui irfsioocr* at Knoxrjiisy subscribed tb wtMewra which appeared from ihc rcturr, there received id be waniiog to utake up i:n four miUtona. Uuiil the rou;c shall bo dub nihreiy selected, and active operation* coin roeuced, the emergency docs not seem j call upon the Stales interested, to ctnbarki the work as Stockholders. Moreover, ikon . are some considerations growing outof.Un ' mode Of constituting tbe Hoard of Directors pryrilod by tbe Charier, as amended bj . Kentucky, and the relative sums subscribe* In lire different States, which rend. * It i measure of otmoos prudcoce on 'the part a South Carolttu, either to procure a mod*6 cation of Che Charter before tbe subscribers or 1v> make a co.ditioaal SQbacriptioo. The-aet of incorporation pateedby tbii State, prorided thai three of the7 twentyTour directors thonld be chosen from qualified stockholders residing is each of the Stales of North Carolinj, Souih Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky a^ 9hto-li?i.?u Um Izd'ffcrenily from MIVU WWNtW ?v won..- , ? m alt the stockholders- The acocadmcni interpolated by Kentucky, proridrs thftl six of the directors shall he. chosen from . stockholders residing in that ti&te, whU* only three ?b*JI he chosen fro**? each o] other dates, but .Srto b. chswa lo*?irca:!y from oil the Mm* ? holders. This eery exceptionable claim ?6 undue power, on the pari of Kentackjr, hocomes absolutely reroltiog whoa we.ach cart to the feet, thai the entire MUerip tioa to- thai State amounts to ftoee Una 820Q.0C0, and that no one person then has sttMcribed a sufficient number m shares to qualify him to be chosen a director? In this stale of thingc a board of di - * J l* X. nctou etoaoL M orfsMseu, vw ?> n cutt&d, Kentucky with Imi Uwo s^l<ren? iisth psrtof ihe alack, would wield onefourth pert of ibe power of ibc company. Oa tbei contrary, tteoth Corolla* owoiog fi^eUihtt of the stock, eooldio pp crew hero more than aloe director*. , 1ceo per cefare no equitable principle upon ?kicfi the holders of ftvc-eix(hs of the stock- & b o tub Carotins, shell hero onlv oino directors, - while the holders of ono?#t*ilu of ihasiock oei uf booth Carolina, shell here ?A*ctn This :s certain >y an unprecedented anomaly in the organisation ?i corporate powers, sad 1 think the pcoph of (loath Coronas, as re been sufficicuiij admonished by bitter experience* of ihi *-? ~i" tlirir intec * I AMI Gvninjuoiivb* vi n* .10 rate controlled by a foreign *i?d irrcipuu sibie power, to make ibtm very caatioui In. placing lire power on one ode, whih the Intercut to be affected by it is on' tb< other. If we look to the questions that vi! probably arise, at the commencement o the proposed work, the danger of till separation of power end responsibUitj will be obvions. Upon every principle the road should commence si Charleston nod proceed continuously on towards it Western termination, et least until tbi money contributed In South Carolina shal be expended. And yet it wiU be in thi power of the directors out of the Slate to reverse the operation, and expend lh< tvhnla sum subscribed by the citizens o this State, in Kentucky, where so small < enra has been subscribed. ''Tb? prctrnaioa of nw<p*J pnvrr m part c Kffttan;, becomes atil tucm intolerable when w avert (o the eiosri that gave rise to It Brtii Chartarte pattedbf this State, and all the other ejfeept Kentucky, the Road was to no from Choi loton to Cincinnati The clause interpolated b Kentucky. require* that the company, at the mo time thai lacy carry the Road from the Curaberlan tfonMam So Cincinnati, thai! carry a branch t litwievKle. It alee require* that a branch iball t Carried ftoa Lexington to Msysviitc. The corn paajr wo than required to construct two brand* OMhtng together won 150 miles of Rail Road, ob vtoady cgatfMt fbetrown interest,and merely t ficbjnoMthate two town* in Kratwhji and to so oanyihe performance of ihepe moot unrvusonabl fn*>dt;iao9,ibrj are moreover required to aire Ken tocay three dlieetora ere iui ton ?fy. * ^dre h no practical view of the eobject that eaj mafce it th* interest?f the company, or the graa nuMtc ooriocrrvcd inihe contempts led work In cove K?ninckr *ilb Rail Roads for the otirilenoflai si:??j thrwigh the Star*. * ? . ? Jf#M to lb? Ohio Hirer, imnt ottl point ? that t?t?; khonid be arlccted. Tb? ?U eoDMModacerlf ill the trade, that wonld be com nnwM fcj the three that are proposed If eKbei Ct?*Htn*d or L?iwHI!e ahoold be selected, H wit irtaanr ?r mn?h Cemrwrre as ihr Ro,id mUproba 5!/ bet able lr> eoneej. And aa Ohio hueonfrtbo ted tSnmtt nothinjr h Uie etoek of lite company, f WoSld he raficli fry? wiser coarse to carrr the Roat U ano liier ^ ter JTur JT even to this. it is to make UiajMaikof tbeKolo-. chock jr, the Western termination of the Road,; -rK^K eaordio* to the estimates, would reduce ; white it vodit! still jidd to North Cfniit, Tcobn- < see and South Carolina, a tery hsgt portion of' Utomfeaaisgea-lhat-woald mull flora Uw coropleiioo of tn? original scheme. The work to this , extent could be almost completed with tb? stock already subscribed, and would be clearly within ' I the means of these three States. <>A flodrishing , town would spring op avths Western termination of the Road, wherever thai might' be, whether at Nolecbackj, A shrills, or even at the Norlh-wes1 tern border of oar own State, which would tttneS f to the Rood a groat portion of the Western trade, | probably aauracb test pould convey.. a; . - L .:? I bare so^jested these rwr?, brums* 1 believe i that South Carolina aril! be restrained ooyiess by .'a ' sense of self rcspccl,, than by a j'dit regard forbcr I owtr interest, from subscribing itiy tlimr to the r uLeaisfiUe, CSaelnatl and- Charleston Rail-Road . Cotnpaay," so Jong'???ls Charter shall contain the bicbly objectionable provisions to which.! s bare alluded. ~ ' Jr~ . A* U now *ecm? evident that the principal part " of tlacr funds 1f$ which the Road u to be constructbd,-#fll bar* to fan contributed by South Carolina, srefotui take out thaUkc ooatroulofiJbeeetupds ? F*" other, band*. tod that the ?C4fo J. ofl&taGofta be not draoportiontd -to tfcr mean* of effectinp tbetn. Atid itre cratiijrin* to perceive 5 thaiao much eaa be done by North OfroJiaa, Ten| Msitfc and South Carolina alone, etna i? ii ahoold ,. bo found nacrMpfr to act. without the concurrence >* or c? operation of CraioorKeidtackJr. " ' ,f J r A kmim has. been n ^nUrd, u too ate doubte ItM aware, of eosfrmac tip** :tbi? Aati H??d j Cnarpaa/ye frivileffa af jtUnkmg. t.barc fprcn to thia project the ot-ot <Jrat<riS* and anxioua Con?id"T?i:vn, and have been Idla "wif de (* c.ded caae.c;: .r. thai t: would be a OMmrr pevfc ami with daujer to our fctMrr*) aysfomafcradii L *?d cunrwSt and ui all nrapocla inexpedient.-? Our banking nrrtefti baa already been earned U> " I the exfircxretluriH wbsch prudence 'and aotmd po0 Ccjjr wilfijwtifjr) and we ,-baon but toojoaaj rafttr 5*1*?** that J-oal conearjvin common tjrtib . tbe aancrai eutrrncr oj the Uuitrd Stairs, a ' npin therreol that foalcareer ofdcprccwOoo, 3 of which webad aaob melancholy experience daV n?|, *?d for vwnpj after, the ble.ini: with f Great Britain. Nor are. the reason* for indalgiag | tbrac ffootnj aj?pft>hrbtIoh* al all weakened bj . IIt* C5oima*m ?1kifaWrtB; n?ai aw gootr pupera 1 affirm1 to Battle* ^thte they'8*r a&te f to diWBBl lo IdlQitlirnUx'Ci'ttnlry wmu jm?t .' litTaitjr flooded ariih a., redaaduti currruc?, this lWauatt ?4i hAtitoillr made, and with aa much trSkMirbw.* ' > ' Of ilia amrrtof twolciaj borrowing, it amy ' bcMtd wiiii aanptttotopbyttufortrv. tbii it u a mtottU/T %lu eh. derive* t tewao rt aj^tite from gtoft feeds on.' . The v?r; *ct of Uuqarfef : v*Jc* ^ S^lTcV.cru I; of tfaar dep/aciatfoa, an increased dwire and oe? ISP'ty btam*o%a ii?cmuad qmaUljr. OJ fl?w; become# aw***/? |o efiect tf* cj, efcaagr* of we ***. The eoasUolond paofrcaurt jjpiTCittiio of *1] uM .dT propwt* wuicii ii ttMrnt*??** adrtBtciSodc?? 1 MOO" :^r 1^... M l **? dam. f wrt jinywiwiiii^r?? tp '-je Jg* in?. fiSiffilRUttSS: 1 lj aUxlanS *b?<rth? dajr ?i jwrwefct than I it *tur *Hwi bo obtained ttw fc*n; lit* price of Too tracing ca?cr.8ntlT, and jtrwrvu *Jtc<cai si. cIxmm of tockU, bec?t? iainxicatod with the ' ?p:rit of gatabtfag epc-ettJition In-ataefca, hi land; I UKt In wrnr tUl?y ?U??>iJ ttini M mww t oodcrtlM* iMeh pfweem ajrek-m, oalil awahaofd r from tb<?r deiinota by expiosiee, when bo mar 1 be dwawl inijdbwfr forttmato who eecai** ?? h?rt tfo geWtai wrtek. Ke *Uw bribing* , ?u be i?aw ?Aw*bfc? m iiw regular putacnta of 1}Wrt Wwnr em omppttog to Urn potts taenia, or finall* ta?* drilmurc :> the pfmjrritjr" ? M africtSttftir coauauatl*. In the Baal ' cataeOeptorU wfik*ft?m? inoVftabl/ UraaHttte, , property berosea ihiprrmlnail, owu; Urease* r mere doieaiito obuU, and ia Uw? auto of Uiian, K all ihoee who an* indebted to U?o L?n?a, bare to ' tacrifctf bbeirpropertv dUeharje lh*ir bfeltgfr . itowe AM to the mm 4f geweial mto which t follow*, ib? feuifca aluw.flourish aaudat tlmd^ , t?? aad baakrvpvjr f?I*. Il U^dettMaU* 16 b? KopKthat toe rami 01 ainck-Jobbiotr, will not Hjwtnd from Jfew-Torhaod I Aihnn ?, *7fraHnt*n aodOoilatnbja;n<d abob* I . pmiiPWl *?cu Swrfal and dca*>r?iltxin* rcxulu in f other murtm, will new pollute 'he exactmrj of r oarleJWiUoa. ? A vt-ry xtroaf, if not a coocfoxive rsaaoo again* r banking privtlom to (be Rail Read Com* * war, will not bo fimnd in (be fact, (bat Ibe oxpi" itl of tho bank of iho Sua* of Sooth Carolina, * wit! bo hnanuwd dertng the eeeehaf jeir'IV the extent of jam?tbiaf tike a milHbn and a 'half of I dollar*, bjr the earn which will be depaeitfdift that , bank Ctom , the Trtew/ ,ef the United Stale*. ' Thie will enable It to Inereaxe tu discount-opera 5 liat? at leaat to the sane exWnU and wilt certainly aappt/ all the additional want* of the comma mi? I for bank awwou^odaUoag,', be vecd, *kai an |jc f iopplied by the existing bank capital." And' ax the profile of the Bank of the Plate irdoand to the 1 benefit of the pcopU allerye, H would be ?ory oaf wiae to dipupsh ihem profit* at the prnrot con* , juncture, by the grant of banking pmitegex to a . company m HMtimii WlWUIUt'l*, C(rn ii inn ' ooold bs safely done opoo aouad hankiny prmc)> * pk* , B Ilia not aaa/to peroiva o?oa *5ul pUn this 1 nil road mnpu; can be transformed into a bank' D iny corporation eooaistesrtlr with Ha original phfpone. it i? certain that thw nam* capital moraot * perform two incompatible functions It cannot be R paid eoland expended in conjftrncUny the rail road, f and at lira saw* time remain in the bank (o re, dram it* paper. Bach an attempt as Uihi would iorviubtj end In a men paper hank, aa It wookl bo aurtly iwpomblo Uiat U could redeem its bilU if an demand. If to obviate..lb)? objection it should e bo proposed to bare a separate ana dtumci capital e to sustain the opsratxwn of Ute bank, the plan a would still bo liable to very strong objections. It - ?ro?U be aubetantiallr forntiof the mute body of f penman iplo two distinct corporations, essentially 9 different' in thei^ character "add jtbjrrta. and rr. d aoiriav entirely different qoatidesUoM fur the eon. e daat of their amirs. . , a it it not reasonable to suppose that tbia confusion r of purposes sad complication of doth?*, would faci a litate or expedite the completion of the ondertakiny * for wirfch ihe emftpahy Was organised. Oh the a contrary, there is too. much ground to spprehend u tint this noble ante.prise would be degraded Into a r. tncre concern of speculation sod stock-jobblng:? : ?,,? tUm rw?..a?*Artti;? tv>5r?. pan/ poHttTrir prohibit* it ih? olt-litnklDjj opcra9 TatHH?,Ui?V?be prtrwiard thatMinw very oagcnt t raaaons will lp> required to Iodqce jotj to repeal r U?4lj?r<ih>bilion. The onl/rca*bn entitled to con* ? aideraJion, wlrteb hi* been tmggcatcd. b the effect i of tfcia banking privilege in uecoringthe reqnUite t aubraripUono* Mock. Uot it unow apparent,that ( *8 ffcr m w 04a aec our wa/ ek?r for malting the - ub?cripli"B which the legiilatum will doebtle** r aalhotbe to be made In the name of the Bute, at I tfic (Muior thaa -r' I wiilremmk finally on, Utia "abject, that the ' ocmetiuittoh of the director/, tn the charter now I aland?, would he a cottclowre objection, on the part I of the Booth Carolina atockboldcrr, to iho granting <vYxrierpiedecc^MO'l^Tto been atflU Um?? jo#ti> ?rt?bie of the iiaptku.ua* oT having uniform and equal lawa administered by enlightened 'and inpir* tial jodns, thai UteorgamsUion ot the Jadictarr systemIn occupied * doe thereof their attention. It eeenta, however, that* something yet remains to be done to complete that organisation. The con-, atiiulion of the Court of Appeals by the act of 1835, has rendered what was before merely expedient alouat a miilrahf neeemity-an act ptovi-j , ding t'lal the Sessions of (lul Court shall be held | exclusively ?l Columbia, for the trial of. Appeals | from all part* of the State. I 1 an also of the opinion that the great improve* j ment which has he?n made in the intelligence of the people, since the abolition of the Count/ J Courts, rentiers it highly expedient to rc-estebtcab that system hoar, though it may then have been . to abolish it.: In Lngland and in all the ohlcr States ol this: Umonr.itu * jtutl/ popular as it is cxlennvpl/' useful, "having the high merit o( administering justice without dels/, *l without nioor v and without price.*' Thereinno-Disirictin.thedUiloin whichunenlightened hod/ of Magistrqlis could not W ob? urncd, amply qualified to superintend the genera] . police of the*' District, aadexercisc a civil and criminal jurisdiction Uuhtftl to certain amounts ud to a certain c!**sci oQVocea. { ; By tranixrrinj ihr pOncw now exrrciscti by the ^Ordinaries to tiieic Court*, the fees of OfSce,woa d (yield 90' liberal a couipenratxtm, that potshot) ol the i very best qualifications could be cbtaiucd to cct as jCJctk*. Ibc gli the vuuki receive i.o jemorvn^stjon, but the tco*i?cioi?iteM ol .'renderin?r the * State some serfrice. '. patriotic uUttna cf 1 ?*6lt not. rorv t eheer&Uj prriurm tbiir nwnllwii of dhtjr to lif: pobUtOl honor au^ nicfolBro, And in the ctmrte of* icw jcarn, the Ciicuit Court* woovd "be jelieVed of ? large a portion of the boato-Sat lbry Cow haTo U> perform, liuil the bcn.fcei t-f the jjadjr* might be gradnaqr dianiniabrd in a con*> dcraoic . rsu n:f uiu* promoting a jutl aad nisv ceononiv, without impairing, tu the *liglilr*t t!e rgrre, ti?o efTirjcncy ot ihr' general ajstrui, or th* character ol the court of final jurisdiction, i Tbo recent organization ?d tho Mahua, is in the 1 process ot rrzliiint ail Ibo- beneits cinch wre AO Uti poled Crhtri iL Al Kthool* of instruction for 1 the officer*,The Brigade BncajafrmeaU have Lorn 1 found to bo of inestimable mhse. 1 am thorough* jlr satisfied, Cromtpf obaertation and experience, that wiibopl.tbaie, the whole, ajatcra ot Militia matter* tfiiH*. would bo worse litar. unprofitable. Tfcejr fcodTd be mrh? bpn^thg^pagtkflU, calen* Uted to bring all Militti excrcur* into contempt and ridicule,ami ail MAt? Q?o*r*into 1,1Vben the Colonel* of fvfgimcnis and Captain of Corhpenlesure thorough!/ camprtrul to drill their I teonrotiee command*, there b hot little difficult/ ' tt deparin tkM/ ?i tlit lUitiatBdtfead tiieit W W**> i* fcF*** -% atp?i in* expenrncrd (roqp?-~l mean .Militia, not eniMtfd troop*?coo!d be well prepared to take the field in Cut-week*. lictr/ Uirn-j depends upon the Officers, and mart, upon the Captain* of Gotopuin, on whom it dwfoieca to teach -thoto.oletaaUrr.puocu. pie* and worsaieota tor wSji^h-aUthe corabinalioD* of MilfUrj tactic* are cflVclid oh'the field of 1>ai. fie. H But u it eUciulelT Mfeential to tlw nttility of a -I-" ?- - *M .?i L.I. 1^4 I.. . DC flOMBCW OT tapiluninwv j eoouwteiU ofiowv Aecordi. m lo,,tke Uoo. tbewy I aodWigtotl desira of. the office of Adjataat and Inspector General, thai officer slioo'.d be the chief : dnil officer of U* ^istr. He thou Id ffc required . to cltcod th* MMtff oJ'ererjr regime at in the Bute $ <mcr. ? |WMPd hwwclf w the inatrucicr Ha ahouUiJio W required to attend ercTj Brigade eutatmtft*t>t,'?Hfto drtn ih* officer*. ia tbcnmrohdhjcuwt and b* ttctfd wttbtfas oe ocanty talfacntyyjrxUnctrtivreooelobte novu na ' At a competuaUon fcr Ihrw hU&rioB*. ejrpenairc ) tod moot uw-fut- wrriert, fate wliry abooid far i raised fa> si teaat twenty five buodiN d?llir?.? , 7Jua would enable too to cootoiaad the mrtlee* ' of a Jooox qoii ul military pndr, thoroughly mu J lei of ImduUe*, oho would derate bis whole - tti?w to tfaetr |.4nrierai?nctt. Bach a man wenld be | wotttic ?ul.- totbe State, than any officer tn it, ! avail earn* littery.; wiwrats an, uaoompctcnt ofikvr, j without the proper energy cud atUlaiy spint, ; o c^j?fboa p^ftrti dou^t. - y The hnprotetctot of oar Militia, has been s* I tndah retarded, heretofore, by lia wutof a auita i JtU and .ttaifimn intra of tactic* and irculsUoQ*, an by ik'.vaot of orgtnisiUMi. The cS&crra of mthjr oT "tbo >eVrioenta cannot procure books of ' aav kind, tmd alfibeeopWsof44 infantry Tkrtk#^' provided by Uwautbortty of your ptedeoraeort, i atoealMtoatod* TI# Uojuf hatrt recently cift? ilf tho i^ot of toe French, : prepared* kV?aW OtBWl Beoti, to whom tho country',* gre?ly.lftdrbtrd.#w the mraaa ^m|M> m* > ot*au4c J^wk4l? ^?^f military, axt-Tfiw how system to a yory. flrcidrd Improvement o?wm any thinj oneslowly pobUafced, mid Major General Macomb Iwi prepared trom It, a my jidioMui abstract, to whicb be has addrd Artillery and Cavalry Tacltea and the Army Regulations, embracing the whole in the cobin*i ol a small ana clfeap Tofurne. Aa are era under a constitutional obligation to coodortn. to lbs system ol too United ' buus, and a* toe syatem litey Uayc now adopted, it likely to be permanent, 1 have purchased Are buudrrd copies of to is work oat of toe appropriation of toe last ateuea, and I recommend that a stun -be aipprcsrbted anfBeieat to supply all the o flic era fX toe blatc with oao copy. The coat will be very itKotwdcrabie, ia comparison with the object, at. tola mail volume, ooaauting" only fifty-cram, ! wnvtiseff ? Wf tefrrawo military library. O?lof Um sum appropriated ?br that object, 1 bay* purchased ?MlUMA mt? ?wd eanard an Arson*1 to be erected, la this pines,.eapxble ui contain inyMOOilud ofinm. WMt <?ila|ptiiMiud Barracks an completed, the whole wilt bo a* creditable to Uw liberality and forecast of the Legislator*, M it will be conducive to the pobtto nbtr. 'I ml It to ho my doty to bring to yoor view mstoo measure* for improving the condition, ctevat ing Um tharacter, im extending the tuefulncn of the Chief Executive Department of this Gorem mmi, wtuch 1 have btro constrained, by wry obvious const derations from suggesting at an ear Iter period. There is no reform in the practical operation of our system ot coats derated Sore reign ]communities, and.in the state uf public opinion connected with it. more important to tfco scetirit v of onr ciril institutions, than that which shall restore the Inst rquilibriom ol that system, by ' ratting up the tftate Governmenta from that low point of depression u> which they have been carried f?r the adverse political currents of the last twenty yauu, to their primitive dignity and power The steady progress of federal encroachment, while undermining and carrying away the constitutional barriers -ol oair Mf?l/i has given a ta^? direction 16 the public gpinioft of onr people A the ambition; of our Statesmen.' The latter mast bu thoroughly! j unrffwf, oclore ine lunwt can w ivocnMiuiijr I re?t?tt"d It will t? in rain thai wr struggle in mainI tain the greet eonarrtetiee doctrine* of the South, wtuie tho Chief Magistrate* of highojioded tionlh em Stale*?the representative* of their Sovereign dignity??hn2l descend from their loltr elevation, ptoatrtte the insignia at their offices \t the vrrv fttolMool of the Frrtefal Kircritire, erasing at hla hand* the mbemt'lc honor of t mission to the In dian Ui|ws, or a permanent Agency among them, and .T.rnng off upon thia degrading errand, with out enenotitrrinj (he acornthfand Indignant hla* ? of the petmln, whoar sovereign honor they hare betrayed and tarnished. . With a yievr of counteracting hese deseeding, tendencies, as well as lor increas^ itig the respectability and usefulness of hta office In other respect, 1 recommend t created to fire thousand Jdollare?that ho be required to teside, ^habitually, a^_ the teat of Coverumeiit, and that a soluble bocsc be erected for his accommodation. This is almost the only Stale in* the Union, where a mansionjeorrespond-} iog with the dignity of the office, is not1 Svavided for the residence of ihe Chief! lagistrate, and where that officer isnwt I required to reside permanently at thej scat of Govermcnt. In practice, the Chief Execuiire Depart mcnt of this Slate is'now cither the private residence of the (*drern6r, often in one cxtrcmhyof the State, i>r a sort of travelling hend quarters. In this siatc of things, ihe people are exposed to great in* convenience, and, the unfortunate often Ail to rcCeivV the benefit which they would otherwise derive from his exercise of the pcrtieattee of mercy, by ibe dsflgciilty pi''ascertaining or of reading the .|4tirc. b* his residence for the time being* I also suggest as a measure nf obvious expediency, "the repeal or modification of provision of the Constitution, which rcnfdersjJie Chief Magistrate ineligible, for t four j cats, after serving one term. As lie is almost entirely destitute of patron! age of any kind, there is no conceivable | reason why the people should impose , this jealous restriction opon themselves^ by ttliichit must frequently happen that |they will be deprived of services which .am In raisin. ie% i VJ |VUU?M, W * V# J S?WJ*SW?V ?W ? . the serious de trimcntof the public serjVijee. At the Constitution now stands, no 'system of policy, depending upon the | Chief Magistrate ami requiting a series of [years fur its execution, can be saceessf!ly .accomplished. I harp reccired from the QoVcraow of ^several of our confederate States, resolutions on llie subject of tbe proceedings of ccriain abolition coeieties organised in the non-slarc-hnlding dutcm and 1 now lay these resolution* oclbre you, in comSHanrc with the request by which they . >jrro accompanied. Most of thcinr> a* you will pcrccire, 'are from the Legislatures of slarc-bbiping States, and arc characterised by a patriotic spirit, an enlightenedcomprchcus on of our common rights, and a firm determination io defend them, Worthy of the high source* wbehee they emanate. J am constrained htj^rerct, to express my. sincere regret, that notwithstanding the solcmh appeal by South' Carolina aoil oilier ahTCrbolding, Stale#, to the Slates ia which those abolitionSocletir* werb formed, invoking them to. interpose their lcgUlatWe power for the purpose of suppressing seditious machinations against our jicaccant! safety, which trrrc openly esrrled ori under the protection of.their Jaws and sorertigu jurisdiction?but three of these State? have err n ctmdescentted to notice this appeal, at:t! u.'l one of ihrm lias taken 'any slept to war*# rupprrsriug the injurious practices ol4. which ore so justly conipTaiacU. Considering the fraternal spirit- in which our application tra*c ohcctrcil, and the respectful language tn which it was expressed, ! cannot hut regard tJje entire nrgleci with which it hs# been thus generally treated. as a silent hot aieniheant in dicatfon of the sinning state of public opinion which already prevails, amongst the great body of the people in the nonsbTc-!iolM)ugSlhtcs,antU*ol^mn ndrao. nhlou to tlic sJatc-boldiog States to guard their institutions with sleepless vigilance, hhilbe at all tiroes pn-pared to defend , tbcnv by airJhe tnf4ns tfMch the emergency tnay'Uc&arttCwhat rh?f'occurred,' ii urifl'notco'tripdrl with the dlgnfiy of'Soiitlie Carolina, as ? Sovereign State drrplv aggrieved "by the practices to which I have rcfrrtd, to hob! any further correspondence cn the subject! with those 8tates that hate I rented our comfduintt with this-total neglect and silent ndiflrence. It is now time that discussion should cease. "The argument Is exhausted/' and though wemay not be called upon to / 'standby ortr artrn" tre should be prepared to-adopt efficient and decisive mcesnrra for t??r own eceurity, 49 snores it *hal! be ascertained that the eoinbutvti guarantees of international law and of our constitutional compact of Union, are insufficient to restrain the ferocious spirit of fanatical interference, which is now wag itig war against our institutions. It is no longer to be endured that (he federal compart,; which should be a covenant of eternal peace among the States, and a shield to protect their respective institutions from every species of mutual -internoddling,. sh?nld be used as a constant protect for this conspiracy against onr nwn lives, properly, and our character. We most be permitted not only to enjoy oui rights of property, but to enjoy them in peace and security. It is a gross outrage fur one coihmunity to attempt to ever* lirntv I lie ttmtif nlinn? nf bii other, evtn h* di*cuuion. if committed by a foreign Slate, it is a juai cause of wan if by^ confederated State, it is a just cause, of. separation. In either<ttse ills a' simple j question of expediency to determine when | the evil has assumed a character to ?ar>i rant a resort to the ultimate remedy. Such is the rapid progress of the spiriti .'f abolition in the nun-slave holding States, that no humwn sagacity can tell; how toon that period may arrive. Wej fatally deceive ourselves if wo suppose] its fury haa abated- On iho ..contrary it < appears from the aonna)-* report'.of the American Anti-Slavery Bndety which assemVled at New York in May last, that, the Abolition Societies had swelled in number from WO to 023, sihee the report i 'no^atw ihc " feins' and moscJe of Society." the iree laborers 6nd m cehl^Moi JUSLVJ'y Vr" ui-*y?,uu" w confined to " Ae" head and latl of Society; puree proud ariwtocrslea. and penny less profligates." .. 1 :Aeij prnctsd*, with the infuriated seal,, but a itfaout Ae piety of Peter the Ife'rniil, to rally its partizans f? r a eresade against the alave' b?Wrrs, by t xcUisming: * friends and fellow laborers, the enemy stands openly be* for?? U9? ilia foot is COJ of our fellow men. ile a&ertsAe rij-bt lo nis&ittih hU j^tittun^ ideate Ac iiu- l>? r of his victims. He ocgtna longer Jaeors /rem the ^raMfittauhjf fke ease; he boldly avoirs slavery to be the beat' e?m<!iuon of the laborer. SSach is the enemy ?c find rampant amidstoar 6 institutions." ? xJHmz WUII.UVIH. In Ais strain of insolent assumption "5 iIk Amerinu Ai.UrSl.Krj, Satiety eDHr.} , tniucBi uu uugu nounce ihc slafv-holdcrs, for the obfidus aod trowed purpdso nf huldin jvlheiaop to the abhorrence of tfec Northern people,""J 3Sa56S8S66i2eS$' portion of ih? racn of "species of in?fferftBco yiih H* Iwwtfw, :* rcif (ho flUtre-boUiias Ijaf lb* people, beaded by that daaspdgtajgV j perate politicians,; who.bold that no charter* f ore sacred, would' finally ;ya!Jy trader rt6* ) banners of aboliuosustoand pmj ] before ibera in the elections. Wtwaifek " | crista shall arrive, those who ww doiOk;'* Cougrm the cotismoiknitf poucr toemwev patc the slares in the District of Lpluartaa, tfill as boldly claim the nm power in sfe gard to the Ma:o& lheir whole cotxrae ; dotoooauates thai this is the coasaautioo a* which they, arc aiming. It -? neither ctticoJoied t?r designed to eoorefl ?b?Cv hoWr-rs, hot to unite the slate holding States ia fas oe . pathm: of our slaves. Atri ii w esid^iliat " this would not conduce, iar any..retpfct, & (bo ncoootpltthment of their object, twlow hy. *' resort to legislative. power or physical , uaugo oj wiwe cuwiwcous auu juwwvi^ thaU be adopted to arrol lliwu : 1? of ibe popular meetings at tbo South, ? setnbfal 10 consider the subject of ibc incendiary procorbnipa of tho A bolhiuuhtf* tic 8:*tea to which those proceedings ^tia. carried ou, \vere called upon to suppress thena by penal enactments^ aid it t*a*. declared ibat if; this redress abuulJ bo rirfcttrf it * nvald fan expedient; Kk the, ilns-hoMing . State# to meet in Convention lo cde#kher~ tjm means of protecting tltcmsehrca. In alluding to these proceedingsat th? South, tbo American A cni-Slarcrj 8ocbt/ exuUmglj declares thai.no lngiaUtiro- body in the nap-top-,. hoWiug States, -aad but one peauU^tneeupg, had dared to propou , penal ?Mfa&Jeatr gaiim ibe abofiyoniita, and jta t?afc4&~ sbue Itoidtog States#J?mnk Jfrofu IPKP9f$t? t son of their threatened call of a Con rent ioa, This the Society atufiicth a* one of iis.aigiu/ oC?a?oucageto?it;;*?i add#, " tbo threat is grorca stale, ? * caa qw I*, rtotdref" 11? ioitmtkn ?#.fio?aj dedamd of urging upon Congress the ncmedian abolition of alarcrjr in the District of Columbia. auu me; ugps ii npnwra.uw im WNov v* , that body will "groan with a tenfold weight of petitions." ........ It b quite apparent that, as long aa the LaHs of Congwat aholl U op?n to ih? discosfnton of this question, we can bare, neither | peace nor security, a^rent, thai whenerer the federal legfcafel&e shall Usurp .the. power of emr.ncvpatingthe. laves in the l>tstri*r pf IfqlpB^^hc dn&X secure of iho SopiUtsm States wifl'wpf ia promptly and peaceably withdrawing from the Union. With a new, therefor*, of warning the people of the North of the eon! sequences of such to usurpation, that they , may be restrained from longer agitating a subject so deeply, involving our very existence ns a people, i suggest to jou tha eipeditocJ of making o so&tno iegiaUliTO decuuatton, I L. _!_L. ml .? ILL iiwi vungmn mi mn|<ii W auwvau in theDisirict of, Cbbnbia, and is under ?o coostiuiticnal obligation to, "the lions of the people 'of any of IW praying for such abolition; and that wfctbover Congress shall emancipate die dayci in the said District or in any of the Terntones of the United States. Sodtfc Caraiibj, m common tHth th* other diterholdiiigStates, will be absolved from all congUwM^Q" g moral obligation to remain any MKSUM Union, and may rigbtfally and pctcdWty [ withdraw front it. While ^?uth Carolina is thaa indipaauy repelling alt foreign aitip?pta tQ tioU? W sanctuary and endanger the existence domutic imiiiuiioo?. it buoMQ peculiar manner, to abstain from c*?Qr ^n' : of interference with tbr domestic cone**?* ; or domestic ccntratersiea cf all othiw ?*Pjk ? m ^ f *** - "** mSdm "1 i fcWMliyfc ? wroiga w coniwenae. i ftt aw noti-tnlcrfereaco, it one of : taot in th? coda, of inteoiatiQ** "J** theirs are no c?mmunttM? w .y? should hofd it so stored as the ^a**hw?*ng Mates of this Union. If hjr ttew itai-jw?, in citing countenance to the un.anTul CTtw>