,11 i i i 'I " n SPEECH
OF MR. McDL'HftyEj
ON THE TARIFF.
[ IN S**AT?:, MA/ 30 and 31, 1844.
f ' * to conclusion of the tariff* debate, the question
t pending being oo the Finance Committee's resolutions
proposing to postpone indefinitely his
bill lor restoring ike tariff' to the standard of the
compromise act.
The special order haying bean announced from
the Chair,
Mr. McDUFFIE rose, and -c~
Hie u follows:
Mr. President: The hill which I had the honor
of presenting to the Senate t arly in this session
for reducing the duties on foreign imports,
has, for the Inst six weeks, been exposed to successive
discharges of heavy ordnance and small
ftrttts from the other side of the chamber ; some
of them assailing me in front, some in the (lank,
and some in the rear. I have borne these assaults
with as much patience and philosophy as possible;
but I feel that it is now full tune that 1
should return the fire. And though 1 may not
have the command of arms of so large a calibre
as those of the assailants, 1 am not without hope
that, from the strength of my position, 1 shall be
enabled not only to demolish their masked batteries,
but to drive them from the field.
In answering the numerous arguments which
have been successively advanced by senators on
the other side of the House, 1 shall, in all human
probability, address the Senate of the United
States for the last time on this great and vital
1 question. And, although I have not the slightest
L 'fttrjic itlUl ail^tlllllg \ x-tart noit uuvi trill let UlC
fixed and predetermined doom of tho measure I
have presented for the consideration of the Senate,
I feel, nevertheless, under solemn obligations to
my own immediate constituents, and to the peof?l*?
nf flio TTm?rt/l *? - * 1 * 1
t? ...? v..?vu uiuun ui large, 10 place upon
the records of our proceedings the grounds of my
eternal opposition to the principles of the protective
system, to remain there as a justification to
the country and to posterity of my own course,
and that of my constituents, in all the possible issues
which may grow out of this question.
Sir, I must say?because I feel and I know it?
that if the people of certain portions of this Union
submit patiently to this (so called) protective system,
as a measure of permanent policy, their inevitable
destiny is extermination ; and if they have
left one scintillation of that glorious spirit which,
in the various stages of our past history, has invariably
animated our ancestors, they cannot, and
willTtot, submit to this intolerable oppression.
In proceeding to answer the various arguments
, VtWrnrrocd Wf-tlio VinurtttiUlw oonntova on llir* a|Ka?
side of the House, 1 shall not proceed in the order
indicated by the succession in which those honorable
senators addressed this body, but iit the
order indicated by the subject itself.
Tho first question, then, which I propose to
consider, is the rise, progress, and present state
of the protective system, as presented by the
two senutors from Massachusetts. The senator
from that State who sits near me, (Mr. Choate,)
devoted, I believe, one whole parliamentary day
to what he was pleased to call a historical review
of the protective system as it existed during
Washington's administration, with the purpose of
illustrating the genius and character of that system
Mr. President, 1 must be permitted to say that
this historical argument presented by the honorable
senator was, perhaps, one of the most extraordinary
ever submitted to a legislative assembly.
I will not say-?as was once said by a distinguished
parliamentary debater?that the honorable se.nator
has drawn upon his memo for his wit;
I for, 6uch as it is, I accord to that nonorable gentleman
the full merit of originality ; but I must
be permitted to say that b# has drawn very largely,
if not exclusively, upon his imagination for
his facts. Indeed, sir, his historical review reminds
me very much of some of those critical reviews
of which this age is so prolific; you see
the title, and two or three sentences selected from
the text, to answer the purpose of the reviewer;
and that is all you are permitted to see of the
work which is the subject of review,
I am not speaking in the language of exaggeration,
sir. I am not drawing from that source
from which the honorable senator from Massachusetts
derives his revelations, when I say that, in
the whole course of the extraordinary exhibition
which he intended as a historical review of the
Crotective system, and during a speech of two
ours and a half devoted to that branch of the
subject, the senator from Massachusetts has not
disclosed one solitarv fact ealeulafrid
was the protective system of 1789, which he
holds up for our imitation ! ! Not only so, sir;
I he has not only to di?olo?? the material
facts connected with this protective system, but
he has deliberately rrfuted to disclose them, as if
prepared to suffer the pains and penalties of the
common law for "standing mute," rather than do
it. Indeed, Mr. President, if the honorable senator
will permit me for one moment to draw upon
his abundant resources, I will exhibit in fancy
work the result of his great historical labor. Ho
has spun and woven a web from his own imagination
about the texture of a cobweb, and produced
very much in the same way. He has then
stretched it in a quilt frame, and spangled it over
with scraps of all possible shapes, colors, and dimensions
; and having accomplished all this, he
had deliberately spread out this summer bed-quilt
before the Senate as a historical review of the
protective system, though it covers over and conceals
all the facts, historical and legislative, which
would show the form and dimensions of that system.
vNow,
as the honorable senator did not deem it
material to disclose the rates of duty imposed hy
the act of 1789, to show what the fathers of the
republic and the framers of the constitution meant
hy protection, I propose to supply what 1 regard
as a great deficiency in the labors of that honorable
senator. I understood him to say?expressing
the profoundest admiration for the wisdom
and patriotism of our ancestors, as evinced in the
act of 1799?that the tariff of that year was a
protective tariff, and amply sufficient for the wants
of our then infant manufactures.
And how did the honorable senator proceed 1
Why, sir, instead of giving us the rates of duty
iuqxiaed hy the act of 1789, he gives isolated?1
will not say garbled?extracts from the speeches
_1? I -1" .L- C--. O i
ui mvinwni ui me iirsi v^ongress ; ami amongst
others, he quotes the opinion of one of them, unknown
to fame, that the duties should be imposed
not only to raise revenue, but to give protection
to "agriculture, manufactures, and commerce,"
stated in that precise order.
The honorable senator then goes to Grub street,
and picks np a worm-eaten pamphlet, said to have
been written in North-Carolina, avowing the absurd
opinion that it would be wise to protect home
manufactures at whatever coat; for the mere absurd
reason that what shall be taken from the pocket
of one man, will lie put into the pockot of another,
and thus constitute a part of the wealth of
the country 1 Now, this would be a very appropriate
argument for the leader of a band of highway
robbers ; but 1 protest against receiving it as
a specimen of the wisdom or morality of our ancestors.
i confess, Mr. President, that when I followed
the honorable senator, hopping and skipping from
legislative debates to catchpenny pamphlets, gath'
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cring alike from the (lowers and oftal of history,
I found it difficult to decide whether his labors j
more resembled fcbose oF a humrcfing-bird in a i
Hower garden, or a butterfly in a fount yard. The
honorable seintior referred to the tariff of 17b9 \
as the embodiment of the protective system. He*
said the protection afforded by that tariff was amply
sufficient; that tire great und wise man who
directed the deliberations of the first Congress had
given us a model statute?a perfect beau ideal of ,
the protective system; and holds uj> this beautifulj
specimen of the workmanship at our wise and
putriotic ancestors as the prototype and justification
for that gigantic monster?the act of 181:2?
that one-eyed Cycles, "vionstrum, horrendttin,
informc, ingots, cut lumen ademptum," into whose
voracious cave you tnay trace the ingoing foot- *<
steps of his victims, but never see a solitary vestige
to show that one of those victims has returned.
1 shall now attempt to shotf fthe Senate not
only the principles of protection involved in this
model tariff of 1789, but of the form and dimensions
of tho protective system as it was then established.
The average rate of duties imposed by
that act, and regarded l>y the honorable Senator
from Massachusetts as sufficient to give ample
protection to our infunt manufactures, was 7i per
cent, upon all that class of commodities to which
Alexander Hamilton refers, in his celebrated report
two years afterwards, as coming within the
purview of the protective system. I will now
proceed to make a few specifications.
The duty ipppsed upon woollen manufacture
(the grant nHclevs of this protectivfe system. ?inoe ,
mo wooitens Dill oi 1S2Y, which my friend from
Virgiuia [Mr. Archer] then so ably exposed and |
denounced in the other branch of Congress) was
only fi per cent, in 17S9; less thunone eighth part
of the presoht duty.
The duty on iron and iron manufactures (that
interest which my friend lrom Pennsylvania [Mr.
Iluchanan] is always prepared to defend, being
ever on the ulert at every sound that indicates
danger) was also five per cent. ; about one twen
ucui pan 01 ine present duty.
And cotton manufactures, which are now subject
to rates of duty ranging from 30 to 150?the
actual imports of such as are not excluded averaging
50 per cent.?-then paid only 5 per cent.,
raised, however, in 1790, to 7<J per cent.
But, subsequent to the passage of the tariff of
1789, during the administration of General Washington,
and up to the war of 1S12, various other
acts of Congress were passed, increasing the rales
of duly. And it is a remarkable fact, to which 1
call thu particular attention of the Senate, that althoueb.
it* the preaiutiW tkv, ? ?.?. -* kw,
was declared to be "for the sbpport of government,
for the discharge of the debts of the United
Stutes, and the encouragement and protection of
manufactures," yet, in all the succeeding acts, tho
principal increase of duties is upon articles of
luxury not manufactured in the United States,
and it is indicated by their titles that the increused
duties were to raise revenue for specific purposes.
The act of 1790 was entitled "an act to raise an
additional sum to discharge the public debttho
act of 1792, "an act to raise revenue for defending
the frontiers against Indian depredations;" another
to defend our commerce in tho Mediterranean
sea against the Algerine pirates ; and so on
throughout. In no single one of these acts is
there any allusion in the title or preamble to the
"protection of manufactures ;" from which it is
a legitimate inference, that the duties imposed by
the tarilf of 1789 were regarded as the full measure
of protection to manufactures. But with all
the additions made up to the period of the war,
the duties on manufactures aid not avorago 15
per cent.
But the honorable senator from Massachusetts
seems to regard protection as a sort of.paetaphysical
entity, entirely independent of Um rate of
duty, and depending upon the motive of the le
gisiuture. He, therefore^ considers 7^ per cent,
an ample protection in ^789; because certain
members ot? Congress and the preamble declared
it to be designed as well to protect manufactures
as to raise revenue. But he regards the bill on
your table, imposing duties four times as high, as
denying all protection whatever, because the duties
are horizontal, and called revenue duties!!
If the senator will consent to reduce tlic present
duties from 40 to 50, to 5 and 74 per cent., he
may entitle the law a protective tariff, as it certainly
will be, as it was in 17S9, to the extent of
the duties imposed. 1 acknowledge myself indebted
to the scnutor from Massachusetts for calling
my attention to the debates on the tariff of
1789 ; and I recommend every senator to read
them who wishes to draw lessons from these pure
and primitive fouatains of wisdom aiul piurior-'
ism. During the whole progress of the debates
and proceedings, no one thought of a rute of duties
as high as 10 per cent, ad valorem. And
when a duty of G cents a pound was proposed on
manufactured tobacco-?which could not have
exceeded 124 per cent, nd valorem?it was pronounced
to be prohibitory. AVhat pigmies were
our ancestors in their simple notions of a protective
system and the blessings of high taxes ! And
what a rail road progress have we made in the
mysterious arts of taxation and plunder !
One of the duties proposed in 17S9, wus a duty
of six cents a gallon on molasses; and so vehement
was the opposition of Massachusetts. ?bat
the debate on this item occupied nearly annnch
time as the whole of the other items, an d Mr.
A mo. > .I TT- ^ . .
?-6 voiiuj iiiintiitru mat ine union would
be endangered ! And finally, although Massachusetts
did not proceed to the extremity of nullification,
she had the duty reduced to 21 cents a
gallon.
I should have been surprised ut this: but. T
find, from a review of the history of Massachusetts,
that she has always been more sensitive to
taxes imposed upon herself, and exhibits a more
philosophical composure in bearing the burdens
imposed upon others for her own benefit, than
any State in the Union.
iVIr. Mad ison, in the course of that debate, distinctly
avowed himself the advocate of unrestricted
commerce, and laid down his doctrine almost
in the language, and with the very illustrations, of
Adam Smith. When, therefore, he and others
spoke of protection to domestic manufactures,
they evidently meant that incidental protection
which would result from moderate revenue duties.
such as were imposed by the act of 1789.
And when Aloxander Hamilton?who ,3 justly
regarded as the great father of the protective system?in
his celebrated report of 1791, labored
through some fifty pages to demonstrate the policy
of protecting domestic manufactures, shall we
not look at the rates ftf duty he recommends to
ascertain what he meant by protection. There
was no one recommendation of' a protective duty,
over 10 per cent.; particularly upon that class of
manufactures to which he referred, as being entitled
to protection. Upon the whole, then, I confidently
affirm, that the provisions of the tariff of
1789, the debates upon it and the report of Alexander
Hamilton, all concur in condemning the tariff
of 1842, instead of giving it the slightest conn- '
tenance. By what strange philosophical deduction
the senator reaches the conclusion that 5,
and 10 per cent, afforded abundant protection in
the infancy of manufactures, when capital and la- 1
bor were scarce, and the country had neither machinery
nor skill, .and yet that a duty of fifty per 1
cent, is now necessary, when we have abundance
geg^ajg^te'MgBgL- .IJ .... HI
of labor itid L*\ and machinery, ?Jk1 skill* ;1
equal to any inl,c. world, I am utterly unable to ,
comprehend, X ^
We seems toVvu taken t lesson fioofln the sapakcapuiiu,
wboYtnmi'ndc.l hi company to aa~ 5
vaor^ne^ %JU cev&oiiy Has assumed the 11
high jHatojv v?;V<' toiling back the current of
hiauwy, on ] ndu? i* , ir cturcs irt tho 26th '
year ".'i tht-1 more feeble state
of im it tiuv. Jj? If. is tlriy ?>, . jvolntioti, it hps I ?
always Wi* JV dMpeites of pro- *
tectic i . il i fu> vVr< a much higher t
rate of duty i:- U\ tu;,. . Liu . in their maturity.
Indeed, -h" otl) :^r? und* ct?) which Alexander ]
llam.lt in nisi ff it? v^p?iie'. y of protection, .
was, that :t vould he a/rvim-rtvij burden impos- I
Ptl I1IM1U fKo f-.e %*?! gaV* ? . off lu* lit
? ?|""l ?liv -? \ F.UT l* v? H VJI II wuiu wv ??
denin !? >1 by ultimate !y', r.bui >:.ng domestic manui'ac11
:> i b< spec iiiu> lbreigi . And he express- "
ly de< i r ?, that "i > ? cent i ">cc ofbounties on "
muuu: r. : Wof j*t?bli--l c must always be of I
questionubh policy fboc.uus'c a presumption would <
arise id every such o..^, that there were some i
natund mipodineiijUur success"
I uo.v co r>e, M iP'i*sidc|r?t "o the second stage ,
of the ] i ctive ?) Ke-m io \vl ioo the honoruble i
Scnat ii >m XViotv the other side of
the He. 9'-' [ T?ir. .litis] hj,s principally directed
his attr ition, tf I tu.Je!-Hfiuu tiiin, he considers
the tori "i ISJdastht 'ru/t luu.idation oftliepro- (
tective system* rget, (his original sin to S. '
Caro ir . V'ou will; ^collect, Mr. President, that
the bonorablo from Massachusetts address
*d tbu S?n.|!p /? this snoject rather unexlicctt
tftv / ij/n?r? fend teen costpoped: and r
neca . n >'*. notice, for the special purnose
of ir iking f i)|?i'^rch. When I entered the
JSena'o, I w^r. u>i<^ at the threshold, that I had better
nit'.e hflyro* jti/'or 7 was in danger of being
ird?V<l quite And 1 found that the honorable
;i .-last ptf hiu. (Vf-eimd nis"batteries upon me, I
afid ?;,*? %.li i hi. .i a . ,es ut my empty
ieat. iVe ?.sc<i, from all appeurances, to be
pGffi tiiingjii. par' i high tragedy; and really, I
had r- toe (ipprel "doj>, when he raised his arm
aloft "tik< cteriiLi Jove,1' he brought it down with
thut\ ItrTpg no re as? oniupon hi .> desk, that he was
aboc to lw>< usilhe it question upon what
Nimi jd WildHho calls- h^ thunder and lightning
T?r'?hc!p.c." ? had o,i made up my mind
to rc ' eat inglorimidv ft i lid not know at what
tnotr i.-iit. a fiery JIt . .t reach and demolish
me. But reossur v! b\ iling to mind the example
of ihijus^ man, r? - in his purpose, described
by Ji.or.iv as .';ig unterrified amid
the rui* of a fi.Mii ; J, I maintained my
grou d. Yod L v-.3 . o.-t to leurn that the
V-?<' }, n-l a, and the thunder
died iv > w.y v- . ./ittltrai u nasn 01
lightne .c Idas' ibt: i,o? .owe? it senator's victim,
or a' uv of i; kt io iilu i;iitc the subject. Upon
inou ?y, I v#?jp'tinned vhat it was that had excited
id > jrt birr >f patriotic indignation on the
part of the n'nhnable senator.
I hud ventured to in.?imi>u that the honorable
senator i'tonr m isa^c'iius.".!.*,' regarding him as
per?onai.u'_; (he tq<pittfaclurers of his State, "^ot
more of ?j tuo vrv than lie spent of his own, if
it were \?? U/vcli'iaed," is John Bull said to Nicholas
Krog, on a sirpilai icc veion; and that by a
process winch the none ruble senator from Missouri
denominates " o? it ? " /led" upon high classical
uutho.i'y.
2'hu: .barge, no personal, 1 ut purely philosophical,
was the 4,hea' nnd front of my offending."?
An I, ndcod, the honor..bit senator seems to feel
agg' hwod, tiot so m ci. at the charge, as at the
quartr from which it came, that such a charge
she aid bo made t>J e s<M.a?oi from South Carolina
againct (fat aud nuyfTbnding State of
Mc-ivv4.hu.. i? tta. * r
Now, sir, I propose to.dr.veatigate this indignar.t
and recrimnutting charge against South Caroli
If I understand the stealer, he regards South
Carolina as the author of tV protective system,
and M issachfiecttp its victim In other words, it
was fo; -ed by South Carof nt. upon Massachusetts.
What was the true origin, . * 1 what the true charartor
of the tariff pfltfib, ?vhich the honorable
6' !'.< r.'Oardsas the 1?? -llir inor nf tlvr? nrnlnpliirn
c - ?o ? "? r-"--""' "
sy>u*i il \\ hat ;i there ia ?; to excite his mdignatu
.!? The tariff of ISIti o' i Jnated in the war of
1> I?: .ml so far is thdt is the foundation for Calling
South Curohnfc the aut u.r of the protective system,
1 jjdmit and gh ;* ii e charge. Yes, sir,
if the senator ..hud charge South Carolina with i
bi u 'he u oritur of the w-r of 1812, he would
h ) rfme noifcfc Mprer to me truth, and would
h tve r.vpt sed^lh true cm. of the feeling still entertained
tovrifffj jSbtuh I) rolina. That was a
war waged inrU-Uuce of* t foreign commerce?
a .:on.n? ? ' thuM?<>? -mo ? lav^o.
h interested a* An> oti er >:nte in the Union; yet
she wo'dd not submit tc the temporary privations
involved in dofendhig it And what was the
course or South fOaiolinu.' Though almost the
whole amount ofjier aim ual prod uctionssoughtthese
foreign nwkcls, which were cut off by the war,
she iliHuitoiestedl.y encountered every sacrifice in
in ? t.lining the honor, the r glits, and the interests
of the whole country. She tad then in the House
of llopqgscnfativtSB three illustrious hut youthful
.ji ati sro'Mi, either of w hom the might proudly hold
up in coinoerisor/W!'1 .ry >thcr statesmen in the
Union in tin* >:ior:u period of the war, their
bu'd pat) lotio fclToumici' raised up the sinking
spirit.- i l the people, ami n -tored them to conlidi
?c d hope 'N es, Mr President, when the
fl< >ts of he tno-t powerful ation on earth literally
it'i*l< J,our eoas*. and er armies desolated
ot sh. r ?ja hen th h. vens were darkened
al ve. ;m d rira eprth tri-.ruh. d beneath?the blue
lij * r fin ,:dt' Tistirg tin lurid and disasterot
iv.'r the /sce- f, -u .1 servine onlv to "in-,
cr t'io daft viHiole,'*?in that dark and
e\ nt hour those ?ta?.t*?nien of South Carolina
'.Stfimi hy rir ernntry' < glory fast,
Ami ri?'led roWr<? o i'"? must."
Where 'her 3* thi .v< en.iter from Massachuae
/il h>? al as.- i.iLea] Let history ansv
Oiv . <t ' au?i poit^rity decide between
M a. South ' nrolina.
uv( at th. ose of the war, the
<ju i; j?v? .< :t < itself hose who had conducted
vli il niio ; i In* thi nolicy of the United
St if - tixi.iga o'jrtce tar Jilishmcnt? Wo had
in< i. ii ? d btdun' .r the war. The Secre
ii of rli i li to ury ?>) hat day had adopted
thi f bin ; oliov cf carrying on the war princina
:>y o. ns, ms.oad of n eting tho emergency
by i :goroi? ay-tern of fim ,ce. To provide for
the .11 gu dolt Incurred and defray the current
e<cp?i,?o? of iho gove.-tii tent, tho rate of dutic
npo4ed by the act of J ^16 waa indiapenaahly
tie* r<sury. 'J ' i {vitriols who carried on the war
w? e not o thi' polrpcal, icjiool which regards
"a pnl .? I# a., public pleasing;" and j
tin. ;>,ii(.extinguish the public <
({c |. o l; V.4 ill.- Urtlll.l 1- - '
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frc hon-srie t sonator from Massachusetts 1
wl : <-t-r ;ifi n ' ra^-t ?uly of *?Q per c?rt. was too 1
lot r mo hi jh t'of tic purw aesjust indicated!?
If 1 <>y . oro too KislL aud crovotlie navigation |
fn on . ? ,(Mn^sfrom (Tie ocean,
up wl-it .omul ciijfs'ie^H| ytt duty of 60 '
pe . on?. at ;1v.,ent > v;fc"??ndii|, ificeasary?
v rifur roX'- * r^*ded by the }
act 1tut '1 j n8' at that
tin .1 rK??urg, ?P?r >e requisite *j
re moeij. pon what
f iVs/wo rx"'v
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use this Oil?For sale by
WILLIAM B. 8F.AY.
8pnrtanburg, May 15, 1844. lv
KOLMSTOCK'S VERMIFUGE.
THIS Remedy for worms is one of die MtwmJi.
lyrv nyiirjiwl it nfiectUidU' n JilWf ""wm? *rtr ?U 1
aorta, trora children and adults?For mile by
mlS ly WILLIAM B, 8EAY.
HAY'S LINIMKNT-JijCofiction, n certain cure for the
Piles?For sale by
' tol5 ly Wm. B. 8F.AY.
1 an
DR. 8. HEWE8 Nerve and Bone Liniment, Indian vegetable
Elixir, for the cure of Rheumatism?Forsulo
ml5 ly by Wm. B. 8KAY.
_J AR. SPOHN'S Hendache remedy, a certain euro for
the sick heiulacho,'Either nervous or bilious?For
mlS ly sale by Win. B. 8EAY.
CONNKL'S TAIN EXTR ACTOR?An effectual and in tantancous
antidoto to tiro, in nil cases of bums nnd
scalds?for sale by Wm. B. 8EAY. nil51y
ROACH & BED BEG BANE?for sale by
ml5 ly WM. B. 8KAY.
French corn plaster?for sole by
U115 ly WM. B. 8EAY.
COMPOUND CHLORINE TOOTH WASH?For sale
by WM. B. 8EAY. ral5-ly
OrIF.ntal water of r.ru.n, ? w?tir>4 u?uw,
and a perfectly safe wash for the complexion?For
sale by WM. B. SKAY. inl5-ly
KOLMSTOCK'8 COMPOUND Fluid extract of Snrsnparilla,
for side by WM. B. 8EAY. ml5-ly
SUPERIOR ORRIS TOOTH PASTE?For snle"1>y
ml5-ly WM. B. SKAY.
ITALIAN DENT1ST8 Compound Orris Tooth Wash?
forsaleby WM. B. SKAY. uilo-ly
DR. LIN'S Celestial Balm of China?For snleby
uil.Vly ' WM. B. SKAY.
PATENT MACHINE-jfirREAD Strengthening Pla?tore?for
sale by WM. B. SEA Y. ml5-ly
The above invaluable Medicines ore for sale by Win. B.
Seay, Spartanburg, C. H.; Crenshaw ?fc Adicks, Yorkvtllu;
Bromley Harris & Co. Chester: J. McMuster,
WjuueHboro'; J. S. Swindler, Newberry 5 \Ym. Rube,
Lihreii*.
8pnrtHiibnrg C. II., May 15, J844. ly
JCST RECEIVED?
Muriatic Acid, Acetic Acid, Tartaric Acid.
Hochellc Salts, Aqua Portia, Aqua Ainonia.
Wine of Calcliiciim, Mur Amoniu. Balu Aruienlo.
Sweet Sp. Nitre, Bulsum Tolit, Cennnde Balsam.
Conserve of Roses, Gum Cumphor, Hydo. Potash.
Quinine de Suljihate, Luuar Cnustic.
Corrosive Sublimate, Red Precipitate, Gum Guioc.
('niton Oil.Pulve. Arsenic, Oil Bcrganiot.
Oil I,a\ coder, Oil Orange, Oil Sasufraa.
Liquorice Bail, Rotten Stone, Scotch Snuff.
AIcAboy Snuff, Shaving Soap, ToiletSoup.
Wafers per oz., Turpentine Soap.
Crome Yellow, Lamp Black.
Togetlier with many other articles, for sale by
WM. B. SEAY.
Spartanburg, May 29,* 1844. ly
Ijy EQUITY.
Spnrtnnburff District, South Carolina.
R. T. Sims and wife and others ) Bill for the partition
vs. > of laud.
Dr. Samuel Snoddy. )
IT ntqienring to my satisfaction that tho defendant Dr.
Suinuul Suoddy resides from and witliout tin liuiita-of
this Slate, on motion of Ileury <fe Dean Complainant's Solicitors
it is ordered that he do appear within three months
from the piildication of ihis ride and .nlead answer 'femur
to tins bill or the sume will he taken pro confcsso.
T. O. P. VERNON, c. a. s. d.
Commissioners Office, July 10th 1844. 29-3m
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Spartanburg District.
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
William Parris, Applicant, A |
va. ( Summons in
Lanspokd Cantrkli. aud i Partition,
others, defendants. '
IT appearing to my satisfaction that Niinrod Cantrcll,
Abraham Cantrcll, Caleb Cantrcll, and Isaac I'urtle, ,
four of the defendants in this case, reside from and without
the limits of this State. It is therefore ordered, that (
thev flo ADDPflr mul nKliort fn fl?? ? ?1 - -r *%
r, ?j ...u iu1 miuu or wiir 1)1 ine
real ex lute of Mary Cantrell, deceased, on or before the j
20th day of September next, or their consent will be taken
pro con/esso.
R. BOWDEN, O. 8. D.
June 19, 1844. 2<L3in ^
CORPORATION -ELECTION.?Au Election will be (
held on the first Monday in September next, between
the hour* of f) o'clock, A. M. and 2 1'. \!., for Intenduut I
utd fopr Member* for the Town of Spartanburg, in acjordaiK?
with the Acta of Ae General Assembly of this 1
itate, in Mich caae made and provided. David W. Moore,
Payten Turner, and A. 8. Camp, nre appointed Managers 1
>f the Election.
By order of the Town Conncil, " I
O. W. II. LEGO. Clerk.
II. J. DEAN, lud't. I
Aug. 12, 1844.
. - L
\.>J. W. LAND?TAILOR.
rHE Subscriber respectfully informs his friends and n
the public generally, that he has opened a Taii.or's h
bior, in Wotford's Buildings, lip Stairs, oyer J. H. Well'* n
1 tore ; where, by strict attention to business, he solicits a h
ham of public patronage.
August 7, 1844. 33-Jy
fHE STATE ?r SOUTH CAROLINA.
tugonenil topetiag bpgtityand bokleuat Colombia on
the fourth Muuday jn November, iu the year ?four J.otd
one thousand eiuitt hundred ami forlyJlWM, and front
thence continued by divww adkoiniiueuta to the uhtu'
teouthday of December in the suUic year. , ,
Bill to alter mud amend thb tint section of the Co??fi->
ttitioo. >^W
Be it enacted be Ike Senate and Home of Repretenta*
ee? note met and fitting n General Attnnbly, That die
nt tec lion of the third article of the Constitution be alterd
and amended to rend as follows : "The judicial power \
fi?H be V&mA in such superior and inferior Courts of Law
*J n' :*** ? T -I??11 f*\?w ttma t/t timn |)i? ^ I
not *ik! establish the judge* of ouch hereafter to fco
k-ctcd shall bold their oouwirisait ms during good bokae
ior, until 'N?y have uttuiued the age of sixty-five years,
ut uo louver; and the Judge* of the Sujwrior Courts shall
t stated tines receive a oflbnciisation fur their (ferric**'
rhich shall neither b* increased or diminished daring theiri
iitiiiiniusr in olijcet but tlicy shall receive no fees or
erquisites of office, nor bold any atber office of profit or
rust under this Stats* the fruited States, or any other
ower."
In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in
ho year of our Ixml ono thousand eight hundred and forty
lace. We certify that the above bill has been read duritg
the present aerniou, three time* in the House of Repreeniutives,
and three times in the Senate, and was ngTeed
o by two-thirds of both brunches of the whole re present aion.
ANf5,;8 PATTER80N,
*^/b&jfluipPpciiker of the House of Rep.
W. F. COLCOCK,
^roaSB&csidcnt of the Senate.
Rkcuktari's Orrtcr, \
Columbia, Juno 6, 1844. )
I do hereby'certify the foregoing to bo a true and literal
opy of a Bill entitled " A Rill to alter and amend the first
eution of tlie third article of tho Constitution, " Passed
m tl?o 19th day of December, in tho year of our Lord one
Ifouaoud eight hundred and forty-three, und now in this
.flW . . )
Given tinder mv hand and the seal of the State, the day
ind year above written. WM. F. ARTHUR,
. ' Dep. 8oc. of Stato.
In the House or Representative# (
December 1C, 1843. J
Resolved, That the Clerks of the Senate and House of
Representatives do cause the Bill passed by this General
Vsseuiblv, entitled, "A Bill to alter and amend the first
wction of the third article of tho Constitution," to be pubished
three mouths previous to the next general election
or member# of tho General Assembly, agreeably to tho
provisions of tho Constitution,
Resolved, That the House do agree to tin re solution.
Ordered, that it bo sent to the Senate for concurrence.
By order.
T. IV. GI.OVER. c. h. r.
In Senate, 1
December 19, 1843. ?
ilmi llin Rnnntn flu pniviir iii fhr? resolution.
Ordered ihut it be returned to thu House of Rep.
By order. ;WM. MARTIN, c. i. ^
PSF* The following paper* will cony the above once a
week till the second Monday in October, commencing the
1st July: Smith Cnrolinian, Columbia; Journal, Camden;
Observer, Georgetown; Gazette, Chernw; Mountaineer,
Greeuville; Spartan, Spartanburg; Advertiser, Kdgefield;
Diuinrr, AI?bp?WH?r; masspiiffer, P?>?dleteu; Gazette. An*
cierfon; Tanner's Miscellany, l orKvilr*.
July 3, 1844. 28-lSt
Lost Notice.
ALL peroona indebted to uie by book account, are requested
to settle the Mttve with Jesse Mason, or K.C,
I.cituor, Kso. To avoid puttiug uiy debtors to cost, I have
employed Mr. Mason, at a considerable exiwnse, who has
beeu travelling for several weeks past, and trying to collect
my uccouuts; but that pluu having failed, I now say
for the last time, those who do not pay off their accouut*
soon, will have to pay cost. My situation compels me to
collect my debts. JA8. J. VERNON.
j5??24?tf
MANSION HOUSE.
THE Subscriber lias aguiu taken charge of his well
kuowu Hotel, iu Spartanburg Village, which will bo
curried on uudcr his own control und direction, by part of
liis own family, iu plain, decent style, and will accommodate
travellers nun boarders at the regular Country Tavern
prices. Stock drivers who may puss through said
village, and choose to give him a call, will be aecuuiutoduted
with suitable lots for feeding stock. Com oud fodder
sold tliem as cheap as can be atl'orded, and all waggoner*
will be furnished with a lot for their wuggous, and
?k->t ! ??, wopt ? putiH, ?!?? , free at
charge. ,
R. C. POOLK.
Spartanburg, March 20, 1844. ?13?
More Cheap Coods.
(JUST RECEIVED TI1IS DAY.)
TUSCAN, Straw, Lawn, and AViltou Bonnets, Wiltoa
Hoods, of every quality and shape. Also, Georgia
Nankeen, Ginghams, stnlc and mixen Il??ee, silk Velvet,
worsted Siergo, Dimity Collurs, India Rubber, Mitts, bl'k. v
ami fancy, Parasols, mounting PiiuW, Victoria Plaids, (a
beautiful article for children's wear,) also a few begs Coffee,
(10 lbs per $1.) AU of the above cheap for Cash.
ALl'IIhU 1UL1^C80^.
may 8?!10 ly
8. B. DEAN,
attorney at law.
WILL PRACTICE i'u rKuIdinp, Cass. Cherokee,
Forsyth, Litnikin, Union, Gilniore, Mumtr, Chatuga,
Floyd, Dude, find Wulkcr Counties.
?RESIDENCE?
Cliatoogi '
March 0, 1844. ?
ltoI?? & 15 4 , w if><'?'i
ATTORNEYS AT LAW A> >
EQUITY.
HAVE formed a Co-partnership in the practice of their
Profession, find will attend to any business entrusted
to them in the Courts of Laiv and Equity for Spartunburf ,.
Union, Laurens and Greenville.
Ollice at Spartanhurg, 1st door East of tko Court House.
Jartuary 17 th, 1844.?4?
IBIAlll A DUAIV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW * SOLICITORS IN EQUITY,
(SrsnTAMiLiai C. H.)
THE nndendjgned wlU practice in co-partnership in Law
and Equity for the District of Spartanhurg, and will
attend tho Courts for Union, Laurens, and Greenville.?
Their Clients maybe assured of the same prompt attention
they have ever bestowed on business for the Inst tw enty
years. They may be found at tlio ollice lately occupied
by Henry & Bobo. JA8. KpW'D. HENRY, J
H. J. BEAN. JS
Spartanhurg, F'ebrnary 7, 1844.
W. C. BENNETT, Dentist.
RKfilhrV/T M? JHlriUI Mitt'kvU'o porAryil* ?1J ^OpC*
mtioiiM in Dentistry. .
Artificial Teeth inaerthd, from our, to o fill! net, pluffg
ing, cleansing, ami extracting carious Teeth. Particular
attention paid to rcgulutiou. of Children's Teeth.
Spartnnnurg, January 1, 1844. 3m
FH. J.ECJG has bee# gommissioned by the Executive
to act aa a MagieIrate, to till the vacancy occasioned
by the promotion of t^Bod'drii, Esq. to the office of OrMAIL
ARftAN(x KMKINT, \ *
SPABf ANBEBQ COURT HOU8E, 8. C. f
Columbia and Charleston Mail arrive* every Saturday and
Wednesday, at uight.
Columbia and Charleston Mail departs Tuesdiiy and Fri?
day. 5 A. M,
Rutherford ton, N. C. Mail, arrives Monday night and Friday
morning.
" Departs, Wednesday night and Sunday
morning. ?
i o? '?? ? * ?* *
^ waiTwio buu numnrni, arrive# Wednesday and Saturday,
5 P. M.
Sroenville and Southern, depart* Thursday and Sunday,
8 A.M.
.incolntfcn, N. C. arrive# Wednesday and Saturday, 7 P.M.
" " d?|Htrt?Th<iraday & .Sunday, 6 A. M.
forkville, 8. Ci., amvea Wednesday, 7 P, M.
" " depart# Thursday, 5 A. M.
htlon C. H., S. C? arrive# Tuesday, 4 P. M.
" " departs Monday, 6 A.M. \
uuiren# C, H. via Woodruff, arrive# Tneadny, 12 M,
w ? M depart# Saturday, 2 P. M. lW
aureus C, 1J. via Poole#ville, anive# Tuesday, 12 at night.
" " . depart# Monday, 4 A. >1.
.itnestone, N, C. viaToolcsvilie, arrivas Saturday, 6 P. M.
*' " " departs Wednesday, 8 #. n.
The Mail will he elosed in future, at 7 o'elork, P. M.,
croons wishing to Mail Letter# will please deliver them
fore that time, or they will remain in the Pn#t Office
util the next Mail leave#. This Rulo will be strictly ad
erred to.
(i. W. II. LEGO, f\ M.
February 1st, 1841.