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r o* vi.i . MWS, STATE PRINTER. "pDauiaKD EVERY KH.SS? TEHJU8~-1%ttt thUmn par annum, pmjpMt ?? oJMmet, arfty M/rijwyaNi ?! Mi turf < ' ? f ADVERTI8EMEJtT8in$*TU4 af IA? vra?( rati'. Columbia Female Academy THK friend* nnd patrons o( (ho Columbia Fumale Ac* dewy ara iptpeuruily kwofwed, that It dill continues twitr the superintendence of the Ray. Jobo Ronnie; nidad by abb* and eaparf. ??wH ("Kcbrrt. The winter term will enmmenoe on the fat Monday In Jamsary. Front the attain ?ha comidrtennm of m?y department In Ibla In ?Illation.H W believed, tbat parents will notregret nay coaldence (hay may ifaea in l|. Tba nr> eminent of tbo school la mild. consisting cotaly of mtral Influence It letbe aim oflh# teachers, In all Ibelr i ntercoorse with the poplls, to obcriab nnd promote lhat simplicity nnd purity of mind, wbbm cumtHiTlee the ornament and crown of all human anrlltWI) and without wbMi indeed no ntarnal or lutclkctual acquUltlon it of any reel aow?? of inirMlon imreaed In tbtefnatl* tattonenibraces all tbebranclieeol learningaeually t?u*lit In tba mmi nnorovod Mitnttei of the Untied Statee. PmrWun la mail* lor a thoroegb comic of iiHlrm lion, not only in the more aofbl departments of literature and scienre, hot for alt those elegant accomplishment* whichara deemed nrcenery In the higher ranks of life. 'i'ht iti*? 11>a11on <>t mind and vagtaney of Ima gination peeoliar to Im|? town*, are altogether removed iium thN Institution. Retliement, every facility for study, Instruction In all detriments ol nnhl knowledge, and 4be autatantUI rawarda appropriated to Industry and regularity of conduct, form ?urb an assemblage of advantages aa is raraly to ba found hi Female Seminaries. Mrs.fimilh still oootinuee in chance of tha board Ing department. Har eharaater and qualifications ara loo well Icown to need any commendation. RATES OF BOARD AND TUITION. Board, $160 per annum. English Tultim, 0 " quarter. Willi ttnglish Grammar or Geogra-< njurlL 8 * ?? With English Grammar,Ga ngraphy tmcSWRMfplft^v 10 ? ? Tho two upper classes, with the uie of Ma&ttlqp?fc,lM. 12 " r" French, S|>?iiisb nod Italian Lan ', JPMifiuPPt*, 10 ? id " * Ktitrance to the Mnsio Department A " u Drawing and Fainting, 10 " " Velvet Painting, 10 " " Board mi l Tuition, as bcretftlutu, pnyablo in advaneo. Citqmhia, $kb December, 1838. 60 It MERCtlJiNTy HOTEL. Tllb ?til*trib?r grateful for the many favor* bo ha* receivd, retpeclfully inform* hit frfond* and the public generally, thai he ha* ro moved to that well calculated and commodioti* Brlrk Belldi.ig, formerly occupied \>y IV. Smith, ?ituat- on th? north WM cornor of Richardson and Taylor atra#?l?, diagonally opposite hia former silnalion He haitpered no rain* In flttlng upihe hoote faritnjfinfrtlon of hi* friend* and especially private families. Hh Table will ha furnished with the heat the market afford*, hh Bar with (he cholsest Liquor*. Room* willi the heal of Bed*. Htable* with the beat ol Provender, and faithful Ostler*. Hi* Ball Room la 100 feet lone and ir a+paciotts and well calculated aa any In the State. The *nb*mlSer hope* from hi* unremitted atten tion to pleaae, that he will be enabled to give general satisfaction to all who may favor uim with their company. GEO A. HHXEUAS. October 24 48 II BT The Charleston Mercury, Angaria Chroni cle and Yorkvllle Advocate, will publish the above once a week for three weak*, and forward their oecounts for payment. OBSF.UVE THIS. The *abscriber will attend en the following <lay* and at the following plrcor,to receive TAX RETURNS fir the year 1098, namely, on the 18th of February next, at Minervaville. On the 19th at tiafney'a More, Tom** Creek. On the 90th at Garner's Mill. Oo the Slat at Abraham B. Higgle*. On the fSth at Watkin* Mill. On the 97th at thai Ingram'*. On the 90th at Harmon Kiasler's. Ami ou the flr*t Monday ami Tnerday in March, at tbe Court ! loose in Colombia; also daring (he enwing court. All who do not wM* to pay a doable tan, will do well to attend am! moke their return*. Ami ell who do not wish to pay the eoet* of an ?xecuttoo, will do well to bare all tax** psid within the month of April netf. BENJAMIN TRADEWEIjL,T. C. R. D. \. B. Tbe aet of tbe lata section (*emandi of the Collector to require nil returns to be made on oath. January 14, IH99. 3 ft New Saddlery Ware-House. SMITH & WRIGHT, BRCl Imv? to Inform their frlandt nnd the pah Ik) that 'hey li??? again ettnbliahed them mIvm in lltf Bnddlrry liudne??,at their old Mnnd, on lb* corner ol KI?k Rnif Clmrlnv ton, one door above Mr C. Clililwlm'i Hotel, wkm (boy have constantly on hand a compe te and genoinl nMorlmml ol nil Mndt of Brn idles, Hridlei, Harn?>M, Whip* nnd Tmidts; iIm Oirtin*, Bridle, anil Snddle leather, Morocco Hkind, Sheep and Calf do. lo(?llii r with n complete av ?ortmant of plated, gilt, and iaonnned Hnddlerv Wn*i Cmwh Lmd and t.oneli Trimming* of nil kindi. At they arc connected with anritrnd^r manufactory at th* north, thry feel conM?-nl in aswiing thn pwh'4e that they nan fatnith pnmip in Ihtir Una of a anpoHor ntile, and on a* k-mmI term* a? can he procurrd at any timilar aitablUhment la lite United Sinter All or'lar* will l?? thankfully received, and promptly attended tor, they respectfully solicit a dhareolthn pnldie patronag*. Oetoher 24. I92fl, 49 tf T HE ?nhKrlhei will rr-mnc the pmctiee ? LAW, lor a few >tnr?, nnd will attend i ?nth hndn*?aa? may be placed in hk hand*, f< the dUlrtcta of Pairfl* Id nnd t'henter Letb r arretted to hi* to >11 Plenmnl Pod (dRr? , I nil Mddliirlti, will be promptly attended to WM ELI.I'ON. JgNJWpPr a fit Sheriff's Sales* & ' OM WRITS OF FIERI FJCUS. WU |(.L bt nM before tbe Court Hoaaa in I Cobwnbta, on ?Im> Ink Mooday u4T<m da via MircklMii within the legal boafat ffo. I. 100 acres of land mora or Iw Ml llw Wnmarim. boandtti by D. Wldt, Wm. t rati ?ad J. English's landa; al lb* tait oC JW"0. Holme* v*. Jama* Rawllnson. No. a JSft Acres of Land, nor* or laea, boao sold aa Iba property of Dauy?lafeMkat tba aaita iU^U Ili.lJar iu^UI b|Mfn.#l Anl| Of I wlwfUfw|PBW Haary Lee, aad 8 Nolia vt Daniel Bfaford. _ _____ Tin?-? ^ do t. 417 Aaraa of Land. mora or laaa, In tbe For* of tbe foagarae aad Wateree Mvm. bona |m i.?i. hmlnaalaa In Elilab and f?i ?ad nnaaaa It Brown; at the auit of C. Comply va F. Mayar aad RoM Westoa, at. al. edm'ra. iA THaathy ?ee w. Frad. Myer aiW of Wm. Myar. Ha. 4. Tba Hoaaa udLat whereon I Ha detea ?ILikaMl a^AMt II <|AaklatalAM nioiMni iivvincwy wow vtwrwf coniiinin^ aa aara, aiora arlesa, lathe To wa of Colom bia} al tba aak of Rtiaabalb Oreea, OMeulriun Richard llaaaesey. ~ Ho. 6. Tba Hoaee and lot la tba Torn of Co lanbla, fronting on Lady street, and kaown In Iba plaa of iba Xoara? by Ho. 18. aoaialatf t half an aara aaaraarlaaa,aitbaa?UofWm fc J. HMlaary, va. Qarardaa k Satat. Ho 6- 614 Asm of Land, mora or laea, boaad ad by Unaa nbtniag ft. W. aad 8. E. by CeM? Copeland and Kennedy'a land, H E. and 8. E. by llerod Cornelius, Little Craaa Creek, William Smitb, aad Iaa4 surveyed for Charlaa Deflote.and H. W. and H. E. by taade savveyed for Laarh llbhatdijn and Jamee Tberakllt, said laad was coavayad to Saml Maab by iamaa MHchell, l? viad on and to bo aold aa Iba pro party of Samwl Meek; at theauli of John Blaclt, \V.C. Reednrand J. Ilora k Co. v?. Baml. Maak. Ho 7 1*0 Acres ol Land, mora or lasa, (a tba Foik ol Ilia Concaree and Walaraa Rivera. Ix-und rd by lands Iwloiiglng to III* estala of Robart Carter, B. B. Carter, and Sturgron'a lands, being I he place where Mr*. C Parrln now lives, aold as 'the property of Daniel Cnrtor.at tba suit ol Wm. Brown vs Daniel Carter. Ho. 8. One Bay Mare, Iba property of James llemy, Ir. at the suit of James G- llolmca, astlg. ner. of IV Moya vs. lames Haary jr. No. P. levied on and lo b? ?olcf as the pro perty ?f Thomas If. Wada, l?o negru fellows, slaves; at the suit of J. 8. Jenkins, bearer, and Cl.npman l.evy vs. 'Ihomas II Wade. No lo. Tlir?je likely negro**,carpenters, via? John, Frank end Henry, levied on and to l>? sold as the properly ol John R. Howell; at tba suit of IbfadciV end edm'ri ol Zach Phillips vs. John R Howell. Ho. 11. One fourth part of 870 Acres of Laad, mora or Use, Wng the undivided tract ol land commonly aalled the Woodsldaa tract, bounded oy lands of Wm. Bynem and Wai.and Jao. Scott, Jacob Carroll and 81 gMoa'aDoer F??od pi Carroll and 81 aletoa'aDoerFo I iba proper!v ofSemael Scott, dea'd. al tba suit of David R. Pro wall vs. Samael Sco!| and David Weacotl. Ho. IS. The bouse and lot, whereon the defend ant Mary Cobb, now lives, sHnale on l.aurel st con tuning one fourth of an acre, morn cvr lees, Iwund ed weslwardly by a lot lately Moaning to the es tate of Wm.M'Kenale northwardly by D. Ilarrleon and eastwardly by Snmusl Dun woody, levied on and to ba sold aa the property of Mary Cobb, at tba satts of Barrett anu Dunlap and Jacob Barrel! Is Co. vs. Marv Cobb. No. 18 One Aero of Land, more nrlem, In thn Town of Columbia, alluale on tli? N. W. Lorner of At<embly and Waahington atrerM, lovied on and to li? told m thn pro|>erty of Thomaa M*? well,at (be mil of Robert Ulli va Tlionu Max well. No. 14. The honae nd lot in the Town of Co." Inmhia, whereon the defendant laaao Randolph now llrn, containing half an acre, more or leaa, no Qarvla atr*et, adjoining Judge DeSauwnra and Col. Prwton'a lol?; at tho salt* ol Robert Latte, D. Huffman, H. I>. A. Ward, |>avid Kai* ler, V. J. Williamtoii, William A. BricMI, John M'Lcan, and Christian Breilbaupt v?. liaao ftaadolrih. No. 15 Tl?e Mine property, at Ihe milt* &Jm. 8. Gulgnardand Jos. It. Arthur va. John M'Lean and Isaac Randolph. No. 10, Levied on and to bo told at thn pro perty of Wot. Brown, Ibc house and lot, in the Town of Columbia, on thn corner ol Richland and Marlon streets, bounded N. E by Marlon at. N. W. by Richland at at the auil of Barrett and Dunlap tor Inaae Barrell v?. Wm. Brown No.-17- The bouae and lot in the Town of Co. Icmbia, whereon tha defendant now live*, con tainlng one fourth of an arj*, more or leu, on Plain at. bounded N. K. by M. C. Shaffer'* lot, on the 8 K- by Alexander Herlwmont's on tU 8. W. by John Black'* lot. and on the N. W. I?y Plain at at the soil* of Win. Ililtenry and Benja* mill Lyon and G. T. Snowdcn L. Co. ?. John O. Kinder No. IB. fiOOarreaof land, more or leas, on the road lending from Columbia to Blaieihurg, whereon the defendant now Uvea; at ibo uiit of Joseph B. Wldle va. Green Rlevea. No It* The house and Int in the Town of Co Inmhia, on Ihe comer of Richardeon and Taylor ?treala, wheie Ornrg? A. Ilillafta* now llve?, ron. laming hall an acre more or leaa, at tl\e suit of Judali Barrel! va. (ieorge K. Smith. No. 2<>. The hou?e and lot In tho Town of Columbia, whereaii Ihe defendant now live*, ailuated on Rlehnrdaon street, containing half an aero, more or lets, at Ihe auil of Simoon Wheoler va.Derrlll Harrison Pip. ttl. Tim Hon** ami lot In tlm Town of Colombia, wlmr? llm defendant now live*, on thw corner of l.ady and (Itlta iIimIi, at llm mil uf (Ifflfp v*. Thorn** Huili r No. Si. Tho hfNiMt and M in (If Town of Cotu..il?ia on Taylor airew, utiiininxiK nn? Inorth of aitltrrr, more or leu, bounded on tlm ?. K by >ald atrwet, and on llm 8. W . by Monirltli?lot,at Jim ?ult nfjii|r|ili II. AitWnr v? Itaac P. I'ond. No 28. llMlacre* of |?nd, more or l*e?, wlinrofl llm defendant now llvr*, (for th? de?crl|>tion Mm llm till**.) at tho toll of tatta and M'Lauchlin v?. Median Cent- r. No. M, 100 Mffi of land mnro or Mf?, whereon iha ?Mendont now llvr*, tmar Brood rlrrr. (for ?l**rrif4ioM ?m original itonl,) at tlm toll of Bur et? 4* l>?nlM|it for Immm H*rMl,ft. John Turnip i fd N?v M. 4 aer#? of land nwre or k t?, and llm im ifovrmintt thrrron, in lh? Town of ColnmMa, >bcrriinlk? defendant M* llws liMndrd by r?at?a, l.nmbor, Mnr*ln and Uppei Mrm It, at llm lit of Wm W. Tr?|drr, lt?beH %at? n. No. 94 120 Kent of land, more or Inn, on tlm v tier* of Cr*n?> rraak, whereon l?enni? Hodge no?v liv?f, bounded N. W. and N. R. by Andrew H; ***L*"hh Md CfcprtpM# I adaara. oTTkMN* 8n*b, n. Derril Fnnat %'o. 87. dWaerea of land more or lea*, on both ?toe* attkrwd landtag from Coimkk to llw R*ce Creek Bpetoga whereon lb Piatt or now l(fN,bo?MM IwL Wm. Thompson, Wallace, M. Ai Coons, to be told m the property < r-i description see I he till*i) at Ibe anils of X. J. Cltap pell end John Black, t$ Cbariee KJIW. No. 29. 800 MTM of Una. mora or lesau abotrt (wo mllfi from Colombia, whereon the defendant low li*M,bonndedH W. by Or.K. Nnri?' land. K E.bjr 8eml. Cbeen,and Bquero Lonarns tend, 8 K. by B. D. RotteU's, and lead Into tbn property o? Wm. IIBMNXTtniy land betonglngto John sisti: Hg ? ?? ? v ' if r- I T ^wfij > nil# 11Bi? lionp vviia r^TlZ JB8BK DEtWfHL, 8. R p.* Sharif's Offlre, feb.?, 1929. T'JI N11". 1 i i . i i i ?? ? . OTICE ?.The ntutribM hove formed ? no partnership nnd laleod carttlng on bnsinett under the Arm of MILLING * WADDKLL, Md have Ukfo thai central stand on tbn corner of Plain nnd Rinhardson Mre?l, formerly ocennkd SI A Llpmn, n few door* above Meter*. D.b J. wail'*, nnd innndiatrly opp<?itM Me ears. Wat. laiw h Mfki Store, where they am now Monty, hi and opeotoc n refoct assortment ot D8T UOOD8, HARDWARE It OROCKRIK9; nnd from the ndvaatagenus term* on wbleb they have Iparehased, arn enabled to nil low for Cash^ and hope by strict attention and asaiduity to hod* ' neia, to ranil a share n( pnblte patronage, for which, tbey will at all tlmee feel erntefnl ' '?-j DAVID Ml I. UNO, J? ROBERT WADUKtlk N B. Al?o on hand an assortment of FRliSn GARDEN U FLOWER SEEDS, of which, they intend to keep a regular ripply of tbe beet hind*. January 30 #500 REWABD. ABOUT the l?*? of IVrrialwr ult. my man Ed mund, ahaented hiin*ntf from my plantation in Union dlatrfel, ami any information respecting him la requeated to be illiccted to John T Mur rell, ti Union Conri Houte, or to myaell at thla place. Edmund l?of the dark African colour, about 6 leaf 0 laches liiych, and about 28 years old, aad will readily bo Identified by thu clreumatancu that I ho left le* is n little shorter thantbo right, <m> kionad by an injury In th? blp. Yhe adaption Of lb* Jailor* at York Court House, iathU at ate, and at Charlotte and Salsbory, in Nortb^Caroliaf, air particularly letjuested to this advepistntfnt, *? circumstance* reader tba belief bu rout. Kdmund want ofwithoat on* which give* ill* to Iba suspicion,' itbat ha may have bean inveigled away by <ome wliita per?on.? If Mir.h should prove to lie thn fact, a reward ol 5100 will bo |iaid,ou prosecuting the offender to r?ntMioa. DAVID JOHNSON. Colombia S.C.Jan. 80 I?M>, 6 8t. N. B.?The editor of thn ll'rstrrii Carolinian, Salabury, N. C. ia requested to give this advertise ment 8 publication*, and forward hi* bill to tbli office for payment. f 11 HOSE who with to avoid costa will call and JL pay up before nctt retarn day. M. ANTONIO. Columbia, Fab. ?, I82tf, A. 2. HK KDUEriELD VIIXAQE ACADEMY* will open on the second Monday In Jauuanr instant, for the recaption of classical and aclUatifc atudanta, undar the superintendence of Mr. Samu a| M. Stafford, A M. It were but an act of justice to all, la notify the public of the distinguished (kill and merited repu tation of Mr. Stafford <n Imparting knoweldge, particularly In classical learning, Including proso dy, and in the higher branch** of mathematics, to large numbers of young gentlemen who hare suc cessfully entered and patted through different college* of high reputation. T in the nogtlt Carolina college especially, Mr. Stafford it *o well known for h!? uncommon >ne ee*? in preparing Militants for the higher rla?<rt. that w. motl confidently refar to Ilia aide and Irirmd president anil faculty of Iliat institution f>r ?l?c! Irtillt wr. asseit So thoroughly indeed, hat this experienced teae.herdrilled lilt vonr>g man in the knowledge and practical application of matliemntic*, and in the grammar, languages, geography, history, and spirit of the different au thors in classical learning, that among the large number he ha* prepared In ihe paM ten yeara,not one liNf been r? lined admission Into any class, for which h? gavo hire a full certlficate, or pronouned, him adequate. Our Village bring located on a high ridge, divid ing lh? water* of Haltida, Kdistn and M^vannah riv?r?, in a wndy soil, l*iii>rpi<<*tinital>ta healthful and the actual te*t of mparleuce for yearatacon testlMy contradict* any report or ?ugge*tloii to the contrary. A* to morality, w? pot il on a footing with mod] other village*. We think wc might w?*ll my, of the tn'rtt r**|?e?tabla That Vlllixf, which ha* by the ?|iirlt aud muniflrrnre of it* own oltlxent reared two mule nnadeima* (the Art! hnilt, having been hy accident burnt.) Oar female academy, now in a highly 4<>uri?hin|r *<?te under Ml?e Me|. laid, and n neat and rommodlooa church, can hardly be ??> dangerous to morality a? to detei any father from pkcing hi* ?on beta, under th? care of a vigilant etpcrienced and indefatigable taper-1 Intendent. The academical year aid he divided Into two iaeMloM*, nnd each *eMion into two equal ijoartet* Tha tret mmwii will terminate un the iUHh dav of Jane. The second will commence on tha 19th day of July, and end on th<* I Ith December. Mo Madent will lie admitted fur ? let* term than one TUITIOJf?$ Oper qr. payable In advance. Mood boarding In retired situation*. In or oat 01 the Village may lot had for $ 100 per year, aud we have wm* aiturunce* that It mav be rrduoed still lower. WHIT. SHOOK B. JOIIM n JKTfcft, M \T MIMKS, BKN.I \MIN FHA/IF.R, KI.OftkD SI.MKI.NH, Sen. Trutltf. January ft, 1WP 9 4 STATE RIGHTS. MU. PLAYER'S SPEECH?cow riNUKD. But Id freely rttomlin the DroDositloo. Mr. Chairman, 1 beg but a moment'* indul gence while 1 examine iota what it denomi nated the popularorfefciof thtogovernasent. The only pert that It to pretended the peo ple had in originating this confederacy, to that they through their agenta in state con vention^ assented to this compact. These conventions assented however, not as the representatives of a people in the gross, not et?e people at large, nor yet of the people wphln prescribed limits; I>ut each conven tion represented a collective people, set a nart by the bounds of its territory y or what Jj|r., Jefferson calls an "integral party/'or, Sovereignty. It will be perceived that the wtmissioo that these conventions were the afcents of one great nation, of the people of a consolidated empire,or of the pimple indi vidually ot the states, destroys the federa tive origin of the government. Acting as one people, the states respectively through the elective franchise appointed their agenta, and being commissioned they ratified the compact, as representative! of a people in their political character, as states or sove reignties, and not as individosls. The diffe rence between ft people and people, whether of the confederacy or the stated is the difference between a whole and its parts ; aftd in confounding the acts or combined en ergies of people as a state, with the act* of Lfthe individuals that are the subjects* of the Bute, hss arisen this discrepancy in regard to the character of their agenta, and the or igin ot the compsct. By the one expression we are presented with theconeentrated pow er and majority of the state j while by the other we can only understand the indlvidu ?upon whom that sovereignty is exerted. I shall not stop to prove that the organisa tion of sovereignty which prevsllod in the adoption of the federal compact, wss the ef fect of expediency, as that point hss already been examined before Vh* committee, but would merely observe before concluding, the answer to this part of the srgnmmt? that a precedent founded in expediency can never be the basis of a right. If however there should now remain a doubt whether our relation* to the general government ire imperative or not, the argument in a late periodical! work must forever settle the question. The confederacy of 78 wu for* ntcd by Mates) that of '87 being amendatory, not revolutionary, must partake of the char acter of the original compact, and the gov gmaiept remain a confederacy of states. S?> that w^ttie legislature In not to be ousted^* it* poveri by this pretence. There is, Mr. Chairman, a practical ab surdity in ihis theory of entire sovereignty in the people, which in the enthusiasm of debate may have escaped its advocates.? They have uniformly confined it to such timr as the people should be assembled in con vention. Now sir, if sovereignty be alone in the people when in convention, it must be obvious that it can only exist even there in any tangible and intelligible form, when de veloped in the acta of organised majorities by vote. At the instant alone then that this vote is announced and recorded, is the sove reignty existing so as to be identified; and at all other times it is an etherial essence, an impnlpable abstraction, fotever vanishing the instant of its exercise, and then little bet ter than a creature of the clouds. How Is any foreign power to recognise such Utopi-1 an sovereignty as this ? Were the treaty making power again in our hands, where Is the nation that could detcct it ? Make the l>est sir, of such locations of the rights of sovereignty, they are all a humbug. The people are now about as much the efficient sovereigns to decide this controversy, as the states are to decide the rights depending be tween the confederacy and foreign powers ) about as much the actual Hovereigns of South Carolina, ns the Great Mogul. ?If authorities can place this Question of in ? more intelligible shape, tjfef* is no want of them to establish my positions. Federalist, No. 48, page 151.? Ami onward?Ramsay's reports II, 13; Daniel vs. Thomns, 'id N. and M'C. .159. State vs. Luke William*, 1st, l)n. 38. Stark ads. M'liowan. Id. 394. Plumer vs. City Council. Harp. Rep. 196. Madison's Rep. 19. Not contra, as sttpooned by the mem ber from Kershaw, Mr. Nixon, as the elec tion of a convention is distinetinctly pnt upon grounds of expediency, or " general acqui peeence." Tiic view however taken by the member from Kichland, Mr. Preston, really seems to me to put this question of jurisdiction beyond debate. At to this spociflc matter, the le gislature occupy to the people the utxk ubted rotation of a convention. The people, with a full knowledge of the acts which superin duced, and the calamities involved in the crisis, have from all parts of tho state, or by one consent, and with one voice, made the most forcible ami pointed aprieals to our wisdom and full discretion, to interpose the necessary relief ; and no member can dls Suise from ns that this is the main end of is commission. Shall it be said that wc will shrink from the responsibility which these spccial appeals have devolved on us? Mhall we return home and tell our constitu ents, - true it is, you armed us if necesaary, * Now slthoofth the word sohjsct ia this < mrsa* nothing moro than "on* twifcr the domia on of ddrffrnnnt^yit from thoprsrtieeof iptik. mg lotetj shoot iho "sovereign people," th?r? (o have uriwn a ataaMort rspuftnsa** to Um ?ror.J, #v#>n with |hm? who wrmlJ not be deswd inieborJinste. K?t-h individual ssoH bo tuhjvel to tho wh*>l?, or th?-t? Is an end to civil govern invat. Though (ami iutylissa degradation, isb t >'? IV, goothera fleview. lUv, TH. Fede rsl Coaptation with conventional power*, bul we w*iv?d the cetDmlMkm least our nets Miould bo reverted'" Let thoeie make this reply whose conscience* will sustain them In it; but for my part, the effort to utter it would choke m?. Slrit to ImpoMlble that we cut re ptoachcd with usurping that which has been a matter of general conoessloni or with its abuse, when we havo used the beat abilities with which God and nature have endowed us la discharging the tnut?If sir, the house shall determine thst it caa act, I will " go as for is the farthest," in facing the respon sibility as a legislator; if it decides that a convention must be formed, I consider myself authorised to meet the crUls in tiie capacity of a member. But, Mr. Chairman, oven granting that I could persuade myself either that a conven tion as such, was i?lcne competent, or com petent at all to Uke cognisance of this mat ter. from steps which have been taken before the committee, I fear with but too much effect calculated to defeat thst dispo sition of it, 1 should oppose the reference with all my |iower?1 allude to the argu ment of the member from St. Phillips and St. Michaels, (Mr. DuncanW From the mo ving description which he held up to us in the out-set of his argument, 1 was led to infer that he entered this debate with the feelings ol a patriot. Ailed with Indignation at the wrongs of his state and anxious to re move them; and if I did not greatly misap prehend him, a convention no conceived, was the only body that could apply the re medy. He does not hold his course long however, before we And him, with an air of affected carelessness, throwing out before the committee, a topic upon which his ex perience teaches him certain metnl>er* must be peculiarly sensitive; and one too (what ever may have been the design with which it was used,) the best calculated to frustrate the very end at which he seemed to aim? The member will not be responsible for the acts of a convention, If called; nor pretend to suggest to what subject their deliberations may extend. The legislature cannot re strain them; they may proceed to Gerry mandering and ofiftortionmcnt of rrfimtn tailor; and yet forsooth, we could not ques tion the justice of such a movement. A'he Crishes might loose a part of their weight the house; it might behove them to look narrowly to their Interests and guard their privileges; and after thus goading them on bv the ever undue effects of plausible insinua tion and ingenious surmise, he cautions them, 1 had almost said tauntingly, to " be ware of jealousy.'* The district represen tatives would undoubtedly lie w honorable, alLhonprable men;" yet to this extent they ofold go and who can galqjpay or censure them? I will not stop, Mr. Chairman, to canvass the right of this legislature or. the people, to confine the deliberations of n convention to specific subjects; nor will I now deign to guarantee their nets, although 1 should repose the utmost tilth in their fairness; but this much I will say; that had tho gentleman entered the debate as an avowed enemy to a convention, and taken time to prepare hia weapons, he could not have better shaped them for victory; and I here take occasion to congratulate the advo cates for a convention on beinr foiled bv this left handed co-operation. I regard it now as finally overlaid; and to postpooe re medies for reference to a convention, I be lieve to be equivalent to unqualified submis sion. * I trust, Mr. Chairman, I may turn my back upon the quentkm of jurisdiction ami the collateral question of sovereignty, noil proceed to examine the expediency of a prompt, energetic and inflexible inter|>osi tion, by this legislature, between a suffering people and their oppressors. As to the time at which It la expedient that sovereignty should extend its mantlo prebend that the golden moment has been suffered to escape. We are so lamlliar with outrage that our sensibility of Its approach has already been impalrcdj we are so super annuated In suffering, bitter wfferinp that resistance thus protracted is robbedof its energies and diminished in Hs virtuesi we have endured (as has been well observed,} until " brought to a struggle for life and death," and we shall now he determined to opposition, not from principle but from ne cessity. I trust, however, Mr. Chairmsn, by whatever scorpions we may be stung into action, we will so bear in mind the root and cause of these calamities, aud the awful responsibilities that rest upon us, ss at least to adopt a temperance which shall concen trate our efforta to the full and final remo val of the burthen. Hut sir, I fear there ex ists such defection to the only efficient measures, that their adoption Is to be des paired of Habit has to imbued us with the feelings and characters of setfs, so bowed down and bent us to the business of slavish compliance, that the debate seems rather to have resolved itself Into n nice calculation of how much a? beasts of burthen we can en dure, than when It becomes u? to rise in the might of freemen and break our bonds, Wr hnve tamely surrendered one right after another; until we are really perplexed opoti what footing to place our resistance, ami strange aa it may seem, these dsstardly sur renders have been converted Into reasons for further submission! A member from Be. Phillips and fk. Michaels, (Mr. Dun can*) has told the committee that the feet that In '10 and *S4? even our "Solomons slept/* upon this subject, proves the neces sity of dflay 'till the ralnda, and he might have said the consciences of these depreda tors become informed. It la hardly necessa ry to remind that member that we aro neither deliberating in '16or '24, that twelve years of Incessant discussion, hsve rolled