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