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Dounestic News.
DEBATE IN SENATE.
SATURDAY, March 111, 1838.
Ertracts /rom the Speech qf Ar. CAL
1OU . (of S. C.) in reply to Mr. Clay,
on Mr. Writ1's Bill.
I rise to fulfil pi raoinn e I made some time
-ince to notico fit my leisure the reply of
the Senator from Kentucky farthest from
ine (Mr. Clity) to any remarks, when I first
:1ldressed the Senate oi the subject now
under discussion.
Oin comparing with care the reply with
the rcmarks, I atim at ta loss to determine
wlther it is tho most remarkable for its
onissions or mis-statemtints. Instead of
leaving not :a hair in the head of my argu
UItts, as the Senator threatened (to use
his not very dignilied expression,) lie has
not even attemapted to answer a large, and
Iot the least weighaty portion; amd a1f tat
whicih lie has, there i not one fairly stated,
or fairly aswered. I speak literally, and
without exaggeration, nor would it le difli
cult to establish to lte letter what I assert,
if P could recoitale iL to mayself tot consumlle
the time of the Sentate in establishing a long
series of negative propositions, in which
they could takc but little iterest, however
important they may be regarded by the
Senator and mttysell. To avoid so idle a
consumption af the time, I propose to pre
sent a f~ew instances of his IIIu-statelients,
froi wijicli the rest may lie inferred; and,
Iitt I itay not he suspected of having se
lected tlerm, I shall take them in the order
in which they stand in his reply.
The Senite will recollect that when the
Senator from Virginia flariliest from me
(Ir. Rives) introduced his substitute, lie
acimie.d it wit I the remark, that it was
his irst eboice, and the seconud chicde of
Ihaose who are allied with him oin thiA oc
casion. In nuticing this remark, I stated,
thbat if I might judge fromt apoenranel,
which could acarely deceive one, the Sell
ator might have sail, not oily the seonid,
but Uulder existing circumstancei, it was
their first Choice, aud lthat, despairing of a
hank for the presen, Ilcy waOulH suiport
his substilia-. A.ssuminitg this inference to
be correct, I stated that the aluestioll was
narrowed down, inl ttet, to the bill atnd1 sh
slitute, of which one or the other must be
seleell.
The Setntior from Kentucky, in his reply,
onn1 iited tall uhlese qai. liftent ions, and repre
sented mte as inhiag the absolute assertion
that, in the nature of the case, there was no
other alternative bit thaeI hill or the stuisti
tulte, and iet gravely puitnted out two otII
ers; to do nothing, or adopt a natioalal banik,
as if I could possibly be ignorat of wlant
was so obvions. A fter lie had its replied
not to what 1 really said, but his own allis
statement of it, as i tt I make compensation,
lie proceeded in the sname ibreath to onfirm
lie truth of what I didl say by giving his
support to the substitute, whaih ha i aliafal a
half-way hOuse, % here hei could spend some
pleasant hours. Nothing is more easy thani
to win such victories.
llavitig infelired, as has turned Out to be
'h'- CheIe. that there was no other alternative
,- p. aStitulle, I next
so - to which tle
- ul be inivolv
0, Onl thle qutes
deposites, ale.
nonn111ed a league1 o .41nuks, similar to
that proposed o be revivd ly lie sutili.
tuie. AMier erilarping on this point, I re
amrked hat, if I inight he Ierlmitted to state
aliy opmIllton, tile gn Illit ael l had taken a
coirse unfortunte fo leselvas and thlie
vounotry; itetirtiate for ti, liar let what
w i . colle thy wud be r..p..-ihle. If
atle bill wras lost, theirs wo thll be the res poll
sability; if thea subsat ituitea was carriead, ati
them thec respoansibility3 wvoil fall; anda, if
no~thinig was ihme, they wionla he held rc
sponlisile; and unfoI~rtunatite foir the coiunltry,
because it land pbreiented the adecisioai ofitie
aluestiona at thle ex trat sessioii, whiebi conhill
not hase fiailed I tsput ntu early termlinlationi
tI the pr~eset commei areini Id1 pecunliary
earr aassmienit. Th'lis thle Senator, iti his
replyh, mtet lay statiing thatt I lad called on
haimt anid his frienids to follamv imy letial, iand
itis regairdling it, lhe iladie ita lhe paretext oif
somle ill -niatutreid personlal remtarks. n hiieh I
shallI ioticae hieaeafter. I ntevert dam a ied of
maaking! snehl a call; anid whai~t I sai annoat
bte toartureal, lay t he faoree of conslt ruct in, tao
hea/r a m anainig hiavingl thle least sembiilaaaee
.A fter mlakmtfg the-se prelimiinary rearkas,
I tooak til thie statitutme, and .shoaweda that it
ptropoised tat miake a biargaina withI the btaniks.
I thten st;atedl lie paratIicttlatrs aid tihe comijii
tin, (of thec propousea Ibatrgaini; t hat its ath
ject was Io enabatle the bianiks to piay their
debats, tad fair thait purpol~se it propoatsedl to
coiifer imnporant ptri vileges; to give thetm
lth useif thle putblic fundias fraiti a he tim ofcii
dlepo~site tot adisburemieait, andi to have thIeir
noutes recei veal as cash in the alles of Go
vernmenctt. I thlen :isked, if we- had a right
leaiving ot all these ;mrtieinais, aeptresenit
ed in a sayitig thlaa the Go'avernmlent laa
nao right tat tak~he a btargaitn with thle btanks;
tandl theni uindeartakes tot iinvolve ime in an in
conlsistecy~, i 1 suppotintg t he bill beenn tte
it proposes~ to bargtini wit h the baniks for
the use o~f thIeir vattts, ais a place of safe
keeping for a le pubhl ic monlaey. ns if there
wtas a ptossiblhe anrt algy hietfreen thle two
enses. Noting i; iirae enisv thana to re-faute
1ath tost adernonstrativye argiietit in this
ity. Drop ana a-,--ntial pa rt oft thle p
nolses, aid thue maost irare-sistible concluasioni
of courses fails.
In the samtie summtary natal asy modae of
repilymng tat lny argumtients, thle Seniator per
v'ertedl myl dale t hat the gavermianenlt hada
a right lit receivye banik anotes tas eii.h, imao
itle tassertioan thait iu htad aao ri-.'lit to receive
any thaing- but cash; andil theni neeusede mela
wvitha iteontsistencey, bieennise I Voited rat thae
extra 5sssion, fair thle hill ainthiijang the ret
ciipa of 'Treasuray tnates; in thle altas aaf Itihe
Governianent; a-c if anty one a-ver doanthtied
wihat it Conlld raeeive its ona ni papher, air set
rides itn pay of its debats. Saaeb are ithe
mtis-staitemnits oft thae Sen-aator, taklean ia
t heia aragualar aorder, as thecy stal ini his re
paly, aand I ley paresent a fair speima ei oal
whatt lae chooses to cons-idecr ani tanswer to
my airgtmntiti. Therue is not onte less un -
faIily stted, oar untlitirly mtet, than thea ina
sttinees~ 1 heave cited. * , a
Baa . ill so premfedilatedh alnd induiscii
niate an tat tack, it couldi noit hat expteda
that my13 tn ct i vas wouldh etmaia ely t'sen a nd tta
w canaldin~gly findache. Setinaar verly c-hari
lnaly Iens in~ it to timte to di el to w
tivo for gouing ovcr.' .cave it toh ilne 1o dis.
close fny motive for going over! 1, who
have clHanged no opiridon, abandoned in
principle, and deserted iE) .party; 1, wi
have stood still, d14m11 intainmeo lly ground
against every diffietity, tg be tohll tht it i.
left to tinc to disclose my mllotive! The
implutation silis to the 'earth vit iti
groundless charge ont which it rests. I stami
it with scorn in the dist. I pitck p thle da1r
which fell hurmiless at nay feet. I lt i!
back. What the Sentator chla.es (1n1 nm
unjustly, he has actually tone. IIe wen
over onl a nernorablc occasion, and did nto
Clive it to time to disclose his motive.
The Senalor next tells us that I bore
character for stern fidelity. whicb lie ne
companied with remairks ituplyiig stha
hind firfeited it by iny course on tilhe presen
ocCasioll. If he leans lby stein fidelity
devoed nit alchnetit to dity nild priliciple
.whil noing canl overcomei, the chanrne(te,
is indeed a high onie, 111d, 1 trust. not en
tirely unmerited. I haiive, at leat, the nu
tlority of fihe Setiior himself for sayin;
that it belotnged to like before the preseni
occasion, and it is, of cotirse, iticuiltent 01
himn to showv that I have since forfeited it
Ile will find the tatk a ierculcan one. I
would be by far more easy to show the op
posite, thttit, inlstead of forfeiting I hav
strengthieitedi my title to the claracter: in
stead of atbandontitig any principles, I hav
irnly adhered to them, 11n1d that. too, lilt
der the iost appalling difflctiuies. If
were to select an11 inslanlce in the whol
course of ity life ott whieb, above ill ot h
ers, to rest my clani to the cliarnetr whiel
the Senator attributed to me, it would bi
Ihis very one, which he iai selected to prov
that I hative forfeited it. I acted with tih
fuill knowledge ofthe illicutl ies I hi to en
coun ter, and i he responsibility I must inctin
I saw ai great an1d powerful parly, probulli
the most powerful in the Co01tnirv, eage:
Cezigllllpon the 1 atastrolphe which lul he
fillet the currency, id the consIuelt Cot
barrassleits tht lial(awed, to displaec thios
iii powr agatinst vi whoin Iley had heen (on;
colltelldillg. I saw that, to btaild betwee
itetin aid their objects, I nutist necessatil
incullr their deep an1id lastirg displeauil re.
also saw that, to tmainttin t1:e Adinitistra
ion in the positiont they .d takwhen, to sepw
rate ito Governiinetl fromn the ban ,
would draw down oni ine. n ith lie excep
iimn of soie of the S itlern bakits, th
whole weight of that extenive, coieuntetra
ted and powerful initeret-the riu*t lower
fil liv fir of any in te whole comnmutiy
and hus I woti tii agilst me a coml
hinlatiol of political antd riloatieil in ftluene
alitost irresistible. Nor n. as this all.
could not bit see that however pure atd dis
ititerested nay tiotives. mid however consis
tent iy course nitl all I had ever said o
lote, I would be exposed toi the very char
ges and aspersions which I am now repel
lin;. The case with which they could b
tialle, antd the tEmpll ltatioll to iaakle themia,
saw were too gretlt Ito be resitEd b1y tht
lirty morality of the day, as groniless M
I have dlemonttrated tleii to be. Iut ther
wits aothiier consequentce that I eioul n
hbut foresec, 1tr nole paitiful to ike than al
otihers I but too clearly saw, iii so suddel
andlE corntplex a jitielti e, called oin as I wva
to decide on my course itsiantly, as it were
onl the field of battle, without contsultittionl
or explaining ily reasons, I would estrang
for a timte many of toy political friends, wih
had passed throtgli with ike So tit.111yIti il!
aid difliculties, and for w% hom I 'feel
brotler's love. But I saw before tme thI
pa);th off duty, ando, thoulgh rugged and14 hevdg
,d onl Ill sides wiih IhlesI :tnd illmiv otlie
diflictIies, I did not liebitate a moaient t(
take it.
Afler I hatd tmade uip my ia~d als io nt
coulrse, itt a coinversa I't i iihIt friend tt
hbiut Itic respoensibil ity I woultE asstione, It
remiarked that mty oni tn Sitate neight deser
me. I tepdied that it was not imposible
but thet result hias parov(ed thatt I i ner esti
mlated thbe initelltigenice atnd pa triot ismt of mii
vituouis andi nobile State. I ask hi:r patrdosl
for thll dist rust imtpl ild in inv atnswer, hurt
aisk with assuiriance that it 'will be grann.ll
(li the groundtos I shlttl I 11 i t--tha t in beint
prepatedi to sacrifice hier conifidence, ats idon'
tol me ais light antd life', rathter t hani dlisobev
oni this gret quiesti.oni, thle dlicture s of lii
judigmentit niii conlscieclLe~, I protviid myii 5
worthly of Ia inl her replresenive,i
sten fidelity tinenntt, not deivoiionii to prtii
eiplte. hut to patrty. andii espEeiall~y te parnts
Eof which lie is sio proineelait ai mlembter, iii
anisweLr is, thatt I never baelonagedl to fits pa:r
Iy, or owed it anty fideality; sand of couirs<
could frtf'eit, ini referenice ill ir, tno ebatreei
iar fideliity. 'it is trite, te atctedl iin conc~er
agaiust whatt we believed to be the utsutrpa.
tionis of thIoe liecuttive; tand it is true, thal
durinig the time, I saw much to e!steemt it
ihiose wvithi whoam I ncted, ai conltrtteEI
frieindly reltitns wi th many wv-hieb~ I shl
nt be the ftrst to forg~et. It is also trlue thtl
at connnon ar~ty di'VIesighlnativas aplllied II
the: Oppoasitiont in the aggf.regat e. tnot, how.v
ever', with imy tipprobaatioin; buit it is ito les,
truel thanlt i wats universatlly knownv ihitt il
consisted oif Itwo distinct patrties, disstimtihn
tol the obieet for whticht tey hadl tuniled; theC
of thte State Rights, pairty which hadai sepa
ratedl from the Allhmmttstrnati,ont ihe gounad
that it hadt~ delpated fromti athe tue prinaci.
hales of athe originial patty. Th'att I blontg
cet excluisivcly to I tat detnehbed portiont,tal
to neithear the Opplositioni itor Admaiist rattiont
partty, I prv lby ary exp;licit Edeclarastiont,
cttontaie in one0 of the ex tacts retad ftromt
111y splelcih on tie currenicy ini 18:i. Thait
the party' genterally, am thet Sttale wh tich I
representt int patrt,stoodt atoof fromi bthti of thte
patrties, maiy he estabhlishedi fromti the fact
tat Ithey refused to mtinaghe int the pnarty tatnd
poiil con (EtestsI of the day. iAIy Sitate
ni it thld hier ei oratl vole in t wo succes
sive P'residenttiail Electionts; and rah:ban ltt
to bestow it Eon eithaer the. Senator fromt IKy.,
Ear the dhisitigishedt ti citn who he~i lop-ll
posedl, in tha firast of t hose elect ions, she
threvw her volte on ta p)atriotieci iizetn of Vir
gina, since decetasead, Elf fact own plities,
buit wh~o vwas tnat ta candcidaet; tad in ?he
last, shte refusedh to give it tol11 ithwrl lv
Senattor from I'Tennessee ntear met, (.Judg'e
W hite) thiongh his priinciples andtt views of
pobeiy approachtt~led so ituich teo r toa a-rs
thanui thatt of thle pariy to whaichI thE: Senator
f romt Ientuthky haceuougs, It, .StiPhal, th
filet wass oatherw'u., and rhaatthei. t parl
ties hatd bletndea so ais to fortt onet, tad that
I aowed to1 thec Uiititell party tas mhitt fialhily
Its I Edl to thit to vn hieh I exchuinl, y li.
Jflaced. I*ven lln &ttt sto on .ti~i. .il(Il.
ceptionof party fidelity could have controll
ed my course on the present occasion. I
um not among those who pay no regard to
party obligations; on the contrary, I place
fidelity to party anong the politieal virtues,
but I ass:gin to it it limited sphere. I con
fime it to matters of detail and arrangement,
and to minor questions of policy. Beyond
that, on ill questions involvitig principles,
or measures calculated to effect malerially
tihe permanent ititerestofrthecountry, i jook
only to God and country.
lut the Senator did not confine his at
tack to my conduct und motives in refer
ence to tie pivscnt question. In his enger
ness to weaken the cause I support, by (le
stromviti confidence in ime, lie made tin in
mhiseriinimnate attack on my intellectual fuc
fillies, whieb lie characterised as nmetajlhys
acal, eccentric, too tIuel. of genius, and too
little comminion senise, 0. oirso wanting a
sotid and practical jdgment.
Mr. President, cirdiig to ly opinion.
.liere is nothing of whil those' who are
endowed -with sumperior mental factilties
might, to lie more catious than to reproach
those with their deficiency to whoim Provi
den'e has not been si liberal. The fitenhies
of our mind are the immediate gift of our
Creator, flor which we are no farther re
sponisible than flor their proper cutivation.
accirding to our opportunities, anl their
proper applica'iou to control and regulate
our ntieons. Thu; thinking, I trust I shall
be the last to assume superiorit von my part,
or re-pronch any one with inferiority on his ;
hint those who do not regard tie rule, when
applied to others, enmiot expect it to be oh
sIrvedl i when applied to themselves. The
critic iuitst expect to be critized, ind lie who
poiiits otit time fatlts of others, to have his
own] polinted ou1t.
I enimot retort oti the Senator the charge
of being meaphysical. I ennmot ncetnse
himn of iossessim tle powers of analysis
iiid geieiralization. those higher fiuelties of,
fime mind (enlled metaphysical by those who
ito not possess them,) which decomipose & re
solve into their eletmients tlie complex
imasses of ideas I hat exist in a world of mind
is chemistry does the bodies that surrould ns
il time imaterial worl ; and wit hout which
- those deep and hidden causes which
. are in constant action, and producing sieh
mimiglhty chanliges in the conditioni of society.
would operate uiscen ul undetlected.
'The absetiee of these higher qualities oftlhe
i ml i conspieious thronighoit fhe whole
cotirse of tle Sentior's iblic fife. To
- this it iimay be tIraced that lie prefers the
- specious to tie solid and tI hlausible to tie
trite.
I To the same case, combi-sed withan or
. I deit to'tnpleramient, it is owiig that we ever
- fimd iiiin imnonitted on swme popular and fa
rorite mea-ures wIich lie whips aloag,
cheered by t lie hIlts of the nmuilittide, and
. never ismoit; till lie has rode it down.
Thus, at one time we find hlln moiintied on
I tie pro ie lstem,which he rode down);
at anolier, (ll internal improvement. and
niow lie is momited on a hani;, which will
%hare the sa ime fti te, uinless those who are
iimiiediatelv iinterested shatll stop him in his
I lictlon. career. It is the fault if his mind,
It '.e ofn I f' prominent and striking ad
Vtagli'es n11(tnd to pursue them eagerly wi i
out looking to consequences. Thus inl ie.
ease of the protective systemo, lie was stnbek
iwith Ile advantages of mtnitfaeture. n
Slclieving that high dulities was tie proper
,amode of protectiig them, lie pushed for
ward the systeiim.wilthout seeing that lie was
einreluing tile portionl of the eointrv at the
expeisc of time ot hert corripting tihe'one anil
r aliemiating the other; ain alily, lividii"
the coimmtinity into two great hostile inter
ests, which terminated ini the overthrow f
thme systern itself. So, now, lhe hooks only~
to at uiiinirtm cturrencey, nmi a biank -as the
inean oi;tf secuin iiti, wvithoumt oince refleeit
iing hiow tar the baniikiing system has pro.
eressed, nndi~ the ditlietieis i hiat impede ins
fthetInr progress; thatianiikiing andi pollities
tire ruin:inig tog'ether tol tlheir intitnal des..
irtl<'tio:;tnd thait the omihV jiossible' miiii- ut
savinig his faivorite s'y stecm ms to separate it
rinm ithe Goviernmiein.
'Jthe defects of undiersttanding, wh liebu
-heiatr attribustest imeii, I make nii re
ply.it( i h other';. aind nlot ihr tiie, to
-itrnini the polrtion (of undiierstaninii
whiebm it.I has'pleatsed, thle au mor of my h eing
to bes tow on (iiime. It is. however. fi'rtutnaite
foir ime; thiat thme st andlard bv " hiibli Islinil
lbe juided, is no t the fal?.e, pmntijidicedu, amid,
ns I have shiowni, untmndiittedl opiuiioi nhi
lie beinator has,' e'xpresseil; limt moy nets.
Iihey lirmh iiiat erials, neit her 'few1t nor'
ennfit, to irm it juist estimai te of miy mental
hteiihies('. I have nofw bieen miore thann 26
yeamrs continnonrmily nii thle serie of m his
Governmenti, t.ini vitious statiiiis, ai havte
take.'m n prt ini ailmosit aill thle grieait qunesitinis
i iem have agitateid this counmtry dumrinig
this lonmg and~i i mporitat pmi iid. 'I'broii
hait thme whole,l have inever followed Ceent';,
hut hav~e takeinnmy stanidi in ad vance, openi
ly and freely av'owinmg my oiioniits iit all
'tuaestionis, anmd leatvinig it to timiie and1 (spe.
rienice to) coindcin or ahprov'e mhy coutrs.
I hus neting, Il have ofiei andii on great ques
lions, sepairated fromi those with wihomn I
usutally neteid- amid if I am really iso idefee
i've im soundl anild ra tijdgmient as the
Seiittor represenlts, the proof, ift' btle fond
tany where, multst lie fotui ini stch inistan
c'(s, or whecre I hatve acted oni my sole re
spionsibihty. Now, I aisk, in whlich of the
mmmay imitances oft lhe kinid is snch proof no
lbe foutnd? It is not niy intetion to call to
tihe reicolleetion of the Seniate all stuch u
that you.. Setnatiirs imay jtidge for yomur
selves, it is mt juistiee dime to Imyself, jlitmt I
should .sngeest nm few ofithe most prominenut,
which at thme timne were regardled as the
Senatoir nw (onsiiders the present; ammd
thient, s niowl, bieenumse wvhere iduty is inivolv
edt I wotiulinit subhimit to pamr'y'mranmmels.
!itiii'ihd.Namzareth Allen, anm npprttire to the
cttiarpemer's~ huisimess, (il Sundiay last, ill a
n' of in oxiain, tabbe aum ner e
keinmmnehiately through the hleart.
hproocation.t. Not time least agrgrnvatiatf
feaiturme iii tins hoirriid transnet ion is, tht the
criume wats prueputrated onm time Sablbth, in
frunit of tile Mlet hiodist ('hmgreh, andI durinig
idivie service.-'1enues 4-(;jrge
Buaail. Alams., as returnmed by) its ofllicers, is
.-nc( d: 1l Lr asud in u-t?-r e~n
Fr mt te A g -ste Co atituriaalot. I
COMMERCiAL CONVENTION.
This Convention assembled in our city
yesterday at 12 o'clock, in the Presbyterian I
Church. The Convention was organized
by calling Ker Boyce, Esq., of Charleston,
to the Canir, and the aipointinent of N.
W. Cocke, Esq., of Augusta, ns Secretary.
Alter taking the Chair, the Chairman
called on the delegnies from diffierent States
to cone forward and regikter their namies.
commencing with North Carolina, when
one hundred :ad thirty-four delegates canme
forward.
When the delegates had all given in their
names. Gen. MIcDiule rose und nominated
Thomas Butler King, of Gly.nn, as Presi
dent of the Convcution, which nomination
was unanimously agreed to, and a conmit
tee was nppoinited to wait on Mr. Kine and
inform him of' his nominatioi. ()n t akin"
the chair, lr. K. made a neat and appro.
pi ime addr. ss, in vhich he explaeined the
object of the convention, and the heneits
to lie derived from unanimity among its
members.
After the President tok his seat, N. W.
Cocke, Esq. was uppomited Secretary.
The Coivenin beiig thus organized,
Gen. Ilayne of Charlestotn, rose aid deli
vei:ed a short address, and concluded by of
ferin the follon ing resolution:
ResoIrd, That a cotmittee of twenty
one be ap))otnted by the chair to consider
and report on tihe measures proper to be a.
dopted by the convention.
Oin motion of .en. MeDuffie, the coo
venton then adjourned to 5 o'clock in the
afternoon. so its to eiiable the President to
appointt the Committee oft wenity-one.
Ive: o'c.oCK.
The Convention met purstiant to aljourit
eiit.
The President rectnested such delegates
as had arrived since tile morning adjourn
men011t, to come forward and register their
nalmes.
The President then annotinced the fll
loVing genleiien as coipousi)d the com
m1 ittec of 2t, viz:
Gen. . V. AJvt:, Chairman.
Gen J. (-we",Wlgo, N. ., WV.
Dearing, Esq., Athens, Ga., Gen. George
MeDuflie, Charlestoti, Gen. Scott, loui
gotnery, Ala., Col. it. 11. Long, F'lorila,
.los. Utnntniing, Esqi.,Savannahial, Col. Blatn
(ig, Columbi, . C , G. B. Liamar, Esq.
Savantialm , Col. A. P. 1layne, Charleston,
Col. II 1. Cumnnug. Augusta, lin. .. P
King, do., A. leDotWall, (;harleston, J. K.
louglass, Camden, i)r. It. Collins, M on,
Ker Boyce, Charleston, W. W. Srarke
llamburg, A. Black, Chaj.leston, Col. X.
McGehee, Milledgeville, . .1. llale, Fay
etteville, N. C.. lion. P. Noble, Abheville.
A motion n as made and adoited, allow
iig the President the discretMonary power of
Increasing the committee, should other del
egates arrive; whereupoi, the Presient
added thc followiing gelttleieni to the above
comnalittee, viz:
J. T. Soutter, lsq. of Norfolk, Va., L.
M: * Wiley ,, .g, Charleston, C. G. Mlm
ltmger, lsq., do., A. 1Iitebell Esq. Iar ien.
A letter was then read firoi a committee
appointed ly the -Mobile Board of Tiade
for the purpuse, approving of the olject of
the Couvenjion, which was ordered to be
ricorded.
Ker B5oyce,l En., of Cloarleson, it,co
hanlded in a ecibir from the Charleston
Banks, to be read for tie information ofthe
Conven ion. The object of this circular is
to get up a latik Coniv'eitiosn, in Cliarlestot,
in Ila) next, to be composel of delegates
from the diflferent banks in South Carolinia,
(Georgia, and other States, to take into con
sidlerationi mueastures for the sinmiuaneouis
resunmption of specie paiymncits, shiould that
mleisure be dieemed'( expiedienit by thema.
l'he Sout bi Carolina C:oninnittee, app~loin
ted at the last Convenition to mem~uiorialize
lie Legilatutre of that S tate in~ relat ion to
I Amnited Partnsershaipis, made their report
through Alex. Blaek, l'sq., which w~as read
anid orderedl to be recorded.
'rhe C'onventionl met at i10 o'clockc.
Geni. II ayne of Charleston, Chairmuan of
the Select Commi a iiittee, rose andt read ins a
clear and distinct mlianner', lie able report,
which was haten~ted to with breathless si
lence. A fter he hada finished reading the
report, (ni hieh we hope to lie able to3 lay be
fore otur readers in out next paper,) lie re
quse Cl Memintger to reaid the reso
lion reptorted by the comm)tiittee, whrih,
whsmeadditions and amiendmenwtts ande
by the Convemuion, were as follows, all of
which n ere adlopted.
I. Resolred, That a direct trade is the na
tural chiannel of' comtnunticat ion between~t
aaions, wtohbOiler to each othier the best
mazrket for their inutatual p~rod~uetions; atnd
thait the inltervenutioni (f a third party mitust
operate as a tax tupon the exchaniges be
tweeni thtem.
2. Resolved, Thant tihe Southern anid
South-lawestern States of this unijon atrord
those staples with which are p~urchlasedl
nearly the nhole foreignt imports of tihe
cotuntry; that they are thes cosumers.1. of a
large piortmn of these imiports, and onit lit
niaturatlly themiselves to furnish the channel
Sirotugh which the exebnige is 'tnide: t hat
on not occasion have their eitizens bseeni
foundit inecapabt~le of maintaining themiselv'es
in fair competitioni n irh othier sections; anid
that the diversion of their trade from its
na itural chanineis, mu lst havte beeun brougfht 4
abotut by the uineqtual actioni of the federal
government, or by the abstraction of our
people1 towards other piursuaims.4
3. Rlesolred, T'ht ini the opliinm of this
Convenltion such a state of thintgs shotli no:
longer conlltmue- that the present conlditini
oif the conmitiereial relationas of the colutry,
anid the disrutpm ion of the exlstitng chann'it1
ot trade, alord ant opporItunttity of breakin. ,
down the trammnels which have so long l'et
te'redl our comm rerc~e, ad (If restoring to thec
bouth its natulral adtvanlttges; antd thant it isr
inicumbhent utpon every matn, who has ati
heart the good oh his counstry, to lemtd his
best exertions to9 the promtiioni of these oht.<
jects anmd to estamblish ouri trade upjonl a soundr
and pernianent basis.
4. ReUso/ red, Tn'iat this conv'entiont is full I
aware of the diflieubties to be overcomtie int
the prosecution of their enterprise; Ibut no- 1
ling datunted thereb~y, andi flily relying til.
on the ptubbe spirit amid zealous (co-opieratihnir
of their 'elow citizenis, they are dheterminitid
to advantce with tuntiring perseverene; lind h
with that view, dho earinestly retom~imend a
the adoptioni of the fllowting mecasuries. -
1. That an effoti shotuhl be sade to af
ford to the itmjorters amti ,.......sc a
)lis systel, 1.a 11. 1 lomrece Of lie .s 1:h1
Sc ia he t nlriminett a copy of itii. spe bi
ld hope to le a;ble !A.ortiy i -i%(! it to our
.,aders. 4
Resolutions were then tunnimmiosv ;I
optel, retteriinag thanks to the 'haIirman
P ihe ( Comliiigt c, ndi tile 'resieniit :1nd4
ceretary of liet Convetitio., for the abbli
ianner lin n% hieh they hadl dlischared their
ariois deuties: tI lie iliTrutiecs i t he Clh relb
ir the sie of t heir buiikling. aid to the ci:i
enis of Anuista Ih r their hlospit::lity. .\f
:r which it iwas moaeaveil anl carricl, on mo
ein (if Ker Bioyee, I-eI., of Ch-trieson.that
lie Cliarlestoil leleg!ationlill have the pro
elilgs of this colveilion1 priltei adtil dtis
riultel uer' P i their sii per ioii ain ;I their
xpensie. It was also reisolvel that hlie:
,residelnt appointi the conii tee i mt er thli e
hiavCe resolliions t I leisurC. The Conii
eintion On alijoiiuricel sine die.
From ther Srannah (enrgian, 3arech 1.
FRlOMi FLORIlDA.
Fron a passenger in tlie. steamer Wi.
lastol, Capt. Kiig, arrivedl at this port
rim Garey's Ferry and St. Auigzutine', adill
rom oth r seonirces, %%e learn tie following:
A letter from Tampa, iatedl Match 21th1
inst Sa -da. says-'letweenl five a11n(
ix liulredl Iniadians4 ail iegroes are (on
hetir way to Tampa from Fort Jupiter, Ion
er the escort ol the Tenncssee volnliteers,
ne1 a1 portion of the '-d Ite-iment olf Dra
oons."
Aiother letter confirms the above, addel
I that-"WNVe have Ilo otiher news by ex.
cress.
It is stated Major Loemis, of the Ist in
anntry, badl calitired two Inlian women,
Itho say that Sam .Jones hail golne to tihe
eu 1, ni Alligator to the west, aidi that
ley .were both willinag to surreler if they
vere invitedl. Ala.i. L. hndl cirenmnaviga
Ced Ilike (Oke-cho-heC ill boats.
()n Saturday last. we are also informied,
apt, Ilewsoi. in tmmand of 2comanp ies
f clragoois, arrive.] at Fort 3elon. A bout
bree clays' mareh form that fort, lie states,
lint while 'rossiIIg a large cypress S lwalllp,
if struck a trail eif I mlians, pursued & over
nok them. They wereiin uimber 20;o. 25
fnpl. I. lost ritir of his men in the atlack,
ndl was wounded hiniself ill tile aliulomleln.
lit not dlangerous. lie tok four prisoners
lIt killed, as is supposed, several of the
ildiais-thc balance escaped1. It is repor
ed thait Concoocle or Wild Cat isone of
he prisoners.
The tews (of the capture of(00 Indians,
e.. by General Jestip, is sail to be -co
rmvel by letters received1 at Fort Melon,
rhich oir intirmanti left last Sunday, toueh
iu at Garey's Ferry on Wedllesday.
S-r..\%u ;-s-rm:i,31nreh 22.
The I'ar.-The President has promttly
tad nobly discharg -d his duty to the coun~
ry. Geni. esniy's aid iihas returned firom
Vashington, hearing- the Presidlent's answer
o the CotitlnladingGenera's Mon. rE.4
ON against tite iulabitanitsof Florila. The
1orernincitt refuses to listen to any compro
itise of the e.risting Treat:y for the immedi
rte and indiscrimlinate removal of the Indi
rns. Any other policy must have depopti
ated Florida.
It is but jtilice to conceile tle patriotism
und firmness of the Prtsident in onr Indian
ebuions. lis persererance "in tile foot
teps Of' his preclecessyir,". in' tibs p 'cnlar
mtitles im Iii thee commendation aniicrati
tide ol every resileit and friend of sufferinar
-lorila.
,The stenm boat Ciarleston arrived on
I'neslay Crom Indiani river. We learn
-ery little from the Army. Gen. Jes y
vas still at Jupite'r fliv'er. waitinig the re
11rn o1 isenat. Liutnardl from Washington.
.ient. i.inmaard had14 arri vel ait Frt l'ierce,
il immZodmhiaely proc'eededl teo. Jpier arive'r,
omc clays pre'viouasl y teo ihe sailing of:he14
.-hasrlesgtin. Tihere had4 bieen tno infoirama
ion front theflnmy at Fti. l'ierce sineeLient.
a. leftt.
lIy le'tte'r. from Wazshington, we le'arn
ha~t I ~ient. I innIarl I wa' lie hecarer' of a
l'rats/ niithi ithe Seiminioles, cediing to themi
li rt 1on of the ITeritorv, n~ hich was seniat
'in by Gen. Jesuzp to bec rat ified at Washa
'We fuirthi-r ieatrn that i ec(ied negative
'-.'as giv.ent to thti' Trealtt/. and14 ortders were
:sena to) Geni. JIeup to takle po0e'essioni of
hose ilndians which were representedl to b~e
o his power, with a hinit that lie woen! be
ecalled, if lie alhlowed thtem to escnpe.
IFromj the Cha,,rleston AIr're'ury.
Th~e shazpe in whicha thme Tirenaszry liii
aes palss'ed thte SenOaie, is far froim tnme't
4!Z thle views whluih thae peole of this
inaniity it favoutr of tI-- 1 )ivorce of' illn
udl Stalte. Mir. Callam has therefore
'jprL'esee his Sltte by vot ing agalinst thle
fill-aind we trust that' ill its piresenlt sha~pe j
will not pa~ss the lise. Ou)r represen
sives there will, we hope. refuse to v'otte
ar it. It openas wie thze door to exer t
ve corrulptieo-ande feor tile miost corrup
in" nes withI the mion~ey p)owert-anid in
reates imm nely the field oef excetlive
is(rer t-to which the Soiulherni people
avte atlways bee~n in pritaciple opposei;
lii to ns hieh their representtive.s havtie
rofess.ed violent oppositien. Omar people
terefoire will be surprised to fund any of'
tell servanltts leagnaemia nith the nationle
r a mo~etre soi eihins to our State.-..
on11 h ('atreliiin s hiave triedc their dlelega
eani in (ciegress n ithI geniereonts ei'iency,
it lie 4111 "I1,1 iof thle enrrency)'..-leiir
semo uirtlannlelesve by lie ex.n pressli:
f coth ( 'areinu's tri4. 'I'hevs expc
'ane. returan. They hiave' a righ i- expct
itt iiei:her li t ii m nor i40 pe so alI feelin ys
ill ttake anay eel thaem act ive nnd instrn
len t:id in liwairt ing. her wishies-evecn if
iselo makiie thema bazc'lwsarde in adevancsiing
It'll. I hiey w4erieit senlt there to eIlvate
ticanI friemds cia eippon'e'nts-hnzt 1t1 suta iin
it priniples'~'~of thleir State.
G v . Sro-r-r.- It s tatedin hade New~
ok h x pre's, tha;it Gen. Sct t Itha e ben
-decredt to the ( 'hie."ke eiountry,. to taik
nmii iande eif the' forcee, conltsisIiii tif sis
gimenlt's ofi rcednh rs. Itatare' to b e s':lationerc
e're' tei ent"aree ithe remollcval eof Indianis ni ithi
It won1l ''d tiect that niPier si x: inel'tee
iS'rit' t obin a commrstad.'r f'or th Fc
*.rintg .'4itii'Ihn. ihe sevenCith hi.s ait le'iij -
oved u e-hioI. I ,ietenanIilht Wtilke. h.
'enii' ee cit c eenI mandt~t it, ande has a
-pie'th opoin:neti
iotherng senl ports, t h~e same (neilitie. ,.whieb , h
re ollered elsewhere, and withI this % iew it V
recomnniended that the hanks in the sea- a
orts shoned immediately apply a portion ri
fr their respective e Isto thle purIchase ,
f foreign exchange, mnd to the procure- d
ment f crelits or funds in Fjrope; tand
hat they should alblrd the tse of :he same h
i the itaiiporting nmerchant upon -a discounit in
r collateral pledge of snch good Iper its v
ic may take from the imerchnnis of the in- 1
crior. and that this accommodation lie af- V.
irdled ;sI well upon i per having more than t,
ix miioniths to run, 1as 11ponl thtt having less; I
mid that the ilBanks fit tih! interior co-ope- t
ate by collecting and remi t tig the pro
-ceds of stei, iper to tihe hanks on the sea
-(last; Ihat they anmaintain the credit of their C
ilIs, aMid keep down lie excl;IaIges by re
leeming their own imper at the seaports;
tad at oit theother hnd the anks ill tie
inshernt Atatitte vi'ties make arrang-enets
>y which the niotes of 111 of teima shall be
it par in each.
2. That n~ itlh aI1 jiew to the importit
lijeet of egnallizing I lite exclangs between I
itiiern and SoumtI-Wtstern SIte' aid
I'erritories, this Convention earsestly re
-omagiend to the various banks of the priti
-1pal cities of those States, or stnehi as may
Ie conveniently located, to receive the s
Bills of each other in their genieral business I
ad to adopt sne arrmngemets fir settlc
nents, at short periods, asI they tmay deem
mtabule and proper; the Banks atgainst
b%1iomi thle ballance should fall, to firnisli
unds for settling the sane, or to pay :an in
:orest of six per cent, irom the period of
iettlenent, and that a committee oif live lie
ippoiited to takesneh measmres it-, ia their f
uadginent, will carry filly into Cltet the A
Irecedin; recommendatiotins-.
3. That tie .3lerchants of the Soth andl
iottihI 'West, le earnestly reccommendted to
nyive prnrefnce to the impn1orlters (if their I
swn markets, and they allirl themn it) op.
iortunity of thir coilpition with other 4
eitirims, by taking their first calls for pur- (
Aste at Southern amid South-Western sea- I
iorts ; and oi the other hand, that tle t
Hierchants at the sea ports shall, forthwith. I
;et nhotit importing sne'h stocks (if goods. I
is will enstre, at fatir rates, :a siiply' to (
hie demand from the ierchanits of th'e in- a
crior. 1
4. That an earnest and united eTori a
iohill lie Imade 10 draw home the capital I
livested by tile Solutlh imn Baniks and Coi
lalnies abroadt ; and to emplfiloy the same t
ogether with su.ch surplus capital .1a exists
it hole, iml mercnntie operatiois: and that 'L
,vith this view men of influence iialn char- f1
icter he earliestly invited to afiord tile heit
fit of their exaliple, by entering into Limi- i
ted Partnerships, under the laws lately
Ipssed ly thle States of Virginia. S . C'ar
ina, Georgia, Alabama,l Tennessee and
Florida.
.5. That this Convention ennnlot bujt v:ew.
tvith deep regret, tile neglect O4f all cotn- I
nercial pursuits i% hich has hitherto prevail- t
ed anong the youth of our cunitry, andi F
which has necessardly thrown its Ilnost im-l
portant interests into thei han.is of those I
who by feeling and habit are led into com- r
mercial connexions elsen% here. This Coal- (
ventiot, therefire, cannot too ealtestly re- I
iomnniend the speedy adoption by all their
Fellow c itizens of imeasuires to' introdnee a
commercial edunetion among our youith i
U fait:seIip to hatnit-a of tensincs, anal
tiereby to establish a body of nerlants <
vhlose very interest and feeling shaitl be een- I
tered in time coutry which has reared and I
(ustlail st hem.
5. .tesol'erl. That this Convention is of
ipiniot.i that the establihJiment by mnifac- 1
Itrers im foregn counmtries oif agenlcic. iln tile
.lhief southern piorts, for tihe samie of thte va
riotns artieles exported lby thieim to the U .
Stattes, woutld. colIdnce lo mile restornationa a
if the odirect foireign trado of lime South
tuind thlat sillar estabhlish~gins, for lie
sle of domestiC articles Would he very ate- 4
'epitable.
Ilesofred, 'iThat a comm~tittee of five be
appin~ted to prep!lare ant addhress to the pe~o
tile of the Sonthern anmd Soth Western
States, mrginig 11pon1 iten te teeiencey 3
raf gvumig their hearty co-operation, inl tie,
meconaluishmenat of thEa greatm oil'ject of' thisi
~ hsCotivvention.
a on the 3rd Monday inOct. next. & thatn a
omm)3Iittee (if Correspondllencoe be aphpointedt,i
vhosedusty it slhall be to take the properr
neasresto ehstthe feelingsofhep -
ile, and seenire a cordial co-op~erationa onl
lie part oft the States inlterestedt in lte
hbjects of this Convenatioti, and( to seenre aII
ull representuation fromt every pairt of those i
States,
8 Itesofred, Thhat it is recommitiended.a to
he members of this Conventilig, li t55'lI
ile the citizens5 of their connit's ort districts, r
11nd place biefore t hem their piroceedainIg
and nrge lponl thletm the expedienlev of pro-i
noltinig theo menfsures recommilienidel by3 this
'".nventtion, amid partienilarhv oif formaina- f
Linlited Paartnaershaips. nnde41r the laws pass.
aldhby the 'oulthternI States0, n)s aoresaial
Wheres, tile comtpletioti of the lines cont-e
icetitng thte Southern Atlantie cities with
he great valley of' the Mlississipp1i is atheo
niost proineli)nt 11n<' - -int 1nenlsture to a
)titlmote tihe usefuil anul patriotic objecta
%hich hias enlled this Coniventioni together, t
hereijire
ID, ~1tesolred. Th'lat this C7onvent.ion is f
Iceply and1( stoIlmtly unli jmese w uith tihe -
rantscendlanmt iampolrtance of lie great wo4i h,
if internial hrmpromvemlett, whlichl i intend
d1 to ell'eet this inuercoununlienlition, als
nost earnecstly ilnvoke tihe people 03f the4 (
~Ontth and( 541nth- westerni Sttes to brit" s,
il thiir enmergies anid reLsontreeas ti hear p 11t
in this vital - point, not dottbaitng that stneht
ihorts wihl crownt witha briiliaant so0 ce the
oble etnterprmise.
I1) Iesolared, TIhiat the membelrs oif t his
OnIventiona ini reofhmendaing~ tin. afoiresniia o
4'sohltioins ti thaeitr coniasituentsas. oil th li
~onthe'rn aend South.-Western States', w,.ill ti
iiod to thetrni I le mlost undoulilbledl pldge
I the-ir sinicrity, by) adopi~tog tihemi as a1
ule for thefir' ownt ctindner', hierebyv deelhr
lig mt the Imost solann umanner, ini the temti- o,
>t, of tile Most liIigh, that ini alil commertl'i. es
ml deahinsgs t hey w ili give prefelren-mce to rt~
he I)irect Impjorter, atid zealously end'eamv- tI
r itn ail enst's, to carry omit the vIews atndal
ecomndtationms oif this conven~itionl.
Pre'vious~ to unlv queitsttins binitg takeni
nx I le resoilutionis. Coii. Memmatimrecr roe -
ndt adadraessedl th IConventlIationt at letngah, in
very aide speerbi, ill whiich heC Ii nche-d~a
ae Dleposite l13ank-v,and~ Mr.ri*'ht's wvare