Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r^ JN Lll'ii'S DISASTROUS SCLNLS, TO OTHERS DO, $ Number 49. CAMDEN, S. C. T - ?? W'lLVl" YOU V. OL'LU V/i.-.K LY miU.Ua UONE TO YOU 1)akw:n, Thursday, March 0, 1817. Vol ume I. terms; 'J he firice to Subscribers is ?>3 per annum* &x elusive of /. outage ; and in all cases where * uifiers "ahull be delivered at the expense of ihe fiubh sher, the firice will be ?>3 50 a "year, to be fiaid six" months after subscribing, Jl in e c fleeted, however, that subscribers li ving at a distance , from the inconvenience of collection, will fiay in advance . Terms- ot advertising in this Gaze fnu jirfvertizemente not exceeding tight lines will be printed for nrjr ckmts, Jor the fi.'nt publication, and half that price for every jiubsr(/uent insertion . Larger advertise ments will be charged in proportion, %* ji liberal discount will be made on the bills of those who are constant or considerble customers in this line. tit V ^ direction* are given with an ad? ' v :j_ -?**. - - ?-T. - venzsement , it will be continued till forbid, " -n ii Ml ????*?!]? j?i Ml ?ll I?? ?? ,ti||l ? FOR SALKs ^I^HE Subscribers I jot of Land, on the south corner of liroad and De-Kalb fctreet*.? For terms apply to Es CURETON. Camden, Feb. 27, 1817. 47iT. ^ . - Copartnership Dissolved . THE Subscribers have this day dis solved the-cu-partnershipin the Hoot 1 Shoe Making liusinehs? txibting be en thWn, by mutual consent. ' JAMKS H. I5?NNKTT. STEWART ANDREWS. February *4, 1817. James It. Bennett Continues the Boot & Shoe Making Busi ness, on his own account, at his shop, next door to J. liarrett's Store* where all ortltis in his line will be particularly attended to and executed with dispatch. ICJ* One xir two apprentices Wanted as above, Fi b. ?7, I B 1 7. ?>''< ??? ? ?? tvr e V :?& DbLEON, HAVE just received,!!) addition to- their former slock, Uic following GOODS: Elegant Floientine Silks* ? Levantine do, ?' ' r Various cteacri^fiotiti Long white Kid Gloves, Short do do. Vm * "i Shawls, Cotton Balls, Silk, Threads, lilack i Browil, Green & Mulberry Bom basettcs*? CaliGOH and F'urriitute Chintzes, Dimity, Brown Holland. Hundkerchiels of every kim},' Inverness BAGGING) with vattoljCothtr article** ?* Vi ? ?ALSO London Dufftl Blankets, > by the Point do* J piece or pair* White, Yellow and ked Flannels* Superfine Broad Cloths, from 2 50 to $10 per yard* * Cashmeres of various Qualities. GJiQCXltiks. Philadelphia Rye Whiskey. Ooj^BRANDIfat nilflllltt Wert tiS&ftUM. 5 <?uamlr Madeira tylNE, London Bottled Porter, Sugar, priftie meen Coffee bv the baf% ? Tobacco by the cask, Salt, Sweet Oil, S|# cev 'White Havanna1 Sugar, lx>nf do. rr^?iJja??iJCes?.CllOCK,K,Uy assorted. = , , ? ALSO? - A supply of HARDWARE and CUT LERY, all of Which they will iliipon) of on reasonable terms for cash, or produce. 1 Camden, Dec. 24, 181%* Cotton Saw Gins . T1HF. Subscriber has established himself at Statdburg, Sumter District, for the purpose of making and repairing SAW GINS. His work will be executed in the, most workmanlike manner, having served a regular apprenticeship with Capt. Mc < 1 eight Of WinnsborO' ? the subscriber will ?work. on his highly approved plan. Gins Willie for three doHar* per sa^r. ? l\very attention will be fcivfcn to applications by letter, (postage paid) or perw>nally to the subscriber, who is anxious to share a I part of the patronage of a liberal public in his line. ^ ' A. ELLISON. 4 February iBt^Jflir* ... ENTERTAINMENT i In SuUnbury A. Carolina. ^IMIE Subscriber lcbpcctlully informs his friends ami ihe public, mat he con tmuotp keep ENTLRTAlNMLN'lY in the same house whiclThe occupied lhfc*lasv year, (underline firm o?~'Jorrunce & blaugh I tcr J. He lakes iliis opporivmiiy 10 iviurn his sincere thanks, for the disiinguishea en co u rage mem which he has mti with, since I his commencement in public business j I and, to assure his friends% thai tVeryuex I e i lion will be made on his part, lo retain [ their high approbation. His house is im | proved and enlarged, his servants more I numerous and better drill'd than hereto | tore ; and all his arrangements on a more I extensive scale, llis table will be always I well supplied with the best viands the coun I try can afford, and his cellar well stored I with liquors* H is stable (so celebrated Tor the splcnder I of the building) is always bountifully stored I with provender of every discription, And I attended by expert and faithful hostlers. I* WILLIAM H. SLAUGHTER. I January 30. 1817. 44tf. . [ ~~7 jXMES CLARK & Co. I Having lately made a large addition to their form* cr stock, have now on hand a general and com plete ao&oruuent ot ?taple and fancy fj ioajjs. I CONSISTING OF I Broad Cloths from %\ to glO p*^ y?t. Liiine Ketsey meres, assorted colors. I London DufFil blankets [Fine white and yeTTow Flannels I Booibazettes, assorted colors; Satinet. Pan I taloun Cords, fine Stockinet, Knit Wool en Shirts* fancy vest shapes,* tine Ging hams aiwtTancy Calicoes. I Handsome Furniture do. I Brown Holland and Russia Sheeting. [ North w'd Homespuns, Humhums, l>iirti I ties, ('ambries, MusHns, Ct>U0fr 8jinl' I In^s and Muslin Cravats. Dvess "Silks, Silk, Cotton and Worsted H6 siery, ran^y., 7-4 Damask s'lk Shawls, Printed do. and Handkl's of every des r cription. ~ ; ~ ~"T~ ~ 7 L Thread, assorted colors, by the nonn?l J; Sewing Silks; fushiimablc Siik llonnetd, I fancy Uibbohs* and a large assort meht J, Of Ladies, Misses, Mens and Hoys Shoes* ! S*cine Twine by the quantity , and nest Dun i dee BAGGING with every other arti i tale .ill, the Dry iiooU line* u * ? ^ ? They ako have a fienci'AI assoitrncnt of CUTLKKY, HARDWAIU; 8c GROCE \ R1ES, the ptriiculars o,f which it would | '.be needless to enumerate. J. C. Sc co. intending to keep an exten sive assortment, and being in the habit of ttceivin^ fresh supplies every week, will be enabled to furnish their customers and the public, wholesale and retail, on the low est possible terms, it bein^ their intention to sell for cash or produce only. On hand, cut naitft by the cask or smaller quantity, and a lew elegan^ Looking Glasses, both with gift and Mahogany frames. A l*tr?e quantity of Iron, Hat, square and round, assorted sizes. A fe^r casks TOliACCO received on consignment. Camden, January 16, 1 817; ?? . CONGRESS. r ' i .???>? ? ? ? ? . MOlrtit: OF K E V K K 3 K NT AT I V E S . January 18, 18 1 7? f Mr. Crosvernor's Speech, concluded; system, is found a perfect answer to the objections and exclamations of ihe honora ble gentleman from Virginia. The representative is not independent of * the people, or, if other language better please him, (it pleases not me) the creature it not independent of the creator / the servant is not above his master. Out hi* subordination 8c dependence is that & that <mly< Which is defined in that instrument, by adopting which the people spoke htm into existence. If a biennial responsibility, the responsibility of a man endowed itith reason, volition, free agency, and the pow er while a representative, to use them ac cording to his best judgment, uncontroled by any paramount authority whatsoever, such and such only is the dependence in any degree sanctioned by the spirit of representative government. ? This constitutional responsbility, the manly and patriotic dependence of a ration al being, the proud and dignified submis sion of an American freeman and reptcs?en ? h , ptatiVe^Iothe only sovereign of his country, t I is totally subverted by this new doctrine ob I ligatury instruction. Under its influence* when, on the day of I election, he shall meet the people, no more 1 can they demand from him evidence of his [ ability, his integrity, his fidelity to the I constitution, and the interests of the state. | " Has he never deviated fcom our io>?uuc I tions ? Has he constantly opened his ear to I every popular clamor, and with a consci I ence sufficiently supple, and a spirit suffici I ently abject, bent and bowed to every blabt I of the popular breath, ihat has pa?*e44>ver I him ?M ( onsistent with this doctrine of I exfxrena and imfilied instruction, questions I of this character a lone can he be required I to answer. And w hat must be the effect of the cha I racter Sc condH^t of this House ? No longer I will the great considerations that influence I its conduct be, what is just, what is expe | dient, what is wise, what is constitutional, I what do the exigencies of the republic J demand I No, in every act of legislAtion* I the representative must cast his eye back 1 to his district. I low points the political | J weather cock noiu'1 Which way Hows I the popular current ? What is the whim 1 of my district*? What is the .voice of ! I my sta'e ? What is the clamor of the day ? I These must become the great objects of I I solicitude) and as these questions are an I answered, he will say aye or - no to every I measure. ? J And thus, the great benefits of a repre | sentative republic <are wholly sacril iced. I All the VKlue of political sciertcet experi I ance and firmness in the representatives is I thrown away. All the lights of superior | wisdom and able discussion are blotyn out. 1 The legislator becomes an automaton, I to be danced on this lloor by wires to be I held and managed by those active and tur I bulent demagogues who in success be J tome the leaders of the people. O, then i uwtaed matter 4 ittle what shsll be I the compensation fi#r stv vices here ; for ft what ahull u matter who may occupy I ltiti>e Utairs ? lie he wise or be ht fool I Uh t be he learned or b- he ignorant, with I brains or wuhem brains, it is all ihe same. I IfUe bah skill to spell out his instructions, i and to snuff at a goodly distance the taint I ed gt.ie of popularity ; il he have sense I eno??i;h,to understand the affirmative from I thl negative, and a tongue to cry aye and I fco, he is aimed cap-a-pee for legislation 1 ? ^hc is fully qualified to pevfarm all ihw I dtiues ot an mutriultd re/tre**niath*r. Sir, Were we to aaamine all the mustv I fol los of political, empiricism ; were we to I wade through the innumerable visons ot I jwlitical dreamers since the flood, to find I that principle most repugnant to our sys I tern ot government, most degrading to our I rulers, and most destructive to our pras j perlty ; in my conscience, and on my hon | or, I believe We might return to this doc I trine Of obligatory instruction , as the one I which combined itself, and in its conse | quenr.es, as much of all these qualities as I any other; Hut, Mr. Speaker, were this doctrine I as consonent with the spirit and structure I of our government as it is repugnant to I its principles and subversive of its benefits, I it is yet wholly absutd, because it is *m I /tract i cablc . If the right of the people to instruct, I and the obligation on the representative, I to obey, do really exist, is it not very I strange this We do not find in the con I stitution, in the laws, , or in the principles I of our system, some method presented, in I Which the right may be exercised ahd the I ^ Utte to talk < I of a political power* which cannot be ex I ecuu^d by its professor, or of an obliga I tion which Can, by no possible means, be I legally enforced ? How are the people to exercise this I right of instruction ? Shall each district instruct its representative ? Some gentle men have said so* But, may 1 ask these gentlemen, Where, in the constitution, they find a recognition of such a political division, as a district ? "The House of ? Representatives shall be composed of "members chosen every second year by 4,the people of the several states." The people and the states are recognised as separate and distinct political powers. But where does the district derive any dis tinct political power to interfere in the government of the UiiiOh ? 8ir, the dis^ tvict is the creator^ of a state ; created for the convenience of suffrage, subject, at any time, to loose all separate existence toy an act of the state, or the legislature of the Union* 1 And whence do honorable gentlemen tit rive another position, which their argu ments clearly jmply, - that in this House t e representative dwindles down to the mere agent of a district ? For myself, 1 disclaim the idea, as equally unconstitu tional and degrading. \\ hen a member enters this hail, he - incomes a ? * *fire*en tatty e ej th-? ftcofil^ of this re/:ublic he becomes a legislator jQr the w/iote Jlmnicaujrwnn unity. \y?,a tme ?i is duties . Do they constitute him mere ly the guardian of his district ? Are they cemfined to the little corners of townships and counties ? Nov they embrace the rights, the interests, and happiness of a great republic. To u insure domestic trtm * quihty , provide for the common dcjcnce . " Prom^e the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity these are the sublime and comprehensive term4, in which the Peo ple have taught to alj their representatives the great duties of their stations* Can we possess a feeling and a spirit requisite for the performance of these great x and Kc'*c|^^^iiesi if we consider ? ourselves tions of the people ? Can we act well the great interests of the whole ^ if we de grade ourselves into the separate and dis tinct /tarts of the community i And yet, if I understood the honorable gentleman from Virginia (Mr# Tyler) correcty , he considers himself the repre sentative of his district alone ? for wlm he spoke of submission to instructions, it was exclusively to the instructions of the people of his district to which He alu?* ded. To their will he would surrender yy\:r assented]. O, then, said Mr. u. I conjure the gentleman to pro* ceed with the utmost caution. Do I yet understand him correctly ? He would surrender his judgement, his conscience^ his independence as a representative on this floor, to the will and Instruction of those who elected him ? [Mr. Tyler stilt assented]. Sir, continued Mr. G. 1 would appeal to his judgement, his heart, to all his manly and moral feelings, against this pernicious theory. Surely hey would de mand, before he made the promised sacri nee, that the voice he was about to wor ship should be that of a clear majority* Upon any given measure, upon the very measure before the House, how can he ascertain that majority ? Is there any me* thoel prescribed in the constkutioiT or the law ( No ; lie must watch, and listen, and catch the voice of his district, as it floats on the breefce ; or he must read it, if he * can4?n the popular Shouts, which issue from partial meetings and conventions of the people. Sir, I have seen much of these popular conventions ; I have seen one ora tor mount the table ; and as he developed his political opinions and conduct* I have seen the hats, and the caps, and the shouts of approbation fill the very heavens- I h^ve seen another succeed him : and ps be developed opinions and conduct exactly opposite, again I have seen the hats and the caps blacken the air, and the earth shake with thunders of applause* Has the honorable gentleman any political crucible into which he cast these clamors* and Separate the true from the JaUe ? And, then, has he any balance to shew him which is preponderant ? May he not mistake the importunate clack of a few ephemeral noisy insects of his district, for the voice of the real tenants of the soil ? Sir, let the honorable gentleman be ware ! ! The sacrifice he offers is not one I of indifferent vitlue. Is it hot indeed the Mood of Tne vrcrim? -bcrt may St tTcrt'be the #om/ of the representative ? Conscience ! I Judgement ! ! Indepen dence ! ! ri hese are offerings too sacred to be thrown away on false deities. And yet, in the nature of things, when he lays them on the alter, he can have no securi ty that it is erected to the real vox Jidfiuli% the true god of his idolatry. Hut suppose certainty be fully attain able ; suppose every representative in structed at all points, in every subject, which tomes before him# what a Habel of legislation would this House present. Lo cal prejudices, narrow feelings, headlong violence must enter this hall ; and here un informed by discussion, uomittigated by iober reflection, and in their very nature, incapable *f c ompromise, Mould be seen in disgraceful and endless collision. A Sir, agninst principles, pregnant \t|th such paitial consequences, so repugnant to the spirit of our c onstitution, and sub versive of all the benefits of 4 Cbenta^