The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, December 10, 1836, Image 2
tAere Wsach atonic,
ly be adopted. As a Citizen of the Stale,
without reference to atif local poaistion,
i sinccraly hope thai the central route
may be found to have that unequivocal
claim to preference. I even think ifahould
he adopted, tmiesst-ejiue^ther* route ahali
appear to hare a decided superiority over
it. .Bul l dia sure that no public spirited
citizen, "anxious Jbr the-sueeess of tftfc
work; no stockholder, reasonably regardful
of hie own interest, trill be disposed
g? farther. 1o insure suecess in ?ee^
ing. thorn mountain harriers which hare
so long tnsde atrangers of kiadxtod com
mnnitiM-^n achievement surpassing hi
spblimity ill thii Xerxes and Hannibal
and Bonaparte ever accomplished?united
councils are indispensably necssary.?
The only mode of effecting this desirab?<
result will be to hare all the proposci
route* and mountain passes hcenralelj
orreyed by sdebtific engineers, befori
any comparison ia attempted. When tliii
is done, it ia extremely probable that th<
preferable route will be so dearly indica
. 12 J, zl3 to sapcraeed all doubt on the sub
ic&. :
ltd# Tar it may be expedient foe-thc Suu
to aid in lite prosecution and completion #
this-work, by subscribing to the Stock of lb
Company- which has boon incorporated, i
think the time has not yet come for deciding
Km ulrtuidi -been saved bf OQ
public ?pir?cd fdbw-ciiiacu CoL W*d
Hampton, who being one of the Centra
Coai ui irfsioocr* at Knoxrjiisy subscribed tb
wtMewra which appeared from ihc rcturr,
there received id be waniiog to utake up i:n
four miUtona. Uuiil the rou;c shall bo dub
nihreiy selected, and active operation* coin
roeuced, the emergency docs not seem j
call upon the Stales interested, to ctnbarki
the work as Stockholders. Moreover, ikon
. are some considerations growing outof.Un
' mode Of constituting tbe Hoard of Directors
pryrilod by tbe Charier, as amended bj
. Kentucky, and the relative sums subscribe*
In lire different States, which rend. * It i
measure of otmoos prudcoce on 'the part a
South Carolttu, either to procure a mod*6
cation of Che Charter before tbe subscribers
or 1v> make a co.ditioaal SQbacriptioo.
The-aet of incorporation pateedby tbii
State, prorided thai three of the7 twentyTour
directors thonld be chosen from qualified
stockholders residing is each of the
Stales of North Carolinj, Souih Carolina,
Tennessee, Kentucky a^ 9hto-li?i.?u
Um Izd'ffcrenily from
MIVU WWNtW ?v won..- , ? m
alt the stockholders- The acocadmcni interpolated
by Kentucky, proridrs thftl
six of the directors shall he. chosen from
. stockholders residing in that ti&te, whU*
only three ?b*JI he chosen fro**? each o]
other dates, but .Srto b.
chswa lo*?irca:!y from oil the Mm*
? holders. This eery exceptionable claim
?6 undue power, on the pari of Kentackjr,
hocomes absolutely reroltiog whoa we.ach
cart to the feet, thai the entire MUerip
tioa to- thai State amounts to ftoee Una
820Q.0C0, and that no one person then
has sttMcribed a sufficient number m
shares to qualify him to be chosen a director?
In this stale of thingc a board of di
- * J l* X.
nctou etoaoL M orfsMseu, vw ?> n
cutt&d, Kentucky with Imi Uwo s^l<ren?
iisth psrtof ihe alack, would wield onefourth
pert of ibe power of ibc company.
Oa tbei contrary, tteoth Corolla* owoiog
fi^eUihtt of the stock, eooldio pp crew
hero more than aloe director*. , 1ceo per
cefare no equitable principle upon ?kicfi
the holders of ftvc-eix(hs of the stock- &
b o tub Carotins, shell hero onlv oino directors,
- while the holders of ono?#t*ilu
of ihasiock oei uf booth Carolina, shell
here ?A*ctn This :s certain >y an unprecedented
anomaly in the organisation ?i
corporate powers, sad 1 think the pcoph
of (loath Coronas, as re been sufficicuiij
admonished by bitter experience* of ihi
*-? ~i" tlirir intec
* I AMI Gvninjuoiivb* vi n* .10
rate controlled by a foreign *i?d irrcipuu
sibie power, to make ibtm very caatioui
In. placing lire power on one ode, whih
the Intercut to be affected by it is on' tb<
other.
If we look to the questions that vi!
probably arise, at the commencement o
the proposed work, the danger of till
separation of power end responsibUitj
will be obvions. Upon every principle
the road should commence si Charleston
nod proceed continuously on towards it
Western termination, et least until tbi
money contributed In South Carolina shal
be expended. And yet it wiU be in thi
power of the directors out of the Slate
to reverse the operation, and expend lh<
tvhnla sum subscribed by the citizens o
this State, in Kentucky, where so small <
enra has been subscribed.
''Tb? prctrnaioa of nw<p*J pnvrr m part c
Kffttan;, becomes atil tucm intolerable when w
avert (o the eiosri that gave rise to It Brtii
Chartarte pattedbf this State, and all the other
ejfeept Kentucky, the Road was to no from Choi
loton to Cincinnati The clause interpolated b
Kentucky. require* that the company, at the mo
time thai lacy carry the Road from the Curaberlan
tfonMam So Cincinnati, thai! carry a branch t
litwievKle. It alee require* that a branch iball t
Carried ftoa Lexington to Msysviitc. The corn
paajr wo than required to construct two brand*
OMhtng together won 150 miles of Rail Road, ob
vtoady cgatfMt fbetrown interest,and merely t
ficbjnoMthate two town* in Kratwhji and to so
oanyihe performance of ihepe moot unrvusonabl
fn*>dt;iao9,ibrj are moreover required to aire Ken
tocay three dlieetora ere iui ton ?fy. *
^dre h no practical view of the eobject that eaj
mafce it th* interest?f the company, or the graa
nuMtc ooriocrrvcd inihe contempts led work In cove
K?ninckr *ilb Rail Roads for the otirilenoflai
si:??j thrwigh the Star*. * ? .
? Jf#M to lb? Ohio Hirer, imnt ottl
point ? that t?t?; khonid be arlccted. Tb? ?U
eoDMModacerlf ill the trade, that wonld be com
nnwM fcj the three that are proposed If eKbei
Ct?*Htn*d or L?iwHI!e ahoold be selected, H wit
irtaanr ?r mn?h Cemrwrre as ihr Ro,id mUproba
5!/ bet able lr> eoneej. And aa Ohio hueonfrtbo
ted tSnmtt nothinjr h Uie etoek of lite company, f
WoSld he raficli fry? wiser coarse to carrr the Roat
U ano liier ^ ter JTur JT
even to this. it is to make UiajMaikof tbeKolo-.
chock jr, the Western termination of the Road,;
-rK^K eaordio* to the estimates, would reduce ;
white it vodit! still jidd to North Cfniit, Tcobn- <
see and South Carolina, a tery hsgt portion of'
Utomfeaaisgea-lhat-woald mull flora Uw coropleiioo
of tn? original scheme. The work to this ,
extent could be almost completed with tb? stock
already subscribed, and would be clearly within '
I the means of these three States. <>A flodrishing
, town would spring op avths Western termination
of the Road, wherever thai might' be, whether at
Nolecbackj, A shrills, or even at the Norlh-wes1
tern border of oar own State, which would tttneS
f to the Rood a groat portion of the Western trade,
| probably aauracb test pould convey.. a; . - L
.:? I bare so^jested these rwr?, brums* 1 believe
i that South Carolina aril! be restrained ooyiess by .'a
' sense of self rcspccl,, than by a j'dit regard forbcr
I owtr interest, from subscribing itiy tlimr to the
r uLeaisfiUe, CSaelnatl and- Charleston Rail-Road
. Cotnpaay," so Jong'???ls Charter shall contain
the bicbly objectionable provisions to which.!
s bare alluded. ~ ' Jr~
. A* U now *ecm? evident that the principal part
" of tlacr funds 1f$ which the Road u to be constructbd,-#fll
bar* to fan contributed by South Carolina,
srefotui take out thaUkc ooatroulofiJbeeetupds
? F*" other, band*. tod that the ?C4fo
J. ofl&taGofta be not draoportiontd -to tfcr mean*
of effectinp tbetn. Atid itre cratiijrin* to perceive
5 thaiao much eaa be done by North OfroJiaa, Ten|
Msitfc and South Carolina alone, etna i? ii ahoold
,. bo found nacrMpfr to act. without the concurrence
>* or c? operation of CraioorKeidtackJr. " ' ,f J
r A kmim has. been n ^nUrd, u too ate doubte
ItM aware, of eosfrmac tip** :tbi? Aati H??d
j Cnarpaa/ye frivileffa af jtUnkmg. t.barc fprcn
to thia project the ot-ot <Jrat<riS* and anxioua Con?id"T?i:vn,
and have been Idla "wif de
(* c.ded caae.c;: .r. thai t: would be a OMmrr pevfc
ami with daujer to our fctMrr*) aysfomafcradii
L *?d cunrwSt and ui all nrapocla inexpedient.-?
Our banking nrrtefti baa already been earned U>
" I the exfircxretluriH wbsch prudence 'and aotmd po0
Ccjjr wilfijwtifjr) and we ,-baon but toojoaaj rafttr
5*1*?** that J-oal conearjvin common tjrtib
. tbe aancrai eutrrncr oj the Uuitrd Stairs, a
' npin therreol that foalcareer ofdcprccwOoo,
3 of which webad aaob melancholy experience daV
n?|, *?d for vwnpj after, the ble.ini: with
f Great Britain. Nor are. the reason* for indalgiag
| tbrac ffootnj aj?pft>hrbtIoh* al all weakened bj
. IIt* C5oima*m ?1kifaWrtB; n?ai aw gootr pupera
1 affirm1 to Battle* ^thte they'8*r a&te
f to diWBBl lo IdlQitlirnUx'Ci'ttnlry wmu jm?t
.' litTaitjr flooded ariih a., redaaduti currruc?, this
lWauatt ?4i hAtitoillr made, and with aa much
trSkMirbw.* ' > '
Of ilia amrrtof twolciaj borrowing, it amy
' bcMtd wiiii aanptttotopbyttufortrv. tbii it
u a mtottU/T %lu eh. derive* t tewao rt aj^tite
from gtoft feeds on.' . The v?r; *ct of Uuqarfef
: v*Jc* ^ S^lTcV.cru
I; of tfaar dep/aciatfoa, an increased dwire and oe?
ISP'ty btam*o%a ii?cmuad qmaUljr.
OJ fl?w; become# aw***/? |o efiect tf* cj,
efcaagr* of we ***. The eoasUolond paofrcaurt
jjpiTCittiio of *1] uM .dT propwt* wuicii ii
ttMrnt*??** adrtBtciSodc??
1 MOO" :^r 1^... M
l **? dam.
f wrt jinywiwiiii^r?? tp '-je Jg* in?.
fiSiffilRUttSS:
1 lj aUxlanS *b?<rth? dajr ?i jwrwefct than
I it *tur *Hwi bo obtained ttw fc*n; lit* price of
Too tracing ca?cr.8ntlT, and jtrwrvu *Jtc<cai si.
cIxmm of tockU, bec?t? iainxicatod with the
' ?p:rit of gatabtfag epc-ettJition In-ataefca, hi land;
I UKt In wrnr tUl?y ?U??>iJ ttini M mww
t oodcrtlM* iMeh pfweem ajrek-m, oalil awahaofd
r from tb<?r deiinota by expiosiee, when bo mar
1 be dwawl inijdbwfr forttmato who eecai** ??
h?rt tfo geWtai wrtek. Ke *Uw bribing*
, ?u be i?aw ?Aw*bfc? m iiw regular putacnta of
1}Wrt Wwnr em omppttog to Urn potts
taenia, or finall* ta?* drilmurc :> the pfmjrritjr"
? M africtSttftir coauauatl*. In the Baal
' cataeOeptorU wfik*ft?m? inoVftabl/ UraaHttte,
, property berosea ihiprrmlnail, owu; Urease*
r mere doieaiito obuU, and ia Uw? auto of Uiian,
K all ihoee who an* indebted to U?o L?n?a, bare to
' tacrifctf bbeirpropertv dUeharje lh*ir bfeltgfr .
itowe AM to the mm 4f geweial mto which
t follow*, ib? feuifca aluw.flourish aaudat tlmd^
, t?? aad baakrvpvjr
f?I*. Il U^dettMaU* 16 b? KopKthat toe rami 01
ainck-Jobbiotr, will not Hjwtnd from Jfew-Torhaod
I Aihnn ?, *7fraHnt*n aodOoilatnbja;n<d abob*
I
. pmiiPWl *?cu Swrfal and dca*>r?iltxin* rcxulu in
f other murtm, will new pollute 'he exactmrj of
r oarleJWiUoa.
? A vt-ry xtroaf, if not a coocfoxive rsaaoo again*
r banking privtlom to (be Rail Read Com*
* war, will not bo fimnd in (be fact, (bat Ibe oxpi"
itl of tho bank of iho Sua* of Sooth Carolina,
* wit! bo hnanuwd dertng the eeeehaf jeir'IV the
extent of jam?tbiaf tike a milHbn and a 'half of
I dollar*, bjr the earn which will be depaeitfdift that
, bank Ctom , the Trtew/ ,ef the United Stale*.
' Thie will enable It to Inereaxe tu discount-opera
5 liat? at leaat to the sane exWnU and wilt certainly
aappt/ all the additional want* of the comma mi?
I for bank awwou^odaUoag,', be vecd, *kai an |jc
f iopplied by the existing bank capital." And' ax
the profile of the Bank of the Plate irdoand to the
1 benefit of the pcopU allerye, H would be ?ory oaf
wiae to dipupsh ihem profit* at the prnrot con*
, juncture, by the grant of banking pmitegex to a
. company m HMtimii WlWUIUt'l*, C(rn ii inn
' ooold bs safely done opoo aouad hankiny prmc)>
* pk* ,
B Ilia not aaa/to peroiva o?oa *5ul pUn this
1 nil road mnpu; can be transformed into a bank'
D iny corporation eooaistesrtlr with Ha original phfpone.
it i? certain that thw nam* capital moraot
* perform two incompatible functions It cannot be
R paid eoland expended in conjftrncUny the rail road,
f and at lira saw* time remain in the bank (o re,
dram it* paper. Bach an attempt as Uihi would
iorviubtj end In a men paper hank, aa It wookl
bo aurtly iwpomblo Uiat U could redeem its bilU
if an demand. If to obviate..lb)? objection it should
e bo proposed to bare a separate ana dtumci capital
e to sustain the opsratxwn of Ute bank, the plan
a would still bo liable to very strong objections. It
- ?ro?U be aubetantiallr forntiof the mute body of
f penman iplo two distinct corporations, essentially
9 different' in thei^ character "add jtbjrrta. and rr.
d aoiriav entirely different qoatidesUoM fur the eon.
e daat of their amirs. . ,
a it it not reasonable to suppose that tbia confusion
r of purposes sad complication of doth?*, would faci
a litate or expedite the completion of the ondertakiny
* for wirfch ihe emftpahy Was organised. Oh the
a contrary, there is too. much ground to spprehend
u tint this noble ante.prise would be degraded Into a
r. tncre concern of speculation sod stock-jobblng:?
: ?,,? tUm rw?..a?*Artti;? tv>5r?.
pan/ poHttTrir prohibit* it ih? olt-litnklDjj opcra9
TatHH?,Ui?V?be prtrwiard thatMinw very oagcnt
t raaaons will lp> required to Iodqce jotj to repeal
r U?4lj?r<ih>bilion. The onl/rca*bn entitled to con*
? aideraJion, wlrteb hi* been tmggcatcd. b the effect
i of tfcia banking privilege in uecoringthe reqnUite
t aubraripUono* Mock. Uot it unow apparent,that
( *8 ffcr m w 04a aec our wa/ ek?r for malting the
- ub?cripli"B which the legiilatum will doebtle**
r aalhotbe to be made In the name of the Bute, at
I tfic (Muior thaa -r'
I wiilremmk finally on, Utia "abject, that the
' ocmetiuittoh of the director/, tn the charter now
I aland?, would he a cottclowre objection, on the part
I of the Booth Carolina atockboldcrr, to iho granting
<vYxrierpiedecc^MO'l^Tto been atflU Um?? jo#ti>
?rt?bie of the iiaptku.ua* oT having uniform and
equal lawa administered by enlightened 'and inpir*
tial jodns, thai UteorgamsUion ot the Jadictarr
systemIn occupied * doe thereof their attention.
It eeenta, however, that* something yet remains to
be done to complete that organisation. The con-,
atiiulion of the Court of Appeals by the act of
1835, has rendered what was before merely expedient
alouat a miilrahf neeemity-an act ptovi-j
, ding t'lal the Sessions of (lul Court shall be held |
exclusively ?l Columbia, for the trial of. Appeals |
from all part* of the State. I
1 an also of the opinion that the great improve* j
ment which has he?n made in the intelligence of
the people, since the abolition of the Count/ J
Courts, rentiers it highly expedient to rc-estebtcab
that system hoar, though it may then have been
. to abolish it.: In Lngland and in all the ohlcr
States ol this: Umonr.itu * jtutl/ popular as it
is cxlennvpl/' useful, "having the high merit o(
administering justice without dels/, *l without nioor
v and without price.*'
Thereinno-Disirictin.thedUiloin whichunenlightened
hod/ of Magistrqlis could not W ob?
urncd, amply qualified to superintend the genera]
. police of the*' District, aadexercisc a civil and
criminal jurisdiction Uuhtftl to certain amounts
ud to a certain c!**sci oQVocea.
{ ; By tranixrrinj ihr pOncw now exrrciscti by the
^Ordinaries to tiieic Court*, the fees of OfSce,woa d
(yield 90' liberal a couipenratxtm, that potshot) ol the
i very best qualifications could be cbtaiucd to cct as
jCJctk*. Ibc gli the vuuki receive i.o
jemorvn^stjon, but the tco*i?cioi?iteM ol .'renderin?r
the * State some serfrice. '. patriotic uUttna cf
1 ?*6lt not. rorv
t eheer&Uj prriurm tbiir nwnllwii of dhtjr to
lif: pobUtOl honor au^ nicfolBro, And in the
ctmrte of* icw jcarn, the Ciicuit Court* woovd
"be jelieVed of ? large a portion of the boato-Sat
lbry Cow haTo U> perform, liuil the bcn.fcei t-f the
jjadjr* might be gradnaqr dianiniabrd in a con*>
dcraoic . rsu n:f uiu* promoting a jutl aad nisv
ceononiv, without impairing, tu the *liglilr*t t!e
rgrre, ti?o efTirjcncy ot ihr' general ajstrui, or th*
character ol the court of final jurisdiction,
i Tbo recent organization ?d tho Mahua, is in the
1 process ot rrzliiint ail Ibo- beneits cinch wre
AO Uti poled Crhtri iL Al Kthool* of instruction for
1 the officer*,The Brigade BncajafrmeaU have Lorn
1 found to bo of inestimable mhse. 1 am thorough*
jlr satisfied, Cromtpf obaertation and experience,
that wiibopl.tbaie, the whole, ajatcra ot Militia
matter* tfiiH*. would bo worse litar. unprofitable.
Tfcejr fcodTd be mrh? bpn^thg^pagtkflU, calen*
Uted to bring all Militti excrcur* into contempt
and ridicule,ami ail MAt? Q?o*r*into
1,1Vben the Colonel* of fvfgimcnis and Captain of
Corhpenlesure thorough!/ camprtrul to drill their
I teonrotiee command*, there b hot little difficult/
' tt deparin tkM/ ?i tlit lUitiatBdtfead tiieit
W W**> i* fcF*** -% atp?i in*
expenrncrd (roqp?-~l mean .Militia, not eniMtfd
troop*?coo!d be well prepared to take the field in
Cut-week*. lictr/ Uirn-j depends upon the Officers,
and mart, upon the Captain* of Gotopuin, on
whom it dwfoieca to teach -thoto.oletaaUrr.puocu.
pie* and worsaieota tor wSji^h-aUthe corabinalioD*
of MilfUrj tactic* are cflVclid oh'the field of 1>ai.
fie.
H But u it eUciulelT Mfeential to tlw nttility of a
-I-" ?- - *M .?i L.I. 1^4 I.. .
DC flOMBCW OT tapiluninwv
j eoouwteiU ofiowv Aecordi. m lo,,tke Uoo. tbewy
I aodWigtotl desira of. the office of Adjataat and
Inspector General, thai officer slioo'.d be the chief
: dnil officer of U* ^istr. He thou Id ffc required
. to cltcod th* MMtff oJ'ererjr regime at in the Bute
$ <mcr. ? |WMPd hwwclf w the
inatrucicr Ha ahouUiJio W required to attend
ercTj Brigade eutatmtft*t>t,'?Hfto drtn ih* officer*.
ia tbcnmrohdhjcuwt and b* ttctfd wttbtfas oe
ocanty talfacntyyjrxUnctrtivreooelobte novu na
' At a competuaUon fcr Ihrw hU&rioB*. ejrpenairc
) tod moot uw-fut- wrriert, fate wliry abooid far
i raised fa> si teaat twenty five buodiN d?llir?.?
, 7Jua would enable too to cootoiaad the mrtlee*
' of a Jooox qoii ul military pndr, thoroughly mu
J lei of ImduUe*, oho would derate bis whole
- tti?w to tfaetr |.4nrierai?nctt. Bach a man wenld be
| wotttic ?ul.- totbe State, than any officer tn it,
! avail earn* littery.; wiwrats an, uaoompctcnt ofikvr,
j without the proper energy cud atUlaiy spint,
; o c^j?fboa p^ftrti dou^t. -
y The hnprotetctot of oar Militia, has been s*
I tndah retarded, heretofore, by lia wutof a auita
i JtU and .ttaifimn intra of tactic* and irculsUoQ*,
an by ik'.vaot of orgtnisiUMi. The cS&crra of
mthjr oT "tbo >eVrioenta cannot procure books of
' aav kind, tmd alfibeeopWsof44 infantry Tkrtk#^'
provided by Uwautbortty of your ptedeoraeort,
i atoealMtoatod* TI# Uojuf hatrt recently
cift? ilf tho i^ot of toe French,
: prepared* kV?aW OtBWl Beoti, to whom tho
country',* gre?ly.lftdrbtrd.#w the mraaa ^m|M>
m* > ot*au4c J^wk4l? ^?^f military, axt-Tfiw
how system to a yory. flrcidrd Improvement
o?wm any thinj oneslowly pobUafced, mid Major
General Macomb Iwi prepared trom It, a my
jidioMui abstract, to whicb be has addrd Artillery
and Cavalry Tacltea and the Army Regulations,
embracing the whole in the cobin*i ol a small ana
clfeap Tofurne. Aa are era under a constitutional
obligation to coodortn. to lbs system ol too United
' buus, and a* toe syatem litey Uayc now adopted,
it likely to be permanent, 1 have purchased Are
buudrrd copies of to is work oat of toe appropriation
of toe last ateuea, and I recommend that a stun
-be aipprcsrbted anfBeieat to supply all the o flic era
fX toe blatc with oao copy. The coat will be
very itKotwdcrabie, ia comparison with the object,
at. tola mail volume, ooaauting" only fifty-cram,
! wnvtiseff ? Wf tefrrawo military library.
O?lof Um sum appropriated ?br that object, 1
bay* purchased ?MlUMA mt? ?wd eanard an Arson*1
to be erected, la this pines,.eapxble ui contain
inyMOOilud ofinm. WMt <?ila|ptiiMiud
Barracks an completed, the whole wilt bo a*
creditable to Uw liberality and forecast of the Legislator*,
M it will be conducive to the pobtto
nbtr.
'I ml It to ho my doty to bring to yoor view
mstoo measure* for improving the condition, ctevat
ing Um tharacter, im extending the tuefulncn of
the Chief Executive Department of this Gorem
mmi, wtuch 1 have btro constrained, by wry
obvious const derations from suggesting at an ear
Iter period. There is no reform in the practical
operation of our system ot coats derated Sore reign
]communities, and.in the state uf public opinion
connected with it. more important to tfco scetirit v
of onr ciril institutions, than that which shall
restore the Inst rquilibriom ol that system, by
' ratting up the tftate Governmenta from that low
point of depression u> which they have been carried
f?r the adverse political currents of the last twenty
yauu, to their primitive dignity and power The
steady progress of federal encroachment, while
undermining and carrying away the constitutional
barriers -ol oair Mf?l/i has given a ta^? direction
16 the public gpinioft of onr people A the ambition;
of our Statesmen.' The latter mast bu thoroughly!
j unrffwf, oclore ine lunwt can w ivocnMiuiijr
I re?t?tt"d It will t? in rain thai wr struggle in mainI
tain the greet eonarrtetiee doctrine* of the South,
wtuie tho Chief Magistrate* of highojioded tionlh
em Stale*?the representative* of their Sovereign
dignity??hn2l descend from their loltr elevation,
ptoatrtte the insignia at their offices \t the vrrv
fttolMool of the Frrtefal Kircritire, erasing at hla
hand* the mbemt'lc honor of t mission to the In
dian Ui|ws, or a permanent Agency among them,
and .T.rnng off upon thia degrading errand, with
out enenotitrrinj (he acornthfand Indignant hla*
? of the petmln, whoar sovereign honor they hare
betrayed and tarnished.
. With a yievr of counteracting hese deseeding,
tendencies, as well as lor increas^
itig the respectability and usefulness of
hta office In other respect, 1 recommend
t
created to fire thousand Jdollare?that
ho be required to teside, ^habitually, a^_
the teat of Coverumeiit, and that a soluble
bocsc be erected for his accommodation.
This is almost the only Stale in*
the Union, where a mansionjeorrespond-}
iog with the dignity of the office, is not1
Svavided for the residence of ihe Chief!
lagistrate, and where that officer isnwt I
required to reside permanently at thej
scat of Govermcnt. In
practice, the Chief Execuiire Depart
mcnt of this Slate is'now cither the private
residence of the (*drern6r, often in
one cxtrcmhyof the State, i>r a sort of
travelling hend quarters. In this siatc of
things, ihe people are exposed to great in*
convenience, and, the unfortunate often
Ail to rcCeivV the benefit which they
would otherwise derive from his exercise
of the pcrtieattee of mercy, by ibe dsflgciilty
pi''ascertaining or of reading the
.|4tirc. b* his residence for the time being*
I also suggest as a measure nf obvious
expediency, "the repeal or modification of
provision of the Constitution, which rcnfdersjJie
Chief Magistrate ineligible, for
t four j cats, after serving one term. As
lie is almost entirely destitute of patron!
age of any kind, there is no conceivable
| reason why the people should impose
, this jealous restriction opon themselves^
by ttliichit must frequently happen that
|they will be deprived of services which
.am In raisin. ie%
i VJ |VUU?M, W * V# J S?WJ*SW?V ?W ?
. the serious de trimcntof the public serjVijee.
At the Constitution now stands, no
'system of policy, depending upon the
| Chief Magistrate ami requiting a series of
[years fur its execution, can be saceessf!ly
.accomplished.
I harp reccired from the QoVcraow of
^several of our confederate States, resolutions
on llie subject of tbe proceedings of
ccriain abolition coeieties organised in
the non-slarc-hnlding dutcm and 1 now
lay these resolution* oclbre you, in comSHanrc
with the request by which they
. >jrro accompanied. Most of thcinr> a*
you will pcrccire, 'are from the Legislatures
of slarc-bbiping States, and arc
characterised by a patriotic spirit, an enlightenedcomprchcus
on of our common
rights, and a firm determination io defend
them, Worthy of the high source* wbehee
they emanate.
J am constrained htj^rerct, to express
my. sincere regret, that notwithstanding
the solcmh appeal by South' Carolina aoil
oilier ahTCrbolding, Stale#, to the Slates
ia which those abolitionSocletir* werb
formed, invoking them to. interpose their
lcgUlatWe power for the purpose of suppressing
seditious machinations against
our jicaccant! safety, which trrrc openly
esrrled ori under the protection of.their
Jaws and sorertigu jurisdiction?but three
of these State? have err n ctmdescentted
to notice this appeal, at:t! u.'l one of ihrm
lias taken 'any slept to war*# rupprrsriug
the injurious practices ol4. which ore so
justly conipTaiacU.
Considering the fraternal spirit- in
which our application tra*c ohcctrcil, and
the respectful language tn which it was
expressed, ! cannot hut regard tJje entire
nrgleci with which it hs# been thus generally
treated. as a silent hot aieniheant in
dicatfon of the sinning state of public
opinion which already prevails, amongst
the great body of the people in the nonsbTc-!iolM)ugSlhtcs,antU*ol^mn
ndrao.
nhlou to tlic sJatc-boldiog States to guard
their institutions with sleepless vigilance,
hhilbe at all tiroes pn-pared to defend
, tbcnv by airJhe tnf4ns tfMch the emergency
tnay'Uc&arttCwhat rh?f'occurred,'
ii urifl'notco'tripdrl with the dlgnfiy
of'Soiitlie Carolina, as ? Sovereign
State drrplv aggrieved "by the practices
to which I have rcfrrtd, to hob! any further
correspondence cn the subject! with
those 8tates that hate I rented our comfduintt
with this-total neglect and silent
ndiflrence.
It is now time that discussion should
cease. "The argument Is exhausted/'
and though wemay not be called upon to
/ 'standby ortr artrn" tre should be prepared
to-adopt efficient and decisive mcesnrra
for t??r own eceurity, 49 snores it
*hal! be ascertained that the eoinbutvti
guarantees of international law and of our
constitutional compact of Union, are insufficient
to restrain the ferocious spirit of
fanatical interference, which is now wag itig
war against our institutions. It is no
longer to be endured that (he federal compart,;
which should be a covenant of
eternal peace among the States, and a
shield to protect their respective institutions
from every species of mutual -internoddling,.
sh?nld be used as a constant
protect for this conspiracy against onr
nwn lives, properly, and our character.
We most be permitted not only to enjoy
oui rights of property, but to enjoy them
in peace and security. It is a gross outrage
fur one coihmunity to attempt to ever*
lirntv I lie ttmtif nlinn? nf bii other, evtn h*
di*cuuion. if committed by a foreign
Slate, it is a juai cause of wan if by^
confederated State, it is a just cause, of.
separation. In either<ttse ills a' simple j
question of expediency to determine when |
the evil has assumed a character to ?ar>i
rant a resort to the ultimate remedy.
Such is the rapid progress of the spiriti
.'f abolition in the nun-slave holding
States, that no humwn sagacity can tell;
how toon that period may arrive. Wej
fatally deceive ourselves if wo suppose]
its fury haa abated- On iho ..contrary it <
appears from the aonna)-* report'.of the
American Anti-Slavery Bndety which assemVled
at New York in May last, that,
the Abolition Societies had swelled in
number from WO to 023, sihee the report i
'no^atw ihc " feins' and moscJe of Society."
the
iree laborers 6nd m cehl^Moi
JUSLVJ'y Vr" ui-*y?,uu"
w confined to " Ae" head and latl of Society;
puree proud ariwtocrslea. and penny
less profligates." .. 1 :Aeij prnctsd*,
with the infuriated seal,, but a itfaout Ae
piety of Peter the Ife'rniil, to rally its
partizans f? r a eresade against the alave'
b?Wrrs, by t xcUisming: * friends and fellow
laborers, the enemy stands openly be*
for?? U9? ilia foot is
COJ of our fellow men. ile a&ertsAe
rij-bt lo nis&ittih hU j^tittun^ ideate
Ac iiu- l>? r of his victims. He ocgtna
longer Jaeors /rem the ^raMfittauhjf fke
ease; he boldly avoirs slavery to be the
beat' e?m<!iuon of the laborer. SSach is
the enemy ?c find rampant amidstoar 6
institutions." ? xJHmz
WUII.UVIH.
In Ais strain of insolent assumption "5
iIk Amerinu Ai.UrSl.Krj, Satiety eDHr.} ,
tniucBi uu uugu
nounce ihc slafv-holdcrs, for the obfidus
aod trowed purpdso nf huldin jvlheiaop
to the abhorrence of tfec Northern people,""J
3Sa56S8S66i2eS$'
portion of ih? racn of
"species of in?fferftBco yiih H* Iwwtfw, :*
rcif (ho flUtre-boUiias
Ijaf lb* people, beaded by that daaspdgtajgV
j perate politicians,; who.bold that no charter*
f ore sacred, would' finally ;ya!Jy trader rt6*
) banners of aboliuosustoand pmj
] before ibera in the elections. Wtwaifek "
| crista shall arrive, those who ww doiOk;'*
Cougrm the cotismoiknitf poucr toemwev
patc the slares in the District of Lpluartaa,
tfill as boldly claim the nm power in sfe
gard to the Ma:o& lheir whole cotxrae ; dotoooauates
thai this is the coasaautioo a*
which they, arc aiming. It -? neither ctticoJoied
t?r designed to eoorefl ?b?Cv
hoWr-rs, hot to unite the
slate holding States ia fas oe .
pathm: of our slaves. Atri ii w esid^iliat "
this would not conduce, iar any..retpfct, &
(bo ncoootpltthment of their object, twlow
hy. *' resort to legislative. power or physical ,
uaugo oj wiwe cuwiwcous auu juwwvi^
thaU be adopted to arrol lliwu : 1?
of ibe popular meetings at tbo South, ?
setnbfal 10 consider the subject of ibc incendiary
procorbnipa of tho A bolhiuuhtf* tic
8:*tea to which those proceedings ^tia. carried
ou, \vere called upon to suppress thena
by penal enactments^ aid it t*a*. declared
ibat if; this redress abuulJ bo rirfcttrf it *
nvald fan expedient; Kk the, ilns-hoMing .
State# to meet in Convention lo cde#kher~ tjm
means of protecting tltcmsehrca. In alluding
to these proceedingsat th? South, tbo American
A cni-Slarcrj 8ocbt/ exuUmglj declares
thai.no lngiaUtiro- body in the nap-top-,.
hoWiug States, -aad but one peauU^tneeupg,
had dared to propou , penal ?Mfa&Jeatr
gaiim ibe abofiyoniita, and jta t?afc4&~
sbue Itoidtog States#J?mnk Jfrofu IPKP9f$t?
t son of their threatened call of a Con rent ioa,
This the Society atufiicth a* one of iis.aigiu/
oC?a?oucageto?it;;*?i add#, " tbo threat
is grorca stale, ? * caa qw I*,
rtotdref" 11? ioitmtkn ?#.fio?aj dedamd
of urging upon Congress the ncmedian abolition
of alarcrjr in the District of Columbia.
auu me; ugps ii npnwra.uw im WNov v* ,
that body will "groan with a tenfold weight
of petitions." ........
It b quite apparent that, as long aa the
LaHs of Congwat aholl U op?n to ih? discosfnton
of this question, we can bare, neither
| peace nor security, a^rent,
thai whenerer the federal legfcafel&e
shall Usurp .the. power of emr.ncvpatingthe.
laves in the l>tstri*r pf IfqlpB^^hc dn&X
secure of iho SopiUtsm States wifl'wpf
ia promptly and peaceably withdrawing from
the Union. With a new, therefor*, of
warning the people of the North of the eon!
sequences of such to usurpation, that they
, may be restrained from longer agitating a
subject so deeply, involving our very existence
ns a people, i suggest to jou tha eipeditocJ
of making o so&tno iegiaUliTO decuuatton,
I L. _!_L. ml .? ILL
iiwi vungmn mi mn|<ii W auwvau
in theDisirict of, Cbbnbia, and is under ?o
coostiuiticnal obligation to, "the
lions of the people 'of any of IW
praying for such abolition; and that wfctbover
Congress shall emancipate die dayci in
the said District or in any of the Terntones
of the United States. Sodtfc Caraiibj, m
common tHth th* other diterholdiiigStates,
will be absolved from all congUwM^Q" g
moral obligation to remain any MKSUM
Union, and may rigbtfally and pctcdWty
[ withdraw front it.
While ^?uth Carolina is thaa indipaauy
repelling alt foreign aitip?pta tQ tioU? W
sanctuary and endanger the existence
domutic imiiiuiioo?. it buoMQ
peculiar manner, to abstain from c*?Qr ^n' :
of interference with tbr domestic cone**?*
; or domestic ccntratersiea cf all othiw ?*Pjk
? m ^ f *** - "** mSdm "1 i fcWMliyfc ?
wroiga w coniwenae. i ftt aw
noti-tnlcrfereaco, it one of
: taot in th? coda, of inteoiatiQ** "J**
theirs are no c?mmunttM? w .y?
should hofd it so stored as the ^a**hw?*ng
Mates of this Union. If hjr ttew itai-jw?,
in citing countenance to the un.anTul CTtw>