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long, be .. I of our uUUlL* . use to utllthls most ' ~ ~ [southhas al ii always (he ? while to cooUiiuc ^here the north ?le BKa2& " This question, however, is fast ap proaching to the alternative of submission or separation. Mo?t unxiously would every man who hear* pit, wash, on faii^ and uiuhI < t-nn*, to avoid it. Bat if the monu|K>lists Hrr bent upon'fnrcing the decision upon us, ??tl> Hfonsil ves bfrthftreapoosibity." Such man whojuart wt, igsb^oa hit; aud equal ftbe Th^eX^Wnol and the National lllgenccr, seem tq exclaim against these 4$f aft an exhortation to dissolve the loft at oil events. In tbia they are follow by the tory prints m the pay of the ad iniuistr uion, elsewhere. The National In - telligeuccr, indeed, doeanotcoodcscend, like Charles Km*, tho apologist of British cruel ty. or like the editor of the Richmond Whig, to bawl out foreigner, renegodo: Messrs. Gale* and Beaton arc willing to allow, that ' the wordsoithiyroceedingquotutlun, are the effusions ofllsiicakcr who uttered them intiic warmth of debates the violent expression* of an imprudent man. not likely to be ap proved by any one else, and therefore not i- generally imputable to those wlto urc oppo '? acuts of protecting duties. * I thank these gentlemen for the excuse ; they are so kind to make for nee; but 1 beg ^ permission to disclaim it. 1 will stand, ? they will give mo leave, orrtny own ground, and deliberately re-adopt every syllable they ' complain of. j. 1 should think-that nothing but the most wilful and premeditated misconstruction | would confound the investigation of a dubi* ? ous question, with the predetermined deci [:? elon on it, before and without invektigution! | Wheo l aay, it will peritaps become ntcc? K sary to calculate the balance of benefit we B receive from the union, is this the same Killing as determining that *e receive no benefit at all? and that*we must rcnouncc the | anion without further consideration? Af till! When 1 say thin U a question, j which we are all nnxious to avoid, doe* this & mean that we have determined upon it be forehand?* It may suit the friends of the uc* ministration to force if they con, thc-e palp i '* bin perversions on the people, ah if the) wj:rc ' the meaning of thu word* used; liut 1 Mupcct ' that in t|kt?> ss in every other of ihcir unfair attempts, they will find, tl>ut imtcad of de ? ceivinj others they arc deceiving them f< selves. ' The true meaning of what I said, b, what a plain man of common sense would I put upon the words, in their usual uc C eeptation; namely, that neither I, nor any ? man who heard me, is desirous of separating ?V from the union; hut, on the contrary, we are ? strongly predisposed to think of it with all \ reverence and oflcctlon, yet, systematic en . croachments upon the bounds prescribed by k the constitution, perpetual perversions of its plain meaning, and impositions continually practised under its authority, by means ol Which one section it made rich and powerful by the lm|Mivcrishmem of another, will, at length, if they b* persevered in, force ns to Consider whether the benefits we receive, are not more than counterbalanced by the evils we suffer. Now, if it be treason to be lieve and assert this, I nm undoubtedly guil ty. and am likely to continue so. 1 nut so "lueilUbly stupid," that 1 would not choose tobe bound to an union, such us Mr. J. Q. Adams and Mr. H. Clay would impose. 1 wouli ask ot these wily whether there be any prohibition' in thin f. country to the political question whutevet? Is it the interest of any class of men to oh* struct investigation, to denounce discussion, 19 exclaim against all inquiry, unless thev dreid it? How do you account fur the jeal ousy of the clergy In all age*, for the liliel law in England, for the censondi ip of the prcM in France*'but from the fears <>? men in pow er, who prosper by public abuses, and wlw If desirous of keeping their subjects in the irk f And why do men love d.irknest rat b r than light, but bteausr: their deeds arc rUi If the Anion be, indeed of such im* isc value to the people of the south, that rever encroached upon, abused and pcr ted?- however misconstrued for the pur j ot enabJng one section to become Uhy and powerful by the plunder of sti ller, yet that its benefits, even under these ?oumstances, do not admit of the leant ibt; is it not easy for those who say mi, to re it? Will it do any harm to quiet the 1 citisens who are apprehensive, and to taind all the objection* of those who arc ilined to donbtf No, 8ir| no msn ever ex limed against the discussion of sny question, >did notfeelhimself in the wn*nr, and wbo uot reason to fear the result. No wonder t monopoly gentlemen are anxious tnattiw h nm to every man, who warns the people fthe dangertn.it will Inevitable ensue from irseveranee in deception and im|H?ition. r know the hasardoos ground they iuponi hence it is that they wish to cry rn all'Inquiry. 1 grant, the union of the** tree, sovereign, Indfcoende't states, for the purpose of ' nir foreign policy and intercourse, is I U> *11 our reverence and respect. 1 , the ?onttHutlofi it not to be . hanged or I with, or its benefit* doubted, on every encroachment, or aberration from its sions. I grant, that the people of South line in particular, of whom I am oue, no better constitution than the consti* of the**, United States, construed and according to its plain meaning and ._?ia?kl original intentiMi. bo const ru-1 it is goed enough Car mki although we oar eye* to the fact, that even ?M-eed in fee fairest manner* ita are eH favorable to the nofthm V V so. latetoi r I nartaer a crime in him, to' . . on. ascertain what course it btumn him to omrvimt ^Ifatirtendrecommcnnshlmtolook Into his concerns, will that nm tint to ad vis ing Kiin to dissolve the pamu r.ihlp at once? Commencing under the administration of Afh AfudUon, who reluctantly assented to one infringinent; continued under the whole administration ot Mr. At unmet and boldly defended and ticied uimmi, with mcrcilcss and persevering seal throughout the short period of Mr. Adumt' present administra tion, the constitution has been set at naught, and actually laughed to scotnt those whose age and experience of what passed lrom 30 to JO yenr* ago, and who loved and reverenc ed our national union under ita first and an cient interpretation, have been charactised as men " ineffably stun id;" and held up by this language of your President* to tlic con tempt and dcrikiou of younger and more fush ionsule politicians. Having lived from the year 1703, to the end of Mr, Madison's administration, with the |>olitii-iansof early times?with the men who, having assisted in framing our constitu tion, well knew the principles on which it was based?I have imbibed their opinions, their prejudices, their modes of construc tion, ami their views of its meaning. With their exposition of it, I know of nothing so good, ana 1 expect to ?ce nothing better. It contented them, it conteutcd me, and I be lieve it is fitted to content any reasonable and practical man. But by the modern doctrine of liberal con struction, all ancient boundaries and land marks are swept away. The constitution is a piece wt clay in the hands of the potter, and made t? assume any shape, that men in the seat of authority may find it their inter est to direct. Powers are boldly an&umed, thai would have been at once denied, had they been suggested in the convention: pow ers arc boldly assumed, that the convention actually rejected when they were proposed: the construction of grnrral welfare, has Sawed the flond-gatcs of legislation to every ud of inroad, and left us without I anks to restrain the wild torrent of arbitrary power: the majority revel in uncontrolled authority ov:r the rights of the minority: revenue in wanton superabundance' is raised, which one purl ot the country can ill alTord to pay, and itu-th'Hlb of spending it are devised, so as to confer on the national government a wide o.teut of mfiuenre and patronage, and of jn risdictioti over the soil of independent Mutes: part cul.tr interests arc fostered and favored; sectional privilege* are conferred; ami an ?? American system" has been gotten up, for the manifest purpose of draining the south toenrich the north.?All tlu.se form, atcoid ir.gto \lr. Stewart in his rcpoi t of May, Ib'Jti, parts of one connected system. Nor do we sre an end of these proceedings: encroach ment treads on the heels of encroachment, and the avowed principles adopted by gov ernment, jus' ify them all. Under these cir cumstances in it not natural to inquire, is our allegiance due to thr constitution of our ancestors, or to the constitution of Messrs. I. Q. Adams and llenrv Clay? The people of'tlie south, are not prone to complaint but they sec the tendency of the present svstcm, for they arc neither devoid of intellect or feeling. Tltey love the union; they are desirous ol preserving it: they do not want to cuter into the melancholy ques tion ot separation, till it shall Xttfortcd upon them, by a perseverance in principles and praetiecs destructive of their prosperity, and not justified by the national compact. But re*t a*?ured they will not be deterred from considering the question under all its aspects, by thu senteless clamour of men, who care no more about the rent constitution of the United States, than they do about the con stitution of Tui key. 1 am, 3t?:. THOMAS COOPliU. To the lidHor nf the New* York Jinguirer, Siii?The Hnrrishurgh Convention bill is f mned in so artful a manner, that although it has now been before the public more than two month*, no one has vet attempted to ex plain the mystery of its provision.?The public stem not to be aware that the mr >? ' kui-e now proposed is infinitely mnreobno.. | ioua even than the Woollen'a Bill of last win I tor, and that it in decidedly the worat tariff ?ever recommended, by rationd men, to the I attention of Congress. We shall endeavor jto explain it in detail, that every man may ; form hit. own opinion of it, and of the princi 1 plea of those who advocate and recommend ? vich measure*. It professes to embrace other interests; but I it is substantia' in nothing but "a bill to pro hibit the importation of woollens." It ia ompoaed of eijjht provision*. the first of which relate* to wool?the other aeven to j v ? Mill en manufacturer*. A* those. embracing . the woollen manufacture form the prominent 1 feature of the bill, shall confine myself in this letter tothat portion of it. The calcula tions ai? according to the duty of SO percent, proposed totuke effect in 1H30. The follow ; uig la the second provision i { 3d. All goods composed of wool, or of which wool ia a component i>art (except blankets, stuffs, l>oml>miiie?, 1 misery, net*, K*nve?, caps, and bindings,) costing not more an fifty cents per aquar* yard, to betaken and deemed to have cost fifty cents per square yard, and forty per cent ad valorem, to be charged thereon until the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, forty-five pur cent, nd valorem, until the thir tieth of June, eighteen huYtd.cd and thirty, and fifty per cent, ad valorem thereafter. This provision would embrace, ' Plain*?width Vf in.coat KM. to It. fid. atg. An article of great conimmptlon by sailors, boatmen, fishermen, and labourer*. Propo sed duty on the fine* fid per cent j on the coarsest, 114 per cent, ad valorem. The Reality principally contained, costs la. aad would pay a doty of 95 per cent. I*mddhtgt?17 in. wide, coat fid. to I*.? ?arsr r.Mh, for collars?sometime* WxHirera. Prop?d daty on tbe percent, | on the coarsest, WT pet costs fid. and SrSild pay a duty of /43p*rct! cotrictt IMimtccdL sumption is among the labouring eHKi which woald payM per ccnt. flocking* fllifrW ..41 In. wide, COM 6d. to la 3d. For IMng the pca-jaofceta of sail ors and boatmen, and the great coat* and round jacket*off fcrnwra nchwib and ln bourf re, and for taMe and floor cloths* ?cc.? Proposed duty on the finest, 118 per cent, j on the Cnanest, 995 per cent. The princi pal consumption b for lining of jackets and great coats at 9d. which would pay a duty ?Hf 190 per cent. Baizet^?18 in. wide, coat It. to Jm-For floor cloths. Proposed duty on the finest, T4 per cent. ; on the1 coarsest, 168 par cent? i'he quality principally consumed, costs about Is. 6d. and would pay a doty of 119 1-5 per cent. Serge*?77 inches wide, cost 7d. to lid. Por tlio finest 103 per cent. \ for the coarsest 162 per cent. These arc used as baixes for lining jackets, great coats, See. and for the same purpose* that coarse, flannels arc used. Tlte principal consumption of thia article would be at tfd. sterling, duty 126 percent. Carottnc Plaid*?27 inches wide, cost 6d. to SKI.?Proposed duty for the finest 126 per cent, for the coarsest 16a percent. This is an article composed of cotton and worsted, and would pay the higher or woollen duty j the consumption is very great among the fanning, mechanic and labouring interests, and it is not ut present manufactured in any part of tUe United States. The quality principally consumed costs 7(L sterling, and the proposed duty on it woald be 162 per cu Drab Ker*ey?'27 inches wide, costs Is. to 5s.?1The qualities coming under this pro vision, would pay on the finest 56 percent, on the coarscst 95 per ccnt. It is used for great coats, jackets and trowsers by farmers mechanics, sailors, boatmen and labourers. Swahtdovm?-27 inches wide, 8d. to 3s.? Proposed duty under this provision, on the finest 56 per cent, on the coarscst 142 per cent. It is not manufactured in the United State*, used by the farming, mechanic and labouring interests. The quality principal ly consumed costs about Is. 2d. sterling, on which the proposed duty would be 76 per ccnt. 'J'oUinet??27 inches wide, cost bd. to 5s. The quality principully consumed would come under the next provision ; under this i the pi*o|)ost*d duly would he on the finest 50 i per cent. outhccoiir%c*t 142 per ccnt. This | article is consumed *?y all clashes. | A.*? r*r\jitr(.s?27 inches wide, cost 8d. to Is. ?>d.? It ih composed nf Cotton and wool, but would pay the woollen duty. The pmposed duty would be on the finest 76 per cent. ; on ? the tfiiiv>i, H? pee )???? rent. This article I i? used V. ..It i.LiMCk loi summerdresses, and i the t> ? i..:'t v 11riuc ip<dly consumed, costs about Is. s I .wuid pay a duty of 95 per cent. Cbt.lirtf*?JO in. wide, cost Is. 8d to 5s The would come under this, and the ncx> prr.v sinn, proposed duty under this, on the iViest, 56 per cent.) on the caivM I l</5 p?M cent., consumed by the fanning, me j uhai c and labouring interests, and for \vu , men's (.h-Hk?Hnd couta. The principal cc:. ?nm,.Uu:i is by the farmers, mechanic* a*.id i labourer*, of a quality, which costs about 2-... I 61. on which the proposes! duty would be 70 per cent. | J'lathtngn and I Jon tkint?48 hit lie* wide i c >*t In. 8d. to 3*.?I'rujiosed cluty on the fin | c t, Jfi per cent., ? n the coav?tfs?, 101 per ' cut. Ma valorem. Thtie articles are uml for great coat??, juck*.t\,Ccc. and are worn by farmers mechanics, laborer*, sailor*, fisher men and boatmen. , i'elintr doth*?54 inche* wide, cost 2*. 6d. to 3s. 4-id.?-Worn by all cla&aes, under this provision, the finest quality would pay 50 ; per cent, the coarsest, 76 percent. lirOud Cloth*?43 incltcs wide, cost la. lod. to 2s. 5d.?The most inferior, would come under thin provision, hut the inaaa of broad clothn, would come under the next proposed duly under thin, on the finest 65 per cent., on thetnarsest86 per cent. Thin quality is use d by mechanic*, wtilon, fisher men, boatmen and laborer*. The worst feature of this bil!, is the next provision which would embrace lu value about four millions and a half, being three fourths of all the woollens imported in the United States. 3d. All Rood* composed of wool, or of which wool is a component part, (except an i.torrsaid,) costing in a foreign country over 50 cent* per squire yard, and not exceeding two dollors fifty eenta per square yatd, to be taken and deemed tohave cost twodollara and fifty cents per square yard and the duty to be charged a* in the prcrccding section. Cartietlng.-? Almoat entirely under thla provision,?Ingrained carpeting 4-4, coats 2s. to 2s. under the two provisions, would pay a duty of 56 to 2*0 per t ent. That which cost 2s. 8<d. would pay 280 per cent. Brus sels carpeting costs 4*. 6d. to 5*. per run ning yard?duty 85 to 94 per cent. >lCffnnf(i-from Is. 31d. to K sterling.? Under this provision would pay 237 per cent, on the finest?>280 per cent on the oarsc sU Drab Krr*< y*?Is. 8|d. to S*. On the finest 95 per cunt, j on the ooai sest 280 pe* cent Hwant<i'j'.yn? Is Is. fl|d. to 3s. f finest 138 per cent, coarsest 2H0 per cent. '/'oihnt t*?\+. ? I- .Id. to 5*.; fine* 95 per cent. | roar sest 280 per cent. Principal con sumption at St. fld.| duty 135 perccnt. Coatln)f-f?3?. 1 5-8d. to 5s. Finest 176 ptr cent.) coarsest 280 per cent. C/oth*?width 58 inches; cost 5s. to 13a, Finest 79 per rent.; coarsest 204 Kr tent. Principally consumed at 9s.? itr 113 per cent. PrlU*t Chth??3s. 4|d. to 4s. fid. Finest 310 per cent, i coarsest 279 per cent. C'Mh* and Ca?imerru?i?f the six mil* lions of woolens annually imported the* two articles amount to about five millions i and 4 Sths of these Ave million* would corn* under this provision. Ca*lrhtrf~-7I inche* wide coat laifNL 81 5*. These pr tees include almoat all h?p?v? rd. The quantity above 4a. is veev limited oumi P ?finest 10) per cent. j Suits. Finest TO per ceut.; coarsest 105 percwt< ir1 ? ' ,-7 ' Broadcloths 60 Incites wide* coat 18s. to 16s. * Consumed by wealthier people* md by those who live to dtles. Plnest 66 per oent.) coarsest 88 per cent. ad valorem. The next provision Is, >0 . _ 4th. All goods composed of wool, or of which wool Is a component part, (except as aforesaid,) costing in a foreign country more than UtiO cents per square yard, and not exceeding 5* per square yard, to be deemed and :aken to have cost f4 per square yanC and the duty to be charged in the second section* This minimum would embrace none but the finest quality broadcloths consumed by the most wealthy and fiuhkmable?width 63 inches; cost 19s. 9d. to Sis.?Proposed dnty on the finest 71 per cent. On the coarsest 9Q per cent, ad valorem. The two next provisions, els. (5th. All goods composed of wool, or of which wool is a component part, (except as aforesaid) costing more than (bur and not ex ceeding #6 per square yard, to be deemed and taken to have cost f 6 p^r square /ard, and the duty to be charged *u in the second section. 6th. All goods composed of wool or of which wool is a component part, (except as aforesaid) which shall cost to a foreign coun try more than #6 per square yarn, to be cliargcd as to the second section) The most wealthy would to almost every instance pay the lowest rate of duty contemplated by the bill, vis. 56 per cent. The sixth and seventh provisions recom mend an additional duty on blankets, and the adoption of some measure for securing the revenue from fraud. If such a bill should ever become a law, it will be quite unneces sury to take any step to secure the revenue on woollens, for there will be none tocollcct. Such is the measure proposed by our Har risburg Delegates, such the measure which some of our wise politicians imagine will be popular with the people of the United States; such the tax bill* which Messrs. Adams and Clay, and their partisans, have been most anxious to patronise! At an earlier period of our history, no man pretending to Ameri can or republican principles, would have d.ircd to advocate a measure like this, llut wo have now an American system, fashioned !?y aonstatc statesmen, to suit the time in w hicil they live, and the principles which iltey profess. Let every American exam ine the provisions and principles of this mca sure for himself; let no man, on a question of taxation, allow his patriotism and nis under standing to bccome victims to the artifices of tlioso who on the highways proclaim them selves the patrons or the American system. Let every storekeeper in the United States g.vctlitke calculations a conspicuous place, tnat our farmer*, mechanics,mariners, boat men and lubourersmay learn what enormous .*xe? arc profHMed by politicians who pre en tl to be the exclusive patriate of the coun try; and let them at the same time nail to their counters, as counterfeit coin, John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, the advo cates and patrons of such monstrous and un just taxes on the labor of the country. A Friend of Equal liigfitt. Both Sidet ?There has been not a little noise made recently againstN roaxiGMxas," by some of our tried patriot*, for daring to interfere in the political nfftiirs of this coun try. I)r. Cooper, a scholar, a gentleman, and an honest man, who has given a pledge of his affection and respect (or the United gtatcR, in the lubour*, obedience, and studies of more than thirty yesrs residence?who hailield the highest offices in literature and law?who has won and preserved the un (jaalificdesteem of all who know him person ally or by repute?who it an honor and an advantage to whatever country lie may be long; this Dr. Cooper has been assailed and deumed by the part (sen editors of the ad ministration, as a wretched pamphleteer, an impertinent meddler, and a foreigner. This to not only illiberal and untrue,but His inconsistent and ridiculous.?The best pro vision of our constitution, and the finest trait of our national character, is the honest and comprehensive welcome which we so gene rously extend toallthose who fly from muery and oppression in other countries, in search of freedom and happines in ours. America nation in'the world, ana amongst those who have benefited by that asylum, may be found some of the most useftd and most honorable of our citixens. To talk, therefore, of foreigners a* having no right to mix themselves up in our affair*?to use the term " foreigner" as a reproach?to call all those men "TbrelKnera," who have spent a long life of service and of credit amongst us, is at once a libel upon the laws and customs of the country, and an effUsion of vulgar aud spiteful malevolence. But when touching on this subject, it if well to say something of the inconsistency which marks the cooaoct of these adminis tration editors. They censure Dr. Cooper lor speaking and writing against the tariff, and they praise professor List for writing in Hi favor. Who Dr. Cooper to, every one knows) but who is professor List, every one will ask. He to a foreigner recrnt'yjtrriv ed in this country, where he sought a refuge from the persecutions of fm-eign despotism. This fias it should be) and we proffer him the hand of fellowship and *elrouiv. But on the tariff question, (so says Mr. C. J. Ingersoll) he has written " voluntarily a scries of letter*." Nor will wo mo far imi tate our opponents as to object even to this, But we may at least protest against the sarcasms and Insinuations which the n- ha# thought fit to throw ever all Americans a* may oppose the tariff n. Soto think, may be natural i <H?to write, U In bad taste.?I" of Va Scotchman," and 44 a F and " aoi-disant theorists," tic. and May, seesssSE Milter as well M the general government, to < support the Hudv of tha American system In the different colleger, universities, and Ihc rary institutions under their aucpicas.**' fl W? Have no doubt that; vary honest and cry no Is claar from hta printed letter, word ?? foreigner.H shall not ha used at all, or If it ha, that It ahall FARMERS AMD MANUFACTURERS MEETING. : . ? A large and re.pcc table mctlk| of Far. men and Manufacturers from all pud of the State was holdcn at the exchange Cofffca House In Boston, Oct. 17, MT, Hon. Aim lufts of Dudley waa called to tbe Chair, and Mr. Samuel F. Cool idee of Barton was appointed Secretary. ' A communication from the Femtirlvailll Society for the promotion oi Manufactures and the Mechanic Arts, waa read, whereup on the following resolutions were submitted for consideration} cfte:i!rs^?^.sssst protection of Manufactures as tho only means of raising them, to that degree of prosperity, wealth and power which they are by nature eminently calculated to enjoy; and whereas this meeting has witnessed with feelings of deep regret the proceedings of several meetings held in South Carolina hi ? relation to the protection of American Indus* try, thereupon Resolved, That this meeting view with In creased interest the question of giving effi cient protection to the farming ana manufac turing interest of this country. Resolved, That the proceedings of sever al meetings held in South Carolina, and the extraordinary doctrines promulgated In some of the States, demand a concentration ot ef fort of all the friends of the American Sys tem in the Northern, Middle and Western States, Resolved, That the proceedings of the Harrisburg Convention meet the views.and feelings of the people of this Commonwealth? and that the effects likely to be produced by the doings of said convention will be emin ently useful to the nation. I Resolved, Thnt this meeting adopt a res pectful memorial to the Congress of the Uni ted States, and that they recommend to the friends of the American System fat other States, to hold meetings and adopt memori als praying that such a modification of the ! t ariff may he mode as is recommended by i said Convention. - The meeting was addressed at considers-' I ble length by several gentlemen from varl- * ous parts of the States, all of whom ex pressed their hearty concurrence In the sen timents expressed in the resolutions, which were unanimously adopted. A committee was appointed to retire and report a memorial to this meeting in acoor | dance with the 4th resolution. Soon after | which, the committee reported the follow | ing, which was unanimouMy adopted. To the Honorable Senate and House of Re presentatives of the United States of A-. merka in Congress assembled? Respectfully rtpmeat the Growers and and Manufacturers of Wool In the Common wealth of Massachusetts* assembled in Con vention at Boston, October If, A. D. IStr. that theto great and important .interests of well as the importance of th and the absolute necessity of <, such further protection as to prevent their entire destruction, have been too often illus trated and explained to your honorable body to require any further illustration by your memorialists. At a numerous and highly rcwectaMe' convention holden at Harnsburg, Pennsyl vania, on the thirtieth of July last, of tne Representatives of these great interests fresn thirteen States of tho Unlot, a memorial was adopted to be presented to you on the state or these great interests. And an ad dress to the people nf the Untttfl StaMi adopted, fully shewing their importance and vital interest to the community. In that me morial the Convention sugge* such indfea tfcns of the existing laws as they tUem es sential to tho maintenance nf these great interest*. In the recommendations ana SVg> gestions of this convention, your memorial ists fully und entirely conoun ^ ? They would therefore pray your honora ble body to give totheso interests, so essen tial to our iiMcpcmlence. and the property of the agriculture ami commerce of our country, a protection felly commensurate * IS Mithhridge, Voted unanimously, Chairman of this meeting be communicate to ttesckiah NiU more, and Mathew Carey of the thank* of this mi ' Indefatigable, and di to promote the Micro try. AARON 1^. SjANVKf. F. COOMDOK,