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* NK/.^?ao-. il :tiul wt nff nmlt to ftiUci the ? absurdity of | sovereign-subject and a sub ject-aoverctgn?To speak of. the ptttf|wf cniiug being inferior to the pnrty governed* is tospeak of a subordinate body being su preme over sovereignty, ud A wviKiMtjfi the purty control in(? being controlled by those who hod surrendered their power; the controlled pnrtjr controlling, nod the con trolling pony controlled?This to the per fection oft politic*! paradox; the Cart draws the horse throughout, every link In the argu ment, end every energy In the body politic U peraltoed by the revolting toNclmicfdila oohLjit lotted cirt As I have said that a Convention In that character would be precluded from nullify* Ing the law, because the act of aulliflcatlon involved an exercise of the judicial power, whkh belonged properly to the state gov ernment; as the powers under the govern ment are distributed Into different hands. It becomes neteysary to hnyitve to what department the power competent to the end contemplated is apportioned. Of this por tion of power, notwithstanding the asser tliins of gentlemen, that the Legislature can not vxvrwse judicial functions. It Is obvious th.it this l>ody Is the proper depositary? They have by cession the undisputed right of legislation for tlte benefit of the subject and to protect his rights so fnr as they are affected, either within or without, and, as incident, the power to define tlmsc rights nnd J u dye of their extent?-Indeed it is mi clear that .? pwver to say wh:it the /aw thould de, so nKessnrily involves the right to determine what it ?*, that it is trifling with the committee tnmootthe point befote them, 'pie |K>wer of judging to the end of nullification, is necessarily involved in that portion of iudh.ial power which is auxiliary to legislation, snil if it he necessary for the end of protecting the liberties of the citizen by legislation, our right tifexercise it is not disparaged by proof of a concurrent power iw every other department. With a view however to stifle further pro ceeding on the part of the Legislature, we arc told by tome members who seem in a spirit of aliirm to " snuffthe battle afar off," that the issue before us is submission <>.' revo lution; that the Legislature ha* ?!??/?? tiomiry powers, but only legislative power*, nod therefore our deliberations must end in smoke. Gentlemen should be caution*,Mr. Chuirmtii, when sovereignties are parties to the record, how they diaturb the question of jurisdiction, by ?p?*et(il pleading, distinctions of philological refiacincnts; for they take upon ? hrnisclvc* n responsibility that poste rity will reckon with them on. 1 undertake sir to say, that this issue is leigned, that this question of revolution is not before u*, and that all these frijyhtful calamities with which to the excited imaginations of gentlemen this Controversy seems burthcucd, are but the " sir drawn dagger*" ??f a disturbed brain, the phantoms and apparitions of Kid dy apprehension. It is not i/nh'/ntib/e that resistance to the agression* <?f the general government might result in revolution; but iHcy by no means bear the relation to each other of cause and effect, nnd 1 know that this committee is not to be startled by such bug-be irs as remote contingencies present. Resides, Mr. Chairinnn, thl* |K?wcrof rev?> lutioa is not so noecHsarily ailed to calamity nml outrage as to carry with it the dismay nnd consternation with'which it is heralded before tlte committee. It is true thut forte may and generally does attend fundamental r.hangcs in government, but it forms no in gredient or evea necessary nppendage to radical ehunge* In itt structure; for revolu tion is nothing more. Instead sir, of revolu tion not iteing accomplished 5?y.legislation, it i'nn rightfully l>e reached in no other way, and stripped of its possible consequences, (the incorporate conclusion with which gen tlemen identify it.) is a most harmless exer ' else of power.* I'lie declaration of Aincn J can independence, (which by the way was adopted by the ?? united States of America ' Kngtnrra' Con grout and not In Convention,*) wa* properly the American revolution, nnd the scenes of force which followed this change in government, though necessary to sustain the revolt, formed no constituent part ot it t and it will not lie pretended that the change In government would not have been as perfert, and the forfeiture of allegiance as complete, without as with them. Forcc though constituting the essence of wnr, Is not even an ingredient ot revolution ; for otherwise, retaraleas of the nuettioo of uiir glance, every "war would be ? revolution {an j uhsurdity too monstrous to be even mention* ed. Uevoluiion then, being nothing more < than aivexercisc of mere legislative disc.re* I lion, differing nlily trom subordinate legisla tlori Inasmuch ai it in employed in the dispo ned of political, wheren? the. latter htr-'Deem ed in exercising civil power?it follows that in whatever department, if any, the exercise of political legislation in deposited, there, from it* identity, the revolutionary power re sides So far as uur relation tothctonfederacv constitutes any part of our political system, the le?l?lature, as being the orgjui of' retire f-cntation, of tlic identical sovereignty that contracted it, has a discretion lu regard to it, at leant so far as to mv whether it shall not continue an engine of oppression, or the ntate is hound to perpetual vassalage auduixpialifi ed submission. Nothing it so natural, says a m.txi.nof the law, a* that an obligation should he dissolved hy the party contracting it. It lias been denied however, hy a member from Kdgefietd (Mr.Butler,)that the Legis lature did contract the relation, as the state f-nvmi^oa confirmed the alliance. This mistake results from confounding the party cw?itr.?*tuig the alliance with the agent em ployed In its consummation. The tQith is, neither the convention nor legislnture i4 fie party to tlte compact, both being mere nr guns, deputed to represent the will of a ran * The form attending the revolution of Mouth Cnrntms, from s proprietary government to a roy al taovinoe. was to slight as aloiest lo be nominal. * Here was an everette of r?vnlnilnn?7 pow? or by thmMtrml ItfisUtura, nof 6y th* inept' nf 1 he t+ltmlf Tli*f dlil aot even elact th* dele* gates, awl ?<aly an polled the foree nwmry t? su*t?ia the revolt. Mr. Wirt says of th* Virgin ia rotivso'.kas, one of the parties appointing dale gales that ?' It was a tubtldule ft !ht fhoh gee emmmf awl r?pr<*eoUd Ike whole pnlHirsI pow eroi til- fa other words it wee a* reachihe eoloelsl government! as the l?fi?ls are el Booth Caroli as is fart of the government of this stste, and the aets perforsssd N Me agents were *cu of gorocaiaset,tod aot el the people. Jorfty, either m to anet? and tho now softrtvin^K ,. met control m-er it a* ratified it. I have before urged committee that awewlpXy Is I character, and that its Identity by the channels through which I are developed. So that whet through ooe agent or another, through a ruy m *ne state. expressctiny tnemseivesor their accredited functionaries, it* net* must be regarded aa emanation* from the tame power and proceeding from the M?f murct ?If aa a sovereign minority the people through their Convention contracted thlv relation, the/ are no more precluded from dissolving it through their legislature* than, a man by employing one mechanic to con struct, would be precluded from employing another to pull down his house. I am aware that to some this may seem an alarming pro position; but the difficulties. If any* exist in The mere theory to be concocted, as theeamr practical results would attend aa ext iclse oi the power by a Convention as by a Legisla ture, The people have the same power to assemble anil reverse their acts In the one case as in the other; so that the same cor rection which afforded security ii\ the one cum', would affin-d it equally In the other? Beside*, this power is never to be exerted but In enteigcncies of great peril, when the ??safety ot the people becoming the su preme law," urges the patriot to arrive at that eml without being too scruputou* as to the functionaries lie employs. We are told, however,, by the same mem ber 1 think, that a proof tin* ? nets of sov ?r eignty can be cxcrcised by the established government, piveludes the r exercise by any our department, and that being in all conjointly, either is precluded from its sepa rate exercise. This may be the caso with that transcendental essence, that indivisible abstraction which some gentlemen have figure*', to themselves. But of thnt sovereign ty wliic"* ?*nip|y means power,I am sure imfivfttfiii:?fot ms no property, 'l'he whole sover< ignty of the state* 1 admit* belongs to no one department; but the fact of its being distributed intodifferenthnnda,vestsin the se parate departments the cxeirlse of their re spective allotments of power. If therefere, (.is 1 trust I have shown,) the power either of nullification or revolution, be regularly within the scope of legislative functions, I npprt bend the lcgislnturr is as competent to its cxucise as th?aigo it poa&cssed the whole sovtr< itfnty of the state. Nut although in a g ivcrnmcnt there may be other department* entrusted with por tion* of sovereignty, the law making ha* tV? ei* been ri-gnrded an the mi pre me, or ut nil events the primary power in the state, and the other branches of government, though co-ordinate,Imve always been reckoned aux iliary to the sovereign legislative 'depart ment ; for without the function* of this de partment being Aim called intooerclsc, the others would lie worse than useless. 11 Uy the sovereign powci," nays. Bhckstonc,(vo|. 1, p. 40,) " I mean the mnkinff of tatv* ; for w here* er that power resides, all others must confirm to and be directed l-y it, whatever appu .trance an outward form utid admhih tratfon of government ma> put on,** Ctc.? Hence the undisputed definition of a law, " a rule of action prescribed by the tu/irenie fiovtcr in n slate," S;c. And although this may neein to be rat bet a return to the horn book of political science, it U alone through a forcible recurrence to elementary pfinci pies that a corrcct dec'sion wt these points caii be had. Hut we ure told by another member from IVtgcftcld, (Mr. Sinipkins,) that **a conven Hon it the fievftie" that a legislature is not; and that therefore relit f,come in what shupe it may, mu*t proceed from the convention. Now granting for argument* that, although beret worn and commissioned topiotect the pi ople's rights, the power to guard them efficiently from invasion belongs not to u* but to the people themselves, 1 should like to he informed how a convention can really be more the people than the legislature are f It is a* obviously wrong to say that a conven tion is the people, as to My that a man in the horse he rules or the dive be works ; they equally occupy to the pnrty employing them, the relation of agents, and differ only in this, thnt one is employed for moral, while the other* are engaged In physical office* It i? clear, Mr. Chairman, that two thing* can not be one, and the mistake seems to have arisen from a misapplication of legal analo gies ; front giving to Jetton the effect ami character of futl. It is familiar to every lawyer on the floor, that In transactions be | twecn man and man, to establish a vfcurlou* responsibility in a man for the acts of his [ agent, the Uw feigns an identity, (not a re lation,) between them. But even in ch'U 1 transactions this muxim is known to apply i alone to such acts done by the agent, as are not only souad in contract, but have a direct | and bona fide relation to the trust. It must however l>e obvious on a moment's eonside j ration, thnt the very purpose for which the fiction obtain* in civil transactions, to wit, ! rr?fion?lbllity, is palpably frustrated in its > application to political trusts. To feign an identity between a convention and the peo ple, is to atchieve its union with the ulttmute 1 toverrignty, and of course to pot au end to |H>litieal accountability ; for how is sove ' reignty to be responsible to itself f In trans actions of a nature purely civil, there is a tribunal to determine upon, pronounce, ami enforce this responsibility ;but where is (lie tribunal bv which political trusts are cog* instable, that claims the umpirage between sovereignty and itself f This position I re gard however as having been in effect aban doned, by maintaining the responsibility of a convention to the people. It has been said Mr. Chairman, hv n member from Habit Philip's and ttaint Mi chael'*, (Mr. Duncan,) that" the legislature can only remonstn.te?they are mere tenO nels to watch the progress of evil and give the ftlnrm." Sir, the inchoate power of re monstrance is a nullity. It Is *o incomplete, ?o inefficacious, en defective In all the con stituent energies of a power, as to be almosi unworthy of the name. It Istuurdlv a f'ge, to *av nothing of ? power, not really sir, when I heard our enviable prerogative of " giving the alarm,'* I cannot say that 1 even then felt myself compensated for the nullity with which the member was so cautions as to dub uy, with all the formalhle of knight to aft, or more properly to dediae at Aecordhig to this view, we sit here as i i ssw tower M freedom, aad mn fron* the ap lletl Mere alarmists, to tee aM shun toe consequences 1 Hand upon no eminence, audaftft ?? lag to thoas beneath thedet approach rf the destroyers |after told them that the land inmi of their lib* ertles and oomtitutlonal rigbfts are swept awnj ut the tide of usurpation which hat >*f en rolled upon as | that these monopolists, In a spirit of venal and apt did cupidity, have plunged their anas elbow deep tato the pab lic coffei-M.und scattered theshower ufprosti tuting gold on the lap of their own favored region, to the farther impoverishment of our thl^borrible consciousness meeting us at ev ery turn of our retreat! I fancy air, the asember Is at fault about our iffice. The watch? dog thatkeepsthis post, must notooly bark and yav, but if necessary he must bite. If "grass and terf wont serve our purpose we must try the virtue of sticks and stones.** We are not hert only In give the alarm!} bat likewise to avert the danger. We are not merely to say that the destroyer advances, but we most meet him " toe to toe,** with mich menus as we can summon to the con flict, and diiputc " to the death," his unau thorised encroachments; and if yielding when we c ?n no 1 nger resist ** the asaaults of brute force," we should fsll In the last ditch, we shall hear with us In our misfor tunes the last cmmJation of the virtuous, that we arc martyr* to /irhul/ite. But sir, why Isbor this pro)>osltion, when the mem her has practically abandoned It by discus sing remedies to the committee* It we can deliberate, we can act The most specious argument that I re member to hsve heat d used against the pow er of the legislature at this crisis to that ad vanced by the member from Edgefield, who first addressed the committee on behalf of a convention, (Mr. Butler.) If I am not mistaken. It la to this effect? 11 that the pro ject of n constitution prepared by the gene ral convention, being adopted by the ficoftle . in their state conventions, the government is I a flo/iutar ffoverummt, and that the people must ngnln intci*|KMte th? same power, before relief can be hud." Granting that the con I vent tons are the people, this does not in tbe least settle the character of the government, as It depends not u|>on the origin but the distribution of power. II we eould suppose a people so blind as to compound for the forfeiture of" tnelr liberties, it Is possible a dcs|>otism mlitlit arise in popular cooscnt; yet phllnlcgUts would icgai-d it as an utter ltarl>arism to speak o| u fibular detfiothm. S^of any of these other simple forms of gov ernment heniilrs a democracy or a republic, and all mixed forms of government! for even n mixture of nny of the simple forms with the democratic feature, originating with or wliluMJt consent, could not make It purely a popular government. If this be a popular SovemmeiA, as observed by a member from t. pi.il p*j. and St. Micbacrs, (Mr. Legarc,) it is r.lc.irlv not a confederacy; for a popur lar confederacy is an ul)su?dity In terms? that is u confederacy between tiatei, in which through expediency and not from right, the people are allowed to he represented, h Is too late to argue tlve point at this period of the republic. ('J\* be continued in our next. J Tlic "F..v/io*liktn and Protnt," ordered to be printed by the house of representatives, have been struck off* in 44 pages, and deliv ered to the-Governor for distribution. The argument on the Tari(( wo think will be found to Ik full, candid, temperate, and conclusive; and that in fnvcur of the consti tutional right of the state to take its redress into its own hand*. We sltall hereafter take occasion to make ?ome remarks npon this document; in the mean time wc recommend it t<> the most serious consideration ofthe com uiutiity. The following are the concluding para graphs: ** I'ut in thus recommending delay, the committer wish it to be distinctly undt rstood, that neither doubts of the power of the state, nor apprchesion of consenuenccs, constitute the smallest part of their motives. They would lie unworthy of the name of freemen, of Ameikans, of Carolinians, if danger, however great, could cause them to shrink from the maintainance of their constitutional rights; but they deem it preposterous to an ticipate danger, under a system of laws, where a sovereign party to the compact, which formed the govenmeut, exercises a power, which, after the fullest investigation, she conscientiously believes belongs to her, under the guarantee of the Constitution it self. and which is essential to the preserva tion of her sovereignty. The committee deem it not only the right of the state, but the duty of her reoresenta tives, under the solemn sanction of an oath, to interpnie, if no other remedy lie applied. They interpret the oath to the Constitution, not simply to impose an obligation to ab stain from violation, but If possible to pre vent It inotherv In their opinion, he is as guilty of violating that sacred instrument, who permits an infraction, when In his pow er to prevent it,*a* he who is actually guilty of the infraction. The one may be liolder and the other more timid, but the sense of duty must be equall/ weak on both. With these views the committee are so lemnly of itmircssion, if the system be per severed In, after due forbearattcc on the part of the state, that It *111 be her sacrcd d>ity to interpose her veto; a duty to herself, to the Union, to present and to fature genera tions, and to the cause of liberty over the world, to arrest the progress of a power, whieh. It not arrested, must In its conae ntces, corrupt the public morals, am! my . the liberty of the country. ? To avert these calamities, to remote the Constitution to its originnl purity, and to al ? which have been anhap lay the differences py produced between varkms States, and be tween the states and general government, we solemly appeal to the justice and good mittcc the exertion* oftlw with etlnwIM Ztltatopt. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1899. I> dey we eommeuoe U?- puUieetKm rf Mr Pkfr'i Speech, e# the Tariff?ead (ball allow it mil p*satbla apaoe. aatrf it te ooocluJeJ. It wilt be bead by ear reader* toabeeadwilh tfseee k%h and tree principle* ef libMf^r, which eeght U oharecteriae (bteiUnwof tmj fr?t iUU,i?I which aloaa are worthy of Soeth Carolina We are highly gralifted w?th tho ability with which Mr. PUjrw has enforced then. Wo take this s?lluu to eapromewr earned with, that the other fotliwu who took pert in thi* wort inlercstiaf debate, will fornlsh a* with I s ketchea of their tpesche*. y2N|S >1 \ \ 1 1 ? ???? i t^'y Blace oar pepar ana set op arrival* from Ea |^y^4?| UUn.-? oaieiaai fllMt rO|t? ?Wf? IRIWPIM99M mmm mm \mmwmm December The amet Important Maai la the ia* siS-swrsarrrs Boaapaite fiow Moeeow. The Caer hae a* f*? pawnrtaa of Varna, hot the garrison beiafeallra. ly death uie of rapport fro* Whboet, k aMMt aooa terminated In the' complete ?? I j |.|,|?I.V, _| ,L? Ti-J, IIWIIanr,,*wB? all Iflv rpva* i>l ^ 'L 'iJj^jgyCTM1 PEHKECTION OF THE AMERICA* SYSTKM. t There are sea* tacts ttbcloaed by the Liver pool Clrcelars, whlrb hare been received by the late arrival* up to lit December, wbioh are of great Inportance to the Tatare proepacte of oar Cottoa tisMle. laoerleat paper, there were eeeM valuable observation* on tbfe eolgeet, by our correspondent anderthe slgaature of a 44 Cotton ?Sctltr." Within the leat week theee additional recti havn hern broaght to our views In the lr>t elcvea months of the year 18(8, the Importation of North Adttviaea Cetton Into England, was 193,100 heies ten then ia the corresponding period in 1887. The inereaae of impoftntion of Sooth Amrricen Cotton la the ?ante time i? 08,700; of Egyptian Cotton 10,800-, of East ladln 8,000?making the whole iaorveae of importation from other coantriea then oar own ia eleven month* of tbe last year 1888, 88/100, which la at a rate of mors. than 70,000 balee a year Thl* inornate ol riipply too. from South America, Egypt and tha Ea?t Indira, hea taken Itlaca while tbe market ba? been lower than (or many prevtoas year*?and yet we are told that there is an daager of onr Cotton market!! Let It ha remembered too that bu*H the Egyptian and , South American Cotton, bear hotter prices tbaa our#?nod thai although tbe political circamMaa cee of Egypt, amy I Unit and render prcwwloua her products?thet Bratil i* under an established end energetic government, sustained and super vised by England?and enjoying a climate in which tbe rotten plant Is perennial. England, has doubled her eiports to tbet country, within the last year, end bes evaded herself oi tbe Ute war, with Bnenos Ayret to establish a yet closer eonneciinn with her. " Whether this competition Is raised op by the Tariff; end whether tbn rtHticvd price of cotton, now selling *1 8 ??nli i? In be iltril?Ud it, wo will not now ditcu**. but we may be permitted to inquire what h lb* character of (bat government which il l he moment we era this suffering ebvgt, ?laty per cent on nil our ttfteU* of cooMmp lion f We biv? no doubt liowerrr, thai the oompati* lion it produced by the tariff, that the reduced price* ere lU eomfqmiMP, that it will bringcotton down Jo ill and ? quarter cent*, end when Ibe raw matf rial i* at that price, thrn we alwll again lie told?see how chenptbe tariff hu nod* cotton Koodt. Wo betide the roan who b?* a debt to pay When the legislature determined that oar rasoor cee might continue dried op for another yeur, would it not have been fair that they should hove suspended sates under deration/ and tenth* at tho bank. WHI lha sheriff ho satisded wHb i toltmn prtltti f Will the bank grant full renew* als until we can try the effort ot an eapeettfan f II will require twelve thousand bale* ol notion,at tho present price, to pay the regular dividends and interest for lha neat year, u|<on tho Columbia branch bank debt, which is one third of all tho notion that comrs to this market. There ha* certainly been no period of oof no tional eiUtence when tho prospect* of this state were*ogloomy Mat present. The cuHivatioo of eotton i* becoming uaprofllahle ; the whole ay* ten* of agrirulluie, and ot course of life, Is to he *nd<lenly and violently changed; while Ibe plan, ter I# left with heavy debts on hi* bands, and no j income; and what is perhep* mot*, with a mul titude of ilaves and no employmenl fort hem. Wa may raise provisions, but IhU will not pay our detrts, and one hand can raise provisions enoogh lor ten. We may manufacture^ but wo cannot Mil our manufacture* to Kuropa t and if wo were to andrraell the manolamurereoftho north In Ibe market of tho worlds in their own market,would they who have the power and tho will to control onr industry to tkeir own advantage, permit us to doao. Tke moment that they poreelvn wo am t?. become their rivals, Inst* ad o| their tributaries, they will receive o revelotlon on y?i (rofi.* nod throw open tke porta I hot wo moy bo broken down by the competition of the world. The principle on wkieh tke Tariff law a Mo enacted, i* I hot the net eta! advanlagM of Ike tooth aboil be jogislafdtway fortko banadt oflhe nortk. Tkose advanlngM have boon karvt'>b fO develop*) ? agrieotturr- -If tboy *ko?ld now bo 'tfVsbfO*' I < mannfef' tree, ike some piUeipto trill apply, and aloader, fail illibllj iiffill. flHih tbo Tarks 'Vwi<i|> nmftlflllltini Jf a of the empire, Irum wbleb tiiese devoted cleseaa, have sought inU by awMlai On iffiimii of petsrty i> Tbcaothar&HaV Hsrt/brd have oSarod f :JS lor lb* detection of the rioter, who borct Goaf. iMtnWte efflgy. ?;"* Seoator froair We w#r? ghnl to mm Oial oar raprMentitln Mr. Mfrttn, nlM to lobe u gratuitous eemiea or Mount D?%r born, but bidstedthat tbo stale should pay iti value. This couJOot is spirited, booerable, aod true to principle. There ere said to bt thirty oeadidatae CbeCviv_ eraor h> P?uuf Ivauia. Thar* or* two|irapaihieaobeferathaeeoaloaf tha t/ailed Statmol great ardaual tmpcrtaaoa. and of the meet nppnsHs ohorooter. Tim eM laln doted 117 Mr. Uiekinoeo, of (f ew-Jereey, lodbtrib* ota ISO tonioi raveaoa of tbo government tbo goretummc . ^ , Jioootto of di ret i taxation, and to hmoaae the dtoribalobtn lhodv by Ibil?tlog too mrilieoe o yoar frooi Um sink hm food. The ether introduced by Mr. Benton, ta pay off tbe public debt* abolish taa lilllaw off detier, aod reduce tha depeoite of public omoay to I be IJbited States Baok^WWe dOobt whetl^r either will lUteaad withoat greet modification. AH the muaupsUrts. Jobbers. aod tnsaoOry moo (to, will be egkto* the tatter, ood the former if too fiaaraot even far Uwee wbotell oe tbo tariff ft oar good. By tbie owdo of distrihotieo, Both' " ?tha treeeury Pennsylvania, would receive ta roood oan*?er? $200,000, and Pena ?ylvaitfe JC00600. Booth Carolina contributes abe .jMbHifl would reoeire one twenty fourth. We are (tad to too that our B so* tor. Mr. /Sejme, fill out lit oppogiliou to illlS BSfcllOBi j?|? Hire, and that he has embraced tbo okmIm to iattaate a recantation of hie dootrtaee ca internal improvement. The other propositions, which wo leer bare oo eheneo of success, strike at the root, of the corruption of the general government They prapoeo to out of lie power of trffery, aod leavo it the HMaiMooly for it* owo lumwt. But ageiia we My, we have oo hopoa of their succes?for these who ere alloying the plunder, brill nut reliaguUh it to argument. It wa? neither fair word* or gram that brought the youngster out of of the old tueu'Mpnle true. tu the course of hie ?peach Mr. Benton disclosed the following foot, which will enable our reedem to Judge whether the Word corraptfea?.ia too ?trong for the aothoritiee et Washington. "I am for tbo abolition, brcauM anaandal kmid^ hie on the Boors of Cunyeu lb ten millions of dollars woold fill oar balls with bargains, combin ations, intrigues and corruption. The affect would ha Inevltebfo. Help my State to half a million, and I will help yours to another half. Such would ?ooa he the secret, and before long, tbo open and unblushing language. A majority might even meat beforehand, and divide the whole amoaj? their o?ro States. They might oven to do worsw they might insert appropriations Cor toads and catudsln States wbosa representatives dented th? coastUotlooaltty. of such apprnprfluhMm, afidtbue sOhJect ttoem to the censure of all their constitu ents who admitted the power, or deny In* h still thought they ought to uare their share while It was going W this way tbo detagatloe of a Stale might be rendered obooitnue to their const it uants, eod broken down at home by m orisit foci? em claimed Mr B. It is fact, ana tha hietoryofour legislation proves It, Within the but three yeara the manoeuvre was tried. A bill came. up trotu tbo II R. with appropriations for Internal l? provemont ft soma wliote i obJe^ts^Tht members foiled. A' kindly feellne ^reVall'ed" The yeosaod nays were not nailed. Tbo bill went* through Without aoiao.eed tbo obnexioos votera were oot pototed oot to their coaeUtooots. lb la tbiog may ha attempted again npnn a greatev scale, and with a more determined Intent. If teis millions are to be annually disldcd our COMMUNICATION. Lttl ?TOW NKKTIKO O* Tl(|| TARIH . It will Ml b* UeajfJ that a Uc( Inmble corrup tion Km era pi ??? oar poblM dnnoUn, ind MM **?<>npl th* And nont?<|n*ntJy thai eouidonaa br-tw**n ?MMd *A*a y dlmtattheil Uodtf thH Mill of our jvil imhm? p?rlMp?t ?? to* aatily ndted} Niatflr (ImIm 1 etoaot bat vim with m aya of tttipi eioo auy oppotitioa *M>v*M*ota of Dm miw(m ter*raofth*Eaat*(aio?t th*T*?iff. 8tDh?if?? MMlmvor to* atromgly of * Mr* (all?? plmee toforlallia* th**oMMaai(y lata# patient acqui *to*nc? m thM odioa* policy, by iaafdrin* ? rain hop* ol rolma fro* a r*tnratof mm of jaatioo ia lb* huaoma of oar lyrnati for oao I eet*rtaia aoboliof of aay tneh atftaiwaoaa roforn.atioo. And** littl* *oolhi**e* nor* I la th* *at*grity of tlia mannfaoturrr* that I cannot, nor do act b*, liar* ia th*tr atar*rit]f whom th*y profcw to *?? po*M an *ppoailton t* thrMMlva*. Ou tha oon lrary I can readily *ca?pr*b*ad tho UMHiia?aal d*la*iv? d?*lge of a am* haodfal of lbr?* mr*, anhirtf with tho Button martiaf of at*r*haola la oppoaitwn to tho Tiril (which of *a*r**Maat b* p*bitah*d to tho world a* a wmtlaf of mmnu/mf ? farts* at w*tl mi of tho awdaaU of Boatoa,) far th* a*l* parpoao of deceiving a ad galling tho eoaatrT iato a patioot wbniaioa la thair rwbba riwjrw ? littl* longtr. And *m malhor y**r ofthia lucratir* plaad*r ia quit* aaaflkiout Mo tlf* w?y? th*M lor opposing tho oaaaiaf af all aorta M'toMporary capedieata to tho wlao and aal utary eoaaaah ol g*n*ral |wdiey That* ptopl* or* ia loot la tho Boath*r? ?t*tM what tho ll?a*a and Soythlana af th* Alth cantory war* to Rom* ami tath* ItoMea Rmpir*. Tho w*alth ?rmn(t from th* loerativa proportion 1 ?fth*aoathcoaMitat*d an irr**itt*bl* teMptation to tha r* v*ooo#, rapaniooa, aad mmly hooaan Mrythiana, it it M>w doM to tho aorthora MM fettarart. - Tha ?|Hrit aad th* t*a?p(at**n ara th* ?aM*t mkI if iha modem HrytMaa* do tnt invad* utio horil*a aad ia mulntudaa wHh th*.ir hatllw a km it ia o*ly horauaa ol tka ipMt af th* aaa. H* political i*fio#m*nt? of M**J*ra timaa?4ho ?afaaaity aadiuHUty of atodorn policy *oabl*a thaM to effcat tha M?a objaet with * a tea I aar* .inty, although with moHi Mar* pwaUlaatatHy, lijra wUk*d aadearrvpt *y*aM of legislation. It>a y mach th* dbtrtUi part of valor to plunder by ?/?rath*r thaa by powd*r aad at**l It 6 moeh MMr to parch*** th* voi***t? f*w v*n*t Malta by high datiM Ml Oottea begging?on ?d?ar ltd aa |**d thaa it trwdd ba to overran mm ?tUiaa th*M at the point nfthahajNMMt. In abort >*m p*op|? af* aot of at. Thty ara by rlia*at* nd by edwntton a totally diibraot family) aad h* bottor w* gaard oaitelvet aftaoMt thaM, tha * WdcoaUda In *ny of th*ir *l*uelhl*jw4imien% a* b*it*r fora*. , FLAM TRUm