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tal applicable to thai object. The eoftft-'i try. it ie--belteved, contains sufficiency of capita), if motives could be,.presented to give it a proper direction. To eiTe. t this, the committee can suggest no measure. which in their opinion would be so. efleet#*I, as a lawijhHftlng the responsibility of copartners to (he sums which they shall pat into the copartnership. A large portion of the capital to which we must look for carrying on the businessof direct importations, is in the hands of planters, and men of fortune who have retired from business, who would be wil ling to put a portion of their surplus cap-; italinto importing copartnerships tinder | the management of men of character and : capacity* but would never consent to make their whole fortunes responsible for the sudcess of the undertaking. If they nctuall contribute a certain amount of capital, and the public is apprized that their responsibility extends no further* it is obvious that the credit of the concern will rest upon the subslnntial foundation of the capital paid in. Nothing can be more fair as it regards the public* and nothing would so effectually direct the capital and cnterpize of our citizens into channels whi rr it is so imich wanted. The committee thi.ik it W"uhl be expedient to memorialize the Legislatures of the Souther?) and South-w?stern Slates on this subject, an 1 recommend to the Convention the appointment of committees for that our nose. I Another measure which would greatly facilitate (tic establishment of a system of direct importations, would be the forma* tion of a connection and correspondence between some of our banks and soi/e of those in England, by which each should have a standing credit with the other. This would enable the banks here to fur* nish the merchants who might wish to purchase goods in England with letters of credit, upon receiving adequate security. The bearer of such a letter would have to pay interest only from ti e time he ac*, tually drew the money to pay for his pur*! chases. This would prevent the loss of interest which lie would incur if compell ed to provide himself with mnncv h?fnro ~J "v,w,v he set out on his adventure. Cotton pur-chasers from England would derive the same benefit by obtaining similar letters, j from the banks there, upon those of ouri banks, with which they should have ati established credit. If in addition to these facilities, our' banks would establish agencies in Europe, j and advance a limited amount, upon Cot. ton consigned to them, it would greatly I contribute to accomplish our common ob-.1 ject, by enabling our citieen* to export their own cotton, as well as to import' their own merchandise, without the intervention of an) Northern agency. In concluding their report, the Committee cannot but express their strong conviction, that the success of this great. movement toward* the emancipation ct the staple growing States irom their com-1 mercial trammels, will depend more upon individual enterpriie, sustained and supported by an enlightened public opinion, than upon any measures of legislation, however importsn! these may be. The i business of direct importations must be;] commenced at once; for it the present s occasion is permitted to pa?s away ifuim-H proved, one equally propitious may never.* occur. The Committee recommend the! Convention to adopt the following resolutions, in furtherance of the views expressed in the foregoing report 1. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention, the present conjuncture in our commercial affairs is eminently propitious for the establishment of a system of direct importations, through our) Southern and South-western Cities, and that we are called upon by every consideration of interest and of patriotism, to throw off the degrading shackles of our commercial dependence-. 2. Resolved, That with a view to induce public spirited capitalists to embark in this business, the people of the staplegrowing States be recomrnendtd to give public manifestations of their determination to encourage and sustain importa-i lions thrnmrb iIiaii- - 6" *V? """ 1 3. Resolved, Tl.at two Committees be appointed by the President of this Con-i venlion, to memorialize respectively, the' legislatures of Georgia und South Carolina on the subject of limited copartnership. 4. Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to prepare an address to the people of the Southern and South-western States, setting forth the advantages audi practicability of carrying on a direct trade with foreign nations?exhibiting in detail the extent of thir resources. 5. Resolved, That said Committcp, in preparing such address, embody and conform to the views of the Convention as expressed in the Preamble and Rcsolu- 1 lions adopted. '1 On motion the Report and Resolutions j were ordered to be read separately. The secretary then read the first reso-' lotion. 4s soon as ho finished Geo. Mo J Duflfie rose, and spoke in favor of the resolution and the objects of the convention. ' He wag followed by Joseph Cumming, l Esq., of Savannah; Seaborn Jones. Esq. I of Columbus; and Mr. Chappell of Ma- < con, all of whom spoke at length on the benefits which the meeting ol this con- j venlion was likely to produce to the sou- i i them states, if the citizens thereof would ,? only take the subject matter into serious | consideration, and lay hold of it with t hand and heart. j After M*\ Chappell had finished spoak-t ing, Mr. Wm. Hearing of Athcn?, then-f (0sq and moved that the convention take t ft rttjftiipufl four o'elocV, which on Wngi putJ?hPote--was lost. ^pqueiiioD on ihe adoption of the < fi^eiolution, w?t then pat and carried f Unanimously. i . The second resolution was then read by ll^# secretary and era? adopted without debate as was also the third. ) The fourth rer.olution was then read,] but before the question was taken, MrJ Seaborn Jones rose and stated to the Convention that he had a resolution which he I wished to offer to the convention, and that if approved of, should proceed the resolution just read; He then read the following resolution* Resolved, That it is a sacred duty which the citizens of the southern and south-wes tern slates owe to themselves, their poste-j rily and their country, to gives decided) preference in procuring , their supplies, to our merchants who carry on a direct trade with foreign nations. Joseph Cumming, of Savannah, opposed the resolution, - -he thought it was unnecessary and would do no good?merchants would buy where they could procure their goods on the best terms, and that if the south could not afT-ml greater facilities than the north?they would resort to northern markets. But he believed tne south could afford as great or greater inducements, and if *he did, then was no need to appeal do the pntiiotism of its citizens, for both patriotism and interest would induce them to trade with us. Mr. J ones then replied to the arguments of Mr. Cummini, and after some furihe: remarks from. Messrs. Jenkins, of Augusta, King, of Biunswiek, and Alexander, of Charleston, Mr. John Bones, of Augusta, offered as an amendment, that alter the %vords "decided preference'* the foil- w iiiK annum dp added ? where the terms mre equal?w' tch amendme >t wan received by Mr. June?, ami the resolution, as amended, was put to the Convention and adopted. Mr. Srahorn Jones then rose and asked leave to add to the third resolution panned an amendment, which he read. Mr MrOufhe opposed the motion, as did also Mr J. A. Cuthhert of Milledgeville. Mr Jones spoke in favor of his motion, but after a few remaks from Mr. Park man, of Savannah, he withdrew his amendment, i The fourth und fifth Resolutions were ther read and adopted. i Joseph Cumming Esq., of Savannah, I then rose, and after a few prefatory re- i marks, oflT? red the following resolution, i which was seconded by Mr. Alexander, of Charleston. I Resolved, That this Convention recom- i mend to the citizens of the South and i Snillll.WBOurn ** ' ... nian D HI .1 11 (IVJIII1 U> IfrR ten ( to meet in Convention at \ugnsta on the first M nday in April, 1838, to continue the i terest and objects of this Convention before the people. Mr. Alexander of Charleston, rose and made a few remarks; h*> was followed by Col. Hayoe. of < 'narleston, m ho spoke at leuglh on the benefits to be derived by the adoption of the resolution?but the reso- i lotion being out of order, a call was made < for the question on the adoption of the I deport and Resolutions offered by the < lect Committee, which being put by the < l/hair, the Report and Resolutions of the i Committee, with that added by Mr. Jones, i were adopted. * i Joseph Camming F.sq, then ofiered his I resolution, which was adopted. mr. u. J. Jenkins, in behalf of ihe i Augusta Delegation, offered the following < resolution: Resolved, That at an introduction to a direct importing system at the South, it is indispensably necessary that the ciop oi the present year should be directly exported by Southern Merchants and Planters, and that to effect this object the Southern Bunking Imitations should lend such aid us they safely and conveniently can.? Adopted. On motion of different members, the following Resolutions were unanimously adopted. Resolved* That the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the Committee for their nhle and judicious report Rcsolveti* That the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the President and 43 * .1 Jt * " art-mary, ior me aoie manner in which they have (Uncharged their duties. Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the Trustees for the use of the Presbyterian Church. Resolved, ThMt the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the Citizens of, Augusta for their h spitality. i Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be tendered to the Directors of the Georgia Insurance and Trust Company, for the use of their room by the Committee. Resolved, That the proceedings of the Convention und the address to the people of the Southern and South western States be printed in pamphlet form and extensively circulated, and that the delegates from A linnuto Ko nnnninlilll ?? ( i-U t/? U^/pWIMlUU a WUIIIIIIIHCC IW Ml* perintcnd the publication. After tins resolution was read, a motion was made that a subscription be made In the members of the Convention to defra\ the expenses of printing the proceeding* af the Convention, whereupon Mr. II. Dum.ning rose, and in behalf of the An gusto delegation, stated, that with the p< rmission of the Convention, they won I ' undertake the superintendence of th< printing of the Report and proceedings < he Convention, and would defray all ex tenses. Seaborn Jones, Esq. then rose and o ered the following resolution, which waulo^ied... [ ikesotvei, Tliat l1*e thanVs of1 tlie Con^" rentiou bv* tendered to the Delegates from August* for their liberality in defraying the expense of the publication- ol the "proceedings of the Couventiou. On motion of Mr. Cuthbert, of Georgia, the Convention then adjourned sine die. .Committees appointed tinder 3d Resolution; For S. Carolina?ALEX. BLACK, D. ALEXANDER, 45. J. SHANNON, J AMI S Af GKR, S. G. BARKLEY. For Georgia?A. II. KI'-NAN, ADAM JOHNSTON. ; L. JOIINSON, BEN J. E. S'SlLES. SEABORN JONES. Committee to prepare the Address: utivr M'PUl Fit), t. ? utlek king, j\. ii. ? u \l ming, A. II. i llAPi ELI,, James gadsden. From l lie Evening Post. STORY OF UNCLE SAM AND HIS AGENTS. UtiAl'ikH t. There lived not long ago, and perhaps live?* mill, in a certain erc&t country known as the republic of Elsewhere, a worthy gentlemen, commonly called Uncle Sam by his friends, rich in lands and having a great revenue coining in everv year from the trade lie carried on with his neighbors. Being an active, shrewd, clear beaded man, lie had all his life managed his ownaiTairs; with the assistance ot his servants and men of business \vln>m he kept a sharp eye on, ni.'d call- d to a strict account for all their actions. By these means he prospered ex -eedingly in his affairs, and if he, from a failure of his crops, a glut of his manufactures, or any other unforseen circumstance, got into debt, he always paid up like a man, s<? that nolo dy feared to trust him when he wanted to raise the win 1 on an emergency. In this manner he went on prospering for years, and growing richer, if n-?t wiser, every day, until some arcli knave, either , envying or wishing to share his property without the trouble of working fir it, put { into his hind, that havimr such o - w * **" j property to manage, and so much money | in his purse, and so many irons in the fire, and being with all, on the shady side of filly, it was absolutely necessary to have somebody to take care ?<f his money lor him. They pursuadcd him that his own servants and people were unworthy of being trusted?though he could lorn thnn away when he pleased, and confiscate their wages ? and, moreover, , that bis Strong Box, whera he had kept Wis cash ever 'ho long, safe and sound, was liable to be broken open and robbed not only by thieves from without; hut rogu< s within. These notions made a deep impression on Uncle Sam and when about the same time he found his affairs in some contusion, and himself push- d for money, on account of a great law-suit with his neigh)or John Bull, which cost him a coufounled deal of money; us is always the case, especially when a man has right on his side?when. I sny, he discovered these matters, he listened the more attentively to lliosp losel varleis, and finally alter much twitching o?' the waistbuud of his 1 breeches, and making many wry faces, determined to adopt their advice. Accordingly they procured one of the cuii* ningrst pettifoggers in the country to draw up what they called a charter party, ? ? * * - wnereuy Uncle Sain covenanted and agreed to place all his money, and pretty nearly all his power as Justice of Peace, and Colonel of Militia, in the hands of a great strapping fellow who went l?v the nick-name of Bully Mammoth, and boasted of being worth thirty-five millions of dollars, all in paper money, which he swore was worth its weight in gold and silver, for they were all in niy eye Betty Martin. The Bully Mammoth, who was after all a poor d?1 of a speculutoi, piotnised to take go-ul care of Uncle Sam's n oney for him; and render him every month, a just and true account of every penny. At first Uncle Sam was mightily tickled with hav ng got rid of the trouble of managing his money, and the da tigers of havin-g his strong box robbed.?Besides this, owing to a succession of fruitful seasons, an increasing product of his lands, and a growing demand all over the neighborhood, lie found himself gelling rich every year, and had more paper money than he well knew what to do with. In the mean time, Bully Mammoth, as he was called, took excellent care of Uncle Sam's hard cash, by lending it out to his friends, ami otherwise employing it to a great project, which he hud in his head, lor according ' to the old saying, "Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. The project was no other than that of getting 'possession of all Uncle Sam's revenues, turning out all his old servants, putting his own tocd-enters in their room, and filially installino one Peter Perio-ir* ? ^ in his place of 'usiirr ot the Fence ami Colonel of*Militia. For. this purpose he employed Uncle Sam's own money, which was like hrcking a man's head with his own cudgel. * When Uncle Sam, who was n high spirited, up and down old gentleman, as hrave as t aesnr and as honest as the sun at oonday, first found out these pranks of Bully Mammoth, he knocked tlie ashes out of his pipe, stuck it into his button j hole, as was his custom, and swore, asj was also his custom, that he would soon unhorse the feully, and make Mm walk on fo 't all the rest of his life. "By the Fternnl," q?'?!h be, Kin i*|l park him after Packingltam,** which waa one of his tianal sayings. "I'll make him give in his accounts and pony up the balances in the twinkling of a bedpost. Accordingly, he sent some his lawyers, of whom he had always more than was good for him in his employ, to demand of the great Bully Mammoth ati examination I into his affairs, and a surrender of the 'balance due him. The Bully therefore \ told thein he'd see them hanged first, and Uncle 8am too. He swore that the I -i?.? - - - - - - vuurirr party Allowed him to do just as he pleased, and that he would do as he pleased in spite of law or gospel. He ! concluded by spanning his lingers, a d ! bidding the lawyers go about their business. So they went back.with a flea in ! their ear, and told Unc!e Sam that he had signed a Charter Party which came with! in a hair's breadth of making the Bully his master instead of his agent. '"Have I," quoth the stout old gentleman, "then by the Eternal, I'll unmake him, for I never yet tied a knot that I rould not untie again, or cut through, r| |rh ' take to be pretty much she same thing." Upon this he set bin self about getting his money out of the hands of this bins tering agent, who bragged lustily about his wealth, though I never could And lie had any hut what belonged to Uncle Sam. The old man had a tough time of it; it was like pulling teeth, for the Bully had eleven points of the law in his faTor, that is to say, he hud possession, and ma e >var iigainst Uncle Sam, with his own money, which is prel'y much like maintaining tfn army in an enemy's country. j Not to he tedious, and as the affair is I?n*iiv generally Known to the world, I shall refrain from relating the particulars of the contest between Uncle Sam and j his agent, which kept the whole neighbor-| hood in h.?t water for a long time. Suffice it to say, tha' the old gentleman sttceeeded at Inst in getting rid of the Blustering Bul|y-coek of a fellow, in so far as that he no longer managed his business. Be he could not get his money out of his hands, and to this day the Bully Mammoth k< opsin his fist a great sum belonging to the old gentleman, which it is said he employs in s aving notes, speculating in cottons, and paying people for abusing his employer. I rannot say whither tlo-se reports are true, as I know nothing of shaving except mine own beard ; never spernlat? d in any thing but phre- i nologv and anio al mairnetism : ml-h*r?l vr O * """ " ^ all my lift' refrained from al>u>i' g any body bill ' the The People and the D?d," .is in duly bound. One would suppose that this sample of the blessings of an ttgenry, might have satisfied a reasonable man, as Uncle Sam was?as times ago. Bot experience teaches us that we have lung been aceiiRtoined to, we at length imagine we can't' do without, just as the fo'dish f< How, who had always run on all fours, would never be persuaded that he could get on faster on two. It was thus with Uncle, *am. He. had been long enough dependent on others to think he could not de-, pend on himself. Accordingly he tried a* second experiment, and to mend the, matters chose a multitude of agents instead of one. The result must be left to another chanter. 1 CHARTER II. You have heard how Uncle Sam was li rated by his agents the great Bully M Htnntoih. and how Ite at length, after great difficulty, got himself, but not his money, out of his clutches. But for all this harsh experience, either the good gentleman grew never the wiser, or he was so good nutured as to be over persuaded by the same mischeivons advisers, for he no sooner got his chestnut out of one fire than he thrust it into a d??zen others; hotter than the first, just for all the world as a moth, after getting one wing singed in the candle, never rests till he has scorched the other. "In the multitude of counsellors there is safety," saith the inspired writer, and "in the multitude of agents ther?? is safety to your money," said Uncle Sam's uninspired advisors. "A single rogue is a dangerous fellow, hut in a multitude of rogues there is safety, for they will watch each other. Set a thief to catch a thief all the world over." It was thus that the *sc people argued, not hearing in mind .1 e ? ? * miii nMMifin 111 uoiifsi man ran stand alone, ii is the instict (as it were) of rogues to combine to fleece him, rather than enrh other. Be this as it may, Unde Sam being either over-persuaded, or prrhaps finding it necessniy from having been so long out of the habit of managing his own affairs, that by this time he knew nothing about them, instead of one agent selected, the Lord knows how many, and thus fell out of |I|P frviurr nun !" <> ! *? t*"" " w ,w J ...0 JMIII !! ??' MIV III C* Alt" tlionglit?for your brave honest men are apt to be credulous, that having mastered the big Bully, he could easily deal with the little ones, which notion of Uncle Sam reminds me of a story of a certain honest fellow, who being employed to take away a quantity of gunpowder which guve umbrage to the neighbors, only re- i moved a great barn 1, and left the whole , litter of little kegs behind. Being asked 1 the reason of this negligence, lie replied, i 44Oh I thought if 1 took away the big one, i the little ones could do no harm. i i Uncle Sam's new agents performed their duties to n n iiacle, for the old man I furnished them with as much good specie as they knew what to do with, for which.! they gave in exchange a parcel of pr.imi- I sea to pay, which promises nobody evcr.1 thought of calling OH thetlivto fulfil. They Ay new brooms sweep clean, and, as will appear in the sequel, these new brooms etnietl in sweeping away Uncle barn's money nobody knows where. In short,' they behaved so well ut first, that Uncle bain's 'advisers, who it is sttongly suspected were wolves in sheeps clothing, counselled hint 10 iucrease the number of hm agents, not choosing to recollect that it is possible to have too much of a good thing, as likewist the other equally wise saying, that too much of a good thing is good for nothing. Matters now went on swimmingly for both wind and tide were fair, and it was all down hill. Uncle Sam poured* his ireusure into the laps of his agents, who ?i : l - " udviiiuiiru m mane bay while the sun shone* lent it out on interest to every one that wanted to borrow, until paper money became so plenty that it made every thing else scarce, most especially silver, gold, flour, pork, beef, hay and potatoes. In short, the whole neighborhood was in the state of unparalleled prosperity, for every body owed the agent m >re than they could pay, and the agents were precisely in a like situation with Uncle Sam. The "credit sytteni" was in all its glorv. Truly hath it been said?or if it never hath been said, I say it now; for it is high time it were said?that of all the modes 01 happiness ever invented or dreamed of, thai of running in debt w^uld be the most infallible were it only to last forever. But as the great enemy of man and the credit system will have it, pay day must come; the blocking must be unravelled at last, and then nothing but old rotten yarn remains. The landlord will have his ' reckoning, and when the feast is devoured the bill must be paid. It was so with Uncle Sam's agents, who had not only lent out all his cash, but made so many piomises, that on being called on to fulfil them, and iinding it rather inconvenient to pay all, like honest teiiows, they unanimously resolved not to pay any. A poor, foolish "huge-pawod" day laa * oorer, wno demanded payment of five dollars, and was paid in another promise, took, the liberty of calling one of them rascal. "Rascal!" cried the other in a great passion; do you mean to instill us? Do we not treat jou all alike, by paying none of y?u, accotding to the strict rule of equity, which ordains that we should pay nobody their just dues, and thus dealing equal justice to all ?" Report say? that the poor dolt was not convinced, thereupon the agent indulgently showed him the door, aa a fellow that would not listen to reason. Things being thus situated, Uncle Sam thought it high time to look to his own affairs and call on his agents for the payment ot the balances due liitn; justly considering that his cash w.-s in imminent danger, and that those who could not nor would not pay a few dollais, \v< uid have little means or inclination to pay hundreds of thousands. In reply the agents tendered him payments in promises, which nr. they had already broken them, Uncle SSatn declined receiiing in lieu of silver and gold the only currency, as he said, that agreed with his constitution, insomuch that when he goi a paper promise of these agents, which he opprobiously called a "shin plaster," in his pocket, ho . always got a etich in that side, and could ifc hardly keep himself upright. The agents swoie their promises were as good as pie crust, which every body knew was mad<? to he broken; and that it Uncle tSam would not t^ke these he might go and whistle for his money, for a man who ( id not believe that a thing without value was equal to a thing of value, was quite as hod, if not worse, than the two rogues, who, against the testimony of b.ilh truth and reason, denied that a crust of bread was a shoulder of mutton. "By the eternal," cried Uncle Sam, "hot I'll he in your inutton, and your bread basket too, before I've done witli you. I'll row you up Salt River, my hoys." "Row nwav." cried these i-nrloic v w ? ? mi av ?Of who cared little for either law or gospel, for they know ihey could tickle the judges anil conciliate the persons, hy subscribing to build churches. Experience had long since taught tin m that the scales of justice are not always weighed down by right or reason, and lout the goddess (to speak profanel) ) sometimes places a bandage over her eyes, only to shut out the light of truth. Plague take these rascally agents, together with all other agents, past, present ant! future. Here am 1 with thousands and hundreds of thousands, good and to spare from' all debts, dues or obligations, almost without money to go to market with ?Wh?it the d?1 has become of it all ? Iam determined to find out if I rip the secret out of their gizzards." So he went to- work, but he n ight as well have looked for the south pole in front of ilie barber's simp. He found that it was rather worse than searching for the longitude, and was at Inst obliged to be content with sitting down in the midst of wealth as poor as Job* 8 Torkies, of which it took to 1. - - 1 ' ntmr a snanow. The worthy gentleman who was. now Bick of auptii*. The wisest wan way ho picked of hi* feathers once, but?he must be worse than a goose who takes it a second time without a fight for it. "By the eternal," quoth he, but I'll be my own agent, as I was before 1 turned fool, and got others to do what I could do much better myself. These varle's shall, never touch another dollar of my money. This hall be mv strong b'ox "cried he, slapping his hreerhes pocket," and may the old hoy tly away w ith toy agents froro Bully