Indiana Palladium, Volume 5, Number 3, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 24 January 1829 — Page 2

Twentieth Congress: SECOND SESSION. January 7. In the Senate, to-day. the memorial of sundry citizens of Con

necticut was presented praying that the practice of transporting the U. States Mail, on the Sabbath, be discontinued.

The; Committee on Military Affairs made a report on the memorial of Major

uenerai scoir, concluding with a recommendation that the prayer of the memorialist be not granted. In the House of Representatives today, Mr. Miner concluded his observations on tiie condition of slaves and the subject of slavery in this District. He was succeeded by Mr. Weems, who opposed his reasoning in a few brief remarks, heu, the hour having expired, the discussion was again arrested. The House then proceeded, in Committee of

the Whole on the state oi the Union, to the consideration of the bill relative to the settlement of the Oregon. The amendment moved by Mr. Taylor was negatived by a vote of 60 to 59. Mr. Drayton's amendment was then modified by himself, so as to strike out the limitation as to the number of persons to compose the party, and also adding a provision that a military escort should accompany the surveyors. It was further amended, on motion of Mr. IngeksolC. by adding a section pro-v idiog. that the ju-

nsuictian oi the United btates Conrts should be extended to-the Territory, so as to embrace all criminals among the citizens of the United States. In this shape the amendment was adopted, in lieu of the original bill. An attempt was made by Mr. Ramsay to add a sec?ion empowering the President to select a part of this region as a place to which persons convicted of criminal offences

might be transported, but the proposi tion vvas not sustained.

The committee then took up the bill

tor the preservation and repair of the

Cumberland Koad, morel v lor the pur

pose of filling the blanks; having done

which, the committee rose, and reported

the bill concerning the Oregon Terri

tory as amended, and reported progress

on the other biif.

January 8. In the senate, to-day,

the bill to compensate sundry citizens of between grand and petit larceny

Arkansas, for losses sustained from Indian depredations, was ordered to a third reading. After a sitting of half an hour, the Senate adjourned until Monday. The discussion on Mr. Miner's resolution relative to slavery, and the treatment of slaves, in the District of Columbia, was to day resumed in the House of Representatives. Mr. Weems closed

his remarks, when Mr. Wilde called for

the previous question Mr. Alexander

then moved to lay the preamble and resolution on the table, on which question the ayes and noes being taken, there appeared Ayes 66, Noes 107. The motion being decided in the negative, the discussion was arrested, in consequence of the expiration of the hour. The House then concurred in certain amendi ments (with a slight modification) mads by the Senate in a bill to authorize the citizens of Arkansas and Florida to elect certain oflicers. The other morning business having been disposed of, the House proceeded to the consideration of the bill concerning the occupation of the Oregon river. An amendment, moved by Mr. Floyd, to direct that one of the forts should be built within the region of tide water, was adopted. Mr. Taylor renewed his motion to amend, on which

the ayes and noes were taken, when it was decided in the negative Ayes 72, Noes 84. No other question was taken before the House adjourned. Januarys. The Senate did not sit to-day. Mr. Miner's resolution was finally

acieu on ro-aay in the Mouse ot Kepre

tate, and also the general appropriation bill for 1829. The bill to subject trust estates, &c. to execution, and the militia bill were under consideration esterday and to-day. The House refused to engross the former ayes 27 noes 29. Mr. Alllj introduced a joint icso. 'ution on this morning, providing for appropriating the 3 per cent fund in the new counties, until its distribution shall have been equalized between the new counties and the old. It has beeu rejected after the first reading by a vote oi 28 to 26. SOUTHERLY FEELLYGS. The following Protest of the Legislature of Georgia was communicated, by the Chair, to the Senate of the U. Stales,

on the 12th inst. "STATF. OF GEORGIA. Executive Department, Milltugtvihr, 1 ec 30th, 188. 3 ib: The enr lotted Protest is ' ransmiued to

v'U, to L U;d be.'oie the Senate cf the UuUtd bluies. I tan, fcir, vcut tfbtdi nt servant, JOHN FOIWYTIi. Hon, Jail C Calhosw, Vice l'rtsidcnt of the U. States. From a painful conviction that a manifestation f the putdtc stntiiTK nt, in the raost imp si -nd impressive r'urtii, is Calltii in uy the present iUbitcd sUie of the Southern seeliun ot" the Ur ion, tht General Assi moty ! tLe !ute ot Gcor

tthave de-med il their Uuty to adopt the it cl

xpuient of fcderess ng, m t he iiais: ut ihe Mare, the Sccute ot liie (Jwiiirtss of the Utntto

States. lit her sovereign character, the SUle of Georgia protests kbits' the a t if tht last vession oi congress, entitled "An act in kt ration of the several acts itfiposing du'its on imports" &s de.epttve in jts titlf, trtudulrni in ua pretexts,

oppressive in its exac ams, partial mix! unjust in its opv. ru inns, unconstitutional in its well k town objects, iumuu l( commerce and agriculture, o secure a luu ful mor;r,p.ly to a combination otjimporuinat' numifu:tut - is Lk nundmg the repeal of no ct which has at ready disturbed the Union ind cndnngered thr

public tranquility, weakened he confluence ot whole fctnUs in the Federal Government, and diminished the tllection of lare masses of tin People to the Union itself, and the abandonment of the deg anng systvm which considers thr People as incapable of svibely directing their own enterprise; v-hich sets up the servants of tht People in Congress as the exclusive judges ot what pursuits are most advantageous and suit ble for thuse by whom they wtre elected, the State vf Georgia expects that, in perpetual tes timony thereof, the deliberate and solemn ex pressiun of her opinion will be caieluii pie-

lf-rvfil amnnp the urrliivf . of ihp S-ii;t unit m

Stun requisite to constitute the former is purification wfhtr character to the present gtn

tlXed at S5. i he school bill, to day, in je. ation, .nd to posterity, if, unfortunately, Un

committee of the whole was shorn ofjffress egaroiog tne prou st, ana continuing

to prevcri powers graniea ior cienriy a emu a and well unders ood purposes, to fluctuate o'

jects never intended by the great putus

Indiana Legislature. January 10. The Canal bill, and the bill providing for the sale of school land;, hav e occupied a large portion of the at tention of the Senate since our last pub

lication. It is impossible now to tell tne shape in which either will finally pass, a considerable contrariety of opinion existing in regard to their features and details. Some days ago, the Canal bill was committed to a select committee, by whom a substitute not differing very materially from the original bill, was re ported by way of amendment. On this substitute the Senate was occupied this-

alternoon. Various amendments were

proposed, most of which were negatived.

One proposition to amend, which va-

considered somewhnt important, and

which did not prevail, was to strikeout

that part of the bill which reserves to

the state the use of timber and stone on

the line of the canal. Mr. Ltn'ton moved so to amend it as to provide for the

sale of but half the land, which was negatived. Another important amendment which did prevail, was offered by Mr. Linton, providing that one fourth of the purchase money should be paid down. Mr. Ewinc then moved to lay the bill on the table, for the porpo-e of having a full vote on the above proposition, which he conceived very important. It was laid on the table. The House has not acted tinallv upon

much business of general interest, since;

our last. On Thursday the road bill was taken from the table, and attempts were made to re-commit it with specific instructions; the views on this subject were almost as various as there were members: the chief enquiry hovever was, whether it were better by a new enactment to cover the whole ground and repeal former laws, or attempt to amend the existinp; statutes the bill is

committed to a committee of the whole house. Mr. Brown, on Friday offered a resolution to adjourn (if the Senate concur,) on the 24th instant, which was laid on the table. The bill from the Senate to amend the act concerning crimes and punishments, was in committee of the whole yesterday, w hen some

discussion was had, confined principally

to that part which makes a distinction

the

tem may aee the error of their way, ant? abandon it. But if they continue to persevere in it, we can only say that we have warned you against the 'Rctthsnukc of the South.' Beware of its deadly 6oa. The cop of forbearance has been well nigh exhausted. Before we will be compelled to drink the bitter dregs of slavery, we will say, 'give us liberty or give us death:

some of its most important provisions,

viz, the appropriation of part oi the state

revenue towards the fund. and the DOwer!whom the ('onstnution was framed, to be en

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, c .i I 'i c I 1 l tubuu tn uir tun ruiiiiir juiruiauMi p oi uie

ovikjwi "uu . F . , JoVeri,-,e. fj.ould render necesarv

Mr. S WEETSEK olfered a substitute, whichmehUres of a decisive character, for the prmec

provided simply tor the appointment of'ti n of the people of the state, snd the wnd a county officer, to be called the eom.Uonof lhe c' n8'aullunof lhe Un,led Mfcl"

missionerof the School lands, whose du

tea

ty it should be to sell' the school land and fund the money. Much ability on both sides was displayed in the argument upon this amendment. It did not prevail. The canal bill has passed in its amended shape.

January 141 Fit the Senate, the Caj

nal bill was, to-day, read a third tune. ruing a

1KHY HUDSON,

Speaker of ths House of lieprfsetaativt 3-. 1 H t ix.Ks, 'res Jdni if i he enuta, JOHN b'jUsY if, Governor'Mr. Berrien said that the annuncia-

always been forvvard to manifest a profound and devoted attachment to this Union of a pat i iotic and gallant Peoplf , who would freely yield their treasure, and unsparingly shed their blood in its defence; the occasion is one of deep and unmingled humiliation, which demands the deposite, in the Registry of the Senate, of this record of their wrong?. There may those, sir, who will look to this hct with indifference perhaps with levity; who will consider it as the result of momentary excitement and see, or think they see in it, Tierely, the etFiJsion of impassioned, but evanescent feeling. I implore those gentlemen not to deceive themselves, on a subject, in relation to which error may be alike dangerous to us all. Forty years of successful experiment have proved the efficiency of this Gov

ernment to sustain us in an honorable intercourse with the other nations of the world. Externally, in peace and in war, nmid the fluctuations of commerce, and the strife of aims, it has protected our interests and defended our rights. One trial, one fearful trial, yet remains to be made. It is one, under the apprehension of which the bravest may tremble which the wise and the good will anx

iously endeavor to avoid. It is that ex periment which shall test the competency of this Government to preserve our internal peace, whenever a question vitally atlcling the bond, which unites ur. as one People, shall come to be solemnly agitated between the sovereign members of this Confederacy. In proportion toils dangers, should be ur .olicitude to avoid it, bv abstaining on the one hand from acts of doubtful legislation, as well

as bv the manner of resistance on the other, to those which are deemed unconstitutional. Between the independent members of this Confederacy, sir, there can be no common arbiter. They are necessarily remitted to their owa sovereign will, deliberately expressed, in the exercise of thoe reserved rights of sovereignly, the delegation of which would have been an act of political suicide. The designation of such an arbiter. sii, was, by the force of invincible necessity, casus omissus, among the provisions of a Constitution conferring limited powers, tiie interpretation of which was to be confided to the subordinate ageut, crea

ted by thoe who were entrusted to administer it. I earnestly hope that the wise and con

ciliatory spirit of this Government, and of those of the several States, will postpone, to a period far distant, the day which will summon us to so fearful a tri1 1 iv " :i ru i i w i 1 . 1 rv t u .-I lr liiii'.iiiii.

... ".... an.iiu uuvaiu iuliiluuii- . . .

t.- it i , 1 1 k , u i illy; tne new evidence oi almost umver-

trn.r in Iho ij tii- ii nor iiiLi(itntiiM.

and the spirit of Hie country. Tiie

Principal eztnts of 1828. The battle of Navarni and the liberation of Greece by the French troops. The invasion of Turkey by the Russians and the unexpected vigor and success of the Turks in defence. The usurpation of Don Miguel in Portugal and tne submission of the Portuguese. The fall the minister YilJele and his parly in Fiance, and the comparative triumph of liberal principles throughout tht French government. The rapid changes in the British mintry, and the final ascendency and elevation of the Duke of Wellington. The repeal of the Test Acts by the British parliament ; the electionof O'Connell, in Ireland, to the exclusion of Fitzgerald; the ditfusion and completion of the project of Catholic Association iu that country; the general progress iu

Great Britain of the cause of Catholic emancipation or religious right. The peace between Buenos Ayres antiBrazil, including the establishment of the independent state of Montevideo, under the auspices of Great Britain. The convulsions in the republic of Colombia; the overthrow of her constitution; the asssumption of the supreme; power by the military chief, Bolivar. Tiie various revolutions iu Peru anJ Chili, adveise to the plans and power of Bolivar, and the subversion of his Bolivian constitution in Upper Peru; the declaration of war between Columbia and

Pe ru. The conspiracies and rebellions in Mexico; the (ailure of Bravo' plot, and his banishment; the election of Pcdntza to the exclusion of general Victoria; the insurrection of get:. Santa-Anna. In the Uidied Slates the adoption of a tar ill"; the violence of the opposition to it in the S uth; the proceedings t hereon of the legislatures of South Carolina and Georgia; the violence of the contest for the office ofpre&ideut; the abuse of the liberty of the press by incessant invectiv e and calumny; the publication of private letters; the reports of private conversations; the election of gen. Jackson to the exclusion of Mr. Adams; the general and

easy submission to the will of the major-

entered upon in the spirit of peace, and

with cherished recollections of former!

amity. But the occasion which shall impel the sovereign People of even one of the members of this Confederacy, to re-

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tion made from ?he Cnair, irr.no-sed a du- ve, Ui "ey are not hound by its acts,

i. ; . 1 1 . i I a' i-i ! I O r 1 1 1 1" IV ll i r I iir n: t ri , i f ri I.,, , Ir v. i f K I

ty on .us con.ague ano nunscu, wn,,, " r ' : ;du,ing the joint reign of Romulus and

wun nis asset,,, ne wouiu pcriorm, nyi ' - Tatius the Sabine. On thft first rh.v of

dii-Hf M,m. who iho snninn f.r.ever mu ana freeman may Ho to avert T ., . . J .7

is the siluatiou wf this Union. Wul. Guz 4The ceremony of wishing a happy new year, originated with the Romans

ind passed, as amended. The vote on the Senate,. to the document, whic ll I . . A a I . ! i 1 f

, il, the P-ople of Georeia will do. Deep- "ver' J"''e peo,ile rt-enled g.lli

the amendment, mentioned in our last been just announce d. J am not willing.! as l,je' ieel lne wrongs which they

summary as having been adopted,-proviS'ir,.said Mi. 15J to see an act so graveV ' . y . loroea:

ding that one fourth of the purchase-mo

rey should be required in hand, was, on M nday, re-considered, and after undergoing a thorough discussion, wn again adopted-by a large majority. The debate on tbi3 proposition, which is considered an important feature in the bill, we shall endeavour to publish hereafter. That part of the bill which reserved to the state the use of the timber and

stone on the line of the Canal, wan, by common consent, 6incken our. The bill from the House of Representatives, together with the substitute olfered by Mr. Stevens, lies on the table. A bill from the House of Representatives, for

the payment of the Michigan Road Com

sentatives. The preamble, setting forthtmissioners, was yesterday agreed to in

various instances ot outrage, was modified on motion of Mr. Jl C. Wright, and was then rejected by a vote of ayes 37, noes 141. Mr. Wright having also

amended the resolution by substituting

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iwo aisiinci resolutions lor tne one

originally moved, the question was taken separately on the two-, and both were

agreed to, the first by a vote of 120 to 59, and the second, having reference to

the abolition of slavery, generally, in the District, by a vote of 1 1 5 to G5. The Sfouse then resumed the consideration of the bill relating to the settlement at the mouth of the Oregon, being the un

finished' business of the preceding day, when the bill was rejected, on the mo-

xiontnatit be engrossed tor a third readingthe vote being for the motion 75, against it 99; The House then resum

ed the consideration, io Committee of the Whole, of the unfavorable report ofl

me committee on Indian Aliairs, on the claims of certain citizens of Georgia. The question being on a motion made by Mr. Thompson, to reverse the decision of the Committee, Mr. Wilde made some remarks, but before he had concluded, the Committee rose, reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again ; and the House then adjourned till Monday. JYat. Journal. There are one hundred and Hiirty one -tudejita in the University of Virginia.

the Senate, ft allowed them one dollar

and seventy-five cents per diem for their services, together with the expenses incurred. The Senate is now in commit

tee of the whole on the school bill. The House on Monday passed the bill providing for the sale of chool land and

for other purposes. A b:! has passed the House which provides that in cases of divorce a decree releasing one party from the matrimonial contract shall operate as a release to both. The bill from the Senate concerning Congressional elections was warmly debated on Monday, it being contended on the one side that the law would be inoperative, that the old slates would not submit to our increased representation until we have fulfilled fi ve Congresses under the present ratio, and that the census and return made to Congress would not be in time for our L gislalure to arrange the districts so as to give u the additional representative in the Congress next ensuing: these propositions were denied by the friends of the bill who urged that Congress would probably pass a law pursuant to the late recommendation of

the President to effect the returns by the Marshall at a day sufficiently early for our legislature to act upon the sub

ject. On yesterday Mr. Hillis from

the committee of Ways and Means, reported a detailed & very favorable statement uf the tiuaucial concern of the

and interesting in its character, pass a- ineir compiainis nave neen nnnway with those mere every day c ents'erto disregarded,. and their rcinousiranwhich are forgo Hon almost in the instant!ced have been heretofore t naught, of their occurrence. In order, therefore,! thtiV wili stil1 ,ook with confidence to the

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that it may be distinctly presented to the notice of the Senate, before I submit the

motion wnich it calls for, I will state its purport, and avail myself of the occasion to make a very brief remark. That document, sir, of which an official cop) has been transmitted to m colleague and myself, is the protestof the State of Georgia, made through hereonstiiutionaLorgans, to this assembly of the R. preventatives of States, against the "act, in alteration of the several acts laying duties on imports," passed at the late

session of the Congress of the U. States.

returning iustice of this Government.

I fulfil my duty, sir, on this occasion, with a. cherished reliance on that justice with a deep and abiding conviction ot the patriotism and forbearance of that

Peonle bv whom it is demanded with

to each other, and sacrificed to the gods

lor the health and weltare of their relatives and friends, figs and dates, covered with a thin coaling of beaten gold, together with honey and newly opened tlowers, were the most frequent ofierings Irom one to another. At a subsequent period, the British Druids were accustomed on this occasion to cut the sacred mistletoe with the golden knife, and distribute it among the people. In the lat

ter part of the 14th century, pins were

a humble, hut unwavering trust in the" , V, lu - O 1 I Mil I'I.IIOl. r. ur i , ai At ll..

mercy of Heaven.

On motion of Mr. Berrien, the letter

time the zcuodcti skewer? with which tha

dresd used to be adjusted, began to go

In her sovereign character, as one of thei Radical," a paper printed in South Car-

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uou r I ' 11 e omvrea io ot oul 0f fashion. Il is recorded that, dur-

printeo, lor the use o. the benate. Ule relgn of Henr 8U) ainong (he While on this subject, we will givejgihs received by that monarch on a nevr the following extract from the Cheraw y dayrwas a copy of the Bible, with

a ieai turneu uowu ai one oi me verses

original members of this confederacy, bv

whom this Government was called into existence, that State protests against this

act, on the several grounds, which are specifically set forth, in that instrument, which is attested by the signatures of her Legislative and Executive functionaries,

and authenticated under her public seal. It is now delivered to this Department of the Federal Government, io be deposited in its archives, m perpciuam rci memoriam, to serve whenever the occasion may require it, as an authentic testimony of the solemn dissent of one of the Sovereign States of this Union from the act therein protested against, as an infraction of the constitutional compact by which she is united to the other mem

bers of this Confederacy. Il is difficult, Sir, to repress it U, perhaps, still more difficult apnroDriate-

ly to express the feelings which belong to such an occasion as the present. I

hal'ii i i i -l ri Oil llrolnrl I i ! . r

n. wv... vviuLiin u in st'iiiimenis ot reverence for our Federal Union, and, thro1 life, I have habitually cherished these

sentiments. As an individual citizen.

therefore, it is painful to recur to that disastrous policy which has imposed on the Si ate in which I live the stern necessity of assuming this relation to the Government of this Confederacy.

As one of the. Representatives on thi

olina.

of the 13th chapter of Hebrews. The

lb ook came from Latimer, who was not iii

"Although we do think, and we fear-! the habit of Mattering people. Inqueea lessly express it, that South Carolina is Eliza bet day, all the loid, temporal virtually absolved jrom all alligations ojand spiritual, together w ilh the officers this Confederacy. The end for w Inch this j of her household, were obliged to deposit

government was instituted has been de-

jfeated, and it must of necessity icsolve

itself into its original elements. The compact has been broken, V not by us. National, like individual, compacts are null and void, 30 soon as there is a failure of compliance with the requisitions on the part of either of the partiea. With the passage of the tariff bill, the ligatures that boand this nation together were severed asunder. We are no longer bound by any tthtr ties than those of natural of fiction, or such as may arise from any. other extraneous causes. There is no moral or

new year's gifts at the foot of the throne.

Gossips used to say that in this way her majesty replenished her wardrobe,, and that though she scrupulously made a return for these compliments to every individual by whom they were paid, yet that tho balance was always in her owu favor. In England, the Uaher'u g in of the new year was formerly attended with great ceremony. The young men and maids of every village, used to assemble at a very early hour, and awake the inhabiiants with a merry rustic song, and tender to such as admitted them into the

legal compulsion, by which we may be; house their spiced wassail bowl.

constrained to keen up this unnatural

and unequal alliance. We look upon the union now solely as a matter of policy.

The only question now before us, is,

whether it is our interest to secede, and set up a separate government for ourselves. Or, iu other words, whether it would be more advantageous to us to secede from the union, or to adhere to it, and bear and writhe under our present oppressions. We should not hesitate to choose between these alternatives. We

are willing to suffer yet a little longer i

BosLn Adv.

floor of that Slate, whose citizens have! the hope that the advocates of tins sys-jej uie. L:uii,

Gen. Jackson. We are informed that Gen. Jackson will set out from the Hermitage, for Washington City, about the 29th inst. Should the Ohio River be open and navigable by steam boats, he will pasa through Louisville, and ascend the river to Wheeling or Pittsburgh; otherwise he w ill travel through Virgin ia, to Washington. If the weather should continue cold, he w ill Decessarily be constrained to take the lasl mc-iiixoiL'

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