Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-23
The Governor Of Georgia in his mes

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sage to the Legislature, at it's present
session, after exposing the defects OF
! the militia system Of that State, pro.
noses the establishment of military
law amongst that body, whenthey meet
!, for the purpose of being trained and ex-
ercised. lie further suggests the pro-
prrsty of forming what he calls a drill
schoIl !, SO that the officers themselves
may be taught their duty. His excel
lency. sfrer remarking on the impor-
lance nf education TO the preservation
of our Republican rights, urges that
subject also On the attention Of the lie.
,gislature. lie joins with Hamlet in
deploring the uncertainty and delay at
tendant on The law, and recommends
the formation Of a Court Of Errors,
with power to revise the decisions OF
inferior tribunals. Connected with
this subject he calls the attention OF
the Legislature to the formation of a
Board, whose duty it shall be 20 arrangs
and digest the common law az well as
the statutory law of the English tribu
nals, likewise the Napoleon Code az
well as the Pandects Of Justinian, and
TO endeavor to reduce the whole into
some sort of .ystem for public tribu-
mails. On the question of internal i'm"
provemeat, his Excellency recommends
the appointment Of SD able engineer
with a liberal salary, who shall ascer.
tain he best and most practicable routes
for the cutting Of canals. He warmly
recommends an entire revision Of the
p%enitentisry mode Of discipline, and
tho sub"s'itutiou of solitary conine.
mont for social laoor and intercourse a.
mongst criminals. He states that on
this present plan, many criminals are
10 consequence of their crimes provided
with q better home, provision and
clothing, than they had ever before en-
loved. He re-asserts, and in frowning
language, the right of Georgia 10 the
soil now occupied by the C%herokees
within the limits Of that State, and re-
commends another application to Con
gress for the removal Of the tribe be-
yond her boundaries.
His Excellency, however, announces
that a trearyis about to be holden with
the Creeks for the extinguishment of
their elaine and exclusion from all the
lands within the Limits Of Georgia. He
states that he had proposed to the Pre-
sldent the connecting the waters OF the
Tennessee and Savannah rivers, which
prop si,,on appears to have been re-
! iected by the General Government
he advises the repeal Of a law passed at
TIE last session relative to causing a
sucvey to be made between the waters
of the Sainr Mary's and SuwsDee ri.
vers on The ground tina the canal will
run through soil belonging to The Unit
ed States. His ExcelIepcy denounced
the Gese,si Government for imposing
the tariff, i Il the following ex%srsordiDa.
~ language:
The American congress which ought
to be in he van of every thing liberal
in polifics, in commerce and in the arts,
60 back to this era TO seek less M Of
ins'ruction for their constituents. As
Providence will have it, these constitu.
ents are 800 years in advance Of them,
and unless they give lessons 10 their re
presentatives in torn, they will find the
general government very soon employ
ed in making roads and digging canals
within their own exclusive l%iiuits and
jurisdiction-!evying taxes on ore por-
ton Of the community for the single
purpose Of giving encour cement tothe
industry OF another portion Of The same
community, and finally passing en- sct
Of universal emancipation, which would
undoubtedly be the last. If the Legis.
lature Of a s ate should resolve to resist
such assumed powers, the United States
government would be reduced to the
unpleasant alternative either Of enforc-
ing them because they we're clear, ma .
nifest. and explicit ones, or of revokin z
them, as Of e4uivocal and doubtful cha
racter and not jus'ifying a recours to
civil war. 10 maintain them. And it
would seem that this e,ngle considers
ton would be sufficient to defer any
wise and prudent administration of go.
vernmeut under our constitution from
acting upon such constructive powers
a. ALL Bait. american,
Loss of,he schr Mary Ann GrtndnU, OF
Annupolis-This vessel sailed from Hanp-
Ton Roads on Monday morning last, with a
ornp II a haof fran, H. Dx-- -.1Nl,