Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-14
roNNECYCUT LECIsT.ATURE.
Il0IISE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

Clerks Aer little other nusinesS---oi passing mesr .ares to the Senate appointing of ofcommitecs to exa.
 mine the rcpor, or the canvassers the credentials of members. and of assigning place for Reporters Messrs. Woodruff and Belden were appointed com mt,ee ,o San upon the Governor, and inform hm ol his election, that the House was organized, SEc.
 Thursday, May 2.
 MT. Church, from the committee to examine ere deDtials reported tue names ot members cected-and 500 comics of the roll ordered to be printed.
 AlO o'clock, Governor ToMLINsoN, by his private secretary, transmitted the following x MESSAGE:
 , Gentlemen of the SenGte, and
 Gentlemen cfthe House cf Representatives:
 As no people participate more ahundantly than the inhabitants of this State, in the favor ,Uf Divine Providence, sO in none would 'n- gratitude upwards him and fOrgettuIness of his mercies be more inexcusable. In the en- joyment of general health, and competent supply of. the productions Ofthe earth' our joint and Nnfeasing ascripuons of praise are due to the .GOd of our Fathers, that he has shOwered multiplied and rich blessings upon <them and ua, with parental kindness.
 The prosperous condition Of our State, and the quiet and security in which it's citizens pursue their accustomed employments. reap the rewards of honest industry, and exercise the rights of freemen, prove the adaptation of its laws tO their interest and circumstances, as well as the sound state of the public essential to the efficacy of good aud whOle- some laws, and afford just cause of mutual and public congratulatiOn.
 The Legislature of South Carolina, adher- ing to the principles expressed in it's resolu- tions relative to encouraging domestic in. dustry," heretofore laid before the General Assembly. has resolved that after the further aggression by the passage of the tariff act of 1893, it lis restrained from the assertion of the sovereisn rights of the State, by the hope that the magnanimity and justice of ths good people of the Union will effect the abandon inent of a system partial in It's nature, unjust tn It's operation, and not within the powers delegated to, Congress" Influenced by like views, the State of Georgia has addressed a reinonstrance to the States in favor of the Tariff" pronouncirg that important measure "an open and violent infractiOn of our com pact" and asserting that 1t has right. which it will never surrender, to demand its re- peal" The General Assembly of Virginia, concurring in the opinions of South Carolina and Georgia as one of the high contracting parties" tO the UniOn. has declared "its de- kberate conviction that the acts of COngress. usually denOminated the tariff laws, passed u. vowedly for the protection nf domestic man uiActnres, are not authorized by the plain con struetion, true intent and meaning of the Con stitutiOn." sm ,sggaa s,
 Copies of the proceedngs ofthesy nenberl Of our cuniadefacy which have. been fOrwar, ded to me ara transmitted herewith, and re- commended tOyour deliberate and dispas sionate consideration.
 They are entitled to 1t as well on the ground of the comity always to hs exercised hetweer the several States of the Union, as on accoun Of the magnitude of the interests affected. ant ihe dangerous tendency of the principles as serted. The necessity of the protecting sys tenn undoubtedly formed a powerful motiv for ths Organizntion of the General Govern ment. The consequent and necessary snrren der Of the pre-existing control of the State over navigation and commerce with the rlgt tO levy impasts, plAiuly transferred the pow er In question Co Congress. The auihorlt ! t0 lay and collect duties aud imposts being ur limited by the constitution, it Is and may D used equally for Rnancialprotectiye and reta iat0ry purposes. By ita use only can the hu' ueueum0 Ur pruututtuFy uutsSs " vsnUs uo tiOns designed to protect their own, and to de press our navigation, manufactures aud agr| culture, he coiniaracted.
 The discussions and explanations that le' tothe ratification 0fthe Constitution, far lron cOuntcnancing the ground taken hy thos states, proceed upon the admission Of q gran Of the power which is now denied. The prin cipIes recently avowed are not sustained b! \ c0lemporary expositions of that instrument They are in opposition to the uniform cours' Of nati0nalllegislaiio from the establishment of the revenue system down tO the passag' of tho act whichis is denounced as unconstitu tional. The illustrious surviving statesman wht belonged to the body which framed the Con stitutlOn. who contributed not less eilicaclcus ly than any other, to its adoption, and ha since administered the executive power, ha promouncAd Rpnn these principles q asntenc' < oe condemnation, affirming, at the same tim' with nnslehlable clearness and force, the exis tence Of the power ot the General Govern ment to pE0tect and foster domestic industry
 kis hoped thatithis opinion will be deemed satislaClnry authority not only in the com mOnweAllh aEawhich its author is citizen but in all the Staies denying the existence Q that essential power, and that the excitemen which its exercise has rnhappily caused {, prevail among their citizens, may subside un der the influence of calm consideration. an, fnll development of its nlterior results | ghe respective members of fhe Union.
 A departure from the policy against whic