Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-12-06

cd, and which they Still continue To- afford.
AZ VIII DC observed from examination, that the pre-
sent Constitution contains provision i'm relation 10
,he acceptance ofoniac, o appointment, by Judges
S' the supreme Court of Appeals, Judges of the
superior Court, which vacatcs their Office bv tho ac
ceptance of any other. Without advcrtin~ TO this
i"c'' and dtsrous of giving general satisfaction to
INC cou'.'ry by tho appointment of person, whose
taiehts integrity and ability, should be fully equal
10 public expectation, the appointment of Visitor
TO the Cniyerslty, made vacant by the resignation
OF James Monroe Esq, was conferred upon Dabncy
|arr' Esq. This gentleman accepted the appoint
mcnt, with view alone 10 lLc discharge of the duiAs
OF the place so important to the State and the rising
generation. Upon reflection and examination that
esteemed Judge finding the appointment incom
Ratibie with the provisions of the Constitution,
resigned the appointment of Visitor and was re.
appointed Judge, whose permanent appointment
now rests with you.
Tho Get passed at your last session, entitled
IAN Act concerning lands returned delinquent for
non-payment 81 taxes, and making disposition of
certain lands so depGuent, and of certain escheai
cd lands, for the benefit of actual and bona fdc
holders thereof under grants fron! fle Common
wealth." was taken up by Mr. Heath, tic Auditor
OF Public Accounts after your Adjournment,
who with very great labor, and 4 zoal and ability
which entities him TO the highest commentator
has completed all the lists of lands returned de-
nn9nent for taxes due previous to the year
lS2o, for all the counties West of the Bluo Ridge,
and Tor all the counties on this side, bounded by
appropriation made at the last of tho Gene
raj Assembly, 1t has been found physically impos-
seie TO complete more ofthe work. That the period
OF redemption ought to be extended beyond the first
OF January next, will become obvious, when it is
considered that many lists of lands liable TO for
lecture, have not yet been printed-and also from
'he-farther consideration pot loss important that
suihcient time has not elapsed since the distribution
OF the prlptsq LISTS, to enable persons Interested
avail themselves of the remedial provisions in the
act, by investigating and correcting the Immune ra
able errors en- the land books.
Our Treasury will be found in a highly prosper,
e's condition, and affords proof of the energies off
the State, as il maintains its position under SO
much misrule in the Government which acts upon
our exports. Th2 unexpended balance in the Trea-
sury at the end of tho fiscal year 1890 was
$So, 94l S6-That which rcma med in the Treasury
at the end OF the fiscal year lS3l SI0G,s95 II.
The actual amount in the Treasury the first day
OF the present month was 1872, 6S9 ~.
he report of the Superintendent of the Pcni-
trn'iary; now communicated to you, will inform
you OF the condition of tina: institution
now lay before yon communication from the |
Governor OF the Commonwealth of Maine contain |
ing resolutions adopted BY the Legisa urc Of that
State, relating TO the Tariff, Internal Improve |
ments, &c, disappearing.
Also, from the Governor of Delaware Resolutions
of the Legislature of that Comm wealth. concur
ting with Pennsylvania, in her opinion relative to
the Tariff ofI92S; wei, sundry other Roaolu- |
tons In relation to Public LanGs-Andrew Jackson
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tion-and in relation to the proposed amendment
of the Constitution of the United States, oIe. |
ed by the States of Louisiana and Missouri. And |
From the Governor of New Hampshire, relative |
20 the organization of the Militia Of the United
States. |
The Constitution OF our State has made it the du.
~ OF the Governor 'to communicate to the gsla-
ture, at every session, the condition the Common
wealth." To discharge this duty, it will be ncccs- |
sary Tor me TO call your attention to our FEDERAL
RELATIONS. The deep interest felt by all the States
IN the inapner in which that part of their concerns
has been managed by the Federal Government, to |
which they have delegated certain defined and limit
cd powers, would make me highly cutpahle if failed
TO notice them, or omitted to speak of them you
as they deserve. The General Assembly have never
Jailed to keep watchful eye those rights
which were 2aerved to the States and to the Peo-
pie by the Compact or Constitution-when the sew
erai States, for their own benefit and convenience
created the Federal government.
hat Government; merely the agent of the States,
and only allowed to exercise those powers which
were intended 10 operate externally, and upon ma
tlons foreign 10 those composing the confcderacy,
has too often transcribed the limits prescribed to
1t, and evnces increasing disregard to the rights
OF the States, by the passage of unconstitutional
acts and by propositions for Others if il be posi-
BILE, OF still more unwarrantable character. The
complaints, memorials and protests of sogac of the
sovereign States of this Goncderacy have been IN
noticed or disregarded, and the Constitution seems
about to be merged in the will of uhrestraincd
HdJoIhy. NO one can now doubt the tendency OF
That government or the numerous evils which must
ensue, unless speedily arrested in its downward
career 1T The will of that majority is unresraincd
and thatNoVernment is suffered to search through
their own records for prcccGents, upon WI ich to
found their claim to power, and thus melt away
the solder of the Federal chain, by making that
constitutional now, because heretofore the same
acts have been done by themselves, it is equivalent
to the actual destruction of that instrument, and
the substitution of Government unrcstrained: an
its powers and unlimited in its sway. 1t is even
now strongly insinuated that the States cannot in
teTPose to arrest unconstitutional measure. If
so, there is already limit to Federal power, and
our short experience has shown the utter INSULT
ciency OF all restraints upon parchment.
virginia resisted the usurpations of England, and
encountered the hazard of for political exis.,
once, and sought to guard against oppression, that
her citizens ms mt ENJOY the liberty which belonged
to them, and appropriate to their own that
which their labor had earned The Tariff Law,
of which all the Southern States so Justly com
plain, is calculatedGo take from our citizens the
profit they have earned by their industry, and is
also, violation of the, Constitution Not only has
this been done, but laws have been passed appro-
prating the public money for purposes foreign to-
and unwarranted by, the Constitution; Agents
have been appointed to negotiate Treaties without
consulting the Scnate and propositions have been
made to seize upon the surplus in the Trea-
sury of the United States, to be divided among the
States according to representation, though Of
them export nothing, and consequently contribute
little to that tund-whch is in reality reducing the
States to the condition of vassals and pensioners
paid by funds Illegally exacted from them.
Ifthese laws, these acts, and this claim 10 pow
er, be constitutional, the constitution of the UnitcG
States has been misunderstood, and is insufficient
to accomplish the objects for which it was design
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