Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-10-10
GsssEAE'EGAE.
FROM tie Pennsylvania Inquirer Of Oct. 4.
FREE TRADE CONVENTION

III was resolved, that the President of the Com
roh|ioh DC requested TO have arrangements made,
80 ~ .ne accommodation of such ladies may wish
| 10 attend The proceedings of the Convention
/ Inc president announced the names of the fol
lowing gentlemen, whom he had nvi,ed : so,,s
WITHIN inc bar, agreeaby to u resolution of the
Convention: - ~
Henry ID. Scdgwck, of Massachusetts. John
sergeant, of Pennsylvania; Edward Beetle. of
Iennsylvania; MIR. MIntosh, Mr.. M,Allis,er-
C'heF names were announced, which the reporter
was unable TO hear distinctly
nc resident presented communication from
'chh L Mimiord, offering the Convention the use
OF several hundred copies of the report of Mr.
Caihpreleng, made in 1899, to Congress, from the
| committee on Commerce.. The Communication
was !ald on the table.
Mr.. Ga.latin, from the Comu,;ttec on,o;ntod ~,
Saturday, reported the following resolutions;
lst That permanent COMMITTEE, of one person
lro'A each State represented i'll this Convention, be
! appointed, 10 prepare memorial to Congress-, and
collect and present TO that body such evidence as
| may DC necessary, and attend i'll person at the
next session OF Congress, to promote the objects
| of such memorial
"a nat the Cmmittcc be directed to ask instruc.
tioh Oh the Convention, whether they should be
limited in their duty us to making a report ar what
SUBJECTS ought to engage the attention. or whether
they be authorized TO appoint sub-commttecs to
prepare and report such memorials, &c, as they
may lhink necessary 10 promote the objects OF tins
| Convention.
Mr. Poindexter, of Mississippi, thought that the
last resolution would depend another act of the
convention, and that it would be irregular to adopt
that resolution until the committee had made a re-
port lie moved, therefore, that the resolutions
! DC laid on the table
10 an inquiry by member, Mr.. Gallatin of n
ork, replied that the General Committee had no.
thing TO PROPOSE 10 the Convention, and that they
wished to be instructed to what subjects should
| receive their attention
MIR. Jones, of South Carolina asked for the
reading OF the original resolution. The resolution
was read.
Mr.. Preston, of South Carolina offered the fol-
| lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the committee be limited to ma
KING report on such objects as ought to engage
the attention of this Convention.
| The following resolution was offered as n substi
| tute for that of Mr.. Prcston's:
Resolved, That the committee appointed on the
| hrst instant De authorized to prepare such memo
rlals' statements, &c as they may think proper
submit to tins Convention, calculated to promote
the objects OF such Convention Negatlyed.
1 ne question was then taken on the original res
olution, and decided uflirinativclv
MIR. Preston, Of South Carolina, inquired whether
the General Committee were ready report.
Mr.. Gallatn, OF that Committee, could give no
information the subject.
On motion OF Mr.. POindexter, of Mississippi, it
Resolved, That an invitation be presented TO
Chief Justice Marshall, TO take a seat within the
bar and that the invitation be entered the Jour
mails of the Convention.
OF Delegation from Connecticut, and supposed
that they would be considered members OF the
General Committee, as their number small
The President said they would be so considered
and entered the journals, unless objection was
made by the Convention.
The President read Il communication from Ala
bama, including several resolutions adopted by
meeting held in Florence, i'll that state.
The resolution contained II remonstrancc against
the existing tariff, declared that it Il national
evil that it not authorised by the Federal CON
stuIon that 1T was unjust, because unequal in its
operations, and that the members composing the
meeting would cooperate with the people in other
parts OF the United States, IN any which
might have for the object modification of such
tariff.
The Communication waz OF notion laid on the
table.
On motion of Mr.. Galatn, the Convention a.
greed to recess OF one hour, to give the General
Committee time to prepare report.
At two O'Clock the Convention was called to or
der. On behalf Of the General Committee, Mr..
Gallatin reported tho following resolutions, which
adopted:
Resolved, That appeal to the people of the
United States setting forth the evils and incqua
lities of the existing tariff, and recommending such
modification OF 1T as may conform to the purpos-
ses of revenue and be impartial in its opcrat .ons on
all the States he drafted by committee appoint
cd for the purpose by this Convention.
Resolved, That an address to the Congress of the
United Sratcs, soliciting from that body modif-
quatc to the expenses of government, and equal
upon all portions of the country be also prepared
The following resolution then offered:
Resolved That much of the report of the
General Committee, as relates TO an address to the
people and memorial to Congress, be referred to
that committee for the purpose of preparing and
reporting tho to this Convention.
The gentleman who offered tins resolution sta
ted that made it well for the purpose Of sd
wing time, under the belief that the members
the General Committee had already interchange |
OF opinion upon the objects Of the Convention, and
fully competent to prepare both addresses. /
The question being taken, division called for, |
when Mcssrs. Carter and Everett were appointed |
tCcrs, who reported that the resolution car
ried, ] II gentlemen voting III the Affirmative.
Mr.. st. John, of Georgia, then offered rcsolu- |
ton, declaring that the present tariff laws Of Com
grcss, far they 90 TO protect manufactures,
and exceed the purposes of revenue. lniquitOus
ans Observation-Disclosures and oppressive upon Ger
tain portions of the people, gross violations Of the
Constitution-and the Committee requested 10 |
insist on, consider this view of them, when
king up their report
MIR. St John enforced the propricty Of this rcso-
luton in few remarks. lie said that the present
tariff system is unjust it Is unequal in ITS opera
tion-upoIitic subvcrsive Of the union, and I'M
becoming free people, in being departure from
the spirit Of the constitution, and the meaning OF
those who framed that instrument We shall have
como here said he, for little purpose indeed if we
lose SIGHT Of the constituuoualjty, Otherwise of
tic tariff. The friends Of that system viii cxuIt
that body so formidable, at least in point Of num-
bcrs and the number Of states represented, should
after all thoir preparations, leave untouched one
prominent feature of objection to the tarIftits uu-
! constjtutionality. He was empowered by Georgia
as one ofthc delegation oG that state TO invite the
investigation Of this body TO that feature, and to