The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-10-18

spects infinitely more oppressive upon
the poor than upon the rich.
And that the said Committee be in
structed moreover, to express the willing
ness of the memorialists to acquiesce in
such an interposition Of the legislative
power, as shall be prospective in its OPP
Grafton, thereby avoiding any sudden re-
pulsion which might operate with undue
severity on the manufacturing interest,
but leading to the desired result with the
least possible injury to the interests
which have grown up under the existing
system of protective duties.
The following is correct list Of the
Committee appointed under this resolu-
ton:
Albert Gallatin, of New-York, chair
man; Henry Lee, of Massachusetts; Wm.
Hunter, of Rhode-Island r. NJ. Sher-
man, of fConnecticut; G. l.. Hardenburg,
of New-Jersey; Clement G. Biddle, Of
Pennsylvania G. Hoffman, of Maryland;
r.. II. Drew, of Virginia; J. lredell, of
North Carolina VIM. Harper, ofSouth-
Carolina John M. Berrien, of Georgia;
Enoch Parsons, of Alabama VIM. E..
Butler, of Tennessee.
We learn from the Philadelphia Chronicle,
that the Free Trade Convention adjourned
sine die on Friday evening. Previous to the
adjournment committee, of one gentleman
from each state represented was appointed
20 prepare a memorial to Congress. OF this.
Mr.. Gallatin was named chairman* The
proposition for a committee to confer with
the New. York Tariff Convention, was not
carried. il was announced that the Penn.
sykania delegation had insisted on defraying
the expenses of the Convention and thanks
were voted to them. and to the President, Mr.,
Barbour. After an address from Mr.. Bar.
bour, the Convention adjourned
1t is stated in the Philadelphia Chronicle,
that while the address REPORTED by the Com.
mi,tee ofthelFree Trade Convention was un
der consideration on Friday forenoon, a
motion was made 10 strike out the section
relating 10 tho constitutionality Of the tariff,
which was negatived by vote Of l49 10 81
and that the members Of The Pennsylvania
delegation, with few exceptions, voted with
the mojouty- Boston Gdz.
-
sThis Committee appointed sub committee
for the purpose referred TO, consisting ofthe fol.
lowing gentlemen, viz Mr. Gallatn, of New
York !; Mr.. Lee, of Massachusetts; MIR Hunter
Of Rhode Island; Mr. Iiardenhurg, of New Jer.
sey ;Mr. Bddle, of Pennsylvania.
"What will the line stretch out to tn crack of
doom?
Another yet "a seventh; I'll sec no more:-
And yet the eighth appears, whu bears glass,
Which shows me many more!" [SHAEsPEARE.
"Witb more 'last words they linger DER US,
And, like a tom-cat, die by inches"
[CRoAKER & Col
The Raleigh, North Carolina, Star
contains another chapter of the Cores
pondence. We must be permitted to de-
cline inserting it at full length. The OBJ
ject of it is to prove that certain letter
from Mr.. Branch to the President of the
United States, which was published in
Mr.. Eaton's statement, was not written,
as would appear from the date which it
bore in that publication, on the 29th, but
on the 9th of January last. Colonel
Johnson's interview with Messrs. Branch,
Berrien and Ingham took place between
those dates; and Mr. Branch, by showing
that the letter i'll question was written
prior TO the interview, removes the ground
of certain imputations upon his sincerity.
made by Mr.. Eaton, and founded on a
belief that the letter WAS written subse-
quently to that interview.
The Washington Globe copies Mr..
Branch's communication from the North
Carolina paper, and subjoins some COM
meuts, from which we learn the reason
of the inaccuracy in the date complained
of by the ex-Secretary ofthe Navy. The
figures according to the Globe were awk-
wardly made, and MIR. Eaton, that he
might commit no error, "carried the let
ter to the Navy Department to ascertain
by comparison whether the date was the
9th or 29th. The Chief Clerk furnishes
samples of Mr.. Branch's figuring, from
which the conclusion was formed that it
was the 29th. He had not taken copies
OF his own notes, nor had he preserved
MIR. Dranch's replies, and could, there
fore gain no light by reference to them.
Mr.. Branch's note to the President was
found by him Unexpectedly among other
papers not relating to the subject"
If Mr.. Branch's letter to the President
was written on the 9th of January, the
Presidents kind, friendly, peace breath
ing note to Mr.. Branch must have been
written on the Goth, the very day on
which, as Mr.. Ingham has striven to show,
he was raging like "roaring lion" and
debating to Col. johnson insulting COM
mands and tyrannical threats But E.
nough of this. N. Y. Eve. Post
THE TREASURY AND THE PUBLIC DEBT.
"A leading feature in Gen. Jackson's
policy is the speedy extinction Of the
Public Debt. BY the official notices
which have just appeared, it will be seen