Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-20

so of paper purporiinr TO be notice. signed by William
Writ and John Sergeant. counsel for Samuel A. wor-
cescr and Eizur Butler, informing His Excellency the
Governor Of intended application TO the Supreme Court
for hearing wrs Of filed by said Worcester and
utler-beg leave to recommend to the General Assem-
bly,, the adoption of the following resolutions, viz:
Resolred, by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tees Of the State Of Georgia, IN General assembly met,
That the act of the last Legislature making il penal
side within the limits of the lands belonging the State
in the occupancy Of the Cherokee Indians without having
taken cencc from the Governor and without taking the
oath support the Constitution and laws Of Georgia. under
which Samuel A. Worcester and Elizur Butler were
convicted at the sitting OF the last Superior Court OF Gwn
nett county, is not in violation OF either the letter the
spirit of the Federal Constitution
That the State has right of civil and criminal jurisdiction
the whole of the lands within her chartered limits and
that the jurisdiction does bright extend TO all the
and things within those limits
That she powers not delegated by he constitution the
United States, prohibited by to the States
ed TO the States respectively 10 the peopeAnd that
right TO interfere with and control the criminal urisdic
lion OF the States has not been delegated by the const
ton, TO the United States its COURTS is the right of
exclusive and final jurisdiction in all criminal cases, pro-
hibitcd by the constitution, TO the States
That by the constitution of the State of Georgia. final
and conclusive jurisdiction in criminal il vested in
the Superior Courts Of the several counties of this
and when these courts have pronounced the sentence
the law, court has the right to re-hear overue and
verse their decisions, or in any way impede the
of their DEGREES
That any attempt the decision the Superior
Courts of Gwnnet county, in the of Samuel A. Wor-
ccser and Elzur Butler by the Supreme Court of the
United States, will be held by this State an
tiona and arbitrary interference in the of
criminal laws, and will be treated as such
That the State of Georgia will not compromit her dig
niy as sovereign State, 80 far yield her rights
Of the confederacy, appear in answer to- or
in any way become party TO any proceedings before the
Supreme Court having for their object reversal
ference with the decisions of the State Courts in crim
nal matters
That His Excclcncy the Governor, be, and he and
every other officer of this State is hereby authorised and
requested to Disregard and every mandate ORDER
Decree that has been shall be served upon him
or them puporng TO proceed from the Chief Justice or
any associate Justice Of the Supreme Court OF the United
States for the purpose arrestng impeding the execu
ton the Of the State Courts in criminal cases
That His Excellency the Governor, be and he is here
by authorised and required, with all the power and
placed at his command BY the Constitution anlaw of this
State to resist and rcpcl any and every INVASION from
whatever direction il may come upon the administration
of tho criminal laws of this State"
The Committee on Banks has made a Report in
sructing the Delegation in Congress to oppose the
re-chartcring of the Bank of the U. States.
SOUTH CARoLINA-Mr. Prcssly's resolution for
the removal DIR. Cooper from the College of Co
lumba, was rejected by a vote of 81 to 5I-rhe
Committee OH Federal Relations has reported a re-
solution censurng the letter of the President of the
U. s. to the Union Party of the 4th July! Mr. HUI
GER on the part of the minority of the same COM
mittee, made couner-report, approving the letter
Judge Smith to address the Senate on the 18th
IN opposition to the resolutions of censure
NORTH CARoLINA.-Mr. Hughes the Sculptor
of New York. is in Raleigh, and has proposed to the
Legislature restore the remains of Canoyas Sta
vest 1t with all its original grandeur give il again
its pure unsullied whitcness, its strength durability
and form"-The whole not to exceed $4,000
The bject has been referred TO Select Joint Com
mittee.-A resolution has passed the Senate for the
appointment of Joint Select Committee whose
duty 1t Is to inquire into the eXpediency of charter
ing company, i'll that State, to receive private sub
scriptlons for the desirable object of making rail
road from Old Topsail Inlet to some suitable point
i'll the interior country, and extending as nearly as
practicable to the Blue Ridge; inquire also into
the expediency of making railroad from some
point on the Cape Fear River, TO point on the
waters OF the Yadkin River; to inquire into the pro-
prlety also, OF incorporating Rail Road Company
TO be owned by individual Stockholders, to com
lnence at some point on the Cape Fear, at or near
Haywood, and running by Louisburg, so as to meet
the Petersburg Rail Road Company-Montfort
Stokes has been reelected Governor; the vote being
for Stokes %, r. ID. Spaight 63. The bill to make an
appropriation and appoint commissioners to rebuild
the Capitol, postponed in the Senate on Thurs
day last, until the 3D. Monday in November by vote
of 80 to 81.
TENNEssEE-Judge Haskell has been acquitted
ny the Senate-the vote on most of the specifications
being and 9.-The III. of II. have passed n bill-2l
100, laying foundation for Internal Improvement.
Ii seems TO excite much JOY among the people.
Observation-Disclosures have been submitted for
addressing Memorial TO the Congress of the IT, S.
asking reduction on the price of the public lands
and to authorize the lands to be entered i'm tracts Of
forty acres-Aso resolution sin favor of the dis
public lands at auction unequal, unjust and OPP
prcssive and unbenefcal to tile governments; and
instead of the sales thereof by entry to give pre-
terence to the settler to enter from forty tracts
upwards TO one section, and reducing the price at
fixed periods until sold, always giving preference
TO tue settler, after reasonable time, at the reduced
prices and for the accomplishment TO the States by
the United States ofall lands which have once been
offered and not sold, for the purposes of educationn
Gov. Gayle has been sworn into Office His Inaugural
Address brcathes in respects different spirit
from the late Gov. Moore's Message The new Co
vernon goes against the new doctrine of Nullifca-
tion-aDd for the full jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court two extremes to be avoided y He says
"From these and other views, which the occasion does
not permit me TO exprcss thoroughly convinced that
the constitution does not authorize the power concndcd for
and that the exercise OF il could have other effect than
10 introduce evils greatly TO be deprecated than
oil which Is intended TO be the remedy IL NAV possibly
serve Tor Time to mitigate the disease of the body polite
BUTT would at the time, nfuse poison into the sys
tenn, that would not fail TO bring on premature decay
Shoud the President conceive that his duty requires
MIN to see that the laws bo8ithfy executed of which
there but little room to doubt the war Of argument
would cease; the strife ofbiood would commenced and the
government would PERISH amid the perils and horrors of
cv dscord But these apprehensons be groundless
the prediction be verified which has been made by the
vocates OF this doctrine that the executive would weld the
night thus claimed for sae the result would not be diff
ferent III ii be allowed state TO resort 10 this
pertinent, the example will be inflated by others
acts oil Nucaion will become frequent as the sessions
oil Congress In this way the constitution might nger for
few years through scky existence but il would at
last be driven to the same fatal destiny"
On the Both ult. Mr.. MKrlcy introduced bill author
isng the construction Of road leading from Tuscaloosa
via Huntsville 10 the Tennessee nj