The Arkansas advocate., 1833-03-06

Htsay inpogfom psoeeeangs. 4 lbieeting of the State Rights and Free
 Trade Party, which is said by the
 Charleston Evening Post to have been
 computed al upwards of 3G00, was held lat tic Circus ln hatIesto1, oii N oiiday Eevenitig last, pursuant b several days notice. G.axies C. Pf.sslkaeg, Isf. ! sf ( Go o-
 YernSl, presided. The proceedissgs oc- Icupy nearly three columns of the Charleston Fapers-aud the following summary of the tnostinportant features, i've take from the Norfolk leaeon. The meeting Was first addressed hy Judge Coteoek, who concluded by oiIerit4g for ladoptiona preamble and twenty loHg Resolutions, ID which the grounds as tsuncd by the Presideat in lis i2foela- Imatlon arc strongly dcnouueed, as i!is- 5torieal yssla seproe ttfffif fl 10 the nae-
 mofies otthe immortal spirits aho aam- ed the Declaration of Independence, and formed the Confedcracy of i77G
 his doctrines, IS leading inevitably to Consolidated doyerhmeul without litai- tatton of powers, aud the powers claim. ed and threatened to be exercised b}
 hlm, as calculated to excite their astons ishsfcnt no tess than their indignation.
 They maintains the entire sovereignty of tte States, and view with abhorrence the directand notwithstanding from the premises assumed bY tie Pfoclafna- ton, that no State has d right Poaceably to secede from the Union-a right
 which they regard as inserarable from the. sovereign ehafaeter of tue parties;
 which they strongly affirm, and will, if. necessary, maintain with their lives.
 They repel the imputations5 cast on the siate by the President, as viltperatiye and nnlaSt-approye of the measures. =of their State Legislature and EXecu
 tive-ItesoIye that the whole State
 Rights and fsee f'radepafty inChalles- ton, will volunteer CD ntasse to tbc Go #FernoF, to enroll themselves as he nay direct. They view with indignation .tae concentration of military and naval forces of the United Statesin theifh
 bor, and on the frontiers of their State, as. uaealled for by any public exigeney
 -and if intended to oyerawe public opinion, asignpotcntaad unwarpautable. (EFThey have, ,peycFthelfss,secn with. lively satisfaction, the indications oi a .bepeiielal modification of the Tarlii by
 Congress and the expression of senti- sments in hoth Houses. sas Wellas in oth Fer quarters auspicialis to the piece aud. barmony of th Ctdon; aud aesoioe, tbQt
 blose ladJcotioas sIdll be net 6y corres- poading dispositions oa theia port and t is declared. as the sense of the Meet ing, that pending hte process o tic neas-
 lure al1uds2 to- all occasion Of collision
 hetween the Federal and State aathos
 rifles shonla be sednloasly avoided on
 botli sides. in the hope that the Rainfa!. contsosefsy h which tlait. State Is now
 eaeaged. maYtherah9 he satisfactorily
 adjusted, and ihe Union oi the States he estallishad oe 2 sure foundation. -. Bpt should illeir expectations De disap-
 pointed, fhaz nleaae themselves ta sus- tan sfe 9pajnanceof Of their Convection, and ia0s nude ial pnFsuauce thereof; aAd 10 slsield tteircitIzeas fromthe pay.
 ment of protecting duties, they request
 and authorize thcchairman tonomlnate and associate with himself, three com
 nYissi0nnrs. to open a correspondence with. the other districts of the State. for the purpose of organizing q Free
 Trade Importing Coapuisg, in order that, if practicable. the whole of the foreign. merehandise consumed by tho people oi
 tile State, may De hereafter imported
 free from the ssodious and uneonstltu-
 tional trihuien they have hitherto paid.
 The subsequent resolutions express
 satisfaction at the admission of tue Pre-
 sident in his last message, that ne has
 no right to resort to nil5to1g force to co-
 cree the State into a compliance with Efhc obnoxious and uneonstitutionallaws, but repel as unjust the imputatlnn oi a i design on their part to levy war, &c.
 They declaretllslt they shouldregaFd
 the comforting hy Congress upon the I President, the extraordinary powers demanded in his recent messages as a
 gross and palpahle violation of the Con Estitution ofthe United States, ,asinvesting Ethc Chief Magistrate with Dictatorlal
 powers, and giving to the Executive, to a certain extent, an absolute control
 over the lives. liberties and property ol the people-that the proposition of the ] President te sapersede the jurisdiction fof the Courts of that State over lfei town citizens. in cases arising under he' zEOrdinanee and laws, and giving the ie' ! deral Courts absolute control over the