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THE GREEK YOUTHS‘. V _.
The two young Greeks who escaped from
the desolation ofScio,, and_ arrivet at Boston
in May,.ar'e ‘placed, at the Academy in Mon-
son, Mass. The Preceptor has kindly taken
them into his own family, and has pledged
hirnselfto provide for the support and educa-
tion ofone oftheni. They excite much in-
terest in the School, which is large and re-
._ spectable, and their condtict is very correct.-—
5 wlricli are comniunicated by a female friend.
FOR Tue aenietous iN'rr:LLicaNcEIt.
Welcome, interesting strangers--—
VVelcoinc to this foreign shore !
Here, the scene of former dangers,
lVill affright your hearts no more.
lVelcome to this la ml of gladness ;-—
For, within this home ofrest,
Light dispels the shades ofsadness, _
Friendship heals the wounded breast.
Safely o’er the pathless ocean
, Providence has led your way—
Tliousaiirls hail you with emotion,
To this land ofLiberty.
Here no cruel Turk is prowling,
Here no flaming cities burn,
Nor, upon the wind’s wild howling
Are the cries of anguish borne.
’Sc.ap’d from Scio’s wasted cits’,
Freed from Grecia’s hostile foe,
You new claim our kindest pity,
We, that sympathy bestow.
Some will be like tender riiotliers,
Some a father’s kindness prove ;
1i‘riendship you will find in others,
Sweeter than fraternal love.
Mav the Gracious, Holy Spirit
Fill your hearts with light and peace,
And may you by faith, inherit
All the treasures ofliis grace.
Fix on God your firm reliance,
On his arm your burden cast ;—-
Go, explore our fields of Science
"Fill your couiitry’s wrongs are past.
Then, when peace again retiirning,_
, Cheers your native Grecian isles,- [ing,)
May you greet your friends, (now inoiirii-
Find their griefexchang’d for smiles.
Bear the tidings of Salvation,
_ Vilith the Saviour’s word and name
Back to your oppressed nation,
And his dying love proclaim.
‘mi-raj WIEt§S'I‘Iliit’VVE3_Ié3PEECII.
co::cr.UnEn.
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The true course then, Sir, for us to pursue
tion in England ; although I am aware the
English use-of Swedes iron may be thought
to be owing, in some degree, to its superior
quality. V _
Sir, the true explanation ofthis, appears to
me to lie in the different prices oflabor; and
here I apprehend is the grand mistake in the
argument of the chairinau of the coriiniittee.
He says it would cost the nation, as a nation,
nothing, to make our ore into iron. Now, I
think it would cost us precisely that which we
can worst afford; that is, great labor. Altho’
bar iron is very properly considered a raw
material in respect to its various future uses ;
yet, as bar iron,,the principal ingredient in its
cost.is labor. Ofmanual labor, no nation has
n_iore than a certain quantity, nor can it bein-
creased at will. As to some operations, in-
deed,its place may be supplied by machinery;
but there are otlier services which machinery
cannot perform for it, and which it must per-
form for itself. A most important question
for every nation, as well as for every individ-
ual to propose to itself, is, how it can best ap-
ply that quantity of labour which it is able to
perform?
Labor istlie great producer ofweallh ; it
moves all other causes. Ifit call riiacliiiiery
to its _aid, it is still employed, not only in u-
sing the machinery, but in making it. Now,
with respect to the quantity of labor, as we all
know, ditferent nations are differently circum-
stanced. Souie need, more than any thing,
work for hands; others require hands for work:
and, if we ourselves are not absolutely in the
latter class, we are still, most fortunately very
near it. I cannot find that we have those i-
dle hands, of which the chairman of the coin-
iiiittee speaks. The price of labor is a con-
clusive and unanswerable refutation of that
idea; it is known to be higher with us than in
any other civilized state, and this is the great-
est ofall proofs of general happiness. Labor
in this country isindependent and proud. It
has not to ask the patronage of capital, but
capital solicits the aid of labor. This is the
general truth, in regard to the condition ofour
whole poptilation, although in the large cities
there are, doubtless, many exceptions. The
mere capacity to labor in common agricultu-
ral eiiiploynieiits gives to our young men the
assurance of independence. Vile have been
asked, sir, by the cliairuiaii ofthe committee,
in a tone of some pathos, whether we will al-
low to the serfs of Russia and Sweden the
benefit of making iron for us? Let me in-
form the gentlenian, sir, that those satiic serfs
do not earn more than setven cents a day, and
that they work in these mines, for that coni-
pensation, because they are serfs. And let
uie ask the gentleman further, whether we
have any labor in this country that cannot be
better employed than in a business which does
not yield the laborer more than seven cents a
is, in my opinion, to consider what our situa- day? This, it appears to me, is the true ques-
tion is ;' what our ineans arc; and how they tion for our consideration. There is no rea-
can be bestapplied.
lation have we, in c'onip.1rison with our ex-
tent ofsoil, what amount of capital, and la-
bour at what price? As to skill, knowledge,
and enterprise,ive may safely take it for gran-
What amount of popu- son for saying that we will work iron because
we have inountaiiis that contain the ore. lVe
might, for the same reason, dig among our
rocks for the scattered grains of gold and sil-
ver which might be found there. The true
rod. that, in these particulars, we are on an inouiry is, can we produce the article in a use-
:-quality with others. Keeping these consid-
ful state at the same cost, or nearly at the
erations in view, allow nieto examine two or same cost, or atany reasonable approxima-
three of those provisions ofthe bill to which I tion towards the same cost, at which we can
feel the strongest objections. iriipoit it?
To begin with the article of iron. Our
whole annual consumption of this article is
supposed by the Chairman ofthe Comniittee,
"to be 48,000 or 50,000 tons. Let us suppose
the latter. The amount ofour own rnantifac
tore he estimates, 1 think, at 17,000 tons. The employed.
Some general estimates of the price and
profits oflabor, in those countries from which
we import our iron, might be formed by coin-
paring the reputed products of different mines
and their prices, with the ntiniber of hands
The mines ofDaneinora are said
present duty on the imported article, is 315 to yield about 4000 tons, and to employ in
per ton, and as this duty causes of course an the mines twelve hundred workmen.
equivalent augnientation of the price of the
Stip-
pose this to be worth 50 dollars per ton ; any
home rnaiiufac'ture,tlie whole increase ofprice one will find by cotnpiitation, that the whole
is equal to $750,000 aniiually. This sum we
product would not pay, in this couritry, for
pay on a raw riiaterial, and on an absolute ne- one quarter part of the necessary labor. The
cessary of life. The Bill proposes to raise
the duty frorii 315 to 322,50 per ton, which
would be equal to Sl,l2’.;'i,000 on the whole
annual coiisumptioii.
point of prohibition which is aimed at liy some
gentlemen to be attained, the consumers of
the article would pay this last mentioned sum
every year to the producers ofit, over and a-
bove the price at which they could supply
themselves with the same article from otli-
'er sioiirces. There would he no mitigation
of this btirtlieii, except from the prospect,
whatever that miglit he, that iron would fall
in value, by domestic coriipetitiori, after the
importation should be prohibited. It will be
easy, I think, to shew that it cannot. fail ; and
supposing for the present that it shall not, the
result will be, that we shall pay annually a
sum ofSl,1‘.’5,000, constantly augmentcd,too,
by increased consumption of the article, to
support a business that cannot support itself.
It is of no consequence to the argurnent that
this sum is expended at lioriie ; so it would be
if we taxed the people to support any other
useless and expensive establishment, to build
‘another Capitol for example, or incur an un-
necessary expense ofany sort. The question
‘still is, are the money,tiinc, and labour, well
laid out in these cases? The present price of
iron at Stockholm, I am assur-rd by import-
-r-rs, is $53 per ton on board, 348 in the yard
.sold last year at $81 50 to 83 per ton.
before loading, and probably not far from $40
at the niiries. Freiglit, insurance, fsnc. may
be fairly eSl.llll1‘.lCtl at $15, to which add our
present duty of ;-3l'.'i more, and these two last
surus,together with the cost on board at Stock-
holin, give 383 as the cost of Swedes iron in
our market. In fact it is said to have been
VVe
r)er'(:elVC, by this statement, that the cost ofthe
iron is doriblcd in reaching us from the mine
in which it is produced. In other words, our
. present duty with the expense of transporta-
; tion, gives an advantage to the American, 0-
" otherwise will not be employed.
ver the foreign inannfacturer, of one hundred
per cent. Why then cannot the iron be man-
ritaciured at home? Our ore is said to be as
gtlntl, aii_d some of it better. it is under our
feet, and the chairman ofthe coniuiittee tells
us, that it riiiglit be wrought by persons who
VVhy then
is it not wrought? Notliing could be more
znre of coiistant sale.. It is not an articleof
cliniigeable fashion, but ofahsolute, perina-
nent iiecessity, and such, therefore, as would
always meet a steairly demand. Sir, I think
it would be well forthe cliairmari of'tlie’coin-
inittee to revise his premises, for I airi per-
siiaded that there is an ingredient properly be-
longing to the calculation which he has mis-
stated or orniited, Swedes iron in Eiiglaiitl
pays a duty, I think, of about $27 p0l‘.l0n; ye!
it is imported in considerable quaritities, noi-
iritl-istaiiding the vast capital, the excellent
coal, and, more iirqiort-ant tliaii all periuips,
the highly iiiiprovcd state of inland naviga-
ivliole export ofSweden was estiuiated, a few
years ago at 400,000 sliip-pounds, or about
54,000 tons. Comparing this product with
So that, suppose the the ntiiiiber of workmen usually supposed to
be employed in the mines which produce iron
for exportation, the result will not greatly dif-
fer from the foregoing. These estimates are
general, and might not conduct its to precise
results; but we know, from intelligent travel-
lers, and eye witnesses, that the price oflabor
in the Swedish mines, does not exceed seven
cents a dayfi‘
The true reason, sir, why it is not our poli-
cy to compel our citizens to manufacture our
own iron, is, that they are far better employ-
ed. It is an iinproductive‘business, and they
are not poor enough to be obliged to follow it.
If we had more of poverty, more of misery,
and sotnetliing ofservitude ;if we had an ig-
norant, idle, starviiig population,we might set
up for iron makers against the world.
The committee will take notice Mr. Chair-
man, that, under our present duty, together
with the expense of traiisportatioii, our man-
ufacturt-rs are able to supply their own imme-
diate neighborhood ; and this proves the mag-
nitude of that substantial encouragement
which these two cases concur to give. There
is little or on foreign iron, I presume used in
the county of Lancaster. This is owing to
the heavy expense ofland carriage; and, as
we rccede farther frotn the coast, the mariti-
facturers are still more completely secured, as
to their own immediate market, against the
competition ofthe imported article. But what
they ash’. 35 10 be allowed to supply the sea-
coast, at such a price as shall be formed by
adding to the cost at the mines the expense
oflaiid carriage totlie sea; and this appears to
me most iinrcasoualile. The effect ofit would
he to compel the consumer to pay the cost of
two land transportations; for, in the first place,
*The price oflabor in Russia may be pret-
ty well collected from Tookc’s “View of the
Russian Enipire.” “The workmen in the
mines and the founderies are, indeed, all cal-
led nizister-people ; brit they distinguish them-
selves into masters, underrnasters, apprenti-
ces, delvers, servants, carriers, washers, anti
separators. In proportion to their ability their
wages are regulated, which proceed from 15
to upwards of 30 roubles per annum. The
provisions which they receive frorii the maga-
zines are deducted from this pay.” The val-
ire ofthe roiible at that time (1709) was about
9.4 pence sterlin_r_r, or 45 cents ofour money.
"' By the edict of 1790,” it is added, “ a la-
borer with a horse shall receive, daily, in stirri-
mer, S10, and in winter 12 copecks ; a labourer
without a horse, in suniiner, 10, in winter 8,
copccks.”
A copeclt is the liundredth part ofa rouhle,
or about halfa cent of our money. The price
oflahor may have risen, in some degrce,sincc
that period, but probably not touch.
the price of iron at the inland furnaces, will
always be found to be at, or not much below
the price of the iiriported article in the sea-
port, and the cost of transportation to the
neighborhood of the furnace ; and to enable
the home product to hold a competition with
the imported in the seaport,the cost of anotli-
er transportation downward, froingthe furnace
to the coast, must be added. Until our means
of inland commerce be improved, and the
charges of transportation by that means les-
sened, it appears to me wholly impracticable,
with such duties as any one would think of
proposing, to meet the wishes ofthe manufac-
turers of this article. Suppose we were to
add the duty proposed by this bill, although it
would benefit the capital invested in works
near the sea, and the navigable rivers, yet the
benefit would not extend far into the interior.
Where, then, are we to stop, or what limit is
proposed to us ? , .
The freight of iron has been afforded from
Sweden to the United States as low as 8 doi-
lars per too. This is not more than the price
of 50 miles land carriage-. Stockholm, there-
fore, for the purpose ofthis argument, may be
considered as within 50 miles ofPhiladelphia.
Now, it is at once a just and a strong view of
this case, to consider, that there are,witliin 50
miles of our market, vast multitudes of per-
sons who are willing to labor in the produc-
tion of this article for us, at the rate of seven
cents per day, while we have no labor which
will not command, upon the average, at least
five or six times that amount. The question
is,then, shall we buy this article ofthese nian-
ufacturers, and stiffer our own labor to cam
its greater reward, or shall we employ our
own labor in a similar manufacture,and make
up to it, by a tax on coiisuniers,tlie loss which
it riiust necessarily sustain?
I proceed,sir, to the article of hemp. Of
this,we imported last year, in round numbers,
6,000 tons, paying a duty of $30 a ton, or
$180,000 on the whole amount ; and this ar-
ticle, it is to be remeuibered, is consumed al-
most entirely in the uses of navigation. The
whole biirtlien may be said to fall on one iri-
terest. It is said we can produce this article,
if Wt: will raise the duties. But why is it not
produced now ; or why, at least, have we not
seen some speciuiens ? For the present is a
very high duty when expenses of iniportation
are added. Hemp was purcliased at St. Pe-
tersburg, last year, at 3101 67 per ton. Char-
ges attending shipment, 8z.c. S1425. Freight
may be stated at S80 per ton, and our exist-
ing duty is $50 rrioi'e. These three last sums,
being the charges of transportation, ariiount
to a protection ofiicar 7.3 per cent. in favor of
the lioriie inanufacturer, if there were any
sncli. And we ought to consider, also, that
the price of hemp at St. Petcrshurg, is iii-
creascd by all the expense of transportation
from the place ofgrowth to that port ; so that
probably the whole cost of transportation,
from the place ot'growth to our market, iii-
cluding our duty, is equal to the first cost of
the article; or, in other words, is a protection
in favour of our own product of 100 per cent.
And since it is stated that we have great
quantities of fine land for the prodnctioii of
lieiiip,of which l have no doubt, the question
rccurs,2chy ilsit not produced? Ispeak of
the router rotted hemp, for it is admitted that
that which is dew rotted is not sufficiently
good for the reqriisite purposes. I cannot say
whether the cause he in climate, in the process
of rotting, or what else, but the fact is certain,
that there is no Arnerican water rotted hemp
in the market. life are acting, therefore, up-
on a hypothesis. Is it not reasonable that
those who say that they can produce the artic-
gution before new taxes are laid on those who
use the foreign coniniodity ? Suppose this
bill passes: the price ofhenip is immediately
raised $14 80 per ton, and this burtlien falls
immediately on the ship builder; and no part
of it, for the present, will go for the benefit of
the Ainerican grower, because he has none of
the article that can he used, nor is it expected
that riiucli ofit will be produced for a consid-
erable time. Still, the tax takes effect upon
enable the Kentucky farmer to receive an ad-
ditiorial 314 on his ton of hemp, to/reizcvcr he
may be able to raise and manufacture it, pay,
in the riiean time, an equal suin per ton into
the Treasury on all the imported hemp which
they are still obliged to use; and this is called
‘ protection.’ Is thisjust or fair? A partic-
ular interest is here bnrdeiied, not only for
the benefit ofanother particular interest, but
burdened also beyond that, for the benefit of
the Treasury. It is said to be iiriportant for
the country that this article should be raised
in it ; then, let the country bear the expense,
and pay the bounty. If it be for the good of
the whole, let the sacrifice be made by the
whole, and not by a part. If it be thought
useful and necessary, from political consider-
ations, to encourage the grmvtli and manufac-
ture of hemp, Goveruinent has abundant
riieans ofdoiug it. It might give a direct bouii-
ty, and such a measure would, at least, distri-
bute the burden equally; or, as government
iiselfis a great co iisuiner of this article, it
might stipulate to confine its own purchases
to the lioriie product, so soon as itshould be
shewn to be ofthe proper quality. I see no
objection to this proceeding, if it be thought
to be an object to encourage the production.
It might easily and perhaps properly, be pro-
vided, by law, that the Navy should be sup-
plied with American hemp, the quality being
good, at any price not exceeding, by more
than a given amount, the current price offer-
eigii hemp in our market. Every thing con-
spires to render some such course preferable
to the one iioiv proposed. The encourage-
nicntin that way would be ample, and, iftlie
experiment should succeed, the whole object
would be gained ; and ifit should fail,no con-
siderable loss or evil would be felt by any one.
But, to the duties on iron and hemp, should
be added those paid on copper, whenever that
article is used. By the statement which I
furnished the otlierday, it appeared that the
duties received by governiiient, on articles u-
sed in the ccristruction ofa vessel of 350 tons,
with copper _/izstcizings, amounted to 51056.
With the airgmeniaiioiis of this Bill, they
would be equal to 51400. Now, I cannot but
flatter niyseif, Mi‘. Chairman, that, before the
Coiriinittee will coiisentto this new biirtlieii
upon the shipping interest, it will very delib-
emrely weigh the probable consequences. I
would again urgently solicit its attention to
the condition ofthat interest. We are told
that govcrnnieiit has protected it, by discrim-
inating d_iities, and by an exclusive right to the
coasting trade. Btitit would retain the coast-
ingtrade, by its own natural efforts, in like
le, shall at least prove the truth of that alle- p[easan[ or bcco7ni71rr_
manner, and witlr.i1iore certainty, than -it now
retains any portion of foreign trade. Tliedis-
crimiuating duties are now abolished, and,
while they existed, they were nothing more
than countervailing rrieastires ; not so much
designed to give our navigation an advantage
over that ofotlier nations, as to ptit it upon
an equality 2 and we have, accordingly, abol-
ished ours, when they have been willing to a-
bolish theirs. Look to the rate of freiglits.—-
Were they ever loiver, or even so low? I ask
gentlemen Who know, whether the harbor of
Charleston, and the river ofSavannah, be not
crowded with ships seeking employment, and
finding none? I would ask the gentlemen
from New Orleans, iftheir magiiificent Mis-
sissippi do not exhibit, for furlongs, a forest of
masts? The condition, sir, ofthe shipping
interest, is not that ofthose who are insisting
on high profits, or struggling for monopoly ;
but it is the condition of men content with the
smallest earnings, and anxious for their bread.
The freight of cotton has formerly been three
pence sterling, from Charleston to Liverpool,
in time of peace. It is now I know not what,
or how many, fractioiis of a penny; I think,
however, it is stated at five eights. .
The producers, then, oftliis great staple,
are able, by means ofthis navigation, to send
its for :1 cent a pound, from their own doors to
the best market in the world.
Mr._Chairniaii, I will now only remind the
coriiinittee, that, while we are proposing to add
ncw burthens to the shipping interest, a very
diflerent line of policy is followed by ourgreat
commercial and maritime rival. It seems to
be announced as the sentinientofthe govern-
ment o.fEngland, and undoubtedly it is its re-
al sentiment, that the first of all iiianufactures
is the rnanufacture ofships. A constant and
walteful attention is paid to this interest, and
very important regulations,favorableto it.liave
been adopted ivitliin the last year. * * * 4-‘ ii‘
Sir, I will detain you no longer. There are
some parts oftliis bill which I highly approve;
tiiere are others in which Islioiild acquiesce;
but those to which I have now stated my ob-
jections appear to tire so destitute of all jus-
tice, so burthensome, and so dangerous to that
interest which has steadily enriched, gallantly
defended, and proudly distinguislied us, that
notliiug can prevail upon me to give it my
support.
IIINTS T0 FEMALRS.—-A London paper,
speaking of the ladies, says :-—-‘ \Ve have of
ourselves a still greater fault to find with a re-
vival oftlie system of higlrprcssitrre, as an en-
gineer would call it ; we mean the odious
screwing in ofthe waist, now springing up,_
lfwouien fancy it graceful, they are wol'ril|_y
deceived, and ifthey do not find it prejudicial
to health, why, we are deceived, and not tlicv.
lVe believe it is owing entirely t.o the ease
and freedom of the female dress for the last
few years, that our young girls are so healthy,
so well formed,and so forward in their growth.
All this will be checked by most unnatural
screwing in and torturing of the body.
To talk about health to a girl in opposition
tofushion, we fancy is useless; and we will
take tip the screwing system upon its effect,
which is to make fat elderly ladies look like
oil jars, and young ones like hour glasses.-
Foiir or five years ago we had fools among
our men, so supremely fools, as to squeeze in
their waists, and this during the time the la-
dies had abandoned the toittire, as if they
were wearing out the corsets of their ferriale
relations, and to strengthen this supposition,
as soon as these persons have abandoned the
folly, our fair coniitry women adopt it—a fol-
ly which has not the uierit of being either
Simplicity in dress is
its greatest beauty—-artificiality becomes dis-
tortion, 'and we seriotisly recommend an im-
mediate abandonnieiit ofthe vice in question;
assuring our fair readers that ladies, unlike
ships, areniucli best ‘ when slack in stays.’
SCENERY or THE P.icirrc-——Exiractfi-om
the Journal of the Rev. Jilr. Stewart.—-“ For a
long time after entering the Pacific we tho’t
the appropriateness of its name iriight very
the imported article; and the ship owners, to justly be quesiioned, but me ex-pe,;e,,ce ofmc
last fortniglit has satisfied us on that poiiit.—
The perfect smoothness ofthe ocean is almost
incredible: we have scarce seen a wave with
‘crested head’ in that time, and, but for the
deep blue colour ofthe surface might fancy
ourselves sailing on the placid bosom of your
lake.—VVe have all been forcibly struck with
the great beauty of the sky and clouds in these
latitudes, especially towards sunset and early
in the evening. They are unrivalled by any
I have ever seen, and are literally indescriba-
ble. VVe have seen clouds of almost every
colour, in tliffereiit parts ofthe’ sky, at the same;
timc; some of colour I never saw ".11 the heav-
ens before, and often in the strongest tints ;-
for instance, of a rich and perfect green——
beautiful ainber—-crinison——-wliile the whole
western lietnispliere has been in one blaze of
glory. Last night the colour ofthe ocean ad-
ded greatly to the splendid scene; it was ofa
most perfect blood colour, occasioned by the
reflection ofa fieecy veil of crimson clouds,
covering the whole heavens ; the appearance
was so extremely singular, as to make us al-
most shrink from it as somethingsupernatural.”
flriecdole Qf Gonsalvi.-—Cardiiial Gonsalvi
was suffering under a chronic disease and con-
sulted three physicizins, who declared to the
sick man, that this disease would be followed
by death in a short or longer time, according
to the manner in which he lived ; btit tlieyad-
vised hini unanimously to give up his oflice,
because in his situation mental agitation
would be fatal to him. ‘ If,’inqnired the Car-
dinal, ‘ I give myself up to repose, how long,
gentlemen, will you guarantee my life?’ ‘ Six
years,’ answered the doctors. ‘ And ifI con-
tinue in office ?’—‘ Three years at most.’—-
‘ Your servant, gentlemen,’ replied the Car-
dinal, ‘ I should prefer living tivo or three
years in doing some good,to living six in idle-
iiess.’——FrencIi. paper. '
John C.Callioun.——lii all that has been said
ofthe candidates for the Presidency, by op-
posing parties, the piir_ity of Mr. C’s private
charzictcr,and his integrity as a public officer,
have never been questioned; and we know
of no one, under all the circumstances ofthe
case, whom we can so readily recommend as
a candidate for the Vice Presidency. He
was educated at New-Haven ;and an observ-
ation made by Dr. Dwight, when Mr. C. was
lint a boy, altho’ it may have no effect in fix-
ing the present standard ofliis merits, is corri-
plimcntary to his yontli. ‘ That young uian
(said the Dr.) has trilents enough to become
President of the U. States.’-— VerniontJoiii'.
_ PUBLIC ACTS.
An Act providing for the appointuit .. ;if .-
lectors of President and Vice Prt _'_,‘!ji:l tfi
the United States.
i} 1. Be tt enacted, 8;c., That the Qonstai
bles in the several towns in this State, shall
warn the electors in their respective towns to
meet together on the first Monday of Novem-
ber next at the usual place of holding elec-
tions,or at such other place, as may have beeii
previously designated by an annual town‘
meeting, in such towns, respectively, at nine
o’clock in the morning of said day; wliich
warning shall be given at leastvfive days pre-
vious to said meeting, by posting notice there-
of, on the sign-posts in such towns, and iii
such other places as they may deem necessary.
\) 2. That the town clerk and selectiiieri in
the several. towns, are hereby authorised, if
they deem it expedient, to designate the per-
son who shall preside at such meetings of the
electors ; in case no presiding officer is desig-
nated by the town clerk and selectmen, thé
electors shall choose the presiding officer, in‘
which choice the town clerl<,~or in his abseiice;
the eldest selectman present shall preside,
3. Tliatthe electors present at such meet-
iug, shall be called upon by the presiding offi-_
cer, to bring in their ballots for Electors of
President and Vice President ofthe U.States,‘
and each elector present may thereupon de-
liver to such presiding oliicer, his vote or suf-
frage for a number ofpersons not exceeding
eight, whom he would choose electors for this
State, ofPresideiit and Vice Presideiit ofthe.
United States,with their names written on one
piece of paper.
b4. That the presiding officer, assisted by
the town clerk and selectriieii, shall count the
votes and declare them in the public rneetiiig
ofthe electors; and shall also make duplicate
lists ofthe votes for electors of President and
Vice President of the United States ; one of
which lists of votes shall be scaled up, by the
presiding officer, directed to the Secretary of
this State, and returned to hirii,or totlie Sher-
ifiiofthe county in which the town is situated,
within ten days after such meeting, and the
other within three days after such meeting,
shall be delivered to the town clerk; and each
Sherifl' receiving said votes, shall, within fif-
teen days after said meeting, return the same,-
or cause them to be returned to the Secretary
of this State ; which votes shall be counted by
the Secretary, Treasurer and Comptroller on
the twenty-second day of November next,arid
the eight persons having the greatest number
of votes, shall be by them declared to be ap-
pointed Electors ol President and Vice Pres-
ident oftlie United States ; and in case of an
cqni-vote the Treasurer, Secretary 3:. Comp-
trollcr shall determine by lot, from the per-
sons having such cqual number of votes, the‘
person or persons chosen ; and shall publish
the names of the persons so chosen and ap-
lmlnleda in two newspapers printed in the city
of Hartford ; and shall immediately thereon,-
notify by mail, the person or persons so clic-
sen,.oftlieir appointineiit.
()5. That the said Electors shall meet at
Hartford on the first Wednesday of December
ncxt,oii the business oftlieir said appoiiitincnz
and proceed therein, as required by the laws
and coiistitntion ofthe United States.
b 0. That the presiding officers in the meet-
ings of the Electors, in the respective towns
of this State for the choice of Electors of
President and Vice President shall make out
the certificates of the votes and proceedings
ofthe Electors in such town, according to the
form hereafter prescribed; that is to” say-
“At a meeting of the Electors in the town of
legally warned and held on the
first Moutlay ofNoveniber, A. D. 1824,-—-The
following persons received the number of
votes, annexed to their naines respectively,
for Electors of President and Vice President,
ofthe United States.
Names. Number of votes in words at full
length.
Duplicate list of votes for Electors, certified
, Presiding Officer.”
§ 7. That the presiding officers, in making
out said certified lists, shall insert the llU1nl)€‘f'
of votes for each person, in words at run
length ; and that the siiperscription on each
ofsaid certified lists, to be returned to the sec-
retary ofthis State shall be as follows, viz :—
“ To the Secretary of this State—Votes of
the Electors in the toivii of, ' for Elect-
ors of President and Vice-Presideiit of the U.
S., taken andsealed tip, by pm-
siding Officer.” _
§ 8. That the Secretary ofthis State shall,
on or before the first Monday of October next
transmit blank forms for the return of votes
for electors, to the town-clerks of the various
towns in this Stlate, for the use ofsaid towns.
§ 9. That tl chairman ofthe Electors of
the President rid Vice-President of the Uni-
ted States, shall certify to the Comptroller
the compensation for the Electors, at two dol-
lars per day ; and the travel shall be the same‘
as is provided for niernbers of the General
Assembly of this State; and it shall be the
duty ofthe Comptroller, upon such certificate
'being_ presented to him, to draw an order on
the Treasury for the payment thereof.
b 10'. That in case any Elector or Electors,
chosen iii the tnanrier lieieiu before provided.
shall fail to attend as aforesaid, by reason of
death, sickness, accident or any other cause,
it shall be the duty ofthe Electors who may
attend, before they proceed on the business of
their said appointment, to elect, by ba_llot, and
by a major vote ofthose who may be present.
a person or persons to supply any vacaiicy or
vacancies, which may exist, by reason ofthe
non-attendance of any Elector or Electors
chosen as aforesaid ; which person or persons
so elected by them shall, together with the E-
lectors chosen and attending as aforesaid, be
the Electors oftliis State of President and
Vice-President ofthe United States.
June 2, 1824.--Approved,
" Omvnr. lVoLco'rT.
An Act in addition t_o ati ‘An Act for forming
and conducting the‘ Military Force.
§ 1. Be it enacted, 8;c., That on days of
Regimental or Battalion ‘inspection or re-
view, the companies shall take rank and be
posted according to Scott’s system of milita-
ry tactics, as abridged by Lt. Colonel Pierce
Darrow.
field officers ofthe Cavalry shall be appoint-
ed by the liiajor General of the Division to
which they are attached.
‘x\_ 3. That so much ofthe fortictli section of
said act as is inconsistent with the provisions‘
of this act,be,and the same is hereby repealed.
June 3, 1824.--—Approvecl,
-OLIVER WoI.co'r'r., V
L} 2. That a Court Martial for the trial of I
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