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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1836
Page
4
In a November 28 1836 address to the Senate and House of Representatives the speaker warns of national degeneration amid prosperity and urges self reliance. He condemns federal overreach and urges education reforms including practical schooling and civil and military engineering to strengthen state power, stability, and liberty.
The speaker calls for combining arms instruction with general education, proposing cadet corps at the College and extended grammar school drills. He urges a Professorship of modern languages, especially French, and notes the need to enlarge the College library and build an additional building as enrollment rises. He warns against licensing alcohol near the College and urges state support to keep education nonpartisan.
Correspondence from Milledgeville and Millepoevinte reports House and Senate actions on banking, surplus revenue, and canal projects. Georgia plans to reduce state shares in the Bank of Darien, limit state directors, and allow branches in Savannah Augusta Macon. The surplus revenue bill advanced while protests were adopted. central banking measures and canal rail proposals appear in both chambers. The treasury calls for legislative guidance on money receipts and currency amid rising bank circulation.
A 1836 review of The Partisan Leader mocks its political targets in Virginia and predicts broad reader impact. Reports from England announce a forthcoming 700 ton steam frigate for the New York to Liverpool line with 225 hp engines and 60,000 pounds cost slated to sail within a year from March.
The excerpt traces money market strain to its root and predicts further pressure if relief is delayed. It reports a Frederick Military Court reorganization, Gen Gaines and Gen Macomb friction, arriving officers, a Florida Mounted Regiment, and a Cherokee troop movement. It also notes Sen Mangum resigning from North Carolina and Sen Clayton resigning from Delaware.
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