26 May 1832
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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1832
Page
1
Administrators and guardians must publicize sales of land or slaves by public notice on an appointed day each month. Sales occur for nine counties, with terms for public payments and deadlines for debts and creditors. Applications to sell require four months court leave.
The article details arrangements for a public festival honoring Gov s, listing provisions such as 12 lambs and multiple livestock, a silver chain prize, and a gold medal for riders. It notes invitations from notable figures, meals, and a political aside about tariff analysis and national figures, including Van Buren and Democratic discussions.
The piece charges Mr. Clay with independence and duty, notes The Georgia Courier’s Southern slavery stance, and warns that any State resisting an unconstitutional law could face coercion. It questions fidelity to the Union and whether force could sustain it.
The Grand Jury denounces Georgia for resisting Supreme Court decisions and links nullification to Virginia and South Carolina. It warns Georgia must align with or defend nullification doctrines and contrasts Georgia with Carolina over tariff and constitutional infraction.
An 1852 letter from Macponovert reflects on a daylight exchange in an office last summer. The writer recalls a debate over the balance between State sovereignty and the United States Government and admits a shift from being a State Rights advocate to reconsidering that stance.
The speaker argues against a judiciary and Congress defining powers, warning of a consolidation party and a revived federalist split. He predicts two major factions, Consolidation and Nullification, noting Southern states historically favored nullification but avoid the term now. He challenges Republicans to identify as consolidationists or nullifiers.
An Augusta Chronicle editorial rails at Southern nullifiers led by Troup and attacks opposition as personal and factional. It defends free trade and equal taxation, condemns subsidies on cotton bagging, and warns the South against submitting to unequal taxes while praising unity under constitutional liberty and states’ rights.
Mr M Lanes report on tariff modification dissatisfies both sides while Rhode Island presses for kept duties on cloth and woollens. Legislators back maintaining protection, citing gains from Bowhorn market and resistance to new funding. The piece likens the stance to a preacher’s plea to milk southern goats for funds.
The Augusta Chronicle reports Congress has passed a Revolutionary Pension Bill drawing near three million dollars annually from the Treasury. It criticizes wealthy northern claimants and southern taxpayers, noting cotton states pay taxes while others fund pensions. It cites 1823 rains and cotton bagging taxes totaling over 1.4 million dollars, arguing the bill shifts public debt relief to benefit northern interests.
The Charleston Courier reports mixed commodity activity with cotton showing limited sales and unsettled prices after Liverpool accounts. rice prices hold with small advances and firm concession. Wheat flour sugar and coffee see modest demand with private contracts and regional price quotes noted.
The passage discusses the act for relief of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line Navy and Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. It states statutory provisions shall not extend to land warrants already located surveyed or patented from military bounty lands. The document cites approval dates and the authority of the Senate and House.
The act transfers part of Alabama occupied by Cherokee and Chickasaw tribes from the Southern to the Northern Judicial District of Alabama. It also lists detailed army and fortification appropriations for 1832 including pay, subsistence, clothing, transportation, and various departmental expenses, with approvals dated March 31 and April 5, 1832. The measures outline funding for West Point, the military academy, ordnance, armories, and militia settlement obligations.
The act allows buying public lands in whole, half, quarter, or quarter quarter sections from May, with division lines east-west and subdivision rules aligned to earlier surveying laws. It restricts entry to one half quarter section per person and preserves preemption rights for actual settlers within six months. Approved April 5 1532.
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