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if.. F-,. l. A.7.J "N.",l. TT'f n for tlie natninahon ojiZJectors to the Peo ' ; pte of Virginia , v FEiAtov-CiTiZENSt In conformity with lite usage of nil parties in Virginia tiinco the prtSH.1goor.tllO IaV requirmcr n. P;,.,.,,, to vote for Electors of Preside nt and President of the United SMte ekef fc wc hayoosspniKinanffe Capitol of electionecrcr, when with out pow$r, ctases to be the independent i . . ' - ... statesman, ana eventually 1$ corrupted ; but 'when the.Pxes,ident bfjhe United States be- conies tlic, chief electionecrcr in the coun try, the-business; of the statesman is' at an end, 'wnd vice and corruption must brcvail. The office, wluch should be conferred upon fir r the Slate, for the'pnrpose of suggesting to you me names of persons proper to bcpla. . red .upon the said ticket ns Electors? and .respectfully to commend themes we now no, to , your . suffrages.- Having selected men of. fair and unrisrht character, of mm. potent ability lb prrform properly the vet? ore. Known to us all ns men of . p-uu-ri-iiuijiiniii principles, tno best com mendation which we can mnke of them will be to submit td yourtjalm Hmf delibet rate consideratnin' some of the facts mid reasons, which induce us to desire: and rnestly to recommend to the People of ..-Virginia,,, as wo now do, the election of Electors who areopposed to the reflection of Martin Van Burcn. . w- - ... . , ' Tin's duty We propose to perform, can didly and temperately, though freely f and wo nsk of you a calm and unprejudiced hearing. -- - -- yrt him who is most competent, and who would T.iciciu.1 jie r country ana the institutions a gai.nst tlic President, is bestowed upon the satellite v w ho Reflects only the lustre of his major ort), or the servile suitor, M ho (loems Citizens as we nil are oft) same eonh7 try, and ,mre especially of this honored and ancient cnmmonwealth,"the ends and objects of the People, "for the most port, we cnnn jl but believe to be the so trie ; for the great - body 'of the People of -all parlies we "Irheve. to be riioK'phtriotid n nd ' YiTtunm,' equally tWoteihothefr coimtrv and ;to. li berty., Tlie great difference bwcenus'is the result, therefore, oftlie diObreiit views taken by diffrrent frsonsbhtSnicnrw proper to attain the desired endsfand this diilt'iTnce in respect to the rnenas wfvl,-. nevq to t) caused-chiefly hv the arts dii misrepresentations of lu-ated partkans'and tinpri ncipled deiini'osuos; .. 'Addressing ourselves as we do to thn people of Virginia, without di.saiictiou of ayiJayiLma to all --ipp aiing as we do to nil tlm. sons of , Virginia tor aid to the -common cause, we nope iommw timr,"WhiltVwe arii cordial -supporters of AVillmnv lfMir' irarmou and Johu TyW fir the offices of President and ice IVesiuV-nt of tle iite.1 Stes, we enter into t'ie?riippo'rf , -not 'tith tho-tein-pVr orartlsirrj, hut in: the spirit of .-freemen, sustaining a constitutional RepubHc, nd wqhopo to be able tircorrect many of thiniK'presentati)n! of tlw demagogue. -Iw-Iac'tlrerclwfflry fornianv years,' and uirforhuintHy the very frajne .aiMlnK-turo'of)cHleral(vrrnnirat, acting upon the known and ahtMist univcr. wd traits of man, have; made the Presiden tial election at and near the periods (.? '.if wufrence, iiot only n deep agitating ' but -nhsoTbing-notHcrc&stmgrfoFthe otheni iutatb! shatlo, and portendirg al-' . u,e 11,081 "wwtrous etiects to tlie. po litical principles and morals of the country. By the Constitution of the United States, the p6wer"of thq. President is too' great, as many of the sternest and most ieacious patriots of the Revolution proclaimed when it was first submitted to their consideration'. Ihcpatronngrrof the office, then, nrnrti. ally4rivialr but-eftpablM)f expansion to a uic uinest umy oi a patriot is ta. toUow inl tue footsteps of hismaster. , -Fidelity to tlie President and hot to the People, becomes the test of fitness fur the office created by the People ; and if the officer of the Prcsi. dent,jlares become a patriot, and thinks it right to serve the people and protect thoir interests , thanks to tlie power of the People, and not themercy of his " princely Pfesi. dcnt'jyn h6" bo not expelled, denounced, and degraded. . . Tlie officers of the country should lie the servants 'of tjie People, not the President. i ne interests oi t in 'enn n rnn mr hn it, until they have assumed that perfected shape; where and when alono the opinions of the Executive mriy be iieard; ".The- question may, perliajis, be wki f of me what security I have in my power to olTer, ifthe inajority of the AnKrioan peo. pie should select me for their Chief Magis trate,' thai I would adopt the -'principle which I have ucrciiflaid down as thuso nj on which my administration would bo con ducted". 5 1 could only answer by referring toiny conduct , arid the disposition mnnlftst. ed iu the discharge of tho duties of several importaiit ' offices -which ' have heretofore been cbu ferrc J upon me If power placed in my nanus has ever, on a single occasion, been used for-any purpose other than that for which it was given, "qr retained longer ttian was necessary to accomplish the ob jects 'designated by those from whom the toist was received, 1 will acknowledge that either will constitute a sufficient reason for discrediting any promise I jnay make, un. dyr the circumstances in which I am now placed." .'"' : .:' : " We ask vou. carefully to consider the V 3 1 MESSENGER. lEMJU-Two Collars nt TiBff, it Thrre Holla , if the inbsfriptioijcar. Cents tn nd- ipiratiot seutihicnts above expressed by General properly served oV guarded otherwise. If I IIi-rison,and say if they are not patriotic .jwwer.wm not permit us to make the officer . WKiT7"u,VMJr UP n.'Pwcuu em i!id(gehderit of the President, Jet him be inent-y republican-and' evincive of the protected bv removing fromitlm President 'i11KLtlI1,,sI)1t which should characterize tin iriditceinent to corrupt him. : This will thu-'first ofllccr ofa (Jovernmaot -like oufsr ho the case when the President knows that aro . whUmants whichr-while they tie cannot lie re-elected ; and the hotje,of evinC(! A determination to erjbrce tho con- in; uiiu iT 10 rei un yn3,,piace must depend I o,-"-""'"' u uk i noiutm, inuiu- ijioh his fidelity to hit'rust, and Ins ability "cst rue I,'r't a" unwillingnts to the officer upon his fi in the discharge of it. . - extend those powors,- aud . .a' delerniination .TJip-fiwt gFoat and important ground, to -uut t--cm jn pwJticc ; not to prostitute-folbw-citizeni, up.jn which we ask vou to thepowef and patronage of the Government unite With 11s in the sunuort of en. TI.irrL to Party purposes ; and, above all, to pre mn nnd"Jo1m ' Tvler is. that t!i"v Kinn.t scrve pure and free from 'the corrupting in-J pledged, as.deeply as men can beso rleep- ""WV-cS pt power, L the, Jblcctu-c jravSLhise. ly thnt univ'erS'il scorn musj attend the-vio- n t'lesc se'itiments there is ever' thing to htfiouV the pledge not .to be candidates commend,, eycry thing to Uojje for. The for a a re-election to sen? biit a malt inaa w ho entcrtainiiig' tlieni fs elecjed. for m. I he Constitution authorizes the re. on0 "'nu only, will have no motive to rc- electkn of the.i'.-esidcnt of the U. States nouce'or betray theny-. Is therA genij- without limitation. That man who hp mc rnniblican whoconaeninstheinf bv4 but oTily tolerated power, that he Contrast them witTi the principles and might do good with it saw tiie'error of the Practices jjf MrTVun Buren. II: is in fa. provisionvaiid the dangers conceaied in1t fofc-eting-tlio-PreHident, ondr is" a and he who alniost.girehsoiir liberty, "''U" ;l""0t to'mtrfe serveu,.. oy renouncing the- power which " - huii jus uieiiuain-jna oenate was dangerous to it, nnd retiring vohuitltv an pl''here d.cnounc"es any attempt to rily toprivnte life.- Hallowed bvtho naine IVCI1t - '" '' ' ' . " nnd example of Washington, tlie maxim lio P'ostitutes the influence of his office as IxvnprcsemHlTnrone Pai1y purposes, anil retains men in office 4OossELVES.-The Course wliich we in temt; to pursue has been distinctly stated. W meant what we said,' and shall do all in our pe wer to .benefit our rcaders--to improve the mind nd morals rto enable the ignorant to learn and the Wise to"' im provo tlieir jecollcctions! Hitherto our pens have, troubled theworld but little v nnd it is probable that now more ofourclirr ished pcoductions will go off in a blaze of fire, than of gloiy'j but be this as it may, aspublic" jounialis"t3 "we" si lafl Tab jF toTdo our duty, our whole thity, and nothing but our duty. -Wehilll no doubt publish much that Will be objected to bymany-be it so, we cannot expect to please everv one. nor - . m .J , T . L - . . shall wo try. It will be as much , lf.I" "uiJAjiiaM.rtaI. HhoUldthey M jom- can please ourselves; . Each one of our ,Hrt means, it is the do. .' iThe Mull.' ' " Several of our subscribers .in the coun. ties west' ol t)iw failed- to get "their papers j-jst week. 'I1118 ; was not our lumt, nor was it the fault of ihc Post Master at this place. The fact is, the mail carrier from this to t'ranklin could not withTtlu? mtaus ho had cany all his mail. The Post Master there fdlodwhut ags he had, but was compelled to leave out a large quantity of papers aniSngwhleh was a portion of ours. ...His mail has1n'rrincrensrng--and should he have nothing bafTa-singlo. horse, and a small mail bog, as lieretoTofeT it w uncertain when he will get off all the niaii that is now Jiere, This matter should be' regiiljitcd, andre hero say once for all, -our subscribers must have tlieir papers, (T We see that an English correspondent of the New York Morning Herald, writes very gravely about the prolwbilities and consequences of a war with the United Suites, in order to settle tlie controversy npc"ctiiig the Maine boundary.' He gives dangerous and anti-republican extent in any nanas, nnd now proven to be almost il limitnble in the hands of a wily and unseni pulous partisan, was one of the lar"?st i . . . --1 HDnn:es 01 npproliension, and was denoun ced by nmnr of those whom Virginia, n . well as others of the States, trusted in those days of difficulty and danger, but of re 1 puhliedn simplicity ; but, as far as we 1 1 .11- . ' . - ! iv now, mo wildest conception of the most 1 ppreheiisive never pictured, even to itself, tho monstrous ; end overshadowing nower which tlie President now exercises, and ...:.t. ; t 1 1 -1- -. wuu wtiicn ne presses nown ana prostrates me energies 01 tno country.- In the early days of the Rpubic, when the men' who quailed not far their country, in the face of, legions fjjmt by a tyrant, to suIkIuo it, yet trembled for its sifotv as they contemplated the power 'ith which it must contend at home, aw! thought they saw the enemy of its .liberty linking within the robes of our "princely President, the rrelent- of the UiiitetJ States' was tlie President of the nation. Now, he is the rivsident of a party he leader rf a great T-faction, whoconsiders.thepatrimagjrof the Govermnent aa - the -.pv; of hi llowrsr fl"d. the. offices, honors , aiid enioliinients-of the nation, ns the spoil of the- successful land. Can it be wondered at, then, that the election of President is not pfilv ah nw- ltntinir, but an all-eifgrossinir fote'e 1 H it V wss",l,, tor any patriot to contemplate the iaex aiu4liewl mh-4wvemnd It ; without the deepest regret for thfit which --nd the most -tfiinful-annrphf-niirrii -f,ir tin mtnre. . Kellow-citiziHis, we lesire to nrrest this ptorreptt vhieh throatnis-to-swerpvay all the lan '-inaiks of our GovernuienL We would curb and chain the monster .jhat now control-i too tnueh bur destinies, and, in the en I, will destroy onr liberty. We would limit rowH,anilT if possible, would .purifv it. P1.1t : thtae thtnes enn' be done' .only by thn People and to the People, ineretore, wo appeal. Une ot tlie first an ! moat important steps ti iiejaken t. aQcomplish the. object, we are satisfied, is to limit praetie uly, if not by nn amendment to" the 'Constitution, 'the power ann sen iee of trie rii si.h nt to one tern. Mike:hhvj the President of the na. li.!'? 'diritmjt hurt of a partj;---cinp(-. v 1.: . . 1. . L . 1. !.t W . ' 111111 vi w iiijuom ny wunorawmginc temp, tation to bpvieiou f rco him to adminis ter the Government as the honored an-ent of a free poope,'and not as a giilty parti, sin, by depriving him f tlw and mnsonuon-tu a rc-eiecTUiit. tave iw ttil laws, and the precedent stands the VPoff party grounds, .'-who are not only in proudest; monument to the fame of him comlM'tciit, but vicious apd faithless.'" whose proudest title was,-,"the Futher.of '- clnjnwand exercises the power td.rcf lua Country. U- ntove officers at will, -jiikI none escajKswho The safety oftho llepublic demands ano! PP! him.' He retains now the most dan: ther ennobling, sacrifice ; and happy we ""a.coi.itrol oVer the pubbc troasurgaiid are, fellow-citizens, to be able to rlittw iml is w advocate and supporter of a system on those times in which the sacrifice of wmcU willgive to the Executive almost ab every personal interest to the' service of ?oUlt0 cotatrol oyer 't. in future; and,' in. the country was considered .1 trhmmli fnr stead of suggesting "simply such laws as one, who- is willing, as his past life proves rcaa jriay andhould p.'is,- he seeks -to ""iu, iu iiiuku me sacrmee. lJne who wv.. i'"","""" i vAinits uy nm received his first commission to battle ' in I P'PSu'gatiofl and enforcement of-iLvorito us country's ranks against a ruthless foe I doctn,-!s an(i the most arrogant and un- from he hand of Washington him.lf. warrantable' interference l; with the , rishts who was trained and nurtured in that school privileges of the States. But, above in.which patriotism was the first.grfatles. a',a8 Mr. Tan-Burczlany where, ' or in sn." A venerable .""patriot. ""distinmiished ran" manner,' evinced the disposition to re. nn,l:t: : Store tlie--Adminktrnti'on of liia country ; who, by the bust act of his simI)Iicity and purity," wJiich Gen. Harri public life, is readv to hrovo that il nmv. 8on declares to be, in his opinion, a dutv? has of Washington and Jefferson have "On" the contrffrylias. not evury power of sunk deeply into his heart,' and that, with he cral Government bccn practically his years and lienors, his love of liberty has "creosca anu extended under Mr. Van Bu grown and increased. . ren's administration? Has -there 'not been Coming from the times of. the Revolu. the" most bvish and wasteful expenditure of tion, commended to you by the confidence fe PlWlc money.' . and so far from any pu of Washington and Jefferson, and a long "tyJ11.1?10. Administration, hns mtt the and perilous life devoted to the service of count,y been disgraced by more frauds his country, General IJarrison is the pro. "Pon nntl roUUcry of, the pubhe Treasury, Pfrinan, to-set n new examnle to M-ftniinrl than ever-occurred before?- trvmcn : -tosultthio tin- mnwinnf imilntmn M AWll-atKl tiuVltasit been said.-bv n-rfri , . j..., vl (.iii.yitflll I W . T ' to the- -welfare of his country"; and in tlie anguished citizen, lute asupporter of Mr, nanus, and by the aid of tlir I Voplef to put 'uu DUCn Uat . . . ' " . -a uewJimit.ta pjwer. We-invito- von J -l'Tlic wjuI ig sick then fellowcitizcns. to unite with as in the . "Xi.r y wport of wrong and fraud support of this venerable and virtuosi- w mb 18 zen, and to limit tlic Presidential power to . Th:it Genorn; Harrison will restore pu- one term. - '. nty luuie.-Aciministration, his past life lur- To show that General Harrison will, bv nuhos -an ample guaranty. , Commencing his example, do this, we submit to vou the T Publlc 09 xvC "avo said, under the tollowing letter written bv him in the vear i"nneuiate ,aiw pices oi uoisjungtyn, ne nas 1838: . " iir . r W .VHi'Mi lll.i UUIIIUlin IMU R'l - -' J C - ' i i i ii: i i. : . -. a . .1 i ? .jy or ma i-uuim y uiiu it-uuuig iiu; urnne readersdn coalman with all men, is entitled to his conscientious opinion oil any and ev. cry subject, that interests him, and every mnnVopiiiiaii Jcscryes ta,be .. JtapcctejLin'' proportion to his capabilities" to form an opinion correctly rto his opportunities of informing himself in reference to the mat. ter about which ttie opinion is formed, and to the diligence w ith which he -bus used theso opportunities, i If, then, our readei-s ...I. ..r. . V . no may uiuotirom us, ai-emore capable of fortning correct- opinions than we if their opportunities of information hav b;eh : greater" jfiid jf they have been rabr Industrious then their opinions are enti tied tolnoreesiK,ct than ours : but if these lie on ourside,: we huniblysk for that de gree ofTespef to which tliey may entitle us however sni ill it may be. "In whatever else wciyJ)o.diiki! to passed through many most important sta. tions : at various times confronting the to be adopted bv lesirous to restore the Administnoinn tr,; 01 ' nauon.io victory jinu inumpn : at riginal simplicity , and puritv. I deem the !t,l,'rs flIlinS tiie most important civil offi. following to bo of prominent importance: ccs governing, with admirable .wisdom " " l 1 lu u '' ii.o :.: ..r.i t TTrm l - r - j -- h uij 1 1 iwfty v AtuiKii.'ti itri f ityi tea n tt . iitnni rt--Ta;-a-ATzr-in---i T'l"ltnf;" rscnunga sovereign - Mate-in the 2. Fa aisclanri all right of control over o ...' 1 c r tt i c. . the public treasure, with the. cxcAlthw of 7 ' nnti ,.r - i " . i i uuiiuii fii.ju, foreign uouri no nas nuurn. Mich part ot it as may lm appropriated by , - r r- 1 t tt i Uiir L iV" ' .ii- - i poor and guiltless of ail peculation, to law to carry on the public services, and , m i . ... J. tUhiunii;-.! . - i .ii his own fireside, and, with the simp hcity that to be applied precisely as the law mnv ... ..' - ., . .' f j '. e lU rp oi a repnoucan, nils me numo c out usctui i drawn from the Treasury L n.,, . . .. , , . agreeably tolKn lo.ur rtn f ofl H"n thnt n,.wirtinpnt . fcounty soliiini7leranrunostentatiou.s in be wanting, in sincerity and candor. To wilfully and designedly conceal truth whic ought to be public to endeavor to make f'alsd impressions itu, refert-nce to theehar acter or opinions of public or private men or to publish exaggerated acraunts-of Tnen and things, merely for effect, is what we do. spistf. It is the very worsTkilnl of lying, With all due respect to - those concerned wo uiiiiesiuiungiy give ,n as our opinion that the high degree of excitement mani fested by the press in some parts of our country, particularly on political subjects, is directly calculated to dosf;rious and last ing injury calculated to vitiate public uisio anu corrupi puDlip morals. W e wi therefore labor to feel and write -on .every subject that wo may consider at alL with iwrr, hum- TrM-vt who maintains hi-nse in honest simplicity. , if he abuse his tru to tlie scorn and ciirs H cs of Jiis countn-irien. tv torture his. de clining yvnrs ; aud let his hope ho thsit, bv a faithful v just, nnd mil 1 Administration of the lawohe shall m'rit,' and receive as err. "talulvfl's he nierits, the J.ight rewirl'iif the pntriot the applause of an jjtlcltient, free, ;uiid grateful p'ople. ' ' s ' "3. That he should never atteinpHo in. " ,' n'"": "V T fiuwee the election,, either -by the1 people ,'1tc1P,1mPan,1 P". f P! ,v t - t. . ,r - i imvuhm'. iu.s iiiinu.oniM was s:uo 10 w: VtTE: 1le7find1,,sinkshnideaf.dv.h( -.. 1 ..l V111V.1 lllllll I lll.T LVIIJIIIIl llf l.intl 1 1 .1 1 f I v .1. .i .1 u who clothe in fine cbthe . and fed on lux. any other part in thein than bv giving their . , , . ' . . . a 7 owjuvotes Al!j -the.v possws tlo-rightf-- , - p - -, lt ,t . ,. ' fttnir, ' r y ...... ..-.r..... ,,.......,.. J"1 t " 4. That, in tlie exercisef the veto power , he shonld 'limit his rejection of bills to 1st. Such as are, n his opinion, un- constitutional. "J i. Mien as tend to en cmaeh on the Ttgbjs of the Siatf s or.indi viduals. 3d. Such nr,'in.volving deep in. teresis, may, in nisopinion, require more mature didilieration or reference to the will of the People, to be ascertained at the sue Cording election " 5. 'That he should never suffer the in' fhience of his office to be used for purptcs oi a purely party character. -li 0. That in removal from bffic? of those who hold appointments during the pleasure of the Executive, the causebf siich remo val should le stated, if reouested. to the Setrt5 at the' time tlie Ttomination of !f suc7 cesWr is matfe. t s.- a . '' And last, but not least in importance ".7, That he shotrld not suffer the Exe cutive Department of the Government to bcow1-- the s virce of legislation ; but Have the whole buinss of making laws calmness find candor. . ' - j Our Village. This is known fir and near as a complete thoroughfare. There is no point in the mountains dividing the Southern and Western waters for more than one huiKrfed rnile wliich a passage can be hnd as easiiy as hero. - TImi road is good very good ; nd trcnri-I5asr4ineSS?( K(Hitueky,"T)uTo7 iudiana or Illinois,' to Churl -ston, Augusta , Columbia, or in fact any part of South Cur,. ohiia , a great part of Georgia -and North Carolina, it is the nearest -rgute, that can Ikj had. We shall, at some convenient time, give a brief statement of the annual travelling alongtlii route, taken from ihc books of the turnpike company. ' " 1 rfie, our village is small, quite small- owing, as we believe, to circumstances'mot necessary for-us now to detail. In ; refer ence to its growth iu future, we. wish to say a woolnd that ii, it nfast and wijl grow4 and grow rajiitllyj-ninless its own citizens prevent JtjjWj ryigoodj stores and two groceries, two public houses prepared we suppose to accommodate two or three hundred Jicrsorjfj, two churches and twd.academics, a,;maIo and female, both in ft prosjKTous.cpndition. Thcw are several lit kinds now umle-r wTv,: and the signs of Jife and improvement an clenr'y among us. sin f tlx' British Government to" send an ndoitioual army into the Noitli American proviiHH-s of one hundred thousand, men, to unite the Canadns, New - Brunswick, and.Novfe Srtia into one province to set the Puke of Cambridge, or'his son George over it as King, and tlieii fix the boundary just w'.iere they please. And astheysecm to think the disputed territory a JKKr com pensation for so much trouble,' he informs us that it is likewise the intention of o'ie Government to make the ITocky Mountains our WcsteriTboundary. We do notjirofjess to Jc now more than our betters but this is eM ..'ge. We have no idea that the Briti:-! 'rnnient lias any such intentions. They h ; ve more sense- they have been too roughly handled b; Americans iil. two blootly wars already to bo anxious to .entempoii n thinly cspeJ ciully while they reineniher that McComh, Gaines, Scott, Harrison, Jackson, and a number of their coadjutors are still able and willing to take the fiejd. But we may pos. sibly bo mistaken $ that nation may enter tain --such views as this writer expresses if so, if nothing but war will do them if they iir,e silly enough to think that they can make conquests in our .country 'as easily as they are like fo do in'Cliina, or as their girlish Queen did of Prince Albert, why just let them come and try, that's all. '' 'Jew DcMntUoiM Politeness Going into a printing office and nskingthe compositor a'thousand fool ish questions, and bo all the while yoking oyer his shoulders to see what he is setting; up. . . - tfcntcct-'Vo put your mouth'wi bin three inc!ieof.a dect-nt njnn' face, with your' breath iniprcgnatedwilh whiskey and to bacco. Encouragement, of the Press. To bor row your neighbor s newspaper, and never takejorpayjbr one yourself. Height of folly To get mad with o printer for telling you to getuit of the way, OWepublish in this week's paper the resolutions ofhe . Burnsville TemiK-rame Society , propwujg-a convention to mt-et in this place on tlie seeodkTuesday in Si p- teniber next, in order to deviseSsome mea- Tmn's by which the- teinperance cause mjiv mort! efTiciently carried on in our sectiiur" of tho country. We hope this subject w ill receive its proper attention. No can iid man of cornmon intelligence w ill deny Sir a moment but rthtitnotwisKtfidingall that has been said, .written and done to suppress the evils of drunkenness, intempi-rnnci; still e.vists bmong us to a degree thuVcIaims the attention, und should unite tin; tifnti of all true patriots, philanthropists " iid christians.""" To arrest the progress of thes; evils where th 'V do exist, and to prevent them where they do not. tempera nee soe.i. ties liavc, during tin; last thirtwniiirs of our couutrys hirftoiy, proved themselve t IkUmj. most eusy, sale and effectual nieaus ver dvised. A nuinler of societies ' imce existed through Western Carolina, too many "of which have Uin through negli. gt nee .suffered to dtliiMpiitj-jlsan roMilioH as they lwvo'declihed, intempc. ranee has revived. A fact that ought to be well rtmiemljei-ed- by tlie friends' of the tem. icrahce rausc.", Tiiis subject, lo be "sue- eessful must be mildly but constantly agi- aUd it lias nothing 1o A'ar from investi- scems-that Mr. Smith, the geogra ilwr , and the Editor of the ' ' Raleigh Regis? ter, hav taken "the responsibility." to in form "the whole world," that the Black Mountain in this county, is hereafter and forCTCrtobc-calledMourirRIitchcllrow7; inasmuch as this has been done v. i'.lnu- once deigning to consult the good pt iie of Buncomlie, whose authority is always higher, than any powers whatever at Ra leigh (as they are something hke jLjniloa--buve them.) . We hereby give notfee to all whom it may concern, and to all whom it. jnay not. concern rttot-Bfack Mountain is to be Black Mountain ns long as Bun- comix; remains Buncombe. If Mr. Smith will publish another edition of his work ahdcoiiMcnt to call buncombe Mount Smith thoh we "wiH consent to call (he Blae Mountain Mount Mitchell. gallon -the more lt'is candidly and cahnlv xaminedby an impartial mind, tins more clearly will be seen its "adaptation to our wanTs,Tindthe more--htghly'-wHHtr excel iences be appreciated. - T'nen let all tin; .societies within reach send a dehuratioiL Ut the proposed convention, and we most ear nestly hope that thereby something niiiy bo ilonethut will tell loudly on the moral intcr ests of 6urc7)MrTfo : ' 0O We learn from the Memphis (Ten.) Enquirer, that Gov. Polk is fiiirlv in tin-. fiell electioneering for Mr. Van Buren, and of course, for himself for the Vice Presi dency f Mirabile dictu ! O lemjiores ! O mores ; 03". Accounts of tin;, late freshet, from almost every part of tlie Southern country arc of the most distressing character. Immense injury has been done in every direction. The loss in Hamburg alone is estimated Jat more-than half a, million of TloilarsrSrjverat merchnnlsTif thisst'clToii- of wuiitry had goods lying there .which .it is feared areentindy lost. A Kcrion f;iet for ftcrtotM people!! 11837, there, was a surplus in thc.Na tional Treasury of forty millions ; in 1840 the nation is twenty millions in debt. three years there-has been" "an expenditure of sixty millions over and above annual rev In enue... -T4'U tew e. stir, in the Madisoninn of the 30th ult.V 'a coiicwo stalenieht 6flhe facts relating to the charge against Gen. Harri JJi?l CoENfttV is, one of llieiiiuiiUitaithy-, romantic, and in many respects, desirable, to be. found in the United States. It jkjs sesses"soTriany natural advantages that we are satisfied nothingbiiLa criminal apathy . Almost vielpd the CoxtEsf. The Charleston Mercury, an nblo and warm S .,o,&cr...o(.the pns ut Aihnuiistration says:-yft hW no meaiH difficult to sup nose tliat 3"irgini.i will cast Iter vote for H:irn.n aii iwr. i ik Odd hro fear ful againxt tlie old Rejiubficiiii (IiifiiCiij doctrine. The. anliibitii for Preid("nt nnd Vice Pn il tit &n- Uh Virginhm, linketl by t!h roiim-ii.nfr three oitu ), with a tlmwa nl tn thi will thni thrtosh'tle lnrt f tl M (irmnott wxdlh- On S'm'l.'iv iv-nin', the 0th ult.,' fire incereliffrv, to emntitv of pn parvd num. nition, ctniHting of tdmut 100J.UW cirtri- gs, In ah out building of tin' U. S. Afscn. al nbout two miles lprlow St. Imw, Mo and anVxpbVfeion tok place by-which'the bmlding aivl all Its contents were (etnv fir tte I'nion to. the departiiMmt to which J1'- 1 Ileitis estimated at alwut lt,0ia liic C jiistituuon 'has exclusively assigned 'No lives werelostr ' v ' and want of entesprizo on the. part of its inhabitants can prevent its becoming wealthy. Somu.of the counties " in the western part of fliis State possess advan lages rarely ..found-any... where andWO shall from time to time labor to how in what those advantages' consisr and how the reaj resources .'-of thecountry may b: developed. , f' i f5AVe have had quite an encouraging uicrettsetf subscribers since we publislied the iirst number oXuiour-paper t-iuunda..xf. s nt us froTftlltreetioror- and among others, those- of many of the iiitwt intelligent ladies of our countrv. Tliis is as it should be. Our paper shall ontain nothing that can justly offend the most refined sensibilities. We hope the worthy example pf these ladies i ill soon be followed by many others. son for selling poor white men. for. debt a subject on which the most untiring efforts ave been made by the Administration lay the whole before our readers next week when, they wHf sec that thi crn,u-seof Gen llarpisrtn)n that question was any thing else than what the Vap Biiren i party ""repre sent it. ue see nyne last wing iwnner that John. M. JVlorehead, Esq., the. Whig cgndidatCxttr Governor, is now in th Western part of the State, and intends to visit thn- Mountain District. Due notice w ill Ikj given in the Messenger of his np pointiocnts west ofthe ringe.4 c ' ' The city of Natchez w;as-lmost entirdy destroyed by a tornado enrlyn May last. Tlic Vicksburg Whig estimates the number of those1 who lost tlieir lives at one thousand and the amount of property dest rayed at five million s . (& The lion. S. Graham will please nc."' eept our thanks for sevend iinortant public diK-imients recently forwarded lis. , OrThere bus been" another fisticuff in Congn-ss.-Mr. Rayner and J)r. Mont. gomcry, both frtjin this State, had a run counter, growing out of a speech of the latter. Truly, North Carolinians arc be- coming quite pugnacious. " 00" W'e shall next wgek commence tho publication of "sonic very intfestipg matter K-rtaining.to the early history of the West, ern part of this State. . . .- ftT But little of importance is tninsjiir. frig itrHtygreHH.'.Tlie SuligamiryJbifP Itni'd nfifimsselon'the 29th of May, though it had been sf veral times called up. ,me weckn Iwck Dr. Montjjninfry puhtihrd a wpcech In tfiejSlcjicfor Bumcqiib,--fiiiryfia Wftcoa, Take care how vou talk about Bune.onilM-, young man; you 'will get worst If into business. 7 " O ! conHitency, thou art a jrwrl !" Yis -but like other jewels, very hard to, find. " When a woman in known to haVft pl.iyd i. 10 fool, nhe in olwavn mmveettd of haviiiMSlirtd Um devil. Minn iWirf worth. u Rnmemlxir this, Indies! OCT In our paper this week we publish an anecdote of Gen. Harrison pi'esentin'r a Methodist preacherw ith a horselh place of ope that had died at his !.-.--.. - We i from, the Baltimore Patriot J -t preacher is now a member of the (. u :-- Confer. effCe "at Baltimore," and vouches for the V jiriohifinii AU ippmving fh" p-nirin nfthrr truth of the statement. Great Britalx vs, China. We nri more than half inclined to join the Ptaui S-Jcicty buy the Vc'mt dissL-rtations- and eo against all wars , just-aUMr, Ladd dtx s.' If.Greaf Britain' cant gtk'iip a "better' war- v. that' which she is waging ainst-Oiiha, hImi. ought to bo ashamed of herself" awltoever ' go To war at all. Wv havfjiever known a more scurvy atfu'r in the .history of bloixl- sh';d. M'lny of her own stati-srnen w1mj lave either honesty or sliame, blush for hefc British Ciovemment in rtdotiori to China, was lately introduced in tlie House of Com, mdMtskmflXJ..'M three . ' .1.. - uays wasjosipy a rnijruy oi icn omy. Ten riglittjous men w'dijhaTeTjrwe-saved--a Sodom, but they-must have been a very ifP-refrt STrt of men from the. ten, in tho British Parliament who justify tlic war with Cin'na: lUeter News Letter. : p I
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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