fl
TEUfc ! ! The 0ih section of the law regula
ting crimes jnd punishments .which they
have taken good care not to publfSh, is as
follows, viz t
9. No negro, mulatto or Indian, shall at any
time purchase any servant ether than of their ova
0 eomplexhm, and if any of the persons .aforesaid
' ahall nevertheless presumt to purchase a white
errant, soch servant thaU imm'diatelu Mam
fir, anil shall be so held, deemed and lakeo."
- W4iy did they suppress tlil section !
Becauso they intended to cheat" the Peo
... pie, to falsify the record They have, very
convenient memories too, to .have forgot
ten that North Carolina Itns Jiad on ' her
Statute book for half a century hies in trui
ng particular similar to, aridin other , more
. . 1 severe than tlie Indiana, at Ohio fatp. ' Tlie
following ia a part of a law re-enacted by
bur Legislature in the ycarJHOl, and pub
lished in IrcdtU's Revival (page 83.) 11 The
first section recognizes the relation o( Mas
ter and Servant between White persons t
-411. And be it further enoittd by tie authority
afmreeaid. That if any Curutran srrvant shall lay
violent hands on his or her mittfr or mistress, or
overseer, or shall ohntinat'ty refuse to obejr the
lawful eoiiMnands of any of thcrn, upon proof there
of by one or more evidence before any Justice of
the Peace, be or she shull, for evefy iich oflV-nce,
sailer soch corporal punishment ai the said Juxli
cea shall think fit to adjudge, not exceeding
" Twenty m lathe.
77 " V. And be it further enacted by the authority
' afgreeaid. That all .Scrvafita by indrnture or oth.
crwise as aforesaid, sliall hnve their complaint re
ceived bra Justice of the Pence.
who, if He find
cause, shall bind the master! mistrrs ar overseer.
vcr, to answer the eomplnint at the next County
Court and jtSl.airbe there determined ; And
ZrX-.TJuZto devised Statutes as printed. (See Jo.
vktos beteet; be reeoivee afjinv't&iiB,' .npon petf. ilotise Com. 537, and Jo. " Sen. 143.)
tion or information m tlie Court of the C'-oUtity llils law is published at large in tlie print
wherein they reside; withoutdhs fofnial process of cJ topy thus passed. " If any Van Burets
alS.and al llwcr and nutliority maiJ,wa( opposed to it, why did he not
is hereby given to tbsMtaid Court, at their diacr. ? - . 1 1 . . - ,, r J . . .
tion, (hiring first sumtnoiifcd the master, mistress, move to repeal it T I low can HE, after vo
ororerseer, to justify thrirmclres, if Uiey think ting for such a law, stand up and accuse
Jit.) to adjndge, order and appoint what shall ,ke Gen. Harrison! Hare, then, is a lhw far
'7"toaHU lodging, ciotmng, or cr-
iier, misi res, or overseer,
haO not tliereuprm comply With the order of the
ssjd tourt, the said t-ottrt is Herehy auuionzed and w"u"igu um jMgwuiour outiuiu uuu
empowered, upon a second Jbf complaint, to or. re-enacted in the hist two years, bpprov
dereoch sssrAKToa sKRVAirniT inikmatki.t cd bv the entire Van Buren renresentntinn
nSSaSK S3
the snid Mervant or HcnranU tlmll be sold for, to
ne fMld tA Ihn nwnrr
XI1L And be it further tnaete&hy the authority
mfnreiiad. That ii) all cases of penal Laws,
whereby persons frre ore punishable by fine,- Kt r
.' vants shall be f unshed hy Whipping, at . the lis
' ere tion of any CoOrt, of Justice or. Jimlices before
Whom sticn nne or tines are recoverable, not ex.
feeding thirty-nine J nhei ; ."'etw llieScrYi
- cuTpjiDle, can and will procuru sou to person or
persons to pay the fine.
XIV. Ad he it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That no free man or trader wliataievcr,
shall buy, sell, trade, barter, or borrow ny
commodities whatsoever, with, to, or from 'any
Apprentice or Servant, whether; so by indenture
or otherwnc, or with any Slave within this Gov.
ernment, without the consent of tlie master,. mis.
tress or owner of such Apprentice, Servant
' Slavs, npon pain of forfeiting treble the value of
; the commodity or commodities so traded for, bar.
tered or sold ; and also, shall pay tlie sum of six
; pounds proclamation money, to. tlie use of the
aid master, mistres or owner t to be recovered,
in the Court of the County where the offence
hall be committed, by action of debt, bill, plaint
or information, wherein noessnine, protection, in.
; junction, or wager of Law, shall be allowed or ad.
milled of t And if it sliall so. Iinpen, thai the per-
son so offundina- shall not be able to par treble the
value of the commodities so traded Ibr, sold or Again : in the year 1801 . Congress pas
lsMtered,nd the sw of wx pounds;-.iieh per an Ac at,optil)g f0rfiic Government
WAsTraBV
XVHLndeliirtAerioedovtAaifrWsJfllaryianu and Virginia. (Sec Ktorv's
foresaid. That if any woman Servant shall here -
.after be delivered of a child, brpotten by her mas.
ter, soch Servant shall, immediately after deliver
ry, be sold, bv the churchwardens of the parish
where Uio offence sliall be committed, for one
year, after the time of service by indenture or
otherwise is expired ; and the money arising by
soch sale, ahall be to the use of the Parish s And
if any white Servant woman s hull during the time
of licr servitude, l0 delivered of a child, begotten
bv any neeTO, mulatto, or Indian, such Servant,
mwiw esm-m ss- mivhu 'i H viillUi IK 'ILll.ll
over and abovo tlie ujno ahe is by this Act to
- """T?."?1
oe soiu Dyxnecnure.il waraens oi uie I'unsli, wr
. fm-k. i.,.i..n..,r-. .V
wisest expired! and the money arising tlMrebyi'in' the true question presented byLLmliana
ppnea to inn use oi uio said ransU and audi
mulatto 'Child or children of such Servant, - to be
. iZVZ?:U
,vIIrB tlien tlm Whitn anrvimt e.U l,
whipped, wliethnr mnlfL nf t1MMUJ
r she couVl have been sold, and if a free
wliito-tHatUraded with ono of such serv.
. ants, though ho may lujve been bW brother
or son, he, the free wliite marinas linblo
to be fined, and ifunnbfo to pay to bb sold
otrr himself sks a kf.bvint 9 TJ.i- lnw
was sanctioned by sohbeni and statsmen of
tho Revolution, men who achieved ourlib.
erties and could Jbetter appreciate their val.
uethan we an, yet will any man have tlie
jv-fc aiiv mail
audacity to assert that they were enemies to
the poor ftliey mre unfriendly io liberty !
INa 1 noiiadare sayaoiAiiiiyctoflAcir
nreumcnt be admitted, our Revolutionary
fatbersiill be guilty of a worse -offence Mwrtiyg. induetnous , por.
- than fliat they charge General Har. Hf of ")P,- " U wa. who contrib
rison with. ' . lu nioro than any otljcr man to ojien the
In tlie year 1787, our Revolutionary -iJo bosom ,of. tho ferti,.a. Wcst for Pr
r,.n.v.;., i..r I men, where their enterprisinsr senius could
,. ."y. .'V"
Bee l taywooq s Wanuai L) , Head tndij
It in flu, fill irk Ann
d Indiana tnwd4!
X. 1--A11 Ci4 e verv bei
frailly of any charge exhibited arainst him or tliiii
hy indictment or presentment, and shall be unwtl,
lin and unahle to per tile oflico fees that are or
tnay be eoiisequeat thereon, lilmll rjoireOiirTty"
- the JShenff of the County wliera such person ia
mr may be convicted, for such time as any person
will take him or than to serve for tlie said fees
the said MieriH first advertising the time and
place of hiring at leant ten days previous thereto.
This law was in force till the year 1828
when the Supreme . Court derided in tho
case of tlie State vs, Hodtl (1 Dev..Reports
506) that it had been impliedly 'repealed by
tlie act of 1797, allowing persons to take
ihtt intflrrv1 '"tm fr Qr- f..... .
neverwns nmss vrenestlr-d hv t in Ij.t .
laturc. , Undethi, law a W Negro could
i j - r Tr - i
hire a white man or woman. l" , , " W " 7 lu "fB.
.;. u-.a,,. . ,i.-.-t .J'he fashions of Lords and Dukeswho
L,finrt passed i the year 1784 as fol. j
lows Sec R S 201 V ' - f
.. 4L Ifanypwonorperwr. who have no .p.
parent means of subsistence, or neglect ajtIyirir
themselves to some honest callinfr for the support
if themselves and families, slrnU be fr.und saunter-
inf about, arid nideavoring to maintain themaelves
. . i, .u I, j
by caminf or other undue means, it ahull and may
be lawful lor any Ju.-ticeof the Peace of the W
tywhen in such pcreon may be fouiul, m one
proof made, to ine bis warrant for sueh offcndinij
pwson, and eaue bim to be hrongbt before said
Justice, who is hereby rmrwwc-red.'on conviction,
to demand security br his or their good behavio "
and in esae of refusal or neglect, to cuniiuit lumor
them to the jail of the County for any term not ex
ceeding tendays, at the expiration of which tim hft
shall beset at liberty if nothing criminal appears
against him, the said offender paying- all cliarees
'arising from such Imprisonment ; and if such per.
on be guilty of the like ouimee from and alter the
space of twenty .days, and be subject to one
month's imprisonment, with all costs accruing
thereon, which if he neglects or refuses to pay, be
may bo continued in prison until the next Court of
the County, which may proceed to try the said of
fender, and if found guilty by a verdict of a jury
of K&d and lawful men, said Court may proceed
to aire the offender for any time, not exceeding the
space of six months, to make satisfaction fur all
costs t but if such person or persons be of ill fame,
so that he or they cannot be hired for the costs,
nor give sufficient security for the same, and bis
or their future good behavior, in that case it shall
and may be lawful for said Court to cause the of.
fender or offenders to recaijfc thirty-nine lashes on
his or their bare back, after Which he or they shall
be set at liberty, and tlie costs arising thereon
Khali become a County charge, which - punish
ment may be inflicted as often as the person may
be guilty, allowing twenty days between the pun
ishment and tb e offence. -
.By this law, a man or- woman"7 can be
hired out for "costs" alone, and if no ono
should hid him or her off, he or she is to be
WHirr-HD! Under tins law too, a fbeb
negro can hire a White maji or Woman !
Now pray who voted to restoer this law
even after it was considered by Jimny ob.
soJotoT No less .than the. whole, Van
Ri'difv MrMitebs. iiv " nrrn l.tnur irnnf
At the Besaion of 1838-7, all the acts print
ed in the Revised. Statutes were read three
time in each House and passed ! At the
last Session, a bill passed both branches
without a dissenting voice, to give cftect to
rnof o obiectKrlmble tlian those which re-
i . , l r'.. 11
"'l.'""3 . f wrrisoit
in Legiure-defcnded by many of
."vJu" l'n"y juoi uuu fuuut , yt i vreii,
. Harrison is denounced because he did not
exhibit the same sympathy for crimes a'nd
CKIMI.VALS thnttliev are now exhibiting !
Let the People examine the Journals, and
call those to account, who thus by con
demning others, have so cfloctua'Iy con-
iiiiiHMl tin iiMtluig; "" 1 -- - ' .
As additional iproof of the infamous char.
octer of this attack on Gen. Harrison, we
call attention to the tallowing extract from
the Message of the Van Buren Governor of
New Hampshire, (Mr. I ago.) " Read it,
Fellow Citizens, and ask yourselves what
rigfotJiavetho fricndWrof Martin Vaft Buren
to condemn .thers. Let the Mechanics
rend i : ..
"So fluctuating have been the prices of manu
factured articles in the market, that few are dis
posed to contract for the Inhor of the convicts :
PEUHAP8 THOSE CONVICTS WHO ARE
MECHANICS CAN BE ADVANTAGEOUS
LY LET FOR PARTICULAR BRANCHES
OF BUSINESS. I would therefore surrart the
propriety of continuing authority :1a lUKJi OUT
I lTt OT ALL ,e wrlcU on suitable i terms."
thoW-rict of Columbia, th. Laws of
1 Laws, V0l.I3d, Paste 2089th.) - In-each of
theso States there are laws similar to those
approved by Gen. Harrison which tlie Tan
Buren Member of Congress are flow suite.
Honing! Vhv c(o they not move to repeal
tncin i iv hy lias not Mr. Van liurcn re.
commende their repeal 1 . Can the people
place confidence in those who dailv crv out
l j j
against acts, when done by others, and an.
J prove them when "done liy themselves or
1 tlu ir rnrtvT Shame!
. r . j r n
-Let Jt bo remembered, Fellow-Citizens
auu Utuo laws, was tins : "bhafl the htm.
M portion of tha People teork to support
eH.nijtalsaid ro.nes, or shall he9 he Zde
lo tabor for thrnurfves, to pttu for their otcn
I htsmess l!LThis is the true rssup.-Who
J1L "Pr fEMNS 1 .-Who will say
ll,,ut "1 tins uountry shall be taxed
J Pll fcm, ' stand forth; and
,ct tho lowlo demand of the Van.Buren
J"?n ,who, Bre vflify-ing. Gen. Jlarrison,
whutlier tins bo their doctrine !' No man
ho" " disPscd to do justice, can believe
for ono nioment, that Gen. Harrison is an
enemy to tho poor, antl nnfricndly to their
liberty. His wIkiIq- hie has been spent
with such and for such. It was in buttle,
by the sido of poor men, ho won that fair
fame which political dcinarorrucg are how
"ucavounng wwniisn.- i le is oi thk Peo-
i ft;.w .i. ,i. ia i...:i.iL
; . ,
f iur tnuiiH ivoa Miiuiuimiies, i
tlio firc-sidi'S of theso juxtr men from tlie
tomahawk nd scalmmr-knifo of the rtith-
Xiisaavaw , Bnl lus heart and hand arSTsul
opened to shore with poor men whatever
of blcBstnjrs may .have fallen to his lot.
Yet this is the man, iliin tlie patriot, whose
muiie,. every bawluig demagogue of tlie
Administration has uttered only to villify
and abuseiJ-'Gen. illarrwon unfriehdlv
to poor men, and refusing to see them!'
A BASER LIB WAS NEVER UTTERED ! But
who ore they that are busy in circulating
..1 ' rj. . t , , ,
" .
i i i. i . . i. . i
1 iromwno nus
I'!? favouring ?t, induco. into
"u Kelwl"'lc Court etiquette, and. who
"lnc''0'M;d the introduction of JNkgbo TES-
TlVIOXV l!t TUB TB1AL OF A GALLANT OFF,
CKK O OtB NAVY ' It is for Such a person
tliat the poof "nian is llskcd to discard a
i, .iJt.' i s i i- t
Irue l'atnot, nd war-worn Stihlier !
,i,,'.1vu1 iiivmi ir ArDnxt
GY. HAYWOOD, III (.II McQUEEN,
CHAS. MANLY, II. W'. MILLER,"
JOHM II. BRYAN, WM. II. BATTLE,
THUS. J. LliMAY.WEST. R. CJALI,
iWhv Central Committee, '
From the Commercial Advertiser.
. Retrenchment akd EcoftoJiT.'-Whon
the. Appropriation Bill was on" its passage
through the House of Representatives, va
rious Whig member were induced to bo-
stow some pains upon the investigation of
Oovernmcnt expenditures, and some very
curious details were brought to light, illus-
trating most remarkably the. emptiness of
Administration; professions to tlie exercise
of a just and prudent economy in. disposing
of the public money, t rom among the to
stances tints brought to light, -wo select a
few, which formed the subject of a witty
and sarcastic speech, delivered by Mr.
Stanly, of fi. C. on the 29th of April.
The appropriation under view was tha
sum of $12,000, for expenses of tlio branch
mint at Charlotte, North Carolina; aim
the. motion of, Mr. Stanly was to .reduce tlie
salary of the superintendent to 91500, pn
the ground that he bad wasted the public
money and abused his authority.
In support of thu allegation, Air. btanly
showed, by official documents, "that the ex4hed f, and shingled; one window in
pense of the branch mint was SI 466 great
er in .1837 than in 1838, although it did
not go into operation until December, 1837.
Tlie compensation of officers in that year
was 1 0,406 in 1833 only f7,(HMH and
Uie sum charged for wastage of gold and
contingent expenses in 1837-r-that is for
onetnontlfc was $5 00, being 9100 more
than in the whole of 1833.
. Curious to ascertain by what . magic pro
cess this result could hove been cilcctcd,
Mr. Stanly betook himself to the vouchers
on file in tlie treasury Department, and
among the first that lie drew forth was the
annexed bill of ."contingent expenses:"
i PmiwiDKmiu, Nov. 3, 1833.
U. S. Mintj Charlotte, N. C. per Col. Wheeler,
Bought of 1). Landrcth &. Co.
60 Ailanfhus trees $ 00 J50 00
50 Horse ehesnut do. 1 00 50 00
5 Magnolia grandiflora, ' 5 00
.5 do f macrophylia 1 50 l 1 50
a "i'ulin poulars
1
, f5 Silver leafed maples,
;v 6 English, Walnuts'
" 5 Chinese arbor vitss
6 American do ,
5 Balm of Gilead
10 European lindens.
' 10 Morua multicaulis
, 1 Chinese rose
1 Tennessee do.
1 Macrophylia do. .
I Green box trtte, 'I
I Variejrnted do.
100 Yards box edsinr
1 f iim-ornfl JillttnifJ. !
1-Pyrus do
1 00
,' 13 best double dahlias "
' 1 Iiniceni fluxuosa,
1 .Monthly honeysuckle
r-19 Apple trees assorted
5 Peach do.
3 Plum do. -'
. 3 Apricot do.
3 Pear do.
1 Garden reel
1 ' do line
50
6 00
J 37
35
25
33
63 1J3
75
631-2
00
50
1 Scuffle hoe
1 Swan neck do.
44 and 31
1 Half round do. 50, 56, and 69
1 pair fancy flower pots 37 8c 54
.1 copy American Orehardist--.1
do -do , Gardener
. " . 1 do Florist's Guido - t
' 1 do Lindley's Outline
37
35
I Transplanting trowel
87
Packing .11 .lmnUtAbox;s withport'ge 16 50
'-i!.":':v.::.'.: .,v.:.-.::.-,.:,-;.;y,. 831g 05
Koeeived. Philadcmlia, 7th November. 1838. of
John Ii. Whcelor, Superintendent of IT. 8. Branch
mint at Charlotte, Mortb Cairohna, the' above
amount of two hundred and eighteen dollars and
iwcmynve eenu. ,
Horse, chesnuts, masnolias, tulip poplar,
rose, lioneysuckles and morus multicaulis!
All very useful and indispensable', doubt
less , in coining IScnton JVlint drops Uar-
den reels, scuflle-bocs, swan-necks and
flowerpots !y Necessary implements in
stamping JbagW and half doilars. Two
hundred and eighteen dollars and twenty.
hve cents expended in this way toiHustrate
the economy of the Administration
But farther. The branch
mint "coin-
nienced its operations, as we have said, in
December, 1837: the superintendents sal.
ary commenced in January of that year,
-1 ... ' e.i - r , , ., . vi... -
uiuioiiiie comer nr iuaren anq tnai ofine
clerk in May. Moreover, from Juno 1337
to January 18J8, the superintendent was
allowed $10 per month for pay of his ser
vant for attending tlie offices, making jibes,
&c. He was allowed 8150 dollars for his
expenses in going to Philadelphia to make
purchases 01 garden seeds, flower pots, ivc.
and stationery; of which last here are a few
specimens from among his purchases.
3 reams snp. satin post gilt edge paper, $13 00
4 pair office shears, , . 6 00
4 large inkstands, . " i.'S'OO
3 Rodger's four blade pen knives 7 00
1 Bennett's Book keeping ; : 2 00
1 Largninstand77 -r ' " - " g
Then came various anicles of furniture.
fi.iimvi? ' ' 4 - '
as follows:
1 scroll sofa, boxing, cartage, &c,. : 080 50
1 Mahogany bedstead . .25 00
1 hair niattrass 1' 33 50
1 case of shelves for superindt's offioe.- 90 00
-" neives lor
77 yards sup. ingrain
arpetiag,-f 1 37 105 49
. - 10 00
iuaiuug mm imidmg
t It floorslolhs; ,8 . .., 16 00
3 hearth rugs f 10 , 5 20 00
2 table covers J - -r- f qq
5 Venetian blinds, $8 --O-OO
2 . do... $ MU - 20 00
6 malioeanv chairs, S3 50 33 t)0
Box for the chairs r 4 . '. 7 3
1 chair covered with morocco, for office: 44
Box for the chair , - - ,"' 5
00
Piretty well, all this for the "economical
Administration. J. Sofas at -eiglity dollars,
bed-steads at twenty.five, easy chairs at
thirty-lour, and ink-stands at eight dollars
seventy-five cents. No wonder tlie "con
tingent expenses" amounted tn an liiffw
figure. .
But now let us look for a moment, at the
building itself, created "for tlie purpose 6f
tins prancn mint:
Tlie principal edifice cost - $29,800
i
r or extra work on mint edifice not in-
eluded in contract, , 1,758
r or Duiiding lences, summer house, ice
house, &e. ' " 5,500
Summer-house! ice-house! $5,!j00 00.
Were these tilings necessary for coinins?
Btlt these' were not all. There were also
carriage house and stables, a bathhw. I
nouse, moreover, 01 which the lollowin?
lescriptions arc given in tlie contract:
llStaliw and carnage. hotie all the
walls to bu, brick and a half, thick: the
00 , 5 00
i m : - -&00
1 00 5 00
tli '3-75
75 .. .... 3 75
1 50 7 50
1(00 18 00
. 621-3 6 23
;:.L:..S-S
d' 50
r 50
-V ' '13 50
windows in tlie upper part of thettable to
be in tlie form ot a crescent, with green
slats fixed or moveable: roof to be covered
with heart shincrles: roof, doors, and win
dows to be painted with three coats of
naint. ozc &C.
Carriage-house toJiavo firm plank
loor, doors, to be uniform and batten; door.
fend window sills fcwe of stone, . 02c
. Ice-house to bo 16 feet deep, at least
with a well nd roof as per plan No. 4; the
roof to be shingled with heart shingles the
well to bcr l4 feet square at the top, walled
with skid pine poles, good strong batten
door, with lock, and 0 floor abovc.Vii
Wood-house to be 33 feet long by 24
feet wideband 15 feet high, to have two
doors on Uie end and one in the centre; to
be underpine4 3'ith stone, to be; weather
boarded and shingled, and to be painted
with three good coats of paint" ' .;
'Bathing-house to be eight feet square,
attached to one end of tlie kitchen, as per
plan No, 2,cighffect high, covered .with a
tlie War, .of the same size and finished in
the same manner, as the" kitchen windows,
plastered and whitewashed as the kitchen,
with a " fixture for a shower bath; panel
door, with a transom flight; tin pipes, to
run from well and engine to kitchen and
bath utid a drain from bath to lefidoff wa.,
ter to cuivert.w ;
.What snug arrangements:. for coining
money! YVhat glorious specimens of dcm.
ocratic economy I! - V-
, "Summer-house, for a branch mint' to
be octagonal, and plain, about 12 feet
across, to stand upon eight pests, with a
shingle roof, to lie ""pnjnted, to have seats
of plank, marked Win plan A.", - r- 'J;
: "The wholcof tlie buildings, &c. herein
described, to be finished with good ahd
suitable knob and stock lock' and lunges,
and all tlie walls to be of the thickness ofa
brick and a, bnlf, and nil ici be rnnp-h cnStr
except the wood-house -rand" all the wood
worit to naveinrec gooucpais 01 puim, ex
cept where ptherwise 8pe;Ued.,1 .
All very comfortoble,- ho doubttifor the
superintendent, but not quite so economi
cal as might be.
Designation of messrs. brown
A VII OTP A KlflW
Washington Citt, 30th June, 1840.--
To the Honorable the General Assembly
of the State of North CarnUiiahvJv
to asaeiuble on thehimJaonday of-No-
vembcrnext: -
Gentlemkn t In pursuance of the decla.
ration announced by me; when I submitted
to the benate of tlie Lnited btntes certain
Resolutions passed by the Legislature of the
.state of Worth Carolina, at its last session
in relation to certain measures of the Gen
eral Government, I tender you jny -rcsiif.
nation for the residue of the term iir which
I was dected to the Senate, of the Unite'd
States ; to take cnect ; from and after .tlie
meeting of the next General Assembly.
1 he reasons which influenced; me . in
coming to this deternnnation, were to. fully
made known by me in the remarks which
I "made at Hid timoTwhco, tlie . Resolution
were presented to the Senate of 'tho Uhi
ted States, that! will not again recapitulate
tliem, more than by briefly adverting to a
few of the lending considerations which in
duoed me to postpone tendering ; my re
signation unul the present period.
I did not believe, after giving to the IteS
olutiona tlie most mature deliberation, that
they .were to be regarded, as Resolution of
instruction j or that those who passed them
intended to recognise in them that "cordial
principle in the Republican! Creed. This
conclusion was forced on me, not merely
from the absence of any assertion ot the
principle'' of instruction, in the Resolutions
themselves, but by -the distinct - rejection,
by tlie majority who passed tlicmTiflfn
amcndimmt ottered in both Houses of the
General Assembly, proposing to make
thenr Resolutions of instruction. Hie as
sertion of this principle in tlie . Resolutions
tliemselvcsf, bas been the universal practice
among those who acknowledge the right of
instruction ; not only in our own ijegisuw
hire, but in the Legislatures of, other
states of the tknfederacy whenever .they
have deemed it their duty to- resort to tho
exercise ot this great right... 1 his practice
is founded on tho 'obvious 7 principle, that
when the Legilature, by resolutions of in
struction, command their will to be done,
touuhing public measures, all further re-
sponsibility is removed from tlie Senator,
and the vote wjiich he gives is the vote of
the legislature. . ,
Acting J therefore, unon- this Drmcrnlc.
that when a Senator is elected by tlie Le.
giHlaturc ofa State, he is resiionsible to
tlie people of that State, until the Degisla.'
ture representing them cliooscs, by lies-
ulutions oflnstruction, to take from him
that responsibility, and perceiving as well
Irom the language of tlie Resolutions them
iwlyegM fromme proc which took
place on them when under consideration,
that was not tl; intention of -the Legisla.
tur 4 di4tnot eensiderthat lwas-bound
eitlier to obey or resign.
In deliberating on tlie course which it was
my duty to nursue, Ij anxiously sought to
adopt that whicTi j in my judgement, was
best calculated to preserve the righfii of the
people of tlie State. If tbelesolutions had
asserted tho Right- of Instruction, then
there Would have been ; no opinion, but
prompt obedience or resignation. Thisj
however, nut heinr frm rn eithnr ivftuld
have been alike violative of the rights of tho
people of the State, with which I had been
entrusted; and subversive - of the Right of
instruction. "
In thus tendering my resignation, I feel
it my duty to state that it is not prompted
by a belief that Uie Resolutions passed bv
tlie late General Ascmbly imposed on me
any such obligation, but from an anxious
desire to submit my public course to the de
cision of the people of tho State; which
would have been done at an earlier pcri-
ocLJf an election had sooner Intervened.
I 'avail myself of this occasion to declare.
explicitly, my belief in the right ofa Legis.
l-ittire fif a Slate to instruct tlwir Sanators.
aid of thf; corrcsjonliiig duty wluch it L11.
o nntW.mtoviclJtiliedienco or to re-
turt tho plitical power which has been enj
tnistedtothcm.tqtnoseironi wuu
have derived it. " v . ' ' .
, I cannot concludo tliis comiTrunicatkm
witliout expressing to the General Assem
bly, and through them to the peopfo of the
State, my most sincere and grateful ac
knowledgments for the distinguished honors
they haverat different times, conferred on
me, and the lively gratiude with which
these manifestaUons of public connaence
wilt be-ever cherished by me.
jt wold be presumptuous ia me to claim
exemption from error, in acting on the ma
ny Important questions which have been be
fore Congress, since I have occupied a seat
in the Senate of the United States. . I have,
howfiver, the consolation to' know that
whatever errors 1 I have committed, ; my
motives have been disinterested, and that
mv nublic course lias been dictated by an
anxious desire to promoie. the liappiness of
our common country, anq to perpciuaie 11a
free institutions. k '
.. I have the honor to be,
. With great respect,'
, ; our-obedicnt servant, "
BEDFORD BROWN. -
Jo the General AsseMyofiht State of
jAortn Larouna : . - ' ,
-1 ' - " J lieroby resign the trust
with which the legislature of the State of
North Carolina war. pleased to hdnor me
as one of her Representatives in thov Sen
ate of the lnitl States; which resignation
I desire to take ellect at thecomincnce
nient of your" next session. : -
No' Unwillinsmess to nerve my country s
no under estimate of the high and unde
served - honor I enjoy in representing a
State whose' character is unsullied and
whose people areLunsurpasscd Sot moral pu-
, - ... . .. 1 r
gratitude that rest upon me, for the many
marks of commence ana unmerited favors
I have received ; not, even the Conviction I
feel of my own inadequacy to uie responsi
ble and weighty duties of the station I fill
uiducesf mc? to resign it. On the contrary,
tlie proudest retrospect I shall ever have is,
that the representatives of one of the no.
blest States of me American Union,
thought rhe-worthy to represent her in tlie
most august, body under the Sun ; and the
experience, willbe thatof having
cnargcu we uuues ui uio biuiiou iui a-
Ldejity measured only by my ability. 7
1 1 1 i.-. r 1 : :..! 1 1
iviy pomicui priiiipivs nuvu ucver, isxu
disguised and they were well known not
only to those who elected me, but to every
other citizen of the State with whose ac
quaintance I was honored. No : one can
say that I have given a vote in Uie Senate
of Jhe UnitedStates, which could not have
been foretold by every man at all conver
sant with public amurs. loose . have, 1
firmly believe, been just such as the people
of North Carolina, or their representatives,
by whom I was elected, would have in
structcd jmc tojtive..,.yet since my elec
tion, a general election tot members of the
legislature has taken place and made some
change 4n the complexion of the body,
whether or not fairly representing the sen
timents of a majority of tlie people, is a
question which the people themselves must
decide. At their last session, .majorities of
4 .11 s 'a.! '
ootn orancnes 01 tnot body, wcrepicasca 10
adopt resolutions expressive of the opinion
tliat my course was nojn conformity to
thtr wishes of the" people. From that opin.
ion mine Tespectfully dincrecL Had that
body assumed its proper responsibility and
instructed me," however, T should have ci
ther obeyed these instructions literally or
torthwiUi resigned. The mere expression
ofopinion,Jeft all the responsibility upon
my snoulders, only increasing thereby its
weFght and delicacy. I . was not ignorant
that there was a design in some to use these
resolutions as a snare in which I was to be
caught and my political death accomplish
ed,.,, Kay. many -. believed tlie re was no
way for mo to escape. If I treated the res
olutions -as instructions. and resigned, (for
the terms of the resolutions rendered obe
dience imposiblc.) and thereby insure my
place being filled by an opponent of the ad
ministration, I should bring upon myself ,
condemnation as a traitor to those who had
trusted me, or as a cowardly deserter of
my post in the hour of trial. If on the oth
er .hand I neither resigned nor obeved. I
should be denounced as one who disregard
ed tlie will of my constituents and set at
naught tlicir rightto-4nstruct me' : I aw
tlie ddemma in which I sliould be nlaced.
and resolved to escape from.it by throwing
oacic me responsibility where it properly
belonged, I was well convinced that I
could, not with propriety treat the resolu
tions as instructions, and so respectfully
informed the Legislature, requesting at tlie
yjJiiuuiiiflt.n 1 was wrong, t might oe
set right My coiicluslon iLwrong. was
not corrected, and I might have contented
myseu m my ritionjyitjUteimjexpired.
But I knew, the public mind was much stir
red concerning the doctruie of instructions.
and that 'ungenerous persons would, not.
withstanding the pains I had taken to set
myself right, impute to me tho design of
uoiuing uiHicrconstitutional forma a place
for which according to its spirit and sub.
stance I was unfit It had been' said by
high authority, that I was supporting an ad.
ministration to which my constituents were
opposed. I am among tho last men to
question tlie representative character of our
governmcntotio deny to the people the
right of setting up and palling down at
pleasure, and I would sooner perish than a.
vail myself of a position in which their gen.
erous confidence had , placed me to thwart
their wishes. Believing that the legisla.
tivc elections had taken place in reference
to any stich result, and the appointment of
my successor could not bo in conforniitv to
the expressed wishes of the people,' my im
mediate resignation would not have secured
obedience to their wilL But. I determined
and accordingly promised to resign in time
lor.ine people to avail themselves of the
first occasion of indicating their choice- of
a Senatorial representative, jJ
That pledge is reIeeerned. I remmJ
private life, with a bosom glowing wiifc i
some zeal for my country, and the sak
confidence that tlie people will do right '
when I accepted at their hands a tr
cbnferring more honor tlian & diadem.
J That every citiien of tlie State nioyj,'
apprized of my reaignation and the motj,,
that leads to it, I shall take the liberty.'
... e.t? .
furnishing ft copy 01 uua kubt w JHibTici;
uon. t .
a I am , with very high respect, : ,
' ' - -E-i ,Your obedient Servant,1
, . . ROBERT STRANGE.
WasMhgton, June 3pth, 1840. ,-.
FIOM WlSflllBIOJ,
: , Cwrresdonceofthe Ksluigh RcgiirtCT.j
v WlSBTHGTOirV Juryfl, 1840,
On Friday night, ft bill to continue &
corporate existence of certain Banks in tL
District of Columbia, ibr the purpose B
winding up their concerns, pawed ha
Houses. " The-objcotion of a single Sera
tor prevented a bill ofa different charact
passed by a majority of 40 Votes of ft,'
llouse.from being acted upoa;; Tfiat-rjir
proposed the continuation of the chartcri
the Banks for two years on certain contj
tioniWhctherrlfhe, hill, willjiereafter U
taken up and acted upon is uncertain.
matters now stand, the 'people of tlie disMV
axe deprived of tlie privileges enjoyed bytl,
rest of the American family, by being n'
eluded from those facilities indispensable,1
under tho existing circumstances .of ...tb.
country, to ihe prosecution of their bus
Hess concerns. - ' . 7 v
In the House, on Friday evening, a im
tion was made to adjonrn over the 4 th um;
Monday, but it was negatived 03 , votes '
76.' A quorum of the IIouso . according! j
asscnibled on Saturday morning: but it tiJ
peared pretty evident, 'that th;re was til Lj,
of tho House, and a motion to adjourn vail
carried 60 votes to 03. . '
r77 WashumsTOsi,' July I
In the Senate, yesterday, thcJPresidcnt,!
pro tetnt presented a memorinl from tb
President, 1irectors, and btockholdera
the Patriotic Bank, asking nn extension
their charter, stating tliat they had not ft,
pended specie pymcnts, which waj refcr
red.' ... '.,
A resolution was offered
bvMr. Clav.ni fh
suspend; bvJ Sioi
vote of twjthirds, any of the rules, which.
aiier uiscussion, was lor ine prcsein iuk
over. -. - r ' .v
The bill from the Houso-tocxtcnd the
corporate existence of, tho . District BankiJ
whsHi had been read A first tunc and arrest-
ed by Mr. Allen, being read a second time,!
Air. W right moved to lay it on the tat.
Mr. Clay demanded the yeas and nays on
the question, and it was then referred w tl.
Committee on the District. ' -. iv
I ne constuemuon of the bill to insure
the more faithfid collection of the Revenue
was :. resumed. IX Tr underwent sundn
amendments and wasr ordered" to be print.
ed. ' - ' .
In the House, the Speaker conmrUBica-
ted a letter from the Governor of Indiana
inclosing the resignation of Mf. Howard,
as a member of the House. . y
' Mr. Downing introduced a bill to protect
tlie lives and property of the people of Flo
rida, and to bring the Seminole War to an
end. This bill proposes that the Governor
of the Territory shall. be elected by "the
people, that the service of volunteers ahull
be accepted to fight out the War in Florida,
and tliat all lands in the territory shad be
fhxed to defray the expenses of tho war.
On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson, the
bill .was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed 03 votes to 541
i Tho House resumed the consideration of
the Navy Appropriation bill in Committr
01 uie wnoie. ine ucDaic connnuca umu
the House took a recess.
-A AimqtrB.-r-E. H. Derby Esq! hav
ing occasion to repair the stablaconnccted
with his' dwelling house, last week," took
down the weather cock which had beat
doing duty on the same estate for one hun.
drcd and eighty-eight years, during whick
time the estate has remained in the pos
session of the same ftmily." Tho vane,
which is of iron1, is marked as follows:
"W. B., (William Browne) 1652." Ia
our mutable country there are but few es
tates which have been kept in one family
for fo many years. In the vicinity of New
berryporC we .believe, there are one or
two farms which are still held by the de.
scendants of those who received their deeds
from the Indian chiefs, widi the arrow-
head-mark. Sar GateUe.
' What a wife should bo is beautifully pV
iincatcd by it rench writer, from whom
translated the following highly colored nor
trait, which we hopo may find many livin
originals in this country: ' i
"Itis her hnppinesslo bo ignorant of
an tnc woriq cans pleasure; her glory ta to
1: i .1 J...; . ' .1
-'- -wv"m-i - ' ..
iiw in u iu uuues 01 a wiio ana motnerr ana
slie consecrates her days to the practice of
social virtues. Occupied in the government
of her family, she reigns over her husband
by complaisance; over her' children by
mildness, and her domestics by goodness.
Her home is the residence of filial order,
peace, sweet sleep, and good health Eco
nomical and studious, she prevents and du-
sipatcs the evil passions; tho indigent who
claim her charity are never repulsed; the
licentious avoid nerresohc. She5 has
character of reserve and dignity, thaf make
her esteemed. - Shedimises around her
mild warmth, a pure nght, whkh vivify and
illliminn all thai onpivl Yin w -"
What have we for thcohe hundred and
eleven millions of dollars that we have paid
to Mr. Van Buren for the last three years!
Answer. We have got a deranged cur
rency, low waires. nronertv reduced ui
value, 2 manufactories sW up, - hborcrt
without employment, , corruption in hig
places, distress amidst tlie poor, bankrupt
cy in the .National 1 rcasury, and last,
but not least, gold for the olhce-hol'k'r
yerv cheap! Shall wo try liiut again" -7
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