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ft of tlbuafle;aru) iu the last stngoof mortajj. ty , andttcinpl to prove ii too, by ,Ue af fidavits of some of their vik; retainers. Within that period you haYe aiso been, told that he was" in the custody of "keepers," immured io an "iron cage Bo inA sun Eriaed if you sljauld- ere long bo informed y thairaa authority, tlwt lie had bcrioinc the iDMKftc ofS mad'house, and thnt it lipui J be vouched for by the same .respec- table1 testimony. Allow os tlieo, to warn you a guinsf yielding the slightest k,!k f to the thousand slanderlwith which the mm ditaint press at the CaplMynu its partiztn, adjunct throughout the potttitry, .-i0 abound (rom this timo to fthc ctayo"bf-4he elections. Already have tlicy falsified the" records of the pnstTommitn'd forjjcrk,s - and scattered their Ubcfs broad cast over the laud. . .-" " ' - - Permit us also to cull your serious cofi. eideration to the importance of an efficient organization. Iliihejrto 'you haVo fcwn beaten more by the force of the sujeri.jr dri!t"and discipline of your opponents, than :-: lrtfiiurncrieul atrenKth : or rather their per- v feet organization has ennWod them to bingj all thetf- foHes into the field against you. rr.i . .1 . , ji nat organisation in me ionm;rn states " especially, extends to the appointment of committees In. all flie school district ia-thd several towns. Let us take., Masons iar fin's . respect from the" enemy. For the first time- we now present an unbroken nnd un . aivioeu ioiiiy winning trader a comnvm suffering, and animated by a common h-po Let eVery friend of his country's . welfare be at his postg and in a few s'iort weeks, ho will witness 'the total overthrow 6f the astlior of her calamity. R. GARLAND, Chairman Com, J.CVutKi Sec'ry. " A Patriot's Leoac. Tlw latovcne. rable Judge White, of Ten nesseejjw rote " Hie following letter to ttTrienU a tow week before his death : . LETTER FROM JUDGE W HITIJ. Mr Fbiki o : -If towards" any man 1 twlil to tiso thai term, I know of no one to. wards whom I can apply it with a dwpri'r conviction that B is merited. You have stuck to me through good and evil - report, without ever faltering or making a fulse or foolish move.' 1 The object of this le tter is 4, Jo give you all now in an oM man jkm er. and'ono whoTScTs on tho verge of the rave my mgatJienrtfclt l,h.'t far .yu'tfl kind, able, and fliciont care of my reputa. tion. ; I am now through. On ther t3th of I January, my political lilo- w-as- termtrmteH - by rny enemies. I hn iy noJaijjLtrjiha po. litical jresurreclion ot olujnen f-JMitthiMk not 1 am either mortified or depressed, Although I may be pfticod hor de combat, I hope that soma seeds have dropped even from the last iirnbs ot my decayed trunk, which, if watered and cherished, may yet bring lortli fruit lor the good of the court trv. ' ''.'" Lato letters from "some of my colleagues in Washington assure me tliat trom every quarter .the news in relation to Gen. II.tr rison's prospects are most encouraging. I like your electoral ticket, with the ex. eeptiori of my name. That I think unfur tunateeonsidering the state of my health ; but time will show whattight to be done; and my rule is never to net in haste. AJoukl to God I could be with you a day or two. I write now to show thnt there is yet something of me left, although you will see there i very little of either mental or .... .i. pnvsicai eircngin. " ' Sin-relv, " 1IU. L.. WHITE. A, J, IM, Esq. . Shameful avowal. General Jackson, fn his second abusive letter concerning Mr. Clay's speech at Nashville, sivs : " it would bo easy to show from the life of Mr, Livingston that tlie dt:fati!t here nlludeh was one which did not prejudice his moral character or lessen tho high standing which ' ho enjoyed at that time." Here i.i h-inesty and patriotism for vou ! ! Ldward Living. stori, wliilc in office, inakes wjy with $109,000 of the people's moncy,- aiid ex- President Jackson at this uuy tlechrcs tliat this monstrous defalcation "did Hot preju dice his moral character!!" Here's a pre. '"ciuus commentary on honesty among public wrvatits. The President of tha tJnited "States saying In cflect to public officers, " rob away, nil 3'our pockets with thepeo. pies money, run awoy, or stantf your ground, as you please, your morn I char, ucter will stand as hieh as ever." If Gen. ' Jackson has a friend left in tho world, he ought to prevent his writing letters, or he - mitv betray tna real princitjles to tac jB'orlu and "for the sake of our country" and"hi3 own military services, such facts ought to be buried with him.' He cannot stop the current which is everv where ntshsng to produce-rcfom. N. Y, T.Sr Star. -Almost every paper frorrr Texas- - brings inteluaunce ol some victory over tne in. dians bv thurioldiers.-r-Wouldjt-iioMje well to get them to take the -Florida war trtT our hands ! JJutton, SO'IETHJNG -MCE FOR THE LAWYERS. A eurious Cause is about to be pleaded before tho Tribunal of Bordeaux. A person of that city gave a promissory note payable ai sight. hen it was presented, the debt, or had an enormous pair of green spectacle on his nose ; and, having inloniied the tiu issieb that 'his eight was very, bad, -asked tho puluro of trie bilL The Huissier rrplietl that it was pa)-ablo at sight. " Injhat " case," s;ii J the debtor, " I cannot pay untlF my eyes get better, for I do not see j H Tho holder of the bill not being satisfied wit)) this view of tlie question, has com. ineiiced his action, i .: Disastes. The schooner Ann, Capt Booth, of Philadelphia, from Itarbadoes for Port Spain, in ballast, having on board fi.OOO in specie, on-the night of tho 23th of July, struck on the west end of Tobago, and in two fiurs iji:k. The' Captain and Crew, after being' two days in-' the boats arrived at Trinidad-.' Look ont Whigs, every where f There is something really alaTtning in the tone of tlie subjoined article, which we copy from the Newark Daily Advertiser (a highly respectable print) of Monday lost S. This is not the only intimation we nave had that some grand scheme is agitation among the ofuce-huldcrs to enable them by force or fraud to hold on to the jniwcr they have uudo so ill a ujo ou iat. Int. ? v !r " To the Editor of 'tlte Rework Jui!y Adver. Ucr. A letter Ins accideiitiy como jnto my po.'.-ssion winch discloses a deMpcratc unu oeep-luid scheine to defeat the election Gen. IIabbisom; i:iiJ, if carried out, will convuU:) this Government ito its very cen, tre, -and ncrhapsrcsuif in Tunareby " uud bloud. T ' . , . The Post jOfliea 4s tlxi ng!no -A mos Kendall tlw instrument to efll ct It. The first step In already taken, by ordering eva. ry channel of communicating information to the rcoplo-to be closed, except throtrg tsisuan-Js ana ttiose tngageu in ine eqim;i hxfey. A stirtli ng r 'port , auch as tHfftf eu.th Oi5tren. jiiarrisuu, m;iy .oe eircuiaiua llifi'uglMMit Ohio, PiiMrtylvaiiia, and New York, just on the ere of the election, anil every" Whig paper contradicting it beWup. nrewd," 0 - Tbis-selierno accounts fur their confi de'noe in the success of Mr. Van Burea notwithstanding their ovtrwlielmiiig defeat in almost every State iu which there has been an election. .' I Ins accounts for th extraordinary drrlariition of a leading Ad. miuiHtration man recently in the city o New York, that ' Yah liiiren had a care yet to jihiy which none of hit Jrknd$ i ii may d. penJ upon it tliey are play, ing a, desperate gamer. they make no caj. culation for a retreat;. they have inscribed H'rkv tliif hnniwrrtj-rtile or iHin.J1 hut Evitar Whig pess TiiBofcuooT the Union sound the alakx. Warn thb WHOLE COt'MTBV AGAIXST THIS PAKIXJ CO.X. bPiRACY. ; tliey nave certincato makers and allidjivitjfnakers in readiness, and with such a bold, talented, and reckless person as Amos Kendall at their head, we may weft tremble for the libertit3 of ourcquuT try. I am no alarmist. I have, ever relied with confideneo tipoirtheirtfllijmneTfFi tcgrity, "nhdi -patriotism of the- jeoplo of f'1' 1 " ""-Jiig'r lest functionaries of our Government coiinj: vinjf witiTpublic plundererswhen wo sec Hli 4?presMitattve 01 -soveFfctgn -&tt holiihigJnheir-ka'ntU credHtials-elothed with all the solemn-sanctions-ef law, kicked . out of Cangrcss for the express purjtoso of consummating a conspiracy betiveen BIr. VunTluren and John C. Calhoun ; and final, ly, when we see every prominent measure of Mr. Van Buren pointing to one single obj'.-ct, the concentration ot all power in his hands, there is just cause of alarm. I would suggest the propriety of recom. mending "the Whigs throughout. the country to be prepared; if .necessary,' to establish expresses in every State in the Union. Let every mail bo wtitclicd until the election, and us :.iou as they arc satisfied that the gaftie has commenced, let riders ba mount ed ana sent in TverydirccTion. G. E. J. Newshasino. -Can any thing, dead or alive, more pitiahly unliapy . be conceived, tlian a jaded scribbler lor the public praw sitting djwirto his task at tho last mo meat, with an aching lea'tTand an empty stoinacbA-or, vice versa, wliiuh is exactly the saniQ in eff -ct? Irn jgine the forlorn drudge's s'Jimtion, as he doggedly lifts the quill stump, and maves it instinctively to. wards tho fountain of good and evil, the ink-p jt, surcharged with both the gall of bilterneSM ami the honev of auu ation. He has exhausted its stock of invigc-, and he can fancy nothing but the ghost of ideas al ready hackneyed through all tho change of the alphabet no subject tltat has not been hacked to death by tho hungry scia. sors of borrowers and .imitators.:- Yet must he'cqnlinue to feed the iron jaws of the press! There is no releasefrom the un. dertqking, llo is in for it, and sterile or fertile A.rea3ting oCilanahg-jitS Imagination niasf.lirt wnunirjlailyvoa. hnurlyrhtPi3 Vwhcrew itha! to. meet the merciless demands 1 of the demon at his elbow!. ,.. "7 2.'- Other men may eat , drink, and sleep ; may live,, move, and have a being I ke de. cent creatures ; the merchant may relax in time of sickness, or retire at seasons of eh- joyment j the mechanic can forego a jofl 'iwn ho nrnks-aifrrbrr-ctiojaL-s In go a hsutng; thd manner has frequent intermis sions amidst the-toils and the stornis of hts career, and the world waga without canfu. sion nevcrtheJessfVj only, comparative, lyfeel the consequences. Not so with the slaygjuf pcsJKirlhiiri ' them shines no hdliday. No n posc, no retreat awaits his tircdqwc rs jiVlk-a conies to au end, and chacaL rjosl- Nor is it merely indispensable that he. shall labor at Jiricfand stated intervals the most irksome sort of employment, from its very constancy, and regularity, and unceas. ing occurrence Ire must also put forth his elKirts .at soothinjj new. Tlie reading public has become a spoiled child! with a depraved appetite, "perpetually hankering after -novelties, monstrosities, and inliioasi. Liliii In t!e labrication f thwwTcnidfc tics for quidnuncs a renewal of intellect, once a year; at leat,-'!hould;te provided for- There tstiit end, even IrrthcBpideril most attenuated thread and what maker of long yarns can, be required, in reason, not onlv to smn out, like the snider, t the substance" of his body, hot that of hw brains ateol Truly this is a cruel world, nnJ the" man that meddles with paragraphs miser. able piece of carneous machinery. - - "L - - - - t . ".."-' Tho crops in tho countrv around Ro chester, N. Y.r are said to be remarkably fine.' the wneat crop was never equal, kd in equality or quantity,, , The price now is at cents per oubiivi. 1 THE MESSENGER D. R. M'ANALLV & J. ROBERTS, EDITORS. - -A Friday Morning, Sept 25, 1810. 1. Col. Chahles McDowell, of Tfurkc, S.; Gen. James Wrlbosn, of Wilkes, 3. David UaMstSuh, of Lincoln, . 4. David F. Caldwell, of Rowan, 5. James Meuane, of Caswi.II, , 0. Hon-.- Asra'm Rencheh, of Chatham t . JQlix 11. IVELLT, or io7rc, , 8. Dr. James S. y.MiTH, of Orange, 0. (. HARf.ES Manlv. of Wake, 10. Col Wm. L. Loao, of II ilifux. 7 11 William W. Chebbt, of BTtie,- 12. Thomas F. Jowes-Pcrrjiiinums,-- 13. Josiah UoLLiMS, onyas.iington, 14. James W. BitYAXr o Cartaret, 15. Daniel 11. Bakeh, of J w Hanover. '.h:-'t- - THE KtECTIOf For Elretors for President end Vice m Pres'dent takes place in North Carolina the SECOND ThOBSDAV IS NoVEilBEE iNEXf ; REMEMBER, the Secon TiiUrtday in November, (tlic twelfth day of the month,) THEN LET EVERY MAN DO BIS DCTT. mcll voler.wiH vote tlie whole ticket. gcartliiig X)!eloures!!! Ve most earnoitlyinyifc the jktJoiui attention of all candid dipii to the followinf extracts from tlie Ajiri! niini!i"r of the H wlna Quarterly Re view, a political joumul, edited by a certain U. A. Bfownnon, and d. vottd ti the ini rrU of the prewnt AdiuinMltation. Sir. Brownamt i g.w- fttnmi'4itffic Ixdiliir with, gwod-aalary, but a hi Iabor are light and the pennititca of office exclusive of aalury connidi rublr. he fiud time and raoant to enter largely on the political arena, and his view may in part bo gathered from the following extracts. Ho is represented as man of decided talent and distinction, and the Review is every where considered, and acknowledged as flic organ of tlie Administration party in Sew England. Tlie editor po"ii.rs jrruat Wo for the po.-r a sacreffrogarinur lueir interests, and an ardent desire for their elevation, and insists that if this "JLtf. JxtC-lahorsni- wage I Weeondly -on entire overthrow of the ehnrch in all its foms and sect ; TtivjtheiA:ittmtffathe Um reMnj te rthe iteieentof " properTi ;'Kni fourthly an aWJ 1 r v,, I,,-..,..... ifrr.i.' ... .."7.jiV: ..wr. vf ... ... .... r y . 11 .a in .V Vlll 11 1.1 - standing of his jsiti,s, and from tlie studied and elaborate articles in which he sets forth and .f.-nds them we will give some short extracts. and our rcndi-rs can jndge whether we bavs mis understood him. '" In regard to the first position, that of the do. tructionof th? sptcm of free labor and wage afU r some remarks on the condition of ho labor ing classes in England in which, be state that tlioironly real enemy is hrfr employer," te says: ' - n, , " In all countries it io the some. The - kx. Ear of tin laborer is mur r.aPLOi k, tdheiker ap pearing in the thane of tits haste Asciujmc or m ine owner oj a jarxory ." Hiving thus informed ths laboring classes that their employers are their enemies tliat thote who give employment to the destituts and there by cnabli them to aequirc an honorable and com petent support for tli.Viiolves and families do tlicm an injury, he goes on to make un indirect thrust at the system of general education, and evidently depreciates it, though he promise the contrary. II jar him : " Universal education we shall not be thought likrlytodopruciate;but we confess that we are unable to see in it that sovereign rem:-dy, for the evils of the social state as it is, wliich some of oiif tnendsdooT ' say. faey-tta f I.-ideed, it seem to us mist hitter nwrkem for tie teell. dressed ami well-fed to tend the schn'm islcr and the print to the wetehed hotels of squalid poverty a m'jcuery at ic TiCi deals may lailgli, but whxh engelt must weep." Mr. Brownson here professes to be unable to see in general education a rcmody f r the evils at tending the socaal state, and proceed to enquZrc " what is the remedy? and" remarks ; ' ', ; " As i;siccrfis England, we sliall leavo the English' Statesman to answer. Us it what it injy,.ir will not be obtained without Hoodtked. It will be funnd ou'v ot the end of one of tlie hm. en ana severest tirn 'ir'et itir hnmaa tt.eLl, ins on y by that most dreadfdof a I wars, tae wis or tub rooa aoi.vt th aica a war which, however' long it msy b delayed, will come, and come with ail its burayfV J His next care is to inform us of tha' truth of what "hason. been suspected i by many ihiak ing men, that the political questions which have of late b4 violently ablated the public mind are but the iirticuraorn at that is to follaw: "In thiSiComing confcst," he says, " there is dePpef questloa at issue than is generally imagin' ed ; a question which is but remotely touched by your controversies about United Stales Banks and sub-Treasurie, chartered banking, and Tree banking, free - trade and corporations, altho TUE3E- coxTHovgaaiaa mat se rvixa th wav I roa rr to come er,' ' la regard to labor, two systems obtain i one, tliat of siarfaiar, the other that of Tree, labor. Of the two, tho FIRST oioeptso far as ths feelings are eoricrnt i.vdi. e:l'y the lemt oppreiute. If the slave Tias never been a freeman, as a general rule his sufferings are lSsTfinrrthose of'ttSt free laBorer'at wigci As to actual freedom, one' has about as itmch as the other. 'ITio' laborer at wages has all the dis advantages 01 lrceoom and none of its blessing, while the slave,' if denied the blessings, is freed from tlie disadvantages.' We are no advocates of slavery, we areas heartily opposed to it as any modern abolitionist can be; but we say frankly, tliat, if there must always be a laboring popula tion, distinct frofii proprietors and employer, we regard the slave system as decidedly preferable to the system of wayes !. .' Wages is a cunninr de vice of the devil for She Jbenefit-of tendey-eon science's, who would retain all tho advantages of the slave system without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slaveholders. We really be. tieee our Northern system of labor is more oppres t. we and even more mischievous to morals than the Southern." . . Without stopping now to continent upon this part of Mr. Brownpon's theory we will proceed to give extracts from his articles in defence of hi other positions, and then offer our thoughts upon each severally. 'In reference to his second posi tion, tliat of the overthrow of the church, he 'thus speaks: For our part, w yield to none in our rever"-" ence forscienscand Higija, but wc tonfws that we tmk not Cwtlje rjmirration of the race frrxn PKIESTd.and PEUAUtXit'lirf. They ! had a fair trial. Tiiey cannot construct tle km. pie of God. ' I:icr cannot conciro it fJan, ana tbej know not bow to build. Tby daub wrtli unU miirri d morter and the walls tiiat tiff erect tumble down if so much as a fox attempt to go op UVreon. In a word, they always league wsln Ihe Peopk' masters, and seek to reform without disturbing the social arrangements whi'h rendt r reform neC-nsary. "Tltcy would change the eon. sequent without changing the antecedents sa. core to mm ItM rewards of holiness, while they eontinne tlieir atlegiancs to the d-vil, We bare no faith in PHIEsTS and PEDAOOGUES They merely cry peace, peace, and that too when thene is no 'a;f& .and can be none. " For our taft are me ditponti t teek tie entire s U utequMttUtf niuUiHH mf ithieh we syMtOr, in religion, and to charge it tf the priesthood, " Toe germ of these sacredJtaf corporations is found in the savage state, and exists there in tlwt fciftnidabteipLTaOBago-eallt-d i-joHgUtrrf jiijrfcr or eon)uror. Out as I lie inhe or peopK suvancrs. this juggler W-tomes a pnest aim tw mrmoer eorporalioii.. Xiiese sacredotal eorporauomvare variously organized, but every where organized for the purpose, as tlwt area rvDel 1 somas ravno wrs. of monopolizing power and profit. The effort is unceasing to elevate them n far above the Pee-ple a possible, to enable tliem lo exert the greatest powibie conUol over tae rmpie, mna tm Jerire the greatest possible benefit frmn the Pern. r." , ' - Cot Jiaving traced Uie inequality we com. plain of tq iU Wigin, wo proca-d to aik again, h..Hs'tJiorihifcdvT T.'te remedy is liret to fee mtughf m the destruction of the" priest. The priest is univernally a tyrant universally the en slaver of his bn thren-Hind, therufore, it is curia. tianity which condemns him i" It ina v be supposed that we Protestants harm no priests, but, for ourselves, we know no funda mental diffetenee between a Qitholic et-rgyman and a Protestant, as we know no dirt re nee of an v magnitude iu relation to the prinripJos n which they are based, bat ween a , Protcrtant chureb and the Catholic church. Both ought, therefore to go by the board.'' We inswtnpon it, that the fompl'te'and final denlruction of the priestly order, in every practi. cal sense of tlie word priest, is the first step to be taken towards etevaung 'belaboring' clauses. , " There must' bo no class of mnn set apart and authorized, either by law or faxhinn, to speak tn it, the name of God, or to be interuvters of I ),r -Wnrd of 4mh THE W Mit--WF 4it - NEVER VUOI'A raoM THE rRI&sTS. UPHV But one nvsht as welt undertake to dip the ocean dry with a eiain-sli -II a to nndertaks to cure the evil, of the social state by eanrittintjx ALJVAYS .CltERIeHED' t ,M men to thet Cnristnnity of the Chiwch." " We oliiect not to religious instruction: we object not totheeitherinf topetfier'Sf the People one day in seven to sin and pray, and to liftn to a discourse from a religious teacher ; out we ohjeet to entry thing like an outward, visit e Chwrch ; to erero thing that in ths, rematest de gree portaxesor the priest! We say avftin, we have no objection to toch ers of re btrion as soeh ; but let ns have no cla t3mtfi wu'ijse proU.- to-m!nis:er t the -ai. tar. Lft us leave this matter to proridVnce. When. God raises up a prophet let Uiat piwhet llmS; . " " ' man m-a( out or nn own iuii itean. as no m iuoved by the Holy Ghost, but let us have none to projty- fort ire7to'niake preaching a profeswon, a m ans 0 gaining a livelihood. Whoever bas word presume upon hw heart for utteranee let him utter it- in tlie stable, the marki t-t!nce. the street, in the grove, under the open canopy oljjast "hope" that ths ChW Magislrate of Uiis a"Y'-n, in the lowly cottage, or the lordly hall. "But, none or yoar hireling pnestjs, your dumb dors' that will not bark. What are the print of Christendom as they now are ? ' Mise rable , pandcrers to prejudices of tne age, loud in eondemain? das nobody is ruilly of, but siK nt as the eravc when it concerns uicrying n ot tjia tunes ; biSd as bold can be wfiere there is no UangT, but mistrabbt eawztda when it is nt rar'to sp ak oft for God and outraged huminity. Ah a body thsy never preach a truth, till tiiere is non i whom it will indict." j "The next step in this work of cWnting the workingcla' will be to rccusttaTe Die Chrirliao ity of Christ. Tha Christianity of the Church has done its work. -We have had enough of that Christianity. Under the mfla';nce of the Church (be continues) our cft'irt are not direct-' cd to the reorganization of society, to the intro duction of equality between man and man, to tlie removal of the corruptions of the rich and the wretchedness of tlie poor. We M'witrNLY of saving oar twit sou's. Or. if,, per. chance, our bncvob:noe is awakened, and we think it desirable to labor for the salvation of oth ers, it is MERELY sad them from I. Afi IV AUY sins, and t He tortures of an IMAGIN ARY eU. The redemption of the world is un. ilrrstood to mean SIMI'LY the restoration of ian-1 kind to the favor of thd in the. world to emumt -Thtii ledemption from the evils of Inequality, 0f f.irtitiocs distinctions and iniquitous racial ir.ti tutions, count for nothing in the eyes of the church. AailhU is it condemnation." We here give this famous editor's views more at large in order that we may not be thought to do bun the injustice of makiflurarbled extracts, and thereby perverting his tjjsr meaning. v. Next in order follow his creed ia relation to Banks and the BankmEjr institutions, in which he remarks that Uncompromising hostility to the whole Banking system shouid be the taolto of every working man and every friend of hnman- item musC be eboSSkd." tie then goes 03 thus: - ? - - J;; ..j:; '., . " FoEswing tlie destruction of bank jnost come that of all M Jiiopoliea, of all Priyilege. ThT are many of these. We cannot specify titiii ail; we therefore select only one, the great est of them all the priyilege some have ot.bemg born rich, wh ile oilier are b.im poor. It will be fTjt i;f aiiriir that wr alinl, tn t'lr-jirWiUTifra scent of pro?rftfAX ANOMALY IN OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM WHICH "MUST BE REMUVE1, or THE SYSTEM ITaELF WILL BE DESTROYED." " A man shall have all he honestly acquires, so beacouirwit. . JiUT MS POWER OVER HI.S PROPERTY M USTlLSE-JiV4mIll LIFE AND llbi PROPERTY MUST THEN BECOME THE PROPERTY OF - THE j STATE, to7bc dispmeddrby some equitable law. tor - tna so of tlie- geneiatioij-wmsB taias " nls place. , . Here is" tlie prinrlple," withont any of its details AND TJH.S ISTIIE GRAND LEOI.H. -bATfVfirHSA?HftE rTOTitOtiirrrLlJOir rURW. jily). We eac-no.mean-of elevating the laboring claw's "whichcan Be c lT ct'u.d with out this: And 4s Ibis a measure to ba easily car ried f Not at all. It will cost infinitely mire than it cost 10 abolish either hereditary monarchy or hereditary nobility. It is a great measure, and a startling one. Ths rich, the bluinqss comma. inly, will never voluntarily eonsedt to it. and we I rami we mow too much of human nature to be lieve that it will eyiT be effectei.! peaceably. It wil be effected only by the strong arm of pbyst eal hies. It win come, if it come at alt, nly at the conclusion of warrTheTike of which the world as yet Jias never witnessed, and from which, however, inevitabla it may seem to the eye of philosophy, flic heart of humanity recoils withharror-"- ' r --l Rcsptcting the almlitton af Matrimony be tliiis" speaks, and it ccrtairijy is die abolishing of this rite which he means, if he means any tiring at all: - ' '" yet eiviBiatioB) ha done littUr but" break and sobdue man natural love of freedom; bat tame bis wdd and eagle spirit. In what a world doc man even now find himself when he first awakes and feel some of the workings of 'hk 4nan!y nature f He is in a cold, damp, dark dun geon, and 1,74 -d all over with chains, I with the' - A man snail nave au nc Honestly acquires, ro . ;.. . ., , . J , tonga he himself U b.n.'.tothffWld Vwhtca4Bfn" ' VR h?hff. '."f S0t.fnets iron wteriiatoii. very soul He cannot nakt one fhurlcfr movement. ITie prt boUs bis conneicncc, fashion controls his ta-tea, and sooi t; witkber teemtaicsthewry ftf heartoind takes command of his LOVE. J Even Ujat be eannot enjoy in pea and quietness, nor scarcely at alL" We have now gone llirouh the evidence of this case, so far as it rj-gards lit. Brownson and ha elienhea orpan of the A Jmiawtration, The with aBttempt to show that though tlsSav editor p4py have gme farther in divulging tie peculiar doctrinca of the party to which be belongs ' . i i. .f lh are many ouicr prorainem w B-",uf . -same political faith, wbo have directly or indirect ly subscribed cither in whole or in part to thj same view. In Uie first .place, no one, we presume, will trctendTo denKbut that fliese doctrine ever hove been and still are tile distinfruaAing char. acteristicjf the rsahj!0 foco, Fanny Wright party of New York. Of this faction the Demo. cratic JU-visw holds tne JolSiiiiS.J3nanlorable language: " la jippreciatitlg the !itnculties of Mr, Van Buren's fositioii at the period we are benrrefrr. ring to, it mml be borne in mind that no indica. tion n aipcared of tbjt great iwivcin'nt of the South Iddiis suiiport. mi'der Uie Blorkur guidance of its noble leader, wliich lias sine developed it self ' with such decisive tffucti , whild a ettnh bissowtioji or ins own nr, wrru nig as- tiosHtKT or mis asrixurr4TtoN a ver cskat rtnraiTiov- or.'ku. the, 01.0 LMtrrsna.. id. r. anion? itssiiDiwrters, wa plainly inevitable. if he should dare t assume any attitude autago. nmtiealto the power flf-tlje-bSnk and to the popular (nfatujitiorrln favor of the fner money" crc dit svstvrnC Tlie ON LY EXISTING PARTY on whieh lie could rely for support in such a po. sitbn coriMstedof A SMALLSLtTI KJN of the Democratic -partJLin the city of New York; hieh had assumed AriMSUJlTr UKUA.M. ZATION on the ground of hostility to thc-mo! imn y of the banking system, and the trauaulcn fallacy of. .paper money iMiuxincANT is kv sr. a, though powerful in tntrnt, enthmiasm, a stern, true. RADICAL democracy an ohjeet of persecution to all the other particitr and known throuirhout the counlry at large only as the object - f" - a - ag Imrtr and 'random eieeratw, md tlie iiiicoiitli and contemptuous designation of the ' MJCO-tTXXMJ.' "Bit w TaiTii, 1-he PRWCirLrs'oy Tins trrri kxot ortUNCKRE of.bocsatic REFORMERS Vs Ht'ltH, 4.ND TO WHICH II F II AO SETS.S SltKS I'XFAiTiirt'l throughout the whole course of politic.il life being nothing mire nor l -w ttinn those 01 a rt'RE ana ksskkt democracy, IL.I.U, MLVATED by ths light of the sotsdeot raisci- mjss of iwhtieal economy.'' - Alwavj c iir.nisjiKD r "U Vam Busjijil- Dgies the Review know what it says ? Doea und-rstand itself, and is it worthy of credit t rprineniles 'oi f a lacttoo that Las clwaxa been characterized by an unqaalificd adln-renco to the above revolting 'doctrines have alway V-4ee xhetUhed bw Mr.Von BureST i , "The edTlors of tliirNatibhal IntcEigrnccF hye enk-a?ored modestly to draw a veil over the eon. elusions 10 waich every rencung m:nu (s neces sarily driven on this subject, and smpoae, or at nation is influenced by higher coiisi derations ia this matter than thoae -of SS earthly clmraetcr. find that hi personal interest would prohibit h entertaining each views. I on U all correct m itself and charitable in its authors, bat what are we to flunk? Tlie Asciaratba' of the Jviyiew too unequivocal to be misunderstood, jL.a!5iTO'.. tliat the "principles" of tliia party "have way boen chf r'slied by Mr. Van Cur. n," an we know that thesa principles bare rvor b.'en substantially those- of the Rericw"Buw u.licr consideration; and upon the supposition tliat the Rjyicw fccoryeciin iu a-legatkm.-", we arc forced, however reluctantly, to cliorga horns npon our Chief Magistrate a more tfian " predllec'ion" for Mr. I5.-ownon'a destructive ilncfrinM. TU-.-ra no other alternative, eiUierjt!ie Democratic ifi view, one of tlm mit prominent and influsnlfcil- fipcw of the Administration Tarty, has base! slandered Mr. Van Buren and is unworthy of creditor Mr. Van Baron is a rahscriSer to an) firm beBevcr in the detractive daclriaie act f jrth in 'the foregoing extracts. But, supposiBg . the assertions of the Review iiLlilis oaXtiM la bei coriect, suppose the President toes n.-H and never did cherish this agrarian and infidel faction. wc would naturally haye looked fir som3 of tlie Organs of Lis administration la have m.-t and re- fetcd so foul a charge. But has this been done No verily instead of .it somof -Ihcnj bays open ly stamped tho doctrine of Brownsaa with their mark of approbation, while tlie rest, so for a we have bcnable to learn, have passed tlie whole with, the silence of the grave, .Should it be said that Mr. Van Buren cherttlMd" the party as such, wilbont Laving Jafjnc l4theirjstia, guishing political tenets, he is then represented as cherishing the snpctti'.ructuj-e witlioul flic base, as well as pahdonngto the worst of pa-g4on, tans. Jy for the sake of popularity, In rcf rciicc to Mr. Brownson -and his doctrine Jhe New York Evening Post, cnclof tlie-most able and influential journals in the intyrsst of Mr. Van Baren, spfaits thus': " While on thi subjnet, we in 1st farther pnv tJt a gamat tlia aerimiMy angTlf. 'faSITS -!a which it is too common to visit tho.ie who origin ate new or startling . doctrines. Society is too jfaitbj. It iJarto muchconctjrncd al preservation 01 itssaiefy. jj?t a novel opinion be started, and it is immediately thrown into a fnver cf cxeiteiiimit, i!7ireju"utces U-artSrin moat tiircatening aspects, it jaceniU J. m a:i a'tilnde of dt-funce, become suddealy and outrageously virtuous, grow desperately fearful,, b-eins to mourn overlm deuay.nf its f.in.'t strength, a:H expects tlie ncit moment ta fall into the agonies of dissolution.' ' ---- - Aftcr,1epndoIinr with fiiese originator at "startling doctrines," and denouncing the public reprobation if them no tirepbBterouiily nl'lv" --..1 u j,.n.; 1 ' : tj- I osi iiiw describes tlieir ajvantages to society r .."They are tooeiety what' tlie srnr is to thi sraggi IseiitjreyapMlrin ths career of imororem 'n. They diapgrw -thrrspclls woven arounhit bnhlf asaociauons of We part, break the chirms of pre. cxipuun, wj :n me ihiuts 01 csai-, enliven it spiri enlarge the sphere of its aetivity, expand rU id us, and habituate it to that freedom of tiioujht and enort -which is ihe mum v.i:i:. of pnrcss. The curse of human nature i, that it moves too slow, is reluctant to break its accos. toinrd routine, and thus groson fdr n ran knder abuses whicSayear mijtht correct. These men tear it from its fastnesses, and post) it sJoav with a more beneficial and desirable velosity. " " When intrepid men "rise Jlicrefore, to mike an onset upon our old-fashioned waysof thinking, so far from being offended, vat look uporrf.m with more than ordinary remnja Ksre.r. them for tlie man noble qutSS! of ind and hrT vtsfth th?y jJloa cyip.ee. Vc hon ir thna isl. steed.- tney breafe in npn its heavy siumbcrs, infusj life into its limbs give it elas ticity and vigor, quicken its circulation, and im. " : it. n: ; r - .' fat the onginauty iuca pnes intd ainj jr trf arrorsof ciisting arrangements, tfl)riv 1 faitlifulness to inwurd unpubca, tor their : to what teem to them truth, for the enthJ! wbica saurtain them in the midst ot geTsc-nT for the heroic fortitude with which thcyTj scoffs, jeers, arid conUmpt; tw lha encrr.il bafflea enmity, and for the. faith which them to stem frown of, indignatkh Snd met,. of deatn. We honor tbrm, because thi-y Z' be true to their individiuil chStaeter, because tt ' free tliemselves fnim the slavish Worship, f i ; io'iiabfe idols, ; becaose they ristf ipetio, to Vailing pryudieca, bocauso they , rebuke thei eonttuon Vrma of puono ojttnion, and beet , beneath- their wIdnes and extravagance, oftea lurk the. germ of aorne great and s prvbeiiding tiutha,! " . .j j Oa the above we offer here no comment,-"j jurt ask if lit does, not savor strongly of pTi I 'to Mr. BrinaAfoeofy.' ' ';' 1 In the Pulitidul Reformer, another kadisj J ministration paper, of August 22, 1840, w j.1 the following ;" j f-Tho Federal clergy, true to tlieir nalivi (! stinct, are making a SnnUltaiieons effort all ,1 the country, to destroy oar republican inmtilutki Tiey hate ever been the enemies of popular t My, in all an -es and in all countries; they I, tycr oeen in wuung vents m uiuou-uurtty rajitslri a3patttinie.Mj 7 ' : .w ' The ex-Potinaster GencraL and present eiJ ot lite l.iira uioue, noi long since remarked t! the " TVhig principles were as mexplicalli m christian's Bible." ' " Wc m'glit go on to enumerate instance tf similar beariav, tut,uoiigh wo tlimk, bai V. adduced to show :thl a number of the led ' politicians of the, day subscribe in whole, vj pait, to Mr. Brownson' creed. Our next aim Will bt to enquire into the etc. those principles must and will have on tho ew try if ever they are carried out. Here we y first invite tag nadi r's attention to the propmiL, for aboliidiing free labor and wage. Tn tlisijui etion, though the doctrine at strong can be, the froponition j tiiulircct Mr. Brownson remark; that in regard to bi, "two systems obtain ; that of the sites labor, u I the other that of free faW.jrh8jutof JjiJ be thinks djciuid'y preferable, though lie hi violently opposed to slavery as any northern t oli!ionit that is j.i; is not favorable to etti system. What then would he have T Either 1 labor at all or that every man should be hisa proprietor. The latter W3 suppose is what be d ires. But let -us for a' moment enquire into ti pnncip'e we are as desirous for the clcvatids 1 our race, ia a V their veried condilionr, at X BrowrisoA-or any other man can be, and way labor aaUttilaiuily to bring it about, wucnever 1 know tlwt we are pursuing hfffpraS; l weeoure ii!direi4tyjropod by the Keview t bj, prjvca to be ta: best one for tho accompli rag this de iirab'e end none will mors readily etl b.aee it tiiarwo, but until it rests upon atronH eyidencj than f.Gii o( l ie iriTre "cTeclaratidn ofiLl umn ic must be pardoned -fyr disbelievittg. perfect equality am ng men in every tense of L-l word is not to bi : expected, heir .natural c civil right are the anibut physical ttrcnff,: intellectual endjwmntB, original genius, or pv liar tact, eyerbave, ar ever will, make a ail encc, and give one nian the advantage oyer c other, and though their condition in life at time be equal the superior strength or mental 11 tivity of the one enables him gradually, yctt tainly, to outstrip the other, and give him ibep ktii deuce, and in the same ratio that this 'ccrtJ precedence is gained, slavery arac and eon-1 ucsoa until it arrive at tliat ttato where CnetJ in luxury a ad ense, while t3i-otli labors tor ij support, and has himself the bare cecessariu I life. .-; This must ever be the care until one man't jJ sfingmire property t!ian tnother is inte rdic I by a ci wa .enactm mt.Vf XiW, i idaed, se.cmi to i railisr indirectly alluded to by Mr. Browmoe i liii rcmnrk coneernfng t!i3 descent of props"! which I13 calls an anomaly in our Ainerir I System, which ma,t be removed or tha tyiteffl - elf will be destroyed." Reader, mark this attcntiyoly, and note w'.l still grLaU-r attention what follows: "Anul pjwer over his property," says he. " must ci4 WITH III LITT-, AXD IMS KOrEaTy MCBT TUEM HM THS reOFESTT Or T1I3 STTV" " jAIIO THIS K coqtinnes) IS TUB GRAND LEGISLATE MBASCRE TO WHICH AVE LOOK Fffi WARD." 1 Here then y the projact. A " grandiegbhS' measure" is to be adopted, that will give theC vcrnment absolute control of a man's ftrpperlj i his death h i is not to be allowed to transmit it' bis children, however hard he may have struH to a;cu!nu';ite it for their benefit, it is togo-" cry dL'ar of it-to Ujc Government, and whatt.' OociBfBeht is to.do with it, we arc not inTonaal It is true Mr. Brawnm fjrofrBses to apply 4-j only to a man's pjDperty after his decease, est requires no extraordinary depth of pcnetratias i esc tliat if free wage be destroyed, there twj necessarily be a civil enactment to prevent man from possessing more property than anotbe and to do tliis; be hiusfrlba proijjbiteff'to cierel more mental or physical industry in accumula'.;:, "La property -or, that property must be taken n him when accntuulatcd, and becoms the proper j of the State, ot divided nmnng those who Lave, lesj. - - Whether 4li-ean be dOTCtfwisgteTltJjrwitt good of tlie whole, in a question too ridiculous msel witt arseTiou answer f an J wlicther theb: JSub-TrittHury law be the first step towards M "grand fcg-ilatiye measure," we leave, for jjysent, nnr Trailer to judgef IhiI of ohe tiiM we are fully satisfied, that is, should such t rfl tem as this take, in thi or any qther Goyemai that Gov. mmcni will then be the most tyranniM and oppressive on the face of the earth, and it people will be reduced to a state of wretched salage unsurpas sed in the history of our guilty fallen racex- But srifl it ever take t 'No, Bat a it takes, a Brownson, intonates, at the mautkj .;.-,.i,?ie? uie cannon ansppi tttoT4hbayonet. ngth &i33aoralaI4-fW be tjs -iW WJl.iMn, CAUHUUU W rum. untjanoth'; wwlrwe will proceed toexta toe bearing of l$ Drownson's creed on the r tem of Christianity in genital, and the Charek 'j particular. fiy be coarrrwED.) New PafebWcs liavreccivcd thc oadnumbcc oi a new iC3cellaiieoup r. n'thlJSprTjit rawtuiihinn Tn.." & lr. T. Garland. It U of good app' ance, and from a mere clance at its matt . . .. 0 e think it well worthy of patronage. "' ill pi:b!,'s!i the prMpcctus next wefjk.- 1 .,' . r 1
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Sept. 25, 1840, edition 1
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