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, s i i f .V r ptoses, the already Urge existing debt . wss rapidly swilling in mjnhud?, corT1 . .merce nd" manufacture's f;w fre depressed, the currency wai deranged, backs were embarrassed an J general distress pervaded , the community. To brfng;' order cut - tl . disorder, lo replenish th national treasu. , lo provide means that would PmUe the government -to meet the - demand - a" g&Int itar J to pay ofT the di bt b rc. vic the inta&iry of the co-jstry, and to restore its tv6r.ted prospcritjt these were . ihe tasks devolre-d on. the committee rl vtnyg and means. To increase theirv.difU-. cuhics, the' minority, composed of ihit pqrijr that ba,d brought tbq country arid ; :'. goTcrnfnent into such a condition instead of aiding: lo rrpair the evil ihey had doee, uniformly oppose almost' every means, brought foiward tor .relief, and ima often ; their unavailing efforts verc : successfully, aided by a trmcht-nms Executive- Dut with energy' end devotion ire. public ' . weal, worthy of all tdmiraMon, Mr.4?ilb more applied himself to tho taknnd sjs - taincd by a - nnj riiy whose enlightened patriotism has rarely been equalled, nnd "".nercV surpassed, aucpcpdrd in its acccm. phshment, ' ' "" The measures l.e brought,-forward jiiVd ' sustained tiih rmtchhss ability, 'spieCh m . relieved the government- fiotw it? tmuur ' ' riissrtiiuftand havo fully justified ihj mui '.If sanguine expectation of then benign in , f , flurnce upon the country at lare A new and m'rc 'accurate si stem of kerpinjpac : Couots," rendering tbem clenr,and intHli' i jjible, ni intrtxluctid The Jaorbism which had so long disgraced the dtpiif menu arid plundt-red th'e -treasury, . were eheckrd by the'requisirion of icontracts. -The credit of trie gove.rnnr.er.1 was restore ' ed, ample -mean j vVro pnmii d the exu ,v gmejc of tho public service, pud thv-'pa " ment of the nilioiiuhdeU uicuried by lh; "furmer ' administration. Cookih ire; .und manufactures revhedi n:vd pMpiiyrttH . ". hope once, morfl smiled upon thw land Tho country has lo reecud) cnuvd , from the. d masters of Mr, Vn' iUrenVu i .vs in!tt1trakion-o--it yet tou keenly :lccU rite fi'ullenn it then injured, and ' ton - j'.tstK appreciates jlre benifwect anJ ivondofu ; chuone that has been .wfDuht ji render .- -more than an aUuston to -these matters v.cs ccssar'. . Tho labor of dci.in, expluiq inj and -de fondin. measures produttioc'nf j such-happy results m a; thrown chi fly on Mr. Fillmore. Ho as nob'y susncd by his patimiie ftl'ow Vhig-; but on liiinj "N nevertheless, the main fipons'.b:!itv res- ieJ.' . , . 4 " .J After Ms" lonj and scvero i J.birsjin tho cummiito foom--labors sutficieh'.ly fir: ; duous to bfek uort n any but 'one of an ir-' ) mi cohstjtuiionsujiiained by n spirwlhft noihing could conquer, he was rt quireJ lo give hfs unremitiiftg attention la tho busul ; urss of.tho Uou'&e,' to m ko any explana tion that might be asked, anuHjd read) ' with a complete and triumphant refutation of every cavil ;or objection tho! ingenious fcophisry of a factious .minority c-ould dc j ie. tAll tuts, too, was requircJ l&W : . do n c v i h t f ro m p ne s s , c le a r n e ss , d ig 1 1 t -a n ii good, tempo K For the proper p i -foroiancc pf these varied' duties,- few me: arc rfrore happily qualified than .Mr Fill tnrc, , At,tj)Jt foiiunatft ogi, ,heuthe physical and, inttilrctuil powers afo dii,' ? placed in the ldglt perftcvi.n,' and' tfie . huMy. impulses of youth, without fafiy his , of i:s uigor, arc tiought Under control of , fargo ep rience in publi' all;irs,' with a nund capable ff descending to -mioute de talk', 5 m U a coneeifn ri grand. sxsjcii , i1 i,-t:nnt pnhrv cahn tnJ deliberate it jugmcnti M-tf poivst d itiJ flueiii in dt- ' bate, tl UiMijtHj prrjfnce, nt vVr'unmmd ful of lb' Cv'orit-.ve boccaiiiig s.c.ut aucl pulilic if:terevur8-,5and. of political ii.teg - " r.ty uidmpcielnb'e, he uas ttdnnnvb'y.fiN le.d for the p vt of h.adcr of tho tve;) se . venth Cm'jCfrs ' - ' . In lbil he was selected xis the ? AViiiji catiitlaiclor (Joxerrtor m Jfvv oik,-bot , To con- q ioijco Of the Jiaroburnt'rs unci Old : I lutikersf ..uidiiug their ' $iipport ipoh the Ja!o SiIj V right, he Mi d to be elec tc d -Conlidijnt, hit'pr, thit Uk C.ul J - coViiiAI i thl Mio:itt vrte in iCew A'oik, .'llu'-.Vi:;gs fnii 'stlce vd. diim- n.s thr;r jfcM)vid;:e f.r Cmj t l'rr,1 in 1 "?4T , nod j-iiceCe J"M iif 1 L tin g him1, by an unprece dented lO.i'TilV. . r Such xhs t"e U)V and such Is the man Vthoin ti- -b js, priit.tit as ihcir cft:rd d ate tor A'tce lru:i lent, lu.'i voiy - stalixn ,m which, ho h.Ubiej' picidhe ins shivv.n t.int-lf "homM.Vtp ible- and f.uS tut l the co5lmM'n.,, lh is rirj.haticnUy rno nf ho r-e'oj itf.! Vmx oitah t i.e has and is, tjo is iu!tbitd uiii.tr Go I to., his ewi e entJns LJjiii'tMiin mht. ntane't 'ol com par.-ilive p'vtfv, ' hi; h umw, lhanfes to Wl.'g pi.hcv , nre -1 j )rd by" t'e iramhh-s.! in ihn bnd, Jji irus' vl brnvi-iy wrh d f Ikuhi tin; would i sro appIet and 'crushed i lts'ri'),u;i' Ijt rt. Ni b!y tuis ho wop l.h, t.y-vls, and long nia) ho hve narrow.Lhfarc and frarfur Cetribaucn. Mr, ZvaV; l?a:tu u stt.uu a lew di I since in C-rr.tronf S:. obeti e-ut.ty' hht . i.wjj struck tlio uoor ot ! dut llmg hoi otMr.l.U Co i, s.o'VM : ot.e sds.-. crnirt ly and: psed octr . tia- j that it Muum iJ hrri;t a nvuneiu, ano wten parsed u: -oi ji :1 vf Jwr h-ch w ns open, w'uhout doiV farthtr n jory. t IJjt'irt an at) Mnioii tawjt a una whu.was admtilwd ! fir' h:s blsspUrmt'iis revthy during - about the bame 4iint, di lit-u v i oiths and btphemous iihprecat. v lightnings ol Itfivonf and sof'i his oaihs end hU wickedness, t .t . 'mates al the house lied (of rcfue, e-lse w IK i v ; I L und hard".) had !thy passed ihV,. tlneshoid j , t of the dwelling; Ufore the booniirg thunJer besppkethe injjfsty of him vbo holds' the , p wiids ar.d guide- the storm, and quick as llujugUl, t!ie l:-h?r.uigi flash. was se b on 1 its. power fell' uO proud defitjr i God s arrr , ar.d jas suddenly was rio . trim d to the tlio.a m;jtilated, ILMesc ' The flisUhaJ'Jvncti$1rk aa l bo moucd to lh bar. of the Dcmg wMioso ljsht i r nln-shc had so tmpwusiy deneu.- lllGilUaDTiIESSElSCBR. . ' tniall dro wf ink, : -v r Fullinjf like fer. Bn thougLU produtes Tiat whicS makes liioasaLnd-s pcrjiaj iUIIons, . . . think. .1 ' ' , Asheville,N.-Or., tluirsclay, July 26.. IS t. Fop,i President Sen, Zacliafy Taylor ' - ' OF LOUISIANA. . ir Vice President, Ulillard Fillmore, .-"FoR.cuvnRNoa. OF W'AKU COUNTi'. A FEW MOKE ' F TEUaME . v SORT. We took occasion; two ees.ago, to speak of Mr.lUcid's Votes on Wes- tern measure, and to publish them we found t Senate Journal tern recorded in' thb AYe do not desire to ion of "the States a jtothing is farther arrav ono port gainst another from our intention, than a Avtsh to excite or foster nor would we- cctional .prejudices; appeal to the local Jctltnir of out cilfccn?. did not the oc- caiotf seem,' n'of only, tpjutify-, but to demand it., .Uawevcr, we are no at fault if wo exaname ' 3Ir. "IteidV; public career, . ioTmnerous insTan-ces-bfluV hostiiitymcasurcs, which' werer necessary and of great' lmport auee to the pcorde, "at large. And although he is now the advocate of Free Suffrage 'although he intima: t cd tlia t it W5S the th tinder, of Us own iraiiuwc are ofj opinion' that it is tWnuich Jilc thurdg t tlo him any service in this 'canvass. It !5 ; sound and noie an4 nothing cl?e. r ' MrJl'eld's votes against the inter ts of the West might be accounted for, consistently vrith the professions of regard he is now 'making.for theJ people, by attributing them toiolent sectional pre,judicp, but a few more of his votes - have? not 'even that cx- Cuse Thev ?how that whatever may bc his thcoric,fn6 his practice" here tofore jias been to allow the people as fcwprivil-"vcs as possible., ' In IS 10, a bill was introduced into the Senate, to exempt all persons un der twenty one years of .'age from mustering. Every libcraj tninded manf of course, approved so just and equitable a measure. It was consid ered not only .'right tliatsuclia law shouUrbe. ra'-'ed, but it was won dered how there should: be any ncT ct'ssity for the passage of such a' I aw. The idea of taxing- a ;man with the support ofi govcrnmept,- and deny ing him its privileges compelling hiiu todo military duty, to work on the rnaJ rv.l i fu-'in htm the right to, vote, v; - :i p itpabld inc6nsisfeii- icv 1 it jravtMi;o uc to tne assertion that e a:. ..11 e.;ual. Yet, although1 this law. prco cd to extend the priv:. ileges of 'a b.igc class of our citizens although it pitmoctl to release them from onercivv duties for which ot hey e:joed r-' rr.icnsurate rights, on hich ? ' 1 think Mr. Reid yo-tctlf-:" AVe we hear some sten torbfPr io Flemocracy some crc-u c . . - S u '.Ira ge man, w ho is profoundly in the dark as to the true motives and' objects of his. leaders shout h e V ;U: 1 in favor of it.; The : r.ate says othenisc: :!:zJj!1L Here then, ::: jilo of iis inconsistcn- Jcunr 1 Uc vol is anotlu Cv. IT' , tl." people place any cc: A ' . ::i 3Ir. Rcid's professed ' j r icnd the right of suffrage " '. -s'.jws were so contract li. r..l as not to permit him bill to exempt persons . .. er.c frcm military duty, J not all. Thcf are a rthc same ort Vet. AVhat :i made such an .out cry 1 1? itcn for in MO, found in ' i: that same year, aizeal-. : .kt. e. Li the very same year, tl.t o Loccfocos were loading mi v.ith every .conceivable a-for-selling white men for '-slaves, id S, Reid, in thcSenato of North Ilr.a, cast his vote to retain, that j of the ' old Vagrant. :t.jy '-ovides for the side of theva I r the' costs.' , ' ' h an age of' Progress. . .The : orats assume the name of Rro ive, yet they put forth K candid ,.:. ith a mouth fidi of pro u? ef attachment, for the . dcar can ft III FU tain and defend I a law which, r-j a remnant o barha ksm, is a dfsgracctoth? Statute book o'fanj: respectable S.atel ' The bill against which Mr. Reid vtltet sub stituted a fin? and imprisonment for the sale' and ,vldpplr.g .which ctc the penalties under the. old-4w.7 Who ran doubt that tiis more- nu- mane punishment is the mosVcuctJ ive :in reclaiming and, rcforjniitff the vagrant? But the crime punished tender this old &vrt was not so mtich Vagrancy as tiiei inability' to pa'y the costs. Poverty then, .and not Vag rancy Yas what. Mr Reid Aoted' to punish." . Mr, Reid did not nor does not consider that poverty canm$,of itself make a man a ? vagrantf ' We have many ' Idle, lounging fellows wjth their r pockets full - of money; which, how they got 'nobody knows, who ought -to., be punished for fta gra nc V," -ye t' under this' 'lay they "es cape." They throw "down thcir mo ney with the air "of o'Tcndul royalty and return to their kingdom- of vnga bondisni; while the pfor devil; whom probably ill fortune, sickness or some rvltirr tnislni.n tif?c rrlii tn trTHv . , . . ofcmnlovmcn. istakeV tn ' tlv1u mnlirprtf snTTP h,f; ly magistrate who collects his costs by selling him,' and if he fail in that, takes' thcin out of his hide. , j f Let tne people consider let them remember these two -vote' 'of Mr Reids, when he talks1 of Free Suf frage.' Ponder-these wcll,xmd we arc assured the Demagogue Avil! ' re ceive his' reward. ' . " f , , . MR. REID AND T1JE CHEROKEE . . AGEXOV. - ' The p'coplo of Western IXorth Car people,' olina, at 'any rate' those- of the; fx-' crs- acting astlie agents' of the State,1 tremo f West, cannot havu 'forgottifn j iad agreed , to tale Georgia nnoney what occurred in the Legislature ofTi j)amcnt for these land;. ; Yes, 1840,in illation to- the appointment of an Agejit, to collect tlie-dues ol tin: gtat pcrsons indebted lgr Cher- okec lands. .We wish td revive tne J history ot this auair; and m re it, we desire to bring info prominent notice, one man who ' aeteel a very conspicuous part in this affair whjch, in his eagerness for Gubernatorial honors he seems nowto have tntircL ly forgotten. .This is ho le;s fi per sonage than Dayid S. Reid,,"" who 'if her could blot out of his. "splendid car eer the year! B 10, would have 'a much better eh'ancethau he'nowhas with the recollection; of his many 'mi-witli his clap-trap Wt Frce Snf-dceds-so rcrenf in tlie 'minds of. the'J fragc, wc make-a few" quotations peoplc-to secure the votes' of tlie' frcm lir- SenTitr Jnnmal of 1H40J11. .' I' I yui.e.uq y im p;ui ot mc oiaie, BuUiiscVonioaiHty tp the st, standout boldly on tlte oHicial' records ! oi'iuc otaie. lie may grieve over tnenu init they arc unaltcrablr Trus ting:, a the Pmocratic parly ddc in the ignorance afthe people he rh;H' at tempt to humbug the people .into the belief that h has 'always been their by raving about Frcb Suflragc- vBtft the people cannot be deceived, thoy , are too wide awake to be gulled with such stuff, and they only need to be reminded Who ;this "Reid i$7 to give him his merited;rewaf4-' . " , ' It will dc remembered that; in l$r SS, Messrs."SF. Patterson and Chas.; Inton, were appointed Coirimission: crs to sell the Cherokee land. ' The lands were1 advertised "and sold, at Franklin, lacon county., previous- 'to thebaic, the Commisiondrs gave public notice df lhe-.cr Vf.ale,j made by the Coimnissionere, on -the partof the State, with those buying the lands, were to be made in; North and outh Carolina Bank notes and Georgia money, .payable; at Augusta ind Savannah. "Tlie sales took place upon inesc ierms, and mapy ot 4he purchasers made' their, paymepts -of one-ci?hth ctlbh, in Augusta and Sa- vannah bank' bills,; ' , - j; j ia-t lruuiu. jroruiic witir a large t the .land) the words "and Georgia, share of impudence aAd hypocrisy. He ! payalilc nr Savannah and Auirusta." is attempting to palliate formerVaults, Tad tjuttion thereon was decided in winch were a.sjollow-v:one eighth : purchasers of 'these ; Ia,tuis. A' k-W) Janics V orwpoa, bsq. and an U in cash, and tlie 'balance in one, two? days ;a fterwards, we 'find the 'friend- ! rtl.t,on , ivered by Marcus Erwiri; thrcejand foiir ears, . all of - whicluT tkc bill again introducing- it to j Mh" "JJnil Columbia,'" and Thc01d payments! according to the contract t the Senate, modified and rr'triefed I orfn State' were sung, by JasM. i.i .oau.uu osappoimcaio 2,ng tl Governor, to appoint ana take, charge ;of4he Cherokee bonds, gcnt in thVcountvof Macon or Chet and to superintend .thir-collection. !0kec. ' ' ' "V? Thabill for .Ihe appointment of thisj- qiagman moveVto'a&.-after Ageut as ongmally introduced andltLA wonkouth dmliiin m thnMA passed in the House .of Coinmns; proposed, to carry out the contract made by the Commissioners with the purchasers of the lands, by directing the Agent to ".receive in paTraent ortH' ana outn; arotma money, - ; t;t Au . r tits Mil ftista and Savannah. passed the Hotse, it Ornate-, and here tion with thq r ' ' ..U isdifoV motives he r Qtrainstthat t .. . , ... i provided for : 1 ; . . m in the! . " ccn.jcc- ! ' uporLwhat -art betook iill, which ment of the Chcr ii jncney, is not ,.,y principle jof :mmon justice-. 6keeLon : intelligible r; i common t . The fact th: money war. at that time Georgia vhvi ' the onl money current in thi i i - t ot the countryr that Wi it of the Blue Ridge it wias. lh only currency, ought to have been fcutllcicnt tc have t-estrained htm in his violent attempt to harrass, and probably ruin the ' o4i?rs of thepe lands. But if charty for the icople of tho Wet could find rid place in his bosom, the additional: fdet that, the notes of these Banks, which were $o obnoxious tp Mr. Reid, were good that specie vas paid for them at Au usda and SavannahY ought to have induced any sensible "man, ,'to have willingly accepted' them. , Again,-by' moving to strike o.ut, from tlie thinl section of tlie bill, . authorizing the Governor to appoint this agent, so much as provided for.lhe paSment pf tjiec bonds in Georgia - money, Mr. Reid , was guilty of the rankest . and most palpable injustice injustice of such a character, that .if it had been suggest ed or practiccoO between jrri vnte individual":, in the mfs't common contract, ,wot:ld have brttnded the suggestor or, practisor as an- inta morts swinyicr. ' This is strong lan guhge,-but we, can use ,no other, iri fhe face of the facts before its.-What are', thoe facts? .The - Commission j.jhv had actually received it, tor fhe.' casi narmcnts they required. How then, "can-any irian pretend to say the State ,Ytis justifiable m annulling this I contract, mauo iy tiieir regumriy au i .f i .-1- ' it j-nojyzcu ueuis. ,.- uvw cua uuy one, unlefc he is a" fool or a knave, pre tend to justify 'M'r. Iteid, or any one else, for aaempt;.' to cause the State to violate her piihtcu " faith? ' w ,i.Ut iw rnia -tn ''Oav what j, -r T. 't. ' a inr course! Mr. Rt'id took-m tins ma. "cr, liow. zcalatisly lc worked to injure 'the' dear people'' of - the mountains, wheinhcisnqw attempting to jrull ..tt" . ' ' - i xc Senate took; up, for conculrr- ationjhe eiigro-scd bill, : entitled a' bill to authorize the Governor loan- to ap poiift an, Agent in the county of 'Ma eqn or Cherokee; which was read the third time. Mr. Reid theri' moved to strike out, in the third section " (hich specified the kind ofmoney to bierc- j criyed by the agnt, in payment for uuttio the affirniativeydas 25, nays 22. The eaiand nay -werf' demanded by Mr.- lieid, and -Vr lJfid voted in affirmative. On .motion of Ir. Clingman, the bill" was laid upon the tahW ;.:. This will show the. active part MrJ Reid took in Uiis matter. He moved to strike out that portion .of the bill whieli the interests of tlje people .of thc:;vest which common just ice a;uf honesty imperatively demanded, as the ypry contractjibriginally made b'rn ven the Commissioners and'tl feC its operation, sufficiently, as they Jmd all reasonable men thought Xo ensure its passage but it was still met by .Violent opposition from Mri Reid and-his party & vTh'e Journal will tell the story of this opposition better, than we can. f , On motion of Mr. Clingmanf the' Senate took up, for consideration, th engrossed bilUntilcd a bill author! the -; T CV T -w VVi 4l & X section, the .words and; in addition to tcfiichl the a&nf'nTay) and he is hereby 'fcqu ircdy to recei vet fjrom all debtors, for Cherokee Lands, irhose permanent rendence-mati be wtst ot the Blue awwf tcjm o;rif.prctem a -id Georgia money, I :;ds of Gf&riaypaallc at Augusta t:iul Savannah. ; Which" wrs rejected. Ir. Edwards , move d, that . the vote by which was rejected the amend ment of Mr. Cimgman,be nowrecon sidcrcd; wliich was agreed to. The question was thtn taken on said a mendment: and "decided ' in the ' affir tnf U-vp'ru 2.-na-s 23.w Vr. UciJ voting against if, r uThe question then- was,' shall tl?c bill as amended, pass the third readf- irir; which was decided - in the allir mativc-i-yeas 25, nays 23. The yeas and navs'Tore demanded by Mr, Tiri and he voted against the bill as amended.Sciktc Journal pp. 160- ci-t. ; . I- ; i We offer this to the people of Wcs tprn North" Carolina, t-o the-people of the" whole, State, las a specimen .of Mr. Rcid's Legislative , abilities I it tiJ be presumed; thaf fij mari so" narrow and contracted in his Views Lrrn sn nnmoved bv any se'nse of justice so entirely contTollcd in all his actions by an uncompromising and bitter partisan . fecjing; would mnkf a Governor lit to preside over the. destinies of pur glorious qM Nortl State? Whatever may be the opin ions or actiori of the rest, of the citi zens of thi State, we firmly believe that the West. will ' set their seal of condemnation ori'this1 man, his party and his principle.- .' ; THE BOYS' CQMINCi TO VOTE! The NoltTii Carolina Rtcnjr.NT. - ,Wc learn" frofn the "New Orleans Picayune " of the 4th insf.,' that the transport 'Schooner i. Major Barbour, brought over from the Brazos three companies of the N C. r Regiment (companies' C, D and F,) with the fol- iQWing )ffictjrs: Col. Paine, Capts. A tea attd Constable, ' 1st Lieut D. S Johnson, aiid 2d Lieuts. Wiley, Mit chell; Jones- :Blackwclter and Nich ' t - , oils. s The' (ran sport , Schooner Major Bachc, has brought over companies J and Jv of this tegiment, under the command of Captain iKirkpatrick. The schooner Cnpt.. Page, brought over -company II,' and a detachment of the s-fime regiment.' ' ' All the. above left the Brazo on the 2Sth, and arrived in the'river on Sunday, thu2d inft. , . P. S We have' just scMi a jetttr from" a niernuer- ol (he JJuncbmbe Company dated, Xarrolton,. La., on the 4th' jnt., in;whj.ch the Writer fdatos'lbnt theyWre l.be dicharsrr.d at AVilmingtch, N.'C, a. 'oyid in a few days, take vessels for tht rort This is a new arrangement, ns i?11 ortler was first given sfor the Regi ment to- .bf discharged at.' Fort re- Monroel The llurtcombe boys ex pect to ;dje at .horned by 4hc . last of August. - 1 ' ; i ' " ; j FOURTH OF JULY. We omittel to mention at the right tion to our citizens generally. A pro- cession was (brmed on jhe public squareat 10 o'clock, A: M.; under tjic direction of Col. IL Deavcr and head ed by the stars and stripes and a fine band of music proceeded to the grove near the churches, where-a stand had been crectel and tastefully decorated and eats prepared Tor the audience. iAltcr an Address to the throne of grace by Rev: John Revnolds' the declaration of Independence was read in:a clear and impressive manner by Edney, Esq,' agisted by a fecore or two of our bright eyed lasses. EvcH thing passed oil in the 'bet style and "all seemed to be satUfWd with the enjoyments of the day. ' The' friends of Gen. Cass have late ly published ,tw6 separate editions of his lifef one fbr the North, the other for the South. Look out for the old gampas this is the wa- in which Mr.'Polk so effectually gtdl'ed the Pennsylvania Dutch. I ' '. l - Jlori. W. IL King has been appoin ted by the Governor of Alabama, a SenVbr m Cpngress, inplace'of Hon. A P. Bagby, 'resigned. , . j , , - - '. The pceedings on the Fonrth of J Tnlv nt PMA-M,m cdnextweck.' . ' . 1 tune, that-' the 4th of. July was ecle-j Mnron County wn Jlteve, mr brateirin our towi rii a vf ry be'com-1 to iropose Mr. Mam V . mg maimer, and with- mifch ite-. , f.t wak m, aTUJ . ? -c:?.ref:ncen: of thVmesseince V r Gm.izx; While the Dern. . ic presses throughout the countm J ; teeming vith reports of ttUunief S : discord amomr the Whics. in - " , quence of the nofnirlatlbit tf fj.t.ffTU facts which'provej the meti tf iwl . stuto of things Rhould bft publii i so. .It is known that the AVhili . lacon, Ifayood and 'CIieroich i very recently expressed an confidence In Henry fay. ifa :..t? 1 lingness .to engage. heartily ia ;'' cuwu-oiiuu iuuonai ConvcntionL Now that that question is settled cA erwise how Avill the mntter stanS Will they throw awayuheir v0 ; tvui uiey unuerwuij the Democrat ' , ."'fy 3--m-a-. reluctant snV " Vista!. i no ernv noncoi these 'ihmr. ...:'? r iiij vv. . i nave not lotina the fitt .n ..41 l. . . n .a- "u man in t:i.uVr oi mc tiirec countirt who would have sqpportcd 3Ir Cbv' but wiU go.hcarfily and warmly Gen. Taylor.. And I lm6 . scores and dozens of vnta . boldly and fearlessly for him, who sal M thev .never would hnvc votcd-for Mi '! Ih-lt Old ltn.K o. 1 T 1 V l'.J in nit?..!.- iy man for.lthr. pecnlp. Tl f.i . Iind that it is "nri up hill hu?iirssMto 1 ' get along with Gen. Cass, even vith ' -the broken sWord of Col, McArthdr ' borrowed and "vapoured ,as ati cm'.' tJ denee of, his military prowcs.s. " Bui my only purpose in tliiV cofnV : munication;was to aure our WlnV. " friend in the adjoining counties, thaT; il fidelity to our . princinlw,1f harm(v ny among ourseh. if AdmirafiWi"- for, and unbounded einfidenccirf--Gen. Taylor be all that :jf ncccssan r .then' thec counties will given larr ". Whig voic-in NVvniber .'next,- thaui hey' have ever dyne, ' . , ' . . . ACm. t- ;" Franklin, Itucw Cava ft; ' i ' " July 10, 1813. f ' - "OCR GOVERNOR." ' ;-.G tNTLUMpxt'-The'discussioii ; by ili -two candidates for Governor. ""came -off in this' village to-day, and I wiMi'N I had time before 1 he closing of the mail, to give you a full account of "it." A larprff conc"ur.se of thp people, sup posed to beariont7onfhadnsscinl)lnl and. i t has been a proud day . for the. ' ' Whis;s. Mj Manly, ut zealous anT t distinguished'chudidatc. has not only ; ; given, universal satisfaction to hiV . friends but has far exceeded their ex-.', fnivannt .anticipations. His plain . and asy manners in- mixing With our-prrle. his rIoqun in debate;.' forie di irgflnnut, and pWsj'nt atvt. t ibniijinr mode of illustratirti liis fuV. j"py. havMoii fi;r h;;n jroldcrt opin". , ions. Norman ha.s ecr benaniong .us who has h-ff a more favoralile inK v pretsion. His 5porch lias rotirU up . the V-ieepirftr CTifirgif rf ti Whig; ' . n 4 you.may look out fbr usmne mn-" 1 rfrr "orhn :ird Avznt. - Mr. tt jdVlittle'hrddjhor akTuV equal MinVirc aud chaiigtncr the name of' the licusc ofCoifimonswpre j -exposed bv such reasoning and ridi- Teulfc as will never be lorgottcu in - this. part of the great Western hc serve. w.W, I iK-heve, ihe : Aurrut -ive a sample of the thun- IJer that will roll down from the - mountains in .November .next. v . -on. . Fbaskux, N. Ci Ji lt 1 3, 1818. : .Messrs. 'Editors In'thcyiRaleigU Standard of the 5th int. I see a com- munication from a Macon corrcspon- dent, in which the autfior, "if we may judge" from the article, seems Very tanguine as to the success of his par; ty in fhis County, This 'might leave the impression 'vitljt many that there is some troth, ip'thri matter, if we did not know that wherijherfe, is great crff there is'aL-o muclad6 about noth ing.M -. ' In speaking of the " nominees of the Baltimore Contention he ay?, rono r universal expression of .satisfaction t pervades the community. Now, I ask, when did ever the 31a-: con Democracy express a dissatisfac- -tion at the nominees of their party? Never. Their quiet compliance' with the dictate oftheir leaders at Raleigh and Wasliington' a sequence as cer tain as that, the' effect ; follows-, tho ' cause. ; J ' " But, suvs the MTiter, fwc will not' -forget .Reid; and if he will only come. -; out here and.nutke a right good popu- iar speech and put Manly in the shade, he will get a majority." This," we doubt not, was a hPP3 thought of the writer, and since-tne' . events of last Monday is somewhat laughable. We here . ask : leave to concor in the sentiment of the writer, for so universal is the -Sympathy - that' -pervades this community since. Jasfi Monday for Col. Reid, that we : are' fire in the Jnemory, of oup people-for. C Jay, I hat the Locofocos arc struck ' ' 1 wtjh;coiisternatioti and dismay at th j' lug nomination, ig too palpable td ; I be inHtaken:. Thev seo in t.i:d 1 n I
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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July 20, 1848, edition 1
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