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V tow.i: .]> !;.I,.:v.cu ul !•; j:.;. ; 1; - / :* . >' -':i ;ur-f: lh.‘ (, ■■ I i'.uiquK'ii;, such us a is. is apnruba- j j)ublic in tin.- .N« u -jjapei ii l)fl.jrr \jju hud J h\- i») for \. is«,lum sluiids in- l)L-en ini'ui-n'od ul'ils chui uc u-r, or hud an it rior tu iVu , ai.d in li !ior to none ; and | o]){)ortunity (if iiiaklii.'j your defence ; and lu h ;i!i 111', as-I coT.tMently trust, will j pu!)lic oi)inion thereby forestalled before '•-cri\'e tlic a’); roi;ution t.f iny Govern- the {general e^ovcrnmcnt, under nhich It is Midi a iji'er as, from my | you lioid yoni-uppointinent, has hud an of exaniinin;.': the testimony vou li'Vt..-- t'f I t>f e.\aniinini,f the testimony l.'dJuni; to VOL’'! scif, and oyr frequent, ot'either party, 'i’iie coursc which you •a vl.al c ciinnuhii'alions, as well as thobe v.;i!)al and vvriUen to your Aid-dc-canip fiund, Col. 1-umpkiii, vou ought in TiiyoDUiinn to have antici])P.teil; and sucli ;.n”o!)c as 1 was toi.vinc^'d, “forlhc hon- .rof lannun r.otup',” ^to use your own > iui'uvut exprisslons' you cxpected. Your l-.yceilenty informs me “that if the letter is autheiilic,” 1 atu to consider •.',11 it'.lercciirstt betweet) ynur (iovornnient iuul mvselfas “ suspendeil.” Beit so. i know of no iiit^rcourse between your lT0\i. ;i)iv.cnt and uiy.'clf whit h is at al! ii cess:'i*v. V, hich is not on your part pVi-- t'jctlv voluntary and afrreeable. rjeini'; an idlker of the (iencral (lovc'rntaent, I an discharf^e iny duties, iear- l.sslv. uccoi di!!;--; to the dictates of niy consticiM'o and lo llu' best of my judfj- iniMU : and, if I atn to be added to the list of l!ie ]iroscrii)ed, for intrrposinr; the fhield of my (^ovcrtiment, to prevent the icsri uctif'n of a m:'V. doomed to l)e c('!’- ilemned without a iu avinr:I tliat suspension not only ctintiiuicd, but made absolute and pevman’nt. As vour I’.Kcellenry has lliou!;ht it your dulv to address me your letter i;l the J8th Tune, 1 liave felt it'my right to reply to it; and to inf>nn you, that I can now see, o far as the examinations have proryres- ,fd. Is. they iuive l>een b(tih numerous nnd imj)orlant, no cause for the accusations .u>-; insl the Agent, tin’ess in his inflexible in'ei^rity hi mne'S in j tmming a tori'ent of corruption, disi'raceful, in my opinion, to tl'.e national ( haract'r : A sense ot duly compels me to say, that ir using this expi'es^ion, I ha'i' not ahu'-iou to vour i.-v ellency ; for, I sinciijrly buUcve, ii\,it thr i^aiiie i>eisons who have caused ■'hi. !(.iy against the Indian Agent, »ia\, abused that, conlidence which vour V.xeellcncy was compelled to repose in conseiiueiu'.e of your otiicial station. With high respect and consideration, I remain )our Excellency’s most ob’t. ^erv’t. T r. ANDUKWS, Sj)cci(ll To Illr. lACcllcnry C.KoupM. I'noei', hnnn^or nf \lcorgiii^Milltd^tTilk. "The following is thr..letter from^Mr. Anilrews, to Col. Crowell, the publica tion of which was so oflensivt; to Cov. Troup:— Cum K Agkncy, ri.iNT-nivr.il,> 21, 1HJ5. 3 ;—Vou have been advised of the measures hereto'ovc pursued hy tlie Prer.- uleiit of the U. Sta’es and of the Sccreta- have determined ta pursue, as niatle know!) U) me in tl;c cojvy of your letter,o! the 2uih, to the Coiumissioiiei s apoinled by the G(jvern(jr of Georgia to take lurth- [.apers t.; the ::th. Havro to t!.e -Tih .M.;y ai_e received by the paLke't sliip J.ri i.i, arrived here last evenitig. 'I'he oidy jiolitical article of inti'iest which tin y coniain, relates to the (;.re(.‘ks, who. *.se are much pleased lo.find, had gained several new advanta ges o^er the invaders, aii'l in oilier res pects were going (.n prosperously. 1 hey obtained a signal \icujry on Luster da\, over the Seraskin r.eschin i’acha, :'.iid compelk-d him t.> retreat !o Janina. They had also captured, near Suda, tiiri'e ‘ aiul er ^‘vidence against yvu, in iiiviling them j rurkish \es^els w ith aininunition, . It) !>e present at the examination of your 1 several Austrian v*-s!'.‘ls that weie con- vc/.;;p'tai v itnesses-—i.-> of an opjH'-'^ite | veving provisions to 1’ali‘as.- Ab;.i. cl.aracler : and cannot fail to slrenglhen | Hamind, li-ir to the Oilcman lhr(H)e,ol th;’ belief of your ( unscious innocerice. J s\ hom his lather was exlreivicly jealou', It is scarci lv necessary to add. lliat in i had iseen viuleht death, the exalted ' haracter of the Piesidi'ut of i and his IjroLher was dangerously i.l. the U. Stales, and (,f the Secretary ji’i’I'hese orcun euces. v bile llu y iavor tm Wai', vou iiave t'l.e Mirest guarantee of a! vieu-s of ib.e (irtek:i. had causi-il iiuicl fair trial, and a just decisioj. t«i it. Ver>' respectfuliy, sir, your most obedi ent servant. T. I’. AXDUr.WS, foi, JmiN f’nowKr.i.. l.lLCFiit. mcnl. amoimlcd to :'>S0,320!. fis. ; of wlii'h ..^34, j;) 1/. Ms. (3d. had been allow ed by the commissioners. Last year tiiL* export", of Liverpool a- moimted to '20,(iul',587/. sterling, being greater than those of Loudon or any other single j)ort in tiie world. The stock exchange market had be come greatly depre.ssed without any vis ible cause. 1 unds of all descriptions were included in this reduction, which is said to have I'.etn greater than had been ex perienced for a scries of years, and to liave excited considerable alarm in the public mind. 'J'he lluctuation had. also exteiuled'to the f-reigTi market. Cotton maintained its'pricc at Liverpool on the 27th, for several days ])revious to which thd're had, been a considerable demand. CoiVeow-as also in recjuest. , I 'J'fic —According to accounts' ry of War, iti rebt.on to the charges,, Augsburg, it might be supposed. si)ccific and implied, 1 recent successes of the Greeks as Indian Agent. I have now to intorm ‘ you that a susj)ension from the exercise of vour functions at> Indian Agent, (until all* the testimony to be collected in the Indian nation has been obtained and ex- lias been decided on.. 1 here- KOHEKiX. iTotn tliC Ncw-York Pos'. July 5. T.A l’KS r I IIO.M KNGLANl). Uythe 'ihip J/f/?!''>/•, which arrived here on Sunday fiom Lier[)f)oi, w(,* received London paj)ei3 of the 'JtHli, and Liver pool, of the 2rth May inclusive. On the intelligence of the rejection of the Catholic bill reaching Ireland, it is said to have caused a .great noise, and to hav(' occasioiK (I serious apj^rencn'jious as to the consecpiences. In the House of Lords tlie bill for re leasing bontlod grain, and admitting Can adian corn, had Deen read a second time without opposition. The claims of Amei-ican citizens for slaves and property capturcd by I he Brltiiih duru'g the late war, as appear ed from documents laid before Parlia-j (,(• j./\ j^nis’ inauguration, de- grif.'l among the .h'tussai’ics, ui!i.» wer.' verv desirous of placin.g tlie.dcci’ased o;i the ihruiK'. it \SiUild Si'em th.il the Sul tan did not feid altogL'ther easy in conse- (jwcuice of these \ioknt means to j'usure his sul’elv, for orders had been .suddenly issued to’ c('unterniand the march of the troops destined tur 1 hessaly. The King of Sweden was expected to follow the example of Fn/laVid^ in rec(.’g- nizing the iiulepeiidenl suios ol South Amerir a 'I’lie finances of the *• beloved Ferditi- and'’ were in so deplorable a slate, that he judged it expedietu to disoense wijh themissiun of an extraunrmai'v .\mbas- sador to attend the coi'onalion of the Trench Kiii.t;;, us well as w ith. ihe Spani-.h Ambassador al V iei.ntt. tidlowirg tlie r.nipc/or of Austria lo ..Milan. km;l!Sii oi'imons The following cxtracl is trom the Stamford Ne\vs, a lesj-jectablc Luglish paper, publisheil in Linconshire. Kng.:— The manly plainness and timphcity amined.j ^vitll send you a copy of the evidence over their invaders, were not of that de cisive charactej which they -were pre viously represented to be. Ibrahim Pa cha i.s’ ‘■aid to have ^penetrated eight leagnes into the interif)r of Messina, rav aging and burning every thing in liis wav,” and the rntestinc quarrels of the * ; /*!/* * • * ti\^ illiVi til'.. vyi vijv.. collected by a committee o( the ..^presented as having “brok- legislalure. ^ fresh violence.” All these jjromised me by the C.o\ernor ol leo. on the authorityof a shall befuiaished you as .‘=oon as those documents are received. You \\illac- letter, dated “Syra, April «th,” and . . . I which originally appeared in the Orien- cordingly o^er the Agency to tae , linectator. 'Similar accounts, con- Sub- igei.t C-ap'taiii iij) cit. taincd in the same paper, of 7th have been received at IJostcni by an arri- Iii resoriing to the discretionary pow- rr invested iti mj by the President, 1 feel It line to you to slate fratikly, that thif> dei'M ii'iiiaiion doe.s nut pi oi.ecd Irom any pi-'.-eni impression unfa\orable to your innocence^ 1 am not at liberty, in my present peculiar siiuation, to foriii a set tled ot.inion on the char.ges made against volt, until all tl'.e evidence to be collected ■from evei-y (|uai ier has been received anl carefully exumineJ. Put 1 feel it. due *•) uu to.Sc;,, iL ' so fa' as I amatl.'ber- “ ■ ‘ J lake up .1 jiVesent nnpression, it is I fa’, or of your int'’gi ily and honor. I el it ilue to you to make tlus statement, in ci'ns^-(p;eii: e ot llie oiii're (v.hich vii'ist I'..nsidei e'l an unjust one, if not s>;l ■> e,) pui's'.ird tow.wib; you by the au’boi'j ies (,'f (ittorria ; my imp: ''ssions 1. t ! ell,,: chi' i’y gi'oi;Uui.-d ini the ix p..' U' '.'..sliiiioiiy lal\eTi ag..insl 'ou. 'iour si.spen^icii is ’;;, '.le from courte sy to t!ie jUtliori’iles (f (’.'eor;;ia, who naM' lej.ealedly i,uii urgently d. nuilided it—(.n 'lie gro',n;d that it wuuld be im- ])ossible to elicii unl'iassed'te.'timony in the Indian nation whilst you are in the fxeicise' oi v(>iir fui'fiioiis. )t is done \>ii IVori .1 desire to do away ;11 ])relexts hich niii.;lit otherwise hereailer be seiz ed on to tic ti'oy conlMetice in the n sults the xaralnulion. ’Phe suspension will b' v> iil'.cl: awn so sfjoji as tiio.-e c.\anuiia- TjuTis a.’e concluded. Muu.ik! tiiey :'..-.ull in est.ibli'-bing youi ini.o : ncc. As 'he object of ll.e jve’-.eral govei rnciit in tliis t xamination is l!ie e■>!al)ii'-li- Tiu lit of iru !!. i* could not but give iitc pain as i's A'M iit to ilnd, tl.al in takin;; f’s’-inioiiv sgaln-.t you, all the iiM'al j ."e- •■o:.;a‘i v( s wrr.' l';-,i Li^.du C/f Ivy Georgia. i-(‘m.i■ i.er ••Inl’oi'med ol the na- tu; (• or c; u e ol lhe ac'.l.',ati';:^” oi‘ *• con- fiojiU'd w i:Ii wiinrssf > ’ a'',a!nst y*:'U, nor jia 1 “O'liij)'dsoi'y j,rot c.s.. ioi’ oo- t.ii!iiii:,- v. itny'-'C'" i»i \ o;,r f..'> o;-! Tie.; C\ .dcii^W\.h iIm' Ik.-. ..!e. ■ I opinions ■■ '.'i v.'a'. :i'.loi.- serves nolicc. 'i hir.koi the childish cer emonies, the holy oil, the f“atlvrs, iiirs, and trippery ofa coronation in I'.urojH*, as contrasted with this digii.iled scene !— At Washington, in the C.q)itol, Mr. Ad ams, in a plain suit of black. ascc*ndsthe Speaker’s chair, pronounces liis address to his fellow-cilizens, walks to the tai)le of the .’^iidges, t'tul on a volume of the Laws of the L'nitcd Slates, iracls his oath of ofTice ; and, thus, the Magistrate ofa mighty Slate is installed. *l.ook on this picture, and then on thal.' If, as Liiglishmen, we blush at the comparison, in one respect, we foid a glow of exnllu- tion, in another—at the thoi;;>;hi of tlie siip.erior wisdom and truer gira'.Jiess of that country, which owes, at a'.iy rate, its biilli to ours. America is the child of England ; and is, perhaps, destined to pei'petuaie the meimjry of its ])arent, who should lecl u(jthing like envy and jealousy at the endowmenls of its illustri ous oifspring, and still h'ss exhibit utiy thing like derision at the imj)erfections of iicr incipient constitution u!k1 j)olicy, whilst here we are submitting to Luch things as the sir acli-', the tyt'nc siistcni, a standing (irwi/^ aiul an rnor:itoi(s tnxfiHon ; and our neigiibours, the Irish, to inilitarij lain and relv^ioun pcrscrulini'. \Vv even ought to beg of the Americans to forgive our haughty airs of sujjeriorlty ; to for get, while they contemplate, with just pride,their well organized navy, that Trli-. mar uoco.uk., ^ua- C'anning ever talked of ibcir ‘lew fir fri- paper, of 7th April, slriped bunting he has more occasion liian they to regret this piece of flippancy ; it v/as one .of those unlucky jokes of Ids, which so of ten ily back into his face, iiniil he has been ready, we dare say, a hundred liijips, almost to bite oif liis tongue, for having uttered it. ft is high tiiu? for that Hight Hoiv Gentleman to lay aside his ancient situation of jestei', and think more of cultivating the Statesman-iike ([u dities, whKdi !\c certainly posse.ise:-> in no ordin- arv di'gri'e.’^ val from Smyrna. Independent of ihc inform at loti thrcmgli this -cl'iannc!,*being uniformly hostile to the Cireeks, and therefore, entitled to tio credit—we published as far b '.rk as the mb June, an flJTirial account of the total tkftcf vi the troops oi 1 brahim Pacha ut i\iodena; alsn an article from the London Courier, bv which it ajipeared that the (ireek deputies, in Lonilon, had ‘’in- tui-.iiiation finjia Zaiite; down to the 19th Api'il, dni/i .rabtitq'tcnf to the Smyrna news, at which periotl, e’.ery tiling V. as going imi favorably for the jja- trlots.'’ Again, on the 23th uit. we gave t!ie substaticc ijf don paper;, b'-otight by the Silas Pich- ard M dated Cc u'-tan*inopli-, .l^jri! 2.'d, c'liitaining an e:.:;l!cit acknowledgment, th It Ibrahim. Pacha “ was in a desperate situation, surrouiuliid by the Greeks.” it, therctbre, sv-.'ms p( rfectly obviotr:, thal tlie Orient'd Spectator, th»‘ oigan of the Ati'^lrian go’.ertimenl, has given t,u!)- licitv If;, ]u'!'hu])S ha'-; fabricated, a K'tler, t!i(* cor.’ciils ('i' v.hich, it must have known, were altos’ether unfounded. M w-vonK, ji LY (■'.—Mi'litatcd luy.urrfi - ii'.t' at . lirnrdd’!.—CJapt. Pusscll, oi' the bri'.;- Merced, arrived this forenoon from Alvarado, reports, that it was discciver- i fl tii;il a iisiiig' ol llu.* hnver ( lass of j : (j- ])k‘ there was to ha\e taken place on the Kith .tune, lor tlie purpose, as thry gave out, of attacking the old Spaniards : but it is g-ener;dly supposed they intended to massacre all re'-ident strangers, without distinction, and ’plunder tholr jirojierly, a considerable (I'aaiility of spccie ha’.ing lat'.'lv arrived in town, 'i'hc troijjjs and principal inhabitans were up nearly all ni.ghl, undr;' great anxiety, until tiie rin;;- lf,.df'rs rre arrested,and sent in irnjis (ju !)oa)'d the guard ; !ii]) to await tin ir trial. In fjtlur 1 e.'picta ' i.e ';o'.i::l'v.’u , \>jr\ «)OMKSTK'.. The iMartinsbur;: {\'irginia) Ga/ette, letter, Irom the 1.on- allusion to the frctfulness of (iovertioV Troup, a);d the uneasiness giver, to him by the general govci-nmeiit,_ has the fol- lov/ing a])jH)sile anccdote i'dcj.,! persons have heard of Gabriel Jones—a lawyer, who ])ractlied in the county courts (;f this valley, some half ceiitury ago,and w ho had, in many of them, an alniost, unbounded influenc(;. On the trial of acase btd'ore the court of—county, iu'vhich he and tlie 'ale Mr. II. (then re- ci'iitly come to the bar) were opposed to eai h other, lie was worsted in t,onje of llic di' cussit.iH—liccame greatly irritat- (>d—and outraged all dccoriim, by curs ing and sw('arini>; aloud. Mr. 11. after waiting- Kotue time in the expectation that tlie court would take some stej) for the ])rcservation of its dii.niity, ventured to sugg-**stto tiie justices iiiat th.e respect wliich t'ley owed to thein.'.elvt:.s, I'equired of them not to permit snrh comiuct to pass uniu'ticed. Their woi'.,hij)s, thus urge'!, went into solemn council ujion the matter, the result of whirh was an nounced by the presiding justice—“It is the opinion of the coin',Mr. H, that you mus’iii platpie and vex Mi ..tones.a’.d i!K'.k.:‘ biiii curse and swear so—i!'' o'l di). sir. wi,-'l! p'M \f,u in '.iv ; t, . WAsir .'"iTc-.-:,..ft.'i ^Cu'uJt ^'lar- tial ap[)oinled for the trial of Commodore D. Porter, and others, assembled yester day at the Navy Yard of this City. Th^* Commodore was asked if he had objections to any of the members of the Court, when he requested to read a pa per which contained objections^ to the .Fudge Advocate, and expressed his satis faction with the members. The Court being cleared for deliberation, decided that he had no right to object to the Judge Ailvocale. and the Commodore’s pajjcr, together with the Judge Advoc.nte’s opin ion, was recorded. 1 he members and Jud.ge Advocate were then sworn and the cliarges road, when the Commodore i e- "(piesied a copy of them, that he might be allowed until to-morrow' morning to plead, and that Mr. Jones might be ad mitted as his coun'^el. Tliese were i^^rant- ed,and the Court adjour.’ted until to-mor- ru»v iu o’clock. Al//. hi!> TKRMIN.VTION* OF ’mi: r.HlF. CANAT,. On Thursday evening the Iinh nil. the gate.i at tlie lijot ot the Pcutk llock ILir- bjr were oj)eiu*d, and iakf Lrie, 1 ^r the lir;;ltime,commen'-.-il t’e-iiingihe w .-stern exti'em'ie tjf ihe I'rie canal. i nis new line of C-uia!, v.'hich winds along i!ie margin of tlie Niagara for 9 miles be tween LM.;cli Rock and 'ronn-v,anta, is remarkably beautiful, having been laid out with r;reat tasic and judgment, and i'a.ii-.rully executed. It is u idt r and deep- c" than* arc the other section^, fur the pur[)Ose of throwing forward from the lake into the basin formed by the bed of the Toiuiewanta, an ample .supjily of wa ter for the whole line west of Rochester. ^Ve learn that a resolution of the hi.gh- est importance h;.s lately been etilereil into by the Jiank of the United States in relation to the business of the oihcc of Discount and Deposiie at this place. It has been determined to pay out their own notes at this oiUcc, and to receive, as hei-etofure, the notes of the Stale Banks in payment of debts ; specie lor which notes will be demanded as fast as-they are received. The regulation to go into ert'ect on the 1st of Seiiteinber next, ^^’e do r.ot pretend to suuicient financial knowledge to offer an ojunion on the cfTects anticipated from this reso lution. We mei-ely notice the fact, and leave it to others to determine whether it will, as some apprehend, be very oj)- pressive in its operation on the local Hanks: or whether, by equalizing the currency, it will essentially benefit the mass of tl'.e community. Fmjetti vilk Ohserver. An aflVay lately took [)lace at Shaker- town, near 1 larrodsburg, Kentucky, ofa very serious nature. .Vi thal jilare there is u highly improved and lesjiectable es- labli.diment c.f several hundred Sli;;king (.Quakers. Mrs. Biyant, nie of their number, changed her principles and wishes and left the society, her (lau'.diter r(Miialning in it. Mrs. lii yuiit, anxious to have her daughter at home uiih her, persuaded herself, and made an imjjrt?ss- ion on her friends, that the girl was for cibly detained by the society : and in cori se lueiice of tl’.is iinT)i-ession, JO or 40 in dividuals, tht-ee or four weeks ago, pro ceeded to Shakertown. and a fracas en sued, ill which several of the Shakei-s were severe!^’beali n, and beat, accord ing to atiolher statement, several of the a'lailing individuals in their turn. Col- oi.el 'I'hofiipson, a respectable and opu- h III farmer m the nei.gliburhood, certi fies that M.iss Bryant, being at his house, IVeely declared that she did not w-ish to leave the society, while two oilier gentle men Certify that she was not only desir ous uj leave it, but had solemnly pledged litrself so to do I 'Fhe loss of tl'.e i:^ig Dick has been se verely ielt by the Jnsurr.nce OiTicos in New--York and Boston. In the former ciiy, insurance on ves:,el and carijo was niade for Sl2.s,0uo, and in the latter ci- tv. I'o'- 5,"!.000 ; makin.g total of 17fS/lOO d illai--. She was wrec k» d on the coast of J>ra/Il, about fortyi-hve miles .'^outh of Hio (iraiide, ;n tier \oya;;e from New- ^ ork.last from/..'adiz, bound round C^ape- llorn—t!;e o’.v;i('r, Mr. .1(j1iii O’Sullivan, was unfortunately drownr'd; all the rest o:i board were saved. The w i-eck sold for L.2 dollars, and the cargo was totally lost. I.M'AVHTTE. It will be recollected that Capt. Par sons was killed at Waterloo, N. Y. by the bursting of a cannon at the rt;ce{jtion of Lafayette at that plac«;. On hearing of the death of caTjtain Parsotis, and be- Int.^ iiifornied of the |)articular circum stances of the case, lie rf-mitted to the widow the sum of sci-rn hnvlvfil. dfuhirs. Such acts of benevoleiK't; rc-Hect additirjn- al lustre on a nanu* al-,vay.s ideniiiie(I with patriotism and honor. luilt. Pat. The North'American TV'view. Num ber XlA'llI. was pnlilished at Bor.tonon the i.st inst. and is liiled, .says the Boston Courier, as usual with elegant eisay and erudite criticism. On the 28th lilt, about 12 miles from Hartford, (C. onn.') five hoi-sc-s w t re struck by liglitninr; and killetl instant'y. Wlm tv-nders tlii.s a singular octurri ii', e, is the I if-r, that the perscm who w:i'-; tidingoiu' -I 1 ( Jf AIILOTTK : tuf.sdav. ivi.Y ‘jr., 1 Ouii.-cntio>t.~-Ai the last ^lity''^ .n order was issued to the ShcrilT r reeling; him to summon one magisi'r^v' as judge, and two freeholders, as ,V ' I. , . ’ '“'Hie gcrs, ioj- each election district in jj county, to receive the votes ofthfpor pie for Convention, or no Conve';ii, The object of this is to ascertain Ui(.> tinu'nts of the citizens of Mtcklvu'v-i on this interesting and important qi,"." tion and it is earnestly to he that every citizen w ill feel it his dtiu- • w ell as his pleasure, »o give iu Mccklenburt; has always been anion>-v foremost in asserting and defend;,).’ • , .;jrcrcii:;:fi/ // thr pcuple; and we i.;, that on this occasion, sue will no' * fuUiid Wanting. !.jh)val,on—The^adorat'lcPerdiii";: • it will be i.ecn from the follow in-, of all the European legi!imates the • des]iicable, i-i as stout in his opposiii..-;; iiutoraiion 'AS the best of. them : am; --.- bog pai-doii fur our eastern fri. r is as decidedly averse to an\ in the anvivnt laim of the state,' the warmest opponents of a cotiv in this i-epublican commonw-ealll’.. let Ferdinand speak for himself “ I have learnt with the mo^t livel->- ■„/. row, that for some time past alariniirr.. . ports have been circulated iti.si;li(.>.;,_ tending to produce the belief tliu: I counselled aiid indeed am to he oiiiij to make hinovalions in the present * tem if govtrnm-ent, by altering tlv.- a-,- cient law-s c'f the state, and setting limit.^ to my Roval aulhority. To di-ssipat.; en tirely such supposition rs, for nic, adutv and a gratification. In conseiiuetici-. I declare that not only am I resolved to tiiaiiitain entire and in all iheir pletritiide the rights of my sovereignty, without yielding at any time the smallest partcf it, or permitting the establishment of le gislative chambers or other instituiiJtis under vhatever name contrary to our la'.vs and repugnant to our hahiis; but even that I have the most positive assu rance that all my august allie.i ,viII con tinue to sustain the authoiity of my crowi'., without advising or pro])usiti^-, liirectly or indirectly, any iriiiuvaUoa iii the foiin of my government.” It i. by no m^ns surprising, that the “fear of c//n/i,^ pei-]dexes niomrc-h.s,”. and that all innovatiuii jii established laws and cu.stoins is Viev. cd hy them with dread ; but it in indeed a little stran;,a‘, tliat in this lejnibllcan state, where the people are ackriowleflgcd to be sovcrci.^’n, and wl'iere their ca])ability of sclf-govcni- mer.t no one has the boldness opt-tily to deny—we say, it is s'range that/ifrf the gi’aiid argument against an altcratior c: the constitution—the nCccssity of u-ak is obvious# to all—should be th?'r “ as that used hy the legitimate tlesp Europe a.gainst any change in thar' raniiical customs—the dancer oj innL ■ firm ! This is the argnmenl ol the n.l-';''- able bigot who misrules and o’);'i'i'i '- Spain—this is the arg-ument of his br(j!'‘' or legitimates all (jver the coiilim'ri'— is the argument of tyrants every tViH-:'''.'" and, with .shame be it said, it is iliciis.ii''- argymont of the anti-conventioiii.->ts ir. this state ! Search all-their sijcerhrt., aii their addresses, and you will fuid.’l j^ when they have mustered all-tlu'*'' i‘4us agaiifst a convention lor i!-''i '* pose of amending the cons(itiitlo:i. .h- grand clincher is, almost invuriaM}) dani'ir nf innornlion ! The Austrian emperor I’ranc!’. on a visit to Labach, some hs'H' } since, to attend ihe famous or ratlicri.' famous congress held there to dcciiK the fate of Naples, replied in il'.c ing strain to an addres.s from tlie slty of that city : “ Kcmaln ever to what i.s anranffor what is anout'- ^^ good, and out fat her.i Jmnul it so. ^ are elsewhere occupied with jicir which I cannot ajiprove, and whii-l> i'" ver shall ajiprove. I^’oia such pre.serve yourselves’” 'I’his is kiii5‘'‘'o^' and these arc seniinients, worthy ^ _ her of that detestable leagtio. inipii''^^_ called the JIuJ,/ Alliance ; Inii they togethei- unworthy a ii-eemati ci ^ of freedom. Yet how often heard sentiments exactly ced in this .state again.st the call of Convention. Here we. arc told c c to fhe constitution as it
The Journal (Salisbury, N.C.)
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