Sourii^
CHA11X.OTTZ2:
TUKSDAY, MAKCH 27,. 1«27.
“SltiNS OF TilE TIMKS.”
^Ve invite ihe aiu-mioh of oup readers
io a very interesting article under the a-
bove head, copied from the National In-
ulligcncer. The editors of that paper
deserve great credit for thus boldly and
karlcssly exposing the plans of the
“Combination,” whose Intrigues are al-
rtady at work to deprive the people of
any voice in the election of President,
and to place it in the hands of a few indi
viduals seeking for offices which better
men now fill. The master-spirit, who
guides and controls ‘the Opposition, is
JiJartinVan Buren, the prince of intriguers
he is to secure the entire vote of New-
York to this combination of ambitious
politicians, and as his reward, is to have
his choice of offjces. Are the people
prepared for this? Are the votes of
slates to be thus bought and sold, not that
the government may be better adminis
tered, but that a few aspiring politicians
fnay obtain offices and be clothed with
honors of which they are not worthy ? If
political depravity is thus to triumph
over public virtue, the glory of the coun
try has departed, and its freedom will
soon follow ; indeed, it v. ill be scarcely
■worth preserving. But i: cannot be—j
the morals of the country are still too j
pure to permit it. Falsehood and decep
tion, we are aware, may accomjilish
jnuch; but when stripped of the thin dis
guises which they wear, their power endsj
we have therefore no doubt of the tri
umph of correct principle, and of the
signal defeat of the combination formed
to put down the Administration, right
or wrong. The wand of truth, like the
spear of Ithoriel, has exposed their plans,
iheir intrigues and deceptions j
“For no falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper, but returns
Of force to its own likeness
and the pretended “friends of the peo
ple” are now exhibited in their true cha
racters. Unwilling to rest their chance
of success on the good sense and intelli
gence of the people, they have resorted
ro “practised art” and intrigue to se
cure votes which they cannot otherwise
obtain. The end will be wort hy of the
xneans—retributive defeat and forfeiture
of public confidence.
It likewise appears, that the dead are
to be raised to aid the “combination.”
“King Caucus/’ who has been reposing
quietly in the tomb for more than two
years, is, by some political legerdemain, to
be brought to life, to re-assume the crown
and sceptre and rcceive the homage, not
of his willing subjects only, but of many of
the sturdy rebels who assisted in his de
thronement, and subsequently sung songs
of triumph at his death. That this mir
acle is to be performed, we have the au
thority of the New-York Advocate for
saying. This paper claims to be “the
organ of the party”—to speak not whav
it knows, or approves, but what is dic
tated to it by the “ leaders” of the coali
tion—and thus they have dictated
“From sources entitled to the deepest
consideration, we learn that the Republican
party, hy means of their ahle and talented
LEADERS^ intend to make a nomination
*n the f'ood old tvay, hy Caucus nr Conven
tion, for the rieit Presidency and Jlce-Fresi-
fkncy of this great nation. ”
Our readers will note, that not a word
is said of the/?eo;;/e—but the election of
^’resident is to be taken out of their hands,
and codfmed to the “LEADKKS.” They
are, to be sure, styled the leaders of
'he republican party;” but who constitu
ted them,—Van Burcn, Benton, Calhoun,
id omne genus,—leaders of [he republi-
"an party ?” The people No:—for the
«'lection is to be made, independently of
Mie people, by a self-constituted caucus—
^hey have made themselves leaders, and
presumptuously imagine, that the great
I'epublican party the people, will follow
■'vhithersocver they lead. But in this,
’'VC trust and believe, they will find them-
^clves mistaken. The “leaders” at
tempted, by means of Kitig Caucus, to
dictate a President to the country at the
»ast flcction j hut the people dethroned
J^is majesty and turned a deaf ear to the
•'ounsclsof their si'!f-apj)ointcd ^K'eaders;"
t!!*'y v/ill do sro again.
Il Is tru?y motiirylng to see mcr,—tr.cr,
whom the people then confided in, and as
we thought, justly and safely.—who were
foremost in denouncing a caucus, as dan
gerous to public liberty, and destruc’ive
to the purity of elections, now prefer
ring to resort to it, rather than rely on
the unbought suffrages and discernment
of the people. But such is the fact j and
it shows, that if they were once with the
people, they are not nvwj for a convicton
of being strong in the confidence of the
people, would deter them from tJie use of
means to insure success, independent of
the people. They may talk as much as
they please about a “minority administra
tion;” but the desperate siiifts to which
they are compelled to resort to sustain
their tottering cause, plainly evince that
they believe the present administration to
be, what it in fact is, a majority adminis
tration.
To conclude. Will the people of this
state, whose disapprobation of a caucus
nomination of President, was so plainly
shown at the last election, again tol
erate it ? Is the principle changed, or
the strong objections removed, that they
should again take it into favor ? These
questions are important; and we trust the
people of this state, at least, will serious
ly consider them.
Mr. T-nnj, the representative in Con
gress from Ro\v?n District, in his circu
lar to his constituents, thus expresses
himself in relation the present Adminis
tration :—
“ The journals of Congress will show,
that on many national subjects, I have
disagreed with the Administration. My
opposition to it arises from a diderent
source from the charge of “ intrigue, bar
gain and management,” which has been
so profusely promulgated from one end
of the continent to the other, which jus
tice and candor compel me to say I do
not, and never did believe. It is to the
general policy of this, as well as of Mr.
Monroe’s administration, (which was
nearly the same on the subject of inter
nal improvement and import duties,)
that I object. And whether that policy,
which we in the southern states so justly
complain of, will be changed by cancell
ing the power into the hands of others, I
cannot positively state.”
The editor of the Baltimore Patriot
has been favored with the following in
teresting extract of a letter from a gen
tleman in Europe, (who has the best
means of acquiring the most correct in
formation,) to hi» friend in Baltimore,
dated 26th January :—Whether his pre
dictions are well founded or not must
soon be realized.
“My unconquerable persuasion is,
that War must break out ere long, and
that France and England must be parties.
Every effort will be made by England to
involve us some way or other. I know,
that a policy to this effect has been agreed
on and laid down in England several
years ago, as to the policy to be observed
with respect to us, whenever any new
war should occur. There was a policy
adopted then, and it will be followed, not
to allow us to enjoy a profitable iieutrali-
ty, and to re-become the factors of the
world. Tliey will move every spring to
deprive us of another indefinite term of
progressive, unexampled prosperity.—
They will not allow a renewal of Jona
than’s thrifty, nourishing system of pad
dling his own canoe, and picking 'up
grists all over the mill-ponds of the world,
and of eflecting in some twenty years,
what other nations have re(|uiiecl cen-
tures to accomplish. I tell you, my goofl
friend, / knou; this. England will have
enough on her own hands in Europe, and
I shall not be surprised, if, under tlie
l)rosent pressure, she may not be eartiest
in accommodating every cause of dilTer-
ence with the United States—rindeed, I
have some reason to believe that she will.
“There must'be \V'ar—all I’.urope is
alive for it—especially the French : they'
are indignant at Mr. Canning’s audacious
language in his afterwads subdued and
mitigated speech. The English are de
tested every where on the continent, and
no where more than in Portugal. The
Portuguese ask the lii-itisli officers, wliat
the devil brought you here Who wants
the English to !)e meddling in ourafl'airsf
You may be assured that the Portuguese
neither understand nor want Don Pedro’s
Constitution. The English are as well
aware of that as are the Frenrli or Span
iards. Again I say, tliere will be War.”
The Legislature of Virginia have, it is
known, rejected the bill to take the sent>e
of the people, as to calling a convention
lor re\ ising the constitutifjn ol that stale.
The vole stood, for the bill 103, against
it 107. The Lynchbiirg Virginian, a
pap'^r that speaks the lafiguage of fr^
dom and reason, furni'ihe^a curious il-
lusiration of the iiie(|iia!ity of i!ie exist-
ntg constitution ul' Vir^;inia, and the
^rc'At need for u '■ft'orin, uheri it. cv r.i-
’i.r'r one of'iis correspontlcnti, stated irs a|
tabular Conri, opposite the name ol.each'
member votiiii^ on the tjuestion, the num
ber oi'frcc wjiites he represented, and ar
rives at the result that the 107 votes
which rejected a bill—not calling a
convention, but simply asking the
sense of the people whether or not a con
vention should be called, represented on
ly 220,000 citizens, while the 103 votes
in favor of the bill represent 371,000 cit
izens. Yet Virginia is held up here,
and exhibits herself—as far as the Rich
mond Enquirer can vouch for her—as a
model of republicanism.
iV. F. Jhnerican.
The New York American gives the
following as the cause ofthe recently con
templated duel between Mr. Wright and
Mr. Saunders:—“General Sauntlers is
the per son whose resolution on the pub
lic printing has made so much talk in liie
House of Representatives, and is from
North Carolina.—Mr. Wright is from
Ohio. I’lie cause of offence, we believe,
was, that Gen. Saudners. after launching
anathervias against all ofKce-seekers, of
fice-holders, and others living upon the
“public crib,” was reminded in the
House by Mr. Wright, that he, the afore
said Saunders, had very recently sought
to fasten his teeth in tlie “public crib,”
in the sliape of Clei k of the Supreme
Court of the United States, for which
office he was an unsuccessful applicant.
Mr. Wright, referring to Mr. Saunder’s
disappointment, and to his resolution
calling upon Mr. Clay Ibrhis reasons for
removing certain |)rinters, suggested that
the latter should be so amended, as also
to ask from the Judi^es of the Supreme
Court their reasons for havingappointed
another person Clerk. This, and the
comments thereupon, roused, we believe,
the wrath of the gallant General to the
challenging point.” [True bill.]
Legislative Nuisance.—The Grand Jury
of Albany have presented as a nuisance,
the room kept for the refreshment of the
members of the Legislature.
Six hundred thousand dollars of Ken
tucky Commonwealth’s Bank paper, were
consigned to the flames at Frankfort, the
15th ult. in pursuance of a Resolve of the
Legislature. This makes in all g 1,473,-
000. There yet remain on hand g500,000
—leaving about g800,000 in circulation.
In a Rhode-Island paper we pcrceive
an expression of regret—by no means
confined to that Journal—that tl»e bill for
the relief of the surviving officers and
soldiers of the army of the Revolution
was defeated. W’e concur with the edi
tor to whom we allude, that no blame
can attach to Mr. Burges, the able Re
presentative from that State who had
charge of tiie measure, for its failure.
He did all which individual ability and
zeal could perform. He was cease
less in his vigilance, and unwearied in
the perseverance of his eflbrts to bring
this interesting subject before the House;
but it was not in the power of any mem
ber of a Committee, or of any Commit
tee itself, to subdue the determined spirit
of resistance with which the bill was en
countered at every stage. If a bill should
ever pass to give these veterans relief—
and if ever ii shuuld pass, it must pass
shortly, or they will be beyond the reach
of legislative provisions—we presume it
must b(! j)resented in a diirerent form
than that which was so zealously, but
unsnccessftidy, urg»nl on the House at the
late Congress.—Nut. Journal.
A singular instance of good fortune is
me»itioned in tiie last Louisport (Md.)
Star. A poor laboring man having saved
a lad from drowninjj, the tatln'r, in liis
gratitude, made hitn a present of a ‘lot
tery ticket, which two days afterwards
drew a prize of ten thousand dollars.
Some of the editorial fraternity have
lately tried to introduce the practice of
sending to the printer a slice of wedding
cake with tlie notices^of marriage which
i^iey may be requested lo publish. A
couple in Michigan seem to have had a
l)etter iflea of this thing—the editor of
tlie Detroit GaZ''tte, in [)ublishinga mar
riage, acknuw li*(h!,es tlie receii)t of “a
fine hind quartcrof fu'tf."
Four hundred lette-s were mailed in
otie day at the I’oil Oflice in Nt.'w-Voi k,
foi- Cien. M‘CIure, the author of a bill in
troduced into the New-Yoik Legislature,
to tax bachelors.
Since 1812, fifteen cargoes of fur seal
skins, taken within the soutlieni .\riic
circle, have been brouglit into the port ol
Stoningtoii, Conn. and sold for two hun
dred and sevfiity-seven thousand, five
hundred aru! ninety-s»‘vi -) dollars. Fjur
vessels from Stoniiigion are iio;v engaged
in the sealing ousnn ss.
Imw —The ease of Chs,
\j. Smith vs. Jicwis P. Franks, the ed
itor of th«j “ Iiidopendciit lialaiice,” for
a libel published in that paper a«;ainst
Mr. Smith, was tried ami deteriTiined
yesterday at Ni ^i Prius, hct'oio Judge
Diinean. The j'lry p;ave tli^i'xemplaiy
verdict of ten thanHdnd dolldi s dairia-
gf"; !o;- I.Main’ill-
Gazcth^..
ton T3F. C.VTAWUA JaCRSAl. .
TIIE COMMU-V SWKAKF.U. ^
It was said by an eminent divine, 'that
“ the co.nmon swearer worked for
the Devil, and found himself.” He re
ceives no equivalent. Profane swearing
can plead no temptation. It brings to its
votaries neither pleasure nor profit; and
it is one of the most absurd and ridicu
lous, as well as wicked and impious abu
ses of apepcli. It is the appropriate lan
guage of blackguards and fools. Hap
pily, for the world, men of ■jense and edu
cation seem now, so lo view it. Few
men, who have any pretensions to the
character of the scholar or gentleman,
now indulge in prolane language. Could
rational, immortal and accountable be
ings once be led to consider its vulgari
ty and absurility, as well as impiety, sure
ly they could not’ indulge in the dreadful
ful practice. “Damn ye,” says one, “ 1
am glad to see you.” This is, truly, a
polite address. First, to post away his
friend to Hell, and then, to express his
pleasure at seeing him so comfortably
lodged. W'here will men j)lace their
enemies, if they send thcir/We/irfa to that
gloomy region, “ where there is weeping
and wailing and gnashing of teeth ?”
Surely, they consider//e// a pleasant place,
and to be damned a distinguished privi
lege. “Damn ye, you dog,” cries ano
ther, “how do you do?” This genteel
accomplishment is an improvement on
the former, as it implies not on\y damna
tion, hut tran.'for mat lojt. It is a compound
of curse ami raillery. First, to plunge his
friend into Hell; then, to strike him out
of ihe list of rational animals, and de-*
grade him to a dog ; and lastly, to inquire
how he feels under this double transfor
mation. Surely, this benevolent friend
ought to know, that a man, amid fire
a..J brimstone, cannot enjoy much ease:
and that a rational being, degraded to thf
condition ol a dog, cannot feel very proud
of the metamorphosis. But a third, still
more refin*'d, accosts his friend, whom
he has not seen for several years, with,'
“Damn ye, you son of a , where
have you been, all this time?”—I’here is
much freedom and ease in this salutatijon;
but surely, not too much delicacy. To
sentence me’s friends to eternal condem
nation ; to cast a reproach on the legiti
macy of hib birth ; and to stigmatize his
mother, p . haps one of the most amiable
and pure of human beings, by so coarse
an epithet, may suit the inhabitants of
Bilingsgate, or the purlieus of some of
our own cities; but a delicate and refined
mind must surely recoil at the dreadful
language.
VVe are sensible that such expressions
are defended, on the ground that they
are mere common-place expressions,
void of any meaning, and not intended
to convey any reproach. But Gr>d has
expressly declared, by the prophet Mal-
aclii, that “for every idle word men shall
speak, they shall give an account in the
day of judgment.” Such language may
be considered as a mere jest on earth ;
but we have reason to believe, that it
will be deemed a serious matter before
the righteous tribunal of a holy ()od.
“ Thou shalt not take ihe name of the
Lord thy Ciod in vain.” This command
of the Decalogue is spiritual, and exten
sive in its application. All profane and
impious language ; all foolish and wan
ton jesting with things of a serious na
ture; all cursing, swearing, and impre
cations, however they may be introduced,
will expose us to the righteous indigna
tion of a holy Ciod. “Lay not the flut
tering unction to your souls,” that you
did but jest. No distinction is made in
the sacred volume, between sins commit
ted in jfst, or in earnest. If we sin in
jest, God, we have reason to believe, will
punish us in earnest. Indeed, so far from
being an exienualion of our guilt, have
we not reason to believe, that foolish and
impious jesiingon the su!)jects “of righ
teousness, tenijjcrance, and a judgment to
come,” will only serve u> mcrease our
condemnation in i!ie sight of a holy (iodi
Let, tlw'ti. the common swearer remem
her. that he sins without even the poor
apology, that he could not resist the vio-
h.-nce of temptation ; since profanit)
brings lu itlicr pli.-usure nor profit, 'i’liat
he degrades hi.risfH to a level with the
meatiest and must infamous grades ol
mankind. That hr confiiinds and abu
ses the meaning and use of language.
That he foifeils all pretensions to the
character of the scholar and the gentle
man; and that for every idle, profane
and inderent word he utteis, he must
render a solemn and awful account in the
day of judgment. iJKNKvoLt.s.
I'roni the (;harlestun Courier.
IMI’UO.MI* I U
On ruidliii' tht. lutr Duel cvrrffpnnJcucc.
M'Dimi;, v(ju were siirc-Iy riijtit
III di iiuing it till tiifie,
To ] t the tierce K :itu(:kiaii fijjlit
\\ ith liis inreriiiil iiitlr.
llis oHtT of “ (t r' l" wont d'l—
'I sclieme i.-) nut prDloutid ;
So pljiii llis ineiiiiiiii; is, tliut \oi
SIkiII t:ike it—iiinJir irrnunrl.
D'j. iiig .10 lus: year, tiie' sale of lo.lery
tickets in Rhode Islanil» exceeded th»*
sum of one million, six hundred and six
ty thousand^ nine hundred dollars.
for Sa\e.
By virtue of an 'order of Iredell Coun^'
Court, I will sell, at Public Vendue, ori
Tuesday, tl^e 24th day of April next, at the res
idence of W illiam Falls, in the lower end of
Iredell county,
Nine likely young NEGROES,
consisting^ of Hoys and Uirls, belonpiiijf to the
heirs of Capt. (iilbrcath Falls, deceaseii
Six months’ credit will he g'iven. Bond and,
approved security .vil! he required.
THKOPHII.UB FAf.LS,
Jdministratur dt buni.i non.
March 22, 1,827.—3t26r
V iv\v\ab\e T V ust Svv\e.
By virtue of a Deed «)f Trust, exeeuted hy
Robert Abernathy, Jun. to rne, to secut**-
the paymi-nt of a certain debt therein m*"ntion*
ed, 1 will proceed to sell, for cash, at Hi-aftie’s
Fonl, in I>ineohi county, on the 10th lay of A
pril next, the following' property, to wit :
Eleven or twelve NEGItOES,
Consisting' of two men, one woman, hoy anu
children, all likely, young-, and of excclleit^:
characfer. Also, the
Tract of LAND
Whereon said Abernathy lives, with a Cotton
Maeliine on it; and another tract, on the Ca-
tawha river, about two miles above Beattie’#
Ford, containing- 296 acres, being part of David
lluteliinsoii’s tract of land. If all should no*:
he sold on the day appointed, the sale w'illcon'
tinue next dav.
Ho'hkhT H. burton, Trwitce.
March 6, 1827.—4t‘26
liaud tor SaVe*.
[WILI. sell, on a credit, at the Court-House
in IJncolnton, on Mrmday, tiie 23d diy of
April next, beiny- the time of the Superioi'
Court, that
Valuable Tract of Land,
On which the widow of the late John Moore
resides, containing 560 acres, and situated im*
mediately on the CatawDa River, between
Thompson’s and Tool’s fords.
ANDRF.W IIOYI;.
Li?u-oln County, A/„rcA 19, 1827.—4l27
Xolice.
Tlf AT I have given my note, payable to.Tohfi
K. Houston, for the considention of twen-'
ty dollars ; which I forewarn any person from
trading for, as I have never received value fof
the same, and am determined not to pay it.
3t‘2G DAVIDSON HKNDKRSO.V.
liVlU^UTX,
Till A I elfgant hay flORSr,
. will stand the ensuin|r
season, :it the stable of th-
subscriber, every da)’’ ot
week, except Saturdays, on which la\sln- will
stand at John McCoy’s, near Hopewell meet*
iiig-hous»:, commencing on the 13d Saturday ia
April. LIBKRI'Y will he let to mares at the
moderate rates of ‘hree dollars the season ; one
dollar and fifty cents the single leap, the money
to be paid at the time of service, or the tnare>
will be considered as put by the season ; sis
dollars to insure a mare with A)al. Great care
and precaution will he taken to avoid accidents :
but I will not be liable for any. The season to
commence the 2d of April and end on the 16th
June.
DKSCRIPTION. Libertt is a beautiful
b.ay, sixteen hands high, eight years old thi*
spring, well proportioned and possessing great
muscular power. Liberty was got by old Princs
Laboo.
ALANSON ALEXANDER.
March 23, 1827.—3126
At tile '■' lit of Dr. .John M. Harris, Y«>rk Dis
trirt, S. ( by tin. 1,’ev. A. Aiuh-r.siin, on 'l'ui>
il:iy cN'cnii'^', the Jutji ''r. .1 \mStihim,
^*f ( licsUr Hi'-tri* t, ,S. ( •() Miss Ki.i/.aBkth A
W .'-s, ot tile f; ; ' A.!yxaiider I.
tin'!'.oun^.
nocToits
Tlios. L Johnson k Thos. Harris,
HAVINti associated in the practice of MED*
ICINE, respectfully tender their services^
in liie several departments of their profession^
to the citizens of Charlotte and its contiguous
country 'Fhey can at all times he found,
their newly established shop, on the lot forniv
erly occupied by Dr. Fliomas Henderson, two
hundre«l yards south of the Court-House, ex.-
cept when professionally engaged. They arii
in daily expectation of afresh and genuine as-
Hortmeiit of Medicine from Philadelphia and
Ni w-York. 2 >*
MendinhuiiH Palenl Grist ,MHl.
riHiE subscriber, being legally appointed a-
J. gent for th(r county of .Mecklenburg, of-
f( rs for sale pati iits for making and using tlvr
above patmt Mills, t(j all such as may apply.
JA.MKS UlNKINh.
10th Miirrh, f)l’27.
Altdicincs, O'
c.
HAVZZ.AND & ASHFZELD
(H KK,
Ai’ r,oi, kln(.-stri:et,
AN KX I hNSlVi; ASSOH'IMKNT OF
—ALSO—
mo Kegs White LF-AI), warranted pure,
O -H.) Do. ilo. good,
Hi'J Do. Spanish Brown,
8') Do. \fiietlan Ked,
20 Whiting, English,
25 Do. Linsee(i Oil, Philadelphis.
10 Hhds. Co|)peras,
IS Kegs V'^erdigris,
75 Do. Yellow Ochre,
1200 l.bs. Putty, in bladders,
4 B' Is. Copal and Japan Varnis]i,
8 H!)ls. Spirits of riirpentiiie,
4 lllids. I,amp Black,
Ah7 B')\es Window (.lass, embrai ing all si,
es, troin 7 by 9, to 22 by 28. Logwood in sticlr
and ehij-ped; chipped Camwood ; Mraragua
rustic; Redwood; Indigo, Spanish and Caroh-
na Fullers’ and Dyers’ artich s of all kind;,,
II. k A. can inform .Mereliants and olhti*
Dah.rs, that they arc daily reet iving advlitioii,-
stock tn.m their l.oiise in Ncw-York
' ! t inrv that inducements are . tibrdeil to pur-
cii:is"rs trrTall as above.
Vhurlcatvft, L>q, 2C»,