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VOLUME I,!
CHARLOTTE, N. C., SEPTEMBER 28. 1841.
\ NUMBER 29.
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POETRY
Weekly Almanac
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REPAIRING.
ffiijoma.et Cfottti*
STlIiL continues to repair Clockii and }Vitirhfx in
the very !>*st manner, if rt*(juested Ijv the owii-
« r to do so. He is woU supplied with all kinds of
materials. Ilis Shop is in the Jewellery Store of S.
P. Alexander, situated South tVom the Courthouse,
between the “ Mansion House*' and the “ (^harloitc
Jlotel.'- It will be his earnest desire to do work
I’aithfully, so as to merit encouragement.
His pncc .^liall he as moderate n.=; possible
for (,’ASH. [Cliailotto, July 0. l^j^l.-.lw
From the Southern Literary 3Icsscnger for August.
THE ORPHAN’S REST.
Break not the visions mid her slumbers gleaming,
Leave on that placid facc the smile of sleep,
Too soon will pass the pleasure she is dreaming,
Rouse not the sleeper who must wake to weep !
It may be, that she sees her mother's eyes,
Looking upon her from the far blue skies !
►Stay nijt that hushed forgetfulness of woes,
Wbicii only comes to childhood's quiet rest;
Ilreatlie not a word to stir the deep repose
By which the peaceful slumberer is blest;
Sleep may reknit the ties, to wake must sever,
Leave her the dream, of what is lost forever!
Too fair for grief to press, seems that young brow
I’athcd in its sunny waves of golden hair;
Vet the bright lip, where happy smiles should glow
3Iust learn to lisp the weary words of care,
And those still eyes grow dim with heavy tears,
And Silent sorrowing through lonely years!
For tiuies will be, when neither wish nor grief
Can bid the visions of her childhood stay,
When no sweet sleep will bless with kind relief,
The orphan's desolate and dreary day.
And that soft smile shall long have past away
From lips that sutiuring early taught to pray.
I.eavo the lone sleeper to her tranqud rest,
’Tis one her later life can never know,
For woman’s destiny so sad at best,
Its darkest shadows on her path will throw,
To love, to hope, to comfort, yet to weep,
These ar.,- her portion—let the dreamer sieew !
lyatertoir.i, iMass. J. T. I,.
MISCKL.LAXV'.
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I- HE ill iK'alth of Wni. Alfxnndor rendering him
unable to att(‘nd to clo>inp- the Itnsiness of the late
linn of Alexander Brothers, the siibscriUer will
remain in Charlotte from this dat*‘. lor that purpose.
All per.«;on.^‘ ]ia\^in^ open accounts with the firm,
must romc forward and close them either by cash or
niVcC hftween this and the ensuing Suporior Court,
if they wi.-h to save cost. I'he subscriber may at
all tiine.- >.t‘ found at his olfice. two doors south of
IMr. ( 'arson's sitore.
Ai»A.M ALEXANDER.
Auir. 10, isn. 23...i-
The following letter by Mr. Greenough, the
Sculptor, is characteristic of a genuine Artist,—
His great Statue of Washington, designed for the
(Japitol, was ready at B'lorence to bo shipped for
the Ignited States. Commodore Hull enfjajjed \. ith
the Captain of the -•Sea” to carry the Statue for
thiit3’-fi\’c hundrwl dollars, the
on the “ Natural History of Insects,” are the follow
ing vemarkSj which explain the whole subject:
“ Many specics of Lepidoplera, [Butterflies]
\vhen they emerge from the pupaor chrysalis state,
discharge a reddish fluid, which, in some instanees.
where their numbers have been considerable, has
produced the appearance of a shower of blood; and
by this natural fact, all those bloody showers, record
ed by historians as preternatural, and regarded,
where they happened, as fearful prognostics of im
pending evils, are stripped of their terrors, and re
duced to the class of events that happen in the com
mon course of Nature. That inscctsare the cause
of these [supposed] showers is no recent discovery;
for Sleidan relates ihrt, in tlv? 1553. a vast;
multitude of butterfl^WIH»'arineu through a great
part of Germany, arid sprinkled plants, leaves, build
ings, clothes, and men, with bloody drops, as if it
had rained blood. HeI the most interesting account
of an event of this kinn is given by Reaumur, from
whom we learn that, in the beginning of July, IG-
08, the suburbs of Aix, and a considerable extent
of country round it, were covered with what ap
peared to be a shower of blood. We may con
ceive the amazement and stupor of the populace
upon such a discovcrj, the alarm of the citizens,
the grave reasonings of the learned. All agreed,
however, in attributing the appearance to the pow
ers of darkness, and ]| regarding it as the progno
stic and precursor of spme direful misfortune about
to befall them. Fear and prejudice would have ta
ken deep root upon tbis occasion, and might have
produced fatal eflects upon some weak minds, had
not M. Peiresc, a celebrated philosopher of that
place, paid attention t(jj insects. A chrysalis, which
he preserved in his cdbinet, let him into the secret
of this mysterious shower. Hearing a fluttering,
which informed him Lfe insect had arrived at its per
fect state, he opened the box in which he kept it;
the animal flew out, and left behind it a red spot.
He compared this with the spots of the bloody
shower, and found thiy were alike. At the same
time he observed there was a prodigious quantity
of butterflies flying about, and that the drops of the
miraculous rain were not to be found upon the tiles,
nor even upon the upper surface of the s-ones, but
chiefly in cavities an l places where rain coultl not
ea.sily come. Thus l .j this judicious observer dis
pel tiie ignorant fears and terror which a liatural
phenomenon had —Vol. 1. page 35.
^'hose wi.shing further information on the sub
ject will fmd it in CuinslocJSs Vhysiology^ and in
LXXIV of Harper's Family Library.
The instance menticjncd in the Nashville account,
of flesh appearing with the blo'^d, no doubt was
vessel having the
privilege ol touching at vaiious ports in the Nledi- the result of the insect having perished in the pro
terranean. For S.5,(^00 the Captain w'as willing to cets of transformation.
I
i3ooi^::SinDtn(t.
’5V^ILLL\M nrXTFjR would inform his custo-
▼ ^ niers and the public crenerally. that he still
ronnmip« the BO()lv-BIXi>L\C BUSlXESS at his
oid ^tand. a few doors soiUh-ea.'^t of the Israeli Mint,
ile will he happ} to receive orders in hi. line, and
jih'dgro,-; iiimsell' to spare no pains to give complete
.^ati.-faction.
I
* )rder': left at liiss Sliop, or at the OlFice of the
‘•Mecklenburg Jeli'er.sonian.'* w’ill receive immediate
;iti*‘nlion. [Charlotto, March 5. 1^11.
THE CULTIVATOR,
A coiisohuation of I’uel’s Cultivator and thcOen»se- Farmer.
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and elevate the Agriculture of tiie eoimtry : to
^ivc a proper tone to the morals aiul mind of the
farmer; to show him the dignify and importance o
his profession; to store his mind Avith useful know
]-‘dge. and convince him that while all clas.ses are
and must be nuirt; or less dependant on each other,
he alone of tlio whole can make any near approach
to independence. If there is one thing more than
another, w’hich in this country gives a man superi
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knowledge.—know^Iedge which is essential to the
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;ihou1 300 Correspondents, from almost every State
m the Union;
If an increase of subscription beyond any prece
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we have received, added* to a circulation
amountin'^' year to Twenty-two thou.san».
maybe admittciv evidence, then we have certain
ly riiost abundant reasOn to be gratified witli the suc
cess which has attended u.ie_Union of the Cultivator
and the Genesee Farmer. exj)ense has been or
will be spared to render the Cuu*Jvator worthy of
the|patronage it has received. In thb' number, va
riety and excellence of its Illustration^, it Js with
out a riv'al at home or abroad, the last volume being
embellished with nearly One Hundred Engravin’cii?;
illustrating the improved breeds of Horses, Cattle,
Sheep, Swnne, Building, Implements, &c., making
the Cultivator, all things considered, it is believed,
the Cheapest Agricultural Paper ever published in
Tliis or any other country.
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Notes of Hand and Land Deeds; also
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J’lst printed, and for sale at the Jefl^ersoniau Office
ter
brinof the Statue direct; l»ut Commodore Iltdl tho’t
the 1,500 ought to be saved in the frein^ht, altho’ !
the work would thereby run the greater risk of in
jury or total loss. 'Phis latter sum Mr. G reenough
chose to become responsible for personally, rather
than expose the labor of years to unnecessary dan
ger. His letter is on the subject.—Ral. Register.
Florence, May 12, ISll.
Sir: After many delays, occasioned in the first
instance, by rumors of war, and afterwards by ne-
gotia!ion.s between Commodore Hull and Messrs,
Fitch. Brothers & Co., of Marseilles, the ship “Sea,**
Captain Delano, is at length arrived at Leghorn to
receive the Statue of Washinirton: as is also the
L’nited States Sloop of War Preble, who.sc com
mander is charged with tlie duty of overseeing and
assisting the shipment.
Commodore Hull informs me that he allow’cd
the Captain of the "Sea” the privilege of touch
ing at one or more ports in the Mediterranean, to
complete his cargo before sailing to America; after
I3??.:,JAMIN IIALLOWELX^
MECHANICS.
BY M. M. rfOAH,
Look at that tailor, driving his barouche anc
horses,’ said a whl.skered dandy in Broadway:
" how can America ever arrive at distinction, when
all classification of persons is thus annihilated, anc
the coach of your tailor runs against your own til
bury ?” 'l'hi.s is the opinion, no doubt, of many wdio
never earned a dollar by thtir own industry. Bo
naparte, the best judge of human nature and of mer
it. never visited a great paintmg, or a specimen o
ingeinnty or mechanic art, that he did not, on ta
king leave, walk up formally to the artist, mechan
ic. or engineer, and taking ofl' his hat salute him
with a low and respectful bow; it was a homage
due to merit and he always paid the debt. Noth
ing gives me niore }))easure than seeing a mechan
which he is allowed to discharge such cargo at bi^ own coach, that is to say, if he drives his
any port in the United States not south of Norfolk,
Virginia, before proceeding to land the Statue at
Washington.
1 learn from Captain Delano, that the sum of five
thousand dollars had been demanded by him for
the transportion of the Statue without any other
cargo, and that Commodore Hull had offered three
thousand five huiulred dollars. Deeming the delay
and risk that the arrangement made by Conmiodore
Hull will s\d)ject the monument, as too great to be
justified by a sum of fifteen hundred dollars. I
have w'ntten to Messrs. Fitch, Brothers & Co., to
ofl’er them that sum ; and have preferred the risk of
ultimately sacrificing that amount to the disgrace
and danger of trading about this sea with a national
monument of Washington under hatches.
I may be found to have acted without due consi
deration .Ojr the opinion of Commodore Hull: but I
beg leave to represent that though 1 have been paid
for this Statue, I have still an interest in it—the in
terest of a father in hi.s child. It is the birth of my
tiiought. I have sacrificed to it the floAver of my
days and the freshness of my strength: its very li
neament has been moistened w'ith the sw'cat of my
toil and the tears of my exile. 1 would not barter
away its association with my name for the proudest
fortune that avarice ever dreamed. In giving it up
to the nation that has done me the honor to order it
at my hand, 1 respectfully claim for it that protec
tion which it is the boast of civilization to afford to
Art, and which a generous enemy has more than
once been seen to extend even to the monuments of
his own defeat.
Should it seem fitting to the gentleman with whom
rests the decision of the question, that I should my-
*»elf pay the sum I have offered on my own respon
sibility, I request that 1 may have early notice of
such decision.
ted it in folly and extravagance, and then become a
loafer, and without knowing how to earn his bread,
he will follow the meanest trade in the world, that
of begging.
The parents who Iiave several sons, and not
means to give them all fortunes, begin in time to
bend their minds to the consideration of useful oc
cupations—
.lust as the twig is bent
Thu tree’s inchned.
The other day I hekl a colloquy on this very
subject with one of my boys, -who was full of
sprightliness and ambition. ‘-Farther,” said he,
‘•w'hat trade am I to learn?” “A lady’s shoema
ker, my son ' A whatfj snid the httlo urchin,
his full blue eyes widening with a stare of astonish
ment, and his broad cheeks reddening to the crim
son of a pul|)it cushion—“a lady’s shoemaker?
Why, what is the use of my learning English,
"rench, and Spanish, grammar and the globes,
arithmetic and dancing, and playing on the fiddle,
and composition and elocution, and riding on horse
back, if I’m only to be a lady’s shoemaker ?” “ Pre
cisely so, my son; when you have finished your
education you shall learn to be a lady’s shoemaker;
when you have served out your time, I w’ill send
you to Paris or Madrid, for a year or so, to finish
your trade, with the very first masters—there they
make beautiful shoes—then you shall have a store
in Broadway, a small capital will set you up in bu
siness ; and do you not think the ladies of the citv
would prefer a well educated gentlemanly young
man, with a good address and a perfect master of
his art, to take measure of their delicate feet, than
a clumsy, rough looking rude fellow, with his fin
gers all over wax? Certainly. You Avould be
every where patronized, your work would be prais
ed, and your fortune soon made.—Now, is this not
better than putting a pair of specs on your nose—a
thread-bare coat, on your bad:—Blackstone in your
hands, waiting day after day ior a client ?” “ Well,”
but farther,” said he, ‘-you will give me as much
money as I want when 1 am a man—there is no use
of my working,” Yes, but there is, my bo}'; you
must earn money by your industry. Were 1 to
give you money and bring you up in idleness, what
would become of you when the money w'as all
gone?” The little fello'.v did not exactly under
stand the philosophy of such a conclusion, but as he
grows older he ^vill view the matter in a different
light. After all said, much depends on the good
counsel of mothers in laying the foundation for a
sound superstructure in the minds of their sons
3Ir. Rlictt^’s Sccoiifl Lietter.
MR. RIIETT’s letter TO THE EDITORS OF THE
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Gentlemen : I am perfectly at leisure, although
a member of Congress, ‘and Congress in full ses
sion; and, to rid myself of the eninii of inactivity,
I once more address you on the subject of the right
of debate.
On last Monday, I think, the chairman of the
Committee of Waysai^d Means, after all tliae business
before the House had been despatched, rose and re
marked that, for tii«e first titne in the histoiy of our
Government, the House of Representatives (th j on
ly body under the Constitution where the people
are immediately represented) had nothing to do;
and that the action of the Senate upon the measures
we had sent to them, was all'that was necessary, for
Congress to adjourn. A few' minutes after this an
nouncement in the House,''the same novel and ex
traordinary fact W’as proclaimed in the Senate, in a
tone of triumphant approval; and the tardiness of
the Senate was rebuked and condemned, when con
trasted with the superior energy and efTiciency of
the House of Representatives, in passing laws,
whilst the new method of stifling and destroying
debate was openly defended and justified.
You, gentlemen, ha%’e been habitually in the Se
nate. You have seen this body, day after day. Sit
ting from ten o’clock in the morning until four and
five in the afternoon, with a diligence and fidelity
unsurpassed, and rarely equalled, in high and com
manding debate, putting through the crucible of the
closest analysis of reasoningj^and the deepest wisdom
of experience, the mighty projects of legislation
which have been brought before them. In former
times, the question of a Bank, the adjustment of the
Tariff, a Distribution bill, a Bankrupt bill, a funded
debt, were each of them deemed subjects of such vi
tal importance to the people, as to engross the atten
tion of Congress for three months of a regular session.
But here, in midsummer, at an extra session, all
of these projects, upon which the great parties of
the country have been divided, vitally affecting the
Constitution and the perpetuity of our system of Go
vernment, are thrown upon us for lorisi-ition. I
put it to you, in ail candor and honor, to say whe
ther, in a deliberative body of fifty-two Senators,
three months is not a very reasonable time for the
consideration of such gigantic measures ? Look for
a moment at the matters they involve. TJie Bank
rupt Bill, it was said by its friends, would relieve
some mechaniral business and SCO how much norc | hunJrermUUmrj^f’n!"^^^ '“f he TaHffbu!
hn'ri ivn'r I n '"'^1 P'' .'■8''! i| S'"*'! imposes ta.fatjoc on tfae peopiirTrom fi»c to teiriai'-'
f- 11 ]• » J t 1 1 time of profound peace, in the Loan bill of twelve
1 his reasonmg partially applies to daughters, who - * - -- ^
are by far less troublesome and difiicult to manage
than sons. It is incredible how many avenues to
comfort and employment are opened to girls if they
are industriouly disposed. 'I'here are three young
ladies, daughters of a respectable but moderately
circumstanced family, remarkable for neatness of
dress and reserved manner, attributed by many to
pride. Calling in at rather an unusual hour, I
found the mother and daughters employed in mak
ing muslin shirts, for which they received only a
shilling apiece, and they clothed "^themselves entire
ly by the needle. The cause of their pride was thus
millions of dollars. 'I'he two Bank bilis, afiecting
the property of every man, woman and child in the
Union, aad their posterity ibi geiu-ations to come;
and last of all the Distribution mil. conveying away
the whole national domain, exit ndiag to the Pacific
ocean; whilst the vacum cru;it'd in the Treasury
by the donation, is to be supphtd by duties on im
ports—worse than all other measures, becausc stri
king at the-very vitals of our whole system of Go
vernment. The six millions additional appropria
tions voted at this Congress to the expenditures of
the year, are too insignificaiu to be consideicd par
ticularly, when standing beside theS’. great measures.
Prom the jVational Intelligencer.
THE SHOWER OF FLESH AND BLOOD.”
Our readers are greatly indebted to the Princi
pal of that excellent institution the Alexandria
Boarding School, for the following scientific eluci
dation of the phenomenon in Tennessee, designated
by the above heading.
Alexandria Boarding School, )
9 21, 1841. ]
Friends Gales &> Seaton:—I notice in the
Intelligencer of to-day, under the head of the
Atmospherical Phenomenon,” an article from
Nashville Banner, describing w’hat is stated to have
been a ‘‘shower of flesfi and blood,” in the vicinity
of Lebanon, Tennessee. The same account, or a
similar one, has also been published in several oth
er papers. There are many persons of that pecu
liar temperament that is unfavorably affected by in
telligence of so unusual and awful a character; to
such it may be a relief to learn that the phenonie-
non alluded to finds its ready explanation in a well-
ascertained fact in the economy of insects. In the
intQrestingand in$tructive work of Kirby & Spence,
oun coach on the actual profits of his occupation
if he mistakes the time, and begins too early, he is
lost; for a mccliam’c wlio sets up his coach, and is
compelled to set it down again, from a premature
commencement and not understanding his position
is a poor creature indeed, and runs ahead i>f his
business.
It is a custom, and a bad custom in England, to
look on Tradesmen und Mechanics as an inferior
class of men, without reference to their character
or weahh. This, however, grows out ot the dis
tinction and classification of society in a monarchical
form of government, and keeps merchants and me
chanics except in the city of London, continually
under the ban, and consequently prevents their ever
attaining a high rank; and we regret to add that we
are tinctured a little too much in this country with
the same feelings. Some of our families, accustom
ed to believe that there is in a mechanic, something
low and grovelling, prefer bringing up their sons
to a profession, or in a counting-house, or in a re
tail fancy store; and when tliey come of age, they
have no capital to give their children to commence
business with, and they drag out a wearied and poor
existence, depending on chance, and seldom attain
ing distinction or affluence. This is not the case
with the sober, industrious mechanic; he has a busi
ness, a capital of which he cannot bo deprived, and
if he possesses ingenuity and enterprise, and, above
all, sobriety, and industry, he is very likely to at
tain fortune. The secret, therefore, in this republi
can country, is to give your sons a good education,
an education suitable for any profession, and then
make mechanics of part of them; because, if they are
temperate, ingenious, industrious, and frugal, they
must make a good living; but if these principles are
engrafted on a good education, such mechanics not
only become rich, but they become great.
The education which qualifies them for the bar
or the bench—for the highes t jionors of a profes
sion, imparts a greater value to their mechanical pur
suits, and enables them to take a high rank in the
political world, sustained by a powerful interest.—
TruOj there arc privations and inconveniences in
learning and working at a mechanical business—
boys must be up early and late—live hard—work
hard; they must make great sacrifices of ease and
comfort for a term of years, and, then they will be
gin to realize the good results—to taste of the good
fruit: besides, w'hat is above all price, their habits
from fourteen to nineteen are formed in a proper and
safe mould, free from indolence, vice, and extrava
gance.
The very dandy who turned up his honorable
nose at the respectable tailor driving his barouche
and pair, was actually the son of a mechanic, and
inherited a large fortune which he does not know
how to use. In a few vears he will have dissipa-
cxplain'.'d it was the pride of conscious independ-1 yQu—^ jq ^ly capable of
I grasping their scope even in a faint degree, to an*
j swer me, whether three months, in a deliberative
The Prcss.~^\i is of immese importance that a body of fift\^-two Senators, is not a very reasonable
nation whose stability, happiness, and permanent
existence depend almost wholly on moral means of
support, in contradictbn to the physical force on
which all other govermnents can, in emergences,
lean for aid, should be aided, strengthnned, and suppor
ted through its various trials, by an enlightened, in
dependent, and virtuous Press. I’o have the bene-
time within which to consider and dispose of such
grave matters of legislation ?
If you answer in the affirmative to this question,
as 1 icnow^ you must, I will, with your leave, put a
second to yoiL If three months is a rrasouain.^. lime
for debate and action on these subjects, in a body of
I fifty-two members, how long, to do their duty, ought
are conducted on those high principles—which cv
ery one must acknowledge to conduce to the happi-
ne.ss of the people, by their influence over public
and private individuals—ought to be supported bet
ter than they now are, or ever have been by the re
flecting portion of the community. For every man
who reflects at all, must perceive that under popu
lar nistitutions. like ours, one of the most efficient
means, to which liberty, political and religious, must
look for maintenance, is the existence of an enlight
ened, moral, independent press.—Boston Courier.
fit, however, of such a powerful guard and defence, | ^ of two hundred and forty members'to take
there should he a body of educated, intelligent, high ; pi-operly to consider and dispose of them? And in
muuled disnuerested and independent men qualifi- deciding this question, keep in mind that great dis-
ed to aid and su.'itain, by their pens and by theit I ^ef^vecn the two bodies. The Senate repre
personal anfl moral influence, the immediate con- j g^nts the States, the House represents the people,
ductors of the peliodical press, whose vocation it is j ^jpQ^^ whom these projects ot legislation, atiectino"
to spread the fruits of their labors, and those ol their property and liberties, arc immediately to act
coadjutors, befoie the people. 1 hose presses, which g}iall t)ie people, through their representatives, have
^a less scope for debate, than is permitted to Sena
tors who represent the States? Ought they not,
rom the great number of their representatives, and
^heir more immediate interest in the matters involved,
^o have far more time? Yet, see, gentlemen whilst
*-he representatives of the people are h.inging about
^he lobbies of the Senate, or sitting undt^r the trees
of the garden, or sauntering down Pennsylvania
avenue, the flag is flying over the dome of th'^ Se
nate chamber. The House of Representatives, no
thing to do, whilst Congress is in full session! 1—
Does this fact not startle you? Although yon
might be ignorant of the rule of debate, and the par
liamentary jargon which makes it so unintelligibie
to those unused to the proceedings of deliberative
bodies, does not this fact tell you, louder than the
voice of artillery, that a revolution is eflfected in the
popular branch of Congress—^that the right of de
bate no longer belongs to it? Why, as far back as
the days of the Great Charter, the barons of Eng
land enforced upon John, the principle, that “no
man should be deprived of his life, liberty, or pro
perty, but by the judgment of his peers and the law
of the land.” Our peers, you know, are the jury of
the country: the law of the land is the common
law, which secures to every man, where life, liber
ty, or property is at stake, the right of freely speak
ing to the matters brought against him. This is the
right of the individual, handed down to us from cen
turies, and stamped into our whole civil polity. An
swer me. Shall the people aggregately be depri
ved of a right which they all have individually ?
Shall the right of speech, which every one enjoys
in all private causes, be taken from the people in
their public deliberative assemblies ? Have not the
people property—have they not liberty, which is
all of their political existence which is worth living
for; and why, when the one is to be taken from
them by their Government, in countless millions—
and the other is threatened with an utter overthrow,
shall they not speak, and speak freely, through their
Representatives, to the measures thus vitally aflect-
ing thein? To argue that the right of speech is
—A plunge was heard, and twenty people
shrieked, ‘a child overboard!’ ‘Stop the boat!’
‘ Oh its my child ! save it for the love of heaven !’
• Slop, I'll jump in,' said a young man, unbuttoning
his shirt collar very slowly. “iVo, you shan’t, Ro
bert, you’ll ketch your death by cold,” said his mai
den aunt. These and a thousand others were the
exclamations of the moment; but where was the
gallant Fred'? Overboard, bufletting the small bil
lows with one arm, and grasping the long silken
hair of the drowning baby with the other. Shouts
of ‘ noble fellow !’ ‘ bravely' done,’ * huzza !’ ‘ give
him a rope !’ met the ear of joyous Fred, as he was
drawn up on board, dripping and exhausted—with
a lai'ge wax doll in his arms ?
•Why, it aint Mrs Smith’s baby after all,’ said
one.
‘No, nor Mrs Jones’,’ said another.
‘Ye may say that,’ said the Irish nur^e, ‘ it’s no
more than the big baisewax baby of me own darlin’
that the swate gintleman dhripping wid wather has
saved.’ ”—N. O. Crescoit.
“ Pray, sir, what might your name be?” enquir
ed a Philadelphia oysterman of a grave Quaker. “ It
might be Beelzebub, but it is’nt,” was the reply.
The chorus to one of the Whig songs, last fall,
was as follows:
“ We’ll vote for Tyler therefore
Without a why or a wherefore.”
Don’t grumble n ow% Whiggies, if your heads
are sore.—Hartford Times,