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ut i. bt iv tuu‘(.i. has btitu pc*r\t-rlfd | ciui\, un>cli bnllinril achieve- ' very Atius of tht? parly. Air. Calhouns sppcchcs , ' liDiU \!> oii^^in il t'.,:, t. U liiis bt t'n ii' 1 •>> i‘l oi ihc Am* iicnn ui ius ir; d(f(nct* ot Ntw Or- at lliat ni^jinoiublt* se-sion alontj. would be sutficieiii strinnt'Hl to biiiiu hp a p."*.rt'.cuiar br jp.ch Oi ■ huus, shuuli be rtlUiried lo him fiom the public to siuriip his name upon the of history, as one ! all 1 an ( !;C;ii'e'-t i ppicjcir.n to a!l tlv* T4*st. ('mc \ iit asury. U is unjust to hun and reproachtui to of the most remarkable men ot his djy. . | the Ciiuniiy to whose service he has devoted his At the present tim«, when the Democratic party j lif;‘. thul It has not long since been doiie. I would, are looking around them for a candidate for the . thr-rcfore, recommend that the ftt lings of the people Presidency in 18.44—one who shall be the expo- | ot Ifori^ia on this subjrct. be e.xpressed in resolu- nent of their princjples—the friends of the respec- . lions ol iuiiiuclions to our Stnaiors. i table genliemeu whose names have been mentioned — in connection with that distsnguished station, do not ‘ Froiu the .\uw-Or!eans JvlLrionlan. ^eem it impertinent OT inauspicious to express pubhc- * iy their preferences ,o: their peculiar friends. This j 13 perfectly compatible with "democratic usagy,’ ^t *-.il f linily (if r\i''>N-’aU d blalt s united (or iht purp’t?e cf muiual proi; ciion and deteucc. not for nriMi il nnrgi: s-i. 1'; and every mt^asurc which vii^l if i this l.ia ti'neniui pr-nci’'iic; of our asso* ciali ui. w ' ik= iis th-j fialeiTial tie whichr binds us ’mL. r-V ^ 1..I n't I t ih r. 'i ■* i‘. Vj a s’lni liQin the agricultunst. to piut :w\ il=- ;^ th.i's o( ihu mauuia -turer, is so ila- };ranily unjust, that lh>'guiidst-nsF'ui the nation must I Vail u;juiiisl ll.(! ouMa_n>. 'I'ii^' t u if of duiits JOIIX C. CALIIOUX. iuiptocd by the lale t/tini(trss. injurious alike to f»'ir ! ‘‘ Free trade, low duties, no debt, separation from . and no possible injurv can arise, either to individ- ii’uhural inter; st. r*- v^-nue anJ coni!uerc»*, calls ' bahko. economy, retrenchment and strict adherence | uals or to the part\^ itself. Por it is w'ell understood I r the expr*«5i .n of y=^ur iinMniniouo Mj;inlon of : cunstituiion,’' was the concluding Scnl* nce of that it is the exnression simnlv of a preference in mm JEFFERSONIAN ,f . iij ine cunjtituiion, was the concluding Scnl* nce of • that it is the expression simply of a preferen ■juJ lunati !t) VV iiil*^ the price of ihe sia| l‘'ot ih'-' ^ Sj.t^ech dthvti>d in the Senu’e of tlie United ; favor of this or that distiuijuished si'ilesman. In j Stale will .-caicHy warrant its cuhivation. thos** who j S during the last tession of Congress by John no instance has Mr. Calhoim s friends put hitn be | tijg i:, d in irs pr--Ji,«-tion are rnad*? ih"^ viclims C' C ilh-un. The sentence embraces ihe very es-j fore the American people a.- a candida'.e, uncondi- ?-f ihi.T uiijn-! p li.'^y. \'our Senaiors and Rs’prf,*-i ^*^'uce (ji dt-mcjcracy, arjd may be considered as the lionally. In all cases they havo expressed them- ii' riv ' ho il l have the expiessiiin of ihe well , Jmocratic creed, from which most, if | selves willing lo prefer the will of the party, when ! a-‘ rt.iLi i I ui.i.c wiii on this grf at (pieslion iheir principles naturally and harmoniously j liiat zci/l shall hav^e been expressed in convention | ■ u:.r. ■ ;it lare session^ ena.-ted a law re- in one word every principle ; assembled. All that Mr. Calhoun’s friends expect ^ j I i Iv! , ;-r--li*jtivf s of the people to b^ cho- rapidly approaching and all absorb- j or desire is, that the voice of the party should speak ftil.-d to divide the Slates inio Presidency will hinge—a-con- j its will—and whoever may be its choice will be | ■ ..'i ' h:;s no auili;-rily, in expn si ; which will, m all human probability, create • iheir candidate, and will be supported with a zeal | k^^ by impHcation, to direct the Sialt s | ex'-itcrn' nt than any other ( lection that has | worthy of the noble cause in which we are all en- | ^ ^ ;• p- ii H bv law, its d; fcclive or irnpcr-1 constitution. The agitation in | listed. As to dissension in our ranks, it is an im- | ample folds: on that banner is inscribed Fher Traue ; Low | Tne con’tiiuti declares that. ! Southwest will not be distinguished | possibility ! Cli arlot t e, Xo r 111 - Carol i 11 a. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 22, 1S42. Democratic canilidate for Pre.'^ ’detit of the Liiitcd Slates: JOHN C. CALHOUN, at least three “hangings” lo our mio in .\ortli Carolina. And as to being sent to the penitentiary to escape whipping or braiijit)g, ii i;? Pl^e dvin£T by j'H’ccmcal to a\oid sudden death, fhe man wiio i® , wiiippcd 01 branded and turned loose, can seek a home where his disgrace is not known, and by the i severe lesson taught him will probably becomt a j better citizen. He has r40t been made the slave I a keeper, driven and cufied about publicly for j years like a dogj—he has; not lost the spirit of a ! freeman by being for years immured in a dungeon and ! made to drag a clog like a beast under the lash to and from his daily toil. He goes from the scene of his punishment a reformed man, iti nine cases out of ten. But how is it w'ith the peniiemiary I convict ? I low seldom does he come out a reform- I ed man ! We almost daily read in the newspapers I of convicts being turned loose, having served oui their time, and before they got home to their family, i were taken up and carried back for horse stealing, or some other offence. In nineteen eases out of OF SOUTH-GAROLIXA. “ The fjreat popular party is alroiidy rallied almost f’r? 7?ic.svc ’ . . around the banner which is leadmg the party to is linnl iri- ; twenty, the peniientiary proves a school for villains, mnph. The few that still lat» will soon be ralli-.d under its I . ’ . , ^ i ia„ I _ I where men go m novices in crime, and come out . n tiV t' ru) . l-cr'l" ;,;'" Ti.,; c’onaitVai M7'dtcUVrihal, I .-ioulhu-i.st will not be dislingulshed | possibility I W.hall' the lion-hearied'aeniocrats of i scoundrels Lhetiui-.. j;i ;C'^5 ai^l manner of lijlJing elections. 1 excesses and fol ies that prevailed in this country squabbling among themselves for office! j i-ution. Victory in such a caiise will be Lfreat and ^;lorio^s ; decreases crime, or reforms criminals io4u. 1 hat was a noisv and vuli/ar exhibition of tWo rr* I r* ..roll With them, it is ev ' ' ' ‘ ^ ' ' ” • - ■ i . ‘‘ men. A penitentiary, then, neither for S.flia! .rsaii l 1!. pr.ntativis.shall be’presci ibod I '■'''S'*'' txh.bitioii of inniidi riiulu !,y iliu L. gislature ih.,rtof, but tii. ! cooii-slcinsgot up Congr^’ss in:iy, atruiv tuu'', by Ian', make or ai:i;r ! No—the thing is unnatural! erv thing for -‘meas res,” and nothinjz for euch re?Uiati:)U',” 'I'he dilate has l^ng since ma.J regulaliuns, complete in every re?p -ci. j.)r hul ling elec.ions r>r )i presenf;itiv( s\ by wiiich a rej = n; t-n taiion in the National Ceu' cils is insuird. 'I'iit sf re^o? / '»ri9 have not b* en altered by Congress, and ih»VT* roro remain the only constitutional means of the tlfMilioQ of Bepreeeniatives. If it was inten 1» d 'by Con^resijs fo direct the Slates to alter their m;»dr of election, it was an issiwiimutable i^umjHion ot power: and if disfraachisfiiT®-^t was tSoe the price of fion*comp!:ance, it Wiis a of thei^ pow I r, to bring about the very rijsultg I© prevent wh'.«:h authority was given them over the gubject. It rnay ' well be doubted whether tbs a'istricting of the States is embraci*d by th»: provisiorM^of the Constitution, for thetim^s, phioes and manner of bolding the elec- fion.>, are prfsf’ribed without division of the Htates into distri is, and the be districted, atid yet an elt'Cfi^in cannot be held thesj^ i^lrces a id manner - f holding the elections, B' sid's. under thedistiicf system, tbe of th ‘ Union m ly be placed in the hanJ> f a mi nority of the p ■opie: under th(^ general I 4r^v^* tem, a majoi ity of the people must have a t'f iht; r( pi f s» ntativi s In popular go\**;F'ism?ri’tf;‘ the majority must rule. It is the fundaim niai pm. '*ijd ; :;f poj)Hiar right. Tho objection that a in noi.ty >hould be represented, would apply vvit equal t uc«‘ to ih^- di>trict, as to the general lie' ."ysi» m, for the nggiegate ot the minorities i/i^^ fiistncts, iniuht be as i>reat, peihaps -jr'''at«^*^j the 5i:jg(e .nini.niv u«»der the gei: ■ al'lsicket regu-» . i l i , , , ^ , 1 :ii(n. S V.n • ol 'Uie aWf^ of'ih-. -aTsinf n who "f”* i'^'spectable meetuiss of the poo- by the wbigs to cheat and delude the unsophi^tica-, Candidates are but the instruments given by Provi- lel and unsuspecling citizens of this Union; which idence to work out great political, social and moral tie; St-uiocracy. thank God, had too much taste and i reform—and before dissensions can spring up among ’^uhd s» nse to imitate, and for all which, it is to be , the;nselves they must cease to be worthy to triumph tiop« d, having had their folly made manifest, they, i as a party or to enjoy any longer the heritage left the Whigs, are heartily ashamed. But the coming j them by those illustrious apostles of Liberty—Jef- slorm will approximate to moral sublimity—the in- f feison and Madison. terest will pervade the very souls of men; it will! ONE OF THE PEOPLE. not evidence itself, perhaps, by the same tumultuous ! asst‘mbluge of the people; but it will be keenly | Vre cordially approve the suggestions contain- ft It in thn bosom of every freeman in these United j ed in the l^bilowing article, and liope our present Stat's, no matter to what paity he may be attached, | legislature will not adiourn without passing some 1- '",1"' 1'', ! law ou the subject; ' ot r;.)ii) tlial aM honorable means will be resorted to i :o win til.' victory. With the Whi^’- nirty it will ' Adrertiung E.recutio}i Sales—The ^^’MWlanChro- bo '• ant Ca;sar, aut nihil,” ami it is toL anprehondeJ i “““ many aijplicali.ms that for the purpose of olevati,,.. their leader to the i ^e made to the ensuing Legts.ature lor I .1 ° • I I amending or enacting laws, notice \s given that an Presidency, they may resort to means, m the phren- " ^ zy of the canvass, which every patriot must deplore, and vvhicli may go very far to create distrust in man’s capacity for self-government. In a contest so perilous, pregnant with such stu pe nJous consequences—involving the very existence oT/ree institutions, and cgnsequenily of liberty it- what bold warrior shall lead ihe never to be odued democracy of this country to victory and The North and West are answering ! g^^emocracy; every whereproclaims is the man} r^im'and North Carolina, in South Caro- eorgia, and in Alabama and Mississippi, fin is the first choice of the democratic In most of these States he has been nomi- and if its principles be faithfully and tirmlv adhered to, atu-r y-, , . . . it is achieved, much will it redound to the honor of those by j Lut the most important objection to the C5tablisfl- whom it Will have been won; and lon'i will it perpetuate the ^ liberty and pros,)erity of th-i country.”—C. Calltuun. ' ptnittUiia y U, m our estimation, its lU- j inous ellects Upon cveiy description of the mechan- TEMPERANCE. | ic arts. No mechanic cati earn his bread where The i:ext monthly meeting of the Washington Temperance his labor has to come in competition with that of This is a fact well known m Society of Mecklenburg County, will be held at the Presby terian Church in Charlotte, at 7 o’clock on Thursday evening the first of Decen^ber next. Punctual attendance on the part penitentiary convicts, every Slate where there is a peniientiary. So ruin ous has been ihe cfii cisoi the New Yoi’k penitentiary of officers and members of the Society is urgently n'(iuesicd.;„pQ„,tnechanies of iba; State The publie generally are also respectfully invited to aitcn>;.- j Uion has become a question in all their State elcc- An address or two may be expected on the occasion. aidt d in frammg consiiiulK di-r thf* provi'i in in questi -n. wnt that un iuht di.>- ual con* irnt d UD n(*ne. that n^.*ss w.ia vested with mandato ry p iArf ;V. r iht- btatci^^l is conceded by all, toe, that the ria.«ai nower wasconfe.'ed f I i^M til*'»'‘-tatf s ; while oth= r*, M-!- latiDn tor ili> ir t.iJc-nt:^ ;nd ^■|••h a-il;ioii?y; but it w.^a c4 cn i' fUgie.-jj. was to dii di.MMUtun «-f lb: gr.v tf t1*n d’ihe iitatfs. h S r s. titalu.n by the gill! by w Inch the f .rcii.ly ih pnved c I. d et-nt; '>1 t/f th (’ )! sui’iii ijul au n.illy veljiiU d,' .■;},ii^.i>n ol cgiiL \ h ^he l^ndftV ^>1 there 12-I) to th 'tm.tb pie, spontaneously assembled, with a unanimity which speaks in the loudest tones their abiding con- fidt net* in iiis principles and success. In all these States many of the leading democra tic iMjmills have placed his name at the fiead of thi ii colunms rws their candidate, and in North Car etTort will be made lo “amend the Law, as regards Execution Sales in Districts, so there be some suita ble place designated in each District, as a place lor a/l Sales, with the exception of Land and Negroes, w’hich latter are to be advertised at least twenty days in four oftlie most public places, &c.” The ‘ Chron icle ’ thereupon, very properly suggests the passage of a general law, compelling Sheritls and Consta bles to advertise all e.xecuted property in some Newspaper printed in the County. Where there are Counties so unfortunate as not to have a paper printed within their limits, the publication of such Advertisements should be made in the nearest pa per. We heartily agree with tho Editor of the ‘Chronicle’ in his suggestion, though we may per haps subject ourself lo the imputation of being in fluenced by self interest. But who does not see that the advantages derivable from such a law would be two-fold: First, Property of every kind would aell higher, because ihe Sale woul4 be exten sively and generally known—whereas property is now executed and sold for a mere trifle, hi conse quence of but few persons, comparatively, knowing of the sale. Secondly, While such a law would put an extra dollar in the pocket of the man who owned • hna. old M.elde„burg, the very cradle of the re-, ^ttle^"s'of trPo^rj'lJtld'b: at a ijranu ! stinmlated to read the. papers more, aud thereby v(;!utii)n, where its fire first broke out ':tlly of the sons of her revolutionary sires^ Mr. Calhoun’s n:uTie was distinctly placed befor'^ the American ptople as th»ir candidate for the i^resi d( iicy. An I will not all sympathise in thia deep li chug ot affection with her democratic neighbor, tow.ards this dt-arly beloved child of the South ? In the St:iie of New Yoik his claims are berin- chanc^^b to' tlu casual delec- insiiie a rep- provide an en eople of Ihf States nugm bt* eprex nt.il.oo I’tie atlt inp- ii, »he assumption of an un- kI (Jllf liial should lie si;X- CT» li the pictvdMi! of the as- K' ‘ il r (i Congress. .1 ' u" litcely tt) acqui' I i'J^:.l'!.•e ihti .71* asuro is you iav loe.rJ ition f r lik^ , - . • . ;n V ii n ; rr-v to io justice to this unterrified defend- Tn^'it V ,1 bo t!') danger in a stiict .i.'i.tut; n—111 ev- ly departure grow v,-iser. In nearly everv State of ihe Union, (if not erc?y one) except Nortii Cr..rohna, all sales under Execu tion, are advertised in a public Newspaper. And why not here? Tiie present mode of publishing such Sales, by sticking up a Notice at the Court The members of the Mecklenburg A2ricultur-al Sociery j meCiiani'.a refusing to vote /or any man, will observe that the first annual meeting, under the now Con- I Governor down, who will not pledge hiiP- stitution, is on the last THURSDAY m this mouth, instead j ^elf in lavor of pulling the convicts to milling, of the last Saturday, as heretofore published. | somc other employiru nt than the mechanic arts I And the Governor of Georgia in his reccnt mes- il3=Our Democratic friends in the Legislature sage, suggests a similar change in that that State will find some important and valuable suggestions on the subject of banking and the currency in the proposing to remove the penitentiary from Miliedgc- ville to somewhere in the Cherokee country, that extracts we to-day give from the message of Gov. | the convicts may be put at manufacturing iion, &c. McDonald to the Georgia Legislature. They | We have conversed with inteliigrnt gentlemen froi:> are at least woilhy of a careful perusal. Suites ihat have penitential i. s. and they all agiK ^ . j representing them as odiously unpojiular. paili •• Lar^rg Beei.—Wc were presented on Thuisday j ujarly with the laboring class' S, who have to, coi\- last, by Dr. John M. Happoldt of this town, with |ttnd with convict labor, wmch can be aOoided a-: a deei, which grew in his garden the past season, j half price, or gratis, ns ci:cumstanccs may dictate weighing tc?i pou?ids, measuring 22 inches in cir-j Oo i|,e mechanics and laboring classes of North cumfereuce, and a foot and a half in length. Our | Carolina wish to be brought to such a coijdi'ion f neighbor and some others of our Whig cotempora- j i).j our shoe makers, tailms. black-smhhs, tanners, ries, have been boasting of beets weighing six and | ^^binf t makers, saddlers and harness-makers, car- seven pounds; but it takes a Calhoun Democrat to j rjage-makers, &c., wish to see the productions oj do up the thing in order, and throw them all into the j their toils put down to the si.oiJard of similar aiti- j cles manufactured by convict labor ? Can they liv > STATE PExNlTENTIARY ! at such rates '.- I’he sad ex.nerii-nce of their breih From the manner in vvhich the subject has been and ihe Grand Jury in one or two Counties, we suppose j a vigorous efiort will be made lo induce the present j ren in some other States savs l/trj/ cannui: ihe,’ I must starve, go at something else, or commit some taken ud by nearly every press in the Slate, anu i i . .i J J V » j Gilt iice and get into the prniif nliary. ie IS ))( ;ii I i. ’ ai A i ii [lie iikitructlons of the Lejis- .1 to each if ih-' Si-nators and Ue- ’.M'-.s.^t tiie lie of Ch.)iiTia in the (jon- 1' = ' 1 .1 r- iti s, a c .-jiy t>f the pr amble ' i-'i > r* poikd by the c -mmittt e on iht I th:! kt j ul'.hc. and ad pled by the CJeneral at rs i.U'l s* sM-ai. 'I'iiese resolutions w rc u i >ptiJ lu.) Jay.^^ i'uly before the adjournment = ! 'ii ‘ I'egitlulu! •, Ml ! were pii scnted f.>r my ap- • val s un;‘ da\s aki r that event. The Hon. John M 1 -rri' n. on (>i the S' nators, \vhos(; political • was thr; siiKj! c’ of; xaminatian and comment in t; j : ami k ,, tvr v-. itne cause, (Ij'cjined a reply to h s ow.j 0 aiiiHut !i!. and, m an addiess (o miie' has b'• u j'!;ased ti» :tri,;i^n my conduct. It must have b‘‘» n kii-vvn t-= iiin ilial it was iiut in my power, had it b t i! a:4ieeulde to me, ro have Iransmillt'd th Of j' ip= 1- ii'. t' ih = - a.ljouinmt nt of tho Legisla ture. an ! It Was as easy, and would certainly have bf. n r.Mi.'istent with the habitual courtesy of til. ti it M'. for h;m 1-- have ailedgtd that th* shoit I ‘ ' ' *' ti ; .'j irid betvvet n the a loplNon of ihe 1- . )' ■> IS and ilit‘ adjournment o[ the L«iri?lature i ' ' *'i' 1 t ): r-ply. ill 511 to hiive insinuated ih* 1 •* uj’ ai t’l' ijv' cutiv(\ 'I'll-y were transmit- t*d m aen | ■ tim?. /or tlm Se nator to have bt en go- ' r>i d an 1 ' a'r ;li* 1 by tlie will of his constituents i.n-quivoc-iily (’Xjn^ ssed, and this was all that the I i-^ I'l iiurr J=vj|,d 'j’le Senator appears to have \\ iiv a. l ti.:’ j io^rfss io( the document through the ' : neral inbiy. and to have suppoittd himsi.lf u I'll tat h-'i'i', th ii the c ;nstiiuiional opinions wh»i’’i 1' b i> 1 . !i | lt^a:^:d to attribute lo the Executive w. J. 1 1) i\r shii Ided in n from the embar House door, or at ti e Ibrks of a Road, was, douht- . , , , , . . • . . - less, most convenient belbre the general circulation nmg to bi* conceded, and, in the city itself, the very | of Nevv.'spapers. When the existing law was passed liot-liouse of locofocoism, he is the choice of the ‘here were only two or three Newspapers printed in young d(;mocrats. Pennsylvania, who first loved, North Carolina, arid il would have been idle, then, 1^^ lead away by a p th* n che:!sh('d him, after a temporary estrangement to have adopted the medium of publication now re- is tal ing him again to her bosom. In short the commended. But, independent of the convenience whok democratic family fiom xMaine to Louisiana. Ncwsi»apers for giving such notices, they arc so much more certain, as a case in point will show at c: of the |,(,Hde’s rights “'-“''''•e'l t'le Auver- 'ru. . r .1 • T- • • 1 1 tisement board at our Court House, shingled over , I ^ ^ politician, though an en ^ notices of various kinds. On Monday, w’e had lusiasiic democrat, neither does he speak as a po- a soaking Rain, that lasted the whole day ; and on litician, but as one of the people; he comes from Tuesday, hardly a vestige was to be seen of the no- ihe mass; all his sympathies are with them, and he lices alluded to, the whole having been w’ashed ofT, does not hesitate to declare that with the great body ' rendered illegible. But it is useless to multiply Won 111 a penitentiary supersede the necessity of . . . . I. i • i comity jail.s, or abolish all itnorisonment of persoi> legislature to establish a Penitentiary in this State. I ‘ ' , , , . , , * ,7, , , , r , iIt would do neither. W bile, ihtn, a few (»i Although apparently standing alone, we feel con-;. , . , , , . ' . . .. , ; fences the punishrnei.t (A u hich costs the sevj rai suamed to raise our voice m opposition to any such i _ . r r • . • , • Counties m the btate a smail annual charge, w(mi! i It is not uucommoa for L'^^islauvc bodies: punished by confiueiutut m the p niicntiaiy, ib; I enormou.* expense of building such an institiitica;. anc ot iho oeople, the tax-paying portion of the democ- racy, men who earn an honest livelihood by the words, for the benefits that w’ould flow trom a regu- •iation of the kind suggested, must be apparent to ■•sweat of their brow,” .Tohn Caldtvell Calhoon is S'!' hope some metnber at the approaching the mat, for the ti,„4. With a mind capable of | Leg.sla.ure, will move ,n the n.atler. grasping and mastering subjects of the most intri- I - - - ■ _ _ ■ ■■ Halei^h Reixister. cate and abstruse character, w’llh the ic’adinessof in tuition, he unites a comprehensive knowledge of the \a>t resources and varied interests of this great con federacy. Ilis services, of incalculable value to the country, while filling various political trusts, entitle him to this gratitude. To all his other qualificalions .0 added a spotless private reputation. Conspicuous as IVIr. Caliioun had been before his countrymen, prior to the year 1837, it was not till the e.xtra session of that memorable year, that his sun shone out in its own effulirerit brightness. Not- \\ ithsianding the jeers and scoffs and bitter revilinrrs of the Whigs, ]\Ir. Calhoun had the sagacity to per- crive and the courage to pursue the path "dictated by jiati ioiism and duly;—and because he loved " (. a?sar less’’ and “Rome more,” his political op- pom Ills have persecuted him with undying hate maligning his motives, and openly assailinj^ the sin cerity of his professions—a species of partizan war- j tare unheard of before, even in the hottest and bit- ! Fifty or sixtv head of II Q Q S tresi Struggles between the Federalists and Repub-i " t> j (i- , ’ hcansof ’98. ^ ! itoad VV agoiis and Harness, Ilav. CREDIT SALE. virtue of a Deed of Trust, to me e\*ecu ted by Dan Alexander on the 1 lih October, on the first day of Do.cember 'iicxt, I 'vill proceed to sell at the xMallard Creek place, the fol- loA’ing property to satisfy said Trust, viz; 15 or 18 MegTocs, (VERY LUvELY.) Eight or tm head, of HORSES, 20 OR LO HEAD OF C ATTI.E popular impulse, into the adop tion of measures which in their consequences may prove disastrous, both to the boJ3^ politic and to the organization and welfareofa party. W'e therefore I caution our political fritnds, who compose a majority of ihu legislature, to look well at this penitentiary ! question—lo exaniine it fully, and scan closely the | experience of other Slates on the same subject, be- i fore they ado|)t this measure, in obedience to a ! momentary popular clamor. | The grounds of our opposition to a Penilrnliary ! in this State are numerous, and we think must be ‘ Tm i ’ jsiiuciue iO thi- occupation anJ conclusive with every reflecting mind. In the first .. i , i .i t i J ^ !-Iiaiii.! an'l laboier, w hy lias this climwr been rai.^- place, the COST lo the Slate would be immense, to j „.i r-.,.-K,. tm; n- .t . ■ ’ .... ’ ed I.ii .he estaoiiihment ol o:r* m aol’Ii Ul^iroiina - meet which she hns not the funds, without commg ; j r • • ’ o ! . i.;s ci nne to rrighltuiiy jticf asci of late m otir on the people for increased taxes. Ate the neonie ^ ^ ii r ^ , * ^ ^ ‘ I >5tatc as to call lor tins n. \v c./je of puni=iiment, ready for this/ And even if we hal the funds p,. , r - • ■ , i no/u(an-; lii, re is L.'S of cum.- c»mmitted. 1:^ to build a penitentiary without increasing the taxes | v, ni. ^ i-, ,i • . , r- ■ ^ ^ 1 Aortn Laroltna than m anv jy>ate m th*- T.mon on ihe people, the expenditure would have but iusl i ir .u, . 'i’ / « J V . ^ ^ . I Tennessee, Groigia. and oth* r commenced; for the experience of every Slate in , • ■ . . ’ ^ * 1 u here there are swarms of criminals, have found curse, a burden, and a nuisatu:*'. 1 of supporting it iti u SQ'.'.Ud Stale like Norlh Carolina, would douh!u> a dozi n li.^ies ovei' the State costs now paid by the people—and u irh tnis diherenc(^, loo; then ail ta:s eiiormons ex[»en h lure would l)0 made at a sanib- point, wherevt/r tiio p n.It nliary might be local d. \\ hereas now it k paid out and remains in the several Cjunlits lo cii dilate among the people. 'riun, since a penitentiary li »es not dimini.-ih tii‘; amount of crime, nor refoim' criminals, but is de structive to thf occupation anJ interests of the n;'- the Union in which there is such an institution, ^ , ’ ( a penitentialy a (with the exception of a few Yankee States,) ! , , , , unat CiO we want with one, and what would nrobi- is an occasional heavy expense to keen them un. • ui,, i • r- , . ^ . 17 I I / 1 \ bly be our expere nce if ;ve had one? These are In New England, (whence this system sprung,) ^ , . - I ■ ■ c . ' t'fri-s for >tari;ng up new schenns mvolvmrr cx- they put a man m the penitentiary for every trivial i i, i i i i u • • . , : Pendnuie and probable debt. We are for husband- oflence, rent out the institution to some heartless in-..li i . , / , . LI u o. 1 , mg all out Ma.es mran.s and concentrating them shylock, and thus enable the State to make money ■ ^ » ,• , ° ... ’ . . •> ; Hi one hind lor educational purposes. That will bo by the niistortunes and the crimes of its citizens. I ,i,,, ,a,\ r -I f . effectual means of pir-venimg crime iu 1 his is why some of the btate prisons there yte d .i,,.. i i . . U d ^ our btale—educate an 1 enligiiit.n our popu at on In 1«37, the condition of the country and the Go- ! veinment required, in Mr. A^iu Buren’s opinion, a : • Corn, Fodder, . opinion. meeting of Congresss in extraordinary session. B3' and v'arious other articles. a profit to the Stale. Under such ciicumsiances j the commission of crime is commendable, as it adds ! to the public treasure. But are the people of Noilh I Carolina ready to adopt such a sysiem of semi-bar* Executive. combination of incomprehensible circumstances, ' following, (the 2nd of December.) at | ^‘‘^ous oppression—are they ready io degrade their rassinT at ! administralion found itself embarrassed to an ex- ' Court-House in Charlotte, the followinfr j fellow-ciiizen to make t 1! in which ho had pLced liimself by his pre-| ^‘‘’•f'^rievable—and tor the purpose of af- c., ;! i-. mvt -alion id' in?tru.'tions. The Executive. 1 relief as Congress might in its wisdom •At u of th wh. s r r • uld (in l nothing m either the coiitlitu- Tin! .1 St.itfs or of the State of ( h'oigia. ht' Hs th-' 'on.'4ituent from exj)r ssing to •n. f -o ' Iiinions. both of the exp.tdi. n- ' ’joiialiiy id m^ asuits whi-h ar- lik.- ‘'“‘>r nis !=Mion; nor lV;>in ■nvin-’^ devise, within its con;titulioual limits, were its mem bers convened. Tracts of Land, - VIZ ; ir Hi: tr.i-.’t 1.ais, ♦ s|)('c 111j \ po scaitatiVL '-'I'l.J'M. liiN r 1: 1' li/c to I'Sta oi t!o^ ‘oi!:, Ct o;l^!' ;’:t I'iOiial 'Uolii! '11 a^k(.d lor. iii rt._,ird to a iviiv •n- 1 > !,, 1; r 1 to n;v ih : Jii': ■J; 1 'tn ! ->r a f )\ver i'\ i ■ • '1 : i .11 oll- am. nt.jbh' e\j»c- 1. :i( ^ an I n- ; f‘S w ot'- rXpf'-^^ til-' ..t :'f a !i i:i t vviH n »t I IS -,v r n: ai in r* .,arj i.» th: = ‘a L ink. 'I'.*, p ,f !.y I Xj'llClt ■I Aru r tne lam. nt.jl i.te ]n>’i:nii ti. it is a mi.'ftatune Ir-r ri -u v .4 to ■ co-in'ry that thcTr shouid ' vai It ? .\|;- !;,nr to create a nation ti U’lrj. t.-rx j; y [q t. Ii IJ : a t i'a 11' llerC, itS I’ii^yrir*' written on ever'* •k'tf b>' ay, li.'tructid as yon are dl i*- C a y(.-, pa't i • w;] ai n _ ;;iil’mk it IS • '1 nrt' i, All know the history of that session. Every de-1 acres of land lying on the waters of Mallard mocrat knows the result. If he does not, he has Creek, including the Gold Mill, adjoining Thomas y> I to learn that to John C. Calhoun was the Presi- Alexander, S. J. Gilmer and others, b nt mamly indebted for strength lo carry on the acres, on the waters of Mallard Creek, ad- iiovernment. Who does not know that when the Winfield Sheby, C. tL Henderson and I resident communicated his views to Congress re- others. coinmLndmg the adoption of the Sub-Treasury acres, on the waters of Sugar Creek, ad- >*'heme. it scarcely numbered a score of supporters jo*'dng Wm. Lucky and others, m both Houses. 'I’he boldest of ihe friends of the ; . a^res. on the waters of Sugar Greek, adjoin- l for a time held back—and when i^^yd and others. i'len dism iJ'!!n'lTM confusion, i . acres, on the v.-ax‘rs of Sugar Creek, adjoin- w-aciusiraiisass • as.** •• »«*- crncv—«-he„ the very wheels of ( iovernment to make money by his crimes and mis fortunes ? li is not true, as maintained by the advocates of a penitentiary in this Slate, that such a mode of punishment decreases the amount of crime cornrnil- teach our prople that crini.; is wrong, that a life of virtue IS a hie of haprjiiR'SS ati 1 respectability ,— but do tut p:inisii them with slavish confinement iti a don ot villains to make m Jti-y by their rnisfortuues For tliese reasons, and for many others which we shall state hereafter, we are opposed to the es tablishment of a penitentiiry in this State. We hope this project has not bc^en started as a political hobby. If it has, GjJ forbid l!i:it otir party should j attempt to ride ir. hi ot hope was visible joining Wm. Carson at^l others, m the political horizon—then it was that Mr. Cal- hoiin saerifioi.ig personal considerations and private ;;rejt,d,e, s upon the alt.K of h,s countrv-sttuck the "V? *; ■ »ij •'"! ihriKTOi'irSm”" 1“,'“''?• T''^ ;;'"1 ;r ;■ r;..”r. li’ ni'jorial b I inor reqij rrs tiiat i on • J a ' • ■ - ,., > - o ! ., 1K. arc* th* tine, wi'h s n Ja’iin.^ th* e I ' . 0 . mirmg countrymen in a blaze of uao he r.illied our brokt^n ranks, an Jor of his oratory, the ^ riilian •!, r-T'ts' o'" i . p itself! acres, including the Rudisill Gold Mine, ad- ^ >n atKi oth( —ALSO— t uck the THE HOUSES AND LOTS now lives, the House and ir, ,• , ,, , - • Alexander now lives, the iorv . ’I 't" ilaiise and lots on whica Mrs. McCon uaughey for. 1 hen It nterly (ived. and '24 unimproved lots. led. Go to Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, or even lo the New England States—examine their crimi- ' ^ he New Hampshire Legislature has elected that nai calender before and since they had a penitentiary j Democrat and friend of the South, —then come and examine the criminal calender of | Charles G. Atherton, United States Sen North Carolina for the same t*me, and see where from that State for six years from the 1th March crime—in both amount and enormity—increases Mr. A. is at present a member of the Housu fastest. It is said a jury dislikes to biing in a ver- Hepresentalives. diet of guilty against a culprit, when they know he must be whipped, or branded, or hung. We suppose, then, these tender-hearted jurors would d by the splen : his thou^^hts -aia^ the ierms made known at the sale, by WM J ALEXANDER. Trustee Nov 7. l?-io ' lioherl T. Paine, the Commoner from Chowa a county, has resigned his seat in the Legislature. Mr. with the greatest alacrity pronounce a man guilty ^ whig. An election for a successor takes if they knew he had only to go to the penitentiary | for a few years. What marvellous humanity! We | The Federal Court (or the Di.t.Mct of North ■ leve nei er o our neig oring tates in which Carolina commences its sefsion in Raleigh on l'2th there iS a pen, ent.ary has ent,rely abolished capital i„3tant-Judge, P. V. Dam., and Pottkk, pre- punishment; they all ya hang lor murder in the siding. first degree. The argument, then, that a penitentiary ^ would supersede capital punishment falls to the ratified Treaty was brought over by the ground, for in Tennessee, Georgia .and Kentuckv ' Western, which arrived at New York last ’hev now nni vvJ’hcnr imrr • • • • l iT he messenger proceeded directly to ^Vash • hev now, nolvvunstandmg iheir penittnimries, have : ineton with it r iu I!1 ru 1 n II a I i;s or 1 I' >)( !;S il. i J ! a I.. ro !fl -I I a A t, 1 JO rit if do pr • ’>i t c J -ti: lia 'vV, ‘ in i,u ' >t ' 11 . in a I ! V L ' iO fh. Ju an'. ! fie pii ':oi Itiu wa V side of f liar wo C'a, the, our reg difll' war ino bcfo ii tide this. erec flue Wh Ah! ever in cl Peni pie, bill mea in gi Ave c no .S' upon nati urd I the r ariicl tenti enou treig
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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