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- ctcnl estimate, of 1 lie danger of dividing the
Suutb cn asubicct where all of necessity ai'e uoi-
L ted; to.a void charging jbi ireachery wjlheir;
adversaries although they t do! pppr?. '.aprthe
i Pesidency a roan who adively prytnod the
V istriciiormpoti the admission :uf MissoujijUand
who Voted for a prohibitum upon lherem?ra)ion
.Vf . Negroes into " FfuriJa 4 w c3tinol -belijeve;
!' that while, Southern me.n support him frj pite
of these things t&ey do-en on account o intra,
of anr man.' -. V: y v , -' . V! ;r i ators, Uiat theymaj futf ari frcab copieXi2a4 1 stand Itka a beggar fviih his hat in on hand aodj
J fi t arm n!iasnre to inform too, ibat t-;i. o.-.;-- - it-i -I 4 " "v.-f his cruel treaimentl on the coast of Oarbarf Iri
oo mQ'h'ee9 at all acquainted nb pcblic opin-1 , ? - ,-m . . . , If the olhe?, and appeal lo .jour sjmpathteau-
ion.'can'doobt Gen. IlarfisonVsaccesa. vThe l'fij-ltwfiiaid ihal England hat agreed ! Stamp bimwiih infamjj and bensboots f com-
no inaifsniir v cui ui.ih 'Awmion. to a cnnvenilon lor n cAUiurauoo anu SUr. 1 omauun. ntcu j insctuiiuii: : . iocue3 isuq
Jet us not charge tbern wiib tbat crrnebiit in
tie spirit uf ctmtrion charitj--a2ree thai kowev
: er on irise, n non every gruiunj is their adVocacj
of Mr. Van -Diireo--sullaliejr aw but. miijajken.
X That Hiey aia mistaken on rery groerid, is
j?nraTedbv the record ' Thev advocate him'fjeeause
tbe? say he ia'UeTbtedlv 8utfietn" Fnititirwns cjr fur the PeopleJ H alone, has
ivet'hA voted'-m the .New York Legie for i fatnaus dtcfaration,' tblt all eon
Dnscriinuli
of srUlrs, ptetendiog to be Democrat, and
of Sob lteasorei,Uilied in the most desper
ate eflur if, to gaio ti aacenaancy, will be 10
vain.
Our beloffd Coontrt has been most shatfiefd'
Iy rnbrHled.f- Ge6Jackon left 09, as be f aid
pr.perus and p'pf , Mr. Van BnrenVAd
minis(rajon has beea a constant warfare, agairjst
ibr basin5$sol the PelplerAII ur Piesideots
until tfiisrjticne, acknowledged the power aod du
ty of the Government to provide a good Corren-
made toe in .
CommuiutifS ar
the Missonri restriction Because be isl afJtl-ta- 1 apt to expect too fnttcbf"I He sad thi$ in 1837,
riJT -tcI he voted for the Tariff of 1824 and The fPeuple !exp8ciedmelbing then. Thy
S23-0ecaqse he is anti-Internal Improvement j know fooftDUch of JrVao Rmen not U ex-
vet he voted for the io!I cafes onjihfe Cuon-
nect ativ'thincr wxjd aL his bandf.
--IJecause he is a Ilepnblicpni-yet JThe ebteft' is.hf ir fnthe hands of the Ieo
iRtxfus King. fr the benat4 and p!e.; Thp House of Representatives bave in one
ms;anc enosen rnernoeia ior one otaie, ann oy
this violation of Ihi Constitution, have secured
the imssae & ' tJie $ul Treasufy Bill, or Exec '
vlive'Baftk. If the People do not interfere the
House of! Representatives may hereafter elect
members enongh to paw any bill, the Prrsident
wuba5 ; t hev may disfranchise a sovereign Stale,
pass a iiub Treasury Bill, ur raise a Standing
Army, t : .j- ' -U j , v s- .
The interests of the country are disregarded :
the Public Lands; our jbmmon property aie us
ed for' electioneering pot poses : the interests of
the old States arefslcrtficed to party : o'isbonest
men are kept' in offii-eand the public money is
sqnandered by. a corrupt Administration. North
Carolina, lo, is deprived of her share of the
public domain, and mu,t be until her puolic ser
yet h
, bsrbnd Road
-he voted for
sustained Jlr.CIiriton against Madisorl AjBecaose
: he is a rfttend of State rights yet he ajpproved
t'4 the Proclamation and Force BiH-Decaosfe e has
talents -and yet has never darte-or ssid .jn irjlwxi t
rt - ten. any one thin ?fiat his friends cab pttfrVf out.
'"''' How then has it happened that he ii Prei
dent of the United Slatesafld has a;forniidah!o
Vi party stisiaining him for ie election. i true;
answer furnishes a C'jnclrsive argamepi why
he shoald. not. be. Lle wisf-nut iiAo the rresi-
rrbis
it, and
ofgaa-
dency by the power of his predecessor,'
hein? in, he is sustained by the pover an
iziiiun ftf Ejceeuive"nitrona?e. The office bold-
' O ! j i
ers put him in, and the ofli-e holders keepUiim
ln.4 lie himself declared that his glory jjwas in
serving a chief, and announced that hisfpplicy,
Would b9 to follow in the, foatsteps of thai sb?ef.
T As to what; he has done for the country 4-look
arcand opon the prostration of all her gleat interests-
what ha has'done for histipe,ndi4nes
look at the .annual . expenditure of ihii-nine
; rniUions of dollars.--;! Every- man is deprei;?ed but
rje who holds an efficei and every rain whbf holds
an office, is active fjr the Ciiief who gi res it to
' vrhcir faith in the discharge '.of- their official
doty is exhibited in the unparalleled j embf-zzje-ment.
of public money -their fiJelity 6 their
.master In the'tncrea3irrnInus,ry w HI? which
they, devote. themselves to electioneering, and
tlieirjaoscrupulousresort to the fonlest means, is
' phown in tbeirdaily calumnies; upon ;j(jieneral
.Harrison. J They represent "him'as a coward, a
dotard, a heartless tyrant, a maniac Heaping
from a cage, and filling the streets with riot and
;;VI0ieinC9,-;;;.;4 , ; :-.'-,..( .
Et hope and trustt ihal the-eroosed spirit; of the
people, will rebuke this flagitious lemperi-drive
' the 5pbiler8 from their ill-gotten and mupji abiis
ed power, and save us from the further rhisrule
cj a party w nose wuoia aominauon nas tepn sig-
nairziu oy violence, corruption, ano uisjate.
, . : r ? rrf l nave; me uouur xo ue,
, V ij'v Gentlemen, your f S
r,-. - obedient servant-'
7 -WM; C. PRKS
Messrs. Macnamara,
Committee, Sec.
TON.
Chambers, and: others,
Washington, June 13,
1940.
Gentlemen I am afraid that Congress will
not adjourn in lime to enablne to avail fnyseif
; of your kjndj invitation to spend the approaching
4th. of July With you. : I assure jou, ttiat there
' is nd community wilb which it would give me,
more real pleasure to mingle, than tbatlof your
v ancient and patriotic Town and. its '. .neighbor -hood.;
If in the course which a sense of duty
.jvrced rce tonrsne in recent and irhportarit
. questions?, you had differed with roe, J jassure
you iii all sincerity; it would have shakn , my
confidence in my own opinioBS yem w llj there
fore properly estimate the value which.. Ij place
ttpbS.your approbation, i'rom, the first days ot
the Icvolation, Vt.thout one exception, the bis
" tofy.Tjf Mecklenburg exhibits nu as always on
; the side of the Constitution, of Law ard jLiber-
fj, against itsurpation. oppreRsion and pqwr
Vhig3 in 1776. Republicans in 1793, ind Nul
lifiersin 1S32.
. I have'" seen with sorrow ; and astonishment
many: able and honorable men of tl e JStates
Riffbts party uniting themselves heart arid sou!
with' the leffiliuiate" sd'eccssors of-the Ifrofclama
vanis, learn to respect her rtqaesis arid wishes,
and to consider her welfare. - ' v
1 cannot in the compass of a letter, dwell sof
ficiently upon, the jpiiarroitiea practised' by the
spoilers, and uprt; tfre wrongs infected on an in
jurtd ano! bpprissed iPeppfe. ; It is onuectsaary,
what' was prediction a few years since, is now
history. We feel the calamities brought upon
os by Wondering ignorance, and by the misrean
agementpf selfish, purfupt and unprincipled pol
iticians. There is but one remedy a change.
Turn out tboae, who have kept incompetent ami
dishooesi men in office-select one, whse private
honor, has always been unsuspected, and whose
public character, is without a stain, It is true,
he has been ridiculed as a fit candidate of the
' hard cder and log cabin men.' As such, we
take hini, and as such we will elect bim.
Jt is a reflection full of joy to an American
heart, that in our-cohnfrythe rights of the hg
cabin men are respected.: ) No man here inherits
tilleor distinction, But the nalb of fame is
open to all. Many hfive arisen from humble
stations, and secured the rewards due public vir
tue. The children of.;the pourest roan may as
pire to the -highest ataijuns. May this continue
forever! It will contirjue, unless the puree and
the sword are united in the hands of one man.
I beg you gentlemen -to offer for me, the enclos
ed sentiment, and to accept the assurance of my
high respect, fiurl, JEw.
aI ! ! I EDW. STANLY.
jR. Macnamara.Jnd others, Committee, 8fc.
North CoroZxa Qther Slates boast of ihe
achievements o( a few if their sons. JS'orth Car
olina when asked for her jewels, points to her
People. - Her Log Cabin Men, were foremost in
resisting the encrnachnrients of the one man
power, and Stanjjlrig f Armies in 1775. She
will be true to her principles in 1S40.
Ur! .i i i
For want of room we are compelled to defer
the publication of j several other letters until next
week. I ! :
- TIK SUefREABURY BILL.
t , i ; ; i
This odiouihricgrjected meastire, has
at Icngtfi become a Ijaw, and that too in in
disputable opposition io the will of th,sov
ercign people, yan Daren has at last achiev
ed the fcuccess of one of bisjMonarchcal
measares. By its operation his other plans
will be facilitated, aitd were there not a dajtrn
of better days breaking upon the Uhd, we
wouh?- be filled wijlVatfulapprohnsiobs,
for the safety 0f6o sbeIoved anrf deatly
bought CouDtrjalndi Iter Institutions. But
the prospect of, Republican principles tri
umphing in the approaching lug, inspire us
with a lively hope5, ntlve cpn6dentlook
forward to a. day ribff far distant, when will
commence that wfcrk of Reformation.
Mr. Fisher was; nbtf present ! when the
vote was taken en its passage ; but had he
vey of the Northe.aslerc bsundarVjaccording
to the treaty on;1783, with "an ytapire lif
decide all qiestions on whi.cli , ihc.Corr.
missiooers disagtee.
Congress bas agreed to adjourn od the
of ?t bis instant,
REPUBLICAN!! WHlb-MEETING
DAVIDSON.
" " : 1 :"':-. "V . -s--
;.:-At a. Whig-meeting of the Ciiiz?ns,of th
Southern part of Davidson County, at the Siorq
of N.ew6m!& 5 pence, atJaeksi-n HilL Posl
Umce, no Saturday the-27th ult., on motion ul
Borweli Wuild, Jiaies IJirekhead, Eff , was!
called to the! Chllifv on nition of
tel, Bnrwel; Vo6f J and VVm Harris, Etqs
were appointed tststant Chairmen; on motion
of jWm. Harris, fi'ravt's Daniel and Wra.iH.
liadget, .were apfKiifited Secretaries cf the mfet-'ng-
The obj?ct juf the "meeOng-was then ex
plained, by tiVVinJIiH atria, Esq. After which
the following Redolutions weia uffeied, byljra
vis Daniejl. one o" jibe ' Secretaries' ; for consid
eration of the meeting, and unanimously adopted,
without a dissenting voic; the vo'e: beving ta
ken on each! Resolution separately ,
1st. Rescltkd, That it is -incumbent on ihe
Freemen of NorthjCarolitia, frequently to assem
ble, to consult logeiher, for; the nublic-gusd,
and to, adopt such measures fur the prefer vat iynll
or ineir rigius, as snun stem oesi caicuiaieu .io
secure i bem and hand them down unimpaired tc
posterity.' 'j 3 j' ' ' r "
2d. J?fWcc,'p'hat we disapprove of the
Subtreasuryj Scheme, of large Standing Armies,
in time of peacei (two prominent measures .of
the present Adiiiilislralton,) as being subversive
of our Reptbliitan Institutiuns ; of the rights of
the States, and of?! ! he liberties of theppeojie. I
3d. llesotved, frhal we disapprove, generblly
of the measures of the present Administration df
the FederaCtiuvernment a developed under the
ausp'ces of (Marjin Van Uuren ; and lhat wp
will use all lawfujl measures io effect a eiiange uT
President and Vice President of these Uoiie'
States. Bfjiljl " -' !
4th. JfMoi'eJjThat we willyieMta the,Herc
the ratnoi, fine Statesman, t v
WILlilAM HENRi- HARRISON,
of Ohio, a cordial unport fur the next Presidency!
5th. Resqhtd j I hat we hail with nnfeigned
gratification! jVirginia'a favorite Sou, JOHN
T YLER, as a candidate for the Vice Presidency!
6lh. iifSOeMI'hat we have in our candidate
f... '.. L ..t ,:iL. ci...' i r 1 1 vr m i mt l' i
iui uoeiuoF ui giaio, uuun 14. .uouej
bp the echo' and the wretch . is sometimes pitied
as the innocent victim xd oppression when: in
fact he is th.e vilest of thej vile. - lie glories in,
ihe chet, and in this way ccc of , the noblest
pjiciciples of hamaniiyi' (the capacity rof feeltog
for another woe) is perverted to the most igno
bJe endsrarid tint sympathy which should ba
lavished, upon the brave and good" struggling 'a
gainst the istormsjf rfate. is wasted opon one
whose if hofeC sonl' cent res iQ6elf and . whosi
bosom peihips never throbbed With one generous
emotionii7 " :i-PJrZ 1, T
Is it wondef fu) then that theTl rof h is slow in
forcing itsef upon trie great avdy of ,the people t
Is it wdndetful thjtl nor wisest and best men are
doomed to seclusion ?; Is it wonderfql that bab
bling p3rtizan3 and ambttiuos densagogoes occo
py the highest seat in the political synagogue f
Is it wonderful that when servilityand ,6fl
tirues rcguery are the- passports to Executive
favor, that he motal3of the country should be
lowered '-I bat the press should be -corrupt lha't
the laws should be despisedthat the Consiitu
lion shotild be desecrated that the Guvernment
shun Id be bank ru pt, and lhat t he cty of dist resat
slfould be hrlard frcmne t end iof lhecbminent
tb ihe oinM jrJuiTafi
and this Administration distinguished only for its
weakness, corruption, extravagance and intol
erance will soon tjjpple tofts fall. I Its snppurters
the revilers oLhim who periled his life in de
fence ot his country, will be driven back to their
loathsome dens by the deep execrationsof a free
and patrmtia' people. 4 DAVIE. '
Ccvi
tov.'n iz'l r.3 ; .
freshir. tl.o-.rc;,
vere thunder, ii
M Beck Inn -his
hands v, ;r:
appro:.:!; c f
shelter, v.-he;: r
lost his life I c:
other trco eL;
dangtrous to r
scarcely taker. '
reached hi a
GENERA
HARRISON'S LETTER TO
bior. every wav worthy Trfoui
rjg our undivided support.
fPhat in our opinion, slander
has become too much the orde
HEAD, a cham
cause and deserv
llh. Resolved
and defamalion
of the day, 'and that the situation of that patty
must be desperatj?
such unholy weafj
and honorable o
, i-V-M . .. , ..... ' . '
tion fend t- orce Dill parly I hat mey j are as
honcjst as I am, I do n-t doubt, but If th ;y khould
. succeed, I just as little doubt, that they wfll live
.;Ui"Cgrct'j(t;'l go further, and say to youjin all
sincerity 1 that if Kir. Van Buren, aft ?r? fell the
rbTsery that .he has brongjit upon the country,
and all bis; daring assumptions oT puwer, sha'1 be
ereteciedrihav it will then have been proven
thalipatronawe is -too strong for liberty j But
fj-.enileinen, I Jo not anticipate such a esnlt as
scarcely possible. The only quarter to which
lhave luoked for efficient help, has bct:n in the
intelligence and virtue of "our as vet uncorjuuted t
people, and all the signs from all quarters are j been there, it is said: he would have toted
auspicious. . i oi noi oouoi inai uv.n. iianison j arramst tt.
who make a reckless use n
bn to the prejudice of an higb
nent. . ' 1,
8th:-Resolcedifvrther, That we disapprove
of the cause of dufr representative' in Congress,
(C Fisher D in J raying io secure the re-elect iofi
of Martin Van Bolren against the Irishes of hjs
constituents by tfying to drill the people leavj
ing. Cnnnrefci cifinif inlu hi-i Dislriet, jinfiijdg
the people into Van Buren caucuses, to hear his
public addiesses-t-'rljoding the Country with gar-
bleu extracts,!misteprestniaiton3, kc.
9th: Itesoleedi l hat ths hroceedinors nf tli'is
to the Kditurs f the Caroliqta
a reqti-st to fuiblish ihem,
n -JljHGE BERRIEN, FOCND.
Wejale frxm the Charleston Courier
the following letter, written bvGen. Habri-
bjid RfjvUcd frhe SA?e ut L:a. fr lie nxji
payment of debt, he might, froa the state of bis
pecuniary circumstances at tha-lice, have beert
himself the Jlnt tieiimtvr,:: - -
.- 5 Do y oa'nbtUlso fciovf that ' Gc i. Harrison
lias himself said :?Far fron)' ad vccatir.g ths
Hlcrain3bfe principles attributed to me, X thi. ;
1 1 at imprumeiit Jar debt , o nder any circum
stances not those' wbere;fr"aof is alleged, tsat
waf with' tbc t'St principles of our Con''
tnd.-dnghi ta ! Uilci??'! '
I 6. Had you not" enme Jcoroponction
c:encs when yoti said.'as you do in yo rcu
iar,iif Genera JtarrisoniU acaaf . es to
be Seen, or evenpokenjo Ly a poor tnanV
f 7i4f you were aware, aa you seem id -have
beeoi that the'laws in" qaestioa relate solely to
criminaTs and have nothing to do with debtors,
prafjell me.what you. mean by that pathetic in
quiry in your circular; addressed to y our, const It
uenrs "Uow would you feel to see one of your
poor hot respectable bltti good neighbor men sold
at auction?" . ' . ? - -
. . 8.'' Is it common in" your d.is;ricts, or in any
part of NorttV Carolina, to ' call criminals "res
petable iod good?."- ' ' - ' ! "
House of Representatives, June 13,' 1640. ;
VI 1 LA j NO US FOR GERY.
The Locofocos, having no o'her means to sup ¬
port their falling coiirse, have resorted to a miist Campbell r.li
hm?ful and pitloV-firgery in ihe shape of a" Chritonhf " T
Near)
meeting be sent
Watbhmari with
JAMES B1RCKHEAD, Ch'n.
Tka's DANii. .; ? Secre!iw
m " : !t .
rA2j rd i Carolina watchman. 1
rv Vserisibtlities will deny th
io rre-isr. Vihate is a duty enjoined by
V& 'viivthat acts charipy
htn32&8l faculties; of the
iT-f
the a-o
D.V-SO
deceV1'
stead -Tillffriiefeally needy and meritor -ous,
he iAateby the arts of hypicriy io
pi? mu-ieiice ins sjiupp-
w"ho deserve nothing better
TV,
A wilti
1 1 . hJf J(
31. i- I A fft-rjlb
tears of affe.'
to the
hen eh
ent ficfin
ons and wicked. 4
If Si at man is frequent
i . r. :
aiju mat. on nines--, i
r 1 J
follow in
1st. 'fi Can the Congress of the United States,
consistently 'with-the Constitution, abolish siave-
rv either in - the States, or in the District.of
Columbia ? ' f f
2d. D-nocQnd faith. and the peace and
harmony! of the Union rfquire that the act for
i i . y L : . . . i T . : tT i ' t. .
t!IO compromise oi ine xanu, i:uu:uJi'iy hoowu
as Mr. Clay's bill, should be carried out accor
ti2 to is spirit and intention P
3d. ' Is the principle proclaimed by the dom
inan't party, that il the spoils belong to the vic
iors,n cfmsislent with an honest and patriotic
administration of the office of President of the
U. States ? '
I proceed to answer these questions in the or
der they are proposed ' iv1
1st; 1 do not think that Congress can abulish,
or in any manner interfere with slarery as it ex
ists in the Stale, but upon the application of
circular purporting fo - have been written by.the
late Whig. Central Committee of Ohio, and
signed with their names.4 Jt. goes on lo give a
plan of political fmanageroent utterly unwonhy
of honorable men!. " The prune pnncipla of the
document is, lhait the 'ecd 13 -be. accomplished
will justify aiytneans wHbin our power and
as flawing from this doctrine all soris ofunwor
tbyjnd despicable suggestions are recommended;
such only as could be coined in. the brain of one
whose character Iwas already so base'lhat steal
ing ootside quire6' would add lustre" to ir.
The State Journal has the following card from
the Central Committee . ' "", f ' -:
A CARD. , ; '
The Harrison and Reform State. Central
Committee havelearned that a printed circular,
purporting to hate been issued by said Cummit
lee, headed i - I - ' - .
" CIRCULAR : (private ' and confident i
j TIAL.'; ' ;
. Signed and dated as follows : 2'
By order of the Central Committee,
" ALFRED KELLY, Chairman.
" Cnlumbus. May 19, 1340."
Has been forwarded by mail, to persons in vari
ous parts of the State, through the post office in
this city. This pretended circular was never
seen nor heard of by any member of the commit
tee until a copy was forwarded to os from Day
ton ; and we, the members of the committee
now in Columbia, declare it to be a base forgery.
ALFRED KELLY, ,
; N. m; MILLER.
! v i JOHN W. ANDREWS,
LEWIS I1EVL,
LYNE STARLING, Jr.
' ROBF.RT NEIL.
Columbus, May 29, 1840,
Desperate must that faction be which is com
At the reside -Jeffreys,
Esq., f
the morning cf 1
Isabelh Lanitr,
nierof PiHsylva
EMAININ
Stalfjsvil: - !
of July, IS i ll
Bailey Alex i:
Campbell i:
E
son, on thp4th of November, 1SS6, to Judge
Berrien, of Georgia. This tetter knocks
the last hpe from under the tottenng Loco
Focos. ls'Gen. Harrison has witbm the
last month endorsed al! his political opin
ions formerly expressed, ho stands now be
fore the American people, not only pledged j
to go as far as Mr. Van Buren will go in
discountenancing apy attempt-to disturb the
tights of (he South on the question of Slave
ry, but (olgo a great deal farther ; for Mr.
Van Burjen never has denied the consOlo
ttonal right of Congress to abolish Slavery
in the District of Columbtaf without "con
sulting either the inhabitants "bf, the Dis
trict.r Ithe States of Virginiarand Mary-l3nd.-i?a?cigA
Regtslev,
Copy of a letter from Gen. Harrison to J. M.
Berrien, Esq,
New Lancaster, 4th Nov. 183G.
My Vear Sir .-This is the first day of lei
sure thai I have had since I had the honor to
receive yjonr letter of the SOth September and
1 avail nivself of it to answer . the three ques-
turns ycru prerwse to me, and which are id the ... e e . :.
ying,worus, viz . ti,. hunMt n.tinn ,j tUo. .i.trintroiin n,n
The honest portion of the Administration party
will blush with shame for such a deed perpetra
ted by their leaders at Columbus., And will
they not abandon them ? WiUihoy v
lhat if th-ese are the means -you ihu, we must
wash our hands of their suppori by leaving so
corrupt a party ? Ohi&pppcr. '
Jlr. Van Buren and his Friends.lf
Mr. Van Buren is in bad !dour with the
people of this State, i't is owing to the a
buse heaped upon Jinn by the leaders and
presses of the present dominant pariy
During, and for some time alter, the 'last
canvass fprj the Iresidenrytheydenoiinced
him for all that is vile nml abominable : ns
an Abolitionist, a Tarifiite. an Internal Im
provement man, as the prime mover of the
the States-nur abolish slavery in Ihe D.slricrtPcIamat.on and Frce Bill, and as an en-
ot Columbra, without the consent or the states
of Virginia and Maryland and the people of the
District. The first wouM be, in my opinion, a
palpable violation of the Consiiiut'on and ih.
laiteri av breach of faili towards the Stales 1
have mjentiyned, who would certainly not have
matJe the cession, if they had supposed thai it
vonid ever ba used for a purp.sa so differeni
from ihjat which was its object, and so "Injurious
to ihm, as the location of a free colored popula
tion of the same description. Nor do I beJieve
- i - ..ar..-
. M ; r 1
will ;Le elected If he is, never had any man a
'-: hinhrr destiny 'betore htm. It is in his power to
establish for hiin-fH the great anil glorious ap
pfllatiun of liarrisou the Restorer I confident-
h -bdlteve 'that he Av ill nt disappjint lhat dt-s-
... -
ttnyf',. .-, .
I have the honor to b.
Geniletnen, most n-spectfailyj
arid tr.ulv your ftiend and ubh.Sser't.
WADDY THOMPSONJJr.
Cnl.i Robert Matnaonia and others. Cammit
tec, .
W.5iiistfTos, June 2i:hl 18-10
GtniUinen : I regrei ihal it will not
be in
my power tube with you at Salisbury i to cele
brate the approaching Anniversary of lour Na
tional Independence. ! Bu', I assure jrbu, that
my deroiion to " Harriym and Rtfbnfi.'l is in-
.spired by a patriotism 'liWy-ftr own, and 1 woujd
go nincb further than to Salisbury, Sj promote
the tiiumptf of our cause (because of the coun
try. I b?if you io offtir in my name the subjoin
ed tuast, to accept my thanks for your kitid invi
niioTi and ta believe oje,
HENRY. A. WISE.
Tvo 'Messfa. R. iactiamarai Wm. (lhambrs,
. C Committee.
?i$h CarnUnd and Hrguiid 1 Injted a
Elder Sisters of ihe Confederacy, iniied for
.'Liberty in the Revtluiitn, let thena cut be divi-
jtlf UOW. i
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W AsniNGTON, June SOib, 1840,
(ripllltintn ! I hae had ill hono; tivreceive
your letter, inviting me to attend a dinner at
Salwbnry on the 4th of July. I haJe delayed
trnsweritig your invitation, in the hop, that the
business here, would have been in sjacb) a con
dition as to justify me in loving, Washington
City. But I cannot do so, without uealectiftg
A very fraud.- XV e have just een a co
py of a CircolarJ "gotten up by ih Van Buren
members of Congress from this State,andendor.
ed by a few 2ealots of alisbory, which; for mis
representation and chicanery, is not to be sur
passed by any thog. The" solfr-ubjct of it is
to prove Gen. Harrisori ih favor of selling poor
white men for debt; to tthoever chovSts to buy
them, negroes not excepted.
We have not jhe! time nor space to devote to
bestotv his-gidlii
thtes upon ibuse
than contempt.
Bui 1 di not intent' f deal ia, abstractions r
it , -i ' 1 ' i .... i i i J:
sp.ii raorai. nom lies, jvT-py io umu op ,o n,- . Di,lric of Colombia, of their property, without
uicuie certain: tiye -sto.y Known tapiuany n ; theircoenf )t wooid rev iving-fhe doctrine
these partby thenamemagoojue9 and o wf Jhe v( QfeAl Iiritafnj!n hlim ,othfe
potni oui me manuer iu uicn uiey aouse ne t
best feblings of humanity. I will rfily poriray
lop!
Chambers Ti.
Cannatly FJizs:
Davidson Geo. I
Daniel Shrpsr,!
Dobson Miss M
fret
Edwards .Tarr,C '
Forsyth Hemic:
Fdhour Adam
Farley Robt. H
Gaj' Franklin
G lylor James
Hfman C'apt.
Harris Jarnrs
Herman Mi:! - r!
Jordan Re..
Johnson Mrs. .",
Julian Andrew
Josey Samuel
LeotsII e n r v J .
, ball. "
- ' R. S.
EM A IN INC
Concert!, ?i
1840. '
Mis. Erixcna A!
der
Miss EltEabct'
V ander
Miss Jane A! :
Moses Black v, t :
Miss Martha
shaw
Mrs. Il&nn ih C
Rev. George V.
Mrs. Sophia Be
E. B. Burns
Solomon Grv ?
Joseph Cor
Pinckney A C
Afoses File
Daniel Lime' rr
John M. Gny
Levi Gocjdau:
Abner Krimni;
Jonathan Krir
Jonah Love
Nelson Luch, L
Miss Eliubtil.
ster
r C.V.:
emy to the South. Even after it was an
nounced that he was at put to conciliate the
Soi;th it was declared by the leaders of this
party thatjiis chnractef afjorded no sectifi
ty for the redemption of any pledge he
might make. Hear wht Mr. Pickens said
of him, and of the influence that brought
htm in to power, after his elevation to the
Presidency- JUa divon tan. -
If now, in the infancy of our Government,
ithat Congress could deprive the people of ih i the President 'has it in I. is ixiwer to . nominate
ana appoint a successor, uie day is not far dis
tant when we shall live under a power more o
dions than a hereditary monarch, because ii will
AM we hope, is, that oar fellow citizens may not
grow weaiy in investigating this subject,ar.d take
for granted the assertion of ihe persons whose
names are attached to that handbill. We assure
them in all sincerity, that ihere are -nmrfpresen-fafian
and 57pn-e?siore truth in the account
which is there eivenfof Gener&l Harrison on
this sutgect
N
MESSRS. BROWN AND STRANGE.
OurwoSenaibrs.afier holding on Ion r enoutk
to their seats, against ihe will of their constitu
ents, to pocket their pay during this protracted
Session of Congress, have come forward at this
l3te hour, and tendered their resignations, to take
effect at (tit tneefin cf 6vY next Legislature ?
We shall publish their letters, as soon as copies
are obtained,! those transmitted to the Governor,
being so bornt and defaced (the Mail Bag, prob
ably, having been ignited by a spark from the
T-ocorootive) thai they can scarcely be made but.
We shall embrace the occasion to expose the js
scitical flummery of our Senators these being
the only words w;e know that convey an apt idea
O? lb character cif tbir nmnnnnii--atif-n Thaw
my duty. V 'J! ! are eirf..ti iA'I 1. . i.
I congratulate ybo, pentlemen, upon the nob!e4 ' iPpP
spirit manifested byvtbeDemocratic IWhtgs in an, . arf Prfeqtly willing to leave the question
toar section of the Slate. It gives' an i assnr- I 10 ,ne,r arb-'rament. In consequence cf thedam-
lancet nar ineir -opinions ire uasea on principle; vwmuiuwj qi irre liGHtr?. ua rmiiersiari
one or two of the i most striking characteristics
of these animals!
They havi o fixed principles either religioup
muraj- or pdliiicall but adapt themselves with
great facility toat tnen.t'l'hey are such lovers
of the people their passion is-so exquisite th?t
they Will not pcesuuie so express any definite 4
piniuTi' ugon the politico of ihe day toi fear it
may be taken as dictation." You cap as ea
stly chain Ihe lightning as confine them to a
single projKjsitiun4-they always find a hole to
creep out. Self is their polar iar and they trisi !
their, sails to every breze. At present they ale
soraewnai i oecannea w aiung j suppose lor ja
signal fioni ihk$4Captain'" a Washington. l
I will require a giKi pilot to save them from sbin-
' : . r . . : - i i . i t l. !.
disabusing the prfbl.e oji ibis sobject, this week. 'f in" " V 8a,"f"u-;
. i ! - 9 vlB ifMute kiOD AhiMfc fU Anr is lino r. 1 ti r.mMcr
jjiuwa uniatciUf aim uio gJ ' v iwifi
and breakers ahead !' .
weave their web of scandal and falsehood in se
cret places iVVttb hearts dead to the kindly il -
fluences of patrolism they ar incapable ofap-j
preciatingjuuble and. praiseworthy actions.-
"1'hey endeavor jtp'excite the poor against t h f
rjgh and rich,aainst he poor, and draw invii -
ious distinctions between the different occnp?
lions of life if bv chance thev become entarl- ;
"led in their own toils i hey affect penitence
even
have
ihem they wiI thrust themselves be fure th
people, hoping at least m. gain notoriety with!
out considering that the IeS3 t Hey are known
the better for j ihemselves, aud the more the
better for ihe public. '
These are the men who are constantly en
deavorine to mislead and at the same time ex
claimin'Ti, let the people alone and they "wil
do right.'! These are the Judas Iscariot's wh
with kisses on heir lips, would sell their cO"un
try for thirty pte'ees of silver.
The Janns glance of whose significant eye
Learning toJlje in silver, wooid seem true
And without Utterance save the shrug"
I What though ihey dc belong to a Church, tbet
to deceive a neighbor, -even to osUjncise an eccle
siastic brother for opinion's sake '
Fix a palpable filsehood opon one of these an
imals it is just what he wants. IfTou will there
by give him ani ppporlitrtity of crvins v)ut orJ-
pieibnVprrjre himguiliy of fraoti and perula-i
powers Of Parli.imenl, over the Colonies before
ihe revolutionary war, and in direct hostility to
the principle advanced by Lord Chatham that
what was man's own, was absolutely and exr
clasiveiy his own, and cimld not bH taken from
him. without his "'consent, given by himself or his
lejal
be exercised under he deceitful name and habit
i merits of a Republic. ,
''We are told that the South is lo be 'recon
ciled by the successor falling into Southern prin ciples,'
and that it is policy to acquiesce in the
aiioointment. Sir. there maV Lr. at hpjirt if-H-
represeniattve. .V . u,t in it. ..nih K., it ttiii k. irA''Mn t. u..
Good faith and the peace and harmony of " : il 1" . " . i
.1 f r ! . Jn n v rvi rinn rt nilifa I'll ll I A
tVwT ; .,"i"iV Si" nu4tion. No! never, never! We have been
compromise or me iuu nuu" j o, . )( , . , . ...
i ZrJtTh - flagstaff shall be-shattered ir.d brken:
01 me uiu-u o a." yj ... 'J" hut will ria.t'rfje fl.g to the guna!erauU con-
used with a smole eye to ihepubnc advan- . . , , - ., .
us u?eo V . qtter or perish under it."
taae.and not lo promote the interests ot a parly, j M ;
Indeed, that the President of ihe United Slates j u o are the ''traitors in ihe South'.nmv,
should 'belong to no party. j that subjnit to the "dictation Alas I tar
Yoti are at liberty fo use this letter for any! poor human. .nature ! the eloquent derioun-
purpose you may,, think proper. cer of the trrason has become' the 6ervilc !
I am, dear sir, with great regard and consid- . t00j Gf ,j,e Usurper.'1 I
JTY Horse
TjLCour.ty f
cr, considered i r
ty, and none sn;
Yadkin. A lar;
some Ore h;i rii t
on, sitcctc J c; '
rpiles from Sa:
ton and twentv
receive gond 5 -;
of sound 15 jiil
dnrsed, or c?
price in txeU:
June 10, jy ;
ITcv.
of Col u nil! ,
and has art ;
Annual Ora:s :
ties vf Davl !
.the f.Oin of th;
.Davidson (J
res to it? Cr
all the varii ' ,
can be jT7ur i ;
donr below 1 1
June 2:5,
eJaliun,
Your hutnhlp servant,
r W. H. HARRISON.
From the National Intelligencer!
.'! i f
Tie Postmaster General.- John M. Niles. I
j the new Pest master General, in his Life of
Uomunodore lerry, published in loI, in giving-
IfcxQvatiom" to V. Montgomery an d M : Vl Urr?' Haryson sajd :'V27ie de,
!f?Tr.:: ir.,.. ,w,rL r,,..., feuce of Fort Meizs. and the subsequent. .cap-
in ineir own ions uiry mieci peniieoce, i riairftini. unwu-v ,..,... '.,jt 'r.L , ,( r . t,l-.,
to the shying of crocodile tears. If iheL 1 JVarth Carolina, suggested by their late ex, : ff J fyfhJ ZTJlJ ill
nothing jbuT impudence to recommenf 1 irabrdiaary Cirailar. 7 ,.f- . - j. bnlUaul ; and txiradtnary ftnc
Horis CLOC
'Jrust. Ti.
Bond and Stc.
- Sali-Taurj, J:
1. Do yoa mean.in your late Circular to your
consijtuenis, to be ondeTsfood to say or to inti
oatej thai General Harrison ever signed, voted
for, or ap?ted a lnw to sell the services of
white men for debt t
S.jAre not the provisions of the laws which
If ir " ':f'" . :
In rnT tinn , n ,I,a V 1 1
ia irn i i no aii-; imiiin & t m ( i 11 . . -m
- . - . . : : i . . : i ie:: s
iNilts said : "It roust Ue concetifd that, ibis
victory reflected bonor upon the National Arm;
and upon the tnifp-? by whom it was achieved."
ttTIie action and the movements which preceded
il afford ample ttslimonsf cf the judgment and
General Harrison did approve uporMhis subject j cool, intrf.pidttv or Gen. Harrison, and
highly honorable to his humanity and benevo- in(fce(j. alllheevtnls cf the campaign support
lence, in lhat they permit criminals, instead of J these characteristics ; lie piaster's Ittending
ntng confined, as uen. tlarnson nimseu ex- 1T lIAVi5c IX ko INSTAKCs BXES imputable
id iif " within the filthy enclosures of a hiu;m J i' 1
remai
Dressed
iail. io be trans fei red to the comfortabie mansion
of some virtuous citizen,' tbero to be placed at
Service, io order to pay their fines and costs by
honest labor ? , - ' ,
3. Do you not know better than to say lhat
these criminals are compelled, by their labor, to
satisfy lawyer's fees ?' Da Joa not know
ibat this is impossible, under any provisions of
law f .
4 Dt yoo ool know that Getr'etal Harrison
has htmselTsard" that, '.'if the la? in questl'ti
A D(scc?ery.-U appears that the celebrated
bill which is talsely designated a? the bill pro
posing to sell poor white I men for debt, and for
voting inlavor of which General Harrison has
Kbetn so much censored by the? lorirs, wm intro-
Morris.,one of the late loco foco Van Berea I o-J
ry Abolition Senaiois froto that' atatc ufCTgw
migi -'
rfflHBTir;
t l:
ThurBciay t!
al which ti!
quested to I .
July 10, 1
- r :-
There :
fltS" at the (i
county, cn t!
next, and tt
Caldwell v.iii
people
July 10, K
0 ell dttcrX
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