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fi.i'tl t 'I v ' ii:' I. V 1 ft 1 n J' IK' ff, rt, a. it ft.' .t or if - i" 5, If tt.i rtl i ?! i, a iff? ri . ofcjthb Watchman. j A n vparrTwalDoLtiiis navablle in fjr st!T, nt' if not raid ira'advance. Two dollars ?' WMsm-insrtteJ' at 1 for the first, and 25 cts. X' ' i.. ...(.u.uirnt insertion. 7 Court orders crnrced fcf't"' i.l.J.-r il.n 1 ho raioa A li'hrnl dedtlC- ? ..i, Irlhcr Ih'pin iheee rate. "',! 10 i)ioe ho advertise by the year. w Hie juim musi uc yum yniu. f"r . - ..iJ-: Z it- HAitiiis & ckump i ' RE QoW Truro N " L. phi.", lrpe .rl'nd.J .rocker SWUNG ;M' SU3lMil.lt .-. . (iOUJ)S, 1 1 plESF: for CASH. THE" - . ' ' i . 1 z-f-Ti r BRUNERf & JAMES, Editors fr Proprietors. :.- ' I -1 V :! : . 1 ; - ! , ..,., ; ; - 1 ; j. 1 11 -1 , I . I ... f . , i . J , I ,, I 1 KKeE? A CHECK 7POX ALt TOUR "H-'V ' Do THIS, 1M) LlBERTT IS SAFE." SI Rulers. i .1 i&sT Gail Harrison. ) , , " -."..-.--1 ,4, Do THI8, AM LlBERTT IS SAFE.' Gei(l Harrison. I NEW SERIES. VOLUME VI NUMBER 4. SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1849. 'fr.Vi-ii.lL r'.f.-Mriiiiini'd to sclls low as any hose f . J.i. ;,, nnnaiallnrr nf sll Irinila nf iiindjgenijenWn'i drt-8 goods, of the latest and J rH nhit h 5ve been selected with great care rf!M$Nt aMh? ry lowest ca?h prices ' For j Ladies Wear. r i'ifttfi't j' tMrt , MoUs Cashmeres, colored do., . ,,(fiprJ d(:;Mptiteline de LaneBsilk and worsted rirr,Uheii,A!p4cciis. bl'k and coi'd Merinos, pla id I .w'riil t'rxjticU ilflj., Sliawtls. (llolrfs, Ribbons, fine ;ir,;inrnfCatibric Ihnd'rT,. Bonnet sifk Velvets, V; i .yor(lent1(tmen'$ Wear. , jtjj Kfinrh inJ tiifjI'iKh Cloihi, French Cassimeres, j j,, jHncjf 'do tM'ool Tweed, Kentucky Janes, Ker- !. il; ..r,i( Valine ml vrlvpt do- tilain satin do.. j.-..-.4,!.il . ' Alw. bfown and bleach'd Drills, pd- ...M-icvf h'tney lflake'tis - , j Hal a vais oi uov, j e'frf a general stock of re'inil' Cullfry, liror mts, Crorkcry, It. .'V . 1- .r..n.. tisli n" t( oay g,Ji-, we respettiuny mviie 'tf!ral,ji,rt .jtlt above dtock.us we are deterrnilned ' . i 1 1 i.. 1. .. wi-rf c 0cC- 1848. Iy25 .1 . I BulliH. jVe have iJ' hand land fr Bale at this Office, the fol .wintjiil.ANKita wit: o. S. l. Fi Kas. Wit. Tickets. " Com. to take Depo. Hquiiy Executions. " Subpa;nas. " Prosecution Bonds. "J2om. to take depositions Deeds. C. " Venditioni Exponas. C. ' Juror's Tickets. Marriage License. Apprentice Indentures, j Ntxtes of Hand , Bank Notes, C, F. ; Laid Deeds. i Deeds of Trust. Klirrifl's Deeds. Ca Sas and Bonds. C S "ijroos. m AlminHitrO'-l' j i? .(.Sine case ; riilfCiril ;". ,)!' j)'.1fff I ' V5cution i , : ; ur'bioimr'frfe nV rtlrm f Administration. ifscrs Tomf ntorv.' ' t.jt S.t'ourt.VVrita.. jiKtm.-riV . j V ! - . (Vlnd G.'fciubpiroas. (County. and Superior Court rcire 1' acia vs. JtauUing Witnesses. fdo y. Jo 'to rciive judgment. do"; j "" du ' to heirs at law to Bhow cause. .Vl-do '" '' 'do do et at. iilSrfo -,f! do ivs. Special Bail. ' rresctllmen,t;of Boada. V . . ' d-- i for Awn u!t and Batteryr ;), clqt' ' j. ftr Ailraj's. ' do I for Fornication and Adultery. ' 'i it - dd I ! for retailing without license, nd piak others of not so common pse. OrTiCr of, Courts, n d others, who require Blanks, f . 1 . 1 1 -. c ; i . i. i irfiH3teu pi give us a' rail, or lorwaru wieir orucrs, -an! ill' Afi be spefdil'y attf ruled to. . iifny-itf thi Tonnii enumerated, above, are. aiso kept ia! by .':;. . ' , ; J.. ! STOCKTON', at Statesviile, ' 'U .M .-M: HliNDEILSON, at Concord, r!' V.Mt F;. W-ATTtf.'nt Mocksville, JFjy. t JeH'erVon. Ashe Co. Any fomtl ol Blanks which we may not bave on irul wV'l bc?W,.t'u to order wilhout delay, if a eopy :r..,i4r.).:.l ,! .1 is WATCHMAN OFPi. i'iiixtixi;. Alt yhfj wj"li printing-of any description done, are HitrstMlo give t): HIUINKR JAMES SENATOR BENTON AT HOME. I ! Since the arrjval of Mr. Senator Benton at St. Lcuia he Juis published an Appeal to? the Tcople of Missouri, which we copy from: the Si, llouis Republican as follows : j 1 Tthe People of Missouri. - j ; The Generaj A-ssembly of our State, at its laie session, adopted certain resolutions oq the subject of slavery, and gave ine instructions to obey them. From this command I appeal to the People, of Missouri the whole body, of the People and, if iheyi confirm the instructions, ! shall give ihem an opportunity to find a Sedat?r to carry their will into effect, as I cannot do any thing to dissolve this Union, or to array one. half of it against the other. I t - 1 do not admit a dissolusion of the Union to be a remedy, to be prescribed by statesmen, j for the disease of the body politic, any more.; than I admit death or suicide to be a remedy to be prescribed by physicians fbr the disease; of the natural body. Cure and not not kill, is the only remedy which my mind can content), plate in either case. j j 1 think it probable, from what I observef that there are many citizens good friends to the harmony and ability of this Union who do not see the Missouri instructions and their pro totype, the Calhoun address, in the same light that I see it, and in the light to which it is seen by others who best understand it. For the in formation of such citizens, and to let iherp see the; next step n this movement, and where it is intended to end, J herewith subjoin a opy of (he Accomac resolutions, lately adopted in that county of ! Virginia, and fully endorsed by the Richmond Enquirer as the voice of the South. I do not produce these resolutions fur the purpose of arraigning them ; on the contra ry, I see something in them to admire, as b4 ing bold and open, and to the true interpreta. (ion and legitimate sequence of the Calhoun movement. consider the Calhoun address and its offspring, ihe Missouri instructions, as tutulamentally wrong ; but, to those who think; them right, the Accomac resolutions in Misspti. ri. I produce; them to enable the people of xMi. souri to see what it is to which their Legisla ture would commit the State, and what it is they have instructed me to do. 1 ! I appeal from these instructions to the, Peo ple of Missouri- the whole body of the Peoplo- and in due time will give my reasons for do. ing so. It is a question above party, and goes to the wholei people. In that point of view the Accomac resolutions present: it, and present it truly, and I shall do the same. I shall abide tHe decision of the whole people, and nothing less. Kespecllully, i l , THOMAS II . BENTON, j Sr. Locis, May 9, 1849. i: " j i: In the same paper we find also the follow, ing really interesting Letter from the (Hon. Senator, in reply to an Invitation to a Public Dinner by a committee of the citizens of St. Louis : 1 ; ! St. Louis' May 6, 1849 Messrs. Rice, Howard, Haight, & others. Genwemem Your kind - invitation to ap. Lujpt a Public Dinner from my friends in this city -HjjdJJ. hraM to receive the answer which similar itttifip? have received from me, and pe de clined. A puH4tc Hinner to a public maii car. ries along with it an obligation fbr a public eeJi ; mai inrough the wilderness, to uregon ano California ; it is time now that the Govern ment should give them a roald to the empire! which they have added to the Republic. The central highway is the grand national object, and the first months of the next session of Con gress is the time to try the question of its loca tion and construction. So far as my efforts can go j this question shall then be decided ; but to enable me to work with hope and heart I must have health and backing; I must be seconded by the movement and backed by the power of the people. St. Louis has spoken ; the Missouri Legislature has spoken; some cities have spoken on the line east; but once speaking, and scattered far and wide be twee rr will not do. The massive rock is not split nor the royal oak felled by one lick, Still less is Congress moved ty one voices To be felt there many voices must concur and continue. To gain attention for the central highway there the central continent must send forth its votjee from all its recesses, from the borders of Mjs souri to the shores of the Atlantic. f Respectfully, gentlemen, " " J your obliged fellow-citizen, I THOMAS H. BENTON. LECTURE ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, Delivered before the Young Men's Mer cantile library Associttion of Cincin nati, Ohio; January 10, 1849. ' ' BY ELLWOOD FISHER. The State of Ohio, a nevv State and an agricultural onc and very prosperous, may be presumed to enjoy; a tolerable e- qual distribution of property. There arr licst material of bread, of any other St:t population since llio-annual product: oif 1 Virginia Is only about seventy "mUIidnsV j But on scrutinizing 4hc! Massachusetts : . statement, it isfiound that Vcbster inclu . j ded as the prou'uet of her" industry, tho f. raw material employed in' her manufac tures obtained from other States ; the raw: cotton, the wool, the raw hides, the dvo stuffs,' &c.,&c : -J . . ff" It was but the other day that we bail- : an extract from the report of the Commis; sioner of Tatents, published in nil the pa pers which undertook to give os an esti mate ot the wealth of the respective! States. On examination, it is, found to assume population as the basjs of wealth. 1 An average is made of the wealth of each; man in a few States, and that is rauItU plied by the number of men in each State. By this rule Indiana,.. which, is more popijlou than Massachusetts, has ! met w.calthr-anil T.e North, of coarse,! mcr,:de the slave as wll n ih Tppp nnn. creatlv more th:n the South. Tb fVm. ulation ot the former States. missioner of pare s is a Northern man, . A reference to the quantity of l.rfid- ! and travels deliberately out of the sphere, stuffs and other vegetable food, leads to o bis dutis to make ,-ip and send, forth' the same conclusion. Virginia is the hirg- i l's absurd :rtble and in thus undertak-!' est nroducer of whpat. iU(inpctn.l Anwt. . itiT olliciallv anil ofliciouslv tn ntiabtf I till vwb M & Vriw - J m iiqwv proportion. For when it is considered that the hog is killed for food at the age of 18 months or two years, and -neat cat tle at 5 or G years, it will appear that the excess of animal food in Virginia or Ken tucky over New York or Ohio is quite large is quite large, indeed, even if we de the slave as well as the free pop- The St. Republican of the 10th, remarking on Col. Benton's Appeal, says : 1 "The ground taken by Senator Bentoh,in his appeal, exhibits the fact that the Barnburn ers in this State were right, and their ene mies wrong, as to the opinions of Col. Benton on this question. It settles the question that he will not regard the proposition to prevent the introduction of slavery into New Mexico and California as justifying him, as a Senator, or as justifying the Southern States of the Un ion, in any attempt to dissolve the Union of these States. It settles the question that he re. gards the passage of the Missouri resolutions as a direct censure upon him,; alihough their advocates in that body, and in county assem. Wages, have disclaimed any such purpose ; and he distinctly tells the people that they may be gin to look out for some other representative if they persist in tjhe exaction of such terms from him. It places the Barnburners upon High ground, and they will now see how far their opponents of Col. Benton will persist in tfieir denunciations of the last Legislature and Pol. Benton, on which question he appeals to the pleple." J Col. Benton is for the Union, &nd scouts the idea that, because the privilege to introduce slaves into free Territories may be denied, this glorious Republic must be dissolved an4 de stroyed ! Congress, under every Administra lion, from Washington to Polk, has asserted the policy of prohibiting slavery in territories of the United States; and it is too late in the day now for any section or any faction to! dis pute the right. If it be asserted by Qongress in reference to California and New Mexico, we do not doubt that there will be founcF even in -the South men of sense, patriotism, and in fluence enough to inculcate and to secufe an acquiesence in tha law, and a suppression of all treasonable schemes against the Union. Cincinnati Chroni&le. in this State, by the last assessment, about fifty thousand pleasure carriages, and the possession of one of these is an indication of a comfortable condition-of a family. In Virginia there were in 11847, over 19, 000 ; and that in a white population about one third as great as ours is novv. This proves that the degree of j comfort which such establishments indicate, is more dif fused in Virginia than in Ohio. The pro portion of dwellings built in a year, is another indication of comfort and the de gree of its diffusion among a people. According to the returns of the marshals in 1840, Massachusetts, whose white pop ulation is nearly the same with that of Virginia, built 324 bricl houses in that uuuuiuuig iu ut-r population, iier crop ot 1B1U was 10.109.716 bushel? : that VM th e igacranc. own. of the people, displays hisl . '.-it- Not by importation, but by the substitution of potatoes, that cheapest ar ticle of vegetable food, to which the mis fortunes or improvidence of Ireland have driven her. New York, instead of pro ducing her proportion of wheat with Vir- year. Virginia built 402; or nearly one- j ginia, which would be thirty five millions fourth more. Massachusetts built 1249 ; of bushels instead of twelve, produces an wooden houses the same year; Virginia j nually thirty millions of bushels of pota built 2G04, or more than double. The ' toes ; and it is remarkable that Virginia, cost, of the houses in Massachusetts was ! with nearjy half a million of slaves, in- $2,767,134; in V irginia, only 81,367,393. ; stead of resorting to this cheap food for iiww ii una cAucaa in me i lurui, prouuees oniy aooui inree millions L5ut whilst I contend that statistical eyv "vt r t ' f . . : j i. ... ii " - ' iew iorK was only i-;,su.4l ; ot Uhio i wt,'ce may oeMJiiicieni to convince, i am 16,571,601. AH these are wheat exjort. ! aware thai it is not enough to satisfy the! ing, as well as wheat consuming States, ! rnid, particularly when at variance with' but still the great mass of that article ! prevalt-nt opinions. It is h legitimate. ami ' must be consumed in the respective States i laudable desire, t ven after knowing that of its production. In proportion to her , a thing is so, to know why it is so. AndV white population, Virginia produces 25 j 1 acknowledge it is incumbent on whoeis per cent, of wheat more than New York. er attempts to overthrow a popular errov How is the deficiency supplied in New ' f show not only that it is such, but lhat or about half. cost of the houses of Massachusetts be attributable to the excess of business or manufacturing structures among them, it of bushels of negroes with corn crop is about 34t millions of bushels, and a a ... I .... swells the proportion ot dwellings built in which is a much more costly and substan it must be such, on the recognized princi ples ot human judgment. ' The reason, then I conceive for the I great pecuniary prosperity of the Soulhv is that she is so generally agricultural. 1 About half the population of the old Ndr; thern States reside in towns or cities In the Southern about one-tenth. f K Even Ohio.' a new State with gredter agricultural attractions naturally, than any other, has already a town and city population estimated at one-fourth of the whole ; the sinsle citv of Cincinnati. onlv potatoes, and provides her fiff)' years of age, containing more people lorn, of which her annual I lhan len f the largest towns of Virginia, Virginia, and thus displays a still greater progress in comfort among the population of the latter. But if the excess of cost in Massachusetts is owing to the superior style of her dwellings, it proves, since the number is so much less, a still-greater in equality of property. A comparison of the houses built In Newj York the same year with those in Virginia, exhibits sim ilar results. And I wilTadd that the same thing is true, by the comparison between Virginia and Ohio, although one is consi dered the most declining, the other the most advancing! State in the Union ) one supposed to be the most unequal in the distribution of property, the other the.re verse. In 1840 Ohio built 970 brick and 2764 wooden houses, at a cost of 83,776 823. Thus, whilst we had twice the White population, we bpilt only a fourth Decrease, more ot houses. Kentucky, also, as well J as Virginia, surpassed Ohio in this respect. ( Kentucky built 485 brick and 1757 wood- i en houses ; thus with only 40 per cent of j Ohio's white population, she built 75 per i cent ol the number of houses Ohio did. ! The lact is that Virginia and Kentucky tial article of food. The tendency man ifested by New York to prefer the culti vation of the cheapest, but the mote pre carious and less nourishing article of ve getable food, is also distinctly visible, to all the Northerb States,, and is a fact which always deserves to be considered the oldest State of the Union. But why is agriculture more profitable than manufactures or commerce ? One reason is, that agriculture is more pro ductive or multiplying than them: that its products are the principal and the in dispensable articles of human subsistence, and are obtained with less of human la bor and skill than the others. The fecun- in any estimate of their present and future jdily of nature can never be rivalled by alt. comfort. In Massachusetts agriculture is rapidly declining ; particularly the pro duction of the finer sorts of breadstuff's, a fact which is admitted and lamented by one of her leading papers the Boston Atlas. The following statements are from the official returns of the State ; Bush, wheat. Ind. Corn. 1810, 210.000 1845, 1840, 1845, 48,000 1(32,000 Bush. Rye. 503,000 417,000' 2 203,000 1,9S5,0U0 218,000 Buckwheat. 102,000 32,000 Barley. 150,000 121,931 34,009 Potatoes. 4.S50.000 4,708,000 he, i . . . Y f-i .a..- ... rrilf I : J ueyj are .pfe'areu to do almost every vntiety fir4"tate style, fin u book down to the alphabet. ' I ' J;-' .; Aiivi:urisi f i bdt pi) com pure j to greasmg wheels. Wheelsi fill ofmn ttir witlwuit tie!f!fe, and no may a Merchant r Mcchartiii cet oik. wiiiout' advertising : but it is hard 1 .L I II. I I "V 1 . r I DGr3 In another column will be fpifnd a a numper ot gentlemen ; wnigs ot un Decrease, 116,000 70.000 83000 Of course it is not pretended that-States of a commercial and manufacturing cha- it w i t f n rt r 1 1 ii'hoii 1 n i n ciinli a eraAn n im I eiito make several of them in the p0ui4eicorresPondence betwen Mr.- Little,. and of this summer I always wisjMo speak to a larger audience, than can be found at a dinner table. ' . j ., : ; The immediate object of tho compliment which you now offer me cannot be otherwise (han agreeable to me, and if any opportunity shall offer forgetting at the object without the constructed in that year, more buildinsrs racter chiefly, should produce as much in proportion to their whole population, . from the soil, in proportion to population, black and white, than Ohio and Massa- j as the agricultural. But the articles they chusetts. This result, does not appear, in- 1 do produce, and their proportions to each deed, in the cities, or in the principal ; other, indicate the quality of food at least w ..r . .. ,i .i r 'I . c .1 . i I it ; nM tK cKiof f niW.f creels oi cmes, aim uiereiore nas not. ; oi me agricultural population, iience it Convention. Mr. Little, it will be Seen, come to he knowledge of fugutive and appears that the farmers ol Massachusetts is willing to suhmit bis claims to such a superficial observers, or newspaper item- consume but little wheat bread, and use convention, and stand by its decision j .nongcrs.; but it is demonstrated by the ' rye, Indian Hp sncrcrpcrs nn nlnn for thft rrpttinrr nf it I labors-of the officers of government, who ; tUlfS. dd. nor for its organization : mit thinks were "quired to visit the country as well A grain of wheat when sown will produce' an hundred fold, but no fabric of the loom,5 no cargo of the ship, can have its value augmented in the same proportion, with-; out the; co-operation of much a greater j proportion of labor and skill. Commerce and manufacture are chiefly artificial;' j agriculture Is for the most part the work . of nature. It is true that the facility with I which articles are produced from the soil, influences materially their value in mar-' ket, and that! lie prices of different kinds of 1 labor tend to equality ; and it is true also, that prices of corrTTTTodities are alFected by the relations of supply and demand. Hence there is no such difference between , the profits of the farmer and the artizan, , or merchant, as the relative productive- ness of their labors would indicate. But the interchange of commodities between the tWo classes, is by no means equal, nor'i, is it obedient to those laws of trade. The, farmer holds the subsistence, and conse-' quently "the property of his civilized lei i low men in his power ; and this power ho will exercise when Tircumstances-permit ; according to the entiments which the ! high-ways, and it is triumphant evidence ..?iD l ,ra. e ,r,,eJ , ,K ?,eru,ie"i'i compliment, Tshall be happy to embrace it.4 ' . that the people alone, and not the Candi .i.-.i . - . :V The American road to India is the obiect. and .,i Aat haw a rJcrVif to sv wtiaf wnn H nr . f. . C . I ..l 1 ie . - . - " . . ' r trio tiVtrc rrr inaMi nnfrrorrata nrcnopi t in every movemeni lor me esiaunsnmeni of won d not he a fa r v constituted conven- I "4 vv,w.um..,; ugg.vg, .w,,. that great highway of nations I shall avyays tion." From the other candidates ve ue ounu a reauy assistant. , Hi have not heard on this point. We Under 1 hirly years ago, as you are pleased to re corn and potatoes as substi- ! possession ol power inspires, according to j the prejudices of his class, to the appetite I think now. that if any thing c:in be ! ol monopoly, and not according to the as the towns, the by-ways, as well as the j shown by facts, I have demonstrated the ' wages ot labor.and the law ol supplyand UNI M Ui 1 STEAMBOAT COMPANY OF FAYETTBVILLE AND WILMINGTON. AHE RIXJUNO OovjGRAIlAM. (20 inch dram ,V. Boat, MIKE BROWN, ' . : i , ! b'rk j. P:r: n a p it j have not heard on this point. stand that they were; written to and we Sir Little were also propounded to them- I Palhles and the Vlct,ms ol the,r eones. but weTknow nothing: 'about it of our own The same relative condition of comfort 'I GEN. TA YLOll, Ill'fhbove Boati miv regularly between Foyette 0'i Ond Wilininuton at the late reduced rates of firitUrid irip as well prepared for the fieedy and safe. nrNrthU(iij'i)f Goodrf Bp and down as any line.on the I afokJul :fo- tje last year's business we solicit jacon !inttn.ni.ihcrtae.for the; future. All good con- N''-riaj. h. McOary. Wilmington, N. C., will j ftrw(lnl frwrof coinini?ion. jhAIJ .MHlucejfYoiii tin rountry Kent to W. L. McGa fj, f tPltevilW': will b kbirt.t WnimiwSon. In t' fh H H VA . fill'. iKo anrlt.fif infirn if-lite arAi-nl .l...'.........'.r -i. ri i -t "rinurc oi koou9 bum nunirnitiitwh. . . . I . Htit":on,!trrd W kithk lelitlotl , tn! fr i Jin iThtf under hrned hnvii? eommmlinng th illlver, lind laving heen Ions engaged in the for- --.-.Bjirt.uimiew, win receive and lorward all eoodssent t'Mddres8 it the usual commission. JSi0 i i W. I, McC.AHY. CQJtE AND BUY liAlUiAINS ! !; t i i ; PAfTonv. r.LJi v.. i: . JT f, deisigned hsiving formed a co-partnership in &. W. L. McGarr. M c( ; a ry ,Fa y e 1 1 e v il le , w ii 1 meet W. L. MctJARY, Agent, mind me, I did something to start the Hdea of this great communication, thenxJeemedjvisiofi. ary, now on the point of realization. Poor hu man vanilv finrla snmn rrrn I i fira t inn Jn,Biirh n ...... .v to ! I i i i t ..LM:U,1 .1. . r ,i f .1. . it.. consummation ; but 1 assure you it is a very Kowieuge : nor nave we ,pecfl luroisueu ( in me two respcciive seciions oi me i n secondary and a very transient gratification j vvlh any further correspondence on the I ion is indicated in their food. Although with me; and, unless followed up by the lufe.. subject. They may jhave aken tiriq to j Virginia is not an exporter of animal food, cess of the obiect, will turn to bitterness and ! answer ; or they may not agree toacojnven- j she is one of the greatest producers of it mortification. Forward is the word ! ;Let the ! tion.. They will doubtless speatt for'them thing be done, and done qtiickly ! And Uo dojjt ! selves in relation to this matter. -n the we all know requires the concurrence of many j mean time we cannot conceive of any wilband the legislative action of the Govern- better plan than for the people to go on ment. Action is now wanted, and avejry thing , antj hou a Convention. They have a right is ripe lor nciion. juuug man, sprung iroiu. ; to sav whether thev will be represented j ( - t . by a Whig or a democrat ; and we Hhink they have a right to adopt such measures as may be calculated to harmonize the uperior wealth of the people of the South over those of the North in proportion to their respective numbers ; and this by comparing the lessprosperousof the South with the most ffourishinj; of th" North. and wide spread individual comfort of the States which have been selected by the new school of politicians and political presume that the same questions Put m economists, as the objects of their sym- j And, I think 1 have shown the outh to be 111 lllWOl IVsl luimiC III I1IC U 131 I IUUIIUI1 J I equalization of wealth, as well as in its the ranks of the people, obeying" some high impulse, and accompanied by the children of ; the mountains, has accomplished his work. 4 j The sealed book of remote western geography I has been laid open. From the Mississippi to the Pacific its leaves have been unfolded, and ; its pages written upon with a pencil of light. What tho adventurous hunter, following the of all the States. In 1840 she possessed 1,992,155 hogs, which is almost identical ly the same number that Ohio had, al though Ohio has twice the white popula tion, and as is well known, is a large ex- acquisition. At all events. 1 have rescued the controversy between the two sections, from ihe control of bold assertion and slip shod declamation, and confided it to the umpirage of argument and document. There are some who sneer at statisties and assert that anything can be proved by them. But such expressions, 1 think r t . demand, l he monopoly ol the necessa ries of life which agriculture confers, has produced some of the inot striking social' and political revolutions in history. It enabled Jacob to extort from Esau, who was a hunter, his birthright for a mess of pottage. But Jacob himself and his fam ily preferred the lighter labors of shepherd life, to tillage, and 'hence liom la scarcity of corn, became dependent on the granai ries of Egypt, and fell into bondage In wars between agriculiural and commer cial notions, ihe former have generally conquered. Athens was ovcrcomeby Sparta Li reive' by Maccdon Garthago by Borne events which indicate the sit rior resources of tjie conquerors more than their bravery. . In England, whose com merce has been enriched by the monopoly of the trade of colonies in every clime, and whose manufactures have been ex1- i . a are peculiar to those who deal in asser- porter of pork, whilst Virginia imports, in j tion chiefly, and find it unpleasant to be addition to her own stock, every year a j answered with facts. l or statistics are large quantity. New York with three nothing but collections of facts. I admit times the white population, was materi- that facts themselves may be powerless rvtiIpmrt.,.,nnjMn,!nl.Ml!nM party. If the three Whig candidates now j ally behind Virginia in this respect. Now : or pernicious to a mind not logical or phi- i ' f agriculture still maintains ore. in the field continue to run ; the result is , it is well known that; Ihe great mass of , losophical enough to comprehend and manifest to our mind : Green W. Caldwell provisions produced in any State are de- classify them. But in relation to the af will be elected and a Whig District, signed for domestic consumption, as the ! fairs of this world at least, I ask with the trail of the buffalo and vexing the home of the i with a majority of thirteen hundred votes ; cost of transporting them to the dwellings English philosophic poet. beaver, had unknowingly discovered, science has digested into a knowledge, reduced to ex actitude, and made known to the world. Be. fore the light of science errors and illusions have vanished(; the impassible mountain has become passiblethe uninhabitable desert has become inhabitable ; the Slderia of America has become a promised land ; and the exult. will be represented by a Democrat -'and; of an agricultural people is too great to , an ultra Democrat at that ! Such a contin- , admit of 4heir importation. Hence the j gency ought, by all means to be provided products of such a people afford a good j against. The harmony of our party is of ! criterion of the character of their food. ; far more importance than the success of The stock of neat-cattle in New York was any particular individual. We take sides r 1.911,244 ; in Virginia it was 1,024,148, Wabove,tMHiness,;respectfully invite publid attend ing fact stands revealed that, from the Fattier T-J r fW'ment,aiid to their.9uply of superb to with no one : we really think that some thing ought to be done, and done quickly. i'. ftiaiiua it" tutu mat, uuiii me raiucr ' tt7 j i. 4 the Mother of Oceans, the rolling tide iof , -padesboro Argus I American population may go . on spreading jts " 1 wide and lofty wave ; and from San Franciscd ! GotQuick Gone. A ! to St Louis, jn a straight line with Canton and w iajres. uaronrhrs. HnrL.iwnve i' "( VJ l1 7 . - J 1 i ' ! Buartries. &c &c. n -...lor ngritriess, beauty of design, manner of execu tOTk in U;. .. 1 .Ibat in their enibloV a larsre number of t. "ien. I llM hlif lia.uiiKa u,w.l:'....t . I !. ...t U l-.J -I. 1 fcUlaK7Lm ! ifU.m:,vof M have I These gfekt facts are now revealed, establish. j i iiii iKiiic uii trv nnori nrtn vvn.t .1 1 1 j " ---t r ,pf0rraiiVi ir'nnrov.l ni . r : nnnn ihpm. All is readv. I !J Li, 1 - ' r v-vuiii 1 jr piunuLC ia- "I - J the proportion of Virginia being still the greatest. In sheep alone was New York belter off, having 5,1 18,777, whilst Vir ginia had 1,293,772, which, however, is only about 150,000 les$ than her share. " What can we reason, but frutu what we know" Facts constitute the great restraint on the imposition of interests, the dogmatism of fanatics and bigots, the fallacies of the vulgar, the prejudices of the sectional, and the dreams of enthusiasts. Facts are the tests ol systems, the landmarks ot pro gress, the harvest of time, the elementary thus controls an extraordinary proportion nasseTby ! London the rich stream of oriental commerce, j lne olher day bore this graphic inscription ; doubli r j after wandering for forty centuries upon unsla- on its back ;My father was. a hjanfc di- these f excellent I ble and devious routes, is to find its last, recto- jjc failed and retired oh a fbr-H supen particles of truth. But it is peculiarly important to resort to statistics on this question, because they are so much employed and perverted on the other side. From the speech of the Senator to the columns of the editor, we are continually assailed with statistical ly40 il 'change. 8. J ? OVERMAN, BROWN H CO- 7Tit tL. , , j... -. . JJ ' A GAUD. Jj,1?nROjNjli.JAMEShaviDgnssoci5clllm The knowledge is acnutred : the means are at hand : the spirit of the people is up. All that is lacking is(tKd action of the Governmenf; and that, as always needs stimulating. Il is of the nature of 0ur Covemment that it should follow the lead or wait the stimulus of the people In "this J !e',in the oractire of Medicine. cartel wavs be e Mhrdriii;store whennotpTofes8ionBllyieng2ed case the people have been leading long enough. 1 ' . f ' V, .. L I .... I l l.i r. ' , Dtctmbtf 16,1847 tf33 ,They have; latterly led the JSoTernmeut, nd hank note hicb was handed into an Easterln office ! The proportion of poukry in Virginia is uouoie mat oi iew i orw. Anu in an articles Virginia is still more the superior of Ohio than of New York. So A n;p x xxW also is iveniucKy. &o that it it De said children. This is the last of my tern HJ uianncw i orK is an; importer oi sucn i comparisons ueiwreu iue ivuuu nou iuu got quick gone ! and here's off for Cali- provisions, and therefore consumes more ! South derogatory to the latter. In 1839, fornix. I j than her production iqdiates, what is to Daniel Webster presented, in a speech- to j r . I l ! to be said of Ohio whih exports them all. j the ; Senate, in praisV of Massachusetts, an ' Davidson College. We learn that Now in determining the relative comfort ; official statement of her annual products. Judge Strange is expected to deliver the, of two civilized communities in the same ; which amounted to nearly $ 1 00,000,Ouu of genius, agriculture still maintains pre eminence in wealth and political power, although it comprehends only about one third of the population. The agriculture of the South produces a greater variety and abundance of tho staple articles of human comfort and subsistence than that of any other region. Besides such bread stuffs and provisions as the North affords, the South has by the superior genius and energy of her people acquired almost , monopoly of the cotton cuhure. The ooutli of that food and clothing which the world consumes, and hence makes a correspon dent progress in wealth. Whilst agricultural life is so much more productive than other avocations, it -U vastly less expensive or consuming-. Al most all other pursuits resort to towns and t cities where the style of living is costly, and extravagant. It is very rare to find farmers or planters residing in palaces or. marble or granite. It js seldom that even' public buildings In the country are con structed of sueh materials. But in cititf v JJ v . - 9 . . lv fruit they arc not unusual in private dwellings i-v . . . !- . . ' i . l! ' . -i1 ... ' r i r 1 . 1 '.i-Lt l . ; I . 1 .. - annual uratton belore the.Literarvaocte- , ciiipaie, me quantity oi animai ioou tney ; which ne cuaracieriicu as me c..j :j - . wl,nt .. - rv . . .. r .! i ' ... i ,i . ' ! I TLIo ,l-rtflM With ttlOSe WtlOriae III" IllCrtUS ilia , .... .- number ol puonc dujiuihj$. ties ot Davidson College, at the (next Commencement, on the Second Thursday in August. resnectivplv rnnsnmp. is a well establish- ' of her industrv and capital. J -- . . ? . o, . . - . J . , f i ! ih crat ea criterion, let here is a otaie in me sirine every mmu as euuniw fK-- a-- fTre of cof- warmer climate consuming the greater productiveness and profit in a State of her ! churches, banks, ottiv.es, o.c-. are r - I r I ii r- 11 A it . i i -. ' 3 o -il 0b o (5 1 1 ! i f S 't-l ,.i, : .i ' ' ' ''I'" Ii'-. '.i . I f.".. ;ir:V:f'-t--ir---- 1 j j . - r. p. i - -A - -i , t ' i S - 'il I r f 1 !
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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May 31, 1849, edition 1
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