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p ff iVhole Xo. 079. The Tfirfwrongh I'ress BV GEORGE HOWAHI), per month. Subscribers are at liberty to i nthue at any time, on giving notice thereof T ravine arrears those residing at a distance a t invariably pay in aoVance, of give a resposi- Ue relerence m uh j irprtisemonts not exceeding a f square will be j . 1 it One Ihlbtr the first inanition, ami 'J.j 1 f,,r pverv continuance. Longi-r advertise- ts in like proportion, Court Orders and .Tu Tt advertisements 05 per cent, higher. Al ' onipnts must be marked the number of in- nions retired, or they will be continued ' ,,; ordered and charged accordingly. until c:!icrv.'ise loiters addressed to the Hditor must be post paid or they may noiue auenueu-io. MKKCII ANT TAII.OK, $ J.NPKCTFUI.LV informs his friend l (he public generally, thai he has received his Fall and Waiter GOODS, Consisting of superfine blue and blacli Cloths j. visible green and brown do. jjinp'd and corded Gas? i meres of various colors plain black aw! figured Veslings, di black ami figured Velvets, Pi nn and figured Valencias, Jo do Marseilles, Piiin hi ick and fancv Slocks, Umbrella, Jjjso ns. Collars Gloves, Suspenders, &c All of winch he will sr 1 1 bw fur Cah, or on i credit to punctual customers He irut by due attention to business and hi long experience therein, to give due satisfaction to those who may favor bi n with their orders. lie alo will keep constantly on hand an assortment of Head it made Clothing, TarWo Nov. 5h, 1S3S. II. Johnston, 5i'(iS leave to inform his customers and the public, that he has lUct ivcd hi Full Supply of Of all the most Fashionable Articles, Suitable fur Gentemeu's wear. SUCH AS Superfine Cloth, Cassimeres &. Vesting, B aver cloth and Lion skin, for overcoats, Camblet for cloaks, Stoi 1;. Collars, Bosoms, and black silk Ci avals, Suspenders, of superior quality. He at so has a few Tine black btavev llals, Of the I itest fashion. Ge title men wish in to purchase Goods in bis line, will do Ut.ll to cull and examine before they pur 'as, as he is determined to sell low lor Cash, or on a short credit to punctual Cn-' I'TTiers. T:.rb,)ro Nov. I5:h, 1S3S. the cheap Cash Store. JAMES AVEDDEL.L-, S now on hand a large and general assortment of G'-ocevies, Hardware, cutlery. China, Glass and Earthenware, Cot I'm linking Ropey Twine, S-c &c '"p.h be offers cheap for Cash, country "luce, or on a short credit to punctual n,,'n- Nov. 24th, 1S.18. Mule of North Candina, EDGECOMBE COUNTY Superior Court nf Equity. SEPTEMBER TERM, 1S3S. Martha and Zdly Scarborough, c, , vs- I Origin -lPphen WootenSt Uiclvrd T f al bill eagles, exVs &c. el al, T r wPpeinng to th satisfaction of the that John R. Scarborough, one h the defendants in this ease, is not a ''enl of thjs State; It is therefore o ' rp'b that publication made ftr six r. noiifyinnr sriui Jefendant that tinle -. vmci iii i iiriH'i oiuji he ''PPear at thR llPVt lorm of It.!- rn.,rl T --Wished weekly at Two Dollars and FJfl Cy',lS the 'expiration of the subscription year. fj held on the second Monday in ro If nf,t,al the wourl House in Tnrtw 'J2;n, and answer, plead, or demur, j-idg i' 'r'1 i)ro CGnfesso will be entered against fitness Isaac Norflfp.t, Clerk of ; wnurt, at office, the second Monday 1,1 September, IS3S. . NOli FL E E 7 C M E Sth, 1S33. 1 priCe adv 5 00. Tarborouzh, From the liultigh Standard. ADDRESS ()f',n I 'n'""'u- me lWu nouses u was iouiui ntf ,!noCrallchcPttflic(in membnrsxn election of Speakers, the "whigs" oj cue General Assembly of North Car-W the aid of a portion of those claiming oliia. loTi,fiFnEEME50p Noam Caboliv-v: In compliance wi;h a resolution, adoot ea at a general moating of ,ha Democratic Kopu:,ican nie.nbeisol ilicGjnL'i il Ass -m-bly, during its ate Scssioii: Wvi h iyc b selec ed a Committee, to invito your atten- ' VJllli: Vl matters upon which! eie c : .Ilcd to act, in discharge of their Icg.s.ative duties; to explain the course thev loll it their duty to pursue; and the consid erations which influenced them, as the rcp-resentativc- of a portion of the free people oi the biate. The importance of the cris is, the situation in which those with whom it is our pride to act as a partv, stand to the country ; added to the extraordinary course oi our pohtic.d opponents must be th apology lor this addivss. It is due to the occasion, to refer you to the past conduct, and i.ir promises of our opponents; to their present action, ami the numier in which these promises have been discharged; as weii as to point you to some of the evils which, as we fear, threaten the peace and welfare of our beloved country leaving u you, the high and responsible duty of ap plying the pivper corrective, if in the dis charge d' the trust thus confided to us, we shall in common candor, expose the fa Is-: position of our opponents the self-styled -wings" the fault rests with them. Our object is to act the part of faithful sen tinels to the people, and to vindicate thos. cardinal principles of republican faith, which, as we trust will ever beheld sacred by those with whom it is our pride and boast to act. It will be remembered, that the Gover nor on first taking the oaths of office an nounced himself as being "driven" into op position to the administration of the Fe deral Government, because of its "abuses nml nol.m,. JJ . 1 . I it uutAu:,Vl), -maine was opposed 0f the resolutions themselves. Thev lO rreSlUCnt Van nim-n nr hia it rvlan i l mm . n ., . , V.. i"wty vu.l. id. iiio propriety 01 the ex mouiu. ui "is picuuetssor, !mg resolution ot the Senate of the Un u"" ,u inu iai:i ui ins oeing a iortncrn ' Stales. 2m The Tndf mnam not one of us. lie then said noth-1 Treasury bill. 3rd. The Public Lands. ingoUNaiional Bank, but was favorable j 4th. The expenditures of the present ad to an increase ot State capital, as a means ministration. for effecting Internal Improvements. Jiuti Without stopping to inquire hnw far these uc.ua p..Mt,unaiieeiings,iie; ! matters were calculated to promote bar was to be "an officer ot the State and notlmonv and advnnrp. ih m.hlip ofa Part'." His political friends and sup porters, avowed their opposition to the ad ministration, because of its neglect of the State its opposition to the State Hanks, and when they dared make the avowal, their own preference for an United Stales Bank; its abuse of patronage, in the removal of partiz ins. I hey denied in the most un qualified terms the Right of Instruction contending that our Senators as well as our Representatives in Congress, when elected held their appointments under a con stitutional tenure, and were not to be affec ted by any legislative action, during the term of their service and that whenever they should come into power, every branch of industr was lo receive new life and en ergv ; the 'neglect of past Legislatures was to be repaired; and the old State to be a wakened from her apathy, and no longer remain the despised thing she had been. Such were some of the many loud profes sions, avowals and promises of our oppo nents, for the truth of which we appeal lo your candor. In what manner have these fair pledges to the public been redeemed? The Gov ernor, in his message to the Legislature, de nounces the administration in the most un measured terms charges all the disasters of the country upon the man for whom you had on three several occasions, given your suffrages for the highest office within your jiift abuses the administra tion for what it had done for the State, in the establishment of a Mint and Arsenal within i;s borders charges the neighbor hood post offices for the accommodation of the people, as an attempt to influence our politics, through officers three-fourths of whom are of his own parly reads us a lec ture on the Independent Treasury, which he cither does not understand or chooses to misrepresent- declares himself in favor of an United Slates Bank, but advises a State Bank with a capital of Ten Millions, as a link in the great chain, which is to supply a National Bank a panacea by wdiich eve ry disorder in the community is to receive a radical cure recommends a system of Internal and External Improvements, from the banks of the Cape Fear "to the shores of the Mississippi" a system for its ex travagance, unsurpassed by the mad visions of thewildest enthusiast and by way of shewing himselfan "officer of the State and not of a party7 m rus lasi inaugural, de nounces the democratic party as disorgani- zersa mob, seeking to excite murmurs and discontent amongst the people, with the view of breaking down the banks, ( Edgecombe County, Js C.J t. a uprooting society, and reluming every ! h ' n to 0il common ruin. Such is the uncrating attitude in which His Excellen cy stands before the country, anil if we mistake not, his followers will be found in a siuntion not much less to be envied. vJo orr inizmo- ilioiwnllnnsna.'t f,.....i i'j oe Hate Uights mn,h itl a majority in both branches of the Legislature. Under this st.iteof things, it was to have been ex pacle I the Governor's message would be reterred to appropriate committees, and me isures reported in conformity thereto, or otherwise, calling for the early and prompt action of the Legislature. The sceptre h id now p issed into other hands: a new era ha J arrived in the history of the State, the federal tarty for the first tim being in the majority ihc business of leg islation was alone to be attended to no abuses, no waste of the puplic money nothing calculated to mar or disturb the regular transaction of the public business no qupstions of party or national politics to be mooted merit alone was to be reward ed. Such was the promise, wlnt the per formance? Day after day, week after week elapsed, and no response to His Excellency 's recommendation. Hut night after night is spent in eeret caucus, with the aid of ex-Governors when lo! a series of politic d resolutions are introduced, wilh heir men pledged not only to their support, t)ut against all and every amendment, .how ever proper. These resolutions are de igned not to effect any public good, but to force our Senators to resign, without the candor on the part of their supporters to avow it, in order to make room for others, who in profession shrink from the very name of office. So indelicate were these proceedings, that men were found election eering for stations not yet vacant, and about which there was no little difficulty in re conciling the claims of these patriots, lhcse proceedings as you may suppose, met with the united opposition of the re publican party, in both branches of the Legislature. To enable you to decide on the propriety of this course, it is necessary . 1 o . . r . . to give you the true character and bearing i li pun ited nprulpnt nr Snh- niony and advance the public interest, vc shall call attention to a brief, but distinct exposition of these several points. 1st. The expunging resolution. In order lo a proper understanding of the subject it is necessary to recur to a few facts and events, connected with the history of this matter. It is to be recollected, at the se-sion of i833-'3 4 properly designated the panic .session the Senate of ihe United Slates, passed a resolution, declaring in sub stance, the conduct of President Jackson in regard to the United States Bank, had been 4dn derogation both of tiie Constitu tion and laws." That upon this resolution of censure, the Senators from 12 States vo ted for and V against it -three States, Maine, 01 no and N. Carolina being divided. Our Senatois, Mangum voting fer and Brown against it, each claiming to vote according lo the views and wishes of a majority ot the people of the Slate. In this way," the mailer came directly before their constitu ents. The subject was freely discussed in the canvass of 1834; the people were made fully acquainted with the whole mat ter; and decided accordingly. The re sult was, a majority was returned to the Legislature fnendly to General Jack .son, and Bedford Brown was re-elected Senator by a decided vote in both Hou ses. This result, so expressive of the opin ion of the public, as it was thought at the time, would lead to Mr, Mangum's resig nation. The matter docs not rest here. But resolutions were introduced affirming the Right of the Legislature to Instruct, and directing Mr. Mangum to Vote for the expunging resolution. These resolutions passed both branches of the Legislature by decided majorities The subject again went before the people, and a majority was again returned to the Legislature of 1S35, in favor of Gen. Jackson. In the fall of 1S3G, finding a majority of the Legislature still opposed to him and the State having voted for Mr. Van Buren as President, Mr. Mangum then resigned his seat. Thus, after three successive elections, was Mr. Mangum forced to yield obedience to the express will of the people, and Judge Strange was elected as his successor. In the mean lime, the political character of the Senate of the United States had been changed. The three divided States had returned members in favor of the admin istration and others had changed or were instructed, so that a larger majority was" found in favor of expunging the resolution than had voted for its passage. From these facts we ask any candid man to say if our Senators were not acting in conformity to inula y, .March 1839 the sentiments of the Sfa'e, in the voe they j ih- President and Secretary o! the Treasu re. If any one is justly liable to the. rv, in ihe management of ihe finances the charge of '-party scrvilitv" and of degra- fault is not theirs but with Concrrs If tlmg .'the character of the Senate," by the the p'.blic money can only be rightfully act eompl uned of it is the Legislature of-used, under the authority of law how ran ISSland the neonleot ihn Sdntp. hi- whom mat Legislature had been elected. The . . . . ' "j " rt.so.u'ion censures not only our own p?o - pe and Senators, but denounces t' c Sena- tors of o her Stales, for aetinjr as did our. in carrying out the express wishes of their constituents. In this, it violates ihc great principle of rcprcscnta-ive government, obedience to the will of a majority. Hut the inconsistency of the suppor ters of this resolution, docs not rest here. io the resolution of lS3t, affirming the right to instruct, an amendment was offer ed denying to the Legislature any such right, and declaring that to "the people in their primary assemblies or in delegates elected for "that purpose, belonged the right of instructing our Senators, and for this amendment every "whig" member voted. Now admitting th2 right of the people to select delegates for any purpose, what are members ot the Legislature but delegates, charged with the views of tbose by whom elected? But we appeal to every candid nun in the Slate, to say if the ques tion oi instructing our Senators, to restore tiie resolution of censure on Gen. Jackson, was ever discussed in ikeir presence, during our last summer's canvass? We ask empha tically, if the people of Sampson, Johnston, Bertie, North unpton, Orang-, Yancey, Haywood or Stokes, gave any such in struction? Yet it was by the votes of a part of the representatives of these counties, that the resolutions were passed. We af firm, that this resolution, has not been pas sed in obedience to the known wishes of the people, and they have been betray ed by a poniou at least of those, who claimed to represent them. We go further and say, such a resolution could not be carried in a majority of the counties in the Stale-. The people of North Carolina retain too grate ful a sen.e of Andrew Jackson, and venerate too highly his declining yeais, to lend their sanction to an' act, calculated to tarnish his fame, much less to bring down his "gray hairs with sorrow to the grave." 2. The Independent or Sub-treasury Th is we admit to have been a legitimate sub ject for action, and one upon which it would have been perfectly fair for a majority in the Legislature to have instructed, had they felt so inclined. But we say the res olution as passed, affirms that which is not true in point of fact, and fails to declare what our opponents were bound to have done, had they been disposed to have acted with common fairness. It charges upon the Independent Treasury "the derange ment of the currency and the prostration of our commercial credit" and affirms that its passage into a law "will augment ex ecutive lower, unite the purse and the sword in ihe hands of the executive, and destroy the credit system by the exaction of specie." These assertions, we venture to say, are contradicted by argument, rea son and facts. The banks suspended spe cie payments in May, 1S37, and the Inde pendent J reasury bill, was first recom mended to Congress at the called session f1, " tive employment of more in Sentember following The. ivhnln n,,,ithan tcn millions, Besides, it should be tho ber of State Banks at that oeriod. was S2) of this number ihe Secretary of the Treas r. . . . ' 1 ory, reported to Congress, in December, loot, upon ihe condition ot 713. The amount of their discounts at ihe time of the suspension, exceeded "five hundred mil lions" whilst their specie funds were less than forty-five millions. Again, the Secretary says "Perhaps a stronger illus tration could not exist, of the extravagant over-trading during 1836, than the fact, now officially ascertained, that the impost, which in a natural condition of business should be less than those of 1837, were fifty millions larger. " It is further slated, that in seasons of common crops, when the industry of the country was directed to the cultivation of the soil, the United States were accustomed to export grain and flour, to the amount of near five millions annual ly. But that in the year ending with Sep tember, 1837, the exports fall more than a million, whilst the imports amounted to "more than four and a half millions." Here, then, are facts officially communica ted, sufficiently astounding, to establish the overflowing tide of speculation, of bank issues, together with the mercantile revul sions which followed, to account for all the evils and disasters of our commerce as well as the "derangement in the currency," without resorting to a measure not then in existence. So as to the assertions in the resolution, about executive power, the purse and the sword, and putting in peril, the liberties of the people these will be found on examination mere idle declama-j tion, words calculated to mislead, and par tisan like, to render the measure odious, j without disclosing what is desired as its substitute. The President can draw not a dollar from the Public Treasury, ex cept in execution of appropriations made oy Uongress. ii mere ue ioo mucn mscrc tion under the existing system, given toj Vol. XV Vo. 9, P be urged as an objection to a measure, as lending lo "augment executive nower,' j when the very ohjeel is, to place its custody under additional guards & higher penalties. l he pian toran Independent I reasury, with nil its checks and guards, is intended to di mmish the number of r'sk and fo streng then the public security. Such being the avowed object of its fr;ends, let its oppo nents see that these ends are fairlv attained. It is the use and not the meie possession of money, which conf.rs power. The priv dege of selecting a number of banks, as de positories of the public money, with the liberty of using it at their pleasure, isa much more dangerous power, and more likely to increase the executive patronage, than the mere selection of some fifteen or twenty officers, with moderate salaries and under heavy bonds for their good behavior A nd s to uniting the purse and the sword, whilst the funds of the nation remain under !he guards of the law, and the right of using the sword belongs to the discretion of Con gress, no fears need be indulged on that score. The President of the United States s not likely lo dirty his fingers with tho public money, or to" ca'l to his aid the mil itary power, unless the people themselves shall become corrupt, and their represen tatives lost to all sense of honesty & patriot ism. As to the destruction of "the credit system, by the exaction of specie" which seems to carry such terror to the friends of the banks the bill now pending before Congress provides, that officers charged with the collection, fafc keeping, transfer or disbursement of the public moucv, shall not deposit the same with any bank for the purpose of loan, discount, or for any oth. r use by the bank whatever. This is intended to assert the great principle for which the democratic party have contend cd, and for which they have been branded, as enemies to the banks, and that is, "that the money of the Government ought not to be used by the bcinfx as capital, and that they should not be allowed to loan or discount on the public funds." That such a regulation w ould have an important influence upon the business of the banks, is not denied. We admit the fact, but say the influence will be a beneficial one, for the public. It might lessen the amount of dividends, by imposing additional checks on over-issues, and stronger limitations to excessive discounts. It would take no moans cf their own for business, but only the funds of the Government, to which the banks have no claim. It would thus less en those expansions and contractions, by over-issues to-day and heavy curtailments to-morrow, which tend so greatly to influ ence the value of labor, as well as the whole property of the country. In this resncct. by confining the banks to the use of their own means, the public would certainly be the gainer. Again, the estimated amount of specie in the United Slates, exceeds eighty millions of dollars, of which the Government in its fiscal operations, cannot !l?iicy . of t,,c Government only to exact from the people such sum as midit be ne ccssary to supply its aclual wants. If this policy be acted on, ihe amount collected for the Government would be limited, kept in active use, and not hoarded up for any pur pose, much less for the use of the banks. It has often been urged as an argument in favor of a United State- B auk, that it was necessary to check and control the State Banks. In what way, except by confining them to the use of their own means? This could only be done by forcing them to pay specie according to their promises. But this control of 829 State Banks, would of itself bo such a power, as would be danger ous to entrust to any single institution. Besides, if ihis check and control be so im portant, it can be used more effectually and with less danger, through the means of the Independent Treasury. It requited the United States Bank, three years to coerce the State Banks into a resumption of specie payments: whereas the late suspension on ly lasled one year, under the power given to the Secretary of ihe Treasury not to re ceive the paper of any non-specie-paying bank. But what legal right or claim, have th banks, to the custody of the public money?1 They are Slate institutions, deriving their existence from charters granted by State Legislatures. They give to the State a bonus for the privilege of banking. But they neither give or stipulate to receive, any thing from the federal government. The dues of the Government are collected for public purposes, and should be held sub ject to the wants of the public. Ytt it has been round by late experience, that with upwards of four millons in the custody of the banks, the government Ins been forced to grant ihpm indulgence, to issuo Treasu ry bills bearing interest to answer us im mpfliaip flpmanfts. This obicction of uni ting the purse anil the sword, like that of creatin-fwo kinds of currency, the one for. tit 31 !-
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