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2romcsitic Mr. Clay. This gentleman, it ap pears, is publickly eating and sputtering "all the way to Kentucky." At Wash ington, at Frederick, at IIagerstown,&c. his adherents have recently been edified and amused with the "manly and elo quent" speeches of the ex-secretary, which of late are all sounded on one key, and present the same exquisite variety that ranges "twixt tweedJe dum and tweedle dec." That is, they principal ly consist of praise of himself and his American System, and abuse of (Jen. Jackson and his supporters. Of Mr. Clay it may truly be said: "With passions so potent, and fancies so bright, No man with the half of 'cm e'er went quite right." One of Mr. Clay's brightest fancies is exhibited in the following passage in his Ilagcrslotvn speech: "Happily 1 ho past administra tion of our country are sure guides to the present, if it ciioosc to follow them, and furnish to the people unerring tests, by which to judge the conduct of the new Ca binet." J Unfortunately for Mr. Clay, the peo ple judged him and his Cabinet by the unerring tests furnished them by "past Administrations;" and we arc well assured that they will neither re gret nor reverse their decision. The best commentary on Mr. Clay's speech es, will perhaps be found in the follow ing remarks of Mr. Hamilton, Chair man of the Retrenchment Committee, in a speech made towards the close of i the last session of Congress: ! 2dly. That this House has a right to expect at its next session, that the Executive will submit to Congress a comprehensive system of retrenchment, which shall ox tend to the lopping off of all use less offices, and to the securing a more effective accountability in those which are retained, That this is a just expectation, Mr. Hamilton said, tiie Commit tee had a right to aflirm, as at the last session, the House had passed substantially a resolution of this kind; forming the basis of the in struction of the Committee cal ling on the Executive, to report in effect such a system. It was unne cessary to remind the House of the answers which Were communica ted by the different heads of the several Departments, and how en tirely the Committee were left to group their way as they might from one office to another; without the executive ministers condescen ding even to hold out a farthing candle to light them on their way. And who seemed to consider the approaches of the Committee as a regular sap to be met by coun termining and explosion. A new administration, however, goes in to power, to whom this resolution will be directed, and who cannot fail to feel its force, as power has been delegated to them by the people expressly; on the ground that they would achieve the great work of Retrenchment and Re form. Mr. Hamilton said, lie believed that when he originally moved the amendment to the Retrenchment resolutions, he had unequivocally expressed the opinion, that with out the cordial concurrence and co-operation of the Executive, (which they had at that time no right to expect,) their labors would be unavailing. That it was in fact nothing more or less than presenting them with a bill of in-jdignificd trust, upon which our thnm not on- resncctability in the eyes of for- ctr nations depends, turned into & . : i : l dictmont, and asking them not on Iy to plead guilty to the charge, but to furnish the witnesscsagainst themselves. But a new morn has dawned, and he hoped with brigh ter auspices. The country would have a right to demand of the new administra tion a fulfilment of those pledges which the party had given for them. The field is large enough, God knows, and they may not ex pect to be idle by the way side. Enough remains to be done, which the Executive can alone perform. Abuses have crept in to this government, whilst we are yet in our gristle, which would do honor to the bloated senility, of the corrupt establishments of Eu rope, and make Sir Robert him self smile at our fructiferous ma turity. Although the Constitu tion provides that no money shall be drawn from the Treasury ex cept by an appropriation by law, yet we have seen, under a mere resolution of this House, a dis tant colony, if not founded, at least pampered, into a hopeful ex istence, by a gross malversation of public funds; and these lavish ed with a prodigality which seems to set responsibility at defiance. Wo have seen, by virtue of a res olution which passed this House alone, smuggled through at the last hour of its existence, when its members either did not under stand what they were voting for, or were ignorant of the conse quences of their vote, an exposi tion organized to ascertain the concavity of the globe, with a full a sordid provision against insol vency, or something worse. And lastly, we have seen the expenses of this gigantic government, both fixed and contingent, increasing with rapid and unmeasured strides, whilst the responsibility which ought to accompany them, is most alarmingly diminished. Yes; we have seen all these things, and the people call loudly for their reme dy and redress. day, their answer to the request of the Grand Jury of Wayne, tllat they would concur with them in requesting the Governor to call an extra session of the General Assembly. The answer is short, but it contains the sum of the ar gument against an extra session: that it would do no good, and would be productive of an unne cessary waste of public time and money. It is understood, that the Go vernor has doubts about his au thority to convene the Assembly, even with the advice of his coun cil. His doubts arise from the si Reform. A Baltimore correspondent of the N. Y. Enquirer, writes thus in re-1 lence of the Constitution, which in tne enumeration oi his powers is silent on this subject. It is true, the Constitution does fere nee to the whining complaints of those who are subject to the salutary work of reform which is progressing steadily at Washington "You hoar the sympathetic dies! "ot expressly grant tl.o power, but which are raised on the ground of, lllorc a" ' of ,,hc, Assembly, p,., r..n,.-i Ti.nv Passcd 1,1 1 '0. which docs ati- have been so long fatted, like stall! 'l,or,zc "ic Governor and Council fed beeves, thev think it tnightv1 ? convene the General Ass embly, hard to do like'other peoplo-de-, 1,1 c.as,f f emergency. Hut it pond on their own options, j sa'd' . 1,10 Governor vieivs , s act Thev have put not only themselves;;'3 hclnS unconstitutional, in place, but their sons, brothers,; hcre '.3.n? cln,;SB .'" tlic "nstitu- c f un i nn,i itU ll0n which authorises it. cousins, &c. to the &d and 4tli; T . , ... Thru ovnrv tlimrr! uul juuyiuum, LUIS IS 100 generations, went on well. They, forsooth, were snuir and comfortable; and strict a construction of the Con stitution. establishment of civil, military. and scientific offices, appointed! Cases may arise, in the rest of the world n.icht go and . wl,,c l ll,e 1,cs '"'crests ot the . i c i 4 cuuiurv may inner ous y demand starve. It was wonderful to seei - r, ..' . , J i-ma.m , , , . -i i, i an extra call ol the Legislature, with what aristrocrattc pride, these I , . . n t,mc i . it 1 anu surely tne power to call must sons ot favoritism would receive J , Lyj cau ,uu-1 ii- i reside somewhere: the war-worn soldier; men, in eve- w . t . . . . t r i f I Wc do not think the present to ry respect ot virtue, education, ca-'. c. x-, f i ti,,.. or; be one ot the cases which is con- pacity and service, their supen- , , , . i , fti.,,r tUni.Pn,i tomplatod, and while wc admit the ors. lut now, at last, thank ijrod, . .. . n . . , , ' i 4, authority in the Governor and the tables arc turned on them.,,-, ... T . . rm . i i ,i Council to call the Leinslaturo, 1 hey must abandon their equina-. . ,. . , . . . , . ' J . i 1 r.i we arc inclined to think, that m ges though .tins payment of their;. . . m., . dn tc 10 nut nt t hfi nnncfinn I lir i 7 J- UljULO IO Will V- L IIIU I HkJllUIH -JL IIVj is al- Faycttezillc Jour. Small-Pox. Some Indians, with salaries, varying from one to rcadv Tmrtiv broken up: but it is .1 1 1 1 J. 1 . J . 1 . . . .fi-tc m. ui,;u inuuuti uu uu, a..u uu . t00 dccpIy rootcnito admit the . travelling through Virginia, have whole matter veiled in profound ;,lope of ;l complete eradication.t communicated this loathsome dis darkness, until unshrouded by anTakc thc Register of Offices, antlcasc t0 sonlc 0f the inhabitants of state. imperative call from a co-ordinate; lf(m wm scc that every favorite that stn uuuy u ..avu uu uF n uV . tas aU tlc branches of lusjamitif j5y a letter received a few days tions for contingencies lavished jr0flvCi or! What a picture of sinCe from a vounr ccntlcman upon iavorues, wno appear 10 t IC equal rights of a Kcpublic!" llilJ IlilU UlllUr CltUIU LU IIIC public money but their wants and rapacity We have seen appro priations, which were specific for one object, diverted with thc most reckless effrontery to another We have seen the secret service fund, sacredly confided to the ho nor of the executive, applied to purposes in which the public in terest had no seeming concur; the mystery of this fund pertinacious ly closed to the decorous call of a committee of this House, and immediately after opened by an undignified and vulgar appeal to popular prejudice We have seen public messengers running to and fro with trumpery and trash, at the cost, for each one employed, of some thousand dollars to the go vernment, shipping and trans shipping themselves from one quaricr of the globe to thc other, for no other apparent purpose than the benefit of travelling at the public expense Wc have seen our foreign intercourse most strangely enlarged in a period of profound peace, and plenipoten tiaries sent to three small powers, who, to say thc most of them, have not practised even the decent ci vility of sending a representative of equivalent rank to our own go vernment. In a word, we have Uccn thc highest honors of a most v-3TI TrrrrftJi .... FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 3329. Sporting Intelligence. On Thurs day of last week, an interesting match race was rim over ilerulrick's Course1, near this place, between Capt. Darnesys sorrel filly Lady Edgecombe, by Bed ford, and Mr. Ilearn's sorrel colt Snap Dragon, by Napoleon. The contest was decided in two heats, both of which were won by Lady Edgecombe. The first heat was run in 1 minute 56 se condsthe second heat 1 55 mile heats. Thc course was heavy, but the weather proving favorable a large con course of spectators assembled, most of whom were highly gratified at witnes sing the trial of speed between these beautiful animals. Fat I logs. We are informed that a few weeks since, there were five hoses slaughtered at the plantation of R. Mines, E;q. in this count'', the aggre gate weight of which was 1705 pounds one of them, three years old, weighed 5S0 lbs. another -120. Call of the Legislature. At thc request of the Grand Jury of uobeson county, we publish, to- of this state, now resident in Vir ginia, we learn that these Indians contemplate passing through North-Carolina on their way to the West. We notice thc circum stance, to warn our citizens to be on their guard against any com munication with these infected Indians. ib. North-Carolina. It is gratify ing to know, that we are duly esti mated by the CiiiefMagistratc,who now presides over thc counsels ot thc nation. In his cabinet, arc three sons of North Carolina namely the Secretary of War Ea ton,) who was born in Halifax and educated at C hapel Hill; t lie Secretary of the Navy, (Brandt born in North Carolina, and rep resenting her in the Senate, f the time of his appointment; an the Postmaster General, also a native of North Carolina. Cape-Fear Recorder. Appointment of Supreme Conn Judge. It will be seen, by refer ing to olir advertising column, that the Governor has called meeting of the Executive Council, to be held on the 7th of n1 month, for thc purpose of appoint ing a Judge of the Supreme Court, to supply the vacancy occasion by the death ofChicf Justice la)' lor. Rakish $tai
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