Communtcatiang
FOR THE FUEE TIIESS.
To the good citizens of Edgecombe county.
Permit me, ns one of her native sons,
who has been brought up and lived a
mong you for more than thirty years
though J cannot boast of those splendid
talents and acquirements that many oth
ers of her citizens can, having sprung
fro'n a poor and indigent parentage, who
lived for many years and died in quite an
obscure and dreary looking part of this
county, and that too when I was very
young and beirjg bereft of both father
and mother at about five years of age,
and they not having been able to leave
me a sufficiency by which 1 might have
received a classical education, I have
been thrown upon the winds and tides of
the world, and have experienced a few
calms and a smooth surface a small por
tion of the time, but for the most part I
have been beaten from pillar to post, by
adverse and tempestuous winds and
waves; some weeks in a land abounding
with plenty, and at others, in a land of
almost desolation and starvation. So
you may judge that I have been raised, if
it may be so called, pretty much irom
hand to mouth; when 1 could got any
thing to eat I would eat it, and when I
could not I would do without; and in this
way I have been deprived of even the ru
diments of a common English education.
I can say in truth that to the best of my
recollection I never read a book of any
kind through in all my life; 1 know no
thing of the English or any other lan
guage further than natural instinct; I can
add, multiply,divide and substract, which
is the height I know of arithmetic; 1 spell
and read badly, nor can I scarcely write
a legible hand. Alt-hough I am such an
ignorant and stupid fool, which I am ev
er ready to own, and no one can fret me
by calling me soit is certainly a noble
act to confess the truth I can always tell
an intelligent man from a fool, by hear
ing them converse for ten minutes time.
And notwithstanding advice from such a
weak source certainly seems to come
with a had frrnce. vet I will venture fo nf-
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fer a few suggestions or ideas on a cer
tain subject in which we arc all more or
les interested.
The day and hour is fast approaching
and will soon arrive, when you will be
constitutionally called upon and authori
sed to select from among the several can
didates who may offer their services to
the public, three members, a Senator ami
two members of the House of Commons,
to represent jour interest in the next Ge
neral Assembly of the State; and as 1 ev
er did and ever hope hope to have, the
most profound respect and veneration for
the welfare, prosperity and happiness of
my fellow citizens and not only for the
citizens alone, but I also have a most
zealous regard and attachment for the
standing and reputation of the county it
self, being one among the largest compo
nent parts of that great whole which con
stitutes this great and populous commu
nity as a State, and which 1 think is very
justly entitled to the eulogv that our dis
tinguished fellow citizen Mr.Van Buren,
SO recently passed upon her the slan
derous epithets, disgrace, &c. which ma
ny persons are disposed to load her with,
to the contrary notwithstanding. For I
do and will ever contend, so lono- ns nnr
citizens remain as they are and those of
ouier states and countries make no im
provements, that the people of North Ca
rolina are as virtuous, patriotic, and as
Jily entitled to all the other
amiable qualities of mankind, as those of
any omer fctate or country althouah at
the same time 1 am in sober justice
bound to say, that none in mv humble
opinion are as much so as a moral and
social obligation to their God and coun
try require. But ever ready and dispo
sed to deal out equal justice to all, and
not to withhold any expression of blame
or contempt from any when justly merit
ed, you will therefore excuse me for thus
frankly speaking on matters and things
wherein the public are interested.
V.i.0W ilt'ccr,lain,y behoves us as an en
lightened and virtuous people, to set aside
tuo8c Utile childish feuds and private
animosities of whatever nature, and en
deavor to select from among the large
and respectable number of citizens of the
county, those most able and best quali
fied to defend and protect our rights.
Aiid in order to arrive more effectually at
this point, let me in cool deliberation ap
peal to your good sense, to follow the ex
ample of several of the great republican
Slates of the Union, viz: let the people
of the county make a selection, and as
many as may be nominated by the peo
ple, say 3, G, or 8, as the case may be,
and they think proper to be run as can
didates, they may let it be known and re
main at home, and let all the electioneer
ing that is necessary be done by the
friends of each candidate. By this me-
thod we shall be enabled to get men of
the best talents to serve us, and at the
same time in a great degree do away or
abolish the long since established and
odious system of candidates attending
all the muster grounds and public places
or gatherings, purchasing all the yankee
rum and whiskey in the country, and set
ting out to ihe citizens to drink; and it is
well known that a large number of the
lower classes will in this way become in
toxicated on every occasion, and whilst
in this degraded situation either of the
candidates may decoy or induce them to
give or at least promise him their suffra
ges; and in fact they will promise each
candidate the same thing. This not only
injures the candidate in a pecuniary
point of view, but more especially the
voters who will thus lake an overcharge
of this baneful beverage, thereby render
ing themselves miserable and degraded,
neglecting their families and domestic
concerns, and entirely disqualifying them
selves of correctly judging the worth or
merits of the candidates, anil would be
just as apt to selector vote for an idiot
or maniac as the most profound states
man in the Union. Therefore, my wor
thy fellow citizens, unite to a man in this
new and republican mode of conducting
your county elections, and let it hold
good, from the lowest to the highest of
fice within the gift of a free peop(e. And
if any candidate should so far forget him
self, or his sense of decency and proprie
ty, as to break through or violate this ad
monition, and still pursue or persevere
in the old and degraded mode of elec
tioneering, he shall be looked upon as
offering an insult to the good sense of a
wise people; and for such an offence and
un-republican-like conduct, he shall be
branded with public infamy and con
tempt, and in future be looked upon as
being unworthy of puWic confidence.
Be assured my friends, one and all,
that these remarks are not meant or in
tended to apply to any individual; nor
would I for any consideration have any
gentleman think for a moment that I in
tend any thing like sarcasm or disrespect
towards him; for I do not know who are
or who will be candidates. But ever
having professed to be a true republican,
so far as I understand the term, 1 have
been induced to offer this to the public
from the purest of motives, it beinrr my
own private opinion; and if it could be
adopted, would no doubt tend to the good
of the whole country. LIBERTY.
FOR THE FREE PRESS.
Mr. Editor: Is it not passing strange that our
old and prominent merchants do not "kick up a
dust," and make more fuss than they do in the
daily operations of their mercantile avocations?
Why do they not make a most grand and mag
nificent display of "rags and jags and pudding
bags" before their respective doors, and exhibit
to the ff ize ol the credulous nublic flaming cata
logues blazing with huge capitals and numericals,
enumerating ai least hve times the quantity and
qualities of goods which they really have in
store? Why do they not knock down their pre
sent prices at least twenty-five per cent, and
thereby excel in cheapness and daily sales any
competitor that is, or may hereafter he, in the
way of their commercial prosperity and fame?
This certainly seems to be the most effectual plan
to lure the people and draw custom to their now
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aesoiaie doors, & likewise to "root out" transient
competition complaining jvill not effect this.
The above verbified.
Can you divine the reason why.
That in this backwood town 0 fy!
Venders ot goods both wet and dry,
Don't make a pother general-Iy?
Why don't all hands make a fuss,
Play the devil, raise a dust,
Display before the gaping doors,
Of their dreary, noiseless stores,
Rags and jags and pudding bags,
Most terrible to timid nags,
Hut luring to ihe dazzled eye
Of every curious passer by;
'Tis the most effectual plan
To lure the matron,.maid and man;
For some and not a few there are,
Like candle flies are fond of glare.
Q in the Corner.
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1S33.
(OIt was stated in our last paper, that the
Rail Road projects in this State had been aban
doned for the present. We learn since, that the
project for building a Free Bridge over Neuse
River, by means ol a Lottery, has also been aban
doned. Thu, one after anoiher, all the proposed
projects of internal improvement in this State,
are talked about for a season, and then snugly
deposited in "the receptacle of things lost upon
earth."
QWe invite the attention of the reader to
the Prospectus, which will be found in our ad
vertising columns, of "The Statesman," a semi
weekly paper about to be established in the city
of Raleigh, by Joseph B. Hinton, Esq. Senator
from Beaufort county, in our last General As
sembly. Mr. Hinton is extensively known in
this section of the State as a talented and spirited
writer, and a thorough going politician under
his auspices, we doubt not, the Statesman will be
an interesting and useful publication.
(OThe Washington City Telegraph having
pronounced the information "false," given a few
days since in the Globe, with regard to the circu
lation of medals bearing the inscription, "John
C. Calhoun, first President of the Southern Con
federacy" the Globe lays before the public the
following evidence:
We have before us o letter of Joseph
B. Hinton, Esq. dated Raleigh, 26th
April, 1833," to his friend in this city,
who has submitted it to our use. In this
letter the writer says
"Major Hinton states, that the South Ca
rolina & Virginia taint is spreading in the
upper counties of North Carolina and
Carson's re-election is becoming more
than probable. Great exertions are
making in that section, to discredit Mr.
Van Buren, and break down the Admin
istration and he thinks with fearful suc
cess. South Carolinians are passing
through that country with medals, inscri
bed ''John C. Calhoun, .first President
of the Southern Confederacy!" The
South Cemlinians,Virginians and North
Carolinians of the Calhoun school in
that quarter, are openly contending, that
such u confederacy must be the next
push. Some predict that the last elec
tion for a President of the United States
has happened. Slavery the Proclama
tion Tariff and Banks are made the
pretexts
JIt is confidently stated in several of the
northern papers, that the appointment of Secre
tary of the Treasury has been tendered to Wm.
J. Duane, Esq. of Philadelphia and that A. Ste
venson, Esq. late Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives, has been nominated as Minis
ter to .London.
Attack on iht Pmxirfpf v ui
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the particulars of a most brutal and outrageous
occnnlt tlrtrtn mim L T 1 . .
aoouu.v uui vcuciauie ana venerated Uhiel
Magistrate, by Robert B. Randolph, lately a
lieutenant in th Nnvir a,-. r
'ji ''uijc vtiuiissiun irom
the service as-a defaulter, by the President, has
recently been made nublie. Wp
observe that this unprecedented attempt to null
w. i icjiunu oi me united States
for Ihe faithful performance of an official duty
me unquaimeu reprobation of
Iriend.and foe, not even excepting his bitterest
From the Alexandria Gazette, of thefith mf
An incident of
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uuuuucu uii uonra me steam boat Syd
ney, as she stopped here on her way
down, yesterday. An assault was made
upon the President of U. States, by Mr
.U..U.P, ,ulu ui me iavy. At the first
blow we undersand, almost a hundred
"T.1 Upun lhe assailnt, and he was
with difficulty rescued and carried ashore.
We have never known more excitemen
nor more feeling to be manifested by
of our citizens. We are induced to men
tion this matter, which indeed ought ney.
er to be published, only because we know
that reports of it will be circulated
throughout the country and printed else
where. It was an affair of a moment
but it is said, that, from the feeling pro
duced, it is wonderful that the assailant
escaped with his life.
So great was the public indignation at
this outrage, that we believe almost any
measure would have been adopted to ex
press it. The President, naturally, was
highly excited and exasperated, ilede.
parted amidst the cheers and good wish,
es of the crowd which had assembled.
In the confusion of the moment, no at
tempt was made to arrest Mr. Randolph
on the instant, but the Court being in ses
sion, he was immediately presented by
the Grand Jury, and a bench warrant
forthwith issued for his apprehension.
From the Globe, of the 8th inst.
A gentleman just arrived from Alex
andria gives the following account of an
atrocious attack upon the President of the
United States, as he was yesterday
morning on his way to Fredericksburg
where he had been invited to lay the cor
ner stone of a Monument to be erected to
the Mother of Washington:
"The steam boat Cygnet, in which the
President and several members of the
Cabinet, accompanied by many other
gentlemen, were going to Frederickburg,
stopped on her way for a few minutes at
Alexandria many persons from the
wharf came on board, and among them
Randolph, late a Lieutenant in the Na-.
vy. He made his way into the Cabin
where the President was sitting reading
a newspaper, and advancing towards him
began to draw off his cloves. The Presi
dent, not knowing him and supposing it
was some person about to salute him, and
seeing him at some difficulty in getting
off his'glove, stretched out his hand to
wards him, saying, never mind your glove,
Sir.' Randolph, having then disengaged
himself from his gloves, thrust one hand
violently into the President's face, and
i before he could make use of the other,
received a blow from a gentleman stand
ing near with an umbrella. Almost at the?
same time, Uvo other gentlemen in tho
cabin sprung upon him and he was pulled
back and thrown down: The moment
he- was assaulted, the President seized
his cane, which was lying near him on
the table; and was forcing his' way
through the gentlemen who had now
crowded round Randolph, insisting that
no man should stand between him and
the villain who had insulted him, that he
would chastise him himself. Randolph,
by this time, had been borne towards
the door of the cabin, and pushed through,
it to the deck. He made his way through
the crowd on the deck and the wharf
being assisted as is believed, by some
ruffian confederates, and made his es
cape. He stopped for a few minutes at
a tavern, in Alexandria, and passed on
beyond the District line. The Grand
Jury, then in session, in a few minutes
found a presentment against him, and
the Court issued a Bench warrant. A
magistrate had just previously issued a
VVarrant; but before officers could arrest
him, he was gone."
From the Fredericksburg Herald, of Wednes
day, Sth inst.
Monument to the Mother of Washing
ton. The President of the United States,
Gov. Cass, Secretary of War, Mr. Ta
ney, Attorney General, Major Barry, P.
Master General and Major Donelson,
the President's Private Secretary, arriv
ed in town on Monday evening. , They
were accompanied by a number of citi
zens from the district, Capt. Moore's
company of National Cadets from Wash
ington, Capt. Kinsey's company of Rifle
men and Capt. Brockets Light infantry
of Alexandria, the Marine Band from the
Navy Yard, as well as many strangers
from the eastern towns, They were met
a short distance hfivnnd Fnimnnth hv
the Marshals of the day, the Fredericks
burg Guards, the Rifle Comnanv nnd
Fredericksburg Blues Junior, hv whom
the President and Suite were accompa
nied to their lodgings.