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"iV- r it ':I.Y ! '-ays r ; 7 f . A' 11 i a. nirj par- Mb- M r nt e4 I) i ilii it m i die S lfl illk Mt Iff : It to ilk ife nail Wi lh : f. noa libW e iifj in I"", da J, .IO F.& (.trf fcsrl"' inwl'i !&' lh irnto'-s!ilor- ill rf rill Jicr At- , jEc. f the " ' ; r,ar r . ' J 1 ' t 1 ! ' ' ' this j at-, ' - t"f taut toe stale.-1 meat t.) lit: 1 " :f, I r ill upolYotr for f'-" '' f' - I ' .: -. rtlcu." Now it 0 1 ' !f caniioi be serio;;.-dycos;K'nd-t. J 1, , ' 's, whose myaiis ot'ininiia liun'l .0 not been t-xt remedy contract ed, tint i-lr. Criuiford ever has been Ipopu'ir in f'.is state; and the only dif J f,- i 1 W standing now, from, what ! it w.i e time ago, is, that the more ' 'the bu'yiit of "who shall be our next I Pre-'iJent," is discussed, the more self- , evident it .appears - to the people that s Win. II. Crawford should riot be the matii I assert, without , fear of contra tVictiou,,; that Mr., Crawford never has Jbeen popular ifi thiaBtatecxcept with a portion of our-members of Congress. 1 think it .strange then in the editors of 1 the Register vainly to attempt tomvau 1 date toup, statement.' since it cannot be I &uiwn: either, br themselves, or otliers. j that Mr; Crawford tuno is, or" ever hat 1 .. 1 CI. iv ,'t fa -.a ' .:, ( m t' :.tle !, ODlfi ofvNprtli-Carohna; for, they have Jiaruly,?a yet, taken tho subject into se rious cousideration.v s .v.; : It wouldtheri,be passing strange and ridiculous "m the, edit... s of. the Regis ter to contiaue to maintain, contrary to the observation of . all, : that Mr. Craw ford t is the mVst. popular candidate fur tlie - presidency,' when it , is ' perlecuy manifest that the public mind has not, atyef,beel& fiillynade up on this , mo mentous question, Hut as far as a de termination has been formed, I am per .) i ! it 1 .l.u i ! i . . i-" a bi f i rl of "r tjHtliy dt : :.-cendant."' i' i's ii. c .'f-.'i' 1:1 ...'"oil f.ll.'.lllh I iS.iak no one m! 1 !.! a liU ' c 0 u . 0 1 denv, r t! 4 h'.i 1. mduct, in my cpli.tou, e-iH'p- " any evidence f his i;(aip5Jand mc -minus character," Fince it is well kt o.vu thiitlu l:al no superior claims on his country's gratitude;, and for him to have the picsurnptton,to step torward and onnose, bv everv artifice ih'the power of himself and partizans, a tried veteran or the Jcevouaion tor the presi dency, and, finding he stood no chance to be elected, uithurewj yet lie is won derfully " modest and unambitious." Tliat he is no republican has and vUlt- gam be proven; autl that he is at the head of a faction called radicals, is as clear as the sun at meridian noon day, since it has been plainly demonstrated by the narrow minded policy of himsetf ? t: ..l: :.. ...:u i it... tx ins (iiiini.uu, in ujijiusiu, Willi an 111c zeal 01 a better caue,. the auministra. tion of which he is a member. It is an old adage, tho' nevertheless true, that it is ' useless for mc'h to haye eves if thev prill not open them" -so .with, the Edi- I btM 'popular with the reat body of thejlors of the Register; for altiiough they ; 1 in'i ( a v t-d t i .iia.'-, U'.j 1 In j,a- T t '. (1 a. uu't bills Mh'ah ma yuli d'rert and dfcidfl IhhiIII'v anire d Mr. Jfi!i"r-.yu"s a.l 111 as those two vou-n of Mr. and still, accoiil'no: X) his f " he Is the tutu vrt-p of rq-u't- liLua prisiriplcs." If any oite uoubt tlie tnat i of what is here advanced, I refer lai to the Journals of C"V - f t'ie rear IbOr. , .... . 'ITie Editors of - the Roister, after a lrwi7e attempt td delude us intt a be lief that Mr. Crawford " hat n-vui j -cm th", democratic y)(wr," is sow, arul al ways has been a consistent Republican, .l 1 .It 1 .1 1 Ti wiui vau ins oiusmns nonors lincK. up on him,", cannot forego the expression, of , what tliey have formerly repealed, that they entertain " a very high opinion of,MrVCalhoun; but however rrspecta tyle hi character,, however splendid his tatcntr' are admitted to be, " and how, ever much they, appreciate his private wortli, yet he is too vousc to be plared at the head of -our government." r ' Vc thank Messrs. Gales & Son for this ho nest acknowledgment, which they could ml deny, though it is more than could have been " erocctcd from that ouar- f.r."' But if to bevfbrtv vears old. which is the age of Mr. Calhoun, with all the advantages of the ' splendid ta lent s and "private .worth" of this great statesman, be not a sulfiVaent guanudee that he would administer1 our govern ment witlvtit'ferwf as much, ttbility, pru dence and political foresiglU js Mr. wrawiom, 1 am at a ioss ta nna our; and, besides, it is a question, 'which ' -'I Ivt V, WIV i : w ar, and v.s a . r ; : - in NV I p t 'f. 1 n i" Urn ut. ( Mr. Craw i.r.' have both seen and heard, tor upwards of , twelve months, that there was a. tac tion of radicals in this country, and that Mr.! Crawford was its' chi f; yet, ac cording to their account, they " know nothing oj it, and care tess.", JNo: J snrmnsn not: it would not answer their Durnoses. ,Thev'are too- much fettered shall , hot leave with the Editoriof the to be independent!! : Like sleeping sen- Register to decidevwhethef the;." fong tinels, they Jie upon the wall, and aitho' tried patriotism ' and pohticalo know- the enemy advances rapidly upon 'the ledge" of the lastf named gentleman, e?.; last, cititadel of Freedom, yet they will title him" to, be rmt&H among " (tlie Xa not sound the' Tofcsin of alarm. Ww'' theirs'! and Vvcnerablei hatrioU 'of f the' fectlr justified in. savini the result has J But that Mr. Crawford ia ntf republi- revolution, " who have i heretofore' filled iteycifntireltj unfavorable to Mr.; Craw- an let us refer to the Augusta aitdress A the presidential ,chairr" ,Qn whati oc ' ford. ' For the sake of argument, ho we- teri lit it be admitted that he is popu- !lar WitH onr members oT Congress; and ' it is ot a little to be regretted that, unl- 1 dcr the influence "of their "overweening I 2M,lrl aid of tiiCir TaVorite candidate. they should have had the indiscretion to pledge the - vote of the , whole state, of '9.. .., tl. --.i ' " rsortQ-jjaronna to tneonoraDio secre tary; but does it follow,' or is it at' all reasonable or expedient that because our members of ? Congress were so much pleased' with Mrl Crawford as to betray themselves, and ,' by promise, ou r, whol e itale into a'pledge t(f support that gefttle- n.i' lioft 4Krorrira1r, Va rvAnnl A1 n Ifirtro 1 .mull, bliv, viivivtvi vk.. vvi uy.v.v Mshbuld iuietlf' acquiesce, Jand tamely submit to sucn nianagement anapoiiticf.ii itnlrigucf ", rsor: it is not to up expecteti; iort; as Mgnmndfid jreemen, they, win, on tliis question in particular,' 'determine 5 and act fdif themselves.' Their! inesti - mableirtwhts and poUtical privileges; as ; an independent people, are not thus to I be sported, with, rhat odious combina tion .''pf crowned heads" in EuropeVo ex I tinkuisli every spark of; liberty on Ithe continent, sureiynever,usurpeqmorc authority than' it seems was assumed by oar last worthy members of Congress, :iice, in jiiaR-iiijj -uiviaiuus oi .innurau 'and stales among thepis,elves'; they Jiave iotily done the same .-bargaining the people with the territory. r; It is saying ipore! .h'an I ,had Jipected Ho Uud.aa tHeHeter.tliat " any man tthot considers" ith an impartial eye and unbiased ' judgineht, cannot, TT)r a lOr iiienf, believe, that any candidate can he placed in tompetitioii with IMr.Craw . ford .'.' i":!, for one, it is hoped. can, with as much propriety as the editors of the llegister, " consider this matter with im ' partiality and an unbiased niud;'f-"arid rfo, riot only for a. moment, but shall or- eibclieve li&t' another candidate .can lC"placed,in competition with Mrl a precious document,' written by him-Jcoiionhashe ever. exhibited histfrio- sen m ine vear iyo, iv; jonu xvuanis, war as u uiniua-veu-uL me iwo on uie xnenpresiueni. ot ure umieu omics, 1 cia nc mujiu in vieoigi;i, in neuuei 01 complimenting ami eulogiimg; in the wlucti can any. very enviable honor t-an 1' ...T.'.f... .r il.. f u .1.. i l:s nignesi terms, me wimwin auuyw ttry aii i mc aviurc ui. uruveri, . ue uwarueu niinr that administration which had just pass J If f this j is ' patriotism, I : knowriot tlie ed the alien and sedition laws, ; the stamp I meaning of the terni.v.Ah! but i& a the stamp aMXw the acts to raise a standing anmf.r' financier, Mr Crawford has "passed ll and to levy xlirect taxes in time oj peace; I tlie orueal ot pumic opinion ann coineiout in iavor oi lur. and it those -who nave ever read this outpurinea." .lias lie inaecar JJutuiiui consistent h fulsome address can conscientiously be- i it surely was not; wherf, ' in -one' of his lwhose politico lieve that Wni. 11 Crawford then was, I celebrated reports to Congress, he coin or ever has since been, a republican, why, milled an error of three millions of dol I will frankly; own that truths should lark in the amount of the rece:trts at the have no influence over the human mind, public customs; nor has ,he.in my hum- Besides this we have indubitable proof ble opinion, the assertion of the Editors a i i.At . i r l..rl. r .'..- t 1. 1 :.:o to convict mm oi ine ciiargc ih oeiug a i oi us ivcgiswt u us vuuuaiy nuiwuii fwleralist: fon on two imnortant oues- standing, been ever " nttrified,n.. or fa tjons at least, brbught belore Congress J ther justified, from the charge of 'suffer during his continuahce in the Senate, he I ink large amounts of government ' depo- .. O': I. .i ' . . I - ' ----- . m " -. . . . - strenuously opposed , .certain, measures, sites, to remain in certain l.AVestevn reconimended by Jlr. Jefferson to pro- Banks; " even longer than'Vneir cashiers lect our country's rights; and this shews had a right to ask," and until rfinally ".'.'. ii; t: f 4i.n... -Vifal now vueriy uujyumicu.me uie vioims i sumc ui mciu jtiucu, aim, iu ouisc set un for Mr. Crawford, that: he.nowts.Uueiice: the government sustained "an and always has been, a consistent repub iuvmence loss. . , But what was die object lican ofthe Jefforsoman School: Xr-Uot this purified fniancicr" )n 'permit- ijCt tacts be statetli-and 1 am wining ting tne puuuc monies oi me nanon to that ,thg Wld ?haU whether f not,: afteiv giving the votes li epeated notice of their deposite? , The which will i)iesentl y be brought' : to solution, ot the query wrll be touud, as liffht. that AVm. II..' Crawford enn be it has been shrewdly surmised, that he ranked among the geiiuirie Republicans I permitted it to remain there at the use OI OUT COUlltryr. - i , rs 1 - . VJ Ul'i ow-n-iwyr.i, in lire itvjm auu tx- "On.the d8th December, 1807, Mr. peetalion it might favor Ms election. Jea"erson,inaluminousniessagetoCoii- And when called on for. certain 'docii- gress, recommended the. immediate: a- ments, calculated . to,flisc!ose i tliese (option of some effectual 'measuiea te transactions,: (and as in ;their, original secure the safety o" our shipping and shape his. character would, have been seamen, and the result was,! Jhe'Mayj-. somewnat impiicaieu,;Awiiai uocs,ne ui, ingofanemUrgo .ieitigihe only or Connive albeing done,; but.tohave alternative! to open war'j 'as our vessels the most objectionable features of these were taken and our seamen imDresseU oisgraceiui transacuons tupureaita aw with rimpunity ibf British cruisers-on not communicated to Congress,': in .con'-;: our own coast. iius was a measure lonmiy iu a uu uui umv proposed? by-Mr.Jeflersoniliimself. proof of what ishere.subnuttcd on tins Now let us see whether' all who now subject, let .us refer to the examination date who in.iy 1 1' !.' I. . '. rcr. raent-i, if ar;u' n ;' . v i . ' c; ' !, militate i. iore n. ' 1 t i.t'i it i ' v i , we pretension u .Mr. trav!.- . t t i tin: ln-st ot t.ie k.y H. ti. it t';.' ' ', '..clioti tlie, I oft'.!- n :-'.fl ave to Mr. Adams U, '. .tt'.e J' - ;l- i-ti s!r 'ort 1.' -!." 'II - . ' ' i .. u;!i i:.m h t . 1 re i : i ; as most of the l m f Ji r..V,'j in this and oihe- M'.'s uv. vvery exertion to f ivor 1 i-i ici ' :i. I t;,;iik t.'. ; t t r ..:.!. ts of the Register, that tSey '('' I not ex pect from the .Star any objection ta iii-. t rawlonl on the pcore of not being a republican," is rather an illiberal in dil ation, since the plain inference cannot be mistaken to mean thatZci considered you federalists, and, consequently, upon your own grwuds, you ccuM not object to Mr. Craufurd, . Such an imputation deserves to be retorted under the ne veregLrecii mi nation. ' 1 if' the political tmtiments r.f die V,- ditors'.of the Star had not' lc,;i bitter known by the Editors of the Register, then the charge that they " did not ex pect "any , objection : to . Mr. Craw f .nl rom. that quarter,". I am convinced ouu: have leen looked upon in a less exceptionable point ot view; but know mg, as they umiuestionably must, tlie political complexion of this paper unce it hascome into the hands ot its present proprietors, I tluiiKthc remarks very il iiueraiauu uiiiusr., v ltn.mucu more propriety might the Editors of , the Stur nave: sam mat iney na not expect, me Editors of. .the . Register, 'who bave.'-al-ways claimed to be oii.the,'' Republican tide ', to open tlieir columns with a view to sustain ihd .tottrrii cause ot Win, 11 Crawford for, the Presidency, and who is charged with being a federalist, yi preference la Mr. Calhoun or Mi- Adams, who are known to be licpubti canioftheJrffcrronumStJtool.- - : . - Hie -Editors ot the otar, i:i coming Calhoun, the uniform epuoiican, ana upon l escutcheon not ii speck can be found, were consistent in printi pie, and, 1 am convinced, are persuade that tlieir predilection in favor of $6 good and great a man, will, not be conured, but duly, appreciated, by the great Jic publican famihi at laret; for in cspous ing the cause ot this gentleman, they feel, I am satisfied, that they are in the ccuxe oj their country, and no consider ation can urge them to skrecrt trom me (. v ; - 1 1 t; e " t!: tr V.i": '-' ii.ii.; i tii - ncver i State. Wm '. !. CU'.,- - r i . j t'.en, !..:. 1 eJ ci , 1, . II. - : v i I ' . I i trtt ' io - ' ' ; ? ae -tr.i t f , .'1 U.. id; ninii, iiH-iHi C----.-.I xf Oh tir:l V, ! ) , - r ta 1 not of i it r o . is a :'lh', -.ed v I shall i.i 'splendid tahrits and log . tried ' political - Mrcnty,, united to an unblemished pri vate character, witli'tlie daily indications .f : ' . , - .. ... 'i increasing popularity, exniuit , any syttftoirf of success,; he surely must be '!ectedt.iiiean.'tlielIiun3oh1iiC.'"Cal- ' r.oun..; .. t-f.-.- It certainly wa3 extremely unncces '. sary in the V. liters of .tlie Register, to refer, to ti..: turns of. tlie members "1 the St;-' ' .lature, or to examine "ie Longic i elections," in proof -s jK ra s popularity, since ,x "i: ot pi',i,hc notoriety that the pre , xiucnfial question was not made a test in rited reproach the Radical faction ,,am! its chief, Wuii IL Cruuford. .?' k--' :.! i r CAROLINA. v.? Crawford, and, if I am not egregiously profess iot be f .the Jeffersonian school and reports -ot-. two. committees, raised mistaken,, .will, be . elected: " for if his have' been unifortnJit consistent Demo- during the last session of Congress, tor crats; and, more particularly, whether tne purpose oi investigating una mauei , mill caiiuiuai.c iot mis jjicmutui-r, "hf, un.. .....s... ..... - -T ----- by ivawcf pre-eminence; is called 'the of' several witnesses7na thaf of the HvmnnuttJ. C.Mixlidat p '. ' ilwufrht or acted Hon.AVm. II. Crawford, hnmidf, none with Mr: Jefferson at that, important of which gogs conclusively to disprove crisis? No! unfortunately for him, his or invalidate e charges alleged, but from uc-rgia m name stands"rccor'J, in indelible disj leaves the whole matter in doubt &ml Mr." Crawr Idaekncnx: since it never nas yet ueen v i i i1, - i. t c .-l .l,..f Pi'on-fi.ril u-nc, hivncirithhi lord, who naci ueen up loinicu isenaioi sctn mat vi " n n- mom of the. l.mc i extnr.aicd li'om tne a. u. i lot, as it was railed; and, it the term " giant atihiiaue.W. one of the features in Us political character, (and of this truth iu one wiil dount,; l -unnK.it seu-evi iif, from. Ins conduct that he pre- lamented Abraham Baldwin, on the ii' i r .1 i Ml j 1 nal passage ot this bin, voted,--m a nu- norihi ' of aix, in company with Timothy I'ickerinir, of famous memory,,' and o- ther. iCtlicZVcx Junta sd.wt.. And, VFOH THE -STARJ:?;'5 "' l,sJVio-luM be bur..neii PfcYt.lenl 3fcssrs. Editors, . . ;;; 'hi "1 'i-This is a question of the utmost importanceand which, for a Considera ble space of time, has occupfed the at . r :. i ! , ' i i in tention oi our most uisunguisneu pouti cians, from the northern part of Maine to the southern part ot J ouisiana. 1 is' a subject which well deserves our at tention. as it involves the interest and widl-n-ovfirnment of the United States. But aanidsi all the noise and commotion which is. making in ouc own state on thisstibiect,'! am sorry to say, we se dom hear of . the humble, though notun meritedclaims of Nathaniel Macon Our editors seem to forget that tlie state ofNortli-Carolina lias produced a man i ' ! en a . . : .''o canaoie oi uiung tne ursi oiace wunin the gilt ot Ins country; ana the clam of. thi. distinguished' statcsnmn honest man,, are, as it were, - pats Willi fiilnrrP. -' : . V Let view Nathamf! Macon sery- of time, with all that zeal - and ardor which characterise him. , Let us nee him defending its rights against, unlimited opression & tyranny, and ask our hearts mn wf. nnss bim bv in silenci;? Will we choose either Crawford, Calhoun, Jacksori. Adams, or Clay, before ' this man, who has spent his life in the ser vice of his country?,., tWould not ,.tbs be ingratitude J' accursed by .heaveni-'? itu itiou , ' j resen- .' 1 lioi.jr, i.i tin- t a free re-' bv th'' (!.' be brief and r " He sky Ci v states'ii.-n a;. I ; of Speaker f t! tativeii he Lk . e has also mt, 1 ! . n. issies, &c. but m ill net s public, lie has his honors. John ('. Calhovn' i a ian of, un bounded stores of kr.uw It J re ,-.: 1 learn- As Secretarv of the Vai-, 1 e bids -' ur to reap Jinmortali'y. lie nv, how- ver, hope to attain, in t; i i.iuci... Magistrate; i.ut, t r ncnt, ' las icw r.n ut.aui are drowned in. t ic multitude of bis o " i u nto. ' "' ? L Lei lis take a iew cf t!ieclia'rnctci-s ami M-n ices i f ihc Hon. Jons Oui.vnv dams. As a Foreign Minister he has' served his ( ountry, pnd serves it still iu ne capacity. of Setittary of, State. e !;.. veneralile ancestor, he possess.- ' es knowledge, in a very groat .decree; lis wi'iungs are r an ei.sin v admired, tor the delicacy of his poetry. and,-the . soundness of his intellect. His nrinci- ples are attacked by tlx; partisans of C'raii fii(!, as ting ,1 witli federalism; ' but they are. without toundationj- ami , conceived in jealosy." M K , t ; o, teliow-ciu.eiis. vou have i bnpf sketch of the characters of the cahdi- - dates for "the pres.' ;iey,-,nd . thui claims presented. w choo a: vhoni(! you will choose'? Is,, e, the claims of' Nat a a mi el Macon, in inyoniuion.su peraede them all., " - "A man tie i to all tlie country dour; ' -: " Wlicfii iihRU we look uponhis like agalnC : r.vi'VmTK'VAtpiioNso; v' . ... V i, ---- Y.'-.V,V , fOn THli STAR.- , . !;w Meisri. Editors, ." j ;v" ' - . I would offer to the Dublic thro' . the medium of .yourvaluable paper, a' few remarks'on internal improvement; and it you will oblige a cor ant reader, by inserting tljciu, 1 will coHinencc with nn apology for making any obseiTat'10113 6n the very , excellent" system now in practice in; this state. "There is tiotliing can be dqpjj' for the interest pf llie peo- . pie at .large, oettcr man to'carry this jdan properly into execution; f Ivould ask those interested if , they are', doing " so? for it . appears, to me theys nreiiot; :' and will endeavor to 'unravel the sub ject. w I have i no prclengions , W engi neering; but l think, with a common ca- ' pacjty, there could be better plans adopt ed. ' The plan of locking: and darning the r i is : is yery expensive and . lubo riou , without' profit,; from the ' super fluous materials made use of in the pre-' sent mode of ' building them. Voodcn , locks and dams may be constructed for at least 12 pen r ent.' less than the 'pre. sent plan, and their, construction shalT be .equally, substantial, durable, and ' more easily repaired when out of order. But I would be leave fo call the attend tion of the v public aiut,Xlh.rdifercnt boards of directory for internal improved mcnt throughout the state to abandon" the mode of Jocking and darning the ri ver yitli.wood,v and . 8ubstitutei rough stone work for. the same, which ' can be well piled and 6hee.tcd to -answer a ' much uetter, purpose, and at a very 4 fling i advance, on the present j given (say not1; more than SODO I , .'i piaiiMwmi uwv; ,B4V jpiWM wiuir ouu worlvj. would tast for time iramemorabl e , and tliwood Work can be.repaireil at a very small expense, aspitenasrequircu, which will not be (more (han once in fif teen or twenty years; ,and Jbe plans at presQntexecuting'for.the Locks cannot, agreeablj to the nature of- such , woiks last more than from fifteen 'to twenty year iwljeu they musfbti replaced at un" expense oi at least fciuw. ' But let us not ?judge rashl yj let us ke a' view of the talents," cnavactcf, take anvn .V'"-' ""' e a,' i 1 :t'-KUl- Y theother can- beloWiMngtonHThu is astateim- ftiyor the county or congressional clec- on the question ot tlie final pas-age ot J lets-darkness to n0iivt wtsi,iu? ,.oc a .AnA,,-,c.i, v-,ih tho rl. i ''nwmnt ntiSn W" ral stt ertoriKr -jo far-afeastI haye' heard; " the b for. fortifying rtie rtsandV enlwntn.). yit;JfP , - ",''''' ... ".-'' ' , ,:' ' .. - .!"r-'- ' "- ' -y ' '-.' x ' ' '" ;' 7 'C' ''i'f ' " ilavini gaid alittle on thiVsubiett, I. wotild next turn to tb6.Cape-.Fea river
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