No. 40. RAI.E1GU, (N,C.) .FllilJAY, fJCTOIlKlX S, 183. Vol. XIV ii i I m f fiH si s-f 1ft s 5 1 1 r f i i 2-1 r, 2. M r n . trie 3 ! if IS A3? rff ,y ; js : - .r djo-g-ero, 8 8 J S !g 3 ,S j o f ? ; 5 : 1 5 ? n a 9 5 a-1 -.i-t ai r g v ....,' y - ' a-' . g- . '5-. . . ... '.,... s.i'; (0 CC CD .MP cocccoajcjteaococnoJO PMpPspSMPfg.' wiiiirmittK'ii s - - i i n p P " 5 v: s, v e . a 3. a j, ? I i-1 ( 2. 2. j a.- $8888 -8 8 S S 8 8 8 8 1 S 8 fefe 8 ' 8 8 a a ST o o & 9 ,: I- I. : .SSV ' 1: : ' a. i 3 v 8 ' I: 3 . ww. w K3 wu x rr rrrr".rr .i i 'Ti -"a "' -'4.- n a E e A. 3; it 3 3 i5 In 5 5 e S.55 slS 5 S J5 S S rr J- KM- r JT fJT ra-O-h H rr- rr rr errs erM ef a er J . ir c w tr r r rr 1 r rr U . U M . n n ' 9 m c OH3 13 13 "O 2M-?2 a 3 a ti n ! 2 " a a n n n 1 5 s 'B It t e P 3 3 Sa ft 7 i? S ' r 1 , .:. r ' i n a O 3 -, g-S ?fc'w'3 E-t-!" 5 B V'S BBS g.5" S3. 3 w 5.3 a i-S o.p a.?i ? ef 5 S 5 3 M 3 n . i 2.C5 "Chi . o u n n 2 3 " E. S' . :J it a a- r.a.S!a.:i.a " I r , it 25 OW gas 2. r .1 ' 3 ggggggg gsi s s&i SSlgggg Scc.oEcSS Sgg&SSSoogS8g Sis O O . cauMa for tK itUmM; but lu 2Urt clnc!ef of corifV.f nrj f-r li bu oalj pTen tut lai4itjr cl tem-jUe. A hou.a tn(L t:e - 13 "3 ; C ' . E- -P rr : B o ! ' It -I o r e ( 2 O a 5 3 4 prtDC) tiiere reevj to uch measnrts, wtr ne rallj aJvocated or'drprecatovl bjr Ihat partj. Tak tliia.u.the crilrnoo by which e jhall judge, and lha alowo tha( so far trow acting in concert, he has bttn In momenta of mot nexl dia metricallf oppuel, - Mr. Crawford ii Utot then th coniitet rr puUlicatt. , la ii .7 3. S3 s 6 ? e I 1" 3 sr- 3 tarm; u cUbli.- a character for Mr. (that could n r .. I i. .i:a it i . i . f i hia pa it life git i a the tUteontradiCUoa. e will iw,yr conduct aa a maiWi- can, and tot bit co.mltnry. At an ari r iw, aa Caruliiia aSans. " be cua- menceti Li puUic life, and promised fnirlj U become a conspicnoua member of the republican partj. Aaancbbewaa regarded, and to taia circnmsunct mar be attributed hit firat aten t iolltical . 1.. . r importance Knowm', as he aid, tbat the awe atateamanr it mijmi oe ai- an adherence to the republican uartT, Ificient to" answer thia qdesuon lii tne 1 . .L J .1 l V.. i iL . - . a t 4 1 . Vocn vie most popuiarr.u ino imjicpv vwit to dwtiDction. At that Um,I nita ia firat appearance on the political the atre, his ever cnery was eserc'ucd ia support of the republican caustjaai an til be was rerded as oue i. the firmest supporters of his party. At that eventful period, when tne whole energy of the republican partj was called fortb, and everj exertion neeessarj to seeure its prepondei-ance; when Die most lulce- farm were rouseu irom ineir apauir, nd those heretofore firm and inflexible were excited- to the otra"t ,whe tlie republican cause was either to sink for ever, or be placed on a bais that time would strengthen rather than demolish; when, in tact ,tU supremacy tottered, and the cast of a die might determine its fate; did Mr. Crawford at' that period, remain stead t to his nuroose. aud de mean himselt as became a republican? ISo, there was too much doubt ana un certainty attending Ihe eventful, isaue: his hopes and expectations tni"ht bo re alized, or they might be forever destroy ed; he was placed in that situation, the most truly horrible to a man who sought 2.sf; 13 4 sr.- 9 -: ,C5! 1 T O . W J" 3 If 3. . OS. . o wX1 S ; (..f.V- 4-; COMMUNICATIONS.' ' ; ' Toa'THE ,STiR. : -';';, ' Messrn, EdUoriTo enter the. lists : sf controversy, in" opposition to; those V.j.who thought proper to declare their seh Vtimenta on the .Presidential: Election, - was never intended by Brutus; who had hoped thai others would observe some ' Tittle reeard to private feeliog and cha- :" . acter, and not stoop to the humiliating ' necessity or abuse; to promqte. Uie in terest and sucpess of their respective fivorites. lie had t hoped that, i with ! mildness and decofumj-the question 5 , might be canvassed yro eon, and that 4 those who felt disposed to bfi'er 'their, re- s ' flections to the public, might be govern - " etl by the most honorable feelings of . respect for individual worth, while they ; were politically opposed. He had hoped ;, the course which he might purgue, would . - be characterised by a due regard tocan . : dor and justice jo all parties; and a de ' iire to elevate his favorite by a political t cvivK"i-e't- rrnn.rrc could be w3Vrtd 4 liscijbakan"iJJ J.'.'f" t'.in can Le cH ij1cn, ind bis stead? aJncrrnclhiia. ' TuUii, ihat diny of l: to wa las votes and coniuct injara u,lJe very feleralUt. i: l i election nwr tnH i f. h'TKfS ktdisfieiuable coastituent in the elianc- exist,aoJnotasliewouUb,ve!te;ir.T:. ter f a politician, and In that 'Mr. &e Kilitors, says he, who have ejKiu-ied Crawford is most enevously'dencieht Mr. Calhoun's part, are all "pip.r:; hot hut we will fro farther, and test the tree bv the fruit it produces. -The practical ".that w had better be "under the in2a ininrnri nlnml liv the last r. nror-! fnce of Virrinia. than dictated to br ed to 4ii6 world the necessity 01 a navy, I i ajkee luuuors : u - vi rccw me nvo to protect th commerce ol the United VPn eauea oy mcn4 woo iro.w m States." The increase of that little na--1 personal acquaintance I can with safef f yy, which crowned itself wUh glory sf arentit piping hot -f aukecj. Tho"" 1urinr-our contest with Great Britain. I Western Carolinian, and the Newbern , are conducted by gentlemen ol thefirstrespcctability; whose talents and . unng en a measure adv . m m ST classes ot men; yet Mr. iraw lord lias has been a measure advocated bv hll t Nentiuci thrown his mite of opposition into the integrity will always command respect; , fcale, and advocated nothing Calculated and whose natal soil i thestate of to promote this general good A small North Carolina. The senior Editof of y standing army, sutocient to garrison oari'ne oiar a a niin-jnuuw v fortifications and preserve thtm from I Una, and the junior Editor is from the delapidatlon and ruin, was thought ex- state 01 rennsy ivania, wnero mere m h peuient oy me oesi pouaoians 10 uiei"""-" 'm"i '"" country. - This did not meet with Mr. fonnd.'M have sprang from any other state in the union, the conduct ji Crawford's, approbation,; and, studiously I hjbsne persevered in his opposition, un hi he and his radical brethren have re duced, it to 'a comparison with Fat staff's The erection of fortifications on our sea board, to protect as asrainst future wars. to build his expectations, by adhering to J became necessary; opon the broad pnn- the naitv whiA mioif nrf viiil.J In thialtftde of nolitics. " that in time of peace trying dilemma he determined to take kVe should prepare for war;' nor could Election-, everyHhing favoroblc is to be the salest stand, and believing his clia-tthis measure ' receive nis sanction, ; ioriHiieucu. ; ' v ; , . ne was averse to useless expenditures. 1 ngai, nc umic .mo aw wiiu Would amible statesman racter as a republican was fairly estab ushed, he deemed it prudent to enlist with the federalists, and thus in either event secure his end. ' Acting upon this principle, anu aciuatea oy uiese twiwr- able motives, we feee his name inscribed upon the Ausrusta Address, an open re- niineutiouof his republican principles---an act of nolitical anostacvf Thus did rpol n pronounce that fesaing to be neutral, and making -coni-w , an useless expenditure,- which was to us extracts against Mr. CrawforcT.w aRbrd security against tutare invasionfj ma ma inai m .unors um smie wy j . , The internal improvement of the coun- their columns were open to both sides; ' : trr. that irreat national measure-which! but never, as well as 4 recollect, were'V' s requires' not the maturity, of mind td they heard ,o acknowledge a neutrality - 'approve,vhas found a fatal enemy in the Jon th r presidential election. ilier ' f&di;al faction, of which he is th prime I have boldly proclaimed their choice of - Us. .K.knK !; i4ir k. t, tnf .!i.Au..r wuiM tn fl.l 1,'a MnniW Un nlMr. f!nllioiin: the r Imvft inserted rom--f II U VMUUUU UI0 V II. 1. b 4 1 I1UIV Ut BIJ'I UJVTVII . . T UU114 VI ... vpiiviiviuu . . 1 j -1 apostasy others' his services were most required. E.VCU LlieU U1U I1IB UUIlllCill 11CUU IMUBIi r I - 1 t, .1 lor snaine at nis conduct. isome, more charitable, still hoped he might be bro't to see me error 01 nis ways, ere 11 was forever too late; but alas! for him, his first transgression was but the precursor ot more open rebellion: the embargo. non importation, navy-bill, the renewal of the charter of the old United States' liank, with rresident Madison's war message, all in their turn anorded " con triumph, rather than a vanquishment 0 . :.. ... ...... 1 . Character;' But in air this he has been disappointed;' and with however much reluctance it is, that he is compelled to change his original plan, he feels justi fied in doing so, by the bitter acrimony which appears in the communications of Voxjpopuli add Carolina, published iu the Register' of last week, hot directed, against the candidates for the Presi dency, hut alt those who have expressed an'opinion adverse to their own, " ? ? t. CaroUoa, by a course of reasoning al together novel, , and equally absurd, comeS to the conclusion that Mr. Craw ford has been tlie crsisteiit republican, from his early embarkation 111 public life to (he pfesent time; a point m his defence to which it -seems, higltly. Im portant his friends should arrive . Had Carolina been tapable of making an in genious defence of Mr.CrawfoidV con sistency as a republican; Jiad he sup ported his position by plausible argu mentsi or had he adverted 'to facts to substantiate it; perhaps he migtit be ex firmation strong as proof of holy writ," that he had abandoned the principles of, republicanism;, which in his youth ,he had tosteTed and cherished, and joined the phalanx; ot his political enemies it was at mis lime, nis instauimy oe came obvious to all; the republicans spurned him as unworthy of their confi dence -the federalists jJespiBed him,ba cause he -was arm to no purpose. in 1807, when the embargo question' was before Congress, and received the 'sup port 01 every cousistem repuoiican in both houses, and of the rresidenvAU Crawford contented himself by remain n . x Lr A-i- flr . a-H ing a. Biiem spectator :ui,,.ine euorw m his nartV to oass it into a law. and final- - . - r - ly voted against it. ; Such: too was his conduct in ivgatd td; the non-importa- twa- bill;, but the act ; most fatal to his charactec of consistency, was ' the hearty ; support lie gave the bill.' for the renewal , of the old. United States' Bank; a thing most odious to every true republican: and which conduct of itself, independent of aU,Mlier.Iaberratiops, would have stamped him With the in delible character of an anti-republican Nor did he stop here: his opposition to the bill in 18L8, "for fitting out all the frigates of the United States,?' a measure suppoi ted by all the republican, party ia Consress. wUl long be remembered; to his irliame and mortification. . That measure had been recommended by Mr. m r ' I - ' -' ? -U ' j)iaaisonr in nis ww megge., wnica was introduced by the chairman of the coin mittee in support- of the bill Who is there that does not remember the strain of ridicule in wluch Mr. Crawford in dufged. ifl regard tp that message? and who would pot blush mr shame at the recollection; while he proclaimed his consistency? ' Thus e nave seen that ia .six great national questions, inti mately connected with the policy, views, and winhes of the reoublican party, and opposed or supported by the great mass, without another dissenting voice did Mr Crawford, to disappointment and vexatien of aH. choose to advocate or oppose, as best suited his, views' o private interest.! ' Carolina pronounces jiim a consistent republican, because he was lounu in opposiuun w v'nuui vina and. General Clark, who were fed eralists: and upon this ground alone dues he Batter himself he has built up ery teaerkiot. wiou he dxjk tiilcs when it wat dau'urMlu!ic!i side would p;vail;bult!ie fcJjralis's are n t opposed to bun becaa rf l.:s having becu a federalist. They, I ke ail honest men, alive to theircouatry's wel fare, renounce- him as having nd fixed principles at i", and altogeUier unwor ihy of their . ini. - - ' - Vox Populj has ret to leim to direst himself of the influence. tf( rty feeling thosij gentlemen will ever insure to; them the respect of the virtuous; and th ; arrows of calumny w hich may be direct v ed against tliein, will ever fall harmless v. at their feet , Of the -other Editors I . know nothing; but from the stand w liichr they have. taken v in the, Presidential measure was confined "to; this limit; munications and made extracts wnicn: ,' perhaps then the blood of our western held, ;"p Mr. Crawford's character" to brethren, that has so recently been sacnH puono scrutiny, ana nave veen ever - ncea,wouiasuu now in tneir veins, dux ,w - no, he must maintain his principles of who. could refute the charges brought a- radical economy, even at the expense gainst him. ;. It is not known how man" of their lives' Tlie opposition "which he have made the attempt. ;One alon . ... rr .. , ... . . .i. ... fi. ..t. :i made to the measures calculated to pro- uucr mo igimiure 01 -j uusc? it- klect our western frontiers from the sava- has appeared in that paper; from. wl. fees, wilUre long rise up in awfuljudg-lvre have reason td conclude they h meni -against mm; wnue tner Bupenori """P .uHin;ufc u uuui,un,., wisdom displayed by the Secretary 01 man vv m. 11. vrawroru. r War will -with each succeeding1 sun I would ask Vox Tc""M'to shine forth1, with' more refulgent light, to the. extracts or That Mr. Crawford has'secured for which have appearcl In t himself a full measure of public ijdium, support of any olho for his opposition to those nieasuresns wrawlordr Have every day revealed; and tlie curtain 1 open to all partk you shall soon be drawn aside, which shall pc more favor fi 01 disclose to public "detestation' the mo-lpe willing to bestow. tves which actuated ' his conduct, i It 1 1 "in conclusion, 1 again will then be seen, that ever since the leret, that the virulence ol moment he first -fixed his eye on thelter should have compellca presidential chair,;hehas been seeking verge1 from tlie tom . I bad . t to esuonsn lor nimseu ine cnaracier. 01 1 iuiuwuwui, miui ,,iuinuti!" . an eonnomist; b evtfy false pretence I taken them partial ito constde, ion, which' cimnins. intrisrue.- or strataeem 1 1 am not satisfied but i& noticing- tl "nr; could dictate.. Td efieCt,whicV purpose, they have received 'f'.i-re- than t c , he has suffered himself to be gulledinto nierittdV?.':; "'""H'-' l; tne oeiiei mil ecuiiuuiyj even ni uie-ej- pense of national welfare, was the su rest I road to tlie preferment he sought.-, The I man who could make such sacrifices' of j duty td himself and to his tountry; to wom nimseu tutu iivur, uteriut auu wmi ;iVPonrriCAL. From tlie JFaskingten Kepubllca Lean The demohstration of North-Carnli- receive public ; Condemnation. Aa a j na are nojonger to.be mistaken. .When ; : statesman his conduct has been most re-1 only two papers: out of twel v continue rtj -ri .x . - preheiisible. lias ne any craii to our in the radical interest, it may be considV ; gratitude for past services? ; If so, tl.ey ered a fair and decided index of the pop- ' are hid in dull obscurity and have ne- alar Sentiment of .the State. But how) obscurity. ver beeh Tevealed to us; for, as yet.' his I entirely hopeless will appear the pros actsmentingour tuauks-haveqeen morelpects ot the radical Uantlidate when ti than. repaid oy ni' emoluments 411 nis 1 mis,; minority or papers is superadded rtPRy.rta ' VVlan rtiifevaKnll Kci nn'nlnrl iniif S lUa fart tltnr nti if them . Iiv he shall receive the full measure of gra-1 his relative, and the o?er by the father j1,'; i titudewhicu tneyaeservejDuiuiai musiioi me senior euuor 01 me national in- tall tar short 01 investing me man wiui 1 temgencer., 1 ,im-,tranngion,- men, the first office intheeoverniiient, whose land not from Not th-Carol;ba, nay the whole course of conduct proves his ijis-1 sentiments' be very- fairly 'suppfcwjd id ;n tpose present the rarter. deficiency of political sasracity. I spectacle ' of entireunanimity ' 'This and corrupt motives are not objectiona-1 beliefls strengthened when, 'to the great We with Carolina and vox Fopuli, they j majority of papers we unite the. lntelli themHelves of their abuse I venr.e which ia r.nnvevcd . constantly iri of Mr. Calhoun's supporters.with impu j private letteni from almost every part of , ntty they may signalixe themselves by I the totate. , , l hos qo tne uaroi inas ap- qualification, to tne exclusion 01 omers, go wnjci are .conveyed ..inroug in every respect his superior. if, then, 1 two journals; and, but fiir these Mr. Crawford's inconsiatehcy; of -cha-J ions North-Carolina woi'ld espousj.ng the cause- 01 a man, wnose pear w nave met m vnum on tne prcac political contact " actuated by motives subject which is sCsoon to be tried by , nt intriime and au.kjition thev mav. cro the American people. ' 'And it is rer-' ' 1 intrigue oh in the glorious (Cause of promoting jfectiy natural for. thera to do 1 their country's ruin. iVV v-u were it not so, and, were the el soUU aims of Y". C .. . V . .1 .. .1 . lL M.t. Km 'mjkmmbAa I 111 . rin.MiliMrl .TMiniM. Anil is rl .... J rv to remind Carolina of one cross error 1 more iust than it is, tne course, pursued he has committed, id. saying Mr. 'Cal- j by Mr. Ritchie (under what delusion we ;. houn s inenas were u ue founu in. meicanuui cvukciycj jiiuai f Rcjiaraicw ... old fcderolists alone. " Among tlie warmfroin tlie ancient dominion",' her former - est supporters of .that gentleman, are enlightened, and patriotic, , and steady many ot the iot eniightenea repuii- allies., i.ne.y never . soumana, wt '4

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