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r C 4 i U J - I 1 .1 1 ;v4 t -M r w y r (. .J j".cjbju; ijan Ko.;o or ioni:n Lis: 5 5- THE 810, f Jrai JNVii'Carofina Gxetle ' ' ITELL & LAWOENCeT ! . - , . fcjWtpflTi Are sr nwi -N j- Mr till wUtat M ftt SOJU ys! kairau, 4 sap mo""". tut t ; 4alinaf tfc Mrtors, antes tH rrr.r- r p-U- 4aruwati. eat litnJUi u. Lit Uses, Iru t-.r iimi fw MW, S4 ( (or xminimtn COAiMCNlOATlOXS.; ' la 'the Raleigh Reciter of the 10th tltitno, 1 see the address of W. Slaffiq to the freemen of Narth Carotins; in . rbich he calif Upon them to awake from ' their slumbers; to rise from their reTe . rks; to (haVe cltha ahackJes which are fout to te riveted aoon them, tu. tic, c. Now. whr all this wind and burf: I Jie for nothing? Why, o ranch vocife ration? Are. the freemen of North f Qnnl't na asleep that, the should be i Au loudly called upon as tha wofsli'o 'eri'uf Baal tailed apon tlieir dumb idol , ajjoa afunner o'-c&ston?' Is Mr. RuFJn j the ever wakeful eye-that is rigilantljt , to jratch over tlie liberties of oar fellow ' t ititeae?- Vain prrsumptioa!-. The good - people r Nortii Carolina need not want not the clamours of Mr. Hz to in ttruct them how to vote for President and Vice President of the United States: And, if thej did, it would be the blind r .leading the blind: we should all fall iu--to the ditch.,,,f'rhej are perfectlf awake to their jawir interest, and will wfttch. ' without slumbering, against the delu- ? sions of the euemy. If Mr. It. would exercise a Wtti&tmodesty and patience, and withhold his advice until we ask it, it would be much mora neasonable and kceeptable. But he seems to think7 that nobody knows any thing except himself, and that, unless we are cuided by Lis Guinea lined, we shall, drop nto the . Tortel of etertasting ruin. .AH this j ; vanity would be pcrfectlj pardonable in ' an inexperienced young man; but in one . three score and tv,"j, it ia' "scarcely par- ' dqnahle, unless .we apply to biro the . child." He seems to complain that Col. Polk and Dr. Burges wt" not deign to no tice some one of his . commamcations, and nfakes his .appeal to the people to decide the controversy between them; and solicits a judgment of acauital at our hands, without offering a little oC evidence of iandcency. To the' al . tercation, howtvetf between him, and Col. Polk and Dr. Burges, I have no reply to make they 4ar fully, com petent to .answer fur themselves; but t to ,tSat, part of- his communication which is of a puhlic, pol.ticat nature, - and belongs t the, peoples I will make a brief reply, (it it will afford him any IttUfaction to la npticed by an hum hie farmer, ; who f claim" very little notice himself fr6m any "body.) - And if X err in presuming to offer any remarks to the public upon a subject of such pub , Be notoriety attd general interest, it is the first time; and? am deluded into the error by the example f Mr. R. himself, and hope that a&a'usfactory apology will be found in the fair model which t imi tate. :.v lie tells us that Col. Folk and Dr. . Surges, place Gen. Jackson's, highest . claims to the Presidency on his Revolt ilomry tervices at which, he takes great exceptions. I ; know t)ot . what Col. Polk and f)r Burges. inay have said ' upon this subject,no dpub.tthey are ful ly uble fo lustify. themselves in the bourse the have takei,) tut f am dis- posed to place the General's clcl;j not 'ipon a single ac bf his;, life, (however ? ttglinl. hutunnn a lon(T rnurtif orHrfiont. honorable to hiniself and leoetici ' his countryL place fit upon his inhume , wtf I Po; a .mind' .quick, clear . and v,'"atrt)Dg, let "wnhes genuine Vepublican j principle, widi great candour and sim- plidity, withouUjreciationwithout ini ..'tri-ue. He cortmepced his useful life Ki 14 Teais.-ld iii 'the Jlevolutioniry , - ar and has Continued: his'couree thro' .succession of year's, prompted by pat Vkiotigm and guarded by intelligence, which places him above suspicion, a lie S as CtEaar would have hi ife to be. 'tHonit virt'ious.butunsuh. octed. And ' !!'tyhe strugglins: in the last war. Bghtmg Indians and British and eatiog .i.urirs, .n trpaucers were, by their b , ;sidt.i, earing their beef and- drinki re mg ,et""r wnje, perfectly. inienSible to his -, ':B!nrings and even nowxherish not a a "Pwk f gratitude forhkpoWic sn-.rcv ,TeU it not .fo Jfclefrh; W ;. - uvua uiQirvwoi rxewurieans, ishe , enmity tto the second ... , iBl RMirniLi..... . . . . ' - --.-w,. w vain ulK- r CM DUDIIU1- Tahiflj-W r Cover wkh t aa'atle of charity sch base ingraLt id, v ; i , lit vini5 lwdly f a caocos wLica he says was hcM between CoL Pirlk, Dr. Burres -and Mr. Cradap. And what has that to do with the Merits of Ga. Jacksooi i If Col. P. Dr. B.aad Mr. Cnidup have had the pleasure to meet, and have ocial conversatioa aiaee h Presidential contest commenced.: bo doubt that, among other topics, was touched Upon. But is private er social conversatioa a caucus? If it be. all the cttixena of the community may be harr ..I :.L - : . r .l . ' . wiui nBusraji i or mo presidency is, as it should be; a' subject of general conversation amongall classes. I know not What sort of definition Mr, R. would give, the term cauens; but I have been in ine aaoit or associating with it r gu larly appointed meeting of inen r'.jtfted with the dimity of office, entecinsr Into ana pamianing resolutions to inauence the people. J A meeting of a few indi viduals, or a gret number of individu als, from .the ranks of the people, evee avowedly to consult about the general good, cannot be a caucus. If this be cirrect, I.should like to know-how' Mr. K. would make out an v mere conversa tion to be a caucus.' ! have seen 'no publication of tlie meeting be alludes to: or of SOV resoltltion recommtmliny- tn trie people either Uen. Jacksohi .Mr. .: Adams, or Mr. Crawford.- The fact is. Mr. R. himself is a warm friend and sun- porier oi eaucisQd, seeing the dread iui uuemma mio wnicn tD caucus at Raleigh and Waaltinston have thrown r-i j't a i their friends and chief, Mr. Crawford. he nukes a vigo ous effort to extricate himself and them by recrimination; He is reduced to the pitiful shift of making priaic ur bocwi conversation a caucus. To his illiberal remarks upon the " People's Ticket," I have a few obser vations to make in reply, and I have done. He tells us that this Ticket was formed by a petty tadc'us, composed of sumo luciuuera yi me nisi jLegiaiaiure, ana eome private citizens; and ala sonv ex-members 'of Congress, who ei ¬ ther' wished for. themselves; or their friends.somelucrativeappointinentfrom the President that it was chieflytuade uo before the rise of the Lerislatun. and that the meetings held in m of the counties siqc upon that subject wa nothing more than a device to del ude the people ami that it is a noJitical ti-auu attempted to be practiced upon the community. ' All this he tells us he can .j prove, .with as much gravity as though he really believed it. And what are his proofs?: .They "are all reduced to this onef tliat it " was gotten un in opposition to, the regularly; nominated L'atteua iuket, in favor ot William II. Crawford.' J'Ah!, there's the rub.Itis in opposition to Mr Crawford-. If it had been in his favor, it would, nodoubt, have been & regularly ndmimited instead of a petty ot mongrel caucus. Is not this very conclusive evidence to estab lish the serious charges of' a device to delude? the people, and of a political iraua attempted to- do practiced, upon the. commjin'rtyr'lj Strange that a man of Mr. RyTIiin's' age should suffer his imagination to summon before him the hideous form of " raw head and bloody bones," without the least shadow pf ev idence oTany such existence. ' He tells us further, that the Hectors upon the People's Ticket are unpledged that it is perfectly uncertain whrt will get their vote. Mr. R.may be fully assured of one thing,' that either Uen, Jackson br Mr Adams is greatly preferred by the peo pie of North Carolina to Mr. Crawford and that either the General or Mr. A. whichever the people prefer, shall have the vote of the Electors. ' He need not disturb his peace a single moment with the lear that Mr. Crawford will get it - j, PLAIN SAILING. . -. . ' .'',- L ::, ' ' ,J: Wn;'Tfii!-"iTAR."H- To the freemen if orth roffna.. V A writer in the Uleih ,ReMster .of the 24th September, who signs himself A,YoTR,' has addressed a serious admonition to yeuf under the pretence of duty; and has assured you that he is a nativeiif North Carolina, " boasting of nothing but the honesty of hiS intentions; He then goes onto decry the " People's ucKev ana mane calculations o "P eS'ects of votir yotihe for it,' without dis tinctly pointiqg out what object h has in yiew in so doins;' whether it is pim- Mtj his good will, and under his sense of duty, to let you into a secret about this '' People's Ticket.'V or to conjufe up some scarecrow to frighten Vou fool' ma , Carolinians' from voting, Jt you should lie deceived;, and thereby afford a better chance for las roan to get the vote of North Carolina ! don't, think it Veryjnecessary for me, under a sense of duty, to reply to this writer; fcut I have a few' thing to offer,- which ay uot be an- liihy of vaur attention. j . In the lukt place, it fifthly believed and pouUaltv.erfom tSat.ofirff-m -1 - aavior ae motives bat ich as r-n!t rem konet iauatioo, l hat all the Motives ef an official artatof the tiscvi io this state; and divers ether, which 1 shelf not at pretest aaaae; and that hit only hope a success for hie raadidate restiaen the' uppoeiuoa that yW may be indacvd te biUete there ia some se eref agency, by which veer beaeat views mar ee IfUtt rated, be baa made thu el- fort to raise your aaftpicioa; r . j . l caonot think it iteceftMrr te cuter into much detail te shew how the M. Peo ple's Ticket1 originated, ev what was the cause oftt I will, thereftire, -be brief upon this poiut. ItU eretl kpown tnat the Crawtord party tookadvafttase of their having a number' ef' leader in the Legislatures and in Congress t give a public expression ef their determina tion to support - thnr favorite fur the rreudencv. Althou-h t!iey were trot elected, for that purpose, and although they pretended to speak only thetr indi vidual sentiment; yet when'thy met in caucus, they excluded all private cit izens, and published tlieir seny meats as those of the members of the Legislature and members ol Congress;, thus giving all the influence-of tlieir public charac ter to this expression. ThisVcondart being adverse,to the feelings of a large portion ol the people, who neither liked the nomination or he mode, many indi viduals began" to express their disappro bation. Then propositions wera'made in different parts of the state for coun teracting the. caucus proceeding. In dividuals proposed, to serve ar Electors in two or three. instances.. Meetings were held, votes taken upon the iirefer ence due to different candid ateL and Electors named in different sections, in opKsition to tlie Iicket framed at Ra leiarh by the caucus composed iif Mem ber of Assemblyi. ' uuderstandinjr seemed thus to be-obtained, ; ttut the people would ,pcv,!fr, tae Hectors who had been thus lbroiuie forward, in on position to the Craivlprvl caucus Ticket, and, by way tot diseitction, it obtained the name of the "Peoples ticket. Now there is no secret in Aall, this; iind it is beyond the power of this," Votei" to disproof these facU.: , V" t r " F rum the i eajl tiymWr of persons friendly to Gnenil inArnltA itfiown th it moxt of tfija Electors prefer '.him a mongt the candidates now before the people ofihe Union. .Bat this " Voter" would make you bejieve, that, because the Klectors are nnpletigca to a caucus committee, (such ai'thut of which is be lieved to be a member,) they cannot be trusted. Where d. he Jiu'd any thing like thia in the Constitution of the Uni ted States? The'rethe Elector are pointed out as the," persons to elect the President, and the people are to appoint men, in whose political, views and per sonal integrity they-have' confidence as Electors. The Elector's on the." Peo ple's Ticket" are jwell known to prefer Genera) Jackson amongst all the candi dates; and they are well known to pre fer any of the candidates to Mr. Craw ford. Under some circumstances, the vote of the stateenight be thrown away, if the Electors had no discretion on the day of the Election At present, how ever, thero is one plaiu indication to govern the Electors, The National In telligencer, the leading Crawford paper, admits that the contest is between Jacksok and Crawvo&d. The Editors of that paper well know that Crawford can get but few Electoral votes; and they know also that, in the House of Representatives, Clay and Crawford are the strongest candidates. Clay Is not likely to get into the House, as one of the three to be.voted for,there; and they hope, if Jackson is not elected by the peo. pie, Crawford may stand some.chance. Tlieir object now, and the object of the caucus party generally, is: to prevent Jackson beins elected by the neoptei ' ", All the calculaUon of this ' yoter" ii utterly absurd, ; In tlie first placeit is absurd to place Crawlofd before all the other candidates as to his votes in this state; and in . the next place, it is absurd to place, all the mends of the differ t candidates as separately at tached to only ode of them in jrelatiotj to the other, Jackson is apparently the stronzest 'candidate; and the friends of two of the other candidates prefer him ' - Crawford; f 4 thi state . of things aw ford stands; upon his caucus lees; while the people are well aware, that if .1 ! -1 uiere wjio very unporiain cubuzc iu regaru to tne muicauoiis w pwuin pu timent, the Electors on the J,Pe - !a' Ticket? will vote for Jackson.: ' t if, contrary to all probability, one of j o ther candidates shall appear t he onlv candiitate who can succee, .jen tiie'EIectors on that ticket will have tlie confidencfiv-of '4he peopleto gjrye him their yoCiVOTV?' -1 now come to th icts which are e- very da y disclosing from different states in the Unions We see Jackson, unaided naaj-efaent, firtnlT seated i-i the aSce- dons er-ua people -where he e best knoeni and received .with appUue throodioot the Uuion, te'yond any ether candidates Crawford, held en by all the cUmoer of caucus combinatioas, end a suanajceiaeat of eiht year da ration. tailing oroimi m me race iron bis nm start; forsaken by most ef the states; having a dead ojajoritv acsint'i.ie la the-Legislature of Nvw York, whkk was considered fcia strongest depend ence; Vlrzinia beldins bat a feeble Ma jority tve him; and evea the vote ef Georgia decidedly for Jacksen, v the mere circumstance ol CrawUra Ming cititet) of thst state ransot bear him out there. Adams falls far behind Jackson; and Clay js lowering in the north-west, ns nrst dependence, In the, north treatern states, Jackson is fast risian sad . every probability indicates that Clay's friends will give Opto him.' Thus taere is a stron prooaniiity tnai uene ral Jackson will be elected by the people; and all the dreadful alarm raised by the caucus gentry about the danger 'of suf- leriog the election to get into the House ef Representatives be rendered anavail- ing. ' lnaeeo, it is eviueut, mat nv pos -- . ' .1 . sible chance remains for Crawlord but an election by Congress: nd that. too'. in defiance of the voice of the people of the states whose votes are calculated udoq for him. It is true that great management has been carried on for. a long time to fix the votes of members of Congress. Ma ny men are there in expectation of di ces, jf Crawford is elected. Evea the tate of . Delaware is counted on for CraWford, in which acarely a private in dividual raises his voice, for hitnj but it it understood an office awaits her mem ber for his vote.' '- Much has been written about General Jackson's military character, and the danger of choosing Htm on that account. Where; fellow eitiaeuB, is that danger to arise iromr, is mere ever iikeiy to be an army in this country, sufhciently large to take4ur liberties froin the -militia of the couBtry? Did ,Jac.Vs6u ever command a regular army, who in. 'if ri jcK to his standard, il he were -Xo L come an usurper? No. The soldiers whom' Jackson commanded were his neighbours; the farmers, of the couatry, like yourselvesf vvhoHfntn- theyhad conquered, returned1 to their ploughs; who have no more interest than yon have to destroy liberty! But what Js this Congressional caucus? Here is usurpa tions Amongsj themselves, at Wash mgton, the members of Congress hatch hp schemes' to make a particular man President;. Then' here is Al and B. and C. they will be appointed to this, and that, and the other oihee; and. I, and you, and the next man; we shall all have power to help ourselves anq our friends to some good tlung.1 And when this Congress nominutionpecumes regu larly nxed, then the scheme can be car ried, on from one term to another; and thus the people never more .'have any thing to do with President-making, ex cept to give their silent votes. Here is usurpation in reality for you, fellow. cit izens! If Jackson is elected independent of Congress influence, he will come into office for FOUR YEARS; and then your- privilege of voting will return to you again. l he man who shall dare to forestal it will be deemed by the People a pilferer at least; nay a Trai torl - . ' ;. ' J There is another thinz well worthv of your 'consideration: ff the people vote tor ine men iree iroin siiackies, but opposed to Caucus usurpation, the Members of Congress will see that it is not worth while to undertake the man agement of the Presidential election, by bribing the small States to resist an amendment to the federal Constitution. Look at the last session of Congress. What a stir was raised at the beginning about amending the .Constitution; so that the people in every district in the United State wight elsrt its , own elector) and how. all this' stir passed over without ever,, discussioz the Sub ject. The fact is, jf the People elected meir electors- in single nistricis, ana they (the electors) .could all meet tb gether IN -ONE BODY. Congress would have- holhin more to do with the election of President; and this Cau cusing amongst them; this bargaining and intriguing; this understanding be tween the candidate and the managers, would all he at an end, - - -' . I make no appeal to your passions, and offer no pretence of Superior Pa triotism; but when the election il over, and my name sulrject to be revealed to every Jnaulrtf, it will be found that I am neither caucus-man.committee-roan, secret agent or candidate; but an inde pendant totet tm!:V -'f-'i ':--e-' . ' . V. '"I-.. .... .i . '.- d . e-ir. 4risa . e s t J ' 4 . the anderstaodinn yur r-a.! t.ht goia iatd a deuid" antwr tj thj slanders. kirh are hca-vd a pen t character ofGeaJarktt i b a f in the Register of the? ;:.i,undvr f 4 signature of " One of the people." ( General Jackson had never bet p! I to cirtumitancM a rreet djlhi-tr.ty. hertiu his cCaJuct w the r.x'i i of producing the mA invportSi-i'. bei'eftftf to the . nation, soci vmteri the,.....?'.. North Carnliniau" sod "One f . , , people would have ad bo p ay for ' their wits ia findinvaccunati'tns B.riiasi j himj and we'Biitftt have rrpi,efniel . : ' nitn as immaculate utateman, as the " , -. . caecua-mei do their Candidate, because h M.we bad nothing to pra.e him ott so they Would have littU routn for slan-','-. r, V -der. -The most brilliant actions cart. ,'v alwavs be called crimes by tlwe vt-ha " " -' .;" areolTendedhy them, or w!.o are ii i - " sibleto theirvalue. He-re the AniPil- V cans were declared J.Y'j.,,, : j the. lint-.' , t ish during .iMReeolutiouiry War. ;,'!, i , This never, would hate been t!.e case 'K . had we never fought ior liberty. J - k '. ' ' sqn is, branded by the' atean-si caucua writers hilh every .crime, Le tfauW he saved New-Orleans; allure 1 our Ueediag frontiers fwot the murder . ing baud of the Indiant fcnd, placed -1a j . -every poatof extraorilini f r trial & c ri! . surmounted every dang r " I met eve- ry difficulty with cone oinlinj firm-, ''. - nest mnrl infplh rmrp. It w f,M- :.; malignant, writers' to ettruct p.issa' from any work and destroy the whi Sd substance by tortured coiistrtfcUouii Let the candid and patriotic, who wuh to know thetruth, read the life of Jack- i j son itself, a work which defies tontra-V diction;and his friend'will C'.-r n excuses, no palliations of 1iis condu.u j Therein: will, be found the traits tf A ? noble, patriotic and tp capable of - supporting t! thority of tlie nation, a the confidence of the f Tul: wind; Kt! '.isrhest AUsV. ':.V vi npirin '1 of lht: ; country t & ' ' . ; ;4The siege bf T v-Orle. ah marked with- every 'trait ..fa --!t r..;.l .itrioj ticoul; and La,ft.mut la the hand thatwould torture it to t1 "Isadvan tageof us Heroy Vi i - ; Tha conduct of O in m r Habun Uj is reiterated to r; Vrt. " - ice ui.-ort . a' . m. ? jacKeQiu?Wie- c -i m waJ " - - unjustifiable and 1 luinchief ',r?f' Suppose. to meet, tjiis u..a,s illualia-t- v l tidb, the Governor. f North Carolipi i ; were to call out themilith to quell ad .;.. uisurrecttoti near the fJuuDalt Swamp &s$kt (h. .r.nn. -.f XT..-.1. I: : r it . -. . I .1 .. ... . 1 A vi, vivuu. wi unu vtiroiina io uiovr .. . T i i-uiem.tnere wituout'nrders from thefx -Y P..,:J.w ;: -o- .-..u. r r..i i.!"" country, beyond th limits of the ceded.. '.C-r; territory, he.tomnutted an ti of wafv -Jf,iT, within fnrvtifm tnriulif M. il p t . ' I shottd think it labor in vain to riurv , 1 : sue such dtiful: reasoninz as the vm - rr'. of the people has introduced in hie com-f M-.f'p munkationf and dismiss both, him and f his piece with the contempt which suctt writings, are calculated to beget ia. tlrtl breastf of i discerning public i.'t'V . I '..v 'iM OUND POLICY. ' WWW - ' . .If'. A . . J: ' tre nave oeen reauested hv a flntl-i man of this state to bdblish the follow ing letter, received oy hint, W answer' to certain eonuiries he had made of the1- wriwsr ia a previous leiicn ' v - 4 ah JJsltr &ri-l received v f letter of thf ; 25tb July by the laKt wee umll, but not iif, '0, timo to reph by the cfii o of, the same I f will now do so witn pleasure, as tit as lam . , f:fiV:'.v.;. -K i, .When the attempt waV-niade in Conjrresi: to renew, the charter of the old.fJ; State V i'"1 Bank, Mr. Gallatin ns then Secretary of the? J 1 4 treasury.? He .ss not only In fevor of theK , measure, but neomaended theiameto Cou-V v v!' gress hi c public report, which msy bt seprf. v ' '.' vj reicrcncc io uic aocuuienis pi iuik pel iou; , VTV S.-- , Mr. urssriord was st that ume in me &eoate. . . , ' and composer' one of the Committee to whon; , K'-yf the subject v s entered.?, lie wss' a .trenu- -UfK"Ji'f sn able speech in favor of it4 This wus tod 1 . ' t' C "i- yrt refer, to prove that he is a man of abili.' ' . , " ties. ,1 have been told by a Ccndemsrf then iti, -?f ' i ' , ' Congress, that much of thd credit of UiiS i ' v l peecn wss grven to wit. usUstim that some, . ' in fact, called it Oattatin't Speech. , The pro. ? bibllity is, thatjMr..G. having thd success t:4Hf-Uv-. iae question wariyatnesri,frei;ivcompsirea , , idess With his frieud, M C d, an, no doubt ' .V furnished him with all the arguiv littheknewl ' ? ' : ' ' In Its favor. The. renews! was opjo?edby,v ."' n'earry a" 'he Bepftblican then in Coojrressy ' 'g , , and,' as know,' fuilc' of, succcs rThe- . pound upon which it opposed wCre, r, . !T- stocrwsB principally held by foreijners and- by the bieMooed federalists of tha Nothern r and Eastera Cities. ThAW to renew it, would - V V in faCt be creating Sn institution ef dangrouV 1 ' i : tendencies, for tb benefit of foreigners and .". ? j our poUtlcslenemiesj and, thereby be placing-'' in their hand a power whicli, under circum- ( t stances that mi(fbt occur would JsVs used , :"- '; , SS to embarrsaj the CovernmenV-tluit jBosvf. f(, J srnment haviur but UUe innueace in thst in- - s-V t 4 mi
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