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iUMJIUMCATIOX.
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For the Southern Citizen.
baltimoueTonvention.
Much has been said, and will no doubt
lull be said by the partizans of the pre
sent Admjntflrttioo; upon the supposed
Jnconiisiency of the Whigi of the t'ni
ed States' in opposing the Baltimore
Convention and now supporting the pro
)osed Hsrrisburg Convention.
In ansCer to this charge of Incorisis
jency the Whigs plead, not guilty. ,
How was the Baltimore Convention
rejected and formcdl The party now
Jn power with President Jarkson at their
cau iuiiiicu uui v4)nvcnuon: inn nary
iwicu m aucnamg 10 meir rewrcuve
uties; lor wnicn they were receiyinjr
Jxhorbitant wages, turn aide from the
crformaAce of their appropriate duties
1 appoint Convention and to nomi
ne a President and Vice-Pfpidnt
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nt Jackson wrote to the Tennessee
.gifiatore to make no nomination for
,ese offices but to await the decision of
s Baltimore Convention, and that the
,i General to all intents and purposes
I in fact and indeed through the agen-
vi una vuiivcnuuD nommaio nis sue
-sort Andwas not this an , alarminir
nciple and dangerous Precedent! the
nTthing against whichthe Whig'spi
of that day cried out! A steam doc-
ho happened at the meeting of the
, vent ion to be in Baltimore (perhaps
carch of Lobelia) like his "illustrious
iecessor,, assumel the responsibility
"presenting thFWhig Ktite of Ten-
and that too without the formal
in rf a midnSrfit Paurni 1 1 : t?n 1 '
,u.f .k- a.i..'j:.,m-.. i- .tJdear to our hearts!
juv ui lira ivtn vnuiv.1 ill I ill
rgotten who represented them
Convention, and how and by
3 was appointed? A citizen of
(but now purser to the navy)
; responsibility of representing a
af which, be vas not a citizen
t too without the authority, so
'.ho public have been informed of
'S of 10 bumble Constituentg in
ile district? These were a
most prominent reasons why
animated with some of the
!ngs of their sires of the revo
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tosedthis pnfpabieand open
of Executive influence .and
controling tho elective fran
right so sacred and so dear, to "onsanais irangni wun greai oanger ing caucus! caucus! ualtjrndfe ConVen
jvcraof liberty! lttct Mr. to the liberties of the people t So trne tionll whenever there ir J rnbiif. m,'.M.
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Editor, we see the insidious, but steady
1 Riarch towards mnnnrrhtr (ha
ment is making It A little more thao
foUf year sice ij,e-Pfesidriiod fiw
. ovgihioo ana nonr
,na cl h,8vt"uccessorJ" boU
anU "eP"blican principle has become
general with this party in the United
States, that all the Officers of the Got.
ejnmcntwho are receivfni VaWs for
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their services and sworn for then1 faith.
their services and sworn for their1 faith
ful performance, are taking the open
field as political partizans with this mot
to in flying colors at their hcadt "The
Swih belong to th' Victor what
a humiliating spectacle does our coun
try present at this time to an enlighten
ed worH I Councilors, Judges and at)
the officers of the Government, w ith the
President himself at their head, so ar
disregarding their oaths and'tha high
obligations th'at rest upon them ifs io go
boldly and unbiushingly in (he open field
of electioneering!!! .
It has been truly said, our rovcrnment
is yet an experiment; and that ihe eves I
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vf ill. the civilized world , are llooking
with intense Interest upon us, to see
uh.lt iu libclv In 1i tlx. ro( It f U,'
experiment will be it the dangerous anti I
Uepuhiiraii principles of the party in
power are tully carried out.
The Pi csiiJem with his hundred thou
sand Officers, with the sword in one
hand to intimidate and overawe the peo
ple, and all the money of tho Govern
ment in tlicnther t i tempt, buy up and
corrupt them I In adJitoa to jhis cor
rupt mast are millions of expectants for
executive favors!! Perhaps for every
office within the gift of the President
there are m these degenerate times at
least twenty exptrtants actively and bu
sily enjsged in rorrupting the body po
litic when set! intircst and self ag
grandizement without regard to truth,
priwMpie r patriotism is the secret
sprtngthat sets all their electioneering
machinery into motion, and with a per
severence known er.ly to the 1ni wor
shippers of mammon keeps tltia machin
ery a )?ointf ! Charity, however impells
us to the belief thai in this immense ma&s
there are some; and we would yet hope
many who honestly think they are do
ing right ; these we trust and believe
will by and by have their eyes opeged
to the enormities of the times; and With
the Veteran Conservative band united
with the true whig spirit that -pervades
our union may may did I say? must
expel the Goihs and Vendals from our
CapitoL The blood of our revolutionary
latncrs still tuns warm in the veins ol
American Freemen! The fire of pan i-otism-
stillburns-in their bosoms, and the
love of liberty purchased at the expense
of so much blood and treasure still is
After what has been said it must ap
pear obvious that, (in a republic at least)
there is a great difference-between Con
ventions of the people projected by them;
and sustained by them; by numerous
meetings, in different parts of our wide
spread country: and a Convention of
office - holders and office seekers projec
ted in high Conclave in the White House
at Washington ! The one constitutes
one of the best guarantees of liberty
hence the constitution 'grants this right
of the people to assemble for the pur
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pose of devising ways and means for
Pblic g00. The other is at war
with the spirit of our republican mstitu-
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ASnKBOUO', (V. C.) FRIDAY. DRCKMnEr? 301889.
it is that "the'greater the benefits natu-
ray salting from any thing; the more
pernicious are its conseqoeuces when
directed from hsjroDerjwurse; 'Jtyfik carious to know what these fence r Edi
thisighf is assumed by the party al- tors will call the meeting proposed to be
ready in power it then becomes a seri- eW at Raleigh on the Ida ol January
ous cause of alarm ; particularly when next, we hazard the opinion that much
that party takes the high ground by oil will be mixed with the bitter enp of
them at cresant
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ICn told, (what indpp4 alinnlil ko 1
ien told, (what indeed should be true
that public officers an the servants of
the people. The appropriate duty of a
servant. Is, to do the will of his master;
particularly when that servant is not
1 bond, but a hired servant upon good
wages fiom 2 to 3,000 and up to $25,
000 a year !f Now when these : ser
vants so far forget their stations, as to
ncglecf their business leave their offi
ces and their pqsts spend the money the
people haye given them, wastfully, ex-trayagently-
and erruptly - m - purcha
sing, votes, sending out partizan docu
ments, in short, using all theoyer to
them given by the peopleIor the pur
rose of niacins themselves aciin in nnW
er, I say. .this, being, .the case they' are
H longer servants but "masters of the
nnnlA I A' ' "
'About the time of the revolution when!
the dawn of liberty made its first an-
pearance in this western world, if the
unusn nionarcn unemoarrasscd by o
ther important engagements, had ' open
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ed a ecre correspondence with all the
Governors ana other officers of his own
appointment in the Colonies; and thro'
them hai appointed t Convention! if
you pltase a Baltimore Convention; and
that too for the purpose of i perpetuating
his system of oppression I J, Who can
tell what would have been the result!
Who can'teii that against this might v
organization backed by "the monarch
himself and all his trained band of satili-
t'.-s, we could have successfully conten
ded; even wjth right and ardent love of
Llxirty on our side I What would we
in this day call such on organization up
on looking back! A democratic Con
vention! . Most certainly not! I leave it
to the good sense of the people to look
bark to the Baltimore Convention to be
hold this holy alliance! And draw the
parrallel! At this memorable period the
people (preccedod by the gallant meet
ing in Meeklcnburg county,) throughout
the extent of the then colonies hold pri-
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mary meetings; and by degrees a large
mcetins w as kid in Philadelphia in Id
What was this meeting c a Iledf By the
K
iing and lus partizans it was na.doubt
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:alled an unlawful assemblage! A cau-
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andJ)r4ajicrepcopleJiaeihc
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nui in meir sovereign capacuy to mcei i
agin and again In Conventions -but it
would be hard to prove that the
yr net'.
vants have any charter either from the
letter or spirit of that instrument, to meet
in their, sovcrigen capacity for any iu'ch
purpose! "There are none so blind as
those who will not see." We do not ex
pect to convince the blind partizans of
power! Nor do we expect to ' convince
cettain pretended fence Editors who
have gotten a smell of tho smjiking flosfi
pots of Egypt, end are dailyelping up
on this hot track! These last will keep
noses in
the pot in despite of us! A;l we wish nr
. expect, to do is to guard uV people s-
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gainst wose jealous guardians of their
rights and their liberties, who ire eiry.
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it-1
ing of the people, however much that!
meeting may be called for by the alar-
ming exisrencies of the the limnF !m
" m ihuwi mere kuouia oe any
hitlsrnao at fill k- " L . .1 '
bitterness at ,all in that cup; " be this "as
it may we shall keep a good look out 4
' ' A DAVIDSON WHIG. ,
MISCELLANEOUS.
. ': TO A BANK NOTE.
I will not take thee, ragged elf,
In payment fijjr my labor
Youi villanyWevea'led itself,
You've robbed myself and neigbor."
Your very face is all a lie,
"Yotxr promise r but a bubbleV"" ; "
You raise the price on all I buy, '.
And plunge mankind in trouble.
And when we ask you for the cati "
How well the matter mended !
We find your Sank, ' broke to
r':aA,,'.i-,Jr-; . .-'i .
J Or hang youl you'n tuspendedi .
Tor banks the farmer grows his corn
Phc laborer gives his earning;
The student, like a sheep, is shorn
Jo 8piteJf all bia learning.
From the Charleston Mercuryr
BOUNDARY TROUBLES.
Missouri and Iowa have nlanted dmr.
on'a teeth on a patch of ground "lying
and beinz" in duhiol but hnttintr nA
bounding " on the east to the Mssissippi
iiTui, tm me wuui ana west io ine ,ues
Moines river, on the north to a line of lat.
itude forming in the main the Northern
boundary of Missouri. Prom which it
will be seen that the said land is shatied
a little like a tomahawk, which accounts
for its having irritated the flesh and stir
red the black blood" of the "two powers."
The Governor of Missouri, seeinw ihai
this little delta yVhich formed another E
iypl ol rertility.abounding in corn and oil
hickory,) did send certain .valorous
vul 9-ewr, snenna, ol otners
to levy black mail thereon. These fik
other Jasons hastening after another
golden fleece found, to their unutterable
indignation and dismay, that the Iowa
sneep naa more nomsjhan vrm. jThev
were inemwjves tieeced, and suffered
otherwise uncomfortably. Thriirn
the governor of Misouri did manufacture
ana set up a mignty proclamation, which
went un from the seat of Government tv.
ful as the eenius out of the nnse. nf th
demTjohh in the eastern tale, making no
nconsiaerame smoke. - lint thnivarn.
or of Iowa, no way disheartened, but
"tner, tike a crow in a misl ; becoming
,arcr ,nl vaPr wh,cJ ft other hni
evoked about him, did issue a stilt migh-
v; iiam ana wrainiui, aia ine ratner in
if... at4andBut4irfoHie8tiiev-ff4fri,
a . JnnMH t.Ak ii i
uum panics wno are caned
the JJoggites and the, Lucasites. The
press on both sides began to abound in
spikes, blunderbusses and other atrocious
weapons, and their "voices was fpr
war!" The tax eatherors and nnhlfrn
of Missouri went out again to gather
the tithes, but were met with tntiV nn,t
jeers, the men of Iowa being in no sort
oi mat orancn ot the Anlo-Saxon tribe,
who in the opinion of a wise Btnips.nan An
delight in paying debts. They, on ihe
conirary, uave as aeep an abhorrence
In nnllintr m,l Ik... I..fi:5
XrSH bTlV?.rrif
nniflt tn thnm tho Uin iU .L. r.
wuu-1 iu a lun uiti idiiKr LiiMn. inn mrma
a. r L.u y r -.r
.n h!,k .k- n -.1, j
7 ' "wxkiics ana
snooK tnem turious v. nA ttinn ik:-
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them many & sore applications of the
toes of. boots, threatening also to row
them up a vcrv frnrhtful hmnli r .k-
river Styx, which is called the bait Riv.
er, and leadcth, as is supposed by learn-
ed geographers, mogo than half way to
tho dominions of the "Old Harry.11
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Thus stands tho
Governors have raised each a great r
my of very terrible words and jghrases,
Myjng also several field-piowai Ik' news-
papers that have already thrown a vast
number of "carcases" and other ofTensi vo
things among each other. There is also
talk, as swn as the militia gel through
thrashing the crop, that there will be
other thrashing on hand.
From the Weekly Mesaeneer;
i no lotiowing marnageceremony will
probably afford amuMfiusnt to some cf
the readers of iheHreekly Messenger,
It is sufficienethi say, that hy it a
black folk colored gentlemen, and a
black colored ladv." wer uttuulu,
wedded and, perhap?, the fact that if is
fresh from -Old Virgiunv,M will clothe
u wiui aaaitonai interest. " . - , i
I is de nigger ndvocate in gineral for
matrimony. De black-folk cJlonsd-gen-t!emeii.dey
will: stand., to -de - right f
de black-Ajlk colored-ladies dey will
stand to do left; de white-folk gentlemen
and ladies dey will stand where dey are.
Here stands my young mastery and my
young ! mistresses, and de company
ginerally; and I supose dey all spec great
things from dis old nig but! I 'fear,d "
dey all be'ceived. Howsomcver, 1 shill
tin flFfimiaA uaii iin .m.i l . .
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build upon . t '
I shal try to Indeever to put dese t vo
couple togetner in de fear of God; and, '
deevering so to do, my friehds, yoa
must try to 'dure wid one 'nother in dd
wuciwher lies before you, for I tell ;
you dere is wuck where lies before you.
De wuck where lies pefore, you is pass
de SDeCtationa of Him nirrrr ' Kill 1
ivu uuo la wuli. mr. nnmn nwto
tl Java .a L ' If. . II . r
you lub dat gal where you hold by da
haud? Yas, I does. (The girl smiles)
Look at dat nigger eye now; see how it
shine, see how ceptibus she look. De eye
ol dat gal is easy diskivered, Mr. Rol
en, does you lub dat gal where you hold
by delianif? Yes, I does. WelL from
ait dat i nas diskivered, dere is not doubt
but dat you does tub her, and I necd'nt
have axed de question. I ore in hopes,;'
derefore, dat God will bless dese two
coupie in ine wuct wnerc lies Tore em. -If
any body has any Ejections why dee
two couple shill not be out 'torel tier. lrt
dem now speak, or forever arter hold
aeir longoe. u any tody has any 'jec-
uons wny oeso two couple shill not be
ever arter hold deir tonffue. Mr. RnK.
ert sylute your bride. (The company
commence congratulating.) I wusb der -
COmDanv lobe cnmnnri. fjt it ;
de beitedictiterawOiayde .'mloff
grace oi nimignty uod rest wid you and
each of us, now henceforth and- for eb
bcr. Amen. (The company again com-
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party to- be composed. 1 am 'quested
by de landlady to vite da fnmrmnv rrin-
iiicucb ctmyrami.iiintf. i i tvnen rin Am.
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?wX-jnu come ana eat tuss, and it Aem
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wnere was ot vited dey kin eat dat wher
Jem was vited left. ... -
CENSUS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
In pursuance of an act of the legisla
ture of Sooth Carolina, at im lnt
llhcjccnsutiXihe frea-white inhabitants-
has been taken, and found to amount to
250,117 souk Greensboro Patriot, t
1 INDEPENDENCE.
Chop your own woodblack your
own boots shave without a glass and
with cold water chew your own to
bacco and read your own newspaper,
'Great Pigeon Shooting.lU
y Keats shot last week, at tVA
,fl0,, P'geoni
shots, 784 pigeons. This is the greater i
- S?er beardof, and wecue
two wtather it has ever beest r eta ha
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beaten. The dace at whirh Knt
hhem was on a aand-bar. whera ihe-
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" vwyvsa vi ceum2 irrav.
iu im waicr. virA".inT .ttjMt
"what think vm rU Pl T.u
erally to supper: Dem where war vitetL -
mationlor the Vice Presidcncv!" said a
gentleman the other day to CoL' John
ton, don't think anything at all tf
iij" said the Colonel; !. may he cotixiJ
Off the track, but Pm twt to CttZU