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WIUT BO .'JE LIVE TOtt BUT TO I5IPE0VE OUESELYEi. AND BE CSEFCL TO ONE ANOTHER T VOLUMIMV. Asiit:m)ouGii, (N. co fuiijay, augiist 21, i4o. L3liii;u 29. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Ti:itMs; Two Pollart per annum, !n advance, t? Three Dollars, if not paid within Crca months from' the date of ihu first rvrv.lcr received, v'-" .r'; r. - f.'o subscription to bo discontinued &!l arrearages be pnid ; unless at the excretion of the I ,d ito r -v - A failure , to order, a discontinuance before the expiration of the ; subscrip lion year, is equivalent to a new en mgemetit. . i . ,-. All Letters, Communications, &c. to come post paid. ri ; i v; Price for Advertising. v Advertisements will be conspicuously and handsomely inserted at '1 00 per square of 10 hues; and 25 cents lorev ery subsequent insertion, t No adver tisement, however short, will be charg cd less than for a square. - v Court Orders' and judicial advertise. mcnts will be charged 25 percent high er t (we sometimes have to wait so long fur the pay.). '' .. - - :fL ...- -.;...,.. . TImwo who advertise by the rear will bo entitled to a deduction of 33 per cent, provided they pas io advance. sri;i;cu SENATOR PRESTON, f l .. '- : V v -iif v' ' , .. Of SOUTH CABOMXA.) i.Tlvcre, was, po Tuesday, 7th July, so immense ga:r.crir of the friends f Gefi. Harrison at Eliza be thtown, New Jersey, mho -were addressed by SenatorrALU judge, Mr. Kktchum, of New Vyi k, and Senator WttToy or5ouu , na. Mr. Preston succeeded Mr. Ket- Every sod beneath your feet ' lias been a soldier's sepulchre t ' How is it that the spirit of those days has not roused you to unaninitnis oppo sition to tho outrages vou have been made to suffer t-" What did your 'anccs lois fight fort Head the enumeration of the evils and wrongs 1 hey. rose to a venge, and then ask yourselves if those now inflicted on tou; are fe'wer in a- mount, or less exasperating in character; and yet you are tame ! 1 ou are ex :UodJfjroiaih Union, and vet youn- jurc I ftuwetttzen. did 1 say f ; I am Dot your fellow-citizen. , Yuu are rot citizens of the United State-yon sre not members of the great Unions Vou have lee a turned put of it 1 and a manutactory of representatives lias bttn fit up at Washington which turns out subjects as the machine turns out ten penny; nails, j V' 1 1 ; ' r ' ' 1 am aware that, in general, much al lowance is to be njade for what is done arAV a shinglonTa tii llii t judmeuts a re not - hastily to be, formed ol incisure there adopted; but the case wlth.you is to flagrant; you haebotn so contenipi uouvly, and for base pam purpose, dri ven t out of the Union,, that even I cin ill suppress the indignation 1 led, or ac curately define the proper Kmit of oppu iiion.; BuThid it been my state instead of yours, hud it been South Carolina in stead of Nov Jersey, I should have been at no lost. and. even now. lam disposed to apply t lie language oj Lord thautam, in reference to tlus American Coloi'ics, and say, were I a Jerseyman, as I aro a South Carolinian, while my. rights an a member of this Union are vio ated, 1 would never lay down my arms, never, never: never I I sneak tt'A tif ifce arms of violence Sua blood, but the arms of the lil nd of tho ballot bot-aad these arms you fcill not, I trust, lay down til vou have reconquered your position ' . . . : 1 leathered 1)0 tne iajimer.w.o. your nn- ken scat; ana t int uicra aid wgnner in beauty and unity; till you have res cued your dragcl&d (lag from beneath the feet of the mercenaries who have a cause that appeals to us ail; that is so-1 cond tn none tut the cause 01 uou. ji is tlie cause of the country, of the Con-, stitution, of liberty. ' .' ' !f""."V Time will not allow me to go into an exaiiiinatiun of the long, black catalogue of crime which lies at the door of the Administration, and which all their trained, bands sre drilled and disciplined to defend. The battltf will be fierce, but It w ill be decinive.'i VVi. are, indeed but' militia. ; VVeTareJiot oranized nor oaid We fi'njt on ouf own hook not for money nor for breadbut we fight (or our rights, for bur firfcsides. for the tertv our ancestors transmitted to us, snd for cur property j and n we fail' tough blasted ty the curse of Heaven. Vv hnva tnuched with a tiaralvsis . j " - - j very interest ; the very demon of des. trucuon seems to preside over ineir councils. Mr., r jiere at some length, examined the effect of jhe experiments of iheAdmihwt ration 1 upon the industry, manufactures, and mechanic arts of the Country, and pantculoriy 01 towns nxe thum and his appearance was the tig ual for a round of cheers that made the irampled on it, and burnt it onward in . . . .. I . . r . .1.- .1. .1.. r.; welkin ring again, as we learn irom tne iriumpn evco iw ... ... was restored, Mr. P. uius began, as re- . y ind the ver Hrong, twrted by the American I vou sufl'er Imve 1 advanced the Whig v.iir.. ;t,',n,.-r.lntlrmen of Site cause. Nowhere bave 1 addressed an- Jtrtry : 1 appear before yuu under so y public meeting, where an allusion to the shape of custom houses, in the into- said to them piteounly, "See what Mr. rior and every where in tho shape of Tullmadge has done ;" and Kendall re postHotTiccs, lroni which the incumbems plied, he would mark him, and Blair issue, stealthily prowling nbout, seeking said he would turn the waste-pipe of the like iho evil one of old, whom they may kitchen on him, and smother him with reduce,' whom they may devour. Led filth." Gentlemen, against ' all tlus wo on by the Chief Spoilei, at Washington, must act vigorously, we must act offen whotfe dociriuca are cpenly proclaimed, 1 sively We have a cause and a candid Ihpt fidht fnr .nlimder. . 1'hev , (eel no !A thai npprla no iflenr.e. Almnitnn. .7. - -r-r . , therefore, the defensive, and assault, as sault continually., Assault them a: all times, in all places. Press onward ; you may gain little, .but little by little you will cam, and what you gain you will hchh; Assault Mr. Van Buren, , assault 'Kendall, assault Mr.' Bnchanan, nisault the offioe holders. A voice from the ctod said, "and gar rtt Wall.M ; Ay, assault Mr. all, if may be jtei mittcd to sa so to you. ' M0 . is tod insignificant, aia anpthtr voice. No, no, gentlemen ; no one, nothing, iu such a raute is too jnstgnificant.. , It is of his produce harly ispaya the cost of not. the tempest lha( destroys the lofty production; that he canTonly.gct half iVcp, but the insect gnawing at its' rod. price, indeed, lor bis wheat, the pamper- it is not the uoou nor tne earthquake ' cd hirelins replies that such things will that desolates the wheat field,, t ut the Newark,,which flourishes in proportioutbappen and, must be, submitted jo, and mildew, and the rust. ' It is an error to o the ccneral prosperdy, and ot which i ncmonisnes nira wai rcsignauon 11 do- i ascnoe greai coBaequw:vc 10 vm cau. the adversity was only a type of the ad- coming to all mortaJs. But if the far- j cs.' A little spark will kindlo a mighty vcrsitv that had ovcrtaken flll classes,; nier continues, ana asus ruscomioncr 11 1 cut migration, anuuia.canei uungaru biith rich and poor, the manutaciurer 01 m$ salary is reouctu, m prupomon 10 noi uieitioie io ivuv puwcr(ui, mcic- rarrtages and those who were want to: tho fall of commodities, Hod. forbid," fore, again I say, act on the otlensivo uy and ride in them. The ndministra-its hi reply, wUod lorhid that tt-should ar.d ashau.t, assault. , , tion seemed to have reversed the brderl be .diminished, it barely,, supports - roe And then, gentlemen, as to acompar of Providence, which blesses the labor now. And yet he can get twite at isou between the two, cand:datisv tho much for his moiwy as , before. u It ts J prclerence and superiority are all on our distress they experience no solicitous misgivings about providing lot their families.,- , . ' ; -;' f,yi 'r'- '-il '-: ' They have moriey enough, fllow-cit. izenf, though you ctn get , none good money, counted out to thorn quarterly drawn from the treasury, where it is placed alter having beeu first -drawn from your hard earnings.,; .'.Their pock ets are round and full, wjdle yours are shrunk and lean, and little heed they, or believe they, therefore, of the ; distress which prevails in the land. ; If (he .far mer says to one of tl.coi that the price of man, and acts as though impelled by the VtTyvniuS of DesfUtion. I 3 Is this picture (said Mr. r ) 100 oara ly shaded? ' .Who is there among you nil that has escaped loss or snDering? easy enough, therefore, for him to bear side. Who will point to any maiked the alllicti0n8 ol the community, and na- honor oone, or ocneniconierrtu, or r tural enouch that he should sustain a vice rendered, by Mr. Van Buren to the noucy which suatches me dry crust irom renuuuc 1 uig omer nana, mo ins- f Nofte,t oone.v was the cry. .Even so ; the hungry lips of the . laborer's child, tory of Gen. Harrison is that of a public 1 ... nu iiniv,.t!ifti: chmn m tviiicn are 1 ma , ouirane. ui'u ii'mi ohi? w 'vi r,j y-r:""-er-; r" - irr- v ,7. thl -We w41Uid4ble with those ot older -7i . -1 .;.i.. v. i.. tn. then. Vh12sof New . tiuwntreay we, ine A snouiu, unur , ...y 7 W"V." ' 71 V . . ' ,.,om 1 which we are to be regulated nances, content .myieu wtn at tnowi-uersey, on, 1 V ciiuntrv do'vou'des n to ' s." L.:.f i...r.-.-r..i .., L..i rmm the crowd exe aimed, country, ao jou aeiign 10 -w. w. - ' .k.. A.....Ain Mr.. Wa her ut Mississippi. ty with 1 which I have been weicomeu tne 1 ones 1 ivw, . . - . , , . , . q( iv voAk J ijui .uicre i "'MiJ "V 1 fr r"" o i...i 1 uu 1 : ,i,., -1 .,.,,!,! luia aurak out. and the Tories . vou . are to overthrow, as ... . t . I 1 .1 I.J 1 1, nnrmi.l ll'An In 1. 1...W.A. m ir... in 1, ihn amKii i'sew i vour lanieri uiu. vi hvoi, ..vV, ... Tlllllll IVIUIVB ll,ll'"'- - - y t , 1 ,, , J,.A Jersey without relieving my breast of the contest. Yod have gallant leaders I con e hr.d brother soldiers I here is iiarry I IB uuivm nnii.mri'iv..v. ... i .. f.ulj . 1 w .1 ill . f.l... .....tn..liin nl Inu I . .r,..t -.,; . i,nr. nnl onSCCOm. I lit irPi: Cl. I mo hiiiuiiwii v "- 4IUHI tvvvMi , . .. n. rawed by hbor, 11 have bc:n up ihe name was ..rapwrousiy iwiw.jr S . . .1 . r .l 1 ...,l .-,. aniitinn llnrrv. ol the -.11.. El . n1 m lllH Itllllll 111 llinillllll MIIU 4IIIIELIIW ll.i.awMi- . 7 vn,d .1 Pmnliinsie. on iu horcs VV est, baring hu bosom to every shall, vvi'.v, - - - --o 1 .. I. .. . and in its wide and dep current, have intercepting from his party every pots sceA emblems ot tho progress, of the oned arrow, scarred aU over with wounds sure and irresistible progress,-1 tne principles for which we are contending. Last night, too, in New York, I addtes mid an ancmblv. onlv smaller ihan thii 1 : ... 1. - a 1 ih.i..i.uiviui 111 am hiuh iu uiaiiniiwiuu turc ana ir.rcswiuw jhuKivi, rr. i,i hid una meir iirnn:iuiuo.. m h ted an asucmblv. otuv sma became the wefen nency tf ihe weather circumscribed it within the walk Hence I apicsr before you worn down: and tfiis is one wf the disadvantages to which I refcircd. j I sm a stranger to - iGeiit-ml exclamatiotis jdlono. " ou arc no stranger") - t Vuf iB tM thff "ord, fvcliyimed lUr. P., wiih energy : 1 em not a stranger 1 to New Jersey. J have read you in your bls:ory. I have heard from the lins of my own ancestors, who stood shoulder to shoulder with your on your '. tinil nf 1 lift heroism and the suffer ings of New Jersey) and flom lhe days of my bovhood, I have longed to tread iho Gtlds consecrated by so nuicn gai Wtry and rndered by litany bss'h tiatlotis. 4 I am, too, citizen ot tne u ;,t KiniM. and therefore no stranger; a Whig, and thcrclore your broiUr 'But under' what circumstances bo m a,eetl How shall I recur to the gallant deeds of y oar ancestors, and recount tour present position witli.tU fact that scutce a field but bos been triKldett by the foot of Washington that not a tpear of grass but was wet with the Hood of .your fatjicrti thai t" - . . V . . . : lL I ... hrow. if not with thfe vicur s cnapic ih;lii.r- h. without envv.wrtliout reptn- line iiiiviv a m , . i-;,.Ll.... nrscedence to anotner, ana .:lAin, nni to William Henry Hrr- !m ih lfair ol the Union. MJs hltn ijive 1,. ihA dreczc. and claims only the horior of serving a a soldier under hurt Whcro shall we find greater distnteres- tcdncss, more glououi magnanimity 1 that it may faed the children of your benefactor. ' He is, 10 the first . place, pure democrat w sib pound cake. Well I that nontest worir ot uou, an nonest inoeeu mav me t reaiacm, in nis maroio 1 umn , u 1 car, cumnom uy, hi uic wj- palace, amid luxurious appliances, w ith 1 ginning of this matter, let us try an hon wellpaid salary, exclaim The people est man. ' Would that, in the many , cx expect too much troai, tneovernment." perimems our opponema na ve proposea, . t .Wo bhold the coverninent.- and they bid at 'once ('nought of this one, of its cdScers growing, richer, while each trying an honest man. V , ' ( of us is growing poorer. Their riches !; VVm. II. Harrison was early brought are derived 1 from the' oppression of the under the eye. of Washington, and tho people, tThey plunder that they may intuitive sagacity ot that great man saw have the more to d spenso in bribes., tn htm the qualities that fitted him . for While you see your suostance wasting nonor, ana laying nis nana upon mo away, ibis administration has received head of the youth, he blessed htm to the and squandered, some 130 millions, of service of his country. t . 4 t , dollars. This enormous sum has, been The cider Adams came an honest, sweated out of the blood of the hard able, and bold man- and 1 say this tho cheaper; and that the country can only j hands of the country, to be lavished up- rather, for that I never belonged to his urostcr -when (he rates 01 tauor asinii-;on merceuanes, i-micb, p.iuucii iuuui 1 mitjr uu u iuuu mo juumvm nations. t lUla paiacu. niuijf-mno iiiiiulfu hiiiiu 1 m oohuhjiuiiuj i.uiiiiiiuiiijj jrvuiij 41.111- ally are paiu ro inose wno are waging I son iu mo puouo service . , : ,,, this war against us ,. and who paya ? I ' Mr. Jefl'erson succeeded, afler a con. You and 1, and ail of us. 11 is drawn test, as you ail know, that overthrew from a soil already exhausted, and all J completely the opposing party but Jef- for the benefit ota part only, and not 01 torsonaia not misapprpnena or unncr- tha whole. ',' Our condition is worse than rate the merit of Harrison, and, afier that ot the Israelites in the desert., for employing hiin through his eight years, when it 1 rained , manoa and 1 cuails, all handed him .over to Mr. -Madison, could equally hold out their platters. What that great and good man's estim- . " t i' .r 11. ... .I.:-. .111 . It. ..... Uut when wo manna 01 government taus 1 biu 01 nun was jou n ilmuw. ; tic was here, jt falls not imo yout platters. , . selected from among many, to" defend Do any 01 you catch a quail, or a tne region ne nao so ions ruieo over as cake of this manna! Oh I no. , Or, if Governor; and the 'Northwest then perchance a portion, however small, owed .ts safety to the mihtary.cjndyct, should fall to one of you, the oiSeerias it had before owed its prosperity to through whose criminal infidelity auch the civil virtues, or VV illiam II. Ilarri a boon shoul-i be vouchsafed to a Vhig, son. who was detected io allowing one ol But perhaps, no instance of confidence hc proscribed to taste of this govern- in the high qualities of a man can be ci ment, manna, would, immediately be re- ted crfuai to that manisfested by Ker ported to his Chief, and handed over tncky in Ueneral Harrison, xou an r . .... ... ii.i m I . I I tl. or the crime ol dealing witn a vnig 1 isnow ivemucKy ner gniiam Mr. P. said it was ln.po--.hk wiih. jn" KS""!: - f.i;. f hurrnw chama and in- "e" .n! m "? u'.mca4 ,,uu,.v, UU V w. ww. a . . . . J..: .1" not twt 4l you., Are thereby mano facturers here t Enough ofthem, for they hive nothing 10 do at their, lacto- rien. Ay, enough, indeed ;nd your democratic friends, who profess so much a fleet ion for the hard handed workman, ot dct.rwttocJ to civa vou ti eaoiiffh to cet our hand kott. Ate there labo rers here? Their turn is now come. ; They have heretofore felt lightly the e- vils of misjroverr.ment,i and they have mo long supjiorted, those who, in striking at the employers, affected jtj be influ-' encid by regard for the poor laborer. -But now the principle ol 'the party is, that the wflscs of labor aro too high ; that the laborer roust bo made io work example by ; to what point us for a :o!leazue, and 'V t io-ruu i Tp.fe, too, is the grayer and heavy rmed array of the liast, Iqd on by Man- inquisition 01 cen's a day for labor 1 Unce it- keu our condition to, that of Cuba, and ihu time mav soon come w hen we shall . . . . 1 . 1 be as nroduclivc as that lavored Uiana -ot bloodhounds. If, however, we de- 1 .. . 1 : 1. .fi.vJ ., 1 Cline.inU ,CJiUO.I uuu, an v. maiai, with nnl" 'Amf W-Saxon rartia hues, that Eusland. the land of our fathers, of lib- erty, ot law, and 01 commerce, auoras . ii -1. better models and examniqs, mey ex claim. 'See these British Whigs 11 they want to ape British fashions unJ prece dents H, ,hcn 03 a pUcroaUve they point us to China, as a itoul money cheao labcr country a fide countxy indiod, where wages arc 3 ciinUaday 11 But thh is un alternalivt which A meriat will not be driven to; and this will be : shown next Novesiber. Wo Presidential election has heretofore been .one into with wheat 30 cents a bushel and cotton at mix erm$i ai.a ine oiaaa- nrmoit irriV .....- - . 1 Ji.. iel Webster, Urns name again orouu forth loud cheering. like tl e Macedon ian uhilawx" of old, iu sorried order and " .. r 'I'i ..... !j of overwhelming lorce. inert;, iw. ,hm P.mn re State, with her caiiaot ana eloquent son who has tin. dav addressed vou. r Anotherf burst of cheering. J Thri. airaia. IS vour own wnm eloquent aon, Southard, mow cheers, a tnend neiovtu, ioiuh v...v.. nil praise, and worthy to load the Whigs ..r Nwf Jerov and if I do not now mention tJiat nrne under, which we H rally, it is only that 1 may introduce it more fitly Hereaiier. . tpe cause, iou, n bolv and excitmi! one, IhioKyou that any ordinary occasion could have hrmiffht me from the sand banks and i..n !avd nines of Sooth Carolina to address btcw Jersey pudicetfiirY it n ters of the times will re-act acainst those whose folly or whose , wickedness has produced them. What contract, indeed .... . . .1... does ocr position now present who vmi oeiore nw rigu vi wiiintuw "vb" Then. all was amihoe. happy, prosper pus industry. ilSow, care, and suffering, and hagjtard want.. The atately palm- uee is witherinff. Us branches dying, and its trunk blasted. We feel that the worm is gnawing at ill root, and that it must soon perish. Xou must appiy -to the remedv while there is -vei me aia that worn up, and crush it beneath your r V'i.'' v teeu a . . , , .v What, fellowmitizens, is the contest! It is between the People and the office holders, led on by tho chief office holders it Washington1 clothed, fed, and train- 4 - .Ist. f tVlMa-AB - a" -- 1 ditrnation, to advert to thia conditioa of war,, wooing ounu or commanuer uignauuii, iu bu w ... to whom she could entrust her own de- ,WB.W !pr. ,H" "-v;",. fence.-and-the command of the troops as lhiS.should be tnus aisnonureu uuur - . f overnmc ...ihinA inAjinni noiiiiiiir. iimiilcu i ...... UWIIU UVUIHIg, 7 I I nmti n?. for : ita bencht or ' renown. - - CT devolved Uiat honorable and most icuvYTi.. . w:tt:n 11. Som.fag m.y be od ... . g.lbnt IJ aas Uhm larvenn Ami MTflOTV' 1 cr - - - - -- ea corps Ol janissarica, iuiw-i" n7w - r o j j nAn ftll UtroV uhe hnU-Cu.t& ttinti iatha titcbca csuastilora appeared, and ho pressioos then have had something re aoeminir: buL to be wormed to death ! Pshaw I ; It was not possible to think with patience of this great country's bo- ing trodden under loot oy sucn men as Van Buren.aod Kendall and Blair a corrupt trio that makes the hcait sink. The honorable Senator from New York has told you he was once a aup nnrterof this Administration, and that ho felt called upon at an early period to n . . . . - ".L J . denounce the cniscnteis 01 meir course , and how wax be listened to I Mr. Van Uureo heeded not, and resented the war nim of such a counsellor as N. P. Tall- madRe, and, tingling his bell, forthwith state. Yet this is the roan wnom party malevolence now stigmatises; as a do tard, a - coward, a petticoat hero I and whom they are using every art, lawlul and unlawful, to beat back, i ; Why. contlemen, they havo CYen dis- turbed the reobse of the Hermitage-. called forth General Jackson to bear witness, io a letter, just published, a- g flint t General Harrison. I think sco and the old soldier has been fitsde tho eatspaw of therronkeys of the palac, who thus degrade one distinguished man into an instrument of disparaging; another distinguished soldier and patn -ot. BaHtbrtc t? 00 icjaso df stcO
Southern Citizen (Asheboro, N.C.)
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