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Locof oco iia liumnsked,
A movement took place in the House of
Commons, on Saturday last, which more
fully disclosed the cloven foot of Locofoco
fain, than any thing which has recently
. como under our notice. -;A resolution had,
a day or two previous, passed the Senate,
which tho render will find in tho proceed,
ings of that body, for the appointment of o
Joint Select Committee, with full power and
authority to make a rigid investigation of
tho ofiufrs of fha Bunks; to examine (he
book3, and count the specie on hand,
ccc. This resolution was .cm curred in by
,tho House, on Friday, no objection being
made to it from any quarter. On Satur
day," however, lo! and behold, a motion is
made by a prominent Democrat to rcccm.
tidcr the concurrence of. the House, on the
ground that t'.io subject was not fully under,
stood when acted on, and, indeed, that the
rrfj' Cto; of i'.o ir.v. sttgntion in the ol!r r"
branch was n-t, U.m-of, aware of the ..-;-tent
of l!:e cloths w;... h legation
imposed! On this mv;:-..i ' Mi-considcr,
the most interesting debate of tho 'session
took place, covering tho whole ground of
argument, pro and ce;i, on tho subject of
the Banks, and touching, inuiki.taHy, the
leading poli'.ieal questions of the day. Our
reporter has attempted a sketch of ike dis.
cussion, bul no synopsis c:in do j-Hiice to
the spirited and cifceiive speeches delivered
on the occasion. Tho Whig! poured a
galling fire into thp Locufoco raiiks, mid
demonstrated so forcibly their untoi.ablu
position, and tho recklessness of their
course, that wo did iiot believe the party
screws coui.l be so ellcclaally applied as
to rally u i-v.joiity in favor of re-coiiside-ration.
B .; ;ko event proved .that nothing
is too strong tor tho .stomach of Loeof-ou.
ism. Tim ve ry parly, who have for years
been denouncing tin: B mUs before I he pi:o.
p!e, r.-i sw iiTdling shops, as devouring tho
.ah-tance of tin: people, rss rotten lo the
coiv, and who by this very rc s., lui ion, as
Mr. Francis told ihein, ch ela red that the
P cent statements submitted by the Hanks
r i to their condition and i.waiis, are wholly
i"d..,i and deceptive tlti.-i very' parly , we
v.v, who have pretended nil along thut u! I
il.c-y wanted was an opportunity of ferreting
out the. alms; -i of the.-.: corporations this
very party, tin moment they found they
had committed themselves t an invest iga
tion, which would as surely have ended in
stamping with falsehood, their allegations
n tainst tb-j Batiks, as it was madethis
very party, wo say, as 3.10:1 11s they found
their only mo le of rs.-ap.- from the dilem
main which they had placed themselves,
Vas to " take the back tiack' ingloi iotis'y
fled, leaving the L ico'foeo bari.er trailing
iri the mud. The Whigs laimtt d them in
every way reminded them' of their stale
charges tf corruption and favoritism, but
'it all w-duTeTiiol do eve ry I ;ocnrbcrrfrrriic
House of Commons, voted to reconsider
the previous action of that body. Of course,
having the majority, it 'teas reconsidered,
and tho resolution now liis 0,1 tho table!
How any man, after giving this vote to re
consider, can ever stand p bi Cuv. the poo.
plo again, and talk of tho " rolton condi.
tion'1 of the P. inks, passes our eom)rehen.
sion. They have, in the most solemn man.
ner, declared, by their refusal to invessi.
gate their affairs, that they do not them
selves believe the .barges which, for politi.
cnl effect, they liavo heretofore coiaile
nanccd and circulated. Register.-
Siiprvmc !urt.
This Tribunal met, under the new law
regulating the time of its convening, on
Fi iday KstTTlio following gcnllcnieit'liuvu
been admitted, after examination., to the
practice of tho Law. .
IN THE KLTEIltOll COUilTS.
Francis A. Terry, Richmond county ;
John L. Lillington, Wilmington; W. II.
Henderson, R ilcigh ; William'Thompson,
Lcasburg; Junius L. Clenm ons, Loxing.
ton; Richard li. Croccy, Chowan; Win,
J. Baker, Gales; Francis II. Hawks,
Washington; Thomas 1). Meares,. Wil
mington; and Lasaitor, of Oxford.
!.' THE Cof.NTV COt.'KTS.
Benjamin F. Atkins, Cumberland ; John
Uod, Henderson; (Jaslon Muares, Wil.
mington ; Win. IJryson, Henderson; Wal.
tor Rutherford, Ilutherlordton ; Bufiin W.
Tomlinson, Johnston county; John S.
Johnson, Salisbury; Edmund D. Macnair,
.Tarhorough ; William 1. Iliee, Ihituw.,
Alabama; Francis M. Pearson, Anson
county; Jno. N. Wushington, Wavties.
boi'o ; Fdwin A. Hear!!, I lilhboro"; David
S. Reid, Rockinghsm ; ''iV)". II. Lenry,
Jr. Chowan; W. Mi Bhipp, Lineolii conn.
.T7T" WttttCt Hunt, Clvipel ! I tl I ; Thomas
J. Morisey, Sampson county ; F. I!. Sat.'
terthwuite, and Henry Ifinioek, of Beaufot.
The Inans;iii';i3io3i.
The Inauguration of (iov. Moi;i:;ij:Ai)
tool; f e o" Saturday last. The Jay was
remark .t' , line, and wo have rarely seen
tin: Cap.; .
so uensti v turuugeu wiuispeiita,
r -:.." o 10 . .. -.. ,t. rfs .
JU-
4iA
eiselv, llit1 Senators repahvd t th II uso
'-of Commons, preceded by their Speaker,
,, took IiH seat oii the right of the Speak
or of the House. a f w miim: Ui
(-rrnt;-lfRtf-t-ttt-mlT Oiteiidv d by thu. JmlgeSi.
of tho Sujireme C01V1, and tho J oii.t C mi
im'MCC nppoiilte.ITi -wait 0:1 hi. 11. Tin
t Kiths of CKliee w en: administered by.Ciiiel
Justice Uri FtS, subscribed by t!i:: Gorenl
or, and attested by-lheClp f, JiHtiee. Tiie
ceremony was imposing, digmikd and sul
einn. Gov. Morehead made a very few remarks,
but they were to the purpose. I lo declined
entering into any exposition of bis opinions
on political subjects, on the ground thai his
views had'so reei inly been mado known in
hid messag.'. H3 took turn-, however, to
remind the Legislature, how deep an inter
est was felt by his and their constituents,
tho people of North Carolina, in the results
of their legislative" action. Their respon
sibility ,..hc said, was great, and ho invoked
them most earnestly, to discard all minor
influences, and with en elevated patriotism,
to adopt such iK'nefitial measurcsos would
meet publ'c expectation, assuring them of
Lis corJjal co-operation. Register, 3rZ tilt.
IlfShlf important to he people
The annual generarmeetfngof the stock,
holders of the Bank of tho State, took
placo yesterday, jtnd continued to o'late
hour. There was a larger representation
of stock, in attcnlancc, than we recollect
to hayo een on any former occasion. The
meeting was organized by calling General
Samuel F. Patterson to tho Chair, and W.
It. Gales, as Secretary. Tho following
resolutions, submitted by Judge Cameron,
wero unanimously adopted by tho Stock
holders: llcxolved unanimously, by tho individual
Stockholders, in tho Bank 'of tho Statcuf
North Carolina, that if it bo tho pleasure
of tho General Assembly of the State of
Norlh Carolina, to instruct the Bepresenta.
live "of the Stale, In the general meeting of
the Stockholders of said Bank, to propose
the adoption of such measures, as may be
neeessarv for closing tho business ol said
B-t ':, a:,.i dividing ' !; .
l!;e pia-piiiloi S then id', at as earl) a day
as is cotiMstent wiih t'ao security of the
debts, and reasonable indulgence to the
debtors of the Bank , they wiil concur there,
in.
Resolved, that a copy of the foregoing
resolution be transmitted by the Chairman
of this meeting to his Excellency, the Co.
eruor of "the State, with a request that he
communicate the same to the Legislature,
rind also inform that body, that this meeting
wiil be continued open from day today, by
adjournment.
We wish tho.who'io people of North
Carolina could have heard tho remarks,
made on this occasion, by Judge Cameron,
the President of tho Bank. They would
have carried conviction to the minds of all.
as they did to the minds of the stockholders
present, lliat the course indicated by the
resolutions, is tho only one which, those
interested in the institution, cari pursue,
consistently with tho self-respect they owe
themselves, nnd with a prudent administra.
tion of its affairs. Atrd whilo this effect
would have been produced, no one not
even the most furious anti-Bank man in the
community, could have taken the slightest
olleuee at any remaik.. wluc'i Ic.Ui'M.tlLUlta
Mot ably ami eloquently was ho sustained
too, by Messrs. Badger and J. II. Bryan,
and by other gentlemen, at less length.
We arc glad that we shall have it in em
power, to lay before tho public sketches of
these speeches, and thus enable the slock,
holders to speak for themselves, B3 to their
motives of action. llal. 11?". 0
Tho Raiiiirupt Law.
The following letter, referring to the de
bate on tho Bankrupt jaw, appeared in the
Globe of Friday evening:
House of IlEruEEVTATivES,
December 1812. $
Gentlemen, At tho close of tho last de
bate on the bill for the repeal of tho bank
rupt law, I endeavored to obtain the floor
for tho purpose of correcting at once an
error fallen into by Mr. Arnold, in repre
senting Mr. Van Burcn as friendly to the
bankrupt luw, j pasxud ut Uio luio extra
session.
Tim evidence upon which Mr. Arnold
founded this opinion was by reference to the
debate in tho Unikja States Senate in 1827.
It wiil appear, by uu 1 summation of the
coursu pursued by Mr. Van Burcn on that
occasion, that Mr. Arnold is entirely mis.
taken. Mr. Van Burcn then made an able
argument against tho Uod secjion of the
bill, ns then reported; in the course of
which ho declared his intention to vole
nga i nst the bil , if the provision for " vol
untarv insolvency" was not stricken out.
It will be remembered that Mr. Van Burcn
then contended against the 03d section, im
tho ground that it mado llio lawan " insol
vent law" instead of a "bankrupt law,"
the only law authorized to bo passed by
Congress under tho provision of the Con
st'itution. This same ground was taken by those
opposed to the present law. It cannot b
denied tliut tho main feature of the present
law is tho same as the general principles ul
the J3d section of the bill of 127, again-1
which Mr. Van Burcn not only spoke, but
against which ho also voted ; and when the
provision was retained, he voted against
the whole bill.. I have not tho debates be
fore pie, but 1 am confident I am not mis.
taken. Mr. Van Buret)- was -in favor of
carrying out. the power granted 111 tho Con
stitution, by passing a law for a uniform
system of bankruptcy, and spoke and voted
in favor of such system ; but he condemn
ed, in tho strongest manner, tho principled
embodied in the present law. J.desirud to
naku the correction at the time, but was
preventurby the adjournment-..,' The sub
ject is now postponed until next week pand
even when again taken up, most probably
the' previous question inuy be sustained, and
prevent any explanation. I have therefore,
thought it proper to bting tho .subject thus
to your notice. .
:Tuc'scauafjn3 i)fliiD-Aliitingnuhcd.:
statesman lo whom reference is thus made,
are too important to allow me to remain
StW, when I know ait improperTmpres
sion is likely to be mado in reference to
.thcmt; i'rom the general candor of .Mr.
Arnold, I cannot think for a iriom.nt he in.
tended any misrepresentation. The error
w: not, however, the less important, nor
tile coireetion the kss nrcessary.
In great haste, m.).1-'. ivsmvilu'ilv, vours,
15. A. Bl BLACK.
Uii K It is said rice was first planted in
Carolina, in 1063 ; but owing to bad seed
it was abandoned. In tho year 1093, a
vessel arrived from Madagascar, the master
of which furnished a gentleman with a
small quantity, from which has sprung im
menso sources of wealth to tho Southern
Stales. ' So much for rf'reuinant of a sea
store left in the bottom of a bag."
" A young dandy, who supported an cnor
mous moustache, asked a lady what she
thought of his looks. "Why," said she,
you look as if you had swallowed a poney,
and left tho tail sticking out of your mouth."
posed! We are indebted to friend for the
following extract of a letter from Professor
Olmsteod, of Yale College, UDmasking the
miserable humbug which has been travel
ling the rounds of the newspapenrs, under
the reputed authority, of -scientific gentle,
men connected with that Institution, in re.
gard to certain " Celestial Phenomena,"
which indicated, as was" feared, tho speedy
destruction of the world. Our friend is a
graduato of Yalo College, and feeling a
lively interest in all that concerns his alma
mater, immediately on seeing the article,
addressed a letter to Professor Olmstend
on the subject and this is his answer. It
affords us real pleasure to be able, thus con
clusively, to put an end to tho tortures of
the mind. ;
" Yale College, Dec. 12, 1842, -."
MY Dear Si. : 1 can assure you that
'lie newspaper nrlicle to which you allude,
is'icf 1 m ma'ed, as it professed lo 11. , from
any " scientific gentleman connected, with
Yale College. It was either a clear hoax,
or some Millerile had seized upon a false
and mistaken idea of real discoveries in As
tronomy, and perverted them to such a
shape ps would favor his views of the ap
proaching consummation of all things. I
am mortified to have either the name of tho
College or my own connected' with such a
false! mod, anil have had the fallacy expos
ed twice in one of our daily papers; but it
suits the modigacv of our press to publish
such follies rather than tho correction of
them." .
Mil. Calhoun. The Senate of South
Carolina unanimously adopted (during the
late sitting of tho Legislature of that State)
the preamble and resolution from the House
nominating the Hon. John C. Calhoun for
the Presidency, tho resolution being as fob
lows :
Be il unanimously resolved by the Senate
nwl Hou:;c of Representatives in General
Assembly met, That in consideration of the
long and faithful services, the unsullilid pi t -vato
honor, the political integrity, diitin
guished abilities, fearless virtue, and sound
constitutional principles of their fellow. citi
la7nX;rirCr.nTwelI CiihomTTlieyiriTft-by-iiominatc
nnd recommend him to tlu A me
licMii people for election to the oll'iJe of
President of the United States.
Scalp, ok i:m;r.TfON tub U. States
Tho ceiisu-i recently completed by the
General Government exhibits the number
of white persons over 20 years of age, in
the di lie re tit States, who cannot read or
write, as follows :
Connecticut
Vermont
New IfcTrnpshifO -
Massachusetts
Maine
Michigan
Rhode Island
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Uelawaro
Indiana
South Carolina
Illinois
Missouri
Alabama
Kentucky
Georgia
Virginia
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolir.a
1 to every 569
1 " 473
1 " :H()
1 160
1 " 108
1 ' 97
1 " C7
1 ' 58
1 ' 56
1 " 50
1 ' 43
1 " 32
1 1 27
1 " 20
1 18
1 " 18
1 17
1 " 17
1 -' - lfi
1 " 15
1 13
I " 13
1 " 12
1 " 11
1 " 11
1 " 7
Explaining a meaning. The following
anecdote reminds one forcibly of the man
ner in which some teachers explain to chil
dren the meaning of the lesson :
" I called, one day,' at the parsoruge,
with u neighbor, of ours, n Mrs. Moodey.
Aftcf a pause, " Mr. Pottle," said sin to
tho minister, "I am almost ashamct y
confess my ignorance, blit you said sohi"
tliing, in your last discourse, which 'I did
not exactly understand." " Well madam,"
said he, w ith a loud voice.and stern expres
sion, "And pray what was it?" ' O,
dear sir," she replied, evidently confounded
by his manner, I don't doubt in tho least
that it was qwingto my weak understand,
ing, ' Jhiifyou said, sir, speaking of the
wiles of Satan ' ' as if as tliough to circum
vent thee.'' " " Oh, ah, yes, Mrs. Moo
dcy," he answered," I well rcmcrmVr that
expression. The meaning of those words,
madam," raising his voice to a terrible
pitch, and striking his hand violently upon
the table, " the meaning of those words is
this, Mrs. Moodey as if as thocoh to cut
er snT-NT tite !" -"Oh, dear me, parson
Pottle," cried Mrs. Moodey, with a trem
bling voice, "how very clear you make it
now?" Temperance Tales.
An ncnoTK. Somo-yearso iuec, i a the
morning, after a very tempestuous night, a
little negro boy wns found lyin on the
shores of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, too
young to give any account of himself. He
was taken on board the Receiving Ship, and
as 110 claimant canTefor TiTni, adopted by
the sailors under the cofrnoment of ' Walla
boght Bay." As he rrew older, and strut
ted about in his little blue shirt and canvass
trowsers, the qucspns as lo his nativity
were answered as follows :
What
s your name
7"
" Wallabought Bay, sir.'"
, ' Wjhcrc. were you luirn ?"
"Wasn't bofiint all, sir; was vashed
ashore in a storm.'' ' -
A letter from London states that a col
lege has been opened in Glasgow, under
auspice, for the education of ladjes in the
higher, branches of academical knowledge.
This is tho first attempt in Groat Britain to
elevate woman and toplacc her, intellectu
ally, on a par with man. Several most
distinguished professors have been appoint
ed, all of whom are, ministers of the Gos
pel. Th" university is very appropriately
termed ' ; Queen's College." Bait. Amer.
THE MESSENGER.
. 0, R. M'ANAlLY U J. ROBERTS, EDITORS.
ASUU23EijLS, EST.
Fridaf, January 13, 1843.
03" Thcro liavo ken several failureH in
tho eastern mails to this place of'lale but
no 0110 acquainted with the road from this
on towards Raleigh will wonder nt it. The
wonder is how tho stages get along at all.
Our cotiutr".
. Search the whole world over, and where
can there bo found a country like ours7
one so sublime in view or interesting in an
licipaiion? What noblo institutions!
what a coirpri !; ravo policy, and what a
wise equalization of lights! Hero tho op.
pressed of all countries the martyrs of
every creed tho innocent victims of des
potic arrogance or superstitious phrenzy
may nil find refuge; their industry be en.
conraged, their piety respected, their rights
protected, their ambition animated and
here they may enjoy the full privilege of
those wholesome laws which know no dis
tinction among men, save that which origin
a'.cs in meii!. Such a country presents a
subject for human congratulation, and a
ivido field for rational conjecture. If she
proceed as sho'promiscs, what a spectacle
will she present ut the end of another ecu
tury! Who can say for what noble pur
pose a wise Providence has not designed
her ! Who shall say that when in its
follies or its 'crimes tho old world may have
interred all tho pride of ils power and idl
tho pomp of ils civilization, human nature
shall not find its destined renovation here?
Wo do not doubt it. Wc do not doubt that
-when their trophies and their'temples shall
have mouldered into dust when tite glories
of their name shall bo but the legend of
tradition, and tho light of their achieve
menls live only in song Philosophy will
ise again in the sky of our Franklin, and
glory w ill rekindle at tho urn of our Wash
ington. Thousands look upon this as alto
gether improbable as but tho vision of ro.
manlic fancy; they appeal to History
t'.ey roll back the records of time, and un
roll thf. events of other days point to
Troy, and tell us that the land of Priam
lives only in tho poet's song to Thebes,
and tell us that her hundred gates arc but as
the dust they wero vainly intended to com.
mcmorule to Palmyra, and ask where is
s,c ? 10 1I10 countries of Demosthenes nnd
Leonidas, and tell us that the one is tram
pled by tho timid slave and tho other in
sulted by the servile Ottoman ! But such
forget that above all these our institutions
and laws are pre-eminent Jiir civilization
at a gr ide higher than was ever conceived
by them that a well dircclcd press pours a
flood of light upon every portion of our
population that our swords liavo never
been unsheathed but for liberty , never stain.
ed but in necessity, and never returned but
in victory and above all that Christianity
has thrown-around us its benign influences
correcting our errors, ennobling our vir
tues, refining our feelings, elevating our
affections, and teaching U3 what Greece
or Home, with their boasted Philosophy,
never knew that man's first duty, highest
interest, and surest happiness consist) in
Sei'RIiME I.OVKTO GoD AND UNIVERSAL LOVE
TO MAN.
-Hippy America! under the tree of lib
city which thy sons have reared, arc enjoy,
ed the rights of man 011 thee beams the
sun of science the lightnings of heaven
haver) ielded to thy philosophy, and, as yet,
all the fascinations of earth have failed to
corrupt thy patriotism!
Georgia. The Legislature of this State
has adjourned.' From tho tone of the pa
pers it seems that neither party has been
pleased with the doings of that body, or
with -the course of the Governor. No
measures of relief were aMoptcd, and the
Governor took upon himself the responsi
bility of vetoing the bill to layfTTh'o SlaTo
into Congressional Districts.
Alabama. ...The Legislature of this State
I was on tho I" t advices engagoJ in discuss-
ing the question of districting their State
for Congress. They jwerc divided on the
question whether the ratio should be made
out for the Federal or tho white population
only. '
Hon. A. P. Bagiiy has been re-elected
Senator in Congress.
. Wisconsin... .The Legislative council for
this Territory lately convened and sent a
message to Gov. Dotv, informing him that
they had organized and were ready to re
ceive any communication he miglkt bo dis.
posed to' make. Tho Governor immediate
ly gave them notice that as he did not con
sider thetn legally, convened, he had 110
communication to make whereupon, they
turned about, and by a vote of 30 to 2,
requested his removal.
New IlAMrsniKE....Tho Legislature of
this State adjourned on the 22 J ult., after a
session of fifty-two days. They refused to
district tho. State for Congress passed a
scries of resolutions condemning the tariff,
bankr jpt lo w, and tho land distribution law,
and raised an act authorising any person
of go od moral character to plead law when,
ever so disposed t Huzza, for modern De-
mocracy.
lNiUNA....The Legislature of this State
was in session the last advices had not
elected a U. S. Senator, and it was thought
doubtful whether it would bo dono this ses.
sion.
Ohio.. ..Hon. Mr. Allen has been elected
U. S. Senator from this State, by tho Legis
laturo now in session. 1
Massachusetts.... It is found upon close
count that the Locofocos have a small ma
jority on joint ballot in the, two Houses of
the Legislature of this Sintc, and as no elec
lion for Governor was mado by the people,
it is probable Gov. Davis will not bo re
elected. Rhode Islant....TI)o Dorr party in this
Slate are said to bo busily engaged in ral
lying their forces, in hopes of being able in
April next to carry the elections in their
favor.
(& A would-be. thought Solomon, of
Henderson county is, wc understand, grave
ly informing bis neighbors that the design'
6f :he temperance folks is to have a tux
laid on every apple. tree and peach-tree
throughout the whole country, and tliut thvy
were just "clubbed" together to destrov
the liberties of the country, and if they have
their way there will be war and bloodshed
in less than two years ! It the old gentle
man really believes this, it is to b. hoped
that he is making the necessary prepara.
tinns, such as moulding his bullets, cutting
his patching, and ticking his .'hut or for
sooth, ho perjiops intends to shoot him
self with a bottle of bald. face whiskey ere
that time, and thus be saved the P.reat niiiio-
tion of seeing his beloved country inerg d j
in " war and bloodshed, on tho eue-.tiou
w lathcToT no the fruit TKSSSslir.H be tarsv-l.-
Anti-TeniiM'raiico tnov :asc:i!n.
The good work which for sometime past
has been going on in our section ff the
country in the temperance reform, as might
bo supposed, lias not been without its op.
ponents. Up to a very recent dato how
ever, we had supposed that opposition was
almost exclusively'1 foimd among the lower
order of society, embracing particularly,
those w ho were either engaged in making
or vending spirits, or were fond of di inking
them, but r. few cases have lately como to
light, which, while they arc a soorco of
mortification to tho friends of the temper
ance cause, will show ihnt we n-f i""vpci
hereafter, opposition from formidable
sources.
Case first. A respectable gentleman in
L)ig couny wag buuly c-xpelled from the
church of which he was a member, became
he had joined a temperance society ! Fact
wo can give chapter and verso if desired.
No other charge figainst him so far as w c
have been able to learn, his conduct was al
together exemplary, his conversation blame,
less, but he had the misfortune to esteem it
his duty to do something to correct the evils
of intemperance which prevailed in his
nei'diborhood, and from which his church
was not altogether free took the pledge
was arraigned trice and expelled ! !
Case Second. A worthy minister of the
Gospel of this county, very recently attend
ed a temperance meeting took an active
part in tho exercise and before the close of
tho meeting signed the pledge, in which he-
was followed by ull his family. Now a
largo portion of his church are threatening
him with trial and expulsion, which threat ,
there is but little doubt they will attempt to
carry into execution ! has been their
minister for a" number of years, anl we
havcjiovcr learned that any charge, or even
a complaint, was at any timo preferred
against him until this ; but the screws ore
now to be applied, and tho watchword is to
be, "down with him, bis ofTence is unpar
donablu !" Wc will venture to say t6at the
same man might have repeatedly drank to
rtrtmkcnncss inul would by tho same church
have been retained upon slight ncknrjwl.
edgemcnts, but now, that he has taken
measures to prevent such a course, his sin
is not to boTorgiven at leas! by Them.
Well did an inspired writer exclaim, "Lord
what is man ?"
Case third. Another minister in this
county, sometime since, in tho fullness o
his zeal, in opposition to tho temperance
reform, declared it to bo his settled convic
tion, tbat the ooject ol tho " temperance
folks," as he was pleased to call them, was
to secure Legislative action on the subject,
and force tho suppression of the whiskey
....
Dusincss. v hereupon ho publicly gave
notice that whenever a petition on that sub
ject, should be'scnttothe Legislature, he
would be ready and willing to shoulder his
musket in defence of his rights!
Of course tho matter is settled now for
who would dare even to think of- prosccut
ing the temperance reform in face of the
threats of this modern crusader T
Casefourth. A minister of an adjoining
county, lately attended a temperance meet
ing, opened tho exercises with prayer
prayed for tho prosperity and success of
tho cause, but refused to sign tho pledge.
Afterwards he remarked to a friend, that as
be thought it " looked badly for a minuuir
to drink in public companies, he had quil Hp
ftlarkf " in public companies, ,' was the
word nothing said about private drinking'
Question. What has caused this man to
think "it looks badly for a minister to drink
in public companies, and to quit it?-'
Answer. Public opinion lias been s
turned against tho practico of drinking i;)
general, that ho is ashamed to do it.
Ques. If he is restrained by this alone,
as is altogether probable, is ho really, ia
hoart or feeling, different from wh 11 h.;
was when he followed tho practice of driak.
ing " in public companies ?"
Am. By no means.
Qucs. What relation should he then .
considered as sustaining to the tempcrmicj
reform ?
Ans. The relation of a sccrU.jnsidu'ia,
inveterate and dangerous foe, f
Case fourth. A minister oncildeelir. I
in a publLcspeeeh in our hearing in Ten
nessee, that " temperance societies and all
such riffraff, come from the devil
These aro u few of the many cases
which might b; adduced, nnd which go t 1
show that the friends of n mperance wili
have to contend " with spiritual wicked.
ness in !H2!) places. neivauer we intea-i
t,;-,t
to spi ak plainly on this suhj --ct, call ihin
by their proper names, ai.d give our fii u m
due notice from whence, nnl from w!iom
they aro to expect opposition. B fore u -conclude,
we liavo one word tosjy :;':).::
Ouk.selvks.... It, has bei 11 reported ia 1!,;.
Cerent parts of this county, and for an!,-.
we know , in adjoining counties, thai oa. e,'
the editors of this paper drank to druiucii.
iK-ss that he owed largu bills at the gro
eeries for spiriis, iScc, ifcc, and still exer
cispd himself in miking temperance sp.v.-;:.
as and writing tv-mrx-rano; articles. T;.: :
report h is been lud!y handed about ' a
set of pitiful, I) iog apologies for m. 11 ta.
" faith an I order" of Locofocos. V : im.
heard of no ease where any Whig w:;.; 1 :.
the i- directly or indirectly concern'. I : :.!)'.
now
To all whom IT :iav con. a:;, n : IU: 1
kiiaien, 'That the senior t alitor of thi i pr.jier,
about whom these reports h' ve been circa
lutud, Ins not b night one drop of spiiil .i'jr
any purpose whalever in years; that iiele'i
not drank one spoonful since his bo) hood ;
that he never crossed tho door-sill of a
grocery in his life; that he never wai ia
debt to any man, living or dead, to the
amount of tho thousandth part of a cent for
spirits, and that he intends to oppose the
. . t 1 n 1
making", vei.uuig ami using 01 anient spir
its for any other than purely medicinal or
mechanical purposes, ns long as it shall
use God to let him live. An I , liuiillv,
if tins friend fy notice shail fail' to slop thise
groundless and w at, ton calumnies, lie wi l
rconsider himself under the disagreeable
necessity of exposing the authors by nanic.
of proving their prevarications home upun
them, and of running them a few iium
through Brow nlow's celebrated smut-nia.
chine, which he has no doubt will S 'rv; t i
brin:; them to their s -nses (iftln-v have ,mv)
and placo them in their proper allium
boforo the community.
07 The Jonesboroiigh Whig ami the
Raleigh Star Jkivo commence. I the ia iv yar
in new dresses. Thisd-i well enoi'i for
thoso who can aiioid ii, but we will wear
our old coat until better times.
OCT Tho Raleigh Star- says that II n.
James McDowell, the newly elected h-
vcrnor of Virginia, is pronounced by lh,;
Richmond WhigU) bo a decided abolition
ist. This is unquestionably a mi take. Mr.
McDowell is a Southern man with southern
feelings, and the owner of many sl I'
is true he is n 1) ..-mocrat, but it is (iiial!y
true that he is a finished gentleman '
most exemplary christian ; and us a chris
tian nnd patriot he may regret that suchan
institution as doux-stb slavery -.was ever
introduced into our country. .. ButJic-ka
far from favoring the movements or the
modern abolitionists as' tho editor of tlw
Richmond .Wiii:: or .Raleiidi Star. We h'-
no partiality f rIr.1 Me Do wlJTl VpafflKST
but, let justice be dmo though tho heavers
should Tall.
l&r Since writiui "the above. ..wo. liavo
tr
seen that thj subject his biw noiic off by
several other piipers. We have also seen
the extracts from Mr. McDowell's spirchei
which the Richmond Whig adduces a evi
dence of his charge. Those extracts prove
what,? Why, that Mr. McDowell, as a
member of the Convention which revised
tho Constilution, was in favor of a legal,
gradual emancipation of the slaves of that
Slate. Ho believed as did many of tho
most valuable citizens of Virginia that the
State would do better without the instituiion
of slavery. The samo opinion prevailed
to a very great extent in Kentucky, and a
convention was at one time about lobe
called to adopt measures for abolishing the
system, and would, 'we have little duubt,
have been carried into efTect but fur the
reckless fanaticism of northern abolitionist
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