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1HE MESSENGER. D. 5. M'ANAitY-i). ROBERTS, 3, EDITORS. . , in. -. i ir 1 Friday, Oct. 13, 1843. , MIG PROSPECTS. The Whig party witnessed darker days than these just before tho Presidential elec tion of 840, and yet they-achicved the greatest political , victory the country; has ever known ; and they can, and they vnu.. do it again, tt is true that a damper" has been cast upon tho, Whig fire of ,1840, by the perfidy and corruption of tho man the Whig's elected to'the second office within the gift of the American people. " But what of that? it can and will be rekindled, and it, will sweep every thing beforo at as it did in 1840.'' We repeal that iheVbig fire of 1840, may have gone down upon the altars of the cause, but tho whirlwind of corruption which has,swept over the coun try like, a besom of destruction destroying the high-raised hopes of the friends of lib- erty will kindle it into a flume, and it will burn nji fervently as it ever did. The peo ple will speak through the ballot-box, and they wilt bo heard and obeyed There isno cause for discourngementi5-hh would, there ismit a shadow of doubt, in the result of the state elections. ' They -are generally more or Jess-influenced by local causes. If we are to judge of the future by the past, the Whigs must suc ceed. In 1839, the year previous to the last Presidential election, the Locofocps succeeded in all but six of the states of this Union, viz: Ken tuky, Louisiana, New York, Delaware, Rhode Island and Vermont. What if the Whigs haJ then considered it idle to attempt to elect' their candidate to the Presidency ? But no such feeling existed. They were not to 1)0 out done because they were defeated in the stato elections. The' Whigs "know they were in the majority from one to two hun. Jred thousand, and that it was only neces ary to call out this mass in order to elect 4heir champion. They mustered their for. ces for the contest, and when the battle was over they were victorious in nineteen of the twenty-six elates ! And it is a fact worthy of note that of the nineteen states in which the Whig were victorious in the Presided, tial election, thirteen were carried by the Locofocos in the state elections of the pre vious year, viz : Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland.Penn sylvania, Ohio, Michigan,- Indiana, Illi nois, Georgia, North Carolina and Ten nessee. It is another fact worthy of note that these thirteen states gave an aggre gate Locofoco majority in 1839, of 41,000 ' votes, and that these same thirteen states, ia the fall of 1840, only one year after the state elections, gave an aggregate Whig majority of 109,000! The Whigs went imu 111a 1 icaiui'uuui umioi wim uui i states In their favor, and they came out of it with but teven opposed lo them. jThese wre stubborn facts, and'they are enough to 'cause the most desponding . Whig to take courage. There is no cause for alarm as to the result of the Presidential election. If every state in the Union should go for tho Locofocos in the present elections, reason to suppose that Mr. Clay will Dot be sAtutaA pMaUitnT 1 OA A "Whigs7 let your watchword bo "Clay first Clay last Clay all the time," and in 1844 it will be responded 1o by accla mationTrom Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. It is utterly impossible for the Locofocos to deceive the people any longer with their fair promises, which neve have fceen, nor never will be fulfilled. t, The peo pie have weighed them in the balance and ' -founOheia .waDlin2.and-in-1844 they will. coofirnr their deelson. We -believe tthat; in reality, the Whig strength has not diminished in tho least, but rather increas ed, and only awaits the next Presidentia election to establish: those principles by which alone the country can be restored to its wonted prosperity J Business.. With capitalists monev 1 plenty, and loaned very cheap i -say for 3 w a per cent, per annum. All branches of trade and manufactures -are' brisk and prosperous. W-aee-adyertiBemcntsfof journeyman boot and shoe makers and good wages ouereu iu casn. mo cotton and woolen factories, are making money like . These are some of the oaai effort, nf the tariff, and yet a large majority of the " - - T- - locofocos have the incorrigible .hardiness to assert that the present tariff is ruinous lo the country. Wh'nt mnnnsI,r they ! This great cry against the tariff is all raised for effect they see the good it is doing, but iusa Whig measure, and their polky domands that it should be denounced. Tho very men who are so bitterly denounc ing the tariff with a perfect knowledge of tne gooa lUHis already accomplised, and the good itvill yet accomplish, profess to .e truo friends to their country, if they ore, we say friends. save the country fromTits 4 : ids sExrsomNoi f) ; We see the names of several prominent Whigs spoken of in bur "exchanges, in connection with the office of. Governor. Let the people apeak out 00 this subject, we like to bear them express their prefer ences, but we do hope they will not permit their preferences to become prejudices. Let the respective claims of each individu al spoken of, be brought before the state convention, when it assembles, -and then et the Wh'gsjof NortbCarolina to a man, unite upon the nominee of the convention. Jf unity of aotioh characterizes ,lheir move, ments, the Whigs must and will triumph. They have the majorfty on- the popular vote, and it is only necessary tLat each Whig should do bin duty, in order to elect a Whig. Governor.' by a majority of eight b& ten thousand. ' . - , . ' 7 . 'A word to the Whigs. Let each count in the state be fully represented in the con vention, that there may be a fair expression of opinion on this subject, so' that the nomi nee of the convention may be chosen with regard to the wittof,4he majority. We know that in different parts of the stale, different men are the favorites of the peo. pie. Hence tho necessity of a fair ex pression o opinion on this subject, in or- der to prevent dissension among the Whigs, result In their, defeat. -Whigs, we warn you , to beware of dissensions. Let the nominee of the convention be your man, and him only, and our word for it, North Carolina will have another Whig Goveri nor. It ii only necessary to success that the Whigs go to work as soon as their lea der is chosen, and that the do their duty. If they enter the campaign with a deter mination to conquer, they wilf come off victorious. It is the duty of every man in a republican government, to exercise the right of suffrage when it is extended to him, and more especjajlyjejjhjearest interests of his country are at stake. . Then let every Whig in the state be at the polls on the day of the election, and let him do his duty between this and that time, and we have no fears about the result North Carolina will be right side up. -v V THE TJEIFF IT TUB SOUTH. The Democracy of -the south are. very violent in their denunciations of the tariff affecting to think that it is ruinous to the interests of the south. How they can de nounce the tariff so bitterly in the face of such -evidence as can be produced of its good effects, is certainly one of the seven wonders. The Georgia Journal . gives us some of the good effects which the " Clay Whig Tariff" has wrought in that part of the south, which completely answers the harangue of the Locofocos about the tariff increasing the prices of the necessaries of life. Subjoined is the Journal's article : " At retail in this place, good, very good COFFEE is selling at ten pound for one dollar and SubAR eleven poundt for one dollar! No more than eighteen months ago COP- FEE was selling Ave pounds for one dollar and bUU AK, six pounds for one dollar ! In the consumption of these two articles, we ask the Democrats wherein does the Whig Tariff injure the people ! -, LOAF SUGAR that used to sell in this place at 25 cents per pound can. now be bought at 14 cents a pound ! Does the Tariff prove disadvantageous here? , ' In the same proportion is tie reduction of price, on other necessaries. .Now, when we compare the effects of the Whig Tariff, with, the effects of the Tariff when Van Buren was President, on. which side is the esult most ftivorablo 7 " v ' These are (acts for the people. They all know them to be sol And one fact with thent should outweigh an hundred as sertions that cannot be proven true.." . " (T Kendall's Expositor baa xpressed its willragness toTTujpo'r receives the nomination -of the Democratic National Convention, -and asks '' Will not the Globe V To whlchih? Globe replies: "The Globe will not indulge a supposition so derogatory to the Democra cy. To suppose tfiat the Democratic party may nominate, Mr. Tyler for the Presiden cy, is to suppose that it is destitute of po utical principle M", ' V 1 : ' It certainly must grieve Mr. Tyler very much "when, he thinks bow he has labored 0 gain the confidence of the' Democratic party, and is thus rewarded. The infatu ated man proved himself so reckless as to fwreuony eowsehich nethoW please" the Locofoc wnn tne rewards of bis treachery are, rewards of his t even from those by whom he expected to be caressed thev curse the traitor though t)iej love 1 they treason. , . i . (r The Charleston Mercury says that Mr. Clay can beat Mr. Van Buren in all the -Southern States, and seems to think that Mr. Clay will be elected,, f he and Mr. Van Buren are the candidates. Yes, and he can be elected over Mr. Calhoun,' or any other man the Locofocos may choose to run. Mark that. ' ' v ' Candor is declined. Dahlonega-Timet. Just as might have been exoect Kr.Ata Locofoco convention recently held in Columbiana county "Phio'tne strength of the different Democratic api. rata was tried, hich resulted asfbllows : For Van Buren 1925, Johnson 113, Buch anan 30, Calhoun 9,X!ass 1, Tyler 0. At the MassachusottiXocofoco State Conven tion, the vote lor a candidate Cor tlft Pres idency stood, for Van Buren 632, for Cal houn" 373. Mr. Van Burcrt's prospects of receiving the. nomination of the National Convention are undoubtedly, brightening the signs of tho times indicate auctra result. But Mr. Van Buren cannot be elected, and the Loeofocos certainly know it. He has been v weighed in the balance ahd found wanting, and "he has give n evidence of amendment if re-elected aud without the most positive evidence of far better man agement in the affairs of the government the people Surely will not reverse their ma ture and deliberate decision. 1 Inxinltfr Insanity is now the only plea for the defence of a"criminal when aralgn- ed before a court.f justice. 1 When a man commits a crime, no matter how Jbeinous or how petty, if ho is brought before a court to account for it, he has only to plead in sanity and he goes unwhipt-oj justice. How convenient it is to bcctfrrle insane at at times ! It is surprising to witness the success attendant unon this course When a man commits a crime, by some myste rious process, he instantaneously becomes insane. We notice a case now pending in one of the courts of Maine, in which a prosecution for a brdacb. of promise to mar-J ry was brought by a young lady, .and it is said that the plea for the defence is to be, that the young man was insane' when he made the prornjse I This is a new idea, and the young men of the country should thank him for its Introduction. What sub terfuges the guilty resort to, in order to evade justice! i5 Tennessee ItghlatDre. This body con vened on the 2nd inst HJosiah M. Ander son was elected Speaker of the Senate over A. O. P. Nicholson, - Gen; Daniel L. Bar renger, formerly of this state, was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives over William Polk. , The Senate; on the 3rd, 'passed a bill on its third reading, to remove the seat of Government to Kingston, in Roane county The House passed a similar bill on its se cond reading, designating Morfreesboro1, in Rntherford county, as a suitable place. Littlk Massachusetts. "Jefferson county , in Tennessee, goes by the name of " Little Massachusetts." At the lost elec tion this county gave Jones, the Whig can didate for Governor, 1600 votes, and Polk, the Democratic candidate, only 237, being a majority of 1349 1 Wonder if the old Bay State will follow the noble example of 1. !... 1 - . ner June namesaKei - (KT Mr. Tyler will occupy rather ah un enviable position during the next session of Congress. .The Locofocos will have a ma jority in the House, and the Whigs in the Senate, and MfTyler will have thw satis, faction of knowing that he does not enjoy the confidence or "respect of either. This is as it should be. - A man who has acted as basely, as treacherously as John Tyler has.deservea .not ihe confidence and re spect evenjsf jhojdijring-Bu8hmenTfi Ever thus may the traitor be rewarded. . Joe Smith. We learn from -the New York Express,;that 7oe Smith, tjirfgreat Mormon prophet, has renounced theDem. ocratic party and declared himself a Whig, and further that he has' avowed his deter- minationto " swear. his. children never lo vote the Democratic ticket again, in-' evil their generations.1 As he has seen his errorlti one thiugThe may n alT and finlly forsake his evil ways. ; '' OT The longest name -we have seen for some lime is that of the infant daughter of tiiC Queen of Portugal; She. iat be chris tened Donn3 Maris Anna Fernanda Leo poldina Michaels Rafucla GflbriellaCarlota Antonia Julid Victorr Praxeduj GonZSga i Braganza e Bourbon Saxa Coburg Gotha 1 ! (ttGor. Morton has appointed Thurs- day, the 80th of November next, as a day of thanksgiving in Massachusetts. Guess the turkeys and pumpkins will know what's woman rather under the ordinary imeiy oieo at ureensoureicrindiana. weish. j. j ... -. .11 .. : ing over ouu pounas. twee Uranch, , You can have the H pewter" we ac knowledge thdtyou can eff-iSr women than toe know of. Oh ths Fence. Mr. Van Buren rat umn h. fence durine the protrren of the Dloucrhinv mioK t the great Ajfriooitunrt jneetinj in New York. He eeemed quiu at home, havinr errxt dcul nf capcuciiuo iu v yottuoa. tiocneiter Democrat. The Democrat doea not tell tbe'whole atorf . Aa Mr. Webster pasMd him Mr. Van Buren uk. ed him to take a aeat by hia tide. No, air," aaid Mr. Webster jokingly, I'm no fine mm ."The request waa not renewed. JV. Y. Tribune. Glad to hear that Mr. Webster j not on the ene. We despise the man who straddles a rail. If he is anTthing let him show. Jt .1 1 FAITHFUL PICTUBfi Mr. Clay, in a letter. foJheChotaberfc burg Clay Club," draws a faithful sketch of the manner in which the Government has been administered for the last twelve or fifteen years. The picture Is drawn by s master hand, and its correctness must be acknowledged by thecandjd of ail parties. It is a lamentable fact that the country has been cursed with the worst state bf affairs, since the installation of MrV Van Buren in. to power, ever known Jnour historx When the reins of Government were placed in the hands of Gen. Jackson, and trans. milted to Mr. Van Buren, what were the promises of the Deniocratio party! Wo were to have " retrenchment and reform.," and they, have given us tne very reverse. UndorMr. Van Buren s administration, corruption infected every department of the Government. And his is acknowledged to be, by all lovers of good, government the most corrupt and profligate administr tion that has been in power since the decla ration of independence. And yet the Lo cofocos will ask the American people to re-elect Mr. Van Buren if he receives th nqmination of the- Democratic National Convention. This is emphatically adding insult to injury, i Subjoined is an extract from Mr. Clay's letter ) which we commend to the careful perusal of our readers. It is a fafthfu! picture of the misrule and corruption with which our country has been cursed for the last fifteen years $ v . I -concur with you; Gentlemen, general Iv, in the retrospect which you have pre. sented of the administration of public af fairs, during late vears- and in the meas ures of policy which ought to guide it. If wt are not utterly deceived in the theory of free Government, the people of, the United States ought all along to have been and should now be, the happiest and most pros perous people upon the earth, but our con dkion has been, and continues to be, far oiherwieej It is iinpoesible to contemplate the Administration of the Uovernment, our. ing nearly the last fifteen years, without fpejings of tne deepest regret and bitter. est mortification. That Ions period has been marked bv relentless proscription similar-in-spirit, if not attended with the samettusion of blood, as that whicnis re corded in Roman history to have been per peteated by Marius and Sylla ; by reckless experiments and the overthrow of -valuable institutions ; by the destruction of the beat currency in the world", and consequent de rangeroent in all the business of society by extensive and scandalous peculation on the .part pf the public functionaries: by extravagant and profligate expenditure of the public: money ; by attempts to subvert the long cherished policy of the country under which it had eminently flourished and prospered; by relaxation in the respect ana autnonty oue to tne law anauonstitu tion ; by wide-spread and alarmipg demor alization ; by a fearful grow, and corrupt use of the power of the Executive branch of the Government ; and, finally, by a de gree of perfidy in theihead of that branch, of which no equal example can be. found in this or any other Country in this or any other see. At the commencement of the administration of the present acting Chief Magistrate, the leaders of our political op ponents, with a few honorable exceptions, assidiuousiy courted and caressed him ; Hat trring and praising him for his . violation of the just expectations of a confiding people, they marched up in solemn column, arm and arm, along Pennsylvania Avenue, to the f residential Mansion to thank and con gratulate him, for exercising a Royal pre rogatiye, to defeat the wishes and hopes of the feople. Men; under the abused name of "Democrats, loudly exulted in the failure of a measure demanded bv.the urgent wants and voice, and essential to the pro motion of the interests, of the people; ex ulted in the perversa and corrupt wilt of one man) overruling the. will of a large majority of tho nation I In the dispensa. lions of an all. wise Providence, retributive justice sure to come sooner or later. The acting President, so much wooed by politidrtleaders, in the beginning of his ad. ministration, now, as its end. approaches, inhis turn, and very rrluch to their annoy. ance, exercises all bis blandishments upon their part). Nor is their danzor or retrrets diminished, "by the fact that whilst their in. struraents of seductioa. were honeved words, his are the lucrative; offices of Gov- ernmont. ,r T ' f . r The great political event of iBtO, had anbbioctfar more elevated and important than that of. a mere change in the high functionaries of the Nation. It was to bring about a radicalimprovement in public policy. . AnC VSjat, erter that event; was the martjy,' berai C!?d Tatr1otic course which ihe jjefeajed porty-fthoyld, jia ve pur. sued? It was to have cheerfully BCQif-s- ceal in the will of the People, pcoclaimed by an unexampled and overwhelming tna. jority. They -shottld- have-said "-The" people disprove of our system. 'Thev re quire a sound currency of uniform vnhut They are opposed to the Sub.treasury. tnevuemana a aistrioutionot tne proceeds 01 tne saies 01 the public lands, among all the States.' " They insist upon an- honeat and economical administration of their pub. lio affairs." v They are opposed to the err. droachment,of the Executive department and require salutary restraints -upon its power. We shall continue bv free discus. sion-and fair arguments, to recommend our measures, and to expose those of our no- HtlAafAnnnnAn A . "Ik... . I. ' J. fair trial of their system of policy, and we will make no factious opposition, nor throw anyunreasonable obstacles in their way. Above all, we scorn to empToyany arts to seduce, from the path of his dutv. the man who has reached (lis elevated station in pile of our strenuous exertions agalhst him, by the conftdene whici they gencr ously reposed in his honor and fiedelilv." now iar we readers Ot tne other nartv have conformed to this upricht and straight forward course, passed ahd passing. Events sufficiently testify. They prove-thir the acting President, and the part; which has assumed thej-ame "of democratic without the least color of title to it. are now com- fifetely identified, closely united, one arid divisible.. If, in the sequel, they should a-A 1.: i..t . i... .1 ; uuu iiiiii iu lubuuTonrcui aaauviato, iiiey have nobody but themselves to reproach.' Tbe Ust war with Great Britain taught the patriotic lessonlhaf , du ri ng a contest with-a-foreign power, it, is the duty of all parties cordially to unite and to give our afrrwlhe greatost possible effect and vigor ; and that any party , which violates that prin ciple, is sure to, lose the public confidence. Qur experience, in a season of peace, will, trust, inculcate another important lesson, that treachery and perfidy are alike dotes. table, at all times, and will demonstrate, still more clearly, that invaluable but too often neglected truth, in public affuirs, that nonesty is tne Dest policy. It Is painful even to gaze on the "pT the Administration of the GeneroTUovern ment which I hivo faithfully sketched. It would have boca happy for the people of the United States,! if it were a mere fancy piece to survey. But their long, general and intense embarrassments have unfortu. nately too severely Assured them of its ac tual reality, it would have been a much mors agreeable. task, to me to portray the purity, disicterestedpess, hopor, probity and fidelity of all in the charge of our pub lic concerns ; the wisdom of their measures, and the consequent general prosperity of tne. Uountry. Uut we now know the nature, extent and causes of the public disorders, and, what lis no less important, their reme. dy. ; That remedy i in the hands of the People."' Under other forms of Govern ment, where public spirit is' not entirely crushed by 'arbitrary power, the People would long since ' nave sought redress by violent and convulsive means. It is our peculiar good fortune to have in tho ballot, box a remedy which supercedes, a necessity of resorting to them, and; which is quite as efficacious, and more certain, as welias f..t .1. f 1 And it affords me inexpressible pleasure to say to you that it isjny firm .belief, from all the signs of the times, from all the ; - - - r . - . J .11 .1 causes now in operauqn, ana irora an tne information which I derive from every ouar. ter of the Union, that a greet and glqrious deliverance awaits us ; and that the feople will, in 1844, nobly vindicate their rights and manifest anew their capacity for Self. Government, by a triumph more brilliant mora decisive, and I hope more auspicious than that ol 1840. J hat accom most of our views of public policy, which you suggest, will. I trust, be enforced, and we shall once more behold our Country honored and respected abroad, beloved and prosperous at home, and steadily advancing in i no pain wnicn icaas to greatness ana grandeur. tv We see it stated in some of our ex changes that the Postmaster General has al ready succeeded in putting s stop ; to the . . . . .L' 'll.-l .1 CI IL '.t iransporiauon oi me man on me oaoDaw on different routes, jo the amount of 80, 000 miles in length lie deserves' much credit for it- BLACK LIST. The following persons have sloped to parts unknowns-indebted to this office ihe amount annexed to their names : ' B. ML Enloe, ( . ' fti-50, - J. A. Mingus, ; . Ui, ' 0 50' J.C.Cochrane,. . 0 25 These miserable scamps lived in the neighborhood of, and received our papers from Quallatown P. O., N. Q. - f FOHTHfi ME38ENGKK.1 Messrs. Editors, It will no doubt afford you and your readers some pleasure to learn that a recruiting party aptiearcd on the eleventh of (his month at vane Creek, enrolling .the names of several vol unteers for the Cold Water Army ,vIt was a good beginning, considering that old General Alcohol has been very, busy at this place for several weeks past, employing many oi'nis old soldiers in preparing the battering-rams. Joranotheratiack-4)efere cold weather sets in. However, if the Cold Stream Guards should appear too for midable, perhaps the conflict may be order ed to taku place on. the thirsty sandhills of tne srautb, there the victims may.be buried, no one knowing who slew themi this irf modern charity, (wnhsome.) The signers j mo xuiai riuug- on mis occasion were persons of influence, and little doubt re. mains" but considerable force will be added. a. -a ' i ne ousiness ot the day commenced with prayer. James Mc Braver. Esq.. was call. ed to the chair; and M. P. Freeman chosen Secretary pro tcm. Tjie Rev. T. Stradley delivered ararinropnateaddregsr r The- meeting adjourned, to meet train shortly..'-n ' yo onf iemEcrancaj!, Cfljmodestiy. -: -i T. S . MoNarrr or rroif, Noyooor man can prot per in life, unli ho liommftnces on career with strict honesty of purpose, with a steady aim to Tiriuuus sHiiion ana a scrupulous regard lor tne rights of others, he is sure to meet with prosperity. W hile those who turn about and eauirocaterand strive for wealth, not Bach caring how it ia ob tained, ara looked upon with suapiciori and distrust -the trnlv honest are respected and beIovefsnd and are regarded as valuable and influential citi. sens. In ail eases and at all times an boneat man can be safely troated. He takes no advantage of circumstances or conditions. , , Afl honest soul is like a ship at serf, r" i nai sleeps at ancnor when the ocean's calm, But when aba rages, and the wind blows hijrh. He cuts his way with skill and majesty." Let Toons' men esDeeiall. hihlimi. hm. erres to a life ef honestv. that no eonsidAmtion will tempt them from the nath of dut. Than they will asewedlr nrosner. Whatever ttu- nn. dertaks will go on regularly and trinmghantly, until all their wishes are crowned with comnlete success, .Porliaad (jtf,.) Tribune. muro iMjBgciuiiiinrijugjsq uilcmiBipj-BCHlsesilrKrraaitn fe i ,J :. . tT.A- : i- t j r. ..n . . 6 . Whlf trespefcl,, itorof thePat.k...i Tl,. T?,ll. , -. " ccr, after an absence of three IT Northern and Eastern S .!Twk,i. 7'U"UI ' ,norenbur Intent, Eastern States, ha, thus ana.!..-.- . cd home, and thus ntunj. I of the. Whig party : " . PPc(i --.. mi.! ,r uie " l ho inquiries wh eh gv.i " wo iibt nereioiore exeressnH ,. Whig Party have controlof aJ' ft i tiol flection in thbir on ha4 Witt that the great Repr,eM.,it. ",r prlncinlesjhaU be eleeff 9 a glorious triumph. . Att 'i Whi whom vo nolJ.nJ J" WDP k weredetermined and sahruw' iS only Wh.g measure Wch C perfenLA! is nnw fti full Effects on the ' bua e . a' the munll-V Inlron r y I - J b w .v.. w, must WOUld k the effect of the combined operation of a ' the Whitf measures; while it iH... I phatic contradiction to the predictioiJrf mil" nnnniunl. ' - Ullil.nL. m . " ' I . rrw.,v...-. . 11,10 in,, euect of II. measure is bereoivnrl-anrWr.lii.!i - f-------- u.v !----.- (Jilt tag canctmtrast the improved and tnmZ condition of our country with our lit. ? astrous and gloomy state, who uvQt that the People will lift up- their yoicsfe, the men who will advocate the mttuvt .un.ii .iuuo prevent a tearful ncA mreovoi uis evus sua, difficulties frl which we have begun lo extricate ourselves To re-establish the sway . of Locofocoiin I would be but to re-enact the fearful dram the firsts act -of which was presented tal years ago, and the . denoument of whkl we have but lately witnessed. The Peoilt know this full well, and to suppose X they would again plunge lalo debt and dit ficulfy, incurring the hazard of individuaj ahd Stot insolvency and repudiation, b(p aupposo mem uneriy ignorant ol what trndi to their own safety or ruin. ' -, ' ,. Our opjwoents can promise Ihe peopli nothing' but what they have already givea in leariui sounaance. , - ihey can promin riiin, distress' and disgrace, and tliny at point to' previous "performance as a prssf that their pledges will be redeemed. Tbet can promise hard money, and ihuw bos hard : money Was to get under their.rub Tliey can promise 'Fred Trade,' and pofa, to factories closed, workmen discharonl . 1 -. ' 1 , ' p incurred, as proofs of its blessings. Tbcy can promise oa economical Government, and point to the more than One Hundred and Fifty Millions of Dollars expended ii four years by Mr. Vsn Buren's Admin tration an amount nearly "ircblo that a. ponded by the " t xlrdvagant w J. Q. Ad. ams in the same period and show bow much they valued the people's mooey. They can promise fidelity in office-holderi, arid publish Levi Woodbury's correspoo. dence with the defaulting officers, to shot how indispensable Aonfy was fur offict under Mr. Van Buren. They can promiai wen rcuiaiw CAViiaiiga, auu puiui w tm extra vacant rates of exchange between At ferent points of thj country, whiclLlori long time existea. All these,, ihiotrs they can do, and ask the people to trust them again, in prefer ence to those, who, in spite of the foulest treachery, have done enough to showlhst' they are determined to practise what ton preach, and perform what they promised. Will the people listen to them! Tbey any, but'it will only ho to reply. We have tried you once, and found you wanting io every thing which nppertainslo good government You found 'us prosperous and happy:' JTou left us ruined and disgraced. ' To trust you again would be such sn act of rnadnesi and Tolly, that the rncre proposition ii M Insull to ourunderstanding.'" " W " , '. - VVhat id in a NAMer Why is it tbattte name of llenry Clay is never mentioned in publio wuhoot an outbreak'of e nthuiiastie applaUse7 Tlie Vtica Gsxulte tells as, that while' PiWf. Grimes was lecturing In that place oi phrenology, he had occasion ire. ocmlv fo hold-upjer the inspection of t audion5.e the portraits of various persoM remarkable for some prominent e.ici indication, and for corresponding routusi mnniffatation of the character. Among the est that of Henry Cloy; ohdthe too. mert that was done and the audience caognt a view of if, with the announcement th ihisis the " Head of Henry Clay !"iod krf:..- .k ,r0, hmf time lo utter UCIVID LI IVJ II.VIVIVI . , oihnr word, there burst spontaneously sad, as"t seemed. with almost entire nnaniroiiy, such a repeated and drowning peal of p-pltfU9e,-encorinrSB cheering, three time repeated, as to make ino noio --" .k.b. n,l ih nrliuei of the cxpionu" to reverberate tlVrough its arches and colon nades. v, '-. , . .. ' Professor Grimes was cvidcTiilv aon edand taken 'by supprisc ; anp wnen noise Had a little subsided pleasaouy la rked, "that he had undesigseoiy ed a-very excitable organ or bump. It was the heart that was tout. .-- Ar ria-tt was the swelling orin gushing enthusiasm, determinedio do Jv iicoto Harfy of the We.l.WAuifc Independent ' z 4 . ' V- ,nek.,of Henry'Ckf without . word of praiaef Tb - -o '""" loeofoeo jnu.thfl conrrtlT iwho Will hot, wh , II, seod Americans i Wany cou. - -roodlribute to his geriins snd, Zl inay. and no doubt do, v"' rz:, too genirous to wilhhold from , which, i. due to candor, honesty, and fen" ,1 . I M.MB .UW road car, a circumstance arose in Ml riU, relation to Henry Oayv in which a fU a atrong German accent-a enUem-a Hebrew erudition-epoae oi nem, "rfc honest man. A gentleman opposite, ed member of the Ohio bar, Interrupt h'hb, after a courteous apology for lh "J,Zioei took, aaid : "Sir, I am the roost 7)179 in the strongest locofoco district m "r'w0ni(i mjr section tW ft no a t" who not take off his coat toihastis the eau0(-t would dare- to say that? Henry Chf "Tuti if they can nut tfley wm V'""- wBjs mat iienrriav. wiwu w- -- j TBS' Tha Wh i- nurt lISS In SXO IUM glory of Ifeory Clay's character. Jt tho-coontry. 4i political loss, . 1 1.. mn.l .rHent nf them, will opposs 01 puto was ended PhO, IntUjttnient- re oDDdse him. is not an non-ai
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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