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VOL: IV-3VO. 22.
ASIIEVILLE.1V. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1844
WHOLE NO. 178
BY McKEE & ATKIN.
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IVxMTT.ma Carre for each eontinoance , The
number of ioeertioae dew red mint be marked on
the maririn. or the adrertiaeneDt will be conttnu-
. ed till forbid, and charred aooordinffly. Court
Order will be charged twenty-live per eent extou
" Sbort Patent iermon. i
, Gone I gone forever t , Like aTuabing wave, f ,
Anoint-r year nu ourat upon me etiure--i
Of earthly being and iu last low tonea,
v Wandering in broken aenente on the air.
' Ar dying to an echo-PiisNTica.' "
My hearer-Tbo occasion oa which I
now .hold forth . is mon than ordinarily
hadud with the deep Qmber or lolwnnity
II U nn occasion calculated to call forth
ihoiichta ,dreaed lit the aober guise, of pen
slvenesi. and rofloctions appareled in the
Xrobo of olemnity; vornamnted with the
gUlU BUM ail TO g; . .U lllllll V IIVe -MHV
-thflro be silence ! for tnother yenr ho been
: entombed in the dark epulohre ot the Past
. a "-' v a a " 1 ( I f , 1
r MnfliAa Audi Vina hAah nftr ian ff m i na
fleet pinions of Time end Eternity has re.
ceived another doee of physic', by gulping
into its insatiated mAw the contaminated
arcaso of 1844. .Djri'CnsR 'why, yo
should mourn over the grave of the past
year, or joy over he cradle of the infant
44.f You should mourn foriho dead year,
, dnoni a!The. youngvahfcldmourp,
because, by its demise', another flower has,
fudedJrUho boquel of their-youinful de.
. light, and another leaf has been turned
-over in the only volume of romance which
the taa'n library, of life affords; and the
aged should mourn, because another foot
hold has given away, ott the sand-banW of
existence, leavingthem to pull themselves
up by the brittle; weeds that grow upon the
margin of their own graves. You should
rejoice, my friends because, through he
aid of Tempe's swollen Apod, the ten thou
sand ills thai have choked up your rivulets
of happiness, have been swept into the sea
of oblivion, there to lie and rot unheeded,
like, so many potatoe skins at the latter end
or a gutter. Wlwrt is a aingle yar? me
thinks I hear you ask. It ia of more im
portance than you aecm to apprehend. In
us dying -struggle it hits us a kick in our
alvine regions, and sends us another notch
nearer to our everlasting homes; it deep,
ens the furrows that Time has gently mark
ed out upon the fcotnelj features of man
hood, end crops white hairs from the bar
ten poll of age. Sihco l-last addressed
you, my friends, the tip end of my con.
spicuous nose has been shoved two inches
farther into the portaLof the tomb, and an
other wrinkle has been added to my dor
rugated brows and so it is with the whole
6T you. Every annual circlingoithe sun
by the earth you inhabit, windjrffp a fiftieth
or a seventieth, as the cose might be", of the
cord of existence ; and you will all kick
Ihe"ix1eni66ner"tlian you expecr7an3, 1
fear, long ere you are prepared for the ago
nizing squeeze. , ' ' ,
My dear hearers another year has gone
gone forever ! like a rushing wave it has
burst upon the shore of earthly being, and
fled back into the eternal ocean of nothing,
ncii from whence it aprons. The last
echoes of its expiring moans now faintly
echo, upon the wintry air; and Nature,
dons her mamle of mourning, while frozen
teamlrtinirTolHdowtt-her-diatorted phiz.
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charnel-yard of by-gone ages; but the
loyely damsel Spring . will soon sttew its
grave withthe budding blossoms of promise,
and the thorns of future sorrow and woe
shall be covered bv the sweetest f roses.
But. dear hearers, beware of this witching
delusion ! If you grab loo hastily at the
flowers of anticipation, you may stand a
channa of crettimr vour diaits scratched by
ibe obtruding briars of reality. The purest
bbjects of this world are merely gilded with
benutv. which finishes with the first eager
emhraee ven. as the - artificial blopm
whiclvtoo many of our young ladies wear
is kissed away with the first rapturous
-t .u. Th. Iittln anarf)
iiibi;h . w - ...... - .
i.k:nh t. 1lnitii) in vnu all. between this 1
. . . . .
and vnur final lumoimr-on mace, caneasi
ty be surveyed by the watchful eye of pru
dence; and if you don't vateef atrtflgHt
over mountain, meadow, boa, and marsh,
you will be likely to enter upon the thresh.
bold, of hereafter with torn irowsers ana
Weather.beaten soufsV
This, mr friends, is a time for solemn
W- -M . .
reflection. Look back to the dawn or the
buret up year, and see whathanges, since
then, have taken place in the social worldj
Behold 1 how the friends of your youth
Wabeen atolen wsyfow.imany have
resigned life's ephemeral breatn now ma.
y have shed their last-tear of dejection
od closed, their dim peepers in the thick
hrknYsT "of death! Tis but a few short
ihootha since the late year rose as bright
s a tin tea-pot on the happy, the careless
nd the blytle--but where are they now
They have ended life's pilgrimage ere it
lad hardly commenced , and are now sound
happy hours which oblivion has copcealed
forever, O, how beautiful thoy seem! and
we cannot but wish that we had taken pains
io mcure meir lot ana tallow, as well as
tneir tilde and hair, when they were pre.
sent with us. But, what is gone, is gone
for good. - There is no use in trying , to
numoer tne wrecks that time has left be
hind him, pr in attempting to scrape up,
with the spoon of recollection, tha vast
quantity of milk he has unset in his frolicks.
You must now look Out for the future, and
let the past perish in the sterile kinedpm of
lorgetluincM. Uommenco ccan page id
the journal of existence; sou if a single
blot of vice '..bouldTpcT chance, stain - its
unsullied whiteness, ruJieul, I pray yon,
before it beebmerdriedahd fixed forever.
Many of you profess as mnch religion as
you can well carry oflT. without 'grunting ;
but I want to see you practice more morali
tyand jbow is the time to commence it.
It is my particular desire that yoit should
henceforth avoid all hypocrisy, cupidity,
venality, jealousy and revenge; and take
up the weapons of honesty, truth, charily,
temperance and love ; knock the devil him-
self down, should ho presumo - to cross
your path, and keep pushing .straight
ahead for the goal of righteousness, his
though the beH-hpunds of Hades were bark,
ing at your heels. ' - ' -
My dear friends ! yet a little while long.
errand no seasons wilt flourish around us.
Old Time will fold his gray wings, and ex
pire with the general bursiification of the
universe l and-silence for us all will pre
pare her dark mansion, where beauty no
longer shall nourish her rose, nor the lilly
Overspread the wancheek of. Despair ; but
we have this consolation : the eye shall be
brightened with unfuding lustre, when it
wakeato true bliao ih overlasUnz realm
of gio'ryj' where the sun never more shall
go down on jhe grave of the year. So
mote it be! . r
the sanctified odour of en immortal soul,
perfuming the heavenly throne pf Omnipo.
tent Justice. It It the holy innocence of a
contrite heart ascending before the altar of
Divine Mercy. And it is the saintly Queen
of peace, who, silently, bestows a precious
gift of benign charity upon, ber, penitent
subject, and causes him to return in thanks
of adoration "0 thou Almighty Being,
whose eye surreys creation's utmost
bounds, and at whose nod the noblest na.
tions tremble thou, to whom the humblest
loolHfof mercy look on me !"
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nry's Well at Nazareth, .
rA quarter of- league distant, is a well
called Mary's. It is now enclosed in the
churc h of the schismatic Greeks, who have
erected an altar to it Tradition relates,
that Mary was accustomed ta go there for
what water she wanted, and, to convince
one's self that this must have been te cuse,
it is sufficient to consider, as I have already
remarked, that the water is very scarce,
both in Naznretluand in the environs.
The road leading thither, bordered with
Nopols and fruit trees, forms a charming
walk which the prospect of the neighboring
hills and the fields covered with corn, ren. J
ders still more picturesque. The water of
cf this well Increased by" "thai " of another
spring, constantly overflows, and runs into
a spacious reservoir, consti ucted a hundred
paces further off, called Mary's fountain ;
it is thither most of the inhabitants go to
bring' it. Unfortunately it is not very
abundant, and a week seldom passes but
the eagerness of the throng occasions quar
rels and broken pitchers The pitchers
are enormous earthen vessels, of dispropor
tioned height. ,
,1 he women of Nazareth carry them on
"1 ' -tiuaJicay load,
having also a child in their
brllliDff Incident. -
- Id 1787 Wheeling wns beseiged by a
large army of British and Indians. So sud.
den woj ihe attack made that no time was
afforded Yor preparation. The fort at the
time of the assault, was commanded by Col.
Silas Z me, the senior officer who waa in
a blockhouse some 50 or 100 yards outsido
ofttiowatl. The enemy made several des.
perato Assaults, to break, into the fort, but
oa every onset they were driven back.
The ammunition for the defence -of the fort
was deposited tn tho blockhouse, and the"
attack was made so suddenly and unexpect
edly that (here was no time to remove it.
On the afternoon of the second day of the
seige, the powder in the fort wes-nearly ex
hausied, and no alternative remained but
that some ope must pass through the eno.
my 's fire to the blockhouse for powder.
When Silas Zane made the proposition to
the men, to sse if any one would undertake
the hazardous enterprise, at.first all were
silent.. After looking at each other for
sometime, a young man stepped forward
nd said he would run the chance, lmnie
iately half a dozon offered their services
in the dungerous enterprise.
While they were disputing about wno
should go, Elizabeth, sister of the Zanes,
came forward and declared she would go
sometimes
arms, they walk with a lightness that is as.
lonishing. pother Pernetus was with me,
the few days since, at fountain.' He wished,
out of devotion, to drink of its water, and
asked a woman for some, who readily grati
fied him. 1 drank in my turn, and 1 thought
right to express my thanks, by offering
her a piece of money. She peremptorily
refused and appealed ottended, to judge
from the significant gestures which she ad
dressed to her neighbors. I was the more
surprised, as it was the first time I hadjfhet
wKJfa refusal from an Arab. At hrst44$.
mired her behaviour, and remarked its
delicacy to the good juther, not doubting
mat sne naa compioinea oi taxing pay mem
would flinch from the-enterprise,- but he
slumbering on their pillpws of dust in
Death's lonesome' valley, where the sod
presses cold, on their crumbling bosoms ol
y! "Whea we look-back upon those
for a draught of water. As. however, she awakens feelinzs also of a diuerent char-
continued to grumble, and, after all, the acte'r It breaks in upon my plans of life,
politeness with whtoh I had made my oner my piotessionai ana agricultural pursuits,
seemed to furnish a good excuse, I deter- and dsmands a sacrifice of interests which
mined to ascertain what it was that caused cannot well be spared from my lamiiy.
tar tn tnlk in such an animated tone. We 1 1 had 'therefore, most earnestly and nnx.
called an interpretjsr, and soon learned that iously hoped thut the choice of the Cou
she imagined! had offered her my piece as vention would have fallen on some ono of
the price of her pitcher, woicn sne vaiuea tnose uuie ana vinuous citizens, wuose
at a great deal more". When she was in- names have been connected with this sub
formed that my intention merely was to ject, and whose disinterestedness and zeal
give her a lakskiseh ,;hcf anger was chang. io thaWhig cause is onlylequalled by their
eiinto thanks. GeromJ, " devotion to its principles. Nevetthelcss,
with my conceptions of duty, (however
c"v much I lmd"wihed it otherwise,) I hafe no
1. Always receive your husband with alternative but to accept the nomination.
was mistaken. She had the intrepidity to
dare and the fortitude to bear her up in the
heroic risk pfJife. Her brother then tried
to dissuade her from the attempt by saying
man would be rrfore .fleet, and conse.
quently would run less risk of losing his
life. She replied mat yiey naa noi a hid
to spare from the defence of the fort, and
if she should fall, she would "scarcely be
missed. - She then divested herself ol such
of her ctblhmg as would Impede her spf ed,
grvt-fliri itil ulifBTTlved at the door Of the
blockhouse, where her brother, Lol. Zane,
hastened to receive-bis inlrepid sister. The
ndiuns. whefr they saw her bound tprtn,
1M nnt firo II min . but called aloud. 'Sauaw.
squaw, squata!1 When she bad told her
brother the errena on -wnicn no vomo, no
look a table-cloth and fastened around her
waist, and poured into it a?eff ol powder
she then sailed bacK to we ion witn an in
hnnvnnew of hone. The moment she was
outside of the block-house the whole of the
nncmv's line poured a leaden storm at her
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hni thn hi i wnt wniatnnc oy wunoui uo
inir heranv imuryi She afterwards mar.
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ried B Mr. Viairviue,t)i ymu,
From the Raleigh Register.
Sir. Graham's Acceptance.
The Whigs of the state.will learn with
pleasure, from the aubioined correenond.
e nee, that Mr. Graham accepts the uomi.H
naiioDome convention lor uovernor, re
cently rnade4 notwithstanding the great sa.
crifice of private interests which it de.
mands. We ask for liis adnrtrable., letter
the attenUve perusal to, which it is entitled :
; RAtnt6H Dec. 11, 1 843.
Hon, W. A. Graham: "..Xx
&R-lncomplinnce with a request con.
tained in ihe resolutions, herewith inclosed,
I have the honor to inform you that, at the
Whig convention held iathis place the 7th
Instant, you were unanimously nominated
as the Whig candidate tor Governor, at
the election to be held in 1844. I have the
pleasure of adding that your nomination
was received -by t ho convention, not only
with unanimity, but with the most hearty
and enlhiisiastic approbation.
It will afford me, as I am sure it will
the Whit party of the state, great satisfac.
tion to Itarn from you your willingness to'
accept ike nomination.
With lentimets of the highest regard,
I am truly your ob't scrv't,
GEOESPRUILL,.
"J resident of tlie Whig Vonvention.
, X r HitLSBOBo' Dec, 18r1843.
Sib :-4l have had the honor to receive
your Ictt r, inclosing the resolutions of the
Whig Comenlion, - which assembled at
Raleigh onthe 7th inst., and eopveying
the intelligenVe that I had been unanimous
ly nominatedby that body for the bffice of
Governor of florth Carolina, at the elec
tion to beheld Wing the next year. To
isunguished by a body so
respectable fbf its numbers, intelligence
and putriotis.-nj and the exponents of such
a constituerey ns it represented is a mark
of approbaftn which can only be surpass
ed, in my esteem, by a sanction pf the
nominatijn by the people of, the stutfe. t
That Iwas deemed worthy, "by such an
assemblale, to occupy a place which has
been adevned by Caswell, a Johnston, a
Davie, ubd so many other eminent citizens
men who have illustrated our name in
war and ib peace is an honor to which I
cannot be insensible, and" which I shall
ever regard among the choicest recoIlec:
tions of iy life. : . But .however gratifying
tope honorable pride, your commumcatiou
Rules for Wiv
Always receive your husband with
miles leaving nothing undone to render Without stronger reasons than any which
home agreeable and gratefully rccipro- I have to urge, I could not hold any other.
or!hapQ.W.di:tiJtJ hi4HdneM;epd-entto? -pcrsOiTjusnfied reTusirrg a cull from such
Z. olUuy 10 grainy Ills inciilioiiuus in re I a source, 10 lenu Ills IianiO BUu ma cuyn
gard to his food and cookery ; in the man- to the support of principles, which, I ve-
cement ot the tamiii ; in your uross, rilv belicyc. ne-uime lounaauon oi me
manners, and deportment. - enduring prosperity and happiness of the
3. Never attempt to-rule, or appear to country. .
rulex, your husband. Such conduct dc Though your letter requires no further
years, and finding it to fail his expectations
magnanimously surrendered his long-cherished,
theoretical opinions, and called on
Congress to re-adopt the system wliich had
beeqfound useful in practice. A Con.
gress, a majority of whom had partaken
of those opinions, convinced by ihe some
process of experiment, responded to the
call and established the Bank of 1816.
Thus no other system became necessary to
be devised for another period of twenty
years, During this lime the publfip moneys
were safe, and. our entire currency and ex.
changes attained a more perfect stato than
was enjdyed In any other country. . Ai.th
end of that term approached- those who op
posed the Bank sought for a substitute
which would effect all il beneficial objects,
and be free from the objections w liich they
enteriaincd to it. To make sure of a wise
provision of a substitute, and to enable the
country to undergo toe transition without
derangement to its affairs, ahey commen
ced their work early, it was proclaimed
that the agency of State Banks woulJ be
again resorted to. The states were ex.
ho'rted to establish banks, with a View o
carry Out the new system,xand the people
werejold that under it not only would the
finances of the government be as well or
belter administered than they had been by
the Bank of theUniled Slates, butthat-the
exchanges should be at least as low and the
currency as sound. Accordingly, the
Slate Bunks were trebled in number and
capital, the deposits of the public moneys
were tuken from the Bank of the United
States before the eud of jts charter, , and
placed ill them. They were encouraged to
lend freely, and especially to furnish a boun
tiful supply of exchange; and for three
years the country was assured by the most
triumphant "assertions of the public func
tionaries, that the experiment had succeed.
-J '- -;Ai'i. Whili. velthe notes
vu hi evei v uuiut.ui.,. - - T
of exultation at this great achievement in
fipance and currency were still sounding in
ourears.in May, 1837, tbn bubbfe burst
the system failed the . banks suspended
payment their paper depreciated and
with twenty millions of its money on de
posit in their vaults, the government was
obliged to resort to an issue of Treasury
notes to satisfy its doily expenses: By ar.
rangements and indulgences they have since
all paid up tjie amounts the held in do.
posit,' except it may be a comparatively
small sum. But the event showed, and
their former advocates now admit, that
they did not answer Ibe expectation of
the country. What was next to be done t
A like magnanimous sacrifice of the bride
of opinion with that which characterized
Mr. Madison and the Congress ot 1816,
would have counselled a return to the safe
nd tried paths of experience. But Mr.
Van Buren, the then President, had pro.
claimed " uncompromising hostility to a
Bank of the United" Stutes," and must
needs propose some new scheme." He
therefore brought to the consideration of
Congress the Sub-Trcssury system; by
which, abandoning all-care over currency
and exchange, as not within the powers of
tho Federal Government, (except so lar as
the former is embraced in the, power to coin
monev.and regulate the value of foreign
coins, Vit is proposed that all the dues ofj
grades husbands and wives always par.
take largely in the degradation of their
reply, I deem it due to the occasion to ex
their nress mv entire concurrence in the apm
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husbands. . X ions of public measures embodied in the
4. In every thine reasonable comply resolutions of the Convention, ror loriy
with his wishes with cheenulnesj and years o: the fifty-lour-that our government
even asiar as Tpssible anticipatenhemr-RnreXistcd. we have'h.id a National' Isiink.
6. Avoid all altercations or arguments That it was highly useful to the govern
leading to ill humors, and moref especially meht as a depository or the public monyes
before. company, rew tnings- ere- more ana a fiscal ageni hi meir irupwuiaaiyjt Huu
Hi.cTiiaiiriff lhan the altercations of the mar- disbursement, is proved by the unquestion-
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r ril when in the comDany oi irienos or ed tact thai tne nauousuuurcu uumuowm
straneers.. of loss, nor any delay or expense in the
i 6. JNever attempt toinxeriere in nis uusi- icanster ana paymeui m us imi
nM. nnloo. K auks vour advice or counsel : amount of hundreds of millions in all parts
uvwu mhvww j J - I - C
and never altempt to control him in the 0f the Union, by any ot ino operations o
mni.m.mPnt of it. " - the Bank. That it also lacilttatea anu
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7. Never conhde to gossips any oi me lowered me raiesoi eiuioui.uuiuiuio,..
ru;iin. nf.wnnr hnahand. nor anv of those d a currency eaual. or nearly so, to the
little differences ihat occasionally arise in precious metal, good alike;in all parts of
the married atate. If you do, you; may tho union-in wamo anu iuuk,, ...
. - ' A -ik.t-WM.r alrnnir Ihe int Nnrth Carnlina. WlChl!?an.r Illinois BIN
I LQL BOOUIVM .-.--- O I - ' - ' w--
governrpent sbairbe coflecteffTn'gofd and
silvef, and be kept by individual deposito
ries. I have not space to discuss that pro
feet here Let U surlice to say,suutf it
proposes to abandon a sate practical meth
od of administering the finances and reg
ulating ihe currency and exchange, lor the
speculative opinions of thoso who signally
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lulled in llie Kiaie liann rysiem, iu which
they professed equal confidence. Ur,
ralher. that we shall preter to eur qwn
American, successful experience of half a
-j-eentury r'he ex pe rierice ofCont4iiemat tipofhad
nas seen con
market for the largest part of their produc .
lions within their own limits, but curry
them to other states, and from the nccessf.
ties of trade, receive in payment the cur.
renciesof banks, over which their author
ilies have no control.
I was ono of :he earliest of those . who
advocated in the Legislature of the state,
the policy and justice of distributing the -proceeds
Cf the public lands among -the
states of. the Union. I do not consider this
fund as having been contemplated by the
fromST 'JT:tBb'c6n8titulion, . among the
me,ao for tho.ordinary support of govern
mnt , acT it has not been so considered by
others, if we have any, reference to the.
immense grants which have been mado of,
il from I i mo to time, to. stales, .stale corpo. -
rations, benevolent institutions for educa.
tion and Other purposes, as well as to itiJi'
viduals granlswbich would never have
been supposed within tho powers of Cou.
gress, it it had beeh acquired, thut they .
should be satisfied by equivalent sums of
money out bf .the .public treasury. X I will
only add va this topic that my conviction of
the .propriety ol distribution has only been
confirmed by the nearer view of tho subject
which 1 was enabled to take from a position
in the public service which I recently occu ..
pied. And I cannot but rcgurd it as most -unfortunate
for the country thai the acting
President ihought prbper to Of fef these"
two great and beneficent measures by the
exercise of the veto power, ,v . y . s
The Collections of revenue, and the ob.
jrcts and amount of its expenditure, arenl. '
ways matters of just and deep solicitude to-
the people, The, public iud;ment has long
since determined that in time of peace the
Federal Govcrnmout should raise its reven
ues by duties on imports, rather than a re.
sort to pirect taxation. And I most son -
dially subscribe to tho opinion of the Coo.
vention that no greater amouut should be X ,.
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cal' administration of the Government. '
rom.the year 1816 to 1837. a period of
iwenty-ono years, the revenues not only .
paid all the current expenses o'f govern.
meni, nut yielded an average excess ad.
nually of ll'J.2J millions of dollars.
This surplus was absorbed in the payment
of the . national - debt, arisins out pf ihe
Revolution and tho late war, until-us ex.
tinguUhment. We are now happily under
no necessity to provide ahy continuing ex.
cess fo'r such purpose, our debt being com
paratively inconslderoUe. All that is need- -eiT
at present is an amount which shall do
fray the annual cost of a proper peace es.
tablishment, with a moderate, temporary
excess, until the present debt shall b die.
harged. 1 lie question has arisen, who.
thcr, in levying such amount, discrimina.
tions should be made in the duties on par
ticular articles, for tho encouragement of
American industry, and to countervail iho
restrictions of other nations, or whether a
ke rato shall be collected on all artble., ,
without distinction. I haveno hesitation -
in saying, that whilst I think the govern.
ment should collect the least amount of mo.
ney which may bo necessary .'for an effi. .. ... .
cicpt public service'; in laying duties to
raise such sum 1 would incidentally afford
protection to Americun interests, when -
they. were defimeiLoC-suflicUmt impe-rtanee ;
to deserve if, as well bs counteract thfljef. '
fects of restrictive regulations on our trade
by foreign notions, wherever it should ap
pend expedient to do . so. To act other
wise, in the present condition pf the com .
mercial world, would he for the nation to '
ulwenuur the great principles . of Sclf.de-
lence and self.proteciion. . I did not" vote
for the tariff now existing.' Some of its
duties were higher than I approved, but in
he Vacant condition of the treasury 1-.
would not have withheld from it my sup.
a amendmerrtywliir'h rHnffirri-d
"What is True Religion f
The following beautiful reply was writ
ten in a ybung lady's Album, (in answer
to the above sceptical interrogatory) by
Mr. Jno. D. Smith, of INew x or :
Trnn TRliffion is a fountain of bliss, re.
freshing the weary traveller in this vale of
4ears. It is a ciieruo oi innuceuco .ui
mnniniT. with the noor in spirit. It is
winged messenger of consolation to the
fnrUim children of misfortune.' It is an
unbroken tmirror-f devotion, reflecting
"nn fiord: one faith, and one baptism
for all nations. It is an unchangeable dia.
dem cjf glory, irradiating the footstool of
the Deity. It is a ongni siar oi reveiauoo
in the celestial firmament "
"That guides th "wanderer ae he etraya
r O'er life's darkoceaa and ite4rackleta wajw."
It is an infalliable -chart, directing the
ever-varying course of hrnnan opinion. . It
. faithful sentinel of time for the unpre.
pared to meet the, tad decrees of deathIt
L . .;nn A.ntrp.1 to the slumberine' Vic
tim of th irtlve. It a a beacon of Jiope
before the bar1 of
junctions of secrecy on'one side, or the Missouri are likewise fiicts which have
pledge'on the ether. they will in a day or passed into history. Whether like advan.
LKnm th common talk of the neiah- tnf-es havebocn shored either by the gov.
borhood'.- erhment or im pcopie-m juoir petuu.orj
o p. . -l.;io wnnr mind, bo that, nffii m. whi st we navernau UO utu uauuii.
O. 4 r J iw vi.li".-.; - F , . ........ r . . ,
-u.ja VinuKii nri hBRHiErentona wen ThnrtmiTOUimroarecnr-pcrirucc,. ouu
IIUUIU JVUI O 1 ' -t . . j M -
informed, vou may join in rational couver- me nepons oi ir.
satioa with him ana nis inenus. ma as io a lumrci -r
ti Vru:i, .iKinrr a iriflfl thatma'v'b'ro. m answer. Tho charterof the first Hank
V, lilJUft. HVlHiHJ I . L 1. I C
duceanyfttientary brcachof harmonyj or having been pas. ?d with the approval of
the slightest uneasy sensation.
"Think nought a trijpe, though amaU it may ap.
R1 aanda the mOunUin, moments make the
year,
And Iriflea. life.
Else you may die ere yon nave leanie
In . ... i... m4 ivA in rill
Your care to trifle give,
:dtol
Uve.
Pri?m Wiishinetoo in 1791, for a term
renty years, and having been touna in
nrar.iica la answer ma iuu or
was designed, no other mode of adminis.
terinathe finances, or oi equaling e
.... ..nJnAa a 4 h. t,m
.h.nifM nr cnvillir BUUIIUllcsa "v bvi-
o " ..- J
.1 .ry iw, 5t,;,-inpa 1. n-v. was amtated or discussed until
iu. II vour uuauuuv. i i . ;. . ... r .i...
ways in ,'our. expenditure, bear in mind the about the time ot tne exp i.o
Irvine ticisitudes to. which trade and com. charter in jbii? n-
trying W.ISIUI . ... ,K. inefii. derived from it could
self to tne reprom..., -r,'-'-" " rrLTk. A. s7n.. Accordin-rlv the
money,. "T'j. ki's 1 - Rial-Banks was made. President Mad.
,,,. r. . . . . .heBbIesl an(J mosl
. : r .i. .v.nl .oatnii of fhe ooponents of the first char
IF I alUaV'U IS lur do uiucr b..cu ...uu . - -; . . . . . , .
a!f and instructs tne to die well. Man.
iague.
the propriety
a trial
of suffering it to expire, after
rone and of Asia. But it
demncd by the judgment of the American
people, and most unequivocally by those of
our own 6tatap
Whilst." however, I advocate the estab
lishment of a Bunk of the United Stater,
it is hot for the sake of the bank, or to fa
vor its stockholders, as is sometimes un
fairly charged by those holdingtjpposite
ooinions. but foT the public 'benefits that
areexDected to flow from it. Wherever.
abuses have existed in former institutions
fnnd I doubt not there havebeen many
.... . . - . i
iev 8 hou d be euaroea attains, aim pre
the future. To say that this
cannot be effected is to deny ordinary wis
dom to the Legislature, which has thepow
er to fashjon the charter at their will, or to
suppose unfaithfulness or coriuption in mose
who are to expound or io execute wig mwa
To forsake every scneme, iwo-i
ixtraiion of which abuses may creep, in
ipB(1 of Iodd'ws off and suppressing the
- " ,. ( ...:m u
abuses as they are uiscovereu, wm u-jiu
mnt aovernmcnt itseit a consiani senea
of new exnerimenU. That a bank affords
the cheapest mode of keeping and disburs.
ine the public moneys is manifestsince no
compensauou pmu "-p
hw.r creei mav oo mo auiuuu. ui ,
tant the place of payment from the place of
. . t. ...... t .....Hi. Au!
receipt. is mjm a cHuu..j v...
dpnt.for whatever embezzlements, frauds,
or accidents may nappen io uio uvur
whol capital stock ,as well as other means,
are liable to make good the depositees in its
vault. These are advantages wnicti re
commcbd it as a fiscal agent of the govern.
ment It was found in practice to possess
another quality that ot lowering exenang
so .rut f.irrinfT the local banks to keep their
..iMMilaiinn in a sound state", which renders
it nculiarlv desirable to North Carolina,
proposing a distribution of tha 'proceeds of
tho public lands apiong the statu, been in
corporatcd in the bill. If it shall bo found
to yield a greater revenue than is needed
for the government, (which it has not yet '
done,) or. if. its provisions are found on
trial burlhensome to tho citizens by in.
creasing greatly the prico of commodities,
il should be modified so as to meet cither
contingency. Wo have seen that in the
period already referred to, ending in 1837,
the revenue largely exceeded tho public.cx
penditure. It has been far otherwise since.
Udder the operation of the Compromise
Act of March, 1833,- the income of the
government froni customs gradually de.
clined'until 1842 ; and although it has con.
siderably revived since the passage of the
act of that year, it seemi not yet to be
equal to the public necessities. But what
flr nnPlim l"'P"' " rnimmei-mi.
economical for expenditure in timeof peace?
During the four years of Mr- Van liuren s
Administration, the appropriations for cur.
rent expenses averaged per year more than'
twenty.eight millions of dollars. The,
appropriations for the year 184a, by tho
last Congress, were but. a small traction
above twenty millions of dollars. And
this, in the face of estimates from the Ex.
ecutive Departments calling for tweniy.four
and a half millions. Yet I have not un
derstood that the public service has in any
way suffered by the curtailment, i he ap.
proprintivni-Jfor 1843, nVd the firsV half of
1844, made at the last session of Congress
for like objects, were less than twcnty-Gve
millions for the whole eighteen months
being at the rate of less than seventeen
millions per year. I point your attention,,
sir, to these facts tn passing, to show' that
the great revolution of 1840 has not been
without its fruits, in the promotiotr of "J,
WTflTO " 'rrMiiaaliaap--''
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