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of the 'popular will. 4If the doctrim it involves u ever carried into cCccit,itmustlicUGaucarrJijontyt cf the 'people have edoplcd it. Cjlo that evil day comewhhoui first corrupting the peopled. What will then Uve tc: mc of that'loyalty, which ct taehci lus to cur country vith tho Umd of strong oflcctidn ; of; that love of national glory, ncd that quick so wo of national disgrace, without which no Icoplc jever wcrr, orlqughijo bo great of that - regard for justice, upon which alone rest our laws find oil pur social order and internal pence ; of that attachment to property, cut of which spring pur habits ir industry, our untiring energies, our pro. grcss1 In the tlrtt ond comforts, and securities, and charities of fife ? Wliat will have become of nil these, kvhen a majority of this people como lo look upon a particular body of men, embracing citizens ns well as foreigners as their lawful prey," to be pursued acrosMhc barriers of the constitution, and over every safeguard which. national honor and . good faith can raise tip, and to bo seized and de. itroyrq in the sight of the civilized world? M Ljt us not think; if we do this wror.g, tint wc ere no worse than others, for vo aro bound by more a ho stronger obligations loan evcrtrektca on i ' . i. . t . - ... . . . - any other people. The reverence of lic Pilgrims for duty Odd conscience tho lolly lovo , jji&ticc hi Inswciaics ; the pure fjjufiy, and ird for the rights-of all, of Lord Balii. of Penan nd Constant rrg moro and hi colony the high Vnor orid.cbivalric ; jf:irit of Gftiiih. and 'Oglcihorpcr.and-ih? southern colonist sa It call out to v$i nutlo firing) disgrace. " opon hb children of sucli fathers. The providence - V of C"jd, which has l.d u through a fi-:blc infancy, and supported our steps in limes vt great trial, and raised up mighty tnvn to supply our needs, and stand ns examples' in time to come; which has made us million from a handful, and poured lipdri ui'n tide ofprospcrity such as never blessed any "- bl'icr people pcrjsuades us not to repay this kind, new by breaking jUisluw of justice. The hones of mankind hut the great experiment pf self. go. eminent mayisucceed, and its influences go. forth all over the c; rtli,;;i!l nil men arc raised to free dom' end rate h'lihed in its secure cifjayment, be. i ccchlu not to violate that principle of justice, which; is the corner stone of every frco govern. ment. Thry wmp us, that wc arc extinguishing tho light which had begun lo enlighten the world ; that wc are putting into the mouths of kings and , noble, the titter j words of contempt against all t republics; thjit wc arc enabling them to say, not v whhoUt Jin ojipcartihce of truth, that ; because wc have no hereditary nobility, we have no nobleness of soul; that 1 because wc have abolished the rights .of primogeniture, we can no longer inherit ihc rnonlyj virtues of our fathers; that in n republic nothing is fixed ; that it la not too much for such a government to attempt by its will to displace God's eternal iawj for the s:ikc'of a bnscjpccuntary ad vantage; and .that', if a people so descended; so taught by exr orienco, so educated by schools and churcjies, so r rosperoua and proud, will descend so " ' . Iqvv, how litthi can be expected of any other people who should'at tempi sell. government ? Such U the language to which the friends of frco government abroad jarc forced to listen, and' to the truth of whicbjjhcy be;in jo assent.". . As .to the; p obability that tho wrong path will ' . not bo, chosen, the writer says . " Vyc cannot bring ourselves to fear that the . : "American people, or any considerable part of them, will ever slancl fairly before the. world in judgment ..... r tmVgrcnt crime. ' Wo know that their dangers ;'",nnd difficulties are hot smalf;'bn we believe they j.V will 1. kt nnnfrrntntt hi iKi -..a... , . '. which have hijherto conquered all difficulties, and met al(. dangers undismayed. It is, however, the ;'.! part o wisdom Jo look;, steadily at these dangers and difficulties!, and: it may aid us to do so, if wc consider-the effects jal read v produced by repudia. tion. " . ; . H .' ': ' 1 ':" . ; "'11-' "The fine i nd rnost obvious -cflfect of even, the small favor with which, this doctrine has )ecn re ceived is, that it has seriously impaired the pecti. ? " niary rcdit and nsjuranqcs of the country. The conducjof d lew states lns not only destroyed - their ovn credit, a ijd Icf their sister states very ( liitlo to boast of, but has so materially atreetcd the credit of the holo Union, that it was found im- fossiblo to negotiate in Europe any part of the 6a n aulhorizqd by Congress in 1842. It was i offered on terms most advantageous id the creditor terms which, .in -former tjmcs, would have been eagerly facccp cd ; !and, after going a beggg Ifrouch all tho exclangcs of huropc, the agent avo up j tho altcmpt to obtain the money, in de 8pair. it is im ist refused to w Hissib'o to believe that any capital nd his money because ho doubtci the ability ol ho United States to pay their debts. Kon ii it crcdi ablo that the mere failure of a few otr the state go vcrnments 'jto meet their crinr;e. menfs would lave inroduicd this extraordinary effect. It is thb trut l, and it should sink into the heart of every Amcrjcatthat this loan was retused becausc'Europq doubled the honor of this country. WTc say it should sink into tlie hearts of our co'un tryrncn, but it should stir jio aner there. II"c know that the honor of this country is. and we Know that t firmly bcliev re it ever will be, untarnished. TFc know the distinction between the states and the nationalgovernment,'and tlie hardship of the most , oi. uiu casts in nincii suites uavu iuul'u io penorm . trieir promises; and jvo know, too, how little pro! grcss the dious md iofamous doctrine of rrpudial tion has made.: Uut the word repudiation has been sounded in tho :ars ;of men in Europe, till they haveJbcgUn to f-ar( it is the settled doctrine of a innjority of our, coplo. Every, failure to meet an ggemeirrt by Ci'tte is hioked tipoh. UsLApracti-j ; . cul result of this theory. ; And il, H, thereCirc, not v at all wondcrlul that jtrie pecuniary creiit' f the ! country should lirsl bo brought into doubt, and " then speedily destroycl We have no right to bet nhgrv ; bui wc cinhot help feeling a deep concern . .both for the cause and the effect." i The truth isand ,wc arc gld to sec il thus boldlyanhounced, with unmoral weight1 that will 'impress it upon tncf consciences" of individuals--that intelligent men hnJe too long suffered this mor mchtous question to be jdealt with chiefly by denn, gogucs at home; and by the injured. but often inju. dicious and undiscriminaling creditor abroad. Hut tho time has now come, when upon 'this question, - tho demagogue must make room for the citizen, whose love 'of country is greater than his love of he pcnplc ; j whose regard for the great principles -of truth and justiee is greater thanhis regard for .expediencies ; who will not consent to be disgraced r and ruined jn the oyes of tho civilized world and Th tho judgment o Hevcn in order that rogues v may gain the affections of a deluded people, by helping them to s bjisc pecuniary advantage. The , article to which we have called the attention of our - rpaders'is written with great candor, great force of languago and argument, but it will irritate no one. It seems to have, been designed for a double pur. pose, to arouse thfr virtues of our own people, and J io make foreign . h-tions believe that uch a thinu cxbls. -Its mc;nnd tcjmper aro entirely judicial. The writer deals with legal 'questions in-a manner that shows him tojbe fa j- from the habit of mingling in their discussion any poputar pretexts whatsoever. He lias brought tlle various defences of the ropu dialing states to iho test of hw and cquityand commod eenseuch tests cs they will have to undergo', if they ever cpme up in judgement before the suprbme i judicature! of the nation. He closes with tho following views of the interest which every citizen lias la this question : I ' Wd have now presented our-views of this im. portant j subject.- We '.firar that intelKent mn throughout the country Shave hitherto scarcely done their duty in rcgajd to it. j They have looked upon it, as interesting only tloso stntes who nrecrr.bar. rassed by debts, and those which have taken false sfps to cscapft frAtn them.. They havo thought it a matlerof national C9nccrn,only because it ejects our character as a people. Dut they ."must no longer )rgel that the rights cf every honest man are violated by nn unjust act of the government undr which ho lives, jit, his4 been thought to be one of the advantages of a free go'crnment, that the individual is njt merged in the sate ; that each citizen i3 regarded sn) cared for, not merely be- cause iniporM ct 16 the! slate, but for the sake'ef ins own wenare cna -nsppiccss. ror mm, as a man, laws are cn: ctcd fot him rights exist; for him rctnedics aronroVided.,..IIc s!ahdv, before all tribunals,, capable of. claiming :vlyUever is just. He means! nt to identify: .himself with any class, or communityor corporation. As a citizen; h has all the rights which 'can be had: end among those rights, he ha s eminently that of requiring the government, of wliiclrli; is a constituent part, to do nothing which shall stain his honor, or shock his1 sense of justice, or lessen his patriotism, or deprive him ot his jihare pf the glory of his country ; and, if any public net does this, he has ns much right to feel uggrk ved, s if his personal liberty were infringed. t is true, he walks abroad uu. harmed in his person; but a violent constraint has been put upon his lloye of justice. It is true, lijs house and land r.rlc :uniuuched ; bu his country's glory, for which hs woiilti at any time have sacri. ticed them, has been squandered and lost. Ho sUjI has a country ; but that which rnado it lovelv in his eyes has been defaced and destroyed. " Let every honest man, then, take care to do what in him lies tu protect' himself from this great wrong, and nevpr rest, until the faith of his countiy has been ; redeemed, ami 'his honor secured from reproach." . ; ' ?Iassacl&usctts. , The mCSSilTG of (Iporrm rtrirrrr f5nvrnnr of Massachusetts, jvns delivered to Uie Legislature on the 10th ulti It is well and forcibly written. He speaks plainly ion-the! subject of slavery, and thinks that Massachusetts by her people at homel, and theirircprcsen ative; in the Federal Govcrrt. ment, should feel bdundj.by every consideration of justice and humanity, to pppose the least extension of an institution which they believe to be morally and politically wrong, and to exert every power, consitcnt'with their constitutional obligations to 'tho tho time when every human Union, to hasten being in this rcpubl! icshall, enjoy "tho inalienable right of life, liberty, end the pursuit of happiness.1' j Inc. increase, of population of the slate from 1830 to 1810, was j nearly-equal tolall ihe other i.Nw England slatc together. She has also at this Tnc mere people to the square mile than any other furnished G0,000 oiit of the 220,000 soldiers tint lougnt during the revolution. I ! Massachusetts" has at this time a' capital invested ini mariufactures of $42,000,000. Tho. annual value of her manufactures is more than 880,000,1 00p. - Her agricutiural' productions . amount to $15,000,000. -This cntircf tonnage f)f tlie United States in 1841, wak 2,230,744. Of this Massal chusetts hnd 45,9C1, Her citizens have nearly 12,000,000. invested in the fisheries, vhich Is more thairtwicc as much as all the rest of the Union, and 10,00G men engaged in their ships! She receives annually from the other states of the confederacy, their pj-oducls to the amount bf 840,4 000,000. Leaving out the' value of domestic! manufactures which, aro exported, and this couaW one-half .of tho products of this country, sold to alt the rest of the world.1 This single fact, he thinks,1 speaks volumes in fivor of that system which pro-j tects the labor of our own people, promotes a frcc interchange of commodities between I the different! states, and crcjitcs a market for their productions' abroad. . s : 1 . i i There are in the ntatc 4 colleges, with 709 sluJ dents ; 251 academics, with 1G.74G students ; and 3.SG2 common schobN, .with 1G0,25S scholars, of u'juluiuu ai uic puuiic expense. The state pays Sl,o6o,000 annually for education. The debt -of the tate is ja trifle over $6,000;. 000, incurred by the interest she has taken in works of improvement. S ic owns! 81 ,000,000 of stock, and as for her debt s le is both abie and willinn- to pay itJ Mr. Briggs t links tliut the frequent discus, sion of strictly nutional subiects in tho state IeWs. laturesj has a tendency to disturb local legislation, anc that legislators should confine themselves more directly to the interests of thejstatcs they represent. The blow aimed at tl o Judiciary bv the Locofoco legislature last year iii reducing salaries, lie thinks unconstitutional, and tending to defeat the croat purposes pi itne Juaictary, by-takinir awa its in . . ... . i v i . r .... . u uepenaencc. ISew Jerset. The Governor of thn mtn nf New Jersey jdeliveredlhis message on tho 10th ull. It has one excellent q'uality-lit is the shortest we have seen.' i. i fhc revenue of thet state will be increased this year; and it h hoped that the evpenditurcs will be so oimiuistied tjs to supercede the necessity of taxa tjon for the Ordinary purposes of the state. Thn amenqment pt the cdnslitution of the stale he mins-1)clongs not to tic Legiklatufc, but to a con. veniiQB created by -the voice of the twople. He .v.v,w.4,,t.u3 ja t-uuugu in ine ciecuon law, and especially that part pf t which requires the pay to election. ment of a tax previous Iho receipts ofj the choot fund duribir" the last year, were 845,039. 1 ; thi expenditures, 830,. 227; 17 ; j leavjng a surpjlus.of 815,4 10 90. . On the subject of theJTariff he ouoles thf v!pw of tho Goverrjor of Connecticut and adopts them as", his own, jhich are in effect that a Taraff act i tit i i . .1 . . i . .. . - .... i . fsuouiu oe nasseu wmcliL with the nfhnp ;,inc r government, should secure a revenue sufficient to bay its debts and meet its expenditures, t l ne puonc lands, he thinks should remain unde T ... 1 t In ' . I . tnc control of jZJonf :ress, and as the property of the Union. A modest child, when covei'ed-with beef.gravy, is tooxjucyttTbe pleasant. T II B r II ESSENCE R.r " Friday Flor-iuS February IC, JO-IJ. I iron governor r WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. I The Clay Chili Wonder, if any body knows that there is to bo a meeting of Jho Ashcville .Clay Club to-morrow ivenieg, at 2 o'clock.? . : " Temperance IltJlinj.-Thcre is tobea,m of the Ashcvillo Total Afeilinehcc Society, mcctjng at the Methodist Churcli, on Thursday evening, jhe 22nd ipst., at G o'clock An 8adresrmay be expected. It is to be hoped that the citizens, will not forcct . . : j .i' . .t - i " ... . t - us cppoioimcnt) acu uiai mey wuujiietia. The ContrOTCK'. The author of. the", article In our paper of wed l)cforb last, signed Friend tjon. We wouli willingly publish tho communi.. c-ation, but at arjl near the chso there "are somK remarks that orufld. be certain to elicit a reply, and as the: gentlemat.npprQves . our. course lo avoid a controversy ve, thiuk he will "appreciate our. motive for sitr;y stating the purport of his com- mimical ion.., jy sincerely regret that what has. already bfen p'utlished should have "causeuihe un pleasant feelings-we are informed it Has. "A-no here oilr respected friend "will see the propriety of our declining to'pub!ish anything calculated to fan the already too highly excited flame. I i Y0RD TO THE WISE. . It is very natural that a man should want to know whep he is about to build a houso whatiit will cost him; and a free people about to elect a President should be equally ready to inquire wfiat his administration will cost the country. Mr. Von Burcn may now be considered tlio Democratic candidate! for .the Presidency. It becomes the people, then, to make somo inquiries asijto what will be the Cost of his administration, in the event he should be elected. They have the means of coming lo nj tolerable accurate conclusiort on this subject. Tjie toml expenditures of Mr. Van Bu- rcn's administration, during the four years he was in office, ti mounted to 8140,000,000! This I is tho amount! expended in only four years bv the man who came into office pledged to " retrench. ment and reform!" Hero now, is a criterion for the people to go by in their choice of - a President at the cominu election. ;i jjohn Quincy Adams' administration has bcn denounced by the Democratic party as outrage- ously extravagant, yet Mr. Van Buren who came into ofiice pledged lo ' retrenchment and refonii" speni NINETY MILLION OF DOLLARS more than Mr. Adams did. - This sort of consistencyi is characteristic of modem Democracy. Now the peopled are'jmodcstly asked to reinstate topow(ef this retrcichment-nnd-reform-loving Locofoco.4- Can . apd will they so far forgci the interests of their country as to do it? Wo have too much confidence; in the honesty and virlue of the free absurd and ridiculous even to suppose' that the most extravagant Piesident this nation has ever had, and who aas once been condemned arid rject ed from office for il, wiil again be placed in the responsible stttion he so ingloriously abused. Let us look at some of the precedents wc have upon. this subbct. Mr.' Madison's administration of eight years, when the; nation was taxed with the expenses' o' three yoars of war, cost the coun tr only $144,000,000 ;1 Mr. Monroe's aa'minis tralion of eigli years cost 8104,000,000; Mr. J. Q. Adams' a'dninistration of four years cost only $50,000,000: and Mr. Van Burens administra; tion of only foir years, cost the country themotc. rate sum of jONE HUNDRED AND FORtV MILLION qF DOLLARS 1 ! Mr. Van Burcn s four years ost.the nation THIRTY-SIXl MIL- LION OF- DOLLARS more than Mr. Monroe'. eigiit years, and only lacked four milicn of dol tar? ot coslirg the nation as much as Mr. Madi son's eight yiars. including the expense's of Ithree years of tear, vvhich caused a considerable increase in the expenditures. These arc facts worthy the consideration of freemen. They are facts which callj upon every man to ponder and reflect wel II nrx . f . . .if' t ' TT 1 ujvju uiu tuusequeuces oi rc-eiecunff lvir; van Burcn.' A: - ,; : '; . . The extravagance of the present administration, although controlled by Democratic influence, has been charged to the Whigs, from which wc dissent n tolo ; for Mr. Tyler claims to be a Democrat, and has, previous to the assembling of the nrcsorit Congress, acted with the jLocofoco party. ... . , . i o. 1 But let us sco wtift ihe Locofocos will gain bv the charge, when ihc,41 extravagance " of the present ndministraiio compared j with that'of MrVl'Van Burcn s. - -Tho expenditures of the present admin- istraiion so Kfp- average $32,000,000 per year. Assuming thisjdata, the expenditures for thcifour years; will be $128,000,000. Here then, the ex. penditures of I the government have-been curtailed TWELVE A. ILLION OF. DOLLARS! When Mr. Van Buren . came But into this is not alL j office' he found an available balance in the trcal sury of $ 16,000,000, and when he went out of ottice jlic left a debt to be discharged by the present administration, of between seven and fourteen W lion of dollars. The country has saved $12,000,- 000, by the change, bad as the present adminis tralion Now what have the Locofocos gained by the charge? It shows conclusively that they are bringing forward the very worst leader thev have, (for Mr. Tyler is a Democrat,) one who, Tamerlanclikc,' would ruin the country, and then exult at what he had done. i . . When GenJ Jackson went eut of offie, he told usjlbatjhe left tho country-prosperous and happy, and aq overflowing treasury. Mr. Van Buren succeed cd -himand what was the tate of afTair, f io iou:n, inas seni.us anouicr communicauon. lie docs 'not repli to A. Youth," nor discuss any of the points at fssuc hi3 object beinij concilia under Ms administration? TThe treasury uecame bankruptcredit, both' public. and private, was paralysed and prostrated the banks of tho coun try sa-ipended specb pnymcDtspfoperty of cvcr' description depreciated in valuethe laborer could not get a, fair. compensation for hhTlabdr, and many found little or no empbymcnl ia short, a general -stagnation pervaded every department of industry and enterprise. This: ruinous stato of af fairs, was at its acme wlicn Mr. Van Buren went out of office. .And now, without a cinglo sign or premise of a reformation, on lus part, or that of his friends, an -effort islo be made to jniin-tntn upon the country, again. It becomes freemen to reflect before they cast. their votes for Mr. Van Buren If a man's past, lc a critenn by which to judge "of his farurc nets wo may como to a pretty accurate conclusion as to the character of. Mr." Van.BurcnVsecond term. It will be worse, infinitely worse than tho frst, ar4of late years the second term has had this tendency., - ,;'- , -. Lot it Im ' rnmpiinhefed that Martin Van Borcn came into office pledged to ' retrenchment and re- om, onu tnai tne expenauures oi nw aumims- trntioo exceeded bv NINETY MILLION OF DOLLARS, tliatof jfoim Quincy -Adara. whoso administration Vas ! denounced, by-lhijocofocd parly as outrageously extravagant. ::Ttii'63mc Martin Van, Burcn is again before the people, asking their suffrages in the coming pleciio.n tor President; but the people will not connive at his retrenchment and reform. His doom is sealed, and at the ballot-box the freemen of this nation will tell him in tones of thunder, that he is. unwor ihv of iheir confidence ngain. r " M. VAN BUREN ON THE TARIFF. It has ibecn charged that Mr. (Van Burcn is in favor of a;tariff which will afford incidental pro tion nt the north, wiiile he attempts to enforce ihe belief at the south that he is in favor of free trade. In this Mr. Van Buren sustains his reputation for cunning very adroitly. His whole .aim U to de- ceivo the people of the south on the subject of the tariff. Ho is not in favor of free trade. Evidence of this is almost daily coming to light". On the 17th ult., a meeting of the friends of Van Buren and Jehn55on was held at Harrisburg, Pa., at winch the following resolution on the 'subject of Ihc tariff was adopted : 1 i llesohcd. That wc arc in favor of a proper and judi ciou.i Tariff, uch will ad vanco the intcrcBls of the vriiolc pcoplo of the United Slates." I What is meant by a " proper and judicious tariff " in thcabnvft, is explained by the following resolution,' adopted at n later stage of ihc proceed. ngs:- - "Resolved, As the sense of this mectin?, that the existing Tariff nothing more nor less than sufficiently protects the vianu facturing, mining, agticullural, and laboring inte. rests of Pennsylvania ; and that for its passage we are indebted lo tho Hon. James Buchanan, and for its per. manency e must rely ch icily on his well known consis tency and unchangeable devotion to his native elate and its vital interests." " i I t These resolutions were adopted by llioVfs friendly to iho election of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency. in favor of i a tariff fors revenue ;and for proteclion incidentally. We find in on exchange the follow, ing extract from a late'numbcr of the Democratic Review, Mr. Van Burcns reputed monthly organ : " Mr. Van Buren is of opinion that it the Tariff, should have for ita main obj:ct the public revenue, and inciden. tally the protection of industry. He believes that a mean of ilO per cent, sufficient for tins objectj but ho would con sent lo a maximum of 25 per cent, is in the present circum stances. He, would go for a pystcm of direct taxation if ihe parlizans of theprotrcu've system should not -find t?3 duty of 20 per cent sufficient." ' I Here now wc have Mr. Van Buren's principles on the tarifij question, ns expressed by his friends, and they savor very slrongly of protection.1 What can sou:hern free i traders think of the man who wishes to dupe them in ! this way.!? Surely they will not give him thcir.support. ; Better go for a man that eonccals none of his principles. Blasphemy. At the Louisiana Locofoco State Convention, held in New Orleans on the 18th ult., Isaac T. Preston, the Attorney 'General of the siaie, made a speech in which he outraged decency, morality and religion. He is represented in New Orleans papers to have used the following blasphc mous language: , i" " That Jesus Christ teas the best of Democrats, and the first expounder of L&cofoco Democracy ! ln That the Ujocofoco Democrats of the United States, were the allies of the Apostles, and the true modem disci pies of Jesus Christ that Christ himself was a Locofoco V an Buren Democratand that the great God of heaven teas the leader and law.givr of the present Democratic nnrfii ' ' " I ! i Of this speech the New brleans Tropic very juslJy remarks, that if it " does not shock and dis. r -7 , :. i . t gusrevery respectable man in tho state," and tlie Tropic might have added, in ihe Union.! " wr (onless ourselves'at a loss to know what will." M a Whig had made a similar speech, a shriek of holy horror at such blasphemy, woulcl have!4 quiv. ered upon the lip 'V of every Locofoqo. from the Chesapeake to the Ohio. I but as Mr PrWfnn io a Jocotoco, nothing is said , about uby, tho .party Mr. Tan Bnren in Virginia. We conv the follow ing purnjrmph from Duff Green s new free trH paper, Hie llepubltc, lately startcd in New York: !" Extract of, a lktter from one of tub best -informed e.mn virgixia.' I regard the Kebublic as inimmm..) peril. Mr. Van Burcn and his nartizana r hr..b;n. down the parly as certainly and as raoidlv as it wnrt pnora m .nll :. Tfl i i f ..Z . ,Uim utonc. it uc canoioaie, we wiil be areureaiy ocaten. v.rgina herself will go for Clay fc yond all doubt. Already has Ritchie-and his MlfinTi Neutralized more voles than would be nceemsry to defeat Van Burcn. Wc only carried the state in 1840 by a mea. man in the state who voted the federal ticket tben, who! will not do so at the nest election ; whereas I know rnany Who then voted for Mr. Van Buren who will gicmaitirjiy ; ana i nave never vet saw or heard of a inrl Clay ; and still m re who will not rote at all. To my f0 ,(uin mejuiuTg more certain, than the election, f Clay if Van Buren be the candidate in n sitton.'" . rr - Ilnltcm in ParTO. The: Yazoo City (Miss) Whig ias the following pithy paragraph, which sets forth jin few words; some of the advantages of the Whie tarilT: , 1 , . !.M What has it doxe? The Whi principle of Protec tion has made us exporters instead of importers of man. ufactured cotton ; exporters instead of importer of mixed cloths: and intDortera instead nf -mm-ir t s hard. m0nej oppose a . . t ....... ( .to iCDxa::u-; f-: v -, ; :- ' Dwn the mooth stream of lifo tha strinlinj darui, ' , Cay ai the morn I bright plows the vernal sky, ; . Hope well his sails, antf passion etcera (hi course. 1 Agcsilaus being asked' what' things "ho thought most proper for oys to birri, replied, "Thosa, which they ought to practice when they coma to men." At first setting out in life, while . yet unac. quaiotcd with the world and itsj snares', while every , pleasure enchants with its smile, apd every object shines with thb g'o of novelty, young men should' beware of the seducing appearances which gene - rally afford the first, introduction to v!ee? nhd re. collect what others 'have iruffcrjed from 4thc power - of. headstrong desire.. - The way wariness of youth causcs"many "young men to indulge omc darling . passion ; .though willi scrupulousness! and ; reserve, until it has acquired an: absolute" ascendency, over iheir actions. Maplessyojing msn, from that very moment you may date your ruin For when one vro has oncegot aoothold it brings others to its aid, and hy a sort of natural nffinity they jcurincct j and entwine themselves together, until their roots be- ,. come firmlyJixcd nnd.deep.in.tho very soul. V;. . , 'How rnany thousands of examples have wc re corded in ilia world's history 'of- young men who .Commenced iheir career in liCoiSvith the brightest ' prospects of becommg Jusc(u1 Jjijlhcjtr dayFiiid gene" " ration; - And yet, 11 how oftc Ikxvq we-? seen all lliose fair appearances pnhappily .blasJed.r.jn the progress of life, merely, through the influence of ' loose and corrupting-pleasures: and those very persons, who promised onco to be blessings to the world, sunk down, in the end, to he the burden and nuisance of society !" When the desires and pas sions of youth become corrupted, they soon obtain an unlimited sway , and convert ihinr who was creat en "the darts which vice, would otherwise point in vain nt the young and unsuspetting. I ' Inlcmpcaance lis one of ihose vices to which young men are peculiarly prone. At frst'they in. dulgc with cautious" timidity. But ere long they find themselves within tho ironj.graspiof the unre lenting, unyielding tyrant. "Ilia then the admoni tory voice of conscience is heard. They struggle to extricate themselves, hutthc totter;- they fall they arc gone ! This is the s'lid history of almost cverv drunkard in the land. Thev will tell us lhat in the halcyon days of their )outh they commenced the practice of drinking, with n full determination never to indulge in it beyond the most scrupulous moderation, but by frequent indulgence, a desiro had stolen ' upon them which hjabit soon rendered irrcsistable, and yielding to its influence and its de mands, they soon became lost to all sense of duty, c:il!ous to 4ho earnest entreaties of tlieir friends, and turned .rdcaf .carlo the warning voice of con- science. Hie vortex' of theii tlicm, but that insatiable desire ruin lay open to 11 like the staunch foe,l steady to his purpose, pushes on pursuing closq through every lane of life,1' till they them y nna themselves confirmed sots, wallowing in their own pollution. i . , f j pr .j .-. i Young men, if'you would .avoid such "j fate, touch riot the intoxicating bpwli You are now un encumbered with the cares' and the. responsibilities t.rtn ft will soon Iw u?f,lVftohae7 "loW is the time to lay the foundation of your future life upon youraction now depend - your- happiness, prosperity, and usefulness ; lpon you will soon rest the fearful responsibilty bf. controlling and preserving this government, with all its complicat ed machinery j upon you will sion descend the sa cred charge of instructing lhat generation who will be your successors, in religion,! morals, and laws. When a : few 'more' years at farthest! shall have rolled away, according to ihc common course of nature, your fathers will have passed to that land from whose oblivious. bo.urn no traveller returns, leaving you to supply their placesleaving you as t he guardians of those blessings which a re jntended for all future generations. With what assiduity and zeal,.then, ought you to eppfv yourselves io the formation of strictly temperate ha bits M You should form a firm, unalterable! determination to abstain from the use of all intoxicating liquors. Upon your fidelity is pending the future permancn- cy ot our government. But if frou. should be in. iwiipcraie, rest assured that you will be disqualified for the. discharge of those sae'red duties which awan you i. yvu urc mooring lor the arrielioration of I your IP IfllV man itt k!.l ... l . h . .' I- age ore withering beneath' the blighting influence ot intemnernncp. S.ioi, st' 1 .l - iiiciiiuerunce. Such scpnnQ iK . . -..vu M,vaV( null 1 UU with a vo.ee that might penetra e oven hearts of sk,ne. Shall their admonitionl go (unheeded? We conjure you lo breast the dejsolatin evil ftbat .Tj jium oy you to luturp generations. We , w . tiuu OI lr noHowea ties; by all v m hold near and . i J. sacreu 10 "vN, to touch not, 1T,J 1 no,at wWc-hV fcr having k!l!ed " . IIJU soul. .'ft leap Tear ladicY 'fflvlT''SE. lrSi::. 1 . .- i . - --vqw -uBiiy ui our. iair . .T""'y ucawareot the Tact that the sole present oav. thn nwn.L . - : who have mado ud their .L ?6e joy thoweot, (or-sours, as thn jingro Dicssedncss, (being, generally crtritv ' M lowS().,vil execrate -this 1' part IKheomm Laive " with n hpnn 4 ?IJn?Lcon"non ho hdie, have ,hU ht S an S fr i.tled "Courtship, Love and MihmniliZzi ,ady,rca1dere wi pSftSl hoM it as a rod over the honrfa r . . u : " Albeit, it is now bemm- . .tt ' 1 1- ' ... "w.m int. ."ulJ"."' mioi-lor look., mtoJZZrr.r.r' proper; and moreover, no nefit of clenrr- wTm Aih ed for noble purposes, into a vicious and despicable being. They render bis soul the. receptacle of many repugnant and jarring dispositions, and sharp. sleeping on your posts, we would warn you to be. ware. Around you the sprigluliness of youth, the Vll'Or of mnntir.r1 n,l it. - L. i. . J , . vwr ou.i ii vou are "im-H mil Irill l -rn .! f o ? ...wwu, ami i it' m nw rinpnpQ nt ly , hough, for the more bashful of th-W. wie treat hrrpropaljitb-ightVconnime
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Feb. 16, 1844, edition 1
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