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X 1 ' iibiTo;:! a:;d ro?r ctop. ; ; '!l J'utt Crrnj rr annua 14 rr. It 3d --.n imecd, rtrrpiaUhfl e?. 1.. t . j L-.;r, until ;j srrrra;cii are piM. , ' '5 ; ' !t win fc inrert-d it Oxz DcLUs .i t f i"i J.i or lc-t Ar f rst Jn-ftwri, .Ti-t;. - C"t.Tf.for ea'rh f. onlinuincc - -;L-r ef ip-riion doting r.fcuU b marked '.-,rr 1:.? a irrticwtnt MM ha eontinu, Nanreimrrd accorjiinIj, Court Or t : I C tvi;iLr!..irfd twt nty.Cro rr:ent extra. ;:;iGCELLitNOlfs.,-. 1 Crjcjiur: luttrucllciur.' I , , , : : A SKETCH., j , 1 .1 11 Weil, Julia, suppose I ask jour father," his refusal cannot mako things much wyjrse: than they are at present? Suspense, Julia"; is the cause of the mint miserable iVcIings.? . 41 We must hat be hasty, Robert our situ, ntton requires caul Un ; by a lit le' manage, tntntwe may possibly succeed , g oomy as the prerj ect seem to be, Now dotp say any thing U Pa nboui it yet I ha j much rather yea wtw!J not. Tho best' possible way . for us to accomplish our wishes, i:i nu t(j advance loo ioon."fc. J';;;' ,f 1$ ' i0 xuo won--ioo soon, jutus nave we: not wuited two long years andprou' have been1, oil tho while preaching the same doctrine,: Moo soon!1 Too soon, Indeed n 11 Well, now con t bo an;ry ; throw that frown from yourj countenance and look pleas. ant, and we will immediate-ly 'set ubout some plan by which to effect what y!ou so much de sire. . Come, smile away yaur anger tlie skies of lovo are sometimes c tea ft Robert Moultrie loved Julia she loved him ; two years and Hiillowell, and marc had pass. cd since they had agreed como J weal, comei woe they would tiuJge throu Two long, long yars ! ii Two yenrs -seemed 9 an eternity to wait upon the eie if bliaa, andii to delay a happy jconsummaiion. Julia lather Wa a wcuhhy shjppcftof thcl port of Charleston, S. C. Ilo Unlsnn upright an J highly honorabtuj man, but whose ipse dixit was law supreme whenever, h puwer could bo exercised. RubertMoultric was a clerk in the count ing room, and his salary, which was his sulu dependence, though fur above the pittance usually allowed to young men Similarly situa. ted, and amply Sufficient to warrant his in. suming the exnenso of n famil)l,j Jid not etc. vato him to that Importance in society which would uail(y hirn in presuming unonj the. hand wlalthy ship- and heart of tho Idaughtcrof a per. 'Tho character of this-young gentleman was unimpeachable, and ho wa-s ajs much rc- apecled for his talents as he was lor his cor. reel deportment ;! iuHhc curse ofGehaza was upon him he was poor. . R.ibert had been iti.lhc countins; roam of Mr. HallowVd since ho was foirteen years of nge; ho had grown up in his family and by the side of this lovely heiress, , who had been; promised to n thlng of wealth' und' show That thin was io the Indies, amassing riches: io lay ni tne leei or ms oriue,xui nis soui nan: on it! the slain of dishonor,' and Julia had; Mviwftrt Kr. trA 1. elm I tk Milll novaf Ka wife." Mr. EliiIIow(vll knew that Robert gene. rally attended hlir ilaoghter jo church, - nh'dj that ho went andjcame.with her when she vis-1 iled her acquaintances and soon; but he never thit thn wilt; I .niiiti vn vi tr h i n tr ln! darts success fullj into the bostjms of both ; the arms of the Iittk5 god were firmly . fixed, afjidj he dealt out the silken cord until the were far out erion the sea of ilovo,1 too far to proceed; or twlurn without 4jI)o tell jme, eaqh other.. Robert, what is the matter withyouv;.I: have been a witness to your downcast looks and sorrowful appearance, un til I have grown melancholy myself. What's; the matter, boy I? j Mr, 'Hallowell; 11)13 UUVKllVJH l(J U3ftVU vji one day when ho and Robpt were in the counting room . akona, innd if any individual has ever passed through a like fiery trial, ha cnn'Kave.an dea of; Roberfi feelings w he rj the man whose daughter he pad .loved, wasj contriving tho best plan to get from him thq "secret cause of his downcast looks and ad; dressh1gbimansuch kind and afleclianalej language. U was too deep, however, into the recesses of Roberts bosom for him to return a quick reply. Air, Hallowell plainly saf that something vas 'working upon his nin K.t mit'ifa him unhanov. and he, wished if rcssihlc, to" remove tho cause ; he urged candid revelation of all that affected his fcej lr-s, nnd promised his assistance to relieve hirr., whatever it required. . Robert succeed cJ, hr-cYcr,; in putting him off that lime end trembled at jthe thought j when ai their C-st meeting he related tttomittei to Julia. "I tcughtve-iid she, jiughing,- "you T.?ra net so anxious to risk thtj old; gentleman . i" r-; :arcd U Lo. Kovj that v.as a -ctL-rr.-cr, Roberui Whj did you oott:..H! ; J:-'N, Loyou thiukhosjspsctsl,,(, r 11 ITe! a vVhit rr.oro than ho! (Jccsthe king Ct t J i'r:"Ml... . 1' ! 1 .! - - -' Vclh Julia, tn tell the truth about the rr.:...-r, I lift -...ir iit!i3 nn wit intention tlQB fjr ca i - - ; 4 : I l .:cr.'-!ac J tg I , , u ' f-'j M J5 c yi errs c f;! f jr tr.) -M9 .;jt fjrt..;r t,M:c; ; ::J tohca I camebcljre l.im, I f.i::,?':!.!rj in r.iy t!:r? -t c!;-liir ir.-, cr.J 1 cc;j! J LirJly ta!!;ti .m tbsul luiinfr?, much Icri sbjul Ioto offalrf.'1;.:!" - j ' ..v.;.! Tin lovers met rf:cn, tin Whi voyage from the Indies being threatened, it became neces sary th3t they !;uu!J prcparo for tho tria!s that seemed to await , them.' 1 In short, Mr: IliUowell was endeavoring T to jd.'scovcr tho cause of hi clerk's unhappineiss, more fjr thegoqd of tho young man thin because he cared for the unimportant mistakes rnado by him in his accounts. The nestj rppyrtunity that oCered, ho repeated the former question, and insisted upon on immediate reply. ' ' 1 Robert stuliervd and stammered a great deal, and at last came out with il I am at tached to. a young lady oflljj city, sir, and have reason to believe that she is much attach, ed to me, but there is an obstacle in the 'way and';. "Ah indeed! And des tlie mount to over n thousand'diIIars obstacle a If il does not, ypu -shall nut want it. i Til fi I up a:cbcck now. HaVo all nrirtiea n'insinlPfl V1 i . .i . . i i Wiiysjr,t; tne causo of my Ihe reason- s.te that is the reason of my uneasiness, is, I am afraid her father will not consent !" 4 Why Who is hoi refer him to mc; I'll seitle the ma'ter." f i " He is a ricli man, sir, and lam not rich. " His daugliler loves you, docsi she TM 44 1 thinka yes, sir." i ' i ! She says so, any how, don't ihe?" I44 Why I yes she yes, sir, she has said as muqh." ' 1 44i Is the old fellow very' rich?" 44 I believe, sir he is tolerably 41 And ho won't consent ! Hy Ml "fl." the powers he won't soon settle of love he must be on old Turk hey ? "here give. mollis name l'l tho matter. . But stop, has he ahv thiii" ai gainst you? Does he' know mc? Hero the gentloimn ga'vc a string of rjuesi tions which Robert h it! nor disposed to an-r swer, and which it is not worth o!ur while td relate. The conclusion uf the cor fere nec left Robert in the possession of the check for a thousand dollars, la letter of introduction to Rurson Green of the Presbyterian church j and the following adviccj from the lipsj of hiJ father-in-law ia prospective. He was to run; away with the .girl, to Ue Mr.l IlaHuweH's carriage, and George, his black waiter, was; Robert governed himself in strict accord ance with the advice given ; and befure dark the parties were before parson Grjabn, j.whosct scruj)lcs of conscience were quieted py the introductory letter. They were! soon pro-i nounced husband and wife, and jumped into the carriage, followed bv the hless ng of-pnr son Green, whoso fto was a small iart of the thousand dollar check, s George w as cl rceted lo drive to a .rich old childless uncle o f Rob-S crl s win) lived about live miles irdm the city, who live and to whom the seercti was told T le old i j : '. .-. i y . -i : i-. ii ..- i ... r ' i..-' - i man,1thinking the joke too good a one not to hbors. T 'Midnight slill found the jovial assembly do stroying the good things! t I.e. aunt had provid edt and laughing oyerthc ti.jck so successfully played upon the wea4thylshippcr ai the south. Early in the morning Robert and' Mrs. Moultrie, were attended by their uncle and aunt to Uie house of Mr. Hallowell ; the young couple, anxious fir the efTervescnceJ of a fa thers wrath to be over, and thq an liquated pa i r tow k Less the rcce jt im a hd a c t as mod erators on the question.) They y ere jnei! in thejiarlorby Mr. IlatTowell,' whose first worJs were- .' -t v--J'!. .;; You young rogaCjyou, little did I know how my advice was o act' upon me. j Well, Robert, he addco, laughing heartily, r4 you; caught me that time, and you des erve to be rewarded foi1 tho generalship' vou have dis- p'you nave r. son:, I sli played, j Here, my boy my ppose I must say -here are deeds for property! worth eleven thousand dollars, and henceforward you ate my partner in business i - Sheridan. '! BY DR. . WAKREX. 'From the Memoirs of d Statesman. , 1 had now, for the first time, dn opportuni- tv of seeing this remarkable man. ! He was thenTn the prime of his . life, his fame, and I - . I ofynia powers His countenance 1st ruck me, raraVJance, as the most characteristic1 I had ever seen, i Fame may do much, but I thought I could discover, in his ! physiognomy every onalitv for which-he was' distinguished. ' The pleasantry of the man of the world, the keen observation of tho great , dramatist, and the vividness and daring of tho first rate orator His features were fine, but their combination was so powerfully intellectual that at the mo. ment when he turned his face to you? you felt as if you were looking on a man of the high, est order of faculties. None of the leading men of the day had a physiognomy so palpa. bly mentaf. Burke's spectacled eyes told but little. Fox, with; the ,' grand outlines of the Greek sage, had no nobility of feature. " Pitt wns evidently no favorite of whatever coddess nrM overbeautvat our birth. I'But Sher,1 idan's countenance wss tho actual mirror. cf r - - i one cf the rncst glowing, versatile', and vivid mindj la tho v world.- Ifis eyes atona ivc'-!d have given an eipression ton facs'cf.chy. never riw in human head c-rba intensely s Ti " ;' i isir :"'t vi V u f t n nt a royal tal' fIe,a!so, z .::!.-::a::.::r: cf': r ; A.SAy frr2 from li.r.t . j of cp'gram which lc;r-.ls a jcr.ia uho cannot help knowing thai hli good thir3 nrc record, c J, He j i u - z J a n-J 1 : s! c r. : d , " r. r 1 r a rrA! ed through tnexommon topics of the day-with all the appearance cf onci erjjyln t!.t? mo ment, andglad to contribute to this enjeyment; ond yetin all tliUease,I could sea remoter ilxoughtsiifrom time o time, passed through his mind. In tho midst of our " gaiety , ' the contraction -of his deep, and :noblo 'brows showed that he was wandering fair Sway from tho slight topics of the table; and I could imagine hat ho might be when struggling against the gigantic 'power ol Pitt, or tlum dering against Indian tyranny in Westminster Hall.. 1 saw him long afterward, when the flashes of his genius were like guns of dis tress, and,' his character, talents, and frame were alike sinking. But, ruined as he was, and humijialed by folly ns much as by mis. fjrtune, I have never been able to. regard Sheridan jbut as a fallen star, a star. loo. of the first rpagnitude, without a s-ipcnor in the whole--galaxy from which he fell, and with an original brilliancy pei haps more lustrous than them all.; l.rum the ! National Intelligencer. ' iTIasou and Dixon's Line. ! , To answer inquiries which have been made of us by jettjer from a, friend, and to save the trouble -olj inquiry to others, concerning the origin nni precise import of this term, so of. ten used ip publicdiscussions to designate the line of division between the states in which slavesare still held and those in which they are not N live insert the following, which we j' '. i . suppose to give a correct account of the matter; MasonI and iDixon's Line. This bounJ darv is sp termed, from the names of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, the jrentlemen jjppointep to run unfinished lines in 1761, bei tween Pennsylvania and Maryland, on the territories suited to the heirs of Perm and Lord Baltimore. A temporary line had been! run in 1639, but had not given satisfaction . td the disputing parties, although it resulted from! an agreement, in 1639. between, themselves A dec rep had bee made in 1618 by Kingj James, delineating the boundaries between the lands given by charter to the first; Lord Baltii more, and those adjudged, to his Majesty, (af tcrva4s to William iPenn,) which divided i , !) i i ' r ....,.,..,...,!, .i the tract of land betwieen Delaware Bay and the Eastern Sea on one side, and tho Cheaa peake Bay on the other, by a line equally in tersect.pg it, drawn irom . .Uapc tienlopen to the 4thJdegree of north Jotiiude, A decree In chancery rendered the King's decree im perative. But the situation of Henlopen bc- came ipng a suojeci oi serious, proiractea, and expensive liiigatioh, particularly after the death tlf Penn, in 1718, and of Lord Bahi more; in 1714, ti 1 John and Richard and Thomas Penn, (whoj had become the sole proprietors of the American j possessions of their father William.) and Cecilius Lord Bal . ' Hi ' . x i ; 1 1 more); grpndsonjot jjrindslon of Cecilius, Charles, ! and great. tho original patentee entered into an agreement on the 10th f May , I 1722. , To this agreement a chart was ap.j pendec which ascertained the site of Cape Henlopen, and delineated a division j by an east arid west line 'running; westward from that Cane tii the exact middle "of the Pimirisula. ! Lord Baltimore became dissatisfied:with this agreement and he endeavored to invalidate it! Gjiancery suits, kingly decrees', arid pro prietairy arrangements followed, whicnevent- uilly produced the appointment of commis. sioncrs to run the affectejd in 1739. being decided in temporary line. This was But! the cause in chancery 1759, new 'commissioners were Appointed, who could not, however1 agree J and the question remained open until 1761 iwhen the line was run by Messrs. Ma son a ! ' ndLiixon." i A Pretty Rascal. Thd Edenton N. Cl Sentinel cautions the publiclagainst one J. d. Martin, who has been fWuritf" in that quarter since he broke jail at Norfo k, where he was confined for kidnap, ping and selling alfreej negro. yThe last that was ljeard of this worthy was an account whichlhe give of himself, and from which it appears that he was j in Philadelphia. He has succeeded in imposing himself upon .some credulous, woman, with a couple of thousand dollars at her command, which he was .en deavoriog to secure7 himself, preparatory to leaving her. He says : I am now liv ing high, and paying a very fine board in the prettiest city in; tHe United States, which is old Philadelphia, and enjoying myself well. 1 shalj not stop here no longer than I can get this woman off my hands j and then start to look tot another. ! After I do get clear of her, I am oiog to. boy! me" a first , rate horsey and start a good distance out in the country to look fpr another; and by that time I will give 6p my bad habits Jof courting,, without I get broke: and if I do, that is all the source I 1 broie : have to make" another raise; for 1 know, dress ni3 well; with a little tr.or.ej- to make a show and act laTge, I can make a raise' any where in the country vhers there, are rrcmen Vrcosey.VtrL25238 proof of thecredu ;;tv cf women !f-12s&?jA' Hrjisi;r. .! : r.cr i ; la tI.CC J tO'lV; ti.;:.j, . ..; rC " ' . " ... i . . ,6 ,. ; : i . ' : il .; the aspect of cur forcvvi rations it far fr jrn presenting a statja acJ'p.:r.rtful rp ptarcr-e, the greatest ccnr-cquencb v.-ill attach the i.'J tuna of t!.2 man selects J to ru!e ever us. Il vyc place iatl.PrcsiJcuihl chair a statesman of long.tried patriotism, talents, and firmness, alt will be . cU. Lj if, ia mere mockery, we elect a demagogue of no high- qualities :vith ouUiignity, without the respect cf even his party the worst may bo apprehen'ied. ?cU ' 1 he v higs present to the people the name of Henry Clay a name which, for a quarter of a century, has been one of tho most illuj. tnous In the land a nam ; which has been made illustrious by the genius bnd jpatriutism of, one ma n tea red in tho humblest walks of life, and without the factitious aids of fortune . - . i - . . . or colWiato education. , Mr. Clay is literally the-people's man.- He lis of the people- sweated and toiled, with the poorest of , the people, at tho phjugh j handle and from "this nurnDlo out iipnoraoie. sphere he has, raised himself, by dint of talent, industry, and ccon. omy,lo fill the high places of the land. ' JT -v 1 I- I f .. I t .. n .... "'.I". upposea to mm is air. James rv. rou, n gentleman, wlio, With every advantage of for. tune, family influence, and education, has been unable to acquire! any reputation of his own, but is presented to the people by the nul. Itfiers and Txas party, solely on the ground that he is tha friend of Gen. Jackson. Gen. Jackson, li'.te Mr. Clay,, made himself, but when; he is cajled ijupon to make .a statesman and a ruler of such materials as James K. Polk, we apprehend his powers of skill will be overtaxed. ; Mr. Polk never had a schti ment in his lif which was indigenous 6 his mind. He is the;iveriest copyist, and impli. citly receives tjic Ippinions of those whom he has been taught to! revere. He has been de lected in the grossest plagiarisms from the writings of Mr. Jefferson 'and Mr. Madison a species ofiiheanncss, betraying at once a beggarly mind, and an absence of honorable feel i ngs. 1 ", '! . . . .j j ' j. ;j: " j' "' ';. ; . :j l " 31 " ; ..! ' Such are the , candidates. Will freemen hesitate in selecting between them 7 - From the Romncy (Va.) Whig. The Plot Developed! See the letter from Charleston to ihe edit, ors, from a source of credit and confidence. We believe it announces with fidelity the programme of the conspiracy on foot against the union of j these Stales., The public have been amused with a show of division between Mi. Calhoun and "Ht .. between thc more and the less impulsive spirits." To a certain extent there is a di vision, but that division is only ns to a ques lion of TIME. Placed high in office, cooled by age, satisfied'at length of the odium in which he is held by the American people, Mr. Calhoun is disposed to call a halt in his long cherished scheme of Disunion : Rhett and tho more,44 impulsive spiritsy are disposed to risk arid dare every thing now ! Let Mr. Clay be elected, and Mr. Calhoun will go with Rhett : let Mr. Polk be etecteu1,! and Mr. Calhoun have a chance under him, of place and position, and Mr. Calnounis willing' to wait ! It is but - -i- . ' .i r . . . a question among tnem ot time, circumstance, and ALL. are willing to dissolve the Union-yi-vo mean the Texas party of South Cirohria, unless Texas be annexed. Mr. Clay!6 election will be . considered ; deci- siv of that question in the negative, and then we may expect the volcano to commence its eruptfon. i i '. j. m 1 ' H.:i x We desire the people of Virginia to keep their eyes upon this threatenidg danger. Charleston, S. C, Aug. 25th, 1844.. To the Editors of the Whig: , I., Gentlemen Having been put in posses sion of some intelligence of importance to the people ofWirginia and the whole Union, I send it td you to do with it as ypu please. In conversation with one of the knowing ones of the party, and a candidate for the Legisla ture, he remarked; "that Mr. Calhoun and his friend! 1 were determined to keep silent about stare interference just now; that after the election ot President, say in the course of two years, the! Virginia" politicians, who are now entirely released from all obligations lo Mar tin Van Burcn and the Albany Junto, would call a Convention of the southern stales to take Into consideration : the oppressions (which means nullification and secession, as I take ... ' ill ' i . . I. i : .. ; it) of the General Government ; and Mr. Calhoun would keep perfectly quiet until the elections and present Congress has adjourned, when he a&d the; "party in Virginia! would go to work to organizc the south' It is under stood, Virginia is to take the lead in tlris'mat. ter, to give it force and importance. This may account for the levity manifested by Ritchie to the Rhett movement in this state, and the countenance given by the party " in Virginia itb the Convention recommended to meet in 'Richmond. From what-1 gathered from him I: thiols il is a xleep laid scheme se. crctly to dhsolvot these states.' I belicvs that arch traitof Tyler, along ;witK Calhoun, are prrp-rieg'som -thing, heaven" knovs wh-t, to array the south against tfcs north, and Vir rtria is to breed or. hatch this infamous zzdU cr t cer.'... Z r..ev. 'I 1.1 t i: cc i j . 1 - . I t ij.-n, n ti'vrsv.?!! vn :r:: wr.5 .5 V. " for - Virgin: i, v. ho tc'r; re!. r,r? ! - frcn Yai Bureh end the A 11 any Junto, tr".7.', nfler thci t.rctior.j;, take ihe -1 in csllip"- a Convcn. tion of the cauthern states to meet in Virginia, to take into consideration southern r:ruvai;ces; The gentleman who told mo this did so in presence of another,' and v. ill not deny it. Let ihe people' cf Virginia be n their guard, and let the -whola; Union. . That a secret movement is on foot to dissolve this Unien, is put beyond a douVt. -Tho delay b eimply to get Polk and Texas saddled on us, and if that fails; an effort will be made to organize the south and Texas! The south will first de. round of.. the Union,' grants, as South Caroli na did, which she knows will not be given, and then as a color, for tho justification, in. fli me the minds of the south, like the Jacobins of Franco and tho Nullifiers of South! Caro. lina did, arid then unite with Texas, and fly to arms to resist the authority of the laws of Congress, and dissolve theso states, i There aro Achana iu tho camp of our Union. The names of all the parties can be given if de iircd.':r ;,: ' ;. : 3 The Hon. LUngdon Chkves has been yarmlyj recommended, by Mr. Barnwell Rhett ; and the Charleston Mercury as the candidate of the party for the United States Senate, to Jake thefplace of tho Hon. D. E, IIXTGER, who is expected to resign." The Charleston Mercury promptly seconds the re.' commendation. There has been a time when neither, Mr.; Rhett nor the Mercury would no more havo supported Judge CheVes for a scat in the Senate, than they would have vo. ted for, Pontius Pilate; but that was the time when Mr. Cheves took bold grounds against their nullification projects, nhd when it wns the fashion of the chivalry to talk about Andrew Jackson as the 41 toothless tiger,? and : boast of its ability to thrash the rest of tho United States with as little difficulty as a Santce over seer would thrash n'peck of peas or a young negro. There is no sincerity in this new. born affection for Langdon Cheves; but as that gentleman chances, to be a violent aoti-tariff man, (as he always was,) and has recently used tolerable strong expressions in opposi tion to it, his name is seized upon with iwon derful kvidily by tho Nullifiers as likely to give some countenance to their present nV farious intentions. jThey will make little out of tin Jude, however, if they should actually adopt him; for he his no idea of joining them in their disunion projects, but, on the contra rv, rebukes them in distinct terms,' and with part of tho indignation which they ought to excite in every American bosom.-' We veri ture to say that Langpon CnEvks will never be sent by the Nullifiers into the United States Senate. N. ' Y. . Courier and Enquirer. j It has been 'the subject of much curiosity,' 44 here and elsewhere,1' for a week past, to know who was the jhighly 'favored person sc. lected to fill the vacancy in the enviable office of Consul of the. United States for the ' port of Liverpool, lor wnicn mere were innumerable applicants. ! 4 - ' ' It yesterday came to our knowledge that the person upon whom this appointment has been conferred is Joel W. White', of Connec ticut, 'whose name is little known to fame, except "as having een accidentally called to preside at the " Tyler.Naiional Convention" held ai Baltimore in May. last. National In. telligencer. ;":" ' " ' r' ' .j - -From the Whi Standard.. - j Col. Polk's DemaffOaiicism. ; j In 1840, James K. Polk travelled over the stale of . Tennessee, making speeches against and ridiculing General Harrison,, whom he called 44 General Mum" the " Mum Candi date" "ccc; because, he said, and in the most sneering manner, too, whh his face covered all over with thosq farcical grm.f which are so peculiar -to him General Harrison had re. fused to answer the inquiries which respecta. ble gentlemen and committees had addressed o him ; ..he'Jbad no opinions .fur the; public CJ e J ':: i'i fttk li pt ' ' ft 1M tfiM J i ' Now how hangedi James K;, Polk is a candidate himself for the Presidency and he is fifty times as nun as dum as was thq noble old General whom he so. abused, belied and slandered, in 1840 !,; Ho "answers, no inqui ries addressed to him, by respectable i. gentle men or committees. . He; has no l present opinions for the public eye t What a decep iivef tricky demagogue ! . ,t But this is not all. ; Ve learn, .from the Nashville Whig papers,, that althpugh Mr.' Polk, has no opinions, for tlie public eye which he will furnish under his own came,'yct he can furnish data in abundance for the most out rageous misrepresentations of and attacks upon tho W hlg party in general, and Govern or Jones in. particular," through tho columns cf his confidential cr.n, th.3 Nashvi'Ie Union. ? That paper, is edited by Sarnucl -Latrjhlin; a rn who lrt r.lllhr! character h-ever had Icr-co, trA whferyenrs p;:: has been u yl?2 cut cf circry cf hb t:-3,V." He ;!.y t:'t:.j'l t ... r-f, cat:J:dii2 f.r i' ? I I . I i , . t Wo sa tharccg!.!jEaJ c.:,.Jy execute H ; Wo' most devoutly wiehcathat ll Bi.raph had never been coW mcr.ced. Wcok:rvo!in S.iiurday'a GhW' anortkb.ciil -istii cf 'Col. Polk, fron: ; tamoNashville Unlon,rvjhichcoataif.j u. j or ' three slMc-cnts which We v. ill notice. , 1. It claims great merit for Col. Polk, be? cause he wrote to Mr: Grucdy, a mcmb:r of ' the Baitimoro Convention in 1S10,- not to1 press his namofortho Vice Presidency, if it 1 . should bo found to bo in tho way of-harmoO nbus.nction:- -Most gentlemen whoso namci: aro before a Convention, da this without; claimin!! merit ihereforJ I llm i U'lliil tn.M tK. facts in regard to Col Polk. His papers, in Tennessee had all , hoisted his name at tho - mast head as their candidate fur the Vice Prcsi ldenryv Two or three papers in otherstatesi pad aono the same? And this was ajl. Therii was not the slightest chance of his" cctttni tho nomination.. , lU saw this; as every liody ' else did, and hence his very disinterested hu ; ler to Mr. Grundy j 'j . . . ; 2, : . It claims credit for Col.; Polk, because; In the exciting .contest, f 1840r ho declare himself a candidate for, re-election as Govern or.. Now when did he io ihisjand how camo 1 ho to do it? He did il the 4th of July, at Knoxville, aAerhe had )een three months In the . field making electioneering" Speeches, whilst the people were dulling upon him in nil directions to come out an i say Candidly wheth-4 cr he was runniug for re-election as Govern or, or for Vice Presidenl, or for loth stations ! In many instances scores of freemen who had .voted for him iho year fjrevious, signed their . names to loud calls uporl him to define his po sition and acknowledge what place he was running fori:- His namrjwas still flying In all his papers as a candidate for Vice President." At last the times became too'hot for him; anil he was forced, literally compelled to speak' out, as he did at Knoxville, and take his posL tion.. He received oas Itbto for Vice Prcsl. ,dcnijv.,:.,i,. 3. It claims credit for Coh Polk, for.havin after being beaten by Gov. Jones in 1841, when tho Whigs had thej majority in the Leg. islaturo, declined being considered a candidate1 for the United States 'Senate to he leaten, of course He told his fri ends trial he had fall en, and would go to hhi home ho would go back to, the people, and if U rose again, would rise from the people. All very, fini, seeing he' was down fhl, and Very much after the style of the demagbgue. But did he go homo to the people, anj.Jo quiet?.; Far froth it. He saw that he had no chance for tho United States Senate jfrom I he Legislature; therUn power ; but if the election of others could, by any base revilutioniryl movement, bo defeated, another bffort jmight secure fi .Legislature of a more, ravorailo, complexion;, and then ho could be a Senator in Congress;! With this view he set cn his tools in the stotp Senate of 1841' to defeat orjl prevent, at ajl hazards', the election oljj United States Sena tors. In this, James K. Poljc accomplbhell his object. - By a vile, abominable, revolution": ary refusal on the. part jof thirteen. Senators, to meet the House in Convention,4 ogreeably to the constitution, laws , : and precedence, which had been impliedly followed ever since Tennessee had been n s ate, no Senators coul(l be chosen by that LegijatureL-and thestatl uau io remain unrepresented in the United States Senate two years onger in conscquencejf arch demagogue was In 1843, however, the again defeated for Governor, by an indignant ond an. insulted people' and a Legislature:, Whig in both branches,- was secured, whiclli elected Senators ' to Congre w neither jf whom, thanks to the honesty and energy' of the freemen of Tennessee, happened to be James K. Polk. i George Wasliiufftoii on Protection. Extract from an answer to the address ot the Delaware Society fuVpromoting Domestic Manufactures, on his accessidi to . the Prcsi dency ol the United Slates, A pril, 1780: l.-i ; 41 The ; promotion ofj ,Dom( stic Manufac tures will, in my conception, bo 'among tho first consequences wbicfi maj- naturally be expected to flow from an energetic Govern. ment.r For myself, haling an equal regard for the prosperity of farming, trading and manufacturing interests! I will only -observe, that I cannot conceive how the oxtentions'of the latter (so far, as it may afford employment to a great number of bands , which would- bo otherwise, in a manner idle) can bo detri mental to the former." j 3r r 'VT .-; This is ia entire -coincidence with various other opinions expressed and acted on in the earliest days of the.UnJon, bjf'thrao-patrioU.-who first fought the battles, and then framed a Constitution to govern thefrcountry. Tho -instances quoted in Mr.' VeLtcr a Albany - apeecn nave caiiea ;iiis. io miaa. vvnoso4 yiwi.3 COiUCi-a iuu u.; Cariy . patrr.tsf those of tnar u n:j Y arty, or of.; Polk; and his fellow xal:r.l Dzzr.zzrzis f , ' 1 "' Flour is ssihr ia som j parts cf the Oreo V Territory,atCiOpcrbifrcL r ' " .. v -' V . ' - ,1, f ... ( . . 1 v .
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Oct. 18, 1844, edition 1
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