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JOSEPH W. HAMPTON,. VOLUME 2,1 - The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United States, may be resumed by them, whenever perverted to their injury or oppression.”-3/ad£«e CHARLOTTE, N. C., AUGUST 2, 1842. TERMS The “Mccnlcnburf^ JcJ'ersonian” is published weekly, at Tiro Dollars arui Fifty Cents, if paid in advance; or Three Dollars, if not paid before the expiration of three months from the time of subscribing. Any person who will procure subscribers and become responsible for their subscriptions, shall have a copy of the paper gratisor, a club of ten sub scribers may have the paper one year for Twenty Dollars in advance. No paper will be disronliiiucd while the subscriber owes any thing, if he is able to pay;—and a failure to notify the Editor of a wish to discoatinue at least one month before the expira tion of tne time paid tor, will be considered a new engagement. 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HUGHES HAVING obtained the MANSION HOUSE for pub lie accommodation, informs his friends and the pub lic generally, that he is now prepared to receive and entertain all who may favor him with their patron age. His TABLE chall always be well and plentifully supplied with every thing the country atfords, to please and satisfy the palate even of an epicure. His BAR will be found furnished with a choice selection of Liquors, Wines and Cordials, both for eign and domestic. His STABLES shall be constantly attended by faithful and attentive hostlers and supplied with abundant provender. N. B. The Stage Office is kept at the Mansion House. Charlotte, N. C., May 23, 1812. Gl....Gm Weekly Almanac for August, 1842. DA VS. tiUN iSuN RtSK tj i:t. I’uesday, n 6 j (i f •i *V%«lnt'sday, 5 7 (J 52 [ '1 'rhur.sday, 5 8 51 i ' i^riday. 5 9 t> 50 Saturtlav, 5 10 0 50 7 ■''Unday, j 5 10 6 H Moiid'iy. j 5 11 6 iH , MOON'S PHASES. D. H. ]\l. Quarter, 23 10 2S M. -\twMoon 20 8 50 31. First Quarter, I J 11 56 31. Full Moun, 22 4 2 Alexauder Kethmie, '2 E (Si m a RESPECTFULLY ten ders his sincere thanks to the citizens of Charlotte and the public in general, fbr the libe ral patronage he has receiv ed ; and hopes by strict atten tion to busincejs to continue to merit a liberal share of public patronage. lie has now eov’- oral first rate workmen em- ployed and has just received liis Springand Summer Fash- Jle will warrant good Jits on all occasions. Orders from a distance will meet with prompt at- ' ’'*.01,. Ili-^ shop will be found in the North-East w iu'j of Tvlr. Licroy Springs’ brick building. ) T' liherai dis'count made to cash custmr.crs. harloUc, April 1:2, 1813. 57...f Dr. J, 31. Happolclt HAS removed to the Oillce directly op posite Maj. Joseph Smith’s Hotel, where he may be found by his friends and the public, and consulted at all times, unless professionally engaged. |I3* A report has been industriously circulated for effect, relative to his charges. They have been pronounced extravagant. He lakes this opportunity to state to the public, that he holds himself ready at anytime to compare cliarges, and weigh his service with any of the Faculty. He wishes it to be dis tinctly understood, that his CHARGES shall in all cases be Reasonarle. Jan. 4, 1842. 43...tf ion ALABAMA liand for Sale. undcr^isrncd wishes to dispose of a TRACT OF LAND in Pickens C(mnty, Alabama. The trai't i.s an even section, being a mile square, and ontainiiig 610 ACRES: It is all up-land, lies level, and produces excellent corn and cotton: there is cleared on the tract about tl'.irty acres, all fresh, and v/nll fenced ; a good dou ble! log-cabin. a well, and spring. Mr. John liineharger, recently of Lincoln Count}’, N. O.. liv'cs near the place, and also Mr, Rossell, troin tlie same County, I believe, -who if applied to can give a satisfactory account of the premises. It is in a gooJ neighborhood, and beyond example healthy. There is also upon the place a stock of Cattle of • bout sixteen head, thirty or forty Sheep, and a .'tork of Hogs. I offer tlie whole for two thousand Dollars, (good money) one half cash, and the bal ance in tv/elve months. Here is an opportunity for one who wishes to emi- rrrnat, to procure land already open and stocked, u’heroby he will not be subject to delays and draw backs as th.ose are who have to start on a place un improved. Should this meet the eye of any one who wishes to remove to Alabama. I am sure he would do well ^ j make enquiry of LINCOLN CLARK. Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 30, 1812. 72...4w Carolina cuAnLorvi:, nortii-carolixa. THE nb-ve Establishment, silua ted on main-street, north of the Court House, in the Town of Charlotte, N. C.. is el ill kept open by the undersigned for the ac- *' nnmodation of the public. The proprietor feels con fident of his ability to give entire satisfhction to all Vv ho mav patronise his House. The (ravelling pub lic will find at the Carolina Inn every comfort, con venience and attention necessary to refresh and re- invigorate both man and horse. Particular pains will be bestowed on the Table, Bar, and Beds— that every thing shall be in the most sumptuous and neat order;—and the Stables will always be sup plied with abundance and attended by faithful, ex- pcrienci vl Hostlers. In short, the subscriber is de- "tTmined to keep up the accommodations at his House in a style unsurpassed by any similar estab lishment in the interior country. All he asks from the public is, to give him a call. Drovrrs can at all times be supplied with conve nient and well enclosed LOTS, on moderate terms, .md furnished with grain at a low price. JENNINGS B. KERR. Charlotte, June 2, 1842. 65...r FACTS AND FIGURES. In a recent speech in the Houso of Reprcsenta- tatives, Mr. Watterso?i of Tenn., exposed the f;il- sified promises of the Whig majority in Congress in the following “knock-down” manner. Mr. W.’s assertions were not disputed, because they can not be refuted : Public Expenditures, Retrenchment and Reform. —They came into power on the 4th March, 1841.— Let us compare the last year of Mr. Van Buren 'ivith the first year of the Whigs. Van Buren expended in 1840 - - $22,339,35G The Whigs expended in 1841 - - 26,300,000 In 1842, ’3, and ’4, they propose to expend in each year, after mak ing all their rejrenchmeiits, the E'um of ^20 or27,000,000 The Secretary goes much higher, but the chairman of the Commit* ^e on Manufactures, and Mr. Clay, in his speech on his resolutions, puts the probable ex penditures down, at the least, for the last mentioned sum of .^^>27,000,000, and this, too, afler all their con templated relbrms. INIr. Saltonstall has expressly told us, in his speech on the Tariflj “weshould how ever remember that the estimate of twenty-seven millions supposes retrenchment.” True, they may kill od' a few clerks and pages, and dismiss a few old carts from the service about the public grounds, but after all this is said and done, this Administration, in the first year, .spent ^20,300,000, and propose fbr the other three to spend twenty-seven millions. Who hears now since the election, what he heard every diiybf^forc it,—anything about the 13 millions of Mr. A-dams’s administration, as the criterion of the expen ditures of this ? On the contrary, look at the picture of expenditures as given by the Chairman of the Committee on Manutactures, (Mr. Saltonstall.) He is one of the very leaders of the Whig party in this House, and tells us as follows: “ What is our finan cial condition? The Treasury is empty—we all know our revenue falls short, and has long follen short of our expenditures ; and whilst we are°talking about the amount of our debt, whether it be 18 or 20 millions, or more, it is going on increasing ; |£;|^ and at the end of every month since the Congress has been in session, the debt was perhaps one million more than it was at the commencement.” Growino- at the rate of one million of dollars per month! I— God of Heaven, what arc we coming to ? What a change has indeed been effected by turning out the Democrat! They spent $22,389,356 per year—the Whigs acknowledge that they can't get along with less than 26 or 27 millions. Beside this, the Whigs, by their own statements, in fifteen months have created a national debt of 18 or 20 millions, and that It is still growing at the rate of one million per month ! 1 will not undertake to say what has gone with all this money. We know that some 25 or 30 thousand dollars were given away to the family of Gen. Harrison. He was President one month ; for that the Constitution and lavy allowed him something more than -«;2,000, but they voted to his w’indow the full amount fbr the whole year. Besides this, the then Cabinet, after the death of Gen. Harrison, in stead of giving him a decent and honorable inter- Congressional. Trust Sale. virtue of a Deed of Trust from John Sloan tome, I will on the \th Moivday of July next, ‘'^t the Court House in Charlotte, expose to public ‘i'de, about Twenty Acres of WOOD LAND lying Jibout a mile and a half from Charlotte also, the Undivided interest of the said Sloan in the Lemons Rold mine Trach Terms of sale made known at 'he time. NAT. W. ALEXANDER, Trustee. 09,., ment, according to the usage of all Christian na tions, and as worthy of one lately filling so exalted a station, issued their orders and collected at tho President’s all manner of frippery, of silk gloves, kid gloves, crapes, &c., to be distributed freely to the crowd who might choose to go up and help them selves to whatever they pleased, until the funeral expenses amounted to something more than ^3,000. Let no man charge that 1 object to the necessary and* proper expenses m burying the late President. But 1 do object to such shameless and unprofitable dis tribution of silly finery among the crowd, many of whom, by their incessant importunity for ofKce, had contributed to his death. And more than all do I object to the payment of such largesses, by a Whif^ Congress, which at this very session have refused to refund to General Jackson the ^ 1,000 fine imposed upon him at New Orleans. General Jackson saved the most important city af this Union. In eavinn- it he was compelled to proclaim martial law. For this he was arraigned and tried, and lined in the sum of SljOOO. He bowed submission to the law, and paid down the money—that money you have had the use of fbr many years, and you fiave refused at this session to give it back to the General in his old age. Sir, a little more than one-third of what was wHsted in useless finery on the crowd, and in hack hire for loafers who w’^ere too lazy or too proud to walk in a funeral procession, would have restored tlie fine to this brave old soldier and patriot The generous deed would have smoothed his dying pil low, and re-animated with gratitude a heart which, whilst it lives, whether you give back the money or not, can never fail to beat high for the honor, the haziness and glory of his country SPEECH OF 3Ir. SAUNDERS Of N, Carolina, Delivered in the IIcusc of Representatives on ^th July, 13^2 Tho bill w’hich had been vetoed by the President being reject ed, and the general tariff bill having been taken up'’ on the 5th of July, and referru-d to the Comniittee of the Whole House— Mr. Saunders spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman : I am happy in having obtained the floor, as it enables me to say some things andito express some views on matters which the limits o your hour rule on yesterday lorbade, but which I hope to be able to do to*day. My experience as a member of this House has led me to observe that, whenever the capitalist presents himself at your bar —no matter in what character or shape—he never fails to find within these walls warm, zealous, and able advocates; because he always comes v/ith the disinterested professions of the patriot, asking noth ing for himself, everything for the country. °lf he comes as a bank monopolist, asking exclusive pri vileges,—still all is for the country, as he only seeks to improve the currency, and to regulate the ex changes. If he comes as a manufacturer, asking protection for the great business in which he is en gaged,—all is for the country, t:s he only wishes to build up home industry, and add to the wages of labor. It in the capacity of the merchant, his on ly w^ish is to giv^e prosperity to commerce and ag riculture. It is the farmer alone, the great produ cer of all that gives life and support to the nation, who is but too seldom thought of he're—except when the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, as on the present occasion, seeks the avenue to his pocket, unde? the pretext of advancing the general welfare. So you have your committees on the currency, on manufactures and commerce, each ably sustaining the great interest confided to their charge. But I may be asked here, as I have been elsew^here, if I am not willing to relieve the treasu ry—to restore the fallen credit of the country ? I ask, in turn, w^hat was the relief promised, and what is it you propose? If it be by again filling that treasury to overflowing, and thus leading to those expenditures which have been condemned as extra vagant, tKcn I, for one, cannot go with you. You propose to levy, by the bill? on your table, thirty- two millions upon imports alone, with the view of collecting and providing a net revenue of twenty- seven and a half or twenty-eight millions of dol lars. 1 ask, sir, if this is the relief promised, and this the way you propose to redeem the pledges giv en to the people before coming into power? It w'ilV be recollected that, at the axtra session, on tho dis cussion of the bank, the fri^nda of that measare contended that was one of the issues which were before the people ; and that I then had occasion to refer to the speech of Mr. Badger, w'hich had been used as a sort of text-book by the Whig orators in my own State; and I beg now to refer to the same document, lo see how far this question of the tarifT was there snbmitted to the people. But I presume no Whig from that State will be bold enough to afiirm that any one ventured there to express him self in favor of a protcctivc tarif}', or for a violation of the compromise act of 1833. Mr. Badger his Granville speech, says : “ But why is the subject of the tariff brought for ward at all'? It was settled years ago by the com promise act, iVho proposes to disturb it 7 Who de sires to increase the duties ? Certainly neither Gen er^ Harrison nor any of his friends. But the Ad ministration has lately recommended to Congress the propriety of increasing some of the duties, or of imposing duties on some articles received under the compromise bill duty free. Then how stands Mr V an Buren afiected towards this subject? Is he an advocate of a protective tarifi ? You will scarcely discover from what he says, for ‘non-committal’ is his rule ; but, if you look to his acts, you will fine that he has been foremost among those who carry farthest the protective systcny. He voted fbr the tariff of 1824, and for that of 1828. The bill of 18- 28 was deemed so oppressive to the South, that its familiar appellation withus has been ‘ the bill of abo minations and it was this which drove South Ca rolina into nullification, and very nearly produced a civil war.’’ Such were the language and the doctrincs of the Whigs in North Carolina before the election. If they were “ non-committal” then, they arc certain ly not so now. At your extra session, you passed a bill raising the duties to 20 per cent, on all arti cles then admitted free of duty, with the exception of a few enumerated articles. So that, at your first session, you actually do what Mr. Badger condemn ed the late Administration for proposing—if neces sary to raise revenue. And you now propose to violate the act of compromise, and impose a protec tive tariff but little short of that of 18*28. Then, it was denounced as “ a bill of abominations;” 7ioiv, it is the great Whig measure of relief; and your great leader would seem to rejoice in the distresses of the country, because, as he supposes, it renders such a measure necessary to relieve the treasury. The compromise act, both in letter and spirit, is now to be violated; and because, as the g?ntleman from Boston [Mr. Appleton] has told us, the manufac turers were never parties to it; because, as he says, “ they considered it an abandonment of the princi ple of protection.” The gentleman made other sin gular developments, for a Clay man, as to Mr. Clay’s private course with his tariff triends. He tried to sj^tisfy them the compromise act contained no abandonment of the protective policy, “ and that in ufactures, or that of the Secretary of the Treasury the difference is like that of my uncle Toby’s hat- bet weeri the old cocked hat, and the old hat cocked. 1 he object and design of each are protection and high revenue. It is stated by Mr. Lowndes—one of the most virtuous and patriotic statesmen this country has ever knownt whose death cverv lover of the country most deeply deplores—that tlie tarifi' of 1816, which, as chairman of the Committee of VVays and Means, he reported, was framed on the principle of revenue and encouragement; that, un der the embargo, non-intercourse, and war, many flourishing manufactures had sprunj^ up, which all were disposed to foster, as well as to encourage others which might afterwards arise. With this view, a duty of 25 per cent, was considered as sufii- ciently high. But with this the manufacturers were not satisfied; and at the next Congress (1818) succeeded in raising the duties to 33 1-3 per cent. Not content with this, they applied again in 1820; but, after a full and able discussion, were defeated. Hut their cupidity was not thus to be iioiled. In 1824 they were more suscessful; and the gentle man from Boston will allow me to say to him that, if I have been led into ericrs on this subject, they were taught me then by Daniel Webster, and the then member from his city. Thus successful. Con gress was led to pass the bill of 1828, which drove the South to the point of madness. We had, then, the compromise act of 1833, which gave quiet and repose to the country. But that is now to be viola ted. Revenue is the word—direct taxes, or excise, or impost, are the alternatives. I am free to say, the people 1 represent (as I am myself) are in favor of the collectioa of revenue from our foreign impor tations, in preference to a tax upon our lands and property. It is the more acceptable to us, if for nothing else, that it at least has the appearance of being voluntary—if that can be called so, which we pay from necessity. Your farmer may dispense with his broadcloth coat for himself, and with a silk gown for his wife; but cannot do without his iron and his salt; nor will he willingly give up, if he desires peace and comfort m his family, his sugar and coffee. Mr. Chairman, it \'S>s the object of my friend from South Carolina, [Mr. Vickcns,^ in his eloquent remarks, to satisfy the committee that, if you pass the bill imposing such high duties as it proposes, you will fail to collect the amount of revenue you desire, and be driven, in your necessities, to resort to direct taxes, or some other mode of supplying your wants. It shall be my purpose to show you ought not, even if you could, to levy so heavy a tax as you propose, in the present distressed condition o( the country ; but that you can and should bring down your expenditures to an economical administration of the Government. Your chairman of Ways and Means saj'sit is necessary to have this large amount. And how is this necessity established ^ We are J^rst called to the statement accompanying the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, made on the 9th Ma}»^ last; “The following estimate of the expenditures of the years 1842, 1843, and 1844, exhibits the measure of income necessary to be raised during the same period : For the year 1842. Civil, foreign intercourse and mis cellaneous, military and naval, as estimated ----- !^24,424,358 95 Permanent appropriations •• - 932,000 00 Debt due by corporate cities, princi pal and interest - - - - 135,900 00 Parts of the old public debt - - 5.000 00 3 and 5 per cent, funds due to the States, including the sums due to Mississippi and Alabama, under the late law - - - - 412,000 00 Interest payable in 1842, on the loan of 1841 and 1842 - - ^513,000 Redemption of treasury- notes, including interest 7,400,000 fo belief For the year 1843. Civil, foreign inter course and miscel laneous, military and naval - - .$24,424,358 95 Permanent appropri ations - - 932,000 00 Debt due bj’’ corpo rate cities - - 132,000 00 Parts of the old pub lic debt - - 5,000 00 and 5 per ccnt. funds due to the States - - - 362,000 00 Interest payable in 1843 on loan - 1,003,000 00 Redemption of trea- sury-notes, inclu ding interest •• 5,300,000 00 For the year 1844. foreign inter- 7,913,000 00 33,822,258 95 32,158.658 95 no future Congress would he ho^ind by it and that “ circumstances might occur which would make a greater revenue necessary them that which would be produced under the act.” Such was the secret language of Henry Clay to his tariff friends in 1833, whilst he openly sustain ed the act as binding on the country; and in 1837 eloquently protested against any change, even to re duce revenue, as violating its provisions. The act, says the gentleman, was made by the Jackson men and the nullifiers, for the purpose of getting tha lat ter out of their difficulties. It contained, says the gentleman, an abandonment of the principle of pro tection, and yet was only passed to relieve the nul- lifiers. 1 hope, then, in future, the credit will be given to the much-abused nullifiers for this act of favor to the South, and not to the great pacificator, Henry Clay. But fo return to my argument. Whether we take the bill as reported from the Comip.iitci} of Ways and Mean^. from that cn Man- Civil, course and miscel laneous, military and naval - ! Permanent appropri ations 3ebtdue by corpo rate cities - Parts of the old pub lic debt and 5 per cent, funds due to the States - - - Interest payable in 1844 on loan Principal of the loan, payable 1st Janu ary, 1845 - 24,424,353 95 932.000 00 128,700 00 5; 000 00 100.000 00 1,003,000 00 5,668,976 S3 32,202,035 Total h aj was ^ mittee teJl conclusion committee rcsponsibiht}^, and branch of the public ditures may, in time of p/ 000,000 per annum,” y u i m mini iny portunity and the power, and you have dc>nc nothing. You propose to raise your tarifl', increase your re venue, tempt men to engage in manufacturing, and then you will reduce. But the gentleman from New York says he only proposes twenty-four mil lions for expenditure, and three millions *jjd a half j for debt, as he supposed there might be a reduction of some three or four millions. But what did the gentleman tell us? That, in the attempt which had been made in this House (proposed and carri- ^ ed mainly by the votes of Democrats) to reduce the I navy and army bills some three or four milhons, ' it was rash, and against the public interest; and the Senate have refused their concurrence in these pro positions of reform. The geniloman will pardon I me; but I am forced to say, I wonid as soon trust I the innocent lamb into the jaws of the voracious ] w’olf, as put a lull treasury under the control of a j Whig Congress, and expect reform. How stands ' the facts? You have now been fifteen months in power, and Congressin actual session eleven months with VVhig majorities in both branches. At yoar extra session your appropriations amoanted to 5,- 043,105, The bill reported to this House, from the list I now hold in my hand, prepared by the Clerk, coming with the sanction of Whig commit- I tecs, amounts up to the 1st day of June, to the enor- I mous sum of Ji532,747,G60 : besides what is to be I settled at the departments, and the bills reported to j the Senate, which cannot, under the most moderate j calculation, make the whole less than forty millions. You have now an authorized debt of seventeen mil- I lions by loans, and an actual issue of nine millions ! in treasury notes—making a debt of twenty-six mil- ! lions, which you are more likely to add to than to (diminish. Go on, sir—pass the' bill to repay tho ; claimants for their losses incurred d’jring the mari- ' time war with Friince, under the elder Adams, ajid which have been ref'js^;d by Congress for the last : forty years;—pass the bill sent from the Senate. ! giving lo Alassachusetts a bounty for her peaceable ”i conduct during the late war, of some 8200.000 or - 95,242.J53 73 | >^300^000^ addition to v.'hat has already been From which it will be seen the ordinary cxpen- j P‘'^id;--add to the list the bill for the relief of tfio the Government for the years 1842, 1»43.! cowardly surrender of ses of and 1844, are estimated at ^25,354.358 95, besides brave troops at Detroit: then add to this seven milhons more for debts, treasury notes, and other liabilities. Not content with this, the gentle man tells us “ experience is the only true test in these matters,” and he gives us the ‘‘disburdsemtnts du ring the four years of Mr. Van Buren s administra tion, for tne orduiary expenses of the Government, ’ as Will be found in Doc, 580. page 31, as furnished the House at the extra session, viz: In 1837 - - - $31,610,003 09 lu 1S3S ' • ■ ?l.54i;3Mt5 19 daik cataloguethe assumption of the State debts:- and if you do not establish for this Whig Congress a character damned to everlasting fame ” in the es timate of ail honest and patriotic jiien. I am no prophet. To return to the consideration of the tariff: It u a question of dispute between tiie friends and oppo- nen’s of the system, whether the duty falls most havily on the exporter, the importer, or the consu me: Thf'. jrrgimv^ni «Tf mari'ffn'^nrei U thfft