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- ^ opinioii Ilfl!* piroITCuirebJ^erilt? \vit!i a unanimity scarcely ^qiiaDed by thn: which condemned the alien and seduion Iitv, and the ba rupt law of the elJer Adams. Those jwho passed have been eompell^d, hy^h^v6^c*e of tne'people, to repeal ii. But, though the law no longer exists, the injustice it has dune will live after it. for it has made bankrupts of thousands. “The bar*lvrnpt law (says a merchant of New York ^vha petitioned for its repeal) will deprive your memorialist of a vast portion of the remaining ♦’State v.'hich he possessed, as the losses in all by the. paid act will vastly excced fico hundrcll thousand dollars! and m no instance have any one of hl-j (lebtorc*, who liave ap})lied to have their debts can celled Y.'iTHOUT PAYMENT, cxhibilcd any estate.— They, in contemplation of the bankrupt or Divoncn ACT, tbund it convenient to assign or diepose of all their visible property; and in some cases, altliough IvGcping KauiPAGKS, and occupying costly man- k;o.\9, witu splcndid rc-RNirrnr, an^i eajoj’ing ev ery luxury, tliey hold out fha! th^^y have an aunTj n. BnoT!ii:n, a 6isrKa_. on family connexion at an inmate; and that all Iheir visible property .belongs to said INMAT2 or family connexion.'’ THE VETO POWER. AXD THE RIGHT OF L\STRUGTION. These h:\ve not been questions of legisl-i’.ion, but they have been fruitful subj?cts for party rlitcussion a:id party denimciation. No man is now consider ed a true Whi;^, who docs not dijnounce me veto power as the one-man power, and the right of in struction as a ridiculous absurdity. I hold to both these powers, and especially the veto power, as es sential to tb.e preservation of the rights of the peo ple of the South. T!io veto power is entirely a ‘conservative power. Il tray prolecl us against oppression of b.id l iw5, but car; never oppress us. li a good law is vetoed, and the people, upon.full discussion, arc against the veto and in fiivor of the law, all the veto does is to suspend cr postpone the measure for a few vfv”rs. till those in favor of it come greally :n& It is irtj^hc^miropriations, for the yand below the ^.andard of 1840; but, as CT#gi^^cor%3nes long before the expiratiori of the period appropriated for, they can add to the appropriations to any amount, as was done in 1841. You Eee, therefore, that instead of continuing to reducc the appropriations, as the people had a right to expect, the Whigs, as soon as they canre into power, greatly inc.reaszd them. There has been no rctrenchiinnt in the number or salaries of offi cers, and very Jittle reform of abuses. It is trtie ihe number ^f men in the army has been reduced; but the number of oflicers (which is the great sourcc of expenditure, as well as of patronage) remains the same; while the navy—both in the number of its oflicers and men, as well as of its ships—has been very greatly increased. It is also true, the House of Representatives (often by a union of both parlies) passed bills to reduc'j the cfficers of the army as well as ihc men; lo icducc the navy lo what it was on the 1st of Janurary, 1841 ; and, generally, to re duce the number and salaries of officers to suit the haidness ot the times, and the embarrassed coudition of the treasury. Hut these various measures did not meet with favor in the Senate, and were lost. The House, too, deserves great crcdil for having purged many cf the abuses heretofore practised by itself It greatly reduced the amount of i:s contin gent expenses; reduced the number of its officers and other persons employed about it; and discontin ued the large and unauthorized extra allowances herctolore made to such oflicers and other persons over and above their lawful salaries; while all these abuses remain untouched ini the Sc'nate. But the Senate, to ihrir great rcfiisnd tw elitire in the shameful practice •! the ^^^use, in expending large sums of public boaJvS^S^n ex tra allowance for themselves. I do not spo^ of these things for paity purposes; for 1 doub*. nc^ma- ny of bo\h parties will be found united, as w into power li therefore may, and docs often,i*lhe abuse as its corrcction , but sim^-^ly to calFlHe protect us against \vick»’d and oppressive laws, but jt can never finrilly defeat a good one. \V*hy. there fore. shouM this great constitutional power be abol ished ? It is no more the one-man power than is the Senate or Supreme Court, wiiere one man may, :nd does efien, defeat (for a tiine at least) the popu lar Will, I'iOwcvcr strongly expressed, These salu- j is in thy brothers eye.” Cary ch»;eks and balances of power I'.ave been found, [ Another e>;tra ali'owa in ail times, lo be es.sential to the preservation of li- borty ; and, wiihoul Uiom.lhis Federal Government would ^oon swaliow ir,. the rights both of the States and of the people. I'his power was freely exercia- od by Washington and .Madison, os well as by Jack son and ‘.ho rrfscnl Chief Micrislrate. If the latter attentioii of the people to r^orms that have been made, and others that ought to be. It is vain for us to complain of abuses in other departmenis uf the Goveinment, while w:; practise them ourselves. First cast out the beam that is in thine own eye. and thou shah see clearly to cast out the mote that rcpea'i I:, .'it all cvenis, ii could not mauc the- cctn- dition of things worso thati they are. By the repeal of the sub-treasury, the public monej'S arc now un der no regulation of law whoever. The President may adopt any system he f leases as a fiscal agent. He may adopt the pet-bank,or the sub treasury «Jys- tem. This ought not to be. I have always been opposed to thi« Executive discretion over ihe public moneys, and, sooner than allow it to remain, I would take the sub treasury, with all its objections; for, to my mind, a sub lreaqury, under authority of law, is infinitely better thatf a sub-treasury, u'ilkout authority of law. So, too, on the subjrti distribution, tbe coursc of the President has beer, ise, patriotic, and con sistent. He was for distnjutjon, provided it could be done without a violation of the compromise, in the Legislature of Virgini^jtwo years previous, he held the same lang^uage. 'Jear il— “Mr. Tyler moved to insert the fjllowing resolu tion: Resolved veverUielesSy That by the foregoing resolutions urging ihe distribution’or the proceeds of the saiesi of the public lands, this General Assem bly doth not mean, in any event, to infringe the act of Congress passed the 2d March, 1933, for the set tlement of the taritF, commonly oalled the comprom ise act; but on the contrai'ij, it hereby declares and resolves that the compromise act ehould be held sa cred and inviolate.''^ I have referred to these opinions of the President, to show the great injustice with which he has been treated bj' a portion of the Whig party. If hevetoes a bill, believing it uncons*.itHiional, he is denounced I!: and if ho furm—riTi 'tiold Spoons—no Blood Hounds—Roast- Beefand Two Dollars a day.” Several vessels, mistaking her for a friend, and several omers ig norant of her nationality, surrendered 'Vithout fir ing a gun. The schooner “ Granite State, Capt. Woodbury, on the starboard, and the “ flag Ship, Capt. Ritchie, on the larboard, however, pitched a few hot shot into the coon, which made her quiver from stem lo stern. The Sucker and the Puke, Capt. Benton, also opened their fire, and raked her, so severely that she was compelled to hand off for repairs. JExcepting these reverses and a few lar board shot from a small flete convoy’ of thunder, Palmetto. Capt. Calhoun, the voyage of the Cooo was very fuccessful, and on the 4th of IMatcii, 1841, she brought all her prizes safely into port. The Captain olthe Coon was then .«et at liberty. On the division of the spoils, he was immediately ta ken into the custody of Passed Midshipman Clay, and made to appropriate the plunder at his dictation, or under his immediate supervision. Thus mortifi ed and outraged, the old C/aptain died in one short month, after his return to port, and the command devolved upon Lieutenant Tyler. A court of Dicta tion, called a Caucus, was immediately int’tituled, to watch and direct the proceedings; but the “ Cap tain” proved a decided “impracticable;”—in con sequence of which many of the officers of the Coon threw up their commissions, and went to privateer ing on their own hook. As the old craft had be come somewhat unseaworthy, the Captain consented that they might marujge her, but insisted that they should not manage him. Accordingly the muti- neers fitted her—run up the black flag, and put her hiis LcCii coinpclicd to cw iiio:e frcqi:nil! last session, deserves reprehension, 'i’he price of public printing was fixed by law in 1819. Since that time, in consequence of the improvement in machinery and other causes, the expense of printing has b^ greatly reduced. At the Congress before the last, therefore, W’hig printers proposed to take ^ at 20 per cen^. below the price ih.Tn any other, it is because every other President J fixed by law; but the party then in power gave it has liad a party in. one branch of Congress or the other, to shield him against the unpk-asant duty. In the case of Mr, Tyler, no such prote.nion has been afforded ; but, on the contrary, hills have been pass ed in known opposition to his principles, under the hope and expectation that, if vetoed, both the Pre sident and the power exercised would be rendered odious to the people. But it should be remember ed, that, in every instance heretofore, from the foun dation of the Government, public opinion has settled down on the side of the veto, and the measures ve toed have been abandoned. In my opinion, such to Blair & H ives, the editors cf the Globe, and made a reduction of fifteen per cent, only. This was con demned by tbe Whigs as an act of party favoritism, because, they said, it should have b^en given to the lowest bidder. One of the first measures, therefore, of the W^’hig party, was U) reduce the public prin ting 20 per cent, below the price fixed by the law of 1819, and to give most of it to the editors of the National Intelligencer, (the organ of the parly,) who took it at the reduced price. But, at the close of the Congress, they allow'ed them the full prices fixed in 1819; thereby giving them an extra allow- as a despot for defeating the popiflar v.’i.., ...... . _ . sign a bin, belipvcd by to be doubtful authority, to sea under the command of Capt. Olay an^d Lieut, and ventures to state tha. . :i3oesso in deferenco to * Boit^; while Tyler hoisted bis broad pennaat on the legislative departinen. thereby following the I board the Constitution. example of the illustrious I VV’'ashinglon,--rihey im- With a “ Vigin Heifer” for a figure head, the mediately raise an indignltion committee, and de- • Coon put to sea under his new officers. This time nounce him as a disorganizer. Under all these cir- j it was destined to meet with a continual succession cumstances, the wondtir ie. the Adn^inistration has j of reveises. A portion of the crew soon became been able to accomplish so much good to the coun- { very disaflected and several" ward room officers got try ; and yet it may well compare with any that has out the long boat, and left the old craft lo her for tunes. And hard ones they were : successive en gagements only gave evidence of her increasing weakness. Vigilant and active loss pressed her hard, on every side, and, at o’clock, P. M. the 3d inst. she grounded at the head of ship naviga tion on Salt River, and immediately went to pieces. That Coon is gone—that same old Coorx— We ne’tr shall see him more:— Ve Federal Whigs, with tearful eyes, '•That same old Coon deplore.'’ crone before it. To have settled honorably and successfully our numerous difficulties with Great Britain, some of which have existed for halfa cen tury, is honor enough for any one Administration. Under wise and prudent counsels, this apple of dis cord has been happily removed, and w’e have no,w ance made at the close of the before us the pleasing prospect ot a long uninterrupt ed peace with all the nations of the world. will be the result of public opinion in the more re- ance of thirty or forty thousand dollars more than cent exercise of tiiis great constitutional right. But, w’hatcver may be my present dirferences 'viih my fi'hig friends, 1 trust I have shcw’n that I have not been inconsistent with my former princi- or mv pro;:^i4t;s lo yoj. I w.iah now. still fur,-] ny with t.iOiC oi (ji.Lriera.■‘ri;irriirt.»ii, wiiti Wna :xic head of the party in 1840. cused for these frequent references to his opinions, because on his great influence and known Repub lican principles, and those of the present Chief Ma gistrate, I mainly relied for the success of Repub lican measures under his Administration. In his letter to Sherrod Williams, he says; “Among the principles proper to be adopted b],* any Executive sincerely desirovis to restore the Go vernment to its original simplicity and purity, I deem the following to be of prominent importarice: ‘ That, in the exercise of the veto power, he should limit his rejection of bills—1st, to such as, in his opinion, are unconstitutional,; 2d, such as tend to encroach on the rights of the Stafes, or individuals ; 3d, such as, involving deep interest, may, in his opi nion, require more mature deliberation, or reference to the will of the people, to be ascertained at the Bucceeding elections.' " In his address to the people of Ohio, he says . I dfcm myself a Rcpublic'iia of wt\a.f is common ly called the old Jeflerson school, and believe m the i;orrPCtriess of tliat inferpreiation of the Constitution which luis been given by that enlightened states man, who was at the head of the party, and others belonging to ii— particularly the celebrated resolu tions of the Virginia L^egislature duringthe presiden cy of John Adams. “I believe in the tendency of a large public debt tc sap the foundation of the Constitution, by crea ting a moneyed aristocracy, whose viewg and feel ings must be in direct hostility to the mass of the people. 1 deem it tlie duty, therefore, of the Repre- Kcntatives of the people to extinguish it as soon as possible, by-making every retrenchment iu the ex penditures of the Government that a proper perfor mance of the public business will allow. ‘T believe in the right of the people to instruct their R-cpresentalives ; and, if he has sufTicient evi dence that the instructions come from a majority of his conslituenta, he is bound lo obey them, or resign, and give them an opportunity of electing another Rcprescntalivc wliu&c ^vovild o.en.ord with Sjoh was 1. . lit jm'olican faith ; f '.’iC ' {r.ienteJ Harr’son. It is in harmony with that of the pre sent Chief .Magistrate. Under such leaders, and with such avowed principles, the Whigs conquered in 1840. Whether they will succeed in 1844, un der another leader, and with opposite principles, re mains to be seen. APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPE?;DITURES. Appropri itions are made by Congress commonly a year in advance,and are expended by the Execu tive in pursuance of such appropriations. Expen ditures, therefore, can never exceed, but do often fall ;hort of, the appropriations. I give the appro priations, because Congress alone are responsible for them. L- exclude the Post Office fund I do so, because i: is so stnted in the report of the Com- ini'tce of Wuys and Means, and may, therefore, be considered most favorable to the Whigs I give iherr: for the four years of the late Administration, and lor tl'.e two years since; during which time, the iiaie controlled the appropriations. ISSr .... 834.128,807 iS33 .... 33,138,371 i339 .... ‘23.802.560 iSlO ' ■ - -' -il,/o3,liC *841 • - - - 25.888,272 .... ‘?3,177,921 The appropriations made by the Van Buren par ry lor the expenditure of 1841, were much less than for 1S40; but they w'ere added to bj the W’hig par ty as soon as ?hey came into power, at the extra ses sion, by an additional appropriatioti of 85,043.705; making the sum above stated for the year 1841. It will be .!een, then fore, that the appropriations for the years 1841 and 1842 are far less than for Ihe they agreed to do it for,^nd nearly that much more i than was received by Blair & Rives for doing simi lar printing—and this, too, by a strict party vote, and in the face of a resolution which they them- i^jives had passed ! \^ho ^hat complained of the I hope I shall be ex- low a camel? THE ADMINISTRATION. I have not thought proper to follow’ the coursc of the Whig party in separating themselves from the Administration, or to unite with their leaders in vio lent, and often vulgar, abuse of the President.— Why should I have done so? I believe him hon est, capable, and faithful to the Constitution; and through life he has professed and maintained the principles of repubhcanism “as taught by Jefferson and other Repi.iblicans belonging to the party.” Though, therefore, I may have differed from him, as 1 have often done, I have seen no sufficient cause to separate from his Administraiion, or unite in his abuse. Such was not the course of fhe Republican party towards Mr. Madison, who vetoed a bank bill passed by an overwhelming majority of his Repub lican friends; and that, not upon constitutional grounds, but upon a mere question of expediency. But they say he has been guilty of treachery to the party. There is no proof of this; but on the con trary, there is abundant evidence to disprove the as sertion. The opinions of General Harrison, as well as of .John Tyler, v/ere known to be against a bank of the United States; and so proclaimed repeatedly, during the campaign of 1840. Every speech and every vole of their lives had borne testimony to it. In the address from which I have before quoted, General Harrison says, I believe the chartcr giv en to ihe Bank of the Lrnited Stales 7cas uncon stitutional; it bciyig not one of those measures necessanj to carry any of the expressly granted powers into ejfeci.'' The same opinion was ex pressed by John Tyler in 1819, and again in 1832, upon the bill to recharter the bank. But still more recently, m the fall of 1840, in the very midst of the fight, he said he concurred with General Harrison in his Dayton speech—“ my opinion (says he) of THE POWER OF CONGRESS TO CHAUTF.R A NA- .^t home. our domeslic aflairs (so far as they depend on Ex- j ecutive andminiitration) have been managed with | equal fidelity, if not with «qual success ; and I do ' not believe there has ber.nSa period, since I have been in public life, when the^riou-sexecuiiro depart ments of the Governmen. mtc in the hands of more ! able, faithful, and indetit^ble public servants.— They at least, wiihoul tbe fid of party, and under circumstances the most difccult and di.‘=couraging, have done their duty to Ih^ country; and I doubt not,.when the rancor of parly spirit ahall have passed ; away, that country will do them justice. Such are the reasons for ray opposition these mea sures and principles of the Whig party. I submit them to you for your calm and careful consideration. I cannot hope they will besitisfactory toall of you ; but I trust they will satisfy every unprejudiced mind, that, though I may be in error, I have not violated my duty to you, or acted at ell inconsistent with the principles I have always professed, and whicii I have seen no good cause to uhange. I have ex press ed myself freely. Truth lid justice required it.— But 1 hope t have done sclwilhout giving offence to any one. It only remijns for me to thank you for Your past kindness: tiiassure you of my best anu n:o:ri -Inri. .vtTu. ~ ‘ ABR.W\ M' RE NX* HER. W’^AsiriXGroN. March fc. 1843, Let other Coons a warning take». (IS'or dare her fate to doubt,) And st;^y at horns—unless indeed, There mothers know they’re out. From the Federickf jurg R jcorder. W'RECK OF " HE COON. It is with mingled emoti .qs of pleasure and pain that we announce to day, jhe wreck and total loss of the piractial brig, CooD She run ashore—on the rock of “apathy,” at ■. »e head of brig naviga tion, on Salt River, and im,nediately went to pieces. Many of her crew deserlet previous to this melon- | choly event, and thus esca|'’d the bitter fate of their From the Washington City Clarion. CO.NCILIATION. We love to jjersuade men to act for their own and their country’s good. The last Presidential election show's that over a million of voters cast their bal lots for Mr. Van Buren, while a larger number vo ted for W. H. Harrison. Nov/ it is conceded on all sides that many Democrats voted for Gen. Har rison, through error, anger, mortification and re venge. The battle ended in the triumph of the great Wlwg party, who stole our mottoes and enticed away our rank and file. A new era has now dawn ed upon the people of this country. Gen. Harrison and his party by their acts have lost the affection and respect of the Democracy that voted for them. The leader sleeps in his grave and rew leaders like the successors of Alexander appear to divide the been led away by error, and who now desire to re turn by the pathway plainly shewn by the light of reason ? We think not. When General Jackson w’as elected for thfC first time, did he or his organs inquire into the former standing of those who desired lobe admitted into his politica I church ? Or did they not welcome the re luming prodigals with joy—put their bsst robes upon the.m . and then slay the fatted calf for their feast. We call upon our erring brethren to return to unfortunate comrades. most betook themselves td and struck for the gulf i desperate few, however, rt has performed quaddrenn those which remained, he mudscow' of despair, political nonentity. A t'.ed an old barge which trips up the river, for ihnrt.-fore, tho 'Vhigs might have had to re gret that ihe President did not see, in the condition of the country, usfnci'^nt reason to changc his opin ions, they had certainly no cause to charge him w’ith treachery for adhering to them. But Mr.Tyler, from his great anxiety lo do something for the relief of the country, that could be done in accordance with his views of constitutional power, did propose the creation of a bank in this Dist., with power to establish bran ches in any Slate, by and with the assent of such Stale. But this was rejected by the Whig party. They were not willing to trust this power to the people. W^hen, therefore, you hear these violent politicians bewailing the condition of the country lor the want of a bank, you should remember that no one »s more responsible for it than themselves, because they preferred no bank, lo one whose bran ches should depend on the will of the people, espe cially if proposed by this Adminisiraliun. And so of the exchequer. I have heard no man, either in Congress or o'lt of it, who did not admit, whatever other objectiors he might have to it, h.’t the exche- ' would atTord some relief to tfif'‘country, in m- . tha amount of circulation, ai. i reducing the rai.\ '^f exchange; and ytl it received a very smuil support. One party determined to have nothing but the sub-treasury, and the other nothing but an old fashioned bank of the United Slates. Rule or ruin, is the spirit of party; but is not my^ s lirit. When the interest of my country is involved, i am willing to conciliate, li I cannot obtain that which, in my opinion, is best, I am always w’illing to take the next best that is practicable. I therefore voted for the exchequer. I did not doubt il would bring some rcHel lo the country ; and, if fraught with the the last twenty years—!io /- d n little tauerred and weather-beaten canvass anui ood fertile head of the stream. But one bannerlvas displayed; on that, ’ the following lines w’cre dj.nly traced in charcoal: " Leave vain regroj^ for errors past, Nor cast the batpe away, But nail your coloih to the mast, And strike for ILrry Clay.” The cruise of the Cooi was a short, but very eventful one; and in the p.'esent dullness of the po litical world, W’e conceivo ihat a succinct narrative, detailing the chief incider^s of her voyage, would not be altogether out of jlace, even in a political Journal, like the Recordc/. Il is known to most of mr readers that she was built expressly lor privat lering, and launched at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the Fall of 1839. Captain Harrison was her commander—Lieut. Ty ler, subordinate. The crjw w’as composed of su- peiannuated Commodjor.ji^. brokendown captains, “ any quantities ” of M-^/?Hipmen and Lands-men of vaDous aplitudo a* jmise. Before sailing, some contention arose— , flag it would be most expedient to assume. his \\m finally seuled, by adopting the suggestion Midshipman Leigh, that every man should lake w utever, and just as many as he chose. Thus equij ped, she weighed anchor and p»-* to sea, with nothi!^ to sustain her numer ous ciew but “hard cider * and prospective “roast beef.” We need not stop to de'^il the minor incidents of the voyage. By means false flags, decoys and expert hedginjj, several ’f the smaller craft were captured. Emboldened bv success, on the 30ih of October, she made a simtjllaneous attack upon the Keystone and the Buckeye. The captain of the Coon ordered her to brin^'to, and bear down with all her colors flying. Bj* to execute his orders. Wl'shipmen CJwynn. Spen-. cer and Wright, seized, .Iizzled and carried hiiB below, where he was conf^d during the remaind er of the voyage. Lieut, fcorwin then run up at peak—“ Abolition of slavj^—Assumption of State deb'3—Pork ten cm * liuod, and Hard Cider enough.”—While ati the flag of “Protec tion of Banks, Manufactur j 5 and Negroes, but dow’n with the cabbage monopA of Kinderhook ” Cap tains Shannon and Porter but, as a portion of their iheir flag and support ihe principles which they al- w'ays intended to support, but which th^j’ unrortu- nately left when they believed the Densagogues and Svvindlers of the last campaign. Our l.itch siring is hung o'Jt to the misguided pilgriinsof the party, and our altar has a vacant place for them to occu py in the hour of return. Come as the waves come. When navies are stranded ; Come as the winds come W^hen forests are rended ; Faster come, faster come, Faster and faster • Conio every tenant, groom, Servant and master.” flwaiify of lh« Vaa Burca JWlmiivitraticn^dangeff ii? incmict pt%dKied, you eouW and wouki From the Hartford Daily Times. “R. M. T. H.-’ a correspondent of the N. Y. Ame rican, in giving a history of the late Congress, after stating that it has been in session longer, and lost more of its members by death, than any previous Congress since the beginning of the Goverunient, says, of its membere, that during that time “ Thirteen have died. ‘‘Seven have lost their wives by death. ‘•Tvi'elve or more have lost their childrea bv death. “Nine have married, sincc their election, “ Seven Senators have resigned. “Twelve Representatives have resigned. “ Se\’eral have been very ill, and near unto death. “ One has had his leg broken. “ Ont^as had ^is ear bit off in a fight And, he ought to have added, ° “ One, from Connecticut, alter being soundly can ed, was thoroughly rolled in the gutter, by another Whig member. “ One President of the U. S. dead. “One acting Vice President of the United States, dead. “ One attempt to impeach the President, dead. “Numerous reniovais or resignations ol heads of Departments. .... “ I*^nuraerable whig promises to reform the abuses BV‘his subalterns refused. Mi'shmmnn ri„r,^nn ^ost of Whig projects to establish a sound currency, dead. “ Honest John Davis’ promise of two dollars a day and roast beef, dead. '• Their favorite Distribution law, strangled by its own parent, “Their darling Bankrupt law, murdered by its own father. “And to close the list,thepo//7fca; death ofa large majority of the Whig memtiers of that memorable A UNITED STATES DANK. The following extracts have doubtless been read bv most of our readers ; but as it is so often asserted that the late United States Bank gave us a sound currency and good times, we publish them again with the request that every unprejudiced man in the community will give them a reading • . It has beconje a serious anair to the laboring man to buy himselfa new garment—his wages on aa averajre do not purchase him half they did, and he is contiftually uncertain as to -obtaining even that. Many of the mechanical professions have equally declined though our population is one half greater than it WPS thert. The desire to read ia riot lessen ed but the means of purchasing are denied, the most common school books. Hatters; shoemakers, arid blacksmiths, ^bose works seem ta be itl^^pen6able, have lostin general much of their former busirwsa— from a fourth to one half. This 4s the result of ne cessity; and those who might purchase, abstain m lookin^’' to a fearful future.” looKin^ A7/es liegister, Apnl 15, 182L “A late Pittsburg [Pa] Mercury, says:—Flour a barrel SI; whiskey, 15 cents a galloii; good merch antable pine boards, 20 cents a 100 feet; sheep and calves SI a head.—Foreign goods at the old prices. One bushel and a half ot wheat will buy a pound of coffee; twelve anil a halfbbfs. will buy one yard of superfine broadcloth.” _ Niles* Register^ May 18, 1821.^ “Corn in Cincinnati, 10 cents a bushel; wheat in Harrison county, Ohio, has fallen lo 25 cents a bush el, and in some instances to 12-2 cents. A letter from Greenfteld, Ohio, dated May 3, states that wheal was sold at 12^ cents a bushel, and that whiskey vvas dull at fif'teen cents a gallon. U. 6’. Gaz. IPhil.'X May 23, and June 23, ’21. “ A gentleman in Western Virginia directs the Register to be stopped, because he used to pay for it annually with one barrel of flour, but that three will not do it now.—Another, a tntU&c in Ohio, on paying his advance to my agent, observed that he^ had sold four barrels of flour to obtain the aote of S5 which was remitted.” Siles^ Register, Sept. 15,1821. The Tuscumbla (Alabama) Demo'crat, comment-- ing on the.se extracts, says: “It is evident that to 1821, five years after its charter, the bank had done nothing to relieve the couivtry. In fact until 1823, seven years- after its charter, the bank had not been able to keep out more than dollar for dollar, and for the four ye;us preceding 1823, afforded but littleac- commodiition to the community.. It is weU known that fluctuation followed fluctuation, revulsion lol- lowod revulsion for the first 8 years of the existence of the bank; and that until the State Banka had supplied themselves with specie there was no stea diness in the currency or in the busines of the coun* try. Many of our readers recollect the prerninm at which land office money ranged—that in many iri^ stances it commanded from 20 to 30 per cent premi um, and all t!u& while a United States Bank was exerting its influence over the country. The peo ple should recall these tacts to their iiiemories and ask themselves, if in 7 years the old bank could not relieve the distress of 1810, could a similar institu tion do Eo now. when the distress i? said to be lea limes greater than it was then.” Gkn. CAf^a.—x\ letter was recently addressed to Gen. Cass in Michigan, asking hia sentiments orv certain public questions. His answer was to the following effect. 1, I do not think, that a national bank should be incorporated in any. form or under any pretence by the general government. 2, I think "^it is the duty of the General Govern ment to reduce its expenses to the lowest amount, consistently with a faithful discharge of its constitu tional duties. In the preparation of a judicious ta riff’ lo raise thie amount, it is also its tiuty to aftbrd incidental protection to those branches of American industry which require it. 3, The public land should in my opinion, be ap propriated to the support of the Gov^ernment of the U. States, and not dislributed among the individual thi:d it is the dut}’’ of every member of the Democratic party, whom the partiality of liis friend® may designate as a proper person to‘fill the office of President of the U. States, to he bound by the deci sion of ihe General Convention of the party. Great loss of property, Cattle —From every part of Ihe country \ve receive intelligence of a verv heavy and unusui^l loss of slock, particularly of cattle, and various are the conjtctures as lo the cause, some suppose one ihing and some onothcr. In our own opinion, and we have not been inatten tive to the matter, ii is inainlv owing to a want ot proper attention and proper'food. Farmers must expcctto suffer loss among rheir stock cattle while e\er they are suffered lo remain unhoused and lo be carelessly fed. The common method in ihi§ coun try of feeding cattle is tothiow iheir food promis- cuotly on the ground, where a few of the stronger cattle lun over it. eating some and.trampling some mto the mud, while the weaker portion must be put of! w:ih what is left. 'I'he manure which a fartirier would save 03’ sh’ellering his cattle and feeding from racks and mangers, would in two years pay the en tire cost of constructitig such sheds, while he would fit«d that his cattle r*quired less food, and w'ould be much healthier. We make but little doubt but that there are farmers in this part of the State who have during the past winter and present spring lost cattle enough from exposure to have paid the ex pense of erecting stables fur his entire stock'—AsA- i.'ille Mcssen/ier. |;!^de a gallant resistance, *nv was somewhat dis- hange ” they were oblig- affecied and anxious for a td* to surrender. • On the sacond of Noveh-cer, she discovered, and bore down upon several slitinge sails, with all her banners flyiqg “ Bank, Prcifction, Abolition,” were more or less distinctly tlKilayed on ibe slaboard, while on the larboard waSs»"en in glaring capitals Slate Rights—no Bank- .10 protective Tariff A bove, in letters of iold-~-‘^ ReireiK:.br:jcnl and R(? torpid siatt; t>f i In his closing paragraph this writer says, “ They came forth to mis mission amid shoutings and popu lar exultations and triumphs. . Tliey return, to ob scurity and oblivion, to sorrow, disappointment, sad ness and silence. WeU may the editpr of the New York Tribune, another leading Whig paper, in remarking upon thi? communication, exclaim, as he does—‘ it is tue- hour of darkness to the Wing party and its cnarnp ions.” Under all these circumi>taace&, wlio can wonder ai U. SCENES IX WASHINGTON. It st'cms that all the fighting by Members of Con gress w'as. not confin« d to the capitol nor to the longue. The Washington correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser gives an ac count nl a fracas, in which iMr. Sprigg, a Federal Member of Congress from Kentucky, figured con spicuously, and seems to have come off second best. The correspondent of the Adverli^e.', under dale of the 24th ult., says : Toward the close of th.e last session Mr. Sprigg signalized himself in a fracas at the eating-house under the House of Representatives, and received a severe u'ound in his hand from coliison with broken glass; aiid last night, at an eating-house in Penn sylvania avenue, he got into a fight with a person named Drudge, a miller’s cart-driver, which termi nated in his opponent’s biting the largest portion of his ear off! Dr. Sewell did his best to repair the mischief, but the fragment of Mr. Sprig’s ear, (which is now’ in the Doctor’s possession.) was too much lacerated to be restored, and the Hon. mem ber w'ill of course carry the mark of the scuffle to his grave. Were this tale to be related in any subsequent “ Note for General Circulation,” would it not be set dow’n as a signal instance of the mendacity of travellers ? And yet “ Such things be, And overcome us like a summer’s cloud, our special wonder!” “PRICES OF PRODUCE WILL IfilSE.” Wool Hats are said to have been sold aft wo cents a piece, and fur hats twenty-five cents apiece, ai a' public auction, in Juniata county, PennsyWania.—i Also a waggon and six horses, for three dollars! 'iigh prices and belter times I these !! Mr. Grav.oK, Treasurer of the State of Missis-sippj, has de- taultcd and run away. He was arrested in custoay, but ask ed leave to tuke a nap, and retired to his sleeping apartment w;th his wife. When the guard called him, only the wife was irvL treasurer had made his escape. The Governor has oil rod a ri ward of 31,000 for his appr he^ion, if caught out 01 ibc 5J500 if within the State. Hib ^falctition 'di
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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