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" ? V N .-a,lib: ',1. Uict that ii has btCii elecloi’ ihat it has increased the relu- tivt; vvt of I ® larger Stales, and inure populous i.r tht-Ui •*58) KlectorulCoiiege and the i)i Prea iiiiiead ol a ftajoji why their 'v= lijuld bi in#rea?ed in ihe(i. iieraiConv^ alion 'i-1 t li )[iii.)a! *he caiiiiJiUe, 13 urit* ot the -tron^M ii :jgainst obvi ju.'iy it more iiti- Jioriaut la Uie o! ^v!ial has be^u loti in the olecii-n, triall n • lost :n irie noinio.ilion a!>:o. II be loil iheru '.vili be hopeltSr'iy loit. U’o ! .Tstari 1 thu {*11 ot tljL* ruuiiuk, it must bo ft-' uiiecii d, that he nomiiiation is necessary lo make the vol;j of the Eieclorai CuUege certain. On^ indeed of the Je avowed ohj^'cis 15 to avoid divivjor). in ord f pfci'cni the election from ^o- i'lto thellj se where lh>j vote i.-^ by Suiiei;, and 'vher-:* ihj iargf • ttrid the sniiilles!. N-'w Yoik and lJ-!awarji t'lantl on the same Jevtl The ceiia:n '^-riicqu, r.ce of th* nomin.aion is to deprive ihe iiniall'jr h-'idtes c tbe chaiice of this conimgeni ad- v intu^M*, given t icBi by an exj.r ss provision of ih*' Co!i;'.;^--!;on, in ^rder to o-nnp-naaie for ihe aJvan- f i.T“ wi;.Ji the larjer Slai.-s have in the Ei floral ’’■.i-;-, il j ilio rela ^cut.vf i )-*par a3 il -a.iiu from i* ' • b .* jndersi >fxJ- »-urr\ ;:i j tlt’tiOii to ihe liouse. We laiow that t!*-jre aie itrorig rea-jn.-j a^Min-i ;u;i we are sin '■'-'rely d irous f avoiding it, ;f if can be done on f^;r li 01 ! ,1 slave'.oiolng ?Vv.c5. dc fic;hir.i2 uiere- )) ron.iwVed iruiii ijt, j.c-vp.v ii.cv ^rs’: ^ ^ W’e CO'V a rori^j'' of~n -r‘ ' r-h hv T I ^oie, lo favor or encourr.ge its furiher extension.’ to tneir appoint:nent, ji is hazardous 10 leave ihal 10 j ^ aj ' or t.n ^u. .^.riO Dy*-.' , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ thtm. If 11 be leftto them, it wouldbe vaintohone 1 ^ \i7 u •. . ». . !i would not bc'come, in time, the channel by which ! together wiih the comment of the Balti-!,/ „ hesi.ate no. to sny tha. cnwcra.jow ef}^^ improper influences, and even corruptioa itself, ■ American—which paper represents Rcoiher ^ y c.ny aa or proceeda. i^e lederal Oovernl might enter and coniro! ihe proceedings of the con*. ■ Whig forces. It will be seen ihat inent, or any of its deparirneni?, would be identica- wilh dissolutioo. It would be a violation of our na tional compact, its objects, designs, and ihe great ele mentary/ principles which enlurea inio its formation, of a character so deep and fundamental, and would be an aitempt to eternize an insiiiuiion and power ot nature so unjust in ihernselves, so injurious to ihe interests and abhorrent to the feelings of ihe people ol the free States, as in our opinion, not ouly inevi tably to result in a dissolution of the Union, but v. niion, and, through it, the nomination and election. | ‘^''^^‘‘hern Whigs are perfectly aw'arecfthe mis- No plan could be belter devised, to give those who i restless Abolition agitators are striving lioJd or e.xpeci lo hold ofSce the con'lrol of the eipr- 1 ihe country—that they are mere tools tion, and, tiirough them, er of noniinaiing his successor, divest the [Kople of the and to lrar.=fer u, with il ui»u me coniroi over me i ,, r 4 r n - ^ l “ ”*;■ Lxecuiive Department, to those who hold or-^eek '' und, lull ^oon, that they have cherished an to hold othce. There is a proclivity in all popular bosoms. They sustained this malig- Governuitnis to that resnlt, which can be prevented I only by the greatest Cduiiori ai;d 1 Such is trie danger 01 appointing the delegates by i * tA-i *^.3.-. ,• .. n i »• r - State Convention; and our objection to the plan ofli'^tnt’—whom they could not endure to see treated I subject too well to believe, for a moment, that the Richmond Convrniion, v.’hich proposes four de-1 with indignity, and whose shrieks of evil omen ^ leg .tes to each Distiict. is. that it has ihe same ten- taey listened lo and applauded—is determinei that contrivance io\ irremediable per‘petaatio7i denry. Uioujh 1. .s powe. fully, to wealit-n the voice i ^he South shall have no rest; and, sooner than see ' u wisest and best men ' who formed our Federal Constitution, as well from regarded as an evil a?id under the operation the slave-trade, and e principles of the Revolution. ‘•To prevent the success of this nefarious project; the Constitu- to securc the perpetuation of sla- violent dissolu- led, the .-tronger tne tendf ncy to distraction and coq- lusion, and the ni c. ssity ol such caucus to make nomi- [ and thegreaiir that nt Ct-ssity, the less tquil ?riiis; but Wu* are not so blin 1 as ! '■1‘^trict over the ap- that 13 tilings now stand, if thf* smaller the greater that of political intri;riiers, j rir. i less JCi^ulous secl:ons, should surrender ^ he rnobt 1 tfec'.u il check to iht'ir control, and means tl;;j cu..:,..geut ; ivantage, wiihoui Secuiinjf in ih i^f giving the appoinimtni in reality to the people, is no.'iiin itr a a cc npi nsation. which would presei ve jdisiiict to appoint one dt legate. Where wei .hi I'ro:a the Bahiiiiore Amcr.caa. JEFFERSONIlN: Cli arlotte, North-Carol ina TUESDAY MORMXG, JUNE Democratic candidate for Presideiit of the V JOHN C. CALHOU OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. 943. States. Dcmccrdlc candidate for Cuugrcss in the 2^ / BUUTOX CUAlliEi or catawda cor.M'Y. tho : 110:1. preseive} as>ignjd ihern by tl.e Con^'itu- i ap[»oHited, if the district is divided p •irluaJy surrender ail control over iletiian and ihe Kxecniiy;' D tiait- ■ 7 will c! lenti^i rne;iL. '1 he pi n or ihe Richmond Convention dot.i n .t secure it; on 1:1^ contrary, ii is appartn: fi'j;;! w.hat has £ r.diy Lceti Stated, that in going fn t j a Conventior on that pliin, so far fit)in ijfcuiin:,^ ■'-OtTjp'nsaticn surrendering their conling«'nl ad vinta v«', the so. tiler Stalt jj wuuld have even less wv igr.t in the C nvention, and nominulion, than in \'t'j Lit-jral Ct .le^e arrd eliciion. H it ;’:o case isjttill stronger. As w»-.il; as the II;-., i voting tit! cuu;il;ng would inak thrm in I.V-; Cv;:i?,ntioa, under ih.; plan of ttie Richmmd >n, ih' W()uld be made still moie so, nn d r to it j.;»rlion f if, which rccommenda IburdLle- to apj)o ued from c;ich District, as we shall v: i: piOCt.ed to aow. its obvioiis el}* ct will be to ve a :nu.:h lar er numbered' D. Itg.:!: s to thf cen- ir-:! - intiguj'Ja S'ates. than vti:! ll:!'..: -'se ger/demen were i.\\ m reference to the Presidential candidates, the usual course will b^, that some one prominent individual on ! i n 1 1 11 n r., the side of each at the two most ponuiar candidates, i Hiland 1 nesc slwll olilr fur Ihe of ,1.1.gaie.and will canvass | . ih^ (lisli ict lu bi half of his parlicular fuvoriti- • than !... ^'-■Iress^decbrts lhat ihc projccl of amioxiiij which no concri vabl(‘ mode is b iier calculated to ! * ^he Jjnion is serioualy tnlerlamed in the make known the qualifications of candidates, and auempt will be made at the next thereby tnable ifie people to come io a:i CMli-htcneJ t quoles^ from ihe ropoit of i. ol Inc Alissjssippi al Intelligtncer, is signtd by John Quincy Adams, j lion of the Union, we invite you to unite, without be^h M. Oates, W illiam Slade, William H. Calhoun, I distinction of p^rty, in an immediate expression of Joshua R. (_xiddings, Sherlocfli J. Andrews, N^alhan- j your views on 1 lel H. Bordeu, 1 nos. C. Chittenden, John ?>Juttocks, may deem bes Christopher Morgan, Jacob Howard,Victory Hiru- nosed." sflecrion Having nowstat. d frankly and fairly " The tTTpnt popuhrparty is alrt'ady rallied almo fnmas.^-: around the baniuT which is leading lii * party ro it thial tcr- uaiph. The few that ?tili 1:i;t will soon be ralfidd mder tlio ample foKls : on that banner is in-x'n’H J F'ree oe; Low Duties; No Debt; Separation fhom I^ask# ; \ono>?v- Retrenchment, anJ a JStkict aimii^utnce to Hi i const: tK,- ... ■ I TL’TiON’. Victory in 5Uoh a i'aii^e will bo ^reat *0'. frloriou^; ihlij ^ubjtct, m ^uch manner as you - and if its principles be tiU’ai'ully aa i lirmly a^ljber J to aft r t calculated to answer the eiid pro* i it is a-^hitveJ, mueh w.il it ri Joun'l to tlie hor.c>rjt'i those t-v I whom it Will have been won; aii.i ionji will it |Mf} tuaie tL ' I liberty and pro.-^,"'eritv of the counfry.”—C. f ilho:i;t. PlaniLfig Votatoi^''^.—'i'his v/cek and ne.xt we consider the proper tune in this country for planting the piiticipa! crops of Iiish potatoes. To secure a good crop, let the fuliovving plan be pursued, and there will seldom, if ever, be a failure. In the first 1 We need do nothin::: iii.)re than oint in-> reader to the a' le address of the South Car dina dt- Si:';te Coaver.liun, in to lay’s pap r. to ir.* _ , place, be carelul to Scli.ct the largest, best grown, ! sure for il an alti tjlive perusal j Ifoin a Speech deiivered by Air. Wise, of Virginia, i healthiest lor sied—iiltle things produce little things | ,, - airly, though not j m 1842, to show thii views of ihe Southern people I in potatoes as well as in every ihinir else. The 5 as lully us we miglit, our objections to the plan ol fhe Richmond Convt ntion. it remains lo set fortii to ti ’t', lor ihe ’lain reason, th«t they could attend less nlativo inconvt ni?nce, ( xpense anJ •[. i» ttie reasons lor our preference of the ?»iarvland plan, It will not bt* necessary to be very elaborate, as ihe reasons agains: the former are, in fac», the great and conclusive reasons in favor of the latter, so t-triking is the contrast between the two. \v V*. til'n, are in lavor of t.he Alarvland plan, be cause ilnr time it (i\(s on to hold the General Con vention affords ample op{)oriunity for the people to make up and develope iheir opinion in reference to the respective can iidit* s, arnJ enables them to mark ihe conduct of the promin -nt friends of the several candi.iates in the new Coi)"r» ss lo be assembled in December ne.\t, on questionr-of vital impoitance and strong bearing on the future course of ihe Govern ment. VV e add, that we are in its lavor because it is a conv« nient and pleasant season of ihe vf'ar, which will be favorable to a full attendance of deie- gate.«. especially from the distant States, But we are esprcially in its favor, because its re commendations conlorrn, as near as may be, to the great fun iamtmtal princi}des by which all proposi tions connected with ihe Convention ought to be test* t-d. iaken as a wfiou', we are of opinion it has adopted ihe most efficient means that can be devised, in Older that the voice of the Convention shall be the vo;ce of the people in conlra-distinctior. :o the vuict- of fioliliciar\s^ and of prtserving the relative weight of the States in the Presidential election, as fixed'by the Constiltitjon. [i .secures a compensation, at least in a great degree, by the appointment of tlie dele- gat s by districts, and voting p£-r capitci, for the sur render, which the smaller States and less populous portions of the Union make, by going- into a Con- v n'ion, of their contingent advantage in case of the election devolving on the House, It is here proper to remark, in order to avoid misconstruction, that in ins.sling on preserving li e relative weight of the smaller Slates, we are not actuated by the siijjhtest fee ling of opposition to thf lirger. V'/e would not. if we could subtract a grain fVorn the relative weight assign* d them by the Constitution. We hold that the interest, and iii(‘ prosperity and happiness of, ■ eacn and all are bt'st promoted by a rigid conformi- I h) ail tnmgs to the provisions ol tlie i.'onstitution, 'V ‘n:>>v vc tiUst conclusivt ly shown, that j more especially ih:;t which touches its cr,eatcompro- p.' -; Jl the { .chmond Conven:ion, iti the mode iuisfs, and on which the balance of the Government /'.ling and c( mting it recommends, instead of depends; and it is piincipally because we believe it ')!in lig to, dc-varts wholly from the analogy ol does that, tiiut we nve on- 'o ‘-f' i J •' -ra* (yo eg{‘. and that it adopts a principle | land plan. ^ ... to i!;e Cf.'iisiiuHion. and which in its { I woi ' ' exteri >r and ttend an'J 'I’iie inos remote of D.degatt s coiild go and .'■t '. ::n ij rjjo in t fev,' days, at the e.\pense of a ft w d .rs. ir. I witr 3Ut lilile SLtcrifice of time and con- ' !>;-;, :• ( wing o Ihe nearnt^s and >rt at facilities, " Ui 1 roatl an 1 .\;teambo.?s ai{c>rl for travel :i .g :r; porl.)niGf the Unit;:.. St.cli would not i.'j la * 'aS'’ with die d' legai'S fiuin lh‘* exterior and m le rf !i: :e Star’s. To them ih'-expense, lime and I. r !e 0 v. ould n Lerjifisc formidable objtach'S again>l •i ' Ii .J 'i’here.^iit would be, that from liuj on- would be ; fa!) attendance, and from the olhei a i;;ia .-n'v Oni Wou'd send a liost ol li\e or six lu 1 i.)elega' -gjland the other a handful, proba ’• ' ■‘•iCely ! 1 hundr*d. H-‘ h is a vt ry imper- : cl Iviio.ve dge ( our nature, who does not £eo in t'i S I gr at relal ve (increase of infhience and wt ight i ^ :lie .'^’ ilcs whi-h^hould Si nd t!ie most, anddimu- i.;l; !i t.j -.fiost! Wiicji shonli send ihe handful. The ' o.’c i f i.,e rnai ' would be almost sure to drown l!;a' ei the few. 1 ■ it li.is reiati p^ncrease of weight in t'le Con V. :;:i ;:i cl ihe ct itfiil and contiguous Stat* s would t"‘ i'l r^'.Jityj b^ airelaiive increase of the weight the larger me ab^.’s of the Union, as those hav- ;n ; the greatest opulation are m f;ict, for the most i art, the central and contiguous States, while the Kss popuK>us get jrally, ai e the t xterior and remoi»^ 1 ne t.vo causes htri, though apparently operating; a nung ih-* ditler nt classt s of Stalls would, in fact, Ci.iai' .in 1 combn • to increase i!ie ii lat!V(^ influt nee ol ;..i ^■alnt* Stai'Sfcnd poitions of th^ Union, and wo :;d I'v ihtdr j ini opera'ion give tliem an over- ann.g weii;: in the Convt nMo.i, ari i through itic'ij: ihe tkLlicn :‘.nd Kxrculive ' people I in potatoes as wen as in every ining eise, i ne ; KON-CUM.MITTALISM on the subject. We make the following e.ttructs i seed should always be selected in ihe fall and care-^ ,,,, froin the address : j fully pul away to themselves. The land on which it \ ^‘-^ore the pro:? • askin^r ‘‘'I’he impoveiished condition of Texas, her ina-1 is proposed to grow the crop must be well prepar- ! oiTice, and n ftises -o show biliiy lo raise and sustain troops to defend herself led—nut less chan three ploughing.*, with one or two | hiS hand fully on all the great questions a‘ i'=suo iu against invasion for any length of time, ami her | i>ood liarrowings, will be siTmckni. This should ; ,ho contest, it nmy be pin dovvn as «r.ai3 that b'' wan. 01 character and credit abroad, are urged as-be done at intervals between the lirti of Februarv und the time for planting. When ready for planl- ver t.ie noin lu.' ..t loasons fur immediatd annexation; and the opinion has been fre^ueruly expressed, by those who feel a deep interest in this subject, that it would take place AT A VKRY EAR7.V »AV IS NEXT sii:s SION OF C0NGRES3, “ Al the present session, the resolutions from the State of Alabama in favor of annexation, and sun dry petitions and remonstrances againsi it, were re ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, A majority of the committee, consisting of members from the slaveholding Slates, refused to consider and repoil upon the subject, and directed Mr. Adams, their chainnan, to report a resolution asking lo be discharged from the turlher consideration of ihe sub ject; v.'hich he did, on the 28ih day of February. At the same time, i\Ir, Adams asked, as ar» imlivid ual member of the committee, for leave to present the following resolutions-. Re'-olctd, That, by the Constitution of the Uni ted Stales, no power is delegated to iheir Congrea , dr to any department or departments of their \tov- ernment, to annex to XJniun any furoisn >4ia'e, ” ihe Government of the Unitnd States, by an ac^ jf Congress, or by treaty, to annex to this'Onion :\'e Republic of Tex as, or the people thereof, would be a violation of the Constitution of the United States, null and void, and to which the free States of this Union and their peo ple ought not 10 submit. Objections bein^ made, the resolutions were not received, the Southern members showing a disincli- uation lo have the subje u agitated m the Eiouse at presenl. Might it not be considered as savoringloo much of ft violation of private confidence, we could refer lo various declarations of persons iiigh in office in the Nationai Government avowing a lixed deter mination to biing Texas into the Union, dt daring that they had as3U»ancesof tlie aid of the free Stales to accomplish the object, a.nd insisting that they pre fer a dissolution of the Union to the rf-jection of Texas ; expressing*, however, al lh'. same time, their confidence, that if the annexation couid be efiected, j the people of the free States would submit lo it, and [ the instilutions of the slave States would be secured and perpetuated. Contenting: ourselves, however, mg, lel the seed be eut so as to leave one or two good eyes in each piece,—tiien Ihi row ofl'the ground in rows ihree feel apart—be sure to make ihe fur rows deep—drop the seed in the boilom of it, from four to SIX inches distant from each other. The manure in the dull, covering up the sted with fiom twenty to twenty-five or thirty large single carl loads of good stable manure to thu acre, and cover the whole slightly with loose eaith—say from one and a half lo iwo inches deep. When the young shoots are just out of the ground, have the ground vvtll ploughed, ar*d lel the plough bo follovvtd immedi ately by hoes, cutting out the weeds and throwing .up the eaith in small regular ridges, flat on the top, and completely covering upthe-young potatoe shoots, in this way the hands will gel on much faster in hoeing, a id’ the potatoes wiil do much better, pro ‘ vided It be done immediately after tlie potatoes lirsL come up. 'I’o cover up ihe lops after they giow lo the height of four or six inches, would not1)e safe. After this, the most that will be necessary will be tt> keep down the w’eeds ; and rarely indeed wil! lijis plan, pursueu lu itins-c-mrtnrt-y - ctt i.r> ai>d pr.ofitable yield,—AshvlUe Messenger. W*c sec suggestions of the probabiiity that ?»Ir. Van Buren will voluntarily wi{hdravv hia name from the canvass, before ihe holding of a democratic con vention. We apprehend that this is not correct, though we nj08t heartily wish it may be so. He ob tained the vote of but seven States in ISiO, anih al though we believe democratic principles are now in the ascendant, yet those who opposed him bitterly then, would now much more cheerlully lake up an other democrat, a nev/ candidate, than one whom ihey then assisted in defeating. We do not thinlc Mr. Van Buren as strong with the mass of the par ty, with the ranli and file, whose vveight tells at the polls, as Mr. Calhoun: aliliough he may have a lar ger number of those (and such are to*be fbjnd in all parties.) v;ho make politics a trade, and look to ollice as the reward of zeal. We tru.st the Conven tion may be fairly choscn, and the people fairly repre sented. If 60, we believe there will be a general acquiescence, and we believe also, that the nominee be he whom he may, Avill be the next President.— That the Convention will not assemble, till after Congress shall have been Ion" enoutxh in session to entertains views which he knows lo be rt nimar;f to the popular will. Kver since the cop:‘st com* menced for Coftgiess m this district bjtw en Mr. Craige and Col. B.xrri.voer, the latter J »s studi ously avoided cornmiilmg himself for or agp nst abc- liihing from ihe Constitution the vt to {TjODi r. Ho dodgts the questior)^ every di>cuS3ion, feh comcs out boldly for Mr. Ciay for Rrt'sident, the ery au thor and daring advocate of this wicktd pr position to destroy ihe Ccnstiintion.. Now, ihe peojK should look this (jiH’Stion full in the face. Ari) /rjz/, thi peoplc, \n. fivor of laying vioh nt hands* o: the sa* cred charter of your liboities, an.! of n^lU .ting iti fair proporii jns by slrik'ing ftom it the qlI\ conser- va’ive power u-hich ever has and can prfl cl youf rights and iiberliis airainst the usurp:t^ 5 of ih"^ national h-giclature ? A;e you for siiikiiig; .om our beautiful st:uciure of fiee gov»-rn:ni^p.t ij|j *a?anc - wheel inserted in the Ci)nsiiiulion by iheHV doin of its immortal frameis, tS preserve its equ.lib afii a»vJ pruUTTrt rrcniij^rTTj v* - ^ 11 ru>. votls for Col. Barkin^ku ; he is in f.ivor of^l.iy ai.d all his measurts; he will aid Clay in k?»f king to pieces your Co.n^rtitntion, for if he were nor n favor of abolish mg the veto po\Ver, lie woul.J,^ you s_> tne way of a General Convention, nor lo distract or | irnminent danger of its speedy accomplishmenf, un just, as to the inode of electing delegates, and votin«>’ P4indlcton iMtssertfrt'r. in Convention. : r nr..' t' i:; ;*.ie 01 vo’ing Kfhm ■ • a* rej(\:fec|. S ) clear and concl'j ion to o:;r niir. is, that *ve he.zaid asserti g^ thai no Sla’.i' u’ould vinture to s an a ie|dment lo ihe t’on tituiion, t e d ;ioanting recommended by the v.onve lion, conlainmg, at the same time, | a provi:?;cn to L.iv si the smaller States of t.heir con- * I n; ' ut a .\antage on the election devolvinj:; ow the i ■?u^'i. ■ 1^ that, r proposed, it would not rectivt; tao y.te UI a single iSiate in the Union, so strong won’. 1 be the sens of J J that pl '.n shouk become the p cc»’dent. and J-. n era! i nv- ations f >• noniinating Presid. r.tsand Vice PiesiJt the est. jlifhed practice, it would, in • f- f ^i:p■■r'. do th «tisting provi.-ians in refeience • ; S ' r;eciions. and become, vinually, a pail of ; 3 r— ■ ! a : :;;'i aineiidint n. :no i ->.]s'^'i2tton: 3 much so as if foiin'ailv adoni- u:v;:e (/ur comuion paity. it is the reverse, lo har- entire mass of the people in the free ^States monizt' and uniie; which, according to cnr concep- become aroused to a conviction of this danger, a:sd tion, can only be done by a calm, rnanly appeal la out -and act in hkferlnce to it in a reason, justice, equity, patriotism, and the Constitu- jwith a voick not to be .misun i tion. 'rh«se are, we think, the only foundations on ' i>I:;rstood kitiier ky the people of the slave which the Republican party can or ought to stand; | States, or their ov.'n public si^rvants and •iud a strict cnn.^ormily to them in practice, the only | representative?, mearis by uhich union and liarniony can be presej*-1 A!th^ugh perfectly aware that many important \ed in our ranks. 'and controlling objections to nntiexation exist, aside Tho . J • . 1 i ^rom the question of slavery, we have in this address 1 ne oDjeclions we have slated asf.ainst tne plan to ; c 1 • ■ 'I't • l r- whi. h ue ar. oppos. J. and the reasons eiven in fa- i «“-'3av.s prnic;pally to that, bccause of its vor or Ihe oti>' we support, are of a cr^ve cl-irar. I imi^lance, and because f.ie advo- ter, !;oin-to th.- pri.-ipl, s of th,- Constitution anJ I V P’^cc d -upon that soni.' o( i-s nioM saer. 1 coniproinis. 3 aii 1 ' o-'lost (f the specious arguments and rea- \ g^'oiL7}d. touch la th. ir bt an.ugs, the very vitals of our’poVi- * annexaffon with which its advocates I^ut ti t.ho modi of v .’.'ng and counting recom mended by that pi □ should be rej- cted, as^it seems to us It c;t.:r!y cug to and the per adop- t d ns :t must be ta conform to the Constitution, trien t.’ii- other po io|i of the plan, which rtcom- rr.wtids fe ;r Deleg les to be appointed from each election l.’islricl m st iilso be rejected. The reason js plain ; it would I » incompatible with the per capi tal mode Ol v-oting, which, in ord«*r lo preserve the relative weight of he States, as fixed by the Con stitution, makes it r jcfssary. that each should have the same auinber o (felegates in the General Con vention, that it is er to in the Electoral College. V/ere if, however, oipible to meet this objection to the number of dele from each District, recom- Biended by th« Ric n^nd Conv« ntion, ii would fail under the test^ihegjjer principle premisid, which requires,that e^ry ; -acucable means should be adop ted, in order ^at General Convt ntion should utter truly the^^^icf. ihe p»-ople, m contra distinc tion to lhal of^er jloliticians. To etf- ct tiiat, it is indispensablo^e l^^^ates thould, iu all pos>ibh cases, be direc^ a )|itinted by the people. The greaie. ih© nunfler f Intermediate bodie.s, the far ther the appoiuifn^i ^Is removt d from the people the feebler wilj be tl.^i^o?:e. and the more potrn- tial that of pofitfca,*-'^ r • . ' . attempt to gild the piP for Northeni palates, are just about as sincere and substantial as were those tical system. If they are true, they must, in the I opinion of all vv ho value the Gov.^rnment and the. . ... ,,,. . , r j - Constitution, settle the points of difference of that ^ referred to, m which we*, m common with so many other States i labored a long time to convince Northern recommended. The question then is, are they truel ! philanthropists that they would best promote the ob- Tnat thf y are, is our solemn conviclion. and all annexation, that they might have slavery in Texas vvithin the power and control of our own Government; that they might abolish it or mitigate its evils;—he himself being an advocate of perpetual slavery, and among fianktiiss. in which GUIS hav^ been advanced. ‘ifi foremost to t.rample upon the right of ptti- we are wioncj, ^ve shall be happy to be put right. ' itself! The Wheat Crop.—We have received various ac counts of the prospects of the crop, A gentleman from Halifax county, who-recently passed tiirough Albemarle, and up the Valley, reports, that the wheat, as far as he had an opportunity of seeing it, was thin in most of that region. C)n a portion of the low James River, v;e understand, liie w'heat is suffering from the fly—on the upper James, it is good and promising. The IVorlblk Herald of the 27th states, that ‘‘A friend wlio has just returned from a tour in the ten Easternmost counties in?orth Carolina, says, it is enough to do one’s heart good to look at the fields of w’h(Uit throughout that region, presenting as they do, as fine a prospect of luxuri ant harvest as ever /riadencd the farmer’s heart.” —he would not be afraid locome out ^ -'ubjec; Thotjgh this‘‘hide an I k ” polios'diarac- teristic of the federal party, to wliich Oi Bar ringer belongs, we think it is di^repul^ : to ai' tempi thus to creep into an iinpoiiaHl L*iTtfe It is unmanly. Come out boldly in defence of^/» r prin ciples, if they are unpopular:—ilon’i try to hceivu ifie people on a qtieblion so vitally alliclii j their rights and liberliei. Like Mi. CRAic.i:,sb v your hand at every point; tfaiid up lo ihe laci. hke a man, Colonel, and if you fall in the colit t. you can proudly point to yiit.-r wounds .and sa\’^V i weiu not shot in the lack. Tne BANKRUPT LAW. As on the subject of di-slroving the Coil* lutiort, by abolishing the vdo power. Col. BARKiNa R will not shovv? his hand for or againi^l the *• r* pi or Bankrupt Law of the late whi; Wh n charged by .^ir. Chaic-i: with Ct inj,^ favor of this abominable.ccheme of fsaudand plu4i(i ,Cof. B breathes sort o’ hot and soit o' cold—say if had some good features m it, and some bad onef, i it you can’t gel him to say he is for or against it 'I he assertion that this law was no party nuajun, Co). BarringCR kn'ows to be faNe. A f* w dei ' >cru’^ e *• r* piii itioHj’ f)i" C^injp ess.—' ask is. that the reasons we have advanced in their fivor shoukl be caiefully, impartially, and dispas* sionat» ly weighed ; if rot assenit d to, the opposing reasons prt'sented in th(‘ same spirit of truth and in Congrtss voted for it; but the fderal p;ip#; » pTO- claimed it a ^' hig in astire whr) it was pujs d ;— Mr, Clay and the whig h'cdfis in Congress its passage upon the t .xpn ?s grounds lhal it vas a necessary link in the chain of whig m nsuf’S for , Register (in \ irginia) says, j relief of thee untry. Without v.h.ich thi ir rhofe • The wheat croj> m this county has greatly impro- . ' . r, . j ved in appearance within a few weeks past. There would be abortive. .Mr. St.anly 0. th.'S were inclinations oi a failure in the crops of small I State, in a circular to* his constituents, boasts c' th^^ grain a month ago; but now everv thintr promises 01 . t i i 1 ;r. ^ I « Bankrupt Law as a whig measure, and glor-S in Frutn is our fiist object. But as long as convinced lhal w'e are rig hi. it cannot be exp?cted, we shall surrender the gionnd on which ihev place us. To do so would be an abatidoi>ment 01 principle, and with us priaciphs are of more impcrtance than ihe “ None r^n be so blind nol^' as not lo know that the real design and object of the South is to ‘ add NEW weight to her END OF THE LEVER.* It w’as upon that ground Mr, Vv’ebster placed his oppo sition in his speech on that subject in New York, to repay the husbandman for his labor. If nothing should cast a blight upon the pre.sent prospects ol the farmer, the horn of plenty will be filled to over fljwing.’’ The Winchester Virginian copies this ac* count of the prospects in Rockingham county, and remarks, that the same is true to a good extent, in regard to the growing crop, in Frederick and the adjoining counties. having voted for it as such. And even Gt NEV,the other federal canliiate for Congresi i thi? district, admits this law was the work of the % dt clares himself in favor of it, and boasts of h [made, sometimes 85,000. thm §10.00C», and at ther The De!a«-are '• State Journa!state., that “ The | ^-000, by practicing under it. This sh# ^ tb» Gtneral’s candor. But Col. Harringeh nusjT r«. "wil _is iliai u constitutes the great anTj Juliil 3eVgafes by Slate Conyt mioni, whicli^iji’mseli •arc flhvay3 -tyvJ ?ametin>es two or three-dei Prt sidmcy ; and we feel assured that Virginia, her- ^ in March, 1837. In that speech, after slating that s* If. the pian of whose Conv( ntion we have been ! he saw insurmountable objections to the annexation cone'rained lo oppose, would be the last lo exp» ct us i Texas ; that the purchase of Louisiana and Flo* to surrender our irround, unless convinced that it is |furnished no precedent for it; that the cases enoneous. It is accordintj to our view*, the old not parallel; and that no such policy or ne- iiround i*n which she has made so many elorious * ^^ssity as 1-ed to ihat^ required the annexation of batilts for liberty, and on maintainin«j which, her } Texas, he said; influt nee and respectability as a State depend ; and! ‘Gentiemrn: We all see that, by whomsoever happy shall w^e be. al this critical and dangerous pe-1 possessed. Texas is likefy lo be a slaveholding coun rir./l ._ .1 I I J try; and I frankly avow my entire unwillingness Crops i.n this county promise fairly; the coldness ol ihe weather has made them backwanl but they are healthy in their appearance. We speak of grass and wheat J the corn has not showed itself yet.” A citizen of Virginia, who ha.=? just returned from dodge, snJ equivocate, and misieprcsent the ict^. Why no: come out? He is either /or or the Bankrupt Law', aud the people, whom hi# s f*ks nod of our political history, to find her standing side by side with us. in her old position, on the ram- l^ tS of j, rioxii wnaiever quarter, on its eacied provisions, whethtr by opt n and direct attack, or by the siill to do anything which* shall extend the ^Ifiyery of the African race on this comincnt. or adJ olb^»‘ regard slavery in itself o. great nioiTfl. ^ofkit. arM) political evi), 1 onl^ use iangtt^ge which has be^ xnore dangerous ^^tiiity of covert undermining’. adopted by distiaguisNefi^' ^qts{5?tcs citizens \ Ohio and the Northwest, reports the prospect of the • to represent, have a rig!:t to know his views, wheal crop as indiflerent. A Mr. Budd, in St. Louis W’ho Elates himself to have taken much piins in col lecting information from the several grain-growing States, calculates “ that the crop of this year will tall short one-fourth of what it was last year.” But all Buch estimates are very meagre. The wheat crop has noi yet reached its crisis. It is the stale of the season, when the grain is ripening and the straw is changing its color, that will decide the re sult of the harvest. It was about this time of the last year, that every heart was rejoiced by the fine annearance of the wheat; and yet some few wh^h brought with ii ihe roet. and in many (daces destroyed u huge proportion of the crop—leaving an oneiiampled profusion of straw, wiitr ihe grain; ■v^itbefecl ju We accuse him of being in favor of the law, and a to rell the people so; for he knows that nine-lc^thS of the voters of this district, of both paities, are op* posed to lh:s system of swindling, and would for no man they knew to be in favor Of it. Is fair dealinjr? Is ;l treating the people wi^Ui )rci? If Col, Barringer should ck?c^e4 Conarress, and a law similar to the ble Bt4|k^P* We bflieve htf would vote for il, as- we .frpf certani Gen. Edney wo^ild; but they wili^nol'tcH ihe p^' p!e sCi btfore »he f Jecti^—mark that-I ^
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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