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I lion, i:i: r i';-i;;c Uli 'CM) DOCTiilXE. T’ - \v I kncjvvu It) in nf »»tir r*ad*: rs, that Ij, ;^-\t; !re\vs ut the *M«.lhodi:!l Episcopal church, . aj -ii 'i J tar hia pitly ;irid taleiUs. lr» ‘ ii'i ;;1 iht' S !iuh.vt'siern Ciirisiiiu AJfo- .1:0, ’vV“ fi.il a 1 I''.r wriUiMi by hiti), replete with ^ .ar.J fio;n winch we iriiike the foilo.v- ey’racl: I .j r.!!!];■(: 0: S'> miiiy b.uiks has so far dfs- *'■ , J p'l'wiL; C’Ciii I'MKVj In il *-'v* n inrtiluiions ... ! r :a nil arc able Id 'i ) but lilllt* biisiiiess. ! 1 ...I i:'t :k V ihiM c.' M e, p: t liy ,i»iich out of use 11 iiMMV uf .\Isdvur i;u;! iL j cifcjidii M in III u>y of itio s’.ate i s I '.vini r. I aiji not t > diicuss the docti iric : ’ ^tiiw or r. : b:inU'—bec:iiise that is aside from luy liicaii>'ai ! r-o-ifty, co!K 1 I v(i!2i >M wfiic ! ceiilrc to its c the le:; 1* -.it; ii>. , . 11.f.- y jur ifitcre^i ar.^ j when your h^ippiness to t!ic heart. 1 The lierd df husirrrv wolve?, ul;o live on other only XV. u. I ^hM!c • n"IIt I* • • a!. Ci ri -i i ‘ I.ui II ur Iiir.iyty v.i-u •'ilf' i if' il vioK'hi oori- : earnirjirs. will rejuire in sucii a stale ol llimgs. " ‘ ^ ‘ . A s\ete:n wliicii absorbs li.lo ttieir pockets Ute truils , ■ ,.:n- ifpubiio iiun. men't induK^ry. is tiie very system lor them. Mf 'ni. 2‘overimient that produces or countenances un-I slopped 2 LBLIC B.iRiiACUE WlI.LIAM [1. jie iiuu uec 1. 2 I . ; I- r or ran ■n .1, ;; 1 1 a-; I an ...1 ' had arisen upon it. and every y»''ar set tnfd to draw T IT > WiTiTAM II flvYWOOD. cne ot the 1 them further horn a compromise ot this family ^ 'x ,ib ("iioiiri havin r ' Slate dispute. Manv doubt.d it it were ever U; be natorcn, Con-ressirom NotlhOiolina h.u^ nialv’ing’a visit lo the \\ eslern part oi lliC .a.e, | ic and 1S3‘3, howi ver, the friends of pped 10 remain a few days in Charlotte, his de* | ,cpresnitaiivt s ot the plactd certainty, riuctuaiion?, violent rifcin^s and failings in | friends iijvited him. as a mark of their rc- upon Ct^mnnttees lo wiiie addrtste& to the peo- prices. and, nnallv. paper monev, is a government - . .11 nol ti.-nn to nar* ->'e of the Slate, and by pei v* rir)g honest appt als Whi'>-pari V i*as been ex:ic*!y alter thei'r own heart. 'Heiice these men j ^Ptct lor the iiian as ut i > - 1,1,0 in i 10 the ur. ier^^andln j of the pfoplr-, and rspt'Ci:;!! v ;ire e.Iways lor chaniie. They vnll never lei well take ot a public entertainment, lie accep.tu int ^ R.^pnLlican dc»clrine ot ttie vitalion; but as he was compelled to leave | j^^,^,^[ution, that in a Stale the majority ought to or three davs from the time the invitation was guen j iht le was crtaied, much earlier than had m in ech. Wilh political discus- riWs I hive noihiuglodo; but ■ ,ci>: a e • :;.i ac-pi.ci of this question which ♦Vjrc*: t tu‘:!ii : ;v« ' upon my observation, to vyhich I \vi; i!d pay a bri^;f passing r.otice. First, ihe subsii- siivcr for the pretty pictures ;u as monev aforetime, has re- c iu e r* iltsi and feveri:^h suspicion. 1 il I 1 to recfive mnney in the morn i ■: v.i; \v;iithless before nighl; nor ' : I, -IS I h ivf )ii» n dijne, ir» p issing iii'ry, t'lr. 1.5 mon* 5 will be (jui of n'v rn:l s. C')nfidence i:* ine .ill \ a very important elfeineni .. • n nil;.iliil ar/d neighborhood ] i ■ c l; *, ihv, valuti of p'operiy has ••• iie pi ;’>.ili!y, it has i^eiiltHi at its r • i-'i.irl ; bit th:s very thin^^ may i : .• ' • c )iu iy. The p-opie, losiiig ^ i.. !i .11 ( .;.•(*, will be coiii. nl w'lth i - i il! ir'U!i)'.f piopeiiy. H iving giveri h n b thev will learn to be h that in !( nee which results from .! cci.ii Jiijv, 'I'iiey will lurn their at- i Miie i I)j)iI'Vftn rils and home comfort; “ PECULIAR - CONSi.s ‘‘The course oi' the arly consist--ni.*' . r - •• tSucti is the laniruaiie of a federal pheet now be- enou^rh atone. ^ A contliiion of public anairs m which fore us. No one, eert univ. will be so hard-hearted ^ property is sale, industry certain ol' lU reward, and as to doubt the trut.h of ihe jirMvcrbiul reuKirl:.— , every man secure in his own hard earned gains, is Here are a few ^^pLci::;* ns • lor t.he pabhc eye : OUTOFOFFK'K. ' IX OFFICE. 1. They clrintoieJ a . 1. The\' increased bout the ‘ extjavag tnt ■ j iIioko expenditure::^ ten expenditures of’ Govern- ^ millions per annum. , , 5.^ ! o -TX” 1 .V, .. ing; and depieps labor till double work shall earn J. They clamored .or a nen pas.-.ec . ev , ^3^^ —giv'e thcfn thi* state of'things, and bankrupt act. ^ repea e> i. i vou give them the consummation of their earthly iss. Sir, the great interests of this great country, the ' producing cause of all its prosperity, is labor! labor! , i-,/ ; labor! VVe are a laboring community. A vast nm- oi. iousan r- . joriiy of us all live by inJaetry and actual occupa- no pa.--adise for them. Give them just the reverse i and accepted, it was impossible 10 prepare more { t)t*en anlicipalcd, a ^pi! it ot foi la irai.ce on tne part of this state of tilings ;brinL-on change, and change, . • Barbacue, and Mr. Hay- of the majo. ity, and ot con't^sl..n on toe part of tlie ,! after change; let il not be known to-day what will j ‘ t ‘ . • r • a minoriiv v''hich promiitd to ihetl]oriter ^ be thv'value of property to-morrow ; let no man be wood haying left it to his friends to aesigna e . ! comnroiiiisii:^' tliis vt\»d q’l-s'uon in the Lf'gii- be iiut value of property to-morrow ; let no man be ' able to say whether the money in his pockets at nijht will be money or worthless ra^s in the inorn- 3. They clamored a- bout loner sessions of Con gress. 4. They clamored a- bout the extravagance of the White House. 5. Tfiey clamored a- bout ilic issue ol'Treasu ry notes. ' 6. Tliey clamored a- bout blood hounds. 3. They kept in ses- j sion EIGHTEEN OUt of j twenty-lbur monttis. more furniture. 5. They increased the lion in some of their forms.” vviil cl fthint: will be comfortabland the improve. Instead of de issue to over eleven mil liohs. 6. They re-appointed ■ to office Gov. Call, of i Florida, who originally j purchased the blood j hounds. 7. They increased that | -ieht from five to thirfij \ millions, • 8. They removed sev- | eral thouiiand hom^sl ! efficient men from otiice j for ‘ opinions’ s:ike. 9. Henry Clay and ; the whole clique of wing { ofRce-holdeis • stampt it' I y>;arly through thecoun- , i tjy- Who now but wul admit that the course ui the whig party has beeiij ^peculiarhj ’ consistent ? KIijI'ia lit-phliviin. 7. They clamored a- hout public debt. 8. They clamored a- bout removals from office lor opinions’ s ike 9. They clamored a- bout oiHce-hol'i i j inier- ferin*? iti electiorif s’yw ,®al' M substantial WOOD haying lei _ , .r. ■ I T« ' compromi?!;!!’ day for ihe enierlainment, they tiatned leusclay U-ti' j ]S3-1. 'I'line and study had only arength Accordingly, on that day, at 3 o’clock, the tables. | co.nviction. that such a ir?ul: v\as luc.ss.. which were spread in the pleasant grove of the , ry to the pc;ice and piospcrity of the wh ile btute, Pre.bvter*an Church yard were surrounded by at and that such a result was due to the west, where i re^D)ter.an caurLii } , maioriiy of the people resided, and wno demauded \e:isi Jifteen hundred personi, all eager lo see and j equally represented in the Legisla- welcome iheir distinguished guest, and to partake of j Kncoiiragtd by the btlitf that this huppy the good things provided by the Committee. Col. j cQi^sui^jmalion might be brought about, and -‘hoid- WiLLiA.M J. Alexaner presided wilh his usual ing fast without wavering” to the political faith A r •. Kir nr ^t^phen Fox that a public man who feared to d;fler from tae peo- grace and dignity, assisted by Dr. ^r.PHEN ox ^ and Capt. John Walker, as \ ice 1 residents. A. repudiation of the doctrine that they are -capable Isoon as dinner had been dispatchedj the cloths w'ere | government,” he ofTerrd liimselt as a candi- I removed, and the President announced the follow'- j to represent the Democracy of A ake county in I tti'T loans wliich. (all buithe first, ahicli iva? drank | 1S34, though lie knew wi:re bm 100 met! Ut^nJing au^ in'silencc) were rcsponJeJ to by ‘he I om of lOOU^ JEFFERSONIAN: C li a rl o 11 c, Xor til - C' arol i n a, MONDAY EVEN’IXG, SEPT. 4, IS13. uL; Oi! 0th- rs fjr ihs'ij b;ea l and their meat, wiii .ivail til ‘m.seivi's of lluir many advanta- 1111 !!jl‘ ih'jdft! )ii ihrouirh which ttiey ;i I wiil b‘ inoi^* apt to take tim»'- to f ?:-ilanl ".ii’iiatt^ fur raiding their grain and )An.»^»-k Already this is done on a 1 irg ca >.)lh il Ifx'inl provision's mucii p r ill .M i lis ;n c>)un’y, M;ss., last winter, than ■r - i:i i.;i ! !! • ‘ M-ortri.i. 'I'his .^l.ite of thmi’i ■i: • “ b - r.V ..i!:!' lo i\v- cl ii.nsof religion. [, i;j)l : c-j n!u_r d^* n Irijm l‘>fiy visions m wl.i-ii til V h»l bc' n in In! ■ .n J, and havmji becom* • ■. rl ! : i Vi- b ; iiik of (.i-atli and lh:iv'-n, and to give to Jesus and .xfj>p(d an im|)ailiil and cordial reception — With bu:.‘h a cuirency, then* will be ft'wer tenipta 1 Hi. hi eau.^f ft wt-r tippo'tunilies for the display uf .i>’ali'y. 'I'hf wbulc apparatus of costly bank '“ditlcc.s, and ih-‘ lon.r list of bank officers, may be ' d With; and the community is saved fiom '.vi'.n- i ing wh it is. perhaps, after all, the great dif li 'iilty of the syst(-“m—at least as the p*ople of this i intry h ive .>^eui it exhibited—the corruption of :ii M il:j, and the prustr.ition of the grf'at principles o''ho nesty beivvecn man md man. 1 do not saylfia' tiiese things are necessarily so; or that the system . ' b\. k'mg co'jI 1 not l;e c.irriea on witfion'. tli* •'e re- ^ ■?' ’"It, »«kin >• the g'.ou I 'd r’lle^ that the tree is Uno.vo by i>s t. ,.!t';--viewio:? this question in its i:pC^ . ' -^ry oi tl ' /.» I.... • •■[■■■ 10 liiese in?iitn’ions, or conij)limentary lo human ! ’'jre. Tai'i!' may bo many arguments used : • lii • 'lie metallic currency. I hive Inward one 'd pretty conli leiuly—viz., the inconvenience >1 i’arrvin'T it !ioai p! ict* to place. Now, this may : e a vciv weighty olijt'cli’U with somn; but, as for '.■iysf'.L i h !ve ui ver bi en much buidened with its w L;!i’. And n .w L bid adieu lo these institutions, V i.siiin y them more specie in their vaults, and more }.•' i-btV in llieir m;inagement.” NATIONAL CONVENTIO^. We copy tiie tollowing from tiie Baltimore He publican, and so far as this press is concerneil. we cfieerfiilly acquiesce in the recommendation of the Bahim'>r(' City Convi'uiion. DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION. Daaocratlr. cjndid'jLte fur President of tht. i \ 'ifd JOHH G. CALHOUNj OF SOUTII-CAIIOLLVA. Appealing to the common sense whole company . j patriotism of the people, they elected bun, 1. The memory of Washington. i though th. v did not agree with him upon that great 3-. it c;^smutf^'o"■.l^e■^•;:ire\l'su.fe I J ‘o h- I''''/'"''; ' orable iru.'t of c impromiMog :i ctuii!d\ns\ t at naa diatuib'd our S‘:itv counci!' Jnr ."0 yt ;jrs and !nore. I point to it, (' .\cu;:;n»d .Mi II ) laca'i::;e il is ^lr^•. i.uh arid last regular 1 ''V V''"-'’J'f . cal truth of 1). mocratic principu^. L't it be rc- 'tn rntnrvr » 4. The Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. 5. The President of the United Slates. “ Ths _ aroiiiid tiic Before announcing ihe Toast, che President delivered a tew prefaratory re- ; j advantage, u lo rt th. .•■ is any cow- maiks—saying, he felt sure every patriotic heait in j tu iitaiion by a p.ublic servant to disclose his the vast assembly before him would respond cordial- semlinjenls without reserve—wht*re a drtad or ly to the senlimJnt he was about to read. That he j popular distrust siiall tempi a s. Ifi.li r. pustntative knew pt rionally, (and his friend Col. Hoke, of Lin- j ! coin, who was present as an invited guest, could cor- ; roboraie his statement.) that our distinguished guest | i ‘ ' I [ had ever been a warm and decided friend of west- lern rii^hts, and had been the main agent in obtain- to set K the favor of his conjiitui nt by deluding them, rather than ask their conlid* nee l»y fiankly opposing error, or fv hat to- h. Ih vis to be an (*rror of the })nblic iniodr llis kind iiitnls, (M'Si^is Alexanolu an I IIoke ) had ascribe>! to liisai‘'u- the success oi the convaiit on (i^nstivn in 1^31. , f prn and had been the main pfrerit in 0ut:im- saccesb o. me c>.-.jv(iii no n .n srca! pi.pul irparty isaircailyralhoJ a.most £n7ncsse j ' • b • • ' •■= | j | |i,. rili'’h; urci p' lln- Coi:ipl]iU( lU i.cba„.;.:r ^vh,ch,.s leading d.e party ^ of our btate Lonstuuttoti, oy „ n.'hMJb,),t..'dUh.>ros|Kiil,.lMy uinph. The few that still lag will soon be rallied under the j ample folds : on that bauiu-r is inscribed Free TrjU)E; Low At a meeting of the D- mocratic City Convention j Duties ; No Deut; Separati.on from Banks ; Economv, helJ at Iho U,,„.bl.c „, K-a,l.t,g Rootns on Ti.urs- j duy evening last, Pnilip Laurenson, L?q , of the i jf pj.,nciples be faithfully and firmly adhered to aft* r 11th ward, offereil the tollowing preamble and reso- ! it si achieved, much will it redound to the honor of those by j I r - I : whotn if wtl have beexi won: and Ions will It ticrpetu:tti the ■ tltions, which \vc»e ntj mniiOliSlj, aoopjuca ' berty and )rosperity of the coaairy.” —Calhoun. w hereas, It is now ascertained, that tiie great j — ■ • Democratic National C.'onvention for nominating ; p^jj superior Courl for this )i.il a;! CIS alone, an .i-tual examination of .he l. iiikiiij opt i.itii)ns of the counlvy for « . ^ .•« 1)| • o . » y I ;•« . . i. i.. ^ public spin as follows; G. Our Guest, the Hon. W31, II. IIayv.ood:— Xurth Carolina's ^Senator. We of the VV^est wel come him as our long-tried and faithful friend. Having been alluded to by Col, Alexander in his i remarks, Col. Hoke rose and delivered a few elo- lieM by the Uemocratic €.1^ Con.cniion oJ\ n-ith cases. wVthiuk'if Judge S. woulj make bis | re,i>a.ks, cordially welco.ning Mr. Hav»-ooi> the c'dy of Baltimore, That this Convention will Lharfres to the Jury shorter and more concise and j testifymg to his long and ardent de- ni;ike ihe nece.^sary and suitable arrangements for | j°„. .^^3 ,,^n. he '.vould subserve the ondsol j ‘'1'““' nglits—the pure spirit of democra the assembling of the Democratic National Conven- i . . , : cy. As soon as Col. H. look his seat, Mr. Hay- tion iii the city of Baltimore. i j.:iwiji.e . — | rose, and addressed the assembly in nearly And, wmie5kas. It does not appear that ilie pre- > THE BARBACUE. . following language. His remarks have been cise day for the meeting of the said Democratic i Tuesday was a proud day for the Dernocra- ; cy of old Meckleti,ijnrg. Although the Barbacue „ , , . n was hurried in its prepLiration, we believe It gave Rfso/i’Cci, 7 hat this Convention respectfully sug-, - ■ •. , . ^ trpsl to iheir Democratic fellow citizens througliout i c!:oi;, or i ua. Vi^: the United States, the FOURTH MONDAY OF j assembly came there not so much to eat a din- Democratic ^ation;si Convention m me city or timore. we obtained equality of representation in the Stale. . ^ position v\ h( re it was u,.p'q n!,ir at me legislature, an i that he had ever been characieriz- , time, and it would be att'eciatirai >n i!; part to put ed in his public, course by an enlarged and palriotic ! away il»'- honor ol it since ii h.e.l bu n ir* nerally tmblic SDiril, 'I'ht. President then rea.1 the 'loast appr.,v,d and univi isaliv acqui. sc, d m. - But my countiymcn. (said Mr. H ) though it was ptcnlui!- Naiional Convention has been determined on ' there- ; foie I Carolina’s most gifted and patriotic sons—to see, ^ j greet, and hear the eloquent, “ long-tried and faith- Union. Uill:. TION^ WHICH THE WORKINGMEN LI) HEiiUUlK THE WHIGS TO AN- »S\VEK. In w is at manner do you propose to benefit us by ’.h ■ e^ui,,l..!imt nl v l a U S. B *nk? L lU't irc l! We ;!lh • ;e I lb ners v'.'e'C wialih tiian they can produce by Resolved. Th:it the foregoing proceedings, sign-1_ . . . • , * i ■ i- n ed by the ofncers of this Convention, be published j ^^^1 friend” of their rights. And m this, all were in the Republican and Argti?, and recommended lo j more than gratified. The speech of jMr. IL\y- the notice of the Democratic press throughout the | imperfect sketch of which u'o publish to I day, is Vv'orthy of its gifted author. It struck deep I into the hearts of his hearers of all parties. And how could it do otheru'ise? A calm, dispassionate recital of facts well known to all—no empty de- ichunalion or unkind abuse of paliiical opponents, it Pini.JP L VUUEN50N, President, Daniel BenoePw, Joseph White, H. R LArDEu:>iAN, S.\.'IL. Harktu. I IVni II. Cole.. Jr. } i John It' in-/;s, i iModnci'd by labor? prtniiict d by labor, do you propose to HEAR GEN. WASHINGTON ! ii V ; do. wiiar. do you expect wilt prodiice this : ai'ii. wiii.'li v ''I preipiise to give to laborers, over u.d a ■ e' wii.it iht-y tlienisfives earn of produce? Wdi it io proi'uccd bv til ‘ b-ankrupt speculators ii ) i; ' around the country, and talk with tears m , t '• s ijbijiit the wages of labor ?” bu pro la -td by the bankers, ihe brokers, !^e r:j in comer Ims, the idlers, dandies, a id -nrst' proud nabi wilhout whose aid ihe whig j;ii V Wv;ul I liwt .hold ti.getlier a w» t k? I: .1 w:il nv>t b-- produced by these persons, icho .c'.': ^reduce the wtal’.h yi^r propose lo give us, ov er aM 1 above our (^wn ea.nim^^s? If vou ilo n t confer upon us wealth which we d - not produi'e bv our own labor, are not all your s'of >p!c;al fivor and regard foi laborers .1 d •estribi * ar. I ci ntemptible adopted only i:: .nijui.'t' upon our imagined uanl ol intelligence? Is noi a N.iii nal Banka scheme by v\hicha FI’.\V m-n cc.n hve WITHOUT LABOR upon ti.-' eai nin^^' the- MAN'i ? I.- not a N.tiional Bank owned and controlled by a FEW D'>‘ > n'i that few I'.ave power to make paper \ !ce i^esi-»enti. I (jjrectly lo the reason, patriotism, and good Secretaries sense of the people, and held up before their minds TRL'Tii in all its beauty. W’^e are glad Air. H.\y- : WOOD has made this visit among us. Our people Listen to what Gen. Wasiii.ncton said about a ! have seen him and heard I,is eloquence; and they paper currency : j feel a just pride in greeting him as “ North Caro- “I have never heard, and I hope I shall nevey \ iiYfa;s Senator” in the councils of the nation. hear, any serious niention of a paper emission in ihi.s j State. I do verily believe that tiie greatest foes we : hav'e in the worhl could not device a more efiectual ' plan for ruining Virginia.-’ HEAR DANIEL WEBSTER! Listen to what Daniel Webster sai*l, in 1S32 in! the Senate of the United State?: ' . “ Of all the contrivances for cheating the labor- i ing clasies of manland, none has been more eflectu- hactily prepared from ’.he nolts of the speaker; and therefore may be sotnewhat imperfccl. Mr. H. said, in substance, that— In rising to address this assembly, his first im pulse was, to speak of the people around him as a i i i i mspireui'j}' ine cncum^ances accompanying ibis ] ^ .Nttnii i.n.i i.> t ,i i loi call upon him to speak liad repressed it. for kindness to iiim by all he hai met w’ith, l!ie compliment of this flattering notice, and the relation in which he stood to them all as one of North Carolina’s repre sentatives in the Senate of the United States, con strained him to feel not so much like a stranger, as a son of the venerable grey-headed men his eye rested tipon, and as a brother of those who w’ore his equals or below him in years. To each and lo all he expressed his grateful thanks for such a reception, , which should s’ltnulate his zeal tiercafter in their spared t^ .'■e’-ve on* tne term of hi.s o(li:e. ho in ly ih*' cause ol tije ?rt5', this was n,.>t loy in-»tivc lor upholding it. I alvocattd—sn-iained, anil aided to give triumph lo ihe (juejtu)!! because it was — hpcause it was JiJst — i icanst- it »\aj i)cinor.r(:tic That the W( st should thus expii^s lo him their re- collf'ction of his servicts, h‘sincei( !y thanked thf*m. The allnsi in to his political relations with the State, detnanded some nutice fK'.m him. W* re he to consult his ou n ft.ejiogs. he would ! ave nvoidtci the present occa^l.(n to speali on th ii l>>p:c. Out to decline it 'voul I give' room for fa!>e inferences.— His visit to the \v«>l h.j 1 ali*ady. of its. Il’, been made th(‘ jjround of unjust .snsj>i Mon It was a mistake to bebeve he was in i(»e s rvice of any one parly leader. w1h> was asjiiiing to hiih station. U was'a mistake to bli*ve .he would come hereas llie ag nt of a {aitiv"n!ar picsidtntial candidate. He was no man’s j,arUsnn pcilLir. Circum.'tanct which he fiad had no agency in j)roducing—evtnts d the repre- rom a Senator m Congrtss. The perio.l h* n his a> tiV(‘duti* s in that station weret-.. be cotnm"riced '.vas!nar at hand, and having r, vcr seen the S'ati' i.e v.’as app(;int*d to serve in th(; nation .. L' ^:>Ia'ure. he believed it was his duty lo see, it as he had lono’ (hsir(i! to do; and for this purpose he came hitlier. and for this purpose he should go I'urlhfu', hopirn; nt the same time lo lay in, in lliese ws;m liills. a fi(sh stock of strengtii to inviijorate* his constituli; n, inch had b(‘en greatlv s[;attei»'.{ for several ye;)rs. if jif.) expect(‘d to rerievv th'* vi:rir. for it v.aa lull of struclion, prf-f.t and pleasiir.- to him. Unexpecleilly. tlie Dt inociaiic piople of Mf;ck’Ien- burg had asl.ed hnn lo met t them li“re lo d ly, and though he did not have much oi;pu;tuiiitv’ for pre- STATE CONVENTION. Lost our rema proposed Stale Convention, and its action upon the subject of a National Convention, be misunderstood, w'e will state our viev/s more explicitly. Our position is this: That the State Convention , should touch the subject of a National Convention al tlian that wldchdelnde^ them 'ii'ith paper money. \ , c , . or,.! This is the most efTectual of inventions lo fertilize j and place o the rich man's field by the sweat of a poor man's ! ing it, recommend to the people of the Stale, to meet bro-w. Ordinary tyranny, oppre:=:ssion, excessive their several ConDressional districts and appoint taxation, these bear lightly on the happiness of ihe; ^ j .i inas^s of the community, compared with fraudulent | one or more delegates ror each to a.cen toe Con- serviee at the high post ho had been assigned to oc cupy, as it now gratified h:s pride personally to re ceive ihe notice by such a crowd of N. Carolinians. The sentiment whicfi had been proclaimed by the President and responded to by h;s fellow-citizeri.^'-. , _ . ^ had such a direct reference to his humble agency in I p-'ii'ation, the occasion demand*d an expre5^sion of the Legislature in passing the Convention Bill ol I sorno of his \i;. v\b an J opinii.n* upon pohiir i| ques- 1831. that ho must not permit it to pass *.v;thont j tion?. w hich he conid not iliijht if he would, saying something of it, though self was a topic, al- j X iihing u'a> moie co.nm in than leejrrce an i ways difficult and sometimes embarrassing to aspeak- 0j0|)0n'-nts to an assembly of politi- I er, and commonly tedious to his hearers. I: is just | cal associates, (hereby excitinir acrimony and pcr- rks of :ast week m relation lo ihe (continued Mr. Haywood) since the Peo i P.^r.-y prejudices. He w(»nl 1 abstain from * ’ pje of Wa'ic, w’ho had resisted a change ot our Slate Constitution for 30 years, and whose represen tatives had uniformly persuaded them that the de mands of a majority for equal represet.talion were bolh unreasoimble on the part of ihe \Vea and dan gerous lo the State at large, honored him by send ing him lo the Legislature to oppose it. He was but a tyro ia politics, and not many years past the age of manhood, when he accepted the trust and , _ ■ ?ublam them. i he f.Kiir-r wii'^i m office are d». y pl^ or grar 'e at will ? I \niii-H iht y make pric*s Jr.^h by the issue of an I ;)U?n:il ij ; o.iity of iht ir j)-»p* r money, or make j.i iCe.s u', by witiidiauing fiom circulation that wi'.icl; i-s already i.'^uid ] Ca!inot tl; 5 * w ho own and control a National }Ji:;k. v\i'h their p.i;!icular f. ir nds, in all the cities , .! .,.ia s r; tiie Union. lJU wdien ihey have i.; : i.‘ p , e.s LC)'.\’. and SELL when by a larger i-Sue ot paper, tfiey have ina-!e pricts HIGH t il;e firim rs an I mt chanu s, and tfie laboiers. * V ; 111 il(U Sfcret, s;i) that tiny. too. can know pte ..i'f’v wilt n tv) buy and when to St 11? If n"t, liion, dotS not a Nata^nal Hank give to a 1' iit W the PC)\\ Lil to .iccuai.l iate WITHOUT EA- li'•II. a portion of the wiallli eaintd by those who c. fibor '{ And is not this tle^ r..st'ti:ial amf odious of m )iiaii*;.ii s ati! Aiistocracu s id Europe? WouM t!i“ few nobl s and lords give a farthing of tiieir h( reditaiy tiths and distinctions, if they did not confer the power to appropriate lo themselves. Wilhout labor, a portion of ihe earnings of the UKiSS 2 Til se are ih- ques'ions to wlii.'h every laborer t;hou!d havt' fml a.nd s itisf.e'to! y answers before he should Cv-n5'nt t > •• u" theti' kit” that is to place ikia proruf^iu^ smiry in pow>T. Remember that jight and privih g’s once voted mcay. may not be re- clauntd tACepr at the cei d bloodsfnd. “ P^wer tuiuniutily us giusp^” anti ihc went tolhe Assembly choscn by the people of W^ake | .. .. for the very purpose of rcsistinf^ the TFcs/.— j currencies. anl the robberies committed by depreci- vention, instntcted by the people for ivhom to vote entered upon the subject with the z-al of a ated paper. Our on n history hau recorded for our . first instance, and hov) they wish that vote , yonno-politician, and the prejudices of his association, ■ mstructron enough, and more than enough of the - , , r , c ^ V i - ^ e i \ r « • i given, and then appoint two delegates for the State and of his f'ducation ; but with tne fixed principle j to be instructed to vote in every res- j endeavored both before and since that j lime to adhere to—to ilo rigfil if he knew it—to res- pect justice, though nt the expense of encountering Hear also what this distinguished gentleman said j instructed to vote. Our delegates should goloBal as late as 1831: j iimore wilh the tiodersianding, that if they cannot Sir, the very man, of all others, who has the dec- | choke, in the nominations, to co-oper- pest interest in a sound currency, and who suffers j ^ • i . i j i . • e ’ ate with the other dele(?ates in any lui^t compromise most by miscduevous legishnion m money m itters, j i i ixi v j » is the man who earns his d.iily bread by his daily | so as to preserve I’ne harmony of the parly. The insiruciion enoo^u, iinu luun:; man tinju-n iin.. demoralizing tendency, the injustice, and the intol- i given, and iheri erable oppression, on the virtuousand \vell disposed, j larii^e they to be instructed to vote in every res- j prejudices. Seated m his own study, to prepare him- i ^ self for the w’ork he had been selected lo perfom. i ^ and other wilh all the predilections of an advocate for the | ^ r side, he yet become convinced that the wf s- I tern people, who formed a majority of ihe Stale, were , not fairiv renresented undt-r die old Constitotion— I ment of t i it pe all personal atlack^ (a? it wa^ hv' habit to do) atiti ad dress the .ittefititjn of the p oj le to pvHic nicn^- ure.. li-aving the to ;ht't. nd{*r meicit s of tfio peoph- lh« Uiielves. As the f.iriSt method of dis- cussm^T such points, he would eniiavor to prc5er;l the acts of hsa p-ditical oj poneiits, and then tett iheir paliiotisin and policy by Ikccr ov:n principUo and their oira projessioiis. J ii'toy party consists of tlie polilir.L LHS^ w’ho leal it, an^ llte people, who sirou6 tj kei p io, and i: they are , they strive lo gel :n II is veiy difi *r n: wi'Ji \'hf‘ people. 'I'heir interfsti? not ;>romot» 1 by lh?e pt-rpetnal ft udf. 'I’heir n:‘e;et(no mailer w iiui party they b'long lo is that tlieir jovt‘rtiinei;l ?hall !; • well administei “no matter who is the Ca;i!a'n.''^ Lodc;ni^ lo last th^ri'c years, and^addret^infr hiniseif specia e (n >t \h( politicions) i;^ i^, he would plainly ati'F at lu^Lthey gained by the. in ^^^iph of 1S 10 ? (.Mr. ic^^^of tiie high excite* ‘ rernirkiniT tiiat ho lo lint portion asseiiiLiiv H. here drev the Catalines of al! tin:es, marked, 60 as to be knovvn I men spoken of as candidates, we have nothing lo forever by one stroke of the historian’s pen, men j 411 we are opposed to is. that our Stale Con- greedy of'other,^:ais property ayulproJigal of tUciv, ^ ^ ^ to bind oicn. Capitalists, too, may outlive such tunes.— j ? e/tffora . iiuu niauu au v \ » They miv either prey on the earnings of labor, by ; the people of the State;—such a course is uncalled their or thev may hoard. But the la-, boring man, what can he lioard ? Preying on nobo- : luu i.n v, j dy, he becomes the prey of all. His property it> in ; setlinrr a Iran lo catch the peojile in. Wilh Mr. his haniis. His reliance, his fund, his productive “ ‘ . , . t f'reehold, his all, is his labor. Whether he work on ' Haywood, we ihintv if the people w’ould have more his owm small capitiil, or on another s, his livii.g is | ^ ihe'^e matters, and ihe politicians less, still earned by Ins industry ; anu when The money ot the country becomes depreciated and debased, | vve w'ould gel along belter. But whatever the de- whether ii be'adulterated coin or ptiper without ere- ■ • j . ~ otfond th/. dit, that industry is robbed of its reward. He then appointed by the people to attend the Baili- labors for a country whose laws cheat him out of ,T)ore Convention shall agree to, the whole party in his bread. I would say to every owmer of every | ‘ , t -r . j- i quarter section of hxnti in the W est—I would say to i the State should b6 bound to ratify by theif cordial every man in the East, who follows his own plough j support. —and to every mechanic, artisan, and laborer, in ev - j ery city in the countr}'—I would say to every man, ev’ery where, who wdsbes, by honest means, to gain an honesi living, “Beware of H’olves in sheep's clothing?. Wfioever attempts, vin»ler whatever pop ular cry, to shake the siabiliiy of the public curieii- cy, bring od difctfvSS it* inonej^ mutiera, and drive ibe W^hy does not our friend of the Washmg- lon Republican send us his paper ? We open it with more interest than ahnost any other of c*Jr ex changes stances to do his duty to himself and to those he re presented, without surrendering the great interests of North Carolina. His conscience pointed with unerring certainty to the way of his dutjf. and he pursued it because it was his duty—not because il w-as the cause of the His judgement allowed of no doubts, that such a reform in our State Repre sentation as might restore harmony every where by doing justice to the demands of a majority of the State, was the true interest of the whide Stale : and he did not long hesitate. T.'o reconcile this duty with h:i obligation to the constituents whom he represented, he voted against the Convention in 1S3I: but as soon as a fit oppor lunity ofi'ered, he laid his commission al the feet of ihe people of VV’ake, retired from the Legislature, and disclosed to his own constituents before he had made it public to any others, that he ought not and would not again represent them to Oppose a Con veniion. In doing this, he had now the craiifi cation to remember that he believed he was then m-iking a final surrender of all his ambition to a sense of dulj hie owr> cor.scknce. sirug- tv. it ltd to a j;erf*-ct triumph, aiid a complete over throw of Van Buren and ttie D.-mocratic majority m Congress. A W’hig President and Vice Pf’sident. or Tip pecanoe and'I’yl^^r t(jO ' !—a W’hig maja.ity in the St naie! a W’hi^r tnajon’y in the House of Repre sentatives ! a NV'hig majority m the State L'^ijisla- ture. These w'ere all that the politicians asked the Whig people lo give them. Give us the.=e, said they, and •• w’e will do you good”! — They were given all they asked, an 1 now three years after il Mr. H. appealed to the Whig p opie of the W^eitern CotmtieS of N >rth Carolina to a"i- swer, w’hat THEY have gain+d by it? To ena ble them to decide upon it, :ls far as any such were present, he 'vould exhibit to them a picture of what the \\ big politicians had dotie, and then undone, and how they left matters in the nation and Stale ! li would then be in the power of the W’hig people of the W’etl to say liow : aey liked the change. First : Hft said it v. dd be recolhcted that the Tariff'of lS-28 had so f excited popular resistance, ihil tn all the j/eiilsaf disunion—violence and
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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