• 5 • ' I
of 012 convictcd prisooPt?. 4§ nevrr uccn at
S-.jool ftt all, and only 30 «bove six iiionlhs.
L) Herefordshire, oul ol 335 prisoners, only one
could read wrl!.
With rtspecl to rf*lii,i>is instruction in Sussex.
cut ot piiaoiit rs, 141 dil uoi know
u.iiue j 4s3 just Vvilfi his hi?lory • and
lia^ per cent, of the who/e number hnd any
rf^asonable Unowledge of the Christian fdiih. Sorn*^
s. id they had occasionally been in a place of wor
ship, but that, when they did attend, all was dark
n S3 and confusion lo their mind ; and so ihey gave
it up.
Lord John eJoqnently advccaled the interests ol
education and moral arid religious instruction, and
said; *• Whilst we are considering what sums we
shall distribute in China or the South Sea islands.
L
,ord )ohn I^ussel, in Iiis rrp)y. siid that the rral
qu^Sition U^-lor*' the lIous wa? th'«, W’hnther. In
ih* ir opini>n it was v\ l^e «nake a fur:h»r altf.ra
non in th.' imi ort o^'peci:»lly it. ihf* corn
Ifiw ? ^'*iMlhpr thev ouyht lo con rn( n(  tlmt
iiange now. or u h» thnr it wtiul l b b» it» i to waif
for anothf-r pi nod bffor^ ih^y coriumncfd that
♦'hring^e? Opinion in favor of protection, he e^th
ered, even from some of hi? opponents m th^ d* biite.
^rows weaker every day. It is obvious that a duty
40 lo 50 per cent on th*' food of the peoph cannot
much longer be rnaintd ; and he again uirrf-d the
policy ol making tlio changt* in a time ol tranquil
lity.”'
If Sir John Tyrf II and his frimds were to vote
want of confidfjicn’ in ministers. Ih- (Loid John
Russell) would/lesiiatc hi icith thtm\ /or,
he thouijht. if those whijz principles he and his
AMOS WEAVER, ESa
I’ii* federal fditors in this District, m abtising this
■/•ml* man in iheir own peculiar coarse style, have
w’aL’f'tl up an ugly cuotomer.” His communica
tion in to-day’s paper proves this. It was intended
for putlica-ion in the Charlotte Journal, and a copy
a fieport in the Legislalure^in fivor of introducing |
manufactures, and wool growing m N C The |
report was e.\t(nsivrly read, and no dou’c t had a [
powerful I fit cl in arousmg the p» op!» nl the Stat
to ihese subj* cts. W» remember the Re port w* II
and defy Gales & Co. lo show' one ?i rit» nee, or :
iSPECTATOR, Ja.
JJe ^vstibus non di^putandujn,
\V*« k fore last, the federal shed of this Tawn,
contiiintd a communication, over the sig’nnture of
■ Spectator. Jr.,” uhich we would hjive noticed
soonir. had wenot heen engagfd m more imporlant
matters. 'J'he oljfct of the wriitr, whom we know
very well, i5 to tiaduce ihe rd.lor yf this paper, arid
at the same time thow off his harning He is a
OT in Ajnca^ lor the promotioa ol the Christian I friends advocated were to be carried into eff» ct. they
laitii, do not kt us forget the great ignorance at \ aoul I, under present circumstance.=, he more likely
to be carricd inlo cjfect uy the ‘prcsc.ni govcrnmc7i.t
home
Hir James Graham agreed with the first resolu
u n, bu: opposed all the rest; he advocated the corn
j.uvs and a judicious protective syst* m ; he was for
i cautious and judi'' .ous reduction of ’protection.,
corresponding with the growth of the population
This, ho said, had been the guiding commercial
policy of the prt^Hnt ministers. Taking the reduc-
t ■ ns irom 1815 to the present time, it would appeal
that the removal of nit less lhan £0.300,000 of in
’ircct ta.xation \va« the result of their measures,
i Lu t-'ixes remove.i were principally on articles of
•-n-M’mpl.tin us i by the. vvorking classes T"he
r,umber o! ar:i"I-subjr-ct to customs had been re
i-iCCi! Irorii = irivrfi hofiotcii aiid fifiy livo, to five
i.liiiuie.l ttfj.1 S'H'c-nty-nine.
lie dc'en h.d the opcru’.ion cf the present sliding
’;i'y on cuirij u t. nd;ng to stiadiness both in price
.j J ^mpoit?, and operating more favorabl}’’, both as
I j'Oal and a protective m-Msure, than a fixed duty.
'f iie jjiiCf : of several artic! s of necessity to the la-
f- ,.a^ m ir. h:i I I 'en materially reduced, and the
jcJ ijti 'U wa> clcaiiy traccbie to legislation. For
JiS Lii'ce ■ will 'll h . fil.en iiom G4s. per quarter,
in i n, t : 40- ij vv: I eef irom 7d. per pound to
•Irl-d.' muLf-.u from 7 .1. to Od.; . ugar from 7d. lo 5d.;
ilee from to Is. 4i; and tea from os to 4s.
^’uth;ng afreets wages more disadvantageously than
f price ari.-;ing from variations in the
am unt (I the circui’ating niedium : that evil has
L 1 c'j eked bv prudent legislation. In 1841, the
L i li--;i in the hands ol the Dank of England was
rily .€."■/-00,iiU'.-, th: ir notes in circulation £16,000,-
'J’he iutiuunt of bullion in the Bank of Enu
i '1.1 is £lC,-J'J0,0iJ0 ; the circulation £21.000 000
{ M 1 th*! b.uikhig measures of f^overnment will con
.1 Liule to furihtr steadiness, [jefore the year 1844.
'iiere had been constiucted in Great B/itam 2.355
miles of railway, at a cost of £66,700,000: m 1844
 ,-3 miles were aJdcd, with an outlay of £10,300.
t ■. There arc now railway projects in agitation
1 -r the addition of 0.000 miles more, to cost an ad
ditiimal sum of £ 18,000,000, promising ample em
; loymeut /or labor for many years to come. A1
though speculation has been chtckrd, yet at no pe
nod of our history has speculation been founded on
more secure grounds, or carried so far as at present.
It is gratifying also to know that crime has dim in
ished. 'I’he number of persons convicted in 1842
was 31.009; in 1843, 20,951; in 1844, 26.542 ^
Pauperism has diminished, the poor relief for the
able bodied having diminished 20 per cent, in 1844,
as compared with 1813. Voluntary eini^Talion
has not been unattended to; 70,000 p* rsons went out
in 1S44 IHducatlun has also been attended lo. Tht
government grant was increased in 1842 from X30,
tjOO lo .£40,000, and it is now proposed to make it
X75,000. Sinco 1823 no less lhan £320,000 has
or £i;oi)o,"
J’he National iJoard o! Education m Ireland
may challenge comparifon with any similar estab-
ii-'hmint in any cotjntry of Europe. Further. ?ii/ie
t>j scccytj churches have been built during ei^^hteen
in >nths, offering accomodations for 520,000 persons,
and the cn lovvm;-nt of 200 liiui.sters.
rir James concluded by saying that, as the car
ry in ;i tne rjs.)hiiians would imply censure on
iriimners, fio ^ho^Jld move t'ie previous question.
Sir John 'I'yr^dl c’lar^cd ministers with having
i.‘cserted ihe ugricu!iurisls^ ivho mighty jierhaps^ I
looti. for suj'j/Oft clcsu'hcTc. •
\ iscount l*o!.ing'on could liol support the re?o- ■
utions, but did not /eel so much alarmed as others
at thti prospect of r pealin" the corn laws.
i\Ir. Charles \ ilierssaid Sir James Graham was
an excellent witness for the repeal of the corn law’s.
11 * actually proved the case of the advocates for
ir' o i.'adt*. f-r he s/t u'cd that flour, uicat, and
sitg iT it'eic rendered chcapcr to the poor viaii by
the r. duct ion it dut^c'^.
i Ir Bi'-kham Escot opposed the resolutions, ob
;ect;ng to them in detail. He believed that it is
impossible for the advocate^ of piotection anv Ion
ger to dcfetid it by the usual arguments.
I.^rd Ilowick supported the resolutions. He in I
sisti .1 that dt'pendence is not lo be placed on the |
present aspect of prosperity, and that measures ou7ht I
- . IJ ' .
Sf nt to that pnper; but for fear ity publication would ; word in it m favor of protfctive taiiiTs On the
be rt fiir* d thcie, a copy was also still to us. contrar}’, the very object and aim of the report was '
And, by the way, we observe in the last Salisbu- to counteract the efltcis of the 7'arifT on the people I
ry f-ileral sheet, an infamously slanderous piece of North Carolina. We believe it was at the very •inough fe llow peisonallv, tut has an awfu!
same session that this report was made, that Mr p^nchant for writing - for the p.ipers,” and besmear
Fisher joined with others in making another report everything he writes, no matter on what suLjfC.‘,
denouncing protective tariiTs as unco7istitulional latm quotations. l)c gustibus non disputan
declaring that it was a usurpation m Congress to ' that is, theie is no disputing about tastes, in
exercise any such powei as itnposing Tariffs on the such matters, though it is horrible to the ftelings of
ajjainst Mr. Weaver. It is an anonymous commu
nication. charging, that ^Ir. Weaver is in the em
ploy of .Mr. Fisher, traveilir>g over this District,
with a wairon loaded with whiskey, to treat and
eleciiuneer for the Democratic candidate for Con
than by their opponents.'''
The H ouse then divided on “ the previous ques
tion” as opposed to thf first resolution, wh.ch vvas
carried hv 182 to 104 niajority against the reso-
lion 73 The rest were succpssively put and ne-
i?at ived.
eleciiuneer for the Democratic canuidate ror uon- exercise any such powei as itnposing Tariffs on the such matters, though it is horrible to the Jtelings oi
gr« S3, in the tjrst place, those who know Mr. | country for any other purpose than rlvexui:. Vv’e ’an unlatinisid man to he ccmpelkd to uad such
Fisher, will at once rut the brand of falsehood upon j see nothing in Mr. Fisher’s report that made at all ; productiociS. We never read the productions of this
this slander. He is known to be loo honorable and inconsistent with his nresent course. In fact. Mr 'farcical writer, without thinking of the remarks of
this slander. He is known to be loo honorable and
iionest to adopt any such means lo gain success-
The democracy are proud that they have a candi
date against whose moral character there can be
nothing of a stainful character alledged. He stands
proudly forth, and challenges his opponents to lay
their finger upon a single moral blemish in his
ehararier. He will stoop to no low and dirty means
to secure his election; though his opponents are
inconsistent with h:s present course. In fact, Mr j farcical writer, ^
Fisher in his public speeches now' declares that he j tl e Bishop of Toulouse in relation to the Abbot of
is m favor of manufacturing in the South, and the ; Normoutier. While travelling, his companion pro-
further defence of the mechanics arts. We have • posed to stop and spen ; the night at the Abbot’s
just received a small pamphlet containing th* sub- j hon?f —
stance of his speeches at Morgan’s and Alt Pleas;int. | “ What! said the bishop impatiently, ‘‘ask Iios
and in ihat «-e see thai he not only d. , that h. ,s ' ' "‘V ol I..nfru;wes, ag-ainst
. . ^ > Whom the soul of every martyred letter m the alpha-
uniriendly to manufacturing, but avows his anxiHv | bet will rise up in jt] Igment at the last day ?—W. *
to see manufacturing and the mechanics rise, extend i he haih scarce Latin to mumble
con.,an,ly charging upon him whayhey are doubt- jand flonri.h ,n he Tooth, rnS.at.s; and he'orgafJ
h ss busy at themselves fraud and falsehood. In J that they never can do this while the South is rob- | tain phrases ol the Latin tongue to grace his speech
xt place, Air. ^\eaver is of too proud a spirit | bed and plundered as she i* by the inif]ui*ous TarilTI "ithal j and sir priest, m a witty spleen, teachetli
.nhnnf n« thp fnnl nf nnv mnn nr cor f , o . 4 phrases clean contrary to the. meanin.r he seek-
)• ne
to travel about as the tool of any man or set of men, j of 1844.
and has a plenty of business of his own to see after. I But it seems that some people, and Mr. Gabs
Hi‘ follows wagoning for a living, and Irt^dss upon j among the rest, think no person can be friendly to
liqnois, and other agricultural productions mostly
P .
eth to convey ; so that he cannot utter his reasont: in
plain lanjruage. if they be not latrged w’ithsonie rem
nants of ill assorted Latin. l>y the bones of Sf.
Benedict, the founder of his rule, I liad rather couc.h
Q&ARmTTE,
FRIDAY raORWiriG, JULY 18, 1845.
FOR CONGRESS,
charl.es fisher.
Of Kozcan.
MR. FISHER’S APPOINTMENTS.
Mr, Fisher, (he Democratic candidate for (Con
gress in this District, will address the people at the
followinjr times and places :
Concord. Cabarrus,
Tuesday. July
22
E. B. D. Sloan’s, Aleck.
Saturday
26
Charlotte, “
Alonday “
23
Rutledge’s, Lincoln,
Tuesday “
29
Sandifer’s Springs, Lin.
Wednesday
30
Col. A. Alauney’e, “
Thursday
31
Seagle’s Store, Catawba
, Friday, Aug.
I
Newton,
Saturday
2
Gabriel‘s,
Alonday
4
Beatty’s Ford, “
Tuesday
5
EULOGY ON
JACKSON.
lo Stiuth Carolina and to the iron works in this State.
Ill pa^sinij: along, he no doubt talks freely on poli
tics lo !hose he meets; and it is this which annoys
so the federal scribblers. He talks w’ith pov^er and
 fT ct, and tells the people how he has been imposed
upon, and how he found his error. This is his
jfft nee, and for ibis he is abused and slandered by
the federal scribblers of the District.
W’e hope Mr. Weaver w ill go on in the good
woi k, and redouble his exertions in dt fiance of those
w’ho would crush him for his independence. An f
honest and cardid people will do him justice.
^ liic ui til© luilj I ilaU 1 dilitT cOUCn
manufactures who is not a high piouctive Tarjfi; on the heath, than on the eoftest bed in the abbey ol
man. The I emocrats all are friendly to manufac | Normoutier, I would dre.im ail ni^jht of the disjier
, . ,1 .u i_ I sion at Babel, or wake to be hnunted bv the •’^ho'?'
lures, but they wishthfinto prosper b} ^ht ir qvmi , U’lis it not, as
industry and enterpiise, v.’ith what protection a re w’e wen; on i>iit/rimage to holy St.John lie;iUv:ilrr
t. I. A* .1 • 1 . ^
venue TaiifT will give, and not by Itgalized [)lun-
der of the fartners and mechanics of the country
We think it is time for such nun as the Elitor of
the Register to learn that w’e may be friendly to i
manufacturing without being fiiendiy to such an
abominable luw' as the v.’hiq: 'i’arilF act of the vear
1S42
In 1331, a Free trade conv.nijon was held in
Philadelphia, by the free trade anfl anti-l’arifl’iiu n
from every part of the Union. Air Fisher was ap
pointed a Delegate to ihat convt ntion from this pail
of North Carolina, and allend(d the same. ^I'hat
convention publish(d an address, in which w'e find j"
Ci ours
leiiJii'
■■ mu. t
AIR. FISHER AND THE RALEIGH REGISTER.
I’he veritable Editor of the Raleigh Register
has discovered a ‘ ma'e’s nest,” and has set the scrib
blers about the two tederal papers id this District j these wo’ds—‘‘A numerous and respectable portion
cackling at a leirible rate, but it turns out all j of the American people, do not nurt lv com])lain
cackling and nothing else. Air. Gales hearing from i that this system is unjust, but they question the right
his correspondents, how Air. Fisher is using up the j of Congress to establish it. They do no: doubt°—
abominable whig laiifTof 1842, and fearing ^ox ihcy utterly deny the constitutional power of Con-
ihe fate of his good friend. Air. Barringer, cries out, | ^ress lo enact it.” The system here objected to,
‘• why Air. Fisher himself was once a Tariff man.” j was the TariiTof 1828. Now, the TarifT of 1842,
Now, Air. Gales, we tell you m your teeth, you jg much more oppressive than that of 1S23
Our citizens, one and all, w’e hope will not forget
that next I'hursday is the day appointed for the de
livery of the Eulogy on Gen Jackson, in this place
by the Itev. Air Freeman W’’e hope to see a
large concourse in attendance.
THE GRAVE YAR'd.
W'e are rf quested lo state, that a meeting of the
people of Charlotte will be held at the new Court
house on Saturday next, lo take into consideration
the condition of our village cemetery. We called
the attention oi our citizens to this subject some lime
since, and we hope now, for the credit of our village,
that some eflicient measures may be adopted in the
premises.
iiO
every attempt toj^^ 'I’or'il' s -Aflerwa
whue a membe^^|rihe Legislature, (perhaps
every portion of our County has
been, the past week, blessed with bountiful showers
of ram. Though late in coming, these rains will
be of immense bene fit to the corn crops. Late corn
may yet yield very well.
We understand the proceedings of the celebra
lion at Beatty’s Ford were sent to us last w«=>ek. but
we have not yet received them, in conseqtience of
the absence from town of the gentleman who had
them in charfje.
pointments in Lincoln county, and promised to con
fer further on the subject. He has never ap
proached Air. Fisher on the subject since, and he felt
a delicacy in renew’ing it to his opponent. VVe
would not w’dlingly do Col. Barrinijer injustice and
therefore make this statement. It. however, alters
the complexion ol the matter ver\* little.
THE APPOINTAlEx\TS.
, , = ■■■ I ^^st paper, we understand we committed
0 e ta.cen to provide lor more adverse times; and an error in saying that Air. Fisher nronosed to Col
he vmlicales the comprehensive nature of the r«£o RTrrinaer T m i t
liKions, as embracing subj.-cis closely conntcted, I I-'n-oln, to “make a regular list o(
and all nec; ssary to a correct view of the main ques- j and that Col B. would not agree to
lion—the condition of the w’orking classf s. ••//’'*• •harih«'rp was no firmal proposition, but
th :ight that ihe Sf/stem of restriction ought to be * an intimation from Mr. Fisher, that he should prefer
c. t vnc^ and entirely abandoned, the tune for com | such an arranjjemeni; to which Col. B. answered
■jyr:./nise havnig gone hu. He could ictsh to that he conlfi nnt ^
r... 1 ji 11. -.I-' 1 , I ® ‘iiiii lie coulu not dttenci more tfian one or two an-
7' U!>:h the whole to rij], and at oncc abolish ei'ery - nuwuuriwoap
i-'ity irh’ch ?Ci:S ?iof leuicd bona fide for the. purpose
■ / renhp'^
Mr Ivobeit I’ec; >.•1.1. wj.eii sneaking on the corn
1 iWS : I; 1 thouj^ht it advisable to come to Iht
nb::tract resolution on this subject, 1 do not see hoic
1 i U'ii d-/fer J 'om the ncl'e lord-^ because w'hen
)i;‘ asks us to Cv.uisidcr the subject wiih such cautious
and ilelib^!ralt' arrang*. rnents as may be most ben-
i.Cia], I consider that is the Very course we have
taivCri. 1] t‘ hare aJ^^-’d to it no protective duties
O - i - r:^c />■!' been :u u'ithdraw protections, cum*
^ r;-’d With su ’h cautii'us and deliberate arrange
men's’ as w e thought would most bt neflt all classes
■I her Al .j'sly’s S!il'ev.-Ls.' “'1 o the principle of
t! !■ jeroiiij nJ il.iid rtMjluticns, that j^rotectice
^ '• ’ '•25vif a\ rt f', he C’-uld 7ioi give
•'c ■ •:cs ■ i-c , iliough heir rti;*ission itquires
gr^'ai deiibeialion- In ;ii!uding to the obseivation
tSir Jwl'i. 'ryrtl!. that ministtis hai1 lost the con-
lldcjice of the landed interest for going too rapidly
forward in lijO ni.li protictive course. Sir Robert
said : li It be so, J canh 'f 'o'nsent to t cpurchase
thi lt a.nfdeucc by thz c.iprcssion of any regret or
2 f'iiil' net on account cf ihe course 'ichich we have
jnirsurd. J Inlieve that co:irsc has conduced to ihe
^rncra' iW- co;nlrr-. The interests
and tlie we!'are ( I ’.he proprietors of land dj not de
p- nd upon the meii* nominal sum w'hich the quart* r
of corn Uiay i't ich. Ifmiiiisteis had lost the confi
dence ofone sef i f men, the rapidity of their movemets
and, through their cantjuo, had failed lo secure th»
confidettce of atiGliier set. he hoped that both W'ould
jam to exprc:^? want ul confidence in a ministry
which could not salis.'ucton'y administer the afTiiis
of the country ; but ho repealed, that he wotild not
attempt to g«iin ihat contideuco by departing from
course which ho had taken, believinn- it to bo
oT! principb*?*.'
are—mistaken. Mr. Fisher never w’as, and we
venture to say, never will be a protective Tarifi^
man. We have known Air. Fisher, and been fami- ?
liar with his cou.se, from our youth lo this time,
and we know of so one rvho has been more uni'
formly hostile lo frdcctive Tariffs, lhan himself
W^hen he was fi'st in Congress, he voted against
ilflervvards.
3 m
1827,) he was ortu^f a committee, that reported a
memorial lo ^on^fT^ss in which these words are
found; ‘‘ It is conceded that Congress have the ex
press power lo lay imposts, but it is maintained that
that power w'as given for the purpose of revenue,
and revenue alone, and that every other use cf the
power is usurpation on the pari of Congress P
In 1832, Air. Fisher delivered an address against
the protective policy to an anti-TarifT m.eeting, held
in the Couiihousc ii Salisbuiy, m which lie expo
ses the iniquities of the act of 1S32, in such a man-
nei as to have produced a powerful eflect. This
addiess led lo the contest in Rowan, in 1833, when
We W’ill thank our friend cf \\\e Standard t(»give
this article a place in his paper.
COL. BARRINGER AND THE TARIFF.
Air Barringer is 7207;; the advocate of a ‘prote ctive
Tariff," and particularly so of the TaiifTof 1842
How was he, in 1841, when he opposed Air, G
VC Cald-^ell for Congr«&s -•irid before the Di^'ricl
W’as changed 2 He then published a circular in
which he says—I am opposed entirely to a pro
tective Tariff.'^ Again, he says—“ I am in no
event in favor of laying a 'i'arifi!' but for revenue
alone.'" Again he says—“I am for adhering to
the letter and spirit of the compromise act of 1833;
which was and ai .vays has been sutisfactory to the
South, and the p-assage cf which restored pcace and
harmony to our national country, and happiness to
our people.”
These were ihe sentiments of Air. Barringer w h» n
m honour ol the martyr Chatennneuf, ilial he l‘r(;k.
forth with. How’ now. my fellow-pilgrinis, vvi.;jr t Uk
shall we beirnile the way vvithai ? lor, as a ,'.;ilier
snwh. loqucndi homincj mac-istr"s hubc/iu-^ ' ay /
I
rsow, we don't ii.ind whnt ••jmii:’”
writes abnnt l>; i.iu we a^’ainji
put in the shape cf la.'in quotatii ns. or^d
w’retch* dly murdertd. We /i-;.r ;t cofts him t
much labor and research: and a.s liii friends in Ca
bal i us say he wakes up only about once a v ur, the
travail necessary to bring forth such prod icliuiis a^'
his last article in our b»half, be awful. B'-
I sides, his style of delivering hjs ideas reminds us c-*
a young goal—w ith no s» nse, bfu’.ing its brains o^C
against »veiy post. Iluwever, we suppose in duo
lime we shall have raiother iriiliction from that
quarter—another shot from his i ccrptaculuni hccd.i-
rinn — his receptacle of young goats. And rna’,*
we not ask of Air Spi ctator, ■'si f^ras unum her-
dum duodccim mrnsibus o'/avid in erts fcrcns
melloes?—that is. if you bung f'oith one yeurig
goal in twelve months, how long will you be in
bringing forth ivvms ? We translate our latin
for “Spectator’s” spcial benefit : — whelher there
is any ♦nglish to hss or not, v. e eannot say. We
mt an no disresptcl to him by it. nnd hoj.e we shall
not havo to take up any more cf cur paper with a,
notice of his prt ductions.
MORE STRANGE DOCTRINE.
*We noticed last week, the singular coursc of the
federal press in this District, in abusing Air. Fislicr
as inconsistent—as a renegade, because in I&35, he
•was opposed to, and denounced a L’. S. B;ink and u
Protective TarilV, and now continues to do the earno
thing;—while they who now abuse him thus, went,
with him in '35, in denouncing these heresies, bin
now advocatc them with all their miglit.
In the last number of the federal paper at Sali?;
bury, we discover a long homily of similar logic i:.
relation to Air. Fisher. He is charged with savjni,'^
in 1S39. that he w’ould, if elected lo Congres.^', suji-
he was spiking lo get into Congress; but what a Pf’ft the admini.stration of Mr. Van liuren v:hm If
change after he once got in. and look hi -st at by \ it right, ami oppose it when he thought />
the side and under the wing of Jolm Q. Adams, and •
the other advocates of monopoly. Durinjj the very
This was horrible, say these editor.-?; an
they go on to say, you must snppjvt an administra-
tion in every measure, or oppose it in every mcas
ure that it is ridiculous for a member of Congrc.-i
to say he will support one of its mea.'ures w hicJj Lc
believes to be 7ight, and oppose another which I.-
believes to be wrong—that he must ojipose all, or ap
TENNESSEE.
The contest in our sister State, for Governor, Con
gress arid the state legislature, is becorniuir verv
animated. The prospects for the redemption of the
State seem very ll.utering. A letter to th.? editor
from a gentleman well informed, who resides in
Rutherford county, says—(June 23,) '‘I heard Brown
and Foster, the rival candida-.es for Governor, v('s-
terday, Tlieir discussion was v’ery animated, but
Brown is decidedly the strongest man before the
people. He insp>ires hio fiiends with new zeal and
incites them to renewed exertions. I think we will
be certain to carry the leirislature, and thus se
cure the election of a Democratic U. S. Senator.
I have strof’g hopes, too, of ih-^ election of our noble
chau’-pi: n Brown. So mote it be!
Public Spirit.— W’e are happy to state to the pub
lic, that our enterprising fellow’ eittizen. John F.
Phifer, Esq , ol Linrolnton, is now erer'ing on the
site ol‘ the old nail factory, at the High Shoals, the
necessary’^ buildings and machinery for the manu
lacture ol Cotton Bagging. Air. P. is himself ex
tensively engaged m cotton planting in Alabama,
though resident here; but having a good capital,
and a commendable public spirit, he has invested
considerable of it to the credit of old Lincoln. The
building is
'^ach’nerv
ic Ol II lo ine creuii oi oiu L.incom. i ne
nearly completed, and a grood part of tlie
hap been rcceive^..— Lincoln ■ "fcvi!
opposed Mr. Fisher for Congress, accused Air
Fisher and the Democratic parly of a design to re
peal ihe compromise act, and reduce the duties.
Air. Fisher everywhere repeated his charges, and
said, if the Clay parly should gel into power, there
was more danger that they would repeal the com
promise and raise the taxes. Air. Fisher in all his
public speeches, expressed his acquiescence in the
compromise act, and openly denounced all proiec-
'ive I’arifTs in 1840, wliile a member of Congress.
O I
he published a circular to his constituents, where
he characterizes protective tariffs” in the follow-
m'> language :
“ Of all the political curses that have ever been in
flicted on this country since we became a free peo- '
pie, the protective tan2^‘~ bvis been the greatest. It j
16, in fact, the source of ail the political evils we *
have experienced during the past fourteen years ; it
was the cause of bringing into existence many of
the r.anks, and it stimulated the whole system into
those excess^^s which now are bringing ruin on the
banks them.selves, and destruction on thousands of
the people. During its continuance, it every year
took millions out of the pockets of the people, not to
support Government, but to be put into the pockets
of the j^reat manufacturers at the north. It opera-
t' d with piirticular hardship and oppression on the
farmers, planters, and mechanics of the south, inclu
ding those ol our own State. The money collect
ed by this system from the hard earnings of the
people went to swell (he tide of prosperty in the
manufacturing districts, w’hilst it impoverished every
part of the southern States. It was, in short, a sys
tem to tax the manv for the benefit of the few— it
made ‘-ihe rich richer, and the poor poorer.’*
N )w, after all this, we would have supposed that
AI Fisher was the last man in North Carolina,
thaf could be charged with ever having been a Tar
ifl man, or m favor of “protective taiifTs;” and yet.
the Editor of ihe Raleigh Register has such little
regard lor truth and propriety, as to come oul and
charge him with having once been a protective
tariir man. And how do you think he sets about
h^’. :n 1827'''2?. Air, Fishc.’ rrSude
Air Fiiher, Alaj John Leard, and John Clement
w'e*-e the anti Tariff candidates, and Gen. Polk H r . c* • / . .
r c o.H vt \n 1 L rr> first Scssiott aflCT he got lo Congrees, he voted five
C. Joms, and Mr. V^ard v.'ere the TariflTcandidates .• • . . r .
,,,,,1 r c I. ^ • .1 • . ’ against the repeal of the present iaiifl and
and which resulted m the triumphant election of ^ i •
iT'.ch.r 1 ^ advocates its longer continuance on the peopf.
t isher. Beard, and Clement. ; ° r
r|,| . 1 i armers and mechanics of rsorth Carolina, if you
1 he compromise act of 18oo. quieted the question f lU t u r i — j---r
about the Tarin; and we heard'nothin-r more about i Z to r.
it in .he country ai;.y.vhere umil the^PresiJen'n! i . Em if you u id. Aect.ng minds, but we a.sure our readers ti,a; ihe..
^ I them reduced to a revenue standard, vote for Air. absurd and dangerous doctrines arcJydrniy advocated
[llccl CalDC on. i 111 ^
In 1839, we rccollcct that Dr. Henderson, who i ^ k r Salisbury whig [.a-
’ With the friends of low taxes. The eh ci'crv-wlTPH^^'’^'^ ’ orgc^n ol Col. La.;
soon be here. I ringer in this District!
j AVhat is the tendency of euch doctrines ? Done*
THE NEW POSTAGE LAW. i ^'^cy etr'ke a liital blow to all j'olitical morals, to aU
As W’e anticipated, the new Postage Law which ■ political integrity ? Is it Col. Barringer’s intention,
w'ent into efiect on the 1st instant, is working most re-elected, to oppose every measure of Air. Polk’!>
disastrous consequences—particularly in the south- administration, even though he may deem some ot
ern States, where the country Postmasters are re- ^hem right, and calculated to ativance the good ol
signing by hundreds. At this rate, in a shf)rt time country ? We ma\ judge so from the language
one half ol the coun’ry offices in the south will be organ at Salisbury. Mr. Fisher adopts no
discontinued, ami with them one half of the s»uth- ^^cli doctrines. If he did, we would oppose his
ern papers w’ill be discontinued ;—for they cannot election He will suj)port the administration ol Air.
survive long after losing the means ol circulation. I^olk when he believes it right, and oppose it when
. we ^ppose, to remedy the evil as much as . believes it wrong. A contrary policv it wronj',
j possible, thipthe Postmaster-General lately issued must ruin the government.
I the following'orders: " !
Po.ST Office Department,
July 9, 1815.
the 1st day of Ju-
V postmaster whose comrnis-
of letters at CO per cent., and
•er cent, under the act ol 3d
short of the sum of 23 for
ly, 1845, ever
sions on tl
of new’spa,
Alarch, 184^
I, 1 iiat, from
iv’^er^deputy
THE DANGER AHEAD!
W’e ii II the people of the S )uth, that liiere is yei
d'lnger o.cdef at on ihe 'Pexas annexation. Although
her Copgr«i:S has agreed to our Rest’.uiions, wc
repeal that her Constitution as a State has lo be sub-
milled to our Congress and by it ratified, before Tex-
any one quarter, or c^‘ the proportional part of that ! as is m full fellow c|,,n oc o r> , r, k •
sum Ibr any Iraciion offcflnarier, he authorizedTo „ ' '“lo" 5hip as a n> n.ber ol the bn.on,
tl* re is the iasl liope of the abolitionists and federal
ists' to deft at anrif xation. and here they will maliC
their last grtat death struggle. Are we mistaken
in these appuhensions of danger? Read the follow-
•ng from a lale number of iheXew Voik 'Pribune
the acknow ledged organ of the federaiijts and abo*
itionists of New ^ ork, and a paper of immense
credit himself, in a sepjflSte item m his account cur
rent. for extra comnuesion on the postage of letters
at 20 per cent., under the art of 3d March, 1815.
If the postmaster be entitled to the allowance of
20 per cent,, for night service, he will not credit the
extra commission here mentioned, as 50 per cent, is
the utmost which can be allowed in any case under
the law.
Ordered, That every deputy postmaster v/hose
commissions on the postage of letters and newspa- ■ iufiuence. Here we have the de^ian^- nf tbc'c
pers, and other allowances, shall exceed the sum of I r . . design, of t.ic.c
SC 25 m any one quarter, or the due proportion of Justitutions developed. That paper
the said sum in any part of a quarter, be authorized, ^ -^ys :
in the event that euch comniissions and allowances ! “ •
the fiscal vear pnrfmtr * i^eguiar, ana privateers. They are mainly exult-
himself, in a separate Item in his account currLt, ' Inake'thVm^ost ofk^^'TF ifuMhe''
!heThole”amount c?eIiUercauiho'.hl 'a“" "’®h® ' P“‘ wordi'‘in“o "“c“mo‘uths of the
meml-suc j1n%ur uan?® I of annexation have not given up tlie coo-
^ suancw tae*cof. j they assert, and will not give it up while we
-/. JUHNfcON. I have a gun which can be brought to bear Wef^all