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Start h xolxxtx am i Character as important toTtates as it is to individuals; ano the glory of the state is the common property of its citizens II. L.. HOLMES, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS. ii 50 per annum, if paid in advance ; S3 if paid a1 1 the end ot six rnonins ; or oc ou at ine expiration of the year. Advertisements inserted at the rate of sixty cents per square, for the first, and thirty cents for each subsequent insertion. Court advertisements and Sheriff's sales, will be j charged 25 per cent, higher than the usual rates. All advertisements sent for publication should "have the number of insertions intended marked upon Hhem, otherwise they will be inserted until torbid, -nd charged accordingly. C3BLctters on business connected with this estab lishment, muit be addressed H. L. Holmes, Edi tor of the North-Carolinian, and in all cases post paid. FAYETTEVILLE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1839. TRUST SALE. VOL. 1. JTO. 36. ENTERTAINMENT. 7P HE SUBSCRIBER, having been satisfactorily JJL engaged tor more than three years in attending to a Boarding House, Feels encouraged to say to the public, that her HOU-E and STABLES are well furnished for the reception and accommodation of those who may be pleased to call. ni confrirmitv r tlin - - - . - JU. Deed of Trust, made by WILLIAM S. LAT- .1 ,o.u y 1 w,u I?Pse at PUD'' ale, on Tuesday the 1 2th day of November next, at the Market raouse, in tn.r n.wn ot Fayetteville: 3 Negroes. 10 to 14 head of Horses and Mules 30 head of Cattle. 60 head of Hogs. 1 Sulkey, Buggy & Harness. 2 Waggons &. Gear. Also ALL the FURNITURE belonging to the said W. o. Latta. now in hia imia;..r. a tKMS liberal, and made known on the dav of c w t Trustee. e. VV. Till ik on ast, Auctioneer. August 28th, 1839. 27-tds sale. Lb 1 on- ur- 3 t& am ren- ap- 5V and 00. ibet ifor i pet All the STAGES arrive at, and depart from my House, where seats are secured, and no exertions snared to ffive seneral satisfaction to passengers. Mr residence is on the corner of Gillespie street, the lot formerly occupied by Mrs. Barge, convenient to the market, and near the Estate Hank. Mrs. E. SMITH. Fayetteville, August 24, 1839. 2G-tf ICP'The Raleigh Resister, Wilminirton Adver tiser, Cheraw Gazette and Salisbury Watchman, will insert the above 3 months, and forward their ac counts to this office. PIANO FORTES. A Variety, of Piano Fortes are opened at the Fe- X3-inale Seminary, tor sale on commission. They are trom tne best manutacturers in flew York, and warranted. They can be well boxed for safe con veyance to any part of the country. The prices vary from 5150 to S30, and can be had on a credit of four months, for good negotiable notes. Apply at the Seminary, or to Col. S. T. Hawlev. Fayetteville, Oct. 12, 1839, 33 tf. STATE OF NORTH CAROLITVA. Bladen County. ) IN EQUITY. Fall Term, 1839. Wilham N. Sullivan & others. . Clarkv Wilt... 1 -.1 IT- . x m . y - " biiu omers, xaeirs at wiw ot iloaD W lilts dee'd. (Bill to Foreclose Mortgage.) ITT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court -- that Clarky Willis, ..no of the Defendants in this case, is not an inhabitant of this State. It is order ed that pub ication be made in the North Caroli nian ior six weens, requiring said Defendant to appear at the next Term of this Court to be held at feizabethtown, on the 1st Monday, after the fourth ivionaay in marcn next, and plead, answer or de ... . .i i - . -1 . uur, io me cuiiipiaiuanis- diu; oinerwisc tne same will be taken as confessed and heard export e as to ner. Witness, Alexander McDowell. CI rk and Mas- SeVb,Cl9.at Eizabeth,own,he I9th dy of fightingfiercely with each other. on her voyage, for she bore a company of as bold and skillful men as ever dared the perils . L 1 T . ... oi uie aeep. xui soon tne north wind blew. ana Drougnt a heavy sea into the bay. The night proved dark, and they came to anchor ...IiL a J!n i, . wiui great uimcuity near the harbor of Ply mouth. The strong gale that buffetted them oecame a storm, and the storm a hurricane. Snow fell, and the cold was terribly severe, auti vessel was driven trom her mnnr nm. &, ana struck on a reel ol rocks. She besan to nil with water, and they were obliged to cut away her masts. The sea rose above the main deck, sweeping over it at every surge. They made every exertion that couraee could prompt or hardihood endure. But so fearful were the wind and cold, that the strongest man was not able to strike more than two blows in cutting away the masts, without behi" re lieved by another. The wretched people thronged together upon the quarter deck, which was crowded almost to suffocation. Ihey were exhausted with toil and sufferini?. but could obtain neither provisions nor fresh water. They were all covered by the deep sea, when the vessel became a wreck. But unfortunately the crew got access to ardent spirits, and many of them drank to intoxica tion. Insubordination, mutiny, and mad ness ensued. The officers remained clear- mi uded, but lost all authority over the crew, who raved around them. A more frightful scene cau scarcely be imagined. The dark sky, the raging storm, the waves breaking wildly over the rocks, and threatening every moment to swallow up the broken vessel, and the bait i rozen beings who maintained their icy hold on life, lost to reasou and to duty, or Some lay ALEX- Mc DO WELL. Clerk .Master. October 19, 1839. 34 6t s Sep- ARCHIBALD GRAHAM, I Draper and Tailor, ITS just receiving his Fall and Winter supply of! Ja, tjrLNLts in his line, viz: Super super Blue, Black and Brown CLOTHS, " j Blue, Black and Olive Cloths, 1 "IV-. ' w i : i , i . . l. r c . . , and Oavor-coats, Cadet mixed Cloth. Black Silk Velvet, the best quality. Double milled Cassimere, a sutx.rior article, BufTCassimcre, for Vests, Single milled Biack. Cassimere. ditto, ditto. jSOoats' hair Camlet, (black. i Black Satin Silk, English and French, Figured Satin Silk, Silk Serge, Buttons, a rood assortment, Straps for Pantaloons, Sewing Silk, Twist, Thread, Lining, Canvass and STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Cumberland County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, tember Term, 1839. James G. Cook, and wife, r. William A. Murchi- son, Adm'r. of John Murchison. (Petition to Account.) I appearing to the satisfaction if thf Cnrt that W lliiam A. Murchison. the Deft nil.ant in !.:.- . r . - . 1 i - - . t I . C . . . 1 nut aii iiiuuuiiaiii oi mis oiate. it is therefore ordered, that publication be made in the -Noun Carolinian lor five weeks successively, liv ing notice ot this Petition to the Defendant, and requiring him to apnear at th Term of this Crmrt to be held for the County of Cumberland, at the Court House in Favetteviile on the first Monday in lecember next, and plead answer or demur to this Petition, or the same will be taken pro contesso and nearu exparte. Witness, John McLaunn. Jr. Clerk of said Court at Office, the first Monday of September, A. u. loi'J, and of American Independence the 61th. JOHA McLAURIN, Jr. Cerr. October 19, 1339. 34 at. AT IT AGAIN. THE Subscriber respectfully informs the citi zens of Fayetteville, and the people generally. that he has made arrangements for j condnctinz his business on a more EXTENDED SCALE, having protiiri-l the services or a number of EXPERIENCED WORK MEN, and beins doierimned to aive his whole at tention to the business, he only asks a liberal share of patronage to sustain him. He is very thankful for previous favors, and hopes his work will add to, and justify a continuance of the same. His shop is at the foot of Haymount, nearly opposite Mr. Geo. Mc Neill's store. 1 MUSS. J. J OfcllN SUiN . October 26, 1839. 35-3t in disgusting stupidity, others, with fiery fa ces, blasphemed God. Some, iu temporary delirium, fancied themselves in palaces, sur rounded by luxury, and brutally abused the servants, who, they supposed, refused to do their bidding. Others there were, who, amid the beating of that pitiless tempest, believed themselves in the home that they were never more to see, and, with hollow, reproachful voices, besought bread, and wondered why water was withheld from them by the hands that were most dear. A few. whose worst passions were quickened by alcohol to a fiend- like fury, assaulted or wounded those who came in their way, making their shrieks of defiance and their curses heard above the roar of the storm. Intemperance never displayed itself in more disgusting attitudes. At length, death began to do his work. The miserable creatures fell dead every hour upon derk, be ing frozen stiff and hard, iuach corpse, as it became breathless, was thrown upon the heap of bodies, that more space might be left for the others. Those who drank most freely were the first to perish. On the third day of these horrors, the people of Plymouth, after making many ineffectual attempts, reached the wreck, not without danger. What a mel ancholy spectacle! Lifeless bodies stiffened in every form that suffering could devise. Many lay in a vast pile. Others sat with their heads reclining on their knees; others grasping the ice-covered ropes some in a posture of defence like the dying gladiator; others with their hands held up to heaven, as if deprecating their fate. Orders were given to search earnestly for every mark or sign of life. One boy was distinguished amid the not sufficient. A comrade, who was still able io move a little, assisted me. At length came within our reach we hnnfrl thnt might contain bread, and took courage. Uni- linn n .i i . vui oircugui, we oursi it open -It con tained enly a few bottles of olive oil; yet we Stt,B manKs, ior we lound that bv occa sionally moistening our lips with it, and swal lowing a little, it allayed the gnawing, burn ing pain in the stomach. Then my comrade aieu ana i laid beside him as one dead, sur rounded by corpses. Presently, the violence oi tne tempest very nearly subsided and L 1 ' neara quicK tootsteps, and strange voices amid the wreck where we lay. They were the oiesseu people ot 1'lymouth, who bad dared every danger to save us. They lifted in thei arms and wrapped in blankets all that could speak. They then earnestly sought all who could move. But every drunkard was among tne aeaa; and l was so exhausted with toiL suffering, and cold, that I could not stretch a hand to my deliverers. They passed me again and again they carried the living to the boat I feared that I was left behind. Then I prayed earnestly in heart 'O Lord, for the sake of my widowed mother, for the sake of my dear sister save me.' Methought the last man had gone, and I besought the Redeem er to receive my spirit. But I felt a warm breath upon my face; I strained every nerve my whole soul strove and shuddered within me. 5ti;l my body was immovable as mar ble. Then a loud voice said, 'Come back and help tie out with this poor lad; one of his eye-lids trembles he lives.' Oh, the music of that sweet voice to me! The trembling eye-lid, tke prayer to God, and your lessons of temperance, my mother saved me." l hen iie loving sister embraced him with tears and the mother said, "Praise be to Him who hath spared my son to be the comfort of my age." POETICAL. ICN. B. Boots and shoes neatlv mass of dead, only by the trembling of one Padding all of good quality, and will be sold rpna;rpf at tlif hnrfp!t notiof" anil of his eye-lids. The poor survivors were the lowest terms to those who may favour him with repaired, at tne siiortesi nonce aim , t. t f tho netnnin thiir custom. October 19, 1S39. 34-4t. TF1 WATCHES, JEWELRY, &C. &.C- &c HE subscriber has just received a laree assort ment of GOLD and SILVER Zfr. PATENT LEVER, Lepine r.;? an plain Watches of various .friv. Qualities, fine and common fashionable JeweUry ot every descriDtion. together with a splendid assortment of SILVER and PLATED ware, such as Table. Tea. Dessert. Cream. Mustard and Salt Spoons. Su?ar-Tonffs, Cuds. Cake Baskets. Castors, Wine Stands. CandlenHeka. Snnfrm Trays, Butter and Fruit Knives. Every article in the MILITARY line, Swords, Epauletts, Buttons, Lace, Stars, Plumes, Sashes, Drums, &c. A variety of other articles, viz: Block Tin and Bri tannia Tea and Coffee Pots. German Silver Table. Dessert, Tea and Salt Spoons and Forks, Brass And- prons, bhovels, Tongs, and Candlesticks, Brass and Wire Fenders, Astral and Mantle Lamps with props, Glasses and chimneys, Larre and Small wai ters, Pen and Pocket Knives, Large and Small Scis sors, Razors and Razor Straps, Hair, Cloth, Crumb, rrooth, Flesh and Hearth BRUSHES, Double and hinglc Barrel Shot Guns, Game Bags, Shot Pouches, x-o aer t tasks, Fercussion Caps, Canister JPowder, Patent Wire Cartridges, Pocket Pistols, Dirks, Vio lins, Flutes, Flageoletts, Music Boxes, Fifes, Piano and Flute Music, Perfumery of every kind, Walking Canes, Drill and Silver Eyed Needles, Ever pointed "aeils. Tooth-nieks. TnwiM. finnViro T3: Fancy Box, Battledores, Chessmen andBoards' --"w .tuu csieei opeciacies, Shell Side, .Pocket and Jressing Combs, Steel Pens, Mathematical Instru ments, Pole Chains. Surveyor's Onmnawn. Th. 3'nometers, Do? Colla Coral Necklaces, Card Cases, Guitrs, &c. Clock and Watch ' iu wuiur worn, in me line, inanRiuuy rc- ccwed and strictly attended to. W. PRIOR. -ueviue, October 19th, 1839. 34-tf HOUSES AND LANDS FOR SALE. HE subscriber being anxious to re move to the West, offers for sale 46 acres of land, with two good dwelling is hpt u aim uuier lmprovementa; me lanu aiida common sand -Mil land, good Mater, L'fencft 8ltJa.tion very desirable for a summer resi st iviii i la. f 1 ,ua'ed one mile west of Fayetteville. 11 will be snM l . j. . . A ... uit Dur -h iraei, or aiviaea inio iois io tobcria, 1839,. 33tf in the best style. T. J. J. kindly received into the houses of the people of Plymouth, and every effort used for their restoration. The captain and lieutenant, and a few others, who had abstained from the use of ardent spirits, survived. The remainder were buried, some in separate graves, and others in a large pit, whose hollow is still to be seen on the southwest side of the burial ground of Plymouth. The funeral obsequies were most solemn. When the clergyman who was to perform the last services, first en tered, and saw more than seventy dead bodies, some fixed uoon him their stony eyes, and others with faces stiffened into the horrible expressions of their last mortal agony, he was so affected as to faint. Some were brought on shore alive, and re ceived every attention, but survived only a short time. Others were restored after long sickness, but with their limbs so injured by the frost, as to become cripples for life. In a village at a short distance from Ply mouth, a widowed mother, wilh her daughter, were seen - constantly attending a couch on It was the boy whose the same. He has also received a fresh supply of trembling eye-lid attracted the notice of pity, orders for work, promptly, as heretofore. NATHAN SIKES. 35-tf NEW GOODS. riflFlE Subsber has received his Fall and Win- JL ter supply of Goods, embracing a general as s rtment of DRY-GOOD Shoes and Boots, Hats and Caps, Hard Ware and Cutlery, Crockery and Glass Ware, Wines and Liquors, Groceries of all kinds, Patent Medicines, Paints and Dye Stuff's, Hatters materials, &c. &c The Stock is very heavy, Merchants are invited to call and examine for themselves. SomtM Carolina money wiB be taken at par if paid when the Good are bought, G. B. ATKINS, Oct. 26 1839. 35tC Foot Hay-Mount BOOTS & SHOES. THE subscriber has just received a general as sortment of BOOTS & SHOES, which he will sell low for cash. He takes this op port unity to thank his friends, and the public gen erally, for the liberal share of patronage they nave already rendered him, and begs a continuance of I which lay a sufferer. Fayetteville, October 26th, 1839. CCr'N. B. Boots and shoes neat ly repaired at the shortest notice. Miss Bingham's School. THE next Term will commence on Monday, 7th October. Sept. 28, 1839. 31 6t. MISCELLANEOUS. THE WIDOW'S SON. A thrilling and instructive tale of the Revo lution. BY MRS. SIGOURNEV. It was the day before Christmas, in the year 1778, that during our war of revolution, an armed vessel sailed out of the port of Bos ton. She was strongly built, and carried 20 guns, with a well appointed crew of more than a hundred, and provisions for a cruise of six months. As she spreads her broad white sails, and steered from the harbor with a fair, fresh breeze, she made a noble appearance,.-. Many throbbing hearts breathed a blessing' as he lay among the dead. "Mother," said he, in a feeble tone, "God bless you for having taught me to avoid ardent spirits. It was this that saved me. After those around me grew intoxicated, I had enough to do to protect myself trom them. Some attacked and dared me to tight; others pressed the poisonous draught to my lips, and bade me drink. My hps and throat were parched with thirst. But I knew that if I drank with them, I must lose my reason as they did, and perhaps blaspheme my Maker. "One by one they died, these poor, infuria ted wretches. Their shrieks still seem to ring in myears. It was in vain that the cap tain, and other officers, and a few good men warned them of what would ensue, if they thus continued to drink, and tried every method in their power to restore them to order they still fed upon the intoxicating liquor they grew delirious they died in heaps. "Dear mother, our sufferings from hunger and cold you cannot imagine. After my feet were frozen, but before I had lost the use of my hands, I discovered n bqx among frag ments qf the wreck, far under water. I toiIed: with a rope to drag itup, but my; strength "was, VIVE LA BAGATELLE. We commend the following, not so much on ac count of the poetry it contains, but fbrthc liuniur ami truth which runs through the whole. LOCO-FOCO. Tune Billy Barlow. .111 Sing. We have met here together as a brotherly band, United in heart, and united in hand, Althoujji we're surrounded bv Iocs there is no fear, We shali yet win the battle so be of iood cheer. j Up, up with your banner and let it unfold, To the tree winds of heaven its motto is not sold; We wil! rally around and sing as we go, Success to the party called Loco-Foco. Tke Farmers Sing. We are the tough hardy yeomanry reared in old Maine, Our gold is our colTors, our soil is our grain, Which kind Providence sends us, tho' we are the hueh-paws, We are true to our God, our country, our cause. We will flock 'round this banner and proudly invoke, AH freemen to draw at the end of our yoke, And blightly we sing as we hoe our own row, Success to the party called Locc-Foco. Mechanics Sing. We are hard working men by our labor we live, With prudence and industry we ever can thrive, We have laid up a little, not rags but good gold, That we may live happy and easy when old. And we have flocked 'round this banner and wish to remain, With our friends of the sledge, brush, awl, needle and plane, Well can we afford for to punch, stitch and blow. If paid off in the coin of a Loco-Foco. 1 Sailors Sing. We have ploughed the rough ocean in many a storm, And as we've neared home, our hearts have grown warm, Fill'd with theecstacy that a patriot feels, For the land of their birth we now look for its wealth. We will flock 'round this banner although we are few Captain Fairfield can always depend on his crew, For wc arc all hands on deck and we will sing yco heave yeo, Success to the party called Loco-Foco. Laborers Sing. We have heard the Whigs call us an ignorant class, But no matter as long as the muster we pass. We know one thing, though we wear not fine coats, They have not enough money left to purchase our votes, We will flock 'round this banner the people's own flag, As long as the wind blows so long may it wag, O'er the laborers head, we are ragged we know, But belong to the party called Loco-t oco. M Sing. Then huzza for the people, huzza for old Maine, She will never be caught in the timboes again, We've a Fairfield before us, they will surely ?et beat, Although they blow their bent bugle for a second heat. We will flock 'round this banner prepared for an at- tack, Althou-h there are some that have wounds in the POLITICAL. From tke Jf. Evening Post. The danger which we should have incurred had Congress granted a new . charter to the Bank of the United States, may now be estl mated. With its vast apparatus of branches in all the States and in all the commercial cities, its powers of mischief would have been tenfold augmented. Its direction would have remained in the same cunning and treach crous hands, for Mr. Biddle's skill in finance was too highly prized by the stockholders to be dispensed with. Its power would have enabled it either to defy the scrutiny of Con gress or to bribe its indulgence, as it has done in regard to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Although that Legislature represents a popula tion hostile to the Bank; The Bank would have been no more likely to be restrained in its irregular proceedings by Congress than it has been by the Legislature of Pennsylvania Suppose that, under the same direction, the .Bank, with a new charter from the J ederal Government with the same temptations, and in finitely larger facilities had followed the same rash course (as there is every probabili ty it would) that it now has done, is it not clear that the mischief would af this moment be immense, almost beyond what we can ima gine, the crash frightful, & the ruin universal? The course of the Bank, for years, has been a series of indirections, artful shifts, and mys terious expedients. Had the short-sighted cunning which prompted them been allowed larger held, and more ample means, it would only have entangled itself and the com munity more deplorably in the network of its own devices. As a specimen of the wretched insincerity with which the affairs of the Bank have been managed, take the following passage of Mr. Biddle's letter, dated March 29th, in which he resigned the direction of the institution, and compare it with recent events: "I have waited anxiously for the most ap propriate moment at which I could be best spared; but hitherto, whenever I have sought the retirement I so needed, some difficulty, in which my service was deemed useful, always nterposed to deter me. JNone such exists A a m A 1 now. All the political dissensions riueciea with the Bank for the last t years have ceas ed all its extraordinary efforts for the protec tory of our national interests are happily eu- ded-and the Bank has returned to lis accus tomed channels of business in peace. I can therefore withdraw at length without incon venience, and I do it the more readily be cause I leave the affairs of the institution in a state of great prosperity and in the hands of able directors and officers. Since the letter was written, the stock of this prosperous Bank has gone on gradually and rapidly declining in value. It has fallen at the rate of more than fifty dollars on a share. The principal regret which we feel at the failure of the United States Bank is, that it had not occurred earlier, before it had borrow ed such enormous sums of our capitalists by means of the issue of its post notes. Now that the orincioal borrower is driven out of the market, individuals have a better chance of obtaining their usual accommodations; al though they find the resources to which, in the natural course of business, they would have been entitled, greatly diminished. back, h weal There is enough That wm aiauu j, rff-5- and through woe, And vote the wholticket for a Loco-Foco. HOW IS THIS. The Whigs in the Staunton Convention have "oroclaiined war to the knife," in a cer tain Preamble, which they unanimously adop ted. In that paper, they have raised various counts of indictment against the late and pending administrations. They blended "the present Chief Magistrate" with "his immedi ate predecessor" and the very heaviest charges, indeed, which are alleged in their reclamation, bear mostdecidedly upon tren. Jackson. For instance, the executive ve toes, which is said to have been "exercised on so many occasions, and in so many forms, as would have 3haken a British Monarch from his throne," were all his acts. The alleged doctrine of the Executive unite the alleged control of the public treasure the alleged at tempt to defeat investigations of a Commit tee of Congress; the holding up of nomina tions to office until the subsequent sessions of the Senate, and many other allegations,- and indeed the strongest charges which they have attempted to get up, are levelled against the last Administration, not the present And yet, will it be believed, that after all these de nunciations, this same Convention has taken up as their candidate for the second office in the Government, and in certain contingencies he may succeed to the first, a man who has supported all these obnoxious measures of the last administration. Here is consistency for you, with a vengeance? They have nomina ted Mr. Tallmadge as their Vice President who approved of these measures, the veto and all Why, what kind of politicians are these Whurs They bring up these charges as so many invincible objections to the reflection of Mr. Van Buren; and yet they do not ope rate as any objections to the nomination ot Mr Tallmadge who has supported the very same'measures.and has never recanted. .... . .At.asisteiic7 wths? Con- stetency. Tallmadge, not from any have "SUlLn&'dK-t cal regard to P?P v wnt the aid Gf the SS3W York and Virginia AlthZefore they have wooed the support of KrnadT It was the same chicanery; R? Whig in January last, m recommending the Whigs to vote for Mr. Rives, viz: to ob tain the support of the Conservatives at the next Spring election, and ultimately, in order to put out Mr. Van Buren. It is the same game now with Mr. Tallmadge. As one of our Correspondents says: "The nomination of Mr. T. to catch Mr. Rives and his friends is the crowning act of absurdity and political profligacy. It must, if any thing can, bring the tetter and sounder part of the Conserva tives to their senses." Richmond Enquirer. From the Old Dominion, CORPORATIONS VESTED RIGHTS. The corporations of ancient times, called guilds or fraternities, were eminently calcula ted to defend and protect the people against the violence and oppressions of the feudal no bility, lhe "freemen of the corporation" possessed powers and privileges net belong ing to tne great mass ot the serfs and vassats- of feudal tyranny. But in our country, where "all men are created equal," corporations in evitably tend to create the very evil they were originally intended to destroy privileged or ders and artificial distinctions. They pro duce now the very opposite of that for which they were originally designed. Were it not tor our blind bigotted veneration for Old Eng land, whose government our noble spirited fathers would not live under, we should never at this day hear of corporate privileges being granted to a few favored individuals, to be exercised in the complete destruction of all equality of rights. They are the same dead- toes to liberty, justice, and the rights ot the people, whether they hold their sway by birth,. as in England, and hold their exclusive fa vours for life, or whether, as in this country,. they are obtained by fraudulent legislation; the results are the same; equally inimical to the happiness and prosperity of tke people whether k be called; king, lord, or corpora tion. It may be safely assumed as an incontro vertible truth, that ia a land like ours, where equal rights to a are guaranteed by the Con stitution, excAisive privileges and chartered monopoly could never be obtained but by fmmi and injustice. The practice of bar gaining away the rights of the people to a few stockjobbers, idlers and speculators, now be coming so common in our different Legisla tures,, is as pernicious in its effects, as it is fraudulent and wicked in principle. It cor rupts the very fountain of justice. No man bo understood the baneful tendencies of moneyed monopolies, ever voted in favour of such, a charter under the influence of just, honorable Or patriotic feelings. Our legis lative halls are continually assailed by crafty and designing men, who by an infamous sys tem of log-rolling and lobby management, ob tain by chicanery those natural and constitu tional rights guaranteed to the whole people. No single individual possesses Axis right of bartering away the property of his neighbour; if he does not possess this right in his private capacity he cannot possess it in any other character; and it follows as a matter of course that he cannot delegate a right to another which he himself does not possess. We maintain, therefore, that legislative bodies in granting charters and exclusive privileges to a few rich individuals, have exceeded their powers have granted that which they had no authority to bestow and consequently such charters are not binding; they are a nullity; not only extrajudicial, but a violation of justice; they are robbing the people; granted in opposition to natural and constitutional law, and should be repealed or abrogated. Every contract, in order to be held binding, must be founded upon just and equitable principles; if it violates these, the people, at whose expense it has been granted, are bound to insist upon. Us unconditional repeaj. But when we talk of repealing charters for gambling in paper money, the cry is instantly raised "Vested Rights Vested Rights." Old England's musty parchments are called into requisition, and we have a grave discussion upon the principles of "Common Law." This is perfectly consistent on the part of the aristocratic monopolists, as our corporations do not materially differ in their nature and effects from the masses of concentrated pro perty in England, upon which rests the whole superstructure of a privileged nobility, with all the endless ramifications of entails, rever sions and remainders. A power so dange rous to republican liberty as that of establish ing the means of accumulating wealth in huge masses without labour, and of perpetuating those means almost without limit or end, can only be sanctioned by appealing to the cona mou law, the work of the king-madejudges of Westminster Hall. We profess to know of no "vested rights" in this republican country, but what are ves ted in the great body of the people. The peo ple have the power of changing the entire form of our government at their sovereign will and pleasure; much more that of repealing a petty charter of incorporation. It has been well remarked, and is, to be sure a strange doctrine, that a corporation must be permitted at will to violate not only the very law by which it was created, but all other laws to conduct its operations to the injury of public morals and the national hap piness and yet the supreme authority, tho cnvorolmi nnnnle. must be prevented by tho clamour of vested rights, from all interference to arrest and punish the wrong doer. The idea is monstrous. The natural right of the people to protect their welfare is uifiiutely superior to all the chartered rights in the world. We talk of the sovereignty of the people, and in the same breath talk of the vested jrojT i
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