THE NOSSTM CjHOMWIt AN .
same party to
a people so just as ours the same results could not
f il to attend a similar course. The direct super
v'ion of the banks belongs, fron the nature ef
our Government, to the States who author' ze them.
It is to their Legislatures that the people must
mainly look for action on that subj ct- But as the
conduct of th-J Federal Government in the manage
ment of its revenue has also a powerful though
),iSs immediate influence upon them, it becomes
t,ur duty to see that a proper direction is given
to it. While the keeping of 'he public revenue in
a separate and Independent Treasu-y, and of col
lt'rtin" it in r-dd and silver, will have a salutary
influence on the System of paper cr'-dit with which
all banks are connected, and thus aid those that
are sound and w.-ll managed, it will at the same
time sensiblv check such as are otherwise, by at
once withholding the means of extravagance aflor
ded bv the public funds, and restraining thm from
excessive issues of notes which they would be con
stantly called upon to redeem."
Read the following from the Globe of Febru
ary 14ih, 1833, where thtse very charges are
denounced as "calumnies."
T5ie tliree Stereotyped Calumnies.
In the famous h tter of Mr. Nicholas Biddle, the
ureident of tlie English bank t'ji the United States,
'rue two years no, to the old gentleman who plays
the part, hi our Congress, of thatfaino-s ambassa
dor of the human race in the French National Con
vention An'achausm GflLOOTZ who carried the
petition of the deputation of vagabonds from Eu
rope Asia, ami Africa, to the bar of the convention
in 'that letter to Mr. J. CI-Adams, the three fol
lowing calumnies on the Democratic party were
fabricated and set f.ith:
1 That it was the intention of the Democratic
party to destroy the credit system.
2." That it was the intention of the s
destrov all the banks.
3. That, it was further ths ir intention to impose
an exclusive metallic currency upon the people of
the United States.
These three calumnies, thus delivered out by the
head of th" Federal part.-, were immediately taken
up byall the fo'lowersof the party, and have he
sunr in melodious cmic rt by them ever since. The
ancient 'B-'ack Cockades' signalized tliemselves by
their ostentatious rehearsal of these calumnie, but
for a lo!ir time past they have been entirely eclipsed
bvthe Neopiittes; id rsr, the vo-jng converts Irom
Democracy, who have j dried the Federal ranks.
These Aeoi?fs have st reotyped these three ca
lumnies, and, in fact, would seem to have so fixed
their throats that when they open their mouths the
said three calumnies roll cut of themselves, without
thought or trouble to the repeater.
Tho po-'t Bi.-R.N5 has said that,
"So.ne books arc lies from end to end,
.Ind some greai lies tcere never penned."
And so we may s-iy of fh three stereotyped ca
lumnies aLove men'io ie I. Thev are f.om end
toe id. Not a particle of foundation have they to
ret upon. It is a'la Federal fabrication, to "ca -l
imniate the Democracy, end tr aid the '-oh ck
cockades" in rrascen-Tmg to political power. The
Democracy wish to reform the banking system,
and for that purpose, arn.n o'her things, to sup
prw gradually the ci cu'ation of all bank notes un
der twenty dollars, an i to make gold and silver the
common cu-rency of the peo Ie. This is u hat thev
want to !o; and upon ihi s desire to save ih boly oT
the people f o- the danne s and ni'scbJefs of a small
paper cir-iiiatiin, has been erected the three stereo
type! calnmii s a'-ove mmtione'l. And now what
have the Fed ralists done wh lo thus fa'selv accu
sing others? They have actna'ly SUPPRESSED
the whole metal ic circulation, a id have imposed
unon tho- c.u itry an EXCLUSIVE PAPZli MON
F.Y, composed of depreciated hank n-te-i and s'dn-p'ai-ters!
Th's is what th v have actually done,
and the whol ,- iffjrts of the entire party are now di
rected f the ext-nsion and perpetuation of this
EXCLUSIVE PAPER CTRRENUY.
Ited the f!!ivhij extracts fron-i the speeches
of Senators Grun ly Broivn Ki:i Buchan
nn. I cime ni.-.v to tho (li-enssioT. of a subject upon
which, of all others, the Republican ; ar'y h is been
most in sunder-tood and mo.-t m sr. pi eseute I. We
at ch lrged with being in favor f an exclusive
metallic ciirrenr y. Ti.is is n t so, so fir as I un-dt-i
stand i ho sentiments cf the pa iy. Tho Presi
dent of th ? United Stat.-, in h s letter to the
JIono-aMe Shrrrd Will:nt.s. distinctly negat'ves
this ill .a, so thr as relates t his own opinions. In
h;s 1 itc m s ag to C.'o.ig S3 nothing of the kind
is intimated. So far f. ot: it, h-3 dee'ares that, in
a co intry s commercial ns this, banhs will al
ways exist. Rc-fjrm, and not. destruction, is the
p.-.licy i:i regard to b.inks, which hi recommends.
I kno.v, full wll, v.h:t courso his b .'en pursued
upon tr.ii suhj-.-ct th.-.v: g!.o:it the cjurrt'y.' It is t )
Clarke us wuh n l ;i ig se.i'im miH which w e d
nut entertain, an 1 r.ive y uri iron the neuDl o the
ipini ;p.s. 1 will row state what
and what I believe t b tho
sentiments r.f the ptirty of which I a n a meinb ?r.
I am not. in f;v r of an exlu-ive mola'Iic currency;
I do not believe tiiaf a sufficient amount of no'd and
silver can br; proeur-id a id retained in the 'country
to supply an adequate c'rctil.iting medium for tb,J
onunerc, the wa its, and ente prise, of the cim
miinity; but I am anxious to seJ the circu'ati jn of
small notes suppiV7-ed by thos ; who possess the
power to do s . Wo possess no such power; that
belon.-s alone to the States. If sin-ill notes were
bin-shed f.o n circulat'cn, gold and silver would
till up th v.ic-ujic thus produced, and in this way
specie w mid bo intr idu.ed and used in ordinary
dul v trans ctio is; whde ban s notes or other pap-cr
'.void! be U3td in larirer dd.nss."' Extract of
Air. Grundy's Sp-jcch, March 4 and 5, 1840.
"Mr. Brown said that, kd far as he lind
understood the views of the friends of the nd
Tiinistrntion, ImUi in Congress and elsewhere,
heir k-;ili-!r nhject was, in regard to t fie bnrik
inr system, so far as the indirect siifency of the
iederal Government could effect it, to regulate,
nut to destroy it; to enforce a sound and holiest
system of banking:, instead of that system of
fraud and abuse which tun! heen so extensively
and injuriously practiced on the country, under
'he miscalled credit system. They believed,
and the rreat body of them, tiiere and elsewhere,
had so argued, that the Constitutional Treasury
system was the measure, of all others, best cal
culated to effect tlicse-importani objects. They
believed that the fiscal transaction of the Fed
eral Government should be confined to a metal
lic currency, leaving to the States the undisturb
ed rirrht of chartering and regulating; banks, and
authorizing the circulation of bank paper, in
such manner as they might deem proper.
Indeed, the clamor constantly raised ao-ainst
the friends of the administration, that they
wished to destroy banks, and introduce an ex
clusive metallic currency, was, 10 say the least
f it, absurd and ridiculous." Extract of Mr.
Brown's speech, March 6, 1840.
"Mr. KING said be bad witnessed with tin
feigned regret the direction this debate bad ta
ken; hut it was not his ha bit, nor would fie now
1;"ke part in a personal altercation. His only
purpose in rising was to notice some of the re
marks of the Senator from South Carolina, Mr.
i reston. He had listened to that Senator
With no little surprise. He states that the impress-on
made on his mind by the speeches of
jhe prominent members of this body, who sus
tain the Administration, and particularly by
moseoithe Senator from Pennsylvania, TMr.
Buchanan, was, that it was (he object of the
party now in power to break down the bankino
"tstu.itmns of the States, to destroy credit, and
Wuce the wages of labor, and -that they advo.
Vied the Independent Treasury bill upon the
!""nd that it woulJ produce " these results.
p lvlr- jlni while these charges were
,(,', ",eil Vtie diny newspapers of the day
tio'Se v, c!es f detraction and misrepresenta
' n-tney deserved not the slightest notice; but
"7";-as ,,iey now do from' a Senator who
ler iPh :n Ihe eslimat'"n of the country, and
thev ly-comn,af',s the respect of this' body,
iteh o Ume an lmP''tance which demands itfi-
U'-Ue correction and refutation. Will Ihe
dang'ir of snch
my own opnnons
Senator designate any portion of any speech
delivered on t his floor, by any friend of the ad
ministration, in which sucli objects are avowed?
He, Mr. King, bad been strictly attentive to
the discussions on the Independent Treasury
bill, and on no occasion had be beard an argu
ment used, which, properly understood, ivas
calculated to make ihe impiession which the
Senator declares had been made upon bis mind
least of all could it be made by the remarks of
his friend from Pennsylvania, who has discussed
this great question with an ability which few
can equal, and wiib that characteristic frankness
and fairness which should have saved him the
necessity of coriecling misrepresentation, inten
tional or otherwise." Extract of Mr. Kino's
Speech, March C, 1840.
"But the Senator from Kentucky Mr. Clay,
leaves no stone unturned. He says that the friends
of the Independent Treasury desire to establish an
exclusive metallic currency, as ihe medium of all
dealings throughout the Union; and, also, to reduce
the wages of the poor man's labor so that the rich
employer may "be able to sell his manufactures at a
lower price. JNuw, sir, I deny the correctness of
bfith these propositions; and, in the first place, I, for
one, am net in favor of establishing an exclusive
metallic currency for the people of this country. I
desire to see tho banks greatly reduced in number;
and would, if I could, confine their accommodations
to such loans or discounls, for limited periods, to the
commercial, manufacturing, and trading classes of
the community, as the ordinary course of their bu
siness miiiht l ender necessary. I never wish to see
farmers, and mechanics, and prcf ssienal men t.
t.-d, bv the facility of obtaining bank loansfor long
periods, to abandon their own proper and useful and
respectable spheres, and rush into wild and extra
vagant speculation. I would, if I could, radically
reform the present banking system, so as to confine
it Within such limits as to prevent future suspen
sions of spetie payments; and without exception, I
wou'd instantly deprive each and every bank of its
charter, which should again supmd. Kstablish
these or sim.lar reforms, and give us a real specie
basis for ur paper c'rculntion, by increasing the
denomination of bank notes first to ti n, and after
wards to twenty dollars, and I shall then be the
friend, not the enemy of banks. I know that the
existence of banks and the circulation of bank a
per are so identified with the habits of our people,
that, they cantict be abolished, even if this were de
sirable. To reform, and not to destroy, is my motto.
To confine them to their appropriate business, and
prevent them from ministering to the spirit of Wild
and reckless speculation, by extravagant loans and
isfurts, is all which ought to beds.red. Put this I
(-hull say. If experience shou'd rove it to be im
po s ble to eejov th : fae liiies which wed regulated
banks wt.uld affjrd, without, at the same tini , con
ti'.uin;: to snfT r the evils which the wild excess of
the present b ulks have hitherto entailed u;ion the
country, then 1 s-hould consider it the lesser evil to
ab.i'is i tin m a'tot ther. If the State L-nis'ature
shall novv do their duty. I do not believe that it will
ever become necessary to d ci lern tu-. han nlter
n:.t'v Extract of ilr. Buchanan's speech, Janu
ary 2, 13 AO.
Do these avowed and published principles
correspond with the assertions in the Whig re
solutions? Do I J icy seem to countenance the
idea of destroying credit, destroying all hanks,
reducing the wages of labor and value of proper
ty? Not at all. 13 n t what do they countenance,
what do they avow, what do ihe-y urge upon
the people? liejom and regulate your hanks,
aicay wiili tl.e present system tif suspensions,
expansions and contractions, ruinous to mor.iis
and to property; give the poor laborer steady
and permanent, not fluct tin ti n-r wages; pay him
his weekly reward in gold and silver, not. irre
deemable paper. F.nciuiraire that credit system,
that may be ihe hand-maid to piudetit cnti-r-prize
and honest industry. But away with the
present system, the parent of extravagance, of
dissipation and-' wide spread ruin. Give the
people gold and silver in their ordinary business
Iransacliort, and give hem a circulating paper
currency with a sper.ic basis lo facilitate larger
commercial transactions. Check ihe wild pro
pensity lo plunge irito visionary speculations,
ami return again to the plain and honest path of
Republican simplicity. Our country will ihen
present to the admiring world the spectacle of a
happy and contented people. The age of re
vulsions and panics will pass away, and peace
and plenty will Minle on her borders.
U
rOil THE JS'OJITII caiioliman.
" Aristoci-acy amanr; tlie iy!iigsPamilj-Itla.ttc-ra.
Aristocracy is making rapid strides in the
once independent United Slates, and the god of
Lucre and self is usurping the throne of these
once happy realms.
A meeting of Bobtailed-Whigs was held on
ihe lOih iusl. at the house of a pulled up syco
phant, of the aiorenatued party, not far iron--liamlallsvilie
Post Oliice, Robeson County; in
which meeting the intelligence of that highly
respectable bodv v.: as as beautifully developed
as could be wished for, as they did not even
know how to organize a meeting until they had
hemmed and hawed for more than an hour; hut
at length fortune smiled propitiously on them,
lor tout goddess (in tier usual kind manner to
such empty headed ignoramuses) threw in their
way, a dwarfiish school hoy from Bladen Coun
ty, lo whom nature had bestowed a greater
supply of self .importance, that of mother wil,
and as lie happened to he a member of an in
significant school debating society, he informed
the lord of the Manor, that a Chairman was
necessary before they could proceed to business.
His emptiness, t. e. ihe person at whose house
the meeting was held, thereupon named a
Chairman, who immediately took" the chair.
Through the same, croaking organ," ihey also
lound out lhat. a Secretary and a Committee to
draw up resolutions were necessary. Accord
nS'y his rotundity, (who seems to have adher
ed strictly to scripture in his family concerns,
as bis motto seems lo be "He that provideth
not fir his own, and especially for those of his
own house, has denied the faith, and is worse
than an infidel;) nominated his son and two
others as a committee, these persons were so
ignorant that they could not frame one resolu
tion, but were under ihe necessity of deputising
the above named "croaker" to draw up the
resolutions aud to forward them to the Observer
office in time for insertion in this week's paper,
but he seems to have failed, as well as the com
mit fee, as they have not appeared. Next thing
to be done, was to appoint delegates lo go lo
Lumherton ' lor the purpose of nominating
a candidate for the House of Commons. The
patriarch then nominated his beardless son, as
one of ihe delegates, with the following- instruc
tions, viz: "To support ihe .nomination' of ins
(Ihe old one's) nephew, as a fit and proper can
didate for ihe upper end of Robeson county.
The above plainly shows, tint instead of
sound Republican principles, the most abomina
ble, in short, rotten aristocracy prevaileel among
those present at the above named meeting.
In conclusion, Jet me say, this respecfable
meeting consisted of six persons, two of whom
were school bnys.
Look well lo your family mailers.
Neuter.
Robeson County, March 22, 1 840.
There is a story of a Portuguese shoemakei.
who used to give a severe flogging to bis wife,
every month, just before be went to confession.
O" being asked Ihe reason of this proceeding,
he replied, thatjiaving a bad memory, he took
I his method of refreshing it, as his good wife,
wrnte iinuer me casngaiion, was sure to remind
him of all his sins.
NORTH-CAROLINIAN.
J-l VET TE YEI.I.E:
Saturday Morning, April 4, 1840.
REPUBLICAN N 0MINATION.
FOR PRESIDENT.
Eftartin VanBuren.
FOR GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Romulus M Saunders.
It has been ihe studied effort of the Federal
parly, fir some lime past, to create the impress
sion lhat it was the policy of Mr. Van Buren,
and those who sustain his administration, to
wage an indiscriminate war on the local banks,
credit system, and the wages of labor. They
have hoped by this artful appeal to the prejudi
ces of some, the cupidity ol others, and the ne
cessities of the laboring classes, to divert the
public mind from the abuses of the'ehartered
privileges of the banks, anil the pert they play,
in this almost periodical paralysis ol the busi
ness and interests of the country. They are
perfectly conscious, that unless ihey keep up
this system of political humbug- anil deception,
ihe people will detect their sinister designs.
Hence, every stratagem is resorted to, every
device adopted, to deceive and mislead the peo
ple on this subject. Their presses teem with ar
ticles to prove lhat, which has no foundation in
fact. A Federal Senator is to be found, who is
willing to become so base a tool ol parfy, as to
pervert and misrepresent the language of a
brother Senator, in order to give color of" proof
to this falsehood; and an honorable member of
the House of Representatives, from -this State,
seems to be almost exclusively employed in frank
ing these misstatements, and flooding the coun
try with them. It. has been said, lhat the Fed
eral party never flourishes so well, as when their
country is suffering most a fine commentary,
truly, on their patriotism. Whether ad versity
arises from foreign aggression, or whether the
monetary concerns of the country are deranged,
(as in the present instance) by their darling sys
tem of excessive banking and its consequent
results, Federalism is sure to be inspired with
new hopes and renewed exertions.
The tff rts now making to break down the
Administration by the false issue they present to
ihe public is another evidence of ihe utter
recklessness with which the Federal party are
trying lo sustain their cause, funding a'l their
efforts vain, lo prejudice the great mass of the
people against the prominent measures of the
Administration, they endeavor to make Ihe
most of this, "their last chance," by a disingen
uous appeal to the passions and interests of the
people. They convert the desire of the Demo
cratic parly to reform the currency, and place
it on a more stable footing, in'.o a wish to de
stroy the Banks. They put up "men of straw"
and heroically knock them down. They bring
the country to the verge of bankruptcy by over
trading and overbanking; they prostrate the
credit of the country abroad by their excessive
importations and wild speculations, and when
the laudable attempt is made lo stay the tide of
ruin, which like a flood, is overrunning the
country, they cry out "the administration is
waging war on the credit of the country."
By undue expansions, the banks created a
bold and extravagant spirit of speculation,
raising- the prices of every thing, beyond their
intrinsic value, prices which cannot be sustain
ed, under ihe.revulsion which is sure to follow
such extravagance. When the price of labor
rises with this otter excited slate, of things and
falls (as it must necessarily do) with the decline
of every thii5g else, the Federal parly, to secure
a momentary advantage to their cause, proclaim
that it is the object of the administration to re
duce the wages of the laboring classes.
Such deceptive efforts must be short lived
the people of this country are loo intelligent io
be thus duped, they will not consent to have
dust thrown into their eyes by Federal Wrhig
gery. -
mery, the author of the letters which figured
in our last Congressional election."
Such is the language of the editor of the Ob
server who has hitherto professed to be guided
by truth and fairness. He assumes the fact
that Dr. Montgomery is the author of the let
ter in question and forthwith applies to him the
term "base." Now, we tell the editor of the
Observer, that he is mistaken as to the author;
that before he presumes to call any one "base,"
he should clear the skirts of his own party from
the "base" forgery, which wa-s written in this
place, and published in the Raleigh Register, to
injure the election of Dr. Montgomery, we tell
him that the writer oflhe letter from Washing
ton, is in every, and in all respects, immeasura
bly his superior. ,
The Carolinian, while it rejoices at the Dem
ocratic victories in New Hampshire, Detroit,
Chicago, &c. has the pleasing satisfaction of
knowing that it is rejoicing at a victory won by
friends, and not Sy abolitionists. The Caroli
nian is not "in fuli cry with the Whig Abolition
ists of ihe North," as are the Federal presses of
North Carolina.
We publish in this days paper, the proceed
ings of the Democratic District Convention,
which was held in Rockingham, Richmond
County, on the 17th ultimo.
The members of the Convention seem to have
been animated by one feeling a determination
to sustain their principles, on the maintenance
of which, the safety of our institutions depend.
We think a proper spirit is abroad among the
people, they understand the miserable and un
worthy attempts made to deceive them by the
Federal presses. The proceedings of the Moore
County Meeting (already published) were of
the proper kind, exposing vvhiggery and its art
ful designs. The poor attempt of the editor of
Ihe Observer, U disparage them, is their high
est praise.
From various quarters, we learn that in
Robeson County, the Democratic party never
were in finer spirits, or more sanguine of suc
cess. They contemplate holding a meeting at
the County Coiirt, in Ma3', to organize for the
coming contest.
So far from the Whig nominations carrying
"terror into the camp of the Tories," as the
chaste and corteous editor of the Observer, choos
es to call his political opponents, the Democrats
are certain of carrying their ticket they are
not be driven from their course by the blus
tering of the Observer, nor by Whig speech
makers, even though they speak, one for a
whole hour and the other for three quarters.
,:We think North Carolina has no member in
Congress base enough to write the tissue of foul
slanders which appeared in last Saturday's
Norlh Carolinian, in the shape ol a letter to the
editor, from Washington, except Dr. Montgo-
Wc cheerfully iri3ortthe article from our corres
pondent "Yancy" and should be pleased to hear from
him again. The suhject on which he writes is one
of vast importance to the interests of tho whole
State.
FOR THE NORTH CAROLINIAN.
The F-nj-eUeviile and. Western Rail Iload.
Jtr. Holmes: -Tha few remarks, which I propose
to make, on the subject of the Fayette hie and
Western Hail Road, are for the purpose of keeping
public attention alive to this grand enterprise, and
to elicit tlie opinion of others, if possihl-:, towards
the accomplishment of this schem. We all kn jW
(I moan tlie people of Kaycttevillo,) that nothing
short c.f connecting the Capo Fear River with the
rich ami productive counties watered by the Yad
kin tni Catawba, and tributaries, will ever se
cure to this -place the va'uafde trade of West'-rn
Carolina. To (Foci this connect o-i, no other plan
I believe is thought of, than by means of a Rail
Road, an 1 even this plan, is thought by those who
have no idea of the country thro'ih which the pro
posed Road is to pass, as rather a visionary and
hopeless project, but to those who have a more fa
rnil ar conception of the rout.2 and know the power
of "mo lorn improvement" in overcoming difficul
ties, nothing appears more feasible and easy of ac
cornplis!.m;nt. With the hitter, the only difijcul
ty that pre sents itself, tin only stumbling block in
the way, is tiie means to effect the purpose; 'tis true
our Legislature, w th a liberality hi herto unpre
cedented, bas plcdjrad the f.iilh of the Stale to
subscribe three-fifi'is cf the capital necessary to
build the Road, p 'ovidod in-'hviduals shall have pre-vu.-us'y,
and within four yeirs from th ratification
of tlie ac s ibscri'ie tli3 o'h-jr tico-fift'is; this was
cxfccrfingly fuiraiid enc-rcu, and more than we
had reason to expect, un'ess thr-y had viewed the
work as a great Slate measure, and built it. entire
ly with th funds of :h-i State. Two-fifths th"n
of tlie capital stock ncc ssary to construct the
Road is only required fioni individuals! Estimat
ing th;; Road to cot one million of dollar?; only
four hundred thousand dollars is wanted to be
subscribed, before the State's subscription wou'd
be made, the ihart -r secured, and the load placed
under co.itract. Bv a claoce at ihe map of the
State, we find at least twenty counties direct !v in-
tores'cd in 1'ie construction ot tins iload. W fiat
would be fur hundred thousand dollars equally
drawn from these, compared to the advantage they
would receive on the completion of tlie work? In
ordinary times the toicns alone located in those
counties of themselves ouirht to he nbundantlv able
to subscribe the whole amount. Why is it then,
that with the aid winch we ought of tight to re
ccivo from Ibo planters, who ol all. are r.t last, to
be most benefitted in the Koad? Whv is it I snv
that we cannot succeed? Why is it that we des
pond, and procrastinate, and talk of difficulties?
Whv with so much willingness, acree to allow the
work lo slumber and sleep, for "thr.c or four years"
before sometlunz decisive is Cone Depend upon
it Ihe time for action, prompt and energetic action
has now arrived. So ncthi ig ought now to be done,
we have tallied ana talked until - we have merited
if we' have not already received the appellation of
a "talking" peopb; only. i anct.
We do not know that, we can better exhibit to
o ir readers, the tergiversations and inconsistencies
of Ihi Wbi:;?, than by publishing the recorded
opinions of some of them, of General Harrison, in
1S3G, and their r pinions of the same individual in
1S40. The following exhibits Mr. James Garland,
a representative in Congress from Virginia, in the
attitude which mrny of the "great family of wlrgs"
occupy.
In 1S33. when the l'rcsiIcnt and Harrison were
before the neor le for the Presidtncv, Mr. Garland
....nt ... n.lrl'rcv (tppl.lriniT hifl flW'tl HDl! fllO SP'.ltl
merits of the Republicans of Nelson, in regard to
tho principles of the candidates. Mr. Garland, in
this morninff's Madisonian, comes out in a paper
SirrilUU Jlll Ul ....... iv ! .iv- on j a.
I am the author of the Nelson address referred
to, and hold myself persona'ly responsible for all
that it contains. "
In this address he thus draws the
POLITICAL PORTRAIT OF HARRISON.
in.no. -n! T-Tnri i-o-.i is the real candidate of the
Teat body of the Oipositi-'n. I mean that constant
and steady opposition to Gen. Jackson's Adminis
tration, which opposes it on principle. What are
Ids political opinions? We here annex some of his
- 1. 1 1 ..ntM.v kf lb. Svpnnte ,.f tlirt TTnifo.l
votes, wniie a. v.. - - ...v. iv. ... ... uu
States, going to show the true complexion of his
polit cat opinionF:
"I. Voted for the Panama mission, and all its
f dhrs and danirercu principles, May 2, 1824.
. t w . h(CQ
(Senate journal, p'4c --t.;
"2. Voted (or subscription to Dismal Swamp Ca-
nai, anu unci'"- ..-. ivj.c . ..v -nal
improvement, May, 1826. (Senate journal,
O A
"3. Voted azainst any restriction on surveys for
roaus, canms, "i'u'i .vj. v-J-"Ll---' J -"i"i ,
pr!e 283.) '
i4 Voted against reducing the lariff, e. g. on
coffjc, almost a" necessary of life to ihe people
among 11 nays, to reduction from 5 to 3 cents per
pouna. .
"5. Voted among S nays against reduction of
dutv "on teas, February, 1927. Se- jourria'.)
"fi Voted for tho; hi-h tariff of 1828, May. (See
Journal, paee 410.)
7. Voted for odious bankrupt law, in 1827.
"These votes, taken in connection wun ins letter
to Sherrod "Williams, stamp Federalism vpon his
politics as decidedly as it is possible to do. He
voted for the high tariff of IS28. He is a decided
friend of that system of internal improvement which
Mr. Jefferson, "in his letter to Mr. Gooch, consider
ed as destructive of the true character of our Gov
ernment. He favored the celebrated Panama mis
sion,' thinks Congress has the power to appropriate
the surplus revenue to buy up slaves for eiiif.ncipa
tion or f r distribution among the States, wh'.ch, in
their results, would burden the people with an ex
cessive system of taxation. He is in favor of Mr.
Clay's land bill; and above all, and worse than all,
he believes in the constitutional power of Congress
to charter a National Bank, and the expediency of
its exercise. If these claims of power do not con
stitute such a latitudinous construction of the pow
ers of the Constitution as constitutes Federalism,
then we are at a los3 to know tho distinction be
tween Federalism and Republicanism, according to
the old landmarks. .
"Fellow citizens: Mr. Clay has recently, in a
nnblic speech, as is said, endorsed Gen. Harrison's
orthodoxy and capacity. This is enough for us,
and should be enough for all Democratic Republi
cans The American system; a National Bank;
nternal Improvements; distribution, by gift, of the
proceeds of tho public lands and of the surplus reve
nue among the States, have been and still are ihe
prominenTprinclples of Mr. Clay's national policy.
General Harrison and Air. Clay were both warm
supporters of the younger Adams's administration,
which maintained these principles, that Adminis
tration was overthrown; are they to be reinstated in
the election of General Harrison? If they are, then
are the principles of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
and Jackson overthrown, and the Government lap
pidly verging to consolidation, to ruin, and t3 des
potism. Mr. Van Eures is a decided and uncom
promising eiumy to a National Hank in any torm,
and so openly and unequivocally avows himself.
Twice have the institutions of our country been
well nigh overthrown, in the fierce struggles of
National Banks to maintain their ascendency, and
overthrow the cxistinjr Administration, and twice
th? effort, has failed. If Harrison is
elected, we fear the charter of another National
Bank wil! be one of the unhappy results, and ano
ther struggle, more fierce and deadly than the for
mer, ensue. If another National Eank shall be
chartered, we should despair of our fee institutions,
and the libeitiea of Ihe people."
In the same address. Mr. Garland sroes into an
elaborate discussion oflhe political character of Mr.
Van Buren defends hiri against the false sugges
tions of Harrison's friends, and briefly sums up with
this
POLITICAL PORTRAIT OF MR. VAN BU
REN.
"The fact is, that so fir from Mr. Van Buren
ever having been a Federalalis ho ha3 always been
their most constant, most persevering and uncom
promising opponent; and they have uniformly, as
they now do, denounced and abused him, and op
posed his political elevation. To the talents, firm
ness, and perseverance of Mr. Van Bsireii, the Re
publicans of New York are principally indebted for
their ascendency in the councils of that State; they
have appreciated the vphie of his services, and have
never failed to bestow on him their entire confidence.
Will you, f- llow-citizens, be so unsratefui as to aid
tho Federalists in prostrating the very man who
has decisively aided you m loriner conliicts in over1
throwing them?"
Oraiid Collect at "Vocal auH Iasirnnieatal
JIusic, lay ihe three Tryoleaa Brothers.
Mr. Page has consented to perform rgain to-
nighf, at tin Theatre, and reduced the price of
Tickets from one Dollar to Fifty Cents. Tho au
dience were high'y gratified last night, and no duubt
he will havj a-n overflowing house to-niht.
SXXZ3.
At his residence in Moore County, oil Sunday
the 27th ult. after a few days illness, Mr. Alex
ander Mcintosh.
At the residence of Mrs. James Smith, Blad
en County, on the 18th March, Mr. Alexander
Nunnerly in bis 73d year, he was a good Mill
Right, a kind and obliging neighbor-
Communicated.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
From the .Vorfft Carolina Standard.
Mr. Editor: I-" rom the facts submitted to
its, we are convinced that Mr. Morehead is
fuliy contented with giving only the second
edition of the most tils slanders cf the dir
tiest "Whig" papers. For instance, he de
nies that you can by prudence and industry
sunnort your printing establishment, and char
ges you with obtaining funds, in a secret
manner, trom some other quarter.
JiCt us axamine the grounds upon which
he rests this assertion, and the motives which
induced him to make it. The only reason
which Mr. M. assigns is, that your establish
ment is too large; nd upon this we join issue.
It is a fact well established by ihe recent con
gressional elections, that the majority of per
sons iti the Slate are Democrats. The De
mocrats have one paper only ("Standard")
in Raleigh, aud the Whigs have three
("Star' "Beacon," and "Register," which
last being issued three times per week, makes
the whole number equivalent to five.) I
according to the doctrine of Mr. Morehead,
the "Standard" (issued only weekly) is so
large, that it cannot be fairly supported by
the Denocrals, who constitute a majority of
the State, we ask how can the Whigs, being
in the minority, fairly and honestly support
five jjapcrs, at the same place and during the
same time. Yes ye "-learned and intelligent"
Whigs tell us how:! We call upon you for
an answer. The people doubtless can un
derstand perfectly well this game of Mr.
Morehead. They are well aware that a Mr.
Zevely (recently an editor at Greensboro',
the residence of Mr. Morehead.) has estab
lished a press in Raleigh; which was so
quickly done after being talked of, that no one
could believe that the editor had much mere
than time enough to write the Prospectus.
It is customary to issue the prospectus of a
paper several mouths previous to publication,
for the purpose of obtaiuing subscribers.
The prospectus of the "Reacon" was is
sued on 2SlhofFeb. 1S10, and the first num
ber appeared 4th March, lS-10. Now let this
question be put to every man of common
sense, whether or not within the space cf six
days, the editor could have procured subscri
bers enough to support his paper or even to
justify him in commencing. The answer
must be irresistible in the negative. It fol
lows, then, that there must be a secret hole, a
sugar gourd, into which the editor, monkey
like, is permitted to thrust his dirtv paw.
Coming as he does from Greensboro', (though
not directly,) is it not very likely that Mr. M.
knows something of this secret hole? Is it
not then very probable, that this editor has
come to Raleigh for the sole purpose of ad
vancing the claims of Mr. Morehead? And
as the birth of this paper was rather prema
ture, and therefore calculated to excite sus
picion, is it at all strange that Mr. M. in or
der to divert public attention, should make
charges of corruption, in advance, upon the
Editor of the "Standard."' Although at
Hillsboro' Mr. M. addressed the common
farmers of Orange as the "ignorant glass,"
he will find that the people generally have
sense enough, to detect his tricks, however
cunniugly ho may lay them.
JUVENIS.
From the Glebe.
Commnnlcateil.
A Federal Whig, in his lata exultations over a
recent Whig Convention, exclaims in poet-c tri
nmph, "What think ye, poor Locos, of risings like this!'
And I beg leave to send him au answer through
your paper. Here it is, in form of parody:
What think ye, vain Fed'rals, cf risings like this,
That the calm, second thought, never wanders
amiss?
We look, then, for succor, as other men do,
To the sense of the people to put down the foe.
You have given them ruin, instead cf good hills;
You have curtailed your issues youreuflft-rs to fill;
You buy your bank pictures for less than their face,
Then sell gold at a premium and cry out distress.
All ihings are revolving, "and never stand still,"
From matter of earth to the vast human wdl;
Then why should you think that your doom will
delay,
By joining your fortunes to Bank Henry Clay?
Van's popularity fills the Great West;
His firmness and honesty none can contest;
His measures considered, approved, and are seal'd
By the hard-fisted yeoman that toils in the field.
LOCOFOCO.
Corrected weekly for the Jfurlh Carolinian.
09
1
FAYETTEVILLK.
Brandy, peach,
" apple,
Bacon,
Beeswax,
Butter,
Ble Rope,
Cotton Yarn,
Cofico,
Cotton,
Cotton Bagging,
Corn,
Candles, F. F.
Flaxseed,
Flour,
Feathers,
Lard,
Salt, per bushel,
Sack,
Tobacco, leaf
Bale Rope,
Wheat,
Whiskey,
Wool,
Iron, bar,
Molasses,
Trails, cut,
Sugar, brown,
" lutrp,
" loaf.
: 0 45
CO 37
00 7
00 J
J 5
00 s
18
00 I J
00 6
00 16
60
17
00
32
CO 40
10
SO
2
4
. 8a
a
30 a
17 a
5 a
33
7
8
16
13
SCO M
00 42
00 8
00 2"
C
00
00
00 7
00 SO
C5
CO
1 10
2
no 0u
96
21
if
10
80
35
20
6
h
00 12i
00 00
00 20
Bacon, S90 S a 00 9
Butter, 1C a 25
Beeswax, scarce, 22 o 24
Bule Rope, dull, So' 8
Brandy, apple, 55 a 00
Corn, per bushel, 5 a CO
C'off-c, II a 13
Cotton, jer 100 lbs. 7j a 8 1-2
Cotton Bagging, dull, 20 a
Flour, per bbl. 6 a 7
Gin, American, 55 a
Lime, cask, 1 25 a 1 75
Molnsscs, SO a 35
Pitch, at the Stills, 2 CO a 2 25
RiCe, per 100 lbs. 2"75 a 3 GO
Rum, X. E. 40 a 45
Rosin, scarce, J 50 o 00 ;
THE SEASON FOR
Planting.
FBI HE Subscriber ofFjis for sde his eplrnci 1
H and new varhty of DAHLIAS, crown by
himself list year, of20: difljrent shades and -olors,
at h-.lf the Northern prices.
Also, a small asso trocnf of Garden and Flower
Sere's; hi assortment of Pea? is of superior quality.
Likewise, alV:w ihou-a"d Mon-s Mu'tioaulis Tie -s
or Cuttings; nil of wh ch can be packid and sent
to rnv p-irt of the Slat?.
Acdress, JOHN HOPKINS,
JS orlh st., Fav-f tteville
April 4, 1840. 58 3w. "
Dalilias.
THE price of th? Dhl as advert;ssd by the Sub
scriber, is, for a do;en roots of the best quality,
and a'l d ff.-rent kins, igj. For a dozen of the 2d
quality, $3.
JOHN HOPKINS.
Favetteville, March 10, 1340.
NOTICE.
To All wlioiii it may concern'-
Will' am Mehaws and Pherebe lMehiws formerly
of Sa-T-p.-on County, N. C. are deceas d. This is
therefore to give n.-.tice to all persons h iving claims
against tin Estate of the said deceased, to present
them withi-i ihe ti.ne prescribed by l.iw, or this no
tice will be plaad i i bar of th- ir recovery.
SAMUEL PETERS, Ex.
Sampson Co., N. C, March 27;h 1843. It. pd.
NOTICE.
f HAVE t' is day obtained special letters of Ad
L ministration on the pe isha'.lj Es!at5 of Asa
Sowe'l docensod, anJ sh:iil pu suant thereto, on ihs
1st day of May nex at the late residence of said
Soweil, sclt to highest bidder, en a credit of six
uionths, a 1 tre quantity of well curod Bacon, a
stock of Ho:-ses, Crittl , Hogs and Sheen. House
hold and Kitchen furniture, two Wagons, Farming
utensils &c. Bo-id with approved securities, will
. . . .... .
oe reqmrea o;io.e me p:-o:errv is delivered.
JUtl. AlUKISON, Am'r.
Ca-thago, Moore Co. March 31 IS40. 58 5w.
LIST OF LETTERS
REMAINING on hand at the Post Office in
1& Fayttteviile, o.i the 1st of April, 1840.
Joseph C. Averitt,
I'o.nrey Autcry,
Easther Alvis,
E. Atkins,
Miles B. Baker.
Rev. J. M.-Biadly,
Brinnt Byrd,
Marv Blue,
John Bdl,
C
Mary Cashwe'l,
Dr. (Jhnrles Uhuimers,
Pnniil Car.adv,
Neil Camphfl',
David Chapman,
Miss John Ann Colv'n,
W. C. Carver,
David Cuibroath,
Wm. Daylcs,
John D. Davis,
F
Wm. Fowler,
G
Jas. Guv,
John Gad-e, Sen.
Benson Grady,
.Tns. Gadie, Sen.
Edward Griffith.
H
George Holmes,
Alexander Henry,
Stephen Holiinsworth,
Owen Halley,
Rbec'-a Harriss,
Thos.B. Hadley,
A. G. Howard,
P. Hayne.
J
Owen Jones,
Mary Jones,
Hardy Jones,
Wm. Jones,
Mary J. Johnson,
A.G. Jackson,
Isabella. Jackson,
K
G.T.Kintr,
Jonathan Ketcham
L
Jane Leslie,
David Locus
.Tosiah Lewis,
E. G. Lewis,
April, 4 1840.
Patience Lccnst,
M
Ff:strr Meson,
Mima Mosely,-G.-orge.
W. Matcn'eer,-A-fJrcw
Manspeaker,.
Duncan Monroe.
" Mc.
Isabella McNeill,
John McMillan,
Cold Camp:
Hugh McCormick,
Murdoch McLean,
A. D. McLean,
Daniel McDaniel,
Arch baid McKay,
John R. Marlemore,
Archihald McDutRe,
James McLean,
Murdoch McLcod,
Wm. McLcnnon,
Duncan L. McMillan,-
v N.
Joseph Nea',
Lucy Nuwsom,
P. Jamrs Price,
Zachnriah Plummtr,
Mary Poarch,
John H. Pettns,
Isaac Pope.
R.
MaTgaret Revels,
Jonies Russell,
Ro. E. Reaves.
S.
Samuel G. Stephenson.
Alexander Stewart,
Benjamin Stone,
Col. Daniel Smith,
Christian Smith,
Betsey Saltmarib,
Isaac Sandford,
Charly Starling
M. D. Smith.
T
Edward Triffith,
V
Green Vaughn,
W
W. H. William,
Miss Mary Wright, 1
(Great Creek,
Ro. Woody,
Amos Williamson,
Nathan Wherler,
Mrs. Louisa Woodruff".
JOHN McRAE, P. M.
93o.
Blank Checks for sale at this office