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K.mnpl Adams, and Hancock stamped their immortal names npCJp. . v of their counfry'sTreedbm. It inuM V,Y tying to Mr Tyler's pride, that ; liM friend, in their eagerness to bBdh theirs, assign him for a mode the st brother of the old Republican school,- Charleston Mercury , Political. The IT.S. Bank. !- ' The na me" f this banli,'the magnitude of its capita, and the extent of its operations, hare had the effect to create in the breast of thousands nay, of millions of persons, a sort cf conviction that it must of necessity he al ways "safa and sound," . always right, a nd hat, like the king of England or the queen, as the case may be it could "do no wrong." If we are rightly informed, (as we believe we -re,) and the report be correct, (which is doubtless the case,) then the bank has done wrong gross and palpable wrong, not only to ihe stockholders but to the country, some of its especial interests, and its general credit, which is of course connected with all its in terests. When we say the bank has done wrong, we mean those" who have, but more especially those who ; have had the manage ment of it. They, we understand, have not neglected themselves, nor suffered their own immediate personal interests, nor those of some favorites,., to languish for want of aid, accommodation, or, as it has been signifi cantly called " facilities." While through their' organs they cried out "hard times" or easy'? as suited their purposes, they knew not the. weight of "pressure " on themselves in dividually, nor did the ' panics " which de prived labor of bread, affect in any degree their private interests injuriously. What was it to them if the stockholders' interests w ere put in peril? They themselves would not be real sufferers. Suppose the property the all, of those widows and orphans," on whom so much bank sentimentality has been expended from time to time when to expend it was deemed politic should be put in danger of depreciation or loss what then? Whv, " fi nanciers," &c, whether great or small, must not stop to think of such minor considera tions, 'when they interfere with their own plans, whether of business or policy ot any descrip- ; tioh. Wrhere is the widow or orphan, or other stockholder, whose , interest would be preferr ed when in conflict with that of such men as Mr. Samuel Jaudori,-at one time Cashier, and afierwards and now agent of the ttank in Eng land? From spmewhere in the neighborhood of $J 10,000 to $3S0,000, for ayearand a half or, at most, two years' services, is certainly a very handsome compensation, especially when the services required- nothing in the way of, labor, save travelling in "foreign parts," and the headwork incident to the busi ness of c a great financier.". Something like the above is said to be reported by the com mittee, as received by Mr Jaiidon for services during the time mentioned; why then should he, or others in the management, and in the receipt of large salaries, think of such small matters as the interest of the stockholders, the credit of . the country, or anything else, save "their own inagntncent plans of ti nance, their schemes of whatever kind, their salaries and their power over the business of the people, except .indeed , it might be the interest of favorites, to whom they are reported, tj nave been exceedingly liberal at the expense of the stockholders? The honest common-sense people of thecountry have been ? for many years in n dream relative to such matters; they wre waking up, however, and we apprehend the forth-coming report will fully open then eyes. Halt. Sun. i Lost Prosperity." In his speech at Alexandria, June 11, 1840, Mr Daniel W eb stcr exclaimed to his party. r " We must not stop or falter in our opposi tion to the administration, till our lost pros perity is restored." . Well, Mr Webster, vhere are you now! You are at the head of the cabinet, and wil you just look over the prices current, the value of property, the rate ot wages ot the laborer, the freights, the exchanges, the currency, United States IJank stock, Eastern lands, and the like, and just tell the people v.ou delu ded by your promises, whether this is what you caH c restoring lost property." Or was the- " lost property " you meant, getting the spoils of office, $6000 a year for yourself, and the loaves and fishes for your follow ers? Here is a price current of produce at Cin cinnati, under the Whig reign for "restoring lost prosperity." Pork 59 ; beef 6; flour .$3 56; wheat e 37 ; corn 22 ; oats white the business community was de nied fccommodations by the bank, particular . Jivtiuals were aided with immense sums. one penod of great scarcity, it alleges that within two months upwards of four mil lions of dollars- were loaned to one person. Mr Thomas Biddle is supposed to be the person alluded to."M- Argus. " The DirrtM5CBU-A rich democrat (?), a bachelor, said to be-worth 100,OCO, came fnto our office the other day and stopped his far the DurDOse, as he intimated, ot tcr. A few minutes af- . i i,i , a mechanic, ot worm oo in me I A ,iA -I wish tn SUDSCnutJ iui i . i;i9 hut I L lr I rn nrt liKfl VOUf . P"'"""'? " lie; A. V70 " J to lilm to road vour paper: a the truth must hear both sides.' man find out of the Senate, viz: in 1S28, he advocated the election of Gen. Jackson to the Presidency, and for some time thereafter was a supporter of his administration. He was re-elected in 3233, and continued until the" legislature gave him instructions which he could not obey, when he resigned. NORTH-CAROLINIAN. Jl irJETTEYIZtLE: Saturday Morning, April 21, 1841. Whig independence. Circumstances alter cases. Read this from the TS'ew .York Era. ' - It appears that one JYlr Ugden obtainea some time since from Mr Tyler a strong re commendation for an appointment under Ed ward Curtis. The letter was sent to the Col lector upon assuming the duties of his office, and no notice at all taken , of it. Mr Tyler's was a mere nominal, secondary, and power less situation he had no powers of appoint ment or removal. Since the death of Gen. Harrison however, upon Mr Tyler by the Constitution devolves all the powers exercised by a President of the United States. .What is the effect upon Mr Curtis? He takes up his large bag containing applications and finds the letter of Mr Tyler, recommending Mr Odgen to his consideration, and imme diately discharging the old clerk, writes to Mr Ogden that hennas out ot regard to tne nign character of his recommendations appointed him chief invoice clerk! Suffice it . to say, that Mr Ogden, like old Judge Crane we presume, thought his professions " hollow, hollow, hollow," and declined the appoint ment. This is Edward Curtis, ihe especial fuiend of Daniel Webster he appears to act We think that Mr Tyler understands the character of the inhabitants of the colony of South Boslou. r TMr S. H". Bell, is our authorized airtnt at Long Creek, New Hanover County. Hon. Jas. J. McKay, is a candidate for re-elec tion in the loth Congressional District Tieft his Country for his Country's Good." JOAB GODWIN, , Has run away from Ca?sitah, Chambers county, Alabama ; indebted to the North Carolinian, $7 and "upwards. We thank Go J that he is gone, for ten to one if he would ever have paid any how. The Banking system has shot its fibres so deeply and widely through the body politic, that its violent and sudden disruption would, if not fatak, be too severe an operation for the patient; but the Banking System is evident ly dying of its own inherent vices, rotting off by its own intrinsic corruption. If not re vived by a quackery which would feed the disease and profit by it at the cost, and ulti mate sacrifice of the life of the patient, the Bank disease will run its course, and the country recover. But it is proposed that trom the fermenting carcase of the dead humbug a new monster shall be generated! There is an Eastern story of a certain man who per mitted the Dek'il to kiss him on one shoulder' whereupon there grew from the place a live serpent, which began to know the man's head. -Struggling to tear it off, the sufferer found that the horrid reptile was part of himself, and that to wound it was to lacerate his own flesh, shed his own blood and destroy his own life. Such a self-tormentiug, self devouring, two fold life has been that of the union of Bank and Stale, and now that the serpent is rotting off, forth comes the temtper again, in the shape of Henry Clay, and proposes to kiss the oth er shoulder. Charleston JMercury. iCjP'Tho editor of the Missouri Argus in an ar which breathes the spirit of truih in every line : " Friends may be wealthy, subscribers may be rich, but thai doos not enable us to give our credit ors their money. Kich suDscrmers are ot no more service than insolvent on is, if, like them, th--y never pay. The only suDscriotrs worth havmjr, are the paying subscribers 11 any body goes to heaven certainly they, with a Printer's Receipt in iheir pocket may hope. Truth compels us to say, tha the poor and the industrious have proved themselves the best pay-mosterg to this office, to the shame of many politicians who maite memscives conspicuous in every thing but in the payment of Printing bills." If every editor would follow the example of the Argus, and receive no, new name unless accompa nied by the money, and strike all from their lists who let their accounts run over 'three years, the press would become more independent, and flourish and thrive, and give gladness and buoyancy to the hearts of its conductors ; but under the present sys tern, it is impossible for an editor to spend half hi time in making out bill3,.and harrassing his mind with their collection,, arid pay that attention, and bestow that care in serving up his weekly sheet, which alone can insure a valuable newspaper. Like every thing else, a newspaper must have the und vided attention of its conductor, to make it what i should be. "We have before made similar sugges tions to the papers of this State ; and we say again emphatically, unless they alt co-oprrate, it is of lit tic use, for any one to attempt it.' . ' Nevertheless, we have resolved upon it ourselves, and are determined to carry it out ; and what will be the consequence Why, these horn we strike from our list will say " well if they wont s nd us their paper, there are plenty who will," and straight they orderfsome other paper. And how easily all this might be re mcdied if those interested would but use the riht means? ' . - - ' per bushel, 56 cents ; ry IS. .Vctt 1'lra. Coming Round. The Baltimore Ameri can, in an article upon the times, has the fol lowing precious confessions of truths, for which the democratic party have been co$t tending for years: "There is no denying the fact that the credit system pushed to inordinate extremi ties has supplied the expansive power, to a great extent, for this unnatural distension. When drafts upon futurity are easily negotia ble, there are and will be thousands ready to gratify present aspirations under the delusive assurances of hope and a certain blind confi dence in fortune." " Real wealth consists in value produced by active laDor wntcn is not always to oe judg ed of by the prices of stocks nor the amount of bank notes in circulation." 1 - . . . . I . c hundred, and discount tor themselves at me raics oi few thousand ? Are these idle questions ? When audon was appointed the Bank's foreign agent, he only owed It the small sum of 8408,333,25 ! ! Mr John Andrews, Assistant Cashier in March, 1S36 ed the Bank S104,000 ! Mr Cowpeithwaite, also Cashier, owed 115,000, and President Biddle's transactions are large beyond all calculations. AH this is now condemned by all parties. Ought these developcments tci be viewed with die indifference ? No. The people ought to de mand an investigation of the afhurs ol all the banks. We are not to be misunderstood : We are not seeking to create popular prejudice against those nstitutions. But they ought to be looked into. Let those who have done well, merit and receive public approbation ; Let the others receive public censure. If the managers of our North Carolina Banks have been guilty of no peculation no prostitution to sel fish purposes no improper favouritism they ought to seek investigation and seek it anxiously- We make no charge against the officers of our State institution". We have not investigated their atTiirs. WTe hope that an investigation wi 1 be sought, and will prove them tc have been honest and faithful. Mr Jiiildlc, Mr Treston anil Clen. Jackson. Mr Preston, whom our Wri!mington whigs lately honored with a dinner invitation, as we suppose, far bis complimentary opinions of our State, r mark ed fn debate, at the extra session of 1S37 : that the appointment of Mr Biddle to be Secretary of the Treasury, would increase the value of the property of the people of the United State?, one hundred millions. Time, the friend of truth, has shown Mr Biddle tnbeafcnore: that he has sunk, in Batik frauds and speculations, more than one hundred millions of he property of the people; that he has reduced to drp'orable misery, suffering, and ruin, thousands of widows, orphans and artizans, and has brought a stigma upon our national character abroad, nerer to be effaced ; and lime has shown that all the warn ings and measures of Gen. Jackson in rcLtion to the United States Bank, Mere true ; and.Jime has shown, that Senator Preston .is a silly flatterer a bag of wind ; and we opine, that time-will show some usly " business transactions" with tl... 1 .itrr- ary Fund of North Carolina, arid some bad meat, if no worse, in some of our Banks The Wrong Righted. Governor Seward of New York removed the City Recorder. Mr Morris. und r the pretence that he had violated tha law in seizing upon the " G'ent worth papers," but in reality because he was adem ocrat, and a hungiy whig wanted his place ; for Mr Morris done no more than every magistrate is bound to do, and what has always been done: to seize upon any proofs that can be got at, for the con viction of a criminal ; and was not Glentworth charged with importing votes info the City of New York to affect the elections ? And did not these papers prove his guilt ? Who dares deny it ?- Then Recorder Morris done his duty; and Gov ernor Seward removed him for discharging that duty to the public. These are the main points in the case ; any others that can be brought cannot alter their position. Well, the people of New York were not asleep when all this was done, so, to show Governor 6e ward that they were not, they put up Mr Morris for MaTor, and elected him, by a majority in the neigh borhood of six or seven hundred. Thus emphati cally rebuking Governor Seward for his conduct in this affair; and when h?t, own election comes on again, if he does not receive another rebuke, which will touch him neat er, we shall be very sorry. The Buckeye Blacli smith. The " great Bear," of whom we presume every one has heard, i. noticed in the Baltimore Sun, as being in that city, without funds sufficient to take him home, an 1 would be glad to receive even con tributions. Where now are all the friends that flut tcred around him in the dajs of his glory and his usefulness ? He, that but a few short months ago found his way into the parlors of the rich the fa fingers of whose daughters dunccd over the keys of the splendid pianoforte for his amusement; tl idol of all the 1 ippecanoe ciubs. He whose every desire was anticipated and gratified, cannot now find fiiends to bid hini God speed ; nor an office to lighthen the burthen of his cares. "Republics is unjrratcful !" mumijrc- ie Papeh S.a.tchi:ks. The pipe laying edi tors call Robert .11. Morris, a "paper stat elier." We thank them for the word. When Paulding, Van Wart, and Williams took the papers from the boots of Major Andre, when he and the "pipe laying " Arnold endeavor ed to sell Gen. Washington and his whole army to the British, they were called paper snatxhers, too,, and the federalists have never forgot them tili this day! And they will never forget Robert H. Morris for seizing the pa pers of Glenworfh that contained the evidence of his. treason.-? JS'ew Era. Titfe moL of. Federalism. Who has forgotten the anathemas against Gen. Jack son, on account of the removal of the de posites and his refusal tci sign the bill re-chartering the U. S. Bank? A nd w ho has forgot ten the degrading man-worship which was exhibited "towards Mr Biddle, when he came to New Toik, really as a borrower, but under professions of lending money to the "mer chants?" Mr Biddle was so much the1 friend of trade: that while he was engaged in keep iii" trade and exchanges in a constant state of agitation, ho placed ample -means in the hands of his favorite broker" .to speculate on all ih rhano-eg product 7 his artful . 0-. 4 . , . schemes. ... - - In the recent report of the stockholders of the bank, the manner ; iq -which Mr Uiaaie relieved the business iriterest and "ecwred.tp himself the praises of the whig merchantsare to some extent shown up. The report state Among the appointments we find the name of Bela Badger, tor the office of JN aval Ofh- cer in Philadelphia. Ihe name of this in dividual must be familiar with our readers implicated in the frauds practised at elections in Philadelphia. Jo man perhaps was more active at electioneering than this man Bad ger, and to no man are the whigs in that part of Pennsylvania more indebted for their suc cess ; and he has had his reward. Does j this appointment agree with what President Tyler says in his address to the people of the United States? : This is" the same person who made such a conspicuous figure in the frauds perpetrated in Philadelphia. It was proved before a committee of the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1S39, that bribes were offered and paid to change the result of the polls. A witness testifies that Bela Badger, ihe federal return judge of the Northern Liberties, paid him sixty dollars as a reward to reduce the demo cratic majority in that xcard, and promised him tico hnndred dollars if he would reduce it fifty votes. Badger also ' furnished him icith federal votes with instructions to palm them after dark upon his democratic friends who could not read. The Observer thinks we should have waited, be fore charinn- him with a desire to keep the public in the dark concerning the " aulul disclo sures" of the Investigating Committee, concerniu the Pennsylvania Bank of United States. .Wei perhaps, we were too fast, but at all events, .it had one very good cfF.cr, that of making him give h readers the report in full. We had not the slihtes objection to give the " Report itself," but we always adopt a rule to ive the most correct information in the least space, and therefore, did not tonsiderer it wise to publish the whole of the detail, and we think our readers will agree with us, when we tell them that the Report occupi s six columns of small type of the Observer. We are, however, inclined to differ with him when he says he never advocated this Pennsylvania Bank of the United States, and we are only sorry that we have not a file of his paper, for the last 10 j'ears ; but he certainly knows that Mr Biddle boasted that his Bank had a better charter from the Legislature of Pennsylvania, than it had from Congress, and that Mr Biddle appeared much better pleased; at least so we have seen it recorded. We certainly think that the Observer has at times shown a partiality for th's institution, and shall take an early opportunity of looking over the file of hist year, and it is not improbable we may then satisfy him and the public, that our charge was not altogether without foundation. Why talk oft ho United States having a certain number of Directors appointed to manage a United States Bunk ? Did the editor of the Observer ever see the memorial (we think) to Congress, of the four Directors of the old United States Bunk, setting forth that th y no sooner took their sats than UVy were insulted, and tre.ited as though they were of no account ? If he did not, we will publish some extracts from it, which will show what a saf guard they proved. 'Mr. Tyler. The Madisonian gives a eeneral outline of President Tyler's history It appears that he was born in Virginia, in 1786 or '87, and is therefore 54 or 55 years of ae.' He was graduated at William and Mary College, a nd at 2 1 years of age, was rhofipn a delegate to the State Legislature, in which: capacity he serfedL several years, until he .-was elected representative' in Con- or"ps. After a service of four years, he be came again a , member of die Virginia legis lature, and was soon 'chosen Governor of the State. - ' - : , At the expiration oTKTs constitutional term as Governor Mr lyler was elected to tne U S. Senate, to serve from the 4lh March, 1827. in the place of the late John Randolph, of Roanoke, whom he beat. " While a -member Ought not tne Affairs of ALL the Ranks to be at ouce thoroughly Investigated ? We will not be content merely to raise our voice ot condemnation and disgust against the unparallel ed developements daily made, touching the condi tion of the Bank of the United States of Pennsylva nia, and the conduct of its officers. We urge it up on the people, to demand a thorough investigation of ad the Banks, from Maine to Mississippi! Who is not astounded and mortified at the dis graceful fraud and corruption of Ihe United States Bank ! Astounded, because this Bank was lon too long the darling pet of the whig party ; because, when a democrat's voice was heard denouncing it, it was the signal for his destruction in the esteem of thousands ! JUort'fitd, br cause it has cast a blot on American credit abroad, and because it exhibits man taking advantage of h;gh places and public confi dence, to practice the foulest frauds!! Th?re is instructive admonition in this matter; there is warning in it, falling on the people's ears in tones of thunder. Will they, can they disregard it ? May there not be other Biddle?, and Jaudons, and An drews, and Cowperthwaites ? M ay there not be other bank managers who prostitute their offices to "their own schemes of selfish aggrandizement ? Who forget that they are mere trustees ? Who afford no facilities to men of business, but take care of them selves and their friends ? Wio reject gocd notes, when offered by men of modest means, for a few Vh!g Economy. - Gaining an extra session of Congress, when th y say the Treasury is empty, at an expense of S3 per day to three hundred men, besides stationary, clerk hire, printing, &.c, &c. Who w ll be benefited by it ? Gules & Seaton, will no doubt be the greatest gainers, and therein lies the secret of their interest in the call, d session ; but the people will see in 12 months, that their mo ney has been spent, without the slightest relief to them. Why the 7nileage alone, amounts to near f2U0,000! Reform, indeed ! The Raleigh Register says, President Tyler's address is enthusiastically received throughout the country. We have not seen or heard of any enthu siasm. It is to be regretted, that whenever the Reg ister speaks of any of its political fiiends, no mat ter how obscure, or how Utile they may be deserving of praise, every line breathes the most fulsome and disgusting flattery. Its wailings about th j illness of the President were really sickening. The politi cal friends of a journal, of course, expect to be no ticed occasionally, when they have merited the mead of praise, but such wheedling and fawning is despicable. A writer in the Pennsylvanian, says : " he who augurs much from tle Inaugural of President Tyler, be he democrat or federalist, may chance to bite his finders. 4The Spanish flaet we cannot see, because it is not yet in sight.' I should prefet an astrologi cal guess from Hague, to any Calculation on this address." The Tiiac and the Ashe. Mr Scott of South Carolina, who has lived in Paris, and who there first caught the idea, has graft ed the lilac, on some thi-ee dozen common ashes, fioni tottr to tf n feet in height, and succeeded . be yond his " most sanguine expectations," having grown about two dozen h' altliy plants. Thy were. gaftcd in April, after, of course, the lilacs had mad.j many shoots, but he recommends that the scions be taken ofTin January or February. If th s experiment succeeds, there will be a new source of gratification to the gardener and the florist. WThst a magnificent sight would be the graceful ashe, besprinkled with the modest lilac, scenting the whole air with its delightful fragrance U Robinson the murderer of Mr Suydam wa3 exe cuted on the morning of the llthinsr, at New Brunswick, New Jersey. He remained up to the moment of his death, apparently regardless of his awful fate. Mr Tyler, (says the Madisonian,) is the youngest President that has ever occupied the Chair, fctin" only fifty-one. Whiggery on the Wane. The late elecion for Mayor of the city of Albany, resulted in the election of the whig candidate, by a mnj nty of eight. Last year it was 500 ! CPFor the benefit of , the ladies, and that they may be able to how their right when they press their claims, we publish the law, in relation to the privileges of the ladies during leap year. It is very ancient, as will be seen by the spelling : " Albeit as often as Leape Yeare dothe occurre the women holdethe the prerogative over the menne' in matters of courtshipe, love, and matrimonie - soe that when the ia die proposeth, it shallc not be law ful for the manne to sae her- nae, but shall receive her proposal in all good courtesie.'' Read both Sides. 5 The federal party have been well paid for their proscriptive policy and party venom, in t!se losses they have lat.ly sustained by' the Biddle Bank, and by the thousand and one other hank robbers and swindlers, whoso villany has lately been brought to light. They would not read a democratic paper, oh, no ! it was too full of lies against the dulling banks! They would only read the'r own federal papers, because, they were full of iies, all in favor of the pure, genteel, spotless banks.. They trusted to the glosses, and excuses made for these fashion able swindlers, by their own hack editors and par tizans, and rejected with contempt the warnings of truth, given by the democratic papers. How they are nicked ! hey? Our motto is right, then that no man of business, no public man nor good citizen, can do himself justice, conduct his business safely or be rightly informed cf public a flairs, units he reads both sides. believe ' no such thing. It may do very well as coming from that quarter; it is natural enough that they should hope we shall lollow meir example; but l have heard no sucn ae- terni i nation avowed; no such sentiment even hinted at. I protest aonint it I not Whiff doctrine; the Administration' coming into power reject and repudiate the infamous max im that to the victors belongs the spoils. The spoils? what spoils? The spoils of our common country? The spoils of our breth ren? ' Is the country a vanquished country? God forbiJ. I should as soon think of mak ing spoil out of the possessions of my own family. Too long have we seen the princi ple acted upon all over the country; we come into our power repudiating it from the very bottom of our hearts. - " Did not the distinguished person who is to be advanced to the head of the Government, expressly take ground against such a senti ment in a bill he introduced into Congress? Do not his sentiments stand recorded against; it? Wc practise on a principle like that? No, sir, no ; this system of proscription is itself to be proscribed. I stand on that ground: and so help me God, I will, so far as I am concerned, act upon it. I believe those who are to be at the head of the Government have put themselves upon the same ground. They come into power, not to divide the spoils of the country among the members of a, faction. When that principle is avowed and followed, we cease from that moment to be a Govern ment and a people: wc pass into a conquered nation, and a conquering faction, that seizes the power and the forms of Government only for the gratification of cupidify and revenge. Never have I read in all the pages of politi cal profligacy a sentiment so detestable as that the Senator has ascribed to us. Machia vel himself never conceived so foul a maxim, or dared to avow it. The author of "The Political Capital Gen. Harrison's Religion. The whijrs are trying to make a saint of Grneral Harrison, because, he took to reading the Bib'e a short time bofore he died. We are fort of stumps of christians ourselves, but for the soul of us, we can't commend the example of an old men of three score and ten, putting off religion to the last mo ment. It looks loo much like making religion the last instead of the first thing to be attended to. Now this is making quite a convenient, and agreeable thing of religion, that a man isallo.ved totake it up, after he has got old and tired of lif', and has cms to enjoy it. On these terms, we think all in n may make a fafe compromise with the devil. We look upon General Harrison's case in a verj- d fTercnt liht from some of the clergy. As an awful examp'eof a distinguisheel public character, of great influence, wor;h, opportunity and education, blessed Uy Heaven with the h'ghest earthly honors and with a ripe old age, who condescended to look to God, when his life was about to expire and h i c aid gain nothing more from man. This, we admit is too common a case ; but, because it is, it won't do, for the higs to make a convenience of religion, so as to. suit their political purposes. "When death strikes down the chi f of a nation, it weli bohooves us poor insignificant creatures, to stifle our passions to worship and fail down and kne 1 before the Lord our Alakcr. But to make an apotheosis of General Harrison for the sake of po'itical capital, we most solemn- protes:. The whigs have espcci al cause for humiliation before this visitation of Heaven. But yes'erdaj-, we saw their l:ard-c'der-log-cabin and coon-skin-mummeries their midnight iwels and drunken processions, to elect General Harri son. Wlim elected, their gr ate.t oran, the Na tional Intelligencer, ascribed his election to the spe cial Providence of-God, in favor of v:hig principles, and now that Providence has taken him off, " un anointcd, unanciled, no reckoning made, but sent to his account with all his imperfections on Ins head," they insist that reading the Bible a few months out of GO years, is sufficient to make a saint out of a whig, and to qualify him for Heaven. The whigs make capital out of most any thing, the living and the dead Bibles and coonskins the log cabin and ihe grave the fumes of hard ci tler and the sacred charities four reMoion Banks, rail roads, and the spoils of Government office Politics first, and rcligio i last ! This is all wron? ! Proscription, black and insolent. Bela Badger appointed naval officer at Philadel phia, vice, John Horn, removed. What honest whig who reads this, but must blush for the degradation and depravity of the new administration ! A 'dem ocrat proscribed from office for opinion sake, and his place filled by one of the most infamous and no torious party hacks, that has lived since the days ef 1 ltus Uates. I his same Be la Badger who has been by the most incontestible evidence, connee ted with all the detestable frauds and villany practised by the whir party in the two elections between Naylor and Ingersollwith the Glentworth frauds, in New York, nd with the traitorous conspiracy of Stevens and Bui rowes in endeavoring by civil war and bloodshed, in 1838, to wrest the government of Pennsylvania out of the hands of the majority. The report of the minority of the committee of Congress upon the Naylor election, and the numerous wit nesses beside, of unimpeachable character; yea, some ef whom the whigs have admitted to be res pectable men, brand his man with the infamy of brib ery, corrupt prostitution of his office, an d subornation of perjury in the election of 38, 39 and 40. We doubt, if hIfbe true, that is. said and believed of th is man, whether, if there was a resurrection from under the gallows, there confd not be found a more depraved and unscrupulous wretch ; and yet, this monument of depr avity, is rewarded, for his par li z an services, with a high office, by an administration who at the same moment were proclaiming to the world freedom of political opinionsthat offices are not spoils" for the victors---and that persons distinguished for partizan services would not be tol erated in office, lest the patronage of government might be brou5ht into conflict with the freedom of elections. This one act alone, ought and must weaken con fidence m the new cabinet, it furnishes positive proof of inconsistency-. -insincerity violated pledges and bold insolent contempt of 'public opin- W e here give an extract from Senator Preston's speech at last Con 2re, to show whig profession"-! a nd when .read, let every honest man feel a "he ought for his country's honor. Mr Presto. I hope not. I hope and Prince" would blush to utter such a thought." The Candidates. The candidates for Congress in this Dis trict have met before the people, agreeably to the notices given, at You tit's and the Catawba Springs. Wc have conversed with several persons who were present at the Catawba Springs; and from them we have the most cheering accounts. Green V. Caldwell, the Democratic candidate, is a great way an overmatch for his opponent, and we can as sure our friends at a distance, that all will be well, so far as old Lincoln is concerned. The Democracy, we have good reason to think, are onvthe alert, and will jshew their zeal in the good cause in which they are en gaged, on the day of the election, in a way that will teach Federalism a lesson not soon to be forgotten. We tell our frieuds iu the .counties of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus to be up and do itig not to mind the idle rumors which are spread about the country, that Lincoln Coun ty is not pleased witlK Mr Caldwell. We assure them it is all false. The Democratic party are well pleased with Mr Caldwell ; and are ready to prove if, and will prove it on the day of the .Election. jCincolnton lie publican. In answer to the query of the Republican, " w hr we don t start a candidate to oppose the federalists in this Didtiic," wes can only say th .t the el ino crats appear to be disposed to let the feds have the field to themselves j or pcrhips they are waiting to see what " they of the adverse faction" intend do in sr. It is understood that the body of President Harrison will be temporarily deposited in a vault at the Congressional Cemetery at Washington, aud will be subsequently re moved to the ancient residence of his ances tors in Virginia. When this event will have taken place, the State of Virginia shall have within her limits, the mortal remains of six illustrious men of the nine that have occupied the high" station of President of the United States. democratic young men's Convention. " By t- Paul the work goes bravely im." By a letter from Milledgeville, we learn that the proceedings of meetings in thirty two counties had already been heard from and that private letters from many of the re maiuiiigcouuties indicate an indomitable spirit among the Democrats every where. The Convention will be a full, and enthusiastic meeting of thosewho have resolved, that, " rfiitieus like we will rise from our fall, and that our parly is but endeared io us by ad versity, that touchstone oj' the faithful and (he true.11 t Letters have been received by the Com mittee, we understand, from many distinguish ed gentlemen, whose talents and experience will lend their weight to the occasion Ala con Telegraph, 14i7i inst. $'l he wages of the mechanics employed at the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H. have been reduced 25 cents per day. While tho new administration were appropriaiug $6000 for furniture for the President's House, they were taking a slice from tho loaf of the poor laborers.-1 his is "reform," we suppose; hia is making times better ; this is Ui-" hv6r ,imCChanic this is loS-cabin sympa- u- u? -of toi,-or else " Federal i.m, which desires to make the rich richer and the poor poorer .V. C. Standard. Later from North Bend. Later news from North Bend contradicts the re port of the destruction by fire of the entire House, the seat of the late President. Only a part was burnt, and no art.cles of furniture, save two urns, and a trunk. -v The Tables Turning? The Albany Argus of 10th inst., in noticing the Charter elects in several towns in that S?ate, shows a great revolution to have taken place already - - - t-.uca. enuments ot the neorde of New York. DIED. . 9 Tuesday the 20th inst , WILLIAM for k f : -"v A nativo of Philadelphia, and for the last 20 years a cit izen of this place In Tallahassee, Florida, Gen. Stephen Miiler, formerly cf Duplin County, N. C.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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