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ROLINIAN and Proprietor. 1812. . ppy new year atrons, and to .week, with which pounds. w V V m AY r 9 and that Mrs Clay had be Inm. in sickness and in health. .,...- - ... . 1 This is as.brief a synopsis as" wr. Dossibly give, of this connexionLo$jtJ ilk. I, world has heard so much. Jfr . ertJiiS form whicli all are bound to belieujeVj. I refuted bv other evidence. . C VI 4 not a copy ot his paper lv&inVi nrt . ' ain that he has abused the SiibTrifSsW: V'.L all intents and purposes. Butrwhat Hofs ' say now? Why, in speaking of 0lie'x : J on the tonest, ied by ,ii anv down i unity, ess de- auree- sustain making deserving V, who, not la re of pub- greement, and oc with under tempts to sink his Jelon than he whom penitentiary for steal Ttually steal his neigh- tamlerhiines him in this way? of the mechanics of the coun- What class dares pretend to uure tfXtabiliry and honesty?) will answer in .ie affirmative. !j"subject of DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. 1 j ' VP f SAMPSON COUNTY. At a meeting of Democratic Republican !oJ citizens ot nampson ouuiy, ueiu n me iuuu - -i HnnsA in Clinton, nn the 18th December, rl84l. On motion, Edward C. Gavin, Esq. chair, and Patrick Mur- On 1 At ions from : yafg P liat.k. wrTtce given ot ,n;ove to introduce n h'rit was called to the nhv, Esq., was appointed Secretary, motion Kichard C. Holmes, John Boykin, i Curtis C. Oates, William L. Robinson, Joseph D. Parker and William C. Draughon were appoinieu a commmee io urun uu itrwn resolutions expressive o the sense ot tne meet iug on the present aspect of the politics of the country and in , relation to the contemplated JTiy of the corrations of the-j Convention to be held in Raleigh on the. lCth law till Jul v next, ahd to extend YJatfory5 to nominate a candidate for the of risioua to the banking corporations. ffic of Governor of this State, bald Corn- Easy times, high prices for produce, and high Wages These were promised by the whigs, when they should get into power. They told the people that it was Mr Van Buren and his sub-treasury that caused l lie hard times two years ago. Well! they turned out Mr Van Buren and repealed the sub-treasury, and what have we now? Why worse ami worse!!! Money is scarcer times harder produce lower wages lower, and on the back of all this, the Whigs at the Extra Session passed a revepue bill laying a tax upon Salt, Molas ses, Sugar, Iron, feteel, and all the necessa ries of life they created a Government debt of twelve millions increased the expenses of the Government abtfut eight millions be yond the last year of Mr Van Buren given away $25,000 of the peoples' money to the rich widow of Gen. Harrison, after burying her husband with all the pomp and show ot a royal pageant, at the expense of $3,200 and after furnishing the President's house with $6,000 more of costly furniture. What was too costly for Mr Van Buren, was not good enough for Gen. Harrison! Surely the peo ple will never trust the Federalists with pow Government Bank and ttayJfrklV- f 1 one among the many Whigs '. h.jnse'' such holy horror of a Governm, ' which he called the &ib--Trsly x have cert to he chequer he says: "We do not likettre p'rece-. dent ot making the iJtntraU pkrvernment n Banker, but we do not see that we can. Jo better than to accept it," Stc. &c. Hefe.Jne. acknowledges it to be a GOVERNMENT 15AINK; still it will be accepted for the sake of keeping together that conglomerated mass known as the "Whig parly." Such princi' pies as these are not agoing to do'. The-Sub-Treasury was brought forward and passed by the Democratic party, "and the Federal party would" not rest until they re pealed it, merely because it was a Demo cratic measure. . Now the same Federal party have brought forward a far more odi ous measure,-and they think it will do.; As long as party prejudice is cherished in this country to this extentr we may expect no stability in the laws. What one side builds up another tears down. A miserable condition of things, indeed. Our attention was' called at too late an hour for an extended notice of an article, ap pearing in the Journal of Commerce received yesterday morning, which has excited n much feeling in this community, that we un derstand the subscribers to tint paper intend returning the number and ordering the paper discontinued. Thisjs the true way to tre.nf such conduct, and God grant that the eyes of the South may be opened to the'fact before i is too late. Some one signing himself T. L. paid the Journal of Commerce for pub-" ishing the ariicle, which was tsken from the New York Evangelist. This verifies the re- maik of Bishop Hughes, that the Journal of Commerce is what it always has been and alwavs will be the Journal of Commerce. 'alhmid ihe molion. lie called the alteiiuotpnot-only of Senators,- but ,f friends I of tho whole country, to the importance ot tnis fraTy to all usage I question. ...... r .rnmmilteo. " .1 ir iving snoue w4iiiv4tiui:BMpeMig ui, uiu je was utterly opposed to injustice of England, dnd of her fnany. out .JtTtho CommtttesB on Military I rages against thesettled principles of the laws a'hft obiect 'of the biMs'lto repeal of nations ; and denounced her arbitrary pre- -TTw disoosin of the procts oT sales from j tensions with reference to the question of the public lands - und th(&rfiTa3 pot ger- slavery. . ' y - mane to any object osu'nconiing withiu . "Mr Preston, on behalf of the Committee on the jurisdiction of the-iuitary Committee. Foreign Relations said that committee would It was more a questioffne contended, of gen- give it such consideration as the importance eral policy, or cif finance ; and the main point, of the subjpet demanded. It was one which repeal, was net a matter with which the mili- had been the subject of diplomatic discussion tary Committee had properly any thing to. do. and correspondence between this Govern- He was in doubt whether the bill should be ment and England for many years. He be- committed at all. It was an insulated pro- lieved the position assumed by the British position, fresh in the memory of every Sena- authorities on this question was totally unten- tor, and required no investigation ou the part able, and at variauce with the laws of na- of any committee. The Senate was prepared tions. to meet the question, and he was prepared to The debate continued at some length, and meet it bluff. . J was of an interesting character, but we have He contended that the condition "of the j not room or time to give even a brief sum- Treasury was annallinsr, and that there would mary of it. It will be given at length in the be a large deficit next year nearly fourteen Congressional proceedings. millions. He was therefore opposed to pledg- The subject was then referred to the Com ing any specific amount annually to defeuces, mittee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to hut would vote for such amount as was from I he priuted. time to time required. They wanted all the Mr Benton gave notice of his intention to money they had, and would have to borrow to iutroduc-e a bill for postponing the operation carry on the Government. For one, he could -sof the bankrupt law till July next, and making not say that he had not changed his mind as provision tc include all insolvent banks in its to the propriety of the passage of the distribu- operations. tion bill hist session. The policy lie belie v- House, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1 841. ed uuwise ; but that it was unconstitutional, Several petitions were presented anil re he did not believe, lie was prepared Jo re- fe, red to appropriate committees ; after which, trace his steps if the interests of the country the order ot the day was taken up, being Mr demanded it. - - The debate was further continued by Mr Linn, Mr King, Mr Calhoun, andMr Wood bury, in favor of committing the bill and a gaiust the policy, of the distribution to the States, to the detriment of the defences of the country. They were followed by Air Man gum, Mr Rives, and Mr-Archer, against the commitment. Fillmore's resolution to refer so much of the President's message as relates to the tariff to the Committee on Manufactures, the question being ou the ameudment of Mr Alherton to refer il to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr Marshall then took the floor, and after disclaiming any wish to occupy it in prefer ence lo the srentlemau from Virginia, addres- The question was then taken on the motion seJ lne House at considerable length and Select I iv hh miir-h fnrr find lnniifnf"R in nnnositiotl " 1 I I to the amendment. Mr Rhett addressed the House in reply to the gentleman who had preceded him in debate, and who spoke in favor of the reference to the Committee on Manufactures, and particu- t -ma i ii , t . " . mi ot mr oainoun, io reter tne bill to a committee yoas 17 i-nays 24. On motion of Sir Linn, the bill was then made -the order of the day for Tuesday three weeks, ' ! House, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1S41. . The resolution referring to so much of the larly wenfon to show the injustice aud op- President s message as relates to the tantf to the Committee on' Manufactures, with the ameudment of Mr Atherton to strike out Manufactures and insert Ways and Means," came up as the unfinished business of yester day. ' ' Mr Rayner argued in favor of the reference I numbers enjraffed in manufactures and trades to the Committee of; Ways arid Means, as of all kinds, was only 791,000. Deducting being the only appropriate committee to take from this the mechanics, who were as much charge of the subject if "revenue was the 6b- ooDressed bv the svstem as the aei iculturists. ject in view iu the - contemplated revision of how small a number were left who were, by the tariff. He considered this emphatically a I the friends of tho mnnnfartiirin-r interest, cal- test question, and upon" its decision would led the people of the United States, and for pression of the protective system. He de nied that this iniquitous system was the pro tection of American industry, for it was noth ing but a bounty to a small portion of the commanity, by taxiug all the rest. Out of a population of over seventeen millions, the bvisious to tne uanKing corpor prefaced: his rnotiortf with a long and' atWargunient to show the necessity of the postponement, and the propriety and justice of including the hanks. He summed tip the points of objection to the law'iis follows : 1st. Because it is not a bankrupt system within the meaning of that term as used in the Constitution. " v""StL, 2d. Because it is an insoleinf''rawr, and is, in that respect, an Muvniou of the rights of the States to pass such laws. 3d. Because it is a property law, and such as no State or the Congress of the Uuited States has a ny right to pass. 4th. Because it is an invasion of State juris diction, in drawing into the Federal judiciary the trial of causes properly triable in the State tribunals. Mr Calhoun did not rise to oppose the mo lion, for he should vote for if, believing, as he did, every word uttered by the mover of the bill, as to the evil effects of tho. Bankrupt act. He believed that act to be one of the most flagrant laws ever passed in Congress. He had risen to say he hoped the Senator Mr Benton would not only persevere, but go a little farther aud amend hjs hill so as to repeal ihe act instead of postponing Its operation. If he did not, he would himself make a mo tiou in the pioper time so to amend the pre sent bill. House, Monday Dec. 27, iS4t. The Speaker called for the special order of the day, being Mr Rhett's amendment to the motion of Mr Fillmore to refer the subject of ihe tariff, as alluded to in the President's mes sage, to the Committee on Manufactures. Mr Welier then took the floor, and com menced his speech by repelling the attack that had been made by Mr Arnold on several members of the other House, and paitioulaily one of the Senators from Ohio, fMr Allen. 1 His object in risiug, Mr W. said, was not so much to discuss the question before the House, as to glance at some of the other topics that had been brought up in the course of the debate. Mr Williams of Tennessee next addressed the House iu favor of refernug the subject lo the Committee ou Manufactures. He was in favor of such incidental protection to manu factures as might be given within a tariff laid for revenue; and he did not understand any sentleman as desiring more. The debate was therefore, in his opinion, entirely an un profitable one. Mr Hudson of Massachusetts having ob tained the floor, went into a lengthy and in tenuous argument in reply to the speech of Mr Khett, and in lavor or me protecting sys tern. Senate, Tuesday, Dec. 2S, 1841. The President pro tern, presented a peti lion, praying Congress to take measures to remove the seal of Government to Cincinnati Pittsburg, or Philadelphia ; or to some ceutra Point in a non-slavebolding State. On motion of Mr King, the motion to re- i ceive said petiion was laid on the table mittee reported the following resolutions which kwere unanimously adopted, viz: llesolced, That we have come lo congratu late each other on the overwhelming victory achieved by the democratic party in the recent elections thioughout the Union. And that we regard them as an earnest of the speedy dissolution of the self styled whig party. Resolved, That we regard the late called session of Congress, as an useless waste of of public time and money, and an evidence of the shallowness ot wnig pretensions lowaras reforming the abuses of the government. Resulted That whilst we generally disap prove of the administration of President Ty- !er,we feel bound to express our approbation of his vetoes of the two Bank bills of the Ex tra Session. Rejoiced, That we will leave no effort un tried tQ: redeem North Ca olina from the mis rule ofimodern whigery, and to this end we approve the Convention to be held in Raleigh the 10th January 1S42. er again Hon Amos Kendall. In f'Kend:ill's Expositor" of the 16th ult Mr Kend-ill gives a narrative of his connex ion with Mr Clay's family. So much parade has been made from time to time, in the Federal newspapers, of the gratitude due Mr Clay from Mr Kendall, that we presume Mr K. has thought this a fit op portuniiv i.o give a irue account ot his ac quaintance with, and residence in Mr Clay's family. His narrative commences at the 7th of February, 1814, just before he started from the residence of his father, Deacon Zebedee Kendall, of Dunstable, Mass. It appears that he kept a journal of his life at that time, from which he now gives extracts; so that he does not depend on memory. After his arri val at Lexington, Ky., he accidentally became acquainted with several relations of Mrs ami Mr Clay s, winch resulted in his entering their family as an instructor, with five of their children under his care, at a compensation of $300 and board, and the use of Mr C.'s 1-1 TT 1 . . n.nl,L Thnt th following nersons be I nuri,r7' says ne was received Dy Mrs i i ji .r" .u:., r Clay with the utmost politeness, and found appointed delegates to Represent this County in said Convention, viz: K.ilbee Jassiter, J. Goodwin; I. McClam, JS Tew, George H. Doughtry, A. Benton, R. Darden, J. Hines, J. Bennet, W. P. Hobbs, J. Colwell, Wni. Faison, G. W. Robinson, D. Murphy, 'Har dy Herring, L. Rich, Jr., H. Owen, Neill Campbell, B. II. Crumpler, J. Spell, J. Sel lers, and A. B. Chesnutt. Resolved, .That we will zealously support the nominee of said Convention for the office of Governor of the State, while at the same time we would respectfully express our par tiality for Louis D. Henry, Esq.-, whose well known anility aiia souna repuuuean princi ples eminently qualify him fur the office. Resolved, l nat tne proceedings ot tnis meeting be published in the North Carolinian aud North Carolina Standard. On motion the meeting adjourned. EDW ARD C. GAVIN, Chairman. P. Murphy, Secretary. k The last Raleigh Standard brings us fur ther accounts of Democratic meetings in Granville, Jones, and Person counties!! Glo rious will be the triumph of Democracy over the false prophets, and faithless promises of Whiggery!!! "Sound the glad tidings o'er mountain and lea," Truth and Democracy triumphant will be. Presentment duashed. Iu the Court of General Sessions yester day, the presentment of the grand jury against Nicholas Biddle and others, was quashed. Judges Barton Conrad and Doran, severally delivered opinions at considerable length, sustaining the motions to quash, in which nu merous authorities were cited, giving the law and practice in relation to grand juries, and defining the duties and powers of such bodies S3 recognised and exercised for several hun dred years back in England, and since the Independence of the United States, in sever al States of the Union, and particularly in Pennsylvania. The Country in danger. The iast war we waged with England was for the honor of our flag, and the rights of free trade, against the insolent claim she Set up, to search our vessels trading on the high seas the free road equally of all nations. Now, whilst Great Britain is setting up this rirht anew, and is daily insulting our flao-, and detaining our vessels at great expense, and loss of lne lives of our seamen in the sickly seas of Africa, the old Federalists of the real Essex junto, blue light, abolition stamp, have got possession of every impor tant post of the Government, having charge of the honor, rights and interests of the coun try in its relations with Great Britain Webster, Secreti ry of State, appointed by President Harrison Edward Everett, of Boston, Minister to England, appointed by a Whig President and Senate, and John Q. Adams, Chairman of the Committee on For eign Relations of the House of Representa tives, appointed by that base tool of Henry Clay, Speaker White. Oh! Democrats! Democrats!! Friends of your Country and of Freedom!!! does it not make the blood burn in your veins to see all these abuses? To see her flag pulled down on the high rond of nations by a petty British Officer? To see the apologists of your enemy, in power, en trusted with your counlry's honor, but to be tray it? To see yourselves proscribed from office, an I from all opportunity of defending that honor? To see your representatives gagged, and the mass of the poor and labor ing classes ground down by Whig oppres sion, and taxed to their teeth in every neces sary of life. Then down teilh these traitors' Let us do or die!' her a very agreeable woman. She proffered him $100 in advance, thinking that he mirht be in need of money. I hough affected by her generosity, he declined accepting, be cause not in immediate want. He commenced teaching at PJrs Ciay's on the 13th of May, 1814, and left on the 29th of April, 1815; so that Mr Clay was not at home, and knew nothing of the connexion of Air Kendall with his family, being at thai time one of the Commissioners who neotia ted the Treaty of Ghent, and knew nothing of the event until after it had transpired. le then goes on to sav that nianv will ask with wonder, "what of your sickness and des titution, of Mr Clay's finding you in want and misery, taking you in like a good Samar itan, feeding and clothing you, and making you respected and respectable amono- your fellow men.-' lo which he answers: TT IS PURE FICTION;" and then goes on to show out of what materials the fabric was rea red On the 25th of March, 1815, while at Mrs CIjv's, he obtained license to practice law. On the 4th of May he took up his residence in Georgetown, Ky. On the 1 1th of June he rode to Lexington, where he was taken with the billious fever. He had been sick about a week, when Mrs Clay sent her carriage to his boarding house, and had him taken to her house, where he remained until he re covered, a space of -about a month. On buldmg Mrs Clay farewell, he was so affect ed by the sense of obligation under which she had hid him, that he could not make the acknowledgments he intended. He says that Mr Clay never, to his knowl edge, performed any act intended to advance his interest, or gratify his ambition, beyond subscribing io his newspaper. His opposi tion to Mr Clay was founded i as honest motives as ever actuated -the human heart, but was the bitterest cup he bad to drink, in connexion with his political l,e bitter from the fact that he had been one of Mr Clay's Mr, lreston and Distribution. This gentleman begins to show sis f contrition for the political sin he contfnitted in voting for the Land Distribution Bill. He said in the Senate on the 21sf ult. that his mind hid changed as to the propriety ot the measure! He believed the policy un wise!!' This is honest at least. The Secretary of War asks for an appro priation of $20,OCO to continue the removal of the obstructions in the Cape Fear River below Wilmington, and says that $60,100 will be required to complete the works contemplated. By the recent statement of the Commis sioner of Pensions, we perceive that North Carolina has within her limits 1,253 persons drawing pensions from the Government, under the different acts of Congress; that is exclud ing Navy Pensioners; the number of whom, if there be any, we have no means of ascertaining. Honor to whom Honor is due It is said that the only real retrenchment practiced by the Whigs, since they have been in power, was Mr Badger's order to retrench the size of Midshipmen's whiskers. Sublime reform !!! - Commerce of New Orleans. On the 18th ultimo, there were in the port of New Orleans 145 Ships, 28 Barks, 37 Brigs, and 24 Schooners, making 234 sail ! To Correspondents. We are always pleased to publish the com munications of our friends, and gladly receive contributions which are in any way calcula ted to enlighten or amuse the public, but our friends must learn to express their ideas in fewer words. We have this week omitted our items of news to accommodate, but we hardly think it will be dpiie again- -Brevity is the soul of witj" therefore be brief and to the point. "Nufsed." .1 i ( ' 6 1, Ik . a i A I .ii is,- IE., 1