Ill I il .-J. I ' IIIT - -
Political. - .
Fiorn theSlobo.
The New Moremcl tha Secretaries.
The SecretaryStafe, Mr 'Websteral
ihouh so deedfy committed.; to 'a Natlpnal
TJHIIE Mom
Rank: hvn loua life devoted to sustain the
t pliiicTple and policy of suchau Institution as
b part of the Government of the country, now
proclaims it " an obsolete idea." Mr Cush
ing -who undoubtedly is looked to as Secre
tary of the Treasury, and as certainly looks to
that station with longing eyeshas followed
the lead of Mr Webster in Massachusetts ;
and has publicly adopted the inscription put by
Mr AYebster.on the grave-stone of the fallen
power, to indicate that he, also, (one of its
former friends,) has resolved it shall have no
resurrection. Mr Cushiug his added his
amen lo Mr Webster's fiat, that " A BANK
AN OBSOLETE IDEA.",
r Secretary Spencer has," still more lm-
--.presWveiy inau-eiiner, renouucea uis assoeiu
"fioii vkJlh the batik parly, and published his
r ban aoiWiist the resuscitation -of that fatal mis-
hief wbUi be justly accuses as the cause of
aft the caarnilie which have befallen the
country, Tonka political demoralization, its
pecuniary 'digresses and "disgraces ; of the
and overwu
citizens in barjkrtipttey and ruiu.
And have these leading personages once
so strenuously engaged with' the bank power,
to crush undet its victorious wheels the mas
ses of the people , that opposed it no motive
in common, no nspiriug aims to prompt them
simultaneously to atiuouuce this extraordinary
and sudden revolt fi 6m old political associates
front pi incbles and purposes so long cher--i
shed by tli ui .We think there is ; and a
derper one than that which lies on the sur
face These gentlemen are not making
haste, as some suppose, lo desert the fallen
fortunes of Federalism, and enlist themselves
in the honest train of toose who would press
lo consummation the cause which embodies
the Democracy of the Union. They have
very different designs in the new posture they
have assumed. In another article, we shall
endeavor to expose them to our political friends.
The Globe descants in the following amu
sing manner on tlie recent elections:
We have heard, ever since our boyhood,
that coon-skins were good in every month
having the btter R ia it ; and we are led to
believe, from the number of coons which have
beeu skinned in the several States during the
last month, and, thus far, in this, that there is
some truth in it. We ground our belief upon
the number of coon-skius the democrats have
nailed up to diy-since the first of the last
mouth, which we will here record in the order
in which the several sU innings took place.
The first was in Vermont, on the first Mon
day of last month There the democrats skin
ned awhile; but, finding the fur not good,
they suffered the coons to run until next fall.
On the Monday following they commenced
Juoine which is a little farther north.
ere f ho fni- ,1 ..i : r. n
v ui.ucl.UiiiCa mvu coiner in uie lan
uu mere,' thev skinned bevpMi ioutfnpn
fifteen thousand. Thev sfeinned so manv
ot b&Sri able to count
It in a Tfi
to this time.
EXTRACTS FROM ABETTER FROM
THE HON. JOHN C. SPENCER
ANOTHER POSITION DEFINED.
V New York, October 19, 1842. In
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The fact that the actual President was with
out an organized party in Congress, was as
extraordinary as it was new. It was the first
time in our history that an opportunity had
beeu presented to test the strength of our in
stitutions, and asceitsiu whether the country
could be governed simply by means of the
powers conferred by the Constitution and the
laws, or whether the adventitious aid of a
Presidential party in Congress, was neces
sary to carry on the Government successfully.
President Tyler has been compelled to try
that experiment. The most pbitentous con
sequences depend upon the result. If it fails,
theu will it be deemed settled for all future
time, that whoever succeeds to the Presidency
iu any of the modes prescribed by the Con
stitution, other than a direct election by the
people, must make terms with one or other of
the parties in Congress, and probably with
that which at the time has ihe majority. Thus
Congress will in fact govern the country, by
an uuion of the Legislative and Executive
!,'"'fPL i "r mi , iiiu r
vAliOLiINIlAjI
-
the first Monday in this month, where Ihe
democrats skinned about 3000. On the
Wednesday following they skinned about
2500 in Marylaud, where the owners of the
coons said ihuy were so wily they could not
be caught.
The hunt commenced in South Carolina
on 3Ionday last ; and up to this time we have
heard of but a single coon saving himself
one coon has beeu elected to the legislature iu
the Richland distiicf, which sends four mem
bers to that body.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio, all
commenced the hunt on Tuesday last. In
New Jersey the democrats skinned about
30CO. The number skinned in Pennsylva
nia is innumerable.
From the returns now coming in from Ohio,
we judge that the democrats have skinned
about 3000 there. It would seem, from the
device?, or emblems, on the slips containing
the returns, that the coons iu Ohio, are like
the old woman's eels, "ihey like skinning."
The device on trip slip of the Cincinnati En
quirer is one coon skinned, and his skin
nailed up against a house: a hunter skinning
another, beginning al the tail, and a third
roon is at his feet, rubbing his tail against the
skinner's legs, like a cat wanting to be pet
ted. From the appearance of the last men
tioned coon, we infer that they have now be
came so used io skinning that ihey like it.
that elected him, no other pledge was expect
ed or asked, than such as his whole political
life afforded. The party was composed of
men of various creeds on many points, but
those professing the republicanism of Jeffer
son arc believed to have constituted a very
considerable portion, if not a majority.
I should do injustice to my own feelings
if I did not express Ihe deep conviction pro
duced in my mind from a thorough investiga
tion of ihe subject, and ft om having become
familiar with the statements of all parties, that
there was much of mistake aud misapprehen
sion between those who were honestly willing
to understand each othe.r, some of accidental,
and moieof inteutionar" misrepresentation of
the language of the-President iu the various
conversations held with hirn ; and that through
out he manifested a sincere, honest, and stead
fast adherence to Ihe great constitutional ob
jection which he had for years, repeatedly, in
public and in private', announced as a funda
mental article of his political creed. Nor
can I permit myself to doubt, that if similar
frankuess had been exhibited by others, if a
spirit of peace and harmony" had prevailed,
and if a small portion of the liberality and for
bearance for dissenting views and opinions,
which the whigs claimed as the attribute of
the party, had been exercised towards the
President, the violent scenes we have witness
ed, and which have scandalized free govern
ment, would not have occurred ; aud ihe re
lations between the President and Represen
tatives who had been elected on the same
ticket with him, would have been such as to
produce a peaceful, vigorous, aud successful
administration of the government, and accom
plish all that ihe interests of the country re
quired. In proof of the absence of all selfish, inter
ested or ambitious 'motives ou the pafl of the
President, in the course which hisayvictians
ft of duty prompted, I may now adv&fo a fact
long known to me, which has been promul
gated in the newspapers of the day, vouched
for by at least one whig eoitor, stated by a
Representative in Congress from Massachu
setts in a speech lately delivered at Newbury
port, upon anlhoriiy and hitherto not denied.
That fact is, that previous to returning the
second Bank bill to Congress with his objec
tions, iu full view of the assaults to be made
upon him, aud with the purpose of removing
all cause of agitation, as well as to secure
himself against unjust imputations, the Presi
dent submitted to his then Cabinet, whether
he should, in the message then about to be
transmitted to Congress, announce a resolu
tion to retire from public life at the expiration
of Ihe existing term ; and that against his
doing so, all the members of the Cabinet then
present, protested, on the ground that such
an annuuciition would not have the effect
to produce peace or quiet, but would only
change the direction of faction ; that no one
had a right to expect such a step from him, as
sures. The same course of events W V de
prived him of this usual and accustom? 'id of
an administration, also " liberated hi .from
those mere party influences ' and
gations which become reciprocal
service. He Avas at full liberty to
interests of the whole ; people, of
masses, without refeience to the extre
of the bigots of any partv. And he
ed to do so. ' "
,
If, as seems to be generally cone
I. . - If
question lies between this plan ,n? l-r,ne"
quer plan recommended by Preident!er,3
and a National Bank, there cannot tL puch
room for doubt or hesitation. WaivtAj"r
the present.- the insuperable difficultffisj'e
sented by the constitutional objectionTo&ch
a Bank, operating through the whole TJQia
objections so long entertained by a largef'or
tion of our fellow-citizens, and strengtoeied
rather than diminished by discussion, ai by
the sad experience of the tremendous pver
and the still more tremendous cor runt iais of
such an institution waiving these, thel'ery
fact of the existence of such objections,! and
ot others of a different character, wilLHIec
tually prevent a subscription to theytjk by
those sounl jaiid ' pruden tcan ilfagSi? Q09'
eir property m apOaiiio,
The Richmond Enquirer says of Mr Spen
cer's letter:
"We lay ail of Mi Spencer's letter before
our readers, and we recommend it to their at
tion, for the masterly ability with which it is
.written, and for the force of many of its views.
Mr Spencer is no idol of ours, nor do we ap
prove of many of his opinions nor admire
all his 'political course but (here are passages
in this , production of superior -excellence.
His exposition of ihe mischiefs of a National
Bank, has scarcely ever been .surpassed, for
condensation and force.
. No-wonder, the Whigs abuse him The
T. . Y. Express denounces his act as that of
u fhshouest polilici in. Ihe N. i. Courier
calls him a double traitor. The Baltimore
Patriot styles him "an abject slave of Mr
Tyler.' fn fact, the whole whig pack are
yelping at his heels and would tear him to
. pieces, if ihey could. No man has hit them
a more severe blow or at n more unseason
able period, than J. C. Spencer has doue in
the remarkable letltr now before our readers
Ren
:nuciatios. The Springfield (III.)
"Journnl contains a formal renunciation of
Mormonism, signed by ten late members of
the Mormon Church, who Wl;rp. thai thev
have been "most scandalously imposed uponjjmeDCeo
he had not been elected President, and no
obligation existed that should interpose any
barrier between him and a direct vote of the
People.
In connection, and yet in contrast with the
preceding, is another fact of tin extraordinary
character, which, though known to many has
lately been distinctly promulgated. It is
shadowed in a letter of Mr Ewing's, in the
statement b him of a propositijn having
been made to the Presideut, that the majority
who had passed the first bank bill, would con
sent (o postpone the second to the next ses
sion of Congress, if they could receive assu
rances that in the mean time no hostile move
ment would be made on ihe part of the Presi
dent. The full meaning of this statement has
now been developed by the declaration ot a
member of Congress, that a message was car
ried from the whig leaders In Congress to' the
President, to the effect that if he would en
gage uot to disturb any members of his theu
Cabinet in the enjoyment of their offices, the
second bank bill should be postponed. The
answer lo such a propesition may be easily
conceived. The effect of that proposition
was to prove the identity of the members of
the Cabinet whose places were deemed in
jeopardy with the hostile members of Con
gress, and it the design was to precipitate
mailers, it was most effectual
You will require no aid to determineVhich
of ihe actors in these scenes, exhibited a lofty
disinterested patriotism, and which evinced
any tenacity for place or desire for power.
These facts are full of instruction?, and fur
, nish a key to many mysterious '.ransactions.
After the" outbreak referred to, the President
remodelled his Cabinet, aud after that time
i.s auuumsiraiioii may be said to nave com-
It began and has been continued
in matters and things of a divine character." f"'1 far without the support of any party ac
Oliver II. Olney, late a preacher of the Mor- knowledgiug him as its political chief, or
bound o mm by those political associations,
which under every preceding administration.
had enabled the Executive to look at least for
mon oocirines. has alsf rpnann,.0,t oil
oection with the "Latter-Day Saints," as they
call themselves, having been a witness to the
corruptions and debaucheries of their leaders.
Ball. Sun.
favorable predispositions in a large portion of
me members oi congress to sustain his mea-
VUl IO PIUI.
the sport of the alternate triumphs and defeats
of parties. The chartering a Bauk under
such circumstance', would bub invite the
cupidity of those who intend to become bor
rowers rather than leuders, and who by means
of the irresponsibility of a corporation, and
with the impunity that has marked former
transactions of similar, institutions, would
plunder those whose confidence they had in
vited but to betray it. Whatever may hajve
been our opinions heretofore, of the utilityof
a National Bank, however we may have been
compelled to acquiesce in its supposed neces
sity, the history of the last few years, has,' I
should hope, convinced all who are open to
conviction, that any evils which may be in
ticipated from the want of such an institution,
however great, are more tolerable than the
certain, positive aud immeasurable injuries
which. we now know have flowed from Ihe
existence of one that was instituted under the
most favorable auspices, aud was committed
to the charge of men at the time esteemed tie
most honorable and trustworthy in our land.
Within four years of its existence, the last
bauk of the United States became little better
than a den of robbers. Its managers, with
few exceptions, pursued a systematic scheme
of plunder aud fraud, which was arrested Iry
the investigations of a committee of Con
gress, i
Clemency, now believed to have been mis
taken, towards innocent stockholders, and a
hope that the example which had been made
of the offenders would deter others from dis
solution. It was allowed to proceed under
new restrictions, designed to prevent the re
currence of similar frauds. In a few years.
it was found at " open war with the Govern
ment of the country, seeking the renewal of
its charier, subsidizing presses and editors,
sqanderitig its treasures in partisan elections
and openly purchasing the support ofhe renal
in -all directions. -Uhe mqraj coriptjfo which
thus flooded the whole country wasjpn fise!f
an evil ot the most leartul magnitude. Jl
struck deep at the roots of public faith and
private honor, and prepared the way for that
reckless and unbounded extravagance, which
the Bank itself stimulated by the profuse dis
tribution of its money, and the consequences
of which we are now reaping iu individual
sufferings from which a Bankrupt law affords
but slight relief, and iu the degradation of the j
character of our country by the fraudulent in
solvencies of our public corporations, and by
the shameless refusal of sovereign States to
fulfil their obligations.
The final extinction of the same institution
uuder a State charter, but managed by the
same individuals, and the consequenl inevita
ble exposition of its affairs, have disclosed
scenes of depravity and fraud at which the
whole country stands aghast. Who can look
back at the immense amounts of public funds
which have been entrusted to the fidelity of
the same men without a feeliug of horror at
the abyss which we have escaped? Aud who
would again venture the treasury of the nation
upon the integrity of any body of individuals
iu an associate capacity, when we have be
fore us such reiterated examples of the feeble
ness of the most unspotted public and private
character, to resist the temptations which at
tend the control of enormous wealth and in
ordinate power? How can any government
justify itself in thus transferring to corporate
individuals the functions with which it is en
trusted for the welfare of the people? The
collection, the preservation, and the disburse
ment of the public revenue is the business of
the Government itself, through its own agen
cies, with all the responsibilities of office, and
with the securities of oaths, bonds, and con
stant check and supervision. It .might, with
equal propriety, relieve itself of the burden of
governing its territories, by employing jhe
agency of corporations, arid the Post Ufiice
and other departments might likewise be con
signed to their care. If the Government is
inadequate to the entire management of its
fiscal affairs, should we not be better employed
in seeking and providing the necessary pow
ers to enable it to discharge one of its highest j
duties, than in creating artificial bodies to
whom this same and still greater powers must
be confided? If there be danger in the exer- i
cise of srch powers by the selected public
agents of the people, directly and periodically
responsible to them for all their acts, is the
danger lessened by transferring their exercise
with the seetecy which invariably attends the
proceedings of corporations, to those who are
not selected by the People, and not responsi
ble to them, but who hold their chartered rights
for a longer or shorter term, by an imputable
law, which even the will of the People1 cannot
rescind?
i
, I have dwelt on this subject, my Iricnds,
because it has received so little examination
in or out of Congress, and ' because it in
volves the most momentous interests fo the na
tion and to its citizens. In the election of
Representatives to Congress, you are called
upon to determine whether the Exchequer
plan shall prevail, or whether a NationaltBan
shall be established, or whether the whole
matter shall remain unregulated and unpri
vided for. A respectable portion of yo
fellmv-citizens. avow their desire for the-i
corporation of a Bank of the United Stat
and have rallied under the name and banner
of a distinguished statesman who is pledged
to effect that object by all the political power
which may be placed in his hands. The ap
peal to ihe electors ot the country, to conter
such powergpon him and those who 'concur
with him, is rightfully and fairly made. A-
wainst the creation ot any such institution,
the President and his administration have
contended, and mean to contend, until the
people, in their wisdom, shall deprive them
of the power of further resistance. Confiding
in the intelligent virtue", and firmness of that
people, they cheerfully abide the issue. -
'
You have had the kindness, gentlemen, to
allude to my own position, and to say that h
has been the subject of misapprehension and
of misrepresentation- Reluctaut as I am to
prolong a communication already too extend-
eo, I nave no ngnt to aisregara mat repiuauuu
which is the property of my children, and to
some. extent of my country : aid lam thee-
mxnmiMiW (sieak of myielf. itojre-
net,-n is proper y me mat u" yjpgnwqg'
consultation with the prominent men bfthe
State of New - York, then my political asso
ciates, comprising the State officers, with one
exception, all the members of the Senate to
whom access could be had, many members of
ihe Assembly, and a large number of our
most esteemed citizens, and upon their ad
vice, without a single dissenting opinion.
The press throughout the country, particularly
the whig press, spoke favorably of the appoint
ment, and furnished evidence of the general
sentiment of that party. Facts which came
to my knowledge, before I concluded to ac
cept the offer of the President, and some of
which have been slated iu this communication,
satisfied me lhat the impres'ssious produced
by the manifesto of certain Whig members of
Congress, which did not receive die sanction,
and was unknown to very many of those
whose views it appeared to express, were er
roneous and unjust towards the President,
and lhat motives and objects bad been as
cribed to him, with the semblance, but with
out the reality, of truth.., And between his
principles, as explained lo me, and my own,
I fouud no incongruity lhat could prevent a
hearty co-operation.' We had co-operaled in
Congress, on all impotlaut occasions, aud ou
the same committee had conducted the memo
rable investigation, in 1S19, into the affairs
of the Bank of the United States, where we
had stood shoulder to shoulder, battling against
the frauds, the corruption and the power of
lhat institution, on common grounds and
congenial principles. We had together been
Republicans of the old school, maintaining
the same doctrine?, and combattiug tie same
political enemy, long previous to, during, and
alter Ihe war of 1S12. In -1S2S aid 1.S29,
we had made common cause againsl'lhe ad
ministration of John Q. Adams, aud bad
united our efforts to bring Gen. Jackson into
power. - When the measures of his pdmiuis
tration, in ,our judgment, evtncpd a departure
from what we conceived the principles upon
which he had been elected, however lure and
upright may have been his intentions, we
together avowed our opposition to th(i;e mea
sures, and went into a minority, against ihe
wearing or
no one, by
colors that do not belong, to roe
that I have not been able to command more la
. . j -tof.it frir ihe ' favor, ttive him a
appearing io wear, auo ib " ' dor a "part of the
KPirrMiinir nnrl oeib ujwut ... .
PMlw r th IH of that
(.rtifipt tnev maDuiaciuiD "
dmeinthe preparation of this letter, and trust- money, hh u the same thing. ""
r'.u" -TivdTLsii ka - .n i nnA Jithoiit reference to motive, it amounts
,u6 u X ? " "-?.v hv his votes and influence,
tor whatever impeneciions oi language may mo inn r -j . , . ,
appear, I subscribe myself,
Kb great respect,
Your friend and fellow-citizen,
JOHN C. SPENCER.
' . . 1- r.l
lavs a heavy tax on me wocic ----eives
the money to the manufacturers, who
Say him out of the same money for his ser
vices. To the people, is it not the same as
if Mr Clay were hired by the manufacturers
to tax them, on condition that he shall be paid
,.-fih. nroceeds? Is it not the
.am . ennsniracv between the manuiac-
HI ULJC 1X HULL UpVli wuw- I " .
this country, so nearly turers and politicians to plunder them in the
akin to corruption, as to make the difference name of patriotism pc t unuer
practically unimportsnt.The good will tor tne emoiuraeni Zrv.'-yW. .Y'S
and kind feeling of the officers of Govern- WHO PAYS FOR HENRY CLAY 5
ment, inclining them lo lean, perhaps uncon- j PREbfc.IN I a . .
sciouslv. to the interests of individuals, and Jei every iwum uu --'77-" .
sometimes producing the mischievous effects himself n.
SUDieCl lll'lll lie is uuic u ..-w. ,
. .... 1 ? ieu.w Mvinff
satisfaction, it ne auswer mmsei. yj- "
" From Kendall's Expositor.
' Presents to public men
There is a mode of operating upon pub- J same as a
ic men common in
of direct bribe3, are secured . by presents,
personal favors, and pecuniary obligations.
On taking charge ol the fourth. Auditor s
office, we learned that some of the pursers
of the navy and navy agents were in the
habit of making valuable presents, to the
clerks who examined their account; there
hv irP9iimr nflvomtps in the office. We
T a
the manufacturers, then let bim ask himseil
the further question r , . .V.iTi tu q
m-uv Tin thp m ATVTTFACTURERS.
MAKE AND PAY FOR THESE PRE-
SENTS? v ,
a . .ncf in lhat nuestion will lay
Uliuiasscu
l . .1 i 1- ...uimt tn cverv
forbade the clerks receiving any present, 01 oare ui -J" 7
"they had I mind.
strongest party, and the most popular
it, that has existed in this country s
days of Washington.
leader of
ace the
These views and sentiments are presented
to you, gentlemen, in explanation 01 aiy posi
tion, and iri defence against the reproaches
which have been cast upon me, for not resign
ing the office I hold. I Ciinnot lendl myself
to Ihe vindictive feelings which they aiid their
associates entertain towards the President: I
cannot be a party to the torrent of vituperation
which has been poured out upon him.
I cannot consent to aid, in any manner,
the success of a party which goes befdre the
people, demanding that it may be intrusted
with power, for the purpose of incorporating
a National Bank. I am not in favor of an
alteration of the Constitution, to abolish the
Executive power of returning to Congress,
for their more mature consideration, bills
which may have passed in haste, or inadver
tently, or upon mistaken principles. I deny
that few and unimportant abuses of a conser
vative and suspensive power like this, even if
they existed, which in their natuies must be
temporary, lurnish any good reason for abol
ishing the power itself, and leaving all legis
lation without check, and without an oppor
tunity for revisal, to a multitudinous Congress.
I am not for a distribution of the proceeds of
the land sales, when that distribution will
cause the imposition of taxes beyond the
wants" of the government, merely to supply the
very deficiency it causes. Finally, I will
not consent to have any man forced upon
me, as my candidate for the Presidency, by
associated clubi fWestaH the-'actfcjn' 6T a
convention, or by the denunciations of per
sonal partisans. I doubt not lhat thisex posi
tion ot opinions will be deemed, by those
partisans, but a continuation of the sin com
mitted in 1839, i 11 having used my best exer
tions to prevent the nomination of Mr Clay,
at the Harrisburg convention. That sin has
already been deemed sufficient cause, by those
assuming to speak for the party iu our State
for pronouncing a sentence of excommunica
lion against those who committed it. T With
regard to some, that sentence has been pro
mulgated, while it is suspended over the beads
of others. Freedom of thought, and indepen
dence of opinion, in the choice of a candi
date, even before a nomination, have become
deadly crimes iu the estimation of those whose
severest reproach against their opponents,
withiu a few years, was their slavish adherence
to party, and their blind devotion to one
man. So be it. A party which commences
with the prescription of all who will not wor
ship the same idol, at the very time when it is
seeking to gain strength and numbers to its
ranks, gives us a foretaste of the sacrifices to
be offered on the same alter, when power shall
serve inchuction. : ' - -
Ihe occasion seemed to demand this ex
position of rny views, as I desire to deceive
from3hjeciycunts
similar practice Dfevaiied
1 '
and more mischievous extent in the Post
Office Department. We were scarcely
warm in our seat there, before presents from
contractors began to come in upon. us. On
one occasion a whole deer, just killed, came
down from the mountains, and made his ap
pearance one morning in the passage of-the
Post Office Department. By a 'letter on our
table, -we learned that it was a present from
a mail contractor. Said wetoourself,
application for an extra allowance is not far
behind."
The contractor, in his letter, requested
us to send a piece to his old friend, Parson
B. Availing ourself of this request, we sent
for the Parson, and delivered him the whole
animal not caring to eat meat which we
expected to be called on to pay lor out of
the funds of the Post Office Department.
Sure enough, in a few days, here came ihe
contractor with a project for an improvement
in his mail service, which would increase his
pay, and, in other respects greatly promote
his private interests. We were as little
inclined to swallow his project as his pre
sent. AVe were not two weeks in the department,
before a clerk spontaneously offered to lend
us money! In our heart we pronounced him
a corrupt man, and took the first convenient
opportunity to get rid of him. We have
since ascertained that he was an agent and a
spy of certain powerful contractors in the
dep-arimeni! '
On another occasion, we mean to give
more of our observation and experience in
the department having said tins much only
as an introduction to the matter in bund.
The following we cut from the National
Intelligencer of the 12th inst., viz:
"We find in '.he N". York papers the fol
lowing letter from Mr Clay, written in reply
to a communication from some ?etlmen u I
Syracuse, in that Scite, -who forwarded to
him a present of a quantity of salt:
"Ashland, Sept. 24, -1342.
"Gentlemen: I have the pleasure to ac
knowledge the receipt of your friendly letter
of the lllth inst., transmitting an invoice ol
twenty-three barrels of salt, and one box,
embracing nil the varieties manufactured at
Syracuse, aud a list of my friends who have
done me the fivor to contribute it. In con
sequence of my experience of the superiority
of the Onondsgn salt in the preservation of
meat, and in all other uses to which that
article is applied, I requested my friend, Mr
Spencer, to have forwarded me a small sup
ply. 1 had not the slightest expectation
that my request would have attracted any
other than the usual attention : mnch less
that it should have elicited a present so libe
ral, and which comes recommended to me
by so many flattering and friendly circum
stances. I am advised this morning of Ihe
safe arrival of the salt at Maysville, and it
will resch this place in a day or two..
' I know not how to express, in terms cor
responding with my feelings, my great ob
ligations for this acceptable present. I re
quest you to offer for it, to those who con
tributed it, collectively and individually,
my cordial and grateful acknowledgements."
Mr Clay theu goes into a defence of the
tat iff in general, and the duty on salt in par-
licular; maintaining the old absurdity that
taxing America u labor ou all the salt it con
sumes, to enrich the salt-maker, is --protecting
home industry!"
In 1S30, we visited ihe carpet factories at
ijoweii ana in the room we observed an in
complete BrussePs carpet, with a lilac ground,
and a grape-viue with its broad, dark leaves
gracefully filling up the picture. It was one
of the most simple, beautiful, and substantial
CLttieloo of manufacture we ever saw. "TJTi"V,r
said our guide, Ws a present for Henry
L,iay. ' -'What may be its raue?" we asked
"seven hundred dollars" he replied.
It is not long since we observed notice of
a "ploughs presented to the ''farmer of Ash
land,' irom one quarter, aud a "bat-" from
another. JNumerous other valuable presents
to this personage have, from time to time,
been noticed iu the newspapers; and now-
come "twenty-three barrels of salt a ad one
box."
Is not a urofective tariff a rood thin? for
Henry Clay? In part, at least,
He gets his salt by it ;
He gets his ploughs by it ;
He gels his hats by it ;
He gets his carpets by it;
He gets his coats by it ;
' He gets dumerous other valuable things
by it;
And he gets the support of those enriched
by his legislation for Ihe Presidency.
It is natural, therefore, without supposing
him corrupt, thut he should think the tariff a
very good -thing. - '
' t 'But who ' pays for Mr Clay's presents 1
Would the manufacturers be so liberal with
him. did they uot get paid. for itr?- IIe gets
laws passed to tax the people for theit benefit,
NORTH-CAROLINIAN.
AVm. II. Bayn( Editor and Proprietor
F.IYETTEVII.L.K: .
Saturday Morning, November-5, 1842
i. . ii i ! j, , ii. i. 1 m.
The Market.
Trade has been brisk this week, and the
prices quoted in our table, very well sustained.
Cotton, though uot exactly fallen, is djll sale
at 7 1-2. 'It being low in New York, mer
chants are chary of buying. Little or no
alteration has taken place.
fr5- We are glad to receive the Washing
ton Republican again, which paper bad been
suspended for a short period. It is well print
ed, on good paper, and deserves a good cir
culation and support.
"elections.
GEORGIA. The returns from this State
for membeis of Congress aud State Legisla
ture has been received. The average major
ity is given by the Georgia Constitutionalist
as 2271. The democratic ticket for Con
gress, (Messrs Cooper, Lamar, Cobb, Black,
Stiles, llaralsou, Lumpkin and Milieu) are
consequently elected. The democrats will
have a large majority in the Legislature.
ARKANSAS. We have some further
intelligence from the election in hisj State.
From the returns in the Globe, it seems
mr iross, Democrat, is eieciea 10 congress.
by about 2000 majority over a' 'coon and ai"
apostate democrat. , There will he a largo
majority of democrats in the Legislature.
The legislature of Vermont (whig) unanim
ously passed a resolution in favor of repeal
ing the Bankrupt law.
0 The question whether man may ho
permitted to marry his deceased wife's sister,
was debated by the Synod of New Jersey,
aud was decided affirmatively, by a vole of
55 to 24.
CONVEN-
the following,
GENERAL MILITARY
TION. It will be seen by
which we find in the Baltimore Sun, that the
Military spiiit is being roused from its lethar
gy :
To the Volunteer Companies of the United
Slates : At the Convention held at Camp
Baltimore, on the lSth May last, (he com
manding officers of the several Volunteer com
panies of the District of Columbia, were ap
pointed a committee to make the necessary
arrangement for holding a General Military
Convention rn this city, and the 2d of De
cember next, foi the purpose of memorializ
ing Congress to reorganize the mililia. You
are therefore requested to send delegates.
R. FRANCE,
Chairman Commilte of Arrangement
3- The following table exhibits t once
the immense change which has taken plat
in public sentiment, as expressed through the
bnflot box, within the last 15 months:
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To these : may ber added Georgia, which'
Msavif 11 rVtrt.n iknn m!mK lliAiiannfl dim ik. UMV
..u VJ ihwi uwu lgUl IUVWHUU IWI iuq iini-
rison ticket in 1840. and. but the other da v.
' - - - -; - - a- ... . j y
has gone for us, by 2,000. , We 'pass 'oyer
the Old Dominion, who is stronger than ever
in th rAinrf"rarirt raak.s. ... IVow Hm'iMli.
too, is as invincible as her own grauito mountains.