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u u OJ W -.rvi, j, mm . III I U I , U fc, I V '''CC'?-;': '. . if .... ..ft-. . . . . .. ! v . -V D 77A' Ki.YORJXr JXD DEGRADED OF EVERY .V. i 770. V 0 H CLIME MUST BE ' ..,',:' ' - r .... H' ilLL XL XiA, ILL o Lightened, before our earth cajv )jfejom)r'ijv the umverse,' VOLUiUK I. GHEtCSU()IU)UOII, N. C. HlTURD W, JUNE C, 1829. NUMBKR 3. THK (iREENSCOHOUCII PATRIOT, '.a printed a!id puhlislicd every S U'inl.iy morning, by WILLI M SWA1M, ,13. And these things seemed good in their sight. And th ) magnified themselves vceedingly ; and some o' them were sent unto the Assembly and a law was intu'f. ran finer unto thrni : rharfpr to build f.er- ,vo Dollars per annum, payable within three months ; i.j,,,,. t H;,.j ja!,s 1 I; And the people wi-t not what they were; and it was explained unto t!i:rn inlhi way: behold! ihcse tokens whii.li itnn ;unon (a for monev are nod for nothing, gie them th' itiore unto us, and we w ;ll give yo:i others of Ic-s vulno in their stead, and as for the gold and silver ve have, there ig little of it, arid the riKTch.uit tokelh it and anieth it away, and by and bye. it will heck-anyone, and you will be very poor; and moreover, while ye have it, it profiteth you nothing while ye keep it. therefore ve make haste to lay it out lor something wfneh Will 8Und you in more stead : and as y Jo i.ot in dbf, and it passcth i -niitiuu-HT trt)m otic unto another, and ahideth With no one l" his profit, ye will not-pro-per nor know its value so long as things he so. Now these Banks be the temples of money changers, full of strong holds, into which we will put all iios gold and silver, and it shall be with you and belong unto ns for oqr good. lo. And it shall come to pass, that when a man wadteth money, he shall come unto the gate of the temple, and hainbk himself to the president and TU- Jers thereof and gi vejhe.n a cjaini upon his posses ions anu me possessions oi netginor; and when this is done, iflhey deem him vvouhy, Ihrr haH gfre him certain goodly rags, easily to be lost or destroyed, with a cunning device slampi I; hereon, and a prdm- i:e, wiircn peraa vein urc itiev m;rv Keep Jb. Aim Ihe.-e ra-'s snail be ; from the ihitc if tlu- first nuiubcr, or I tivrt' iJoIlars .liter the expiration of that periixl. u ti subscril)er will be at liberty to discontinue at any time within the first three months, by paying Pr the numbers received, according to the 'above tt-rins ; bi.i n" pajv r w,ll be discontinued until Ml arrearv-K :v.v paid, and a faihire o order a dis.ontinuancj will e ,. 'iis::i'T d a new tn.ige- liU'llt. 1 j.'ise who may become resjxmsibk- for Ten enpics shall rc enelhe 11th iritis. An allowance of ten percent will .U be made to au'.lfri.'.ed ;.-.;-n. .s f-r prn inin subscrilcrs Jid warranting tin. ir solvency or rein ting the cash. n i:u i iKi.vt v.riv., ''.if exceeding!, hues, will be neatl " ium-i ted three tiinrs f-r one d!: ir and twen'y-livc cents for each succeeding pub lication those of greater lenjjth in the same proportion. All lifers and communicaiions tn the VaY" r, on bnsancss re lative to the paper, must be vo r-r aid, or they will not be attended t. SELECTED 'is i in- stit cwnfii'-h', and u!m-ti trur, l 'hti:rrr-w tjr;'.v, t;v .r;'v' frik n-j.'hing nev. CHi'nviCLES. Of the TJj". i.jW. Carolina, Chapter It. 1. A -id it came to pa - in those days when the peo ple of limit- o vn tribe w ere at war against the oppres , sor, and hardly bejt, so. netiines lighting, and some time4; fleeing before him, they endured cvejt travail, and lacked for raiment and sustenance. J. And behold they had enemies in their rnmn, Mpon the watch to plunder u at unaware?, and to beset their brother when he fainted, ar.d contmn him tosvil his birthright for k-ss tlian a mess of pot .tage! 3, And when the war was ended, the sons ofBe el, who had done this thing, had waxed very rich; aim UK) mgumea ineinseivtb, anu siioweu me scars they had gotten in plundering their brethren, and from jhose, they had injured and defrauded, as tokens of Jhcir valour and prowess in battle againsi the. oppre. $or, and got unto themselves a great name. j 4. For their misdeeds were not set forth, because Ihe chronicles of this tribe were not written, and be cause those, who might have testi'a ii uma 1 were dead or made very poor; and ln-n the pour rnan spenketh against the ricli lie i- not heart. - 5. And this -was the beginning of the son-of Uelial in this goodly land ; and because the v. re etlen d to prosper, then, they ..have sime prospered amain t the great hurt and undoing of this peop'e. , 6. And when the people had s;;t th- in e(Q do-.Mi in peace, they tilled the land, and jt inooiit fourth abundantly, and there was pleiil) of curn and meat and strong drink. And their servant.-. :.tni ih ir eai tl increased ;and their sons and theii dan dit i - mar ried and were given in marriage ; and eveivin.an fl at ted with his neighbor on the ixfd thnivs 'n? Lord nrelloiw device, saying, give money rail road through this goodly land to carry oil tqreat abundance ve haye, and sell it unto the mer- ,' and become rich, and get unto yourselves a rme! and lo! in this he shall become very and esteem himsif wise, and fret himself nrjtiy liecatise ye be slow to hear him. And many other things he likewise said which hrieome to pass ; but in that day he was persecuted an is name given out for evil. And mien the people had humbled themselves un he president and rulers in the gate of the temple of iey changers, and had gotten great quantities of the goodly trags with a cunning device and a prom ise mretilBereoh."nd made them current amoiiir the is monw, their horn became exalted and their mi: puffed qp-4y feaooftigreat-ilies--fttl the wuiitiiiit m lha claim llasy had givetroii their po-sions, nbr of the great tribute tliey had bound the elves to pay; nor did their rulcre watch over fliehor admonish Ihcin for their good as they ought ft I IA ll tArn rvf..4 mr lA tlVA lAlrAIW T Wn Tlla AOl l !!(!( - villi f i r nmnAr ' lJ uvi n , m.i viuin iu niv; tuTtnam mvi inv. uau I and he that getteih thrru shall pav unto us interest "H' W!i,'e ; b'U t!l v erc a,togethr:r on e side ot for them, and rttuin thcr.i by Jitti, and little: and in ! tnt' Jns ' cJj;tl ahJ booing them ; by reason of defmlt thereof, his po-einl, am! the posK Lis of' wn ,nc PP,e 'nre t'"i ,,10.re cceivotl and sus- j)eai not ti.e ;nre ia. ni yieir it'eu j And nt'Jiu' uasuivei! tor every thing under the ?".'T a great piid , and tli,-re was no lack thereof; nrjiitt -1e,s even man heitiedhis neighbor to humble I II.' . . 1 i ' ... .1 i.l I . I L il , and they wiJIecm as idietales,' because those have rule will strive to blot out all remembrance eof, lest it testify against them. tf. And this shall be a sign unto vou, that ye may ivv that these thincs have come to pass: behold! vn,the briars and gullies cover your desolate and I on fields, the lean dogs of poverty howl round decayed dwellings, & ye are constraint d to send those afar oil to come and bring you a bit of meat servant, who happens to be placed within ycjur pow er, of the means which might constitute his only reli ance for the support of a dependent family, upon any slighter grounds than those I have suggested ; or that vou would, either expressly, or by implication, charge loin with incompetency or unfaithfulness, but upon the mo.st clear and satisfactory testimony. Allow me, then, respectfully, to ask you where have you found the evidence of my inability to lis na morsoi of bread, lest ve perish ; a certain priest i charge the appropriate duties of my station, or of my rise up and write a carnal book, setting (orth a unwillingness to perlorm those dunes with udehty as i;ive money and build a i well to yourseu as to the public f h:s m-iaht)or shall 17 ft r to (Jo ail wr prof it v e be sold niit.-i ano.-r Jo. these I bii "S are l tnt hi- lor . -nr : . !. I,.-, and desire to l.ow 'ou m ai ivn,.!;;, lo. .uake naste lie icl-.re lo Iiuinble yourselves ami get lbee goodlv c- ;-s abun dam.lv, -:nd malie them current an.mg vou (or monev; tor the mote of them ye have i iero.ln : e will be ; and he that geU.Hi them doci'i a e0ud thin,', and a'd deth unt. the richer of .. bn '!;: i.::i(. ui..:, ls jl0 iticreasetij the qti.ttuy t;f monev auio; :!k io. V.). And the i e-:)!e in their in::d.t'iiv ii.i ihr ' I ' . J . T ' ft: It r . w no had l- ..at:i. ui.i! oi 'laiiu-J d'. bav iiv f.ii tin- ov em ill and ti: wa for t!i'ir i:o.J. -0. Nev ei tiir less. and t.eluve lol io.i, stood up a'.d cried afe toiicli ijot the ra : tor v need :t rot ; an in y-oiir ii ami like tlie mail: of th'-nal Ik be plagued ahd tormented, and find r i -iil- by day nor ri Jit ! Hearke:i ; men; for verily tiie be of the .-".!-who dwell anions,' o-i aid seek. v:-ur tints have diccive l a'nd led air;;c nui vt n to tip; p( rnulmg l ihe-e trimdts t i ' !i.'t li I. i., ; ." n her hot tin- leumle-; of '1 to li.e - Itin:: up ol i 1 1 idowy in h-'al aial in. a al (!e:ce out ot lil.lt under i t.i p.-jn t 'liliit le fniioed. Iheu certain persons who were wise and oru- d. and believe! the prophet made haste to sell t.hl possessions a;:l lice out of the land; and others lilj ;-' -ol i tle ir pos. ions and remained to put thl mo.ieij, oi.-t at uniiy 4 lo buy again and buit libelees !ette-i'. Is. An ! the merehaiit and the traveller and divers i otrs .e:it tortli niio.o tb- tribes abroad, heavily o ,. -jvin- . : l -i it ' ..no ! -( . ; vo ji I uii'o t;.. et lh linn ; ;o!.: ' " b;!i;. ; : . -v ai am! f f;.t i ihe-e i.ig :i --iriir them as money, i ; and f r H while the J, .: .Ill t.;l o:. !'...v.r cn'i I'sji "si'C.I ' l.ifl '-t S' ! )t !..ut'i! n', .,n a.a n i hi tween MahTIN .N Bu?. c.c, :.n ! St. ASF, late a Clerk in ;.:U'. i.hvi l,ecn jxibhshed some weekh Ii i. us lio-.vever h st none ( f its intrinsic inttitst in had given him ; and if any one (Lhim-;, iiii-.-'oioiia , lacked any thing, it was made up to l.:io, or he bor rowed, and it was not received from him iiaiu. . 7 PKc- llnr Wac 1.1 I'M' U'lirn'li r.ln'lil'.l !f. Il.n .Ii- .inn.'. u,l tl.o rttllr i -y.occ...t v I I... .',.!. .i , i .. i ' afl(1 make you their servants Ion vr! Oil. I bil. II f. . L lll fl j tic a 3 1 J t uiu lie. I. jolt CI ( "c tin. '( mi icade in t!u M' i ii evil and .-nihil pi oj cii.-ilit-', and e:i!'.-d a bo.lv corj-r;.te. aii u liicii i ecu verb l! i:;ie..-' rv ! a ( i! : : . i i rn -thoi d, called the prcwlenl and iu!; is thcrcol', .!io shall la bour coiitinuafly with all manner of w neherall and -orctrv to i ut vou umh-i a -ore and vevaliou? tiibulc. 0 t le.e'e of he dvl:. : i aci'- of news, hut n : r and unn'y' ti I have been in your Department for more than five years. 1-or a large portion of that time, my situation has been a prominent and highly responsible one, ne cessarily subjecting the discharge of my ofiicial duties, in no slight degree, to public scrutiny, and furnishing the mo.st an.pic opportunity of detecting whatever might justly expose me to censure. And can 1 be mistaken, Sir, in supposing that when you entered upon the duties' of the Head of this Department, vou bestowed some '-of your first thoughts upon the inqui ry, from whom in It you pight expect a faithful and efficient co-operation in the tiichargeof those duties i Have you not asked vvhcljfcr.the gentlemen whom you found -employ tM here, were "capable,-or honest," or "faithful ?" And will you allow me to ask, Mlieth- CT-4o. -cjtbor-Ot tlvcJe-4iVJU4t?r-ij- regard tomv elfr y ou. bav receivtulitoni- awy 4iwoan' beng a - negative .msweri put these questions, Sir, in.. s!u r earnestness ; nqt that I ask, or expect, or dcvtv, ;t reversal of tlie sen tence of exclusion; but becau-e I have a reputation which I value, and which I would ie-prve free from the imputation involved in your rule of "duty" with regard to my removal, or raihei in ti e only rule which I have felt niyelf at liberty to rupooscyou couid a dopt. Duly appreciating the. motive of rhe sensonab!er.ecs of your communication to me as well as the polite terms in which it has been made, 1 beg leave to aware you that your "best wishes" for my future,, welfare' shall, on no occasion, be permitted to exceed' the mea sure of mine for yours. 1 am, very respectfully, Sir, your obedient ser vant, W.SLADE. Hon. M. Van Burew. " f ' - i- ' ' " ' Depabtme.vt 6y State, ) Alay4J829. S Mr. Van Luren presents-hiatepe?tat'lo..ftl..r. blade, and informs him, in reply to hit letter of laft evening, sTaileWfis written to apprise tiimot Air. Van tuTerTs intention to discontinue his icrtices in the leart meiitrwjthwt.dcsigflingfconveytheinvnt Slade refers to, or any other, or make any clanr. tiuii, xa-et so-far aiy telated to the time selected to? the notice. .. :t awl vv now v;i.c it jl..t net at I hi r kh nee oi our rvKam lor ine (UK-Mi 1. Made, who, with many the hearty welcome and many good things he re ceived, 8. Every one did tint which was right, and the laws, lawyers and judges wore few that a child might : . o i r i i . i )w i in; inrui, ueeause oi me gieai ooutiiiy aiiu up rigbTicss of the people. And there was gold and silver in the land, and certain tokens which the people, in times of their dis tress, had esteemed as money, and which, on account of the good they had done, were still current as such, and even better than gold or silver, because they al ways stay ed with them and reminded them of then past tribulations and present blessings, and answered all the purposes of buying and selling. 10. And when the people had waxed fit and pros pered insomuch that no man lacked any thing by rea son of the great abundance, certain sons of Belial got themselves together and said one unto another, be hold this people, among whom we dwell, have much substance, and are honest, generous, simple hearted. y dTl P ven to hospitality and good faith ; and when the jTTT&kgatherer comcth unto them they pay him to his own con ico i, asKiM nu cuesiious, anu sometimes give mm fmore and ask not again, because they care not for ; little things. And when a man protJereth to go unto f. their Assembly, lo make laws for them, 6aying he can do them much stood, thev send him thither, and when V ue rcturneth home, they count his promises perform- r I . iiii ftapK rv.tt la r .' 11 -O ..r.l m ttl,c.-f i s KI. .......I, ..4 , ivi i-an an ia a u.-i.'iii.vi iv iiuoi iu 113 lieill hour without beirre; deceived. 11. AVhe'refore be not this people like unto a good iy flock of sheep, who now lack the shearer ? Verely aforetime they have been clean shorn by those like unto us, and have no malice nor Mi-picion, but went forward honestly and prospered ; and those who did unto them this kindness gat unto themselve honor and great substance ; and it is mete then, that they now fall into our hands. 12. Let us therefore magnify ourselves, and prom-, lse great things, ilatter and deceive the people ; inso much that we will obtain from their Assembly cer tain laws, which shall by cunning devices take away their substance and give it unto us, and set every man against his brother, and make them our servants forever. 21. And it shall come to pa-s if ye 1. call: en unto them, arid humble vurs Ives and receive the rag, that they will get dominion over you and become joui taskmaster, and ye shall become their servants; and they will cxa t of yon more than you can perform, and )e shall be ruined and clean undone by reason of he in ; and ye will be so blinded by their devices and so a j raid ot hem, that each man cf you shall lay the cause of his ruin unto the brothe r n id friend whom he loved and trusted, and no two of you .-Lull agree together, nor daie to trust one another. 22. Yotir st i vants, your cattle and your possession shall be taken away and sold for naught, a:id thce sons of Belial will buy then. 23. Barrenness shall clothe. the fields in which ye labor, leanness shall covej; your tables, and ye shall btj driven out of your inherita-MCcs; not-having whither to go f In that day, your wives and your children, who nave faired delicately, shall upbraid you by reason of distress ; and yc shall seek to find a friend, whcwill help you, but all men will flee from you and laugh you to scorn 1 '"': . -r ''-f- - 24.. Then yc sfiall hate ami curse these sons of tle liat; but they will be strong in the land and not re gard you ; and ye shall, cry unto the Lord again.-! them, but he will not hear you. 25. Verely your ruin s.iall be wilhout remedy, and your distress without consolation ! ye shall see it cu-n afar otl'in the case of your neighbor, and shall not pity him ; and iu striving (o avoid it yourselves, ye shall only hasten its approach. Your servants, y our sons and your daughters shall he scattered abroad among all the tribes afar oil, and ye shall esteem it happy, if two of them be found togcTher. Your great men and your good men shall die and leave no inheritance for their children! When a child is born unto you ye shall have sorrow, tearing lest it will perish ; and ye shall loath the places of your birth and the fields and mansions in which your youth delighted, and strive to lice from them and shall not be able ! 2ji. And ye shall say, blessed are our children d our kindred who hav e fled from this land, accurtvd of the Lord because of these ons of Belial ! 27re shall then look hack on thq days ye now see and weep : and ye shall td! of them jo those about- Di as t. r, h is btli. a a x'.cthn in the persecuting spirit of the .1. .o'.iiV..i -11 a:..:!i. k:paut:jet of State Jonl 28, 1829. . : You will pit a-e to consider your employment I i .. t V . " A 'lTll(. '.I ll erk in tins ucpai run-in as terminating wun uic i.rihd month. It is left optional with you totonlin- it until that period or not; my object to giving ns early notice being mcrellio render the change resjiii Irom an unjdeasant dutj 0fl my part, as little eeauie to you as possiuie. iih the best wishes foe your future welfare, 1 am voiiobcdicnt and humble Movant, ' - M. VAN BUITEN. j. Wm. Slape. ue oi De r art t i . rn St a r v , Waihingtoi!, April 2, 102f. ) I have received your note of yesterday's date. It iiiounces to Irte t!nf 'r:v emphivment as a Clerk in y r l jcpanmcn. win lenmnate wun ine preseni moi assigns .'as a reason for givii: ine "this early noti of it, a do-ire to render the change resulting fromn "unpleasant duty'" on your part, as little (fcs agnibleto ine a possible, and closes with an ex prcion of ypnr ! t wishes for my future welfare.'1 4 'J the contents of your note, 1 have given-the most atttive eou-ideration, and ennnot resist the covic ti on! sat justice t nivself demand- of me more than n ilit ompliaiice with its mandate. To lhal man daii indeed, as in (nil v bound, I submit. But, en r. oii)notc impliedly calls upon me to submit to sonie- (Iiiii the hn CllH , t -ii r i r nre man a smipie c.cck e oi exclusion irom ihlic service.' it speak' with sonic emphasis ol aplca-aiit duty' on your pait, and makes my ev il lite result oflli.it dulv. ' . lh the standard by which vo l estimate your du ty, llo not. profess, Sir, to be acquainted ; but I would hoi that 1 am not mistaken in supposing it to be that w!iii should regulate the conduct of a statesman who woiil prove himself worthy of the. age, and of the rouA -ij, jn which )ou live the standard of fair im j.arl.'l justice -justice to the public, whose servant you re, and justice to your fellow-servants. ( n I, then, suppose this to be the rule of that "du ty" .Inch enjoins my exclusion from the public sfif vict without feeling myself called. upon, in siibmiting to i operation, to submit, at the same time, to the imppation of incompetency or unfarihfulAess in that scrvj e ? You w ill, 1 am sure, hardly allow me to sunn.c that you could, suddenly, deprive a public Washington, Mum 5, U20. Sir : The rote you did me the honor to address to me on the first i;i-lant, has been received. Connect ed with the txpiicit enquiries in mine of the lJ0th ul timo, to which it is a reply, I regard it, as I pu-sum-j you intended 1 tdiouhh as monernt'.uz me from impu tation of incompetency or n:it:Htlil"iln ss in the di; (.harge of the d'ujies of the situatioi: fion vhichyaMi have honored me with a removal. Fatifactorv , Iuav . ever, as your note is on this point, i:, i-evei iheh e?, leaves vet unexolained the ")'' bv lii- h, in vour imteof drsmission, you i epresent youiself to h . v - hccri impelled to that act. Iain bouial lo j lesuine, Sir, thrit vou do nol use words without mean.in; : and, in a ease which 'o deeply atTects myself, 1 mu-t be -ri.'-.ed it ! pio's the enquiry with some earnestness w iiat ecri sideiation, in the absence of incompetency or uufai: h fulness,1 ran exist of sufficient magnitude lo di ;n'V nitli appellation of duty the sudden mpuL'nm of a pn" lie Officer from service. I am aware, Sir, that the principle of rotation office is sometimes alluded to, and, indeed, ol late, a' mosl exclusively relied on (since certain other reasot have been lound not to bear examination) as justify ing (he system of proscription of which 1 have bee: made a victim. Bull can hardly persuade myself that your good ;ensc will allow you toattempt such a pisliiicution. The great principle which lies at the bottom of th'u subject; but which, unfortunately, seems in the late t dispensations of "rewards" and "punishments,1' to have-been quite overlooked, is, that the various offices of the government are instituted, lioffor the' 'benefit of llio'se wh se k for, and obtain them, nor vet for the advantage of thoe public servants who may be en trusted with the duty of lillmtr them, but fir the h?nt fit of the )ujtiui. That benefit is beyond all question, hest consulted by combining capacity and lidehty, as far as practical. h with experience. Tins is what ii due to the phlLc.. But ther.s something also due to competent and faithful officers I mean particularly to those, the proper discharge of whose duties iiecest irilv , or most usually, prevents from resorting to any othf r mean of support. Such, Sir, you well know to be the cast with the Government of the United States in this City. And you are well aware, too, that the salaries allowed to most, if not all of them are but barely sufficient to furnish in this City a decent support to the incumbents, and their families. They have, fVffrreover, by a ser vice of any considerable duration, necessarily rendt v cd a return to former pursuits, or a resort to new em ployments, extremely difficult, if not impracticable ; difficult and impracticable in a degree pro portioned to the excltisiveness and fidelity of their devotion to ihe duties of their station. Imagine theo Sir. tl CVT.' .'ar-'-V -ii.lto'W.il-.fl.jS 3 -.1 mLueatfiifiiv-
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