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jt"0H THE Buns HO ROUGH PAfmoVi.-
NORTH CAU0L1NA, No. Vill.
'1'hk- Lakks .
"Calm u my soul, n r .)t to rise in arms
Exit-pi when fast-;ipproachmg danger wnrms,"
Goldsmith.
TUe overflowing abundance. of money, and the
ease ol acquiring it, introduced pcneral extravagance
Tlie unexampled emoluments of trade, produced i
laaivrfal,sp.irU of speculation. The cheapness o(
every article ol clothing, introuuceu a taste lor
show in the ornament of dres. Extravagance
Idleness, and "ride, but illv comport with the hard
Mess of the times which the ebbing tide left ; but yet
I hey h ad become so habitual, a1? to be seldom lair
aside in mature tune to redeem tiie coiisequences ot
iheir loii' contiiitiaiicc. The country was tilled witl
tlelit and consequent dependence. The Bank'
seemed to he the first great link of a concatenation
that descend"!, as we have noticed, to the most oh
"dire individual of the State. The fortunes of maij)
have been, and still continue to be, suspended on the
met rv o creditors
. The Inquiry here naturally oilers itself, how far
Mere the Hanks the means, in the li rst place,- ol pro
ducini: hU state of things It may be answered that
they were almost the sole authors, lor they tarnished
the instrument : yet, to do them justice, it inusl.be
admitted, .that, so lar as they did not transcend the
limits of their Charters, nor exercise usurious practi-
ce, they are measurably innocent. lut, so far ns
their instrumentality in producing Jhis stale of things,
proceeded from their transcending of the terms f
their Charter, or other fraudulent practices, they are
g.nlty and amenable. , wr
l-tp here, for a woment, to notice the deleterious
.1 in!Jucuceavhlci4,th.lit?!le ot dctt .v ttepeiuJence ha
over me freedom of election. As above-observed,
the man deeply indebted becomes forthwith a cring
ing shre. I will leave my reader the easy task of
druwinir his own inference, concerning the facility of
co-.vcrting this servile tlependouce into an instrunicni
ot inrriL'tTC. ivi siw'i'fst the in.iuirv whether on
Much has been said about the mismaiia-etneiit and ' t,js H(M1C, ( to SIV n(,thin- of the mischief
fraud of the lisinks. It reduce.! to a ceriamU, l!i:itaccumul -i!i' e cl--wh;-re.) ' it would not, Ion.' a-o,
a system ol ct.nsuinaie Knavery na- oeen pursue-j io haxe (,t.M M.KT(o iri:u "ks to terms? Tin re
an unpnratelied extent.- W hen hauduleucy &y? I WtulJ befirc this time have been less debt, less de
teinati. ted and legalized; when a set of unprinci- j prnJcnce, and consequently more freedom in the
pled h irpies coi.spire to spoil the people, and pain-1 exercise of the elective franchise. And I would
per tbt ir insatiable avarice on the plunder, and re : seriously inquire, whether such an etcut might not
perinil ted to perpetrate these deeds with impunity ,aVe a salularv eiTect on the materials which com-
whatmay be deemed thestate ot public morals T ,)OS(. theStale Len.-!atuiu
I . t I J I A t t. Al,'.l- . .' 5
It is notorious that the 'auks have a claim of four
ing terrors. No device is uncssayed, for goodly sjoil
is in jeopardy. Whilst we wish and demand no more
than jiutice, to rest satisfied with less would be to
act with unfaithfulness to the public weal. The sub-
acted on. We have but to will our safety, and we
are safe. The fiat of fate is not more irrevocable,
than our will is sovereign. But we are slow to de
termine, and still slower to act.
Let fofouce arouse, and stand to our post.
Pot. ' I'eRE.
SEL&CTtiU.
every breeze that whispered among the branches
the voice of the beloved sluntU-rer.
Devoted girl ! thy beautiful qiirit hath never aban
doned me in rnv wearv oilLrir mire. Gently k sooth
ject de!ervetebe vrelWWerfitootl, . aud vigorously Jjngly Jbou comcst to watchow r my pillow to cheer
me amidst the trials ol humanity to mingle thy lca
enlv sympathies with my joys and sarrows, and t
make thy mild reproving known and felt in the dark
er moments of existence ; in the tempest of passion
and the bitterness of crime. Kven now in the awfut
calm which precedes the l.'-t changes in my being:
in the cold shadow which now stretches from the
grave to the presence of t!.e living, I feel that thou
art near me
'Thyse'f a pnre and sainted one,
Wntc hin;; the loved aiu! frail of earth."
.V. E. Review.
"And 'tut the sad comilaint, avd ulm'jxt true, ,
' Antc'er w tvritr, inc. bring J'rth nothing nfii.
T1IK DKl'UliMKI) (ilU.
Memory rj;vtcrious meuioiy ! holy and blessed
as a drennof I leaven to the pure in spirit haunter
and accuser of the guilty ! Unescapahle presence f
lingering tnroiign every vicissitude and calling u
back to the past back to the dim and sepulchered
images -ot departed lime opening anew the deep
fountains of early passion- the loves and sympathies
ol boyhood the thrilling aspirations ol alier years!
hile the prsent is dark with anguish, and the tuttire
gladdened by no sun-how of anticipation, 1 envoku
tby spell ot power. L- iirtJ.il before trie the chart ot
'fa'n&htfd hotir? ; let me -ge- hcj oi- ou, thy, iuu-
ituht and: shadow.
'I am an, old man, The friends of my youth are
gone before me! ' Soirie ,Wv"e,'er?d'-orr'-the -gt-eat
leep ; others- in the battle held, alar oil in the land
of. strangers ; and many very many, have been gath-
red quietly to the eh irch-yard of our native Village.
fhev have left nie alone even as the last urvior
of a fallen forest the hoary representative of depart-
il generations. The chains which once bound j
e to existence have been broken Ambition,
-to his newly
v hat ; iv ails the thoto of liberty ? or what limits
should be prescribed to public indignation ?
The inquiry naturally otters itself, which deserves
the in- unqualified censure, the Banking Incorpo
ration f lor surpas-iii., the provisions of their charters,
oi the State Legislature for suJlering them to doit 'f
or. ina:i not these bodies be so interlinked, and, in
so i.e vay,-itlentilitd, a? that, to censure the pne,
Avarice, Pride ; even all that wakes into po(er the
intolerable thirst of mind. But there are some mild
er thoughts some higher passages in the dream ol
my being, yet-living at the fountain ol; memory
thoughts', pure as angelic communion ; and linked
by a thousand tender associations to the i'aradise of
Love.
There was one a creature of exaflcd intellect
millions of dollars against the eitiens of this Stale. :, hdi whose thoughts went upward like an incense
I ritm which it wooM ?eem, tint a large proportion
ot our citizens property, is subtended on the arbitra
ry caprice of tho-c, w h, judging from the rapacity
with which tiiey inn- iuoivd others in debt, v ill
exercise but liltle cloutvcv in c'd-lecting, when the
mature time-shall have arrived. Now it is evident.
. i .i ji j f'l- .'i' i i i , ,i.
w.b be to cenn'-T-n itie ouH?r ; j n:. appears to uc"rtm iacr wnirn nnvc nc-ii uov Hoped, tnai a large
the easier and more probable way of accounting for ! portion of this amount has been accumulated hv
the management of these concerns. ..Otherwise, 1 fraudulent impositions, and that, should these miqui
should "unhesitatingly give it as my ofiimon, thai the to.us demands be ever paid, . it would produce a wide
Legislature merits the greater share of the blame, spread devastation throughout the State. In such a
The Banks are but a creature of the Legi.-'itiiie. 1 'Tisi, what should be done ' what can ho done?
They were spoken into existence by that hotly, and v hv, much should, and every thing that a sovcriegn
the moment they transcended the condition ol their J people will, can, be done. In the tirt place, the
bulb, they were virtually dead ; nothing but a legal iopor tioii of tins vast amount which has been evi
invcsl ligation being necessary to sink them into utter ,! denily accurnuiated hv fnoid, should be struck atone
annihilation- ''his investigation the1 Legislature I dash from the account. In the next place, all that
should have procured to be made. But the Legisla
ture eil I irrsnftered itself to be deceived by tlie arti
fices of these itnn'ft itral aruturr or it winked at their
fraudulent proceedings. To suppose the Legislature
deceived, is to suppose it a composition ot imbecility ;
for it was from tune to time-Warned. To suppow
its connivance, is lo suppose it a mass of corruption;
for no other conclusion is rational. Now ill knew
which was the ler-s disparagement from the charac
ter of a Legislature, imbecility, or corruption, 1 would,
in so extreme a case, incline in my judgments, to the
side of ehaiii. , ,
It is faid there is a chain, which being letdown
from Jupiter, comes in contact with the earth. Ie
marpuW way m which the
Banking Institutions have been conducted, and per
mitted to proceed, in the following manner. Instant
ly upon chartering these institutions, a large number
of our most influential men became slot k-holdcrs ;
xv hi 1st, in a short time, a still greater number became
Bank debtors. It must be born, in mind that interest
moves the world. The Stoek-holdeis were tempted
to surpass the limits of their Charters, tor the sake of
deriving large dividendsfrom their investments, '1 he
Bank debtors were induced to favour the Banks, lor
the fancied benefit of indulgence ; -which isbut the
benefit of rendering the future oownfall and disrate
more inevitable and complete , from having fluttered
awhile in borrowed feai he is. Meantime men ol
smaller fortunes are indebted to tht se Bank debtors.
The momenta man becomes duply ihucltal, he be
jAncs a cowering slave.; It the Banks are any way
t ossed upon, necessity, as thev s;iy,viil compel them
to press upon those x ho aie litir eehiois; arid if
these indebted tu the Banks are compelled' to pay ,
the lik" nece-ity will compel them to press their
debiors. Thus is produced a vast dependence, by
winch the Banks have been enabled to loaintain thoi
ascendency over ihe Legislature; and, whilst they
arc entrenching themselves about the possessions oi
the whole country, they have the address, the coi
sumate etlrontcry , -to make the people believe that
they are exercisii.g the greatest ieimy a.ul intlulenct.
- -ihe people oflvi CJlediapiilherfe also, .b;iv
been very imprudent inrgrd to contractu, g debt.-.
I he tlood of apparettt-pm
met. us duni'ii'a It vv of'thje yeais subsequent to. the.
coot lusion of the last war, together with ihe siuhh t
itxpecieii.eD a, suite, -id tilings.,.,
tl.,-tiusl that l,,'i a eei.i'iry -tt t he" rriofit ' ...judic iV.uii
coiomy, can bcitt iy retrieve , the const quei.ces.
i3 dubious, when the preponderance of probabilities
i unfavourable, should he treated i:i the same wav .
If any thing remains, it should be secured, to the
amount of (heir claims to those siock-holdets, so far
as thev can be identified, who have never wittingly
connived at these misdeeds. And lastly, we
"Should force destruction to refund her spoil."
This may seem a ridhcr summary way to dispose of
the business, but it is jtisl ami legal, founded on the
maxim, that "no man shall he permitted to enjoy (he
advantrge of his own wrong:' and certainly', no fur
ther proof of the commission of a fraud need be re
quired, than a concession to the charge on the part
ol (he act used.
To see a tribe of all-devouring aristocrats swal
low, atone riotous meal, the fatness of the land,
whilst the mass ot the community are consigned to
poverty aud starv ation, would be a most disgusting
spcctaclelb a freeman, even had they a much fairer
pretence lor the deed ; but it becomes intolerable,
when we take into consideration the unheard of
knavery that has been practiced for the purpose of
gaming a pretext lo do it. From the temporising
and imbecile character ol Legislatures, xve have
much to fear.nnd nothing to hope, from the present
Though the cause of justice and the stress of the times,
should call with the voice of thunder, wc haveToo
much reason to apprehend that the Legislature will
turn a deaf ear. With trembling anticipation, I sus
pect that the issue of the atlair will be, that the
power of thest" foul harpies, instead of being forever
annihilated, will be prolonged for a time adequate to
enable them to reap the full advantage Of their own
wrong, and gradually complete the work of devasta
tion, which public resentment would deter them
from doing instantaneously. Than this protraction
of their power, nothing could be more desirable to
them, or more abhorrent to a man of an independenr
spirit. . r
I have not the desire, had I the ability, to conjure
ip a tempest; but I can say" to "triy fellow-citizens,
ehold ! a portentous cloud is lowering, in our hon-
'.on, which has already given signs of being fraught
;yilh delet nous vapours, and threaten. to inundate
is with universal rum. If we have ; one particltFTif
. .:.tTVjf.injiii'."g, let us be. oh the alert; Our fears
re sirdiigly excited, TmjTTTIic' Tiiferesred are poiirifig
n their louLuuclion, ''the smooth cmolheub" ol
"7Ti7sTi;y;T
i.-i.ig ..'ninny , hUlums shapm, aiid hurrying them
hiou-h the land, w ith the view to excite counteract.-.
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td llovvers tipon God's natural altars- -they were o
high and so. unlike to earth. . let was she not proud
f her high gilt. With the bright capacities of aii un
bounded spirit, there was something more than wo
man's, met kness in her demeanors, It was the con
escention ot seraph- iideJiecL the i'orgiv'enef4 .and
the tears of conscious ouritv extended to the erring
and passionate ot earth.
She was not a being to love w ith an earthly affec
tion. Her person had no harmony with her mind.
It bore no resemblance to those beautiful lorms winch
glide before the eye of romance in the shadowy world
of dreams- It was not like the bright realities of be
ing the wealth of beautv which is sometimes con
centred in the matchless form of woman. It was de
formity, -strange, eculiar lAioimaty relieved only
by the intellectual glory ofaoark and soul like eye.
Vet strange as it may seem, I loved her, .deeply,
passionately as the young heail cun Jove., whet, u
pours itself out like an oblation to its idol. There
were gentle and lovely ones around me creatures
of smiles and blushes; soft tones and melting glances.
But their beauty made no lasting implosion on my
heart. Mine was an intellectual Jove yearning al
ter something invisible aud holy something above
the ordinary standard of human desire, set apart and
sanctified, as il were, by the my sterns ol inie4.
Mine was not a love lo be revealed in the thronged
circle 'of gaiety and fashion it w as av owed under
neath the bending Heaven; when perfect utais were
along gazing upon us. It was rejected ; but not in
scorn, pride nor in anger, by that high thoughtcd girl.
She would ask my friendship my sympathy ; om
she besought me ay, with tears she besoiigni me,
lo speak no more of Love. I obeyed her. 1 tleu
from her presence. 1 mingled once more in the bu
sy tide of being, and ambition entered into my houl.
Wealth came upon me unexpectedly ; and the voice
ol praise beCainea familiar sound, 1 relumed, at last,
with the impress of manhood ojnny brow, aud sought
again the being of my dreams.
She was dying. Consumption pale, ghastly con
sumption, had been taken away her hold on exist
ence. The. deformed and untitling tenement was yiel
ding to the impulses of ihe soul. Clasping her wast
ed hand, 1 bent over her in speechless agonv. She
raised her eyes to mine, eg Tul1ioc beautiful emblems
of her soul, I read the hoarded clleclion of years
the long smothered emotion ol a
"Henry,1' she said, and I bent lower to catch the
filtering tones of her sweet voice "I have loved
you long anil fervently. 1 feel thai 1 am dying. I
rejoice at it. Larlh w ill cover this vvasud and un
seemly form, but the soul will return to thai prom
ised and better land, where no change-or circumstance
can marthc communion of 'spirit. Oh Henry, h d
it been permitted! but I will not murmur, i ou
were created with more than manhood's, beauty ,
uid I deformed wretched as I am, have dared lo
love you !
I knelt down and kissed the pale brow of the suf
ferer." "A' smile of more than catthiy tenderness btol
over her features, and fixed there, like an omen -of
ihe spirit's happiness. She was dead. And they
buried her ou the spot which she herself selected
toting-wilkws-- I. liaetuMtLUiere a thousand limes
iu toe qnu t moonlight, and fancied that 1 heaid, in I '
"MlI.lStlA JUTY.
"Plight ableak," said Capt. -
raised company, as be suddenly came in contact
with a bank of oyster shells.
"That are's a wrong order," said a veteran look
ing fellow, with a gun without a lock and a pol
ish not dissimilar to Kip Van Winkle's, after his
twenty y ar's sleep.
" Keep your j-tw,'1 said the Captain u and hold up
your head like a man." " Fine .looking fellow,'
cotdhmed hiv our ..cumitry .-M, safe . xvith such sol-
dices," I say, Lewtcn'int, what are you arter in
letting that-aie soldier v. a'k on the pavement. I sar
Sargea'nt, lake three meu," and bring -him into the
ranks " - .
"The Captain says vnu rnut come into the rankp
and keen step." fdressi;iLr the strav soldier.) "I cues?
I shao,t do no sieh tiling. I've got inv feet muddy a-
ready ; an if they gits wet I guess as how I shall be
poorly for a month."
" Vou better come in now, Mr. , I'll tell
the Captain what you say'
" Ha, ha, ha, and what does I keer if you does.
An't I am independence "mail
"Captain, the mn;i says he won't come in."
What! not mind what I says to him ? abomina
ble ! Well, let him have his own way, I guess I'll
(ell the Colonel, that I will. To the right about
turn ami mind that n utlhoje dress eyes right, for
ward left foot afore. Ivoys keep vour heads un .
fine looking feltovvv -glorious day- forward march."
And. away we .went up Broadway in sty le.
" I dont like this I raining," said my next neighbor,
"its a dead loss to me of six dollars." "And I do
like it," said a-dirty looking creatine" its a gloriou?
time to frolic ahimst eqnai to the fourth nf Jntr.M
"No talking boys no talking I cant allow rait
ing regulars never talk," said the Captain. - -
Well, we marched a mile or two to the grand
place of operations were drummed about for an
hour or so saw half a dozenmilitarv looking men on
horse-back come out to review and examine us" -
passed inspection were dismissed for half an hour
half of us got drunk1 were called to arms drum
med through the streets again and then permitted
to go to our homes, with headache enough to last a
week. And this is New York Militia duty.
A Phivatc.
CLEANLINESS".
The large village of Brock, near Amsterdam, in
Holland, is a id to present the most remarkable exam-
les of uniloim ne;iines and punctilious attention lo
cleanliness, that the woi Id can produce. It is chiefly
inhabited by wealthy farmers, who live in afflu
ence upon the income of their lands. Waggons and
loaded carriages are not allowed to pass through the
street, the pavement of which is kept in the best
possible order ; w bile the footwalk, which is a- clean
as scrubbingbrusl.es can well make it, is sanded and
marked out in fanciful and ornamental figures. The
doors and the port las are burnished, and the trunks
of the trees which grew before them, are pollisbed hy
friqnent scrubbing. To gain admittance at Ihe front
door, is a favor not to be expected, except by per-m:
of some consequence ; and if the shoes of rvmIoi
happen to be a little soiled, a pair of slippers is pre
sented to him at the door, which he is to use as a sub
stitute during his stav.
THE HIGH-MINDED SLAVE.
The following anecdote, -w hich we copy from the
London Tract magazine for June, is a fine example
of noblefeeling in nn African slave. How few are
the white meni who in similar circumstances would
manifest so nice a sense of honor! Among the
whiles, if the broken men bant, wbo afterwards be
comes wealthy , pay s theihtli ihich he could not be
compelled to pay hv law, he is extolled as a singu
larly honest man. We do not object to this ; when
honesty is scarce we must make the most of what
there is, but where shall we find the white man, w l,.
after escaping from a ty ranical master, volunbnitv
and unasked, sent hack from his snfe ;isy lum the pru e
which would compensate his master for the loss ot
his services! A. Y. Observer.
A purchaser of slaves, in Charleston. S. C. vh.
intended to sell them? again, observed a line lo.-kin.
man amongst them, superior to the ret, ami fell de
posed to retain as Ins own servant. He was a lit.
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uipnseu soon aiier ny uie roiidlirr 01 The negro, V nn
rr.n.r f lum ni, r,....! Ifc T .. I . II
ruin w .inn (ii hi .iim .i;e,i : tm nn m-m -i e
w Not sr ll ynu, w hv not Me niake good sen i
massa!" Having before intended to keen h,t . is
resohitrorr -wa mnr-M rrrrt-hT-rretf, anrf ft-t,r,fo
e.egro if.be behaved
rejdied,
Well he would M.t -el' I ....
Me make a good servant, m.sa.