l i s 'i'"' 'f'':'p Si' I I I I I ::; II it I r 'ir''-I c-: ,
VOL; A J
VmUW AVEKKLY
suci wcoo & JAS. A. tOXG,
5,'SEDiioRS AM PROriilKTORSi
Tlie
. . iii Advance :
i n.r fi '.rvr (fif:nJinen) fot thft
One iVrar rcr.r' ceit, .for every
fiT.vcp'''ij pc j rii'Mi' in vie m favo j
. . . i ted
' y-ARf of
in
rne" i""' 7 H.(-0 14.00
Three ' (f ,8 ,.3
t 0')
2.00
2 ).00
3.qo
Jl,l'l CH'"'" )
Voir the l'.Ltri(t ami Klaij
Twenty Reasons.
' nor
!. . In l,..nAO jlilt tnillO nT ,
llrtsrt.l ''''' . j US
' f t ci n r (' hris-ian ' readef.- may Iks j ry
1 rrticct upon Uie reasons iurmeir "
' MlaUcnce froiii?tbcrorship of Ciod,
' :
t cnJ r:c r?'oC. pA reasons why a rin(J
, ('... l.lnviii niMi (iiMl'teariui! i i.
w j tlllt
rvin"-"-" . ...... i
11 ' NO Join.
. .nctii'fillir.ii y: - - . . n.iirii, n iii"i'n .... . .- ,
.Wnlntt rd Church on Salba'h-i have unexpectedly nnd.to oprrea.t grntit ,
- .i t Tlrc is materiai .vitlnn i; unit that we are on the. strongest i
Mijy, . ; !. -ide and witli the ;trgpt number, and I
..
pnon''!. in .M-',.
to inaKe L'n
twl orrhi 's fy" a vanv aboatu . j . j
bbatli L i
I. IWau-c CM has les5od the Stoth ' ri-0.
' . i i - vi ;v : ,
-nuiking no 'exception b
pyarm i. . , . j.a
re.pcctins the vrcat.icr. .
'1 Because I :Tpect r.jy Mmtcr to be .
ere, and I tlwi.uVi Lr ?urr nse 1 if le weve ; l(
stay at ho-nakr ih" wc.ttl.tr. i
there
- I . . . , r ' .
2 J,V.-iuCr-4.'Jl!..ii1.i l;e lias i een : riMtimy -' .. '""J ; - r . , r ; - . . - t ,
; . . . .tfiriI1,l tvio. Mioiliwithstandiiig the unprecedented been in existence for. so many years is ; u,uler any. particular obligation to its. In
faithfully 'prefnr tim.uj:n n.an Kr rm ! rxVti,si? ,f tlie Wofoeos and some of nothing else than legislating, for the ben- ! other words the Hank has p:d the debts
pee that his h.-;dh - M li mtne, woo t l!lt, j.lrir(, stockholders of the St-Me Hank j elit of a few, or a certain class of individ- j of ! ihe State and grown rich y the oper
have been so frefueiiily !; tit. : to Ui-lVat it. And indeed if the Logoda-: uals cutting olT from the many, all chance j atipn, and. she i now kindy proposing
4. I!i'fnu4 " ;V Jib-ent-e. f..r.s!i-:t reasons, ! mre v;is 3cft to itself, unbiased and unin- or opportunity to subscribe for the stock , and begging the State to n her still
rill 1 .-, Iiim tl think lh:rt there U some- ni4nced "'by- outsiders, to. art upon the of these wealthy old corporations Jhomt j continue to pay her debts, i This isde
,. ,;i , -i ,r,.v.1Tr i n.mis of the bill, there would belittle or j when we reniember that ihese Banks , mocraey and democratic logic. Hut to
bToi.:il e .ton to .inn ,., tui.ap , j no-in Uion to lhc inc.ianre. Hut king ! commenced .with a.eapital stock of SI ,000- J we plain people in the up country it looks
..j,..;.,j,ronlM" cvrFy tutl.t.-.lvati..ti j , nowfrtul with Dcniocrary. ! 000. and have gorie on increasing until i a little quefe or at least we vstoc&hold-
IbHiU elmrge.
5. 1;'l':vusc m.y non-atf pndanec ' cnlcii- j
latctl to p.iralyze'hi. exertions and le::d him ;
-.i . 1 :u q (i l. i,,B rp !
jrtwiwose that hw s-crniotiS and l;;bors isre ,
"i' j
' nstlea!'- j
G. r.cwi, tail if hi" . h-indi shall fall ;
through vcaiiifi, I sli: 11 have great reason';
. li ' .T,,.! ,,!..- T si,t:ini I 'm hv :
niv prnjor- an 1 r rcv ruv; as 1
7. IVritUH' t m!"!' ' hsx lUsed
' !
: ;c Mith the
' nn'-'ifs (ifiih'a'ii.'ii
sin li reeautions apamst ,
: ilic. weal lucr ill i
t I am in nit ro;d thinner. i
8. Ihiiuse. ly M H g tvr-y, I n r. y lose :
(he jM'TiiKi'ti -that v u l;;.vc done n e cleat
.'o-hI, aii.3 lia'l I '' the pnyors which inva
riahly I.j'hil: .'!.. d's LliM-ing on ihe true le
' lll'VCr. ; t .
0. I pn'v w ii'itc er t ti n I hold". I my
lii.d il I fts'j nw,y, why ,
n"",,,,r.' j
, It). I.vnu5.". v:i "nny tmj.orf.iht busincv, :
hd nr.vilu r 1 ,r4 ii..t ke-p ine in the Im.usc ; I
r,l atrchd.ac,. ,iu,;n Chnreh i. iu G,.ds
... i . , v
'."I, .jf : hm m i ,i i, . . v. t.: iit' ' j
IJ. llH-ine that (led who givoth both
tlie supvhine au l the Tiiii hns prou.icd to
ittl-.c il' li'Pce o !ns rccit.e.
1.2. Because auio i: other b lesstncs, sneh j
ivoatiier will show me on "what foundation
my faith i liuil. It vuil prove ho-.r much
I love t'uii!t ; for true love rarely fails to j
meet an aprH.iutiiir i.t. i
1.1. Bccau.o fearin- that mv clothes shall
su.ffcr, shows that I think more of them than
ol that beauty il b Ji ia v. bi li lo I .so j
approves.
11. BcL-itise I am CIi i soldier, enlist
ed for his warf.m, and he is a p. .or soldier j lK- " " "."req ;gatnstl! 'Vorks
, . , ... ,. , "t internal improvemenis, and against Ihe
who retreats to his hie or hia tent because (,,., i ' .iJi. n,. ; ., ,
, , iiidtvidiiai stockholders in the works,
ofaly'.d. r wbi-h lew persons , would., "Suppose from
.Because,, thrush my escuitx may hearing t?ieir speeches from, the stump
satisfy myself, they still imtt nnderiro C.mI'h ! hnl t' v, I lk very ilifemly .at Raleigh
. ' . i .i . i i i"' Irbm u.ti thev do before ihe people. The
scrutiny y and thev m;i-l oe w( .1 irroundt d - , , , - ' . ' .
. , J . . , ' Sl indar.', Fpe.iks of ijie stockholders as
to hear that. Luke v . 1G. . ;, uho,n jt wmiU UMf.()jj.
li), Bccanse 'these is. .a rpceial promise, stitutio.d and dangerous to. i-onfer bank
wlurc only "two or throe met toztLclr in ' ih'jJ. priviliges. Mnaldeto pieH and-rejdy
tiod's name, he ii in the midst oi them. ! uUU' nrgiiments of (M Baxter.
: i
17. lJeeau'e
alneuce from Church, for
. j
,uld not keep me Hon. go.ng j
ronsons which won
1 i
to buy arpiire of paper in week d.iys, mud '
be d'iscou ratiing to all true friends of the
n.un h. pnrtieulnlv His ministers.
ivi I? -mV i r
O. Because (m avoidable absence from
n,rt m m" r i
' "' ,M,"U,U,V vMHoee oi puimai
dec:.
iy, I im ii l( j. fut ft I ow Christ nt. u l
diMaiKo.,- nnd then, like Fetcr, deny that 1 "tjorthy, of any s apathy, encourage-
",thoy kuof.v Hi,ru ntVht or protection. For .could the have
; l' TVrt..- r -.i -.ii i i heard the gros aiul uufoundec calumnies
'CCiso mv r.uh i to be known by ' i 7 :' . . , ,
- J.f poured oe.4 against them, ,lhey .ould not
n .ifuciiT.- g.nnl works, and not by : t-t dipor.ed to sit qineily down and let
iiie rAo or l.i.l of tl (thcnuoMictor. these young sprigs of Democracy, togeth-
B.ip;iihc I know not how many nlnre ' er with Hank officers, have everything
Ihathsdoirnuivsiill vouchsafe me ; and lhi?ir " ..The Demoeratie puny
itwo .t.llw . ' r r J :r courting tlje inTTuenee. of tlie monied
t n -? , rr!Tcr,.t,on for ,y first j.,,, oflIl,t State, :,r,l will. Je. predict,
"'batli in IK-avcn to have Mi;:htcd mv last t kill ilm IV... .!..' lt.b ,,! u ..
khbuth on earth.
j
S
I'titui c CotiMinipllDu of Cot Con.
, "Ion," tli r. i'ntellig.-nt Vashiugton Cor
rPpou:le.iit or the Baltimore Sim, in a re
cct. letter sly : '
" It is very true that the United States.
a- T r l Pibn-rsto'i r-m irk. will, after a
yat!.-work u; a-i l e.r.oiup their eolton.
. the ext-nl of the pqescnt crop. Tlie
ri!iwest is i .rr : s g m population at a
"tiM! . j.Il-i.. (J ;, (' ,ss' b.-l'i,..,
''' lil-ob'.- ,i 1 1 ill IS' ,
' " 'IM:i ,t j , in-.tliil S-y
ii.o , u: ei
i-ut years' :ri I
t'c .eotto'i t!) !t
V 1 .I . . o
I .1 1 I 1 ( 1'114'lnl 1
C l ' h r in,. I , , . S
I '1 i !l W 0 1 "l ! I 1 'I
o tiir.'d at h i.n ! or ahr.i rd. . H it we
i 'Vc. dn lu'bl nice of cotton lanl four
. ' 'i s ot acre.?, cl which oulv
jm-mvim i i i mi ilium , mmmm. . rw. .db - ' i - - ; ... V V V
ttventy-piht milliaos are iii culiWaiion ;
nd.r tH three f rr.illins six humlre4
tlinuwarul rlaves only a fixih part ata now
'mjUved, in the: cultivation ri cotion
'hroilurjiion of cottoii cati be incrcas- j
fd hcrp.'iiimlerUhe rlinnilu e.cn of the j lnmhle of Locofo"oism, there to he t
preiient demand, f liut Lord llmerston doorinated in the mysteries of a party
blet'ift the elforts of the tfoveriiiiifent to ; which can occupy at different limes d;f-
proiiwte ilic grurHh of cottoii In Africa, j
flndiiii &.c. ' ? .
From the Lexington Flag.
V THE PEOPLE'S X14VU.
Iur'n2 the Inst Summer we advoca
thnt:fffi, the IMaiiV-the charteriatf ,
n U ink upon the principle contnined .
the hill introduced in the present leir : is
i-laturchy Mr. Caldwll,f (iildford, to!
i charter the People's If-iri t" tAtMhnt ;
.ime'wc st-emcd U) stand alir.nst alone, so Improvement works. It would nevernlo
as the Press df tlie State was concern- j for the triumphant party, although the in
u(l,iiu.l indeed, some of the leading pa- I ten-si of the country demand it for what
..f Si:iir wrnt so far as to take i is
. I .. . '
10 tasK l(r a'jyocatlllp.SUCIi " Visioua- -
U4nkinr gr.hemesV .We feli at times, ;
nml n lit- '
. - - - -- .
.Kjv. .iiefxl ir !U)Lf fun at us.
p.j us visionary." Hut we are ; of
.'.. ... ;f..Pln our rulert. ths-.t we ' all
I. I .111 11 IB- ' (
r,.rt.rm verv influential paper, I
djj, s()me months back took us si se
mnnilm hack' took lis so se- i
oifsl'- to tusk lor our V visionary" ideas, !
s iVlclv spoken "of Mr. CahUvell's hill !
very favourable, terms, commending !
- - nr;ni,d, nnnl. i
rr al lat. n xlff,m9 s great !
'Rur(, t yay i( our reader that the j
People's lluiK". Iia passed us second
..J- ... :.. .i... li., .. . ,;r.itr ,,f
anibtmfortiinriK ly for the country, king !
rnUcis hiis deemed, it expedte'it for the
D-irtociary to defeat the bill. Some attri-
hute the strong opposition of the Dejitoc-
; t - ,
rat)' to t'lis PTeafiure, to the overshadow-
in nli I i ( v and star'.iing eloquence of the
m-v Attorney (ieneral Mr. Jenkins. It is
thought Hidden would have come out for
it before this va it not for the fear of
f.l f I . ' . . - . t al. .1. C . (
i'rotfi N.tslu .Mr., Battle, who, nssicrts o
MginatieMliy that he cannot tell the pre-!
mnm(1ll ,c shall die, and who la-
mettts so Je:linirlv that he is the " sur-I
VV :I ('ertalM "cnipact ol human-
ii iiii in me cause 01 iius oppoiiion
lie what it nmv..we feel very confiifent
th.it it. arises Iroru the f;ict that, tlie ) ill j posit as collaUeraf security Railroad stock
was "introduced by an American " and j to the lull amount of the currency of each
. member lrom the strongest American Hank hereafter created. There being a
cotiiuy in the State, and we huve no idea; !out 7000 Railroad stockholders in r,
linn. ..IM !... i. m m, i i 'i , v Slfifn 'iml m I r.Tr rt-.?-iri nf iKm'nWi.
s jjj (i jni.M.rla.ct. introduced by i
mi A it.; rican. for the dominant pj.riv in
the.jmeut I.cgi.-latttre are illiberal and
d iuiineeriiig to a degree w hich is only
"tif"l by their weakness and want
ol.a bil.tv. It seems to be, the policy of the
1tMl
i.ocratic pnry to put mere puppets
i ini'the legislature, and then hnve the.ir
strong 'men las lobby members to rr;1e the
hiir's. r.n tliat iiv'erd tlie lobby Democrats !
tUK L:tri.-lation, while :. set of weak j
mot.!, d itt iiave to bear all the respm-
ibtlitv. 1 ins is no c onbt the noliev oi
I .
pJrty. and itis a little surprising how !
Jenkins and Hattle, the Ajix and Achil- i
lej of theiarty-gcntiemen of such tow- j
' ll" :K ' ' PPnqti jo nave seats in
nit- i.egisiaiure, ior ineir natural poi-
ti.n wimhl certainly be in,, ihe lobby a-
uhrg it) ,,f Judge Saunders and other
ur?al Democratic lilits. , The Democra
cy, are not only proserin: tve hut they
,i . I. I. ' 1. I I I
"'v ls. .in
' tvbtir ol the I conic s Bank, the opfiosi-
,ioU vent their rage and pour lorth their
vnout against the Rail Road stock hold-
' ''r;f ' nurs of the most nialigmni nhtise.
j W, "V -'rtJl 'b it tfiis worthy, juieiligent and
IpHrr dic boilv pf rnen the stockholders
;t . ' V ' :
! "r .r,,:lV V'Te not prefer.-; to hear
speeches .oi; J.ledsoe, Jenk
.mi and
others in which tlwv wfrc Iwd.l im -i
- . - - miU; unit v inn ivi
large St ae Itank on such term as will
give their party the control of the cor
poration, this they will do to give their
party strength, and, not through any de-
J sire to -legislate, for the good jf the folate.
Some, of the wise and knowing ones of
thin i Democratic party, hate, come to the
satre conclusion, thai the American have
at.Jleast .two thirds of the stock in our
RiMro ids, ;i,nJ have sounded the notes of - turn grant all it asks, for, .and it w ill be
alarm in .order to. enable the great lead . impossible for any one to carry the busi
r the more eifilv towhip in the more 1 Less t e.rtent lhat would prove pre
liSenl men r,f ihe pirty to vote agiins: jmlici 1!. No man or State, under. the
the IVop.i-'s Hink for whipped in jh-y provisions f his fill could over Iiitik.
'Vli!'4-.l, and no luisfake. P.nr fellows, nor could any Hank over issue, rr JJad
ihey h -vc a ui'gliiy frinkering lo be lion- road Company possibly commit sueh
..t 'I'll iii.l..ri'i..to tt tl I. id akt,. 1....
j sljiirl tiuv, just to know how an honest
j ahv independent mm living in a l ee
i country does feci bi
O " -
-but alas, while they
gaie witk loninj? eye bri llie deniable
inuuniains wnere noneci men rongregaie
t con?ult .fjr the gooU . of their country.
mey are inwacRu over me eyes wun uie
party lash, and driven hack to the dirty
ferent positions and yet neveC .chnngcs
To charier the People's Bank.and tlere-
by ive entourage me ni and relief to those
who have " undfrtd the &tate tome ser
ViVe' hy invegtinff. their means and con
tributing their labor to aid in developing
her restrfrces ' hv workn of internal im
provements, will never do, so long as there
a chance for the Americans to have
any control rJ the Uartk, they having so
lar?e an amount ot. nock in the Internal
country compared to party- to cliar-
I)..., I- I l.., nr,t IlilIO tllO
ivr a iiniv in wiutii mrj i an b
control, and so u crush out this rehel-
linns move on tlie nart of ihe Americans
-- - - - - ,
fiico lftnilor. hive determined hv means
the party, screw ami party lah, to whip
-
their men over to the support ot a
measure they are now preparing, tor
since Jenkins amtounced that he should
not vote for a re-clraMer of the.State Hank,
- - ------ , ,
that old concern is considered as on its
last leys. It was a cruel announceincnt
of the newly tledged Attorney General,
Ynt it mav he that tiie old State. Hank
will enter into some agreement wiili the j
hde'rs and fuglemen of ihe Ijocofoeo nar-
ty, and may succeed in getting a charter j
under promise hereafter to wield all its ;
iul;uemre for the benefit of their party. To 1
i.niiMiin iIx'vp fibl ninn'tniilips which have '.
they now have a capital of two millions, ;
with a prnfu and loss account of nearly :
one fourth of that nmount. and when we j
reflect that thu large amouut U held by (
a!out 50 individuals, is it not amusing to J
hear the oppojers of, the People's Hank j
talU-
about inonopoltrs. IJtit suppose ;
ie ;
tlicy endeavor to avoid the odium winch ;
now attaches to the State Bank, by ere- ;
... I II.... I- . . nannianlir f ll l I , i U !
principles, does not every well informed I
gentleman know that it will only amount '
to n change of prunes and not o Mock-
holders. I: was afguf d,m'ost successfully
on the floor of the House, lhal the only
tray lo-break up lllis monopoly is to re
quire the stockholders "hereafter to d-
ing bat a fev shares, this would diffuse
the stock widely among the people and
prevent it from falling into tlie hands of a
lev prominent politician. But thid is
the reason why the Democracy cline
with so much pertenaeity to. the old
State H.ink, ayd will not extenil favours
to Railroad stockholders, because in so
doing they "extend favours to the Ameri'
cans, who with a few honorable excep-
lions have built up out present works of
Internal Ijnprovenients, and own almost
,41. .
l it entire ?aock. J o cam loe l.ivour and
the influence of the monied rnen of the
tState, lempcraey $ willmg.jiiud if neces
aary determined to crush rfown all nev
cnemes oi internal improvemenis, anu
lo crush out all who have heretofore been
patriotic enough lo take stock in our pres
ent Roads. The implacable hatred. ol the
majority against tins deserving class, ot
oiiroilzer.s is truly, astonishing and inex
plicable, if it were not for ihe fact thai
some, if not all of these worthies have
rot it into their heads that a larorp maii.r-
15 ' n j
il y ol these stockholders are Know IiHb
iugsv This explains the mystery. They
are so hitter against these worthless
creatures that rather than atlord a set
of American stockholders protection and
encouragement, they would rather see
every road iu the Stat sunk in to utters
and hope leas nun.
What do the. stock
holders in the State Hank care whether
the.Roads pay ,
hasvor s'l-m w
millions invesle,
or .noi ! The Slate now
if! have, gome 10 f 12
I in these roads, and the
icople have to be taxed to paj ihe inlet-
est. It is a great hardship to lax those
counties whieh call never reap any ad
vantage, to keejjv.ihese ronijs in Vp,""
lion. an4, yet vljen v; axk for Dau :in'
privileges which are now confined to a
lew hundred to be conferred on several
thousand of the most patriotic and de-
serving citizens of the tflate, and lhat
too to relieve the entire Slate from a
large portion of her. heavy laxes we are.
told that it is !ej.r tail tig for a edass.that !
il is unconstitutional, ami a monopoly. ,
We should like to know what rising
sprout it is certainly a very green and
tender one of Democracy first g:tve brr;h
to ihis iduawhose haniliug is it ? Did .
Scales h:ive ihe honor of licking the cub
into shape, ami holding it up to the admi
ration of the House as the Uving em bod
iment of North Cindina Democracy ?
Or iloes our son.Tommy the dejtght of
our eyes and the stay o.oltr declining
years, claim. the.honMt or indeeil.ilid.il
leap forth Minerva like from the J;ead of
our particular friend Jenkins ? .lel Mr.
Caldwell's biN pas, and let llie Ieffisla-
fa.-... I.aatlia.... .vA..y.f..n.l l... S..l....t
in New York, besides his bill uol only
deposits security to double the amount
I i-j --- -...,.,.ii
pf the Bank, but biuds lbs private prop-
tt$ of inditida4itqcihol4e4 in double
njeamoi!n or trvc? capital or tht Bank,
thereby not only rendering the Haakjsafer
but the public more secure against all
kinds of frands than any ever before char
tered in the Slate. . . : I
. Te this Bank is cnconstktuionbr
cailse it favors that hateful class called
Railroad stockholders, and would have
tendency to bring up tlie ptock irt all
ourj roads to par as well as to-har a1 teTt
lency to carry the produce shipped on
tfrem, to our marke Is., Jlut t ra unnec
essjary 'to multiply arguments in favor
of khe People's Hank; for ro man has
yef beesi found nor ever will rfc found that !
can answer the arguments Iwhick have
been already adduced in ts favour-
while at the sime time experience in
several instances, both at tho South and
at the North, has shown thej great-propriety
and utility of conferring banking
privileges on ibis patriotic iacs of, our
citizens and such as may -hereafter pur
chso or take stock in othier improve
ments.1 This is but carrying out the
principles which have made New York
what she is, while continuing the State
Bank and refusing Jo charterith'i-, there
by! continuing and 'conferring these im
portant privileges in the hands of a few,
and iihus creating a monopoly is directly
in . the face of the bill of rights. What
great services has the State; Hank ever
rendered to North Carolina, j when com-
pafed with the services rendered by these
much despised stockholders ? j The Hank
it is said, has aided the Stale in pay-
inir her debts: admit it. Arid has not
Bank by so doing, f.maddna large for-
!uiie ? We w.ll pay ay man's dobts, if
in idoing so we can benefit our own estate.
But uftr i n done we dou't think ha is
ers in the Uailronds want to relieve the
State Bank for a wlnle from paying these
debt, and to try our hand at ihe game
of igtovving rich by paying other peo-
pie's debts. We once heard of an old
man .and his seven sons, who all ot fieli
bvip'aymg cards wtlli each -other. vre
bv; ptaymg
used to wonder how it could be, but the
mystery of thai is not to be compared
r . t ' . a m. ,T tit. T J i . 1-
out hei thousands for the Slate and yet
getting rich by the operation;
Such is Democracy and the great per-
severenee with which they arj; now court
iag the monied power of the Slate, and
their firm resistance to all itttprovementst
- a - I
in unnn cnarters ny which intsc mimopo
liea could be broken up is encjugh to satis
fy levery sensible man that 'Democracy
. 11 i . i I. : i- .i. .
nas nosympathy w ith the podr and -labor-
ircg ciasees oi .uie commuiiiiy. ktuv oi
they intend, while they have the power self that there is a calmer, a better aud mere j jas nt ot late Leen in ?-peeie, but in airrieul
in the Legislature, lo let any step be ta- ; tolerant spirit abroad in the eountry. Our J urul prcduets 'J bus lrom 18.2 to 18"i
' l . I . I 1 I . I l!. .
, Ken mat win tweve ine ietiieuey to reiti.e
thej people by bringing up the stock in j they. have had su:ce ihe late struggle thro
our roads to par, as in Cieorgi'a and South : which they have pase4. Educated in Keif
Carolina. v j government, they have, on several occasions,
Bit we must bringour article to a closer ; been able .to .withstand exeitesietrta which
Ami iet our readers note the, fact ;hat aN J would have proved fatal to otbrr institutions
thmih a majority of tlie lionise have said i thun theirs, and kave -tiriuaiphod over
by their vote that the People's Hank is -: dangers which seemed aluiont insurmount
right in principle and should pass as an - able.
aet'of justice and for the beurlit of the
Slate, yet the fiat has gone frth from the j ter of qur people, thea excitements appear
headquarters of loco'o-oiop, that it must cd like unheaviiojs from the great deep of
and shall he killed and thai it is the poJi- i xiety. Time has proved lhat they were
cy jof lh"e democratic party that the prini- ; but as tho teuipest, tost ocean wavcx, agitat
leges of Hanking should be eon fin ?d to x ; ing the surface, while bcluW all was traixju'd
few! wealthy men and handed down from j and unmoved.
father to son in perpetuity. Let our read- j While taking this hopeful view of affairs,
ers note that such will fie ihe late of the
I'e6ple's Bank. And is it always to be ; gard the presentapparant calm .as deoeitful
so Is ii actually so necessary for thej a mere Inll in the. storm, which is ues
deibocratic parly to be in. 'pow er, that fined at no distant dsy to burst upon us with
wej litr ttie purpose ', f securing ihem the
asqenilenry, are wiilintf forever, to tramp,
trahip. tramp, the tread-mill and he hevv
crSiofwood and drawers of water-for the
benefit of, a-, lew insolent, overgrown, old
and rot.rn f orporations ? Will tT.e ever-
lasting cry ol nigger forever blind, the
! people to their true interests, and keep
I thejm in the dark as to what is the true
State policy ? Democracy is powerful ;
but let it beware lhal .it., doe i.ot of.ef.
estimate its strength zn: h$ hold upon
the alTeetions of the people, w hefkit dares
t to put its fool upon the People's Bank"
and thereby, in effect, say to a lanrc.
patriotic and intelligent class that they
are. not worthy of protection and encour
agement at the hands of the Slate, ul
lhoiih she owe, her present prosperity
and posirtw-n to their patriblisin and devo
tion. The " People's Rank " lias been
brought in the attention oftljie people
thev are heeiunins' to understand it, and
1 as j light hursts upon ihein.j there is a
growing design and determiiiation on their
part that', they, will have - il-and it will
not he in the,vier of democracy much
longer to prevent th-m. Mr. Caldwelj
has lalmred hard and wiih great zeal,
ahihty and untiring energy for hrs bill
and I'M" the interests of his Si;iW hepha
encountered much opposition whd many
rich' in dollars, b.it p r in intellect, have
curled the Ifp and pointed him imO. as a
demagogue. He deserves s",ec( ss and
siifMiCs.' in the end. ho is reit aiii t oh
ta'wh. And though he rn:t le laughed at
as ei tenanting visionary schemes, yet
hf C'eu ter he will be ren'eH.berei with rrnt
iinde, when rftfi names of rmny .of his
sit offers will have faded from the memory
of man.
'ewsprptr Ptaders Trrn, Qui, TV ell.
Wii k.uow a respected gentleman in Mon-
j roe county, who many yeara : ago, sawed
I 1 a 1
a coru ol wood to pay. in advance, ins
firslt year's subscription for a newspaper,
lie is now, in his ripe and vigorous old
age, worth a quarter of a million of dol
jare. 'Albany Journal,
Got. Dragg's Inauguration..:
c Io accordance with' preTions arraagenieht,
on the 1st day of January. Gov.B;agg ap
peared in the Commons Hall, where he was
declared Governor elett ; the oaths of office
were administered by .Chief Justice NU,
w.u 4ujc f t ommtmM :
rr
J wo years ago it; was my fortune to sp-!
t"1"; juu Buq pre me picuses ci n .
ueuiT reouirea or aw be ore aritenn.r unnn '
tb discharge of th duties of Chief Exft-ux ;
tUeiScer of tb State. The Uwe ior ;
wntcn l nao, then been elected has exrireai
it may barlly be bocoimrrj; m me now to
speak of my past official coarse. My fellow
citizens cf all politic! parties will judge of
mat
con
conside
Errors
by uie. I claim no exemption frofn the
weak a&js incident in a greater or less de
gree to bs all, and trust that 1 aiu sensible,
to some extent at least, of my owu imperfec
tions in particular. All I ask of them is,
to believe that I have been actuated by
heaeat purposes, and have, on all occasions,
endeavored to . maintain tho- honor and dig
nity cl the State, and to advance hey welfare
and prosperity, ao far as 1 had power to do
it, within the scope of my omcud authority.
A majority of my fellow citizens have re
elected ine Governor if the State. Indebt
ed to them as 1 waa before, for the gener
ous confidence reposed in me, when com
paratively a stranger to most of them, 1 can
find no language novr adequate to"exprew
my deep sense oF the obligation under which
they have placed me, and my gratitvde for
their decided support, after they hsd had
an opportunity, (opsonic extent, of pu'sing
upon my official conduct
It id under these circumstances that 1
appear before you tod:y to renew the pledg
es of official hJeiitv heretofore civen ; and
ill enter upon the di-char-e of my official
duties for a second He rut, tiot with entire
confidence, I shall dcMb ttith alacrky, feel
I ine asp u red that mv. ofiieinl act-!, whatever
j thev may will be fairly and impartially
j passed upon by ad, and that my errois, if
I any, will at least meet with the kind in-
j dulgenee of th.e wiiose good opinion and
. support 1 In
support ; have heretotore been so fortuuate
as to secure.
We enter to-day upon another year
whether it is to be one of weal or woe for
our country and our State, is known only to
Him who rule and directs the destinies of
nations. . .
Though the prospect before 3 is net one
of calm unbroken brightness, and fragments
of the storniselouds which but lately over-
i i t , n . i
hung the land still float in our political ho
rizon, yet they have' ceased for the time to
threaten :s with da-igr or to exCite our im-
j mediate, apprehensions. These indications
uia' De oeiusive, out t nave persuaoeu m-y
t is . . i
. ptop'e bave prouted Ly tlie t-reatlnng tune
j To those rnar'crruainted with the charac
I am not unawats of the fiict that many.re-
! renewed vioh r
However this may be, it is pott the duty
of every good citizen to endeavor to allay the
exeiteuitut, abating at the same time none
! of .oar rrj;hta,.but firmly and unfalteringly
sustati.:t:g .thett.', as the sursst means of
their prearrvatiun and of perpetuating ibat
Union and those institutions, under which
we have, in a short time, grown to be one of
the great powers of the earth.
. Simple arid unostentatious as are the cer
emonies to-dav, we have here represented'
il., tl.t-fw b. 0:11 tn. f nts of our State irovern
wuereupon the Uoternor dehTered thofol-i Vi i . .nyniuij ana j c i:i,,st. ,prtnJ jylurt .re to pleas
lowing tddress; 1 ' tDUlly by theigoretnufent ofBdi't, at V he trir tml' .4le racr tex;W whiefi it
i. , . .tions pufiitsahowtnPljw much -yaltfew .theHH.i; and te inrx and Hrrrs.hsre nS
0m""ncn ffthe Stnnfe receive froin, tud ho- much we fend abrend. h rn th-.t n. u f,.fc
nd, lrom niTinow eate if them. I " "" HOt ocenusc cur luiporutioni wt re ! hut :he ireneml Lmr..
fidently believe they will do it, nut only j ??:re?tr the7 vetB 'tl- mors than j oi ;,is penrfatif are
ratelv, but kindly. ,,a" iuej re now-t-Dui uecaaye they i .titPdi si-errfl- wuh
m . . ' ,1KaIS I..AU . ' I .1 1 .
, no oouor.nave neen committed ; . . - - j ' cfrruiimii.'. ,Ur ciitidren.
li.i t ... , ! PYKnrriaH Vv xM vk .m.. ..... . ' ...
iiient the Executive, the Legislative, and Gf ht year vidy foniteen mil1i)S, whde TSc Grcalcwl Rail Uoadt.h 1111
ihose: who compose our Supreme Judicial euttre .exports surpass the ei tire exports j swls Ccntiul. j- ,
tribunal. We have all of us, distinct but 0f -the first seven u.o:dhs d Itao but ten; The longest rail road in the United
important duties to duckwgo. millions. It i repertcd a!ao, that the Jm- J Stale and in tlw world is the Illinois
The most important, however, ire those pjorts during the fall mouths promise to bs-t Oentwl, which wiih its brartrhes, is 731
devolved npm you. as the exclusive law-fas excessive. T j miles 'in length. This gigantic so-
making power of lira j-'fstc. It has been enstomarv throrgh rranv . tcrprise was commenced in Deeembrr-
'"I .. .1 - . ..- . " I.I .11 I J I
In the progress ol events, tnese amies
I i- . .
have become more varied and important
than fot -inerjy and therefore requn tug more
time fore t'.eir diipateh. As tne resources
of the taie are krought-to .notiee end be
come bctier known, tiiese 'hities are likel)
to increase rather than diminish, and the
scope of our legislation1 to be widened and
extended.
laumware, pentl?men, that several of
the omM importni.t objects upon which
you have been called loact during the pre
eiit s;ssion aro ye.t endisposed of, but it is
not my purpose hot to speak of these or
others, having so lately had an oportunit
of com m unsealing with you in another way
I trust A may be pardoned, however, tor ex-
pressing ihe bojro i hat although your session
imrv become soiiiewiat protracted, you will
not pufi'er yontlys, w.ibl aewiDJi to be
hurried ino luisty utl UoperfcCt leiisUtion,
always .rotluc:ng h'eriou evil, ami to undo
whichas ofn min es Hnp...sible.
KiC,in)Kelir wbeu u'o8icial term shall
have ended. :ui:I I return to ihe walks of
private life, I can lrpe for et? higher grati-j and daughters that beggar the country ; r-ction io the nam.. em terminus oi inw-tii-nion
than to ee North Carolina dial in- ' and beggar husbands and fulhers lhat , Illinois and Mirhian Canal ; fnm tbeftCI
guisbed by all the qualities which constitute
a "feat Slate, and taking ; the position at
home and abroid wjiich every one of her
sons should wUh her to occupy. Whether
tps shad be the Case, depends more upon
tour laliwni Ibsa aiua.
- . . . . - -
That thif hope taayj taTld, Ij
ttre tuit jvn, and air f i
will most heartily desire
From tW Mfrchnts tc -M'-ijf&ctCreiBs vounipl
The Import and ttxportlTablcs,
- re m qh.j uiiponaai or tne nercriant to -
4 . h :
"Ttuwte uis irans, ma piiRicai ef momut as ,
f:, vw"pws' j
"wu umi'- an oiea or nc trol i r
pl country, but also; to the uioMisr ss
ijadicatinj: tho de-ree of; pro-aiity and do- i
bauehery in which wediilge.
dtlbe. f Alter llld 1
change of the tariff tn 1841,- the -rent m- i
crease ohmporUtions seepied weeping us.,
to rum national bankruptcy ; and indeed
m
We were spending more than wc earned.
and that to nations is is ruinous as to an
individual. The consequence was, that
from-.great apparents pnisperify. we went on
to the crah of 18U7-the supesio'i ol
banks and business, ank the general i-i?..!- ;
vency thnt required a tujlwtial bankrupt law
to etiiahtipate the citirtbs. v . . . ,
Twenty years after th brea'tc dom under S
Van Buren administration, we fcave reach-j
ed a point that demands refleo!tion.-Teu I
years ago our imports began to swtll e..or- !
mouly, and 60 did ouriexftorts p for then j
was the time of famine in ilurope, and then j
were our California goldidiscoveri?s thatser't f
millions oY the preeioqus meta abroad. j
These enabled us to pry, and kept us from I
foreign indebtnesH aud depei.dence. Lare j
purchases of foreign goods are the eouie- I
uenec of a prosperous cjMidiiiou of the c-aa. j
try. Tf we send abroad oar vt..-i sjd
oorn aud goid:ar?d tcbarco which are il a '
like the products of otir labor' tri-iiuae-tures
must be retarned,jns iheywreiKe t-n'y
means cf payment; and the ens will keep
Vace wi,U toother. The evil comes not
wnen iinportjtious are great, ; but when
they afs greater than extKrtafions. The
trouble in 137, was not that we imported
11)0,000.000 value, but that it was a rat
excess over the menus jef pajsienr, which
we exported. Tho present danger is that
we may be in the saine'cuudition in 1857.
Ihe following table show tlie trade an-
ntlally since 1350, a.ud its rapid increase.
io June 30. ti!PonT4
IH51 ?2ln,224.32
1852 . . .. 2 12. b 13,272
1H.S3.. 267.97m.647
18. 14 M
1855 2t.48.5iO
1859........ .30S,4t!,20O
820S,ssk on
209.64 1, H2;
210, 420,704
.97.4.241.0(14
276, 1 -i-lfi
aoV8i73
ITere will be been thq reverse' of what we
had in '31 an excess of exports, amount
ing in the last twoyeas, to nearly sixteen
million dollars which ij id healthy slate of
trade. The excess may have bean ud up
in stocks seet here during that time for re
demption. The iuercaite .of exportation
I '
the increase of cotton exported, was $o '),.
000,000 of breadstuff o 1,000,000, and ol
tobucco 84,000, while of pold it was, les
than three. The great value of tho exports
of '55 and '58, was ow(ng to the great t
mourits deuiauded by short croji and war,
and the high p-ices received while the goods
in return, though ninny of I hern not of sub
stantial value, as I?nsds la,ees,. SwS'.s. em-
borderies. Fic.ich millftiery, and Kn.-hsh
lancy soous .were yet at low prices. ,ow
t'ne. trfde is turning. Peace has fb lowed
war. in Europe, trade lias revived, and the
prices of manufactures advanced ; the crops
arc abundant, and the breads tuffs tlut last
year brought us 878,000,000, either will
not be wanted or sold much . lower. In
other words, the next July returns will
show relatively greater irn portal ions, and le.-s
exportation, ndt.nl ss we foresee that fact,
and adapt ourselves thereto, wet shall bring
-'. . . uj- jewil '-lifcou the strV.f hfad, lhaa ilia I
! - " 1
on, a j:niiri ui i.-a ncyii-v, . -u- , ,.int,OIi oi-f igiit 'fiunoreti ana len mimonp,
may be, the same embarrass.! 'is tint pros- , or t;trly as many as are Anthe "whole
trated our industry and absorbed our eoer. j ,jobc. Who can iliiuU of snelrrbsp'fcet
lies' in 1837. I without trembling ? Ji tfrei.e Jiurta5be
Are we adaptrng rjr condition to our j Mrrvri. then there are hiiridrrtU'rrf per
means? Directly the contrary ' Tire in I Hnl)n u ho will' read these lines w'Hb will
crease offore'cn imports at the port of New j .lve lo seP iije day wheri' one hundred
York alone, for the first seven mouths of! millions of immortal souls will be scattcr
1S50, over th corresponding months wf ; OVrr our almost boundless territory. 9
15', is, in round number fifty millions of j wj he the destiny of our country
dollar.; The export of domestic produce I when that is the ease ?"
lrom tne same port, during .me seven uionius
tvpi1 thosfof the corresnoiidim months.
i years lor trr masses ol the people in ev-
-
ery time ol pecuniary pressure, to de-
nonce the banks, the lobbers. and the
inerehants for excessive circulation of pa
per iiioney, overtrading and reckless ape
- - .
dilating; but the truth after all is in our-
selves it is in the men and tire women j
who, know no bunda to their , extrava-
gance but the bottom of their purees, and-j
the eml of their credit. Verj" mueli of
our debt in' Europe, and the expenditures j
that hare absorbed out forty millions of;
California; goJd annually, and threaten j
now. to overwhelm us with deeper debts !
and greater dependence abroad; is from i
unnecessary articles or useless nonsense, i
Il would he bad enough when whole State
re under-laid with iron ore, for us to i
jtorl upon credit millions of railroad if
im-
iroo
for internal improvements ; hnt that would
add something to the value of the country ;
bul a hnndreil times worse i H, when it
goes for -French silks and iVench brandies
for-milliner' hills nd 5p intth segars
fur ge-.Tcaws that go upon owr w ives
i make viin mothes. spendthrift wive, and
J giddy girls ; a hundred times ore is n
j when squandered for smoke and drinks to
: gratify appetite and pander to motrhid love
j ol excitement for glqitony and drtinken-
j'nos tu men sud their sons, wkicb ruder
I ; 1 -VI.-. . .! v '-i t.-t-r4'". '"?
I f '!tv f ' 'jtivVn -eVrfi niurc-4r thV I
jewel rlrnie "icre- for the external
JcromTuiris, than for thn reKl iniprbveV
ir.tnnct - s. .ihe tr-.n fih iim.
ih not so much to he dreaded fromi'lhw
f?msrn indebtedness it JS'silre-trf'eftttb
- w!.ffi Kr,.l -r,.,wtiv. T-U-
jht it produce, fairt rU4f?Land fst women I
im prudent Mtlftfs';diHl' recfeless fins l 1
rnrnhn .,A ,k....l. OJ.tL J
tcrs : ,.! t!irr. fm t. ln.t .ml oA: 1
evil pA ettrriv importations IfHot
finahrU rol.,tio and individnaVtulnU
, . ,..4V K I WW j
jt ofjfice, which wk
rer.ping, and'whielV
avful vloleuce upon
Our Countrj'a Irogrress. nv
Formerly the phraseT Tbe Far West;'
was understood lo indicate, eorow definite
liart of ':c newer and more distant see
lu ,f our national domain. The Sur'1 1
-,pir?." however, has been traveling i
" r:'Pu,!.v :i latsr years, there neein to be
rrsU 'gness and jtnecrtainty ss id
wat'ro the Fr West mw il. The editor
cf I'O'iisviUe Prtsbulerian JJeraldihu
t-'ies the re suit of his etT;rts to find it)
t3thrf wuii some profitsWe 'reflections
MS 'G. ;'e extent and progress of ourcoun
lr.v : V
' Tu n nr three years sines, 1 left hotel
'apposing- wus a l.s!ern "and
vrrRl theoce up the Missouri Itiver id .
V,rt f'Teuwortii,., a'tffst.-tiee of Jift of
?IX hundred tfiiles, moat of il In a'weater.
'v d rcijon from Louisville. When t .-
rraciM-d the I .Mt. I said to .Major OgdeiU
the commander of jt, Wllt Major, I
suppose you begin to IVrl, aay"b6ictfplfeV
ih itj. o!i have discovered al last that in
defi lwhle region called ihe West I The
West, indeed. Said the Major: No sir
we are living in h
hundred miles west u
Uie EjsI yet. Four
f us. near rort La-
ramie, is the geographical I entire of ths
i 11 ,lltt'll Stales.' We took down a mart
:,nu measured it, arm found that bo was
"o',l '.
Lnt; st'trr-.cr I traveled up the Misf
! of t. IMiis, to St. Paul, in Miorrrsoti
j Territofy. I safd to a friend resident.
there, Well, I feel as I had got almost ta
the juniping-ojf place at hit lie qui
ell v renlied. Theie are three hundred and
( fifty miles of territory north of us yet in?
the United Stales.' Take a fe,' 'figures'
bv way of illustration if trf 'tflifeet.
New York, ihe great EtpptrS'.'State, ha I
only 47,000 square rhfli tot territory;
whilst Nebraska has JfJ5,88!i miles. Texas'
'237.000. Minnesota 1 00,000." artd Kunfca,'
111.708. Thnk i".io say, Nebraska has
territory fa make mfitc lhan seven Stater
as targe: New York. 7'exaiT five, Min4.
nesoa -three, and Kansas two How will
i Iu., boast of NVw York that she is tltej
Jjmpire Sfate look fifty years heWce?' If
our population continues to increase up
to the year 1900 in the tame ratirtAhat it
has tlone since tlie year 1700, 'we will'
have one hundred and one milltorisjfefe1
hundred and fifty three ihotisYhd'lhrsW I
hfrtdrd Trif seven souls. IfNebraaka
, were as densftlv populated as Massaehu-
: s,u noxv is. it would have over two mill
lions. Texas, at the same ratio, would
have over thirty millions ; and our whd!r.
territory wotdd have three hundred"a.nuY
seventy three millions. la it too much
to suppose that the whole Territory can
and will eventually, sustain as dentja
population as the potfr, hfrrrfj, roelry'Boll
of Massachusetts? If our whole tettttort
j j,, lt js nw hounded, were as delHr
i copied as China, we should haVtf'a prp-.
iooi, ami ine wuoic nne wai npenru on
'. .., inn t. LVi ! I
i tne isi uay oi January ioao. ii rrcrivra
aid lrom the united ntatea Viovrrnmrnt m
the sh ipe of land, to the amount 61 ihre
million five hundred and seventy Jright
thousanl eigbi bundretf acres; J hteh
were valued some trrne rbatlt at mnrtseit
mi!HnM dollars. A portion of this land
has beMi sold ; the b.ill inre'now, fonsid-,
ering the improvement in the condition oD
the State thnt ha bcn mainly brought
about by ihe rail road, is probably worth
far more than the sum at which the wHljr
was valued. Though the rnadls finished'
seventy -five perrrnl. of the subscription
on the stock' axeyei uncalled for; "and it
i is expevted by friends ol the entfrprjff.r1
i .hi rfr r f . i vnnnv ai i
that- improvement in the value ol'1sirl,i
will take place so rapidly as to- present
the shareholders some dsr with a road
j free of expense th-Tl shallhave cost ikes1
j only twen'y to lwnty-fi ire per tint dH"
j the'doltar. The Illinois Centra! states
j from Cairo, at the mouih'ef Uie Ohio, and
' run through Illinois' tii a norihernly di-;
branches diverge-one to the lead region N
of (iab ua, another to Chicago, where it
meet the great Extern roads, running W
ihe Atlantic At Cairo,' ihe Illinois Cen
jjral connecn with Sorthern lines to Mo
: bile, and New Mean, aod ti MiMis
H
ti
j"l
r.