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BY ROBERT WILLIAMSON, Jr.
m.COL,XT0IV-, X. C, OCTOBER G, 1841.
VOLUME V, NO. 19.
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From the Ilichrunil Enquirer.
VIVE LA BAGATELLE!
From grate to gay, from serious to severe!
We have the enemy on the hip and all
their spasms indicate the sad conviction,
thai the defeat of their National Bank, (the
very "soul of their enterpize,") and the ex
plosion of their cabinet, are but the precur
sors of their own dissolution. It is strict
political justice. Had they beat us fairly,
during the last Presidential campaign; had
they displayad their principles upon their
banners, and appealed to the understanding
of the People,and resorted to no pipe-layers
to poison Liberty herself at the very fountain-head,
we should have submitted with
belter grace to our unexpected defeat. But
they have beaten us by expedients, at
which all our moral sense sickens in dis
gust. They concealed their discordant
principles, lor fear of breaking iheir own
parly to pieces and instead of manly ex
positions and of honorable arguments, they
stooped to address the senses, and to de
ceive the People, by every species of hum
hugs, by log cabins and 'hard cider, by
pompous banners and ridiculous coonskms,
by Tippecanoe almanacks and Ogle's
speeches', and the fabulous cant of standing
armies. Defeated by tueh unworthy
means, how could we honorably submit!
Or, cemented loosely together as this mot
ley party have been, how was it to be ex
pected, that they could long remain united?
The Republican party openly predicted in
the Charloltsville Convention, in the Dem
ocratic Association of this city, and on oth
er public occasions, that if the Whigs
could succeed by their humbugs to hood
wink the people, their victory would be
the signal of their immediate dissolution
that as soon as they would try to put the
t3overnment into action, the Slates Kights
wing of the, Whig party, the far better part
of the rotten image, would fall off from the
iron and the clay which constituted its low
er extremities and that the whole con
cern would go to pieces. What was pre
dicted but 12 months ago, has already come
to pass. The very extraordinary Session
of Congress, which was urged by Mr.
Clay, for the purpose of carrying out all
their favorite schemes, and of fastening a
monstrous Bank upon us, while the iron
was hot, and before the Party could fall to
pieces, has ended in their own discomfit
ure. The Bank has been rejected no
hope of establishing such an unconstitu
tional Institution gilds their prospects, and
the party is dissolved in to fragments. The
Federal portion of it remains to hurrah for
Henry Clay, and to struggle for a Bank,
whilst Mr. Tyler appears in opposition to
both, and the States Rights Whigs are de
pMTated from the Federal ingredients, wi'.h
which they were unnaturally associated.
Dismay pervades the disappointed host;
and coarse denunciations, and angry ad
dresses, indignation meetings, and misera
ble effigies, are seen and heard on all sides,
to mark, the sentiments of the scattered
Whigs.
Who does not rejoice at their present dis
may? Who does not see that it is the be
coming end of all their humbug tricks?
Such then is the catastrophe of their Tip
pecanoe Clubs, and their Log cabin and
hard cider, and coon skin mummery! But
let those laugh who win. Whilst we ad
mire the moral lesson which the fate of the
whig delusions is calculated to teach to a
reflecting People; and whilst we attack the
whigs with the heavier metal of the press,
let us see whether we cannot amuse our
readers with some sportive squibs at their
expense. The explosion of the cabinet is
indeed rich in topics of caricatures. We
-again invoke the genius of the Charleston
Mercury to strike out fresh subject for the
pencil. Already we have two coarse cari-
matures in the newspaper press before us.
The one represents "the great explosion"
of the log cabin, by the force of the two
vetoes and the dispersion of the flyins Se
cretaries. Here off for Ohio, flies "Soli
tude" Ewing in the shape of a battered salt
pan i nere goes tnc uroken Lcn oi J u-
rcssee Off for N. Carolina, is Citizen
Badger in a flying ship -an J Grainger is
escaping for New York, in a dashing coach
and four whilst bottles and glasses are
flying through the air, and the two vetoes
are blowing up two cider barrels, marked
with the'"FiscaI Bank," and "The Fiscal
Corporation." In the other caricature is
given "an accurate representation of the
present condition of the LOG CABIN
TRAP. Tha Democraticahurricane which
swept through Vermont and Maine, has
torn off one end of the cabin, and so much
damaged the cider barrel, that the cider
with which the trap was baited, has all
run out. The Veto has been placed under
the cabin by 'Tyler Too," and in a short
time au explosion will take place, which
will tear the whole concern to pieces, and
Whig 'principles? ,xt ill no more find a rest
ing place in this country. It is expected
that the chimney, which has already re
ceived some damage, will be entirely pros
trated by another hurricane in Pennsylva
nia, the symptoms of whish are already vis
ible." This is legitimate Fatirr; for, it is diffi
cult to say, whether the last year's hum
bugs of the whigs were most ludicrous or
execrable But the best joke, which has
yet been perpetrated at their expense, is
the following Advertisement of their chat
tels and utensils of trade. We beg leave
to throw into the same auction the mum
mery of the Virginia Whigs the ruins of
their log cabins; the chicken-coop from
Caroline county, and the flaming banners,
which graced the grand whig procession in
this City on the 5ih of October last. One
comfort is, that we sball never see the like
again; for, the probable bankruptcy of the
party casts such a ridicule upon the whole
concern, it will prevent a repetition of their
mummery
A D VE RTISE M E NT EXTRA ORDINA
RY.
We give tTie following advertisement an
insertion gratia; and place it among our
editorials that it may be more extensively
noliced. We are somewhat acquainted
with the quality of the articles advertised,
and can safely recommend them to those
who wish to purchase. Knoxville rfrgus.
FOR SALE. AND POSSESSION GIV
EN IMMEDIATLY.
THE -Whigs of Knoxville, having no
further use for the following describ
ed property since the terrible VETO, offer
it for sate on the most accommodating
terms. The articles are all nearly new,
and although they have been considerably
used, yet the great object for which they
were purchased not having been armm
plisbed, they are now offered for sal. Our
title to the property is unquestionable.
None of tiie articles were purchased by the
U. States Bank, nor has that institution any
mortgage on them, They will be sold io
any one wishing to purchase, but as the
Locofocos have bought up our President,
it would seem to be no more than justice
that they should also buy up the articles
that aided so materially in his election, if
they can raise the rhino. The inventory
of the propertv follows;
1. A MAGNIFICENT LIBERTY
POLE, now standing at the corner - Gay
and Maine streets, on the coiner near the
bank, (not the U.A'iates Bank,) and mea
suring 15G feet. This pole was raised a
little more than a year a-ro in honor of
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too," and with the
ardent hope and confident expectation that
from its very top might soon float in tri
umph the glorious banner of a United
States Bank. We were successful in e
leciing our men, but the great object of our
desires is farther than ever from grasp.
Tippecanoe is in the land of the blest, and
"Tvlertoo," is like our own handsome
lieutenant, "in the hands of the enemy!"
2. The "BIG GUN," whose hoarse
notes have so often proclaimed to all the
country round the triumphs of "Tyler too"
will also be sold without reservation.
3. Seventeen neat and elegant POLI
TICAL LOG CABINS. These articles
will be invaluable to any person in the
chicken-line.
4. One hundred and thirteen COON
SKINS, too much niotheaien for the hat
ter, and with the tails eaten off by the very
rabid partisans of "Tyler too."
5. Four barrels an 1 a half of IMll)
CIDER almost hard enough for vinegar.
6. A large quantity of "TIPPECANOE
AND TYLER TOO ALMANACKS,''
prints, caricatures, el cetera.
7. Four thousand OG LE'S SPEECH
ES and ADDRESS OF THE WHIG
CONVENTION. For these articles ap
ply at the Register olhce.
8. A large variety of FLGS and
BANNERS, widi a varieiy of mottoes,
such as "One fire more and the day is
ours," "Tippecanoe and Tyler too,"
"Retrenchment and Reform," "No' pro
scription for opinion's sake," "Equal
rights," "Harrison and easy tiraes," &c.
&c. &c.
9. A small stock of notes of the United
States Bank, will be sold at a terge dis
count. The foregoing articles compose the whole
political capital of the Whigs of Knoxville,
and thev will be sold low to close the con-
j cent. A3 "Harry of the West" ts expec
ted to do their candidate, a few decks of
piaying cards will be taking in payment for
the coon skins, log cabins, and hard cider
but cash down will be expected for
iie balance of the articles. Persons wish
ing to purchase are requested to call imme
diately. THE COMMITTEE.
Knoxville, sept. 1, 1841.
From the lialeigh Standard.
TO OUR DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS
We have been reminded that it is time
the attention of the people was called to the
subject of our next election of Governor
and the Legislature; and that the Fall Term
of the Superior Courts will be a favorable,
period for consultation as to the .step, pre
paratory to the spring and summer cam
paign. If a General Convention is to be
held, it will be soon time for the appoint
ment of delegates. Tne time and place for
the meeting can be indicated by our friends
in their primary assemblies. Whether it
shall be advisable o start a candidate for
Governor, and the steps proper to be taken
for bringing before ' the people the great
question at is-tie ihe falsification of the
whig party of all their fair promises as
well in Congress as in the Legislature are
matters" of grave import, which can be more
properly decided upon in the General Con
vention. The next Legislature will be one
of great importance, and may settle the po
litical character of tiie State for many years.
It will have to re-organize the congressional
districts; to regulate those of the Slate Sen
ate; besides having to elect a United States
Senator, as Mr. Graham's term will expire
with the present Congress, We cannot
for a moment believe that the freemen of
the Stale will again entrust political power
in the hands of the "whig" party, after
the experience they have had of the doings
of the last Legislature, as well as by Con
gress at its Extra Session. Our object, at
present, is merely to draw public 'attention
to the subject, and we shall be glad to have
the views cf our friends &3 to the course
best to pursi v..
"We cordially respond to the suggestions
made in the above paragraph. It is time
that the attention of the Democratic parly
was directed to those important questions;
and we earnestly hope proper steps will be
taken to organise fully and efficiently for
the coming contest. The approaching
session of the General Assembly will be a
highly important one; questions of much in
terest will have to be acted on, and too
much pains cannot be taken in tlio selection
of proper candidates. "
For the purpose of iler-idinsl on and nom
inating a Democratic candidate for Govern
or, a Convention is indispensable. VV e
therefore trust that ono will be held during
the coming winter, which will embody the
vie ws and wishes of those who are oppos
ed to the reckless, extravagant, and laiilu
dinotis course of the misnamed "whig"
pariy.
Tiie fall term of the Superior Courts,
will afford a good opportunity for the peo
ple to meet in their respective counties, to
discuss the matter, appoint delegates to a
general Convention, and adopt such meas
ures as will be most likely to ensuri suc
cess. Let no apathy prevail in the Demo
cratic ranks. A mighty issue is at stake,
and every man who values his liberty and
the welfare of his country ought to lake a
deep and active interest in this matter.
North Carolinian.
THE BROKEN CABINET.
There was some division in the course
and sentiments of its members. We have
already laid before our readers the letters
of Messrs. Crittenden and E win;, (who,
from the style he employs, has added new
claims to his soubriquet of Butcher.) i
We publish Mr. Badger's note this mor-!
ning. It is less personal than Ewing's.
Admitting his statement to be true, it shows
that Mr. Tyler changed his course, as
General Washington did in '03, about the
Bank of the United States. He gave up
the idea of the Veto, because his scruples
wera removed by subsequent explanations
Mr. Tyler, on the contrary, determined on
the Veto, because (subsequent explanations
on the true character of an Exchange Bank
had generated new scruples. We do not
censure Mr. Badger for resigning, because
Mr. T.'s declining to advise with him
upon "tha Veto, might have been intended
as a delicate hint, that he wished his resig
nation. Next to Mr. Badger, comes Mr. Bell's
letter and statement of Wednesday last, (n
two columns 'of the National Intelligencer.)
His statement is very elaborate, and, if true,
it shows that Mr. 'I', changpd his opinions
about the operations of an Exchange Bank,
and that his Cabinet Secretaries, particu
larly Mr. Vrebsier, was very anxiou to
overrule his scruples, and carry the Bank.
But they failed ; and Mr. Bell now says,
the matter has "resulted in the separation
of Mr. Tyler from the party, which brought
him into power, and the breaking up of the
Whig Administration."
About Mr. Granger, there is still some
conienlion. The N. Y. Courier publishes
an extract of a letter from Christopher Mor
gan, one of the Whig Representatives of
N. York, who states that "Instead of being
compelled by the Whig Delegation to re
sign, Mr. G. only sought their approval.'
But "the Courier quotes some letters from
Washington to the Express, to prove that
Mr. Granger hesitated what course to lake,
and to disprove the statements of Mr. Mor
gan.
As Tor Mr. Webster, he differs with Iiis
colleagues. lie sees nothing dishonorable
in Mr. Tylers course no reason for their
resignation and we have the authority of
tfie N. York Express for saying, that
"Mr. Webster wilt not leave the Cabinet,
come what may, so long as he has the
wishes of the President to remain." Mr.
Adams, who had first been shaken by Mr.
Ewing's letter, had finally advised him
"to told on". and as Tuesday's Expiess
informs usv'Mr. A. had repeated his visits
to Mr. W. every day down to Saturday,
urging Mr. W. by all the persuasions of
his rich experience, not to relinquish his
place, at the present crisis for any conside
ration whatever." Thus they go! But
of one thing we may venture to assure Mr.
Webster, if be slays in with the forlorn
hope of carrying a Bank, he will go out
"with a f a in his ear."
Jlichmond Enquirer.
The recent Indian Trcaly. The Hawk
eye, published at Burlington, Iowa, confirms
the statement inade by the St. Louis Ga
zette, and afterwards conliadicted by the
Republican, that an extensive Indian tract
has been purchased by tie Unilfd States
Agent. The Hawkeye remarks that the
new purchase embraces a largo and beauti
ful tract of country, front the Northern
boundary line of the Neutral Strip up to the
sources of the Si Peters and 'Lac Travers,
and from the South eastern boundary line
of the Chippewa possession. North of the
St. Peters to the banks of the Missouri
river, embracing a tract of from twenty-five
to thirty millions of acres of land, within
which seven different districts or parcels of
land have been reserved io the Sioux Indi
ans for agriculural purposes, all of which
districts do not fxceed 500,000 acres, be
ing located on lie North western bank of
the St. Peters river, or "Me-nee-so-lal
river." lb, .
The Washington Oorrespondant of the
Naw York Commercial Advertiser says:
"The extra session lias verified all the pre
dictions that wero m i.Ie in regard to Us rst
sulu. It iiissitosEV ui'TUE Whig par
tv and driven the President out of the whig
rants. lb.
Foa the Liscoln' Republican.
To a Member of the M. E. Church.
No. 2.
Dear Sir,
The question concerning the purity of
the Bible, which you think such a school
boy question, is one which has employed
not the school boys but the ripest scholars
of Europe ; and the marks you give, con
nected with a slight play of wit, are not
entirely correct. For 1st, though the Bi
ble in many places bears strong internal
evidence of its divine authority, yet this
does not show that many spurious passages
may not have been added, and you have
to depend in a great measure upon external
evidence that there are no such passages.
2nd, as to, miracles, you have to depend
upon historical evidence, to prove that the
miracles contained in Scripture have been
performed. For suppose one who had
been educated by unbelieving parents, and
who wished to believe the Bible if con
vinced of its truth, would you not have to
resort to history for proof that they were ?
Your third mark is a good one. Now the
very same history which shows us that a
Canon of Scripture u rjr'.t and uncornipt,
and that the rnirachs avd prophecies which
they contain are true, togethet with the
unanimous consent of the good for fifteen
hundred jears, proves to us that Episcopa
cy as it is held in the Episcopal Church,
was established over the whole Christian
world in tiie purest and holiest age of the
Church. And if we thiuR such evidence
conclusive as to the purity of the word of
God, why reject it when it declares as
decidedly and as clearly that ihe authority
of Bishops is of divine appointment. If we
rejeet this evidence in one case, may we
not with equal justice reject in tiie other?
That the voice of anliquily is in l3vor of
the authority tf Bishop's, may be seen by
referring to the quotations given tinder the
numbers signed Episcopos. But you seem
to tin uk you have settled the matter of the
succession, and prove it a fallacy, by re
fering to the appointment of a Bishop by
the King and even by the Queen. This
does not appear to me to b conclusive, on
the contrary, it does not touch the subject
of the ? iue authority, and I trust you
will not accuse me as wanting of experi
mental authority, because I cannot see that
your argument is as good as you think it
is. The King or Queen of England de
rive their title as head of the Church, from
the fact, cf the State and Church being
united They have no authority in the
right of ordination, as your remarks seem
to represent. The King simply nominates,
the Clergy elect, and the Bishop, if the
person thus nominated and elected is quali"
fled for the office, consecrates; and should
the Bishop refuse to consecrate the
person nominated by the King, that per
son would have no authority in the
Church. In England a Bishop's spiritual
power depends entirely on his onsecra
tion. In this country a Bishop is nomina
ted and choen by the People, and then if
approved, is consecrated; as well might
you say that we have lost the succession
in this country, because a Bishop is ap
pointed by the people. In England the
King who is sovereign, nominates or
chooses the Bishop; in this country, the
people who are the sovereign power,
choose the Bishop, but in boih countries
his spiritual authority depends entirely
upon his consecration. But you may say
that if the Bishop refuses, the King can
turn him out of his place. True, the
King can take away his temporal aiUhori'
ty, but he cannot deprive him vf his spir
itual. He in such a case would still be
regarded as a Bishop, though an unjust
King might prevent him from exercising
the office. And are you not compelled to
submit to restriction! placed upon you by
the-Siate? Are you not obliged to receive
a license before you can marry a couple,
and if you marry without one. do you not
render yourself liable to prosecution, and
would it be fair to conclude from this, that
you derive your authority to marry from
the State. This- conclusion could be
drawn with as much fairness as the one
you have drawn from the conditions placed
upon the Bishop by the government of
England.
And my dear sir, why did you not take
the trouble to find out the reason why
Bishop White when consecrated a Bishop
was confined to places without the Brit
ish Dominions. They already had Bish
ops in those Dominions, and they did not
wish him to interfere with then), and thus
produce a schism in the Church. But
that he h;.d spiritual authority to exercise
his office in those Dominions if requested,
is shown from the fact, that the Bishop
of New-Jersey, is now in England, hav
ing been invited there to exercise his Epis
copal office in the consecration of a Church.
And if you will look m the consecration
service of the Church in England, you
will find these words 6aid to the person
consecrated. "Receive the Holy Ghost
for the office and work of a Bishop in the
Church of GW." And then he is restric
ted to a certain place for a particular ob
ject, but not so restricted that he cannot
act in that capacity whenever he is required
so to do. The Priests ordained by the
American Bishops for Greece and Con
stantinople and Africa, are acknowledged
by the English Bishop's, and the ordaining
of Priests and Deacons is one of the pe
culiar privileges of a Bishop. Here are
instances enough . to show that the restric
ting Bishop While and the other American
Bishops to places without the British Do
minions, does not affect their Episcopa
authority, but was simply to prevent them
from interfering' in those places where
Bishops either were appointed or would
be appointed by the English Church .
plact-s over which the English Church had
authority. You seem to feel for us on
account of the consequences of this dis
cussion. We do not feel anv fear from a
Christian, and manly argument on the
principles of the Church.
PHILOALETHES.
For run Lincoln Republican.
TRUTH IS A JEWEL.
Mr. Editor: It was said by Bishop
Ives, in his recent lectures in this place,
"that John Calvin wrote to the English
bishops, in the reformation, desiring Epis
copal ordination, but that his letter was in
tercepted and he failed to get Episcopal or
dination ; he then says. I must now do
the bes', I can. The obvious and legitimate
inference from th"i3 elalerneut, is that Cal
vin was a Presbyterian front necessity ;
and that the Presbyterian church itself wa
the mere creature of necessity I did not
believe, when 1 heard the statement made,
that it was true ; because in all the contro
versy that I had read or heard on Episco
pacy, I had never seen any such statement, '
or the most distant allusion to any such let
ter. But for my own satisfaction, as well
as for truth's sake; and that justice might
be dore to the memory of the illustrotis
Calvin, one of the most learned, and best
men of his day, I wrote to the Rev. Dr.
Miller of Princeton, who for some thirty
five years or more, has had his attention
turned to this .controversy : and who has
made himself familiar with all church doc
uments on this subject, requesting any in
formation, t'nat might be in his possession,
on this point. He addressed to me the
following 5 iter tjr which, Mr. Editor, I
ask a place in yout paper. I suppose the
main object of this controversy to be truth
on all hands.
"Princetos, Sept. 8, 1941.
Rev. and dear Sir : Your letter reach
ed me four days ago, and would have been
answered immediately, had not inferior
health, united with the infirmities of age,
together with an unusal press of duties
rendered it impracticable.
Bishop Ives, you may rely upon it, has
been practising deception upon his hearers.
There is no ground for the allegation which
he has made. The following considera
tions will-1 think, satisfy you that the sto
ry which has been again trumped up and
palmed upon the weak and credulous, haa
no foundation but in their own minds.
1st. I am somewhat familiar with the
works of Calvin, and have tried to make
myself acquainted with all the document
relating to that illustrious man to which I
could obtaiu access and I have never seen
any evidence which so much as looks like
the fact which bishop Ives alleges ; nor do
I believe that the least evidence of such a
fact exists. Hu has vamped up an old fa
ble, continued by prejudices and folly, and
renewed from time to time with that reck
less disregard to historical truth with which
blind bigotry is so often chargeable.
II. It is impossible to suppose what
bishop Ives alleges to be true, without con
sidering Calvin as either a knave or a fool
or both ; for he declares in many different
parts of his writings, dated at different
times, that he considered the party of min
sters, and the identity of Bishops Teach
ing Elders, as founded in the word of God,
and of course as resting on divine authori
ty; and in a letter ad quendam Curatunx
found in his Fpistlcs, page 330, he dcclarcj
in the most solemn manner, that in conduc
ting the reformation in General, he had been
governed merely by God's word, which
is the only rule by which it is lobe order
ed, and lawfully defended" Now that a
man should write in this strain in his
Institutes, and in a number of other
works, appealing to the Bible for the de
fence of his Presbyterian System, and bo
at the same time writing to England, re
questing the Bishops there to assiot him in
setting up an opposite system, is one of too
most incredible things that can well be ima
gined. We cannot suppose it without con
sidering him as both au unprincipled and
foolish roan.
III. Again, if such a man as Calvin
had seriously applied to the English Bish
ops to ordain him, can any intelligent man
believe that they would have refused him t
No it is certain that they would have ea
gerly caught a; the request, and heen de
sirous, and even anxious to exhibit such a
triumph over an illustrious Presbyterian
or rather over his principles. Besides
IV. There was no necessity for Calvin'a
going to England to receive Episcopal or
ders. There were several men on the con
tinent who had been Romish bishopi, who
become Protestants. These could easily
have given him orders in the prclatical
wav, if he bad wished to receive them.
It would have been both ridiculous atid dis
honest for Calvin to plead necessity for es
tablishing the Presbyterian system, not a
shadow of which necessity existed.
V. What temptation had Calvin to re
ject Prelacy upon any other principle than
a conscientious conviction of its unscrip
tural character? Every one knows that
if bishops had been thought of in Geneva
or Francs, he would have becfl ungues-