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LINCGLTO, C, 15, 1841.
VOLUME V, NO. 29.
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From the Federal Union.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
In pursuance of a resolution adopted :it
a previous meeting, the; Democratic Re
publicans of the Slate of Georgia, then
present in Milledgeville, convened in the
representative II all, on Thursday evening
last. The proceedings of this interesting
assemblage of the true hearted sons of
-Georgia, are given below.
The nomination of 'Messrs. COL
QUITT, COOPER and BLACK, is a
most signal rebuke to those w ho once
possessed "POWER, HUT FORGOT
RIGHT." It is an humiliating, but use
ful lesson to modern' Whiggcry in. the
State of Georgia and we sincerely hope
that its diseomfitted members may profit
by it, and return like contrite sinners to
lite good old fold of JerTersonian Democ
racy. After the committee appointed for the
purpose, reported the nominations. Judge
COLQUITT was called for.' He ap
peared, and addressed . the meeting most
tloquently, and effectively. He alluded
in a feeling and pointed manner, to the un
generous, unmanly, malignant and incnda-
- tions attacks which were made, not only
upon his political opinions, l.'it upon bis
-moral integrity, when the Harrison hydro
phobia was slavering every thing that was
pure and honest. And here, had the
honorable gentleman permitted himself to
indulge in a spirit of recrimination, he
might, in alluding to the facts to which he
adverted, have heaped coals nf living fire
upon the heads of some of his calumniators,
who have since sunk from elevated posi
lions in civil as well as political society,
and now ptr.nd branded with the public
marks of acknowledged guilt. Hut he te
frainrd, and scorned the triumph and took
a rapid view of the position occupied by
the derelict Stale Rights party, and ex
posed their flimsy arguments, and tergi
versating policy, in a masterly manner.
He forcibly alluded to the deceptive course
pursued by them for the purpose of gulling,
gagging and 'bamboozling' the people, and
vividly recapitulated lleir many promises
never performed, and their numerous
pledges which they publicly and sliame-
- fully violated; and finely illustrated, by
a reference to individual incidents, the
great change which has taken place in
public sentiment, as it resulted from those
false promises and broken pledges. He
concluded by a strong appeal to" the De
mocracy, urging them to a sleepless vigi
lance and untiring action.
Col. BLACK was then called for, and
rose like Colquitt amidst the cheers of a
gratified and animated audience. After a
neat exordium, he retraced the political
events of the three, past yaars, in a sum
mary but efficient manner. He alluded to
the un-Soulhern-like course of a majority
of his once colleagues in the Congress of
the United States, and their interested and
truckling subserviency to the haughty and
imperious mandates of the would-be-Dictator,
Harry of the West," the Great
Defeated. He contrasted their ostenta
tious and domineering bearing while en.
joying a PIPE-LAYING POPULARI
TY, with the degraded position in which
they are now placed by the voices of an
intelligent and patriotic, but an insulted,
injured and deceived constituency. The
bare-faced and extra impostures of the
advocates for an Extra Congress, and the
measures of the Extraordinary : Congress
JtsHf. he very piqnanlly advei led to, and
exhibited - in their true COLORS the
SC7 FAITHFUL SIX OI who became
so suddenly metamorphosed from red-lmt
State Righis men into old Black Cockade
Federalists of the reign of THE FIRST
ADAMS.' ' In illustrating those beaufifrl
points in our recent political history, Col.
BLACK was remarkably felicitous. His
satire and humor was keen, cutting and
ludicrous. - ,
Major COOPER, not being present,
tve can only imagine what he would have
said. And we cannot better express what
he would have said, than by remarking
that liis sentiments would have been a
ciieeiful response to those of his honest
hearted colleagues, who have borne with
him in common, all the persecuting "IN
SOLENCE OF OFFICE."
Before concluding, although wc have
barely time to do so, we must refer to the
resolutions offered ami adopted.
TI.ey will show the people, to use the
strong expression of the gentleman who
introduced it, that "THE DEMOCRA
CY HAVE NO SECRETS," and that
they are noways ready and willing to show
their hands and tell the truili. Will our
adversaries, the modem whigs "GO AND
DO LIKEWISE V We hazard nothing
in saying that they tcill not aye, that
they DARE NOT.
Anticipating then, their intention of put
ting their principles into the safe keeping
of a Select Committee, we will venture to
speak out what they will do, but will not
aver.
Here then ere the "secrets of their
prison house:"
.Their congressional nominess arc bound,
if they carry out the principles of their
party, to support
A Biddle Bank of the United Stales, j
A high and Protective Tariff, j
An assumption of State debts, for the
benefit of foreign Bankers and Stockjob
bers, A fraudulent Bankrupt Law,
Munificent pensions to wealthy families.
And a declared hostility to that great
conservative principle of the constitution
of th5 Union, THE VETO.
This is ;he game which the modern
Whigs hold in their hand and if the Peo
ple do not beat them BY HONORS, why
iheri, we shall be very much mistaken.
From the Mecklenburg Jejfersonian.
MECKLI N G B U R G D ECLAR AT I O N
OF INDEPENDENCE.
This noble and patriotic deed the most
glorious in our Country's history, is about
be in;: recorded in a manner that will at once
and forever settle the question of its genui
neness, and transmit it to our latest pos
terity in an authentic form. That eminent
historian, the Rev. Jared Sparks, is engag
ed in delivering in the City of New York,
a course of. lectures comprising the sub
stance of his forthcoming History of the
American Revolution. From his third lec
ture, relating" particularly to the Declara
tion cf Independence, we extract the follow
ing passage, as reported in the New York
Herald:
"The first public movement in favor of
Independence was at Mecklenburg, one of
the western counties of North Carolina.
When the news of the bitttle of Lexington
reached there, the authorities summoned a
meeting of the inhabitants, for the purpose
of deliberating on the slate of public affairs.
This was called a "Convention," and con
sisted of delegates from different parts of
the county, and of thecrrrrjty only. They
were in session two days, and on the twen
tieth of .May, 1775, they passed resolves
amounting absolutely to a Declaration, of
Independence. They said, "We, the ci
tizens of Mecklenburg, do dissolve the po
litical bonds connecting us with the moth
er country, and hereby ' absolve ourselves
from all allegiance to the British crown.'"
These resolves were five in number, and
were signed by twenty-seven delegates.
The resolves were read to the assembled
people in front of the Court House. Co
pies of them were circulated in manuscript,
and they appeared in at least one of the
North Carolina newspapers. These re
solves, however, have been wholly over
looked by writers of this period, and were
almost forgotten in North Carolina till
brought to light in 1818. since which time
they have been the object of considerable
interest. When they appeared in 1818,
John Adams sent a copy to Thomas Jef
ferson. Adams expressed his astonish
ment that such, an' occurrence had taken
place more than a year before the declara
tion, and that no member of congress ap
peared to know of it t'aem. Jefferson
doubted 'the genuineness" of the document,
and indeed said plainly, that lie believed
these resolves to be spurious. When Jef
ferson's writings were published, the iden
tical letter containing this opinion came be
fore the public, and the. North Carolinians
thought their honor impeached ; their Le
gislature took up the subject in-earnest and
appointed a committee to : investigate the
matter and report. The result wa9 furnish
ing abundant proof of the genuineness of
the document. There is still other evi
dence. In one of the English offices I saw
a loiter by G ivernor Martin, In which he
alludes to these resolves, and censures them,
at the same time sending a copy of a news
paper containing them. It is to be remark
ed that there an; two copies .of .these re
solves which have puzzled historians not
a Ittlc. In one. the resolves are incorpor
ated into a Declaration of Independence,
and though the substance is essentially the
same, the language is materially altered
There is still a controversy respecting this
discrepancy. The origin of the manu
script copy is not known, .and it is of
course very difficult to fix its authority."
In collecting materials for his work, .Mr.
Sparks made n trip to England; and if fur
ther proof of the genuineness of the .Meck
lenburg Declaration were needed than that
already before the public, we have it above:
Mr. S. says : "In one of the English of
fices, 1 saw a letter from Governor Mar
tin, in which he alludes to these Resolves,
(the Declaration,) and censures them, at
the same lime, sending a copy of a j)aper
containing them'1
In the language of a cotemporary "it
must be gratifying to every North Caroli
nian, to know that Mr. Sparks fully admits
the claims of our Mecklenburg Declaration,
and gives it all the honor to which it is so
justly entitled. An incorporation of ihp
fact in his "History of the Revolution,"
which it is known lie is now engaged in
preparing, will forever settle the ques
tion." From the Globe.
DEMOCRACY AND INFIDELITY.
Among the many unfounded charges
brought to bear rgainst the Democracy of
this and every other country by the ene
mies of liberty, perhaps the one that ha.s
operated most extensively and injuriously,
is that which imputes to the principles of
freedom a natural, inseparable affinity to
those of infidelity That the doctrine of
the equality of all rational beings,, in the ex
ercise of tlieir natural rights, and the pur
suit of happiness, so completely in accord
ance with the Christian religion, should
have a direct tendency to weaken our faith,
is, to s.iy the least, a very extraordinary
proposition. It is worse than a nen scqui
lur; it is a paradox. We cannot discovei
that such an imputation was ever cast on
the Democratic communities of antiquity.
The slander is of moJern date, and its ba
sis of modern origin. It arose from the
writings of Thomas Paine, and the excess
es of tiie French revolution. The Age of
Reason, of the one, and the installation of
the Goddess of Reason, of the other, are
the great examples relied on to sustain this
sweeping denunciation of the principles of
Democracy. .
Extremes almost always lead to ex
tremes; the more rigid the despotism, and
the greater the sufferings of the people un
der it, the more outrageous will be their
excesses. When driven to madness, they
wrest it from its foundation of ages, and
scalier its fragments to the winds. That
ignorance and debasement which is the in
evitable result of long continued oppres
sion, at such a moment, recoils upon the
oppressor with accumulated force, and wiili
retributive justice visits him with all the
consequences of that degradation he him
self lias produced. Thus it was in the
French revolution. The domination of
the established church, its comprehensive
monopoly of property and privilege, to
gether with its intimate union with, and
zealous support of, a Government the peo
pie abhorred, involved it necessarily in the
consequences resulting from these causes.
It was an internal portion of diat Govern
ment, and became hateful to the people, not
for its principles 'of religion, but its political
operation on their interests and happiness.
When, therefore, they overthrew the civil
Government, the established church' wa
involved in its ruin; and, in a moment of
phrensy, the mob-of Pans installed the
Goddess of Reason as their divinity, in
place of tint Great Being under the sanc
tion of whose name ihey had been plunder
ed of the fruits of their labors, and deprived
of every vestige of freedom. This outrage
was not the deliberate result of reason, but
one of those sudden outbreaks of ferocious
folly, which so frequently mark, the con
duct of exasperated men; and, although the
Democracy of the United States always
deeply sympathized with that of France, "in
its Struggle for freedom, 'we assert, with
out fear of contradiction, that, as a body,
they universally shrunk from the contem
plation of this impious mummery, and rep
robated it with ' the most sincere abhor
rence." To those who infer from this single ex
ample that infidelity is the invariable con
comitant of Democracy, we will present
the revolution of France in contrast with
that which commenced in IGiO in Eng
land. Was the latter productive of infidel
ity or indifference to religion ? It was
equally a struggle" for civil liberty; it re
sulted like the former in the dccapnati n of
a' king, whose tragical end lias alone shiel
ded his memory from tfie contempt of man
"kind, and the establishment of a Republic
imperfect in its basis, and temporary in its
existence. The contest of the King and
Parliament involved nearly all the civil
righis for which we contended in the Rev
olutionary war. It comprehended monop
olies, imprisonment without due process of
biw, the arbitrary levy of taxes without' the
asstni of'ihc Representative of the people,
and, in effect,' comprised on one hand the
pretensions of absolute power, on the oth
er, the dearest rights of the subject.
Yet the leaders of the popular party, as
well as a great portion of their followers,
were notoriously among the most sincere
and zealous christians England ever pro
duced; ami we challenge the enemies of
freedom to point to a pericyl in the history
of that country,'-in which a more ardent
spirit of devotion more extensively prevail
ed. It must be confessed, however, that
this devotion was principally found among
the opponents of the "royal "pretensions,
who constituted at that time a great major
ity of the people. It Was in these limes
when the Democratic principles were en
gaged in a fierce contest with the claims of
despotism, that the Puritan Fathers of New
England imbibed those principles, nurtured
that party, and acquired that noble spirit of
devotion which prompted them to abandon
home, friends, and country, to seek, in a
remote wilderness of horrors, n spot where
they might erect their altars, and worship
in peace according to their consciences.
The return of Charles the Second, and
the reunion of King and Church, was, ac
cording to the testimony of all cotempora
ry writers, the signal for a gross and gen
eral relaxation of morals, unlimited licen
tiousness of manners, and a wide-spread
indifference to religion. AH this has been
charitably and loyally ascribed to the con
tamination of French example, while
Charles resided abroad. But what shall
we say of a system of Government' in
which the example of one man is sufficient
UvfTcbauch a whole people? Did our space
permit, we could easily adduce other in
stances to prove that there is no natural af
finity between liberty and infidelity. Even
in the case of France, whoever will take
the paii.s to investigate the remote causes
which produced the excesses of the French
revolution, will find that the dissolute prof
ligacy of the predecessors of Louis the
Sixteenth, by its pernicious effects on the
manners and morals of the people, prepared
the way for the destruction of tlieir family,
and the excesses by which it was accom
panied. Let us next speak of Thomas Paine.
The uncommon beauty of his style, the
force and clearness of his reasoning, and
the felicity of his illustrations, co-operating
with the critical state of England, at that
time shivering on the verge of revolution,
made him the most formidable of writers,
and his Rights of Man shook more than one
throne. But in an evil hour, and tempted
by an evil spirit, he sought, by his impious
ribaldry, to overturn the beliefof ages, and
undermine the faith, of millions. By so
doing, he not only lost himself, but at the
same time-implanted a deep, if noi incurable,
wound on Liberty herself, by affording her
enemies a plausible pretext for identifying
the champion of human rights with the
reviler of the Divine Word, and hence
inferring that one was the inevitable result
of the other.
If, however, as has been pretended, the
Democrats are necessarily infidels, because
Thomas Paine was one, what argument
may they not draw from the well known
example of Ilobbes, iluuie, and Gibbon,
whom we select as the most conspicuous of
those writers who have attempted in various
ways to weaken and disturb, if not entirely
overthrow, the belief of mankind in the
truths of- religion. . W;ere these cele
brated men Democrats? Far otherwise.
Ilobbes maintained the lofty pretensions of
James and Charles the First to absolute
sovereignly; that kings derived their au
thority directly from Heaven, and could do
no wrong; that to their hands was committed
the lives, property, and consciences of tlieir
subjects; and that resistance to their will
could be justified in no case whatever.
As the reward of these slavish doctrines,
he was made tutor to the Prince of Wales,
afterwards Charles the Secon -'; was pen
sioned and protected from the resentment
of Parliament, and patronized by the Earl
of Devonshire, in whose house lie for years
enjoyed all the luxuries of iife, and died at
a great age. Though Ilobbes did no;
directly deny the existence of a Supreme
Beitjg, lie questioned, ridiculed fwid denoun
ced his attributes as incompatible with
omnipotence. Indeed, all his metaphysical
writings have either a direct or remote ten
dency toinfidelity. .
Every body knows that Hume was one
f of the. most ingenious and subtle doubters
wii'n which religion ever had to contend,
anJ that at the!a,nc time he was the sly
and insidious apologist of the policy of the
Stewarts, which aimed directly at the
establishment of a despotism; boih in church
and state. The consequence was that lie
became a Secretary of Legation, Librarian
to the faculty of advocates in Edinburgh;
was co nplimented by the two Primates-nf
England and Ireland, and passed the kilter
years of his life a cherished guest and
associate of the aristocracy, science and
learning of the capital of Scotland. "
Gibbon was a member of Parliament al
most a score of years, and 3 lord of trade
and plantations. His loyalty atoned for his
iufiJeliiy, as he uniformly supported min
isters; and he acknowledges in one of his
letters that he did so from pure regard to
his personal interest. Compare the fate of
these writers with that of Thomas Paine,
and who can resist the conclusion, that if,
like them, he had sustained the preiogative
of Kings w ith the same ability he asserted
the rights of the people, like them lie might
have been cherished and patronized ? It
may be urged that these writers questioned
or assailed the truths of religion with a
decent philosophic gravity, or at least
without descending to the indecent, not to
say blasphemous, language of Paine. To
this we answer, that their hostility is only
the more dangerous. Blasphemy, broad,
open, and direct, furnishes its own antidote,
Since even those who are indifferent to
religion, cherish an involuntary respect fjr
its antiquity and ihe myriads of their fellow
creatures who have lived and died in the
firm belief of its Divine origin. Human
nature iisel" shrinks with horror and disgust
at seeing reigious discussions coupled with
indecent libaldry. For one infidel or
doubter made by Paine, Hume has made
hundreds.
Thus it will be seen,' that if one or more
examples are to be decisive in the estab
lishment of universal truths, there is quite
as good ground to fasten the charge of
infidelity on the advocates of despotic
power, as on the asserters of free princi
ples. In the English language there is one
great Democratic to three great kingly in
fidels, and thus the balance is decidedly in
favor of liberty. Unless, then, the revilers
of Democracy can give some good and
sufficient reasons, founded in the nature of
man, or the nature of things, for accusing
her votaries of a special proneness to in
fidelity, we shall denounce it as a malig
nant slander, the offspring of prejudice, or
political animosity. We. deny that it . is
necessary to be ignorant slaves in order
the better to comprehend and appreciate the
sublime truths of religion, or that its ever
lasting foundations are laid on the necks of
prostrate millions.
PAPER CURRENCY.
"I feel myself bound, by the defying
manner of the arguments advanced in ine
support of the renewal of the United
Siaies Bank charter, to obey the para
mount duties I owe to my country and its
Constitution, to make one effort, however
feeble, to avert the passage of what ap
peals lo me to be a most unjustifiable
law."
"What is a corporation such as the bill
contemplates ? It is a splendid association
of individuals taken from the mass of so
ciety, and vested with exemption, and sur
rounded with immunities. By whom is
this immense power wielded 1 By a body
who, i i derogation of the great principle,
of our institutions, responsibility to tne
people, are amenable only to a few stock
holders, and they chief!)' foreigners."
Iltnry Clay, 1811.
"For one, I enter my protest against
banking as conducted in this country a
system not to be supported by any sound
principles of Political Economy a gross
delusion, a dream of a visionary a system
which has done more lo corrupt the morals
of society than any thing else which hai
introduced a struggle for wealth, instead
of that honorable struggle whicli governs
the actions of a patriot, aud makes ambi
tion virtuous."
John Tyler in U. S. Senate, 181 C.
From the Globe.
MR. CLAY.
We perceive thai Mr. Clay docs not in
tend to giva way all of a sud.ien, an I allow
Mr. Rives "to lead the way." We have
notice that Mr. Clay h on the road lo
Washington; but wi:houi that, t:e follow,
ing letter, given in a;l the W big prints,
shows that he means 1 1 hold on "a ehorl
time" longer:
"Present lo Mr. Clay. A number of
citizen at ' Dayton, Ohio, purchased a
plough exhibited-at the Agricultural Fair
recently held in that city, and presented it
to Mr. Chy, accompanied with a hand
some complimentary letter, to which he
replied as below. By ibis it would seem,
thai Mr. Clay does not expect t remain in
the pubhc councils but a short time.
"Ashlaxd.Nov.9, 1811.
"Gentlemen: I have received youi
obliging favor of the 3J instant, and the
plough which you have done me the honor
lo send. 1 request your acceptance, and
that of the' gentlemen by whom it is offered,
of my cordial thanks for a preseut eo con-
genial wiih my most agreeable occupation
jand indicative at the best and the most
' innocent pursuits of man. It is a magnifi-
1 cent specaren of its kind, and highly credi
table lo the skill and taste of tir. Wilming
ton, who made it. - If our lawmaker!
would work as well, and a true, as I am
sure this pluiigh will, their laws would be
a good as the crops which I am persuaded
it may be made to produce.'
I am, gentlemen, inexpressibly thankful
and grateful for the confidence you have so
kindl' conveyed in my public career. It
is perfectly true that it has been one full of
difficulties; resulting, sometimes, from
political opponents, and recently from both
professed friends and open foes. - Whether
proceeding, however, from' the one or the
other, or from both, my 'rule of conduct
has been, and, during the short time I
expect to remain in the public councils,
will be, to discharge my duty fully, firmly, '
and faithfully, regardless of all personal
consequences. YTour testimony is highly
gratifying coming, as it . docs, from a
respectable portion of Ohio to which 1 have
been always tinder the greatest obligations.
I tender a heartfelt acknowledgment of
these to you, and to those, who, on this
occasion, you represent-
Vour friend and obedient servant,
11. CLAY.
Messrs. D. Killer, P. Voorhees and D. A.
Haynes.
Mr. Clay has put his hand to the plough,
and does not mean to look back. "If our
lawmakers (says he) would work as well
and as true as I am sure this plough will,
their laws would be as good as the crops
which I am persuaded it may be made to
produce." That is to say, if the lawma
kers could be driven by the same authority,
and with as little opinion of their own. as
Mr. Clay is "sure this plough will,' why,
then their crop of laws would be us good as
that which he is persuaded the plough may
be made to produce ! !
Mr. Clay set his coulter pretty deep at
the extra session he whacked his horses
pretty heavily with his plough lines he
sawed their mouths severely with the bits,
and drove them lo and fro late and early
until ihey were thoroughly broken and
had done all the work prescribed. And
what does the country think of the crop
produced by the summer session ? Was
there 6tich a crop of cuckold burs, Spanish
needles. Scotch thistles, and devil bit, ever
raised before ?
From the South Carolinian
THE "STATE-BRIBERY ACT.
Ocr readers have seen that a bill was
introduced into the Senate, on Tuesday
last, by Judge Iluger, to reject the infa
mous bribe offered to this State, by Mr.
Clay and his federal myrmidons. The
Preamble sets forth, that "in the aforesaid
Act, Congress have undertaken, after pro
viding for certain claims and expenses, tr
divide the proceeds of the sales of the pub
lic lands among the twenty-six States of
the Union, and the District of Columbia,
and the Territories of Wiskonsin, Iowa,
and Florida, according to tlieir respcciive
federal representative population, as as
certained by ihe last census, to be applied
by the Legislatures of ihe said Slates, lo
such purposes as the said Legislatures
may direct;" lhat "there is no warrant
for this proceeding in the Constitu
tion of the United States,, and from
the lfistory of the Government, it could
not have been one of the purposes for
which it was formed;" that "if the Federal
Government has the right to subsidise all
the Slates, it has a right to subsidise one or
more; and if the States can be induced to
take subsidies from the Federal Govern
ment, ihey may be tanglit to take ihem
from other Governments;" that "the Fede
ral Government cannot justify this proceed
ing, from an excess in their Treasury, as
they coiemporaneously increased the taxes,
and passed an Act for borrowing twelve
millions of dollars;" and that "it is best to
vowfie the Federal Government within the
limits prescribed in the Constitution, and
to leave the States to manage their own af
fairs in their own way." And the Bill .
simply enacts "that no person shall be ap
pointed lo receive any pirt of said subsidy,
for thiJ State." - -'
Thi? bill came up for consideration in
J the Senate, on Saturday, and le p-pecches
were made m favor of it bv Judge linger,
Mr. Riiett, Col. Me Willie', and Mr. Quash.
No one said a word in opposition to it, but
Mr. Verdier; nor do we think any one will
hereafter. The debate, it will be seen," is
lobe resumed to-day, and will no doubt
again attract a very crowded auditory.
That the bill will pas in the Senate, is be
yond a doubt, ami we should think by al- .
most a unanimous, vote ; and its passage in
the House, a!fo, would appear equally cer
tain. The public feeling on the subject Is
excellent: the idea of accepting the foul
bribe, is indignantly scouted at as a deep
stain upon the honor of the Stale; and our.
friends abroad, who are looking wiih great
anxiety. lo the result, may confidently ex
pect to see South Carolina do her duty, and. '
spurn the infamous bribe, which the Whigs,
in their road arrogance of ilhgorten, and
happily brief, power, hare had the insolence
i to olTir her.