TA ttHfttncpof IJtmocracititotcMTil tlittltra1icnoflhtlmdutrioitclmet,thi iucrtat or Ihtir comfort, thttrli3n ori:i3trAIflty,thiu:nblUhmtnt of tluir poteer.
BY ROBERT WILLIAMSON, Jn.
LIXCOLBTTOX, 3T- C MAT 18, 1842,
VOLUME V, NO. 51.
TERMS
OF
THE LINCOLN REPUBLICAN-
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
Ths Lixca&t Rkpuhlica is publisheJ every
VVeJ.ies lay at $2 50, if paid in aJvauce, or $3 if
payment be d -Uyel tiiree inmths.
.Ti j.i!)scri.Hi.)a receivcJ fur a less tern than
twelve mouths.
."a ,v,)er will be Jms vitinned but at tho option
tit the tHit.ir, until all arrearages are paid.
A failure to ur.ler a ilnco.itiuaaace, will be con
iJeieJ a new engagement.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
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ly for $1 00 per square for the first insertion, and
2 senu for each continuance. Court and Judicial
advertisements will be charjed 23 per cent, more
trun the a.iove prices. A deduction of 33 per
cent, fro.iit.ha regular prices will be made toyearly
d i-ertisers.
Tin iiu n'ler of insertions must be noted on the
miamcrifjt.ortlicv will be charged until a discon
iiauaiice is ordered.
TO COHRESPONDFNTS.
To injure prompt attention to Letters addressed
the 13 litj.-, t ia j -it.iiJ s'.io.ilJ in all cases be paid-
a,TT.)FFAT'S LIFE PILLS, AND PUCE
XVJl. BI I'TEllS. Tne perie. ily safe, un-
rri iA, a:i I successful treatment of alino.-t every
;ei:ies of disease by the use of MOFFA LIFE
MliUiCtNES, Un longer a matter of d ubt, as a
reference to trie experience of many thousand pa
tients will satisfactorily prove. During the present
in Mith alona netrlyo ie hunJ red cases have come
t!ie it no .vied 4u of Mr. M ;f.it, woere the patient
his. to all ajearance, ede. ied a permanent cure
by th5 exclusive ami ju licious use of the Life Mcdi
cj,,es some eizht c-r ten of these h.d been con
sidered bfyond ail hope by their medical attendants.
Such happy results are a source of great pleasure to
Mr. M. a:id inspire him with new conlideii. e to
recont nend the use of ins medicines to tils tCilow
citizens. Th LIFE MKDICI.NE3 arc a purely VCG
E TAUL prep nation. I hey ate mild and pleas
ant in tueir ojeraion, and at the s mie ti ne tlior
'ough acting rapidly upon the secretions of the
vs.ein carrving oifail acrimonious humors. and-a-siiniJating
with end purifying the blool. For
this reason, in aravated cases of Dyspepsia, the
Life Ale licines will give relief in a shorter space of
time th in any otlier prescription. In Fever-and-Aue.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Fevsrs of every
description, fiKck Headache, Heart hum. Dizziness
in the ilea I, Pains in tne C.isst, Flatulency, itn
paire I appetite, and in every disease ari ;iu: fror
an i.nourity of the blood, or a disordered state of
ths st Vmieh, ths use of these Medicines has always
proved to lie beyond duubt greatly superior to anj
Other mode of treatment.
All thai Mr. Mojat aslt3 of his patients is to be
particular in taking them strictly according to the
directions. It is no by a newspaper notice, or by
a.iy thing th it he himself may say in their favor,
that he hopes to gain credit. It is alone by there- i
eults of a fair trial. Is the reader an invalid, and
does he wish to know whether the Life Medicine ,
will suit his own easel If so. let him call or send
to Mr. M "iTit's a-entin this place, and procures
cony of the Medical Manual, designed as a lo
tnenic Guide to Health, published gratuitously. He
will there find enumerated very many extraordina
iy cases of cure ; and perhaps some exactly similar
to his own. Moffat's Medical Office in -New York
375 Broadway.
These valuable Medicines are for sale by
D. 4 J. A. KAMSOUR.
C. C. HENDERSON.
Lincclnton' January.
To Ihc officers and l'rivate?
of tlio 7Gth Kcgimcnt of ;.
Carolina. Militia:
ST'.OU are liereHy rominandt d
jj. to appear a t'! ( ourt Iton-i-in
.mv-mIiiioh, on Fmlav ilo 27i
of May ii'-x'. ai 10 M !, wHl
e.juipp-d as t e lw direcis, f .r
ctit-w and I 'spi'ft ot': an.I also
to 'odd ;:n i h'ciiiin, arfahly ''
nnlcr f it.e .vd;i r (Iftierai of the
4", J) vi-ioii 'of North C-irolina Militia, f.r
Iir,ff1.ier General in place of lien. Scajrl
resigned. AI-"), on t'e diy previ.ois. the (Vtnii
ginned and N.oi-c 'in ni-siond olli'er of
said Rest ne:H. wiil appear at the s uni
place, at 10 nVlock, equ pped as tli law
tli reels, i r Drill.
JOSEPH J. RARiUNnER. Col.
. Coo.dt. of the 70lh R.g. North
Carolina Milit't.
Lincoln C:o. April 6, 1812. 45 ir.
Hangers Police
f
n
rmvKX in. on ihe2J d div of Ap-il
JL 1812. a Sorrel eolt. one year old. with
r ... .i.om iWi an a star in th forehead;
aooraised lV A'ab. o Hro n. and enry
KiHian. at tHnd.dl.ir-: and in ttin possipsmn
r ini'.pw Cidlvrt. a'voii mx miles from
Liiu-nliit -m. on the lrntn road.
DW1D CliOUSE, Ranger
A-iril 23. 1S1.J. 49-2t.
$3lanUs : Rlanks i
Coalabfe Warrants, Ca Sai, Appearance
bonds ll'ilnexs Tirtrfs.
DEE Si
SUitlFF DKKDS, And
DEEDS Of TRUST
I
NEW TERMS
OF THE
Sj WCOIjX REP ir2Z,lC2.T
THE Proprietors of the Lincoln Republican
Press, finding it impossible to continue long
th present system of credit have determined ' o
Sine prip isaU under which that paper will be con
ducted after the close of the present Volume. And
with the view -f reiJeriuj its circulation as wide
aspissihle. they ofL-r it to the public on thefullowt
112 ter ns. via
At Tw i Dollars a year, payible in advance.
The m nei of t!i3 present subscribers, will, con
s? pi : it!, ii t'u etpir-ition of the present Volume
1)3 stricke.i from the list, unless the advance pav
nient for the ensuing year be made before the first
numlw is issi el.
The Prt.iriettrj Jja-n it ume'eisary to oT.-r an
irj i nsnti to s'l i v ths ns-.ejiity of kee.Mnj the
Republican in operation. It is the most Western pa
per in the State devoted to the cause cf Repub
licm principles, while there are two oiher Presses
of opposite politics Mill to tl e V tst of J.ir.o'i.i i,
nj it must rte ap .arerit t every one, that the
Da n .-.ratii; population of Lincoln a:id the snr
r U i din j Counties, require an organ throush
which their doctrine anJ sentiments may be advo
cated. Tlla Proprietors have no pecuniary interest in
view they seek no giin for themselves, but have
seen induced to make these proposals solely by
the desire t re i Lr t'le Preis in ire eJuietit in the
cause in which it is cubage i
Th ne persons to whim i Prospectus is sent are
re iuestel to return it to the office by the first day
of Ja ie next. And i n nediitely after the receipt
of ths first nu nhr th v will transmit the amount
of n'ity ariiiu fro.n the subscriptions they have
icceived.
Sli il 1 the nnnVr of names thus returned, be
su.1i lent to warrant the Proprietors in commencing
an t!i2r Volu ns, ths subscr.bers may expect the
first No. withi i a few weeks after the termination
if th.? present Volume.
Lincolnton, April 13, 1842.
Heal Estate for JSetle.
The
11 A
Ftihsfrihcrs. Exp.-titors if David
m-snur, ile'(!., of Linoiiion, w il!
dispose of, sit private sale, the following
valuable real estate, viz :
The lot on which said dee'd. lived, be
inI lot No. 2 in the North west square of
tin tovvn of I incolniotj, on which there is
a fine and capaci
we
u us.
and all nnHPsssary ont-hti'ldinirs, such as a
dining. Hccm, Kitchen, Xcgro
housos Sin ko-hiuscs S:c, al:
of brick ;
LS0,
I'll REE valnahle nnnnproved SjOTSt
in iIih t in of Ijiiii'dnton ;
Also, a iran of land, lying about one and
I a!f o ih s from Liiieolnioii, between
Ctark's CreeK and thw South Fork, and
j-ininsj lands of Miirhael Keinhardt, David
lledick and others; supposed to contain
ih nit
4zW Acres.
Said tract is very valuable, and rontajns
lars! qnaniity of firt rate ISoltOIU '!
?3cadOty S.nild. Il t" ell improved.
thnre liemo on it a Thrcshtttg
chiiie, Haras, Stables, and oti.rr
in ees.-ary out buililiiiff!'.
Also, about 120 acres on the South side
of Ciark i renk, ac'j dninj the ubjve trct
and J. A. Ra.nsotir's lands.
Terms. Tit" improved lot intbptovvn of
Linrolnton. and the land will he Sold on a
,-rP,lu i)f hail pavahln in one year, ih
oilier half in 2 years. 'I'lie oilier property
ill be tdd on a credit ofiwnlv inoiiths
Ilond and good securitv required.
Persons desirous of p;rr..ain . will call
on J. A. Ramsonc in ihe lown of Lincoln-
ion, who uill give all iiPCHSary lufortna-
tion with regard io ihe propeity
E. HOYLE.
U. I'll Kb K. i-bxr s
Exr'i
J. A. RAM SOUR
Lincolntop, April 2V). 1812. 47 tf
JOB PRINTING
Done at the Republican. Office at shor
nQlite.
From the Highland Messenger.
REPOR FOFTH INVES
TIGATING COiMMIT
. TEE OF CONGRESS.
The facis brought to liglit by this Co.n
mi:tee, relalive to ihe foolish, wicked and
unprecedented extravagance of the late Van
IJ ircn administration, are of ihe most as
tounding character, and serve to show, m
pnrl, why the na'ton has become bankrupi.
We published we k before List :i'i article
Ironi the Knoxville Post, selling forth a few
items in the expenditures of ihe Florida
war. To these we subjoin a few in, ire
itf-ins of expense in tl e same region, in or
drr ihai the fanne-s and niceriauics of 1 1 1
conn ry may see bow t'.epuMic i -on v ba-
been quan Jml by what they were urged
to lt I. eve was a very caief ii. ecoiiooocal
a imiiiisiratioii. Here are a few thousand
paid for hauling as follows:
V m on ut paid Si inif-1 II. P.-ck. for thp wa.
ons, ingioed in transporiillr public
stores 3J days, al S10
per day.
A.iiottni pa d for transpor
lanoii from Angnsta to
('oluiiihiis. at $12 53!
per litindri d ! ! !
For six leams iransporiing
baggage from Fori Jes
silji lo Fort Tow son,
yU dys. earh team to
c irry 1800 pounds, and
travel 12 m lit s per da) ,
620 per day,
$4,035
53,033
Wagoners of North Carolina, wonl I you
not like lo get Such a job as tnai llie-e n.inl
ti'iifs? O dy think tw my dollars per
d ly fir driving twelve miles and carrying
tijhteeti hu i ire I voii'i is ! ! ! ! i
llu. per oips tne most wasteful extrava
gance was in ibe. tore of ste imt) ais. 1) ats
wortii Iroin ten lo ti teen ili iusan.l dollars
were lured at from three hundrj I to i moo
sand didlars per da) ! ! ! In regard to
this, the Baltimore Patriot of a l.ne date,
t'"rougli its Washington correspondent,
holds tlie following language:
"In regard in some of tiie expenditures
of the Army, the committee say, and abun
dantly piove, (see House Report 453) that
the existence of ilie Florida war has alf r
ded an ample occasion for draining the
public treasury. In every dc-ptrimeoi of
the service connected with il, extravagance
of the most unprecedented charae'.er has
heen indulged. In the purchase of supplier,
in the iransportati n, by land or water, of
soldiers or stores, l!ie public money has
been wasted ."-.Naigrtl 'witn its dis-hiil-si'inenl.
Alreacly there benn ex
pended many inillioiis of dollars in prosecu
tion of a war iigainsl a band ol savages,
winch, fr on the ontsi-t. has not Itir nisneit
as uiuny hundred warriors to oppose. The
coti)iiint;e have astertamed thai, wiihin two
yt-ars from t eon. break of hostilities in th ii
Territory, between tne 11 of January,
1833. ami 1 -t of January, 1S41. there has
iven emplowl in the transportation service
seven hundretl and thirhf-xeven !ctim
bout. brltsH an t ssr.hoo ters. Main of
: inn h ive been einpluied ut a per titan
pa. ti't'il ihe pries of hire hw quadruple I
i be . al wic'i, original'. I hey cjuld
have been pnrc'imed. In r- lerence I tiie
n r. of the s:eamh oal J ih'i Crowe!!, (ir-ne-ral
J -suj). in reply to the call of Hie co n
uottee, snvs that she was hired at the price
f Mhiee fni'idrei.l dollars a day, ami her
expenses and insurance. 'Site was not
worth fifteen thousand d dlars, and una
hundred dollars a day would have been an
extravagant hire for her. 'For the entire
period she was in service, trie (Jovt rnu.eiit
has paid etghiv-iwo thousand five hundred
and fii'vtivK dollars!' "
The fallow ing rates w-pre allowed for the
hire of steamhOat at d.Herent periods, dur
ing the Florida service. Let it he submit
ted to a eatul'.l pu'die to say whether the
lugs wer" j'isiifi idle in ehargmg ihe la;e
d lonisiratioii with ex:r:iv-g-ince.
Forester 7 mouths, at S3. 500
p-r iroiith.
$24,500
$43,030
7.650
22,000
6,000
2,300
6,000
1.215'.!!!
CliHrlesi.ni 10 -r-oiuh, at$4,-
000 per month ! ! !
N Hlchmoi 17 days, at $150
per day ! !
1 uip from .Mobile to
Tamp 11 iy, wnd one brig
and lour schooners-, disomce
usually inn in 4 daV ! ! !
Lion 1 Tip from Fort IJrooke
to Mobile usually made til
4 day-oi $1500 per day !
Oc indgee 1 trip front S-tvan-nali
io Si. Angiiennt usu
ally madp oi 5 days 1 ! !
Brilliant 1 trip Jrom Np
O.b-ans to Waterloo. Ala.
iisuaKv o-ade in four days
at $1500 per day !'. !
Cherokee 1 trip from Jack
sonville io (iarey's Ferry
usually made in 12
hours ! ! ! !
The following is from The Independent,
a paper published at Washington C'i'V, and
exhibits a few of the items winch went io
uiakP up the enormia untn expended on
some of the Branch .Mints. T ie whole
amount drawn from the Treasury on ac
count of the Branch Mint at New Orleans
was five hun Ire t a id fifht four thonnand
fittr hundred and mceatij ih'ars and
lio -nty renf i
"Some of the Hems charged under the
head of 'Building and Machinery, the
committee s;iy are worthy of special notice,
not only on acc.nint of I lie amount of mon
ey expended on them, ut f r the character
of the items themselves; as for instance,,
we find the following charges :
; U. S. Branch Mint at N v Orleans,
To Stiles & .Miller, Dr.
For 591 sq yds. wood pave-
iim ti?, ' S2.370 03
Do. To J.i nrs M. Rei.
For bu d ling , 4 buh houses
and fl igging yard and pav
ing lde w alk". 8.093 00
Do. To (May fe Clark,
For 7 baths and 1 wairclo-et, 1,703 03
D... T.. '-.
F t , raving Vrd w oh ll igs. &c. 3,813 03
D t. " To Clay fe (Mark,
For finish ng ua'.er closeii, 818 2S
53iia.3J
Thus, it inpeirs that f ir pavi.ig .oi. il g
ving ihe Va'd. side-w alk, a.m lot u.iin.-,
Watr Chnets, &)c.. Iiie.e ,t as paid l..e
sn mi of si x n-eo ttoiu-aiol eight ioodre a.ol
thirty nine dollars and l wenty-eihi c-ul-!!!
17 (- an eX'Uiini ion l lue hcchuii s ol
the Treasurer f Hu- Braue . AJiut, the con-
!iion is forced epoti the nonOs of the run-
mitee that ihe officers of this esiahliaiimtia
fru the Sup -riiiteiid- ill down t lue low
est Clci k. n t only supposed tneir busines-'
was to '"coin money," but to spend u .i
fit as eoiued, an I that they were sum
there to live in a palace and indulge in the
most unbounded luxury.
Tne co iiminee have appended to this re
port (see appendix ll) o pics of Minns o
the vouehers aico opanying ilie acco.in.s of
ihe Treasurer, us settled at the Tieasiiry
Department, which will give s.me idea ol
the luxurious tastes, and iheir tiisrt yard ol
that homely virtue, economy, on ihe pari
of ihe o!ficers of the mini. Indeed, tne
enmmiiiee can hardly suppose any burner
proof of iheir unbounded extiavagance is
wanting than the tact tney have already
shown namely: thai some ten thousand
dollars were -expended by ihem in tne erec
tion of those piia:ices ol Haslnai luxury,
baths and their appurtenances. The Com
mittee are fully aware that these gende-oen
did but foil w in ihe footsteps of illustrious
predecessors;" thai some d" ihe U'liperors
of Rome expended immense sums in the
erection ol baihs in tne "eternal city.
But. if they t ot greatly err in their his
i.ri re-eoiSeciiinis, tn. o.. iuxiiril,s lmil,i.
ngs were lhe growth of the bnipire, a,ui
not of the Republic of Rom; and were
erected by the masters, and not by die ber-
vants ol me jn ople.
Among ihe items of amounts which will
bp found m the appendix, are liiu follow
ing :
5 mahogany arm chairs Si 0,23
each, 351 25
33 mahogany arm chairs $5 each, 15 ) 00
G Urecirtii arm chairs &2.50 15 00
D sks and la I ls, 400 0(1
One p;ijr pon-ebun spit boxes, 8 00
2 inkstands S10 eact.. 2'.) 00
' ne niahog-oiy tiiirtau, 210 (id
One ream l'ool.-.cap paper, 1.) 0-j
One do do 9 (.)
One ivory pen bidder, 2 00
I'euknives each. $3.50 tu 4 03
Trees and shrubs, 295 50
One dr-sk curtain, 1 1 (),)
Ice furnished the Minti 83 5S
M.ihoi.aiiy boards fir a counter, 1)2 03
2 bronze paper wi igbi?, 10 75
I F.;tg'e do do 7 00
I Pin lied mahogany chair, 13 00
I large lamp fir 1-dtby, 73 50
llu -kcase and desk. 258 10
A busi of Livingston, 40 00
Making, painting.- gilding, &c., a
spire for a Sem rk Box. 150 00
Tlie committee have endv selected a ve
ry few rems out of the great mas of a
similar character to be found in ihe ac
counts of the Treasurer on file in the pro
per Depai iHii'lll, which show ihe niosl ci'l
.iiiuhI w ,iii fo!i e-s .f the pnbl c. money by
those whose duty n was lo guaid and pro
lecl the Interests of lue C iverumeul. They
caoiioi f rbear lo express iheir astoni-h-iieni
ihat -uch accounts should have heen
allowed by the Soeond Andilol and First
Comp roller.
And truly it would seem a mat'er of a
tonishuieiii to any on", particularly if they
had not been accustomed lo lienr of ihn
ii'iprecedi iilfil and unheard-of ex'ravagance
ol tne late a:minisiration. isnt tne c
r. Minis were allo-ved. l liy ? Becaue it
would not do to offend influenti! in livid
vals, to whom the administration looked
lor supoort.
"The Lynchburg Virginian compiles the
following from the report of the committee.
It refers lo still another case, ami serves
farther io illustrate ihe truth of the charge
of corruption am! extravagance which was
made against the Van Unr?n adunnistra
lion : .
"It appears that Cape R. D. Collin, a
disbursing agent of tlie Oovernment. a Lit
tle Rock, Arkansas, failed to make his
quarterly returns to the acconnting officer
a: Washington. f r the second quarter ol
i t ie year 1 SSS. and did not tl so until the
hist o January. 1S33: and at the latter
date his accounts for the Ihi'd quarter ol
1833, ending on the first of September,
were tin rendered. Yet under these cir
cumstances, & with a balance in Ins hands
exceeding $200,003 Mill in his possession.
Ihe sum of ?409.Ud3 was advanced lo him
between ihe 3 1 t f October and the 22d of
Df-ct mher of ihal year ! The total amount
advanced to ('apt. Collins ufltr it van
known Ilia! he had become a thpint'er lo
Ihe Government 1 ! was $532,293 !!!
The c .list q leuees was precisely Sneh as
oiiiiht hav h -en a iti'Mnao'd. lie wa con
tinued in ollice until, trie 7t'i of June. 1839.
w in il. upon a final adju-tme t of Ids ac
counts, a balance wa loiind to exist against
him of if 2 1 5.309 15, the whole of w inch
amount, n i beiieted, will be lost by the
(iovei timet)'.
I hese are a few ca?es atnnng many.
The mo-l reck '.' among the Locoloco par
ty do not. as we have learned, pretend lo
dfi y il.eir truili, or een attrinpt to explain
ihem away. The proper vouchers t".
gulaiU on file in the several Departments
w hete the l ii-iiii ss was Irausacied. Proll.
gacy like that w ind, has been brought to
!:ghi by the co niniiiee referieil lo, is with
out a pardlel in the history of fits, or any
oilor civdized coin try. And this is the
j ?ttay nw Ulill XlCu desperate f
r rts lo reinstate themselves in that power
Iro n which ibey were hurled so recently
iy an injured people.
It is no matter of surprise that the Co
vernment has brcome bankrupt. No w on
der that with an overfl iwing Treasury
when Mr. Van Bureti came into office, in
four short year- it was all expended, and
a heavy debt io b left as a legacy to bis
successor. But more of it I ereafier.
From the ttaleigti Standard.
STATE EXPENDITURES.
These "contrasts" may be evaded by
ihe wi.igs witoout examination or justifi
cation oy treating theoi as little niatttrs.
Will Cov. Moielicad now, in otlice, look
w:tn coiiiempt on these little mailers, when
candidate Mordiead dealt so prolusely in
tlenuncia'.oiis against soap and towels, Ice,
.lo us .Viultieaidis, &e? My ol ject is lo
luri.isii itie Coveruor with some aJdrnmal
iiiformaiioii with which he may interlard
fits addresses this summer. 1 continue,
from official documems. I' w ill be recol
lected mat until lb36 the Legi-U-ure con
vened annually. 'The expenditure for sta
tionary, therefore, previous to that period,
ought lo be nearly double what il has been
since, if the same economy has been ob
seived; for ihe larger amount was lor the
u-e of the Assembly. But w hen we con
sidirihut at the former tune, there were
a. -aily one fourth more membtrs.il will be
apparent that Ihe recei.l expenditures ought
ii ti to exceed more than one half of lilt
former period.
Ti.ke tiie f icts.
Fn o .Nov. 1SG to Nov. 1827
Win. Ilili.toi Stationery,
"Nov 1827 M Nov. ls;S
Stationery, -
For tici) Sessions of the Assem
bly a"d two full years.
Bids it Satumtiv I torn April
1823 to Dec 1823,
Add one-sixth io uo.ke up the
tone two lull year--,
6235 00
354 CO
SG19 30
S334 85
1G1 14
For one Session of Assembly
ami iwo mil years, 81143 )J
1 1 l i e then is an actual increase ol Jlce
hundred Djllnrn with the causes of ex
penditure dt i.iuished one half. Suppose,
then, an economical expenditure of 1823
and 18i3: u should not b v? exceeded one
hail ihe exieiii!i ore ol 1&27 ami J 828
Let us set: bow the account would com
pare. Actual expenditure for Stationa
ry in 1833 and 1833. SI 143 03
One half of expenditure for the
same, in 1S27 and 1323,
Increase 6324 31
Near ttco hundred dollars rrnre t i:n ail
tiie Siationeiy cosi in 18-7 and 1823
I a-k if ibis is not extravagan. e? 1 call
upon refi. cong whig io deier iune if this
iccords wilTi whig professions of ecouo n ?
I cdl upon l)c".n icr tts to keep it befo.e ilie
,ieop:e. I give a I ihe excuse Ten leied f r
il by the WI114 oiimittee of the last L
sjisliture. T i-y sty: "Tne bill for Su
mmery are large. S mie items in them
aopar 10 !e c urged at high prices. The
q lanoty abs duu ly necessary we have no
mean of arriving a!. Tne creation of the
two Boards, ! foe alluded to, has increas
ed in a considerable decree, lie . necessiltr
fir ita ionery in ihe E.ecuiive ofii"e; and
tlie duties connected with the Cherokee
land sales have increased it in the Trea
surer's and Comptroller offices. A !rge
amount is required for the use of the Gen
eral Assembly doubdess more is used by
ihe members than is necessary, yet we
' cannot think of restricting the lepresenta-
tives of the people from ihe use of tne ptib-I11-
siati nery. as it would be imposing a
still heavi' burden on thai. An aci pas
sed in 1827 (ei 33 ) directs the Secretary
of Slate to purchase annually.upon the best
terms apoa which the sees cca ba prc-
cured, suitable stationery for the Executive
office and Departments, ind for the usa
of the Legislature a reasonable sum to
pmchase which eliall be advanced by the
Treasurer to the Sccrelary," the account
for nh rli, continuing the quantity bought
and the price paid fur it. shall' bo audited
by a hoard to consist of the head of the De
partment." Now will the Coventor next
ton er tell the people how 4nucli they
have been paying lor pens, ink, and pa
per
COXTRAST.
From the Providence Neio 1gt.
A (ONDENSED STATEMENT.
Of the past and present stale of political
vjjttirs in Ithode inland, made at me
requett of Ihe. President of the United
Salts. April Vlh, 1842. by J. A.
Jiroicn. President cf the Rhode hlund
Suffrage Association.
'Tlif people of the State, since tlie Revo
hi' ion. as before, have been living under
ihe charier ol Cbai les II. of Enpland. gran
led in 1CG3; which charter, ami certain
usages and acts of the Cenernl Assembly,
compose iheir unw rineii constitution.
'There is 110 limitat.im of the powers of
the Ccueral Assembly, except such as ara
contaiued in the ConsU'.u.iun of the Umttl
States.
'The charter gives the Legislature power
of ad in'.ltng frecin-n on such qualifications
as may chance to suit their sovereign will
and pleasure: which has bcei: varied, from
innu to time, from a no property qualifica
tion up to four hundred pounds.
'Tlie present qualification is forty pounds,
or one hundred and thirty-four dollars.
Various attempts have been made at ri form
in iheir political institutions, but without
success.
A land oligarchy is established among
them, and the elective power of the Sta
is vested in two-fifths, at most, of the adult
male population a fact well calculated to
raise the question whether they are in fact
living under the republican form of gov
ernment contemplated by the Constitution
of the United Stales.
Tlie greatest vnteevpr polled in the Slate
was in 1810, when 8.G22 voles were east
111 an adult male population of 26,000!
A state of things so monstrous as ibis,
so at war w ith all the doctrines and senti
ments of a fiee country, could not exist
for a long tune, w i limit calling forth a
spirit of resisiaucc, and a determination in
so ne way 10 invest themselves with their
just and equal rigl t.
Tney have tried every lorm ol memor
ial, petition, and remonstrance, to the Gen
eral Assembly, in vain. 'The people be
came satisfied ihat longer forbearance ceas
ed to be a virtue, and determined on hav
ing a new form of government, established
011 the sovereign right of the whole people.
In the early pari of the year 1840, an
asMtcia'i n of mechanics ami working
mm was formed in ihe ciiy of Providence.
Various assoeia'ions were soon formed
throug iotu the Siate, and ihe cause of e
qna! rights assumed a definite form and di
rection. A d -duration of certain rights
was agreed to by the different associations,
w hich will be found in the accompanying
document No. 1.
In J.inua'v, 1831, in order, as we be
lieved. 10 slop the people's movements, the
General Assembly invited the freeholders
exclusively ( f ibey tho.ight j roper) in
cuoose a convention, with an intention, as
lias since been shown, to engtafi the pre
sent ui'j 'St system into a constitution.
"The f tends of equal rights, at a large
mass meeting held al Newpt.ri, in May of
ihe sa ne year, recommended a call ol tho
convention of the people at large, 10 make
a constitution for all classes, a..d not mere
ly for the frceholners.
At the June sessions of the Genera! As
sembly (1841) an opportunity was afford
ed of compromising all difficulties by a pro
position to enlarge the basis lor the fnee-h-dders
convention, so that all tax-paying
cit zens ought vole for the delegates to said
convention. This proposition va scorn
fully rejected, and the people ridiculed for
eioertaiiinig the idea of in eifeiiug with
the formation of a constitution. -
The door being ihu finally closed against
ihem. the Executive Slate committee, pre
viously appointed at the mass convention
at New po t, and further instructed al our
idjoiirneil convention in Providence, on ths
5m of July, proceeded jo call a convention
from the whole people, the form i f which
call you will find in ihe accompanying doc
ument No. 2.
The delegates were chosen in erpry
town in the S'aie. '1 he convention met as
requested, and, afier a session of tn4 week,
in which a draught of a constitution was
formed, adjourned nil November, in order
10 give their constituents an opportunity to
examine and correct their work. .
'Tlie freeholders convention met in No
vember, and, af er a session of two weeks,
adjourned without having completed a form
of a constitution, except in part. 'They
retained the landed qualifications, with an
additional section admitting such to vole as
were possessed of five hundred dollars of
personal property.
The peo'ple's convention met again - in
?7ovonber, revised and eosp'eted tliair