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.v. i3 ' c , ff k-i.WV j '1 1 1 w .' VOL, : MILT0N;;;N0IiTHr CAROLIMfEDllSD .a Ntri it fill 1 : it H WATWl M Hi f IX . I ? I III , ArAT3lAXIEI. J. PAWIEXt. JCD1TOR ASD PROPRIETOR. WILLIE J. ASSISTAST ; EDITOR." 5 f ' $2.50 rL'UMS : For oiifc ycar, in ad ranee .Within thrftfc". months, . At the expiration of the year, S3.00 fuese terms wui be inflexibly adhered to: Advertisements insetted at one ooLtARlper square for the first insertion and TESTv-rjvE ?B!fTS: fortettch'coBttunanee ; thirteen' lines or ess constitute a square., A liberal deduction made for yearly advertisements. The number of insertions wanted must be' marked, of they wiil be inserted until ordered out, and charged accordingly." . No paper, will be stopped until all ar rears are paid, unless at the option of the Pub lishers. . " ' " Ait Communications must be post rAtD, receive attention. , . mi a ' . ' . , , The Law of IVervspapcrs. . t 1: Subscribers who do not give express no tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing -to continue their subscriptions. . -.; 2.. If ubscribiers order the discontinuance of their- papers publishers may' continue to send .them untilall arrearages are paid." 3. It subscribers neglect or refuse to take tlicir papers from the post office to which they are sent, they are held responsible until they pay up. - " ; : . If Sfe3criber3 remove to other places - without fnforming the publisher, aud i the pa " per is scnt ' to' the former direction, they are , held tesponsiblW - !, - ;5. The courts hare decided that -refusing-to take a.periodical or, paper from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima fabii evidence, of fraud. , , - ; at Tlie Thrifty Farmer; j The provident arid-thrifty farmer adopts three rules for reculatinff his business. which he observes himself and enforces rii those around him, viz: to do every thing in the right time, convert every thing to its proper use, and put everything in its proper place..': J " v i --n hif nni a. i; .4 -r cattfe;tif)rses","8heep and wine,and keeps no more t han he can "keep well, either in summer or winter. , . f , He always drives on his work, apd. never lets his work drive him. ; flis animals are never under led or dyer worked.' ';'". . , His OMt-housesji-Wpod-sbeds; poultry house, pig' pen, wagn-house, aed corn crib are nicey-4vbiie-washed onhe out side1, and Wpt clean and neat within. He has a tool-house, and a place fo every tool in jtf which may be wanted for any ordinary farm purposes, such as rheriding implements, making axe or ho or fork handles, &c.,fand also for slowing carefullyaway such as will not be wanted for another season.' ; , . , He has sheds around his barn-yard, to protect his, cattle from the weather, and warm, ventilated stables for his cows and young flock, and also a shed to protect his manure heap. ' ' He has leaves or other refuse. vegetable matter io gather -.viih soil from his! head "lands convenient lo his barn-yard, to com post with his manure heap through the winter. '''' '; . -He does not allow the Tiquid tr-nure to . escape into the nearest stream. n quarter or half a mile from bis barn yard. ' . His barn, and sheds, and dwellings are atfsupplied 7ith cood snouiinffl 1 1 is fences are always in good order, and; materials "or?, repairing or, renevval , are : collected and made during fhe4 win- ter. ; ' His wood-shed is supplied with wood Cut in August always one year ahead. "'.His wife never scolds, because she r.ev . tt has occasion to. ' '".'' l.'j".:": Her cellar and pant.-y are always sup plied ,'wilh the needful raw" material, which she tvorks up into a palatable form to fill tip vacuums at meal times. 7 ' Havy bread, cold buck-wheat cakes ; and rancid ' hutter, are I novelties v hich her gude; man and- the children ' have heard tell of by some of the neighbors, but have never seen. He considers it a duty to promote the circulation ofagncultural papers, and has . saved himself some hundreds of "dollars by following meir advice. His crops are always equal, and often petter tban any" in ine neighborhoodi ami are kept cleat of weeds. , a . . a . - ' , He watches the market and sells his crops at the highest , prices He makes it a rule to always spend a little less than he makes. v I . r .Himself and wife are both industrious, h,e, Children are brought up in the same yrV, and, are not allowed to shoot the 'birds, smoke segars, or chew tobacco. ...He buys and sells on the cashTprinciple, ana thus .saves himself, .from flosses and had 4f-bts. . ..-? , - . He- has a large fruit orchard, well sap pfied with every ' variety, of fru it lo ripen jp succession, . -',-,,. :- He studies the theory -as.t well n'the ; practice of farwingt has cleateJ of the Slanntltiirnl jasi iuv uonars oi mpriffage, ana is spti ! osuly tlalkingr of making ' a bid lor, his neignpor bloven larm, which at blierin s sale.' ' He goes to : church on the Sabbuth, minds his religious duties, and brings up his children 10 do tho same, lives respec ted, and dits regretted, as a useful man and good Christian,' ., , ' larmcr 3 Magazine. The Xliiinioss farmer.. The thriftless farmer provides , no shel ter for bis cattle during the inclemency of the winter; but permits them to stand shite ring by ih-side ef a fence or hem jhe showas best suits them . 4 .; He throws their fodder on the ground, or in the mad.'ariH not unfreqeuntl' in the highwaj ; by which a large portion of it, and nlf the manure, is wasted ? ' -K ! He grazes his meadows, in fall and spring,- by which the' are gradually ex hausted and finally ruined, - i His fences are old arnd poor, just such as to let his neighbors' caltle break into his field, and teach his own to be unruly and spoit his crop.k - ; : ' ; - f He neglects to keep the manure from around the sills of his bam if he has one by wnieh they are prematurely i rotjted, and his barn destroyed. He tills or, skims over :he surface of his land, until it is exhausted? but never thinks h worth while to rnanere or clover it. For the first, he has no time, and for the last he "is not able.' 1 ' , , 1 He has a place for nothings and nothing in its plnce. He consequently wants a hoe or a rake, or a hammer, or ten auger but knows not where to find them,''ahd thus loses much time. . '' , ' He loiters awny stfirmj' days and even ings, when he should, be repairing his utensils or improving his mind by read ing useful books or newspapers, -i' ? FJe spends much lime in town, at the corner of the street, or in th 'riim holes complaining of hard times, and goes home in the evening, "pretty well tore. He has no. shed for" bTs fire-wood: con sequently his wife is-oui of humor,;and his meals out of season. , ' , He plants a few fruit trees, arid his cat tle forthwith destroyed theui. Ha "has no l u c k in;,xatsia2, Jtuit t7neVhal-of the little he raises is troyed by his own or liis neighbors' cal th..! ' v :. ,. H is -ptow,-harrow, and other :mpfements lie all winter in the field where last used? I and jus, as he is gelting in a hurry the next easo.i, bis plow breaks because it was not nousca ana nroperiy carea 'a- l' j u r T . . jl," J Snmehndva hotrs hreat inland destroy 1 ' . i " . , . A nis garaen, Decause ne naa not sioppru itu rr i u r nnrn riai .is.ririfiiKiiiiiiir'rii a ho e in the fence, that he had been in- tending .to stop fqfjaa'.w'eek. fJe is often ingreat hurry, but will stop and talk as long as he can' find any one lo talk" with. He has, of course, little, moneyi and when hb must raise some to pay his taxes, &c he raises it at a high sacrifice, in some way or by selling his scanty crop when prices are low. He is a year behind, instead of being a year ahead of his business and always will be. . . . -. . ;- .-. v" -. When he pays a debt, it is at the end of an execution: conseauently his credit is at a low ebb. , He buys entirely on credit, and mer chants and all others with" whom he deals II OIKerS Willi WUUIU w charge h.tn twice and thr.ee the profit tney cnarge prom pi pay m ep, uu .1 - m unwilling to sell him goods at any cost. He has to beg; and promise, and promise and be ir. to pet them on terms; The merchants dread to gee his wile come in . . - . . . . . to theifst'ores, and the poor woman feels depressed and degraded.' The smoke begins to come out ol pis chimney late of a winter s morning. while his cattle are sutlenng lor their morning's ffd. Manure lies in heap in his s!ablej his horses are rough and uncurried, and his - harness trod under their feet. " His bars and ; gates : are broken, his buildings urfDainted. and the boards and o I "... , . s shingles falling off he has no time" to re place them the glass is out of the win dows, and the holes stopped with rags and old hats. ' He is a great borrower of; his thrifty neighbor's implements, but never returns the borrowed article, and when it is sent for. it can't be found. . Hh is. in nerspn. a great sloven, ahd never attends puo. c worsnip; or ,n i ii or it itft does occasionally do so, he comes snea .r ...'. : - i r. .. ing in wnen me service is nun ju v He neglects hTs accounts,- and wht-n his neighbor calls to settle with him has something else to attend tot.-','n-,'".. V : Take him all in all, he is a poof farmer, a poor husband," a poor father, a poor neighbor, a poor Christian. tv -j - 1 4 . .r Zfflrmer Magazine The old IUm Tre In Boston. ' ' This pride of- Bostonians, the' great tree on ' the'-Common is now being en- clbsed hW' beautiful nron fencer's The gatec wbeo com oleted4 will bave a, very concise bistorv. ol tne tree as bistorv. ot ,tne tree aa.. lar as known on" an iron" tablet. "He's Sothlnr but a Farmer" . Snid 9 tittle jiliiss, a few 'evenings since, itt a ball-room, as she- scornfully curled her ptettj lip on being intro duced to a fine, generous operi hearted, young fellow, whose broad and 'expan sive; forehead was' the symbol of his broad acrs. i He's nothing but a far mer."" And who was she that looked thus' disdainfully oa brie of God's, noble men? ; (She was the daughter of a broken mexchant whose fortune had been ruined by the extravagance of a wife and a foolishly proud da ughtefw . Though her father's heart had been ,by; misfortune and he had paid the penalty of; extrava gance by incarceration in the home pre pared for criminals his daup-hter ha-d not yet leaffii the 'difference between pride and worth extravagance and wealth. The nobleman ho ate the bread of industry, and looked every man in the face, with an independence which said'lowe you nothing,'' wai in her estimation ony a farmer.' ' Did those upstart fools, who are char acterized as "codfish aristocracy" hav ing more tmell thin,, subsiance-ever read, even their bibies they would find that God himself has selected his proph ets, and kings "from among farmers. Noah was a Jrasba'ndman, and plantsd a vineyard Abraham was rich in . cattle, and Lot had flocks and herds insomuch that there was not" pasture enough for both, and they divided the country, Lot selected the plains of Jordan, and Abra ham jtaking the hilly country of Canaan. Jacob was af great cattle grower, as he presented Esau, with five hundred head of cattlev Moses was'-a wool-grower Gideon was taken from his threshing fluorv Saul was a herdman even while he was king. I David was a shepherd and was taken from that occupation to be kirig of Israel, and the ancestor 'accor dinflf to flesh of the Messiah-rU22riarr was a cattle grower, lisha was plowing. with twelve yoke of oxen fprobably' breaking up prairies, orturning' up. subsoil) when ijah cast his mantle on hirrr, af prophet. And yet, though God honored the hus bandman slec'ted his ; kings and - pro phets from amongthe farmers, and even carried on agriculture on a small scale himself ( having planted a' card en e"ast- aristocracy, turn up their noser, that - ... , ' . i v. . were never 5 wipea wun "a paia for pocket-handkerchiet, and cry out, "Un, he is nothing but a farmer! soui0uquc, the Negro '"Emperor, race lor dress and probably tew, ii any ... . . . . ' ol his imperial or royal brothers in any - . . - - n . . ,,b ... . . , .. i wardrobe. He' attaches full; enough imortance to the kind -ot consequence which men in office derive , from .their tailors, and never appears in public ex cept in full toilet. Even at private re ceptions he commonly wears his sword and cocked hat. , - His tas'e. for dress is almost the only one upon which he . is extravagant, tie; has one coat, made in Pans, which cost him SI, 200 I quote the ; well-authenticated gossip of the court circle and a pair of boots made in New. -York, decorated with brilliants and po!d which cost $200. The cane with which he commonly walks cost S400 He has several swords, the handles, of which are richly jewelled. He has i .t,,, inmnn ' tvhirh wpara on occasions, each of I - - - . . - &4 nQo. b He will wear nothine' but the best of i its kinds, and has, a special aversion- to anything pie beian or ummpenai. . tience nis inuig nation at. the proposition to sell him Queen Adelaide's second-hand coach. Hence also his reoW to an artist who I r wished to make a bust of him j he con sented, but said, . .lyiind now, you must ask a high price for me, 1 11 not be sold cheap ; take ; carev Alcopy ,ot, this 1 k...i Uh id. a,r' iw. s in ; iKu. rrY-etn - . J - , : -J t . - . , , : , . ; . Soulouque has about;as s little educa tion ns.it is posible for ,a ; man - tq have with his talent in his position. Since he reached his present dignity he is said to have learned to read .French, and his panegyrists say that he speaks and reads, it elegantly. I presume he made-some progress under his instructors, and speaks it with about as much ease and elegance as the president of an1 American college .talks the Latin, in which he confers its degrees - and honors. Both . would , be irel nuzzled if the v were called unon f . . L . . I , i. 1 1 i - j i - j - . i . io say any tiling uiuro vuum iitey iihu p re pared for. v. I was told that he had Uncle Toms Cabin read to him twice, he was so delighted with it ;.but.np one,intima-) . : t if: ' " ted that ne read u nimseu; i wa also told that be, sent an ': autograph ' fetter -to Mrs. Stow, thanking her forc the-; plea sure he? bad derived' from her) amous book, -i It he wrote the letter himself, be must have made more proficiency in his studies han he has generally tho credit of. HJ3T fAhr i the;sUngiO( folly hamatJe? men -wisethey find iv hard 46 conceive that others caa.be as fjolish as. they have Cristlanity in New Torlt. ; Last Sunday being the first Snnday in Sepiember.tbe churches of this1 great cily were generally lre-6pened for the season. They were not all doted dur ing the month of August, but those w h fch "remained open are the exceptions and not the rule. Many nL them have been' painted : and refurnhhed.' 1 1 nse the latter word with a meaning: The Metropolitan taste in the construction of houses for divine worship has "'.become' ditletante, and in so far,' has -'-departed, le t me a d d, from t h e' simplicity of th e ! gospel of Ch usX. "I The fashion here is to oiwid cstty lenities and to fit them up with splendor that requires much time and .care and money to maintain untars niihed, So uie temples must 1)9 shut and the worshippers excluded for seve ral weeks that ifdne gold (upon the cornices and the poif (tikf the altar) become hot dim ! MeKwhile the min isters' rove and the peojJe rove too- heither knowing where the others go unless perchance they meet aVSaratoga, or ievvport, or watering placeC some other fasionabte "What becomes of the sick poor of the flocks in the absence of these ministers?" says some unsophis tifated reader. Why, bless your inno cent heart, such temples as l afm? epesk ing of, do not have the; poor among their worshippers! The pew; holders are all rick or at least appear io be, if we judge from their "purple and fine ' linen;" and the "sick "poor" therefore afte;a small cause of concern to4 the absent minister. "I bave my doubts vvhether this system ui scju-uhi't up me -saiiciuary a wnnie month, is reconcilable, to the spirit of Christianity,. It is not to be -'denied that ministers need rest in theisunimer, but there is na need to shut (he churches while they take it,'and especially to have them all shut at once", reJvrn? sin and Satan to undisturbed revels in the Metroo- oliss An, my eear irost, Uehjrion is quite too lashionable a thing with' us and I don t. wonder that the hearts of good old Tashioned christians bleed over the degeneracy of the church, LastSun day the organs 'sounded solemnly, ' the choirs chailedi delightful ly, the ministers preached eloquently, the congregatons gatnered 'tniciay.the silks and laces und all our magnificent temples but beneath II, thej outward pomp and srmw ol the service it is greatly to oe tejrea mere was" quite too little of the meek and lowly and self denyung spirit of what, we are fond of calling "our holy ' and blessed religio." - 1 am thankful however, that the.godless and churchless month of Au gusths'departed, and that the Sunday light is again permitted to stream-" into our sanctuaries albeit it . flows' through stained . glass and that - those whose feet and hearts incline towards' God's altars, are not debarred from kneeling there, by.great .andf. massive portals of oak and iron as fast closed as the old oracles of Delphos. It-is really ' pleas- ant to have once more Sundays that are Sutrrtahia. and to be able to era to our c v - S-. wonted places of worship.-. I wish Hor ace Smith's" fine poem, entitled "Whu are out churches shut?"' could be read from etery pulpit ol the recently closed temples in this and other cities! Post. A Flrs Rate Temperance Talk. 3 A captain of a packe't ; sailing from New York to Liverpool, sifys, he never. heard but one lemperance talk that was anything but that was "fir rate, He once went to a. Tern perance meeting at Liverpool, to' oblige a fvierid, and a good looking, well - dressed'' man -was called upon lo address the meetings and said that be never made a speech-' in hh ' life and did not believe be evershould; for it was ndt in5him. However be would tell what temperance had done ' for him. When he used to. drink, somehow : he never was well, could never pay his quarter's rent, nor his weekly bills, nor clothe himself nor his family ;'decently; bat now that he had left -off drinking, his rent was punctually paid to the day -he had weekly accounts for he' had always ready money. ; They all saw how lie was dressed and, talcing a nice look ing worn an by tbu arm, and four child re a by the hand he said, You see bow my rwife ant children are in health arid appearance. Well their food and dress is paid fornd if-you'want to see how my house is furnrshed, come and -see me, a.ny'eVening except cburch night which is Tuesday, and this meeting which is, Thursday arid you will .find me in as-well furnished , room,, as any one needs. Besides thral. have a' b un - dred pounds, in the. Savings. Bank. That all lean say. to night. . And ne sat down. . , , - - C?The questlohas been asked why it-is considered, im polite for ; gentlemen logo into the presence xf ladiea jp3 their shirt sleeves, 'whi 1st it Is considered in every wav correct for the.; laHieajtbern seJvesto appear before gentlemen with out any sleeves at aw. Z3j& AVood. is thelhiiig :afterall,cs the nan-with a. pine U'g said when the mad dog bU it. Anecdote of Hogarth. ; v iew xnontns Detore mis ingenious anisi was seized Willi the malady which deprived society Wphe of its ' most" diV tingtrishd ornaments Jie proposed to his matchless pencil the work be'1 has entitled a Tad Piece the first idea of which is said to :have been started in company, while the' convivial class' was circulating rounJ bis ovirr table. - - My next undertakinff.'said Hogarth "shall be the End of all thinss. "If that is the case, replied one of his friendsr,4youf business will be fin ished, for there will be an end of the painters, i... sighing ' hea v ily, "ani therefore the sooner my work if done the better." : Accordingly, he began the next' day, and 'Continued his design with ' diligence that seemed ,to indicate an apprehension ' (as the'report goes) he should hot live till he completed iti; This, howeverj he d id '- in the most ingenious : manner, by grouping everything which could denote th end of all thiri!?s a broken bottle anld bFoom ; worn to the ' stump the "nuttXnd of an' old firelock a cracked- bell-Jt bow nnsfrnng-a crown ttrmbfed in piecfff towers in ruins the- sign- post of a taVeVit. called the World's End. tum bling the moon in her Wane the man of the globe burning a gibbet falling, the body gope, and the chains which held it dropping flown Posbus and his horses being dead x in j the 1 clouds a vessel wrecked Time, j with hour glass and scythe broken a tobacco pipe in .his mouth, the last whiff of smolie going out --a play-book open, Avith "exe-unt om nes, stamped in the corner ah empty purse ,and a statute -of bankruptcy t ken out against Nature' . ; "So far so good," cried Hogarth5 nothing remains but this" takirfg. his pencil in a sort of prophetic fury! and dashing of a -painter's pallet broken "Finis!" exclaimed Hogarth, "the ded is done- all, :s ever. ; ' ': It isa very "remarkable and well known fact, that be never again took the: pallet in hand. It is a circumstance less Known perhaps, that he- died in h bout "a year af ter he bad finished that extraordinary tail; piere - ' . Gcofge Hancroft, the Historian. Bancroft is -one of our greatest men. Endowed withf fl moif piercing and; at the same time -poetic mind, he examines the history of a period with the rigid scru tiny of a judge; and then' nafiatea'the story with the lofty enthusiasm of a bard. Whether he is deic r i bi ng t he noble a rdor of Columbus, the. half - inspired fortitude of the puritans, the careless courage Cavaliers, or the. wonderful western jour neyings ol La Salle and ,rYiricennes, .the story still moves on .with absorbing in terest'.and sometimes vyitb epic grandeur, his natural talents have been cultivated, With most asssiduous ieal; and to the ac quire me nts of a Ne w En g land col lege h e adds the profoundesf studies of a German University! . His history, with'4' its deep and caret uf research, judicious and phi-: loophic thought, Vita, life.-like, character painting .. and gorgeous , diction, is treasure for American readers, ; and an honor to American literature. ' St. Louis Republican. Useful Receipt. , . Gieen Corn Pudding. This is one of the numerous rural luxuries which the fa r.ne has always t he po we r to obtain at small expense. V Xbe following. is the re ceipt for making it ;Tale of green corn full in the milk iwelve ears, and grate it. To ihlit add one quart of sweet milk, one fourth of a - pound of fresh- butter,4 four eggs, wl 'beaten, pepper arid salt as much. as may. be deemed, necessary; stir the jngredients well together, "and bake in a buttered dish. Some add to the other ingrt d ients a .quarter of A poo nd ofJ-fine sugar, and eat witn sauce, it is an ex cellent dish cold or - warm, with meat or sauce; but epicures of' the most ex nuisite taste, declare for it, we believe and withthe first service. 1 L; &v- 1 iV". Y. Farmef. Master and Pupil. V k Dr. Ed ward ! Beeche r, ' in a lecture before the'Amenrah Teacher's Institute, aCIts recent meeting in" Providence, ut tered a nbbfe sentiment, which os thus reported bj'a correspondent of the Post . It conveys a lesson whj?h- e?yery. parent arid every teacher, should ' heed ; vli is of the' highest inportanfee to "treat with respect the sense of justice in a child;--In my ex per ience as" comtnitteeman, I ha ve oftejn known the teachef lo be wrddg arid the scholar to be right. I V would say to a teacher always respect the sense ofjustice in the pupil. It is better that 8 teache should make twejity Vackoowl edtTemt?nis' of erroWbefore ' the ' whole school, than tnat sense ot justice in iao sirialiest pupil shbald, teovingt&'lfe'A. amnio iusmuw. i An Editor'40 d- Sou'th. who had served four days ortth jury,-says be ii s6fluil of law that it'is hard to keep froth 4 ' . Correspondence, t s Raleigh, September lOih; GENTiESfrw f Yotrr Very polite in vf tation "to be presentt a" public, dfnner to be given ori-the'28th instanfv Ke citizens ofCaswell irrespective of party ,' to the Hon; Jotiti Kerr, has leen'fe Ceived,tind I regret it will be out or in 7 power, owing to professrunal "engage- ments, to attend, for be assured."1 ir! wonld afford me the highest gratificatiort, to contri bote to - that honor, ivhich ? ii so justly due your distirguihrd RepreeerrJ lativerf whose rsferlinff ratiotrsmi nrtd 1 inflexible devotion la Jhe f rh his "of the' ooutn, navef solicited Admiration,- amr fellow citizens ''!fi"-vs '-'' It canriot?be (fiVgniscd gentlemetr, fh fact stands oat in- the boldest releif, that' the1 fanaticism-" of the North with a recklessness anexampled; t even rn ; its? wn hitherto most reckless coursey-is precipitating the Country, upon a roost threatening and feaful crisis, one, which in desiring lo break down the institutions' of ihe SoutB', rniist inevitably aecom- phsb the dissolution of the Union,rand the d e&truction of 1 1 hose bright hopes Which. in years past Were fi'nd!u!gedl with confidence, that we were destined " to'continuea great, united, happy people.'5 For if the constitutional .right? affrf peaca of the South, are to become1 a prey to that reckless sprrrtwhkh seems-resolved-to ruTe or ruin," how can it be reason ably expected, that our' people should remain attached to that Union, which becomes therr ctrrjfcsb soon tts h eeascsi to fee their 'protection. 11 i J : iU Year after year, for - nearly twenty years, has the spirit of Fanaticism ; con tinued its work -"of agitation, the press of as own section, teeming with effusion the most" bitter "and vindictive itt ''their1 ione! towards us, pouring into 'Congress, petitions the most abusive and viotemjr arresting the public" business; in lhat: body, with speeches breathmir a ! hrey. hostility, to an instiiittionV which is clearly interwoven with oar domestic relative; setking every vopportunity to fix 'upoii us, an odious discrimination in the Jegts ation of Congress on ihe subject of th Territories, and whereby the eflofts'ert" some extent, -eeccured' our rights and reconized our equalities with the rest of the Union, raising all it? energies, with Venewed and more reckless', zeal, to ac complish the repeal of those . Jaws,.atid tastrike blows, more fatal to our rights, arid yet more' destraaife to our peace and nappiness., v ;v rpt 1 Can it be"expe"cted that "the spirit . of our people should longer " sleep bnder such aggressions T : tiow m reason and justice, can forbearalice be asked'' of hs. where forbearance nas,. Ceased ,W De a virtue t- Does Fanaticistn 1 expect "yet greater, concession, to Us already insulting and exorbitant, demands.! If so are we ready and willing; -io concede them and by such concession, make ourselves slaves, with but the names ot a free go v ernment, and an equal Constitution ? It cannot be, that we are prepared for such degrading honiilratroTiy " '' ! For myself, I believe - it the duty of our people, a duty which ' they owe to themselves as freemen, to lh:er children who are to succeed them, to every thing which they regard as sacred and honor- able, to overlook; to forget to ? discard party, in the presence of this great and vital generation, to throw; its fetters tc the winds, and prepare; for1 the crisis which is approaching, the issue : which the North:, seems wildly determined to face upon them, resolved that whilsl refecting : the rights of ; other 5 sections they will submit to ho furihef encroach' ments upon theirownV v'"! - 'Xt 1 Letme no: be jrnitrioderstood. .l art no advocate of rash measures. Rashines! is nof the character sticr cf vwisijni bratc men rolynreVoITed;Bft the Jpro tection of their rights "' i f have ' longei to witness the union of the true .arii conse r vatfve m e n of all sections to Sari the Union, but whether soch a co-cpefa Hon succeed or not, in the 'face of;th- dangers which threaten,-' my motto is "The nnfonbftbe whole South' (or ih protectiori : safety, perpetuity and ' lovi of tbe south " v; :s . - ,4 V r f your festive 'occasion';'- amgettUe'niei you friend and fellow citizen? GaKEXSBbROcoHV5ep4, 1854. Gentlemen; On ray return on yeste? day from an excursrotrto the mountains,1 loona your iaor ui .iuc ulu iud., mmim irig me that the cttizeni of Caswell irres pectire bf Mrty propose priri a publi dinner to the Hon. John Kerr, oa th' 2Sth fnstind inviting nn to be preset wun: you upon tnat occasion; it' woui afford rue "great pleasure in partake- bt tt nospuaiuv ot your uisens uu me uvu sion alluded io iri borioiof ouf 'TepreEBi tatire'in Congress, lint. I regret' to -V mat proiessionar engagemeniB. on vm day' will reabireltriV presence taf tant part of tbe Histrici P Very respectfully ynur obedient 1 ; yanti' J' -'- -'HAtrH tiOHRELL.
The Milton Spectator (Milton, N.C.)
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Oct. 11, 1854, edition 1
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