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NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS. M trpa t r Ikt rpU n KlghM dot aa aumal f I JK wA strata Mttias can UU kmmtni ef C. W. rEA'TOff, Editor. . . . WADJSBORQ', N. 0. ' THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1859. -. "The Argus seems to hav a ry bad opiolon of th Democracy, but w think ll will tod It rather hard work U luak it readers bolieve that Dessoeeat a pa aa dishonest end as corrupt M it charge." Wetttr Democrat. txnis. To mny Ptrton wh tlUtnd u flS rt will mail Tear copies or th irgu Cor oa yrttr. rT i . . -. t ... - l. I nere is aa wpponuniiy, uw, iui tm, ui.n , . . has the heart to labor in a good cause, to do nf5nu wu.ua, uovcrn- thing for bis eountry. If every good old conservatiie , went of the United States, while in pojsoesion That' a fact ! We have a very " bad" opinion of (be Democracy, but not worse than the opiniona entertained by Democrats themselves, who have boiicslly confessed that tho present Democratic Government is the most corrupt institution that ever existed in tbia or any other age or country. Peoibciacy condemns itself. Out of the mouth of Democrats docs the Democrat!!) party aland condemned. ' On tho authority of lion. Andrew Johnson Whig and American In tha community wUl.do what kit heart prompts him to do, and whateonseienc tell hia it i his duty to do in this connection, h a ill i art aa influenc for good which will tell upon tba fu fart history of hi) Bute aoJ country, and if hii life abould b rparod to a food old age, will causa kc ey to light np with something akin to tha lira of yo:h . when hia children aball remind him of the influence be rxerted in tha redemption of hia eountry in I KM and I860 from tbe ruthless grasp of Dcuiocr.cy, which has nullified all the good accomplished by the purest patriots those great conservative statesmen, Clay and Webster and Calhoun, whose lives were and are a -perpetual eommentiry upondbe infamous and waste ful and wicked extravagance of their political ene mies, and life-long i:iifier and maligncr. Coeae now! up with your chit, ami down goes Pemoc-acy! Whigs of Anson, re again rcmiud you of the meeting of the friends of good government which ia to tike place at the Court House on Tuesday next Aj this ia the last opportunity we ahull have of communicating with you previous to the meeting, allow ua to urge upon you the import ance of a full attendance. You may expect to bear some good peaking I lobe reminded of your duty, and to bave your hearts burn within you, aa you listen to the adiceand counsel of men of ' wisdom and experience men bf principle who, amid all the vicissitudes of life, and the changes incident to tho lapse of time, bave been faithful to the principles of their fathers those princi ples enunciated by Clay and Webster, and prac- Used by Whig Presidents which rendered the Administration of Millard Fillmoke so emi nently successful, so broadly national, so descr '.vedly popular, and so benignly effective in re . storing confidence, and hope, and peace, and hap piness, aod prosperity in all our borders. iueo, ci Vinson, uo you wish a return oi mat golden period T Advocate, then, the principles which, whenever acd wherever practiced, cannot . tail to produce a like result. ... 8 See speech of .0. II.Dockery, on the equalization of taxation. - W See" letter of Hon. -William A. Graham, on outside of this paper. It was unavoidably crowded out of the last number. Exchanges. How is it that the Wilmington papers reach us by the way of Raleigh and Sal isbury . ' , The Raleiuu Standard. We have of late entertained fears that this consistent champion of Democracy bad been discontinued. As far as ice are concerned, it has been discontinued. fcgr It really does us good to perceive the unity in which Democratic brethren in Pennsyl vania 4cll together. The era of concord, broth erly love and good feeling has returned among them. A little while ago they called each other all the hard names they could think of. Xoir, they are satisfied with cutting each others throats .' J Democratic papers assert that Mr. Uuch emn is ambitious of figuring in history as " the " la$t of tlie line of Dtnwcratu: Presidents." The very last, we trust and believe. May his ambition be gratified. From all Democratic Presidents, good Lord, deliver us. From all the evil effects and malign influences of a twenty yeara' Democratic possession of the Government, grant us a safe deliverance, and them a speedy exit into, a happier state of existence. , Hos. Jon.i A. Gilmer The Whigs of Chatham, in convention assembled, passed the fullowing resolution endorsing the course of their Representative in Congress. TUey do him just ice in thus speaking of bim : "Jtrnolofd further, That we doom U due to our faith ful and wortby Bepresentalie, lion. John A..liilmer, who bfl proved himself to be 'upright when hooor , ; was rebellion, trae when Integrity was treason;' that we fully approve and endorse his course fn Ctingtcss',' and feel proud tbat iu a period of the highest sectional excitement he dared to do that which the dUtinguii-hed ' -JIeuioiodJ, of South Carolina, says he feels it ra bis duty to hare; dene, but failed, because others led him in another direction." ifc-We have been permitted to read a letter addressed to a warm and personal friend, by a well known, fearless and incorruptible old line Whig, in which, the following passage occurs : "Yqarnote of tne 20th intt., informing me that the Wbigs aud Americans of Anson Contemplated holding a meeting ia Wadesboro' on Tuesday in. April Court week , and requesting tny atteadance, was duly received, I heartily approve of the meeting, and know of noth ing at present to prevent mo from being with you. Kvery ifciy aenviucta me more and more of the neces- of, and administered by, the Democratic party, aa " making more corrupt uses of money in propor-' lion to the amounts collected from the people, than,- any Government no on the face of the habitable globe." This is good Democratic authority. All we ask our readers to believe, is what Democrats say of themselves. Democrats who have become disgusted with Democracy, ettd who will aid the Opposition in defeating the party with which, they once co operated but which has become so monstrously corrupt that they are ashamed to be known as connected with or in fluenced by it. The readers of the Anjui cannot Mp believ ing, fjr the proofs are too strong for disbelief they are compelled to give credence to what they cannot deny, the Western Dcmncrut to the con trary notwithstanding. Tbat raper Ttbe Annul of tba 1 7th contains a call for a Whig meeting at VVadeadoro', headed with these words: V " ' H'Aiyj .' Aicalt! Arlii ! : r IturtrtralltH.' .' ." "Above this notice is the picture of a btuinrd with a pieee of 'hog chitterling' iu his mouth, soaring up ward and onward. " Hjf Dtmocral. N'ow, we cannot help, however much we ruay pity the obliquity of mind and vision which fails to distinguish and cannot appreciate the difference between tho American Eagle, the bird of Jove, and tbat abominably filthy, stinking scavenger bird, the '"buzzard." Wo know there are animals which take their ! color from surrounding objects, and. which, seen in different aspect", aro at one time jree, and at another brown, or no cvtor at air, as circumstances dictate. We know, too, that the human njind takes its tuue from those with whom it asso ciates. For instance : let a man become the asso- li:l( nf lliiavna in.l f..l,,n ln( Mm i.incr' with ,l ! i . , 'Uurn the bcalea clein over, or as tut. ills Uliu IMO IliC 1U1UJU1UI VUU Uf. i ptaved the profane and vulgar let him listen to low and ribu.'d .conversation, and read the productions of deformed and prostituted intel lects, and soon his own sense of propriety all the nobler promptings of his nature will be blunted bis conscience will be scared as with, a hot iron, and Ac become as bad as the worst. This is the inevitable effect of bad company. It is also true, that when the moral vision is cor rupt, the outward vision is defective the moral influencing the natural. Thus, it is possible that a man's morals may become so tainted and cor rupt, that the most beautiful Should not North Carolina send Four WHia8.jroJCoxoR9T-l'ea (ays put brother of the Sales Prat, and yea, say we., In the First district, two yean ago, the Whig candidate (Smith) came within a few rates of being elected. Cannot these few votes be e ercome, and a ma jority given to a good old line Whig Represent ative T Who says, no f Pshaw! The Fifth district is certain for the Whigs. In the Sixth district, the Whigs are being aroused and are organizing for the contest. Throughout its, length and breadth the Whigs aro in earnest, and our frwnds elsewhere may look for a decided change in- the political atmos phere of this district. Mr. Vance will be re elected io the Mountain district Although he Las served only a few months in Congress, he kas already attained a high position ia that body. His recent speech on the tariff, Ac, meets tho approbation of all true Southern men. What is to be done ia the Seventh 1 Yuu must answer that question, Whigs of Union and Anson I What is old Anson about 1 aska one. You Trill hear from her very soon. She will put a plumper full ia the teeth of modern Democracy. Whigs of the Seventh district organise organ ise 1 Organization is the forte ot the Democracy ! Their principles (whenever they have any) are written on paper, (not with indelible ink,) aud are set aside at pleasure. Not so with yon but organization is necessary. In this connection the Raleigh Rcijittcr says: The NxxTCoscacsaioXALKLECTinNaiSTiiia Stats. I'uless the Opposition party in North Carolina shall be cursed with the most culpible suplueness, or distracted by the most stupid fruds, tbey will carry, at the least, four of the eight district in tho next election. We mean the First, the Fifth, the Sixth and the Eighth districts. A gentleman from the First district informs ua t li it t there ia the very b j-t spirit prevailing through the leuj;th and breadth of the district. With the hoc! of talent which the district possesses, and from which the candidate will be chosen, there cuu be no mistake made an to tin man. . Tlit Fifth district will he, as it baa been, our", un less the Oppositionists are distracted by iiarrels as to men, and thus permit an "Imp.oskion'' iemHTiit to lip ia aud misrepresent a notoriously anti-dkmn.'atic dUtrkt. .iucb a course on tba part of the Opposi tionists would be the very extreme of folly, aid a burning tbame. What a spectacle would it be now, when our party eeeiywiere are sacrificing prsonal preelections un the aiUr of their country, and select ing the strongest and b-st men as their candidates, to see the old Guilford district the banner district of the Whig party -torn and split up by disputes about men, and in the sequel to see a pesti.erous Loc Toco mis- V representing it in Congress. This cannot be, ought not to be, must not be. lu the fiitli district, as in tba First, the old Whig fires have been rekindled, and aro burninz brightly to guide the nominated candidate to a victory which will the bcalea clean over, or as clean over as ratio scales can be turned. . ' In the Eighth district, Vance, the gallant tramon tane champion of the Opposition party, will clinch the Mil which he drove into tlie cothu of Iijcofocoism last summer. " Never bad a party a finer project, and a more templing field spread out before them than bave the opponents of Democracy iu North Giro iua nt tbia mo ment. The labors" of the canvass will be labors of love and devotion to the best interests of our be loved country. The holiest iustlncts of an exalted pa triotism prompt men everywhere to unite in the most strenuous efforts to drive out the owls an I the bats, and the other foul, feathered animuleth.it make up the aviary of Democracy from the government nests in which tbey lime so long brooded, and which ihey bave so nauseatinirly defiled. The stench of Democratic corruptions is rank uuto Heaven, and a people sick of . rot rax asqcs. hut mm. at ox a wao caa mm tx. Tusn Wnektr't Ziaugkitr." . ' Democracy's in sad condition, All tha con is off tha Cobb 8b h going to perdition Buck has proved himself a "snub.'' Rally Whigs! rally Whigs! rally Whipl Bee your gaits nt banner streaming Rally Whigs! rally. Whig.! rally Whig.! to tba ays af beauty beaming, . Bally Whigs! rally Whlgsl rally Wbigsl Coma from the Bast', com from ths UVt, North and South with glowiag brtaa, f Rilly Whigs! rally Whigs, hoi Out what more oould ba expected Frost a bitter wool-djed Fcd By Democracy elected Just U kill the party dead.' Polk and Pierce, aod Jasnes Ruebanan, Head tha plunder party host And tha Treasury they ran ou Till It yielded up the ghost. When old ftuck proposed for "Cuba," Tbat good looking Spanish wenoli, His party foil tu dancing "Julia," Notwithstanding the expanse. Says Cubt to Buck, "you san't pass master, Thirty millions will not do, Mother aaya you're a filibuster, You can't oomo it by 'a few!' " Then Buck grew aagry black as thunder But consoled himself the while - . Thirty mllliont'more of plunder, Caused Hia Majesty to smile. Rally, then, Whigs, to tha rescue Of the land your father's trod Vanquish those who bow oppress you, Do your duty trust Id God. m awM- Ktep It bclort the PeopUi Keep it btfure the oit; That at the session of Congress before the lust, although the appro priation for blanks was stricken out by both bjects in nature ! " "11,n ' cver? J's'OTect'nsTtra7agance ? ..! . L... . 1 t I .1.. -I I i -." "J "S aim on, arrve uui co rauiiuu iiiuj ui lue vue anu vulgar, and instead of elevating and cnnoLlinj: H e have the prestige of success on our side now. The Democracy see it, and seeing it tremble. Look at ...... ,.r Mr,nHi . w. i - - i n i. . serve only to bring out his Vulgar and bestial pro- i remembers to have seen that journal as tame" and penalties. spiritless as il has been lor six months pat r Aa it is luus, the Democrat pronounces the American i , fesrfui looking forward to a judgment to come. earle, seen through Democratic classes, a " buz- Go forward, then, Whig speakers and canvassers, and sard." Tbe " buzzard" is a Democratic bird foul as Democracy itself corrupt as corruption can make it its foetid breath taints the atmos phere its stomach cranes the food which would disgust, and nauseate, and mortify, and destroy the life of any ot'hcr creature less repulsive than itself. In these respects, it is an emblem of De mocracy. It does not soar away with the " chit terlings in its mouth." It cannot soar. It bu ries tbe "chitterlings" wfrfA it has"rfven from the festering carcass of some dead animal in its stomach, even as Democracy has swallowed the " chitterlings" of a defunct treasuiy. The " buz zard" is a Democratic bird they are the " buz zard party." "This the eagle is intended probably topre-figure tbe uprising of our Whig and Kuow-Nulhing friends in this district! L t him soar, Mr. Argus, but be sure and select an easy place lor him to fall upon." Wett trn JJfMocrat. The xVoyJeflsps bis wings against tbe sky, Views the bright sun with an unflinching eye, And as he ncars the golden orb of day His plumage brightens in the brighter ray. ' So Truth, beneath the influence of light, ',.," an indignant and outraged people will, pronounce the doom of double-dealing and damnable Democracy!- Houscs of Congress, ii was managed tu he kept in the appropriation hill, in order to give a con tract of 540,000 to a newspaper edited io Penn sylvania, upon which 635,000 was clear profit, and that that profit wus shared with the editors of a Dcuiocrat'ic newspaper in Washington. This U tho way the Treasury is rubbed to support Democratic newspaper; to lie for. the party. Keeji it hfure the I'enpc, That when John Quincy Adams ran the expenditures of this gov ernment up to Thirteen JJilliont annum, thejiue and cry of extravagance and corruption, was raised from one end of the continent to the other rctreneliincntptld ftforul were called for and the people united in turning Adams out ot office at the expiration of his first term. . Keep it before the I'viile That wbeu'Mr. Fill more, having the Mexican war debt upon his hands, and the thousands of new pensions al lowed in consequence of that war, ran the ex penditures of the Government up ti) forty fee mil ton t jer annum, the Democratic papers and politicians, from Maine to California, clamored for reform, and for the election of a Democratic President, who would put a stop to all such cx Whig Railt in Nbw Yobk They have had i enthusiastic old fashioned Wbia rally in New York, and Hon.. Washington Uunbnaa been making a speech before tbe Whig General Cora mittoe. Air. Hiram Ketuhdht, chairruaa of the committee, on introducing Mr. Huat spoke as follows: 1 - . rYhetoanbs mora refreshing iban. to look baok.to tbe period when tba Adioiui-tratiou or tbia eountry was-in the bands or Whigs? What have we seen ainos It passed into other hands T The last Whig Adminis tration was that of Millard Fillmore. Loud and long applause. II called about mm ths very ablest stateamaa of the country, who f.ttrly representee' every aeetioa aud every luterest. It round tha diflareut sections of tha eountrr at variance aud In fierce eolli slon. Tba very first thing he did was to declare that the law should be maintained and enforoed. Ap plause. 1 lis sat hliasulf at work with hia Cabinet and friends to produce peace, and be did produce peace, lie settled all Ua mmeuiues, waicn prevaneu, and when- ha left the PresiJnntial chair every aeetioa was reconciled and quieted. But, geullemeo, how long was tbat peaee preserved 1. Both of the great parties of the eountry pledge I themselves to the com promise measures; but how long did they keep their pledges? What bar we aeaa line T I have said that be was surrounded by ths ablest mea of aha eountry Allow ma to speak of some of them. There was Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, Illustrious name f Laud applause. 1 He labored In that department, and died ia that department; and when he died there went up suoh a wail from this whole nation as was "never heard before sine the death or the rather of bis coun try. Ii was succeeded in office by Edward Kverett f Applause. 1 And who it, Edward Everett? Is there , woman or child in this wuoie country wao ean A'eep it bejorc the I'toplc; That ltuehanan came into office complaiuing of the extravagance of his predecessors, aud pledged to retrenchment and reform by tbe Cincinnati Platform, but has run the Government expenditures up to the cnor. mous sum of Xinktv Millions pi rt Ax sum. and has inaugurated tho most reckless and un Cosmoi'OLItax AbtJoirnal .SV.c-fi' ' heard of system of plunder and corruption Booki Ooeiftil. Subscribers now "received for. giving it bis persona sanctum aod ofheial coun the sixth year Tho terms' re the same, until j tenancel further notice, as for the year past, viz: Three h,. ' Thnl dollars entitles the subscriber p ttwrore the J tmtte, l bat when rillmore vacated the Presidential Chair, he turned over to Ibt. To a ine impression or either or the superli i . , , . . steel engravings, "Milage Blacksmith, " "Saturday u" successor, i lerce, runy .muioni oi a surplus Night, or "Manifest Destiny. 2d. To the Cosmopolitan Art Journal, one year one of the most elegantly illustrated and valuable quarter lies published iu this country. 3d. To a two months' admission (season ticket) to the celebrated Dusseldorf Gallery, in New York the two months to date from tbe day of presentation of the ticket at the door. - 4th. To all the rights and privileges of a member of tbe association iu tbe Annual Premium Benefit, which will comprise several hundred works of art paintings, sculpture, bronzes, water-colors, outlines,' etc. These are offers of extraordinary liberality, but such as the Directory are enabled to make through the operation of the admirable plan upon which the Institution is founded. j that when Pierce vaeated it, he turned over to Buchanan Seventeen Million while Buchanan in two years, has consumed that surplus, together with the current revenues of the Oovernment and now has a National Debt of Scrrnty Mill ions bangingoyer the country, caused by bor rowing, and is without money to carry on tbe Government? tW The April number of Russell's-Magazine commences the third year and fifth volume of the awlne&'fir0""-"? P!!? r' morebri$bt f .magaxine. The proprietors are grateful for the uui wnen irae puts, on me gam pi Wutu,.. ..:.: rv .,1 ;n-mIr,fimDn thov hav meeiwed. and solicit a continuance of public favor, which Or wrinkled age tbe glowing tints of youth, The tottering step the youthful jooks, belies , '; lr Exposure follows and the victim 'lies. We shall let him soar, Mr. Buzzard we shall let him soar. Tbe nobie bird io his upward flight, is symbolling the progress of the cause of truth which is onward and upward, far above the pigmy flight of the foul and ill-omened bird whose presence is a sure presage of death and corruption. He is an emblem of Liberty.. lie is free as the air which supports him they will endeavor to deserve, and which tee say ithev do deserve. To ensure tbe continuance of the work, it ts absolutely essential that the terms of subscription should be strictly adhered to, and that tbe payments for the comihgyear be promptly made. . .".- The North British Review for February is received. Contents: The Algerian Literature of France ; Carlyles' Frederick the Great; Fiji land the Fijians; The Philosophy of Language; The " buzzard" party have filled the earth with J Sir Thomas Moore and the Reformation j Intuii corruption. The stench of their abominations i tionaltsm and the Liiunts ot Ucligious thoughts); fills the nostrils of the people. Thev are itoroed aity far the reorgannatiin of the li.g party, and or ; and gurfc;ft.,J, wjth prey. They are heavy and the correct and conservative principles of that party; Qp d ,, rise fr0DJ tho Tfa and of the extravagance, corruption, and waut of pnn- ! rr . -, , , ' cipl. in the Democratic party. I am greatly gratified flaP thclr 'PS" nd -beat l.h " to tbe North Carolina Axcos oourine its hot-shot into ! ' " In vain they atnve to rise." the Democratic ranks so effectually, lu. my bumble ! Their utmost efforts bsrely suffice tQ enable tbem J ainlon, it is doing tlie IrfipoVition more service than ay other paper in the Htate. I will only add 'a De La Rive's Electricity in-THeory and Practice : Scottish flti'nie Missions; "Rcfonu ; Recent Publications. little asore grape, Mr. ArgusT ftTbe tNtw Vork Ile,rall says : "The oon servaiive opposition movement in Virginia, re ceives impulse of encouragement; and, be fore the cud U May, we may nave tne Degtnning f a now diversion, which will confound the JaaarWe bave received from the American Advocate office, Rinston, a copy of the speeches of Hon. John M. Botts, before .the Richmond r J.ufi.l.. .(l'.:..i s : .... i t i I r J ' tvUnveillMJU anu mc viucr ui iiucii iiurriL-aoa. iuc ituiiiuidic viuiuiiy ui lue cuiiieriiiia, j Qred where, in. impotence thry sit, gloating over their wrangKnjt Democracy and the Wulting Black Ileoublicans. and put in active motion, a general -asii who'etomeUEPDular revolutiom We are io ' - ; , , , .viiuii . 1 r . 1 rM.h.,1 .i n if IKo l.n.lr.n ' t wei oi id eyr.ug -r .v m.- 4atethig Western Buzzard" on the baoDV cen , ception which h prey, their stinking breath and nauseous vomit their only defence against intrusion. And there they "s!t, until. disgorged, when, with fresh appe tites they again glut their stomachs to repletion, ' - And ne'er take wing whilst "chitteilir.g," Or flesh On bone, remainetb Or I'ncle Ram's sab-treasury A ghostly "dime" retaineth. In conclusion, we most respectftilly congratu-; frapateitu of the Jiernocratie party ppear ta be - XiT Our thanks are due to Mr. M. A. Bledsoa, I of Wake, fur a copy of his speech delivered in the North Carolina Senate, "January 121859, on the bill to alter the Constitution so as to enable the General Asseuiby to equalize taxation. We are indebted to Editors J'resLyterian, Fayetteville, for oopy" of Minutes of the Conven tion of Elders and Deacons of the Synod of North Carolioa. Thanks, Messrs. Editors.. Keep it before tlie I'cojrfe, That the enormous frauds, extravagance, defalcations, and corrup tions, of Van Buren's Administration, for which he was indignantly hurled from power in, 1840, were honesty, economy, and religion, compared with the wholesale corruption, public and private stealing-, and reckless expenditures of Buchan an's administration ! Keep-it bzfore tte.l'jtople, That Buchanan's administration, from first to last, is a tissue of ab. surdities; it proposes the absurdity of spending money we have not got the absurdity bf buying what is not for sale and tjif crowning absurdity of offering an insult as a preliminary fi making a bargain 1 . , . Keep it before the People, That Buchanan his asked for all manner of powers, never before granted to any President a Congrcsman's power of introducing bills the Senate's power of rat fying troatioa-ctho House's power of authorising loans and Congress s. power of declaring war an amount of power that George Waii:xcton would not bave been trusted with I driJiii)owfsea with every flood " gir "The LtM Bone of ejaauoer," is now called the "Burhaaea" fcoas E" kan?t. -. -i- V- ' A rose by soy o titer name would smell as Hti" Thi 'SoMB Carouma Planter f,oV April is received. It is most excellent numbeV. - - i sir i. . i. j:, .i. . ic v enabled biar to bestow upon , ;J .iL .. bis pjtrty a name.so happily xptwtve and r 6f iHiportliig Africans ii far more extensive lh.ari beautifully illustrativ of tthe strong sympathy heretofore 'soppjeed, and that the arrangements between the scavenger bird and the scavenger ; for that purpose are ingeniously devised small boats are employed to relieve slavers of their ear goes and bring them into Southern States. Our government has been informed of tome of the movements, and has taken efficient tneasufes io tbe premises.'' - party. Editors of newspapers will see the propriety and fitness of designating that party by their new name" The ISutzard Party . Keep il before Uui People, That, the present Administration, in its wild and reckless expendi ture of the public money its totul disregard of the will of the people, "and of the publie good its unauthorized assumption of power its weak dud unwise ixganpgemer.t of our Foreign 'relations - all and more, demonstrate that it is corrupt, and wholly fails to discharge the trusts commit ted to it by the people, and that it is the solemn duty of all honest men, irrespective of parties; to assist in hurling from power, the present corrupt army of office-holders - ' - I Keep it before tlie People, That the present n I 1 111 .t ' . - I uenjqpraiic ruie, snouiu oc overmrown - opt oniy because of its reckless expenditure of the public funds Jbut also its double dealing Territorial policy, asserting one thing to the fforth and anoth er to the South thereby inaugurating a species of dishonesty, disgraceful to. the Government, unknown in the annals of civilization, and bo cause it threatens the subversion of the best in terests of the Republic ! ; "" ' ' not answer tbat question ? Is there a Cabinet, is there a people ia the civilised world that have not heard and do aot honor and respect tha name or fcJward fcvsr ett? Much aa we love and venerate tbe father of our country, he has Uught as to lor and veuerat that chancier asire than we did b fire. Applause. lis is aot indeed a man for Boroe contest: but he I ludi cious, h is learned, he ia a man of the h gbest intse rily, and of vast knowledge; u man, by speech or writing, can communicate aud impart that kaewledge better thia he. He too is a n hig. Applause. There was also ia lb cabinet of Fillmore, John J Crittonden great appliusi a mtn who was early aeleoted by the aagwity of President John Quincy Adams t nil lb high office of Judge of tbe supreme Court of the United Slates. The Democrats of tbe Sen ate of the United 8tataa did not choose to accept him, but the sagiolty of I'veaident Adams has been vindica ted by his subsequent career. Crittenden has been since that time la the publlo lervioe the friend of Clay fareat aiinUuse.1 I know nu4htnir that can be aaid against Juhn J. Crittenden, except that be Is said to be too old tu serve bis eountry. Tm oldl vt ay Ken lucky does not think hint too old to rrpreseut tbat sovereign state, in the senate of the I nited states Who has ever seen any signs of age in John J. Crit tenden, as he ha aat in the Senate, viadieating or op posing any meesire? Who has discovered any failure of iutollect in hiiu? Tbey any, too, that oar venera ble tnrnd and great hero, lion. Beott, ta too ol.t! Applauae. If it were found necessary now to select any wan to vindicate any great national right on tbe floor of Congress, to whom would the eyes of this peo ple be sooner turned than to Crittenden? And if you were to bear to-morrow that two hundred thousand troops were on their way from Europe to iovad this eountry, to whom would every eye be turnel but to Gen. Scott? (Applause. We would not think him too old for that; wt dare trust it bl'ti as leader of our armies, tha interests of this eountry before any other man. Uenllemen, I think it ia not years, and decrepitude and imbesility that art regirded as tbe evidences of old age in these men. I think that attachment to well established and old fashioned principles is what makes men old in the estimation of many. If a man is in favor of honesty, as we ottee knew it the administra tion of the good upon honest principles,' he is set dawn as an old fogy laughter as a fossil. 1 wish the American Cabinet t filled with such fossils as John J. Crittenden and Winflebl Hoolt. Applause. There is one part ol the most ancient of all histo ries which I think is very worthv nf our attcotion at -this time. It is recorded that when Solomon reigned over Israel, that country had reached its highest pitch of elevation. When be died his son was called upoa to reign'after liiin. He gathered around him, in the first place, the old men of the eoontry, ri l asked their advice. They advised moderation. He then called the young men of the nation, being a yoong man himself, tbey advised extreme measures. He followed tbe advice of the young men, and the King dom was rent asunder, and the nation was dissolved, aqd from that day to this the breach has never been healed, and the Israelites, scattered throughout all the wirld, are witnesses to the fu'ly of tak ng the coun sel uf young Israel. . That, it stems to me, is a very striking leson for IEIIIIS OF II. 0. H. DOflEET, . Uf sUl'HMOIft,'. C .v.' tm tkt avaw Ctmrntnt, aa Ms ttk UrtMiy, X809;, M tktiulUmmg Ml, intniucmt ay Amu A Btu to authorla aad-requlr th County Coart ofT certain Counties to Ua artiolee ef property aot new authorised to be taxed for County purpoaea. ' BscTiox. 1 ,.fifi It maUti, ., That in thoae Coun-. tlea !a tba Bute which have subscribed or may here after subscrib to the stock of th Wilmington, Char-' loll and Hutherfurd lUllroad Voeapany, the County CourU forth same la laying th tax for th par post of meeting said Cuun' abscsiptiaw or any part thereof, or thelitis rest thercoa, shall bar aower and they are hereby required to lay th tax hot only OB uob property a la authorised to be Used la th rbrrt section of tbe talk chapter of tbe Havlsed God, bat also oa all other artiole aud every kind of property in said l ouolis whlub I taxed by tbe Ueneral Bsvo nua Hill of th Stat la fore at th tim of laying such tax. Saurios.2. Ui III artker- nmttei. That' this act' shall' be la fore from and alter it ratification. Ua.. SNUKse: Yoa will beir m's wltnesa tbat I have aot consumed muck of th time of thi Iloaa,. nor would I do so at Ibis tim, but fro at the fact that a seas orduty to myself and to th people whom I represent oa thla flaw, Imperatively datnand that should be heard ta. reply to my friend from Anson and iu defeuc of lb principle of th bill now under consideration, a. bill which 1 bsllev to be not only right and proper, but Indispensably neewaary ia this diy sod tim of high taxes In North Carolina.. I re fit t that I asa oompelled oa thi oeeaaloa to differ wilhj my friend, for hi Aerto, la the main, we have bacsv acting together. W are aai bar bee a friends, per-, sooslly aud politically; bulla this natter w separate, honestly and eonsoiealiously, awarding each ta tba. . other th earn right to independence of actioa a asoili as free-Joes of thought Now, tdr. Speaker, why did I Introduce this bill V la aaswer to that interra.ntary, let tbe following rea ' aooa speak for themselves: This road was chartered,. yea will resneniember, in lHo, th State giving aa a. fair oharter, with reasonable aid. After tbe prelimlo ariea ware arranged, the Company organised (or boat-, ness, aad immediately proceeded to solicit individual subscription from th people along th Ho of tba proposed road. Our worthy President, with author- ' ised agent and others friendly to tba enterprise, can- -vassedeaeh and every county thoroughly and ably. . This self-imposed duty did aot meet with the desired . success, aod tbe Company, almost driven to tbe wall, . disheartened and discouraged, asked, ia order to.-. cur th completion of th road, through He pre--aeolative ut those counties interested ia the work,, such an amendment of the charter as t giv tbceesib. ties tbe right to subscrib to its Capital stock, ia their corporate capacities as counties. Thi modest request, was cberrully granted by tba uenaral Aaaembiy otr '66 and '67. This amended charter Ihald iamy haad, and ia th Cth section thereof, after protljng th mode and manner ia which this measur shall be sub mitted to th people, and the election upoa th aaaa, . to., goes oa to provide, ia ess lb proposition ia voted oa affirmatively, bow lb county bond are to b issued, when redeemed, andih mode ia which tbey ball bo mat, which last provision reads as follows; ' 'And it tkall be the duty vl th justices of tbe county regularly tu provide tbe means for meeting the inter' est on tb county bonds, as lb same shall become due, by laying such taxes annually on tb persons, landi and vttier property within the county a sbsll aud may b sufficient lor that purpose. " Thi pro- -vision has been strangely overlooked by my friend who has just addressed us, a well as by lb magistrate on tb line of Ibis road. This clause, air, is ptaia and unequivocal, peremptory and binding, tbe mag-, istratea o lay thia tax no bind, perseoa, aad etktr prnpirty, and yet this entire Ul ia saddled oa th land and pulls of those counties, and th third dure Irons. hence this money is to eome, vis: l ter prtperty," i entirely overlooked and ignored. Tbia, sir, ia wrong; tb chatter if biading at all ia equally a ia all iu parts; otherwise, it is nugatory aavd inoperative. Mf purpeee ia the introduction of tbia bilj is to make tb duty of tbe justices on this subject absolute and positive, in plain and unambiguous terms; p rsced im piHMi uwuutfrisci4 pioivasiun, auu tv Maspiliy aud make binding all iu provisions on "o(Sr properly" a portion of which 1 understand to b money and bank stock. My friend objecU to th billbecause ibis new. Why, sir, the entire subject ia a new one in, th legislation of North Carolina.' Notorjyar the auhjecu of Uxalioa as embraced in, the bill new, but the mode of raisioaj money by county subscription is equally new, and ia our portion of the Olate a railroad is a new thing, aad cerUiuly none tbe more elijectionable en tbat accoaoL Uut if tbe el.jectiunto the bill be a good one it appliea with equal lore tu tbe road itself, to tbe high tax upon land and poll necessary to complete tbe road, to many items in our Kevenue bill just passed one of us. We ought to look to tbe moral of it. I am not i which ia the Ua on note shavers, which is certainly tbe oldest msn in this room, and yet 1 am old enough, juit and proper although new, end il apt lies to every perhaps to give some advice to the young mtu who form the class to which I have alluded. Vnu think yourselves wise at twenty-five. If you live to forty five, you will know that you were not very-wise at twenty-five; and if youbhould live ten yeara longer, you will know il stijl bettor. And now, gentlemen, I suppose I bave less interest in this matter tliMI most of yon. We have a very rich inherit mce; if tbe young men think proper to squander it away, let them do it But, gentlemen, I think it will be well for them to consider tbat when tbey grow older they will probably be wiser; an I to consider that it is b st to preserve tb rich innartUnee wbicb we enjoy. Applause. f Vot .w 1'or. Nsw Voaa, March '-'7, I860. One niore among the Knickerbockers, friend Ar gus, I will, with yuur permieuon, address yoa from time to time, hop'ng tbat I may say something that will interest, amuse or instruct your readers. Owing to tbe recent disaster to the North Carolina, I expected I should (ml few passengers on board tbe steamer from Norfolk, but was disappointed, for on application for a berth I learned that not only tbe berths but every eot and sofa on board was engaged, and that extra preparations, were making for the ac commodation of applicanU. In due tim we reached Baltimore, and arrived safely In Gotham, via Camden and Amboy route, which has twenty-eight miles per steamboat betweest Amboy and this place.- Found on board the steamer Hott. Stephen A. Douglas, who was polite and arree- able to all. He circulated generally, on deck, and in the ladies and gentlemen's saloons, talking with the ladiea, old and youna. and ulsvine with the children. and was particularly attentive to a Methodist Bishop, wao was quite agea aad very communicative. Tber -were over three hundred persons oa board, and I do hel jeve thai iq the short spac oi three hours he had something to say to almost every oae of.them. II will be tb third parte candidate for President, and it is thought that T. L. Clingman will be on hia ticket for tea President. The latter has been speadma hi time in tbia city and Albany since tb adjournment of Congress, and is en route for Europe. He is a ttrong Douglas man. 1 I attended an Old Line vt big meetine on Thursday night, and beard addresses from Mr, eUtcbum, Hon. Washington Hunt, and Mr. Erastus Urooks. Better national and anti-sectional doctrine I never lieard, North or South. The Old Line Whig fire is klndlina all over the State. The Whigs are determried to have a candidate in the field for President a nattonai. Hit a sectional man. Tbey go for a man tried and well known. Th alarm caused by rumors of war In Europe is subsiding. Cotton and provision still going np. Tb city is full of merchants, and trade brisk the largest Southern trade ever before known. No man should visit tbia city without seeing Stew art' fin "wholesale and rWtail store oa Broadway. It a six stones above ground and two under, and occu pies one whole square. The esUblishmrnt employs foar hundred clerks and porters. One partner is in Manchester baying English goods and one in Paris after French goods. . Beside the heavy business tbey do in domestic goods they pay the custom-house a million and hair or dollars on importations. Thcv have a trad of $12,000,000. Tb Sickles affair Is making quite a stir, and it is thought will lead to the development of some two or tnre otner cases or a similar nature In Washington not yet generally known. Sickles' character is bad bad indeed. It is said, upon good-authority , tbat he was Intimate with hi wire's -mother, and that he se duced his wife before he married ber she haying a ehild in some three or four months after marriage. Butterworth's character is aloe bad. Ho upon, the whole it I a dark affair, and getting yot?e.- Thcr ar many hundred auoh case of daily aoenr reaca in city life, and few are brought to light, but are known ia private circles airaut the cities, s. n. c. There is a curious report from Utah, in the correspondence 0f B San Franoiaeo paper, to the effect thst Hrighaiu Young keeps witnin doors through fear of his ilfe; that several of the leading Mention are apostatizing, aud that life nd prop, crty arc uosafs in the Territory. ' thing that la novel or strange, without regard to it utility. Two year agoan etfurt was made I equalise laxavion ny giving the county courU full and unlimited juris iiction over every specie of property, fur th purpose of aiding land and poll to meet the county expenses. A similaabill wss iutrojueed into the other House tbe other day by the Hcuator from Wake, dat ing this session, For. such a bill I would cheerfully rote; but on this occasion we only ask the right to tax . Mall other property," with a view of aiding the bind and and poll lax-pavers in meeting the demands now un justly imposed on tbem alooe for railroad purpose. This is a moderato request, and I trust this House will pass iue Dill. But, says my friend, th county coart only ask tbe right to Ux property for railroad purposes, already within their jurisdiction. have no recollection of any such condition precedent, aud the express word of tbe charter fully bear me out ia my peeitioa; for, by tbe first aeetioa of the 28tb chapter ef the Ktvised Code (referred to ia th bill,) the eouaty court only have jurisdiction over land and poll aod nothing else, whereas, lb authority givea la tb amended charter of the Wilmington, Charlotte aad Itulherford Railroad Company expressly require tbat Ibis tax tkall be levied on land, persons and "other property," conse quently my friend I oiisUken, or th Legislature ia iu wisdom granted us more than w asked. - Bnt, sir, It is said the people voted for this scanty subscription with tbe express ondersUnding that thi. entire Ua should fall alone and entirely upon land aad' poll aad that it would be unwise and unjust to alter tbat condition now. This may bar been the view of saplUUeU and moneyed men, bat not land-holder. At all evenU it la to m a new point, which 1 have never beard before, -t would be strange indeed to, s apople, oine-teuthsof whom ar land-tax payers,, not only voting for heavy county railroad sabscnp- -tioos, but actually contending, earnestly, sealously' nd determinedly, that they-and tbey alone should have tb honor ol footing the bill and paying tb tax. in addition to other heavy county burdens. It is hard. " enough to saddle the debt on tbem after it ia con tracted, without impeaching tbem with a want of' , judgment or. sense of equality. Why, air, why tbia understanding? wby this condition annexed? I have read the charter to you. It provides that thia moy tkatl be raised on land, persons and 'UUur property. " .The asm charter wbicb gar ua tfa right to tak stock as counties, also expressly enjoined upon lb Counties the subject upon which this money is to be raised. Property, other than land and poll, is to pay its (hat of th railroad debt. So reada th law, and upon this reading th people voted "subscription." Let this, however, bave been aa it may in Aneosv county, I ean speak advisedly aad positively in regard to the county I represent on thi floor. In Richmond, ' sir,'th opposite doetrin wss held and argued before -tbe people; tber we supposed every specie of prop erty subject to Ibis debt; not only were w Induced Io believe Ibis from, tb deelarationa of tbe speakers, but from th reading of the charter itself. But for this understanding in my eooniy' th result f tbat election would bave been exceedingly problematical'.. -On this point, sir, I am clear, my- recollection is dis- ' tinot, -that it was thus argued, and upon this argu ment tbe people voted the subscription. And, sir, for that county f contend the' provisions of th law, of the charter, as well as the distioot understanding of the people, should be carried out: and air, for that purpose I am addressing you to-day. . ' Hut, my friend asks for whose benefit is tha road. built? and with some ingenuity singles out tbat class of eur nonulation whom he supposes to be tb least inter ested n ia tb road, its asks, does it advance tb la- ' tercet of tbe merchant, the lawyer, tb doctor, tbe den- . list, thedruggist, and othjerareana and trader f I e war, it docs emphatically benefit tbem, for a benefit conferred ou bo large a portion of onr people as ai the landholders, aertainly so ramifies and difuse it-.-elf among tb otbw classes as t be f decided ad vantage to them. "The road helps the farmer, tba farmer employ the doctor and trades with th mrs. chant. Railroad faaikiut hi business, hi opera- - ' lions are quickened aud. enlarged, hia exertion ar. stimulated, hia sale ar mors prompt and profiubl, , be pays hi debt. Th doctor and merchant ge their dues, and participate in bis prosperity, and thereby the whole eountry is benefited. This highly respeotabl portion of oar populstioa ar too iotellk gcut aud. higb-tourd, ia icutlmcut to. refuel a mcjilcutn 3
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