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Urn OX. TUB CONSTITUTION AN!) THE LAWS TUB aUAKDlANS OP OUR LIBERTY.
Vol. XXIV.
TiitmsPAY, skpxi:uiii:ii sa, 1 8 11."
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"May JMrfic eait,
(liknitt batter fcuCMiag aowr
O v every ?ed.
TM!j ui h'Klj Finals.
Vieni Bred I recently mid an rs
enrwoa of nte distance to the country,
nJ tarried for a short tin ia a farming
coranunity, where the first eighteen or
twenty j fart of my eaily diy were epent.
Many year have claped siaee, aod other
pjrsutts hive engroeseJ my thne and at
u niion. Yet. often my mind men to
the scenes of y uih. and memory rolls
back la the recollections ol other dsye,
when ia common w a a'.l tha rural com-
muuiiy in which I resided, I fell all ,
the joyoHe hMe nf aned-time, eatered
with seal into all the liWs and eicite
neat of hay making and harreat. and
ah red ia all the fr'b an I glee of huak
ig partiet; and in all the though dcaeaeaa,
aad bqojrtnry of ywiih, looked forward
fH thankigiting, aa the very bett tf atl
fie dare in the year.
In eieiiing the place after an ahtenea
of eoiae twenty or more yeare, I fnond
many at iking changee had iae a place;
many aa honest, brawny limbed fanner.
tben lord or ina broaJ acre a. now orro
piea but hie si f.-et by two, in the " auld j
kirk yard;' snd oihrrs that were then in
the r igor of to inhooil, vidhad been snared.
were, bo we J down with age, and their
thick locka had been plucked by the fin !
gers of time, ad ailvered o'er by the fruat ,
i 7v or 89 winters. Many of my school-
matee who were then wild and reckless
youths, with whom I had an hunJied limea
tried the tug of war" at long hold and
$Ut hue, mm now staid and stea.ly !
f4rmers heads of families engaged in all .
the buoinese scene of lite. And of the
brielrt eeed, flaten-haired lasses, many
were tnns'ormed to sober and care'til ,
. a . , . I
nouiewivea ana moners, anu owners
were qiietly sleeping the alumher tat
knows noawakening mou of whom had -
oen carnea on in aa me oioomoi youi.-i ; eprraaieu wan grptuin, anu uscn as ra.v
and early wominhood, by that scourge of ! t)ur in the corn and potato hills; theoth
Nee Hnsland consumption. Ier part would. like the waste wool, bo
Out as the whole country was covered
with enow, 1 could nt make much of an of fleshing that were obtained at the Ian
agricultural e-jrvey, but upon inquiry, I nrrs,which would be mixed witH vege
learaed thl many firms had from bad ; table mould soon as the snow was orT, and
management and ciill'ire very muchde e jhe could obtain it; he has also taken the
riorated, and greatly lessened in value; ; hair, lime, and piths of horns from tho
others had held on the even V'nor of their I tan-yard; the bones are broken op by the
wa' t and wintered about the same turn!
ber nf cattle they did formerly, and some ,
few in the hanJj of enteronsin?, ime!!i !
gent firmers, were advancing with a sure '
and needy pare, that wool I yearly add salts from the pettriash fac ory similar,
to tlieir value, and to the wealth of their he thought, to the material known as gias
owners. factory manure; an account of its use and
There hid been several cansss in ope-lvalue ia given in Mr. Col man's Fourth
ration M exh msl the first named class of Report, pages 314-5 by a Mr. Jivis.
f irm such as plowinjr the lands in the ) There were a f.-w inches of Icy upon
autumn, where much of the finrr portion the top of the sal a in the barrels, so
of the anil was blown oT by the winds,! strong as lo float an egg with nearly
an I washed by the rains' and melting lone half its surface above the Icy. Thi,
snows, a-id sufTonng their rattle to roam 'lie assured ma according to Mr J an is'
over t'teir mowing fields, both fall and jttieincnt, would convert 10 or 19 bds
spring, with a reckless wa.te of their tsv i of loam or muck into eurapost equal to
liure.
In conversation ith one of those far
mjrs (a Mr. U..) whose farm had run
backwards, I sujpite J to him the idea
oT collecting the leaves and decaying ve-
C'-'iabla matter from a niece of woodland
near br. "Why," says he, "I haint Ihe droppings cf ihe folwe are occa
nt'ich opinion of this vcgetablo matter sionally sfnped from the boards, over
;is sour stuff inly gito me dunj j which the hens roosted, and put in old
enough from the hovel windows, and 1 ' ca.k: in the spring it will be moistened
can raine a i-ood rrons as Mr. I. does, with urine and mound to nieces with a
with all his swamp muck, lime, comport
and book-farming." I inquired if he
w.tk an agricultural paper. No," said
he 1 did take oaa several years ne:.
and that had so much to t8 I about a new
kind of potato, that they sold for twenty- d;r his back houe. in which is frequent
five cents a pound, mid alter all, it wamt ly thrown gypsum, or charcoal dust ob
no biter than the lon reds; and about' tained from ihe coal-pen of the village
the corn and nmlb?rrv trees: and a cod ; blacksmith: it absorbs ihe smell, and once
many farmers got bit by b?liering their
great storil', that I got sick of and stop
ped it, and would not take the gift of one."
I a'terwards called upon Mr. I., the
book farmer," as Mr. (!, sneering call
e.l him, and founJ him a middle-aged, in
telligsni farmer, who waa quietly im
provine his farm by every means within
hi. reach. 1 was ao much interested iu!
his management, xvA I thought I would
nUerqpt to commuuicato an account of il
to the public, through iho columns of your
useful journal, with the hope that other
farmers might bo benefitted by his exam
ple. Upon looking into Lis barn, I found his
hovel floors were water-tight, and sinning
toward tho bnck side. In the rearoft!o
Ule, was a kind of trough of the width
of 11 or 15 inche, made by Mtrkii on
' f the floor phitk two incher; this wax
also wat?r-tiht: the dropping frooi ihe
rattle in stly fell into tha trough, and by
giving the cattle a good beddinj nf litter
jwry night, t'ey wero pt eoinfjrtsbK
end nearly at flea as Lea at peatnre.
He had iL pvf winter used e et J Utii
of ew dat Don a shinrle nilLaaJ leather
ihaior Arms tbe rurrier'e, for tht pur!
Ph wt oruoint;, sua auing ept&e snot.
The hotel ere daily cleared oat by
heeling tha manure and liuer iolo the
milrt cdttryard,(vh'iehk dishine.) and
piling it to ia a snug heap. Hi bar U
so situated he cannot dig a cellar vain it,
but ba intrad the cominf season to build a
bad for the purpose of kerpioe; bit na
aure sa Jrr cuter ia futnrc . The floor
of bit tiortt r labia are tight: tery day
it ia cleared, aad tbe manure and lit
ier ia apraad under a abed, and br be in?
itrodJca by bit stock, it doe not bra-and
firvfajtg, aa ia too often tbe eaaa. Most
or bia winter manor will ba raited with
swamp mud, lo compost through the sum
mer. I inquired respecting a heaj near
bia barn: ba aaid ihe re vera too cartloads
of lime mortar, that be bought for a trifle,
of man who bad taken down a large
kmoae: it waa railed wiih about four loads
of brkeroot turf, about 18 mouth ifo;
it bad been left tlia length nf time for the
purpose of having tbe platter come to
pw. ' rowog m un.
Last fall it
waa shovelled ot er and twa lime caaki of
fleshing, procured at the tanner'e, tailed
with iu lie thought while this animal
matter waa deenroposiag there would be a
large amount of nitrogen generated, and
gire h im a large amount of nitrate of lime by
pring, when it woalJ be again, shore Ilea
over, and 3 busheU of good ahes miird,
and then op jhed to an acre and. a half of
(round, upon which he should row wheat:
I think ha aaiJ th compost waa to be ant
on aflcr the ground waa plowed, and to be
harrowed in with tha wheat The ahee
h purchased at ten ceota per bushel,
He had a cartload of the waateof waol,
or flyinrs fioin the wool carder's; this
was lo be boiled f jr a abort time in lye,
to cleanse the oil and grease, and to ren
der he wo4 decmpoilIe. By way of
experiment, a part of it would be naed to
ntannre some of Lis corn and potatoes in
the hill, the rest would be mixed in the
compost bran, to remain a ear er so. He
also had a hrn ouamitr of old woolen
rags, that he bought of a store beeper for
a trifle having, be said, read in some
book, that 109 lb, of wollen rare con-
taioed aa much nitrogen aa 3000 lbs. of
at
cow manure, noma oi mesa rags w arc w
be chopped up and aieeped in arine for a
few days, then to be partially dried and
.composted, lie had a number of casks
hammer and mind with manure and
plowed in; they will slowly decompose,
and eupilv nhosphMe of lime to hi land;
he had about two Sarrela of the seitlings of
the same amount of good stable mauttre
All these materials, saw-duet, wool, nesh
ingi, hair, lime, piths of horns, and salta
from the potash, he had for removing, as
thy were considered a nuisance,and of no
. value by the nianuf .ctucers or owners
. 1 - KH I . , .. t m K.T1 . I tha t.-at rt-
second hoeintr: he styles i " Yankee
emtio." He has a strxms tight bos un
in a week or two, the contents of the box
ara mixed with dry peat or eawdust, or
some other m-vcrial, to absorb the liquid
part, and put into old tight barrtl. This
is home-manufactured Poudrtttt. His
hog yard is of good lize, has been dug
to the depth of 11 inches, and a good
plank floor over the whole, whioh makes
il easy shovelling out the manure. The
suds from the wash are conveyed to it
by a spout, which the manure of hi
hogs, mixed with tho loam, muck, and
other mtri.ils, makes load of valuable
in n a re. lis has tried many experi
inents that ho has seen recommended
in ihe agictiltural books and .paper,
that he has read; says, after he became j
on and twenty," he did not feel oblig
ed to follow in the." footsteps of his wor
thy predecjssor," bis father, aud some
time pursured a new track, and went up
on his hook. He intends getting a small
atiantiiv of iruann and ground bones the
coining spring, for tin purpose of leafing
thJin by the stce ofot'icf manure. c?
mal kiaJa La baa aoi yet tried, bat from
bwremvka I frl ntitLtd ba i find
ilen a!l iaialualU belpe for iarrrajing'
hie ero.a, and from Cm saiure of aome
of them, faluahie aad ftrttaneot impro..
t era 4 tita uui.
U)oai!u&kaRyUanglh4rewrittra,ia
worth ptttlif btng, it ia at y aur aerrire.
laWai, 4piil.INI.
fiow Ksarfall a aiU f CsdU!.
lit Mnarn Coert it !m CfUJW!
The tf.y afvei our -ril Q m t'ris
toba',sfamofmoi.ey was teat e',ty tbe apby aijieg that the f rt alone i.f his
Mex ssa gt rioirQi, t sS tot o M la eg loend laroir pai.y w.th the Sata F
to distribuie ueiitt-fte cent to earh .CxtKdi toa a as so.pl eiidscce siaiutt
wan: the eie eam w.s alio furumhed ilia . him.
next day. Wi b this ibe esva could pro. Ai thi p nt of the trial ryaif t -ms of
care fcr ibeaselrr f od crejgb,' in the optoerioae laufhter were nenifesKi in
shtpe vl fiijwlce, l.irtiliis, cbi'a guiado crat. a! which cere inanity qutllsd by
and other anideeabich tbe Vltx c.n wo the Ui.ff.ai.dtl;e ja 'g ibea proefet'ed
mra brooght ta our qsner , toaprcss t give lis deris-ou. Oiaaing limstll
tbe I em dasods of spjeute it wae ell up, fbroairg rack bia bead, aae clevring
tVy wire elioaed. On the third day b e ikr oat ouh aprrpiratoty MbCffl.and
tha aopplica f em beeiiy e opprd. Tbe fien ii nroneleg over ihecther wnh all
founh dsy , ai d a ill oo money; bemiag dignity, be rem-it'd iLat ill ibe
the6rth, liktour, end with it notuce.ar,'teiieAOfij of ih last witness, in p.rticular.
By this tiae tl:e sufferings of these view it in ahat light be wcolil, cTaarly
alio bad ao moory were severe ia the'aaataiaed ibe ebsrge that tbe air igned
extreme. tnJthe uickejibey reiurudioia party i rightly sfljicied wi'h a weak
i rdt r to ott.ia food were iiigeaiooi to a tt$t knoaa as the eimptrs" tronbled
degree, aod iccauoutd owl a I nla ner with n ;t being so psrticchrly wis as be
riojeat. 'oxgMand ahoeld have bee. Heed
Among ibe piisoners were number cf Bif d that the charge whtc'i bd been
liwjrts, doctors, and other frufesiioial IHot proed was a m sfonuoe rather than
men persona a bo, either fiom a love of a erioe; bui iniimueli as the times were
wld sdteaiere or beeaura they eosld ha'1, and victual scarce, ba should ia
obtau no prufeMioatl enplojment in (o-eafine of teo dollar upon the ac
Texas, bad origm.ly bvan indaced to eased. The laur, who enjoyed ihe jke
iota tne expedition. I ben there were
seveial comedians among them, osdw
who. anon g that me Drama yielded ti.em
but slender support in the nsw Repull c,
bad aboulJered tbe ride and taken to the
prairiiifora brier. Outofsuehaierl-.inSn.ts
sis it may rtadily be couce'ned that ibe
richest fan and Iroliceould be cxtraeied,
and tbe atotr of one ol thrir madJert
prank I will relate.
Ike wag knew that among tbe ofli.
ecrs and tnvrcuaati there weie some who
hid money, and to levy a tax apon such
uucke sa weiebvst ailed thrse Ulioaa
rouimsocedftmewbicb,invtieend,nolTbey all admitted, duriog a proeeia of
oaiy protea e.tiy way eucceistui, not crois.qovs'ioiung, mat mey wrre ootex
affordtd iiifinito aoiaiematit to all. Thry ! e ly cood i;dia of m.a r, it 11, they
in iba Grit place ntteuap an oUl,dilapids
ted apaitaeit aa a court toi. Witb two
banvla and as many boaids they made a
kindof plaift-rin, upon which, at a bench,
a clurct box was placed, and aaon this ibe
jokers sea ed the lagtt pnsuoer in tbe
h'jlecullitijn is judge a hill lawyer,
who, in addition to hating all the gravity,
of i' e GranuTurk bioiietl, a ore whukeie,
utchs, and hair in quabtiiy sufficient
to sofply w'g lor an entire bench ol
Eug ib juiiicei. A sheriff, rr:er, and
rlerl men who aetl understood ibeir
bu luiis were thsu sppeiatedi and cc
ci ntris comedian, who cuutd ijeak lur
lioir ujoo any stbjocl, and pusiested the
keenest ait ai.d the sliongeit imiintive
posters imagiita )l, was choeu proieeu
tng attorney. As principal wfnese in
any eaes lUst ought be brought thry (ell
upon a lltln Irmimiu aauivd Ji'orsy
Twted. J mniy was born snd bred a
soldier. II first t'rew brtatti in ihs bar
rack of recruiting t egtmvi.t in lieland,
and in process of tioie, slier htwug pi k
ed up a Ian educatmn among tie oHiuers,
j um.il ilis reaiineiii aa a soldier. The
term ol li e dliftiuei t l e acivid prti!Ci-( manes, yf r oit.r, t!:e h;:ad it t'-e stairs,
p.lly ai G.br.Itar, where be obtaiued adivil a btdidii sop at all, at all. Whit
name, ;o uss his omii words, "lor bcii
no to a I manner of Cni try," and wi.eie
be alsj learned a una tenog ol Spaniih.
O.i being ducharged, lie vbiled tne Unit
ed S aie, j inU the army, srrvrd two or
tiiri-e cm a gm in Florida, and was fi
nally discharged rejwlariy ai Htoii
Rongii, in L iU.siMia. To finish bis eJ
urat.o i, as he sid, ho then wmt to Tex
a, nJ alUr vari.u campa'gne, was final
ly iaeu prisoner in Ni-w Mtxico. He
' in
t.
Thus organised, the coutl proceeded to
it e trtt.l nl such rases aa iley thought
might be lurne.l lo their own prufit. Mure
decorum, more oruer, or more gratny of
dtp tt ui-iil was newt seen in any cuurt ol
j j.ticr. The crier in some.way procuird a
t ttsli btll, and i i regular form called the
court togeihei and issued btjirclmiSt ons
lha ahctill. With all the diguitji iumgina
ble. conimandeJ silence, coiupetUd ail to
lake off ihsir uU, nJ was very effici-'Ut
in pieaerving the bun order.
The first act on uj on their siujulir law
docket was brought agaim t a young nJ
very worthy uiau, a mtrchsm, who wi
oharged with ben g s great tool geieriil
ly" I am n it altofeetiei puicive out 'ht
the first word in theindictmeuiinay hae
been a much more forcible a'ieclnO thin
"
the simple term "great.
The judge rc -
marked ihu theclurpi waioneextienie-
ly gr.ve m iti cturaur, and admit eJ that
In could i.ot, at tha t me, ihum ' any
i.receuetit mat migni gume mm in u
.... . i 1! . I. . -l
emon. w.iich. ha wound uo by a a y i ii tf ,
hulUJbaa lust ana a llffliloOUl ouc. m
pi oi cutiflg attorney, allure few peitineot ; (I only apeak of prima movers, not the
remark, brought up several ft itueise lo i millions who follow,) as a Land Specula
sustain the charge. 'I heir evidence. Uon and job in Scrip."
which of cpnrsc wis made up and eoited . ... t , . ,. . .
for the (tefUnu ofahie paitieutir court Be temperate and preierre your health
, v
alow, a4 want loaappoTt Ae pmerauaa.'
Tha r-e a out, wctraria fb
te duwbt aioaa eroaa a la ihe ireib
of lU ebarga mi Itr-h ia iba iedietnea1
hot to anke all eerr, liay Twed
twa bfonfl.t into the atiJ. AftHi;u
is a bnrkbi with die fnv:ty,ihet.
log ao Dlle ia tbe eoett, J mmj arueed
cd wi b tia wtmonr. U iaiufleedee
vera parbreUre la which the arcaied
pr-y bad at itead Vrry lm!t foresight
aieeuaaed eeteral of I a acticn whirb
a.astf ti teat fark tf u(rf nt and
knu oiiLe aorld.a.idfin!! nam!
much as any one, interposed no mot.on
in arrest of judgment, but raid the fine at
once, and t'.iui ended Ihe brut iriil.
j Tbe acxt setinn brought, althongh not
quite ea giae in itt aatdre, produced aa
degree of inert! neui. Oieof oor
officer, Cpt in H., aai cbitgtd with
bed eingmg, or lather, at the iudictmeat
reed. with attemntiue oa.ni.anJatk-
jmg out bidly at ben." A ounber ol
Jwtneseee tettifinV lhat at iMT.reitVfliei
t tbey had be.-n motif icaittvtly annoyed,
,evsn to thi losing of aleep, by ibe at
, tempts of the secured at divcra sqdi.
coosidertd tiivmsclvea bleited with airs
. hiciMa-ight ihsra to dis iugmsh between
'the warbling of ai canary and that of a
jcrow -nought they cooid discover a
soi thing influence in the note of a nigh
tingale whieb they misted h Ihe braying
ol a donkey. But aa the ten numy of
Tweed weM directly to prove the charge,
and was a p?rf ci gem in its wy, I ahull
gi e it as n arly es possible In b e own
words
Yer nnrr," e std Ji.emy. w.th a lodi
eroos tni'ck'grawiy end quixzicitleerolhU
dexbw eye, yer o:.er, s 1 was wslkiti
arraea ihe curril last evei;in', I hrerd
tthrenge, nnytrinne, atd mot onnsch'ril
found issuiu (rum iheoOreri qiarthrrt
up sta rs loumls re.imblin', jet tiwt,
those Hia le by sawmill, hen in ibe full
tide of m .ntifarl tunng boards. Well,
meeutioiiy biin' rxcmd, I behonghi
meself I'd ha f er inve? ig t n the thing;
so whin I mat etbttjo, yer oner, which is
(he bet S.ianilli lhae st piisnt about
me fir tha for,t f th stairs, 1 berrd the
sthrangesnrndi louder and louder ihn
iter. Up the steps I wmt arriba, which
gui thenarneiTal the saints thinks I to
in cm I', has pt.t a awmill iu operation
here Wj? for I itiil thought it wa one,
yer one;; so I opened the door ra'itiouilv,
poked me head in slyly, and what should
meown eyes see and me own fart hear
but Copt on II. hun-e'f, efBiyin'a bit of
a ditty, yer ourr."
" Doing what?' questioned hejud;e.
" E-saym' a ditty, jer oner altempt
ing a stave ol a song and "
En iugh," interrupted tba h;h fonc
tionary upun the cUiet box. If you
minot k ihe singing of Cipi&in II. for
thuso sounds ordinarily product d by a
sit mill, the cae is clear enough ihat he
has tmdertkkea a l.eh wh eh ntitiur na
ture nor cultiv i n fits him lo curry suc
cefsfulty tnrouh, and I shall fir.e him
one a .'liar and fifty renti for ihs attempt.
I.i this way s nomberof case, some fur
bid sing na aid others for speaking bad
Siianish, were disposed of, and with the
proceeds lha merry as procured a suf
ficiency of provisions aid chinguirife. the
latter a species of common rum manuuc
lured from the sugar-cane, to bold a wild
reil that night among the ruins u( San
Bkxtox as Txxas. We commend to
tlie atteption of Loco Fcco advocates of
the Annexation of Texas, who
o are also ad-
; mil era of Col Thomas 11. Benton, the fb'.
lowing opinion expressed by him, in re
lation to the scheme of Annexation:
It ie a scheme, on the part of some of
iu movers, to dialve the Union on the
Tart of gome others, as an intrigue for the
Presidency and on the part of others.
nr. nerrlcaa Speech,
, . AT AlMT, axw rat.
At tbe wocicletioe) of K'. WfWt'i
speech tba Prtsideat tawodiictd the H.
dtfba Mfeptertoa Berries f Go( i,
wlick irinoeaee&t wilttceiTri with
iameaea ep plsr, -
Kr. Exxottxy sa'd: IihiekyoaNtloa.
cii.xrct,lo ihie kind gnettng, frooa ao
stt ai assemblage of Aacncao Irrrwrn.
It i a da y and a grattScat an k yield a
proas pt ebrdieeee. Tier wv! I appaar
asetely ia a&euuitrrta tie as! which you
he adr. 1 appear before yna to ad-t're-e
y oe. a a pricittgt do to a free ri
uxea of his Repvfclic. My l4 boaa ie
far from your, bat, wbeievrr the Stir
Spinjled Banner wave, whrrever there
ata (tout bvari and elrorf arm to dVfaad
it. there ie my eoeetry. it despite ol
Tex is Anatxaton, and miserable disoa-
iocisia, I irast that ear laatlok will beti
fire oa in ample (olds, artlil an antittxd
a aow.
Fcl:o-riiiae af New Yaik, this ia a
moment pregnant with events of gre-t .a
tereet io onr coVaaea eoontry.
There ara two leading qoettion to
eolrad io t!a present ra apatgn oo wh.eh
I sh.II make ore brief obserist ons, ia It
er to show tha feeliogs of ai Soothe in
Whigs oo theia lopiea r.aa ta convince
you, wbo dos local eifcumnvnees, are
supposed to be more ia fvor of a tariff
and opim ed t j BDnrxstion.' I need not
go into an extended argument oi the
iari The argameiita of tha gentle.
rno prs'ceding ate have beta sei forth
with each a force of eloquence snd eoaod
nets of logie as msst esmvinee even our
oppiaect, many of whom are here pre
em, and man bar fooa J their way io the
heart of every American, patriot. Yo
will not expert me to give you a eoneflo
tional argument on this quit on, which
he baa so ably done in character of living
Iiih
Th e Oovernmri t wai faondej (or the
good of tha whole people, etch nit fiv.
ing ap some of its rights for lha genera
giodof the wboh; and tmly this spirit
ought to be rarneJ oat. On these qure-
lione I will therefore give yon nv
view is a Southern man anl the reasons
which ought to infl-jincv me a an Asae
i wan Statesman.
Tbe first argument which I will notice
in favor or the tariff i that It w.ll euppty
a revenue sufficient f ir ihe wsnta of ih
Government. In raisin thi revenue, f
go for protection, not incUmtat ur acci
denial, but on purpose of enenuraing j
some interests, Adat't that as a S ibth
ern man, that I hav no interest in yur
welfare which, Qod knows, i far from
the iruib yet a lmd it for the sike of "lr
gnment. eull I have an interest in the in
errsee cf nanooal wc-lth: nomastio rasa
tifactura stimalatea to industry aod ia
crease national wealth.
Ti e tecond atgoriient 1 ihll eotiee h
that il encourage iudattiy, snd thereby
tends to the prtv-ervit oa of a rs!i j
among a people.
Ii is calculated, thirdly, U elevate na
tinnai character, and lo absolve o from
dependence on foreign workshops. I am
speaking to those who will yet bs permit
ted to see ihi. nation, with a population of
asventy millions of people, speaking a
eommnn tangusge,living undtr s eouioicn
Coneiitulion, anl kneeling t one God.!
Are there men at tiie day ? ties ti ute nf
puritit sm. thai all these millions cf our
eountrvmen shay'l be held nbtttiry to the
workshops of F.nropf? No, m l we must
have loftier views i f national character
then this. Local Feelings most give way
lo national. The American stUcim.n
shiul I have no locality.
I allocate a tuilT in the fourth place,
becajas it is calculated to draw ds togeth
er more clostly in the bnds of com ion
union. , Ir, at the close of a life which ie
now ripu'ly paising away,Ih'.uld have
the p.ii!es of asking a boon from my
eoun.tr)-men in my Ian hours, it would be
that they should love one artcitner, bound
together in one glonoi confederacy.
Il hi been saiJ that the tariff of 1912
mtlm phnnr. and buv ileiter
thu we have done bef ire. Now, I elate
here before yon, as a Southern planter, L.Xesl uui lexas na been be
that we st the South buy rhaapet and sell queathed to as by ihe hero of the llenni.
Hearer than b'fme tha tariff of 1842. ! tage, as a milita.y ouliwat. Now, I sm
Thi, so far from being draied by our op- notlroueh of a military inn, but I nay ask.
nonants, ie acknowledged, snd a rea.onj would it not be aa taey to d.f-nd uui
for il aitmped to be givrn. Ctlere Mr.! selvea oft the banks of the Sabine from ir.
B. went inn a description of the eiate rf vasione which must reach us through Tex
the country, aeii was lehbyMr. Van Ba-; "to defend ouiselvc on the Rta
ren a.lm.ni-tration. No money in the del Norte, where wa would be but
Treaiury; Mis drawn on Government, prorly supported by a ihinly popula ed
held up in the Senate of th United Statesj I'exiaa territ-.t)! Will wo not ba a
protsfted: agenta sent lo procure a haa Ufa wiih.Louwt.na is tbe border wh ch
L.n. i.,.itM ihu niirnose. He ihl musi defsnd, a il v hal to lc-
con inued. Now I asien, thai, by the tariff
l uifvi" a-''- - 1 w
o! 1842, Ihe creditol the country hae been
I . mm a .
rftifon.np.fi. On the 30 b fjunetat were
were erven millions of money subject td( Northern section to defend our country,
pjblie it der in the Treasury. So det ply i ie it a na w bounded, rrom in vaa:on. U.
was I convinced of tbe benefit to bsdetiv. nada was on our boundaries during the bit
ed by the country from a pro'ecdve tariff, war, yet even England waa net abMo
that In 1812, even if it should iraposa bar nquh us. when Scoti and oihen etn
dens apon my constituents, 1 ws deter- j tared it a anlvee "tilt glory. And if Wa
mined not to consent to an idjournment ot j ere not air aid of E ijlun I then, eh nl
Congress tilt the stain of forfeited credit gratify General Jakton's m l.lary opto
should be wipsd away, and, if neeessary. iQ now in ihia putp6et ;r t
that I would gihome and tali them that But we musi admit Tea or liiug
buidtqa aia note) htdaiforftiwd nation Sling U awriad oai Well, truly ,
at faiih. I have aeea lenty tWoJ
Ceorgtaaa. aaJ I k told U rea hi ee
who swU rfMe oreevtHM o Asmh
bdawry easy be a eery gaert B'Iim it
ieci. but 1 aaea that he t shh a Amr
cvaaatr, . - . ...
Wist wokli oar oppenewas te a
aevte be area of irdsryf Frva crttfe.
Wst ia frey tradrf Where doc it er
Ut? the SMCvf at cwd tHM of lb wm!.
w r-raa ii exivtt B BjeTrry "bsiard
Thf bsw ia Coagresa seme I Q ago tie
CoversdthtsMtl tO paf eaiwsllne,
at iba gate of sums Gicdsa cy , o a err
taia aruele, sadtlere's-e be eeppceedfhst
tMs wta ha aauinl ux a be ta4 oa eve
ry ibi' g A 20 per sent, bona .tl dw
ty i tba dotie of I ire K. lo k. V 4
Uf'hthefrt .rtifa af ion a pp'. Cre
Bmaia will not aoeit ia it eyetcm rf
free trade, beesuM she esaaot. She ia
es sbnvtona bendrsd and ten nllinf
dolliri oa impjiit sad, bvude this, aha
ia loreed to levy aa taeniae tsx, hrt'tertv
coasidered only a as expedient ia iia
nf war. But the beaiettax i posed bf
Grett B.Hato iilight hracomp.rsd wnh
the tit vhicb she voa!d Uj a poo our
eiedul ty ia supposing thai ha will ttt
be in favor ol liea Wide. Mydorvmeie
lor tree trade biloeen different parte of
ojraaa eovoir) reciproeil trade with
other anions, yielding where they woO'd
t elJ, deiaandmg "here they titmtS..
Lnglsud levies apon oer preduetions, uk
tag co too oai of t.'ielisl, aa rge Uxvf
333 per cent on every thing wa eed ta
t en and ret we hive some among aa wl A
is V lb at w oueht put la levy higher tag
upon any of her pvwdeeiieoe thin a S9 per
eeat, ad vilorera duty.
Fiea ttada ia iha eredest conception
tist ever dirtutbed tha mind of the Ame
rican pop. Our rppoi'Cnti know tbl.
and uierelore they ate now attempting ti
soak it appear thai Mr. roll ie as much
in fsvorof etsrifTaetlenrjtJIiy, U.ire
um of Aihlandl Thi ii a spieies if im
pudioce. ahsll 1 vay it, which, if recoid
ad, has hitherto eei(id my reieirebel
in io history. Bit I appeal from a 1 ar
gouent if hi friends ta Jam K. Polk
tiimself. I will not say with bios wf old,
" I sppe.l from Alexindrr drank to Alex
an per sober," but 1 do appeal from the
intateprescntatioa ta his own. wotdf.
rriire Mr. p. read extracts fro a Me.
Kik?e Utter aad i tech' a, proving bin
ta b opposed to a (stiff for protection.
II list ts ted that, ia rtferenra tetha
chime of the opposing eandidstei, there
as a lima when ha would make compa
risons, but io Chrnlio charity be woe Id
aow forbesr. 8 iroe one here cried out
M publie lied ' tj which Mr. B rsplind,
ihu! though he did nut iaten I to ei ar.y
thing on that subject, yet he wowld coma
ply with the requeit. which lie Pun d d.
proving the joe lee of the distiiba ijn of
ilia proceeds f their islet.
I now turn t Tetis, and 1 beg to rnr.
reel an error started too by our 8 ut" rn
opponents; and ti which our Nurthern
Ire.idi have lent loo retJy an air. Why
ahoold the Sooth be in fivr ol annesa
tioiif It would irenais tha supply ami
eomequenry lower the price -f ihe great
staple production if that pirt of the coun
try. I have addressed Georgia Whig aa
ihu subject, and the universal enwef
which Ir'ereived, when I asked then if
they wanted Tma annexed, was "No."
Are southern Whig to be mi-led br the
pruf mnd arguments or Mr. Ti ler'iScrt'
tary, pirticu:arlv I is staimtiri? Are t' ty 16
V stduand by bis sicumeut iu f v n f ti.
t in it may taen influence in our pn,iu
lard imaue ius.ituton? N!, Tliey k:iov
that Ihe.r interest ii mf in the hioJi f
heirbreihsrn, under the guaranties of iha
American Cons iluiioo, ai.d they i.dig
nantty spum the guaranty wl.ich T'iss
would afford them. Blio c, me, for I
an fresh from the spot. een tier ho
haa r. datives ioTexsssy No" lo if a
annexation. There are l-ft-er, higher
irminils than p roml or selfish febngs.
We Siiuthern Whus tUnd on ih lame
platform of principles with our NoMherri
breihem hand joinel id bawl I. ot
bea ing in unisiun with heart. It is '
then a Southern qu itioo.
Is ih svat doniam of onr not lirg
enough, from the G. lf of M.x.co to lha
m ft . ak
tnii i exas aiaut inna steamboite on
l rawer w water woota aoon cany
' a i -i J B a . ft .
mousanoa oi naruy sons or me more