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feeling; sal whatever may be thufe of our tea Jers, we believe they will acknowledge this that the Neapolitans do not deserve those sweeping denunciations which haves been show ercd upon them, that their conduct, if not wholly justifiable, iii at least extenuated by pc culiar and uncontrollable circumstances.' MOIlOAXTOSt CF.IXHfUTlOX. COMMUNICA'f EI) . In pursuance of an arrangement made bj a committee, appointed for that pur pose, the Aforganton .Igricul'wut Society, and a respectable number of citizens of the county, met at Morganton, on the 4th instant, for the purpose of celeb-ruling ilie anniversary of our Independence- The Agricultural Society met at 10 o'clock, when a number of new members were added. At eleven an address was dcliv ' ered by Qol. Isaac T. Avery, on the sub ject of Agriculture i the Declaration of Independence was then vend by Col. James Erwin, and an anniversary Oration delivered by F. A B.own, Esq. A pro cession was then formed, under the direc tion of Sheriff British, who acted as mar shal of (he day, h the following order: The surviving patriot", of the revolution in front', next the members of the. .Agri cultural Society, strangers, and citizens. A detachment from Capt.' Butler's com pany was drawn up in the public square, and fired a very handsome feu de joic as (he front of the procession passed through the lines. The company sat down to an elegant dinner and barbecue, prepared by William M'Entire, F.sq. and served up tinders booth on the public square. James Murphy, Esq. and Col. Win. W. Erwin presided. -A number of patriotic toasts were drank, accompanied by some hand some firing, and a band of music, compo sed or young gentlemen of the vicinity and the village, who hud volunteered on the occasion. Near 300 persons partook of the dinner ; and we are happy to state the greatest order and harmony prevail ed, and not the slightest incident occur red to damp the festivity of the day which terminated with a splendid ball at Mr. M'Entire's in the evening. I. The Liv we celebrate Alike memorable for the Declaration of American lndccndtncc, and at the Anniversary of Die Morganton Agri cultural Society. 3 cheers. Hail Columbia. 7. The Constitution of the United States The bond of the Union ; may it continue as long as the rolls a wave, or the earth bears a plant." " 3 cheers. Jmeritnt, Star. 3. The memory of Gen. IJcoiye Washinton The man first in war, first in peace, and frst In the hearts of his countrymen. Solemn ilirrr. Prank sinding. . The heroes of 76 Thcv willed that Amer ica should be free, and it wat free. 6 cheers. Yankee- Dmulte. 5. The Marquis Tic L Fayette Tho friend of Washington. 3 cheers. 1nmttrnFt .Ifarch. 6. The memory of Benj-smin Franklin, who, s has been justly said, " anatchM the lightning from heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants." Sunt. 7. Thorns Jefferson, whopenn'd the Dcchr ation of Independence. 3 chrt r. J-fenm'$ .M.irrh. 8. The 8t!i of January, tStJ That tnen-ora-ble day, when flcn. ndrew Jickson saved the emporium of the West f.wn riillaec awl pollu tion. 9 cheers. IX' IUee Shtr. 9. The President of the IVited S!ar. 3 cheers. PrrCltiC Jl'irch. 10. The Hen is of Departments. 3 cheers. The rewt tfuHv.V os th board II. The Navy of the United Slates The boast of their country, and the admiration of t& world. 3 cheers. The f ,tr ef Clnnfia. 11. The Arr.iv of the (Vttt-d States In CO. cperation with the Navy, can do wonders. 3 cheers. 13. The star sparkled banner Never struck tj in equal farce. 3 cheers. .V.-.r- sft.vifUJ f,:nner. 14. The Coveriiorof North-Carnlin.1 M.iyhe e rcrdou in the promotion of measures fur in ttrnid improvements. ' ' 3 cheers. 15. Manufactures and Mi-chanict They re quire the fostering care of our rTovcrnment. May they no longer be sacrificed at tho ahriiie of British policy. 3 cheers. IG. Agriculture The parent of every other interest, the handmaid of health, ths souree of subsistence, the arbiter, tinder divine provi dence, of the destinies of the world. 9 cheers. Sfrtd th fihtiek. 17. The State of North-Carolina Modest in her pretensions, firm in her principles, ami great in fi tf-vmree .1 rhr 18. The surviving patriots ol the Krvojntion aiar tne rejection 01 tnrir surv ivors, gnu weir latter dm with peace and happ'tiess, as it ailds lustre and dignity t' tltcir character. J cheers. H'utMun't .V.irrL 19. Our brethren of South America We hs'.l with joy their freedom : their legitimate right of sen-government is unquestionable. , 15 cheers. .n tr brn', 2X The Press Unrestrained in its operations, anl liberal 'f its sentimcn's. 3 heers. CI . American Citizens No matter w hut clime shall obtain to be firt in the arts ; America tan never be aeroiid in the dignity of the human character. 3 cheers. Cof'en'iniren ft'aH. V;.. TSe honest spirt rt fptrsemarion Mas She Western section of the slate of North-Carolina obtain an equal balance in the rc. .1 rherrs. P.vlhi Carey. 2j. May rmrtv faction cease, and st become tjnited as a hand of brothers. 3 cheers. 24. The American Fair Thnufjh last, not tesst. W hile s";nr en charm the soul, snd Vauty warm the heart, their influence will be restless. May the deacrvinj only be btca.ed with I heir untiles, 3 cheers. U'ife, CWWris and Fvltiula, N. li. We neglected to mention, among the feati of the day, a Vhughing Match in the morning, which excited considera ble interest. ton Tim wisTin canot.iauK. To the Ihn. J0II.V ST.LYLY. No. IV, In the 77th page of Mr. Gales pam phlet, there is a very extraordinary senti ment asci ibed io you. Far be it from me to wish to misrepresent yon ; the passage stands thus : " With great caution the people of this state prefixed to their con. Htjtution a Bill of Rights, which I under stand to be an enumeration of rights re served and of powers not granted. Is this power to form a Convention and de stroy the constitution reserved f Is the power reserved to a ponton of the people without the consenlof lite if presentatives of the whole, expressed in an act of thr legislature, to hu m a convention f And if the power is not reserved, would noi such a convention, in tho words of 'Vnttcl, bo contrary to the act of association and to the intention of those who united un der it ? A portion ol the people may as semble, but to UK- it seems nothing more than the exercise of the "holy iht of insurrection," which, as it succeeds or not, mny be termed rebellion or rcvolu- tion." Now, sir, 1 must tell you plainly, I hold very lew if i.ny of ihe doctrines laid down in this long quotation. And first, as to the intention of t.lc fiamers ot the constitution by piehxing to it a hill of' Rights, which seems to mo was never to enumerate fights reserved and powers not granted, but rather to assert certain rights and powers belonging to the pco pie, in their political capacity, some ol which were granted and others reserved ; and among those expressly declared to exist and reside in the people, this very instrument mentions, as a fundamental principle, that the people of this state have the light to govern themselves. Now if your position were even a uooil one, here is the reservation for which you seem to be searching, so plain that you cannot read to the end of the second clause vithout seeing li. But confiding in the strength of your own conduction, you go on to question, with dignified tri umph, your opponents, and exultinglv ask, "is this power to form a convention reserved f" I answer your bold challenge with a resolute yf- I aflitm that it re serves all those powers to the people which are not expressly Rranted,and among oth ers so reserved mu,st by fair and necessa ry consequence be this one of altering the constitution, w hich is nowhere grant ed to the legislature ; and although we concede to you that in this state, and in every other where the people have wish ed an aiieration of their constitution, they have applied to the legislature. u the tnoat proper body to organize a convention, it docs not therefore follow necessarily that by this concession we disprove the power of the majority of the people to alter the constitution. Such an adtnisMon mm) us would not only contradict our known and avowed sentiments, but would alsd differ from the opinion of Vattel, and even yourself, sir, would reprehend us by avow ing, that " all power rests w iili the people they made the constitution, and phy- ically a majority candftr it." Now if you stand in this opinion, tr. t a majority can destroy the constitution which is no more than a Lir deduction from the fir cumstunce of their having made it, I say if you have no mental reservations, how does it happen lhat you afterwards represent any attempt of the people, i:o matter how large the majority, -to alter their constitution, as only dednribl from ihe " holy lights of insurrection I" Ac cording to ycu, a portion of the people must not even assemble in Convention for this purpose, without running the risk of the gibbet, should the demand be made, by no mailer how large a majority, unless sanctioned by an act of the legislature. Now I apprehend it is not those who maintain the sovereign right of the majoi i tv, that deserve the opprobrious appella tionsof rebels and trahors. Itistothose who sin against the majority of the people, that those disgraceful tevms belong. Let them answer to their God anri their coun try for the evils which they bring upon society. Candidly, sir, I hope you were merely making rhetorical flourishes; that soberly and sincerely you !oond must be iicvc lhat lit built (tpuwiC cur, the majority, in the language of Vattel and yourself, m?y change the constitution. If this xiint must be allowed, the next question will be, how shall we know when the majority require the alteration f Now I know of no method more certain rnd more easily understood than by the opin ion, of their representatives, when the same ran be ascertained. Taking this piimiple for granted, and it follows that the question, whether or not we will sub mit it to the people to say for themselves whether or not thry dcsiie n contention, hps hern fairly derided in the alVumative. I hope, sir, you will allow that the man whose vote represents "0,W)0 inhabiiants is tint to be placed in the same rank with his who represents 1,000, when the ques tion is, what is the opinion of the mujoii ty I Nothing can be n.ore fair in inquir ing what proportion of the community -iro a convention, than to estimate the numbers represented by those whose votes 1 are given on the one side, and on the oth er. If, indeed, we were attempting to ascertain the sense of the legislature, a simple majority will shew what that is ; but when the matter of our research is of what opinion is the majority of the peo ple,' on a point on which they alone can dicta.e, the majority of the legislature furnishes us no rule by which to decide, unless the tula wo have suggested, that is, to calculate the number of freemen each vote represents. Assuming this rule, and I assure you, air, it appears to me io be the only correct one, and thus taking the votes as reported in the Senate, and you will find that the 23. negative votes, added to the vote of the speaker, known to be in favor of a convention, rep resented a considerable majority of the whole population of the state, whether counting the freemen, or the federal pop. illation ; and as there were several persona absent, as appears from the number who voted, if all of them had voted for the in definite postponement, still the majority of the state was fairly represented by the minority of the Senate. Now, sir, I ask you in the name of Vattel and of common sense, if the question which was submit ted was not determined in favor of sub mitting the main question to the people, ,l by ihe votes of the representatives of a majority of the nation I" And are not " all bound to conform to the resolution" of such " majority ?". I think the conse quence undeniable. Ik-fore I finally close these remarks, suffer me to make some observations on the objeruous you make to a convention in the 7 Cth page of this pamphlet. I shall he very brief in my answers. I. 44 Heavy expenditures." Answer the Legislature and the Judiciary each cost annually a sum more than sufficient, perhaps, to defray the expenditures of the convention, not to say, that in all probability a new con stitution would introduce such alterations into the legislature, as would considerably reduce the expenditure of that body. 2. " Will not a convention be unrestrained ?" Answer It will be restrained by the con stitution ol the United States. 3. " Will it not have absolute power?" Answer this is t lie same as No. 2, varied a little in language, and admits the same answer. 4. 'Who can control it?" Answer The Congress of the United States. 5. " Does not the formation of a constitu tion require the greatest efloftof human genius, directed by the purest virtue ?" Answer granted. 6. What security have we, that a convention to be now as sembled would be thus enlightened and guided ?" Answer Whilst Newbcrn a lone furnishes to the annual General As sembly three men, either of whom, with the improvements now common in poli tics, can form a better constitution than the present, there can be no serious ap prehension that genius and virtue would not he found adequate to the business ; the grcdest danger is, that there would he a supf r-'.v.undance of the first of those qual ities. 7. May they not authorize en croachments still further than we have , already made on the right of trial by ju j ry ?" Answer the postulate is denied. ; 8. " May they not tender the legislature dcsKic, and life and property insecure, by destroving the independence of the Judiciary V Answer May tbey not , hang themselves ? 9. " May they not a dopt the notion to day advocated, of regu fL.tinj tepresentation solely by popula ! tion ?" Answer And if they should do so, where is the mighty mischief? 1 he House of Representatives of the United Slates is so formed, and yet, for aught I km w, it answers the end for whirh it was formed well enough. 10. 44 May they not, in short, while they preserve the form of a Republican Government, mar th enjoyment of every right and abridge every btrssitig of prosperity?" Answer May they not drown themselves ? II. 44 We know that a convention may do these mighty mischiefs." And we know the legislature may hang a man by law for robbin;; a hen-roost. W hat security have we that they will r.ot exercise it ? We find it in the manners of the people, and in the genius of the age in which we live. 12. 44 Those states that have had a ronvention, with few exceptions, had left them worse than they found them." De nied. I have, sir, I think, in the course of these nc mbcrs, touched on every argu ment which you have produced ; I hve not wilfully omitted or shunned any of them. My principal reason fur selctting your speech is, that it contains all that can really be said to be argument, that I was able to perceive in the speeches mode on that side cf the question. How much weight was due to them, I hope has ap peared as we have passed over them. I beg leave, after repeating my high sense of jour merit, to subscribe myself yours, fkC A FARMER. JD.UIS JX1 ItUSSCLL mm raon tii iUBLksTOK rovnua. There is many an article, which the French, who express every thing well, would call fiiyuant, which, inserted in aj newspaper, would cxciie great interest snd be rcid with much .idity. Such in particular are subjects of individual and personal, entirely removed from national or public, interest. The secret of the feeling excited by these topics is well explained by Dr. Camprkll in his Lectures on Rhetoric, who, in illustrating the superior interest which the discussions of the bar have over the discourses of the pulpit, observes that the promises and denunciations of the clergy are general and remote ( where as ths efforts of the advocate refer to an issue personal and immediate that the for mer warn you generally of the effects of a particular crime while the tatter speaks of the accused, and draws into a focus, as it were, the scattered rayi of sympathy which the former had excited. Uelieving these opinions to he correct, and satisfied of their propriety, it ought not to be expected of a public print to in dulge in any thing like personal animad version, where the public Interest is not involved. ' It was remarked,' indeed, by Franklin, as you will find somewhere in his works, i ha no man, having a press under his control, should allow it to he used as a weapon against another who has not a press ; and thus would this great sage, who extracted its vengeance from heaven, have extracted its venom from earth. Enough has been said to justify the si lence of the Courier on any subject pure ly personal, however interesting, to which the public attention may recently have been drawn. There is, however, one topic of nation al as well as personal consideration, which coming therefore as an exception to the rule above laid down, deserves Io be com municated in justice to the public charac ter of the individual assailed, and the well-earned good opinion which he enjoys in the country. We allude to the controversy between Mr. Russell and Mr. Adams. Ihe brief history of it is this : Mr. Russeil, now a member of Congress from Mass. who thought that, by the publication of a private Utter, addressed by him, while in Europe as one of the ambassadors of this country, to the Secretary of State, he might raise himself ut the expense of Mr. Adams and disassociates, induces a mem ber to call for the publication of his private letter. The call was acceded to. Mr. Adams, with a degree of adroitness, worthy of a veteran diplomatist, (and yet Mr. Adams is oneonhe most candid men living,) requested Mr. Russell to furnish him, if he had it, with a duplicate copy of the letter he desired. The original was in Mr. Adams' hands. On receiving the duplicate, he published both they were no more alike than chulk and cheese ! Mr. Rl'sskll has replied has acknowl edged in his reply and this is his de fenre, lAaf when you write a private letter and are afterwards called to publish that letter, you have a tight to alter it to sl it THE PUBLIC. . r Oh tern fiora ! Oh morei c,u" A singular, yet not unprecedented oc currence, w e are inlormed, took place on the evening wf the 4th inst. at one of the public gardens in this city. A young woman, decently dressed, but annarentlv feeble, was sitting in one of the r I s alcoves with an infant in her arms. Near her was a young gentleman, a foreigner, in whom the vnunr- ladv addressed her- - n self, and begged him to hold her child for a moment until she had adjusted some nart of her dress. He was too Dolite not I-- - a to yield to her requeit. In a moment she disappeared in the crowd, and could not afterwards be found. The vounc untle- man was left with a sleeping infant in his arms, surrounded by his jeering compan ionsand was perhaps the only person present who could not raise a smile at witt.tssing his early and unwelcome pa terni'y A". .'.American. tm.T.St PUNISHMENT. The late Emperor of China, in 1813, convicted an eunuch or being concerned in a treasonable conspiracy. He had been a servar.iof Keen-Lung, the Emperor's father, and had receive! many favors dur ing along stay in the Imperial Palace; the recollection of which, in connection with the eunuch's ungrateful treason, en raged the Monarch so that he determined to destroy the culprit by an unheard of punishment. The mode was this i The cii.,inal was bound round with cords and canvas to which was added tallow and other combustible matter to convert the wretch into a tortile t which was lit tip and consumed in his father's grave. WrttiesiOTOij(U' f MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY. THE txcrciscs of this institution commenced on ihe 1 sth iist. undrr the ttiptrintrndcnc cf Mr. and Mis. Edmund. Tarvntt and guar dians, t.ikit jr into consideration the healthy sit uation of Our village, the cheapnest of board, the qualifications of the teachers, wostld dn well to tend their children and wards. Th board of maniirciw pledge themselves, that every at tentiun sluJI be given totb morals and instruc tion of the pupik WK.U.sM DISMt'Kr.S, Mi:y.F(l!l) PFJAKNETTE, I ,f THOMAS I). PAKKF, V" ALEXANDER LITTLE, f '- HUNCIS A. CASH J n-afalmi', Jul tl Itf2 3wt'14t . CostuA)t!S, VaxetuUons For sale at this Ofliw. 4' y7 ''' ' Jf r:;.7--v-.J, DIED, (n Cabarrus county, on the l'ilh ult. ttiUt hnui. of James II. Clark, Mr. (.'harUu Liu, late of New. York. In Concord, on the lOtbinst, ff'illiom (hhourn. infant sou of Jesse I). liuiLlwad, acd about U mouths. In CharhitU', m the 1 3th 'mutant, Mr. Juln Vuit, aged ii. iir. Vail vas born in the city of New-York, where he lived for kevend ytaM, when his parents removed to Poinpfret, crnion', at which place hi nMber and conneioii iio' reside. He was engaged in the mercantile bu siness, and waa noted for his eiitcnining indus try and punctuality. As a man and a citizen, lie waa univeraally respected i at a husband and father, he waa kind and affectionate, To his family his loss is ii rcpaivo!" i and the void which his death hut ruade in society, will not be easily filled. fllllE ssle of A. . Uuflin'a land and ni(rroe JL advertised to be sold on the 5th of A 'us', is postponed untal the l'Vtii of August nest, C. L, 11ANNEH. Htulei County, July 23, Wi.'l i liniEKEAS, at the hut term of the Court of f T l'quity, held for the county of U an. on the 2d Monday after the 4th Monday in March last, it wai ordered and agreed, upon a petition filed in said court, among other things, that a Uiwn should be laid oil' upon the land ol IxtiLi Wilson, a minor, lyinj; at Mock' Old Field ami in it vicinity, in the Forks of the Yudkm Miver i We, the undersigned, ciiwiiii . loners aip )i,ited by mid court to carry into tfrct the obji cVs specified in said decree, havi ig lai l oil' a num ber of Iota in said town, iUI, by virtue of the power vested in Ut by taid decree, expose to sale, at Public Auction, the nbole or part of Said lots, at Mock' Old Field, on the first Mon day and Tuesday in August nct. As tins place bat Ion;; been the scat of much private busine,,-, as well as of a large separate election, re-imf-n-tal militia parade, &c. Ihe coiiiiuini-.M-rn drcrn it iiiinece.ary to dwell upoi the adaiitagvi which would result to individual ene;ud in mercantile or mechanical pursuits, bv loiath.g themselves in Uie heart of Ihe most fi-rt.le and populous teotion of the larg and opulent coun ty of Howan. The terms of talc will be liber al i a credit of one or two year w ill be given, tho purchasers giving bond and accuritv. KAMI 'EL JONES, -t III (.11 I.. Hit ALY, AI.EX. NF,IHT, EX. NF,IHT, V ' IN' CLEMENT, j IN I'.CAKTEKJ Cammit' JOHN' JOHN ttoncrt. J,,nr9, 1822. 6wt'13 VnuaY)e Ileal Ylatate. State of Xorth-CwuLiui, lrtd. ll Ctimtn. TN Pursuance of a decree of the woriiiu! Court of Fapiity of taid county, t ail: the Court-llouse in Statesville, on T hurwL; , ' r 33d day of August next, two luta in the t ,' , , ,, Statesville i on one of which it that well k'., A , stand for business, which was long ocnipirf! I y the late Capt. Ilsrt, as a hn'iv ot' enterlaintn there is a good dwelling-house and other con venient houses for the accommobtion of any one desirout of settling in the fdace t An l on,; tract of woodland, con'ainii g IMC acres, on the watert of fourth creek, ai'h.n bah a onle of Statesville. All this property belongs to tho estate of Jam s Hart, dcc aed. Also, at the same time and place, will be aol I, a tract of land containing "72 acres, lying on tjird creek, about two miles from Statciville, on which is a good dwelling-house and other improvrnirnu, belonging to the esiate of Jas. II. Hart, dec M. Hie tcrmt of tale are one, two, and three; years credit, purchasers giving hand md ap proved security. ROUT. MMONTON, Com'r. Statrtulh, June 13, lSn-jwfl X. B. Also will be told, at the tame time and place, on a credit of twelve months, two likely Negroes a fellow and boy, by tlje ajuaiiittratoe of James H. Hart's estate. lreAell Mj Society. FIIIIE officer-, members, ami friemU, of Use JL Iredell County Bible Society, auxiliary to the A. B. S. arc hereby not, Red, that their first annual meeting w ill be at Statesville, on Mon day, the 5di of August. It is eifM-ctcd that ei ther the Ucv. Dr. M'Hee, or Uie Rev. Mr. Gould, will deliver a sermon at 12 o'clock, and it it ho ped there will be a general ami punctual atten dance from all parts of the counts'. MUSSENDEN MATTHEW'S, Prtnft. StaterriUe. July 1, HCJ. 2wt'l 2 Yifty'DoMara UcwanV' RAN away from the tubsrriber, on Use Nortll Yadkin, from the farm of Titos, P. Ives, oil Wednesday, the 10th of July, a nerro roan na med flEXXIS, abe-ut forty yewa old, about 5 feet two or three inchet high, with tome grey hairs in hit brad tnd wbukert ; ia stout made, bow-legged, ami defective in hit fore teeth, and hat large fret. He it an artful, riuiblc fellow, and probably will endeavor to pats fir s free nun. He was bom and raised in Southampton, 'm. mnA -..M in tlie torn n nf ,Vw Im-i-m to Inward Graham, Esq. and from him to William Tniipe Snd from Tnppe to the iiibjcritx r. Whoever will confine h,m n anvi.J in the state, till bo ennikd to the abuse nward. iso. xl coon. SiAUYmvy Society, .liuiSn'g to the ,1meri, aH tlib'e Setittjf. npiIE Officers, Directors and members of the JL society, who may not have received t copy of the Constitution, are requested to call on Thomas L. Cowan, f .s j. They are also request ed to use all their influence to obtain members and fun !t ftat this benevolent and important ob ject, to tt tn be tble to make returns of their proceedings tt the first ttinual meeting of lh society, to be held in Salisbury, on Monday, the 5th day of August inst A sermon will list preached on the otetaion, tt the Court-House, at 1 1 o'clock in the forenoon, and a contribution taken up for the bene fit of the Society, JOXA. O. rUEtUAN, IWA SUitiury, Jutg 30, 1833.