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VOL. IV.
HALISMJUY, N.C..TIJKS1)AY,AMIIL 20, 1821.
NO. 202.
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lii'Jup lA w A UniitJ Slant,
Hi term of tht Weatern Carolinian will
rrtiAer be M follow i Tkrt IHUurt year,
Ida In advance.
romitalr.rioe.
Mr, tHJ'tf At I hat ftJwaysandrood that
yuuf paper prufeaaed la b an Indifferent til
ptiMcr of Juetic to all men and t partiti, 1
lake tle LUny of sating yon to&rpy- brio your
column f. tht Nxitl Mrlliytiierr,
ereooerv for tht fir Insertion, and twenty-new P .kdeaaW Pw:riJ,le? "',f
JdstM vt tk Waallngton iouem, that 1 em
T lA JJA'lm Me A UtMo IntrWfnurr,
List of Letters
nf.M AIVlXO in the Poet Office t Concord,
foTth.Caronna, th !tdvof AprjdlttJ4.
Benjamin AlesawUr " Henry I -inker
7 - m
Henry icaaon.
Rev, F.leni J. Morrison
Her. Hobrrt M'Oillocb
Hubert M'Culloch
Abraham I. Ma.tere
Jas. k Arthur Mnk
Abraham C. M'lteV, 2
Knti fur eewh Kib iurttt one,
A ia i . . , - i --I i-
IT Wllfll pwitii
pnifaiit, or they wil) not be attended to,
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Kiirtft Piano, for hale.
- i , i r .i ti
1 n!irrf. Aand ;,!,, USlTrrrd . U'n''n' i ne argument moil per.
A foeeeJe, wry low. For terme, k. apply llnclouaUy urged, and appjrently moat
. MlUUU. BHOVVA. relied no. by the member and advo-
sBimh no. in, io.. fj tBte, r lnt 4le tonirfetiion- caucus.
it, id necnuty for maintain'tig the un
ion end aicrnJancy J the drmvtmiit fiur
y. 1 be fact, that this argument ia ur.
ged exctutvtlvr br the idhertntf-D
ne of the candidate for l!ie prcaidf n
lial chair, who j juify the belief, thai
it Wdt resorted to merely for the pur.
poae of adding tn tit atrcngth, by re
viving and enJihtinjj ic his bitwlf fee.
lingi which have iio longer any foun
dation in principle j aud which, in the
mind of intelligent and dintintcrested
ivditiiiana of all partita, have tons
since Uen upeiaedcd by spirit, of i.
lerant and mre expanded patriotntn.
Taking it for granted, however, that
there are at leut some amongst those
whohve given u their sanction, sincrre
in their belief of its importance in pro-
inoung, not merely the election of their
favorite candidate, hut the general wel-
iare t, the iuti m, I beg leave, in the
course of a very few remark, to sub
mit to an intelligent community, the
considerations which oug'it, in my
npiniir, to deprive tliU argtimeot of
al. its lone.
When the people i.f any country re
divided in opini.m, ai to the constitu
tion under which they live, or the prin
ripVs npon which the -government
'.tght to be administered, it is very na-
Ti EMAIX1NG in the Pout ft"ice at fall.b'iry. tur d. and certaiulv verv nroorr. that
Ii N. C. on the 31t Uy of March A. I). IHH. r;V- ...1,1..,
necessary measures for promoting un
ion amo-.g thrmsi-lves, and for giving
ascend n v o thrir ftvori r principle.
Ihtu ri:n.zn!, and thus acting, thfv
C'instit'.ite a nartv. but not a lactnn.
Tin y I i k tothf interest of their coun
trv, and tit to self aggrandizement.
And if, amonost the measures of con-
cetf and party d'cipllne, which are
adoptrn, they think fit to secure thr
mire imp-r i"t r dices, either of profit
r honor, in the Innds of their own ad
herents, to the exclusion of their poli.
tical opponents, they do no more than
may be justified on every principle of
Abijah Alesaivltr
Joan Andemn
0nunl Aletamler.
jUetandr-r Raia
M'arran Rirker
r.lidclb rtcaa-m
atirl BlackweMcr
Jiniuli nrailahaor.
Koah Cor une, 3
Samuel Coraina
Andrew Conine
Hugh Campbell .
Thnnta Cirf
Hilliam Ceooy
Villians Ccaton.
Alexander Dortoa
Owen Dry.
John Furr
Vifche! Fleraine;
William Flemins;
Hubert Feiviiaon
AHiwm Fleming.
Franria C.laaa
William (ilover.
Wary lltiie
J)r, Klaro Harris
Abner llajraas
F.B Honeycut
Catharine Halter
franklin Hams
John House.
John Jolinnn
Benjamin S. Juhnaon.
lion with which we hvdj look on
the errors luto which a!l luvt occa
iunJIf been betrayed, m
t What hat hitherto bern slj', is, of
course, applicable y j ' 'fp
rated fr cio each other itfnc actual
difl"rrenceof principle. l'srtiePre,
" . . , IM '
uoucr any circumstances, em., i ney
i . : . . i .
npf t" and j and
William MCtnren
John U'Kinlcy
ll.ih S. M'CalrU
Archibald Mrrlm
Kev. Geo, M' thartoa
.J.vBra.li':aUli.
Willi.m Newrl.
Illfimaa Panjf'-T
Itenjamin Plunkct
Fra Parks.
Mary ItuUn l
Jane KiimiI.
Nathaniel Rims
Chriftoihrr Hides
Aamucl hliinn
Martha A. Smith 1
John S'TJC
Ai Sm'.tli.
lawi Turkrr
Peter l e"rr.
Fraiiei Vanneraon.
JaT.es l. White
Jatira Welch
Cory W:iit,-.
John Yawman.
I). 8TOKKE,.f. r.M.
List of Letters
Peter Albr'frht
John Adama
takes Aderton
Margaret Atlion.
Hiot. Dracktn
Moars Brown
Corm ltiM Duckhanon
Caty Bullen
Lorin Ratra
Jno. I). Da to
llice C. Halhird
K. A. Kry xn
John HUckhum
James W. fin an, 2
Jonathan Rarber
William Barber
Adam Beck
?prnccr Benson
William Black.
Jime Caruthrs
Ja"vr Cambell
John Carinn
Jumr Kmc lid
Elisbrth Kilpatrick.
Daniel Uamr
Martin l-aznr
A If I. Ijnmn
Ham''. Iirkr
llarmitn (iiiiam
laaae Lttitvr 2
Hiram II. LctAy
Jieph l.-'lifO.
Willi-m Miller
WmrMcntjfJ TifTT '
Mariah M'K-iiii
ftcorjfe Milli-r
Ftha M'l.irin
Willia-n VPArjjo
David M'Vlakan
F.(U. M'Kady
CuL D. M'Uiire
Jonn Man in
John M'l.unmv
Cenrc M. Murr
sound discretion and real patiiot- prrfrcutifMH-
"Jnttn-aragwnour-' wiffiiTtYTrdwljr
John Cambrll
William Chapman
Joneph Cowan
John Coats
Joaeph Cartlml
John Canaan
ieorffc Cambell
SUnly Chaflin
fConrad Casper
penjjJ;owan
A.' If. Chaffin"
Hrastus Case.
Aouiler Darenport
'ohn It Donel
Joseph Dobbins,
i'n. Elliott
iVilliam Eddreth
'liilip Eagle,
lobert Foster
JVm. Fleraming1 -
apraham Yttx
ohn It. Frecling .
net II. Ferguson,
eorjre W. Grimes
itniuel Gardner
fames Grimes
ich'd. Gillespie
hsrlcs Glover
fiarles Griffith
lex. P. Graham..
rlrp' Graham.
seph Hall, 2
Miles A. Hendricks
mcs'Tluhter
eore Hoover
lenry Hartman
enry Harrison
ry Hatch
John Morrotr
Edarl M-I i'er
Kancy M'l.ister
Henrj- tycrs
Joha Murtin
Claris M.irrill
J.io. M'Neely, 2.
Jno. D. Norrik, 2
Lerotr Napier.
J?mttdJ'rice.
rrsmTr
Snrh ha actually been the case in
the United States. From the first or
caniza'ion of the government, down t
the termination of the late war, this
country has been divided into two
l - - . . . .
gresit political parties, differing, at a
times, either as to the excellence o
political harmony,' and not unfrcqjent.
ly exclude from the icrvice of the gov.
eminent, the best feelings and the U ft
talent of . the nation. These incoa.
venienciei, however, are tolerated, as
fhe result of the imperfection of hu
man institutions, and of tSe impossi.
bility cif firoctiring the general assent
of mankind to any proposition not sus.
reptible of mathemutical demonstra.
lion; They are Tirrrnary and ffna
vnidahle sacrifice to principle and to
pnnciple only.
Whenever any number of individu
als, on thecontrjrv, differing essential-
It among themst-lvet, combine, for the
purpose of perpetuating an unmeaning
name, continuing iliatuu lions unfoyo
ded in principle, and mt.iiling on the
nation the evil insrpjraldc from par.
ier, such individuuU co,iutc a fac
tion. Animated by no pit iotic feel
ing, they aeek only to nariiw thi e m
petition for filer and, itiirder to in
crease the chancts of thcij own eleva
tion, are willing to keep alive forever
the flame of p litical conj ntion, and
to deprive the country of the service
of many oTi most valu l- citizen.
If the Catholics of Ireland maintain
ed at thi day the dnctriiei of their
ancestors j if they now comnded for
the upremacy of the Pope, snd held
themselves bound to obej lis man
dvrs, in opposition to the corstitution
and laws of their own coun ry, who
would condemn the politic al Jisquali.
fic.itims under Which they labrr ? Who
would not, on the contrary, consider
them as the enactments of whrlom, and
as safeguards, drawn by the statesmen
.f England, around the laws and the
libertirs of their country ? But these
absurdities of f rith have passed away
firever. The Irish (. atholic contends
for no more than the right of wor
shipping his maker in his own way.
lie yields ready and unqualified obe
dience to the laws u drr which he
lives j he pav his taxes to the gov
ernmrnt i he fights the battles of his
king; and Vet he is denied the right
of participation in the offices and the
honors of his couotr . Is this liberty I
Is it toleration ? Or is it not, rather,
the most rancorous and unjustifiable
thi djy, justify their opposition to the I
cucrai wonstiiuiion. Ana II lb
fact,' that, in tht Convention, Mr)
I-milton proposed President and
Scaste for Lie, i to cut an indelible
reproach on himsjf, md 04 Uwic who
afterwards "delighted to honor him.
.1:11 1.- .1 . . ft I-
wn ii uo ivrgoiieu nisi ir,-iiac)irm
Anthonv Pe.eler
Samuel E. Phillips
F.anoch PliiHipn
Valentine Pence
Jesse Park.
Samuel Hiblia
Philip Rice
John Ridinper
Rodias Itiley
L. R. Roae
John Ried
Nathan Kiley
Harry II. Knbisoo.
Henry SoaMtman
John Steel
William Smith
David Stewart
I.eroy Smart
George Smith
William Stephenson
Sinjr
in
the-xoMttuKOrlrsr1fp:t"he 8 pint
which it was to be construed, or the
general principles of which the gov
ernment of its creation ought to be ad
ministered. Neither party has yielded
to the other, in the zeal with which it
has sought to procure concert among
its members, or to give ascendancy to
its principles. And, although we may
lamrnc the occasional inconsistencie,
and the dangerous excesses into which
both lave been unavoidably- betrayed,
by an indiscriminate support on the
one hand,' and an indiscriminate oppo
sition rtn the utSer, to the measures of
t e existinp; idnnntstration, we cannot,
for 'it moment-, admit," that the mojori.
ty if eT'thir actuated bv anv other than
t'He pursff the mAt patriotic, ami the
most disinterested motives, A con
trarv belief would be in dirert hostile
tv-w Ith-the-principle . ta w hkhs-rc
publicans, we all accede, that the great
mass of the people, how ever they mav
be deceived, arc, nevertheless, honest
in their intentions.
Such is believed to be the view which
every intelligent and candid man must
take, in relation to the operations of
the two parties into which we have
been divided. N r is it at all affected
men- have sometimes been associated
ith, and, occasionally, perhaps, ad-
.1 . 1 ' i c 1 l
UKOM1 PLY executed at tins office, in a t vie t., . c . r ,
s or Workmanship corresjlondinf with the rm 'v.v, ,
provsments f the present day. 1 in truth,, to increase the spirit of tolcr-
Philip Shaver
William II. Steelman
"Epes' Spain
Robert Spence
John Sinimons
George Kmith
ElimiiiJ Southard
John Siirewalt
Jeremiah Seamands.
Hiram Turner
Samuel Tak)
Mrs; klary Todd
Uerij. Tcnnison
Mary A. Townaehd.
Robert Wood
ch'd. Harris
muel Hue-hey
ban Hotchkiss, 3
nil Hiighey
ilmHyde -Hiabeth
Hicks.
pert Johnston
luis Jacobs
jhn Johnston. - -, Richmond Walk 3
Hn Knight Mary Wall
eivdle Klutts v Joel Wren
lomas Kent . Jacob Weaver
'TO' KmW.. t:.JileJoirft W':
pc knight , James Wright,
SAmTjEL reeves, p. m.
And yet, it would puzzle the rfcost
ingenious cisuist tft designate wherein
it d.ffcrs, in rffnt, from the spirit
whicj) breathes throughout the appeal,
but lately made, !,ta behalf ot Mr.
Urawtorcl. . I he authors ot that ap
peal, unwilling to present their candi
make him the president of a party.
Feelings long since forgotten, are re
vived ; landmarks, decayed and aban
doned, are re-established. And a vain
effort is made, to rally around the same
standard, individuals bound together
by no common tie, to the exclusion of
others, who are peaceably and honor
ably engaged with the great body ol
the nation, and without reference to
either names or persons, in maintain
ing the best principles, and in placing
on the surest foundation, the best in
stitutions of the country. Had such
an appeal been m de at any period pre
ceding the election of Mr. Monjoejt
would have cpnstituted .no. fibiect.of
complaint. It would then have been
an hon6rabtc stand in support of prin
ciple, and not a feeble attempt at poli
tical persecution.
j I-appeaVto-yotff-gentlemetSy-td-ay
what there is in the principles of the
Federal parts', to require, or to justify
the proscription with which they are
threatened i Looking to the past, you
ill sometimes, it is true, find them
the .advocates of false doctrines and
erroneous principles. Under the in
fluence of party Beat, too,' they hare
ieen occasionally betrayed into an op-
conviction has convinced them were
calculated t promote the interests of
ifctviti"
times,' consistent politicians ? Very
cw of them, it is presumed, will, at
in tae Confidence of the democratic
party, not only voted for these very
ta a a
sneaiu-es, out actually proposed them,
selves, to give to the general g mo
ment a teto on every state law I These
fids arc adverted to, not in the spirit
of rrpruch, but to show that errors
of judgment, in relation even to the
most important measures, ought not
to he coisidered (a in reality they
have not been by the American peo
pi") evidesce of an incurable defec
tive principle. The fat t is, th it a few
rear oprrition of the constitution re
lieved the peration both of hi friend
and its enemies j and, consecrated, as
it is, at this day, in the affections of
rvery American, it i no longer one
of tSnse points on which the Federal
and Democratic parti. ca Jictrcr be
arrayed agninst each other.
The foreign policy of the govern
ment, until the termination of the late
war, was a theme of endless contro
versy between the two parties. It is
no longer so. Therein a general con
currence of sentiment as to the system
of foreign intercourse that ought to be
adopted j or, if there be a difference,
it is between individuals, rather than
parties. On a late important occasion,
Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster have co
incided in opinion, while the views of
both have been resistrd liy a large ma
jority of Congress, without reference
to former party divisions.
Even in relation to our past policy,
about which we were once so muth aij
variance, thrre is now a general con
currence of sentiment. Or, if we dif
fer at all, it is in relation to points pe
culiar to the times in which they origi
nated, and which it is hardly possible
should-evcr again disturb our repose.
Who does not now acknowledge the
wisdom and propriety of General
Washington's proclamation of neutra
lity? Who doubts that the country
was essentially benefitted by the adop
tion ot Air, .lay s treaty r hose bo
som does not burn with indignation at
the recital of the indolence of Genet.'
Who hesitates to approve the manly
stand which was mzde by the second
id ministration against the outrages of
ranfLeL yjllli'.'jic.l-g.'.'ixpnikiin fhe ;
W)Hgf igam-be-artiryed insrracrrT'.hnT-
if yon will look through the past histo
ry of our country, you will fiad thl
most (( the subjects of contention hari' .
either passed away forever, or tbat a
change is the couduion of ur couatry,
or the honest cwuuctiou of out mind,
have brought us 10 thir.k so nearly
alike, that tHi impossible should "
1 j ' . , .
as parties, organized for the aupnort
of principle. And, I repeat ii, that
those who would entail on us the sc
knowlcdged evil of party spirit, merely
to perpetuate a name, or lo diminish
an honorable competition for office, in
order to increase the chances of their
own elevation, are neither mure nor
less than a fiction,
I have recurred to the past, not for
the purpose, Vr in th t ipectation, of
exciting an angry emotion. I never
would recur to it, but to draw from it
lessens of widotn for the future, la
the hasty review which has been l-ken,
do we not see enough to contince us
f the imperfections of the human
judgment, and of the errors into wh-ch
the bed of us are but too apt Ut fall,
Under lhr inflornr of kiftjb friu -
cittment? And, shoolj not this teach
us to temper our z.l, and to look,
with candor and liberality, n the acts
i f those from whom we may happen,
for the time, to differ ?
Under the influence of thi ipirif,
then, let u turn our ryes, for a mo
ment to the future. What point are
there in advance of us, on which ths
old parties are likely again to be
brought into ccl'ii n? I am willing
to lake our own explanation v( ths
tTm "republicanism," made orrjc.
time during the last year, as an exposi
tion of the true policy of our country.
If I am not mistaken, (for thr p;iprr
containing it is not by me,) I Virtdrd
a ready absent to almost every d .ctrine
advanced. And, in doing so, I
have no douht that I accordid with the
great majority of the nation. But
there are print iplcs in that expose, the
most important, perhips, it contains
that will always meet with a
W 1 S 11 I 1 n.
decided
opposition in the nation, and in its
councils. The sources and character
of that opposition you will readily un
derstand, by reference to speeches on
Appropriation, Army, and Fortifica
tion Bills t to the columns of the Rich
mond Enquirefj to Mr. Madison's
celebrated report, in ''J8j and to the
speeches of the greater part of the
Virginian members, on the Internd
Improvement Bill, that has lately pat-
slh!Ott trf-TrmTemaTTVrv." IrT
violent opposition which wss made to j this opposition, I venture to asstrrt
the measures of defence and hostility, I that very few federalists will be foui d.
And I must entirely have misunder
stood the character of that party, if
its members are not, henceforward, ar
rayed on the side of any administra
tion, organized on the principles, and
ur a u ui ;jc, ricAy
mended.
Why then is a p.irty, 00 lo- gf r
bound together by similar sentiments,
no longer advocating the same princi
ples, and no Linger capable of uniting
in the same policy, to be recognized?
Why are those who, like yotirielves,
profess to be the advocates of a liberal
construction of the constitution, and of
a fair, manly, and generous system of
public measures, to be separated from
men, .who concur with them in senti
ment, and to be associated with others,
who differ from them in almcst every
point? Could Mr. Clay and Mr. Cal
houn, or even your own favorite Mr.
Crawford, if his sentiments have been
ccurrcciy . estimated sit. at the,.. same
board with Mr. Holmes, Mr. Chand
ler,""Mr7" Lowriei " and Mr. Cocke ?
Or would they find themselves har
monizing better with Mr. Barbour,
ai r-a tc venson Jinajyix-Amitrrj
agine to yourselves a council composed
of all the gentlemen that have been na
med. The powers of Burke fne
could faithfully pourtray its character.
It is enough for us to know, that liber
al s?ntimentand national feeling would
sink powerless at the feet of false econ
omy and state usurpation.
And yet, such is the union, which
the members and advocates of the
rcquired by the times: Who now
contends that Great Britain had done
us no essential injury before the late
war? Who doubts that the character
of the country was very much elevated
by that war? Who thinks it unhe
e&mtng af sTsntT "rcTtgTo u s people;
because opposed to its di clanilion, to
have rejoiced at its successes ? Who
does not lament the indiscriminate op.
position made to the measures of de
fence and hostility which it required .'
And, above nil, who does not, unhesi
tatingly, subscribe to the sentiment of
the lamented Dccntur, and exclaim, in
his language, May our country al
ways be right in her controversies with
other nations ; but alwavs successful,
whether right or wrong ?" On those
points at least, there is no longer a
difference of opinion, requiring that
either party should be held up to the
n.?tk9.A'-uAW:QtthJLfif.iti confidence.
: . It. cannot .. be forgotten-ulllx. what
zeal the funding system, originating
with General "Hamilton', was opposed
by his political enemies. It has since
received the sanction of every admin
istration. The tuvy, too, ma a theme
of obloquy and reproach to its earliest
pitrons. It is now the favorite of the
nation. No measure, perhaps, con
tributed more to widen the breach be
tween the parties, and to fix their
character, than the establishment of the
first National Dank. A similar insti
tution, -wifhrr targe capiral and'a more
intimate connection with the govern-
ence by the opponents ot the first. An
unsuccessful e xpen mi n t has hi en made
on commercial restrictions, as weapons
caucus wotua eitect an union, wnicn
would exclutte Mr. VVebs er from the
councils of his country, while it would
oiirr'
presumed forever) to " powder, ball, 'highest honors an union, which
and trusty blade' In fact, gentlemen, i w ould havc substituted fur the prcseut