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western (HA WW. HAUBHUUY, X. C. TimSDAY, tiVTVMlVM 21, ML NO. 221. VOI. V.l ' a u a, i t lit riiiM) wnm. - Atf t m Mi i year, -I l' If,,,,,!, (,f,J t ), OJrt'.Wt .f H lnMw, t tf AS letters a.Utd to It tA,. ratrat fmfialJ, Of tWy U M4 M lt.ik.U4 lo. IIKKIJI.TOMY. At mti'ifig i4 ll SnLfiUi,u of lU CrtHnl J.rid U ft'orcetter, kutrltt, lh k&W InX rKlu!ji report J by t coaauitaa ert Jttiohed, Ihtt, in the view of iiU meeting, profane swearing, and lewd language, practised cither by the young or old, are evilt of rnormout msgni ,tudf, at being themselves Infringe mebti on good morals and Christian loi-t, and at paving the way to vlcct and crimes of almost every kind, by weakening that tense of obligation lo obey thy command of Gocf, and thai regard for decency, which ire esteatinl to the best iotcrct of the community. That it it the duty of every citizen. y example, 1 preerpt, and by coun tenancing the laithlul execution of the lawt on these subjects, to check tbcte $;reat and growing evil.. That the inhabitants of the Central Scho-1 Diatrict, in Worcester, h re as sembled, wilt, Individually ar.d collec tive ly, tiac their itflucrce to suppress these evils in iheir famdies, io thr street, and else I. err, and to support trie maturate in mkirg an ciamph of obstinate ,ffrt(tr. ITiat it it highly irrportart that thr wise and salutary provision of I (w rn acted 1 1 prevent thr pra lice of profjn .1 i.i i. i i .1 n; noum iw maoe laniiMr to we knowledge and understanding of those who are amenable to it j and ns the -fce4t-lrtW4-f -tmprsTtnr- fit oMir?' lions upon the mindt ol ihe children and youth of our villi.ee, that it be re coromrndrd to the Instructers of the resp'Cttvr .. 1 .v.. , pupil, to expl-in and enforce its mcar- log and obligations, ana to notice ind rcprovee-.fr instar.ee of the violation of i'.a prohib non. It VI 1 hcolm, per crdcr. In Rochelle snc" it viririij-, 47,840.000 TnN of flunnel anrl laire t. mantiUr tured yearly. 7 lis i iipve(t to be more than half tlr qu-ntitr rnartuuetu re J on the whole f.irc of the globe. Mr.. Coutts.the r.-3dow of the Great London Uankc, in June, cave a frtit at Highgate,yto about itrn hundred Iauics and rtitirmen ot tr.c lirst rank and fa?hion ('.rent Britain, including Hoval Dulcr, he. The military bands stationed orthe lawns consis'rd of no K-ssthtnuenty performers of the firtt ability ; try attendants out of livery amounted io forty well dressed per sons j wagon-loads of gold and silver pl were used, nd to every servant dio came with the guests, a two-shiljig ticket was Riventbe ex pended h rcfrcshmtr.t for himself. Six hunted partuok.of this liberality. ! RETORT COURTtOUS. A jvtice of the peacr, in V'rrmont, ho ws not very noted for his erudi tion, d a cause brought before him of rair anindclicat. nut Ore j in which a yorg woman was introduced oa a witni", who was not very delicate in the toice of words in her testimony. 1 houstice observed to her, that she hadirass. enough in her fare to make a e pail kettle : To which she an Jiejl$ csrsur and there'a sap-enough in our head to fill it! A Irian carrying a cradle, was stop Td By an old woman, and thus accos ed: t( So, air, yau nave got $ome of (Wfrulx of matrimony." " Softly, soft ly old lady, (said he) you mistake 'm is merely the fruit basket." cm'ncnt Grocery Company in Dublin announce in the newspapers of Y city, that they have whiskey on -which two Jwnkhtf hts Majesty in Ireland: ' ' J 'oiiow the world m approving Situ' WC ? U in BPProviDS J). hut tn the CAL'CL'fl. U rMif iM fJ.Uim tM WUm Mr. r.Urs rt m af.Ul lM twS ifl Utla vita w- alk of u jwa. W tl.at H.r tUn wf Ui Uw 4 tU 1 JMi'".' '".,'" t-, itian4 aidt that hro ltM rtsoiutiom were firit.lfttrivduccd,' t si v m great bji-ctioo & htat but, oo ciamioiDg me preampie n loougrit It cry improper. Hi was therefore op. posed to ih proposition altogether, Th 18th section cf our Hill of Kiihii, sayi, 'thai the people have rignt io asvemtiie together, to consult far the tsmmei good, io instruct iheir represeniatives, tec. He aaw no im- propriety in our me anheri of, Congress mtetiag together, and advising their constituents as to the candidate lor the I'residcncy most likely to answer their expectations. Tl . re was nothing that toiringeu any principle ol the Uoiutitu- uon. ins constituents knew out little of Mr. Crawford, Mr, Adams, or Mr. Calhoun. And where must they in quire for information I .Thtir neigh bors know at little of theie gentlemen at themselves. To whom, then, can ibev apply with more prot nct of suc cess, than t4 our members of Congress? hat he wished was, to have the pro le welj informed, for himaelf, he had little preference for ar.y of the can- didatrl. lie did not Ulirve the Mem- ers of that Home were expected by heir constituents to instruct our Mem bers in Congress. All the rights huh the people have not delegated, are reserved to them t but one of the first things we see in the I'renmple to thee Resolutions, denies to our Mem bers of Congre tbr right to art in re- Ijti n to the Presidential question, as they judge proper. V , in our court houses and other places, meet and con sult on putdic affairs whenever we, f.leaie,-and )et it irproposed that we 1 shall aay to our Keprestntativrs in Congress you shall not meet together. Tor his part, he was willing to hra' thr opinion ef our Members of Cor- ;rr"'r" "f. lrtl or nnj ether.1 He did notthink henr rt .r,tnrrill would tx- mpired bv it. Mr. Crssm. I should consider my self chargeable with a dereliction of the duty I owe that respectable p. nion of the state, which I have the honor to represent, were ! to remain silent on the important question now under discussion. These resolutions pro pose, by an expression of the legisla tive will, to tmiuuntenaoce the danger ous priii nc of caucusing, and tore commend that the district mode of electing cle c for s "should Ixcbme uni form throughout the Union. To both j these propositions I am decidroly Klecton! Colleft MsemllM Ji drtath. eJ and imnbodic,andh UttaUist t xittencf. Udt tootll " ol jec tiom It Congress, as as tltctlg body, liable. It l a lage t J )trgM'u. cd body, Wt are toll, bcrer, thai member! of Coogre are m4h tUc l(r tf th HMsidsnt. Let gcissntn, wyrr, look at the fat, antciador will oblige Umoi to adAit, tba tcor. dmg to the caucus plo, the eombert of Congress virtually elect thrtsi dentolihe UaitrJ Satei. Ilteinam ination it, in effect dictation, hit ought not to be so It is an uooly usurpation of pnwf not delegateoLv the Conatitution, and exposes us, in the choice of aChief Magistrate, t all the evils agnit hie h the framer of our Conttitoiou designed to secure) u. I C'-nsida the Caucus mertiors held at the Ciy o( Washington, for the purpose rf tvminating a candidate in fill the i Mice il rresidcnt of ihese Uni. led States, a. unconstitutional, anti-republican, dmgerous to liberty, and operating inustice to the rights of the small S:aiei. Unconstitutional, be cause the rsembcrs oi those mectines practically transcend ther constitutioe- al powers aati-rrputliian, because thay are ralivlated to rir up a noli;. cal aristocracy, and thertVy veit in the few that power which bcngt to the many dangerous to libjrty, because they are, io truth, at urpatioo of some ol the dearest right of freemen; nd injurious to the rigltsof the small States, txcauac they arc thus deprived of the ch.nce v. hich tht Constitution gu.rntres to them of hat ing an equal voire with the large Stairs in the elec tion ol a President, ahenetcr the choice devolves up .n Coagrest. These xtitioi., il not self-evident, have been o ably etjl,lishd bv my honorable friend Irom Howan, that it would be tupcrcio4ion fur me to dwell longer with authority i body cf men. la orxo a4 tnanifrit iolti.,a of iht graius of our consuiuiioa t Let me further atk, if il bat aUsyt happened, that the in. Itretta of the doreiBsat party is idc uufj witn waiti rrpuMiti f History leacbe a ut tuch turtle t bavt often proved tbe baoe U free gcicromenfs, Often under tbe preseas f f4,nf public good, hare they abused their power to secure aelfaggrand. lenient. Until, therefore, it it tbe a, that there it a domloiat pny, and that the in terest of that party il the a; me with the interest of the government, it i believed that this argument of gentle men can avail them nothing. It has been said, by my worthy friend fren Ucauftrt, that opinions of eminent men against caucuses are not to be regarded) Jbut I trust, that this House will res vet such opinions oo this at well as n other subjects. The father ol his muntrv has said "that all combioa tont of individuals for the purpose ol csntrelliug and iuflueocing the free ex ercise of constitutional rights or pow. ers, are seriously to be deprecated. Here is a direct and unequivocal con demnation of caucusing by the great est patriot acd statesmaa of any age. V. -t-ann aay, that wo are unt... sarltv i uiiibin u.. ' . -1 tka ll..ite by thia discuation. Sir, io my hum ble opinion, the time of this House could not be better employed, than in discussing a question of such vital im portance to tbe welfare of our consti tuents. It is of more importance to the good of our State, to put down Caucuses, than to restore to tredit rogues and swindlers. The gentle man from Caswell informs us that a Caucus lamination has no binding in flurnce. This it really new. I be lieve, however, it will cot be found correct io fact ; as no one can say, that such a nomination, has not the tame ufimm W. Wt have Wen toTTBy lhTTfT?e rsrtf inrerr oMigatOTTT Wm J gentleman U m Beaufort, that these fcsolotionv were introduced with a view to thr Presidential question. Sir, to my mind it seems disingenuous, when prepositions are before this House, tumped with public good, c a pau.c 04 . f of aget, and divested of evtry locJ, temporary party feature, to endeavor to excite the prejudices, and blind Ihe understand ings of those to whose consideration they are submitted. Di these reso lutions' wear any thing of this kind on their face ? Theyexhibit the fair as pect of republicanism ; they are politic and ought to be adopted, But gentle men object to a principle contained in these resolutions, the right of the con stituent to instruct His presentative. They have been repeatedly told by the mends of the bill, that if an opportu prili. They aft disting.iUhetl let the 6id and lo'tbc Csbinet, f r tone havt ditt.Uyrd acts of gdlantry ai.d noble daring which would do honor to the proudest ration of ihe earth. Laf then, the rumple f Tennessee hsvt its full weight. Aware that I il.all Ix fJlowrrf by gentlemen who art shore compeiat ihaarnrltlfli rli lntUa to this mip-irts-it East any longer cm iho patience f f lhi ooorablo Unly I hfp the H't tiouf will not be iadr finitely porrpoocd. to ic coaTisvrrr.) Tht Ex.Emferor ITl'linitlK. Cstrart of a Ml'r daM Aharvbi, W Auf :tt, 44 The ImrU le part; is ow complete ly prostrjte. u I low parlies oil now srsnd reqnirei no get pene'ea'itm o preJi t. The Re puh.irans will be j ine4 by all Ihoso ol liurbitVs party, who were eer Dppod io the Spolh suprem ij and shey enra iriecdly. An ardentadmirer at.d sin-: nity were given, they would willinplv cere friend to our free institutions. I put thtm in such a share as to render shall always contribute my best ciTorts to their preservation, and oppose with alacrity any attempts threatening thtir existence or puntv. Ihe brightest feature in our character of liberty, and one upon which our political fabric is mainly based, is the right of free suf frage. That this right becomes im portant ns the object for which it is ex- exercised is so, must be conceded. No person can then deny, that this right is, in no other instance of its exercise so valuable, as in the election of Chief Magistrate of the Union. Did the veperable sages who framed our Con stitution view the subject in this light ? That they did, no one can doubt, who will bestow a moments reflection on the anxious solicitude which they evin ced to guard the purity of the Presi dential election, whether threatened bv them unexceptionable in this resrect 'J his liberty, however, has been de nied them. I sincerely hope that a majority of this House will afford an opportunity so to amend the resolutions as to make them an expression of the will of the Legislature, as I believe suih an expression would have a direct tendency to put down the practice of which we complain. I he gentleman from Caswell, grave is the practice? Members of Con irress iro into Caucus aod nominate r .l the r candidate. 1 he mcmiert oi vne State Legislature then go into Caucus form an Electoral ticket, and rccom mend the Caucus Candidate and th Caucut Ticket to the support of the prople. which proceedings produc the same result, as if they were sane tioncd bv the Constitution. And thus sir, are the Ireemen ol this country ingeniously divested of a mrst sarrre and invaluable privilege. e contend that members of Congress have no right to lorm a Caucus for the pur pose of influencing the Pnsidentia election j because they are elected for an entirely different purpose. v hen they act io any other capacity than as Legislators, they transgress the Con stitutional powers. When they d j it with a view of influencing the election of the F.xecutive, they encourage an omou of the distinct Department ol the government, which, if effected, would produce tyranny and anarchy. Members of Congress are moreover exposed to the improper influrnce of the Candidates who will generally be at the Scat of Government, and it would be saying too much for humaa nature to asbc-rt. that these Candidates will not frcqueutly use every means to promote their ambitious views. We ly tells us, that though members of! have been told, that it would be im jirjnnrjaOguja l-4 wtll-k nown he-never attendr Cancns selfish and corrupt intrigues from a- broad. If there be any one part of our Constitution on which its framers be stowed greater consideration than on any other, it is that part which secures the purity of the election of our Chief Magistrate. The happy plan devised, shews at once their wisdom and the success of their labors. There were two prominent evils apprehended, and against which they were tq guard. The one was the tumult, passion, and disorder, incident to all larce assem- MieartTiTo corruption, to wnicn an prc-cxtsimg bodies are exposed. The plan devised and incorporated into our Constitution. happily avoids both these evils. Our Congress are prohibited to be electors, yet that should net prevent them from meeting in their private capacity, to rccom mead some suitable person for the Presidency. Sir, no one who has observed the effect of such recommen dations can deny but they are in truth dictations, Iu what instance, I would ask, has the recommendation of a man tion? I have no doubt but members of Clngress, through the instrumen tality of caucuses, do indirectly what the constitution prohibits them to do direcllynot merely designate, but make the President. Again we are told, that a caucus is necessary to keep the dominant party ia power. Sir, it is well known that at present there is but one party in the United States all are friends of the present administra tion. If any parties do exist, they are' but in embryo, and have been produced bXJtftc .cauflKting. 4Lima;oi'th.:'Prea: idency. It cannot be said that tiere is, at this time, any dominant party. But if, there were such a party, shall we adopt a principle, which clothe proper to adopt these resolutions, be. cause one of our Senators is too vener able and virtuous to be instructed by this body. In thia -country, Sir, we should never allow the creture to be esteemed greater' than the Creator. But if all our delegatiorTwere like the gentleman alluded to, it would be use less to pass these Resolutions, as it is meetings. Others of our Represent?. lives, it is to be feared, have not the same scruples. The Legislature of Tennessee has been referred to, as having recently passed similar Resolu tions. An attempt is made to impair the force of this example, and Jiow ? By saying that Tennessee has eternally disgraced herself by refusing to the citizens of North-Carolina the right to sue for lands in her Courts. We are told, that this one act so irretrievs bly darkens he o stigma -the house fronr-whrth 'she sprung. - oir, witn tnis oiot oo ner escutcheon, we have to be proud of our offspring. The citizens of Tennessee are high-minded, intelligent and enter- poatti hl only aetitri fuectire l'r;e. I he o(!iMh parly will r tUe an acces sion of strength bv li e furet and infl'iti.co of the clergy, (who, in ike evuMi!rnent of the peeent Kormwent, the de i rod ton of iheir own power,) b the ho biliif and wealth of the country. I should snppo thai, of the lo (unlet, the Span , r k. downM oUm tfl.lr for. iiMi'ii m.mev. wiih a wrm. fcolJierv, lika that of Mexico, what may not be done ? MCen. Santa Anns, whose appointment to Yucatan I mentioned in a former lelier, t taken a stand, supposed 10 bo injuri ous io the union, (irnernment are tiling, at thia port, to t-il in a few dar an expe dition lor Campeachy ; but whftlier it is to ci in conceit with, or aeini, Sjnta Anna, it no; well underttood in ttda plact." atari Twt ttt'. eaaoaieia. The Death of In naiDt. the lato F.m peror of Mexico, it ui aful letton lo murpert. He elcu'rlett earned hit f to by" In t wiifui violation ol'iho term U(crr which hit lite wtt tprel, and a li'irral tupport fran'ed lo him by hit re.u tiy men. His career it now ended Hit am bition, which Loped tomrh to l"rt over the ruins of a diwi.ir.g He pu'.lii . has proved his ruin. He appealed up"n iho theatre of South American polni'V an interesting and laudable tf Ulii. nj foujthi the hatilea of hi cCuntry with a de toieetneis tkat did him honor, and gao out to the worl.'i, h-i ji , hit country's Klory only that he fought for. But iho honors which awaited him l.e accepted, and pc'hapa be found them too grateful and fjcii)''kc(j to be neeried or repelled. V-fD elevated to the Inchest ilfi-e in Mexiran Hepublk, he repeated his as- suranect of. perton.tl exertion for the pub lic good alone. Like our own beloved Washington, he decided upon tetiriog from the honors which the jratitude of his countiy heaped upon him. Hy this to , he e ured the puldic fonfiitenre, nod enlinied in his own behalf the withas and svmpathiea of all HepuUican America. But, unable to stand the sudden chango in his condition, be rJted an unau'hor- ied standard, and created himtelf a wii- ar(h ' An insulted confiden' O of a great and crowing nation foncii hint into for eign climet ; bu; his rttiless, anil iiious dixpoMtion persuaded him to return j his lis has been the price of his teinciity. raov ti tilling rrin. ELLCrottAl. DISTKICrS. The following is the order hi which the several counties of this stole are arranged in districts, for the election of Prrsidint and Vice President of the United States: 1st DistrictThe counties of Burke Buncombe, Rutherford and Hsy wood. 2d do Wilkes, Iredell, Surry and Ashe. 3d do.-Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Lincoln. 4th do. Rowan, Montgomery ana1 Da- vidsot 5th do. Rockingham, Stokes and Caswell. 6ih do. Randolph, Guilford and Chat ham. 7th do. Richmond, Anson, Moore, Robeson and Cumberland. 8th do Person, Orange and Granville 9th do. Wake. Johnston and Wvne. 10th do. Warren, Franklin, Halifax and Nash, I hh do. Bertie, Northamton, Hertford and Martin - 12ih do. Pasquotank, Gates, Chpwsn, Pcrquimons, Camden and Currituck. ZZ JltKila BiauTotailLetoinborPrttr W ashington,, i jml and Hyde. 14th do. Craven, "Greene, Lenoir, Jones, Carteret and Onslow. 1 5 1 h do. -Bladen, Sampson, Columbus Duplin, . New-Hanover and Brunswick 1. . a , t V.. . t h m . .. f : i f . '.,' t . f . .'V If. rV ; r.: ',t 1 i i i . IV.? k 'rl .. . . , m . i-, ...... ..... .tNtj... ...-wgjj, J-jMf" :! - -t I '1 I
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