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, It .. .vm' 10 kUuia f urn l,stUi, howeur w. a ..J in them..',,,, Uve the trmbtarica of incqusl.ty, which fir.J msi i.i th.hr.rt of the eiiiaea, ,m !, ;u besd.-J with in! remorse. Tin wisdom of .rotation ii r'jJti nm hi iiing ub conscience, , , ' Jr. Ciyiimn, .SlUSIHJUY, HO WAV COUNTY, .V. C..........TUKSDAV, NOVKMIHCIl 10, tCK). 1 VOL. XI NO, 4 .... . . . .ta ! M WM Ctnltoiaa iU . I. ...... . "'' ''" ""VT.- u.i.r.' ...Il.il - Jh.rti-.l. , ... ! WKHXI mfl't. WMft ritOM the m:h.iub atlas. if the reader should think hTmt!f tuf fiirndv familiar with the eventful life of Vjfijette'T.orTrr rrqwrtf-r ropy or Mi Moicfipf c 7el -I'e perusal of the short mem'dr we th' day lay behre J im will, In pi'e of his feeling, have uf fiient attractions io induce change in the opinion- Reviving the impressim) of to mny iinjortant transacti'iis and trying scenes if) which Other L. layette has lurne prt it will kindle anew hit per t.dinirtioa and respect', and hi vrtiiude and veneration a a lover of ill li .111 In k Am.ft!un .... in , l J ittr iiiiikiii'i III ,),, he a further tource ol g. iiheation to ftnt that he to whom the Rtpublic has Utn so much indel!td vd to hom U 1,,-r totit hr been prfud to maMv ihtir leiollrfi'tn of Kit. K-Teroi CTirts jji iheir be half. i, no thai lime b oh jjitrnied the letlin;;'of rmuooil iilikr c i i rd hy thoie tfTirt. i ei.imted n the inpnil judtmtnt of those why cannot in ny -Ue he i4yed hy elCii jiujultce. Toe high term of mm Ttifiidjiion lwtoed oit the ve u ran frii'tid 11 re l.'nm n l.nelMh pen: nc hrn, to iti'n ld;ti(;e of IowJori joumiiUt we j.l I me r qutlijr wurm expiesion usn) L,j he authors ol the lelltra flu in I'-rts, (nnc of whirh we Je t opi- d.) anil Hits employed Of lIpskr t. tbc jHidiii nirctink in norland, aH well the chn-n th bi( h hit name hi bren l.bile'l on iuch orcMon, we bavr sj'nUrtorv oroof that the ctiouUott vi h a ttranfr milit atciioe to blind p..r i4iir.i ii fjet only homage to wortli dti'l virtue. pail from the kober dictates of jus he and of truth. li nerl Lafayette, b the course he has piii-iucd in the recent Astonishing niea uren at Parti, has placed the adamantine kttstone of the goldm arch of his lame. Two yean before lue Tiuuui: attempted I be roftiAUGU- at jjgb'. oi the l'co nJ ihu tilled forth once tnoie V'is fcscrtet.of Ihe cliims of feme. I)jjtid tculpior oi r'ii bail txctuej bnsTTif LafssetttVl s b murk of the atfee lionie re gatd and admiration lt.lt toward the (ieneialby him.tlfanfi the yoDnu Fitsiant. Tnis tesiimuni:l wis (xeiicn ttd" to the! Conertss of the tJntrcd States, itde of:.lheno)u:ito...vf.. "hington. The letter which accompanied the gift cvpresies sa jusilf the tharacterj-rtfiie Li6snsir"tnkrnriT- txftttt9 -4h icelin;s k wtijch, unjr.r the must trying uircuniatanctSi tru'f) hjs'set ls seal, that we cnn(M refiYm from repcatiug iamc g ptrag'aphs : "Tbeyouih of the French nation is jQl'ecl wi h admiration ht the virtue of the youth and old age of him of whom I fcen4- sou a likeois T4ty- envy tb glarv that was acquired upon the Amen- Kin bv the side of the immorta "VVjbhing'on, in the defence of yournole sintsr -They envy that glory which has bern arxjTjircd on the anil of France, in the midt of the lioubles of Paris and Versailles, where, in breasting th ntorm. lie wan.fd courage as little in the tttug gles of dwbate, as he did in contending with the sword. They envy that glory which covers the front bleached bv age, but still sparkling with the fire of libcity and of patriotism." : quefi'tjy expressed since been " tin'dicale'ifT nd how doubly enhanced is (hat glory fhut envied by the splendid evenisj in , hkh the ' ybuiU of l Fiance", proved, i he sincerity of these declarations, when abaring with the veteran his last and most illustrious actions in the career ol honorable fame. The semimoits manifested in the let ter of M. David so long before the late unexpected crisis are conclusive of what perhaps, needed no such , prouf, that the gm!iaed f if rgy in, conflict, toj moder iion in virtoiy, which tnen pre eminent ly disunguish'ed the population of Paris, fre largtly. attribquole to the influence ofLjfarctte. This influence. soMionora 'tht'e to bt tnf, and so beneficial to those Merit, tnf io the respect secured by his - . .. . . . I aisciwl nrstrTtrtot.-'- if. bis bio tpr tpk of him ' unqueriona ' tlMt'Ms! dtm.gi$heJ man in public fie1 fcit teasitry. or perhaps iiitll can at this rao , , wavll unhesitatingly vt .tfirrntkilhjwnct a much lAiiyrinFifftriairttnnanf gained h iou n w.lmof farne-cry far triiDMrcndt (hat of any man now living, if x cf mj that er yet bas Lftl In the rahln of irur frrafnen then, the mme of Layfayctte will alwjyi be r n?i tied to place among the highest, and . a a .! ' a, . win i nem in aistinguisnea honor when those of art Alelander and aOtar 'ire forgotten. , They periahed b early life, fcauu UtaoUldlliauvuult to ihai. aal 0 til junbilion- J Ic-turirite tt- and -hIom 1 jtap,tioi fit t.ttla of ditiilJ trcuede ro. tion to the (xl of minkindLby a series of actise military nrricii, and pa7rioTic Wlor).i!jW?KlM(!lfLpitaiDicJlhe-ot. dinar limiii of human exiMCxcc icor out both in mind and b6.lt;, beyond the rare rcachtd boundary of ilwea score yeari and ten." GENERAL LAFAYETTE. The (amilr of Lafayette hat long occu pied a distinguished rank h th history ofl'ranrn. In 142a". the Marshal Ltfay ette defeated our Duke ol Clarence at Heauae, and thus preserved hi country from the domination of li-nrv VIII fhe la'her of the present Oenetsl s killed al the battle of Minden in I739- two years after the birtb of hit son, who wt botn at Auicrgne, September 6, 1739. Ahrr having considerably distinguished himoi-ll bv 'lie bu cet of lot t'uiict at ihf College of Dup'est. at Puis, yoQn Lifivei'c iii'oied hc army at the age ol ii;ren years ; and a very short time af terwards he married a daughter of the Duke d'A)en, a dciund.ni in a right line ftoin the celebrated chancellor . . . , . . hinh i.nJ mariiagt- r. h the htlieU laan lies ul the kingc'om a sutfi "en ly brilliant distinv seemed ntuilly prepared for Dim 'y the orctintry ircummances in whlth'he found riiiruelf plaCedburthese were advuntagea vlnch he owed to Ch iuoe ahme, nd thry were not, tncrc hire, ol a nature 'o ajtisfy his .' lent and e'itliu)ia'ic initid, whi h panted lor dis tinttions originating with itself alone. About this period it was that the Kevo lution Drone out w hich finally aivncd font Knglaud her rebellious colonies of America. 1 uis great and spi'lt stirring event at once took possession of the mind of Latayetle, and he duiermined to take an active part in Iho progress of it. Ac cordingly. having eom o England "and speiira few Savi here liVcoYifcfente with certain faVhrers of the Hcvoiu'ionary par vi he t inbai kd - socreiiy lor the New World, where He-amvcl, Clwrleslou, on tin 25. h of April, 1777. A, bis name was already known, his arrival in Amen t.a productd a considerable sensation Cipcciajly as ot this jrarticuUr moment c nevolu lon hud auflired numerous reverses which had much (it oGlaged iu supporters- bafay etia, inv mediatetv on Uis arrival, was offered a command in the Ucvoluiionary armr w hich, however, Un order lo do aay" uThy idea of the nature ol hi views in visiting thfc count iv) ne decidedtyTffosed, bur set j bout raliinga" corpse which vrtfe clothed and L(jijip,)od at his own sole cX pente. On inc JUtof the July follow ing his arrival in America, he was, bv a I de cree of Congress, apoiiitcd to-the ran of alijor General, he beings ilien not twenty years of age. For eighteen months the youthlul General remained in America, having, during that peri od, been promoted to the chief command of a division. Feeling, hrwcvc-that he could better serve the cause he had es poused, by quitting the country for a time, he did so. and returned to France, where he was very coolly received by the Court of Versailles. Nevertheless, he succeded in persuading the minister M. de Maure pas, to lead the aid of ships, troops, and money, "to the A't-.icansv Having auc-. eed'ifH this- rnUwion, . b:rttutacd;JO America, and immediately on his arrival resumed his contmand, and distinguished hitnieifio the most remukable manner, btihTaW"! m mitiTaTf feHtr-Tne siege of Yorktown, the taking of the re- luikS oJ will remain an evidence of his great mil itary talent. . x L l After having witnessed the recognition of these great services by a solemn Tote of Congress. Lafayette again returned to France to obtain fret!) assistance from the govern mtirit Wl naTcmTPfT! Wtcbtr etl he full succeeded; not, however, till the intended .id was no longer needed as, by the lime t he French expedition (coi'sistig of forty vessels and twenty . . . r i-. j was orougpi vnat a.ircaiy 01 jjitbcc nu been tigntd between England and her re hellions colonies, oiill Lafayette pro ceeded on his third voyage to America, where he was again , received with the most enthusiastic welcome, tie remain ed ii America for some time, but return ed to France in IXgS, at a taoment when the public mind in the latter country was becoming greatly agitated relative to po Htical "questions ; andhorIy after hit xe turn the first Assembly of Notables took place, of whirh Lifiyet'e formed i part, anj n meeting of which he wit the Brat to demand i convocation of th (Up rtirntatirea of the People. In 1789 (i Lyette was a member of the National At aembly. and he there proposed the ctle twatai.4lclaraiioo oi-t-TaJUhl'4l Wtn,7 the funtftrnefttal bisit trf all iiikat iasSftutona, aod.oo artrkhw io act. the different charters, 'he, are founded witich have bn given to France tout :haj..pcriaJ-iaxIuJiagJbc-un.blcli.ba just been so grossly violated A very few day after the above proposal, he was nsme-1 Commander in Chiel of the Na tional Oad of Taris the ppoin ment hich ha rw more than fumy years! ' er, bren agio confined io him under glorious circumstances, and it wt in the hove rhrarier that he was the first to diilay4.h iri colored cockde. Shonlf fter hit appointment to the command of the Nitional (imrd, Lifay cue had an o;pmu'ii y of shewing hit fine presrtice of mind, i Saving tha life of Mane Antoinette at Versailles, where a great body of ihe people bad marchrd from Pari, accompanied by the N.tional Ouard, and in apiie of all the efTm of the latter, had contrived to penetrate into the PaUce by a paaiage lhal ws tit le known. Lifayette on (hi occasion exercised his influence oerihe peopleand rauted them io retire from the Palace without doing the fatal mist'liief for which thev were 0 well prepared and disposed. When the T:c(rirrrjtrofttie14Tfi of July loot ytitev (he upreme commanc ol the whole of the National Guard n conferred upon Lsfavcite. and idolized as he was by the people and the army, he my then be s.id lo have been the actual head of the French nation, and have had in destinies at his disposal. When in -he month of June following, the King, Lnuls XVI) endeavored to es cape from France, L4ayeite, during the first moment of public exritttnent and impatience caused by his attempt, w accused of having favored the movement of the King; but the measures which he af erwgrds ad p'ed, and which resulted in the arrest o( the King at Vrennes, re moved thi imputation from him. L'nder all ihe extraordinary circum stance in-wjiieh Lafayette had hith erto twrrrplaced, be had invsriably three- led - hi conduct bv rule and pi inciple drawn equally from the-iegaiTigfrs of the hmg aai.oLlhc-J!coplc--a midefi" tion which causes him to become the objtet of f-ar and hatred to those parties who had other views than the success of right, and the progress of Justice in fact, he was 'hated rio less by the violrnt tcpublicaus, than the vi.jicul toy ails' s, all i' bacanae aaojeca ui iht injurious intrigues (if both, ; It 1793, he was appointed one of the Three' commandem- of-tnTFreneh-arm in the war against Austria; and during his necessary aosence from the C'api'jt on his tatyf several menihers of theI tiohal Assemblv having brought "ipecious accusations against him, a spirit of dis trust was excited against him in the arm, and being assured that a price was about to be seT upon his lifeT he ToolTt hV step of retirring from France, in which ht was accompanied by M Alexander Lm eth, and several distinguished general of ficers. He became prisoner in Austria, landjaiaa nol enabled lo reiura-w-E'uM till after the 18th Brutnsire. During the supremacy of Napoleon, the latter made repeated attempts to en gage Lafayette in his service und inter est, but was never successful the real and uncompromising friend of liberty not having any feeling or motive of acti n in common wiib one who was its bitterest loon's power. Laftyette lived in Ihe most complete retirement, chiefly on bis estate of La Grange, where be was. engaged in (rtctilmral pursuits-! he tetarnmihe Bourbons in 1814, cid not offer an occ- pursued by Lafayette, any more than the return of Napoleon from Elba on which latter occasion, the offers and wishes ol the Lmperor were again renewed, and a second time refused. Called shortly afterwards to sit as re pttsentarive f4be-peolev a .tbe.Cha.ta. b-5r of Deputies, at the period when, all Europe was in arms against France, Xa fayette took no part in the proceedings of the body of which the was a member, till it became a cuestion as to the integ rity of lanee'as anTouepeno'eni 'oalion. He then , proposed certain measures, which, however wise end necessary, cir cumstancet rendered unavahng.and Paris I was sgain occupied by Tot tig n troops. 0"oce more returning o his ptivate sta tion, he was again caleAjJieDceto sit Jn the Chamber of. Deputies, where be acted in a manner, perfectly consistent with the whole tenor of his pait of life. Finding however, that his voice there was of little it ail. he some months ago accepted an Invitation from the United States tf America, to revisit those shores ntf wi'nettthe prosperity which he had to mainly assisted in creating'. The enthu slasm with which he was received there, must have been among the most gratify tog eveJUi.oi' hi Lfi but he coulU.Uulc thrn hrve lowkedfor-that" ttill -more atti- kjngjetUi of eyeoLt wh!cj.haii;r9r,n.ed hit days with degree nf glory that has elnnts, tf-ever. awted any oher-indl lidajlJnjaodernJimei-jndjehJoljjtiont other hat more consplcuouslv deserved. That liberty, for which he shul his blood in early youth, in behalf of another coun try, hat at length ben fully achieved foi hit own ; arid Lsfayette, est ill io the vigor nf hit health and facilities, it once mre rommander, of the National Guard ol Krne, and unquet'ionihly the most dit inguisbed man. in public Animation, which his country, or perhaps ihe civil ized world Itself, can at this moment boast of. j Old Dominion. Ktttc nmm raost thb asa or ink toitrirvrioa. From ihe movements in many of our cities amongst the mechanics and work ing men, as ihey are call- di it it very ev ident that the social order it dis'orbed. and that they hava not amongst them those who will fairly point out the causes of their suffering. We do not allude to the political juggling whith hat been re sorted to in tome quarters, to turn the accouut, but to the inutmui cf t ioe honest, well-meaning, and worthy mi tens, who from want of employment find it difficult to maintain their untitles They perceive there is something wrong in the machinery of society, but- as they ! cannot perceive where the evil origina'es, ihey are like a man in the drk groping boot lo find what was thai Uutk iiiua , blow on the hrd. Hut this it not the; worst of it. Th-y refuse to listen toj those who are wining and able to leach them the cause ol their suflerings, and seem to shudder ut the very thought of listening to an argument. kIiIkvji'Ii ihty may be just a cip.ble of untVutat.c'ing it, and of refuting it, it unsound, as r, i'ny a Plil. lawyer, but no; thev t.rtlcr slia- dow t sobst.nce. Taew mfacf.rraeui'.ft,We rfl"nrTT-"f-these men nf CbjtO eIve.Jo be eullcd by such terms ' American byttem. when the systrrn socaIed j'h; -rutr.:i:isH system ; protectbnof dmtJlL loJuixrr." tibich means ecmpcHirg Peter to give frol xrtaTerrPm,npfcXanrpdnc dollars lor a coaUh.l is vanMi Jvt ; the , , dmin43triltian htvJ aCCem i lntlrn.il lmrrnrrtnla ' uhirh masna .... 1 taxing Peter, in the State of Maine, io enabte Paul, in Iouisbma,-'to: conttrnet a Uanal to enable him lo cany to m.tket a a cneaper rate, his sugar, Which he al ready nukes l'citr pa double price for; Srj long. theTtfoTcras nerrdefesiotr pre vails,-a miiigaliot. of Iha CTtrcacnut be looked for. The real truth, is that tte principal cause of-the-toffering comTiatncd w- by the working met,, is the very system which they madly hug to their bosoms Tne restrictive tys.rm dio.i:uthet the ag jfregale traduction if the Lbor of the rAote community, bnd consequently the share of things which each one draws out of the common stock, which will always be in exact proportion to his just claims up on it, must bo less than it -would U if .there was na.xcvjicjiun.oljo,duaiii :u IJ the hatter should mk his owrv shoes, as well as his own hats, and the shoemaker should make bis bat's, as well as hit own shoes, instead of each one sticking to that business in which he had an advat.tbge over the ether, the joint production of hats and shoes under the fouuer system uybele.!. thn. under the Jailer and wbulde;t5fse'CT worse sKocirrTf.ia" w so plalh and o" dear, that there is not a working man Tn the land who cannot see its truth. Ard tions. If a catptnter, a bricklayer, phtMcrcri a painter a glaaicr. and othen who are concerned in house building, who cannot in the nature of thinga have any protection on their industry, seeing that ready made house! ure tiot Usually imported from foreign countries, are ob liged to pay ten dollars, or what is the iU-biPK, jeti ,d.ajLlklr4IJJU which, under a system ol duties imposed fpr tevenue sole-ly, they r.ouW get for five days' labor, we should like to Irnow bow the American Systt in can ben fit them. It cannot increase the t'emand for their 'KrTtjecaase, Vs' evTry Eony"erse naa'to pay double price tn: their clothes, they must have leSa Id esptod- in. building bouscs THE WEST INDIA TRADE. While negociationi were pending, and it was dstubtful whether the Brit ish Government would tonseiit to oper their West India ports to the vessels of the United States, the daypapcrflj rirliculrd the Idea that the present, n ! ministration coul J succeed in an object in which their champion ha J been foiled. They declared th.it the Hritish (lovernrpcot was too aeiaihle of the importance of that trade to this coon rysTIC grj n jQQr irce with her colonies, and that the friend 6T CettrJitfiDo'Vrte hof dtn i u't dc- lusive hope t influence the lcti'it.- ; Tjaiajrasti,traraingua!iLvt(:htJi..tI believed the-oegotutioa would fail. lut the moment they discover, that Mr. M'l.aue's perseverance and intcl. ligecte have accemplithed what tha bungling and vacillating policy of the last administration had lost, their tunc it. changed. They naw, with charac teristic regard for consistency., and truth, declare the trade to be worth nothinj, and time of them are even endeavoring to prove that it will be serious injury to the country ! Such ' is the cousrc of the oppoahlon. No rStatc, pcrhapa, in the Union, will be more benrfittrd by this trade, thao , North Carolina-a-but we are told here1, even in Newbern, that its Importance will be trifling. Four yeare ago, wo ha.d between 30 and 40 JVest India- -meo, owned io Newbern, and iaderf exclusively, with grain and lumber from our field aod forests, and now, UytW t4-ha tUr,4ev.oot...J. more thro 10. Htavea told tketl for $8 !tnd SlO per M. and shingles from 1 30 to 1 75 and now, the former command about S. and the tatter, from 7S uou to ... Si. X)ur cftu.Qtry people, whose only dependence, for years, has been upon the sale of their .; luaihcr, have J. beta, injured. JrypriI: onception. 15 v the opening of thee Islands, ur oak and p'uie (orests will. increase 35 per cent, i.i value, and in 1 vrry short time, the farmer will find, by the increased prices nf his ptod.JCt, the beneficiid effects of thi new avenue of trade. It is amusing to notice the conterrW bolster n Sir Harry of the West. tW'T" ' 1 : " 1 "t l neir expcuienta nowever, will avail them nothing. Henry- Clay will tev- tt 'be the - lmidcm.-f :thar'oifed.r-Y" pliihed his ruin, while everv act of Geo. Jackson, but endeart. him the .. ' more to his fellow citizens. 'Sentinel, TflE TRUTH -AT-fjJST; 7 -We find .the foUqwingTrfo . ...i: i ... .l i i ..r ii . 'iV"TI"""" 1 ' ," credited to the Record of the Timet,: - atJcctdctl Clay paper.-" It t so rarelyr that we find uny ol the oppmttton-pt-pers exhibiting a disposition to deal lairlv with their rc-dcrs, by telling the honest truth, that we feel d'uposed to award all due cretin tobeir party- by- uotking these rare instances of honesty,. .. and fair dealing among ihe organ of a p diticallaciioo, who expect to derive ' , . . power from the people, by deceiving 45L'retj-.Boveri4 i!?eountry' : ly fraud 1 - It waa tut y eutxdaylT.at-vj T Z the Na'ionalJournal of this city, had the impudence to give false news to ita-Tv -- readers, in relation to the election in ; '-'' Philadelphia. Were no principle to .? be consulted, it would teem tn most men, that such a Course must termin-"' ate to-ruin, and a4ivaft ;;oi,ordina:;aa;wn.. gaaryrouW-arorditfbeww couvictions of wilful falsehood or t il A mendacity roust necessarily lessen the ,. : however badly constituted that party may be. ThoacfaUthnoda are insult: , to the readers of a paper. '"-'"The prac tice of uttering thrift ii predicated upn ibe supposed ignordfiUoi the reader. '' Those , who hve no other means of obtaining politiqai information, than those aticrded by the two- JvtUtonals f tlita tiff; may for a time bedetttved.rr When' events are constancy falsifying " their assert ions, f'vveo these will seek; . "tne less erring setirces for ascertain- fg the.opj.niorj.8 ..and.. prrcefdings.of wjnm , their fellow citireds indiBtant,prtspf the country. : V. :S Tel. r - The sun has some spots cn its sur , -face and the best and brightest char- acters arc not without their faults' and: trailties. J , M .ny perRebs sacrifice their present ' ' happiness tu'thtlf fofure'advaatage, & ' and die before the pentei of framtav V artiyea. ' ' - J
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