Newspapers / Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.) / April 24, 1840, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
TTTVT i y i r liii ft r ii i i j I -THE POWERS Nor t:l.i:ua,TKP TO THE UNHI D STATKS BV THE CONSTITUTION, NOR PROHIBITED BT IT TO THB STATRS, ABE BEBERVKO TO THR.St iTR BESPECTrvBLr, OR TO tllB PEOPLE. A mentlmentt to ike Constitution, Article X- a AUSTIN & c. r. FISlIEtt, , Kdiior and rroprictor. NO. XLV, OF VOL. XX. -.' (Whole Io. 1033.) SALISBURY, IV. C, APRIL 21,1840. v rsi! Uht- T- eesU 1 LV syb ifterk" jlstM UPS. t . I.; hftrk tbP a to riiai clKta IBlStM rintci- , Snirf jaw ('- tills. jot e. I ill Sp"4 TV' e coj; aarsiii d . ehe.' I wsf. M.VBK- . tf tljjT OF LETTERS remaining in the Post-Offic at Salisbury, 'W- 00 11,8 lsl ,)sv o" April, l1? 40. A Anihmrt, Clwrles Win. 11. ABinuo,MiViiry Jv. tudrew. tidor BlK-lhseliii'r. John Bewd.Jr , WJ. Mm i) Kerr Dr. Ssinuol Kidly, Edmund Kridor, Peter Ii'-ky Si Co., Messrs. Lawrence, James' Lambeth, Wirt. , ' lidllicoe, Miss Lucy' r Lirely, Mcorge M. ".." " Ltpe, Elia and Abraham ix.nl, Sainl., care of Jnu. C. M'Counaiighey. , .. Jjncke.Cyru '.' l.uckey, James . Lipnan, Solomon " . ' M Keuzie, Mum ford S. M'Corkle, Mna Nancy .M'Myru, Robert ' "-" ' Miller, Houry and Win. C" Mull, John , , .. ' Misb-nhanrer, Jonathan ,, Miller, Jonathan - .. ' Morrison, Kufua W.- " - v Moo.-e, Wm. P. - Miller, William , Mitbhelt, June " ' Michule, William C. , Newnan, R., . , -, ' Nfly, Robert " .,, ". 1'arriJi, Jwse J s4'rlter, Mi Mar J - Pool, Jacob'--,' . '' 1 PremJciit Salisbury Man- tjimrliw H. - .. - Rjrker. Johu B. ' . Browo, Wilson (2) ' Jlarnn.er, David BrtdAsw, Austin ('.) Brao, Htwy 11. ft.jjb'n, Nathaniel i Ba, Andy f4iiey,4iora "gjwert, Deifvii , s Bwmger, Mil -.. flttJjln. Robert ., Brown, Muse Bitliuu. K. l. V fMen, Mr. '.itlinno take, M rJmira r . , (eaimoiis, J. A. , (aid well, Thomas' ..CsnVell, Mrs. E!iz. J. Udell. Je B. ' ' . C-utly, JirclubaiJ - Dews, js M;linda " lJujt, ilrilary t Dd:nn,'i nomas Mutt.!, Henry ' v Dtiut'las. Ji'hii ,. ulucturiiijT tompany .- -Jjiaslu?, "Mrs. rtawlr - Phttlips, Enoch 11. D.nm, Clementine PesrHon, Riclmior.d M. Miusids, rimu"l Whs, RoU-rt (J farnliart, JmcjD &gle, Jo!" I KUan!,. Mury r'rily. Mrs. Margaret, Kcrill, lAtun. . i -1 rWr, C. tT ; Phillips, David i.V Piiru-i, i)eberry , 1 Pottl'rancis . i'oie, llarrod Rohinsou, RichiJ. or Uoo. Rendlemaii, John 1- ('2) Hobiusoiij lliigli (2) r i. Reed, J.. , ; JCice, Jool Fuzs-rr.t:!, Ira " . ' t Kibelin, Kamuel ' 'Koar.1, H..W. Kice, Kdmund , . 4J . JWeydi-of? A, utter.-Willitia -- Ftner, raviier- S!oan, Sanrr" " ; " - Nk?r, Allfn ' bpriugs, W. L. i. . - - Wimtti.KiTHafiiMf'" 'VT - nittl, Weih;(6n tS) " 7 . tinolt, Tlwmas . , ijimpson, Thomas ,k. Ninsoiiv William ' I Pt W, R. AV, llitwci, Wjllwni flood, Henderson llvldbrunt, Mrs. tJophm Tslaughter.'L; D. - , UutK, riotL,-tJuiar XoMali, Siewart, Debory '.- rV and Partem, Noah ' -s JJiirrath, flevcrly & llellaril, Tnoniw Swmk. Alexander , ,. lorliili, A. W.. 'rii6mp)iCol..M. (3)' lUrain.'Col. LiMeiU.) I uri, A. K. , llall,.SokHHn' Troutinarr.'Jolm . .iiIfnii, Mrs. lbocca a I l.-niilt-t, Andrew J. Hill, AbrshaiH t Hilton, JoiPph- ' , Hill. H-tiry " " i- Ji.ilan, A'lywtnV ""7. 7ti-iu Gi'orsiBlT. ! : titton, Thon.aa i t. Bi:ulHHU :. .(-ihl.JfS.-' ' ' ' Thompson, W. J. Winders, Miss? Lacy A.7 Wreks, K. 1L 7 , Warren, Enih- Watson, II. W. Wllmn,'Mrs. Ann " -nvBs';vv:w. .Weaver Arthur ilson, Otlme "i . VU, Riertttnl- -' 'Vfffih. V, S. Kridtr, 'Leonard J'-v t S. . : .. LIST OF LETTERS remaining 111 the I'ost-Of k- tier ai Lexinglon'N. (.'.,011 tfle ltl of Apnf, IS-in. tram ill II M"I 1 .. 1 ."'"-uiu i-.isj i rhrialioa Drsiies, llenr-.rttn Jleallion, S in. Prank, ! .' V..'... ! :. .1 . n .j ... m... 11.. rrT1rw;r-t?rxTr .1 i ml alins ruicnii i oinnn i.i;, :ir. iwiuena l; .:il UvDr '0 S hei-li", i tl rson Vt illwin, lienry l ri.hL'iiui. .'i.ni it, nw. , o- v'--,-v.-l'-f,'r'---r--,il' ' ' ii. L. I VOTI''E. The .Stocl -.bolder? jn the Salisbury MartifVtii'-iiig Cooij. nv, are notified that an I ivaf.ni'.it , . Tuty-hu, dollars on each share vi!!"le imtiihb) In the undersigned (Ml tho 1st of Mav next, i l!v onh'Vof tho DirecLirsiiCJJieLloau. jApril iu, l-vio. H.,4mK o. iu. Fi i).-i the. iVtfi Ct'i'M' J-Manufacturing Co, rPiIE SuKecrroerhafcrcci ivedalargesiinply ef Nails ftotn the ahove t'oniny qijusl, it not superior, to Northern make, and , is male arranocments for rvm,rr i.plv ; whith will be sold, ichttlt&U nr'rtlail, oi. rertwi; terms.- x MlCWAEL BiHlVVJ. s-ili-burf; N. C-'Marcli 27, 1S43. ' i p.'. -j-iJ XF.W- IlStAULISIIlIET, ! VMOCKSVILLE, DAVIE COllN rY, N. C. TII03IAS .FOSTER- ? 1 r0HMS the public that he has removed com hit (rnier stand, to his liew buitdiiikrs tn the public iusfe. In lie Towij of .MocVsvillJ.'v.lieTe he will eon- tinne to keep a JIOL'SE VF EN TERT A 1 EW ll.i House is room and eomhi'slfHis i attached .tl m'-esfiif .TUitie OlTicos' fiirgentienien ot the W.r.all convenient to theotirt Honse. Tneb.c3T;isd'uigerr m"r;.Meanagcn-yn, fronj lhat Boy r nWm-s himwlf iai the uiot-t diliiienl exitftion u, to ; Kttwtaction to such ss my call on liun. 1114 la P1'1. fhr and Subjes are provided in the best manner tbat ttw eoentry will atTord. ani his xervdau are frith- tuland pnmipl. " " w -' - l-' ') - rVb.ll. 111. V -. r: ?4T.AJ.': i ssgM-irn Za tTsli!. t.. si,.,o. n Mainour y, three nrst rate Road HVoh, MMEON HIELlCK.t T","-tf-- km Kegs .Nails, assorted siRes, - ' ' ,' JJJIojp-beda Kugat,-. - T- .do.' Moiasses, ivi Sack Salt, f . . y . JO Done Uorman jr svtltes, r , do. English grain do., v -ji n mt a V " uarreis supernne noor, j J. &. W. MURPUY. , tf-r-. Msrch 27, im 'ronfrom Uie KIs"r TIoHnlain IRON COMPANY.,,; n T'!'S Subcribers have made aprangemeets1 with -th 'aoe Company, tor the regular supply ol ,.. superior iron; : ; : bich I well adapted In Wsgonj s'nd Carriage Work, ' Shoeiua, Vc., which will be eold 00 reas-msble . i A. VV kitlRl'lIY. 'irr, December fi,' !'. TERR OP THE The Weati:rb Cabouman ia publifi'iivl evWy Friday, at pvr annum, in advance, or 50, if not- paid in Uiroe inoiiili from ilia lime of Mibecribinfr..,. fj5 No nannr will be d iacontinuod nntil all arroamire are wild. if the aubcriber hi worth the autwcription j and the iail ursto hmil'y the Flitoriof R wishTOa;iintihua,alleat ON Hoirrn bofora .ihq end of the year iubribed for, will be coiwiderou a new engagement ,j. -., (ty Advertisement consnieiiotwlv and correctl in. eertcd at fl nor square--(ot 3ll) fm. or fifteen twei . of this sized type) tor the 6rst insertion, and 25 vent tor each Continuance, Court mid Judicial advertise- parties, that another would ver likely be over menta 'ii per cent. hilier than the above rates. A do- 'thrown as ilia two heretofore established have been. diictmn of 3:J per cent from the regular pticos willa0J ". u " '"M,".,,,"T' wv ..,nuvLri'!'n,'"li rr.m in lor piiuiicHiinn, musi oe maraeu witn me num-; k ... j, ; ' i . ,l . I, v ' '.I bt-r ot initions desired or they will be continued till : forbid, and chared accordiiiifly. , ' " To sficure attention, ill lotion. ..hW.iRfi. tors on business, mu( be free nf I'lMtuqe. ToeUcal lleparlinrnl. f ' - ,, i '' ' ' -j: - -' ... 'LIKE OKIRNT PKABLB AT RANDOM TRURO.' I T L E A P YE A R- - V 1 . ' ' w :T'. ' . " Ti leap year tisTeap year indeed it btruej' - And goutleman now have got nothing to do. i . What a comfort that ladies, can wno aa they will ; They air tmile at t beau.'or give him a cbilL '' ." -' .' ; t If we u pop the qiieetion," why yon most wiy " yes,1 If we should prop ise it, must give us a kixs. -' Ye H lords of erealioii" must now jjo H school," -tb And ladies wilt toacft you tow you ongiit to rule. 1 You? Cupid has been Ion;; preparinir his darts,' ' . And heshull now bring them toyoOr stubborn hearts. y At our word ot comomnd bis arrow shall fly, -"And his motto shall be " I will conquer or dio." . x r Yotf HrtteWlytef BVWi'wtfiW J.iy7KSrlSceT That the elnirdsof your hearts you lighter may Isce." But all your precaution in that will not do, s r tltere, ja3! arrow MuT " W'e have" no mercy, for yotThave Vlmwo noncj t And Uie day of your triumph are over and goner At me aliarm yenus w.e Y.e $iXni,w rUaWr-r-rr 'And acOrdial uWiiuioni ll (.hat we claim. Old bachelors, widowers; yoang men and all,. , . At the tguch of our flame jou are cure to fnll t; , Fnun conquest to conquest we'll Certainly go, , Tiirall men adinowledge'we have not onr fob. ' " ' The Doctorr no 1)nercahjiiix utfiiir pilla." , The Lawyers, nVar creatures, muil lay by their quill All trades and prol'fHHionrf wilKbe a( stand, Now, ladies hve taken (heir hearts in command. - LAUGH -AND 0 UOWvFA T." .A hew tliite of Mind.- The 'fnllnwinz toast, civ eu at a diuoer down East, must have been the ef fect of itriped picitm ,v " Our couutry ia a dwell- -i( the litist w the-kMchrrr thetf iddle' Slafes the drawn)'' room the Weal tbo dinner room the South the parlor Florida is a detached slaugiui ler fHHiut unu lusbs uiu 1 'loining at an 1 in- Sen 4 IrtcTis III Win iTift'nnvpiiii'iil. llinr, lu nn. netting a gentleman passing by. Cuffee not up un hurt, and turninc tp the ecmleman said. ''I hone you will excuse (lis child flis time, rse rmt in the ... ' . tt. .. : . . -. - m v - . ..m r . . , ' . las asleep, and drcanm dst a W skeeter was a hi. '"-"J rose. 'fteating a Bank -Thd -;Pnffoh(rrTeratera chaitlOJi-ristiri aiwcdVite f in mit.nt.lhfa nf Ikiiwai rwuil tar k Lip auimA iauL nf iVa "u wsiwttsf j'" in w oniTiig iijnra km iut lune.came into possession of a five dollar bill lie called to a lad and said, "Johnny, in? bov.l tnkolhis WAIian, and get it changed." "What do you9 mean by calling it William f" inquired l!)fl Jboy. JWhy, John, 4-m -t- ufl?cirtry -ftp r miliar with it to yuku tlmJibcrly-of calling it Ml!"JioitonPosL J . r -' ? But. Some people always have a but which Ihcy put in the' way of every thing. Inquiring of 7 such a -fine the character of his neighbor hy lie is a noo'y fair clever sort of a man, hut, hem." ""But what?" " H'hy-a-hem why he feeds his darned ora hvrse on pumpkins. ."j., ' .'An exchange paper pulls a New patent, premi l a, rijht nnd left revolving screw, Knife Sharpen er.1' If the inventor Willing add "dowu the mid dle and up again, hats off, hit him again, round the onrnoi-t and nmzln," ye wilj gtVethe Knife bharpuner a puff ourselves. I'tcayunt, The, Picayune says of a dowa east editor, who ays he can be bribed to publish a runaway 'wife for ikrne eool 4ollari, that give the lollow another cool ilollar and he vou! whip hit grand mama Untiring inieiitgence,". l tunic mere s any Contractor I " Uh, no, said Uie man, the ser pent don't bite, ho iwallowi his'wittals whole. - , A'of JW- Toe following will do for this part of tho country 1 . . " ' " Well, Laura, give me a short sketch of the ser mon : where was the textf V V - I Hi 1 dnh! ttrtow 1 wa furuoliiiiil lull, woolil TuU DftllfVb ! Jl ft. B. were lli.il hurt id bonnet of! y iiu m. t,y. - w .-...-. -- ...... ......... . w. - hers ! I coiildol keep my eyes oil it all tneeting ' time. : And Miss 8. wore that new shawl that mint have cost fifty dollar I And Ihi're wes Miss T, - with -her Hi,we- Ai1V RHoniKhiiij whatK waritVj - taito someTolks xtiibit . 4 ' Well, if you've forgotten the sermon, yoa have tint the amtteneeTbut' w1iich"prechl:r'do j'oii pre .fcr thispne.or Mr, A.l " " Oh, Sir. A. Wi se handsome and so grare ful what an eye. and whai a set of leel h ho has ! " SccreU. secret ia like silence yon cannot talk about it, and keep if. My dear Murphy, said an Irishman to his tnenfl, r wny oiu you oe tray the secret Wd you 1" " I it betraying, you call il 1 'Sure, when I found I was'nt abJo to keep " it myself, Blf.'did'ntl dowflUo it' to' abmcbody mid!"' f ""'1 ' '" "! ' 1 1 , . f ; ell, this beat me nut," as Hi rye said w.ien t - 1 . ,MJ 1 1 aum ilia I. .... ,1 u.:sTk it.jh t that Con r. W - the fellow hammered it over, the head with flail. - V ..t---- ---'--'-'i - Oh, Sanny, wilt, thby gang wi nie,'?,a'tlie Icl ; low said ven he. was try'"? '" ,De ' . .. 't ... r ' " ' .' '' , . , ' '. ' "--. ' .'. -. 1 A ' . .';'.- DIS0RDUR3 oMe CURRENCY, imrf Me REMKDY raOR THB SKW TOBR JOCBXAl OP XMMKRCB. y The disKUtbiion about a National Bank iu died away, and the opinion bos become almost uniVeratl, that such en nidtituiion will iievor aniti exist in our' country. v A Very, large proportion of the mpr: chanta who, lbw-yer ajfo, wra the thorough gawg advociitns of R National ll.ink, have, liter itnes-tiii) the mischiefs incident to putting down the late Bank, come to the conclusion-eil liar that such an institution is not desirable. in itself, or, if It is, that it lAust be so dependent upon politic and that lheonvulion is, on the whole, or the danter of it, tnbre to be dreaded thRirRlt tlie bene e i i . "i-j. i i a..i... lit of the p cv are to be desired. . At the same - ' . ' V , r ,. . . tune, thern is a very xeiieral feeling that our pre- " "" I'ank.. w deficient, and insecure, without soum mitral power to bind it together and produce umlormtty of action. Multitude! say' "we murt liave omething.'. But no (re'neral en- tiinent can be obtained iu fuvor of uuy plan. I he various Statt-s have expended thore legislation on Hunks and the currency than upon any thing else. and yet thdre is ndlhinf about which there it to eneral a foclindf that the desideratum hai not yet been reached. After all the variety of law, and systems, and amendments, which have been devised, the impression is a extensive as ever, thnt ttie ar rangements are inadequate to the exigencies of (he esse, ' A nurulutor I wanted. 4 : . " - In Europe, (hit name state of fueling exist as Ure- The Bank-of Kngland is an object of con stant attack. Its movenots are watcheif with intense and dissatisfied, interest. It peculiar privi-li-ciis have been, end wilt be still farther, diminish- edj Rivals are rising on who with tes reknoiim- bility dare talk of defying its power, and the public minu is always uenciuui 01 connuence tn uie wi dom of the Bank or its ability to accomplish the object of iicreilion, 1 1 ..i evident -ibM ,.w E.s land. as well as liero, the banking syetcm as il ists, 'does not posses the degree of confidencb which enable tho public to repose upon it. There ja-veryv generally the feeling, thaMh ayem W iwrt .eoyood aa it might y ; that thefe tmwt- be somewhere, among tilings yet undiscovered, a bet ter way.".!;. "1 ':. :,t'4-"- ;'-'V'" - J it seem strange thut (his matter cannot be put in a satisfactory haje. The product of the world art brought together manufactured and" distributed, and all the movement of actual gooda and chattel carried orv bjrX system which never fail to ope-' rate, emtio operate in such a way that the whole commercial world are satisfied lhat nothing better could be devised. The niillmn and tt halt jralcs of our cotton are collected together in the seaport, sent forward to the Eastern States, to Europe, and wherever else any portion of it, may be wanted; the whole quantity is maoulartured into number article 0 through the ten Thousand channel of consumption, fitid. thu wholi-world -ie- satisfied,.-Sa'with "otjf V might? crop of bread stuffs." . 8o.with all the com moditios of the world. , Ships are built of the riirht sizes, and in suitable numbers, end bo. Jt .u -with- brigs,&fiixiiers7n gnus and. carts." Tfiere is no difficplty about regu lating the exchange of cotton, or Hour, nr iron, I .1 . .i . If " - - 1 .1. . . I iiiatJtteUtt:rmrjB.uijuca-ueMeoerticw-tr one point and anotner, is always Kept as smalt as bring bacjt other things in exchange. njtiyjlw oiighty-nwwnrijbDuthr modifies, there is scarcely a. bale ol cotton, or a ban el of flour, or .a chest of merchandise, of anv I - ' . t' l o a iransporiea rwu, a raiio, or ten inou sand miles, but there is ready at band .the appro priate carriage to, accomplish the design. 'It i qdite certain f hut all this niacliinory cannot be tuadu. lo oyeralo. liwJjV-ciwDflOiJur.luea.all ,lLe ihipa oX-lha. world wouUi-sonimee-asenujle m the Gulf of Mexico, and at others in the bast In dies. 'There must be somewhere a Great Regula tor, or such porfoct adjustment between demand and nupply could not powibly exist.. It would be as ridiculous tn sup-mse that all this ia done with out laws,' as to supiHwe that the sun keeps it cen tre of the solar system, and all the other bodies theirs.'without laws. The taw which work so sdmirablOmust be good laws, and wisely framed. They are not, however, to be found in any af (he L great tomes in our law libraries. It strikes us as very strange that ths whole system which trans ports all the mae of me ribkniisc, should warli so" well, and yet that the comparatively little aiTair of keeping the accounts, should make- so much trouble and be so difficult, nay, almost im possible, to fix any satiafactory shnpe. (low is it, "that a cargo of cotton can be shipped from New Orleans to New York without the least diHicuIty, and'tn a BiMlSCPCxOsctly jiutfaalitqfMM uuenws and yet that the bills of exchange, the mere bits of pa pel" try which the procoeds are pockoned and trsns ferred.csn find no satisfuctory method by which they'enn bo treated.' What is the grand sueriority jif 1I10- system wbieli regulates ships, steniTihiiitW, and Wdgoni, and their cargoes t We mil t. Ii thee, eader, 1 be secret of the whole matter. It ii free. . -'We wonder lhat the dangers of B free system of navigation have no,t attracted the notice of bur le gisluioi fioiii ll Iw'iiMiiii lo this Hay. If (lor m dij not ice to tt, how xuuld il be expect ed that the ehiclt)s, infinite in Variety ns) well as number, could lie provided to tr-msport our Ira mniiao quant miiiies nt ' nierehandlxej , MoypoulJiIJp.lM4 lroitt.Eiisaiir -wJily la thB'virlf oli!lrrjmyTPK3jauljfa to age a goodly p,,r 1harhip ahd iMimller vessels, stotun-i co not only, but over tk Niola commercial world. Itim) f ft consisting of ladsr from 40 lo AO venra w ePrt;f boats andhor-M carts, should be every where ready Ml m mnnii'iit'. nnlnMt il.it. f.nun.nntn.il li.mlil make provision 1 Again, now tisugerous 11. must have apjiesred to allow Tom, Dick and Harry, lo set up as shippers, wagoners, and carters. Was it not quite apparent,' that if irresoiisihla person were allowed to go into freighting b'isiuess," jn Cnmpetent a.,! fraudulent men would load. their hips with freight, and then run off with the good. What immense frauds, what boundless ruin, mint eosoa if every body could own ship and freight goods". Thanks, "to Providenre, our legislators have never fallen into these frightful" contempla- Itomii fop bad they, tha consequence would no doubt have been that in the discharge of the first of their tfuliMf t,oy woud have passed an act fm bidding . "elnw man. or Ii.kIv of men. tn hurft.' rli.ria. np nm. seas any ship or vesol,on pain of the penitentiary. They would no doubt have felt an especial horror of tlioso little boats, haiiop and smacks, which lu'. inflate the shipping biiHineas, disnrtnnixn froivrit, cause revulsion in the cros, and cheat the poor. Having crented a great chasm on the ucenu, and pertected tho mischief they fenred, it would : bt course have beenrijecessary that, some provislim should be made for the transportation of goods. If the several BtsieXLegislulure , had then m i - themwlvea to create xorrtorations BitttTpdweFTi. own ships nnd vesiels, stuainers, wagons and carts, and to use the same, each company to uh under the management of a president and board of directors, until the number of companies had been multiplied to one thousand, and if Congress would then have perfi ctedlhe system by the estaUHshment of one ureal national freiahtinir comiianv. with a ciiuiiul of thirty fivO hundred ships j if to ertsum tl.e accu- - V -- - ' 1 " r .ii-.' .. blo.-. t-'J ......1. rate working oj uie system, encu diuip nuu caiuu lished a board of commissioners of freighting, jmd carefully forbidding any company from sending out more than a fixed number of ships, and hantered ; and clogged tho business by forbidding any com- pany ever to take a higher rate of freight than ten" cent a cubic loot, whether .the-voyage be hazard ous or safe, ships plenty or scarce if all this, and ten thousand other provisions, had been establish- f ed by law, we might have had abundant reason to be satisfied, perhaps, Fop we should bve been fixed about treigtits, just at we are now about money, bud any man who had terfbale of cotton to ship, would probably be able to get an answer to bis proposition nt the seun-weekly meeting of i the Hoard of Directors, provided he nut it in the day w beforehand. - In our judffma.it, tli comparison we nave num unwn, is purieciiy ui anu approprinir; vand t ayiteirt such as we htive drawn, would ho Just as well suited to freighting as it is to cnrieucy. But who due not turn away from such, a system A'of, freighting with contempt J Who would nntJiuit ' busineiw, elmiist, if he must encounter such a ys- wm ? Wjmt pevulsuma, would, jLPJttiiratlucftitt thn 7ates"o7froight t and how cer'ain would it be to make the rates on an avernge twico what ihev'nre stupidity, o( a people who should-setiabout lhe "Creation of men a system. What fully above all othei: folly would it-not be, lor a people aftor set P"1 linit tin anrh a svsfnm. Iir ruTi un.in Ilia work itf their own hand with regiroarhes, to attack, the Tshl ppinglionipB mei'M mohnpolisli,! ind'lry "lo mnKe political cnpitnl by creating odium against 1 them. 'Nothing can be plainer, than that tho poo. pie should blame themsclveii, aud"nu Body else, for the bad working ot their own bad system. II, bow 'ever, such a system were now In full operation in freighting,, -it might, be t wise to sustain it. - Cer tainly il would be unwise to break it down suddem ly, for the distress growing out of a sudden revo lution would be very great. But if it should be rCome broken down, theo think moat obviout.lv, the true system should bo with all convenient dis patch adopted trU.' . ' And now, with all deferenffo tQ. tha,.opitiiciJ the wise .and prudent, we ere ready' 10 ' propose , , . - , " what wo have no doubUs a trtnxretnotly ir the e ihi of our currency; a remedy which will make ouf system aa penect as any carttiiy aysiem can ue. It is not that tho charters of the Batiks should be lakeaawyr-openv8magB-rirTJtfiain ujwiii .tliem TM"viI5 of liie BMs fclon ioifio the'people have made; a system, whicl iu its na ture, renders it impossible for the Banks to sustain a etaWe-and ateadyTJorTemiy: TlioTeineify ' is the TcnM'tf all piohihitory laws 00 the subject of bank- -u-stueMwe-W'-iTRMeyrntncaaori respou - J --- fUrn',"n "y remannna oil oiir their accounts, let them guess it out, . Letthecoii. ..fused notion about the creation of money being an act of sovereignty, be sent back lo Europe where it belongs. , Congress having established a standard yard, a standard pound, a standard gallon, and a standard dollar, will have accomplished all the ,4?nd,M .GoyexnpjetiL- la jnttapecLtomuoejClhere f is a peculiarity, however, merely physical." Tho ' standird pound may be placed in lhe hands of a public officer in each city, and all the weights of the city may bo brought to him, and he ran pre ,jsently adjust them.' Not so jo money exactly, be s cause it is easier lo coin money, than to u seal " it after it is coined. So the eaaiext way with regard to it,-will always be for every mnn to take bialHil " liou (o the Mint, and let it there be comedy The only imoful end accomplished by fJovern-nent in all these matters, ithe same thrninhoiit, 1: the establishment and maintenance of m .lor.miv 4 ins sianonriT.. mere is no more rry .J. I tt,. - 3 range ajvefyigmyinriBini- m. esule, than ma- king the standard gill. It is of the utmost imor tance that uniformity should rein io pesjieoi to both matters. - This is, all which iLivernmoiit wanted fur in either cssev Conress ha done its duty in establishing' the value of cmi and in, es tablishing Mints where all luiure biillion msjHe -stiirned- iota oirr, at 1h"pl6au tt' of ilie "ownerT Let. then stay their hand where they are, and lot the Stales. repeal all their laws respecting banking, and the use of money, doing nothing mora than to enforce contracts, when made, and iftMre-jlutsa not initfltlygrw np.'as by mngfc, a system of currency ana buuiung as much better. than Uie world ever stw, a liberty is belter than bondage, r' lhen we have overrated the benefits nf liberty, and - the power 'of man not free." Ve hmiM havt XblDliheu-rUp4r-tli-'iriw', at any nti1; ; we should have jut as many at were wanted, and just io the form and place where wanted. tye Should bavo a paper currency good, and known Our system would never specie payments, for .'J."r,reJ0"!'' J'J no syteiiu- --very marr and mm. . pany would stand or fall alotma) There' would lie at once an end to nil the foverinh excitement nboul the rales ol f ichange and the etmrt of specie; Our currency wouhl be a even amkxequal, and money anairs aa steady as in this worljs posi Die le maxe tnem, incomparably morflaK V than at present. 1 ne iiuotuations would not, ifrWbably, uo s;nicr uin iney are in ttiBTato of fpeignuj, . not so great in fnct-for one of (he principal rea sons for the fluctuation of freights would be taken r away. The currency would be beyond tho reach of polil'C'"' They could never disturb it," gr teraiu uny ernt-nient BUOUI it. . . , - We intended to en 00 to illustrate nor tnenninrr and prove .the positions we, have tsken by an x. amimtion of facts, but this artkls 1 already too . ma y, 01 ia mo patiome ot out read rr no more at this sitting PRICES CURRENT. t ... , a ' The tactics of the leading organs of federalism, in parading the present low prices of several com- . luotltlm, srems to rail for a brief notice; White," smong the more decent, the causes of the etistmg deprssion are studioudy suppressed, by the more ir tliioie 1 hey are HiDDaiuIv attributed lo tltt a- a r-- j It' t Tbksury a meiisure which ha not et been udojited, but which' must, in the view of all expe rienced and judicious men, Hnord, to a certain ex tent, an efficient suit-guard against the recurrence of similar evils to Those under which the country is now sufferinj;. V . , ' . - It i, unhtippily, no new thins in the history of uhe United State, that 'commerce should becomsj embarrassed, Rod price suddenly decline, from the operation of the identical causes which have been -st work during the last three years. Repeated in stances of this kind niijhl bo adduced. We will, . however, content oiueivo with referring to the r great revulsion f 1819. The prodigal expansion of paper currency by the Itauk of the United Slatoe during n 17 and 1819 the. great exportation 01. sjie'ciejOccBmoried by tha plonlifuloess and compa rafivecheapnesaof this fictitious subsltiute, plunged . -' that groat corpuratioo into tne-deepeat difliculties, -. Notwithstanding it thou exercised unlimited com ' -, trol over all the receipts and expenditure of Ihe Goiieriil (iovepnment, the aosiictiiuon of simcle pay- - merits could only be averted at Jhal lima by strug. glo so severe, a ta require Mcrifn'Cs of projicrty s ; on the part of its dbbtons fur exceeding any thinj- J we now hear tf. '- The meniurlaj td Congress 01 I the Qminber ofConimcfce of Philarlvlphia ia April, 1820, which nwyl .e found st length in Gle nnd (Joatou's State papers, Fmsnce Vol. 3d, pagOj, 5-13, shows that the price of flour had declined iit- tlt -city, in - siwrt m limn, from twclve dollart' per barrel to fuur doltars and seventy-five cents, and -insrresraauffe ana otocr poprrty liad miien in a proportion still mors ruinous. In N lies' UegiHtef," W ihfi. yjra BndlWO;Uuf nst4Uof priees-j;: iii every part jif I'ie cQuulivInmy lie foimd, staled in detail The distres produced at thnt time by- the operations o the Bank at Philadolphia, the seat tttVita power,- -was 'but "triflihjj comr the goueral devastation of property it. occasioned I v .U I ! . . I U. ...b 1 117 I ' lit. . . 1 T -' nirvuj;'i'iui mo. ouuui auu . 11 t.;i. .. iiioni 01 ine o-v.A, cal bunks iu I huso regions were prisjtratcd. There, was no comtnerciH) medium in circulation either for the wyinent of debts, or Tor the transmission of merchandize to market. The measures of re lief adopted wby State nutborities tho confusion ' and general, dimirgaintution resulting from this slats of jhintrsa'which waa produced directly and immediately by the Ofie rat ions of the Bank of the United Statue, are too well understood to need pe." cificalion, ' Tho ruin of furinhrs, merchants, and manufacturer, wss lmot universal in many ex tensive sections ul the U01011, whk-h had been pre- I vn),at Ilia Hltlla ,kf llm Kinliiiul InmiwkH,. M.a ,t nr":;i; - ' 1 I'viu,, .- ''"-. uj ,n ,inju u, i-i.uini,"ii. Such artificial spring tide are aj inevitably -fidlowed b.V "8 'Corresponding ebb, a iu the ocean itself. 1 hd.Juwsof trade ere as inexorable af those ol tha solar. syitaawv i '.. la view of the repenii'd experience of our mer. chants and asanunieiprersv it ran mflyjrXrtfe irliiiff' men), 111 (he miiid or every reflecting man, lhat any Individual of either of these inlhieiitiul classes Lihould WJiiMJsvjo.fMHffffeT! RyttrfTrrrtfinau- agement which ha visited upon them such (lest rue. Uvoiuuecew4r)e-wilit man ufacturing nnd bunking corporations had already- smiereo qune nMigti oy-tiiiir Biinseryionuo to tha BxhQiiea:t4'-HMajl ienTrrpinsibIe corporation think proiier to ' coinhjue to put down the prices ol produce and the wages of labor, and like lliejeudul robteri of old, couiHil their yassaVlo hnxird their Holl'iro lo cnr ry their schomos into execution, they must bear in, mind that the ignorance and stupidity nf (he A mer- I ican people ?nwjiicli J yi;iL,lf' riliGj.".4X;'dJ lor success, nas given place to a dillurent stale of things. Within tho Inert throe years, more progress -has been made in general information on these sub-' jecls than during the prcvioun half century. Deaf, ly indeed, have jinny merchants paid for this im otease of their kmiwledje. It will be found lome. what to6 lute in the day fur a fuw mononolisis. rev. elling in (So enjoyment of exclusive privileges, to " " coerce the citi.-rn of this couutry into aubmissinn' - -by inflicting " tttjeriifji ujKin our product ivs in dustry. 'The grand attempts made in 1831 and 137 show the futility of such 'enterprise. A few :; individu ilsm.y lie cnjol-J or juiiniidstH ; h Uie - fPartiiHiy ol the peoplo, ui,).r the increased '.X' knowledije of the truth which now pervades all . cl;iae, will vindicate their birthright- Nothing " if of so much importance to the bulk of every, Comiuunity aa the mean! of lubeisteuxe. Those" who have repeatedly swindled allclsises out of the lust reward of their labor, and who ncir ntitBiwai l n rneir loaning organs are to bo believed, to cheat litem on a ic.le etill more tgnutic, in order to""" confirm ihoit iriOTponsiblo power, will d wrllto reflect upon the conienimrwea of au imdertaking , arjniniiCal to crediLai)d.4)ri)fH)rty.--';(; f-f- ' YOUd .MENU'S MEETIXfV " V ri, i,i.:il "i. j.L".i ' "rf ". "' ... o-j iik wm im notning vnnout Having a teJ spice of humbug in it. ; They wo ," making V grout paradq about Myomn- roen's" mcc"fr;- " i'tirro wan Dim lioldTrniui i ( ity Uf week, which" . the Hegistor declares to b. decidedly the most' v rospectable. as lo numh-$ ever held here."' If " '. 0 nr J,XwXS2!fi"Aj liftJoeUog -aa als .1.1. Amntig the stijiitiiiL'B "who.j Ur.d tk Tneethlg was MrrHarj-er and Some oihcrs alxMit- , the name tender age. , We feel a sulieiludo forihi 1 portion of Iho r,ismg yeocraiion, and 'cannni but how that time may niello' their Hooming ideas ' . iuto.B toher train of thinking jj lint (bey will, in ; fact, hecoine good Democrat when Ihcy arrive at mature ageIn this view ofthe case, we say,suc ces lo " 9ou1hn-RalrigkStandarj: ' - 1 r -'- - itu -ir-'' - O" 'Sf ? Isihis the yorthfulU JJlfgcr, frirnd Slan lard, wbwas a Judge To tliia Stale, sorno f.fioen,' twenty, or thirty years ago ! . V'rnwi f,rrtl r.pdarUtf.. One or ihernn( recoiilly nominated bp the whig of Vjrgini. ss an -lee-torrjas di cl i,fid. Reason? hn willnot support Ocn. Ilarrwon. (il0 (; y hitlividoala horn in ted by the whig nf Missouri for Coir.-s. has declined for Ih same tnason. . What a wohil. rfully popalar man is t'-l ' . .,. - v v 11 -3fe!-f 'w' i ,'V ,1" il .-iSi-' '-v-.,('-' ; V-n " I '. .".'! I - V I, . . ir.:
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 24, 1840, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75