-"J bv -"r 1' 1
dure.,; :h-
r i t "i. i hi i,ic"'itiiis '.wn. Id r ;
if ,! -rts, have be-n po hu'jJjLJwljpilwi
f le-m i.cul In our'frwillcf citizens achieve
i who-h have pierced the gl'nw that, frs "
..Vi-ured iMir political Uon m, and dipclcd
linwwffMrM forebodings which past disastera had
i xnred exploits which will not anficr in em
'PH' with the most heroic efl xti i.f Ihe veter
nm f olr world, whien have fully maiitained.
if not enlnnced the proud and enviabl fdmof
.iif gilinnt scameij-i-expeiite which have envaewl
h actors nf those bright aeencs-wtTh nver ft
i?i ii liun-k, and which will, yn'it public gratitude
n-1- to be public virtue, call fir lb highest tea
ho-aual which free" p-(U can yieM lo freemen
tmo a-nng reverence for dm memories (nf lhoe
who hsve died nn the fiW f honor, and act of
Boc B'dnjf gratitude t their beria survivoia.
"The ii-tials have see, i,' Willi great satsdsrtiofi.
the prompt tn-1 I'fiieacusls measures adopted by
your Hxcelleney to evert the dangers which threat
fihiJ the State; sod believing as they do, that,
v.itever executive authority may hsve been ex
ern. for whiflh leWalire nrovimon eiled.iniftmon in ItW 1reHit nkHfllT k'lt th TnTIoWing
ri.iin.rt imlhn inicniit-d lr ihf proinfttiotinl
. . .".. . Kk.
puMic gnttdj but waa rendered 1 iiKlifwn-lle bv
llio pnnre ol etialing circuruaiancen Ibey ran
riuf diHibt thtl tha menwinw t which r Kl
(i-iiry haa referrH, will bo (nund to' tknrve thlniri
Bj jxn'miion and atippurt. ,' ' .
"The P-naia eaiimrt rrjfo the opportunity af
firde he of tt'iidnn with ytiur EtCfllMwy in tin
Mp'Mm ,(if the hlenl ant iHl.M'tHin with hii;h
they hnv witneed the uiwniiutty nd patriouaio
itilliyd by all chtaaeaof tha eoiiimunily in the
present rriH, and tlrti dinpoiti'm which they have
iim(iifeed tn eowbiiHi their ellurtt for the niiniio-
Itirtc! if aalHnul b'nr and cMnii-on aalfiy, 1 ,
u That on qiwkliooa of general policy, 'or the fi
neaa of iwdit idnaU for jmritrulnr aiioii, we nhould
ever be exempted from difWeticea of opinion if
not to I etfwcted, Divri(Hi like ttuwn arain
eprrbt frutn lh Wing of our free Ciitnu
lion and althmigh aninetintea carried to nn txirs
which all gotnl iiien niuat deplore, they are not
withmatKling, pinerally product! of much ria
liwial find. - B-4 to auppoae ftitAtir-penple: ial'inn
of Ibeif riahlaJ lod ptnud id tbwr national ci,Hr J
Bftrjr, wiMiui, on a qieiion w reeieiirnj me apjrea.
aiona bf an oneti niemyatfgiTiM1 which have
poliiilt-d i'tiir aiiiVaiMT which ihrealen itfft auhver
have beeniMrerttlRd' t freedom by tha blood and
wilTeritij; raTt4 ftrieW
auch rifal iniereat, ao welt calculated to excite alt
the prtmism, t arottan al the spirit, atnl u call
into action alt the energiet of the net ton, they
with each other, would lie a refleciiiw tipon their
diacemment, ini tht-ir charaoter, which they can
never merit.
" The variout olber pibjecttetibmitted by four
F.'celleney to theLegi-laiiire, will rTfeivft from
the Senate that prompt attentinti to which their
linportatiee rntitlealheiru
I m i(niiiuiii, iiiivicr, 1,1111 q lire uinir m tirit
lork haa in the iticceaaful ierininaiion of the em
tfoveray in whkb we are involved, and Ilia high
dmtiny to which her local aiitntion, the extent
. aad variei? of her reanurcea, and the valor and
ptniHiain of bef citiietw,' aided bv a jiM and lib
eral policy, may arrtne her, have been duly
appreciated by yair liiit-elleiicy. Tn Seoftie
rireeTrony pmau ineir new xiriina io reatije
tlioe reat and well rHjfided e jpectnf lotia, and re.
lying on the patriotism and good wive of the
1 -li T&.nA t-fTWIITOT-if"' ' ? " " I IMI(!I ill, Vt,l-l ll(lf.-t i I.T-II , l W ll, 1 r f
ii.Vi mihillIKH f Hisa iiailii, will asm u, nil.jmiPm j I',,,,!! l r.1,11,1.., eiita.e 11,,.' el..s '
4,,hssiiBr
ol peace will he restored to our bleeding emmirv.'
Soon sfier the Awembly met, Mr. Va Burkk
introilurcl a bill to raiao by elaHeitMa.iion, ami place'
t ! h" dietiow! of the if enerai Giiyerniiirjlt a.Weve
- ihooAmd men for Jnno veara, a4 framed lie im.
. it.w reel hts-ar4t . liWatiare-jjriJrof
imroi-n vnn priieny, wiuc.it the ni-iom inw un
pmsed ehn-fly- npiHt tiitme wtucb'svere' :byia
alila to 1iar if. Tula set ha beea tmly described
bv C'il'itu'1 Bentot)', in hi letter "tu'the comniiiiM
, ol the l-ais'attirCot Miwuaetp.m bs"tm moiT
:.M JIGtTIC WAJ EAST I B ICTKI ' ADOfrRD t
Tins coetsTai." Th original draft of tliU lull
' still remauia on lha archives of the Senate, Willi
the Flowing endorseineiitAioJheJhan
Mr. tan jhrvni
"The original classification hilti to he preserved
as a menHMilo of the patriotism, inletlieoce, and
finiiiMtas sjf the Igialuttire of IH,I5.
"M. V. l, Albai.ytFab. 15, IHi." '
Shortly after this event, the ncaa of 1hi nl.iri-
on victory id New Orl -aus reached Alb-iny j ami
to Mr. V.ui Ilureti was immedialeU . bwhkihm) the
t:isK ut cxpreaing Ilia eutiiiHxils ot the LeiiiM
tore on that atirrtng event. Ilia hand penned, al
t t early dny, lha res-Jutiona of g ratiiu 'a ami
apiiinioe to A'tdrnr Jai kto, litlia lireeiug lha'
I .( IVmocracy ol Ineir rommoo cnu'itry wis,
a loture periiMt, Jo u iite their uame as camlidiii.
fir the liwlie-t gifis it riMild bestow. In a word.
every act of Mr. Vn Buren, every pae of the
legislative j-Hirnnl of his-native lale, cootrailicls
the c;ilumoie of Federaliam, He an jBiueiiLut
thowarl ith as stik'li justice might ha ee.
.'tuii-s cu.Ivavor toc44ivioce the peotleot N-w Y -ra
lint D unit I Ot TopHiu waa ojip-iaed ti Hie war,
ns 'Marliif Va1fciriTTliey',t(io3 sfifeby aile
in that fearful cunleat ; and, until the death of the
former, th- retained frr.each other that ardent
attachment ahich springs lip between thoe who;
nae onogiro ineirrxenions, ineir noies, BiMJ luetr
f'ars. In Irving limes.
. In the following session, Mr. Tsn Burnt was
selected again to draft the answer to the Govern
or's speech, after ba peace. The following are
extracts jrixw IMa pemiuet tow 1
"WruIiTilie Senile eyinpathiie with those of their
f- How cttii-oe on whom the sufferings and drpri
vations incident to a state of b wtilHiej have fallen
with peculiar frce, thejcsilnot t al strongly ex-
pre iWjpowd asliaOM-JMisI they 4eriva froill Uie
tt-'B-'CtVtri, iT.at" "fiis" wsrHisTWh
uecj involved, arduous and ssnginnnry as it Has
been, not only riehteotia in its or'gm, and sue
re!ul in its prosecution, but that our ctmnl-y has
arisen from the eonieat with renovated atrenth
and iurreiaej glory, ,
Am mij the siUannees which have resulte'I to
w:r cjuritry frma the late war, your Exeellencv
Ijss jus;ly refcrrt'd In i!e ele-tHm of ixir iwrtewis'l
clnracter, ami toiair increased nnotidence in the
tfi -icy and stabdiiy of our political imriiiirtesis.
While the tormer is to tne nation wealth, srei.gih
and th source sT happinees, the ratter is the siiesil
rorh'r of their bnoea and ein)hajie!ly the pulls
?in-n of their ItiK'nies. ' .. ' s :--
AT i ua VKY flY NK't f rot'RT or EltKOlW
In 115. Mr. Van Huren was appointed Attrir
i v Gi-.n-ril of tho Sla'e of New York, and r.i!..' of
r - - -a of t-e r,'v r-ir:iid h t'-e f ".
ID
r'l "l l l tllcil l.e !
CO!!M.'.) h JJIV ,( (!'
' u. ( , .1 1. i, . be
il in " wl tii'- mid
no m 10 cur noire
(I -
im iwiJ hi Doliiirnl ormiMii
and mom itut-vtfuU"!-il-tiitM ol the re
publican party I and such ' Is'" ienp;.'n -hed '
Vol, ability, nrmiies snd diwrelion whirli l.e
pled,lhal tie continued to be regarded, by the
general awril of hi political armlM. aa the
moot proimiwiit in lliuir rnitks. ll would
fr rt d the limiia of ihia nki-lcb, lrc h'
piricifiH and iiiduMriMia cmii-ho hi ri;ard to Ibe
niirnerwi and imortant irM'a'iir which camp Ims
filhn rViM' .lunitu ihiUr- tHrfhl trM but i ny
br- and 1ii.H inn w md pt-rlnp liim of ilii-in,
t.i whic' Im did r:ol liiru hia mgncn'iH am) pnwr.
Ail mind, and whird Im did not tel Mftfcie
principb'a U vtltirli )te ! adhfrrd.
It Hoti!d. ndi bowftcr lw untMired llmVa
rVnator, h? became a nwrnlwr f llw roort for Hie
rrvinoii f worn. Ilia fir aillmf in ihnl aii)ul
body, wnt at Albany in Murrh, 113. During
(IihI msiioii ho cMiHrrd a vorf fnrid and elnhn.
rule ftpinion iif the tnm f Bnrry and Mandell,"
and in aub-pquent araa-oiin many thr,' I will
not be propt-r to f mwiy bia lepal arifumenia or
i""" c"' " wl" """"
. . . . i .A - .11 I,..
entinienla at that early permd no a topic of great
intereat, and which ha for mnnv yr o(Cpiel
he atlPhlioti of atKitbr eiwtniit tteatnan, whose
nunie i rhwelv cofneft'd, at t 1m pr?eil moment,
itb ilml of Mr. yin Burert.
- Pcrrhit n neat reepecifullv Ut etamine with
what profirM'ty it can bo alh-ifwl, that ewappa of
thi rifHcrintiofi are ao far agiicot tne p. icy of
the atnttite, aa to render the entruciwii of the
court be tw projier and neceaKHry. Aa it baa tru
ly been rettiarked( - Ihia elatiiie waa (iiwed tor
humane ptirpuMea it waa among the firat eoncea
long which' were made by that lofl 'Xilile aptrit,"
which haa bilhertn n atilained ita hold upon ari'ty,
authoniing iinpriaonmeot for delit. Ciwviil with,
the anihrr jr ol inipriTioivit lor deht, l8e w-en
the exHrtjiria of rmn iiitelijnce, r-fli'Ctton and
philamhrophy, to mitigate itartorj of oen who
viewed it aa a practice fundamentally wrong-, a.
prartice whic,h I'owea their fallow ercalnrca from
iely, frorft "their, fricnda and thmr agonized wrn
iliea, into the dreary wallt of priaci, j which com
pel! tlftn to leitve all tlume f.icuttittng cnd(nrnietita,
to become an inmate with vernvn J whitb cowfinea
rhein within the aame wiilla wriir)i captain the
aiidiiight incendiary and the riitli!- oajjMtof
TmrTrin which tliey have committed not Inr
rrnuda which thctr hav nractixed nnjjie.ftfflij.
Ihi anid u'owarvi (for auch diMtim-tionanre not
maile,) leu for the irifortiiiie nf If itg poor of
being iniable i Io aaiTy ihe al.dtgeafmg: itornach
of aome -ravenmia creditor i of men who I'm iked
nnd flevtniyine the diattnction ItetwMti gtnli and
innocence, which hmld uncennntly be cheriehed
tM.frxwt regulated GuvcriuwtiJ J!
OPINION ON BANKS AND CORPOKATIONS-
I n mm tit m en r for debt.
Among Mr. Va.i I'.cmtVf lubora in the 8'a'e
Sen ile, may be parlictilarly noiiced b(a courae in
regard to corporate power and ita alxmea, njore he,
then exhibited the tame' jealouay of it by which
Ihi iilaaquer,t hie haa U:eu m prominently die
tingtnahed.' It waa in thoae eight je&rs thul the
broad famdjilion ot the baokuig ayaiem nf the
State tif New York waa laid. He opposed, with
a Higle-excepton, fvery 'one" of - the imtnernua
l luiJali eaWi-hedititHf h ardently-antT'gor
iuy aamiaimhed hi" political menda u n and
stshi, that they were creating a (fowtr thai wmild
ultiiti.-itetv attemnt to subvert lha DNnrinlet of tt". I
oy ,. Rrl,mh; even to thi
be absented with reluctance, and while doing ao,
excused it- in his place, as being in r (Tret a war
measure, there are lew American statermen
tltiiaw poliiitwl-earwar s nhtWu sstras-fC'
'ilf-t.;! jittJliinv aod-M-sflpiTiTrbtiFrorriiTx
Mr, A!' hrSKK in regard to nnnks,.:.
.. .Mt-j' if-. , , 1 1 - i Mtinai a 1 -
meoced a series of erlorlS toalmll-h imiirtrJonnie'til
b" nt-WTf, nrefcl inriiilltt-l8rod'S
j ;DaiMi.llwy' Jni at ! tetwitylf arynnipliwh- -
oient of that jtrest and philamheopie iji"f in his
own Aate. H iien he whs tilweiooiitlv transfer
red tn the Ni'ioonl Iyilatun, he found Cid.
Ktr hard M. Johnson there iiiirodueinjr Snd adfov
caiiug' the measures on the nine so! jert, which
Ittavu (piiw-d (.if .lu nsneh disiinnthg't'hvnior.r'
lie mured at ma-e in mio active co-operation wiin
that brave and generooe m in and pnitiolie slate,
etan, and conitnu-d to give him efficient awistance
as long as be rntrtsoned hi the ft-nale of the United
Slate. , ,. r j-osTiTirfni. ; -. - --
THE W ATERS. -
The jNew Orleans True A.uerican of the 1st
iisn isiys that the Mi-snwuppi bad risen a Intle,
and waa I hen as high aa it bad been ai any pie
vims period during the seuarm. la relation to Red
Riser the same paper sas I v - -
1 "By pamj-nger arrived in the Fteamer Jo'ia
Irtnhsn from'" N fTchil'hi-s" aod Aiexsn Iria, we
learn ihat Red River has over fl iwed its hAnktfr m
.Siin veport ii the mouth, so as to deroy aMpit of -'he
cotton rrrM on its borders. Many tine plun
Uttwwviesiwvet'il eel underiviiTeTrVTieiriTii
L'ut m b:R NscbOocbe fue uooMIe f last week,
tntr waters- were brgwmngn teredF,nnttrh plst i
era, in sowe pUcrs west;, repUirting their eotloo-.
as the water sub-wled. Oiithnt iart of Red Riv
er knows as th Rrjrftlett jlii hot fimallabe
towtands sikT planlatKriui were under'' water. In
he Uollards settle me nt dwelling ousea and cotton
jam e sfl ei. Alexandria as kaved front m
iHrdtK by the enterprise of O. Y. Kelsoe, Eq ,
wImi owua a plsntitioo at the lower end, and woo
levied up the town, and caused it also to be levied
la the mouth to the Biymi Rapids aliove. The
lower paetwf R.t Unei n iwie tUIIMIIII lis alieel of'
water, from 44 to 60 miles wide, from the lowlands
f the Panah if Av. yolies to tlie bighlanda ut
Fimi Adam. Fur firty imb-s above the mouth,
a bed taf the fiver te not tn be seen, and thr drift
sjn.wsier ja
iirugh the low grounds ot Avoyullea to the Atch
afalsys.' It is even breaking through and coming
in the rear of the pbmiatm-M on Rnymi Roeuf, at
Mr. Con pioii's, extending up and down the Raynu.
Tliere will be an immeiwe ia ot the cotton crop
on Red River. The large and extrnsive cot Ion
pt intation of Gen. Thomas, above , Alexanlna,
was principally ander water. Tlie oyer(.,w is
jpeater than in lS. T the inrreaeil number
of rottnfl planiatnsis, the damage will (really ex
reed ikal year. The waters however are begin.
wing vi auosias auove.
' '' v ' ' - ;' , . V
ITcufrrt nijrcnre. " If " said a lawyer pb a-
ntrrXf T VZ rir
g Tor tne elwiii; whoae garden had been si!'y
Ji.oired by his neiehhot nitf, if 1aW is fr
jrooe out of onr free snd enfijjtileued countn, that
. .." . . ..'
ii;r nrthb -r pg Hte tOf. i Imui i i ke,ttven jn
tun d.d ir fibers 1 ! - ! at Ii....i-r Il.l'.and die at
'.'r Iff n if f "r v
i aoi'
: v
1.
THE CAROLINIAN.
snli.lnirj, Tridaj, JLKV at1810.
State RihtM Republican Ticket.
ton 60VEB!0,
ROMUkUS MJAUNDERS.
STATE LEGISLATURE. "
Stnrtf. for Ilman mnd Ztowe-HENRY MILLER.
CV.mniJES.-E A. CLEMENT, GEOttGE L
SMITH, aad WILLIAM V. CtlAWjuttu.
DAVIDSON COUNTY.' -
Caermoiw-COL PHILIP 11EDIUCK, and COL
SAtiUEI. IIARGRAVE. i
A CHANGE OF TONE. '
' eaer MUti that caera El't.tnr hai a right
tit wakf thil raff (lor hi politic! creed) upon inott
whn nfi r lhnr mimen, to lh' l'vftr, anp tt thb
CAaltlOATta AK i)MI TO MW . ..
:;.i.it;en. Ifarrwin'a lec.larljion in lttt
"I hte roar to tk vaTr-aariXATioa to Aawxa
ao avcH coaNtiNicATiuNa, RiTHaa mo vniatM ok
r,,M" icn. llarriwtu'a aimwer to two gentlutnn
who wkiKh! m hm with a letter, arking, in tne mom
reepeeiful lerma,- bt aentimonU on tlietuty ct of Abo
lition, in lu4(i. ' i .
Thf jH'Imj i, that thr Qenrral (Harneon)
ai ruBTHKa nrcuaTio or Hiai pixioiaTo nr.i.TTHK
public kva. rue neeumine at preaea mtB.
IKVply of Uen. Harrison a "Comoiiuee ' to Ui Via
weiro union iiwcuiatn.
We are requested to anuiHince J no. Shaver, Etq
a candidate to repreaetit R'lwnu and Davie in (lie
m . I . . w "it. "
Uominona ot tne next, uetii.riure. -
fc" We have leen''.rcqneBted .'by Judge Sutin
dor to Vt tliRl at the time of maktug hia tfp
ly at thia pl:ice, he waa net m(;riifd nf. the tact
thpl i Wo"TIarri'iiiparty TiTdf nrevinely fixed or
tho same day for their paradi) and entertainment
He deai res it may be undetMOfid, that be no
dinoaitii ip ialetft're. wiIbbewijVMawaceupa-i
lion of the day any farther than they will freely
allow, lie however expects to be here.
&jT The Committees appointed in the several
Couniiea cumpomng this Eleeiorrtl DWtrwt to com
fer together in regard to the appointment of nn
EicrW on the Slate Rights Republican Ticket, have
aclocted BURTON CRAlliE, I JJ., of lliiaTuwn,
who has accepted the nomination. Tiie cot res
poiidonce will be published net! week.
THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
Ji'Doe SkCiDiias and Ma. MoaeniAD.
II rrht! rtn; 'we na vlii 1en Tairiri iTe pa n Tn the
content for Governor which is now going on. We
felt no deposition to handy epithets' with aueh.of
. . 4ta4-fcw. -k!ff
I wnrV w-f is-c .wayeawaea m-
heaping calumny nnd pcrsmal above nn Jude
Saunders. however, they have now pretty well
exhausted their elegant vocabulary of party slang,
we desire to submit a few reflections for the con-
'fpfi- fuiym 'iT ITuijnLtf .men,
VnTeTitreiTrtFXpTfdrTitir unVaitating
prefemicn "ItyJWfjpf!.- 'Tt the sintenee
with wlueh lie h s been' everywhere a-'saileOv.
hi eoeoites, is no little evwlence of his merit, ll
was but yesterdn, that these same mert who are
now traducing his fame as a candidate for Govern-
r, atphni'led him as an able, upright Judge
Can they think tho people have not sene to per,
cce that he who deserved their commendation on
the brnch can liarifly Ti"i vijTirlviic? luacliaracter by
lartov In acquiesce in a popular demand tn been inn
s candidate for the Chief M igistrnry nf ' the
Stale t Yet, the only renoo for their sud len
shaoge from prsie, to bitter denunciat inn ia,'het
cause he is cwidvtate foi Gwernar." This Is
crime qnnugh in tlieir eyes.
As ,-noet ot our readera are irrstccn sara, we
ss their candid attention while we ad reus to their
reaeas and understanding some fmportitni firts
which as il seems to us have a beiiYing on the
liesliotl. r .
L-t Ihem judge alter they have considered.
'Who doe nut recollect the long and arduous
contest wliich was carried o;ij,to secure to tlie
ffestarn- Count s tmur etwf risTs f-W ho has
birgirftett that tor more than 8tf years, we were re.
iunod-a C-uivsniiiKj to give usan eqtwl represents
il.sn to tWItfgishtiwt-.-'' ' ,fj
Who bow does not know that without a Cannes
tios, nor representation never would hare been re.
firmed, and the right of the people Io elect their
ore Cruefrnor, would not be enjoyed by them at
this day t
In the time (hat tried the t-a as well as the
faith of our public servants in tlie lVrsr, and du
rinjr thai fwriod wHeti the whole Wmi Mlti-,
as one man, to insist trpon their Rteirrs, we ask,
who made the greatest sacrifice fur us, a'.d whn per
severed longest in the good work even until it was
Consummated by I lis final passage of the Conven
hist BiHnlihn AlVMshatd.'os VLAUt BsnnderVf
Mr. Merehead did not oppose it, cettaiuly, but
how long did he labor for the Wnt, rather,
hew soon did he nut linger, and at last quit his post
tn order to pursue his own privato engagements t
U rn'isted M the Assembly of 18.21, and then
retired for S years t He was again at his post in
the Legislature of 1326, and again ia the Legis
lature of ItJJJ. After this ws hear o more of!
his since, and feel no longer the weight, of his in '
fljeoc to Titidicste popota Rights. Had our
rights been defended and secured t No Still he
no tsiger battled fir thein in the field where
. I r .' -
Bv Mriu aad mauience. ne went in his as ami in
his prtvate porous, and left (e llest lo fH her,
. rifsei the mi :t he aWe. But witlvrnt In ail.
! !' ' -r:t V J . ' -funde.-s T'- - s k-
-.,1. ;,, .1 !,e l,.i,er I, we;!
, , .: 54 ' I"' li.t"fl flc t-liiee nf At-
,1
ililied him for a wM
io'tlie liir(Ml.iHir". he reM.iiticd not only Hit hull,
ut viihus nod iiciie in the d-fetice of a Cmvm
. i- .. . . .1.- -..i.. .u
twn. I M pros M'W lorn to i je-...iu
rrom hi fen in defence of W extern rrhtu, and - to
i i I n..ini!,.n
wippirt our demanil Mr equn repruenieiiii'""
When nor Repre-ietitative ere loil-d in tnctr
mcasutfi for a Convention, nrganiied tlir
CommiiteWto apical t the people and tonne the
R publiciina of the State todo juitice to the n em,
and to yield Wk to the people.-tlie proper toorce
tf nower, iho right of chooamg llieir UoVernor,
Romulu M. SatinJert waa always icady to co
operate, and gcticrnily acted na one of the chief
ioatrumenla for iiphoWing our demand our jtnt ,
Icnnnd. - E-peci;illy in 1 632. J 8.13, and lH;
when the wnrmeat of the fight wa't going on, nnd ,
tluring.tba time when auccenant aM waa fccureH
over the prejudieea of mir Eaatern bnuhron, we ,
recngnj' the name of Romulu M. hnunfjera
among ufoae of the ltmmiltee wlw freely devoted
their time aud lalenta to necITPJ thai victory, nnd
to whoae acrvicea o are tin dny mainly indebled
for our triumph. i , :
Now that the Mcatern people are clothed with
their jii-it right of electing a Chief Magistrate, we
Hnk it poluicnl grHtitude and a geiiermwconfi-Jetice
in one who ha aervwd ihem ao faithfully, doea not
cull on ua to give afiinf heed to thn iiftjurjfr To
whom ia the Went moat indebted for the final tru
umph in the Cmtentifi qtirt'ion ? Shnll we re
ward the fearlcaa, onwaverii'g, active, nnd aucensa
ful co-nljiHor of iair own cauaf bybtise; "and' false
imputation, in order to elcvatn over liim a man
wlio made few, or no ancrificea in mtr eervicri T and,
alio in the hour of our greatest, need was neither
felt nor licird 1 . , , A - -
!The fact ( i intlifipiitable nnd long may an
honeat and gencroua Western population remeim
lr it tliat to tlie Central Committee on tha
Convention, chiefly to thoao menibera of, it
who resided at Raleigh, are the 'people indented for
the auccea of the Convention in 1H31. We
H nnt abate one j,rta from the..i.HtMrLjjkh-
FMMMbfWpil. " :
another .gentli.'mnn, whom name ia to
finiiliiir to the public on ihts-fpiewtion, to trqirire
insertion. But Romulus M. niinders was with
him, and implied by a like zeal, and the rijtne
principles j-fho wasjin active co-cpoialor in t!ie
wrtrkWfi d' ft rfc fficivi tt "T 3T in carrying im the coo-
teat. We are not to be understood as saying or
intimating that Mr. More head was opposed to the
West ;what we mean to say is, that h Itiggid in
the good work, and turned buck (as he hnd a right
to do unquestionably) to pursue his own private
business. Before the. people hnd secured their
rights, he " qui! the service" of the West, and
we ask, is it just or proper that he should now
come forward, as a " Western ". candidate to reap
the honor $ of our final success, over one who lend
us on o victory in our great western political eon- ;
test of more than twenty years ? Gratitude forbids
lit Justice rorTiidsTt P-Prmctple forbids i: 4 No,
lot parliran lenders and brawling demagogues heap
calumnies and alme on this t'ono wfmm we "know
t4e honestTirfffffltTnuTTIiiu clrcuinto the'
saSraW4vW
degrade an old western lender; for iHirsolves, we
cannot doubt thnt'the Peoplu of XVestern Carolina
will throw aside the trammels and dictation of such .
as they are, and eome forward to the support of
fs-tif -hTrTryftWoiuf
y caiioot Wieye that our I'noole ll tna
the right which Romutfi M. SiU'srfffjgojtflfij
ally auied .in obluining for them, hy awmg H-4o-
dishonor oneof the leaders who was always unti
ring inJtis efforts Io restore that right to tho Poo.
pie. This right of voting for Governor, they will
hardly' be irirlnced to exercise f r j he.folituiinv.we
5av,or. Sainrfcrs, wl aided in its recovery
in order lo gri'tify the malignity of his enemies,
or lo rwward the lukewarm leal nf Mr. Morehead
for Wertem Rights. He who hax done o little
for the West, must not c Mint on e-xciiiiig a eect jpn. .
nl feeling fo thn Wel W being duhlied a WeFterri
cidiilate. Where, where and how has he ecrrro
the TFrsf, to cnlitlnJiim to lie en called !
We are called upon by the gratitude which is
slue a faithful public e-rvanl, to coiwiJerthcso
things.-'. a . ,j " .
Hard Tisies. -II iw auv man if tntnlligeneeor
candor enn for a inoment conlen I that tlie hard
time have been braig!it upon the cmtntry bv jany
.agency jjftha iverttmeti, rs -mrsrt Wfaordiulryi"
Bui if the Governmctit is guilty fof Ibis charge,
WXJSSSaJZVbf thi ol.Uie ccuspra poitrt out the
measure by which it wasihsie?
- The Goernroent has greatly re.lneed theTsrifl:
Tsxes aithin a few years. Js,.iSiu.jie- cause of -hard
times? If this lie so, then of course the
Fedijrulils wiaild make li-nes eay agitn, by im
pnaing new Taxea on the people I . " '
Tho Govrrone nl haa, within the pnrt two Vears
ledmed 'ie t till'lilililirril i. .c
count i y more
than rersrmtlion of dollars. Is this tlie eaoe
of tiie twtd tuoeat If so, the Fed -r Jnits would
bring aboiita chaMj;fi and muks times letter, by
?ff!in l"! V'ttl1 - "-TWvagaiitX prj. '
1 iliiiiti,sruT5grM4i iiiiposing up m tne people a -
Nstional tlrU which they consider " Nalioiial
blessing.' " ' ,
JJ'N the G rvemment has had no agency, as
the Federal hwmlMiggere well know, in making
the limes hard s the eearcity of money, which
begets lite difficulties called " hsrd iimca,'' is at.
Iribuiable to another cause j it conss from a
quarter over which tlie Government lias nn ron
trol, and hat been brought about by a power which
ia seeking to root ml the Guveramenl and the Law
we mean the Haxks. h,:-;v ':""- .'-1 '
.It isetated in the Treasurer's Renort to Cn.:
- '-Mina branch.'
in lha i;oi.u
Oi the li .s J uiry, 17, th"e Rinks had
in circulation notes to the sm niot el' l.V) ;;,. ,
' ' M V l-t ,f J - , .
i.i rt.-t'"
ml i-1 In
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i ti
'' i Ili "i a-I doubt le hi-
-re ti,,,
it if teil K-ril to es t;, hi 109 fIiii!
ir.un circuiuiioi) in lime jctrt 4l.me, t (M y,"
mi Mont, or an auuiunt e-i ul to n...,rlv n n i
fj...i f. 1
' uiru'ir lr'ir, nut ii
law nu.M .!
I ' lil ;..
il;.y calling in 'their n,.. . .
ioing none. J hit is Hie cause of hard i,
ml there ia not an intelligent candid man '
country who will take a kuiw of t1 f4P .
deny that it ia ao, or charge the Government 'a
the usuni j-Jeral ahng. . i : "r
It ia the eenrcity of money produced h .u
auddeo contraftion of tbeir iauea, and demnod rf
tneif debta made by the Btn1t for political rff-
wnir.u ia in cauaa ot lite "hard timet. a?
the Bankaaw not nnly Blling in all tbeir w3
And lutvirltv mmji nil I lian .M A..'.
.... j iiiiiiis; more ! K,
have locked up in tlieir vaulta, according tw
mute, warly 100 millions of gold a,,d t,,
wuicn, iar nit inn prem nt DenehS It ta to the em,,
munity, might aa well be mink in tha btm
the aea..- . ,
: jTheae, nnd these onkjr, are the citiawi of the h,j
t lines. ... - . .-, ,. ,
1 ' ' '; '"' ' '
. SIGN'S OF, Tim TIMES. '.',;.
" Within Ihe lat lew ceU, many diatinjfiriibej
men heretofore fwmnging to the MWhig
have renounced larriontam and declared Uattr
tetiiit.n ofaopporting HJr. Van Buret,, Thptut
dingiwted with the log cabin and bard eider
radea of the Fedcrnfiata, nnd rrfum to enpn:
dumb randidnte or adhero to a parly without pr
cipleay Among other changes, we find in Knit!
some of inifKirtancn, aircb as that of the oa, JT
flown, formerly V. 8," Feoatnr fronTihat bvt
the Hiio; Itenry DamiUi the Ilm. J?c Ikri
Ja$. D. Hardin, jEaj., and R. N. YTtrklife, E-a
J By any of exprenaing their cnnU'inpi for the Wi:
getitleuian since he has quit their party, li fei
erala turn tip tlieir delicate noaes and'calt kit
greasy Bob." If he was a filthy meetoiiit
thy Could not do more. H mnat ba very humili.
ting to Mr Wicklifle to belreated in Una aaniMi
by these napper gentlemen, wio but ibewWej
lottked no to htm with hi vh reo-nnl JT.iVnUL"
.1 f : .,.r'-j.V,. - h-TrrBc.
I and low abuse on his nmt'ijajrridraj ititupur .
o, rage and disappointment, because he has ibu
doned lliem. -:" , ' t .j , ... -The
rncent mot etnenta in Georgia for (be Vrs.
.fife-ot llMrwnwm,- haymi4d Iti' iTejGliciir
of that Slate loo, -they are rallying to the sUn.lsrJ
of the administration in such numbers snd Willi i
spirit lhaf will."aliame the recreant Plate Rin
men who have lorgutten end disregarded l!
principles, to worship'cabins, and swill sour CHkt
te the glory 'of 'the Federal abotitioo csged
hero." Bcfiilea the Iroej Repuhlicaiift Black, CA
quitt and Cooper, -we have the natnee ef mf
oibers, such aa Jjiinar, Lnjrnpkrn, Beaborn Jmrt,
Beihtine, Howard, and Hardin, with crowds aema.
The efforts ot ihe.Cotiventino g't.up MiiWjs
ville for"helieriefit of Harrison and FeW
wm.-haye- TesHred"glorti'sty t if (he "RepiBfica
cause. The oenple ere ewakened nuhlie awet.
ings arfralkd,.aridihcre4aajlJbu1uoue
eeetsailteltw these "iai; mtfwir'
.I.CCiLaLUo;joini
Ouorgta can nelier be gulled nor driven into lie
ranhsnfthe many colored party. Set thatauss
aa certain --,' 5
Jlarriton Etulect. we suppose one ti
more eiuvclusiye jn Lf0.nrivli.ng-Xtifi IIarri.a Tj,,
thnn' Mumeirdv
mjimLHiiirilliy-Xliein, thul tlieol-i-Genernl saer.M
lua populauly at borne, by hia sole on the Mtwwun
queaiioiu In one of the "pictnre bookr lives of
he hero,) we have s-cn only jwn, one fcsvinjl
iMtrseon ii and a man h"IJing him, ihn other n hone
- 4 - t? -r -w tL-K..rua n jTrt'.hts- b ck ImUog ais-s-
right hand this last is the pamphiet.) if ,iW
reader will turn to I he 12th page, not qnitskil
way down, he will find the following t f V-
.;Iu 1810, lie (Gen, Harrison) was elected kt I
Inrge majority, a member of the H mse of R'i
sentatives in Courcss fMS) t)hio.y In thissttis)
he sered, greatly lo his u U.aeir and to thi
SATisFAcrtoJt or an co'.sriTi'K.vrs, until 1SI3;
when, on the cxoiralion of bis term of servie,
wasch isKn lo the Senate of !he3iate Legielatuis.
" He served to the saii-factton of his con'i
etrt, 6r ciMir" tlich,Te "could oK bare saenfk
Mmself, nr displeased them by any rote or c
duct be was immediately chosen to the Su
Ls"guiflture, ihia eltowe that he was popubr
tlie time. . N, lifter all, this wonderful dis)d
Vutovabuut whieJi we h.va ttMPit
Gun. Harrison voted once, and o ace ee'y, i
mi.?J?fJb "dmissimi of Missouri io theje
18l this was tht expuaiHMMtf his term ofi4fi
alien Tie returned houieweurio the ?isle isf
ture, nnd introdueed and voted for R siilutin f
hrmmg dirtfines preciel the reverse of wbsl fc
I'rietnls claim for him by his sole in Congress, r
"iw sssap wwn f mriiiinri uikt trn i ji -1 1 '
ttieir eiator!, dc.-. t. yotr against I he aduast
of Missouri, unless alan.ry waa resir cted.
suuri wss admitted tn when Harrison v
tne Onto Li'gisl.tture votiiigiWirtnsf Its iidiui"
STllUH-n for lua H.iutliitm w.ila nn Ihu ourl"1!
whieii tarns out to be - much ado a If it it notln'S'
Wc should have aaij uoilnng mure oil this mi'
ter, as our femniks last wetk were cisielusirr. W
we have heard lhe:viniiet( queittonfd.and ihisiijM
we would give the ariy e-Mfsvlhing Iw'li
could not di-.jH.ne, io'ap extract from oiie of
picture-books." , , , . ,r. . -
. . - " ' ' . '
"ftth only news which we have f nT '
port ance from Coagrett is, lhat it had been sfrc
to ptit an end lo tlie debate on the SuLlTil,1
Bill on Monday, and report the same lo the l!,'""
for the fiubj question, We had vpi,,Ji
pninabihiji, to bear by last mail IroiA Vac!iiiC!Jft
of ila tssage, but failed lo receive lb papc
TV Bitikrupt Bill bns finally passd '
Jaui ta. now ttiore the Hoee.-- -
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