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BY ALSPAUGH & BONER. 8 A Democratic Journal Devoted to National and State Politics, Literature, Foreign and Domestic News. ' I TWO DOLLARS A YKAR VOL. 1. WINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY.S&, 1857. NO. 52. THE WESTERN SENTINEL: PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ALSPAUGH BONER, Editors axd Proprietors. Terms of Subscription. "The "Western Ssstihel" will be pablished every Friday and mailed to subscribers at two dollars a year, in ad vance; two dollars and a half after six months, or three dollars after the close of the sxibscription year. To any one, procuring six subscribers, and paying the cash "liny advance, the paper will be ursished on year, gratis. . - .- x . ' ,,,J-.'-, T r', ,, "-" ' .-v""--. 77 Terms of Advertising in the Sentinel. Oar. regular rates of advertising are as follows: One square, (14 lines or less) first insertion, $1 00 Each, subsequent insertion, - - - - 25 For one square three months, - - - 3 50 . For six months, - - -':;"- - - - - - - 5 50 .. For twelve months, - - : - - - - 8 50 Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding five lines in length, five dollars a year longer ones in proportion. From the Lynchburg (Va.) Republican. The Position of Parties. It seldom occurs, perhaps, to the mind of the politician, when engaged in a fierce political contest, in. which the interests of himself and his party-are involved, and in all human prohability, the destiny of his country, the manner in which he appears before the public,- or the sacredncss of the trust confided to his keeping. Ever since the establishment of popular governments, and the formation of republi can institutions, it has been the policy of aspiring politicians to drag before the country some exciting questions, affecting, in some measure, public policy, thereby adding fuel to-the flame that, instead of elevating the character of xmerican States manship, was continually detracting from the high and exalted bearing, which should characterize the representatives of the peo ple, and throwing a damper over their de liberations, of which the unseeming mind of the disinterested spectator was continual ly speaking. ' ..... -: Tn rl n n I n or' Twwdc at tlio liistnrv nf rf)rrA. 'and examining the positions occupied by them during times of excitement and scenes of disaster, when the reigns of the federal government were in the hands of those sages of antiquity, whoso, names arc only .1.1 . known to us us tliey stanu a monument to their fame upou the pages of history, we find that an altogether different state of affairs existed, when compared to the pres ent position of parties. The politician of earlier times, when called upon the public arena, to defend the cherished principles of a free and popular government, indulged in no unwise Specu lations or nnjust denunciations . of those who perchance opposed the policy in which he believed, but pursued the "even tenor of his way " in advocacy of national and conservative doctrines, feeling assured tliat any other course would . be entirely im politic and contrary to justice, reason and intelligence, y Unlike the great conservative, Union loving men of those times, we find the fancy of the obscure political adventurer of the present day, continually on the wing ; he readily rises to poiuts and heights be vond which the imagination throws not its illuminations; and in his eagle course, basking in the supposed sunshine of poli tical prosperity we find hhii ever ready to grasj at almost any novel or exciting ques tion which may unfortunately be agitated ' and in a moment of excitement, without stopping to calculate the dangerous policy - I sj7 ; head-long into the heat of conflict, and be fore he is conscious of the trust he is violat ing, he and his party are enveloped in difficulties, from which long years of ardu ous labor cannot release them. . Nor is it reasonable to suppose that they are the only ones who are made to suffer by this dangerous policy. They are regarded as the leaders of their respective parties, and our standing as a nation will of course be , judged by their actions. .- - , - When a politician appears before the people as a candidate for any particular i, ofiice, he should always remember that a . dignified course is the; only one which he ought to pursue, and that, if any important question is. being agitated before the eoun- - - if ia liic rlntv fn Tvnt. -firvrfri . Ills "rirmnfit. " i - strength in order to secureits .triumph, or, if necessary, its defeat.' , " - ' " If he does not care for, his own personal fanie,.he should have some regard for the honor and welfare of his country; and ' if elected to the councils of the nation, ,he should go there determined to ' do battle , , serve ' the " unity and sovereignty of the States and if defeated to return , to his constituents, with the proud thought that he fought on the side of the Union ! He should feel, when engaged in such a contest, as did the heroic Sir Charles Napier, when he wrote so beautifully and touchingly to a lady on the eve of his great victory at Meamee," saying: "If I survive, I shall soon be with those I love; if I shall fall, I shall soon be with those I loved." It is this feeling which gives to political parties heir true position, and which maSeiiaTnTTruep "What could be more pleasant to a brave man than to be with those he loves and esteems after having aided in achieving a national victory. Or what could be more galling to the feelings of a politician, than the reflection that there is no honor due to him that he did not do his duty, and was not found where danger threatened and honor called -how could he meet his con stituents, to whom he was indebted for all the honors that had been conferred upon him, and these thoughts rankling in his bosom? - -. -.This sense of shame, which every proud man feels at the thought of being over come, and this shrinking from the gaze of our friends and supporters when we return to them without laurels and without the consolation of having acted so as to deserve them, was well understood by the Duke of Wellington. 'During the battle of Water loo he frequently said to those around him, "We must not be beaten; what will they say in England?" No doubt this kept many a man at his post. The same spirit glowed in the bosom of that celebrated warrior, should animate every political leader in the Union; and aid him in allaying and arresting the poli tical evils, which now' distract and disturb the peace of the country, and give to parties! .position at which the Eurojean aristocrat could not point the finger of scorn. It i& only such men as these who .make good itriots,TIu3 man who hasjio, character to loose who cares nothing for the nationality of his party who leaves no one behind, for whose opinions he is will ing to hazard much, seldom makes a sound, conservative representative. In the hour of danger, when death and defeat mean ce when victorv can be snatch ed from a determined foe only by almost super-human exertions then it is that men who are battling for conservative principles and the " Union of the States, " who wish to be honored at home and respected abroad, shew themselves patriots. It is then a distinction can be drawn; between the mere political adventurer, fqhtinq for pay, and the man who, is identified with the interests of his country, : and whose proudest triumph would be to hold out a victorious hand to be grasped by his sup porters at home. , i The man without anything to loose or gain by the result of a political contest, provided he simply obeys orders may make a passible politician ; but it is the man who feels he would lose in the estimation of his friends that ho would come in for a large share of the disgrace, should his country's flag trail in the dust, who makes the pure patriot, when he simply intends to be a patriot, and to preserve his own good name in the annals of the countrv. He never surrenders he may be defeated but never conqilered. It is this that makes the position of the Democratic .party in vincible. , '' K- While thi-is the case with the Demo cratic party, we find others occupying au entirely different position. Look at the history of the old whig party ; and mark the change that, had suddenly come over the "spirit of the dreams" of the leaders of that party. Look at its position, when it numbered among its champions the dauntless spirits of Clay and Webster; the scintillations of whose intellects still burns and blazes all arounds us, and compare with the position of the party which has arisen uo on' its . ruins. No sooner had those great lights ceased to shine, when the nationality of the whig party vanished like a Vapor; and the remaining few, un able to sustain themselves, sought refuge in the caverns of the earth, and with dark lanterns for their guides and. solemn oaths for their principles, they finally came forth as the great "Know; Nothing party alias -American-Whig party)"ahd for, a mpment "swept everything before them. - JDefeat, at length overtook them, and that distinguish-i ed Dersonao-p' fSamY who had wandered ... , : 7 .V -J . -r. through several States by : the name o " Invincible" was suddenly cut down, not 1 . ' . 1 .1 rM ..... -1 1 naving oecn grantea tic pri?uega uveu saying his prayers. ,He has slept again for a season, and his followers being conscious that they could never again rallv under the name of Whig, Know Nothing Americans, they step forth from their .vaulted sepulchres, clad in the habiliments of the grave, and with an au dacity' with which fno ghost should-bet possessed, they disregard the former prin ciples under which . they endeavored to triumph throw aside the native born idea of " Americans lniling Atnericaputttk none but " Americans on guard, " &c, and cry out for an equitable distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the freemen of Virginia. Phoebus, what a pity! Where are the log cabins, coon skins and hard cider of 1840, and the old gourds from which the cider was drank? Bring them out, and lets have them to cor respond with the position of that illustrious and yet still more amphibeous party of the present day. Every species of trickery and humbug are being resorted to by the distributionists in Virginia, -in order to gull the people into the support of their candidates bogus moonshine, soap bubble, snake, taran talus, centipedes and a long category of hob gobblins and bloody bones arrayed to fill us with awe and alarm. But all this will avail nothing; and the distraction and discord which the prime movers in this affair are creating, will be triumphantly frowned down on the 4th Thursday in this month. BUCKINGHAM. LvxciinrKG, May 4, 1857. - English Elections. It will, no doubt, be interesting to our readers to learn how elections are conduc ted in England: When the nomination day cones, an el evated platform, or hustings, is raised in a conspicuous place. On it stand the vari ous candidates with their select friends. The mayor or sheriff announces to the peo- Xle below piat they must proceed To eleeff a representative, and reads the writ. On this, up steps a notable citizen of the place, and proposes Mr. John Smith, whom he pronounces the greatest man of the age. John Smith takes off his hat and makes lis speech. Then another notable citizen steps forward, and proposes John Jones, who delivers hinself of his views like his predecessor. A third notable citizen may then propose John Robinson, and a fourth John Brown, and so . on. When all have been duly proposed, and . have delivered themselves of their sentiments, the mayor or sheriff calls upon the people assembled to make their choice, then and there bv showing of hands. This they do; and he, after careful inspection of the uplifted palms, duly declares that John Smith and John Jc nes are the men elect. At this up starts as if in great amaze- ment, though he knew it all along, and knew, as everybody else did, that the men below were not half of them voters-1 the proposer of John Robinson, and demands "a poll." . The presiding officer assents, and a day is fixed. ' The voting, as in Virginia, is viva voce, and is open to all the objections with which that system hasusually been charged. : Large manufacturers, and large land , pro prietors, stand at -the polls to see how their tenants vote. Candidates, with pretty wives, bring them to the polls to talk to voters. Not long since, the wife of a British nobleman won an election for her brother bv kissing a farmer, whose cast ing vote decided the day. At the late c- lection Lady John Russell and Lady Pal- merston both took an active part. In the country boroughs almost every candidate had his borough: carefully canvassed by two or three of the prettiest girls of his ac quaintance. How could John Bull resist the imploring accents of a lovely young creature, who was, .besides, the daughter of an earl? In many places, the voter is assailed-by two of the loveliest little white gloved hands, and two of the sweetest girl ish voices, and two pair of the brightest eyesy .whose possessors each implore and entreat him; for her sake, to vote for "her friend and the friend of England.--" What ever may be said of political necessities, this plan is undoubtedly the most pleasant. 'Wbat is dond here by "stumping" is of ten dono there by personal, visits. In the small boroughs the candidate often visits every elector between the day of nomina tion and the election-day. - Then the lord or baronet takes his hat off to the butcher or. baker, chucks . the grocer's "daughter under the chin,' and kisses the fat face of I the farmer's baby. Tin's thorough system of canvassing is the more easily effected as the constituencos are small--in compar ison with ours ridiculously small, . Many of the leading men of Englan"d such as Lord Palmerstonf Cobden, Layard, etc.- have sat for boroughs whose entire vote was not over 300.. The whole vote polled in the city of London does not exceed 7, 500, and it is by Jar the largest constituent jcy in the kingdom. Cobden obtained just voteOLyiii cr lected with 301 ; Sir Robert Peel's son, with 530 Votes, lost the day by 31; Mr. Gladstone only got 118; Mr. Lowe was e lected with' 234; and so on. Men of equal calibre in this country would naturally think themselves disgraced if their' votes were not counted by tens of thousands. Tlte l:illas Clarendon Treaty. By a telegraphic dispatch on our first page, it would appear that our Govern ment has received official advices of the rejection of the Dallas-Clarendon Treaty, and that the basis of a ' new arrangement has been suggested bv England. It is thought probaole, however, that no action will be had until the next meeting of the U S. Congress so that there can be little apprehension of any difficulty in the mat ter. Perhaps it would be better to take no action at all, or at furthest to let each other alone, according to the following sen sible suggestions of the Philadelphia Led ger: The rejection of the Dallas-Clarendon treaty, and especially the futile grounds on which' England has thrust it aside, should be a lesson to the United States to keep clear for the future, of any " entang ling" treaties with foreign powers. The best policy for this republic is to imitate the present attitude of England and France towards each other. Without any written guarantees, these two nations are in the enjoyment of the most perfect mutual am ity, siiiiplv because each knows that any infringement, by either, on the rights of the other, will not be submitted to tor a moment. This wholesome fear, this com munitv of interest, is the onlv solid ground 4Hi which nations' can stand, in their rela tions to each other. Treaties become mere waste paper, the moment this com ninnitv of interests ceases: but while it re- w 7 mains, treaties are supererogatory. Ihe entire experience of the United States in its efforts to arrange, with England, Cen tral American aliairs bv treatv, demonstra tes the truth of this position. It would have been better for this republic, at least, it neither the Clayton-Bulwer treatv, nor any of its successors, had ever been inau gurated. Whatever were the motives of Lord Pal merston in refusing to approve of the trea ty, the fact may be used to our advantage, and the refusal of the President to enter tain the proposition for a renewal of nego tiations, will meet the approval of every sensible and patriotic citizen. . The clear policy of this republic is to abrogate . the Clayton-Bulwer treaty ; to be imtettered in our relations in Central America, by any treaty., stipulations with European powers; and so be able to protect our own interests, at all times, at a moment's notice. It is beneath the United Sfates to be enga ged in this paltry gamgf'of donble-shume with Lord Palmerston." Let him go his way, and let us take ours. American diplomatists are not, political and profes sional jugglers, to fake delight in success ful trickery. Philadelphia Ledger. Curiosities of Sleep. , i ..... . In Turkey, if a person falls asleep in the neighborhood of a poppy field, and. the wind blows over towards him, he becomes firiTirli-iall v Tini-rrti7:rrl anil wnnhl fliA it tliA 6..v -v. v: . country people, who are well acquainted with the circumstance, did not bring him to the next well Or stream, and empty pitch er after pitcher of water on his face and body. Dr. Appenheim, during his resi dence in Turkey, owed his life to this sim ple and efficacious treatment. Dr. Graves, from whom this anecdote is quoted, also reports the case of a gentleman thirty years of' age, ' who from long continued sleepiness, was reduced to a complete liv ing skeleton, unable to stand on his legs, it was partly owing to disease, but chiefly to the abuse5of mercury and opium; until at last, unable'lp pursue his business, he sank into abject poverty and woe. Dr. Reid mentions a friend of his, who when ever an3Tthing occurred to distress himi soon became drowsy and fell asleep. A fellow student also at Edinburg, upon hear ing suddenly the unexpected death of a near relative, threw himself in his bed and almost instantaneously amid the glare of noondays sunk into a. profound slumber. A person reading aloud to one bf.his dear est friends stretched on his death bed, fell fast asleep, and with the book still in -his hand, went on reading,-utterly uneoiicioiis of., what he was doing. -A woman at Ha madt slept seventeen or eighteen hours a day for fifteen years." ' ' Another is recorded to liavo slept once, for , four . . days. Dr. Macnish mentions a woman who spent three-fourths of her life in sleep, ; and Dn Elliottson quotes a case of a ?young lady who slept for six weeks 'and recovered.- The venerable St. Augustine of llippo pru dently divided his hours into three parts, eight to be devoted to sleep, eight lo reci tations, and eight to converse with the world Maniacs are reported particularly in the,-eastern hemisphere, to become furi ously vigilant during the full of die moon, more especially when the deteiorating ravs of its polarized light are permitted to fall, into their apartment, hence tlte name lunatics. There certainly is greater prone nesa to disease' during- sleep than? in the waking state, for those w-horX'4finight in thOa come infected with its noxioiisfeii while travellers who go through without stop ping escape the miasma. Intense cold pro duces sleep, and those who perish in the snow, sleep on till they sleep the sleep of aeatii. Robert Emmet and Iiis Xove. 'Twas the eveninir of a lovelv dav the last day of the noble and iltteAEmmet. A young girl stood at the '.-ciifitle gate and desired admittance into the dungeon. She was closely veiled,' and the keeper could not imagine who she was, nor that any one of such proud bearing-should be an humble suppliant to the , prison door. However, he granted the boon led her to the dungeon, opened the massive iron door, then closed it again, and the lovers were alone. lie was leaning against the prison wall with a downcast head, and his arms were folded upon his breast. Gen tly she raised the veil from her face, and Emmet turned to gaze upon all .that earth contained for him the girl whose sunny brow in the days of boyhood had been his polar star the maiden who" had sometimes! made him think the world was all sunshine. The clanking of the chains sounded like a death knell to her ears, and she wept like a child. Emmet said but little, yet he pressed her warmly to" his bosom, and their feelings held a silent meeting such a meeting perchance as is held in heaven only, when Ave part no more. In a low voice he besought her - not to forget him when the cold grave received his inanimate bodv he spoke of by gone davs the happy hours of childhood, when his hopes were bngiit and glorious, and he conelu ded by requesting her sometimes to visit the places and scenes that were hallowed tgemorvtljonx iifiTdStytit ins eh i 1 d 3, and though the world might pro- nooa, ana tnougn tne worm might pro nounce his name with scorn and contempt, $he prayed she should still cling to him with affection, and remember him when all others should forget. Hark! the Church bell sounded and he remembered the hour of execution. The turnkey en tered, and after dashing the tears from his eyes, he separated them from their long embrace, and led the lady from the dun geon. At the entrance she turned and their eyes met they could not say fare well ! The door , swung upon its heavy hinges, and they parted forever. Ko! not forever! is there not a heaven? . At sunrise next morning he suffered glo riously; a martyr to his country and to lib erty. " And onj o'er her the myrtle showers Its leaves by soft winds fanned, , She faded 'midst Italian flowers- The last of their fair band. 'Twas in tire land of Italy; it was the gorgeous time of sunset in Italy ; what a magnifican t scene! A pale, emaciated girl lay upon the bed of death. Oh ! it was hard for her to die far from her home in this beautiful land where flowers bloom pcrenial, and the balmy air comes freshly to the pining soul. Oh! no; her star had set; the brightness of her dream had faded her heart was broken. When ties have been formed on earth, close burning ties, " what is -more heart rending and agoni zing to the spirit, than to find, at last, the beloved one is snatched away, and all our love given to a passing floweret." Enough; she died the betrothed of Robert Emmet ; the lovely "Sarah Curran. Italy contains her .last remains; its flowers breathe their fragrance over her grave, and the lulling notes of the shepherd's lute sound a requi em to her memory. Anotiikk Spltcniud Doxatiox. It is on ly two or three weeks since, says the Na tional Intelligencer of Saturday, we had the gratification of recording the magnifi cent gift of twenty-five tJtousand dollars to the American Colonization Society by Da vid Hunt, Esq., of Mississippi. We have now the pleasure to announce an addition al splendid donation from the same noble hearted Philanthropist of twenty thousand dollars; a check for which amount was re ceived from him by the treasurer of the society day before" yesterday. This sum makes a total of more ia. fifty thousand dollars which has been contributed by Mr. Hunt to the philanthropic cause of coloni zation. How great are the blessings of wealth when possessed by one so humane and. generous !-r-Commercial Advertiser. - What wonderful, what world-wide, what t incomprehensible delusion ! Fifty thousand' dollars. are given, and for what? for exalting, for benefiting, for. improving negroes?'. ; Alas! no, but for sending "them back to Africa to relapse again into j their primitive barbarism", "w4iile at ; this very time the civilized world, is actually, suffer-' ing for increased supplies of cotton, sugar, coffee and all the tropical productions, , which are only to be had through the la bor of these negroes. Sugar and coffee are actually becoming so high as to be al most beyond the reach of the poorer clas ses, and yet a mistaken philanthropy is making these articles dearer and dearer, -until, like" satins and ermines, they can only be procured by the wealthiest classes; and worst of all, it is transforming happy, hrisfiahized, prpducting tegroB-iitfo av age, nonproducting barbarians. Verily, has honest delusion ever madea more pit iful exhibition of itself since Europe was whitened with the -bones of the Crusaders? New York Day Boole. Three Clianccg for a Wife. When a man has three chances for a wife, it is a hard mischance if it- should ail. Ihe following is one of those cases which might have occurred down east, but we are rather doubtful if a similar event ever was known in any other part oi tne world, uut let us give the expe rience of the gentleman, wlm had three chances, in Jus own language: 'I once courted a gal by the name of Deb Hawkins. I made it up to get mar ried. Well, while we were going up ' to the Deacon s I stepped mv foot into a mud puddle, and spattered they -mnd all over Deb Hawkin s new gown, made out of her grand mother's old chintz petticoat. Well, when we got- to the Deacon's, he asked Deb if jsLo would take me for her lawful. vedded husband ? 'No'ays she, 'I shan't do no such thing.' 'What on earth is the reason?' says I. 'Whv,' savs she, 'I've ta ken a mishken to you.' Well, it was all up with me then, but I gave her a string ot beads a few kisses, and some other no tions, and made it all up with her; so we went up to the Deacon's a second time. I was determined to come up to her this time, so When the Deacon asked me if I would take her -for my lawful, wedded wife. : says I, 'No, I shan't do no such thing.' 'Why, says Deb, 'what on airth is the matter?' 'Why,' says I, 'I have taken a mislikcn to you now.' AY ell, there it was up again, but I gave her a new apron, and - - - W - oth. little: trhikets ami- we went up again to be married. We expected that we should be' tied so fast that all na turcould'nt separate us, and when we as ked the Deacon if he would jit marry us, he said, 'No I shan't do no such tiling.' 'Why, what on airth is the reason?' said Aye. 'Why, says he, 'I have taken a mis liken to both of you.' Deb burst out cry ing, the Deacon burst out scolding, and "I burst out laughing, and such a set of reg' lar busters von never did see.' Oxk fok Dan Rice. Dan Rice, the well known clown, remitted in settlement of an account, to the publisher of a paper in the west, a three dollar bill, which whs returned.with the brief remark, "This note is counterfeit, please send another." It was two months before he heard from Dan again, when he apologised for the de lay, saying that he had been unable till now to find another counterfeit three dollar bill, but he hoped the one he how enclosed wouiu suit, proiessmg at the same tune ins inability to discover what the objection was to the other, which he thought as good a counterfeit as he ever saw. It must be admitted that Dan swept that board. .Mns. Partington Indignant. "Will you have a Daily Sun?" said a newsboy to Mrs. Partington. " Will I have a Daily Son ! Why, you little scape-grace! How dare you insin uate against a lone woman from home! No, indecd, I guess I won't hare a Daily Son My poor dead man used to com plain most awfully when I presented him a yearly son ! A daily son, indeed ! Be- And the old lady called for the turkey tail fan to keep from swooning. Bobtail Politicians. The Louisville Journal recollects hearing from the late Chief Justice Marshall, that Gov. Giles, of Virginia, once addressed a note of this tenor to Patrick Ilenrv: . at Sik: I understand that you have call- ed me a bobtail politician, i; wisn uo know if it be true, and if true, your mean ing. WM. B. GILES.' To which Mr. Henry replied in this wise: 'SikT: I do not recollect having called you a bobtail politician at anytime, but. think it probable I have.: Not recollecting the time or the occasion, I can't say what I did mean; but if you will" tell me what ...... l.!1r T tniu1l T tflll Mst l-1lfktl)r1 are correct or not.4"- - . . - Verv respectfully, u mm w a' Tirvn v .. 'Ah, me!' said a pious lady, 'our minis ter was 'V verv powerful preacher ; for the short time he ministered the word among us, he kicked three pulpits to pieces and banged the in'ards out of fiveBibles.'. Jin urn ihi H i
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