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NUXNEUY, is our authorized Agent for Moore county. W R. E. REEVES, Esq., is our authorized A.gent for the County of Surry. ir GEO. II. HAMILTON", Esq., ot Jelferson, is Dur Agent for the County of Ashe. VST" Mr. W. II. ROD WELL is our authorized Agent for Yadkin county. HISSAGEFEOM THE P RESIDENT. "We publish below the Message of Pres ident Ijiicaauau, sent to the house of Rep resentatives in reply to the factious, bitter uuscriipalous, and unjust charges prefer red against., him by the Black Republicans of that body. Comment on such a docu ment is unnecessary. It. speaks for itseif. It is worthy of the patriotic and ' gallant old man who has given nearly all his days to his country, and who stands now the ress of treason and fanaticism. The peo ple sustained Jacksox, and the people will sustain Buchanan : To the Home of Representatives : After a delay which has afforded me ample time for reflection, and after much and careful deliberation, i lind myself constrained by an imperious sense of duty as a co-ordinate branch of the Federal Government, to protect against the first resolution adopted by the House of Rep reseutatives, on the oth instant, and pub- lished in the Congressional Globe on tlie succeeding day. Tiiese clauses are the ioilowmg worus : "Resolved that a committee of five members be appointed by the (Speaker, for the purpose (iirst) of investigating whether the President of the United JStates or any other officer of the Government has, by money, patronage, or other improp er meanSjSoaght to influence the action of ionrress, or 4 any committee thereot, for or against tne passage ot any law apper taining to the rights of any State or Terri tory : (and 2nd,) "Also, jto inquire into and investigate whether any officer or of iicers ot the jrovernment have, by com bination or otherwise, prevented or de feated, or attempted to prevent or defeat the execution of any law or laws now up on the statute book, and whether the President has failed or refused to compel the execution Jof any law thereof." I conflue nryseif exclusively to these two branches of the resolution; because the portions of it which follow relate to alleged abuses in post offices, navy-yards public buildings, and other public works of the United States. Ik. such cases in quiries are highly proper in themselves, and belong equally to the Senate and House, as incident to their legislative du ties, and being necessary to enable them to discover and provide the appropriate legislative remedies for any abuses which may be ascertained. Although the terms of the latter portion of the resolution are extremely vague and general, yet my sole purpose in adverting to them at present is to mark the broad line of distinction be tween the accusatory and the remedial clauses ot this resolution. The House of Representatives possesses no power under the Constitution over the first or accusato ry portion of the resolution, except as an impeaching body; whilst over the Jlast, in common with the Senate, their authori ty as a legislative body is fully and cheer fully admitted. It is solely in reference to the first or impeaching power that I propose to make a few observations. Except in this single case, the Constitution has invested . t 1 the House of Representatives with no -power, no jurisdiction, no supremacy whatever over the president. In all oth .er respects he is quite as independent of them as they are of him. As a co-ordi-fiate branch, of the Government, he is their equal. Indeed, he is the only direct rep resentative on earth of the people of the sovereign States. To them, and to them alone, is he responsible whilst acting with in the, sphere of his-constitutional duty; and not in any manner to the . House of Representatives. The people have thought proper to invest him with the most hon orable, responsible, and dignified office in the world ; and the individual, however unworthy, now holding this exalted posi tion, will take "care., so tar as in him lies, that. their rights and prerogatives shall never be Violated in his person : but shall pass to his successor unimpaired by the j adoption ot a dangerous precedent. He against any unconstitutional attempt, come from what quarter it may, to abridge the constitutional rights ot the Executive, and render him subservient to any human power except themselves. The people have, not confined the Pres ident to the. exercise of Executive duties They have also conferred upon him a large. .Oi. . J ' TVT- l,:tl measure oi legislative uiscrenou. xu um can become a law without his approval as representing the people of the United States, unless it shall pass after his veto by a majority of two thirds of both houses. In his legislative capacity, he might, in common with the Senate and the House institute an inquiry to ascertain any facte which oughtno in flnence his judgment in approving or. vetoing an' bill. lhis participation in the performance ot leg brt spi lati for has oth the the rintios between tlie co-orciinate nent, ought to ii of them in their re ;her, with mutual t. At least each justice from the complaint is, that ights and immunities ot e been violated in the c Exec i person of tn, The trial c ident. impeachment of the President before the Senate, on charges preferred and prosecuted against him by the House of Representatiues, would be an imposing spectacle for the wcrld. In the result, liot'only his removal from the Presidential office" would be involved, but, what is of infinitely greater importancerto himself, his character, both m the eyes of tlie present and future generations,, might possibly be tarnished. The disgrace cast upon him, would, in some degree, ' be re flected upon the character of the Ameri- precautions adopted by the Constitution to secure a fair trial. On such a trial it de clares that "the Chief Justice shall pre side." This was doubtless because the framers ot the Constitution believed it to be possible that. the Vice 1 res ident might be biased by the fact that, "in case of the removal of the President Irom office," "the same shall devolve on resi- dent." The preliminary proceedings in tl ie House, in tne case ot cnarges wincii may involve impeachment, have been well and wisely settled hy long practice upon prin ciples of equal justice- both to the accused and to the people. The precedent estab lished in the case of Judge Peck, of Mis souri, in li31, after a careful review of all former precedents, will, 1 venture to pre dict, stand the test of time. In that case Luke Edward Lawless, the accuser pre sented a petition to the House, in which he set forth minutely and specifically his causes of complaint. He prayed "that the conduct and proceedings in this be half of said Judge Peck may be inquired into by your honorable body, and such decision made thereon as to your wisdom and justice shall seem proper." This pe tition was referred to the Judiciary Com mittee. Such has ever been deemed the appropriate committee to make similar in vestigations. It is a standing committee supposed to be appointed withoutreference to any special case, and at all times is pre sumed to be composed of the most eminent lawyers in the House from different por tions of the Union, whose acquaintance with judicial proceedings and whose hab its of investigation qualify them peculiar ly for the task. 2s o tribunal, from their position and character, could, in the na ture of things, be more impartial. In the case of Judge Peck the witnesses were se lected by the committee itself, with a viyw to ascertain the truth ot the charge. They were cross-examined by him, and every thing was conducted in such a manner as to afford him no reasonable cause of com plaint. In view of this precedent, and, what is of far greater importance, in view of the TT ! . i t Constitution and the principles of eternal justice, in what manner has the President of the United States been treated by the House of Representatives? Mr. John Co vode, a representative from Pennsylvania is the accuser of the President. Instead of following the wise precedents of former times, and especially that in the case of Judge Peck, and referring the accusation to the Committee on the Judiciary, the House have made my accuser one of my judges. To make tlie accuser the Judge is a vi olation of the principles of universal jus tice, and is condemned by the practice of all civilized nations. Every free man must revolt at such a spectacle. I am to appear before Mr. Covode, either person ally or by a substitute, to cross-examine the.witnes6sTwhicTOay produce ' be-, fore hiraseir.fd sjustaTn-his owe r accifsa-v tions agaipst me'aiidiperiiaps' even this poorgboctt may be dt$xe'd to the President.. And what is the aiattife of the investi gation which his resolution- proposes "to institute ? It is as.pfjievnd jgeneraL-as the English language fiords words ;in which to make it.; Thje committee is to in quire, not info-'ang specific charge or char ges, bur whether the? president has, by money, patron age, . or ' other improper means, sought to influence,' not the ac- tion of any individual ihember of Congress Uaut.Vthe action" of fife "entire body "oT .jCongTeSsV. itRftlf. tcor onf ftfrnmirtar- t'ri Ot. ie irresi dent might have had some glimmering ot the nature of the offence to be investigated had his accuser pointed to the act or acts of Congress which he sought to pass or to defeat by the employment of "money, patronage, or other improper means." . But the accusation is bounded by no such limits. It extends to the whole circle of legislation ; to interference "for or against the passage of any law apper taining to the rights of some State or Ter ritory f And what law does not apper tain to the rights of some State or Territo ry 2 And what law or laws has the Pres ident failed to execute? These might ea sily have been pointed out had any such existed.- ' Had Mr. Lawless asked an inquiry to be made by the House whether Judge Peck, in general terms, had not violated hisiudicial duties, without the soecifica- tion of any yjarticnlar act, I do not believe there would have been a single vote in that body in favor of the inquiry. Since the,: time of the Star Chamber and of general warrants there has been no such proceeding in England. j I- The House of Representatives, the high lmpreachmg power ot the country, -without consenting to hear a word ot explana tion, have endorsed this accusation against the President, and made it their own act. They even refused to permit a member to inquire of the President's accuser what were the specific charges againt him. Thus in. this preliminary accusation of ""nigh "crimes and misdemeanors" against a co-ordinate branch of the Government under the impeaching power, the House refused to hear a single suggestion even in regard to the correct mode of proceeding; but, without a moment's delay passed the. IIjRQ to' Jsoit"l r wiatfJttl.l Lkv . -- -- " of the previous qhesfioriV "x - In the institution of prosecution for any offence against the most humble citizen and 1 claim for myself no greater rights than he .enjoys the Constitution of the United States and ci the several States re quire that he shall be informed in the ve ry beginning, of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, in order to en able him to prepare for his defence. Thera are other principles which I might enum erate, not less sacred, presenting an im penetrable shield to protect every citizen falsely charged with a criminal offence. These have been violated in the prosecu tion instituted by the House of Represen tatives against the Executive branch of the Government. Shall the President alone be deprived of the protection of these great principles which prevail in every land where a ray ot liberty pene trates the gloom of despotism ? Shall the Executive alone be deprived of rights which all his fellow citizens enjoy? The Avhole proceeding against him justifies the fears of those wise and great men who, before the Constitution was adopted by the States, apprehended that the tendeney of the government was to the aggrandize ment of the Legislative at the expense of the Executive and Judicial Departments. I again declare, emphatically, that I make this protest for no reason personal to myself ; and I do it with perfect respect for the House of Representatives, in which I had the honor of serving as a member for five successive terms. I have lived long in tnis goodly land, and have enjoy ed all the offices and honors which my country could bestow. Amid all the po litical storms through which I have pass ed, the present is the first attempt which has ever been made, to my knowledge, to assail my personal or official integrity ; and this as the time is approaching when I shall voluntarily retire from the service of my country. I feel proudly conscious that there is no public act of my life which will not bear the strictest scrutiny. I de fy all investigation. Nothing but the ba sest perjury can sully my good name. I do not fear even this ; because I cherish an humble confidence that the gracious Being who has hitherto defended and pro tected me against the shafts of falsehood and malice will not desert me now, when I have become "old and grey-headed." I can declare before God and my country that no human being (with an exception scarcely worthy of notice) has at any pe riod of my life dared to approach with a corrupt or dishonorable proposition ; and until recent developments, it had never entered into my imagination chat any per son, even in the storm of exasperated po litical excitement, would charge me, in the most remote degree, with having made such a proposition to any human being. I may now however, exclaim, in the lan guage of complaint employed by my first and greatest predecessor, that I have been abnsed "in such exaggerated and indecent terms as could scarcely: be applied' to v a IS ero, ta a notorious defaulter, or even to . a common pickpocket' ';.,-'- "", -"eit!iore, ior reasons statea ana. in the name of the people vof the-;, several. States, solemnly protest against these ro-1 ceedings of the House, of Representatives;, because they.are in violation.of the rights 'of the co-ordinate Executive Granch ot the government and subversive of its constitu-;. tional .independence ; because -.thev - are" calculated, to foster a band of interested, parasites and intbrmersr ever 'read v."'' for their own advantage, tor swears-boceajsi comimiiees to pretenoea rivate conversation oetween tne irresmeut ana themselves, ineapable, from their nature of being dLproved ; thus furnishing mate rial for harassing him, degrading him in the eyes of the country, and eventually, should he be a weak or timid man, render ing him subservient to improper influen ces, in order to avoid such persecutions and annoyances; because they tend to destroy that harmonious action for the common good which ought to be main tained and which I sincerely desire to cherish, between co-ordinate branches of the government; and finally, because if unresisted they would establish a prece dent dangerous and embarrassing to all my successors, to whatever political party they might be attached. JAMES BUCHANAN. Washington, 28th March, 1860. A Compliment to Virginia, "We clip the following from an Editorial correspondence ot the New York Day JBook, and recommend it to the attentive perusal of every American who loves his country, and cherishes the institutions be queathed to as by our Revolutionary sires: - W "There cannot be any true American who wilJ not feel some degree of pride' f that -Washington's tomb and residence are; - .-: .s rescued from destruction and decay that all caa visit them without objection fronx any quarter, and that they will remain' hereafter for all time as one spot in this country where patriotism shall iovejto lin ger, ai:d where all may turn to gatner in spirations of filial affection for teiiv cQiiii try and her glorious institutions. I would not inrlulo'p. iii li.ri worshio-ivTJUis destie- generacy rather thihthe progress Tof aba- tion. It enfeebles patriotism rather than developes it ; but a proper respect for one's ancestors is not man-worship, and, above all, it is not personal adulation which prompts it, as long as the great principles of which they were the representatives, are kept in view. We can only appreciate Washington as we contemplate the causes which impelled his action, and as 1 was recurring in thought to the past as I trod the soil of that grand old State, Vh-ginie, 1 could not help remembering what a mighty part she has played in our history as a nation. Henry, by his electric eloquence, first aroused the slumbering patriotism of the people Jefferson embodied these thoughts in his immortal Declaration Washing ton, by his matchless skill, prudence and sagacity, fought out the grand result while Madison combined the discordant elements in Constitutional formulie. Was there ever a single State in ancient or modern times, that ever achieved so much for the cause of liberty and humanity as Virgin ia? I have always been prouder of the fact that I was an American citizen than of any other thing in this world, but I never before felt so proud of it as I did when I trod the soil of Mount Vernon, and remembered these things. There was but one regret mingled with it and that was, that I was not also a V lrgmian. Charles P. Fishek, Esq. The last Greensborough Patriot, smarting under old sores, spits forth,, another column of venom at Mr. Fisher. That paper charg es that the N. C. Road is "rented out" to Mr. Fisher, and that under this contract, Mr. Fisher is taansportiug iron for the Western Extension to the neglect of freight, &c. Now, no one will believe this charge. The Editor of the Patriot himself does not believe it. It is but a continuation of the unjust warfare waged on Mr. Fisher, simply because he is a Democrat, and because the Road prospers in his hands. Mr. Fisher can well afford to disregard these attacks. His labors, his anxieties, his sacrifices of time aud health for the success of the Road speak for him. The vipers are gnawing a file. We have paid some attention to the management of the Railroads in this State, and we can conscientiously say that an ef fort would be made in vain to obtain the services of men better qualified, or who would perform their duties more judi ciously and satisfactorily than Messrs. Fisher, Pearson, Ashe, Wilder, and Whit ford have performed theirs. No " doubt the Presidents of new lines are doing and will do - as well as these gentlemen. We refer to the latter only because four of the Roads have been for some time in full operation, while the fifth (the Western Extension) is already in use for some fifty or sixty miles. Raleigh Standard. I'he Difference Between Gov. Ellis o ; . . and Mr; Pool. . ,' In'reply to a" charged made by "the Greensborbugh Batriot, that 'Gov. El'is has prpvediTecreantto the ..best interests ot the West," the Standard says : But wh&i or 7iow has Gov. Ellis "prov ed recreant, to the - best interests rot the West ?" : rA western man himself, having B2rvedKthe ;we8tern' peftple in the 'Legisla ture and m the E&ec'utivo- chair, ho is r charged fojh the firs time. with: recreancy .tQ.4ii8.pw-iv;fiecuoni,iiIie.-cIiarge has no folP.djiiarUa4'act.vAU hk. ..votes . in-tW Legislature and all . hia acrs as -Govern or give theJie to the charge. -He was the fast f riend of the N. C. Railroad ' which goes by the door of the Patriot, and which has contributed so much to improve Guil ford and the regions beyond, while John Pool was doing all he could to thwart and cripple it. Largely through his-efforts, and efforts of the great State party, whose candidate he is, the mountain or the tun nel division of he Western Extension has been placed under contract ; that tunnel which Gen. Dockery, the Patriot's candi date for Governor in 1S56 promised to bore, and which he refused to bore in 185b'-'7, John Pool, as a member of the Senate, standing by and saying, well done Dockery ! We have the proois of this in the Journal, and will produce them indue time. The truth is that John W. Ellis, if he were capable of such bad faith as Gen. Dockery exhibited in the Senate in 1856, could "prove recreant" tc one-half the great interests of Western Carolina, and then show more real evidences of devotion to that portion ot the State than John Pool has ever 6hown -or ever will siiow. The difference between Gen. Dockery, the Patriot's candidate in 1856, and Mr. Pool, theatris;jgulklidate in I860, is about jthisT ehi:0ockery promised and did not perform MfePool has never eveh promis- yed, as: fara&W"eistern interestsira-re' - con cerned. V All Mr Pool's votes in the Leg islature, as far as we havecbeen :able to examine themprove that he acted in that body as if thfereS were no Western inter ests. He voted against the tunnel, which theDemocratic party, with the aid of Gov. Ellis, are now. engaged in boring ; he also voted against, the . Payette villfs ; Coalfields Road; and then, dodged the ?ptc on, the rgvmfebill ?Llch 1 1 e w would have Ibeen, driven to repudiation ! He did thisjjtoo, without negation ana most ungratefully. Yes, most ungratefully; for in 1850-7, though he voted to defeat the Western Extension, yet Thomas aud Coleman, of the West, af terwards voted for the appropriation for the Albermarle and Chesapeake Canal, a measure to benefit his own constituents; and though in 185S-'9 he opposed every effort to obtain an appropriation for the Fayetteville Coalfields Road, yetMaj. Gil more, the Senator from Cumberland and Harnett, voted as Messrs. Thomas and Coleman had done at the previous session, for the Albermarle and Chesapeake Canal. He also voted in 1856-7 against the bill to establish the new County of Alleghany; and not content with voting, so indifferent was he to the Western interests, that he moved on one occasion to postpone the bill indefinitely. And this is the champi on of Western interests ! Gov. Ellis has "proved recreant" to the West ; but John Pool, who has never treated the Western people with common justice, much less generosity, is aU at once their friend and champion ! A WOMAN JOINING THE SONS OF MALTA. The disappearance ot a man named Curtis Irom Zanesville Ohio, supposed to have been spirited away and disposed of by the Sons of Malta, for exposing their secrets, is explained. His wife publishes a statement in which she says that her hus band left town because he was angry and moitified at her having imposed herself upon the sons of Malta, dressed in man's clothes and been partially initiated. Mrs. Curtis gives an amusing account other ex perience among the Sons. She and a neighbor, Mrs. Smith, having a womanly curiosity to explore the secrets which their husbands would not tell them, bribed one of the Sons to introduce them as men, for initiation. They, put on their husbands' clothes and went to the lodge-room. They did not go through all the ceremonies. Mrs. Curtis got only as far as being tossed in a blanket. She describes the conclu sion of her adventcre as follows : "When the conductor said, 'Can von swim sir?' I said Yes!" "Can you said swim in fourteen feet water?" I the deeper the better 1" "Well, takeoff your coat and try yourself." Now, when he said "take off your coat," that scared me, because I had put on a loose sack on purpose, for reasons you will see your self. However, I thought a moment and then said, "No sir ; never heed the coat I can swim as well with as withoutjit I" "Very, well," said th conductor, "your peril wil be upoo your own head. Now, hold up your right liandr .6ir take this life-preserver and ,v Here he,gay mb a push and I;.went over backward,' and. as soon, as I alighted Xentlip agaio?'flying, j -7-then-down and up in'the-same way, un til' .thought all my brainsrwerc flying out of tUe top.6f mj heaJd, thed everything , swam' round and round" tratjl I did- fiot V; know anything at "all tor I had fainted.',- "The next place I found myself in wai the antechamber, or rather, - just Jjeig , led info the ante-chamber by two" njen, "r aud I was firsf conscioustfrat :must have been sitting iii' a bathtub with. nrV Oth3 on.-I-think' the" cool air brought "me ,C my senses. Ther two men looked' very sorry. I lo ka 1 about for Mrs. Smith and Joe, but they had gone as soon as they heard the noise in initiating, me. I asked one of the men if Mr. Curtis was in the lodge. The man said he was. I said I should like to see him a minute. The man went into the lodge-room, and presently out came my beautiful husband, all muffled up. I just whispered a word or two in his ear, and maybe he did'nt pull off his gown and hood in 6hort order and walk home with me. He left me that night in anger and mortification, and I have not seen him since. But then he had no need to be angry, because he has always known that I have been in favor of "woman's rights," and have always held that women are as capable as men. But when it comes to the Sons of Malta, I think "woman's rights" is a failure ; they cannot doit." - Impeachment of tHo President. The message of the President, - remon strating against the assumption. of the House of Representatives, clearly demon strates the unconstitutional exercise of power on the part of that branch of the government, and the danger of an ..acqui escence in the positions assumed by it1,, re- lative to the Executive. 4 The candor and justice of the country -cannot fail to sustain . , Mr. Buchanan in his resistance t6 the art bitrary action; initiated by the Black Re- publicans. byjappi;oving of his patriotic ; effort to stay that spirit of. partisan hostili ty which defies. .every principle of equity a"nd constitutional law in seeking the grat ification of its malignity. Those unscrn pulous men at iVashihgton who are abus ing their temporary privileges to over-. 'KdlTtei r. factious' proceedings" snarply re bnked by the honest citizeu-t the wnoie n country, and the representative of the people in the Presidential chair firmly sup ported in his resistance to the illegal arro gance of his enemies. The Opposition have outraged truth and decency in their desperate attempts to obtain the control of the country. If the confederacy is ta be preserved, and the just and defined au thority ot the administration maintained, a limit must be placed upon the aggressive insolence of such agitators as now direct the proceedings in the lower House of Congress. The three departments of gov ernment should, each, be sanctioned in the defence of all rights, but the moment one branch oversteps the bounds prescrib ed for it by fundamental law of the na tion, the whole fabric is endangered and an alarming stride made toward that point where anarchy will commence. This point the opposition appear anxious to at tain they are like wreckers on the coast ; they desire to see the Ship ot State strand ed, if their own pilot be not at the helm, that they may plunder the cargo. But the political storm they invoke will in vole only themselves in ruin, while the! staunch old bark will secure a safe an chorage under the guidance of a resolute Democratic crew. Boston lost. The supreme Court of the United States and the Seicarditcs. The comprehensive philosophical states man easily sees that the Supreme Court is an institution of the greatest value and importance ; and none the less so from the fact that the judges, being men, may some times make mistakes. Never is it more important to sustain an important depart ment of the Government than when by the firm discharge of duty it has becomo unpopular for the time. A judiciary is of comparatively little value if it cannot breast and stem the current of popular prejudice ; aud never should the wise and strong men of the land rally to the Eupport of the judiciary so stoutly as when it has made itself unpopular by the faithful per formance of constitutional duty. If Mr. Seward were the great statesman that his admirers claim him to be, he vrould now be defending the Supreme Court against the coarse attacks of his subalterns, instead of lending himself, in his subtle and in sidiods way, to their aid. There is no. better proof of people's capacity for self government than their readiness to sub mit to a temporary inconvenience or dis appointment for the sake of a vital prin ciple. Despotism, says Montesquieu, cuts down the tree in order to gather the fruit; radicalism sets lire to the house in order to cure a smoky chimney. Mostooi Cou rier. New Yoke, March 26. The report ol Stewart's insanity is nnfonnded, f - v. St 1
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