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r i tito state or t fatuatioriv...! --! of j rfy, lhc7 f ruh that nothing butthe laM te SmPhe capable 5in Uem to reflect upon iur a..gc.u. predicament ditMMioWrjs Jtfevcr lurcetlian "V .iJ.t.s:a. i f!i hare the pre"lV . ..ieaiares of their lead- o7e . Sri mcure of their lead- StOOU.TJ crud to ,rcn,wiv. "yv ; . I.- ;.;d lie iHn;.f .Kc uunjled on a Woody bat, !e-ficld are rial more affecting, t un lie cries of the ruined and the hrukfi:.Srartcd iimv Wrd through the vWKfU'iiSth ami breadth f our coulttrtv WluUt w drplore a, stale of thins whiJi we have done i evcrj thing n wir-powcr to prevent; it is asubject of grat ification to niTceive that, it ilia at .length routed in the le bigot ed auMirreiit utAhe'ir id condiiion to Ueartrean.sJo go blin u bacVU;4he reciMeciiii of better, days, ad traee:our Umry up, W the present nme.uMi we ma . -ami win htencr, liheG'iveniineiit ,w auuMoisierea br profound statesmen .devoted taiul , duun tcreited palriotSr Dim ing that period, a (Coun try so prosperous and haippj a our own, one that moyeiTon with so successful a dctelnpl men t of its .tail- resource, the World lias.'iiev 'tffeen.'-T cloud daUMuuurJwriz()n for Woreithan a brief period of .ifijne,and"tben from causes that no foresigla could avoid, and of it nature to which every iPeople ; inust be subject however wisely its Government inajf be dmiifwtercU. f u H . The bleswinof piprMy4anil Jiapptnes were -vouchsafed to us througti all ihiftipace of time, until the; ptMp1e iivair evihour with hearts pVerBwing with gratitude t the founder of oirlkstitlUiio to the belief that IhejN woufd fint(; in' Getu Jacox : a second js .Wahisgtos and nUcml him aLi he head ofellie Guvenvmeut. ' .! JUS-MI"',","" VV 1 ... . :i ..'.), ' without his piissessing a single cjualificalkml lor its taft aumtnulrntton. r Had Ge Xicmon jbeettWUelyt dijBtrnst fufof his ownfcanacitv, he would have found iq the example of his iltustrtons predecessors the chart of 8aletif: ;He had bat u tlirowliim aelf omhe wave that wis cariry ins the' whole country on U its proud and enviable desiuiyi; and all would liavO beett0w.ell..BuV the in firmity of bis character prevailed over the dic tates of reason, With daring courage tndeeu but vet with presumption which ignorance alone could exciucVho approached ihe'most oeueaie anu viiai pnocipies ... iu uic .science u Government, and determined to reorw? lUein ' though Uie wisdom of : nations bad declared thenj good, and the 'e x per ience 'of ages liad pronuu uced. ihe iu se itled. A;tI e took hold sof r the currency and the iancea ohe country anu, m tne aosence pi ooui inn.nnaiion ami Pe!?5l,cc,,n afcject,relved f hange them' from -.Uieir settled foundations.! - And tliis purpose he accomplished, iti violation of the samuity of the ConMitntion, and ih'disre aird'of laV.Vithout' a .'faltering' steppe pur sued bis '"determination, which has been of so much mischief tlie prolific source The warn- in? of wise counsel, the remonstrances of friendrvand the predictions of evil, only made his resolves the more inflexible, and his means of accomplishing tliem the more desperate. - Thus was' laid the foundation of all the evils which now scourge the country ; and our present Chief M4jitrate, by following in the footsteps bf hi$ illustrious predeees- so r, has consummated the work of mischief and ruin.'.i-i. ; .. '1 : ' j,.. ! " Froir the beiriuninjr of Geh.r Jacksons I crusade again't the currency, the finances, and the institutions upon which their success- ful management essentially j depended, most be dated the uowniaiiot our national prosper- ity and happiness, 1 And, if the wit of man- ainu iiau oeen t.seii,ui,wnra out a scueme 4f the quickest aud moat successful ruin, none could have been devised more fatal and eih. cient thanthat whoso success Gen. JabitsoN's 'flatterers made him believe was tocrown bis fame With unfading glory, i We have but t(, Tcast our eves over our continent, and we be- hold in. all directions the sad memorials of a desperate and fatal rnal-admnitratioii of pub- lie atTiirs Our commerce, that once floated on every seV has dwindled down to a mere remnant, Our rnantifctures, that erewhile Vfcre enlivened with Ithe busy movements ff industry and profit,; are lingering out an un profitable 'existence.; Our agriculture,' than -iitttu lately, was rewarded with a nek return eeeks in vain tor a market. ...,. tior internal ira - "prbvements, lhat lecently stretched out their thousand arms .to embrace Uie Union in one bond of fellowship and intercourse,! are abari doned. and many millions ol their cost are - already lot to ;lhe "cbuiitryj in fconsequehcej. iThal stream i of ?capitaT flowing, in from capacious reservoirs in the Old(World to seek employment in the enterprise of the Ne w, is wltollv cut off".-; Our! credit, that once stood - witlt irood resnect ,in all Vthe' marts "of thb world, It 'tio w dishoriored.f Our enterprise, J that was wont to eblore every, avenue for jjruui, is sinciven uown jn nopeiesa. uespair. iless desDair. V , -. i , . ; v. - - M TT -T-.T , --l- jjoor, uwv ofougui lis return ot napnmess and comfiirl tit ton f il now; wanders about in raes- beffginff'for eni - - -------- iir'uoaiiua ui aaiiiiiacs ploymenL I he exehangea of our country, winch, ten yeari ago, elood; at less ihaii one per: cent oeiween ipe extremes of. the U- n ion, are now ranging,-; oetween -Maces on - ly a hundred or two biles apart, at from six and seven to -fifteen fnd twenty per cent. lit fine, national psralyeitV ruined fortunes. . gloom, suflerbg anil hahkiupt .Treasury ;; v are the prints of Gen. Jacksiin's footsteps. in which Mr. Van Busen lias faithfully fol lowed. ', - itt M ' Such are the conseaitenees of castincrawav the valuable lights ofxx jfrienceubstitutIng jox iHem the crudities of ignorance and ex- pciimemiug wnn uie, iiU'-niood oi a nation s -prorVerity. tWlien ihii. fatal purpose was -I :' arty ft inrtt of inquiry into the causes and the aathot of so much Vril. - ,n"t Weaiik'oncc bore of ivicM of theV" as arc rdiscoverwhat iwveoeew itrer the authors; of nil tin inisciuei. t -ffrt foriv ahi'orur ri3tlHral CX- i 'fir&rlisC- T General Jc Mr -Tt "r"iouncf " it w neres) . t run - nr hav been ??;';:." SPo urring their reach intoluretour, fn ifefr "V? tT? a -J MA0dl-iK PPViieverfK revu.t wwcu. i n'itoriinsi tlieraslUndirettlea. ,ire f the Executive the warning voice of rel'tatesinenwaa .raised with earnest entreaty. 4 Their protestations against it were loud and long, and llietr resistance to it was of h btildnesa proportioned to" the magnrtode of the evil which they apprehended. : But mischief Jield the reins of , Government, and they have driven headlong over the ramparts of the law and the prostrate interests of the country. :S.rt:jl f i-f ". A" " Nortfije tlungf yetreachetltheworst, nnlesa'ihej'eople interpose. .The tendency of tliingsls Jti downward. , The same stern resolve that,1ias broken down the prosperity of the country ir now afVork to crush witti U the'spiril that dares id compUin.TS'uccess in this lasvelfort is .all that ia wanting to per petuate the reigii of tyranny;and oppression, under whicli the country has already groaned too longJ ':-xM- sf -J-.- f Surely"Uf there be any troth in the picture which we have sketched of the present state of our rodntry and that there is, we presume no one- will denyand if tlie utate-of .things be, as. it undeniably, is, the fruit of inal-ad- ministration of public affairs, still .wilfully persisted in ; ;what , reasonable-or - thinking mail but must be satisfied of the necessity of a change of administration produce a changQ in the face of public auirstJ 'r r oeutng astue an questions oi persopai prc feirence, or party pride or . predilect'un, is it likely, wa ask, that a dogged perseverance in a foolish' and minoos policy will lead to a wise and prosperous end ! Is it not the known determination of -the now dominant power in the Government to persevere in its presenf policy? Is there, then,any other cartliry mode of bringing back, the country, to its for mer sonrid and happy condition than, by a concert if all men who see and acknowledge these truths, to effect i such a reform, in the adminhHralion of the Government as will give it a he w direction t - 'i ' ' rr, ; i j nese; are questions wiucti, are pui 10 our readers, f and .whirh- we trust .that. those who "m if- i.1' i "... ... yet doubt will think npon, and each one an swer for and to hliikteluNatilnieltigehce?. " GEN; HARRISON ON AGRICULTURE. The follo wing extract from an Address by Gen.5 Harrison before an A'gricnltural Socie ty in Ohio, is at once eloquent and true. It exhibits a fust conception of the dignity and puruy oi ine primiiive empiojmeni oi man: - 'The encouragement of Agriculture, gen tlemen, would be praiseworthy in any coun try; in our own it it fleculiarlr so. - ot on ly to multiply the means and enjoyments of life, hut as giving greater' stability and seco rity to cur political institutions. In alt ages, and in all countries, it has been observed that the cultivators of the soil, are those who are the least willing to part with their rights, and submit themselves to the will of a master. I have no doubt, 'also, that a taste for "r asricul- 1 pursuits is the best means of discipl in- .,- rmw:Uon 6fti10& dar;nsr .nirits.ho occaaimialty spring up in the world, for good or for evil; to defend or destroy the liberties of their fellow men, as the principles received from education or circumstances may tend. As loner as the leaders of the Roman armies were taken from the nou?h. to the nlou?h tliev .wero nriltincr in reiurrti Nevir tn nhe character of the General, forgetting the duties of the citizen, and ever ready to exchange the tnumplial purple, for tlie . homely jrestinents of the husbandman. . . The history of. that far-famed republic is full of instances of this kind; but none more remarkable than our 5 own age and country hare produced. The fascinations of power. mill ilic irniuilliws oi CUIUIIIallU, WCrc as mUCIl I despised, and the enjoyment of rural scenes j ami employments as highly prized, by our I WASMING J ON, as by Uincinnatus or Reg-! ulur. At the close of his glorious military! career,r he says; I am preparing to return to mat domestic retirement - which it is well known; I left with the deepest regret, and for ! .which i nave noi ceasea io sign mrougn a long and pain ful absence." " 4 , I ' -.. Major Jack Downing is always quick in discerning any black clouds, that threaten to overshadow the party.' In a late letter, pub- iwneu-iu me new iorK express, ne men- ilon3 several scenes, the like of which are constantly occurring in every town in our vumuvi i 9 hui.iv miviu nib aaiitaiiiU9a IdlliiCre or fishermen. The Major says: -.-.' 'T- T -.fi'l I'.dropt in to 'have a' talk with my old friend Mahgum, the blacksmith, who wasT a spell ago one of our stand-bys, and found his fire out and his bellows leathers breathless. I Why.' says I, Bangum, how goes it?' 'Bad l enur,! saya het and ;soa saya net and . so, he, went on talking about want of work. &c. that horses even V went barefoot and no shoes wanted. Bui? ay 1 hear fAaf' and I jingled two pieces ot gold that I keep ire ray pocket : and with tnai ne seizeu nis sieugenarnmerand siamm d it on an anvil. IIear thaC says he. nMajor and . which makes the most noise? hut what doe it amount to IV I seed at once that he was over the fence, and so I trudged round lb old ' Plankum: the- shiruwrio-ht. and1 found him and his children scraping un cIuds in his ship-yard, and so 1 d cm! god round the corner I and said nothinir there, and sn from nnfvlt.i I w...- Mizanuiraaeioanotner.iouniipretiv ntsha II r vu t hwiiik isttsiij aibvi cwci w aviic a uiaeu if a 1 crit their teeth,' and tliat is what I Call rale flTi;A-And some do say ihe farmers are alsa complaining, hut this can't he, for the Gene ral and Mr. Van Buren said that the farmers 1 would all be rich and hannv.- and contented. provided the merchants and bankers and! all I tliat train was broken down. There U one class of folks, however, who are doing ell. and we must stick to them, no matter 4iow much other folks complain, for it is for their interest to wort sharp ta keen the part v, to- gether,and that i tfe officeholders. No mr ter now bad the times be, the worse they be tne vtoetter ;ror ; them, for their wages don't cnange. i ne scarcer monev is. the mor tlieyican boy with ihejr wpgcjt, .which nerei lessens. ' : " ' " " J " I f - - J W w r k ft i ln conformity to previous notice, a meet ing of a number of ilhej Kepublican Whig txxii ns 6f Orange .county ;was" jieldf atlhe i-lio'Je in lliilsborouglu on Friday,' jhe Court - ,13ili InstinC for, the "purpose of concerting easureaJbratumiiiating a auitable candidate to be placed on the Whig Electoral Ticket for this District. J , t . ? Lf 1? The ineetiiig havrng been called to order, Catlel Caroplnjll,Estvvapptnted OhaiV man, and Drhnis'JieaAfiauVr.ulfnud didate for thii District to be placed on the Woi lee toral Ticket.4 f b Mess rs. " W il 1 i a IV 5Iangn m , Harrison Parker, iDr. E. Strnd wick, William ITApti comb, and, John Ray7beu.! were appointed to eompose said Ooaimtttee.-: -,Hfp Mr. Hugh Waddell addressed to the meet ing;a few pertinent remarks, in his usual fervent -style V in; the course of Vhicb, Ire suggested the propriety of placing upon our. Electoral J ickel men who would be capable and willing to canvass their respective dis tncts, and place before the people such toy formation as .would enable them to decide justly upon the gi tat political questions now- agitaieil ; and also of inviung an interchange of visits and discussions with the Virginia electors on our Northern borders, us proposi ed by the' Virginia Convention. , He did not: propose any instruction to our delegates iUf the district sroeeiingr buth merely threw out. these remarks as suggestions which had paa setl over his' mind..-MCt?,-;';'.;if W jHThe Hon. Willie P. Man?umvalso -ad dressed the meeting in a few brief remarks f and concluded with offering the fol lo winf Resolutions Which were unanimously adopr I - t Jluolvtd, That the Whig party of Orange wiflj if the usual period, present a. full ticket of candidates; to' represent said county in the Senate and House of Commons of the nexCLegislatureV .' : f J Resolved, That our Whiybrethren in the Tarioo parts of the county, be requested to consult the wish es of the people, to regard to the; proper persons to b5' selected as ; candidates, and that, they convey thoi wishes, through Agents to meet at Hillsborough, o the Tuesday of the next County Court. . , ! s " Resolved, That in these times of pecuniary distrl! and general calamity in all the business concerns-ojf the country the result, not of seasons of drought and diminished crops, but of a deeply disordered sii4 doranrml sti of onblic aflairs. 4t is the dutr oi err good citizens to take that position the public will may assign 10 mm, anu iu sixuggw wiu uu uig spirit, for the ascendency of genuine RepubEcj Whig pnnnplcs and Wnig practices. ' On motion it was also ( f F ' Rciolvcd That it be recommended to the Com ft tees from Person Granville, and Orange, to meet si Red Mountain on the last Saturday in April next,jbt the fulfilment , of the duty osidgned to them of sel3c ing a candidate for Elector for this district. . ,'2' . H. K. Nash, Esq, presented a Resolution? expressing in strong erins, uisapprooauoii of the insult which Judge Saunders, in hi address to the fpeople on Tuesday, had casj u pn the Ediutr of the Star, and condeinningi . also", the action of the Van Buren Convent tion on the subject , in nil liic suujcwu., s I f j r On introducing this Resolution, Mr. Nash, observed, tliat had the, matter rested whe?e4 it uod on Tuesday evening, he should not have thought it proper, to propose .any. action npfin it by this meeting; but he had learned that the Van Buren ;Louveniion wlncli a- sembled on Thursday, had passed a Rsolu tion, unjustly, as he thought, censuring Mr! McQtieen.'aiid -therebyshadeffivenlo -tne transaction a party character. Mr. McQueen had visited this place as a private citizen, tot obtain subscriptions for a literary publication. ana nau oecn puouciy anu grossly msuueu as a member of the: Whiz oartv ; and lie? therefore, thought it due to him, and to th$L party, to place the matter in its true light. ; P. H. Mansum, Esq. objected to the auuuuuu ui nic i:jiiuiiuii . no ojiu, however much he might favor the sentiments ot the Kesolution, he Iiau no idea oH making this personal contest a party concern. Lefe the Vati Buren party do so if they think proper ; tneir cause neeus sucu props; nu he hoped the Whig party would louk lisher and leave Mr. McQueen to fight his owiV battles; as he was abundantly able to do, ' Giles Mebane, Esq. remarked, that heent tlrely concurred in the sentiments advanced :..'.u r I.. : . u... i. .u i.. III UIB JVCSMIUUWIl , UIH lie uiuugiu wiui Oirtv Mangum, that the Whig party should havtyi nothing to do with it. Mr McQueen had,! been wantonly insulted, and he resented; ii as a man oi warm leeungs woutu ne verv apt io uo in UKe circumsiancet. . nis lati; guage might have been rash; impetuous, im prudent; but there was a spirit in hishnsrirfj that could hot brook an open insult. He det fended himself tlien, and he can d it again c Mr. Nash made a few remarks in repryjT and ably - justified the views I he 'took of thtt matter ; but said that in compliance with the advice or some of his friends, he would withdraw the Resolution ; which he accor dingly did. ".?i'r ' l- '-.' . i On motion, the meeting then adjourned " i CATLET CAMPBELL, Chm'n Dekxis Heaktt, f ."' E- ..! r Seeerctanes. n DJCC5D OTKUOWICK, 3 . tj :' NORTH CAROLtti A. V Until a few days past, - we have believe that those of our friends' who hare counted on the vote of North Carolina for Gen. Har rison. were too ssnsuine. and we had almost itciiinfl nr ;.. q.. a ut i-ifMvu ll riblllK till; lllll ' UMiC IE sume theaution whinh aim ompp hld amntt the Republican Statesofi'tlie confederacy. But we are happy to be enMhled to saythak rrom conversations which we have recently held with intelligent gentlemen from varin'ue quarters of the State, especially the 7? we have come to the conclusion that if "North! Carolina votes far. Van Buren,- it will oe at tributable to Uie lukewarmness of the Whisa themselves. That such a result will bepro uuecu djf sucn a cause, we nave too mucrf respect lor the intelligence and patnotism uie state to fear for a moment. With an ahjt and etncient press, intelligent and popular jbiecinrs, ana industrious Uommittees of Vig lianee and Correspondence, the old NortM otaie win oe as sorely round on the righ side otyhe.political fence is the day of elec4 ; won comes.j'erenovrg intelligencer. StWftlwtefcBegnCTaerf $ On motion of.Dr.ames Webb, it,was jres,3i? of.niottey bylhetnegligence-drllJislidiiesty -Wljjn eounues of uranTuie.ana reraoa, to nonuaaie a can-1 - vrw i THE P. ?LL ' 1 -B Tt TK LOif .:.GRL .SIQ.NV T. piSTRItrr. f II is adniitte'T VI "Y-l'es; ftat the r -nerd Gof ernment hold Jo ! i trust. , i; 4a no more right" to" 4&use Us' trust, by ' usios the monies arising from the- sales of these lands for ib own pffpries,thanaa-iedifiduainw6hlttof rpasseaMirour,i tnis,upnnty-111 tie. vicinity Liilraseof property confined t'him in trust! .f Arid fof -A.akeFc .JstJ ahr!, what appears almost ifJtiwouU.be.dbbone8rittin individual to dp sowfincreddle, weJLarn ftdwijamimber of the there is no rule that would make it otherwise in the mosl respectable citizens of the eriuiity, who the monies recieved from the sales of the public lands " i'-T- .. ... . ihM h Vtverf tn thfrStt m nrt f thmm ln,t D Camtd ZlVtTal mdtt tCllhOUt M- were conveyed in trust by them to the General Gov- ernmcnt, and the balance bought with the common Onihecuntryllf f . The receipts from the sale of the 1 public lands from dollars, a sum suueient to pay annually 200 dollars to each school, district in each county in. the State. Or u ufviaea auioug lae eounues woaui give. 10 eacn ine amount sot opposite to it in the following table V . -' ' , Anson; !A " HfiU Jones 1 tP$t9tTt9 Ashe 37,102 'Lenoir 41,009 Beaufort i. Uertie : - Bladkk . r BafHsvrick Buncombe v Burke - ? Cabarrus i Camden. i'4j ' 6845 , 1 65,11 U . 41,467 ' 34,600 ' 86,450 94,9 46,781 . ,35,f52 Lincoln iMacon:1' ,. Martin Mecklenburg -Montgomery Moora--- ; :iNash4i r, ,N. Hakotkb Northampton " Onslow ,; v . Orange j ": T. Pasquotank 119,236 29,318 4542 106,583 57,966 41,126 45,082 .69,792 71,106 41.499 126,951 '45,894 39,395 Carteret j . Caswelf, ! Chatbam Chowan ? COLCMBITS ft 35,030 ,80,632 81,800 35,561 21,989 - . Ferqnunons Person i : - PUt - . Craven 72,923 78,769. 40,648 .. 71,196" 60,955 ' i 7905 66631 , 41,768 102,7,76; t " 53,343 ii 64,214 CumberTand Currituck . Davidson Derua j Gates -.Granville Greene Guilford ; ' Halifax Haywood Hertibrd Hjde IiedeQ , "Johnston ' Randolph 6576 Richmond ' 49,893 Robeson: ' . 49,089 Rockingham - 63,685 Rowan 110,374 Rutherford Saxmov ... Stokes u ' ' ' 93,223 61,777 86,001 "77,016 25,127 108,313 63,067 24,471 54,858 ' 63,550 t 34,053 99,493 UUHJ 94,491 r TyrreU r 24,309 Wake 5 ,4531 Warren 32,837 . ' Washington 7915, Wavws . 68.081 . WUkes . On the other hand it is contended by the supporU ers of the Administratibn, firit, that if me proceeds of the Public Lands were given to the States, that it would lead to too great; extravagance on tne part ot 'the States.,:; viA' ' !'"'' ; ',. ., This argument comes with an ill grace from an Ad ministration that has in! addition to the whole revenue of the country, squandered the proceed of the Public Land, jand ia now actually creaUcg a puuuc oeot, oy borrowing money, and that too, in time ot peace,' and thereby, putting it out of its power to do justice to the trust, reposed in it; or in other words to act with com mon honesty. . Careful guardians these, who to be sure of our interests, would take our property; lest we should do ourselves an Injury with it! Clear sighted statesmen who can see the mote in our eye but not he beam in their own i ' . . -( The next objection urged by the government party against distributing the proceeds of the Public Lands among the States, is that it would be unconstitutional to do so ; and yet these very men, by their acts, disa vow this doctrine, as ia shown by their efforts to give these lands to a part of the States. Witness Mr. Ben ton's graduation bill to reduce the price of the Public Lands, which m but an indirect method of giving them to the States in which they lie ; and thereby not only depriving the old 8tates of their interest in these lands but doing them an injury in another form. - For a tne price of the Public Lands in the Southern and West ern States was gready reduced, it would produce, a corresponding depression in the value of lands in the old States, for the inhabitants would emigrate to the new. But it remained for the great weathercock statesman of South Carolina to bring" forward a bill, which, if it becomes ft law, wiil cap the climax of in justice to the old States; It proposes; but stop let as nave the bill itself, here it is. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of jtepre- tentative of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That all the Public Land! within the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, with the exceptions of the sites of fortifications and all other, public buildings, hall after the thirtieth day of June. 1 842, be ceded to the States within the limits of which they arej respectively situated, they having previously- complied with the following conditions. " That the said "States ' shall severally pass acts to be irrevocable that they will annually, pay to the United States fifty per cent, on the gross amount of sales of such lands on or before the first day of February in each succeeding year, occ. . The bill then goes on to propose a gradual reduc tion of the price of the lands, until the balance unsold. alter a certain tune, shall be finally given to tne states in which they lie. - That tome idea may be formed of the quantity and value of the lands which, this bill pro poses to give away, one half for the other ; and also to snow tnat tne new states nave oeen aireaay aeaiiwiw, with a liberal hand; we subjoin a table,, which shows the quantity of land unsold on the 30th September, 1833, in each State enumerated in the' bill, and also the amount already given each for the establishment of public schools, &c --.-"?. . ? J ; . , Unsold. Ueded to tne states. Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Michigan Arkansas 3,953,316 6,964,220 18,103,622 21,515 093 19,644,037 11,913,751 11,100,029 : 7,448.782 16,758,799 1,842,911 1,074,163 1,537,317 1,212,426 1,363,132 833,550 613,781 969,759 976,896 - 116,441,640 10,424,643 This: bill is so absurd, and so unjust to the old States, that we cannot imagine what has beset the man to propose it unless he has become giddj from the fire qdent and rapid political turns, and party changes, he has lately made ; or, that in very truth,' too much learning hath made him mad. ' Give one half for the other indeed! 'Why North Carolina would take them for a million of dollars !a year' clear profit then; It would seem uncharitable to give credence to public rumor that it is the preconcerted scheme of Mr. Cal houn and .Mr, Martin Van Buren, to purchase the votes of the new States in this way, and yet it is hard to account for itWany other principle. 'What can he or the party mean by a Stale passing an irrevocable act? Has such an act ever been passed or can it be done ! ,We know they deny the right of a Legisla ture to pass any law which should bind .their success orrf. So far in fact, do they carry this "principle, that they declare the right of Legislatures to take away at any time the charters which they have granted to law ful corporations. Under this view of the subject, can it be that their design to cede the lands of these States! and then let the States refuse to comply with the conditions of the grant, - and keep thq lands for hoUung 1 Suppose,' as would be most likely to occur, these same new States Were not to pay the "fifty per cent to the general government on or before the first of Februanr in each succeeding year," what then would be doneforce them Where would State Rights Nullification then be found! Would it be supporting the government against the 8tates1 s Or tne states against the government? ' ' Or sutmose as the bill farther proposes, that if the States ul or re fuse to comply with the condidons of the transfer, that it should be null and void we do not 8ce how prop? erty once transferred and taken possession of, can be taken back unless by force, or by a re-transfbr. and wouU the States jretrocede these lands to -the United Stetes; ' -i S JERE'H LlPPmV' l': -;"'.' JNO; McRAE,"fe D. D. ALLEN, v'. - r . ' , . - . Commitfet of YigUanee, .;Jatio;. 4 x '" " ,"Ton rai I.aciTta. l On Thursday last, a trernendinisvTiviaoW , tainingthe slightest personal injury, except ! the" fright S " " " . ; : ' !. " o Mit. Editor: It has occurred to me, that should we;dithont,r Press r-AntLliaw shall a.press.Jo supported, wiUiQUl prorrjpt and regular pay ments' on - the part;of debtora lo it i .v. Crush i the? prei?s i-bybrull force; of cripplejtsjenergiea hy faint praise! or ineffi cient pa rirnage, atld .Uiia' great ;jottytwtlt at once become a -den . of tobbers the foster er and perpetuater of every thing! revolting" to humanity and ci?ili2ationCv -a Now Sir. I anr not interested in this mat tsr.. I neveriowiuBd-rrl never etpct to owrr a Press j but 3rieatlre'ifeyrietia ed-my soul is cnUnually ickerjedteSy re porta of defaulung tnW relbtiotf of those wlwi 'should be tjhe ' first m stand liyand nld ufithe torial fraternity t belongs ta-yin as a body to a pp ly-the t emedy Let it he done, righ t quickly or you will be ruined men ! -J- Go on; Sir, wiOi yonr gallant pen. irt the great battle wliichlia ) no w , waging rj (he protec-f Umi and preserration .;of American l freedom., To yout jis a. body intelligent chivalrous,' and patriotic as i yiMi are, belonga; .theihigh task'1 of ; advancing ?in-the frontHor public" sentiment, and of imparting euerjy and di rection to -individual and national iu tion.- In this noble crusade, may yorf ' be abi udantly sustained and eucuuraged ; and'may your ef-1 forte contribute to work out the political re generation of the countiy. f - - . V ".Ttt s u TITUS i 5 ' VYell and justly said, Ot si sit omnesf ,v, , (Editor Register. 1 i Washihotos CiTt, March 19, 1940..5 To the Earroa pw ths jREsisrsa : t -l a . ! y:' I have read ' the defence of Rotnulas M; Saun ders in the JStandard, in which be labors to palliate, his unjustifiable conduct in presenting abolidon petin tions when he was a member of: Uonre iWed may he deem some apology for himself due to the out-, raged people of North Carolina, r He ' bis' given en couragement to Abolitionists to. persevere ' in their petitions. I He - has,- in efiectj' proclaimed to' them, that m North XJarolina, they have autes, who res gard Slavery a thesin of oppresaonAnd hereafter wnen a Southern man shall say you, have-no right un-, der the Constitution ( to interfere with Slavery, the Abolitionists will point to Romulus BC Saunders as a North Carolina ? Member ot Cong? Attorney. General, and Judge rw ho has admitted Ithe power of Congress over the subject , Already has .. this been done. . . JLlr. Slade, of Vermont, in arecent speech in Congress, In defjuinjf the conduct ofr the petition ers for aboUuon,V referred, for' this very purpose, to Mt. Saunders, of North CaroUna t and already has the Emancipator; a 'vile; abandoned ' and slander ous Journal published an article I relating to J adge Saunders abohltoo. petitions, appUudlng-his couwe. and claiming his authority as that of a Southern Con stitutional lawyer for the right" of petition and the power of Congress respecting Slavery. Should such a man! be elected Governor of " the State, the Aboli tionists will no doubt.rejoice over it, and welt they may. They wUl be encouraged to go orwill .tbink that every man who casts his vote for ; Saunders, -justified his presentation of Abolition petitions and wUl confidenuy maintain, that the State has adopted, and ratified his conduct,' and. pronounced to htm a " well done" for his .efforts in behalf of. universal liberty; Are the people of North ? Carolina 1 prepared to give such encouragement to Abolition ? ft". But, what is the apology ofiered by Mr. Saunders t He says that at the time, of presenting the petitions, he stated that he did not concur in opinion with the . petitioners. Let me ask Mr Saunders bow aid he ex- ' press his disapprobation t " Where is the evidence of his dissent! " ffi ! : , I bave taken the trouble, to look into the papers of that day published at Washington City, to see if I could find any notice of Mr. Saunders dissent from the wishes of die petitioners. The National Intelli gencer, of Dscember 14kh 1 824, (the. ' day after1 die first petition was ofiered,) merely reports that petitions were presented from several! States, and one. from i North Carolina, by Mr. Saunders. Yon will look in vain for any protest from Mr. Saunders any word of dissent. ' ' ' ' 't If you look to the columns of the " Washington Gazette," another paper printed at that time, you will find no expression of disapprobation: from Mr.:: Saun-; ders. So much for the petition of, 1824.; . . . Then, as to the second: petition. : looking in the File of the tntellisencer for 1827,1 find on the 23d January the following noticeUpwarda pf: sixty' ate committees? i other notice of petitions bat this not a word from Mr. Saunders.; u v i,?T ' - Upon referring to the National Journal, which gives an account of the proceedings, of January 22d, when u .r. - w' a. ui BBcona peuuon was presenieo, i canntH una one word, from Mr. Saunders, dissent or 1 disapproba tionnothing but this notice by the' reporter-4 Peti tions were presented from Norih Carolina Messrs. Con nor, Saunders and McNeill.'', The Telegraph has the same notice as the NaUonal Journal and the Tele graph sustained the party to which Saunders belonged. . Where; then,' is by evidence of Mr. 8aunders' dis sent V - It exists in Ids own fancy alone--for he says in his defence, he; had forgotten he ever presented these petitions I ! Js it Ukely then he would remem ber that he' expressed a dissentl j Would he Ibrget the main fact, and yetremember a circumitance at tending it! But, if his statement be true, how stands' the easel - i t"l, '"'"r'!! 1" -': f --.; jjv ois own snowinsr, tne - presentation or theoeti-' tions was not the result, in either case, of haste or in consideration. No. He was, at ; the.' time,distinctly aware, that the petitioners were wrong that Congress has no'potccr to Jict on the subject, and consequently," bad no right to entertain the application of the peti tioners. Well knowing this instead bf returning the petitions, with his reasons,1 to those that sent tliem, (which would have been the 'manly . and patriotic course, he presents then) ta the House, and had them referred to appropriate, committee??- the same time, however, stating in his place, that he d ffered m opinion with the petitioners "What a fstatement to be ofiered as an apology for conduct 'sol imwis--ao uniaithful to his constituents so fraught with dan ger to the South so destructive of the Constitutional distribution of powers between the Union and the oaue. he savmgrin his own. profession vox audita peril 4Utrd scrfata thanetr should h taught bam thV permanence of a wriUen';inemorWf anu ine pensning natnre oi a veroal - protest. Yet be places oa the Journals and amonffst the fitea th House, his argameator AboJition, and? thus gives it i?4 " ithe .archives of hia,eouatryj wluie his d ssent, neither entered on the Journals, nor nisertedin the papersof the'dsy('Wlef:Wibis,-idii: siderate friend of the South; to take its chance for preser vation amongst ths accidents of time.-. ' What aa'ac count to grve to.the people I of North ? CaroUna of a transaction so deeply afiectinff their ritrbta nthnnnr. I TfP?.h wcoTded Jwperisha adV Uaf right; bun, inscribed' be e pinion 6 Tn i-rc: Does not . i - ... -. . -"Wi s na iuiniaaea to the AKai:.:.- argument 8gains the south he has spread it Journal t the House, and jias left no answer i ne argument, written as on stone, remain h' cJ ble dissent, traced but in 'the sand, has disapj! And when that argument is urged against liu't' edvorMev- of A bo! I tion,! "his,, successors'Jn c0ny have no reply but th The; people of North 'ir lina will tell Mr. Saunders, in August next, what think' of bis conductthey-will thea record their tence of disapprobation iniami as lasUiig dj" in which he has embodied his encouragement to u UUon. : . v A? NORTH CAKOLhM iff t BdYs; i5d.ypy HIAH THAT t ! Twenty-six yearsago last Autumn (said a gentlem, to ui ithe oUterjday.X Lwas ia boy fltending school j?1 log cabin, with nother wihjdows than the lightaffoJ ed' through the space of two Jogs, by a removal of piece of the third, with gCeasy bits of paper as substitutes ftr g1ass.Thls cabin; dedicated to inj, was situated in the out-skirts of a now popniou: town in Pennsylvania. No fetate in the Union C nished more or better soldiers foil the defence and pJ tection of the Northern' frontier of Ohio, during the t war; than did Pconsjlvjinia - Not a few of her were in the army surrendered by Hull ; beside, t, , bers of her brave fellows were massacred and scalps at:WwchestetandJ)udle the call pf Gen. Harrison for more soldiers, was answered by large numbers of Pennsylyanians, including sev from our village. .-The departure of. these brave fci. lows from their families and " friends, was then asKvotunrary sacrulceM 0f c6un ry, and the eWod blessjetwa utte. ed in a tone and feeung that sunk deep in the hearu of the by-standeirs, an which will never be cKatri pom my lnemory.! p ! f in those day our mails were few and nncertain it was only by the occasioW'passinsr of a sick ordkv bled soldier, returning home, that we heard from b army. lime hung heavy,' and deep gloom ovewpreJ ourcountry.N '- The last news was, "a batde is soonej. peeled between the American army under Gen. fi risoo, and the British and Indiana under the blooi VtanfyJPnctorjSAi JDay s and weeks passed : by and . yet., nothing w heard from our' army. Pur citizens eagerly hailed il strangers from the West, with the anxious inquiry of "any news from Gen. Harmonl. Such" was the de lay, doubt and uncertainty,' that it was generally lev. ed, and by many believed, that Harrison anil his anm had, like those before him, been defeated and mas -acred. w une i was siumg aaiq mj laiwudni ; ai tne long low tqlndow of our school bouse, and our Irish school master Was busy in repeating our A B C to the small. er urchins, I suddenly heard the sound of a horn.9 I looked forth; and saw. descending the hill, half a mile distant; the mail boy on his . horse at full speed. At the, foot of the hill, he crossed abridge, and the rapid clatter of the iron-hoof resounded throughout our cab. in. Rising the hill" near ns, his horse at full gpred and reeking with sweat, he again' sounded his shriff" horn; and when opposite our Iog Cabin, he called oat Jj AaaispK has wh ppedthe. British and Lid ant? v -; Qor, Irish tutore with as true an American heart u ever eat in a ion of Erin, sprang from his scat is though he had been shot, his eye flashing with ire, and screamed outii .V h f f BOYS, do yott hear THAT 1" 4 He caught bis bat, darted out at' the door, and & lowed the mail boy at the top of his speed. The schol ars were not a second behind him the larger onn takiag the lead, and shouting "Huzza for Harrison !" and the smaller ones running after, halloing and scream iagwithfrght! ...?r. ifet -V The people of our village, hearing the confusion .and seeing de mail boy 'and horse at full run, followed bj the scnoot-masler at the top of his speed, and his whale school shooting and screaming, khew not what to nuke of it.- The hiechanie left his shop the merchant his f tnro and the women sttetched their necks out at dw Windows, while consternation and dismay weredepl'l. ed'oft eve countenance. The iaail arriving at it office? the carrier rose in his sWraWand exclaimed, tt the same time whirling his hat in the ain Huza for HARRISON i : Hd has whipped th British and Indians $ r;J . "BOYS.W too hsa. THAT! A universal shout of joy in voluntarily burst fortb- bonfires were kindled in the streets; and our village il luminated at night. In those days I heard no one bj that Harrison was a coward, or a Granny,' but hear many ay, God bless General Harrison!' Tf t,rii;7y.'' i A Pennsylvantatu 'lNCREDtai.E.Oiie Iiundred and sixty thotwantTdead in the cir ca mnrifiTe J " bace' if Pri ril iv Church Yard, New Yorkioce 'V7b2N6ah: CITT PIIOPKRTI FOR tSAUB By v'mue of a Deeil of Trust, execmed VII tbf th Ifith day of Arrit isnxuinr.' at IS o'clock. M. that valuable Lot, known, m t be Plaii of awid City siNft io i, cnl.nnitig. Itesides a hand-ome two try Uwii Limo Hooak, nil nocfssurv Out-bHiMa. with ilt so acre of ground bring dw same formerly l-ej'l- mg to the Estate of Mrs. HAMiif.aiid porebasedn- der a Hecree of Ue Court of Equity of Wake tw- ijr said VanpNir ;fl .vi't; i i -: K ? WESTON: R GALES, TrusttL nafrjgh, Mmxf h 11840. i ijl . 26 iTMIXW Tir w.IfiTfil-i-Tfc. !..h.hitsnt J. Katcigh being .tequired by the Art passed by ! Ueoeral Assembly fnrti be government if lbs t:iJ. male 'Poll their respmive fimilles (includiif uuwwikj iuu iiictr Maia oiave .wirKHg wiuii"1 limit of the City .are hen by iKitiGed. that aMeudmx wjj. be ttiven at Uie Court H6ue oii Salunlay a"1 from lOVrliick iii the f reno-m ti I fit ijie af ernnofi and Trum 3 to db liK'k In Ihe evening. M trnmti fame. And ivlhTe be any who cani.ot roji-i'ie" atienu on that day. Uie Jnremlant will tcvte i" ifsts at his OlfiVsv online llondsy Tuesday or Wri; Persons faitinff t.i eive in the r lists of Tt,,1 Properly, as reouired. wilt ha ubi.-rt !" a fine of or subi aousrs j: galks. March S5, iMe: TATE OE i NORTH-CAROLINA, I Uouktt. Couit of Pleas yand Quarter 8eM 'eliruarv T.'rro: 184fl Jib irV.Mk & Larkin B'0" MEircutors & Legatee of Ls.kmBro.-k, d'J rrtiuoo fr account and seUtement. . iItppmrii.g io Uie WiatartMia. of lbs Conrt jM Pflrktar ntva.bsi ! siaa stsa aikk;..a filial fcU' " J ,noy a mmsm fM"VIJfHlt p - . Ihrrefoie ordeied ibut uabtitstioit bs made in Raleiah Ri ejsir f. six weeks, for him l l'P,,r tl nrstTa-rm of th s Court to kTawU Clstt CT.iiiiy.st th- Court-bout hi PllDrug, " T, Sd i.nilay of May Veir, then and ih. reb "Ji altrgatioRs of he Petiliod4 or judgment rniproconfcssa.;i :MrhneW3lATaAir A.'tWiiinii. CWAof Cnr M PfSce, )Ua d Monday of February. A. it TTTiEACON &e OMNIBUS Ta- PuWi"' f" I fl ) at tantkth Wrrived such informaiia b.rrquisile nr w jpialf riaUfof, the WrTlT Which ihf paper willappear wiih all poiU on" ing"onthe"Sla Moose oqnarey whc - - - . tions. advertUments, 4e will be thonkfuIl5 March 27, 1840. A thp Abe ed, becaup , ,tKy:s' tt w me on me nretuav or June. '1839. bv Alexin CutrBRLL. decit. for lbe4arD4i's tlieri-in exprf-i I shall ct&'M:itfh9Lnih''Maer, at Court Housiiia the City id Raleish. on Saturday. give jit, io lbs lutriidaut of Polio, on oath on or fofethe first of April arinuatiy, list of the Tail Property of 'which tbey are tioiaMaWdl "with die (m
The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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