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1- I, ; -'!' ; . ;..;.v ; .. ' . ' '; . .. . - 4 it tii. U!H- ' 1 . i" 4- - i i... : 1- Ml ' ' ( 1 -7e tve' pleasure iirgivir.5 to cur rtaders.the fob. a . fcwlnj exftct irbna: the sensible well-written Ad r sftess of Gov. tTLiswoa-rn, of Connecticut, at the open J1 .. jf of the Session ofl&ff Legislature, on-the 6th. inst. "x '.The Governor commence his Speech, by saying that i &er State is free from debt and that the Treasurer's ac itH . 1 , count wiU4shovv there isaVpresent $18,544. in the t - lV Treasury whic with the avails of the one cent tax I j .. s and dividends on Bank stock, with sundry other small tteintilf meet the-' ordinarT rxDen-tcs of the Gov- ' - V eramerrt. r He state alao that the Board of Cmmia- - sioners of Coramon Schools express a ueeiaea .opinion ' - o f the, law of 1838, and adds; " 8o long as I have the ; lonbr of.fllUn thejExecutiw Chaif, I shall iioi fadto i, I. j. j.urge the necessity irf iacreaedttentiatt to Common ' . Schools. Narrow Me ws and illiberal laws on the sub 7" reject of Education, fare a fax upon our children! which- I Vi . we are not auwvii ..".""j ' . ' f ' the foundation of our State," though ifot without faults 1 and more limited than ourselves in experience sis to ed- " -.'' uca'ort, better appreciated common schools than 'the" '' present generation. They jwere untiring in tbeijr eBbrta ; to diffuse general knowledge; and. in the system' of ; schools whifch, theyjestablished, have laid Jeep. te foun j ' . Nations of our civil and reliinoUs institutions, which are; . 7 ' imperishable monuments of their wisdom and j, love of ' . freedom. Philosophy did, not delude them with ubtle f. , theories, nor seduce them from -the plain precepts of , vhrL3Uarutv.v 1 heY had no confidence in licentious and plo, that free' governments' cannot survive virtue and s -tfff . . knowledge; irr the people.,,. The progress in otr dakof .- -"it v v iIectivefraiic&kte and the' increasing influtencefiof ' - nooular sentiment furnish: decisive considerations for . new QorU in behalf of common scliooU. 7. n : j The Report of the.Bank Commissioners; shdws thai jjney are acquainted with tne subject coramuieu iouieir , ' rand hiirh rrsnondibilities. , It exhibiU likewise to the r..tuhlu nvm the riliiion at oat Banks. Let tiheir re- Jjjf port be carefttUy peruaed, the broad range of thfirpbw J ers be considered land'the extent to which these' pow- -. i i " , .'' ' f ii.-. . ers nave Deen cxercisea, ana we may pe sausupa, tuai " these institutions! are sound and deserving: of general confidence. Banks are assailed too often without cause. ana in a manner; prejuoiciai to tne wnoie community. ; , They1 are, strictly identified with.the pro3pritir of , all . classes f until of late, they have been considered bene- '' Scial to all, and I see no reason to doubt they are1 now , trugjitnj U sustain what remains of enterprise and credit ' . " ; ; V-V. ' - 1 ' 'h?19 this Government was first established, ift found , ' currc.ncy 'partly paper and partfy, metal ic. Paper money, had , been issued by a Bank create! uniler-an X by the Sute of Pennsylvania. r The pew government. t witnessing, ihe saiiitary eflccU of the .Bank of North; -' America, in 1791, incorporated an institution of is own. " This institution exWred m 1811 ; in 1816, at jthe re , commendation of O". Madison, a second Banjk was 't created, which, expired in 1836. During forti y:art 1 out of fifty .one, we have had a National -Bank, iind by - " means qf it, in friendly co-operation with Sute Banks, ; a. currency pre-eminenily convenient and higMy ap-; ' proved. . The few ! years, we had 'no Bank, vii. from f too "t ta i r ion i. isie r. ' io hi i.i at, auu uvui 1911 m ioiu, uui iuinucn i , tvj aa tlie are at Another riart of the i former nolicv was the vrvtcci tori i of domettie industry jj the imposition of discrimina ting dutie:&The protection of domestic industry was one of the objects that brought the present government . into oeing.. v nen coipniea, .we were restless unuer - ' the jealous policy jof the mother country, which looked with no favor upon manufactures in America , After four separation, 'we still found no power in Congress . nor in the confederation to Regulate commerce jso as to " protect manufactures, for each Sute had its own sys , tem o regulaucns. Hence the formation the present , yVmsutuUon in 1796. t The -power to regulate com- . merce how beirur (riven. iCWas at an earlv period car- - ried inlo'enect, and we have had from the first! a UruT ' ! '- . '.. .... ... I , , ot aiscnmuung duties, untu tne passage 01 tne oompro V K.snue act (so called) in 1833, which well nigh puts an end .to such a taritT, in the year 1842. - The 2d, article i M the first Congress passed July 1789, declares that ,1 duties, on imports lare laid for revenue, and the en 1 ; .jQzagemeaCmad. protection of manuiacture8.n j : . y Noless observable is a $yte,m of ertdit, which be . ginning in the, scarcity of capital incident to ja new .uury has grown with our growth and strengthened v -j with our strength-; imparting, confide bcs and activity , watit We; hewe outstriiied hard' money countries, and acooinpludied in fiftj jekrs what otherwise would have - required centuries. Credit is that connection between capital and labor which confers upon the latter the ben . efit of the former ; a connection, most natural arid salu taryj althoogh by some strangely overlooked, j It se tcures to industry and good character the advantage of . wealth. It supplies the place and performs th func tions of money ; and although it is liable to abuse, its influence upon the! growth of the United States has not been-too highly estimated. ; V: - ' - v.-j.. - Let us now iUm front the past to the present condi T ; tion of the country ,, It must be confessed that a change, '..a great change has-come apon us. ' Look where we will, in the north or south, the east or west, at any . branch, wf industry or any interest ; to the agriculturist, .. s the manufacturer, the mechanic, the merchant, to those. Jt who axe, ot to those who would desire to engage in bu j siness; to the capitalist,' 'who hoards his money for fear of a general bankruptcy ; to the laborer, iwho is j 9&p for want of employment ; to the man Of enterprise, i ,ho finds every pUth of effort hedged tip ; to the debU ' or, who is crushed beneath the weight of his responsi . biliues t or finally, to the .unprecedented lossesandde. , preciations of property which prostrate the strongest r. an most wary ; . I say look where you will, wis find a .'universal paralysis ; one .common feeling of despon . dency, and too certain evidences that a deepi under ' current is sweepirjg through the land, changing the ; .condition of our people more rapidly than at any, time .." since we have been a nation. - All stand amazed, feel : ing" and confessing the shock, asking what is the cause, and where shall be found the remedy. v ; .', v- -Tj , It U recently, and not until the derangement of our currency, thathe country has become distressed. Up to 1834, with the exception of the last war, and a few years preceding it. when our commerce was involved K in the wars which grew out of the French revolution ; . ,U otir currency was not inferior to any in the world ; and , I such was the fiscal system of the General Government, that of the millions collected by the Bank of the UnU ; ted States, not a dollar was lost nor any charge for ser T T.icei made-to the) Government. 8ince 1833, the bank , has'heeir discard responsibilities ha e been repeat. ! edly assumsd-by Executive officers, in our monetary - affairs, without the advice ofcCongress ; . new systems Pf Snarrcejiave been introdueaKperienee has been i thron-aWay 'for'Soveltyi' exrjerimenthasrolIoWed ex- f penment, revulsion has followed revulsion, uji til we f- know not what is the present treasury system, nor what i my be to-morrow ; this much, however, we under- I stand, that the revenue is falling: off, and Congress is .'rBaPplying the exhausted treasury with papVjnoney. ;! -P 1 nat ben, I askare the causes of our dUfieultiea 1 ; afe the want of a sound,' uniform, and eonveni- i "rency i the loss of confidence and credit; un- t HS Jei P11! , labor if an unsettled poljcy res- , . pectjng manufactures; opposition to associated! wealth; .mssi SET, S.;rfc 3 .cauotourdimeuIUea. ;(, ;vv i. What currency then does th Vu-a s. . i TJrominent eanW p ' : . " kl'D . v - mm UAL r-iirnsnav n . . paper snoutd be aoppresaed nii a. Y , V r" " '. ft L'SefirsI plaJ, .2 eStK: 7 : practicable:-. AttowuWtW J:?wt J all - this sunt i turn ; nor does its accumulation hr?. !?ircu,a nlenty in the hnA. f w Ji. r "ieH more t j MVIU. I1IBUSJ ; i r paper.. Tbev Prefer to' ZXZrj? ! win in the VJSS I esenutivei of caJ I WiSS 1 H: ff Bankj, a,d Uke for -reK r--s w roow wi ttanks in all Ov - measure; revolntianary and "'ne Sutes, a n.would?. : anyleogth of time ESlnS W " J,6'COnld not fof : WLt thT.LT endured.', Suppose w had col. . nl.l .i . :t i z How is ta. USC ia tnia dim, vT rt;K jss ahoutl , Such"a currency, top, in its Jirit cost, wouia be expensive. Not a dollarjcan be brought into tne United States. . What a dcb would thus be contract ed in Europe or South America to be paid out of our labor! And if all paper tC$ suppressed, nu ait ioe specie we wanted was actually here, how long would it be, before it would be collected in places of depoait far safe-keepinjrwith agents to guard, count and han dle it 1 '.Soon, certificates' oCdeposit anil orders drawn by depositoWiott these- ageuK wdukVbe foan1 cqaaUy safe and mor convenient than the passing tf specie itself from hand to hand, anl would bscome the rircu-j lating medium. Thus we ihould , have a papef cur-j rency diflering in nothing material frdm bank bilUi If Congreia will not incorporate a bank of tde gen-f eral. character of those . heretofore chartered, let the: Stati-s be left unmolested tof charter individual associ ations as they have always loae..iLet them be care fully watched i let the Jjeiislature place independent ahd intelligent centinels to (observe them, and no dan ger need lie apprehended, ftonx incautious 'or corrupt; maaiagement. But it is said that Congress is about td exercise its constitutional power and to create a genj eral V currency 3 by the independent" treasury hill, (so called) and 'that since the Covernment has determincq to repudiate bank paper and provide vaults and agents of its own, we may soon cfxpect, should the House of Representatives, in Coqgreis, concur with the $cnateL a currency adequate to ourinecessitieK ! .This bill pro vides that the revenue of "jthe United States, shall be collectedrby receivers genejral,; locked up in their posf session .until drawn for by toe general government and that after 1843, nothing shall be received hut gold and silver.' This operation! we are assured will fill the chacnels of trade with money and place our prosperit ty on an immovable foundation.. Has this measure the power of accomplishing so much good 1 ; Could I view it in this light, I wAuld cheerfullv embrace it I myself and urge its favorable 'regard upon this AssemH bly. ' But, gentlemen, it -has no- such canac: uy, uonot proposeto-worE; auch retorm, - P vaio vi s,ia7 uuciiiuicuu r ar af tne meagureJjeaca upon trade and currency it seems tome, it is decidedly unfrtendlr.x -The Governor Informs the Legislature that ue auair o me ow rrison. are cuvu. economy and success." Tbe'f number of convicts is 169 -. k.l 1 .T..L 1--- .v- .. 1 i expcnsea,are $4,500. , The warden has cash on hand! exceeding ? 9,000. U , , - ; ; i;: r He aLio states that he his received resolutions ori various subjects passed . by the LegisTaturea of'liiitioit.that. Pepple..can. b.'regardea ; our principles aadj; tuckyr Vermonti Maine, Mew Jersey, Missouri, Indi- ana, and South Carolina, which will be. laid before! them at an early day, .Thei resolutions from the Gov4 ernor of Maine relate to tiiinculiies resjrectin. her eas tern boundary." ' She expresses confidence that Con gress will promptly step forward in vindication of hert ngata, ami that the other Slates will notJeave Maine single-handed to renel. invasion. . Her confidanra i! notmisplai-ed's and let mel assure our sister. MainJ that the people of Connecticut will not be , tardy in meeting any uaavoidable crisis.' v Were it neccssarvM might appeal te the scenes of the Revolution, for a guaranty ot taeir spirit and batriotism. NeverthelessJ as an individual. I must declare mv decided mtnoattlnW to a war. V I cannot contemblate such an event witb.4 . 1. . -rr -1 out sorrow to my heart. It is qnite too late for Chri4 tun nations to settle their difficulties in afield of batl tle . much jesg a que8tu)nf boundary. The and heat of conflict will not enable theparties to tliJ rancor cern ine point 01 duterence more clearly, or awake or chepfih a placable desire of accommodation. - Wi would fain indulge the hope, that the matter may be yet arranged through mutual concession, pecuniary compensation or the arbitrament of some foreign powl er. This nation certainly does not need a war to est tablish her character for martial 'prowess or ability to maintain her rights A piicificator, whoever fie majf be, will richly deserve onr gratitude.. 'TJi .-j ??- fA --' .The resolution from the! Governor of New Jersey may require your careful fconsideratiori. fShe com4 plains that 'five out of. six of her representatures in Congress are excluded from; their seats ' The circuml stances of the case are familiar to you. Since the a3 cision of Congress, that, persons commissioned accori ding- to law, are not even vrima fade entitled tA caw, ana mat outers are entitled, who have no com-' -a-.r . - . - i missions, nor prved that they are entitled to anv: I cannot perceive, by what rile or principle . the bodyf can be organized. The persons not commissioned savl they have a majority of. votfes;thUU denied by the authorities of New Jersey who bBer to prove what is the true state of the vote; fiat ballots were deposited by persons who had no rigbJtto vote ; taken by inspeel ed to the judges of the election who alone could count and declare them. ,. If theed facts are true, the rccurij ties thrown around the ejefctive franchise have heerl y y iwim tuciu, anu 001 reiurnf trampled upon, and otoer nade the arbiter of eleel tions. You are, gendemen. called uoon to axWjJ your .disapprobation of thai flagrant and dangeroui vioiauon 01 law. -iy-sii I .i i.,-. i -- i The Governor concludes jwith stating- that, The responsibiliUes of leMslators. at this neriod. ara unusually great ; it is a day of deep excitement and bold etperiment, of unprecedented reverses. sacrifWyl Tt lrMMtfka . OllF iAf1ofiliuml.i.u ... ' , T - wiiquiuuuui mc vuruing unpioimg eyes upon us and upon Cohgress in the hope of reT uei. i iear too mat party strue is clpsing the mind against truth, and giving unjust sway to prejudice and passioU. Let Us endeavor to prosecute our duties with rmnds open to conviction: listen with caador to ever complaint, redress every wrbng.and firmly meet averv uuiy. jjet us administer liberally and with patriotic iberauy and with patriotic mouves, a government justly endeared to our constiti. uenls. : . . . ...... t I FURTHER FROM THE SOUTit. The , Georgia Journal, al leading States Rights pa per, which has hitherto beeh proof against the conta gious popularity of the Hairison cause in Georgia, has at length yielded to the almost unanimous opinion o ' the party to which it is attached, and has avowed iti readiness to do battle undfr the Harrison flag, if th ConvenUon which is about to be held in that 8tati should recommend its supplrt. The Geo. Journal, wiU other papers of the same Politics, had constantly op ' held the name of ex-Goveinor Taorjp for the Presi dency, and, in yielding its own determination tn thai particular, does so for the tllow sensible reasons Different views, howeter. anuear in nvarr. , People, not only of our own party but ojf all partiel in the State. They have fcdeed risen in their mio-h uu ar auout lo reDUKe ineir rulers. A neutral pi sition, though it may hav been, and still is, our ui position lo maintain. Drowided that hv M Annrr would unite to preserve I the nartv. tL rnnvinrJ) that this course will not le, and has not been, puik sued by leading poLticiaks of the day we mast act 'Quiesce In the necensirv toMk ,..:.a. - on the part of the fewifea m ths-mauyianJ.iamleir that flair nrhih V.t r .,,. - . ' ... i . a ' , , vuimo,n-8nau unturl, will th JoPMit'te found battlinar v. tj.. 'and hispartv, and In faW of rcfom and an ko, est administration cf tkdFtArnf rt.. . We have seen letters frdm leading citizens of Geoit au coucurnng m tne gt-neral sentiment that Ha Risow is tae man lor the times, theian for the P, pie, and the man who has hitherto eiperienced injui Uce from those who misunderstood his character, an! are anxious now to repair it by giving him their ip port, in the confidence thai he will never abuse it. V i hat induces us to lplice more entire reliance up on the signs from Georgia j is, hat the surviving lead ers of the great antagonist Crawfurd, and Clarice partes m that State, and. Jhe descendants of those tif . o.jpui vu ub iah.cn U114 occa sion to bury their.animosite3, and merge their ancient feuds in the one great patriotic purpose of bringinc the Government back to first principles, by placing J in the barsls of a tried Republican of the old schooL - Now civil wounds are sopped, peace - Uvos again.' ' We'cannot but 'augur rood from this hcalin? of At visions which had the effeft for many years to paraL y" C'PuUicaB "trengtrlih Georgia. ;, , , . ' - : WV1" 15t NorrIn an action . .J, rXI.. UT "and" tew days ago, to recover of ZT I r Kert !e amount of a promissory note giveb ker'fe minnW f rch nea?2d, to Jdb r?e.r "f X York. n4 endorsed bv W S. u . . t ra os uo, it was held thit -. fi,- tl llmt?;,n5r 0C h bwa Kable for the r anth(m-H, i. " n:- r. '" v tsame.- 4 J- f . JUDGE HANSON'S SPEECH, 1 - T. (" Wilch ought to have bun ioonet given. J ; f ;We find in the Baltimore ipsmers a short speech of the .Hon. .Charles" VVi HANaoN, before the Baltimore Convention, on the lOili of April. It is ;Vnared.' by the point and terseness 'which 'distinguish till the produce lions of ihis accompllslied gentleman" and we are sure our readers wilt derive pleasure froin its perusal. - . , j It has become apparent to the great bulk 'of the American' People, (said Judge H.) that the present administration of their Government is not fitted to in crease Dr oreserve the blessinsfs and privileges of a free and intelligent n$tion; to fojter- the pursuits of a labor rious, ingenious, and spirit population ; 'that it is not in accordance with the genius, pa3t History, or iuture destinies of a vast Republican Empire ; that its princi ples and measures are1 aa ill calculated to consolidate the credit, strength, and resources of State sovereign ties as they are to bind together and cement a confede ration that it has failed to engender or keep alive , a veneration for the Constitution, or to cherish an unali enable love for the Union? that it has, on the contra rrbr' incessant and unrelenting: assaults upon capital. faith, and enteroriae.. disunited the interest anJ" r tncoy torn asunder tba good leeungs wuicu . ow;u men to each other ; that it has destroyed that salutary, confidence which is essential to this Commonwealth, and all the coromtmitbs that compose it; that it hate, in fine, chilled the hearts and the hopes of .the poor,; and shut the hands of the rich. It is therefore that we hail the anproachinz Whiir. National Convention, I to be held in the city of Baltimore on the 4th day of May next,-as an unerring harbinger to tne coming pjr . jo. squadron, as a perfect manifestation of the j thorough and sweeping change in the conduct of pub . lic.affairs resolved upon by, the People. . We rejoice f that our . fellow-aUzens (since what is passed cannot j. -!. .rt..i u . w. iiuuicu 1 arcs ku iat ucucutcu aj.t li crciaa. euuciiiiu an ?wu w u. , riuun anu calamitous, nnu 01 wuicu hjw. cau uu w - la i.w : c i ' a jiriJ ; tration' presents us to the whole world as a nation Ltv. in; r: " , -t .1.1. "u - i- iinuigs.' - .kcuvc wvm every uuarier -wmir it nu ijou uu contrarieties and contradictions j we are held, up to$"' ZZ' rTV0 l.T ltv 1 r other nation. in everv fantastic and antagonist Dosi, I W wn,Ist. ?e replenished and filled the National our pracuce are perfect antipodes to each other; theof;;? IU passing jiuruugu u v. ries, abstractions, solecisms, and-paradoxes' make uf1 to h:m, Wm. Henry Harrisoni, we turn, the op the sum of our political economy: while the wUticaf Fr?wor mf was dviser, the friend, the father, to empirics have driven from their moorinsrs the once fasti Bev.f P?r! ?"gnt who settled beyond the moun- anchored axioms of the Constitution a Constitution pfausibilitv to thMvrt'mn nfth nnmt TthilnnnWi that there, once existed a race of men of a conformai tion entirelv different from 'those: of our veneration. And who shall undertake to deny the possibility at some distant era, when history shall again be handJ ed down hV ait(mrv mnA -trAUin h.t vwnn1 1til - -j oj " , . . r r ,.Yh are perpetually moving one way and looking another, snaii not be represented as a race of men who carried? meir laces bebind them, and turned their backs upont" inemseives j sso singular is the mcorurruitY between our words and our actions, that no disinterested spec tator, even of the present age, can fail to be struck with amazement by professions continually at variance with; conduct, with results diametrically opposite to I those protessed to be intended, and of causes simulating ef- fects, between the beginning and the end of which no to which Washineton had affixed his seaL and riven poorcsc.tUer of " meanest log abm in the wilder verity by experience. v 4 i ." ff!?68 11 40 binv that .we look oince more for peace ' . Our neiversions anil S,r;i !n prosperity, for a connecting consequences ever existed. Vain; howev-!nsuaSe J,"1 jacetious old Knight, f there is no skill er, would be the attempt to enumerate air the incon-u urSPl7" j- ' : ; : i ' ; - a- sistenciea of those who deal with the obliquity of par-f 7 '.t let 09 n? longer linger wh the past, for the tisaa tacticians instead of applying the established j j,me h come to give thanks and rejoice. Those up principles of statesmen. , . : . -Jnithe look-out are proclaimings joyful tidings from all : r Thi poor man is to be enriched by reducing the wa- - Jr0UIJl us. Land is once more inlsight, and our per ges of labor ; the inch are to be impoverished -by tiiel,11 al an en1- Too long have We been at sea without hoarding of their gold ; the producu of the earth. -int utr compass, tossed about bjf every wind of doc- stead of beinj cultured by the sw eat of the brow, ara'.jTf1 to wither and die amidst idleness, hunger, and desola- ,, r tion ; all surplus produce is to rot in 'the' granary of wnS 9utt aweeping along with h fie turbid feculence the farmer for the want of markets fnrniahpn hw thfhat polluted the landi we trust to he forever "in the ' emplovments of artisans and laborers, fishariea. fapto - ries, workshops, roads .and canals fthe condition of the ! ' country is to be imnroved by-arresting all im Drove- i ment; debts are to lie raid by the annihilation of prop.! t9 ibaven of safety. . ; -4 1 erty ; the interest on loans is to be discharged by hbrt M Athe memorable words of Harrison, for our moU rowing from the lenders of the capital; gold and sil-l0'5 we unfurVupon our banners "stand to your guns, ' yer are to represent, instead of being represented by:! .ny oy and never sumnderr-and inscribe upon our aau creait ; ana wnnsi ine precious meiais are promised in abundance, they are again buried beneath the face of the earth, in the vaults of banks, or the ' atrohg boxes; of avaricious ''thrift, ! or melted down for the gold services of plate which adorn the Presidential; I ere u ereT7 incentive to greet our coming friends to dinner-table of the very republican nabob- at Wsj& jr!IaiJIanV at the approaching National Convention! ington. ". ! r . ; I ? v , therefore hope that our Whig felliiw-citizens need .Domestic productions are to be encouragedby bouhl ;J be rerninded of 1he duty, to extend Uie hand of ties upon foreign fabrics; and, Whilst Ihere is to bel$& fellowship, and open wide the door of hospitali. abundance of poverty, to furnish plenty of rags readily i throughout the State, to the friends of him the converted into hieroglyphic shinplastersv; these are toV trin of whose latch was never pulled in when the be the only manufactories which are sure to flourish r.stranger needed shelter : ! and as it lis exnected that, at wilh p mithnnt oriflC nltV. w..iUn... i.) odomestic consnmntinnnnM'' in,l tK T.B.J ry notes of the Government should , enter the list as a competitor, and thus clearlv demonstrate the finanrinl . .... ' -..,1.1 .1 .. ability of the head of the Treasury ; and, withthe aid r?1' - ' uucnanan, a capital-old Federalist, home mar, I Bre lo 06 snut P and aU 'a1101, to 56 rewarded eilf I r penny a day, as in China and Cuba. Amidst these that none ought ever to have existed and whilst that one, consisting oi thiee-fourths of its capita! of the hard earnings of husbands and fathers for the snnnnrt nf, one, consisting oi thiee-fourths of its capita! of the hard KT"t PFose ror consideration the fol earnings of husbands and fathers for the support 6ff Aw m8 apejldmen 3 to the Federal Consti widows and children, is to be crushed at all harardsBiUtion : ( " fayriads are to start up with no capital at all, for thejlf 1. That t trusted in the hands of absconding surMreasurers r'' " " w 'V01110 college of And as if this war upon property, upon the pursuitsf,clor8 WnCn 8hal.l he in number equal to business, and enterprise of every man and all classes vhat each State shall be at.aiiy time entitled of men, were not too much tq be endured, and too to have, under the present system of annor gross a fraud upon a sagacious and thmking People,? tionmenti anil Mcbj ttf-- lT- i" ?IX? their morals, their religion, their elementarf poli: mV Stafto uT be div.ded by creeds, cwval wuh their DeclaWm of Indene after each are all to be desecrated by absurdities which have no even the bad ; eminence? of .being, compatible witb uiemseives. , , , r , , t . ern man with Southern principles are sufficiently parftf t I ""' inPeoP,e tyoloreu to denote that equivocation and pattering Vet a double sense which none but a proficient in the blac n . I T . 1 . ' - . - - I - . ! "'agan in tnu age ot retorm coujd have th " v jiocHoe. one , moment una Conner man with Southern orin4r.fi thi. karlnnnin Pmi.K like diplomatist, holds out to the North Gen. Jackson' Fiuciamauon, ine torce act, and the second arti cieot war, to wit,that article, under which the Princ of NulIUier (now a repentant and. naidmed ainnri 1 was to be hung up, drawn, and quartered s In the nextft whilst in nn hrootk .1 :3.L -j.Jli t 1 J rme;.Vm ,1 no wtor.tob7uwr in another, he whispers to "the fanatic, of amalgamaHji-' Uon. with a wint fir th. ri i a.- '. i'-jOeciare each aA and that Ubertv knows no distinction. vBut, lol Tl''mri y Wme beinff. vv. .Ms lieu jum i rcaay 10 nea trie last "r . 1 "".w"J oiooa id the support of Southern! fipies, nu in ueience ot the rihu of the slavcf holder; of riehts to which th Kr,t;:- hnstianity affords not the leastfeha.lnwftr,,.- - r At . . vuiwuaoityin ineir mouths; that- eorvof Christianity -which Would nl from tH. r5i tional councils the ministers of God th.t rhri.Tun;l v whichwould extend torpoS cmuzauon by extermination and indiscriminate mur4y" 'F61"0" conduct alidclose the He. yes, me Christianity of those vho wouW, i there were not already more than enough of yelpe SlilPjSl Pftb. importaU. , uSmo.i ie pacK dv the lmportatlo part of a Christian army : of blooKTJ! wi wwit uiiswunanpft ta hiMJk. j - . ,c " - v" uiunuuiHintist r.nn anji mnru m- ds. cors; and mon4iC r.- 'TJT npon tne wd and substanee ' of mifVr "V-) Knieuu approval wuusi ine i poor Kevolutionary Tensi..ner,vwnh,,raorr!a enough?, ;Orl Xwi - i ?w or an ally) this land would never hav i . lanrfr j , . . . T T" lfliertv. are naked and starvini for the want of the mi serable pittance which is at this moment withheld from &em; not in order that a-' better currency" Aan rags should cover their nakedness apd stay their hun ge, but that a " better currency" should line the pock et of minions and favorites, who voukl never have earned it by honest industry, f It sema, however, that this imoortatibn of bloodhounds, this stain upon the escutcheon of thenation,ls to be forever obliterated and how do" you think,; Mr. President and gentlemen! Why, forsooth, I am told that it isas?erted (I know not tfpori'wbat authority it is avouched) that when an Indian shook his blanket at one of these bloodhounds, he put his tail between his leg anfl ran like,- a sub treajiurer. ' But we forbear let there le no acrimoni U9 feelings, bitterness,'ot wrath- inl the midst of the xheers and hopes that surround us,! ; We are. all one people, rand we trust that there is more oTerror tnan ot Vice amons us. We are ready to open our arms and Ho take to. our bosoms every deluded son of our coun try, and" go, hand in- hand, to the rescue.; We see the day not far distant when those wh infest the Palace, Mock up thet avenues of the Senate, forestall public pinion, waste their time and compromit their honor And independence, in pursuits of ofce and emolument, 'uijf p reformed into bette citizens and more (useful '.The day of deliverance is approathing ; the day. of tur, travail is ome ;? jth day, whenlwe may. all rejoice tha the Old Petticoat jGranny, Wliam Henry jfarri sony is at hand. We do therefore iail him as our de- tivefer vre are not ashamed, in oue agony and dismay, to fery but for his help i yes, the ol petticoat General, Wiliiam H. Harrison, pomes to our jrescueVv Heroines; he,coward ! who in every, battle. Was victorious the iowardl who never turned his balk upon the enemy f pf liis country; the coward !Who, in every conflict from ecanoe 10 tne xcamea, was seen -wiia , Xo rourso along the lists, Scattering his hght around and whilst in the hottest of the. fight. pan4'in every post of danger the fireof his eye gleamed like a sword, and his own peculiar voice - was . heard ; .1. . . r i - , ,. i , - : v.f iMiguig to lue ears pi. every soioier iaose bibiuv'" Words, stand to your, guns,, my ' boys, never.surren- t er, mi npi.a ioe was leu upon tne neiu. ibto . .. 1-1 We look upon him $ yes,1 to the public! robber,- to restore -restore i , . . , ... j '. . v i . .' . . , the perished credit and fill the exhausted and pillaged ofj" the cvuntry, J IV e lookteiiin, W m, f !nrtn toiUion ordollars, pOt oneof wlucli S1 8 ; w00.1" alwayf ready to Uke by the hand the cstoration of all the privileges and! blessings ,of free- fJT" in. at word, we lpok to him, fmder the blessings ? Providence, for the treat amtutomatwn.ef public Wd Prvatefaith' T to rach alderiverer we look ; wur."..H"a nara aaCT l0? cfDva, lppecanoe. P oi t0 ch a deliverer as the E mneror Alexander of y""" "f iUO UCUYCtr wu" ueuypreu Ajugs, riinpe- tb . .. i . . .. r , . "l"? . " uo conunem 01 nauons inio ioe nanus 3""v ""?,CB wu wo sees, m oe ueuvereu irm 1 """f uu' waapYcr unno uwroiy, nd from under the pressure of which no People ever groaned more than we the People of the United States; f Us to such a deliverer: we look. And' if, in as mon grel a pack , as was ever littered in! a kennel, there be -not included in the deliverance a pair of notable twins f nendered ,n cabinet of the kitchen, then, in the r - - - a 1 F' uunne great swell ot public opinion is reset. ng ; the under-tow ott intrigue -and corruption is run- k ocean of oblivion buried ; therainbow of promise w again to wen:;' distempered elements are every where dispersinr, and the prow of eur bark once more 1 , "w i uw uu wcu y n uguuug,. uien hazard nothing in the predictioj: iuai uiey wui nil l uiree-toDttns of the ballot boxes in ! country. A pi fl1?' u 7 bppes, and toiling in one cause. - tiie annmnrhSnr raUiMiinn V ..vi:. r ommodation mav not K f&nni rn,!),... riS Ollf nnirni in. t.n nWj.U. ii . 1 s l our numerous visiters, we undertake to assure all those who mav honor Us wjf.h their rnmnrv nf tha jiabelter .a'nd conf ort of at least our own roof trees, and f;"11" M ood entertainment as everilog cabin and bard uer anoraed From th'eiOhio Chronicle. CONSTITUTION OF THE? U. STATES. ANSFIELD :4- W.. f- . . a . the President of the i ensus ,nl jas as many Electoral Districts - ?;,ei,ch. pay be entitled to !:ve of "numbers in Uie Electoral College, -deiitrn: '"' w a a-C frJC.lil V WZ , hTt1M If ST II fl I I their etej!iion precincts, and ihoose one elec- I 1 - VIIHII Pnnvdim : at wr ior-eacii tl itnrt- Thn .lill k. to meet at the Seal of General Government on or before gwen dayi ind at least 30 t aya before the "convemiofl of the .nkiin , gW8s, ana wnen convened and Pfffa'Zeu as an Electoral CiilieVre 'l.!l ba,Iot fr President and Vice President of TT:. l . ( - .. . T - rcsiucili- 0 ,u.ieu olale5 ? r.Mntil thev shall Itave de- certified the election5 to should likewise member of the college ineligi- f,e 10 anrnjce within the gifl of the Presi- f - ? , if "Oleu distinction in full rpn,iu;i;..r. -. .l in i ma scheme would ffive iriilAnpn.Uno on.t '.dignity to the k """ -.-.... -.i . uimi drier IMHCC iir. sltar'i8m ! and asniihuions for biah. .-ilSl,,?fth5e r4 considerations; we e rresii ent of his count ru nA nt if Wn ;U :T . . ,U? C0UtMry and not ol 3 x . 11 "'"'u. moreover, provide . the iWned: method ut conduct a as iMVvn,1 the people themseb srsal j "1"""" of a select body cho on of thenaelves;aifd byf thenisel v( ves. through he ijln frum o ii nn it themselves and by themselves to execute the JTT'" - ,fU lhat to return to - ' " " n"Pe reward except Is. not this is it loo simple knowing onesWor the tnt . " 8 u.uw lor uie . iwwui tiuis i 2. :I propose that thai part of the 5th sec tion -"or Uie first ariicle'of the Federal Consti luionVwii,ch declares that each Kouse shall be iUeJjntifcepfcilwevtiw artd qualifications if it? own members ' be aboU isheU-lhaWhtf to the reetieriti ve State whose duty anil whose interest H is t keep pnre-and'wisely reula-. ted their-w rt elective jfanc'tiset aridjto jseiitl their representaiivea '.Willi a.clealf slieet ienU ly authcnticaieq,wiUjS the arneuiirnent Simula declare to bt! 6ttalii all cases Scheme wunhl be mueh niitrre satisfirctorV lo all the States, and much I les okpensive r to t'every bodrM In facf; thie pfacliceitlndej?:nUerrre sent system; is mreauy, vuecoraf an ourrMns, wide-spreail, cofrupting nuisanfif(rpouinal A ..UtllM 1.-"! -" TI...I 'r.M tie tiori in'tlte'jiendinar ;Ne w JTersi yt car been confined 16 fta Saie, "-it tvould hafe been as a temnest in aiea-not' ''to VrWes'r.Iiidia'i.burr has witnessed anil sofTered already. . It is evident that the pol i cy," of the Fede ral .Con- siiiuuon in reiatioii to, iiiist maisiervas auopt- ed w i thou t Aa e coVistdti- frora the; Usa- ges of the British jParliameiiUwithout adverl- ing Ut '.the fact that the poliuaV cir and internal relations of the ntwr governments are witfroutranain from eacb btherV tisli precedent is! tiilyiiiappiicabjeknd .should be ino longejr' fj116wed;iAs ajudiral tribunal in these cases in high party liaress is5 the friostieipensTie and excepuo'nable on' the face of the earih.'1 ?i , 'fct f prowse:lhyfrlloW the first specificatibri i of the lOtlil sejeiionof the first artiPle of ij the Feueralj Constitnlion, after the word : Nobility. Or take jurisdic tion of the currency or,, measure of ' value in any way or manner TNb&ieyei- Provided, however, that all esisiino; specie-paving banks snail rominuR.iiieir lawiui operations uunrig the evistehce of Uiiii tiihe.Hheif terS'oTincorporatitas arid tluifing: the time the Phalli so continue to retfee m" al 1 1 h e i r h o tes u pon p reseu tatio n , in gold and 3ilver aiKjtnot thereafter. - :s . I dem the policy and the propriety of this amendment so perfectly obvious, after what has been heretofore advanced upon tthe great subject matters of the currency and the tariff. arid of their indissiolublu connection", that -it would be a work of supererogation to say one word more inlsupporlof iL , It is iii per fect hatmonv and keenincr with iIir- nuo tin w0 the whole f inject, philosophy, purpose and. intention of the exclusive delegation of - ' es . :. . a : tne-sovereign power bf coining to Uonsress, an d f ; th e te x il usS ve f do we r i to reVu 1 ale the measure rvallue to it the standard ! of weights and measures, fur this IJriiori and of the duties imposed upon ; Copgress to main tain the uniformity of the imposts and dt. reci taxes. diuies and f excises. and ta regulate i commerce amohrr tlie Stales and with foreiffh Swtesi -th roucri its s ereat and indisperisahle iristifdments, -weights and. mea cures and ' mnncv.l - : - ' '''Bui'ttirtherf UsjboQid "tie" addfthar'ttii project of zmenilmeni iegalizei temporarily oiiu Lwiiuuiuiiauy vie existing state and - cor poration banks, but provides fr the sou? and final withdrawal of the whdleieat?tfnof state r rebellion and noliiical way entirely: conservaiive "of the public iij- trresi? anu 01 private interests which m an evil nour have been un for innately brought into connict; ana it snatches frnnr entire overthrow;the mokt valuable fWature in th whoje Federal Constitution, the UNITY of prvreenve governmenl lor the currency fiir theiinanwsfortlliecbmmerc it, anu lor the imlusfry of the whole country. i B"f anij; finl uie iu auu, mat it win place a oumher of the oia pairiqtic Ueorga AVashing.n Federalists at ease in relation to this matterwarped by the irresistible influence of little private wlf- I . - ; --. . . '; - " . manJr Who were dyed , in the 1 iDiim - - An 1 a ... 1: z . I ,uiui HICIIUW 1IVII rtowjlivinfr.'are found in a V'false psition upon ths subject, , and many who are dead might liayel claimed forUheir epiv Minis wiia some i ttie ; alteration the memo- raoie wonis oi, . rarson Horne, m tliat iieir. situation in relation to Sta'e Banks) did not corresnond with !th.fi ;niAr.;..... J pliti-ai principle) Nor shm!d it offeiul tne jeUersonian Republicahs ihe98 men- ine pomical Israelites and , SimonlPures of our uay, who ; woid monticeiio, who; ppon a certain occasion, most gravely. philosophized npo this matter, and interrogatively responded, thus The Pankrng system isjraisinjr up a moniexiiaria- tocracy in our country,, wlutfttls already ;UfvfJoyernrijj '""-yteid a IjUIe on the first essav- of I ineir strenirih. theiir nriiina. na unyiehhngtiey: have taken deep root ui uie nearts;oi that class from which our Siituurc9 are ftrawn, and the sop to rrusJ?nn fabljevt has become history. Z principles take hold of the good, tlieir Pe'f j.'Ae bad, and thus those whom ; the r,m8Ulul-on has placed as cuards its por tals are sophisticated or suborned from their uuiies. i j hat paper money has sirfne advan tages, m nst lie adih itted ;"; but; its abases are alau Inveterate ; antl -that it, bj'.breakinirn me measure oi value, makes a lottery ot fall private, property, cannot be; denied. sii Shall we ever be able to j put a constitutional veto upon - it !"; , ti :v4 4 Looker, On from 'Covington, Pv Sr The writer holds, first that the con Irol of the currency of this country nccessa rily involves tl,eestfon of ecJiVe ooiver nvnr hum mpuKiirii mi I na '':;:... i. i : .1. . . - i . . : 1 Seconds that the power annertaininor essen tially urn community interesti cannot in tbe nature of tliinjrs be concuri-ent between the General Government and the States individually,-.-- ST ' . . ' Third, that the States may contract, but have no ribt or pn.wer to make thfii. ix publir eurreney, ori erect those of inuivKiuiis mm pimije currency ' ' ? Fourth; hat the potver todo betoned la another SYSTEM of err,v.,rnm. - r ' . . . . . " ., line Confederation), whieh was abrogated by the Mloptinn f the Federal Constitution. - - - riitn, that state. Scrip N,, Carol ina Fdrl r-4;i...- a.i. . ' ; - va u'rh. i ( "Z C Pecncatxon8tb section, says, money, regulate the value thr,r ir r : : ir.,r." t- r.w iue power to coin ,and fix the standard of .weights and measures? . rnii! i rcaurv ivnit. it....&. Ntes and..DueBillS. are ejua1lvi Credit,ftechnjcaliy8,Ve4lle-dlCC can no inure Hhafi hills of credit' I ' public currency under Slate orM H or Private a wthtir i y ", ; - Sixth, that corKpntipntlv . and ilii ptpIiixIiv nnir.J Vr.i. - u" Value, together wiiln tKblewT capacity, surrendered to Congress Ul A tinder the present forltf -of (iuvernm' i'l H tlAKHnTAL or; THE BRITISH OIIPpv i'fNiw,ro,i.w..,J The BritTsh Queen arrived this mornins t I ly houf, in tlurteetr day s and a Balf frorfj p1 i The dates front London are to th .Qo,l ; , The political news is not important nasnmi ita akiina an th SfitK nit tsl The North-eastern Boundary Question deal talked abouU-'TAjrid" John Russell House of Commons On the 2thi that he irouu I next day, answer a question that had been put Jj J to the state of the : negotiations' on the House -didiot tsiir: on tha 30th. the uZJli l jiotbingf urther about ifc ' His lordship sakl hmH , The price of Cotton Jttad,advanced a half.pennT J again declined, so that the rate were ah .J'"! as berore."'The sales of American were vmUJ Manufkcturera were ialinr win ces to lay in their supplies. ; r vi uie m t Grain was cheaper, v; The prospect was R00d t, J auuuuoui, wup,. , . net ouvt. vn .American aom J the 1st was 8. 21t?. - tt is sold in bond at28 1 : 41 ne veueen; wrought twelve' thonsand lettea, one hundred and eight passeneers. r:.;: ,: . ..One of Mr. Canard's steamers was to start forBi fax on Uie 16th instant, fjay.v. Our next J uay us remvea oy. iwr,, , . The Earl of MuLjrave is a passenger in the ' No further news from China! It was reported that n some Neapolitan vesseU U been seized by British ships-of wa. Louis PhilW had offered to mediate between ' England tod M v. The French were urging; on the expedition igi Africa. The Duke Of Orleans arrived aboSit the m, die of April. There had been no engagement of a moraenr. '.i-5,5 . .: y-, . The news has not had. much ! effect on the market U. a. cans, was stationary. Holdm cotton here are very. firm. . Flour remains u W ' Mr. William M. Price arid family arrived yeW ui uie pacKet-snip uamca. 1 tie says he is prept to prove that he is not a defaulter. v&? f j uFanny" Elssler has taken the city by rom. la! Park, theatre is '.crowded nightly from floor to w& rw witness ner penormances. ivar. jnielUgtruxt, From Me. New York Evening Star, Jfcy ft ' AamivAt or ibx' BainsH Qcaisv Toil steam-ship has made an elegant run from P01 ,which place she left ion the ' first,' and arrived about three 0 clock this morning, making, at C11 nuueris cvuurw, jio uavs ana 1 1 nours Detweeaietvi D-u- 1 . . inj j 11 1 1 .and taking a pilot which is a fair criteriot. II publish her log and list of passengers. , ' ' Although the intelligence by the Queen isao smt later, yet, in effect,' there is not much news of he esU There is a email, but still a very small impm menC in .trade, hot sufficient tcfe relied upon penm nently, In Sheffield, things jbted oomy, and a increase of the national guard jlpoked Ijke i h ure of precaution against, any oYetfeofeHaM the orjeratives.1' Great distresa prevahV b l&i fa ? I In Mancbester it was a shade or tW-betler, kti the manufacturing districts generally there mum suffering. Money was abundant, but Concoli we heavy, from an impression that a new loaa wn 1 the tapis a very probable events contddering the i crease of the revenue, and the preparations for 1 ex ly Chinese war. 4 I The Duke -of Nemours was: married on the Tl to the Princess Victoria, of -Cobure, onwhkkit casion the King would extend the amnesty of )ttf. I e exception of the small difficulty with Ksfi The British ships had made reprisals of some If! vessels, probably of little value; and those at Mill were unchanged. .The sulphus business and theopi urn business have got England into some d'fficuhj war is not so -much of a dru? as manv would ine from these causes. - -France had sDDrorriated im hundred thousand dollars 'to keep up the expeiwpj the Buanos Ayres blockade; and there is somerifot entertained of taking pbsisession s of" the RepuNicJ 1 he Emperor of Austria had recovered sufficient!) attend to business. - In Spain, affairs had undergo) no material change. ' There was a reVjort at Bavoai, that the division of Christinos under Aspimi bad bsl beaten, in- Catalonia ; by the Cariist Chief, Sesoj The Queen Regent's health Was said to be very H cate. The afiair at Chtva, in which -the RussUBtiH so severally, was mainly attributable vto the uuerf mon cold weather. Th' Kinrhce tribes joined ! ttustuans, but General Frost was too strong for am and all their camels and most of their men perolw The Bankiof Poland Has purchased two English irt steamers for the navijration of their rivers. The fH Hebrew printing" ofuce at Wilna was destroyed W fire-los 20QJDOO silver rubles. " The Queen of Great Britain, and Prince Albert were 'amusing themselves wiih - concerts, fetili I" vees, and pubh dinners ' 4- t ' r7, A first rate niacksmhn Thei uWribf r, as agryl, has s fim rt" OI.Ai;nMi rH. Tor a!il: HenDnr thy, young, largev aud fiktly.U;.r' ; v dmi&rm-m 8ETH JONfii May 20, 1840. :.. ,v : .., p BANK OF CAPE FEAR, I UTTOTICE ,IS HEIiEBY GIVEN TO UELI I XI -..... w..t . ., - - T . d..l that s - fWM ouit-rtut-rs 10 ine oiocK I mm -7 unlfss full payment be made on or bef .re ibe day f June next, alt the unnai I Shares will be ri- posd to pbMie aa! at auction, sgrersMj 10 tP1 vlaiuns of the Act of AssemMy. to amend the ''h of said Bank, passed at'the Se-i..n of 1 838-39. .-S..-s!iinr -fir Jflai'n tMay 22 1840. U JOiNES-rw.- TTy AND FOR SALJBv On the AWsy -f II. if A ttust 'oonty 'Court nekd I shall ' l", tniurt Hause door, in the Ci.y of Kaleigh s land adjoining the lands of johrt Hym, I fct- XZX. I ?'m'Ji a. . k "j-iuaurt-nii norne im Jnnn nmun. wm- : . .- ... . , 448 arrt. or therealknnt. lwl..,.ninr tn ihe' hrir devierea .f Wiltium Pi.;u;. -.1 .i .n.l mnhl omlfl tlecrre of . the Court if E.i jiiv.; lor the CeV. a. -on anu twelve monmscTTuu,---1. securilv. - H. w: MILLBK,'" May 22, 1840. - Jj R1HOCCO SPRINGS. Tha Pronrietrert re j .1... .1. iiiipfr ed lo rerrivA iiti.Va ah ihnlnth nfJunft Aw"" . al acrom modal i.trta have been nruvidi'd anjlf!rfr, aiieiiow wiit ue paid to ins comiun . . ..... . . . . r .nil MI- Fainiim ran hn.nl at tlii m reasOOiHl ff . . Ill .Kiltie -i 1. .'" r.J' ' v . . ml . , . V . ' ..kalrtos"1" wem aouart a 'noma lor eacn perauw , f"t, n tlie Kleigb a u """I, 1111 inr ntngD auu uuhu w there h a back to tfboreo IlireW times a rek, Mndav Wednesdaj and Frid-iy. nanHswuicii existed at the taiifica, 'I tloptton; and should ' have heen , y '. May 22,1840,
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