North Carolina Newspapers

1 J , From tha National Intelligencer. THE PROTECTIVE. SYSTEil. it, Thit much at least, roust be confessed in favor 'of tiro protective system, that lhe;,countryxjyas quite as prosperous at any time daring its preva lence after the duties on imports ceased to be protective. Experience, the greatest of all teach ers, and safest of all guides, shows that, if the pro tective system be n evil, as some pretend there Is, at all events, noihiog very blighting or destruc tive in its nature. Either it. has contributed to the unexampled progress of the nation ia wealth and. prosperity, or else- that progress has taken ; placet and' would continue, in : spite of it. . v This protective system is arr essentUV part of . the Whtp;cy(id1a,aii'itS'rnisf looks to the development of the resources of the country, . physical and intellectual, to the protection alike o every interest; and;, to? thef promoting, by tall proper means, of the happiaess of the People and the prosperity of the nation. f. On the other; hand, the politics of Locoftjcoisrn or Jacobinism are the worst-that any nation could adopt, as a. means either of improving ks prosperi ty, extending its liberties, or refining, its morals and ma-ners. ? Its workings inrFrance will never boefiacv-from' the human memory: and the "ituaV V lion to- which this country was reduced in 1840, afteABe successful war of that party upon the JJank 6f the United States, proves that its irea cherous and blasting influence is the same in all ages & climes, and underall forma of government. Its nature is essentially destructive, f it can assail, abolish, and destroy ? but igannot create, ame nd, : , or remedy. V . -r h-J ' i vwy Z A reform of the Banking system' or a modifica tion. the Tariff might ha drwredby many; but, between : reforming and r dastroying--between modifying and abolishing 4bere is a!) the differ ence in the world. Surely,; the triost absurd of al reforms is, to abolish what Is good because it is not perfection itself. : r-- Locofocoism alone ventures to promise perfect happiness and 'perfect prosperity to its faithful followers. , - - "v;; ? - A man of intelligence and education, with am ple means nd leisure, might spend a lifetime in studying the questions of a national bank andthe restrictive system, without being able to come to ft decided opinion. ' We find that some of the ablest statesmen of our country differ widely on these subjects. 'Under such circumstances, the great mass of citizens, who' have no leisure for profound study or for splitting hairs on the meta navsical subtleties of theorists. would naturally look for counsel and advice to the Fathers of the. country - J nose statesmen, whose uents ana patriotism have called them by Overwhelming roajoritiesjto the "Presidential chair, must neces sarily have had both, the opportunity and Jhe de sire to study the practical bearings of measures which have been! recommended for the good of the country ; they must have listened to the ar. gnments and remonstrances, oral and written, of the' friends and; opponents of such measures, and have carefully weighed and sifted the evidence laid before them. . And if, with such opportunities, pre e uinent themselves In wisdom and patriotism, they have been unanimous in recommending any measure, their opinion ought certainly to outweigh that of a host ot theorists in prirate.Jife or de ciajmers struggling to ride into public life on a With respect to the encouragement of Home , Industry, the weight of authority, drawn from the precepts and example of the Fathers of the coun try, is overwhelming. Not one of them has failed, in terms more or less earnest, to press upon the People and the National Legislature, the exped iency of rendering pur country independeat,in fact as well as in tame, of the moaarchies of the Old "World. . ; -'- In reyfewirig this array of testimony, it is not fo much a matter of surprise as of indignation, that, one of tbie candidates for the Presidency should seek to serve the cause of his free trade friends and supporters. Who rest all their hopes upon his success, by encouraging an imposition - upon the Peopleand attempting to snatch from one of his cotnpetitors the credit of being an earnest sopporter of the protective system, as he did from another the Zary of annexation." - "Uf WASHINGTON! "j In his parting Message, at tlie opening of the last Session uodsr his Administration, President Washington addressed to Congress the following earnest injunction to -persevere in the protection pf the manufactures of Jhe country : Congress have repeatedlv and not without success, directed their attention to the encourage-1 mentty manufactures. . The object ts ef too much consequence not to ensure 'a continuance -of their efforts in every way which shall appear eligible As a general rule, manufactures on public account are inexpedient. But where the- state of things in a country leaves little hope thatcertain branches of manufacture will, for a great length of time, obtain, when, these are of a nature esent ul to the furnishing and equipping of the public force in time of war, are not establishments for procuring them on public account," to the extent of the or f dinary demand for the public service, recommen , ded by strong considerations of national policy as an exception to he general rule! Ought our coun try to remain, in such cases, dependent on foreign supply, precarious, because liable to be interrupt ed lAfcssi?ecem5enl796.T,f 9 t: - - THOM AS JEFFERSON. f , ; To cultivate peace and maintain commerce and navigation in all their lawful enterprises ; to foster our fisheries as nurseries, of navigation, and for the nurture of man, and to protect the manu factures adapted to our circumstances i to Dre serve , the faith of the nation by an exact discharge of its debts and contracts ; expend the public money : with the same care and economy we would prac- ' tise with our own, and impose on oor citizens no . imnecessary burdens ; to keep in all things within the pale of our constitutional powers, and cherish the federal Union as the oniy rock of safety these, fellow-dtizensi are the landmarks by which we are to guide ourselves in all our proceedings' By continuing to make ihese lhs rule of our action, we shall endear, to' our Countrymen t& trueprinZ ciplexof their , Constiiuiio7i, and promote' a, union of sentiment and ofjaction equally auspicious to thoir happiness tnd'tety.vK-' Jllesss Congress ofDecemhettlX :18OS0 :'i , The suspension of our ; foreign commerce, prodaced by the injustice of the belligerent Pow ers, and the consequent losses: and sacrifices of or citizens, are subjects of just concern. , The situation into which we have thus! been forced . has impelled us to apply-a portion of our industry - and capital to internal manufactures i and improve ' ments.- The extent of this conversion is dailvin. creasing, and little doubt remains that the estab lishments formed and fornih? will, under the auspices of cheaper materials and subsistence, the - freedom of labors from taxat iou with; m&and Jif r ing auttes ana prohtbiiion,1 become perma - J'-rMessage November, 1803. 7e have experienced, what we did not then , be-vtliat there exists both profligacy and pow v ' :er - agh to exclude us from the field of inter- . cl..s with other nations that to be independent ' for the cociforta of UCe we must fabricate them' ourselves. ; AVe mustnow place the manufactur er, bf the siJa of the agriculturist.; The former qucstiou is snrprcs8ed, or, rather assumes a new form- The rrrand Inquiry is, hU we make bur . own comforts or go without .at the will of ' a, foreign nation J tie, therefore, who fs sow against dtymeitk tnamrfactures, must he for reduci iug- us e;ther to a dapendance oo that nation, or '., be clothed in aklns, and to liyejike wild beasts ' ia dsns and cavern v I am proud to say I am not cm f these." - - 1 - . ; - -' letter to Day. Atetin,&hJnuaryf181Q, A . . MADISON. - . -' In" a cultivatioa of the materials, and the ex tewiorroTuseful manufactures; more especially in the general application to household fabrics, we' behold a rapid dmiinution of 'our dependence on foreign supplies. Nor is it unworthy of reflec tion that this revolution in our pursuits and habits is in no slight degree a consequence of those im politic and arbitrary edicts by which the contend ing nations, in endeavoring each of them, to ofc. struct our trade wi! b the other, haye so far abndg ed our means of procuring the productions and manufactures of which our own are now taking the place." r Message, November, 29, 1809. "There is no subject which can enter with greater force wtojbe; deliberations of Congress than a consideration of the means to preserve and promote ike nuimfoctnres vhlth hive sprpng into existence, and attained an unparalleled maturity, throughout the United States during the period of the European wars J This sourco of national in dependence and wealth I anxiously .recommend. therefore to the prompt ana constant guaraiansnip of Congress." Affflgc Feb: IS, 1815. ' JAMES MONROE.' : , ' Our manufactures wilt likewise require the sys tematic r and fostering care oft the Government. Possessing as'wedo all theraw- fnaterial's, the fruit of cur own soil and industry, we boght not to depend, in the degree we have, done, on supplies froni other coujitries; 1While we are tlms depen dant, the sudden event of war, unsought and un ef pected, cannot fail to plunge us into the most sCrious difliculties. It is important, too, that the capital which nourishes our manufactures should be domestic, as its influence in that ease; instead of exhausting, as it may do, in foreign bands, would be felt advantageously on agriculture -and every other branch of industry. Equally impor tant is it toproiide at home a, market for our raw materials,, as, by extending the competition, it will enhance the price and protect the cultivator a. gainst the casualties incident to foreign markets.' Inaugural Address, March 5, 1817. It cannot le doubted that the more complete our internal resources, and the less dependant we are on foreign Powers for every national as well as domestic purpose, the greater and more stable will be the public felicity. By the increase of domestic manufactures will the demand for the raw materials at home be increased, and thus wilt the dependence of the several iparts of our Union 1 on each other, and the strength of the Union it self, be proporuonably augmented' ' Message, December, 1321. From the best information that I have been able to obtain, it spppears that our manufactures, though depressed immediately after the peace, hare Considerably increased, and are still increas ing, under the encouragement given them by the tariff of l8l&Vand by subsequent laws. " Satisfied I am, wJiatever rhay be the abstract doctrine in favor of unrestricted commerce, provided all na lions would concur in it, and it was not liable to be interrupted by war, which has never occurred and cannot be expected, that there are other strong reasons applicable to our situation and relations with other countries which impose onus the obli gation to cherish and sustain our manufactures." . Message, December,1822. Having communicated my views to Congress at the commencement of the last session respect ing the encouragement which ought to be given to our manufactures, and the principle on which it should be founded, I have only to add that (hose Views remain unchanged, and that the present State of those countries with which we have the most immediate political relations and greatest commercial intercourse tent to confirm them. Under this impression I recommend areviewof the tariff, for the purpose of affording' such additional protection to those articles which we are prepared to manufaciure,T which are more immediately con nected with the defence and independence of the country." Message, December, 1823. WHIG MASS MEETING TO SB HELD IX LEXINGTON, N. C. At a meeting of the Central Clay Club, held at Lexington, on the 12th day of August, 1844, J Col. J. M. Leach submitted the following pream-J ble and resolutions : The period before the Presidential election be ing short, andthe members of this Club and the Whigs of Davidson present, believing that the principles and measures maintained and avowed by the Republican Whig party of this great coun try are the true principles upon which this Gov erement should be administered and that a ffank and unreserved interchange of sentiment, among the Wbigs of this Congressional District will have a tendency to confirm hem in those great principles, upon the ascendancy ot whicn aepenu the weal and welfare and happiness of our be loved country ; and whereas, the self-styled de mocrats of tlie last Legislature of North Carolina saw proper -(doubtless, out of pure kindness and pomomm ;j--to inrow togeyier a number ot w nig Counties in the 4th Congressional District, crea ting, thereby, such an overwhelming majority of Whigs as is calculated to lull them to sleep, and produce apathy in their ranks: Therefore, Resolied, That the Whigs of Davidson (after having taken the matter into consideration and advertisement) do call a mass meeting of this Congressional District, and the surrounding- coun try, to be he Id. at Lexington on Wednesday the 2nd day 6f,Octoher next, (being Superior Court week) to which all our friends of the surround ing counties, without distinction of parties, are respectfully invited. , And in order that all those who attend our meet ings may enjoy not only such hospitalities as we may oe able to extend to them but also a "feast of reason and a flow of soul" and depart to their hornet wiser men and truer patriots, therefore. Kesottea, 'mat the loilowmgdistincruishedffen. men and firm supporters-of the Whig cause be invuea to attend, viz. tionr VY iliie F. Manrum. lion. August in H. Bhepnard, John Kerr. Rso- J. T, Morehead, Esq Hon. D. M. Barrinirer. Gen. Alexander Gray, Hugh WaddelL Eso- Gen. Jas. ijoon, Hon. Kdmund Lleberry, Alex. LitUe, Eq. non. rfoun unng una wen. Alireu UocKerv. vu ujuuuij, me iuiiuwiug genuemen were ap- puiuku m cuuiiuiiivv iuvjtauun, .viz. Aosaium Williams, D Huffman, Col. Leach, and James A. Long. Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings- be forwarded to the Greensborougb Patriot for nab- ucation, wiiii a request mat me ttaieigh Register, Carolina Watchman and, Southern Citizen eive the same an insertiim in their respective papers, Ou motion the meeUng adjounied. P James Lonq. Sec'y. 4 :jraA8:?.EsCTlW08'-'-,' $BiWwCMj'GdHMxtm have appoint d Mass Meetings to be held in the ninth Elec toral District, at the following times and olaces. t -rjllw' Srin. : in lhtv Nnrthorn nnrt nf the' County 6f An8-on,'onthe first Frtdav andSat. ,r!4 NroTn nTil ? the Hfh knd 12th f Octoberf4tf Culberthson't. On the third Triday and Saturday, being the 18th and iDth of Cctoheri at JGold HilLT : And, on the- IbunaJFriday and Saturdayrbeinjritbe 23th and 23th of October, at Mount Uborne. in Iredell County. AS persons are respectfully invited, add iim vvnigs are pameuiarfy urged to attend. tUleigb, 211 August, 18iL MOVEMENTS AMONG THE PEOPLE. k We continue to receive the most gratifying ac countsof the movements of the different Di vision t of ihe greati Whig Army in preparing for the ap proaching Presidential contest, in addition to the numerous inspiriting gatherings that we have here tofore chronicled, our exchange papers of the last three or four days have brought the particulars of twenty-fi ve or thirty more, which show that the Whigs are every where prdUtgo do battle in the cause of their principles and their country. Our. space will only allow us to give a. brief notice of some of them, as follows : ' i. MAINE. , ' , - - Three or,four thousand of the Whigs of Penob scot and Piscataquiscounties assembled at Bangor onthe 20th to meet tbeif bierjWhigsthat city and cheer each other on in the contest. Mo ses L. Appleton presided,' and addresses were made by the Hon. George Evans,vEx-Governor Kent; and Col. McKehneyi 'Thejbld Whigfires of Penobscot and Piscataquis are lighted upV and they have the strongest assurance of success. Abram Sanbojp was nominated as a candidate for Congress, and Charles P. Chandler a Presiden tial Elector, from that d istrict. i -, . - ' 7 f 'NEW: YORK, ' ' - - - At the great mass meeting of the Whigs from tlie. River Counties that recently took place at Al bany, the uumber of persons present i estimated at between sixty and seventy thousand. The Journal says, that in numbers, spirit, and enthusi asm this mighty gathering so far transefnded all expectation a to baffle every attempt -at detailed description, language being inadequate to convey even a faint impression of it Tens of thousands came where thousands "' only had been looked for Seats were furnisbed for tWenty-five hundred la dies,' but. it is supposed that at least five thousand were on the ground. 1 At Aurora, on the 22d, in the midst of a pelting storm, the Whigs of Erie county turned out to the number of eight or ten thousand. The ladies, as utual, were there ; and, when one of them was condoled with, for having been so thoroughly drenched, her answer was, that it was somewhat dreary,; to be sure, butit was a good Whig shower of honest rain. water; and altogether: to be prefer red to the clearest sunshine with Polkery." When the rain ceased, the meeting was organi zed ia a beautiful grove, by the appointment of Carlos Ammons as President; with eight V ice Presidents, Francis Granger was the first epea ker : but before he had proceeded very far, it was deemed necessary, so great was the concourse, to erect another stand, from which ; William A. Moscley addressed another portion of the throng. Henry J. Stow also made a good speech. At a late Whig meeting in Otsego county, New York, eight individuals came forward and openly renounced Locdfocoism. Among them 'Were H. G. Waisoh, formerly a Representative in the Le gislature of that State, Mr. Russell, and Mr. Gal lop, ajldier of the Revolution. Mr. G. accom panied his renunciation by some remarks, in which he stated that be had long been attached 10 the falsely so called Democratic party, but he thanked God that his life had been spWed to see the error of his ways ; and he now, in the face of the world, pubiiclv abandoned a party, whose measures, es pecially the Annexation of Texas, in his opinion, were tending" directly to the destruction or me prosperity and liberties of the country. The ve teran took his seat amidst tremendous cheering. . ' NEW JERSEY. The best spirit seems to pervade the Whigs of i this State. Their meetings are numerous and well attended. The principal one before us is the great gathering at Newtown, where it is sta ted fifteen or twenty thousand persons were pre sent. The farmers Vied with each other in various agricultural manifestations of enthusiasm, surpas sing the farmers at all oilier meetings in the way of ox-teams and horse-teams. One vehicle was drawn by fifty -two oxen and another by sixty. six horses. Delegations were there from ail the country round as far as Germautown. The streets, houses, roads, fields, woods, all were crowded with people and gay with banners. It being im. possible for all to get within bearing of one stand. the speeches were made from three. Josrah Kan- daiU Joseph R. Chandler, Wm. B. Reed, E. Joy Morris, Nathan Sargent, John B. Mitchell, and Gen. Rogers were the orators. There was an endless profusion of banners. PENNSYLVANIA. The Whigs of Moyaraensing hid a tremen dous mass meeting in front of the Commissioners' Hall en the 29th instant. Thousands were gath ered, and the utmost enthusiasm was manifested both for the Whig cause and the Whig nominee for Congress from tlie First District,' the Hon. Edward Joy Morris. John Whiteman presided, and eloquent and stirring addresses were deliver ed by CoL T. W. DuffieW, CoW John Swift, and lion. Edward Joy Morris. There was a glorious meeting of the Wbigs of the Thirteenth Congressional District at Milton on Thursday week. The number present was es timated at six thousand. A stand was erected on an island in the Susquehanna, near the town, where the immense host was addressed by John S. Richards, Charles Gibbons, and the JBuckeye liiacksmith. I he greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The Lycoming Whigs contributed their share to the meeting. In one procession there were two hundred wagons loaded with good Wbigs. t he meeting at Newtown, on Saturday last, was the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in Bucks county. There were three or four acres of Wbigs, accompanied by a goodly number of the fair, whose enthusiasm in the good cause partakes largely of the spirit which actuates their fathers and brothers. Phineas Jenks was President, and t he speaker were i- Josiau Ra ndal I, Joseph R. Chandler, William B. Reed, Edward Joy Morris, and Nathan &argent, all- of Fhuadelnhia: Gen. Rogers, of, Tennessee, and John B.. ill itchel), of Doylestowp, who addressed the people from d if. ferent rostrums. Some of those who were present estimate the entire number at fifteen or twenty iuuumiiu, euuie ui mciu uuin townsoips twenty and thirty miles distant, and manifesting an en thusiasm which haa never been exceeded at anv . i . i t- . . - - . . gainering in uk o;axe. , l F -The Crlisle Herald eats that the nnmher rf persons assembled at the late mass meeting in that town was not ehort-of eight thousand. That paper gives a very full account of the proceedings. ini-n wmcn we snourairaiaer tnatit was a mmt en'hasiasticand heart-cheering assemblage. Ex. Governor Ritner presided DELAWARE. - r- . n 7 ,iT o Georgetown on the 22d There was a grand gatberin? of Whiws at lusiani, wnicn was ad Clayton and ChaurtMMr P. Holcomb, Eso- Mr. Clayton sooke with men. uar mrce upon ine necessity or sustaining the present, tariff; and siemonstrated, by statistical evmencs, lis great oenentsto the fatrasrs. MARYLAND. ; The Whig mass meeting held on Monday last. i district of Baltimore rountv. wassverv hrminit "" wo iwei8tersio.wu. roaa, hi uie tntrd: election enlhusiasticpassemhlyr numbering between two e non Prided. vAftertbe adoption of series of appropriate resolution he meeting was successively addressed by the Hon." John AVeth- ered, Wm. IL Watson, John McKim Duncan Da on-- f- o. ausin, all of whotn themselveswlth greaV credit,' In the ctnirse of the uay the company partook of a substantial col lation, which had been nrovlded by the hospita ble Whigs of the neighborhood ' - v- r There waa an animated Whi? meeting at Port Tobacco, in Charles county on Wednesday, of which we hsive hot seen a defied account The people were addressed iy Mr. CaUs'm, Mr. Tuck, and Mr. Bowie ' "-' ' ' ' ' . f J,v?'- c The ilase Conention'of .Whig which met at Chttksburg on ihe 2lst instant was "a spirKed af fafr -The nutaber present war upwards of three thousand, including about three hundred ladies. William A. Harrison was Preside ntTjiThe 4Ion. G.; W Summers? wasi the first speaker, who de Silvered anjfliHiuent address of about thj-ee bouff ana half;m jtengthfeofininghru a history an dwco800 the Tariff sund Texas questions.). Diuner being over, the assembly ad journed to town where, addresses were made at the courLbouse in the4 afternoon by Messrs. Pier pont ani Haymond, and after night by Messrs. liioBd'fhd'-Piuneir 'T Tr ; On Saturday last, the Whigs of old Greenbrier met together for the purpose of listening to sound Whigwew-hes' audio partikeof a spfepdid Barbecue.- There ' were la- attendance from eight 'hundred 1 tb; one tlwusand persons, and among them about two hundred Jadies. At 12 o'clock the speaking was commenced by John R. Cooke, Esq , of Richmond, snd continued by Wrh. H. Macfar land, E?q. . a n the Hon. Benj. Wat kins Leigh, both of Richmond ; Gen, C. P. Dorman, of Rockbridge ; , James, M Laidiey, of Kanawha ; BiHard Sihith, Esq. and Dr. Syme. : l - . nuin "ic; - I The Whig meetingsHbat'are being 5hejd' in! rU: inu.mil brilliant '; At Hi!IilhlrfMltrh On I the 15th there were fifteen thousand assembled in council. ; The trades were out with banners and cars, 'presenting a very handsome pageant. The Mechanical car, (sayethe News.) with wea ver, blacksmith, tailor, tanner', flaxdresser, car penter, &c all at work, drawn by six beautiful horses, attracted universal admiration. 1 These were followed by the spectacle of three Ash cars, each containing twenty-six persons the first con sisting of young ladies, the next!of little girts, and the third Of boys, with twenty-six young la dies and as many -young gentlemen, all dressed in white, riding white horses, as an escort and fUnkes. iTben came wagons, carriages, and horsemen by thousands, with an almost endless variety of flags, banners, and badges. Ex-Governor Trimble called the Convention to order, an'd, after partaking of a repast, the people were ably addressed by the Hon. W. W. Soutbgate andR. Collins, Esq of Kentucky. .. The meeting at Mount Vernon on Saturday week was also a great affair, numbering some ten or twelve thousand persons, all animated with a spirit that indicates the downfall of JLocofbco ism. The rally made by the spirited Wbigs or Fair. field on the; 13th is represented to have brought together from eight to twelve thousand persons, who formed, a very rniposing procession, in which the mechanic arts and' agriculture were duly rep resented, by the flax-dresser and thresher, the cooper, the joiner, the blacksmith, the potter, &c Tbe bestof all, says the Gazette, was the loom making a piece of cloth for a suit for Tom Cor win. ; ::' u-r . s .' The meeting at Cambridge on Thursday week, though not so large a one as the above, was a very spirited affair. Twoor three thousand Whigs were' present, accompanied by several bands and banners, with every variety of inscription indica tive of devotion to the Whig principles and hos tility t-i those of our opponents. Colore 1 Bigger presided ' over its deliberations. Hon. Bellamy Storer, A. Harper, and Thomas Ewing were the speakers. I 1 r TENNESSEE. The mass meetings in progress in Tennessee exceed any thing of the kind ever before known in that State. I Besides the grand Convention at Nashville noticed yesterday, we have before us accounts of two others one at SomervbMe, in West Tennessee, on the 13th instant, ' where were congregated at least eight thousand persons. i , : . Nat. Intel. ELECTION RETURNS. Our opponents, here and elsewhere, have made a great deal of boasting about the falling off of the whig majorities at the elections which have taken place this year, and vauntingly predict the certain defeat of the Whig parly at the coming election, from the diminution, as they allege, of the popu lar vote in its favor. The following table, com piled with great care, will show how incorrect are these assertions, and how baseless-are the predic tions drawn; from them. Whatever-error may exist in the subjoined Statement (we know of none is in favor of our opponents. We have not included New Hampshire or Rhode Island, because in the first f these there was no positive Whig, and in the latter no Democratic, opposition, at the last elections ; though, had there been, we are of opinion that there Would have been found a deci ded Whig increase in both. Neither have we ad ded Alabama or Missouri, because we have no re turns approaching to completeness from either : we know enough of both, however, to be enabled to assert that the Whig cause has gained in the former, whilst in the latter it has gone near to a chieve a victory. If these States were added in. we think the! Whtggatn, as evidenced by the late elections in these States, compared with the bien nial elections last preceding, has not been less than twenty thousand votes. That this is the true mode of calculating, as showing the present ten dency of public opinion, must be, obvious to every one ; and, when it is remembered that this calcu lation includes nearly all the strongholds of Loco focoism, the Whigs have no reason to be discour aged, but. on the contrary:- abundant cause to re. joice in this most decided evidence of an approach- ng ana triumphant yictory- Majorities. Majorities. 1842, fee states. 1944. Wing. Demo'uc Wilis?- Demo 'ne a 4,745 e 899 t , 157 - .. 1,825 h - 639 - j 4,030 - 112,013 - . p ; 7304 13,744 17368 - 13,744 Whig -. mln'ty. 4,124 -N. Garolioa jja 8,426 Kentucky 6 11,781 Louisiana , Connecticut Maryland Virginia Indiana -Illinois 325 g 4,73 T am t oe 21,891 9 6181 Whk majority Wg minority at prec g elections. 16,537 c. 1 1-... 'Vote since pree ng elt-ction. We have Heft the Indiana msinrifv tnr 1QA4 - j rj y iVn blank, because, although we are assured that the: Democratic majority of the preceding election is vm, wo wr uw. uuw wiuu m ue precise irjiig majoruy 01 ine present. Governor's maioritv. 1843. (f) Governor mW jority each elction.. (g) Congressional election, 1844. (hh Govermir'a maioritv. f m tton for Legislature. Yrt nnnrrrpirnal trressional election. f r finvamn iqi - - A public dinner was given in Bedford coQntv. .(jiun. vu iub ou bi tast inonin, 10 lion. Wm L-Gogotn, the worthy ; Whiff Representative in vkinsresa from thaf'disf r'wtJ ft U-ln:. i . lair, the number of ladies and gentlemen nresent w . - "" wr oonareo. Speeches were delivered on the occasion by Mr. GoGcm 9,293 9 618 I 4,124 tv HENRY CLAY.-. ; The following article from the Y'-zfJL nal,; ooght to be read and pondered upon by every voter in the country. r Every one fh.w acquaint-ed-with Mr..qiay, will aeknowle;!-e. ti train. and'agree with the, sentiments of the wr.ia.? v THB PERSONAL ENDOWMENTS OF , - HENRY CLAYFORTRESIUENT. Vf are very snoagly Impeessnd with the conyicuoit bat be jwrswio character of ;niter is mors, impor tantnd influemial Ibrlgood os evllyihsii seems to k mmvrA tiv tba oarttes. or even , the people, in nnt.Uv. It is not hiuli ia!eni. ior sreat iuammenU, J i :..u:.. ... iimnaiua .fniiwnM.-lMMCKB great services, that will -make it sale 10 entrurt men I qHeoc, Peston is the man ; if We " Jb with new aud vast powers ; ihe roan must Le per- j et, jiareM, snd inost' beautiful advocacy of clef sonaly &t for the place, or be ne ver can acquit hire-1 flnd noWe Ibings, Critlenden is the living inLT" "Shi self with high success in n viiowerw me me pains vai study She personal eharacter.ot iti men, who have hereiofoie been " JTesKJeois 01 -tne- unneu States, r, indeedcUiet secuiive oincen w State, mBttniy,or assoeauon.atany,4UBAexi9iirfg atnoogst men, will oe lar oetier qoanueu w couipre. bend the causes of hat siiccess or, failure, prosperity , or decay,, which may-havs resolied" fram.: tlieir la trs, tbah they can in any other way; -Nothing, for Ptamnlr see in io.us more obvious than llmt the wliofe history of the rise, progress; duorgnisHUonV and threatened overthrow 01 the present iocoioco party throngbout tbe Unhed States,' may be clearly exhibited Trom candid itddy ' of the personal char acters W General Jackson and: Mr. n Buretu And wtiojia , the smallest, doubt, that, if Colonel ru-a had been z President for tlie tast two yeais, instead of Mr Tyler, an utterly different eondiiion of j things would have existed .-fniMommg .omffom of them haI held the verysame gfnet principles! Or who cannot, see thale if MJjlet hd Jbeefy roan of any fixed views, oamy r,ieilBdV aims, or tany resolute faith ; if he had been steadily :: snythigviio matter what! things would have gone with him and the country after another ahioor Supposing these suggestions to have any weight, is it not rather re- markabie that the triends OI Mr. viay snouia nave. taken so little pains to hold op, with distinctness, oe- (nrm tha niiKlifl VMV. tbese individual anu personal traits of character, which, ms it seems to ns, fit- him pre-enrineniiy for a great President, and wbrelr so re inarkably disiioguish him. as a man 2i iStatesmait, orator, genius, even his enemies admit that - be ia. Bui is he fit to be President? . We think, pre-emiaent-ly ; and that for reasons .which we strongly believe, thousands of American citizens vouli immediately see the full force and bearing of, if tbt-y were brought home to them, whether hiera pohticians and party men would or not. We say, then, and we appeal to every, mnn who ever kuew Henry Clay personally, that be is a man perfectly to be relied on. He ' aw honest man; he is a true man ; he is a man who believes in bis own principles, who follows his sentiments and acts on ihem, who. never deserted a friend, who was never deterred from his purpose, who was' never seduced from what he undertook to do. He is a man of faith in the; largest sense: of that; word. ' lio man has ever been more severely tried in public life, in this country, than Mr Clay has been ; and no man ever exhibited a more sublime manhood, in all his great and repeated exhibitions, of this noblest of all qualities in a public mart trustworthinegs. There is not on earth a single individual who knows Mr. Clay, that will not admit, that, if tie should be1 elected President of the United Stalls, he will just set himself with earnestness end xrel to administer .tlie Government according 10 his long avowed and deliberate convic tion of right tie will do his best, be will do it thor oughly, he will do it upon the seuled principles of his life. He could no more do i oilier wise than General jocaeon codki u true w oimseii ur nnjuwij ese.' , It is very important to FoUerve that men of this stamp, are, by the ery constitution of their being, in corruptible ; .directness of purpose ajsd devotion to one's own convictions ate ; absolutely incompatible with that feebleness of character which' lies at the bottom of the ruin of so many, public men. ' What an immense proportion of oor party leaders aie alike destitute or fixed faith in anything, and of fixed hon esty and force to execute' anything that is of question able party Uvor. INoto witU M enry Clay ; let uim be right or let him be wrong, let bis opinions be ad mired or let diem be denounced, owe thing is certain the nation may rely on him, that he is what ke says he it, and that he-will do. If Ameriea wants an ho nest man, in the broadest sense of that glorkms phrase for her Ptesident, here is the man that- will exactly suit her. .. ?';nf- An integrity and nprightness of character, such as. we know Mr. KJlaj possesses, will very generally be found united with great force ot will, and uigh moral courage. : l nat Mr., Clay ta a man of a nu pa bred per sonal bravery, n one 'doubts ; and, alttioiih this is an endowment of great value in. every circumstance of every man's life, it is not just what we mean now, and is, besides, an almost-universal trait in the Ameri can cbarabler. J5t thai lofiseltrelianretbat nobJe strength ot character that intiepid pursuit of what one resolves to accomplisb-that power er circum stances and over other men tuat menul and moral capacity which enables a man to bear down with all his force .sgaiost all obstacles that instinct of triumph in ait inat one resolves to1 enect this is the trait to which we allude, and this trait Mr Clay possesses in a very high degree; ' No man ever knows beforehand' what he can accomplish J and. for this very reason. men of leeble wills always accomplish less than they might. In a country like ours, in an age lik this; in an office like that of the Presulency, it is impossible to conjecture what issues might depend upon the sin gle question what ia the force of will what is tha moral courage otth President? We have- jast con versed with & distinguished centleman. who wm em the continent of Europe when Gen. Jackson made his terrible onslaught on the King of lhe French, some eight or ten years ago ; and, although the eemleman of whom we speak ws never a partisan of the Gen eral, be says tuat me euects of the old chieftain's eon duct on that occasion, penetrated to the very centre ol wy . . a a . curope, ana mspirea a Kina ol awe in men who bad oeiore consiaerea oar country - Jourth me power- Mr. uiay, wim a tars greater reach and mmmu of mina. who tououeiy; oetier guaranties for the right exercise of this jrjeat faculty, possesses it in as higTt a uegree as uenu jacsson ntmseir was evet supposed by his warmest admirers to possess it. On one occa sion, when the tenth legion reeled, and faltered before the fierce barbarians of Gaul, Julius Csesar raved and tore his hair like a madtnan. No man ever saw Hen ry Clay quail. "s " vr - i,.-. Keen observers or human nature am wn tV..Ti brave men are- inclmed to be generous, and ere Very ,v..rt, imniunj, sucn as cruelty. ....,, kici.Ko ,an tuer.ae. in me same manner,' mn of 8feat force .-of character and profoand convie- noni, mneaa 01 being impracticable men, as the phrase goes, are eenerallv the easiest of all tnn - o those whose intentions and principles are rieht. to irer alone with. Indeed such men nfiM Mm ir,iv. i w .uuw , wibou uice maa ftower, lite owes pit gentleness jand trust , Is it not remarkable, that roan, with such a wiir and soch deep convictions If Mr. Ciay: has shown himself to possess, should have been the very man to steb forward and eomnmn;' Ft or! ..ma . il r . . . - w general satisfaction, the Iwo great questions, fthe Missouri qnestion and the Tkriff.) whichi A thtlkv have most endangered the confederacy The reasons areoovraus. ri ne mart is generous and wiselas Well as nrm and full of coovlouontt And if we had anv ,W sire to win a reputation for political forecasnw cm hesitatingly risk ail urjon this nrediMlnr.... it ry Clay isehwted President he I.rsoe"1iiit of ,ulLW generous ana noble and considerate forbearaice and so sry-iis:fAllieii: ... ,u wa i out opponents will become his Ssr i".d sr M f ,",of to . If Mr Clay is elected Piesidnt. h;. m.imL:J. ' gfCat era and ouf chdren will recaU a Mean meo wUl be driven away, rogues ri..K.-.i-I"ll V. - .",on roen wun neartsin tne J'mi'limn men. iTr wTC- 08 in P i anaoever sinrethe days ot Washmaton. w if.-.- -.1-.:: 5 he country and fof hft'country Mthismaas iw personal endowments insure tha ; and ....1Tv wiriiei 10 see ner uest sons united once oaore Li a noble race of patriotie glory and all miner questioos merged as far as possible in the great qoes ifon of ber own advancement and rsnewn, this is the man Uaceornoluh her fannea. : 5 - . - ' i In Oor opinion the'rooat seaaafrlrafel.jfttWI inent of Mr. CJay is, one that we do not remember ev to," seen ascribed to him in print it hit com ,rtVne, 'He most sagacious poblic mart this n J?0 Benjamin Franklin-. H knowledge of affairs seems radiertniuitive than t he leauu oi experience, vy caw beard , him deliver sorr. 5 ( ! greatest speeches i.. -f an Prfttorworid wide . , retbemall oratory of ibose gteat ifiacour u ! acquired eradiiinJ Mr, Clay Lardi. ra hJ UKtfts 2 Wo elaborate srgurtwniaiio,' 'ie, Ucfi The graiurofanJmeUect that LJ9 tC?U truth iotuiuvely. onirfd to a rt , m o ' A DemosttMfties. This is th nnrr";e a. ,h, ?. of sense.- - We have listened toiiti" 1 MiuJ men.v t If we wanted 4 grajirtmari.. : Kst -. r - 1 1 lui. lull senetf tuwortt.!wa ; would taiJ whose mind seems to have no flXej vi r caI1(Hj 1 II we wanteorti clearest deuHnraiioI$0r,ru"' propotilion, we wouULl.e non bat i I rvf greatest togknaa that lives ; if we d.i'ed,u':? all iltat ! rkh. futli rui nmrul..i t if we leireu u snow ine tnnh, t0 be J risbt, to be kept from delusion, to be set S t m wlncb wewigia 10 walk lor ourcountrv. e ny; v be supported m me nowe race, then Hr '"Kl u the true guide ; and u is-nearly iie tan J'1 tne leawn uegicn uwinue uaiiioi Uonc. "r 1 . .: r .t. i.n -"T. ki..i the shades ofMshland. Call it as you iii f it common sense this man, has an inifii 'H which few t'ml have existed could stand u ca desires i r vast interests to be direciP,i 1 ' flDn- j capacious . . all things, and clear as a , S this is'tbeman: ' - - u 01 h - V The Rreatest' of all artive effhowmentii edly ibose which Sire nnh"v called pu...7 nndo6W crowning power of greatness the naa. ."Ab 110 uiww w turniui itiui turret othor. ni .' .1- ... ;-uneim. is coirceder oh ell Itands ' that Mr n 'e It best Speaker llist ever presided in the LT Ibe of Congress Hi has been on all occasions r 0058 lv-balf cenlurvrwhollv invinHJ ki..' ,0'rt- low . UCIIf - - ".ouu wiiere lie cm.ij 1 . Dersonal intercourS With all il.- ... bold bar, in bis county, in his district, in botk H Congress wbowas ever with him htbim.ii. notjeel the power of his bewitching 'inflnence ia open oombat before his irresistible mifihi 'il fall of the ablest men of this age have struVd L,1 against him on every theatre where he has ' might? M winch one Oi uiem all failed to Le ,.... . Many of the noblest spirits this country ias Vt2Z ave,hved on ierrnsol constant and friendS pnnrse with htm : ami urliv-h ... r . ' ------ , -... ui mem everMcnJ Ad a thousandth rmrt nf tli rrM i I'uucwe innt Mr n. 1 did over him? Whn . , . 1Wr hi Alliar mon M .1. j "1 " ,, of bein. " -j mis is a .man born to direel ooi 10 - oe . tnunseu guuied Lv ot inr lw.. mm l.lm D....,l . BtlO m mta . . i .. oiurui, win fee such a Piesid as never was belore or since Washin-aon en THE GREAT WHIG NASHVILLE COX VENTION. Tl.o IVfaalin'rlTo t7u: .... 01 uk weal vvnig mass flieeiinor he d thereon the 21st. The Whig says: eoa And trulv the People are here, in iLpirreai majesty and strength, not alone, as in the revela tion, of 1840 sublime as that great moral tpecta. cle and still greater moral and political triumph is acknowledged to 'have been in protniscuou Slate, county and neighborhood delegations, but in the toore imposing form of organized associa. tions, companies, battaliions, brigade?, disiinguiFh. ed by Uie' badges and other insignia of common brethren in the same great faith, and marshaled as fellow soldiers in the same glorious strutrWe for sound measures and good government. Toe regular procession numbered ahoiit sir thousandvj Jn-ftha immense procession, B-ere a large number of Ladies on loot, who look Iho right otlliecoiuriin escorted by the Harrison Guards. No incident of the day more forcibly illustrated the Whiff spirit of Tcnnes&ee. 'han this turn out of the patriotic fair. The v lore the beat and dust. of. the day, on fool, i;h heroic w. tienre and preceded ihe vast line of Whig fret. men who a nrmness ot step, and a devotion to tne principle that animate their fathers and husbands &. brothers, worthy the best days of AncientRcir.e. I he procession marched to Carnp Harrison, it Walnut Grove, about a mile west of the town. Dr. Thomas Gayle, Chairman of the Commit. tee of Arrangements, called the Convention to order and announced that its proceedings would tie opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ogdeaof ine uumbenana Presbyterian Lhorch. Thie solemn and' impressive ceremony over, Dr Gayle read the followin? nominations lor of. ficera of the Convention, all of which were uuaoi. moosly- eonfirmrd t ' zif JfXIKfKliiSlUfiNT. Hon. Johh Bzuv cf Tennessee. - VICE PRESipENTS. Kexkstr RantE; of North Garolina. ; m Davis, of Alabama: - W.;Wi Humphreys; of Mississippi. R. Underwood, of Kentucky; Judge Kesttsof Arkansas. J. B. Crockett, of MissouriT A. Layetr of liooisiana ; , -. J. Netherland, of Tennessee. J. S. McLain, of Tennessee; f Charles Ready, of Tennessee. B. Cheatham, of Tennessee. V. Sevier, of Tenuessee. Le Roy Pope, of Tennessee. rfP- SECRETARIES. A. JLw Saunders, t)f Louiriana. ; Wm. BvFigureSV oi' Alabama. - James Hogan. Jr: of Tennessee. B. Rosborough, of Tennessee, t B; McLend, of Tennessee. C. C. NorvelK of Tennessee. On toktne the Chair. Mr. Bell addressed th uiuiuiuue in a very tore iwe i ana eloquent sijw. upon ine fiTatitvinirsnectacie before him, toe cau ses' which brought this vast assembly tngetner h ujb results to wnicn we may conuuemij iw from such ereat and spontaneous outpourings o the People. He alluded in terms of the loftiest oiaie prioe-.to tne Whig spirit ot Tennessee, au the fires fhat were blazing from her Hills and in ber:valleye.r,To' these he pointed as example worthy the jmitaiioo of every State in ihet nion, and lie called unnn our numerous friends from a distance present on this occasion, to carry back to Uietr tomes, the -enthusiasm of their bremreo of this great political battle ground. ,w lUHciDuin? ina remarKg, air. wu muw';- lo the assembled thousands, Mr. Prentiss of Ms- sisaippf, who made (and we say it in no ib?iikw sense,) the Speech of the occasion, in effort of to nignest degree of warm and efiective eioque- ofglowmffTahfraaffeofib imacery. h"?1 a- a - - - - - . . -s m an an a tui , Kv.t. . uith an uuuu great prinlciplee'Uiat distinguisb the Whig par ty i compared "with ihe disorganizing tcodecciei of UA FocotsroV addressed- to the deliberate judff- me of his audience and illustrated w;tn a of Isigoage tnd appeal to the truths ipf codi"- potary history which -could hardly fW ,J conviction to every hearer. ,4 -He wu ucceededtj.Hon. Mr. CrffZ Hon. Mr. Rajner, of North Carolina, botho WJ from the maio sUnd, as well as Judge Vw , of Kentucky, from tnoth;er: stand, made W" highly jrralifying speeches ,ft i-Tb, Whiff says that the meeting - wtvi wuau mat ucjy nv i" r . t. tkaTiiw. Aa. VJ '1. : 'lJ e.l UrStlDce iZ J?T?r held in the State. AiottiPi: Whig Clai' nWT; ? M: ' ;s to iW iviicgii nas rcarea a democratic ryr"" tof otvn liking-lt says-- We have sees several ttese Pyramythe workmanship of gJJ and some constructed bv Whiffs not satisfied with either. Here is oof I JiZ ljr -f.TEXAS 6 MTSftOTIRl SOUTH CAR O LI N A V. W M A II l R 11 I R B t u,Pt..nt-.:.'i. wi-:Ji a nrettT id loundatioti ro rest ota f but we are t&jt tian thUjLIissourrwill not have to be koock r r a m 'visTHn s i Tmnia BUTWIV " i - wtiws viiriaima. ins top ana -will da Greensboro' Patriot, r I 1 rr 1 I - - t ' . -4