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i!l' X--X-:- ' :' I ( a- 1 I T: -'. . From the Standard of July 3, LISCUSSIOX A T WADESBOR OUGljj: : .Tn' thft 'Hiscusysion at Wadesboroutrh. Mr. K2rr""5ri- Csisted that the Government had always beentdinin "I''i it j n v.trr 'Vihir.4hpr fiver-had tn YVlir runnfinli-R and not'aCCOrd" i v8 .rL. '...jn!. V bW ,,ow4'pccasioivJor r.cars, as.bo f?viTbcen an administration that - hadtVadmitiistered fv' - this Government according fofiiig principles? - '' Gov. Reid, in reply to jfiia part Af Mr. Kerr s f speech, said that his competitor had propounded the tSV nnocfinn in a most solemn andftrramnhamVmauncr, uu v:ftW. tn Mri the imbrcssion' thaflie -:hiid ffpnnpman. 1)11 fc. WtlG1 would be satisfactory.to him he could not tell. jVovr '.ir. it. n.ln.v.r ymilrl tVi foJimnoa BU Htm this fitquestion, it was the duty of Mr.UCerr and the lead- riiuii i i n; ' l'iii, itTiiifiii .vru&A v-kjw t-tH-era ot the- nig party ,10. mju, uua u f'.'m- i4v.:, ciples are. Gov. Keid said the Democratic party nau ?l;i V.tirtnnl Platform and Mr. Kerr bad Just read and. t"? commented on portions of iV and he would thank if fcfMr.'.Kerr or'anv other Whig to hand him the plat l - V-- form of a National Whig Convention. - He did not V;K ask for the one they did not adopt or the one they V iexpccted to adopt hereafter, but he wished a'-plat- forni of any mcasurce of public policy ever aaoptea fk at any Whig National Convention. It appeared that ? :r-j6 one could furnish it, and why ? For the reason r that Whit; National Conventions did not adopt plat- VX forms of their principles. wr. iverr naa saiu tuta. ' f; Pierce was a blank, upon which the North could f'-fwrite one thing and the South another. -Now Gen. &ti Pierce" was not the blank, but the National Whig f;, platforms were the blanks, upon which one thing v" f-might be written South and another North. As Mr. r.-vfr-'lfi.rr conid not show him the writen platform of Na- tidnal Whig principles, he had no right to demand $ an answer. . Gov. ,fKeid said that he naa asseu jur. . Kerr what administration had ever been conducted it' it'1.: .nrl V VtaA onewnrprl Wnsb- f ' upon . Il'.g ll Jiitipica, aiiu ut tio.. .. ington's and Madison's. Gov. Reid said that although h! -' he could not find a National Whig platform, he could cfind a North Carolina Whig platform. In tint plat i;. form there was but one practical question of Nation- ' al policy made an issue, and that vas the proposi- : . tidn to divide the public lands among the old States. L' -V - Is not this the only National question which they - urge? Gov. Reid said it would not do to tell us that M'.Washingtdnafld Madison were for a Bank or a Ta- nn ior proiecuon, ior nv; j.tvi. iww... . inn haH Tint, rlftoided in fa vor of these measures. The policy of distributing the lands was the only i. ; r iiamjiiiii iiivaomv i iv- I' j i i RoM if T can show that upon this question Zfcith Demorrats stand unon the Washington and Ma- fl" disn platform, and that the modem leaders of the i-r- North Carolina Whig party do not, then the gentle man and his party are bound to give it up ! now do the two parties stand on this question? The .Whigs say they are opposed to giving the lands to to the new States, and so say the Democrats. The Whie;s say they are in favor of dividing the lands among the State's. The -Democrats are in favor of keeping the land system under the control of the General Government, and when the lands are sold trV- to apply the proceeds to defray the expenses of the t-'- Government for the benefit of all the States, which was just the policy which was pursued during ash ington and Madison's Adminstrations. lie, Gov. Reid," defied Mr. Kerr to show that Gen. Washing ton or Mr. Madison ever advocated the North Caro- r lina Whig policy in regard to the public lands. It ; was too obvious to need further remark that Mr. Kerr and the modern Whig leaders were not upon the Washingtonian and Madisonian platform. Gov. Reid said if Mr. Kerr desired to know whe ther the measures under which this wide spread Re public had acquired a prosperity and greatness un exampled in the history of Nations, had been the re sult of modern Whig or of Democratic policy he 'could answer him very'easily, and he would prove " the truth of his answer, not by Democratic authori ty alone, but by the words of Mr. Kerr himself, when he asked Mr. Kerr why the Whigs had promised so Jong to divide the public lands among the States, when they came into power had failed to do so? Every Whig and every Democrat present knew that Mr. Kerr said the reason they had not dene so, was, "that they never had the power except in 1840, and then John Tyler turned traitor and prevented them from carrying out their measures. If Mr. Kerr be correct in his statement, then it follows of course, said Gov. Reid, that the people are not indebted to modern Whig policy for the great nuasurcs which have promoted the prosperity and happiness of the country. ; Gov. Reid said he had something further to tell vthe people about the public lands, lie was as much opposed to the Homestead-bill pending before Con . arrcss as Mr. Kerr or any one else. When he com- menced . the canvass, Mr. Kerr and the Whig party were declaring that Congress was giving the public glands to the new States, and plundering and defraud ing the old States of their rights ! The case they re- ! . hed upon to prove their assertions was the appropri t? ation made for the Illinois Rail Road. This they al ir,f .legcd was a great outrage! Now, said Gov. Reid, if ,f f y this Illinois bill perpetrated this fraud and outrage on the other States, Millard Fillmore was bound to veto h' r it One line would have done the work. Now Mr. ? V, Kerr and the Whig leaders are commending Millard :t Fillmore as worthy of your confidence and support, Y.V-. and insisting that he is their first choice for Presi- - dent. hilc, according to their own statemeets, he i , v js sjgumg uuis 10 ueiraua you ouror ttiu jiuuiit; i;.uus : . ! If these appropriations were right the Whigs ought f-.:v ;not to complain of them; if they were, as they al- ; - r lege, -wrong and fraudulent, then to say the least, r v i" they must have been " hasty and inconsiderate, " and y:'. '.:. Mr. Fillmore ought to have vetoed them. Gen. Jack KcV' .''8on was a Democrat, and when Clay's land bill pass- d, he thought it did the old States injustice and he : 1 l refused to sign it This is the way for Whigs to do. . Not while their President is signing bills to plunder you of your lands, as they allege, tell you at the same ; time he is the man you ought to elect to take care of ilyour rights! ' ' fi VI Gov. Reid said he had shown this measure was not recommended by Washington or Madison, but the j?4 sic; democratic policy was the one adopted by those ad V.s V ministrations, and he now wished to show something p; further about this question. A large portion of the i v most valuable lands ceded by the States had already J ; Vbecn' disposed of. The Government had acquired f large tracts of public lands by Treaty, &c. Mr. Kerr r-f na;I stated that the public lands had-eost the Govern-r- "Svinent as much as the sales up to this time had reim-I'vTScd.''- - He presumed this statement was nearly '( iv; correct at any rate he would assume it to be so. But jjrwbiletUe public lands had not more than paid ex penses, yet he thought they might hereafter become considerable source of revenue to the General Gov iernment ; ; When the Federal Government admitted TVa new State into the Union it always made it a fund- camental condition that such State should not tax the f-t v4Publ'C lands belonging td the United States. If the U i'vlandg were civen to the States, the old States would yhave no such guaranty to protect them against the .i' Statcs in which the lands lie. The old States ceded v'V-the lands to the Federal Government to pay thenub- ; we uent ana to aeiray tne common expenditure, be R ealise it was believed by the States that the General '--"'-Government ronlrl mnreiw tha crBh.m Knfn Lfc States, and that thereby the proceeds would be fpmorevequitably applied than if the lands remained as toe,l)roPertvoftueStates' It has been urged that iS"ithe lands were ceded to pay off the Revolutionary debt and tna thc delt having been paid off, the plands resultel to the States. They were not ceded I ; , for. that object alone, but for other purposes also. Ad- ."M,vu,o '"ovvever, ior argument s sake, that they ;rwcro ceded for that purpose, then the argument fails, for: Mr; Kerr admits that the sales hn l vV-cd their cost, and if this be true, although the Reyo lu10na,T debt 'uaS been paid, : the proceeds of the l,. -..sales of the public land did not constitute the fund ' ' : r "J WMW kSA ULElyLl V CT LAI HI 1 M I I. V . Ul UIKK I IIM 111 rfc. Kkan j? States to V: 'I afford a pretext for a hi?h tariff - He wouid rpnnf i- ;j?tbat it was the policy f the Democratic party to let - &..- '-f - - taejonstttution, the proceeds tec go - into the vJ-reasury or thtf United iStatea to defray the common . expenditure for the benefit of all the States. --This V i: ne thought ag juatjin.cl equitable fa mode as any that v: iwuld- b adopted, and more especially when the Gov emmenovpc&'a natiorial . .debt, ii the case at pres. ent-X XiC.. let tha tirnredn nf -tKn,'lwx JiUI 'n 1 c -AV '"; ' ? j, Txmer: " 1 ... . . . v J --S3 .'. ; the people . have to : bear lor -vAf -TufiFV Kn4rti,f-- lofVirti ionici belieye .the country? iV:'jaV'5Wheri" tha Common chobrstni of North Cwaa about Jta be ruin'U a a proline tnemc .on sueu-; rthiyiilgs'.an.d 't Democrats would not fail to rem'cihber ' Even in 1848 we were " told. that North Carolina iriusileadoff for the; Whigs: and elect a . Whig Governorj; anda Wfeig .President andvthevWould certamly getthopublicr lands dT' . dedJNorth Carolina Velectcd' a IVhig Governor and' a Wbigfresident, and we had J90t heard pf the p.ub j lie; lands tui'tbi elections'ererapprbaching- again. in loiu: -uov. ceiu. saiu me leauwro "i1'bt'?,; States, and that North Carolina would geta sulfiqient amount to enable, her to build Railroads throughout. v.. ' .' . ' w -:'- 'i-t Tl J I'l Y. 1 ' the otate ana carry og a uoerai syr.iem, oi scuouis w educate all the children l Well, -said Gov. Reid,-a ;Whig Governor .was elected, a WhigPrcsidcnt and a ' ' Whig Congress. -TheL Whig party. . then had, every, thing. . Did they pass. a distribution actf-.vYcs they did! They passed an act to distribute the proceeds of the sales of tho. public lands among all the States providing, s nowever, that " nine of - the hew States should first have what would make up a guaranty equal to five hundred thousand acres of land to "each of said States,; and providing that .whenever the ta riff was raised above twenty per cent, then distribu tion should cease.1 This act was passed in 1841: The nine new States went on and selected their share of the choice lands under this act. In-1842, the next year, the same Whig Congress passed the tariff act of 1842, raised the tariff above twenty per cent, re pealing the distribution act, and thereby cutting off the distribution to the old States. This was the way the leaders of the Whig party distributed the public lands, and then attempted to taunt Democrats with violating professions ! The only distribution worth any thing that Nortl Carolina ever received was not during a Whig but under a Democratic administra tion. During Gen. Jackson's administration, when the public debt had been paid oft" and a surplus re mained in the Treasury, it was deposited among the States. When the government shall be found out of debt and a surplus in the Treasury, it will be time enough to talk about dividing it. Gov. Reid said Whigs had promised mostj but it was clear the Democrats had performed most for the State of North Carolina. lie called the attention of Whigs and De mocrats to the facts. Gov. Reid said when Whig par tisan politicians told the people that by electing a Whig Governor and a Whig President, they would get a distribution of the public lands, he hoped the people would not forget to tell theni that they had heard these promises for years, but they were only made for cifect before the elections. He said it was notorious that the leaders of the Whig party had opposed every measure by which the Government had acquired public lands; but after those lands were acquired by Democratic policy they tried to ride into office by proposing to distribute what they now call an inestimable bounty, but that which they characterized before it was obtained as worse than useless. A. R. The Okangs Pkesbvteiiv. The Presbytery of Orange representing the Presbyterian Churches of the Eastern, Middle, and Northern portions of this State, with that section of Virginia, lying South of Dan River, met in the Presbyterian Church in Milton, on Wednesday evening the 20th ultimo, and adjourn on Saturday evening following. The opening ser mon was preached by the Rev. S. A. Stanford, the Moderator of the last Presbyt.ry, from Acts, 16th Chapter, 17th verse. The subject was the duties and responsibilities of the Christian Minister. The same was ably urged in an eloquent and persuasive manner. The Presbytery was fully organized on Thursday morning by the election of Rev. T. W. Faucett, of Oxford, Moderator, and Messrs. F. N. Whaley, and C. R. Caldwell, Clerks. On Friday evening an interesting meeting was held to hear from the different Ministers and Elders; a narrative of the state of religion in the several Churches and Stations, and on Saturday morning a very interesting meeting M as held oh the subject of Missions, at which time able and interesting address es were delivered. The Pastoral relation of Rev. J. N, Lewia with the Church in Danville was dissolved at the request of Mr. Lewis. Most of the time of the Presbytery was taken up in the consideration of subjects connected with For eign and Domestic Missions ; and, in the considera tion of the state of religion within their bounds. The narrative indicated an encouraging addition to most of the Churches, and in several the exis tence of very pleasant revivals. Among the Churches most favored in this respect was that of Greers' in this County, under the care of the Rev. J. S. Gras ty, of Yanccj-ville. In that Church, there has been quite an extensive and most interesting revival of re ligion. We regretted to learn that on account of sickness in his famity he was prevented from attend ing the meeting of Presbytery. On Sunday morning there was a large attendance at the Presbyterian Church when, after a very im pressive sermon by the Rev. Drury Lacy, of Raleigh, the Lords Supper was administered. In the after noon, a very interesting meeting was held in behalf of young persons, which was addressed by Rev. Dr. Lacy. At night the closing sermon was delivered by the Kev. F. N. Whaley, of Clarksville, Va., followed by a very feeling exhortation Irom the Kev. Mr. Stan field. Rev. Messrs. Burwell, of Hillsborough, and Caldwell, of Guilford, and Dr. O. F. Long, of Hills borough, and Giles Mebane, Esq., of Alamance, were appointed Commissioners to represent this Presby tery in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. The next Session of the Presbytery was appoint ed to be held with the Church at Spring Hill, Hali fax County, Ya., situated near the Cluster Mineral Springs. The remarks of the Rev. Mr. Stanfield at the close of the exercises on JSunday night, in which he en forced with so much power and eloquence the injunc tion, "Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might," brought to our recollection reminis cences of by-gone years, when we used every other Sabbath, at the Hawfields Church, to sit under the teaching of th3 Rev. William Paisley, D. D., yet liv ing, venerable in years, and ripe in Christian honors. In looking over the Presbytery we recognized but one Minister and one Elder, whom we used to see in boyhood's halcyon days sitting?,as members of Pres bytery, the Rev. J. H. Pickard, and James II. Me bane, Esq. The venerable fathers in the Ministry, a Curry, Merony, McPheters, and Witherspoon, have all gone to reap the reward of the faithful and hear the welcome plaudit, of " well done good and faith ful servant enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." Soon others will follow, reminding all to work while it is called to-day, remembering that the night of death will come when none can work. Milton Democrat. Cotton Crop. We have taken some pains to as certain from those members of the Legislature who reside in the Cotton growing section of the State, the condition and prospects of the present crop, and feel fully warranted in saying, that with ordinarily favor able weather from this forth, the crop will be a full one. For several weeks past with the exception of yesterday and the day before, we have had fine open weather, very much resembling Indian Summer. It is now, however, cloudy, not chilly, uncomfortable. Na8htilU Banner, With ult. Another Marine Disaster. A' telenriinniV i;. patch was received from New York, last evening, an nouncing the loss of the schr. Pacotah and cargo run into at sea crew saved. No farther particulars. The Dacotah is owned by Messrs. Freeman & Uous soa, of this j place ; . and ; they have an insurance of $5,500 on her. She left here on the 20th ult, laden with rice, Corn and Rosin, bound for New York. The cargo, we learn, is insured-. . . . ' , f. Wilmington Journal. ' rr fiHAPY; MOMENTS.; U rt .Tlicr i ariome.hapipT momenta in this loneV v4".?6?'1? world of ours, that well repay W The tot of struggling thrbdgh itv andAtone-lt? ; i nev come unon th minrf OT'distant muaic whf n air: : 1 -v vf;waence.ine aounda &r hmnrl :frAm Van,-Uu.;- the support pi luevv- t' -.s - iv' -v v-' -r-r;..'.?.'...;.-?:.::r Carolina was first' adobted Ve all Ijegan to conftratur lae-farselYes uii a bargam which had'rictr been tfladev to'wit, thar.tiietateprtha law'jiras ta Jake off bur. -'tarids all the" trouble" of educating obt. children 'iu to do in ijie premises - a machine had,; been ioTentcd and started, that would catchupUtliignorance , $rid manufacture" iifintb intelligence, wooldrun pf .itfl pwtf?accprd, keep itjjclf-:n:guJatcd;Tri b.ring the raw article tc Its rdbbfs; pntt-n. thnflls by. its own inherent power" 'and regulatejtsinotiqnjjandjts arrange-penis uyiiaow u .vyiinuu, pwuucnui "chrhe ! VSuch ayi engine never tad .nor'will suchTWiwipctuaImottbnr instiuct.'with.' reas-; iohmcmory and a wise forecast ever beinventcd.by. maniv -tAH ms, inviMiuun ueeu. insnuiMiij; . vuicj-y, ; mako them'uscful.; and of alU othere this is jnost r needed by a' system designed to enlighten,- to mbral iz?,- and to' fit for; the trustsand' responsibilities of i mch'and womei' the rising generation of a great Re-1' ; public; -i-,- ,f J l .:iv.v; I : Forgone X would npt'.yoluntarily;. live;i under . any . fgbycrnmentithat would take off my. hanils e'earc.. of educating my children ot the, cost,1 so lar vas money is'to be paid, I would 'willingly be relieved, but of the ; cost of care and oversight never, never, ''would. -I. consent tbefdiscuaid.-s4..i,yyt-4 : A'govcrnment having.such a. -power., would bo an intolerable despotism. ' -V ; -f ;" . . Your Excellency, having much experience of hu man nature, will dou"btless agree with -me in pno conclusion, namely, that it is a slander on our race to say that the love oi money is tne runng passion. Counting by heads, few, very few of the human fam ily sell themselves to the sordid passion of gain mere ly for the sake of gain ; the great-majority are seek ing case, pleasure, to get rid of that doom pronounced on Adam and every son of his to make ' their bread by the sweat of their brow. To be able to get relieved of trouble, in some way, is the great aim of a vast majority of mankind ; and in aiming at this goal, or rather at the goal of happiness, they forget yhat re ally constitutes the pleasures of immortal being. , God made labor our duty, and as he is all benefi cence he made our duty our happiness. Ever' trouble he imposes on us is really a blessing ; and if our children, like brutes, could take care of themselves as soon as bora, there would be no such thing as family ties, filial reverence, fraternal affection or con jugal love and fidelity. Nevertheless, without reasoning on this subject we were disposed to rejoice at the mistaken idea that the State had taken from us all the care of educating our children ; and acting on this fatal notion we were all indisposed to do any thing to promote the success of the schools, and deemed it a great hardship to be called on to act as Committee-men. When specially required to perform any duty we murmured, exclaim ing in bitter disappointment, ul thought the State had taken this trouble off my hands it's an outrage to have to be troubled in this way when ethers are as much interested as I am 1" .: Yes, it was considered an outrage to have to look after the education of our own children-to have to be troubled with the regulating of schools, the repair of school-houses, the selection of good teachers, the settling of disputes, and the oversight of the schools where our own precious offspring were being trained and prepared for honor or infamy I It was nobody's business, it was the State's look-out, ahd if it could not regulate the se schools it ought to abandon them. Such was the universal feeling, and the State not being able to keep watch at every school-house with out having the most absolute power, and a revenue to spend in this object, of ten millions a year, the schools were left to chance. To do what we unthoughtedly looked for to watch vigilantly at the door of every school-house, see spe cially to its management, without the aid of the pa rents themselves, would cost more than the whole amount paid to teachers. But is this the language becoming freemen? I write with plainness I want people to consider. What is the fundamental prin ciple of our government ? That all power is vested in and derived from the people thatTUE PtorLE are the Government: Offices are created that their incumbents may dis charge certain duties which the people can delegate with convenience and safety. You, Sir, perforin cer tain Executive duties, inconvenient to be performed by all the people, and that can be safely entrusted to you for a limited period. I act in like manner so aet the Chairmenjof tlw County Hoards, ic, &c. But can you enforce the law without the help of the people? Can you send agents all over the btate, spies into every neighborhood to take up criminals for trial? The people, through their grand-juries, present them, the people sit as-jurors to try them, the people must, through the law, and by the aid of law officers, all established by themselves, regulate their own alfuirs. So with the schools the Slate can regulate the general S3'stem, afford information and statistics, pass laws and establish officers to execute, them, lc, itc, but still the people must every where assist, must assume trouble, and must bring to bear, on the offi cers of each school-house, an active, wholesome pub lic opinion. This ay about trouble is unworthy of us as Amer ican citizens, unworthy of us as men, unworthy of us as immortal and accountable beings. We had our choice when erecting a form of gov ernment ; Europe afforded various models, most of which relieved the people of all public cares. We chose a new kind of one, involving a pcrpfcual scries of troubles to each citizen. '., . Every four years we choose to be troubled with the election of our highest magistrate, the President of the whole country, and much time and anxiety does it cost us to find out and get the right man ; every six years our representatives, chosen by us, select our Senators; every two years we are in great trouble to get the right man to represent us in the popular branch of Congress; every two years we have to listen to speeches, and read circulars, and go to Barbecues, and pay fortheni, to secure the proper men to act in our places in the State Legislature ; every two years we tike much pains to find out and have elected a good Governor ; every fotfr years we overhaul our Clerks; every two years bring our Sheriffs to a general reckoning before all the people ; and every year pass on the Constables. Then we all who read very properly take the political papers to see what our officers are about and we discuss all public matters, and quarrel over them from jrouth. to age. Now we could have select ed a form of government involving none of this trouble ; we could have taken, for instance, a govern ment like that of Russia, a country which is just now attracting much attention. The people there are never troubled with public matters; the entire respon sibility of affairs is thrown on a miserable being called the Czar, or Emperor, and. a few unhappy friends who constitute the nobility. The people have uninterrupted, profound, eternal peace fx-om public quarrels and political squabbles; and so careful is the government of their case that if any one, for getful of his comfort, in a fit of dyspepsia or excite ment of any kind, utters even a whisper, in his chim ney corner, concerning the troubles of the State or the condition of public affairs, ho is immediately, dragged from his family and beat to death with rods or banished forever to the frozen wastes of Siberia, to cool and congeal in that purgatory of snow. Thus careful is the government of the case of the people ; and it goes even farther, and will not allow them to be troubled with an education at all, nor to bruise their brains with study or burden their minds with ideas. No, they, the people, are in the happy condition of our mules and horses, having nothing to do but to work and cat coarse food, to fight and be slaves.' We thought this was not the highest condition of human happiness ; wc selected, in preference, a form of government involving, on each citizen, the perpet ual series of troubles before alluded to; and he is . unworthy to enjoy the privileges of that government and unfit to be one of its free citizens,' who" will not cheerfully assume all its troubles, multiplied a thous and times, rather than submit to the infamous' ease of a serf of Russia ! : " - T - V And chiefest of its responsibilities, the greatest in 'i li" J "'ill:' i a, j?ats i . . . . tut ictiuiws, auu inejeast uimcuir,- so iar as merp flabor ..is ..concerned,' is the proper education and train ing. cf bur children 1 this is the intlur oninivm' the L pneffthing vppn ybich the : maintenance and useful- ness or our free institutions depends more than on all "ourPther public' burdens and troubles -ttut tnirftthpr.: ;If the men ahd wotiaeij'of the Stateare enlightened and f hapP3Pttsn if all the '"Wvnicn grpw,? in ignorance, vice ana juienej 4ions and TWtiesill be pdwerless for iood,V republic wiHiecav and irive waVto.despdtis: :y. 1 1 we cannot start nj uphold a systctn oi voramoii . School'couldf we' haye .begun Vnd maintained V Ret, public aVjDur fathers -did tvTbP whole t jrorld wasf against themthey were'a few feeble colPnistjBj '.with' ; no name or infiuence among thankind, and surround- ed.with- one universal night bfs despotic po'wervigiiv . lant,' aggressive and 'threatening. ..S' v'f C-Aiid whenlUiey.bcgaiv'tlieeipcTm a com-f tnon governmen tsor .the common gopdto be admin-' isteredby all fling difficulties spiting upintheirpath,''ui)8een'e-.; .fore j nor could there be V unanimity of opinioii pa; "any subject, while even then father off his country himself, the incomparable" Washingtbn,rwas often pp-'r fpos'cd irir opinion bjr his: highest Officers.- Did they' dp' as'somo propose to do' witlr our Common Schools because there are difficulties .'and disputes and vari-. jous opinions.? Did they,; ina pet "or in a fit of un : manly and un-republican timidity, declare they ought L td give up the government and fall back on a King? . lhat government has descended tor us,now powerful,-" respected and feared; ' would we have had the nerve to have; imitated, or fonnded - and;- maintained it, as , did the men of '76 ? - If we believe we cannot carry t . oil bur Common Schools if.on account of differences' I of opinion or little difficulties, we abandon the underta king, we declare, before the world, that we, the peo ple, are incapable of sslf-govcrnment-our, Declara tion of rights becomes a solemn '' mockcryj and our Constitutions unmeaning riddles, since the spirit that conceived is no longer here to interpret them. In another respect we" also' most -solemnly belie ourselves, and are' sitting for a most humiliating pic ture in history. ' As politicians-when - we want to be promoted we universally profess unbounded con fidence in and respect for. the people; ' and in all po litical affairs there is now a violent race among us to see who can say and do most to place the government on a pure republican basis. All parties claim the honor of being the people's parties ; and yet, at this very time, in our acts and words wc are, some of us, declaring the people unfit to manage a system of elementary education, and some even get furious and denounce those of us who insist that the people can, OMght to, and must carry on a system of republican or Common Schools. In the language of the politicians might I not ex claim, " oh, shame, where is thy blush 1 " Will it be believed, in history, that any one from the same stump or place of harangue could proclaim himself a candidate for popular favor on the ground that he was a people's man, for letting the people rule, and then denounce a system of Common Schools, and declare war on them because, as they were public Schools, managed by the people at large, they never could prosper or be any thing else but a nuisance. That he could enlarge and expatiate on the beauties of a government administered by the people purely, and then do all he could to destroy the confidence of the people in themselves ; and instead of encourag ing them in their efforts to improve a system of com mon government for common good, make himself an effective champion of King-craft by helping to con fuse, misrepresent and destroy a people's effort at common improvement, because administered by the ninn!p ! Thnt. hp. rmiM frnni flin uamn mctnun cf'U people ! That he could, from the same rostrum still resonant with his loud protestations of love for the people, make a deadly and insidious thrust at their most vital interests make a mortal effort to strike them down in the very hour of their deliverance, by arresting them in their march from the bondage and the flesh-pots of Egypt and send them back to dark ness and inglorious ease ! This march at true inde pendence is somewhat toilsome ; there must be self denials and compromises of opinions there must be watchings and labors, patiently performed, and en dured by all. There is a duty for every body to discharge there is a sacrifice that every one must make. We must not ask exemption from trouble ; the trouble of self government and of popular improvement is a free man's pleasure. It is a duty which we owe to the offspring which we bring into the world ; and if we refuse to be troubled with efforts to start them on a career of virtue and happiness wc will have to face them as witnesses against us at that Tribunal before which every man imi.t give an account of the deeds done in the bod-. It is a duty we. owe to God, our beneficent Creator, who has endowed us with reason and immortal souls ; we were not made for mere brute indulgence, but gifted with the glorious facul ty of humbly serving the Almighty. Ruler of Hea ven and Earth by acting as builders in the Eternal Temple of Light. If we refuse so to build, then we scatter with the destroyer; and wo must look, not for a child's reward and a place in tho Father's house of many mansions," but for everlasting penance in the realms of darkness. It is a duty wc owe to ourselves and country ; and while wc claim the proud title of freemen it is a shame to us to talk of trouble in connection with the education of our children. Our liberties do not depend on our rulers but on ourselves ; if we will assume the trouble of raising our children right, there is no earthly potentate or politician wc need to fear ; if we allow them to grow up effeminate with indulgence, debauched with lux urious case, and prizing nothing but money and pleasure, then the days of our Republic arc ended and we are its destroyers. Wc think if we can only make money we will bo independent; and if wc would bestow just a tithe of the pains incurred for this, on the education and training of our children, we would sooner attain our end. "What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlements or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not bnj and brond armed ports. Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and panglcd Courts Where low-bound buseuess wafts perfume to pride. No ! men, high-minded men, v With power as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men, who their ditie know, But know their riejht, ami l iuncing, dare maintain, lrevent the long-aimed blow. And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain. Thft coustituto a State ; And sovereign law, tfiat State' collected will-, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits Empress, crowning good, repressing ill." The management of our Common School system can be carried on as our State is governed. There can be and ought to be a single executive head, ex ercising a seneral supervision, diffusing information, collecting statistics and making stated reports of the progress and condition of the whole system ; and from him tho government should radiate down to County officers, to neighborhood officers, Ac, &c, all acting in concert and under one . direction. But after all has been done there can be done in this res pect, there is still a duty for every man to perform, just as he has a scries of labors in connection with the government of the State. There must be a healthy state of public opinion in every neighborhood ; every school-house must be watched, and every teacher rewarded by the people themselves. They must have the Districts properly laid off, to suit the general convenience, and the houses located in the right places ; they must see that these houses arc comfortable to their children, and not miserable purgatories calculated to make the tenants hate the very name of School.1-' They must let the children know that they are cared for, and that the Schools and teachers to which they are sent arc respected by the parents. ."; ..." . They.must also let the teacher know that a good account of his actions will be looked for; and they must do as they have learned from their father's to do in respect to the government, differ About its man agement, dispute and contend each one. for his way, but never, never consider these differences of opinion as a reason for giving up the government or the Com-, mon Schools. ; . ' . . ; ' ' . ' For one I want our Republic, in' its letter arid spir-. it,' to stand while .time -endures y for one, I believe that its stability depends on the intelligence and vir tue of the people,. and thatjjpopular intelligence, as the history of the world .shows, can.bnly. be fully .-promoted by Common Schools .which throw, the buis den of education on U; according to -their means and make education - cheap ?io all;- except the' very richly - v: j-ja 'v ' f ' '. :V . And lastly, I belieye.pp.Casnmph Schools can flotuv- ish unless, the peopleare .wilJlingitotaketrouble on' J wemseives in mis connection jTj&mjnBi, it is.unwor thy pf ' fieeemcu. to .-' refuse'.ftb r be I troubled with the training of their children, tho hope of the Stab:, andv a trust they, haye assumed beforeTGol to manage with care.' h lUk' mi?chrspct, r ryf. men ana v .- v ri : -v- ' - i I . ' - : I r i I thenew; YORBT ihfficdlties. - ,he leigbgisteTjalTectir mil' the-, idea fpr.it is only ai- idea -insubstantial as the air-tbat President "Pierce has' appointed Freesoflers to office, and calls upph the Southern people to sym- j pathize with the New York-Hpnkers,who have coriVj ;to' tho rp-election ;'.of:W.niiam.: IL ; Seward , to the . Senate. .Thc following extract from a Hunker paper, the Detroit Free Press, and the'organ of Lewis Cass,: will throw iome light on the subject J : . : V ThoseVsays the Free Press, " who have charged .the administrations with f.having affiliated with free soilerSj'and with' having "appointed, them knowingly - to officehave been nnfortunate,-if not guilty of de signed misrepresentation, - because-.- facts, v stubborn facts, show the reverse policy to have bee.n pursued. The apparent and avowed ".design of the President, in making appointments to office, hasbe6n to rebuke freesoilers,fand discountenance further agitation, in. any quarter; of the slavery question: It was this purpose he had in view when his determination was announced to regard all members of the democratic party as. orthodox who -faithfully subscribe to the doctrines of the Baltimore platform and the inaugu ral address ; and in like manner to regard all men as heretical who seek, directly or indirectly to renew the agitation of sectional issues," The Free Press has given the truth of the matter, in a few words. The whole object of the Adminis tration has been to appoint platform Democrats to office, and to exclude Freesoilers, whether of the Buffalo or Seward stripe. The Register knows that Democrats have been removed from office, in Massa chusetts, by telegraph, because they formed coali tions with Freesoilers ; it knows that Mr. Guthrie wrote to Mr. Bronson that he was to appoint such men and such only as stood fairly and squarely on the Baltimore Resolutions, and that he rebuked him when he informed him that he had appointed Free soilers by telling him he ought to have laid their names before him, and that he would have rejected them ; and that, moreover, he informed Mr. Bronson that this conduct was, of itself, sufficient cause to require his removal. The Register also knows that Mr. Cushing, one of the members of the Cabinet has recently written a letter to the Boston Post on the subject, which, if possible, places the Adminis tration on higher grounds than the course pursued by Mr. Guthrie. " Wc published Mr. Cushing's letter in our last, but wo again present the material por tions of it, as follows : " If there be any purpose more fixed than another in the mind of the President, and those with whom he is accustomed to consult, it is that the dangerous element of abolitionism, under whatever guise or form it may present itself, shall be crushed out so far as this administration is concerned. This the Pres ident declared in his inaugural ; that he has declared ever since, and at all times and In all places, when he had occasion to speak on the subject. While he does not assume to judge of the hearts of men who publicly avow sound principles, he only needs to ad vert to their acts to show whom they arc, in order that his settled policy in the conduct of the affairs of the government shall be unequivocally manifest Those who have apprehended halting or hesitation on the part of the President, in treading any path which truth and patriotism open to him, will find themselves greatly mistaken. His policy was not ' hastily settled. While he occupies his present posi tion it will never be departed from. The constitu tional rights of all the States of this Union are as dear to him as the rights of New Hampshire. I have perceived from tho outset that this great principle of the constitutional rights of the States is fastened in his mind as the corner-stone of this Union. Depend upon it, no matter what consequen ces may impend over him, he will never allow it to be shaken by abolitionists or factionists, but will set his face like flint, as well against right-hand back sliding as against left-hand defections, which may prejudice or embarrass the onward progress of the republic." What docs the Register say to that ? Why it vith holds Mr. CusJiinfs letter from its readers, and at the same time lectures Mr. C. for what it is pleased to term a " most impudent, indecent piece of inter-, meddling with the rights and freedom of the people." It charges the Administration with having appointed Freesoilers to office, and then when a member of the Administration comes forward to disprove the charge, and to reiterate great State rights, Southern, Consti tutional principles in behalf of the President and Cabinet, it falls to abusing him for what it calls im pudent intermeddling " with popular rights ! ) . . We have no hesitation in saying Southern man as ' wc arc, and " secessionist "and " disunionist? as we have been called by. this very Register that wo en tertain feelings of respect for Gen. Dix and have con fidence in him in his prcscjitpositioiu ... His error was a grievous one, but ho has given evidence of sincere' repentance. This is true, doubtless, of thousands of Barnburners, as they are termed,' who acted with him. They have planted themselves in good faith on the national platform ; they have done just tehat the Register and all Southern men regretted they did not do long since ; and while we . are opposed to raising such men to exalted places in the government,' or to giving them any preference in the distribution of in ferior offices or in patronage, we feel bound to regard . . . them as sincere in their professions,: and would do I nothing to drive' them back in despair to the ranks of the Freesoilers. .We are willing to judge them by their acts ; and we know, from what has already been done, that the President will 'instantly remove any man from office, whether Hunker or -Barnburner,: who gives evidence by his words Or his conduct that he is in favor of reviving the slavery agitation; Those, however, in New York and in other States, who dis- organized in 1848 and voted against Lewis Cass, will, bear watching, especially such men as Preston King and John Van Buren and yet even.they present a fairer record on the Slavery question than the Regis ter's Whig friends in New York for they emphati cally endorsed thefugitire-slcre late in their late Con vention at Syracuse, but the Whig Convention; which assembled soon after,' teas silent on the subject " But our sympathies have bcen and are still, to a considerable extent,' frith Mr Dickinson' and many of those who act with" him. 'He has dared and done much for. the rights of. the South;' and he has our gratitude, as the Barnburners, so called, have our con demnation, for the jast" - Still we bve not forgotten thp fact that he stood up for two days in' the Balti more Convention against William X. Marcy forPres-: ident, and that, too, when North Carolina was Voting r ior and anxious to nominate him--a gainst WilliamTLk Marcyrjwhb, call him ' Hunker or Barnburner. '-. was' as sound, upon .the question of .Slavery : as any. man north of Mason and Dixon's line, f -But he belonged, in truth, to neither faction in, NewfYork ; and it was fearedf-we dp not say by Jlr Dickinson, for we do not know r that (y. MArcywouia succeed, in uniting" the NewNYork Dinpcracy, arid thenf the i'occupation'V bf a - score fcf agitators i". would: be gbriew'LfThere. vat ! and thertf agitation for - the South as well as fagalnsl.it ia,thef.free States ari agitationwhich ha&j iur iiAAujet:uauujui-u.uf.ccasuu uuuunrr uu wuku , ''relies, .upon the South, because '.the South; is JDemo-f Jcra tic,' for the attainment of theseoffices arid honors. J Northern Democrats on this question can do . good :; We?thank Mr. Dickinson for the pJV we do not desire him to do us the kmdnriVT: Ut tinuo. hjs.selfcrificing devotion to . would we refer to tbp fa".'t viiot-r!.-. '... ' - . tu. vass has tl far ikd to .pyblicly approVe the present diriona New York, with any purpose of placiig Mr d; v. son in a false, position.; :We are convinced was the wish, of President Pierce to do fulliUsti't ;Mr. Dickinson and his friends,'and we publish brf frpm" the last Washington Union, an article nt!I - fully sustains us jn'this assertion an article irl5 'speaks for itself, and which ought to silence at o the clamors of Southern .AYhi'gs against the AdaT istratibn. " jritleed, it may be said, and it rni-bt well be said-for to thatcomplexion it must come! last that when an attack is made upon Gen. p and the" New Hampshire Democracy by even DanJ S. Dickinson, and it is attemntinl tn m . . . . " suuwo tllit the latter is sounder arid more desening of SouiLt "sympathy and Southern confidence than the Conner we must be pcrmitted to examine the whole grouTd and 'dcddo accordingly. ; Franklin Pierce has ncTer worshipped, in any sense, at theFreesoa shrine- he .has becn,..from the first, the best friend the South has ever had in the free States-aye, as good, to ur the least, as Mr. Dickinson has been since Le took such strong ground for us ; he was not for tie Wilmot Proviso to the three million bill in 18ic g Mr. Dickinson was, nor did he write letters, as Mr Bronson did, to convince the people that territory to be acquired would be necessarily free territory under Mexican law. r It Mr. Dickinson dislikes Mr. Slarcy it is the misfortune of one or the other of them- but .we insist that Gen. Pierce is not to be held ransi ble for it, or to be jusUy "affected by it Our confi dence in the latter is fixed and. unwavering; and so long as he proves true to the principles he maintained in New Hampshire before he was nominated for the Presidency, and to the platform on which he was elected, we shall stand by him, and sliall take pleas ure in defending him against all assaults coaie from what quarter they may. ... But with what propriety can that submission pa per, the Raleigh Register, question any one about his regard for Southern rights? "The South," savs that paper, is " deeply interested" for the Dickinson men in New York ; but where, we demand, was the zeal of the Register for Southern rights when the "coin promise" measures were before Congress ? Where were its Northern allies? Where was Seward? Where - was .Scott ? His allies, with Seward, voted almost en masse against the fugitive-slave lair, the only one of the series calculated to benefit the South, and Gen. Scott has never, to thi3 day, publicly ap proved that law! Where was Mr. Fillmore? Sliir ering before the blast of Boston AboIitionLnn sicn. ing the law itself for the reclamation of escaped slaves only when assured by Mr. Crittenden that it was Constitutional, and writing letters to Boston Committees deprecating slavery as an evil and hoping for the "day of its" abolition or extinction! These are facts which even the Register will not have the assurance to deny, and yet it talks in defence of Southern rights ! Such a paper, like the Barnburn ers, "must bring forth fruits meet for ripentance" it must go down as deeply into the ashes of humili ation and regret as John Van Buren or Preston King, before it can expect to be heard as an oracle against Northern Freesoilers or be recognized as a champion of Southern rights. - - . . The following is the article from the Washington Union to which wc have already referred: - "Federal ApronmiEXTS . m New York, The clamor raised by the enemies of the administration as to the appointment of democrats to office who ac ted with the free-soil ers in 1848 has made an errone ous impression, which can only be corrected by rtuh born facts. "Thousands of good democrats have been led to suppose that the favors of the President had been showered on the quondam frcc-soilers, whilst he had only given an occasional crumb to the ever faithful portion of the party. The pertinacity with which the clamorous factionists have pressed thia charge has had its effect; but, like ali other errors arising from passion and misrepresentation, it HI yield to the developments of truth. The only State in which this charge has produced serious embar rassment is New York. We have it in our power to dissipate the error by facts which admit of no furth rer controversy. " . We have been furnished with a list of the principal officers connected with the Treasury Department appointed by the President in the State of New York, with their political complexion, desig nated according to their position in 1848, as Cass or anti-Cass ; and that our readers may see how unjust ly the administration has been assailed, we give tho names as follows : " - -'j' ' Abraham Kromer, Collector, Sackctt's harbor. . . Anti-Cwu. James R. Campbell, Collector, Oeuesee " A; V. EL Hotchkisss, Collector, Niagara , Jdo. P. Hudson, Collector, Buffalo Creek Thomas Bacon, Collector, Osweeatchie... Cai. .... AmiCass. Caw. .SamL L. Gardner, Collector, Sag Harbor.... Henry B. Smitli, Collector, Cbawplaim Alfred Fox, Collector, Cape Vincent - Greene C. Bronton, late collector, Xew York Anti-Cass. Cass. H. J. Eedneld, Collector, Sew lork . John Cochrane,' Surveyor, Xew York Ant.-CaM. . Rob't. S. Cushman, Surveyor, Albany ., Ca?. -Edward BrowneU, Surveyor, Trov V Jacob C. liecolett, Surveyor, Cold fcpnng I Wa,:r "v"' 5unr'3'Jrk2ref'Dp,rt fJno. U. llrodhead. Naval Officer, ew few York .... SamL J. Willis, Appraiser, Xew York isaac rnuiips, .appraiser, aew itr. D. D. BriptFS. AnDraiser. Xew York Geo. H. Poinrov, General appraiser, Xew York. .... . .. . p. .. . - v i. Anti-C. .'Mich'l Burubain, Assistant appraiser, ew York. Cass. -Edward Vincent, Assistant appraiser X. Y. .... Kichard II. Teller, Assistant appraiser, ... Jno. A. Baush, Assistant apraiser, X. Y. ..... . " vHenry M. Graham, Ass.stanl appraiser. X. Y. . . . " m. i. aiarcy, occreiarj m oiaie, Cliarles O'Conor, Attorney South Dist. X. Y. . . . - Ahrm. F. UUlver. Marshal South Dist X. Y SaraT B. Garvin, Attorney Xorth Dist. X. . ... "Jno. M-Mott, Marshal; Xorth Dist, X.Y. Jno. A. Dix, ' kte assistant treasurer Anti-taw- John J. Cisco, Assistant treasurer ... Isaac, V. Fowler, Postmaster, Xew York Ant-C- : Conrad Swackhanier, Xavy Agent Cass. Ilere are thirty-five of the principal appointments made by the President in New York; and it will be seen that twentyVix of them were good and true Cass men in 1848 to nine who were opposed to uao. A8imilar examination has been made totnj appointments to post-offices made by the IVesidfM in New York, and the result has been furnished to ' the NewfXork ,Times y one of its correspondents. .We reproduce thelist, as showing the facts in amn- jierUutt'must.carryconviction whercrcr they vt Post OfliccsV. .: Appointees. AlbanT, - . . : John H. Reynolds, ' Auburn,' r 7 Elmore P Koas, . fAlbion y.- Henry S. Sickles, .Buffalo,. "Jamw G. Deckie, -BaUria, , "r.i William Seaver, Brook! vn. " J Daniel Van Voorfus. Complexion. Hunker. HuDker. Hunker. Hunker. Hanker. lruburntT. Barnbunicf Hanker. Hunker. Barnburner. Hunker. Hunker. " jjarnburncr. Urnburet-r. . Hunker. Barnburner. Binirbamton, Virpnl Whitner. (Canandaignay - DansTilie, Elmira, A . Geneva, . :: - 7XicholaG. Cbesebro, Merrit H- Brown, Daniel D. SteTena.' X.H- Parker, ' .John S. Anable, "' ArthorS. Johnson, - -Hudson, Ithaca, Loekport,f . Lewiston, Little Fait, '--..Asher Torrence, , ,v. . Benjamin Cornell, . .. . Horatio X. Johnson, ZVewburg, Joseph Costerlenc, jr. . xw v.rt-k., J''. Ianc V. Fowler. Oswego, " V . Samoel R-'Beardsley, Ogdeiisburg, v.LokeBaldwuv: -. OvregOi.. .Vs, - Hiram A.-Boete,.f, , Ponghkeepsie, j ' Albert S. Pease, v : Penn Yan, - v 1 Lewis SAvres, . Plattaburg, - Charles 8. Movot, Rochester, " Hubbard S- AThs, VRun,,.- V-- Andrew J. Rowley, ' Saratoga Spring Lew i-p0; .. Hunker. - Barnburner. " Hunker. - Hunker. ..Hunker. Hunker. Hunker. -. Hunker. Hunker. Hunker. Hunker. Barnburner. Schenectadr, -Luke lg. - . , josiaq i. aiuwi Hearr J. Sedgeick;; ourri!rht.i. r ."Ethose rights: afeXfrrepbse and WassafledT " VJ? not question the sincerity of his attienment to r ch inairmiimn t LV 8 exhibited m the Baltimore Convn . nor
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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