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We shall mamuuu ige;the elective
State a snnicieni .- " . ; c& d imOuM
csts of our country. TV.c.,awe 0f a stringent
conL shal advocate a paa0
law by Congress to 1' "V.,, orenmitals, and to
foreigners, who are ifWto come, all
-end back to the country ' ; of
,ksA foreigner, u. " nnrts aud to require
uch law, hercaiter ra dcmanJ fr0m
meat f "T'lfS-SS o" State go
emacnlA or. tM OTP".1 . " f Mr main-
t f" ssksj. ,auh0i;
taimng, as wedo.tnc oimi riht to govern
V execution ,of our -lairs, .
1
FoMrfi. e saau aavocaic auu jc r ,
of 3S'w a'l oati' t0 wppf-$L
CoSZaofVu United States, and to te adniin.s
t to all prsons elected or appoint,, to any ofhee
nftmst honor or emolument, under the KderaJ or
tTbI 1" will effectual v exclude from
State pjlum.., - Tvfi- nri
ex-
SS thTou, and binding force of
iStationoftlUnital States, as paramount
to all obligation of adhesion or allegiance to any for
III prince power, potentate, or authority, whatever,
unler anv and all circumstances; '
r',M "We shall maintain the doctrine that no one
A7. o..f. r i hU ITniftn has the xiarht ta admit. to
Ol lilO cuia i ii..-. - "
..nr. b-mtion prescribed by Goagrcs, under tne prp-
visioos of the Constitution.
.SVa''i We shall oppose now , and hcreaftt-r,- any
'.uiot'of Ciurc'i a:i I Slat? no matter what cla-ssof
reii-rioatsts s'aali seek to bring about such ninon.
SeccJh. AVe shall vigorously maintain t.ie vested
rights of all persons, of native or fcrcix biftn, and
-ha!I at a'l tim-s opp-isc tiies.iglitjstintcrferoiice with
such vost'-h i,'hts.
Kis'dh. Wc shall oppose anl protest against
Rhrulr:ne.d of religious ibe. ti. holding it as a cardi
nal maximthat reUfiiovs faith is a question, between
isieh individual and his (iotl. and over which no polit
ir.'.l government, or other human power, can rightfully
exQrcise any snpTvision or control, at any time, in
anv place, or in anv form.
Sint'i. Vv'e shall oppose all " higher law" doctrines,
br which the Constitution is to be set at nought, vio
la"te:l. or disrJgard-Al. whether by politician, by retig-.
-;oi'xts. or by the adherents or followers of either, or
bv anv other class of persons. .
' Tenth. We sha'l miintain and defend the Coiistitu
tion as it stands, the Union as it exists, and the iigfds
t thw SMe, without diminution as guaranteed there-'
by: opposing at all times, aiid to the extent of our
ability wJ iiiDuenca. all who may assail them, or ei
ther of them. .
Kkrcnt'. And lastly, we shall use our utmost exer
tions to build up an "American pirtif," whose maxim
shall be: .
. Amehtcaxs sn.vi.r. rule tiietr Cocxtry! i
From the New Orleans Delta.
BURNING OF A NEGrRO ALIVE-SHOCK
ING SPECTACLE.
A fey WrCS si
yo-iiig gjrl. residin
since, Miss Thornton, an interesting
ling near Gaston, Ala., was most bri-
ra!I mnr, lereJ bv a slave. Immediately after the
murder an J detection of the nigro. his immediate pun
4;!iment wa? sorious!y contemplated by the people of
umpter county, liut. after mature deliberation, the
law-abidinj cjtizns delivered him into the custody of
th? ofacers. and he was committed to prison,-.
At the last term of the circuit court of Sumpter
county, the attorney appointed by the court, in the
discharge of htj duty, moved for a change of venue to
"Green county. The Judge, as the motion was sos
tainol by the proper affidavit, granted the applica
tion. '
Ou Wednesday, the Jd ult, the citizens of South
Rampter assembled en masse, at Win. MeFlory's and
immediately passed a series of resolutions, reflecting
seriously Tipon the conduct of the jndge, and after
having pleilged themselves to 'sustain each other, a
portion cf them proccedixt to Livingston and took
the miserable criminal by force ff om the jail where he
was con Sued.
. On Friday following, after due prepartion, they car
ried him to the spot where ha so cruelly murdered hl$
iunocent victim, and burnt him alive at the Stake. -
About three thousand persons were present who
witnessed with various emotions, tha drou-lfa! snmv.
f:iel.
"We were present," savs the editor of .th;Mn
rr;:,-,;: b . .... ...
i..itotoiiphi ikcuuuiiran. "uux we non vp vi nm I
again witness a scene like it- "The
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of several cords of light wood, in the centre of which
was a green willow stake, selected, in consequence of
its indestructability'by fire.
' On the top of the pile of lightwood the criminal
was placed and securely chained to the stake White
in this situation he confessed his guilt, stating that he
had no accomplice, that he was actuated by lust alone,
r mL ta(i attemPted t0 violate her person, but had
failed, and to conceal the attempt, he had cruelly
murdered her by beating the poor innocent creature
with a stump, that while he was doin? this she im
plored him to carry her hom3 to her father and that
sue would conceal the violence he had inflicted. He
then left her, but soon returned, and afW
mg her, he concealed the body in the very hole where
vv, aufto. ptautcu at wmca ne suttered.
v " " . vumraawn, ww uiAue tae raatcn was ap
phed. and m a few moments the devouring flames were
enveloping the doomed negro; his fearful cries re-
ennrwlprt thnnvl lUn n v:i 1.1
-o" "k, cui , w iuic me Burrounamg neToes
tv no witnessed this dreadful agony and horrible con-
loruors, sent up mi involuntary howl of horror. His
mi:i -rings, mougn exerusiatmg, were short ;-in a few
m: nt " the flames had enveloped him entirpW
1
t
r a w and then, as they itfuUy swayed hither . and
.ijr. us mast ana Darning carcass, like a demon
n 1 1
tire, grinning at his tormentors. Soon all was
o
nothing was left but the burnir flnc, i,
r ! skeleton of this human devil who cbuaihus delib
erately perpetrate so foul a crime. The horrid ftnt.
rage was fearfully avenged, and though the heVem
were reeking with the stench of flesh, vet iusticea
satisfied ; the law of retaliation was inflicted as nearW
as it could be, while the examble made of this wretch
had, no doubt, a salutary effect upon the two thousand
staves who witnessed his execution.
iuiuaiA.ua m a vhubch. jv disturoance oc
curred in the Baptist Church at Plainfield, N. J., on
" Sunday last1 The facts as stated are that while Rev.
Mr. W elch, a converted Roman Catholic priest, was
preaching and dilating upon the dofrmas of that reli
gion, the priest who officiates in the Catholic Chnreh
of that place, entered the church and commenced a ti-
rade of,abuse against the preacher. Several eentle-
men present immediately took the inconsiderate priest
out, and the preacher finished his discourse without
further interruption.
Have the courage to acknowledge your ignorance
rather tnan sees ior Knowledge under false pretences-
the enjormt oT'sujfr.ige any pw
birth, who has not Insen rrf rnadc a citn uf tbe
..f. nnnlin-r to the " uniform rule of
C. ...
VOL,. 1.
. From the " American Organ."
"Jiejotce not, O .tw enemy, for though J fall I if tall
rise again.
Washington," D. C, April 30, 1856.
JIt Fellow-Citizens : ,The tie . thai has formany
years bound me t the government, as an bumble, of
ficer of the Treasury department, has this day been
severed bylhc hand tf power. It ia necessary, there
fore,- for roe to . do something aud . that qujckly rfot
the supportjof thoee who, in the. providence ofGod,
are cast npon nry" care; and I now solicit most respect
fuUyyour kxud patronage in Biich business as m a few
days 1 may nnu it necessary to announce my determi
nation to pursue. -
I have lived aere a qnarteT of a century, and evry
dollar I have received from the government has ben
spent among you not recklei s'y, for eyery one ivho
knows ine will tcst.fy that I never possessed a habit
"of dissipation or extravagance; and yet I havejiot- a
house or a foot of ground to show for it. Neverthe
less, it is my desire to spend the residue of iny days ir
Washington
I am under gTcat obligations to the Corporatipn of
AVashington, for two appointments recently conferred
on me,r-one, tnat oj on ot tne trustees oi tne ruonc
Sehobls.--the 'other, that of one of the revisers of the
code t)i laws to be prepared for the District, in obe
dience to the act ot the last session ot congress.
Though not offices of profit, they arc t Jeast posts of
honor, ana tne appointments manliest a connaencc
worthy of the return of my warmest gratitude, and
which I caironly testify by the niost carntsst endeavors
to perfoim with hdelity and to their satisfaction, the
incumbent !uiies j
The time consumed by these plact s coild not bave
been made a pretext for.my r.emoval, lccause my ttas
teeship did not take me more than two hours in a
Tionth from my omcial business, and the Uoard of
Revisors of the Code have not yet had their first meet
14 1 have not shunned te.declare to you all the
counsel" of the. true Americans! But this I have hot
ceased to do openly and above loard. from the time of
Mr. Van Burin's ftdminLstration to the present time;
nor have I d.ne mre during the present administra
tion than I did before. . . ' .
When the American party vras organized here near
ly twt-riiy years ago, I was appointed m public meet
ing chairman of the coiimittce to prepare the address
to.the people of the United States ; and It was written
by me. There. was n secret in Those proceedings.
Yet I "was not molested, or the part I cok in them. '
A fow years ay;er this I walked to Jhe havy. Yard
one ntjriit oi every wwK.wr several .wcks in succes
sion, and listened to the vitopeT-ations "of "the Bev. J.
P. Iiinelaii against lrotestutitim and Mhcrliberty of
faiih aud opinion. u rengiaug, matters, -and 4thc next
night returned und replied to him)jcfore the simc
nu-ii n'e. To?tliislhe ,Rev. Ja. Brown can . testify-;
f..r? after a wldle. he cime to my aid, and rendered
most cflicient serr ice, I also publisUcd work about
the sami time, in defence of the Protestant 'Bmle as
publi.-hel t'y thie l'.iMe Society, without note "or eoni
mcnt; against a most virulent at tack by the Rev. Dr.
Eider, o4 Georgetown College ; yet tia bend. of the
Treasury Department then did not consider these
things a cause for rajr removal from office.
I published articles refuting the preposterous claim
set up by the. Jesuit to religious toleration in Mary
land; and al-o strictures on Archbishop Hughes's
"Catholic chapter in the History of the "United
Stitcs. ' . -." -
Again : During the administrations of Mr. Tyler and
Mr. l'olk, I published, at my own exiense, and edited
a monthly magazine, for a few years, in opposition to
the tyrannv of the Church of Rome over the mind of
man, its increajpg inrluence, and designs and conspi
racies against the liberty, civil and religious, of the
Unite I Kta'es ;" jet they who were at the bead of "the
Treasury Departnvnt at that period, though repeated
ly urged by the tools and minions of the Jesuits, did
not consider this jest cane for my removal.: None
professing the Democratic creed had as yet been' found
so shameless and so recreant to the c mse of Democracy
as to attempt t" identify the party with the Church of
Rome. The I'm ion newspaper tf this city bad not then
become the advocateof antichrist and of that Cliureh
whose pullic circulars ' decry .rrrfom nf conscience, stig-m-itizing
it as "a raring." "which advocates the union
of Church Tml St ite. and denounce all who oppose it,
and which curse the liberty of theprew, liberty of
opinion, Bible Societies, the Masonic Society, Odd-Fellow-j
Sjciety, Ac.
KonjT my labors ever interfered with "my public
dntks. . . - s'
- But wl y should I be proscribed now, and by the
present- administration : Having passed unscathed
through" all administrations, fronvthc early part of
General Jackson's, pursuing the siime course ?
As hinted ut above, the reason i this : This admin
istration is making an attempt, never made before, in
conjunction with the three political organs of the
Jesuit in this city, the Union, the Aews and the little
Star, and a few papers and old political .tricksters an.1
papistical demTogues elsewhere, to cnite and identify
the Democratic party with that organization of a for
eign priesthood, sent here by the Pope of R me, and
su.'tvnd by other" European despots, for the purpose
cf undermining the liberty of this country, and sub
jecting Americans to the domination of th'it tyrant of
tyrants. 1 hey have been met m . the he lu by tue
American party, and are waginc a desperate warfare.
They know th it I have never hesitated to denounce
their course as treacherous and suicidal, and I hesitate
not t reiterate that, no party can be sustained in this
country which op -nly identifies itself with a religious
sect, which has always sought the destruction of ali
others, and which denounces in its public ana omcial
circulars, all who are opposed to the union of Church
and State, and are advocates of the liberty of the press
and liberty . of conscience.
,.Th?.forciFn. or?a.uzation of conspirators .sunaer tne
mrection ot the Jesuits, who have eaineu sumwcni m-
nuejicfi with the amiriKirtiuon to use cermiii ui 111c
. ... . . . r r .1-
departments as tools. to gratify a low revenge. Under
the circumstances, my decapitation was not to dc
avoided. It came to this: tliey must remove tne or lose
their aUiex. : . ,
Well, the deed is done, and what will it profit them r
They msy shake hahds with the tyrant's minions, and
nrifU 1. ....mAi tirtairitlSnT
ttlbll VllVlil lU.ll UYtL burn XlirOiU hl Vi, " -o
that the blow h paralyzed, one of the enemies of their
friend and brother, the Pope of Rome while I esteem
it an honor to be thought worthy to be stricken down
wniie aeienamg the cause 01 iioeny 01 buiu, uiw j
of opinion, liberty of the press, liberty of conscience,
end the political rights of man. -
True, the act may sub oct me to jnconvenience, ana
the want of bread for my family ; but, believing as I
do in an overruling Providence, and trusting in his
care, all the power of this administration; the Pope,
and the devil cannot crush my spirit. ' , Y ,,
I may be troubled on every side, yes suau uxf
be distressed ; ' jgsrplexed, but not in despair ; perse
cuted, bat i.ot forsaken ; cast down, but not destroy
ed." As Ahteus, when thrown down by .Hercules,
received new strength from his mother earth, so. freed
trom a tyrant s grasp, already 1 iccinew
from "God that comforteth those that are cast down.
and henceforth I will "cry aioua anu,
T loovo fRn o tr.n? servioe. with the comfort-
ing reflection that my integrity has never been and
cannot be impeached, and that 1 nave never vimjsoi
power, or bartered principle or lnaepenueucc wijpm.
fily fellow-citizens, my .case js oeiora,
Liberty and the Union down-with all tyrants ! !
Your obedient servant -y.
"A
r A T? T)
May 7. 1855. s
the Star: . :.
rtA vour Daratrrapn witn
my u t tbe h . . , q the.3d instant.
tL?.; 1 ??nated the Star as one of . the organs of the
L aad i(le. thf. t wnllia ba taken amiss oy
me editor. T thoirnt it. ,A K vnsidered rather
as a co-np'.iment. The Union to have taken It
3W;W faT Rt-lenst as not compMning can
manifest it. But if onvin t;u u t i.v lrlr the
onej)81ve words with plcasm-e, wliich I acknowledge
tv . . , .r . - irtj tiuv vt-Auo w
uui nece.4oa.rv in mv a.fMi-o :4?,Ato f tVic
to HT rt 18 P0681016'
"" 01 uolumbia.
T 1 ...
. In that paragraph you say that von have inauired
inio tne causes of my removal, and have heard that
; l.V,ve of Ute eone actively ihto politics Now,
as .o this, the charge is untrue. Is it reasonable, to
suppose that a government clerk would be permitted
to.go "actively into n,.lit.ic" In onnositirti tri :i.h
ministration and never be'rejjyed or admsnfciied ? I
- a'Am erican Policy fo
KINSTON, N. C,, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1855.
v - '. - . . - -,- .. .. . . : : : - - - ... . ,- ,
never had .the slightest intimation that my warfare
with the Church,of Rome was considered " politics,"
and was; therefore; distasteful to the Executive. - But
I assure yauT have done nothing more of late than I
had neycBceased to do for many years. The next
thing, say you, ts, that I have accepted two offices
unaer tne corporation ot great importance, &cT, the
duties of iphichi 1 could not properly discharge if ewnpeUed
to do mv. dutir to the aovernnutnt.
Now, it strikes me that the government has enough.
" , l" iuiitw.er, (u-uba, &e.,) without
meddhng with those of the Corporation of Washing'
ton. The,Jatter will, J think, be fully competent Jto
judge whether or not I perform nroiwrW th
they hav done me the honor to confide to me, when"
I shall enter acUvely thereupon. True,-1-have been,
f?r , fe?'hsvPerformi,'g the duties of Trustee of
uie i uuuq ccnoois, .and, to far, I have heard no com-
pwuii. nuiu any quarter, or any neglect of drfty. In
deed, there were no gfountls for complaint, as wc sel
aom meet oiiener than once a month and always
nicf iuc xjpanments are closed. Also, our visits to
the schools in 'ottr respective districts are reanired to
be only. monUilyj.and, if these caused me to be absent
from my .desk an hour eacli week audit was ceitamly
not more-was tnat a matter to be complained of
against one who Was rendering, without compensation,
an Important'.service to the rising, generation of the
Metropolisbf the nation one, aapreojerwho has not
been absent from his desk more than a dozens doyt
during tne lasr-niteen yevrs. ; .
If Kor was there, indeed, any . complainVwJiateyer ;
and, a&toVthe other office that of revisor of thejeode
of laws which" is" to be prepared for this District, we
have nOt yet entered upon thte.'duties neither is it yet
known vhnolsevie4wil be required in this busi
ness, or how much of our time will be occupied. -BuC
Thtrd'y. ' ' Ah, y es ! ' Thirdly." That is it,
" Thirdly ' is the vei-y thifig!! I confess to Thirdly
in-paru- i ouay . , : ' . . :
. ? Thirdly he has long been a contentious atfd liti
gious man. in religious matters, devoting himself with
heart and soul to the work of persecutingand malign1
ing a religious sect,-(jntitled. to as kind treatment at
the hands Qf,the goyemment of the United States, as
any other, sect t and his superiors m ofiice were hb
longer disposed to "furnish out of the pirblic-TreasBry
the means (his salary) of enabling- him 60,to employ
himself." i '
Nowj I jfinve to soy of this, " Tliirdly, that, as to
the charge of being" a contentious and lit igious m.-in hi
religious matters every one who know me, from
calumnious, I .never,.w.w pnoeined in a lawuiL-or
Slurry uispujaiion aoout any religious, matter in the
whole course of m? life. ThS last thin? tlnit f could
be indued to tengage in, would be a contentiottsdisting
sion of religious topics. - 4
As to what thfeJesuita and .their alli'-sof the Execu
tive Departments' call ?jerttctttind and maliqtuna'.' the
Church of Rone,d" for which you have? it seems,
ascertainedat heaoUuarUsi , tt courier-that JL . was
renioved. that 's tojsay ; my defeniling the great prin
ciples of Protes'an'tisni the right of private judgment,
hnd theiigbtof all to read the liiWo-and arrhying in
opposiionto their pretanded Democracy and love of
the liliertj' of conscience, &c, quotations from their
own standard authors, the decrees of councils and bulls
of Popes" showing that tire whole constitution of their
cjiurchjs diameiricalry opposed to liberty of conscience,
liberty of the press, sepiration ot Ufurch and State,
anv asorfation Ihe proceedincrs of which are kept
secret from tlw jmcstsfic, and which contend that
the Pope has the right, by rtrlue of his spiritual office, to
control the temportifas well 114 the spiritual and ecclc-
siiisfacal affairs of all nations, while thegreat object of
the Jesuits is, by means of their schools, tc, to bung
all Clrristendom the whole world, indeed -under the
iron yoke of Popery; to till this which the Foreign and
Papal party are pleased to say is "persecuting and ma
lignpig" their -church, ,1 plead guilty.
To this great work, wliich I consider the great cause
of all mankind as well as of our country, have I " de
voted myself with heart and soul, and. all other
means I could command; yet, without neglecting my
puol
titc
be made recure ami
Jesuits a oAthck coadjutors and when also the Church
of Christ shall be so firmly founded in this glorious
countryi that the gates of hell (the papal hierarchy)
shall never shake- it or make it tremble.
Yes. I i acknowledge I. have labored "with heart
aud soul " to this end. To this end, it is true, I have
evivnrUkl no small portion of mv salary: To this end,
"have-1 denied myself the comforts and sometimes even
the necessaries of life. I do not deny the charge of
making expenditures to this end out of my salary.
This, it seems, the allies 01 the rope discovered in-
leed, it was n secret at any time, from the beginning,
twenty years ago. and lhev - were no longer qisposed
to furnish out of the public Treasury the means ' (my
alary) of enabling me ro to emptoj myself. What! was
it not my own, for which l rendered an equivalent to
the government; aua.had l not a right to aispose 01 it
as I pleased ? '
What : and nas it c ime to tnis, tiiat tne jwcecuuve
Denartments of the United States are erected into a
Roman Inquisition to denounce and proscribe all pub
lic functionaries who shall dare To raise tneir voioes
against or be suspect ed of entertaining sentiments ad
verse to the tyranny and usurpations of the Church
of Rome ? An then,, forsooth, they havethe cfrron
tery to-call themselves the Democratic party J instead of
the Papal Inquisition-4n, the United States, the true name.
Yes, sir, here 1 plant myseii, aaa tni Mian ue my
theme : Tne Executive JJepdrtmena or vt vntiea acazes
have made common Cause with, the Church of Rome sustain
ing its tyranny--! ts usurpations-rits opposition to the
liberty of conscience, to private judgment,. to theread
ingof the Bible by all who may please to do so, to
freedom of the press, aftd to public schools? and sus
taining the claim of the Pope to regulate .Dy viirue
of his spiritual power,'' (I use the words of De Mais
tre,) to interfere with and rcgulate-the temporal afiairs
of all Christian nations, and deeming the opposing of
6nch doctrines by i public functionary sufficient cause
for his removal from office. Think, people of the
United States, think on these things! .
Sir, a wonderful political revolution is in progress
in our country. For some time there haB Deen neitner
Democratic nor Whig party. The only; parties in tne
field are the American, which is composed of the gen
uine Jeffersonim Democrats and true Washingtonian
Whiffs. and the Foreian and Papal party, consisting
of the satellites of the Pope of Rome, and - such self
styled Democrats and Whigs as bend the knee to power
Lfor the loaves and fishes.
In a year from this you will see strange tninas. ane
allies of the Jesuits, finding their mistake, will desert
their traitorous and wretched cause by tens of thou
sands, and, rushing to the American camp, will strive
to enter in, but will not be able. It will be too late:
Then will they beg imploringly : " Friends, take pity
on us, and let us in. Have we not been good Ameri
cans ? Have we not made thousands of speeches in the
names of Democracy and Whiggery, nna an tnrae
names cast out devils from the public service, and in
these names done many wonderful works?" And then
(shall it be said unto them : " We never knew you.
Depart, ye that work iniquity. Henceforth be ye a
prey to tnose everiasung wruura i """"'uw
pared for the devil and his angels." '
' Tery respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. F. POLK. '
. From the " American Organ."
ntN ENGLISHMAN'S OPINION OF THE AMERI-
' CAN FAK1X.
We publish below a communication from an Engish
man, a resident of Montgomery county, Maryland, on
the principles of the American party. The author had
originally opposed this party, as he admits, and now
states the reasons which induced this change, as fol-
10 At first I supposed that some of the objects of the
Know Nothings were at variance with the Constitution
of the country ; but after reading attentively both the
Constitution and the principles in the American Organ,
TwMallv the 10th, J waa convinced they were not, and
twthe greatest objection I had to KnowNothingism
was at once" removed, for no man in his senses will
deny that the legislature oHmy country has a right to
pass any law that is constimtional. Now,the Consti
Kiondoes not say what privileges land 1 right a for
S shall haye, it merely says vrhat they shall no
SSJ5 and has left it entirely at the discretion of the
Maine to California, and thanks be to God. I have
friends goodfand Vrne in every State in the Union,)
wHl promptly stamp- it with theS epithet of falae and
ic Juties yicretor an any degree; and 1 hope to see
dav' when-the political iinerty oi tins country will
mst an 'tne macninations ot tne
r a a American People.
legislature to fix the time of the pVobation, Ac But
thig fact Is so plain and so self-evldentits ipponefits
have given "up the plea; that ifr is nncenstitutioiial to
repeal or modify the naturalization laws, and now ask
would it be good policy to do so? - I '
mln answer to this question, I 'would refer them to
the 500,000 foreigners that annually; come to' this
country, spcalring diflerentdanguages. Drought up un
der institutions distinct from each other ahd?distihct
from the institutions of Americarofesslhg different
religions, educated with duTereutnotioiis manners
customs, and usages of society ; and f$&Mld ask if It
is not a morarimfiessibility that thefehould exist
among them sueh harmony f feeling and auch unity of
sentiment asJseedul.tomake thenigood .law-makers,
or even as good private citizens as pative Ameriaris
wmiselove of their couutraTMirknowledge of their in
stitutions hav grown with their: growthandtisinr
deedy a partof their very nature ? As a'foreigncr L
boldly assert that it is. There is in every'monTl care
not how much of oppression hmay"'havcehdaea In
his tiative laod how: muchjie mayhave becndown
trmlden how much misery and wautihe,may,haj
sufifered there is that love" of counfrvf there-M th
instinctive fondness and attachment for the place where
be first saw the lights that, he cannot .-Minder anv cir
cumstances, get rid of. Immigration, or perhaps jjthcr
circumstances, may prevent its further growth, bufit
cannot and does-not destroy it -4hey may .lovei'thej
land of their adoption, but thpy canpQlypk with aqj
eye smgie 10 11s interests, at least not ns can asgatiye ;
arid therefore I say4hat thr.t libetty Forwhich.' their
forefathers paid . their liyes--tliogc4nRtitBtioHS which
Americans and well disposed foreigners sohiirblyjvaluei
are safest in the hands of Americans, itnd in, their hands
Iwould rather they -should remain. Imagine the reins
ot government in the hands of suchflQaen as? Sbale;
Kossuth. John Mitclvell,.Frapcis Measrher -and wher
should' we, American's and foreigners, altogether, gof
I dont :k-nowbut I for 6ne,&Gifp -fa sihittnig
my eyes, thatl might not see, vsmy own desteuetionJli
Now, if I .understand the subjecjt aright, Amerjuins
are willing to live under the same laws they makVjor
foreigners. -They onlV claim theri&ht to makthera.
That right isundisputnbly.Aheirs; andletthsp enjoy
tti Well-disposed, ordgherswill not fail to see the
danger of letting foreigners occupy offices, hc, and I
am sure wHl-cheerTully'bowHhe r headsn submission:
Some ofc-them'mau claim that they'hayo.brgotten all
about their native land; that thyhaye no love.jemain
ing for the place of their birth ftruit jmemSrylfeyir
carries thenrt)a"cfc to that stage whereon they enacted
the scenes-of -their eaVly.childhopd ; , (tUat;they-riever,
muiaginatipn wander in its flowery yalcs4 and 'by
its rippling streams ; thai' they never, m imagination,
inhale the perfume of its wild floweTslind neCotnpsihy
itxwUd "birds-in their ngs of praise Osthe'Goiof
A. m. 1 -r ' ,j - rl I 1 a
naiur. .o gncn iwoum. s;iy, you are Dy nature, so
base, and your6cnsibilities"are so blunted, that ydii
are notiifr to u& citizens of any country. -"
Again, it is said, the Know Nothing do the foreign-
era' an injustice. Now, I claim that, Jn coming to
America, I was prVunpted by raotis asgood asforeigfif-
ers generally, andi.eameTexpressly fornyrownenehK
Others do te same. and if tliey are benefited by.rxr
ing, let them sfciy and be contented 'f or, if not, return
to the place ff6m wheucC'thejTcamej. It'ls'atfaDsur
dity to aupX)se they come here to- benefit Americans;
for they have no notion of it. ;, Jt -iU da vwy well to
talk to school boys about disinterestedness of raotiyes,
ic.,,but" facts are stubboVh tlimgCand'the Tact: istliat
though gopd foreignrdo benefit America by-improving
the land and increasing its ciininjerce, that is uot
their motive in coming here, and they are benefited
themserves in a greater degree.' ' ' '" '
Ijet foreigners look at the nnmbcf of criminals and
paupers, Ac, in this country, of fcreigh birth,, and ask
themselves what they would do if the case was revers
ed. 'For my part,4f I had remained iri England, and'
Americana, or any other fore gners had come there,
filling the jaihy the lunatic Asylunw, and almshouses,
and sought to assume the control of government into
the bargain, I should do as the Americans have done,
ond would have shouted as loudly as -they do,:,En
crlishmen shall ride Ensrland!" . How can . anything
ele be expectf d ? Nor can the helpless condition of
foreigners re pleaded in their behalf.' v It might do m
a court of justice, but not at the bar of the nation.
Foreigners shoidd not come unless, jthcy are . prepared
to earn an honest livelihood. America has enough to
do to take care of her Own criminals and her own in
sane, and to ameliorate the enndifionof her.ownpoor,
and h elpless afld infirm. , ; When she ; has done tliisr--when
there is no ciime, no poverty, and no, insanity
within her own borders, she may 'turn her attention
toward the suffering of other nations, but not before.
It has been hinted that because I am a foreigner and
at the same time an advocate of Americanism, that I
am ungrateful, selfish, Sc. But why,I cannot under
stand. Five years ago, or nearly so I left my native
land, (not theo49years of "-Se) ana sught a home
in a strange Tahd aucT among strangers. Long, long
before tlmt the cypress and the yew tree had "- bowed
their heads in silence over the'graves of my ancestors!
There was net one there with whom I couldlaim anj;
V a- !.! .i . Aidant ' '
reiaiioDsu'u, uiiievuu mc iuu ubiu. ,. ,
In America I found a home ; I live beneath Ameri
can institutions ; I am' protected, by , American Jaws ;
the food I eat is the product of I American foil; .the
air that I breathe is the pure and free air of America,
that liberty which was won hy those who fought ana
bled in freedom 's cause ! I admire i t, and desi re that
it may be perpetuated. I believ.ej the descendants of
those who won it arc its best guardians, and why tten
should I not advocate the cause of Americanism? I
want no office, I am able and willing to earn my : Jiy-;
I n cr Vi v mv own labor, an1 all I ask is. that if by in
dustry and parseverance I accurimlate propcriy in your
midst, you will afford me the proteotion of your laws.
that I may enjoy it m peace. ; -
Vow sir. to conclude this part of the subject, I
claim that Americans are in reality the best friends of
foreigners. Because their objects, if attained, will
secure to them the enjoyment of that liberty which
distinguishes this from their native land, and to their
posterity that which Americans how claim for them
eelves. In "the letter sent by'the convention -that
framed the Constitution, to the Congress of America,
this passage occurs : . Individuals entering into, soci
ety must give up a share of liberty to preserve the
rest" u And so should all iorclgners wno are wen ap
posed,, be content to give up a share that, they, may
secure the most import nt portion, viz: that real, true
and constitutional liberty ; which secures 'to them the
peaceable enjoyment of their lives, property and - reli"
gion, and to the country those institutions beneath the
influetfee of which she has so gireatly prospered and
advanced in all the arts, sciences,&c., that distinguish
civilized from barlmrous nations. ! VVfV
Bnt to 6iim up ail in a few wordf, the laws, pi fiature
ahd of justice giye to Americans the right to goyern
the land of their birtn, ana tne nistory 01 America
proves that they havetthe ability. : ;There U Art end
to the dispute. '.; - . "(..--' ',' .r-:.-" lilZj
... JOSEPH, FLETCHER. f
From the Alabama Journal. ' ,
BURNING OP NEGROES IN MaSSA--- !
.-. .-.7,. GHUSETTS. m - ."1
Much of the hypocritical and affected indignant Jn
vective was belched out by; the .New.York Tribune,
and other abolition organs of the Freo States, in ref
erence to the execution by fire" of "the desperado, who
without provocation so brutally murdered-his master,
Dr. McDonald, of this connty. : More recently the
sympathies, or we would say the niorbid affection for
the negro, and the hatred of the slaveholder, ias'been
awakened for the fate of the fiend .in Stptarcormt-y,
who, after violating a young gfrlhkmiBlressc
to conceal his crime by the murder of the outraged
unfortunate t. . . : : -X':--
The New. York Tribune, Garrison,,Taper,,and
others of the same stripe, have exhausted at a safedfe
tance, the vocabulary of invective, in misrepresenta
tion and denunciation sympathising "with -lust and
the murderer of children, and of crime of ; nature
most fiend-like and harrowing. The; National Era,
published at Washington City a paper which puts
forth claims to high literary merit, and filled with
namby pamby articles in reference ' to morality; hn
manrly, and . pseudo-philanthropy generally, remarks
as follows in reference to the execution of this, self
confessed monster and the violator of helpless mno
cence, and the murderer of his outraged victim r
. "The transaction is horrible. .,?o circumstance
can' even justify, or even extenuate jts mckedness.
Until fairly tried, anJaZ the fads ofVie ease submitted
and examined, the mob could hot know whether their
NO. 4;
victim was guilty or not; and if guilty, tinder what
crrcumstances and provocations the deed haj been
ccrmiitted-' . '':-. . si '? ;.: Iv,a .,-...- ."
' - The mode oi punishment resorted .to natnrallv ssnv-
gests the )burnings and tortures among 'savageSj.wh.Qse
iujn;iuuu wiTuic agvmes.'oi tneir vii
tuns. r No civilized cornmumtyt burnh ik criminofs.
The penalty of imprisonment or-death is injlictedot
to gratify private vengeaBov but 4o aatisJthe oe
mands of Justice, and. nreserya tha StatejiWl
is .taken that no wanton-jor HimeeessaryTliarelmess ac-J
company thrfrhfl?rtinn: -r y--- - I
r These negre-burhings- evmcea retrograde socletv
m the South and mustexcludeahe .State- which tol
erates them from the,pa3e of civilized .commimities
-J1. eniyJ .ItbPejees and Cannibals.",
PHfe ineffable hypocjrite who. wrote the" above, knows
well that tiiere was no doubt ahout' the gmltr of lhe
prisoner. . JJe made fuU confession with all-the at
tendmg circunistatices; The simple detail of the mur
derer the.pleadine 6f4.he little innnnt ;n
atl derftoftiac grasp, for life her agonised promise to con-.
,vi,,n ub wouia - only spare her-the -lohff
strugglerforluVana the merciless cruelty with which
he proceeded to -accomplish his. designs of lust and
feWe' Jocordin the, history of crime
and suffering. Can -any one say that the prompt exe
ctition of one guilty' bTTOTrne so '"wicked, inhuman,
a-ndrevoltrngj by-burning-br ' otherwise-i-before some
Qfithe modeaiiy-jvhich-criininal negroes are often run
vftpJt.W&gPs interested sold ini)ther States,and thus
eschpe punishment, had been brought to bear was
"OJ.ght Thd .fads yv-e're 'cofife- a'prwed;
aastiGeasjsatisfled.; it -U ; -
ISo, also, inreference fto.the murderer of -Dr. Mc-PSal-aeigs-
J.'he criminal confessed that
in. an uuacco0table frame of mind hejslewhis master,
who he aismed'had never struck hinia blow or treat
ed him unjustiy. Ills mot e fori the crime was to
produce ia-i sensaiionj and be1 talked abont and for
which. he. was- willing to suffer dca4;U.. The facts were
thorougEly examined by a large, cprnmittee of citizens
as'rntefii refiltV dispassionate; and fust in instinct, as
ever met anywhere, and their decree of death by bhrn-
mg, not to. increase' the suHerings 01 the negro-f-which
was less than bytbecommon jnode . of the roper but
prevent crime, by producing a salutary impression
6rf the negroes, "who looked upon death by burning as
peerfliarry disgraceful: " ' '- -v-. ; .
i .loweyer, we have wandered from the point we set
ouotice,t which is , .the sneer ...of. the Era, that
" civinzed conimunitfes never' punislied criminals by
burning." Since the . invention 6f the "cheaper aud
more expeditious mode of the guillotine, garote, &c,
the punishment byjburning is,; less common, growing
put of the jxpense nd trouble attending it. Bat not
I05gsih.ce, yrheU.thQ.age was enalpr superior to this
Trk.tjuee'hjments of civilization, burning wasi com-
iuuuui,iuiy,vjiuu3 uiinias.j.i xuis-.was; especially, tne
foetjn ces ofmurder of master ,by servant ; deemed
more heinous from the confidence and opportunities
for crime growing Out of those relations. Most,na-
tions had statutes to that effect, and ' one of thatTia-
tare existed, in Abolition" Massachusetts, long after the
Revolution; and negroes were burned for this crime
under this statute! We will quote an instance now
under our eye, to show how our pious" ancestors so
often quoted as the models of true religion and hu
manity- were wont to deal in the . premises. . : j
r In a recent biography of the late Kev. Doctor Cole-man,--an.
eminent clergyman of Boston, printed by
Mervino & Whipple, -mention is made of one of his
ancestors who, ajew years previous to the Revolution,
was " poisoned with arsehick by three Of his negro
slaves, Marki Phillis, and lrebe."- The biography
Says:--? '--i -::: P V H' . - i i
. : : The two former were convicted and executed.
The place of Mark's execution was on . the northerly
side of Cambridge road, about !a quarter bf a mile
above the pchinsula,'and the gibbet remained until a
short time before thr Revolution.. 'Phillis was burned
at Hue stake, about ten vards from the trattows". .
I r If the peculiarly" religious and moral community of
that period and in a State where; the prevalence of
uie lUHutuuon. was comparatively on a less scaie ana
of less importanc3j and the subordination of- the " ser
vant of less moment deemed the punishment of burn
ing for the murder of a master, by a servant necessary
and just lor the prevention of this crime, with what
force can hypocritical fanatics there complain of acts,'
which, under the same circumstances, ' were common
with their godly-xincestry men whom they now quote
as the perfection of justice, hunianity. and of true mo
rale and religious intelligence,. : . .. , , f .
. lhe whole outcry on the subject is miserable gam
mon, and. designed to misrepresent the facts and de
ceive the people of -the- country, ; , They . sympathise
with the criminal, but have none for the innocent vic-
.tims. The executions for 'these monstrous atrocities
would have been justified anywhere by right4hinking
men.... ,.: -TTr'"; "" .- . !' -
i-I r S1IEE0U OF ALBERT PIKE.
Among tiie Speakers atr the American'Ratification
meeting inrWshingtont City, -last Thursday .night,
were MessrsBryce..ofNew.York, , W. M.. Barnwell
of Vrrginiarand Albert Pike of Arkansas. . ' We sub-
join the excellent remarks of Mr. Pike which we find
reported as follows': - 'k- . -t ; -
Mr. Albert G. Pike was introduced,' and received
with long continued aplause. .... .. n f '
lie said there was not the, slightest need that he
should speak to-night.' This whole vast : assembly
speaks to conquer. Every illumination I see -around
me is an. orator ,' which- if we could .translate, would
speak; in thunder . tones for the? union .oft Americans
and, patriots, to save their country from foreign rule.
He did not call the declaration "made at Philadelphia
a platform. '"Platforms were liable "to Tot and give
away." The declaration was imperishable as columns
of granite!. They-will stand as .monuments through
all coming time. On this platform will place two can
didates On the 22d. of February next.. who will be men
for' the Union " and thecotmtryj, who will redeem it
from its present degrading position.-'- 1
What is ijt that has made, this great commotion ?
Why do the despatches come ,on .the telegraph wires
. : v - 11 : r
Dnnging accounts oi gionous gauieruigo uihk jjcv-
ple ? 'It is" caused by Sam ? Cheers. Tt was ;not
a party for politicians "and . demagogues Sotne 6f
them at the South had pitched into the Arnrican-par-.
ty and attempted to cwsli-.lt QjfKmiiid Jiksf
an Arkansas story. Thft . tpjgia :fo
fightingvHe asked, Iikik ltm tXVT
said it war. t TJhen, said fceV t. courit me iau", Iie
got off, and was-;ioer dow
want, tn h rnninl rihiarpi'O'itt ikphuirffjriJh
Sam. - Cheers. .;Sojne othfn-sI.afflu
counted out about, thejth of M
hence, .whether they want to be counted out or notXr
ai tne xrnnaaeipnia - crayeniion, ire - 01 uw .oma
were compelled, against our wilt to insert a.clause on
'slayery, vuiiorthem 6.:!
have, nothing, on the eutgect, v The pen a cianot ask
for a pro-slavery clause only the 'pis ran tees of the
constitatioW ;Ia Virginia We were' aexused" of being
an anti-slavery' order.- In.the North? we we accused
of pro-slavery, bv Greelv arid other's of. his atamnv-
, At the North, free ' soilers stood'&loof vntil they
sawutne movement, growing popular, nd then came
in,' attempting to control it: z At PJnladelphia'ihese
same lree-sollcrs demanded th restoration of the Mis
souri "Compromise, also the right to abolish slavery in
the .District of . Cohunbiai This could not bes-oonce-ded.
' I piTored a resolution to exclude subject al
together but this jwould not do. tAmong the most
liberal of the New York inerithB was stistained, bat
was rejected by l:otherst( - Every compromise pro
position, artcfr' y therniajority of the North
em meri?r.TJ" ibo other dternative but to pass
the- platfr , j ddldin Justice to the South. , On
this rVwa.;we: eow all stand We-also chanpe
it -Si
: .. A 'THEX.A.W PI? EWSPAPJ5irSfi --v K
i 1j SuDscrlbert who do not give exprtci&hotloe to-ti
contrary are considered wishing,to continuo their sub
scription ' " ' ,: ' "" ;
j 2V If the subscribers order the discontinuance oftheir
papers, the-publishers may continue to send- them till
all cash charges are paidU ;...,-. Mi..' 'f (
-8.r If Bubecribers neglect or refuse to take their pa ?
Eers fronrthe .-office to which they are directed, they ais;
eld responsible untill they have settled their bill, aud
ordered their paper discontinued. ",,.
4.' If subscribers remove to other places without in'
forming the publisher, and the paper is sent to the
former direction," they are held .responsible. '
j .5. The courts have' decided that refusing to take a '
paper or periodical from the oflBoo, or removing and '
leaving it uncalled for, is prima facie' ' evidence at
intjntional fraud - a j ;
the basis of represeBtationa for the National Convcn
tion. Instead of seven from each State, it will be in
ratio to their representation. . This will give the
North a large majority in the Convention. '
He next alluded to office-seekers, politicians, And
editors, "and lhe assaults made upon the American par-
ty"by them. Theyrwcre all nuisances, aud he thought
editors-the greatest nuisances of them alL He had a
right to talk - about -politicians, for he nevor asked .
for an office himself, and never wanted one. He was
a student and a philosopher. ' He look upoh politics
philosoplrically. ; Now was the time for the American.,
party to act in the. South. A delay of five or six
yeai-s would' throw the United States Senate into
free State hands, r There would Boon be ten new
States of which eight would certainly be free, and
the others as likely, as hot. If we wait till that
time, don't .yon see that the North will do what
they please with slavery t But this great party would
act as the conservatve. ; How is it in Arkansas T
We cast 30,000 votes, and in two months from Ithe
time Sam was introduced ' he had 10,000 of them,
and on the Philadelphia platform they would carry the
Stater -$t was no consequences to the laboring men
of New York " whether slavery went into Kansas or
not; but it was of some consequence whether for
eigners crowded in to compete with their labor, and
throw them out of employ. . A gentleman in this city,
Mr. C. McGuire, not a member of the American par
ty, had - that day told him that Irish Laborers had
come and offcred to underwork the American labor
ers in his employ ; but he would not discharge Amer
icans to give place to foreigners, Americans will not.
labor as cheap as Irish. . The honest industrious. A
merican deserves - to live like a gentleman, as he is.
He himself knew what labor was; he went to Ar-.
kansas a wood chopper, then became a type-sticker,
and lastly a lawyer, at which he had worked as hard .
as at anything else: He demanded good pay aud
good living for American laboring men.
1 He concluded by saying he was in favor of the two
old: parties dividing their assets, and giving up busi
ness to the invincible ' Sam. Three cheers ,lor Ar
kansas. '''..-'
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO GET A HUS
y' BAND. .;.',-'
It has always been considered the duty of the stern
er sex, to woo, win, and pop the question to the "fair
est portion of creation," except when leap-year gives
an implied license to women to win for themselves a
husband and. a home. 'We like the wooing to be dono
by the. masculine gender, and we must admit that our
sense of propriety was somewhat shocked on Satur
day at hearing of a case before Alderman Hibbard,
in which it was clearly proven that a beautiful young '
female not only " popped the question," but endcav- -ored
to supplant' a . wife in tho affection of her hus
band., ; l -
. The facts of the case are as follows : It is alleged '
that a young man,' daguerreotypist, recently travelled
through the State of Pennsylvania, with his mother
and two sisters, the eldest sister about twenty j'cars
of age and quite beautiful, and the youngest about
nine years. Their way led to a public-house in a small
village in Jefferson co., Pa., kept try a very worthy gen
tleman, the husband of a fine looking woman and the .
father of ah interesting little daughter. A few days
after their arrival, the wits of the travellers were set
to work, it is alleged to appropriate the snug, quar
ters to themselves, and during several days' absence of
the landlord from his house, the mother of the dagucr
reotypists, it is alleged, by some means or other, in
duced the wife' of the landlord to elope with her son.
The guilty party, iiaving with them the child t the
faithless wife hied, t,o New York, anft subsequently
.came on. to- this city.'-.. ? " 1 v .
- The landlord, on his return home, was greatly alarm
ed and uneasy at the absence of his, wife, the alleged
conspirators having told him that 6he had merely tak
en a ride with the young man. In the mean time
every effort was made by the mother and daughter, to '
induca the forsaken husband td forget his wife, and
cling to . the 'girl left behind her,' but he refused their
entreaties, though at the same time, he acknowledged
that he only wanted his child, and that the mother.
should never be clasped to his bosom again. . The mo
ther and daughter, finding their schemes unprosper
ous, made tracks for this city, and, ou their arrival,
sought out the ' runaways, and stopped at the same
hotel with them. The disconsolate husband also came
on and after , $hgent search, discovered their wherea
bouts.:,. v' :.;.!,. , -
The wife hearing of the arrival of her husband, re
moved, with her daughter, to another hotel, and thus
saved herself from the arrest at " the time the others
were taken in charge. She was, however, discovered
on Saturday, and taken to the alderman's office, and
she was about ty) be committed to prison, when the
husband, requested the officer to take her to the hotel,'
and see that she was kept in close confinement This
was done, ana tne nusoanasiept man aujoiniug room
with the officer, who used his best exertions to. obtain
the wife's for?ivertess. Heat last relented, and the
same day returned to his home with her who had caus
ed him so much anguish and disquietude. i.
. The other parties were held to Dan ior tneir appcar-
, . ji .1 'r 11. 1.-....-
ance whenever wanea, tne mnuioru ui uie nuunc: ub
which they are now residing giving security for them,
notwithstanding their indebtedness to him is quite a
large amount. , The whole .case, according to the alle
gations, exhibits one of the coolest efforts to obtain a
good home that we have ever seen on record ; and al
so shows that this traveling family are as devoid of ,
feeling as they are of principle.
PUT NONE BUT AMERICANS ON GUARD.'
nnr authority for the Quotation from the immortal
Washington, having been questioned by sundry speak-'.
ers and papers,1 we give the evidence, which will prove V
safficicnt for all cavalirs. A few weeks since, we set
at rest the malicious charge that we had misquoted .
TAfavette that. "If the liberty of this country should
v Wmvpd it will be bv the Catholic Priests." In
regard to Washington, his whole history goes to show '
that he always relied upon his own countrymen in the
hour of I danger. A cotemporary speaking of tho
quotation alluded to says :
Put none but Americans on guard at night ;" that
is-to say when peculiar danger threatens, trust none
but Americans with the power indispensable to self
preservation. - This order of Gen. Washington is da
ted Jury7i 1775,' at ' Cambridge headquarters, and
reads thuf r "For the'future, no man shall be appoint
ed to those stations ' (sentinels at the outposts) who is
not a native of this country." . Thus the order was a
standing obey jpiot special; which makes the case the
stroll. - The followhlg extracts from the original
OrdeiijcBooV'feft by lhe late General Hand, who
was the Adjutant General of the American Army at
the close of the Berphifion; will confirm the statement
of.that paper 1
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George Washington-Oeneral
TheGeneral has great reason, and is displeased with
the Tiiegligence and inattention .or those officers wno
have placed, as sentries at the outpost, men with whose
characters, "they inre tuiacquamted.1' He therefore or
ders that,"' for the future, ; no man shall be appointed
to those stations, who is not a kattv of this country;
this order to be' considered a standing one, and the
officers are, to pay obedience to it at their peril.
'' Fox. Adjutant General of tho day."
''wgjffiQtABTBBsV vALttnrOROB, March 17, 1778.
iSeneraiPrders.-One hundred chosen men arc to
beRuned to the Guard of the Commander-in-Chief,
(bfeurpose of forming a corps, to be instructed
in he manceavers necessary to be introduced into the
army, and serve as models for the execution of "them.
As the GeneraTs Guard is composed . of "Virginians,
the hundred f drafts will be taken from the troops of
the other States. Description of the men. Height,
from 5 feet 8 to 5 feet ten inches ; age from' 20 to 30
years r. robust constitutions; well limbed and formed
for' activity; and men of established character for
sobriety and fidelity. ' They must bb Amebican
Bobjc." Stavnton Ya.) True American, '
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