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wcnls and practices of the absolute monar-j chies from which they havo freed them selves. They make too frequent use of military power. Standing armies, the.ap propriato instruments ol aibitrary govern merits, are out of placo in the ordinary udmiuistraiion of Uepublics. Quito too mucii of the substanco of the citizen or sub ject is taken from him for tho sunnort of standing tioups, not merely for tlefenco! nunst Joreign ogression, but to enforce the domestic authorities. A military Re public, supported by the sword, may indeed bu a movement, but it is a retrograde one in the philosophy of governments Men must govern themselves, if at all, by tho imfluence reason, by tho acquiescence of tho minor ity in the will of tho majority constitutional ly expressed, and the military kept in proper subordination to the civil authority ; and when this authority is not educated, learned and practical, there can be no political freedom, it is absurd to imagine tho course ji a republic prescribed and dictated by military leaders, and suurae exercised un-' a m kr thu shaking of ihn wr,l All QM. j , - ,7:, ' s ,J!;i"emiuu lur 8 innuences oi climate, ue ujiierences uetween those Southern lie publics and ours must be ascribed to the diUVienco of political institutions; and whit n diTwrenco it is ! uppose uiai at ibis (Jay, an assembly were to be - one oi iiie elates ot irou'.h America, near ' dence ; partaking and leading in the victory of a gi cat City, convened on any similar to ihe pres". j peace, the establishment of the present constitution ut. What scene would be presented there ? Would : behold him, altogether an American ! Cheers. t compare wiMi this ? onderis the volcano smo- His crowded and glorious life, with its multitudes J-..ng and .taming, hut sending forlh no intellectual i of virtues each contending to be foremost in the iig .t. 1 nere is the cily, full of armed men, not throng ; and each making room for greater multi Ueo citizens in &nri5, to enjoy their pait in the : ludes, that life, in all i!s purity and grandeur was pleasures of the occasion, but hired to keep the j the life of an American citizen ! 1 claim him, olizens or subjects in order. There uro mines Washington, wholly for America ! And amid the oc-asicuallv yielding large profits to the Capital: I perils and darkened hours of the State, the abuse i;t labor uithm litem eternally unrequited ; j of enemies and the misgiving of friends, I turn to sp.eut.Gd palaces for the rich and habitations of . that transcendant mind tor courage and consola the meanest kind tor the many ; nn Episcopal bier ! lion. Cheers, .i-ci:y with revenues that might befit princes but To hiai that denies that our fervid trans-Atlantic tio schools lor the 'Education cf children of the i liberty can bo combined with law and order, l lcu'uu UM'i'.'e-J J wouiu not overrate or over- .i.3rgc t.iis picture. 1 he substance of it, I fear, is ir.ie; And how doe3 it contrast with this 7 These i.eus an verdant, because tilled by free men, ow ners of (he soil. (Cheers). Yonder city flourishing nJ happy ! it dreads no forced loans. Order, secusity, law, prevail. See the thousands of ships collected at Iter wharves ; hear the busy hum of i::d.J3try ; see in every quarter a coiomuniiy made tip of independent, eelf-respecti.ig men. (Cheers) ; l i'.'j processions of thousands ot youth poured out 1.; nn public schools, the nurserie, of New England lilera-ure end virtue, which have so long existed i.i'iong us I a may look in vain in any other part ot t.ie country tlr.n that settled under the full slow i.f civ.l and religious kberty for a aiht like this ! ( I have said our citizens have no fear of forced 'utib!itioii$ or loans, no exorbitant Irxps, no vio lent destruction of property ; every where law and ord.'-r reign, and over all the nius of that liberty which our fathers fought to seeme. horrors con stantly, with nn eye ever watchful and eagle; uints ever wide out-spread- I'h a colonies of Spain from their oiigi.i (o their md vvcreahvays the subjects ol the homo govern ment, jiy 'a monopoly of usfige (h:: ofiicf.s were all liilcd by officers lro;n old Spain, thus cutting olfall pers mis born in tho new country from ollicial sta ll This would show causa enough for difficulty atr) disaffection. The Viceroys and their inferior officers nevir can be at home in their government. Th y do not feel that they are of the people. They urn l.kuthe proco:5uli of ancient Rome, and not iikuCarver or Wiiilkrop, cr the (iovernors of Vir ginia after the act of the house of lVirpresses. The English Colonists were most of them seeking a new 1-oniR in u new world, may of them' men of cduca li.iii, and all ol them having a full proportion of in (elligfnice and information. The distinguishing char acteristics were introduced of the civilization of En i ope without its political distinctions. The arts and m ietscescame over, law, trial byj iry, the habeas corpus, the testamentary system of the English Ju risprudence all but the institution of primogeniture. 1 5 j t not a monarch or church. The political instil u l tons were framed anew; can we doubt how! General equulily of social condition prevailed a mong the satllers. It was so of right.- After forty years of bloodshed and crime, France has establish ed at the top of her constitutional charter, 63 a great boon, that "all Frenchmen shall be equal ln-lore the law," a great truth, doubtless, to be ar lived at from the bottom of the feudal system ; but wrought with them here by our fathers. All men nre eq lal in ike eyes of the law and before the law. It h;is been s.tid with much vivacity that the feli city of our ancestors was in escaping from the past, l.o m the past in politics they escaped, it is true, tj fit they brought all of learning, manners, morals, libii ly ; they brought all the spirit of past centuries i:i tlut which is useful. They came ns educated men, in the Doric phrase of one of our historians, to settle on bare creation." Not in the lodges of nomad tribes, but to establish pcrmnncnt habita tions for Hit families of well informed men. Another important feature was the principle of' tii" colonial charters which enabled them to es tablish governments here. Wc know that llicy v. .m!, I mil consent to come here, to be governed at bona. The history of the colunics shows the wisdom of f!ils. Even in Virginia, certainly till the third charter, in 101!), which granted to the setller3 popular representatives of their own choosing, Ihere was no permanent character to the colony. Whilo the colonies acknowledged the home gov crrment, they insi.-fed oti passing their own laws mid making their own regulations. Here are the greTit elements anJ principles of our political posi tion, that wc escape from the difficulties and em -b iraurnenti of the political syslemi cf Europe, and retain the perpetual enjoyment of it3 arts, its science nnd its cultivation. We had homo government, I , c a I , because cf the representative system, and icctf, on account cf the great privilege of popular elections. There are few topics more inviting, or more fit for philosophical discussion,' than the influence of l tie New World upon the Old. The occasion for I ids me to enter upon this. America acknowledges I. or obligations to England for her sciences, arts, liu s, literature, and morals. And the descendants oi'tho colonists acknowledge with gratitude that among their ancestors there were men like llamp den and Sidney, by whom the seed was first plant d, which has germinated and grown, till the .spreading brunches overshadow them. Bt Amer ica has midc her return. She . has made some approaches to f quality ; if she have not cancelled the obligation, sho has made a respectable return. She admits that standing among the nations, she has a IiiIi prt which she is expected to act in the general advancement. ,,.:, Her mines, to speak of physical benefits, hav e fit Ifd the old world .villi their treasures from the '.Voduco of her soil she has supplied luxuries for the li b arid articles of utility for all. New and rare b'.rdi and animals have been transported to her cabinets and parks, and the beauties of her unequal ted.. forests have been transplanted among the elms and ashe?, and classic oaks of England, lint A nicrica has contributed far more vast and important lavors. She has augmented the commerce of the world. W ho can imaiue the shock to the eastern continent, if the Atlantic should be no longer a track (or commerce, nnd there should be nc longer American products or American markets i Amciica holds out returns of a higher nature of a moral and religious nature : the proof that popular institutions are able to maintain a govern uieni sicuri?; persons, property and reputation: that it is practicable to elevate the mass of men, the Uborinn-or lower classes and this is the prov ince ol education-to act their parts in the rights of self-government ; holding out to them examples a thousand times more enchanting than were ever l-pforc exhibited to those who were born without hereditary fortune or hereditary rank But my friends, America has done more ! Amen chn f-tmi-hed Europe the character ol Washing- ton, (loud cheers,) and if her insitutions bad done' nothing else, they would for Ibis have deserved the respect of mankind. (Cheers ) Washington ! (Cheers, and a cry of threo cheers beard att over the world" wh-'eb was responded to by three hearty cheers) Washington ! first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of bis countrymen. Washington is nil our own, and all the veneratiou and love entertained for him by the people ; are proofj that they are worthy of such a countryman, (cheers) I would cheerfully put the question to day, to any intellectual men of Europe, I wH say to any- intellectual men of the whole world, what character of the century stands out in ttie re lief of history most pure, most respectable, most suuiiine, and 1 uoubl not mat Dy a surprising up proach to unanimity, they would answer " Wash ington." That mon"nent itself is not an unfit em blem of his character; by .its aprightness, its soli Uity its durability (cheers.) His public virtues and public principles Were as firm and fixed as the eartu on which it rests ; his personal motives as pure as me serene heavens in w men its summit is lost. But indeed, although, a fit, it is not an ade quate emblem. Towering far above the column our uands have built, beheld not by the cilv only, or . i. - t-. -. . . . . , ... - .... iue oiaie, nui oy an lamiiies ot man, ascends me colossal grandeur of the character and life of Wash ington, in all its constituent parts, effects, and lines 10 universal Cecorum, it is an American pro- . .." r . uorn upon our soil, ot parents Dora up n our soil, never having had for a single cay a sight o; the old world, reared 'arnid our lie scenery, insirurted accordin to the modes of the time, in the wholesome, rtla'm, elementary, solid knowledge turnUhed to all the children of the day ; brought up among, and fostered by the genuine influences of American society ; partaking of our great destiny of labor ; partaking and lead. ing in ttie agency and glory of the war of indepen to h.m that denies that it can produce exaltation ol soul, or a passion for true elory, to him that dc nies that America has contributed anything to the stock of great lessoi3 and examples, to ail these I reply by pointing to the character of Washington. And now, my friends and fellow citizens, it is time to draw this discourse to a close. We have indulged in the gratifying recollections of the past, we have enjoyed the consciousness of present prosperity and bappiness, w have pleased ourselves willi well founded hopes of the future. Let us remember also, as responsible beings the duties and obligations that Heaven has giving us and let us, with a nower corresnondin? to the abilities riven with a power corresponding to the ahilities given us, exert ourselves to give a just tone to moral sentiment, to support (he institutions of religion and morality, inspired by a true and genuine sense of liberty and law, and an enlightened knowledge. Let U3 remember the great truth, that the com munity must be respected as well as individuals, fiat no government can be respected that is not jusf, that without unspotted public faith, honor, and truth, it is not in the power of Ihe forms and machinery of ovj-mn ' snectabilil v to anv hrtmar. system of society. I.el us hope that we may look t-.jr.va.-J, not to a lie- I graded, but to an improved and elevated future, so that when we and our children shall be consigned to the house appointed for all the living, there may yet glow a fervid love of country and pride of country in the bosoms ol all that bear our name and inherit our blood. And for ages and ages hence, whenever honored and decrepit age shall lean against the base of this monument, or in genuous j outu shall ihrnng about it, and it shall speak to them of its objects and history, and teach ihein the great event it is to signalize and per petuate, may there riso an ejaculation from every youthful breast, " Thank God I also am an American !" jkMPg'japnavi.m.wjmi..ptii ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, Uavcnscroft Grov Ruhigh, N. c. Right Rev. L. S. Ives, D. D. Visiter, Rev. ALDERT SMEDES, Rector.- Ti HE Summer Session of this School will com A mence on Ihe fu sl day of June, and will con tinue five months, or till the olst of October. A punctual attendance of the Puplis is requested Application for the admission of new Pupils should be made to the Rector, as early as is con venient. TEIIMS. For Board, with every incidental ex per.se, and Tuition in English, one hundred dollars per Session, payable in advance. For Tuition in French, 50 per Session. For Tuition in Music on the Piano, or Guitar, 25 00 per Session, with $3 0-0 for the use of tho Instrument. For Tuition on the Harp $30 00 per Session with 10 00 for the use of Instrument. Aprils. 7;k. uQ'The S'andard, Fayettevilie Observer, Wil mington Chronicle, Newbern Spectator, North Slate Whig. Edenton Sentinel, and Highland Messenger will give the above six insertions, and I forward their bills to this Office Raleigh Reg. Merchants' Bank of jTcwbeni, JUNE 2nd, 1813. A SEMIANNUAL dividend of the profits, of thiee dobers and fifty cents on each share of the Capital Slock ol this Bank, has been declared th i3 day, pavable to the Stockholders or their legal representatives, on application, !vt W. W. CLARK, Cashier, Notice to Slave Owners. T the hist term of Craven Superior Court J a number of Presentments were made against, the citizens ol New Berne for a violation of the 3d Chapter 1 32ud Section of the Revised Statutes of North Carolina. By the request of the Com missioners, ail action upon them was suspended, until the Fall term of said Court, id order that per sons offending against said law, might have an op portunity of removing the nuisance. It iiiC persons presented shall produce satisfactory evidence to the Commissioners, previous to the next Court, that they have complied with the requisitions ol said law, they will be dismissed without any cost more than has already accrued, otherwise they will be prosecuted to final judgment. TII03. S. SINGLETON, Intend' t. June 17th 18-13. 733 tf. TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, CRAVEN COUNTY. County Court ot Pleas and Quarter Sessions, May Term, A. D. 1843. Paisey Hutchinson, Widow of John Hutchinson, deceased. Petitioner fat dutcer against John Hutchinson, Jane Hutchinson, Joseph Hutchinson, and William Hutchinson, heirs at law of John Hutchinson, deceased, defendants. ET being proved to the Court that the defendants, Jane Hutchinson, Joseph Hutchinson and Wil liam Hutchinson, are not inhabitants of this State ; It is ordered by the said Court, that publication be made for five weeks, successively, in the Xeicleru Spectator, that the sa! Jane Hutchinson, Joseph Hutchinson and Wiiliam Hutchinson, appear at the County Court 6f Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Craven Countv. at the Court house in Newbern. on the second'Monday of August next, and plead, answer or demui to the said petition, otherwise the same will be taken pro conftsso against tbem, and heard accordingly. WMness, J. G. Staslv, Clerk of said Court, at Newbern, the second Monday of May. A. D. 1843. 733 -pw. J. (i. STANLY, CUrk. 3T!ie Iewberniaii. Tctr&erif, V. C " . SATURDAY, 1st JULY, 1843. - FOR PRESIDENT, CLAY. . FOR CONGRESS, EDWARD STAXLY. ICJ Mr. Webiter'a speech, together with our topographical terrapin and its elucidation, occupies so much of our paper to-day, that we are compelled to leave out several articles which we wished to publish. . - . D3"Thc Whigs of Craven are respectfully invited to meet at the Theatre on Wed' nesday evening next, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of taking the necessary measures to erganizs the CRAVEN COUNTY CLAY CLUB. James W. Brian, Esq., of this place, has been appointed by the Governor of Alabama a Commis sioner for that State, to reside in North Carolina, and has accepted the appointment. His duties, as such, will be to receive and re duce the testimony or depositions of witnesses to writins, and to receive acknowledsements of Deeds of Conveyance, to be U3ed or recorded in Alabama. This appointment will accommodate many of the citizens of North Carolina in their business transactions with the former State. FEMALE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the Society will be held in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at 5 o'clock, P. M., on Tuesday next, the 4th instant. A full attendance of the mernbers is requested, as an election of Directresses and Managers for the ensuing year will be held, and other buiine3s, im pcrtant to the Society, will be transacted. iCjThe Rev. Mr. Pell will deliver the annual address on the occasion. The above notice, sent to us by the Secretary of the Female Benevolent Society, we publish most willingly ; and at the same time, we respectfully beg leave to invite attention to the meeting which it advertises. During tha few years which the Society haa existed, much suffering has been re lieved by the active benevolence of its members Th hungry have been fed, the naked clothed, and if the widow's heart has not been made literally ''to sing for joy," it has, in more than a few cases, been temporarily released from the pressure of chilling penury, by this excellent institution. Much that has been done would have been left undone. miiii..i.J.-( n.co rr fjig Ladies had not the liberality of the gentlemen or ot hc vea:iy n4eetins, nobly aided theg uie town, y iiieeungs, nooiy aiaea me gooo woiw . i . i i f May wc hope that the coming anniversary wil not form an exception to so noble an example, and that the gentlemen will show their approba lion of the society, its motives, actions and pur poses, by their presence. The Itev, Mr. Pell, it will be seen, will address tho meeting in behalf of the cause of the poor. Mr. Webster's Speech. Believing that our readers are anxious to see lhesp33ch mide by Mr. Webster, on the 17lh of June, at tha celebration of the completion of the Bunker Hill M inumant, ws gratify their anxiety in the present number. We sea that mmy of our contemporaries speak in raptures of the oration, and designate it as "splendid," "unsurpassed," Sec; but, notwithstanding our many prejudices in favour of the great Statesman of the 'North, and our deference for the opinions of the gentlemen of the Press to whom we allude, we feel and when ever we express our thoughts we honestly exhibit our feelings, that the speech at tho celebration will add little to Mr. Webster's previously-acquir-id fame, either as a profound thinker or a chaste and felicitous writer. The glowing and heait-felt reminiscences m which the Monument is a me mento, the patriotick zeal which actuated the mul titude who attended the celebration, and the praise worthy pride and gratitude that every true-hearted American Citizen must feel in reflecting on the birth-day of a nation of freemen, which the noble structure commemorates and perpetuates; lent a charm to the occasion, which even a failure on the part of the gifted Orator of the day could neither dissipate nor expel. Hence, we think. originated the unlimited praise of the speech. Our honest opinion is, that the oration is, asa whole, in adequate, both as regards the great orator and tho glorious national occasion. Our readers, however, will judge for themselves. . Bad taste, most probably, accounts for our dissenting, in this case, from that which seems to be the popular opinion. From a source less capable, we ivould have considered the speech an excellent one, but we know that Mr. Webster could have made a better. - Death of Mr. Legare. On the 0th instant, in Boston, Mr. Legare, the Secretary of State, ad interim, and Attorney Ge neral of iho United States, breathed his last, after a few days' suffering, from inflammation of the bow els.-rSuch men as he, whose death we record and lament, can be but ill-spared in these degenerate times, but the behests of Omnipotence defer not to the wishes or will of short-sighted man. Mr Legare was a patriot, a scholar, and a high minded gentleman, as we learn from the testimony of many who knew him well. .2 very young Revolutionary Soldier. Among the list of the names and ages of the 107 Revolutionary soldiers who attended the cele bration at Bunker Hill, on the 17th ultimo, we find one, a Mr. Dana, we believe, but 74 years o ae. lie must have been a precocious military prodigy. In 1775, sixty eight years ago, the battle of Bunker Hi!i was fought. Mr. Dana was then six years of age, rcr.er young, we think, for effective service. "Wtll, the war closed eight years after, when Mr. Dana was but fourteen. Wonder how long he served, where, in what capacity, and whether Uncle Sam has been paying him a pension ever since. We hope that the Albany Argus, in which we find hia age recorded, has made him (typographically,) at least ten years ycungcr than be really is. ; HI It. STANLY. V On Monday last, Mr; Stanly addressed the citi zena of Beard's creek, and on the fallowing day, those of Bay river. A gentleman who was present informs us that, at both of those election precincts, his efforts in behalf of our countiy's best interests were most successful. Several of the honeet, but deeply deceived Loco foe os, .were bo" astonished by the plain and convincing array of facts, subversive of the horrid deceptions practised on the credulous by Locofoco demagogues, during the last .twelve Of fourteen years; that they actually asked, by ooka and jction. rather than by words, in all the simplicity of uninformed patrioam ; 'Can U be possible that Mr. Stanly has told us thi truth 7 Our feelings and reason almost oersaade u ta! o - s he has, but all the "smart" men of our own party, wbo have been electioneering among us, tell us just. the apposite. Thus it is; the industrious farmers, who have not time to keep the tortuous runof the blighting and accursed plots and schemes of the party leaders who have nearly ruined, and certainly disgraced ourcountry, need only to be con vinced, that they-have been led astray, and their instinctive and common-sense love of country and of right will at once array-them against such ignorant, narrow-aouled apologies for American citizens, as those who have been leading them, to error and destruction for many years. Since the earliest days of Jacksonism, there has been nothing more common than to see unprincipled fellows, who could scarcely read or write, un dertake, at the instance cf some demagogue, but, a shade better informed, and ten times aa culpable from that'shade's difference, have the audacity to lecture honest neighbours on their duties as citizens, and to go on an enlightening (?) crusade, even beyond their immediate neigh borhood. Had such persons sense enough to know their true position, the coutemptible claims which they have to guide and direct the opinions of men, they would shrink from publick attention for very shame. Mr. Stanly is the very man to awaken and con vert those who have been deceived by such un worthy and incapable impostors. Talented, fear less, patriotick and well-informed, he lays naked the corruption9'of Locofocoism j and so lucid and convincing are his arguments and statements all based on facts, of which he offers irrefutable evi dence the sandy foundations of locofoco decep tion and falsehood slide from beneath the super structure raised upon them by the leading dema gogues, as the thaw-loosened ice down a precipice. The best proof of the truth of Mr. Stanly's posi tions is found, as tar as the active locos are concerned, in the fact, that with all the assurance for which they are celebrated, not one of them dares to meet him before the peet". ,' .-- rvao vt-iciuung tnose positions, by facts and argument. We know there are some of them, not a thou sand miles cfF, whose self-conceit is as impervious to modest sensibility as the shell of a Pamptico ' Urrapin is to the rays of light, and yet they, in sensible as they are to the ridicule of the wiser and better informed, dread :ha exposure thev would be subjected to, if they hid the teir,criiv Encounter tha truth from the lips nLf?il advoc'tte. The led portion C-- ln ihe distiict will soon begin to qu?sfion the principles, abilities, honesty of purpose, and truth, of those who lead them, if the latter continue thus afraid to refute the assertions of their oppohent candidate; and alas for their future influence, after their hitherto confiding adherentsdiscover their weakness, nay, their wickedness. On Thursday, Mr. Stanly addressed the citizens of Newbern, his native town. Ho was listened to, not only with the respect due to his publick servi ces, his talents, and honourable character, but with all the affection which a gratified parent feels for a. highly deserving son. Dear to his heart throbbing as it is wiih all the best and noblest feel ings of a true son of the Old North State must be the affectionate greetings which meet him in his former home ! His opponent was among the miasing, as usual, and none of the smaller orators stepped forward to fill his place. - To-day Mr. -Stanly will address the people at White's election precinct, ten miles from town. Highest reward for Irish Votes ! During the late visit of the President and the Heads of Departments to Boston, a great (Irish) Repeal Meeting was held at " Ihe Tabernacle," at which, besides other?, Robert Tyler, Esq. and Z.C.Lee, Esq. Unitfd States Attorney tor the Maryland District, delivered addresses, to the great satisfaction of the meeting. Ya. Intel. ' Is John Tyler demented ? Docs ha think that the American people have no respect for their national character, - that he thus sends forth his thoughtless boy to give a semi-official character to impertinent interference with the affairs of fo reign nations with which we are at peace, and countenance to mob absurdity and violence in our cities, alike useless and unbecoming ? John Tyler and bis son Robert do not eare that Ireland and the Iiish were both at the devil, but for the S3ke of the votes which he hopes, vainly hopes, to ob tain from the portion of the latter who rejoicp in the name of adopted American citizens. .Yeto bernian. Since the above was written, we learn from the Philadelphia Ledger, that Mr. Tyler was waited on by a committee of the Irish Repeal Association, and invited to attend one of their meetings. His engagements prevented his attendance, but he used, says the Ledger, the following most unbe coming language to the committee : I am the decided friend of the repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ire land. I ardently and anxiously hope that it may take place, and 1 have the utmost confidence that Ireland will have her own Parliament, in her own capital, in a very short time. On this great ques tion, I am no half way man." For the credit of the nation we hope that Mr. Tyler is misrepresented in this statement, from a misunderstanding of what ha really said. In fact, he should have said nothing on the subject, till au thorized by the unequivocal voice of publick opin ion. John Tyler should not talk on international subjects "ferse," vhile acting as chief magis trate of the United States. Supreme Court. George Stete.vsox, Esq., of this place, has been admitted to lha practice of Law in th: county Ccur of tha State. " "The Terrapin Gerrymander." Wc copy to-day, froth the columns of our lively neighbour, the "North State Whig," the tudicroua cut, and the accompanying description, f our congressional district, as laid off by the election eering dishonesty of thejast Locofoco session or our State Legislature. Any set of men, capable of committing . injustice so flagrant as has been committed in the establishment of this districtof so far sacrificing the interests and convenience of so large a portion of their fellow citizens, at the shrine of a low, sneaking party spirit, are so far from having a claim to confidence and respect, that contempt .and scorn are. the only feelings which their gross betrayal of a high publick trust has called forth. What'interestsin common, have Edgecombe and Nash, with the other eight coun ties which coinposs the district? Nono whatever, more than those two cdnaties have with the terri tory of Florida, or the State of 'Maine! In twenty- five years, we have never, to Our knowledge, seen a citizen from either of the two in Newbernte:Uier on business or pleasure, with the exception of Mr. Arrinton, the present democxatick candidate for Congress. This consideration, however, was nol taken into the account by the honest Statesman who laid off-the district. Edgecombe and Nash are populous counties ; steeped to the eyes in ig norance and Locofocoism ; having not more than 150 or 160 Whigs within the. bounds of both,and containing, in a white population of but 5G94, of twenty years of ago and upwards, 2G3I persons being forty-six out of every hundred !) who can neither read nor write I This was the kind of population to beat Stanly ; to vote against him right or wrong, and hence the motive of the pa triots of the last Legislature, for extending our sea-board district almost to the southern boundary of the State of Virginia I Their scheme will prove abortive, if the Whigs d their duty, and this duty consists in nothing more than a punctual deposite of their votes, on the day of election. In the name of our country, of all that is dear to the hearts of enlightened freemen, we charge them to do th"i3 ! If they do not, we will not be surprised, at the election succeeding the nexf, to see the good old Newbern district disgraced by a representative out of the forty-six per ce)x,.who, according to the census, "can neither read nor write." Attorney General of the United Sta tes. The death of that ripe scholar and estimable gentleman Hugh S. Legare, leaves thi3 important office vacant ; and public opinion is on the qui rice aa to the individual who will be appointed tQ succeed him.- The President. , wm nol overlook - jiowuguishsd son of North Carolina, the f qual of Mr. Le?arp in point of ability and ..filial accomplishments, and the inferior of no man in all ihe qualifications and attainments which makeup the noble, generous and true hearted gentleman : We mean James Iredell, of Raleigh. President Tyler knew him long, and knew him well in the Senate of the United States, and every North Carolinian will endorse his passport to any office in his gift. APPOINTMENTS BY MR." STATELY FOR MEETING IHE PEOPLE. July 4th, at Greenville, Pitt Count'-. 5th and Gth of July, at such places in Pitt, as shall be selected by the people. Saturday, Sth of July, at Hookerton, Greene County. Monday, 10th of July, at Snow Hill, Greene County. , Thursday, 13th of July, at or near Hilliardston, Nash County. Saturday, 15th of July, at or near Stanhope, Nash County. Thursday, 20th of July, at Beaufort, Carteret County. . If it is desired by the Whigs in the above men tioned counties, for in ihe rminlv nf u , y ... j . in u l-, j to have meetings at any other limes or places, not conflicting with the above arrangement, Mr. Stanly will endeavor to attend them. If, upon subsequent information, Mr. Stanly shall make other appointments, public notice will be given of them. The Whigs of the several counties in tha dis trict are requested to take proper steps to notify the people of the above appointments. We are requested to give nctict, that the next regular meeting of ihe Temperance Society wiil be held at the Piesbyleriah Church on Friday night next, when an address will be delivered by the Rev. Dakikl Strattok. FOURTH OF JULY. The Committee of Arrangements appointed by the Citizen Guards for the celebration of the 4tb of July next, the birth day, of our Independence, report the following Order of the Day : The day to bo ushered in with a Federal Salute a'nd ringing of Bells. Parade of Citizen Guards with filing of salutes until 6 o'clock. At 9 o'clock, a Procession to be formed on the Academy Green, to move in the following Order : Citizen Guards, Orator and Reader, Clergymen Temperance Society. - Strangers and Citizens. From tho Academy Green to Hancock-street, down Hancock to Pollok-slreet, down Poilok to Middle-street, down Middle to South Front, down South Front to Craven-street, up Craven-street to New-street, up New to Middle-street, up Middle o Johnson-street, up Johnson to Hancock, down Hancock to the Theatre. ' At 10 o'clock, the Declaration of Independence will be read by Mr. Thomas R. Wilson and an Oration delivered by Mr. GcorgeSv Stevenson. Music by Citizens. At noon, a National Salute to ba fired. At 4 o'clock, a Cannon Parade with music. At sun set a Federal Salute will be fired. The day to close with a magnificent displiy of FIPvE WORKS, commencing at 8 o'clock, P. M. on the Academy Green where seats will be pre' pared for Ladies only. . , LEMUEL WILKINS, NATH'LS. BROWN, JOHN L. LEE, SAMUEL A. DUNN, RIGDON WILSON, JOHN J. STREET, ' W.M. H. TAYLOR. THOMAS O. JONES. June 17th, 1813. f 5 V . From the North State Whig. ' " - THE GERRYMANDER. , A formidable shape, ! Black it stood as night, Fierce as ten farie, terrible as bell.' We have the pleasure ot introducing t 0ur rea ders, in this number of the Whig, the moatremar kab animal of modern timescalled, in honor of the last Legislature four State, "TheTerrapia Gerrymander." Truly he is a, most sweet monster ! The very personification oi'onVagt Terrapin Assembly ! made up as was that boo.? 0f tne most incongruous materials. . , We have heard that Edgecomb jash bear some resemblance to a man's head Vith a hat or cap on. It is said these two counties look, like &. wheeJhorse," whose fat, protruding checks a&l chia almost hide the appear ajief his nose. Truly, if; this be the case-, the .officiating master of cere monies the D. SP f the occaejon made a sad mistake. -. : . . - " It will be rememhetcd that Jesse Cooper dei nounced the arrangement. .He. wanted Martia put on the district, as it ougu't to have been. .. Ho told the. Doctor that he was making a district for himself, and one to "beat Stanly, but ho would bo mistaken in both calculations. The Doctor seems to havo tried to prevent the animal from injuring; Martin, for it will be observed that north of Pitt and Beaufort, the county of Martin lies, and that the left hind claw, is carefully 6tretched over Mar tin, but the wheelhorst's nosa and double chin are in eminant danger of being scratched. There is one reflection, however, likely to ansa in the head of tho wheelhoises, to console them,"in case of the aforesaid scratching of the physiognomyr it will be observed that hia tail is over "the Vir ginia line", though it is evidently preparing to give a flirt and freo himself from the " strirt construc tion" of the " uniform and consistent" wheelhorso democracy. It strikes ua that the animal's tail is of an unusual, extraordinary and unconstitutional extent and contrary to the act of Assembly in such case made and provided as published hers to fore in this paper. If so, we hope some of the Democratic Doctors of the last Legislature will attend to it. The creature is evidently desirous of protecting the upper part of Naah, or of bringing it down near the sea-board. Well so be it.- There are a great many clever people in Nash, Whigs and Democrats ; and although we think great injustice was done to them, as well. as to the lower counties, wo .t.--"wome Det- .eu-vmh them. But yet on another look, it rather appears that the Terrapin, is ma king ready to-give a lick with his tail towards tho west. We hope t won't reach Aunt Bedford, of Caswell, or John Rivs Jones Daniel, who aro al ready remarkable for thbirlong faces. Perhaps if Dr. Montgomery has recovered from his alarm of being sold, under tha Harrison law, he may be able to exercise his skill in cur-racing' the proportions of the tail. In looking over the map of the Sih Congressional district, as presented by the monster, we see noth ing of the light houses or light boais in Pamplicc Sound. What has beenmti if ihprr.l A . villi Edgecombe regency deirimined to put down the light boats? Or has the Riter really commenced running upwards and xtinguiehed the lisirts 7 Our terrapin is a uweit monster: he has "two chices." He has not forgotten to overshadow' the upper part of Nash, nor has he neglected Nag'a Head; for although Mr. Sam'l Airingtou thinks a "uniform and consistent democrat" is one who is "opposed to internal improvements by the Gen eral Government," Dr. Moore of Hertford, J3 an advocate for opening the inlet ; and it seems to as that the left paw cf the animal has actually bro ken loose an opening near Nag's Head! Take Hare, Dr. Moore ! your "uniform and consistent i uciiiui.! uuy Will 1 i"uniorm" broth democracy" will eurfer in the estimation of your er Sam ; and besides, if Nag'j Head ia opened, according to Dr. Hall's notion. the counties of WaUioaui and Tyrrel will bo drowned by water? Oh, what pVlosopby wheel horse philosophy is ? The animal did not neglect the county of Lenoir, it seems. He rather had an inclination to secure that, and his rioht claw i trying to draw Lenoir along with him, while little. Jones the "Diamond of the Desert" he eeerna to think he had better let alone. He had better' have secured Martin, a Jesses Cooper told him to do ; for Cooper was right. "It wont do, Sir, you can't beat Stanly with this diatrict." But turning aside from the most ridiculous ap pearance, present d by looking nt the picture of the democracy of our last Legislature, let us leave them to the enjoyment of beholding their accurate likeness, while we point out the monstrous wrong they attempted to impose vn the people cf this State, and especially on the people of this district. The ten counties ot this district are included within the heavy line of the engraving. All the counties except Nash and Edgecombe are Whi', and united in interests, in feelings and by constant intercourse with each other. But by Ihe abomna ble gerrymandering of the last Legislate" theso eight counties thus united, and cororosinS more lhanlAre fourths of the territory of the district, ar& silenced, and their wants and wishes and interests trampled under foot, by two counties Nash and Edgecombe away in ones corner of the district at the tail of the crittur" counties that have no feelings, no interests and but little intercourse with the other large portion of the district. What interests has Nash County in common with the seaoboard interests ol the district ? So little, Ihet Arringfon, who lives in "one corner of that county (see U'S residence on the engraving) voted apal- an eppropriationt. rFort Macon in Carter' cunly a forti5cation of vital importance ' ,he reo" pie of the lower counties. ndgecombe has so little feeiing forthe intere8t'ofthe ,ower counties, that Dr. Hall, who liv'" lbat cuny, and who represented the olJdWi',ricl for 8 lo,,S8ic3 of years, sneered ibe requests repeatedly mad to him bv ihv PePie o ,,ie ,ower counties, to get aij appropriation to improve the navigation of tbo Sound and rivers. And yet these two counties thus separated from the other portion of . the di. trict, hav8 been stuck to it ; and for what purpose t For the - avowed - and sole purpose of be,no Edward Stanly ! Was such an abominahl' Pro positien ever before heard of amon a 'ree Peo pie ? . - Ag'fin, th? district, as it has beenfmed by, tho
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