NEWBERN, N. C, SATURDAY, 5th AUGUST, 1843.
VOL. L
NO. 7.
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HY J. O. WHITTILR.
Until my ghastly tale is told,
This heart within me burns."
Daring u delightful excursion in tho vicin
ity of ihe Gieen Mountains, a few years
eir.cv, I had 00(! f,MtunP 50 m0f,t -'i11- a
singular character, known in finny pails of
Vermont as 1 lie Rattlesnake Hunter. It
was a weirn, clear day u' sunshine, it) the
middle of June, that I saw him for th first
time whiie cngagi-d in a mineralogies! tam
bio anion" the hills. 11 is head was ld and
his forehead ws deeply marked with the
trnj lines of cue and agp. His l-m as
waiitd anl in;nu) (,ir t,,. (jcr-
t " U n.-.. rrftf 1 1 u . f . t-k ....... ,t
V!Tor Ol Ills e.ye, ne in;-'" - - vi
sed incapaciaied by aye and infirmities (or
oven a slight exertion. Vet he hurried ovm
th" huge ledges of ruck with a quick and
jilinostV""1'1'"' ut'ad; "nd sce"!ed earne6t
y searching among ike cievicea and loose
u-.jf-s and stinted bushes aiour.d him. AI!
at once, ha started suddenly drew himself
back with a sort of shuddering recoil and
then smote fiercely with hi stuff tUtt
rod; before him. Another and another blow
ar.d h8 lifted the lithe and ctusht.-d foirn
of a large rattlesnake upon the rnd of his
lod.
The old ruin's eyo glisioned, but his
fremkl';d i,s i,t' looked steadfastly u; on
hi
ac
ycl iv r U
ithi.-S victitn. " Another ot the
cursed r-ict: I" H mottfcied botween his
clenched teeth, appaiently uucunscious of
mv pieseiuc.
f wus now satisfied that the person before
-ne was hono olher than I lie famous Raitln
'snukc Junior, llowask ionn throughout
lite .'juiiihbourhood as an ou;c;.si and a wan-ilcrci-,
obtaining a mist table subsistence from
Av cos'.ird ciiarities of the peopiw around
i;in). His tinio was mostly spent among the
rocks find rude hills, here his only object
t -etned lo ho the hunting out and destroying
of bo Crotalus ItCii lus or rattlesnake. 1
immediately detevininod to satisfy my curi
osity, which had been sliangely excited by
vh': remarkable .ippearance of the straagei ;
a.'id for this purpose 1 appioached him.
' Are tlifcro many of these reptiles in this
vicinity V I imydied, pointing to the crush
ed s i pent.
k They are pt'ttng to bn scarce," said the
o! ) m;in, lifting Ids slouched hat and wiping
his b.ild brow ; "I have known the time
when you could hardly stir ten rod3 from
your door in ibis pait of the state without
hearing tiutir low, quick rattle at your sidf,l
or seeing their many colored bodies coiling
tip in your path. But as I said before, thev
-re getting to ho scarce the inferred race
will ho extinct in a fow years and thank
'Jo.! 1 havo mysolf been a considcrauiu causo
of '.heir externiinstian,"
" Vou nsust, cf course, know the nature of
creatines perfectly wcil," said I.
lo you bcliuvo in iheir power of fasciiia
;ion or charming V
The old man's countenance Ml. There
was a visibls struggle of deling Wnhin htm ;
fur his lips quivered, and he dasu d hi'
i i i i i i
erotvn nanu suuueniy across ins eyes as if
to conceal a tear; but quickly lecoveriny
liimself, ho answered in ibo low, deep voice
of ono that was about to reveal some hum
ble secret
" I believe in the rattlesnake's powsr of
fascination, as firmly as I believo in my own
existence."
k Surely," said f, " on do not believe
they havo power over human beings"
44 I do I know it to be so!" and
old man trembled as he snoke. "You
the
are
a strangnr to me." he said.
a
si v
after
scrutinizing
my features for
a moment
' but if you go down with me to tht foot of
tuis rock in the shade thnio" and he point
ed to a group of loaning uks that hong over
the declivity 44 I will in you a strange and
sad story of mv own experience."
It may ba supposed that I readily assent
ed to this proposal, bestowing ono more
blow upon the rattlesnake as if to be certain
of his death the old man descended the rocks
V'ith a rapidity that would have endangered
vU neck of a less practised hunter. After
rMM.1.. .
5 p "unter commenced his sio-
T'anntr wUcU confiimed what I had
!ZTSy,'ea,dot',lis""'io nd intel
lectual strength.
' i was atnon it,e. i- . , . , .
n ,rt,vf,i c Ule earliest settlers in this
'y- 1 bud just finished my
ihe carll e"ff represeniatin3 of some of
l,,cMihest pioneers into the wild lands be
yond the Connecticut, to seek my fortune in
V'o new settlements. Mv wife" the old
man's eye. glistened an instant and then a
tear crossed his , brown cheeK 14 my wife
accompanied me, young and delicate and
beautiful ag she was; to this wild and rude
country. I shall never forgive myself , for
bringing her hither never. Young man,"
ontiaued We, 14 you look like one who could
pity. Yoa shall see tre image of the girl
who followed me to the ntnv country," and
he unbound, as he spoke, a ribbon from his
s.eck with a small miniature attached to it.
It was that of a beautiful female but
there was an almost childish expression, in
her ceuntenance a softness a -delicacy,
and a sweetness of smile which I have sel
dom seen in the features of those who have
tasted, even slightly the bitter waters of ex
istence. The old man watched my coun
tenance intently, as I surveyed the image of
his early love. ,4Sh must have bet:n very
beautiful," 1 said as I returned lha picture.
' Beautiful !" hs repeated, 44 you may well
say so. Cut this avails nothing. 1 have
fearful story to tell : would to God 1 had
not attempted it; but I will go on. My
heart has been stretched too often on the
rack of memory to suffer any now pang."
44 We had resided in the new country
i eariv a vear. Our settlements had in
ml
creased rapidly, and the comforts and deli
cacies of life were beginning to be felt, after
the weary privations and severe trials to
which we hive been subjected. The red
men were few and feeble, and did not mo
lest ns. The boasts of the forest and moun
tain were ferocious, but we suffered little
fr m thrm. The o ily immediate danger to
which wo were oxposed, resulted from the
ra-tlesnaktis which infested our neighbor
hood. Three or four of our settlers were
bitten by them, and died in terrible agonies.
T tnJ'wns often told us frightful slorios of
this snake, and its powers of fasciaation, and
although thoy were generally believed, yet
for myself, I confess, I was rather amused
tban convinced by Uietr .. oii....e tv&x&.
4 f n one of my hunting excursions abroad,
on a fine morning it was just at this time
of the year, I was accompanied by my wife.
'Ttvas a beautiful morning.. The sunshine
was warm, but the atmosphere- was perfectly
cloar ; and a fine breeze from the northwest
shook the bright, green leaves which cloth
ed to profusion the wreathing branches
above us. I had left my companion for a
short time, in the pursuit of game; and In
climbing a rugged ledge of rock?, intersper
sed with shrubs and dwarfish trees, I was
startled by a quick, grating rattle. 1 looked
forward. On the edge of a loosened rock
lay a large rattlesnake, coiling himself as if
for the deadly spring. He was within a few
feel of mo ; and I paused for an instant to
survey him. I know not why, but I stood
still and looked at the deadly serpent with a
strange feeling of curiosity. Suddenly he
unwound his coil, as if relenting from his
j purpose of hostility, and raising his head, he
fixed his bright fiery eyes directly upon my
own. A chilling and indescribable sensa
tion, totally different from any thing I had
ever beforo experienced, followed tiiis move
ment of the serpent; but I stood still, and
gazed steadily and earnestly, for at that mo
nu nt thoru was a visible change in the rep
tile. His form seemed to grow larger, and
his colors blighter. His body moved with
a si w, nlmost imperceptible motion towards
me, and n low hum of music came from him
or at least sounded in my ear a strange,
sweet melody, faint as that which melts
from the throat of the liumming-biid. Then
the tints of his bodv deepened, and changed
and glowed, like the changes of a beautiful
kaliedscope groen, purple and gold, until 1
lost sight of the serpent entirely, and saw
only wild and curiously woven circles of
strange colors, quivering around me, like an
atmosphere of rainbows. I seemed in the
centre of a great prison a world of myste
rious colors and tints varied and darkened
and lighted up again around me ; and the
low music went on without ceasing until my
brain reeled ; and fear for the first time
came like a shadow over me. The new
sensation gained upon mo rapidly, and I
could feel the cold sweat gushing from my
brew. I had no certainty of danger in my
mind ro definite ideas of peri! all was
vague and clouded, like the unaccountable
tirrots of a dram and yet my limbs shook,
aiui 1 fancied 1 could feel the blood stiffening
wi h cold as it passed along mv veins. I
would have given wcrlds lo have been able
to 'ear myself from the spot ; I RVen at
tempted to do so, but the body obeyed not
the impulse of the mind not a muscla stir
red; and I stood still, as if my feet hafJ
grown to the solid rock, with the infernal
"unit vi hid lempiei in my
and the
Daieiul colorings ot his enchantment
me.
before
44 Suddenly a new sound came to my ear
it was a human voice but it seemed
strange and awful. Again again but I
stirred not, and then a white form plunged
before me, and grasped my arm. The hor
rible spell was at oner broken. The strange
color, passed from before my vision. The
rattlesnake was coiling at my very feet, with
glowing eyes and uplifted fangs, and my
wife was clinging ir. teiror upon me. The
',.,un :ne se'peni threw himself upon
us.
iuy wife was the victim ! Th futal
pangs pierced deeply into her hand, and her
scream of agony, as she staggered backward
from me, told ihe dreadful truth.
44 Then it wis that a feeling of madness
came upon me ; and when I saw tha foul
serpent stealing away from ids work, reck
less of danger, I sprang forward and crush
ed him under my feet, grinding him upon
the ragged rock. The groans of my wife
recalled me to her side, ana to the horrible
rea!ity of her situation. There was a dark
lived spot on her hand and it deepened into
blackness as I led her away. We were at a
conriderable distance from iny dwelling,
and after wandering for a short time, the
pain of her wound became unsupportable to
my wife, and she swooned away in my arms.
Weak and exhausted as 1 was, I had yet
strength enough remaining to carry her to
the nearest rivulet, and' bath her brow in
the cool, water. She partially , recovered,
and sat down upon the bank, while I sup
ported her head udoii mv bosom. Hour
i . - i
after hour passed away, and none came near
us and there alone, in the great wilder
ness, I watched over her and prayed w'th
her and she died !"
The old man groaned audibly as he utter
ed these words, and, as he clasped his long
bony hands over his eves I could see the
tears falling thickly through bis gaunt fingers.
After a momentary struggle with his feelings,
ln lifted his head once more and there was
a fierce light in his eyes as ho spoke.
44 Cut I have had my revenge. From
that fatal moment 1 have felt myself fitted
and set apart, by the terrible ordeal of amic
lion, to rid the place of my abode of its foul
est curse. And i have well nigh succeeded.
The fasciuating demons are already few and
uowerless. Lo not imagine, said tie ear-
nestly regarding the somewhat equivocal ex
pression of my countenance, that I consider
these creatures as serpents only creeping
serpents, they are serpents of the fallen an
gel, the immediate ministers of the inferna
gulf.
lears have passed since my intirview
with the Rattlesnake hunter; the place o
his abode has changed a beautiful village
rises near the spot of our conference, and the
grass of the church-vard is green over the
grave of the old hunter. But his story
is
fixed upon my mind, and Time, like enamel
onlv burns due per the first impression.
COmeS lip oeiorn uwm.v---.;,;4i
It
bered dream, whose features arc too horrible
for reality.
A Story of the Revolution f or, the Na
tive Pepper and Salt Pantaloons. The
following is a bona fids fact, taken without
emendation from the life of a mother in Is
rael. It will show that there was an anti
British spirit in the women as well as the
men of '76. I hope all the girls in Frank
lin will read it, though I am afraid some of
them especially in (he capital of the county
will need a dictionaty to find out the mean
ing of the terms weel loom, etc. The first
is the name of an old-fashioned piano with
one string, the other is a big house organ with
but few stops. But to the story :
Late in the afternoon of one of the last
days in May, '76, when I was a few months
short of fifteen years old, notice came to
Townsend, Mass, wheie my father used to
live, that fifteen soldiers were wanted.
The training band was instantly called
out, and my brother, that was next older
than I, was one that was selected. He did
not return till late at night, when all were in
bed. When I rose in the morning I found
my mother in tears, who informed mo that
my brother John was to march next day af
ter tomorrow morning, at sun-rise. My father
was at Boston in the Massachusetts Assembly.
Mother said, that, though John was supplied
with Summer clothes, he must be absent
seven or eight months, and would suffer for
wan of Winter garments. There were at
this time no stores and no articles to be had
except such as each family could make itself.
The sight of mother's tears always brought
all the hidden strength of the body and mind
into action. I immediately asked what gar
ment was needed. She replied, 44 panta
loons."
4 O, if that is all," said I, " we will spin
and weave him a pair before he goes."
Tut," said mother, " the wool is on
the sheeps' backs, and the sheep are in the
pasturp."
I immediately turned to a younger brothe
and bade him take a salt dish and call them
to iho yard.
Mother replied, poor child, there are no
sheep shears within three miles and a half."
" I have some small shears at the loom,"
said I.
44 But we cant't spin and weave it in so
short a time.'
44 I am certain we cn, mother.
44 How can you weave it i there is a long
web of linen in the loom.
44 Wo matter, 1 can find an empty loom.
By this time the sound of the sheep made
mo rmirkpn m V SteDS toward the yard I re
quested my sister to bring me the wheel and
cards while I went lorine wool i wc.i...
to the vard with my brother and secured a
whifn sheen, fiom which I sheared with my
loom shears half enough for a web ; we then
Ut t..- nn r..'.ii. tho rpt of her fleece. 1 sent
the wool in bv mv sister, Luther ran
for a
A hnlrl her while I
cut on
wool for my filling and half the warp,
and
then we allowed her to go with the remain
ing coarse part of the fleece.
The rest of the narrative tho writer
would abridge by saying that the wool thus
obtained was duly carded and spun, washed,
sized and dried ; a loom was found a few
doors off. the web got in. wove, and cloth
prepared, cut and made two or three hours
before the brother's departure that is to
say, in forty hours from the commencement,
without help from anv modern improve
ments. The good old lady closd by saying,
11
I felt no weariness, I wept not, I WuS ser-
- m
vtng my country. I was relieving poor
mother, I was preparing a garment for my
darling brother."
44 The garment beine finished T retired
and wept till my overcharged and bursting
tuaii was relieved.
This hrother was, perhaps, one of Gen.
Star s soldiers, and with such a spirit to cope
wiiii, ueeo we wonder that fJurgoyne did
not execute his threat ol marching through
the heart of A merica. Greenfield Merc.
From the Baltimore Jmerican.
MR, WIRE, the artist. who is now
professor of drawing at the Military Acade
my, west, fomt, has nearly completed
the picture on which he has been for some
time past engaged, designed fur the rotundo
of the Capitol at Washington. A corres
pondent of th N. Y. Commercial Adverti
ser, who has recently seen it thus speaks of
the woiK :
The scene is the embarkation of the pil
grims from Holland in the Speedwell. At
the very first glance my eyes filled with
tears, and when he read to me the historical
facts, from which he had painted, and one of
which was, that 44 so affecting was the scene,
that even uninterested obsei vers upon the
shoie wept bitterly," it was not strange that
I, too, wept. I have always been taught to
admire the feelings which actuated the puri
tans, and thought 1 had some appreciation
of their sacrifices ; but it was only in gazing
at this picture that I realized the heart break
ing scene of leaving home and country for
liberty of conscience, and I felt that nothing
but their motto, which Mr. Wier has placed
upon one of the sails of tho vessel. 4 God
with us" could have sustained them. In
fact this may almost be called a religious pic
ture so deeply impressed is evry coutite
nance with pious sentiment. None but s
man whose soul is imbued with hoiy faith
could have given that expression of fervent
supplication to the face of the devout pas
tor ol Christian confidence to him who af
terward was the first colonial governor of
subdued, but trusting,hope to the mother with
tier sick ooyin a word, of holiness to every
member of that little company America
must and will be proud of such an artist and
such a work.
From the Belmont (Pcnn.) Repository.
THE MISER.
Mr. B. was of German extraction His
father left bim a valuable farm of five hun
dred acres, in the vicinity of York, with some
farming and honsehold arjicles Ho kept
a tavern for a number of years married a
wife and raised four children. lie accumu
lated an immense estate, which he preser
ved so tenaciously, that he never offered a
dollar for the education of his family. He
was never know n 10 lay out cue dollar in
cash for any article U- might be in want of ; he
would either do without it, or find some per
son who would barter with him for some
thing he could not conveniently sell for mo
ney. He farmed largely, and kept a large
distillery, which he supplied entirely with his
own grain. He kept a team for tho con
veyance of his wisiu-y and noui to Balti
raoie which, when he could not sell for mo
ney at a price to suit him, he bartered for
necessaries for his family and tavern. In
this wav he aimissed an estate worth four
hundred thousand dollars. Such was bis
attachment to money, that he never was
known to lend or crodit a dollar to any man.
Upon the best mortgage or security that
could be given, he would not lend a cent.
He never vested one dollar in any of
the public funds. Neither would he keep
the notes of any bank longer than till he
could get them changed. He deposited his
specie in a stong iron chest until it would hold
no more. He then provided a strong iron
hooped barrel, which he also filled. After
his death, his strong boxes, from whoso
bourne no traveller had evtr returned yield
ed two hundred and thirty thousand dollarst
in gold and silver.
The cause of his death was as remarkable
as the course of his life. A gentleman from
Virginia offered him twelve dollars per
bushel for 110 bushels of claver seed, but he
would not sell it for Ifcss than thirteen dol
lars, and they did not agree. The seed was
afterwards sent to Philadelphia, where 11
sold for fifty dollars less than the Virginian
had offered for it. On receiving an account
of this sale, he walked through his farm,
went to his distillery, and gave various direc
tions to his people. He then went to his
wagon house and hanged himself.
ANECDOTE OF CHARLES LAMB.
Charles Lamb was at one part of hfs life order
ed to the sea-aide for the benefit of bathing; but
not possessing strength of nerve sufficient to throw
himself into the water, he necessary yielded his
small person up to the discretion of two men to
"plunge bim." On the first morning, having
prepared for immersion, he placed himself, not
without trepidation, between these two officials,
meaning to give the previously requisite instruc
tions which his particular case required, but, froui
the very agitated state he was in, from terror of
what he might possibly suffer from a 'eea change
his unfortunate impediment of speech became
greater than usual, and this in6imity prevented
his directions being as prompt as was necessary.
Standing, therefore, with a mar. at either elbow,
he began, 4I I I'm to be di-i-ipped !" The men
answered the ready instructions with a ready 4Yes,
sir,' and in they souced him ! As aoon as he
rose, and could regain a portion of hia lost breath,
he stammered out as before, 4I I I'm U he dipped!'
And another hearty 4Yes, sir,' and down he went
a second time. Again he rose, and then with a
struggle (to which the men were too much used on
such occasions to heed) he made an effort for
freedom ; but, not succeeding, he articulated as
at first, '1 I I'm to be di-i-pped.' 4Yts, sir,' and
to the bottom hs went again ; when Lamb, rising
for the third time to the surface, shouted out with
defperate energy, 'O-o only ence.
POLITICAL.
ADDRESS
Of the Hon John Jfl. Rcrricn,
ON TAKING TUB CHAIR OF THE GEORGIA
WHIG CONVENTION.
Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank
you very cordially for this expression of
your confidence. It would indeed have
been acceptable to me, if it had been your
pleasure to assign the duties of this station
to some other of our associates; but 1 am
not the less sensible of the honor which
you have conferred upon me, nor the less
gratelul tor the feeling of personal kindness
which prompts it. The privilege of presi-
di ng ever the deliberations of a body of free
men, as intelligent and patriotic as those I
see around me, might gratify the ambition
ot any man. To me, certainly, it will al
ways be a source of pleasing and grateful
recollection.
Turning now to the consideration of the
immediate obiect of our assemblage, all wil
acknowledge the importance of the trust
wnicn is conhded to us. In contemplating
it, the mind naturally recurs to the Conven
tion of 1840, to its immediate issue, and to
its more remote results. The condition o
the country at that moment, is fresh in your
recollection. Its history was written in
characters not easily effaced, by ten years
of tyranny, of misrule, and of corruption;
and the resistance which it wakened, is not
less vividly impressed upon our memories.
The note of preparation was first sounded
in this hall, from whence, returning to our
respective homes, the shout was prolonged
until its reverberations were heard in every
hill, and plain, and valley throughout the
land. We rallied under the banner of the
patriot HARRISON, and while our adver
saries were confounded by tho rapidity and
extent of our preparations, we rushed to
victory. ly an inscrutable dispensation ol
Providence, the fruits of our triumph were
wrested from our grasp--I mistake, Gentle
men, they havo been filched from us by
treachery, by the betrayal of our confidence,
by a shameless ingratitude ; of all which
our adversaries were prompt to profit, how
honorably to themselves, let themselves de
termine, when the heat and excitement of
the contest shall have passed away. They
have however steadily refused all affiliation
with its perpetrator, and the accredited news
paper organ of the partv, published with a
stone's throw of the Presidential mansion,
has not hesitated to remind its incumbent
of the maxim, that men may love the trea
son, and yet despise the traitor. Neverthe
less, as an ally in the war, they have fought
under a common banner, predetermined to
discard him, when he should cease lo be
useful to them.
By the united strength of this unhallowed
union, your representatives in the National
Legislature, have been baffled in their ef
forts to advance the inteiests of the coun
try, each successive measure having fallen
by the indiscriminate opposition of a dis
ciplined minority, sustained by the Presi
dential veto. Still, however, the Whig par
ty in the National Legislature have render
ed essential service to the country. They
have checked the corrupt and unblushing
use of Executive patronage, havo reduced
the annual expenditures of the Government,
by a retrenchment of some ten millions of
dollars, and have passed many wholesome
laws, whose effwets are gradually develop,
ing themselves. Having done this their
appeal is now to their political associates,
by whom they were deputed, and never, io
the annals of history, has any body of men
exhibited the same steady firmness, and
resolute adherance to principle which Lave
been displayed by the great Whig party
throughout the Union. A party betrayed
by its leader, and furiously pressed by its
adversary, has refused to yield an inch, but
standing to its arms, awaits the expiration
of the arnJstice limited by the Constitution,
eager for the renewal of the conflict. The
note of preparation is heard on every side.
Our Whig brethren throughout the Union,
are busily employed in mustering their for
ces, in selecting their leaders, in arranging
the plan of the campaign.
One division of this patriot host is com
mitted to our peculiar care. 'Tis ours to
marshal to discipline, to prepare it for ac
tion, and one, and the principal object of
our assemblage now, is to designate its lea
der. Gentlemen, we cannot too highly es
timate the impoitance of that selection.
The manifesto of the Whigs of Georgia, has
already gone forth. We have chosen, as
far as we can control the choice, the leader
of out Federal hest. We have given our
colours to the breeze, emblazoned with the
name of HENRY CLAY of Kentucky, and
resolved under his banner, 10 do battle for
the maintenance of our rights. We have
thrown down the gauntlet. The lists are
in preparation. Our adversary, marshalled
for the conflict, watches our movement,
and victory, or an ingloiious defeat, awaits
us.
Our first great duty is to cherish a spirit
of harmony among ourtelves, te secure uni
ted, and therefore efficient action, in tha
coming conflict. To the interests of the
party, or which is an equivalent expression,
10 trie great interests of the country, all in
dividual prejudices and partiality must yield.
This principle of action roust find Us first
illustration in the selection of a candidate
for the Executive chair, a measure so impor
tant in its influence on the contest which
is to follow. And surely this will not be
difficult. All the gentlemen, whose names
have been presented to the public consider,
a lion, are entirely unexctDtionable. nerfactlv
qualified for the discharge of the duties of
the chiel magistracy. All that remains to
us, is to determine, who under tho circum
stances of the moment, will probably com
mand the highest popular vote, and if, after
a free interchange of opinion, the question
shall still, to anv considerable niimher nf
this body, seem 10 be a doubtful one, tho
mode ot solving it appears to be obvious.
The members of this Convention may ccr-
tunny ub considered as a fair repiesentation
of the Whig parly of Georgia as cotrectlr
lenecting the opinions and feelings of their
constituents. Ascertain, than. Gent!
in such mode as your wisJom may dictate,
who is the choice of a majority of this body,
and then let us join hand and heart in giving
to the selected individual, a zealous, active,
cordial support.
We are admonished of our obligation to
cherish this spirit of harmony among our
selves, by the dissension of our opponent,
and the influence which they, have already
produced on the public mind.
Wc are bound by the relations which we
have assumed to that distinguished citizen,
whose name we have presented to the peoplo
of the United States.
We owe it to the great whig partv of tho
Union, who are entitled to claim from us an
active, and so far as may depend on our
selves, an efficient co-operation.
It is duo to ourselves, as indispensable in
our success in the struggle in which we aro
about to engage a contest which so deeply
involves the rights and interests of the 'free
men of Georgia
Let us then, Gentlemen, proceed to tho
discharge of the trust which has been con
fided to us, under a deep conviction of tho3
necessity of harmony in feeling, union in
counsel, concert in action. Let us select
from the roll of patriot statesmen, wnose
names have been presented lo the public
consideration, the individual who shall con
centrate the voice of a majon'iy of this Con
vention inscribe his name on our banner,
and then fearlessly give it to the breeze.
Free be it flung. Let it float, and float gal-
unity in the coming strife. Plant it on your
mountain heights. Unfurl it to your mid
lands and fanned by the winds of Ocean.
.et it wave in triumph ovor your Eastern
plains.
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Fj om the Bultimoro American.
Appointments to Ojjice. The subjoined
sentence from Sir Edward Coke defines a
rule for regulating appointments to office,
more idmarkable in these days for tho
breach, than far the observance :
4By the law of England,, says Sir Edward
Coke, 4ii is provided that no officer or min
ister of the king shall be ordained or made,
for any gift or brokage, favor or affection.
Nor that any other who pursueih, by him
self, or any other, privily or openly, to b
in any manner of office, shall be put in tho
same office or in any other, but that all such
officers shall be made of the best and most
lawful men and sufficient : A law worthy
to bo written in letters of gold, but more
worthy lobe put in due execution.'
The administration of Washington illus
trates the noble principle here laid down in
a manner worthy of a fiee, self-governing
people. How things are managed in tho
present time the country knows well enough.
The theory of republican government is
that the best and ablest men will bo placed
to control affairs. The term election a
choosing from implies this. Whatever of
ability and wisdom there is in a nation, ihat
should be mado available for the highest
uses which are those of Government. And
theie is no moro certain test of the capacity
of a people than is to be found in the char
acter and quality of the men who aro eleva
ted to official stations among them. When
offices are claimed and won as tho rewards
of party services; when appointments are
made with a view to promote the ends of
party leaders to make political capital, as
ihe phraise is ; when worth and ability arc
passed over for the sake of rewarding iho
zeal or silencing the clamours of mercenary
partizans, what remains for the intelligent,
the virtuous, the Iiightninded, but to with
draw from the selfish struggles of political
life, and preserve their own self respect
within themselves 1 To seize upon the wages
ofgoverning the emoluments of office, ma
king these the first consideration, this,
when it becomes a geneial principle, is sure
to entail first bad government and theo no
government, which is the fore-runner of rev
olution.
With regard to the ambition which seeks
after place and station, a writer of the pres
ent day draws a clear distinction between
great and little men. 'Great men,' he says,
4ar not ambitious in that sense: ho is
4the small poor man that is ambitious so.
'Examine the man who lives in misery be
cause he docs not shine above other men ;
who goes about producing himself, pruri
ently anxious about his gifts and claims ;
'struggling to force every body, as it were
begging every body for God's sake, to ac
knowledge him a great man, and set him
over the heads of mon ! Such a creature is
among the wretchadest sights seen under
'this sun. A great roan ? A poor morbid
'prurient empy man ; filter for the ward
'of a hospital, than for a thron among men.
4I advise you to keep out of his way. Ho
cannot walk on quiet paths ; unless yon will
4Iook at him, wonder at him, write para
graphs about him, he cannot live. It is the
emptiness of the man, not bis greatness.
Because there if nothing in himself, he hun-
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