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EXTRACT. From a speech by J. M. Clayton, made at I Ratification meeting held at Delaware, j ana as. My fellow citiiens, Jackson fought tw$ bat tles, if I recollect history, and thty mad him President for eight years. Harrison fought one at Thames and one at Tippecanoe. Taylor fought ten, Washington eight I speak of pitch ed battles and Scott, if I count right, ten. Of those I hare named, none but himself received a wound in battle. I heard Taylor say his clothes were shot to piecies at Buena Vista, and he came out ragged hat, pantaloons and jack et wareallcut up but still the old hero's body was whole. Jackson did not receive a scratch, nor hare I read that his clothes were touched. But Scott has been wounded, and shot down in battle. Scott, at the battle of Lundy's Lane, was shot through the body, and nearly all the blood that was in him poured upon the ground, lie had been previously wounded, and two hones shot under him, and he was left among th HmuI t the conclusion of the action. If it will not tire you, I will relate an anecdote of what occurred in my room at tt asnwgiou, Be tween an old soldier, and a gallant one who had fought under Scott, and Scott himself. Col. Cilley was in my room on a visit.' He had re ceired a shot in that action which had shatter ed his thizh to pieces, and he will always beak the marks to his grave. While he was talking with me Gen. ScOtt did me the honor to call and see me. I introduced him to his old fellow soldier, whnm Vi had not dmi for more than thirtv vears. After a warm greeting between them, Cilfey in quired of Scott how the action of Niagara, or Lundy's Lane, was brought about, and for what reason the battle was fought I had never been able to get Scott to converse upon the subject of the battles be had fought, or the wounas ne had received, as he immediately turned the sub ject to something else, and showed that the to pic was unpleasant But when appealed to bv a brother soldier, who fought and bled with him, he did go into a minute history or au tne reasons that brought about the battle. It ap peared Lieut Gen. Drummond had come down with 4.000 of the best veterans from the Penin sular war. Scott had pursued the Marquis all day, and chased him over the Chippewa.' Next day Reily came orer and attacked mm, and the action lasted until night, wnen neiij wm whu- ly defeated and driven orer the rirer. Brown told him afterwards that there was a large force in Lundy's Lane, and he found Reily there. Scott advanced, and saw a large body of men drawn up, but there were not so many as he at first imagined. The troops Reily had fought with at Chippewa, joined by a number of Can adian volunteers, formed the army before him. He had heard nothing of the troops advanced by Drummond, and he directed his brigade to be drawn up as, he said, he had whipped Rei ly before, to whip him again. As the battle rag ed, he said he saw large masses of men through out the woods, artillery, infantry and cavalry, until at length he discovered he was attacked by a great additional force of real British regulars. Immediately he sent for Ripley's brigade to join him. It arrived at night The veteran went on to say, that during that night he had witnessed more hard fighting than he had ever seen before in his life. Men fought with bay onets point to point after they had fired all the cartridges in their boxes. There was a cry of more cartridges, and during that cry a aof dier immediately before him was struck ; and as he fell he exclaimed " Cartridges in my box !" and Sostt, said he went up to him, and he was dead. Shortly after that he received the dreadful wound I have attempted to des cribe, and was dragged behind a tree; and when he recovered himself the British had re treated from the ground. You have a great soldier, who has suffered for his country, who has achieved more victo ries for her, and done her more service than any man, except George Washington, that she has ever produced a soldier that never could be conquered in his country's cause, and one who has always adhered to Washington s maxim, that the military should be kept strictly subor dinate to the civil power. You have a humane, generous, benevolent soldier ; you have a civil- , i t .1 1 J J .11. 1 ian, a aisunguisnea, learned ana aoie. civilian, a scholar and a gentleman. You hare a man who, although himself a Protestant Episcopa lian, has never suffered religious bigotry to en- tar his heart While in Mexico, on all occa sions, he vindicated the great truth established by our own Constitution and Bill of rights to worship God according to their consciences, and therefore he maintained the Catholics in Mexico in the enjoyment of their religious rights. I Applause, j lou hare no fanatic or party igot to vote for, but a great, good, gallant and glorious leader, and a man alike able to manage the civil affairs of his country, and to lead an army into the field of battle. W ill you votefor such a man as that ? Voices, "Yes, yes." I say nothing of the letter he has written describing the bravery of the Irish who hare fought under him, but I refer you to this in cident. After the battle of veueenstown Heights, where Scott first distinguished himself, when he had been overwhelmed with British regulars, and taken prisoner, while on his way to Quebec, with the soldiers who were taken prisoners with him, and while he was lying sick in a hammock, he heard a noise above him. Immediately sus pecting something was wrong, he rushed on deck, and found that all his men were called together, and the British officers were calling them over, and making each man tell his name, the object being to obtain from the sound of the voice, and from the brogue of those who an swered, who were Irishmen and who were not, in order that the former might be executed as traitors to their country, which it had been de termined to do. He found thirty-one prisoners already set apart Scott called to all his soldiers present "Not a man of you dare open your mouths until I command you." The solders re fused to answer, and the British officers in the most -indignant terms threatened him without any effect No soldier would say a word, and IJ 1 .11 T " you cwuiu no longer teii an irishman from a native. Great enthusiasm. Scott declared that for every Irishman whose life was taken, he would take the life of an Englishman when he re turned to his own country. Ha went to Quebec, and was immediately exchanged. Subeeauentlv he proceeded to Washington, and drew the Act of vongrees with his own hand, which authorized . t w i i . mm. to retaliate upon tne XiUgusn. lie imme diately wrote a deliberate order, stating that if a hair from the head of one of those Irishmen was hurt, he would take the lives of just as many Englishmen whom he had prisaoners at Chip pewa. My fellow-citizens, there is a patriot there is a true hero there is a man whom all men. whether Whigs or Democrats, agree is the great soldier of America in the present day, and deci- uecuv ue most successful our country has erer produced ab urbe condita and a man who has ehed more of his own blood than any other. Some say he is proud. Thank God he is proud. and too proud to do a mean and dirty act But i. i. . . . m ia jeueruus, ne ia oenevoient, he is merciful; he is, in the language of another, "In battle, the lion ; Bat the battle once ended, " i " In mercy, the Lamb." WHIG MEETING IN FRANKLIN. , At a meeting of the Whigs of Franklin, held at Franklin ton, on the 7th July, to appoint as sistant Electors for the county, On motion, CoL J. A. Whi taker was appoint ed Chairman, and J. 1L. Whitfield, Secretary. The object of the meeting wm then explained by the Chairman. On motion, Maj. D. S. H3L Gen. J. B Little- jonn, uapt Kuffin, and Ur.HkLA. Urudup, were unanimously appointed Assistant Electors. r ' Some of the gentlemen appointed being pres ent accepted the appointment with interesting remarks, full of the right spirit On motion, the Chair appointed Dr. W. W. - Green, Jan. H. Yarbrough and W. B. Foster a committee to inform the other Electors of their appointment. On motion, it was requested that the proceed ings be published in the Raleigh Regiirter. ' -- i J. a. ; wHrrAKisvchWB. J. H. WHrmxtn, Seej. WmO DISTRICT CONYXNTIO.Y At meeting the If&J Hon of the 6th Congressional District, at Franks linton?on -the Tth W,n jnotijnef MJ. D. 8. HUt Jshn B. Tanoey; Esq., of Warren, wm appointed President I and on motion of Gen. J. R. JUttlejohn; . A. M. Noble, Xt Franklin; &nnnintea secretarT. The Convention having been organised, and the President having explained the object in a short and appropriate address, Mai. Hill, in a . a5. . 1-j vr. tr verv handsome manner, nominated juat.. tt. Ransom , Esq, of Warren, who was unanimously elected Elector. Wsa. S. Ransom, Esq., of Warren, and B. If. Simmons. Esa.. of Halifax, being called upon. addressed the Convention on the importance of union and concert and the necessity of vigorous exertion to ensure success. Mai. Hill likewise effectually addressed the Convention, and introduced the following Reso lutions, which were unanimously adopted, vis : Semdoedj That this Convention most coroiauy approve and sanction the nominations and au the proceedings of the Whig National Conven tion, wmcn lately sat in xtaiumore, anu wm wo all honorable means to carry out its purposes. Resolved, That having entire confidence in the patriotism, ability and seal of H. W. Miixaa, we recommend him as Elector, at large, for the State. On motion of A. M. Noble, a committee, con sisting of Maj. D. S. Hill and Isaac Davis, Esq, of Franklin, B. F. Simmons, of Halifax, and the President John G. Yancey, rq, oi warren, V ... D... Afli was appointea to nuuij wuivi 1 turn, and request his acceptance. The thanks of the meeting were returned to the President and Secretary, the Whig papers in the District requested to publish these pro ceedings, and the Convention adjourned nne die. JOHN G. YANCEY, Pres't A. M. Noblc, Sec'y. MEETING IN CHATHAM At a large meeting of the citiiens of Chatham n i fii . j T L; r . tko Court House, in Pittsboro', on Saturday the 3rd of July, to pay a proper tribute of respect to the deceased Patriot HxnxtClat, Isaac Ulegg, rJsq., was called to the Chair and Peter G. Evans ap pointed Secretary. By request M. Q. Waddell explained the ob ject of the meeting in a few pertinent remarks upon the life and character of Mr. nay. Where upon, on motion, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That a Committee of fire persons be appointed by the Chair to draft resolutions ex- pressire of the sense of the meeting. Whereupon, the following gentlemen were ap- pointeo. saia committee: onn xi. xxaugaiun, Esq- Dr. F. J. Hill. Dr. A. Holton, John T. Clegg. Esq., and Da rid Murden, Esq., who, af ter retiring a short time, made the following re port through John 11. ilaughton, q.: 1. Resolved, That wo hare heard with deep and sincere sorrow of the recent death of that pure patriot and illustrious statesman, Hxnkt Clat, the unrivalled Senator, the great pacifica tor, the matchless parliamentarian, and above all the honest man. 2. Resolved, That as a token of respect and our sense of a nation s loss, we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 3. Resolved. That a Committee of three be ap pointed by the Chair, to select some suitable person to delirer an eulogium upon the life and character of Henry Ulay, to fix upon the time and to giro public notice thereof. 4. Resolved, That a committee of twenty-one be appointed by the (Jhair, to make suitable ar rangements for celebrating in a proper manner, this mournful event which has deprived Ameri ca of her most distinguished son, and the world of one of the greatest of men. Under the third resolution, the following gen tlemen wore appointed a committee of invita tion to a speaker : Dr. F. J. Hill, Dr. Jno. A. Hanks, and M. Q. Waddell, Esq. Under the fourth resolution, the following gentlemen were appointed a Committee of Ar rangements : CoL Henry A. Landon, J. Q. A. Leach, A. Torrence, Elias Bryant W. M. Reavis, Green Womack, Woodson Lane, Thos. Hill, Wesley Hanks, A. J. Baldwin, S. W. Cotton, Robert Alston, L. J. Haughton, P. G. Evans, Alston Jones, Dr. J. Hall, Jordan Watson, Wil liam Griffin, J. J. Jackson, Geo. W. Ellington, John IS eat Ueo. W . Uoldston. On motion the meeting adjourned. ISAAC CLEGG, Ch'm'n. Prrxa G. Evans, Sec'y. RELIGIOUS TEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE The New Hampshire Register says : "The opposition to abolishing the religious test comes mainly from the Whigs, and that the late movements for its repeal were made by the r a- j i . i c . " Democrats, and lost by a few votes, it requiring two-thirds to alter the Constitution." It is a known fact that the Democratic Party have always had a large majority in New Hamp shire, and that there is a clause in the Constitu tion, which excludes Catholics from office ; of course they alone are responsible for keeping this religious test as one of their laws, but to prove how far the Whirs have ODnosed this ef fort to repeal this part of the Constitution, we give the votes of counties. The county of Che shire is the only Whig county in the state, and here there was a majority of 606 for abolishing tne test, jjoes this look as it the w higs were opposed to toleration f The counties of Belk nap, Carroll, and Merrimack are the three strong Democratic counties, and here is a majority of 1540 against abolishing the test Does this look as if the Democrats favored toleration? The following was the rote in a number of the Whig Towns. Yeas. Nays. Merrimack, 139 69 Nashua, 647 16 Nashville, 225 95 New-Ipswich, 94 53 Dublin, 91 14 Fitswilliam, 94 1 Jaffrey, 74 42 Keene, 233 6 Marlborough, 81 32 Troy, 61 13 Winchester, 203 6 Claremont 245 186 Bath, 107 34 Littleton, 100 50 Lyme, 88 57 Dimockatic Towns. Yeas. Nays. Barnstead, 53 330 Centre Harbor, 19 97 491 Gilmanton, 61 Effingham, Ossipee, Tultonboro', 1 12 42 1 136 181 149 212 363 150 172 235 Wakefield, Wolf borough, 11 Bow, 26 Chichester, 11 Warner, 36 Wilmot 43 Alexandria, 12 Ellsworth, 1 Hill, 11 151 196 72 148 Total, 2512 547 Total 360 3186 FaANKUN Pixacx lives in the county of Merri mack, and that county gave 1,292 majority a gainst abolishing the test, and the town of Con cord, where this same caANXUN Pixacx resides, and exerts such an influence over the opinions of his neighbors, gave 74 majority against abol ishing the test The heaviest majorities in fa vor of abolishing this law have been correspon dingly large against it in the strong Democratic towns. It must therefore be regarded as a De- a! ? n a i.m . mocraaa provision, ana it is kept mere Dy them in spite of all the efforts made to repeal it The Boston Times, a Loco Fooo paper, and one that advocates the election of General Pierce, says: "One thing our New Hampshire friends are bound to do, and that is, take early measures to abolish the test We tell them, plainly, that its existence is a disgrace to them." Either Gen. Pierce has not the popularity and personal influence that are ascribed to him, or else be is indifferent to the civil rights of the Catholics in New Hampshire, for this intensely Democratic State has repeatedly refused to a bolishthe religious test by large majorities, when Fifteen Whig towns gave 1,938 majority in favor of its repeal. Fifteen Democratic towns gave 2,826 majority against it, dins proving con clusively that the whig, have always voted and are strongly in favor of this clause being stricken out of the constitution of the . State of New Hampshire. We think the Democrats wosdd be wise to say as little of all this as possible. They lose caste and character by the investigation. . '-.' " - N. Y. Express. Attoxnxt Gxnxxal CmrrrxNDXN. a corresTjan- dtntof the Philadelphia Inquirer says, will zo rober, m place 01 Jar. lAwrence, resigned. From the Republic Enclosed in the reply of General Scott to the President of the Whig National Convention, was the official copy of the Whig Platform, jln constrain r 111011 a document we must take (he whole of it tomtW. Tt is an easv matter: to earn at nartinnTajr words or expressions in any document, and thus to deduce from it topics of Antiftiam nnii iwnmim. But take this letter OS a whole, and we would ask if an honest man could bind himself more strongly than this binds n 1 a it . it.- aswui1 ;. n,-l 4Ka nla.t vieuenu own h uio uvwiuao r . form of the convention T He "accept thenomin- aiion with the retoUtiom" tohiek he annexes to hi Mn7u M.ihia m oart of ii- Now we submit t -r - - . . ... that no ingenuity oouia uevise a more iuii, mux- Sle, and satisfactory mode of committing a can idate to a platform than this very mode adopt ed by Ueneral Scott. But he goes farther than merely to accept the platform much farther. In addition to this special acceptance, in no spirit of ostentation. but with the conscious rectitude of a man whose, honor has never been impeached, he presents his whole public life as a PLEDGE and GUAR ANTEE of his "STRICT ADHERENCE to th rmiKcirLKs or thi Wnia Pasty as xfssid in THE KKSOMJTIONS OV Tttt CoNVKNtlOH." He offers the same pledge and guarantee that he will "piscouirriKAvca all political agita tion injurious to tbx nrmxsTS or sociity and DANGXEOU9 TO THI UNION." He sires ns in short his wonn that he will STRICTLY ADHERE to the principles and doctrines of the platform, and appeals to "more tlon rArt vuri nf nnM a" twniM U thfl Ofllr I v j - r --- - - y i pledge and guarantee in his power that his What more can we ask ? What more can any man giver Those who are looking for an excuse to shift their positions with the view of bettering them ; those who have never acknowledged partv alle- Sance, Put cling cioseiy to sucn connexions as wuncihi and out of them we hear even our states ey deem most likely to benefit them for the men 8peak of it M regult of patriotic eon time, and disavow them with weathercock facal- ference amongst "our Macon, Gaston, Daniel ity ; those who play capriciously witn pontics, derive importance from the claim to hold a tancied Daiance oi power, wnicn is most gene- BUUUU? u w uiUR uit,u.D., and prerenting all beneficial co-operation ; all these classes of men may seek, and to their own satisfaction find, in the letter or General dcott an apology for renouncing the Whig nominee and abandoning the Whig cause. But we con tend that for all true Whigs ; for all who hold to those party associations through which alone men can gire practical enect to tneir opinions and principles by measures which they deem beneficial to the country ; for all who are willing to confide in the truth and honor of an old W hig soldier, the letter of General Scott, in its fair interpretation, ought to be entirely satisfactory, The letter of Mr. Gxahaii is equally pointed and satisfactory with that of General Scott ; and the compliment which he pays to his dis tinguished associate is one which may be cordi ally and feelingly responded to by every South ern Whig. We owe it to General Scott in this connexion to add that as far as the measures of Compro mise are concerned, it is well known that be was solicitous for their passage, and exerted himself to accomplish it He was in favor of the Adjustment the Fugitive Slave law included, and to this point we can cite no more sufficient or conclusive testimony than that of one ef the Dxmockatic Representatives from Connecticut, Governor Clkvklano, a Free soil follower of Piekck and King. In his speech in the House on the Homestead bill (April 1st) that gentle man said ' 'General Scott was, by Mr. Fillmore, placed temDorarilr at the head of the War Department and, in that position, coupled with his great military fame, was able to, and did, exert a pow erful influence in favor of these Compromise measures. 'I desire to do justice to the man who has been arraigned here, and charged with hostili ty to these measures, or atleasttnat he did not or does not commit himself in favor of them. Jus tice to that distinguished Whig requires of me that I should say he could not have done more. He was as active a man as could be found in getting these Compromise measures passed. I was here, and heard from erery quarter that Ueneral scott was as actire and energetic in his efforts as any man in W ashington, and nerer did a man labor harder than General Scott to prerail upon the Free soil members of the Whig party to abandon their position and to adopt the Compromise as a measure of the new adminis tration. "These measures were passed mainly through the influence of Clar. Fillmore. Webster. Scott Foote, and Cobb. These were the men who car- d,them, f011. and eTe7 m&n ho was in A Goon Si-oar roa Gxn. Scott. Some four years ago, a young man called at our office to subscribe to the Weekly Mirror. In the course oi conversation, ne statea tnat ne was a " re turned volunteer from the Mexican war :" and instead of loafing about New York, and beg ging alms of the Corporation of the City and the Legislature of the State, he had been off to Wisconsin, bought a farm, opened a store, and was already Postmaster of the village. His bright eye, energetic manner, and manly deter mination to tight his own way through the world interested us at once ; and on bidding nun gooa-oye as ne lett the omce, we remarked : " we shall next hear from you as a member of the Legislature." xnis morning we nao. a visit from the young man, whose first words were : " Your prediction has been fulfilled. I have been a member of the Legislature and a Clerk of the House." ii TT - 1 a v now are jour poiiucs r we asxea. His re ply was : " I am a Democrat ; but out of grat- ltuae ior one wno sarea my me, i shall vote for Scott." "How is that?" " Why, sir, when I was lying on the stone floor in the Hospital at Jalapa, parched with fever, and covered with sores, with no one to look after me, Gen. Scott came in and went around among all the sick and wounded. lie came to me and asked if I was wounded. I told him I was not ; but I was very sick, and could not live many days. " Don't talk so," said the General. He then asked me if I was well tend ed. I told him I had no attention at all. He then stooped down, lifted up my feeble arm. felt of my pulse, examined my fever sores, and sent for the Surgeon, and asked him why I was thus neglected. The Surgeon sent for nis As sistant who, in return, sent for the Steward of the Hospital.- The General charged them to wu.Q guuu caro oi me ; ana, on tearing, tola me if they did not to report at once to him. So, you see, sir, he sarea my life by his kindness, as he did hundreds of others ; and I should be a scoundrel not to vote for him. They say he is proud. So he is on horse-back on the bat tle field he is Major General Soott, but off, he is 1 . J l ,. mt.. . m &iuu ueirwu, numane man. Ams IS a true story and a story to tell. N. T. Mirror. T w , ... ..... .. , Thi Whigs are falling rapidly into line,, and will present an unbroken front in November. The nominations, considering the intense Der- Buu& muiin utoitbu m tne issue oi tne l r t: i . .i con rention, and the disappointment experienced by those who had set their hearts on Fillmore and Webster, hare been hailed with far more cordi ality of feeling, and elicited a warmer expres sion of delight than we could possibly have an ticipated. It is perhaps too early to predict the result of the canvass ; but there can be tittle hes itation on the part of any cool observer in an nouncing the speedy and complete union and harmony of the whig party. jV. 0. Bee. DROWNED I Two children of Mrs. Vaughn, of Roxbonmgh, one a boy and the other a girl, and the eldest a bout 10 years old, were drowned on Tuesday last while fishing in Reid's pond. It would seem that the Tittle drl fell in the pond and her little brother, altho he could not swim, gallantly and heroicly jumped in to sare her, but unfor tunately they both perished, side by side, That was a noble boy l-f-Jfttto Chronicle. COMMUNICATED. roa to register. THE CONSTITUTION. No I.,. Every educated man in North Carolina must confess that we are habitually careless, not to say indifferent, about our own State history. I say this not in a spirit of censure so much as by of apology for my appearance before the public at time to write upen State affairs. ? ., . .. J ,i- 1 xi is ma ngnt oi any one to uo uus, .as long as ne treata respect the opinions of others in his manner of address ; and beueving it is my duty to exercise that right I venture to solicit sr a the aid of the public press of both parties in gaining me access to the public ear. Once for all, I would stifle all jealousy against conceding this favor in any quarter by the assurance that I will not (for the present at least) undertake to discuss the policy of Constitutional Reform, and if 1 should hereafter determine to do it the at- tempt shall preceded by fair notice. The auestions of a reform in our Constitution, and le proper manner of effecting it are before the people of the state, and a true and faithful ac count of the Amended Constitution of 1835 will be useful to such as may desire to determine such questions aright themselres, or to instruct others. The facts being made known unto all, I shall leave the candidates and competitors for office or station to make such use of them as they may feel inclined, or be able to do, for advanc ing their cause i and therefore I shall aim at ... . - t. ii etituuon as it is, aoout wnicn mere are some migtaket prevailing, both in respect to the manner of its amendment and .the agents by whom those amendments were made in l&so Ten CoKntoaisx basis or Rkpkzskntatiox in THS AlfXNMn CONSTITITTION OF NOKTH CAROLINA has been every where recently spoken of as the work of Convention of 1835. In our public iilu8trious associates in that Conven- tion Now this is not true in any sense ; and it would faigification of an important por- of our history to fix such impressions in the public mind. These distinguished men served the State well and their fame is identified with the State's character, but in compromising the basis of representation they had neither part nor lot at any time, none whatever ; on the con trary, it is remarkable that all of the distinguish ed gentlemen named, vis : a Macon, a Gaston, a Daniel, Ac., in common with the other emi nent and leading men of the East in their day opposed and resisted every change of the old Constitution of 76 throughout their public lives Tfc Hnnmntinn rtf 1 R. h a A no Mr ovnr th of a of representation, and if it had an question before that body, it is quite certain that a majority would hare reject ed it I TSo body can doubt on the latter point, who recollects that a majority of the Convention were chosen by the Eastern Counties, whose people had been resisting reform for dU rears and more, and had voted against the identical Compromise in April 183o, by overwhelming majorities. And when the Convention, by vir tue of their ordinance, directed the amendments (the said compromise included,) to be put to the vote of the people, the voters of every Eastern County in North Carolina, (the very constituents who had elected a majority of the delegates) again refused, almost una voce, to approve of that compromise or to adopt any amendments to tne Constitution I Iho truth is, that the compromise basis of re presentation in North Carolina was put before the Conrention of 1835 "ready made' It had been framed by the General Assembly of 1834, and annrored bv the votes of the maioritv of the People of the state in April 1835, before the Convention met and before the delegates were elected; and the "Act concerning a Conven tion" had prescribed the very words of the com promise v fitch was to be laid before the rropte tn the first instance and only in the event of that particular compromise basis, being approved by a majority of the People, teas there to be any election of Delegates or the assemblage of a Convention at any time after ii. Besides, the Act provided that in case of a Convention being assembled. although they might use their discretion in pro posing some other amendments, yet in respect to the Hasis of Representation, the Convention was commanded to adopt the Compromise prescribed by the Act of 1834, and approved by a majority of the State in 1835, and no other. lo make assurace doubly sure, the Delegates were not allowed to take their seats without swxaxino obedience to all of this. Accordingly that Compromise was simply coDied from the Act of Assemblv of 1834 into the Constitutional amendments of 1835, by the Con vention of 1835, in obedience to the mandate of a majority of the People of the whole State. And it was very properly, (may I say it ?) ne cessarily done by the Delegates in Convention, although many of them were hostile to it and a majority of them had been elected to the Con rention by Counties where the people were most unanimously against a change of the "old basis by Counties," and to every species of Re form in the Constitution of 76. I say this was done by the Convention simply "in obedience to the mandate of a majority of tne reopie, because, notwithstanding "the Act concerning a Convention" originated with the General Assembly, it was expressly declared upon the face of the Act that it should be first voted on by the People on the 1st and 2nd oi April 1835, and if not approved by a majority. there was to be an end ef it ! But beine sanc tioned by a majority of the whole State, an elec tion was held after it by authority of law, for Delegates to a Conrention with limited powers. but with no discretion or power over the basis of representation, xne legislature oi loo- then framed the Compromise and gare it its form. The majority of the Feople voted for it and cave it vitality. The Convention which was after wards elected had nothing to do with it but to engraft it with any other amendments they might recommend to the sanction of the Peopl and the people speaking by a maioritv were permitted to decide finally for themselves whether they would adhere to the Compromise previous ly sanctioned in April 1835, with the other amendments, and embody the whole into the or ganic law of the State. The majority of the reopie voted Aye ana the deed was accom plished I There are thousands of witnesses yet living who must remember all this, and I wonder that such errors have been suffered to go uncontra dicted. I refer the reader to the "Act con cerning a Convention," as published in the Pamphlet Acts of Assembly of 1834, chap, page 1. for lull ana conclusive proot of all l have said of it By the way, I hope to be excused for suggesting that the Act ef 1834 ought to be re published. Being omitted from the Revised Statutes, very few of the People can get access to it now a days. If its publication answers no other purpose, it would put before our young men auinenuo wstorr iw muvua iraaiuona, about the Amended Constitution, and for one I am apt to think the whole Act was an instance in our nutory to uiustrate now tne practise ot a great fundamental doctrine of Republicanism can be entirely reconciled with a conservative policy how a government maj be reformed without being overturned, and the People's Con- ... . , , . 1 - T" , . . " Btuation amenaea wiinout jievotuium. rone of such evils are legitimate results of the cher ished maxim that in a Republic the majority of tne reopie mast govern, ine timid republican! OI xortn lArottuia woo rcuateu aus uu in J.001, with sincere aDDrehensions of disoord. confusion and evil, will take it in rood part, I know, that a Reformer of that period now reminds them of their fears only for the sake of remarking that the whole thing, was so quietly done, and has been so pacific us ita subsequent operations, that they had almost forgotten it. was done at all, and men are obliged to be reminded 'already how and when and by whom it was effected 1 H. Bank of FATTTrriXR. Mr. Wsn. O. Mat thews has been appointed Teller, to fill the va cancy occasioned by the- death of Mr. Leete, and Wm. A. Rose Discount Clerk, rice Mr.Mat thews. Otsereer, THE RALEIGn : REGISTER. "Outs' ore Vu plant of fair, delightful peace ; Vnwarped by party rage, io Iwe Uke brothers." RALEIGH, N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1852. REPUBLICAN WHIG TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. WINFLELD SCOTT, or kxw jxasiT. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, Or NOKTH CAHOLIKA- FOR GOVERNOR, JOHN KERR, of Caswell. ZLECTlOir OH THUZSDAT, AUGUST 8th. FOR THE SENATE, JOHN W. HARRISS. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. SION H. ROGERS. Maj. WILLIE D. JONES. Maj. WILLIAM F. COLLINS. naaoLm. That in the oolnkm of thi ConTantirr, -vl amendment arc to be made to our State O tMatlna, OiT honk! ha aflactad br a OooTentkm af U uula. ulattal n tlM brtfci of th House of Common, and weareia faror of aub- mltlinr it to the DooDie. to aar wbotber roca a eoBYcouon r hall bo called or not, for the purpose of making amendment! to our ComUtution. Whiff State Convention, AprU ZO, 180Z official. The Whin of the United State, in Conrention aaaembled, adhering to the treat eooanrratiTe KepobUean principles bj which they are controlled ana iroTernea, ana now, mm eTer, re lying upon the Intelligence of the American people, with an abiding eoasdenee in their capacity for MH-goTermment, ana thair eon tinned devotion to the Constitution and the Union, proefadni the following: aa the political sentiments and deter MtsnmOon, lor the establishment ana maintenance or wnicn their national organization as a vartr is enacted: 1. That toe uovernment of tne united states is or a linutea character, and it ia confined to the exercise of powers express ly granted by the Constitution, and sucn aa mar be necessary and proper for carrying the granted powers into full exeen tien; and that all powers not thus granted or necessarily im plied are expressly reserred to the states respectiy tha Peonle. 2. Tne otate Uorernments snouia oa neia secure m uni reserred rurhts. and the General OoTemment sustained in Its constitutional powers, and the Union should be revered and watched orer a "the palladium of our liberties." 3. That, while struggling freedom erery wnere etuuta tne arm eat rniDathy of the Whig party, we still adhere to the doctrines of the Father of hia Country, as announced in his Farewell Address, of keeping ourselres tree from au entangi-ina- alliances with foreisn countries, and of nerer quitting our own to stand upon foreign ground. That onr mission aa a Republic is not to propagate our opinions, or impose on ower countries eur form of gorernment by artifice or force, but to teach br sxamnle. and show br our success, moderation, and justice, the blessing, of eelfforernment and the advantages of tree insUtutiona. 4. That where the people make and control the Government they should obey its constitution, laws, and treaties, aa they would retain tneir seiMespact, ana tne respect wnica ukt el aim and will enforce from foreica Powers. &. That the Government should be conducted on principles of the strictest economy, and revenue sufficient tor the expen ses thereof, in time of peace, ought to be mainly derived rroan a duty on imports, and not from direct taxes ; and, In laying such duties, sound policy requires a just discrimination and protection from fraud, by spednc duties, when practicable, whereby suitable etMsouragement may be afforded to American Industry, eaually to all rlsssrs and to all poruona oi tne eountrv. a lhat the Constitution rests in Congress the power to open and repair harbors, and it is expedient that Congress should exercise its power to remove obstructions from naviga ble rivers, whenever such Improvements are necessary for the common memaet or lor tne protection and acuity or mere with fcrelgu nations or among the States roch improve ments being, in every instance, national and general in their T. That the Federal and State Governments are parts of one system, alike necessary for the common prosperity, peace. and security, and ourht to be renrded alike with a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment. Bespeet for the author ity of each, and acquiescence in the constitutional measures of each, are duties required by the plainest eonsklerauotLS ot iia- ttxfal. of State, and of individual welfare. 8. That the series of acts of the Thirty-nrst Congress, com monly .known as the Compromise or Adjustment, the act known as the fuaitive slave law included, are received and tn by the Whig party of the United Statea aa a flnal set- la principle and substance of the danrerous and ex dtiag questions which they embrace ; and. so far aa they are concerned, we will maintain them and insist upon their strict enbrcement until time and experience shall demonstrate tne necessity ef farther legislation to guard against evasion of the law. on the one hand and the abase of their powers on the othernot impairing their present eSkieucy to carry out the requirements of the Constitution ; and we depre cate all future agitation of the" questions thus settled as dan gerous to our peace, and we will discountenance all efforts to continue or renew such agitation, whenever, wherever, or Dowever tne attempt may be made ; and we will ' maintain this settlement aa emrntial to the nationality of the Whigparty ana tne integrity of tne Union. Resolutions of the Whig National Contention SCOTT AND GRAHAM CLUB. There will be a meeting of the Youno Men's Scott and Graham Club, at the Court House on this, (Tuesday) erening at 8 o'clock. The puWio generally are invited to attend, and those who have not thus far associated themselves with the Club are earnestly requested to come forward and do so. Speaking may be expected BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT, RAIL ROAD DEPOT. We learn that the Directors of the Road have located the Depot in the South-western part of the City, on the lands owned by the Rev. Mr, Culbreath, Richard Smith, Sylvester. Smith and others. So far as we have had opportunities of gathering public sentiment here, the location seems to be a satisfactory one. RATIFICATION IN ORANGE. The Whigs of Orange the home of William A. Graham have responded to the nominations of the Whig National Convention in a spirited manner. The " Recorder" says that there will be no lukewarmness in that section, in the sup port of Scott and Graham. MISSISSIPPI. The Jackson Flag of the Union, the Vicks burg Whig, the Natches Courier, the Brandon Republican, and a number of other journals which lately supported the Union party in Mis sissippi, now display the names of Scott and Graham at the head of their editorial columns. The Whigs of Fayetteville formed Scott and Graham Club, in that place, on the 3rd inst E. J. Hale, Esq., President, with number of Vice-Presidents and two Secretaries, Upon being conducted to the Chair, the Presi dent addressed the Club, giving at length his views of the duty of those Whigs, who, like him self, had preferred Mr. Fillmore oyer all other Candidates. The Club was farther addressed by Messrs. Banks, Haigh, Fuller and others. Henrt W. Miller, Esq., of this City, was unanimously recommended for the appointment of Elector for the State at large. Mr. Clay's remains have been carried from Washington, through the principal towns, on their way to the great lakes, from whence they will be carried to the nearest point to Ken tucky, and in a few days will rest in the quiet and humble vanUr at Lexington, along aide of many of his friends and connexions. Every where universal marks of respect have been ex hibited, and the- different cities, towns, and vil lages havevied with each other, in showing their senseef rthe services of the departed statesman., . His name and memory are already enshrined in the. hearts of his countrymen. BJENSB01v0PL3CUSSI0N, AGAIN. MORRANTD CONCLUSIVE PROOF 1 . liefGrebc;.Patriot,--m paper which, we beg the public to bear in mind, is unequivo cally committed in favor of a change in the basis, denies in strong terms the statements of the correspondent of the "Standard" relative to Mr. Kerr's course in Greensboro,' on that and kin dred questions. We take pleasure in transfer ring the Patriot's prompt and fearless article, entire, to our columns. It thus effectually dis poses of the miserable slander itself, and of those who have given it circulation : GUILFORD CORRESPONDENTS OF THE RALEIGH STANDARD. While our paper is shrouded with the drape ry of mourning for the great dead, and our readers confess the saddening influences pro duced by the national bereavement, it is indeed painful to be torcea to tafce notice of some air tv Dartizan who manages to work himself into infamous notoriety during an electioneering canvass. Gladly, most gladly would every such forbidding and loathly task be left to more con genial tastes and to readier talents in sucn mat ters : but our position leaves us no alterna tive. Our political opponents have a system of tac tics, which they stick to with the pertinacity of men who have tried it in many a strait, witn apparent success. It is this : keep your oppo nents on the defensive by telling the truth if you can if- not, tell any thing, to keep them on the . t , . - - -7i i i -i: explanatory, it is astomsaing wiiu want ibwiu- ty, and in what abundance, instruments are found ready to tell the " any thing" in, order to effect their purposes. The last Raleigh Standard contains an article prepared carefully according to this looofoco rule. It purports to be an account of the dis cussion between Kerr and Re id in this place, writ ten by " A Democrat" and dated " Greensbo rough, June 30, 1852." It is thus headed and introduced by the .Lditor himself, in the most conspicuous type, and most prominent part of ni8 paper, to wn : imporurru jjevctopmcTus. Discussion in Greensborough Mr. Kerr chang ing his tone on the Basis, and refusing to answer on the isciwot fund I ' The label put on by the Editor indicates the contents of his correspondent's production. ouch is indeed the impression made upon the mind of the reader by this communication, and if such was not the intention of the writer, he has made a failure in the application of lan guage. That such impression is ABOMINABLY false, it were unnecessary to declare to any intelligent man wno was present, lbere is just one plain short way to counteract this Jesuitical falsehood, and that is, by calling Governor Reid himself upon the stand. The Governor said that Mr, Kerr and himself occupied the same ground on jl T1 T . rt I Ww mi e a tne nasi ana tne ocnoot -tuna, ljtus be pro- 1 . w .a . ciaimea and repeated with every inflection and variety of emphasis which he seemed capable of. It was not denied or questioned by Mr. Kerr or any body else. As to the " refusing to answer on the School Fund." we vrtsxtme this is Vie first which any body present has heard of vie matter. xvery reading man in the crowd and it was a reading crowd knew Mr. Kerr's position ; and the idea of catechising him up on it was so preposterous that it did not even oc cur to Gov. Reid himself. It was not pretend ed or insinuated by Gov. Reid at the time, and has not been so pretended or insinuated since, by his friends who were present, that Mr. Kerr in any particular or any way changed from the positions which he took in the East, (except that he was for ocotx instead oi t uimore, since he learned the result of the Whig Convention.) Further : This correspondent of the Standard, in statins; Mr. Kerr's positions, savs : "He was in favor of a majority governing a majority of the people had a right to change their Constitution, and that a majority of the peo ple oj tne unuea mates naa a right to change the Constitution of the United States ; and whoever denied this doctrine of the right of the maiori tv to govern, either in changing the Federal or State Constitution, his head would come to the political block." The writer goes on to say, " these mobocrat- ic doctrines were heard with profound astonish ment by every fair-minded man who was pre sent." So they would have been, had he de clared such doctrine. Wonder if " A Democrat" would be willing to risk an honest reputation by kissing the book and declaring" the above as the " whole truth" in regard to Mr. Kerr's po sition ! Mr. Kerr most distinctly declared himself for a Convention called according to the provisions of the constitution ; but insisted that the voice of i r ww . . . tne majority would and ought to secure the con stitutional number ot the Assembly to effect it that this was the true republican doctrine, such as had been insisted upon by judge Saun ders and others, but was now opposed by lead ing democrats ! He was opposed to any illegal irregularities, and to Do mum in all ita Rha.rw alluding at the same time to the sympathy of the standard, the State organ of Democracy, with Gov. Dorr in his attempt to carry out his mobocratic doctrines What he said of the constitution of the United States was by way of in . a: o i j. i . luuniniuua. oumewuu U151, rusting OUT Own memory, we have consulted a friend or two who concur in the recollection, that he illustrated by saying, in substance, that a majority of the people of the several States could and would be heard in any changes they might desire in the Constitution of the United States that the con stitutional authorities of the several States would be bound by this will, and that any other doc trine, no matter whether held by Gen. Saunders, Gov. Reid or any body else, would be anti-republican and an outrage upon genuine freedom. But whaf s the use of contradicting, or at tempting to counteract these misrepresentations of fact ? They are producing the effects intend ed by their contrivers in places we can never reach. One consolation there is, however, the truth will have time to reach falshood in many a hole and corner before August. " It is a vile bird which denies its own nest ;" and we have, unfortunately, such unclean bird or birds in our good county of Guilford, that have been in the habit for some years of " flapping their baleful wings" and croaking out, through the Standard, every little event or insinuation which seemed likely to injure the reputation of the county. While the presiding genius of the Standard nas abused the county by reiterating the insult of " Old Tory Guilford I" certain of its correspondents, hailing from Guilford, have by partial representations and inuendoes about the free soil vote, white basis candidates, qua kers, and so forth, endeavored to bring down odium upon their own county. There is a most contemptible sort of malice in this thing. 'If there was a single spark of magnanimity or chivalry in those who give voice to these insin uations, they would leave the county whick in the object of their covert hate. The well-timed writings in the Standard alluded to, have gen erally been got up in way so jemitieal as to be hard to answer, or have come out so sneaking lv as to deserve no notice. It may be said m defence of such cattle, that it ia all done for no li tical effeet-to farther the progress of " the party ;" bat is so more an excuse for defaming a community than an individual. Most speedy, thoroughly, heartily do we de test such conduct. We have no idea in the world who we hit we strike in the dark, for these enemies of our county are in the dark. Tbe elections are approaching; the steady whig people of the eounty are expected to cast their suffrage, aa usual, in accordance with their principles and we may expect to hear the hiss es of this brood of small serpents, though we cannot see their speckled heads. Are the "Standard" and its correspondent anxious ior further proof? If so, they eon have it ( At present, we do not see that the "Patriot" leaves iny thing -more for us to add, .except again earnestly to sd viae our Whig friends, throughout the State, to bzware er the falsi ""'"' wm.wtainiy De circular t twMn ,;. - nr. w- Xl A tW X . - wub uw.vu. " warn tv. bs on their QUA! It is certain that if f, hood can defeat Mr. Kjkk, he is to be beate07' Fortunately, however, so far as the BrP nvatter is concerned, the charge has been nt too tarty a day. The truth will hare am time to penetrate every corner of the Su where the slander has preceded it The t will recoil upon the head of its authors ! t them LOOK OCT I L' javxw, xx,ir run REID! SENA tatT uaths ittt -r. " DOUGLAS. un Gen. Saunders havin? faiW prudential character, to meet hi : . or to bolster up tiiesmkiugppe. cellencv." we learn. v.w .. . ' x- po of .nli.htou, f, ., ""?! if not advised to stay awav . n .. . ,. wa7 m the Ex-Minist, we rather believe, was w m lumr, States'Senator n Z ,OCofo atington a. ru recollected that this dirtvrW To,attheConventionintK;an; " wv Timtiirnt on tha o.. ... U"T" unrage hobby with him and himself placed it upon th n u., ' viously to that time, been the boast of both pi -IVv I u"ttruunaUlat they interfered not witi. the elections of her 8i8ter States, allowed interference in hers by them It w then, for the first time, deemed necessary Z our "benighted and ignorant People," as the were termed by a member of that Convention should be enlightened in relation to their duty to the Constitution and the country. Then the stigma first cast ! Now again, however U seems to be found necessary to import the same political missionaries to enlighten the "ignorant and benighted People" of the State further, and to prop up the rider of that same Free Suffrage bantling, which he introducedinto our midst as an element of party capital ! We have widely mistaken the character of "ft8 people of North Carolisa, if they will not set their faces as flints against such impudent at tempts to dictate to them what are their duties and what their rights. The main question in volved in this campaign, and virtually to be de cided by it, is of a local bearing and of vital im portance to our domestic concerns being noth ing more nor less, than the question, whether it shall be submitted to the people to say, if they desire a Convention to amend their own Con stitution, or not. And here comes up a locofoco aspirant for the Presidency, from the non slave holding State of Illinois, to give unsolici ted advice in the premises, to advocate and urge the claims of Reid and his hobby, and thereby attempt to bias our People against the only plan by which the conflicting issues of Constitutional Reform can be definitely and satisfactorily ad justed the only plan, too, which guaranties the full sovereignty of THE PEOPLE. We know of nothing to equal this in arrogance and offen iveness, unless it be the insolent and audacious efforts of Kossuth to embroil us in difficulties with other Powers and to undo in the minds of our people the effect of the teachings of Wash ington and the other Patriots and Sages of the Revolution ! Will the freemen of North Caro lina submit to the insolence of either f Wo need not ask the question. As we remarked, with reference to the Ex Minister's contemplated but never fulfilled expe dition, let Douglas ''come on," by all means. The People will give him the reception due to his effrontery ; and many a little David will spring up to meet the "Young Giant," in his progress through our borders in order to illu minate the darkness under which we are pre sumed to grope 1 THE "NATURAL ALLIES" COMING OTjER. Mr. Van Buren, Sr., as well as Mr. Van Buren, Jr., the heads and leaders of the Free Soil faction, in New York, have officially an nounced, in letters to the New York Tammany Committee, their support of the locofoco nomi nees. We presume that the touch of the Free Soilers in New York, is as much pitch, and as much deUeth, as the touch of Mr. Seward. And yet the support of the former will be no objection to Mr. Pierce ; whilst the prefer ence of the latter for Gen. Scott, is death and destruction T Can such a game be played suc cessfully with an intelligent people ? We learn, also, from the Boston Post, a strong "Democratic" and Compromise journal, that Ranioul addressed a part of his constituents at Salem, on the 6th inat., and announced that he should support the Baltimore Democratic nom inations, and exhorted his hearers to do the same, forgetting his rejection as a delegate to the con vention. "This is, said he, the' time for the Dem ocratic party to be united, and every portion fit should be called together.' . Besides these significant facts, we see it stated, that Garrison's vile Abolition journal, called the Boston iAoeraiorin an editorial on the nom ination of General Scott, avers that the plat form on which he stands "is deeply stained with blood," and in other portions of the same paper, the Whig party is classed amongst accursed things for having raised a bulwark against slavery agitation. And the Pittsburgh, staunch locofoco print, declares that "the whole Freesoil press of Ohio," with but a single exception, "is now supporting the nominee of the Democratic National Convention." And that one exception, by the way, is fighting as bitterly as the rest against the chosen leader of the Whigs t ! What say the North Carolina locofocracy to these things,? EXTRACT. "Congress adjourned on the 14tb ult : After along and bitter contest on the question of Slavery, the Oregon Bill, with the WILMOT PROVISO INCLUDED, and the Missouri Com promise stricken out, was adopted and has be come a IA. Raleigh Standard, Aug. 23, 1848. This is the identical bill for which David S. Reid voted! IbB-Ths Whig Motto. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, Constitutionally expressed ! The Locoroco Motto. -THE SPOILS OF OF FICE, no matter what becomes of the rights of the People ! Bear a mixd. that John Kerr is fcr Free Suffrage, man than David S. Reid ! r
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