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AF'V, f -w V.rBAGE.'- i ; C ; K V " I?v'EqValiry of right is naturVs pmn r-v-' li:-?WTOW.V- HV HdfcUowuUui the snaich 0 -manO , f ; VTi iiii"thV'Tederto Jot that the rtsola- tioM.faTorlng the electioa'pf Jo'dgee aod .Ma riitraterbTthe people, tlOB eh -thej irere first oLll reported . and then; withdrawn, did not - again -make' theiieppeic,t-we'relill -withSald.'- Why were the reports of the major ity of thitTWOnderfoI eommitte lwayMj txrbcdlgr i Again, -why waa the am report rr ' "sailed nd the reaolutiont heW in 'the hand of . themmittee-foog ilvstij hU nporte Dill frantiag ft aoflrago and mommendedlta - Jftejwere hdneeUy answered, ft would at onoe arouse the people to the grett jand dangerpos 'proprietypermitting the LOaw the Stats tobe amended aa m majority pf party in secret eaocoa may determine. .;r --,1': ; - The chairman of the select eomnuttee declin- Ine to report any farther at ttis unf air, x of. ter Of iMTidbon, submitted a report in writing in behalf of himself, as a ttinorjty. rtport.from the tommittee, accompanied with a ,11 cailutg - m tn ConTention, in ee the People expreesed ' a wish to alxer the Constitution at the poll ; ota waa taken.i'-Ihe was read the irst time nd ordered wvUi tne report m do - printed and laid on the taolev' . rU AYVv u imfnh wmtted.' aa the Iocofocos urcfesa of brinoinle aboTe ali othera, that - v wit dvl ot. liie Mr: Foeter, write outl their re pons ana nare piuvcw ' as best they can. on the subject of Cooatitouod al jeform, as they did a that of eeesawn for A of 41 the lengthy speeches their champions de ' lrrered ta"-t"ot of thi great Kpnblicanjprtn - sip?, it ia certain not one of them bad the mora! honesty and couraga to publish his speocb. ThM ,almnliifkeisahow -bow litUs eofifiience m v nai v nsszaT&Aua una aw a wa m r - . t 1 rxt aMiUiit TvvirantnlMI the Jocofocoa as t part na- in their txxutcJ priwideu i they tan adrocitexheir measorta in Ion wlndT harraneoes. mA- uniMitM t& naaa them' bf fraod ana in- s mntiMi and rtaaoos that prompt .. them to proceed as they do tby inrarUbly re fuse to give to tneir . wmuibbdh. hip hnm to lead, and that of the people to WindlT follow them, r This is modern Democ- . racy. Bat we mast rein in for the-;present. After Mr. Foster's report had been deposed ot, . M I Y Ckid wsll moved to reconsider the rote - . py which the bill reported by 1 the msionty .of ': the committee had been made the special order : 4: for M. n lay, and make it the pecial order for the 'Wednesday following.. " - ' Now that the party committee nal reported and; their 4ill been made the special order of the day, we wish to press upon the mind . and consoience of all honest and high minded men, the peculiar conduct of Mr. Arery; of Burke, and some other prominent members of the loco foco ptfrty. No set of dirty jogglers ever at un.ntl tn ttep'iA hoaast men bf playing at so " ahallow. mean. and contemptible a game of - party joum. thirk and s&ujjle. aa MfcAVtry, and hia worthy compeers of J50, '1, and 3 have done; and as evidence of this, we, desire to submit a few facta. - It will be een from the " above that the select Committee had once repot' ted to the House -on all propositions .that bad been referred to them, and against every thing bat free suffrage, and. for that ;by LegisUtive enactment. This mch haying been acoom pCshedby the skilful wire workers of the loco Loo part j, . Mr. Avery proceeded now to add what we would tarns an insult to the good sense of his constituents, in -addition to- the injuries be had previously inflicted npoa them by aiding tbe-st to ikrtstile every measure proposed for their relief. . Strange as it may seem, he deli berately drew np and introduced two separate ani distinct bills to alter the Constitution, so aa to giro the freemen of the. State the power -and; authority to elect Judges and Justices of tba' Peace The turpitude' of this miserable tham aa on tne part ox tne patriotic voioow u greatly iatitaaed when we remember, that be W ha4 both of his bills referred to the party pack . ed Committee on amendments to tha: Constitu tion on the 7th. of December, when,itjiad but two days previous to that reported adversely to these tery same propositions, Now the ques tions naturally arise, why did not Mr, Avery ed in hia bills at an earlier period; or rather, .why did he 'send them in at alT to a 00m mi t toe that he ,well knew was by, parliamentary law and nsage not only 'funhi official to all in " tents and purposes, but a committee that had ehown itself by;ju " jSrsrrtporf to be deadly boa tDa to the election of Judges and Justices of the Peace? The record that follows will answer these questions satisfactorily when we see by whom ' en3 how these bills are reported ' back to the Bouse. The Select -Committee which still re 'mains ia existence to report 'speeches, get up -' cerjiSeatss aad do other littJe handy job for tba . . benefit of the unterrified, received, as va. have aaidt the bilk on the 7th tad retained them nn- . - til he morning of tba 9tb ; when it seems that he" indefatigable chairman oL this remarkably ; industrious and long-lived committee bating, . as -we -charitably; suppose, -grown aomewbat weiry in reporting unfavorably . back 'to tba . Hopse' so many propositions of bis Friends to amfud the Constitution, prevailed vpon Mc Thomas Ruffin. Jr, aon of the Hon. Thomas Ruffin, to report the bill back for the election f Juggeato tne Uoaee, witb tne recommena&uon . thaJT it do pot passv- This report, like all that ha preceded h from the majority, was ru t a written but a Tcrba) report, v The bill was then - - read the second time,- and on - motion of Mr. Stetensoa laid on the table."- By this time-Mr. McLean had become somewhat refreshed and enaouragedV-eo much so'at least, as to permit him to rua and report back Mr. Avery's second bilL providing -for the electing of . Justices of V.tn resee py tne people, witn tue rwamncnos tion that it do not pass.- Mr. 'Walton moved an amtndment to the bill, changing the basis o .the Senate to that of federal number-, when Mr, Arery moved that the bill and amendment both Tk iiA ab thm mMm1 wbifih taation nrevailedL be laidxa the Uble. which motion prevailed ' December. 10th. t Mr Stevenson asked leave, and by unanimous consent, on behalf of the mi xtbrity of the committee, submitted - written repot t favorable to the election of the J adg 1 by -.the people. The Hon. M. Saunders moved '. -that the report be printed aad laid on the Uble. - Mr .'Cherry,, Whig, next moved a resolution' in favor of increasing the '.Literary Fdnd of oar Schools. : This move seemed to call to the mind of Mr. Powers, of New Hanover; the fact Uhat . 'the free negroes were increasing remarkably last in ana .anout w umington ; and as, every ..' body in the House seemed to have some amend . meat that be. desired to make to the Constitu tion of the- State,' he concluded that he would ' . not remain silent all the time' and propose no- thing, l So, after Mr.lCtonyV resolution was '. oUsposed of, be offered the following Preamble ; and; Resolution,- both of which were adopted, - xem. coo. r. -.; . .''- - ? "- . , Whereas, The free persons of color are rapidly on the increase in this State, and are j utuy re garded as a great evil, corrupting, by precept and example, oar slaves, and instigating them . to acta of theft and insubordination, greatly in . jurioas vto private, )is well aa pnblic, interest ; and whereas it i deemed necessary and proper, thai some mode should be adopted Tor the gra dual removal of . tsjdfree persons of color" be , jood the limits of tbe-State i .Therefora, H iJUtohed,. That the committee on amendments -c to the Constitution be instructed toinquire into ,..the expediency ef ameadiag the Constitution, ' suae to anthorise tba .County Courts in this State to lay an aaaoai tax, of .ten dollars per tapHa on each and every free person of color" .over1 the age of twenty-one years and under the - wgepf fifty years, and that -said taxrwhen ool- iacted,sBau te appfced to the vrposrof rmo- M rv.V-.. - jv..T .r: t: .--.wwrinw i.af viaieii hearty shake, ou the nrstlhorsdsy of Aueust tedth.u.M? L?1?:1 they will gather around their ballot boxes Pand After this Mt. Farmer, a Whig from the coun ty of Henderson; introduced a U1 to amend an . nsjorjosasipsr UHUkory NiuIarBBik rc,. . T7 th TlonrManlatives of the peo ple of Nortn Carolina, in Oenerai -Assembly j convened, recognise au tuuy necessity which drove oar revwuuonary lanugo to resist the. unjus Vonequai,' . and oppressive colonial sjstem under wbicn tney sunereo, irv" that vrDTl ninat."'iuTOlitIOnS that Cavuvuv . -". j - . were oppressive, and laws that were tyrannical enslave the eobjects npon whom they operated ; and that we fully endorse their action, although It led to revolution; In oppoeing laws passedjy a parliament in which they were neither beard nor represented, and controuea ny pow5 vr eign to their interest and inimical to their proe perity t-Thereforev'. i . ' :t 'tis lie U iietoiveOf' xnat ine jiquu v--rence.to-Tdndamcotal principles is ..absolutely necessary to preserve tnf ptessinge ot uoeny, 2. Jittohed, That all political power invested in, and derived rroco the people only-v - Zf Jiteolvcai :xnat we-recognue, in tAuna can citixenH, certain- inalienable rights, among which are life, nberty and the pursuit of happi ness; and that no man or act of j men are enu- r: VL,Kea That it is only woen piacea upon Lrms uf eboalhv with his fellow.'that uanr be tins to feel that he is fret i it is then that the goul ot uaepenaence is euamumu w leCtual pil. and tbeeart inflamed with con-aaious-efi2rn'ess : that man, by contemplating the immortality ot his creator, spurns m - ranrs rod, and casta the tetters tnat wvuia eu tav him at the feet of hiaottOreMora. - -6.. e90&d!,,Tbat under a "Uorernment like imriL ail trhita mm Br and of rizht ought to be free, -and iqaaf'aml independent and that all neasores contravening 101s pnncipin nrv wiu nnciiut'&nd imrv ll.tc in this enlightened aze.' S 6.- Buck?,. That a majority of the free white people of thisJScate obght to have1 the role apd exclusive right to regulate and control their in-t-M-h&I rorarnmmt &od domestic DolicT.. - 'i7.ifo"wcLsTbat whereaa thefree men pf this StatoWall 'dually bound to bear arms in he? Oonrmon (defence that the; oouia aiso be fqually invested witb power to provide means to sustain said arms, when necessarily employed in-each defence . - . .Heoi9ed, That all systems of govemment andlawsin wbich tn pablie voice is not fairly reflected,-md by which a minority controls the rights or wields the destiny-or the vrhoie, sa vors 01 anaiocrscj, miu icuui ucrpvuam and is alike contrary to' the spirit of our insti tutioos and the eenius of our people. . 9. Resolved Aa the result of the foregoing EirtticaJ axioms, that every tree wnite man in ortb Carolina, is equally entitled to be heard and represented in said Sute, and that we, us the representatives of such freemen, will use all eonstitational, lawful and honorable means to produce so desirable a result. Stranee to add, these Reoolves passed unani mously, and, on motion of Mr. Walton, were ordered to be printed, and to lie on the table. WELDON. to bk costinced. - Trom the American Beacon. , Dissolution or tbb so callxd Democratic Pabtt. All the signs indicate that the speedy dissolution of the so-called democratic party is impending. The unscrupulous use of tne pa tronage of the Uovernmentand ot the appoint ing power has failed in harmonising the iocon eruous and heterogeneous elements! which placed the administration in power. ' The "harmonious democraoy" are at sixes and se rens, - everywhere, East, West, North,! and South. The musio which a short time since fell sVr grating and harsh upon the ears of olfi cial "treasury pap euvkers," about Washing ton, from. the dtatoot xvew lore, followed up by. Maine, New Hampshire, sc., and thunder ed on. in lanzuaee not to be mistaken, by Con necticut and Rhode Island, is still tuned to a .strain equally discordant to the powers that be, and willaasuradiy break forth in the "Old Key ston. State" and the . mighty West In the fState'OfNew York,-which is so potential in President making, another election takes place this fall, and the 'Kilkenny cat fights' between the Hards aad -Softs have commenced wi th fresh vigor, aad we bow have a manifesto from Messrs. Maurice, Wheeler, Peck, Peckbam and Oliver, memberr of the U. S. House of Repre sentatives from the 1st, 6th, 9th, 14th and 26ih districts of New York, (a portion of the Hards,) commenting on the passage of the Nebraska bill and the bad faith of the administration. To add to the splits and utter confusion, the administration press la divided and sub-divided in' the' "Empire State." We hear a great deal said about the soundness of the democracy on the Nebraska bill, and the southern Locofoco administration press have a great many com pltmenU to shower upon their chief . at the Presidential mansion, but even the administra tion press at the North,' those who s-xear bv Frank Pierce and the distribution of the spoils. can t follow their master, but they are exenaed by the grand fugleman of the administration editorial forces, (the Union) and are told that it don't make a "diff o bitterence," juat stand on the Baltimore platform, or say you atand on iU. don't matter materially how you act. so yon don't act. insubordinately towards the ad- T . .J'?- I I.J T 1. r- EQiDivaiio4),; nuu c&iiuwiuKe x not rierce as the greatest man ' in the United States, and Mr Marcy aa his prophet; you must also ac knowledge Guthrie to be the best guardian the treasury ever had,- that the mails were ne'er better transported, aad that Dobbin is decided ly the greatest man that ever ordered a ship to sea, while Jeff Davis must be allowed to be the greatest man that ever quartered soldiers on a rotten ship. . . r. All this they. must acknowledge, but it don't make any difference how they stand in relation to the Nebraska j biU- We have before us a list of the administration press of N. Y., from which it appears that 27 are opposed to the Nebraska bill, 6 in favor of it, and 6 doubtful of the six in favor of the bill, three are edi ted by Postmasters, one by a Custom House officer, and one' has been awarded the United States printing. ; r - - -r : tST The Standard learns that Gen. Dockerv "has aeted. very unfairly and illiberally in re lation to making appointments : refusing to u uite with Mr. Braeg in the matter, and seeking in n little way, thus to get an advantage." Thislr naughty conduct 00 the part of Gener al Dockery. - He ought to disarrange the ' plan of his campaign J for 'the convenience of bis friend Bragg. ' This gentleman is not enured to the active habits of the old wagoner. It is in convenient for bim to ge op before day, swallow a bite of . breakfast and ride thirty miles before tbe-eleveo o'clock sermon. He ought to be al lowed to anooxe until nine or ten, and then have an hour or two to curl his whiskers and scent his handkerchief and gloves after which he coold-take bi morning, feed And comfortably Sroceed with the"cah vase.''- 'This would be more ighified-i-mora in aooordaoee witb the aristo cratic usage tbatobtains down on the Virginia border and would bo exhibiting to the plain repoblicans of the West : a specimen of. hio-h breeding to which they have not been accustom- d...lot this lasy creeping system - of 1 tactics would be just as irksome.to the, old wagoner as It U to Mr. Bragg to get np from his couch and take the road whenotberpebple go to work. So, upon the whole, the GenefaJ might as well go ahead and see the people and we know he'll "Wo, hoy l he'11 cryihd lighUy fly Into bis saddle aeat t - - '--. t 't . Hie rein he'll slack, his w hi o he'll en crack: r. 's; H What rnnsio U so sweet V A y t. - . -"- r; And the mountain boys will understand that '. : . 1 : 1 1 v. 1.1 .j 1 3 ... . I -UUW1" B" r oorqiai they will gather around their ballot boxef and pile op-sueh majouties lor bim as ao maever got befure jn that region.. Hurrah Tor the old wagoner v; iu waa-never Deatesrinnie life 1. ; ' FACTS FOR.THB, PXOPXE. r . In 1843, when General Harrison, waa spoken of as a candidata for the" Presidency, prow tylaal of-the Van Buren dynasty, whobad grown fit, and as a consequence insolent and nrrogant, upongOTarnment "plunder," sneenng lv remarked, fUeneral Harrison for President 1 lh thin is nrerjosterous : eite'tha old man a W rhin And barrel of hard ciders pad he-1 .will he contented the paiance 01 nia uays, wuu- - ' . r.T . . r .... t out any iigher position." . The feopie en mas resolved at once to resent any such insult offer ed to one of their patriotic, citixena, whose long life had been that far devettfd to the cause of bis coanlry, in her councils, apd isj.ber tented field; and they rallied to nia support wiiu f- an enthusiasm .that swept over the country like a tornado f carrying every vestige of VanBaren before ic - We commend this morceaa- of nwto ry to the sisailanu of General Dockeryi Pre cisely the same apirit : which actaated that haughty official ot tne v an ourep Bcnoa is tow exhibiting itself ia this Stat against General Dockery. The Carpet Knighta, and Ball-room dandies,-who have, for sinister purposeer arro gated to themselves the name of democrat?, are outraged at General Dockery'a plin simple re- pnoucau manners; wotts aim viuuuwwvi r 7 T and his incorrect, pronunciation grate harshly upon their delicately attuned organs of bearing. tw tl him thn illitrats Dockerv." and rrmirit him nnon all occasion for hia want of classical education, enquiring, very aignificant lyatwbat literary institution he graduated Aor do they stop at this, but the soubriquet of "Old Father Grimes" is given to bun in derision, oy thoee pinks of modern democracy, who at the urn lima nrufeia unbounded love for and faith the maffsec These attache upon weuerm Dockery we consider a direct thrust at the whole I of the Farmers of the country at tne jaooriua; classes ; at those who obey the scripture injuno tion, "earn your bread by the aweat of your brow." The truth is, disguise it aa they may, this class of politicians who go in for office and at attracted to the nartv bv what Mr. Calhoun so appropriately called the cohesive power of public plunder ' feel supreme contempt tor tne Uborinz classes. It is true that General Dockery bad not in early life the advantages of a liberal education In that, be is in the condition of many great men who bar preceded him; menwhobavenlled the highest offices within the gift a free people, filled them, too, with credit to themselves and much honor to the country. Mr. Clay never graduated at any College, yet he left bis impress upon this Government, that will be felt while the republic endures. General Jackson did not possess a Collegiate education ; and there are manv other illustrious names that might be mentioned, the possessors of which never enter ed the duors of a college ; yet their names will illuminate the pages of their country's history, to the latest poeteiity. The people of North .Carolina are not goinz to Btop to enquire whether a man has adopted the French pronunciation of words, whether "he is master of a little Latin and less Greek," whether he can make a polite bow, and can fig ure gracefully in a Ball-room : nor do they re quire him to be a kid gloved dandy, with hair on his upper lip, who has spent four years in College to obtain a sheep skic, when he has less brains than the animal, whose bide is bis title deed to aristocracy ; nor is it necessary for him to have travelled in Europe to finish his educa tion, and to have frittered away two or three vears of his life in fashionable idleness, at New port or Saratoga, in order to qualify himself for office in a republican Government. The enqui ry with the voters is, "is be honest, is he capa ble, is he faithful," is he a man of sound prin ciples, of sterling integrity, with good judge ment, and sound sense enough to mature his plans, and then honesty enough to carry them into effect for the good of the country ? If so, he is their man, although he may not know how to spell or to pronounce yuanb. We recollect one of the objections to General Jackson was. that be spelled rifle with a W ; but the people swept away at one breath such cobweb objec tions to him, and so they will the equally flim sy objections to General Dockery. AshoiUe Spectator. THE CERTIFICATE CANDIDATE. At Rockfish, on the 19th ult., the Editor of this paper met Mr. Brag, the Democratic Can didate for the Governorship of North Carolioa. and replied to him. In the course of that reply he took occasion to refer to the annual message of President Jackson to both Houses of Congress in December in 1822, and read therefrom a par agraph for the purpose of showing that General Jackson regarded the public lands ceded to tha United States by the old landed States as pledg ed for the war debt of the Revolution only ; that upon the payment of that debt the lands would be relieved from this pledge; and that it would then be in the discretion of Congress ro to dispose of said lands as best to conduce to the general welfare and harmony of all the States. This was getting the disciple of Jack son in a tight place ; and how do yon suppose, kind reader, he got out of it t By repudiating the doctrine ? By no mean. He deliberately got up in bis place, in the presence of the whole collection of Whigs and democrats there assem bled, and declared that no such paragraph as that read in their presence was tq.be found in any message of General Jackson 1 that the vol ume from which the paragraph bad been rjfad was a whig document, gotten up for electioneer ing purposes! That volume the Statesman's Manual, a bound book containing the Presi dent's Messages was held up before bim, and the paragraph pointed out ; and be still con tended that it was a Whig document, gotten np for electioneering purposes 1 Now such conduct as this may please our democratic friends ; bu, for our own part, we should support no man for the Governorship, whig or democrat, capable of such miserable demagogism. He might produce certificates e nnugh to break the back of a dromedary but we'd believe him no further than we knew him to be telling the truth. Fay. Argus.. I "The Citizen" (John Mitchell's paper) is severe upon the Bostonians and the clergy. It says : "All the violence enacted in the canital of the old Bay State is the result ef teachings of holy men of God ministers Of the gospel of peace- one 01 wnem aettrarry instigated the fanatical rabble to their bloody work. The on ly law acknowledged by these apostles of sedi tion is what they call "the higher law," a code known only to themselves and the devil. Any law, human or divine, that does not square with this law, they execrate, trample, and spit upon, as of no force or obligation. To compel a lasy, woolly-beaded negro to return to his master and work for a living, is the highest crime known to the higher law. To slay a white man of the Caocssiaa race an officer of mere human law, who aasists in enforcing its authority is a deed entitling the hero who accomplishes it to a higher seat in the Seventh Heaven than St Paul, the Twelve Apostles or any of "the noble Army of Mar tyr's," who have died for the sublime doctrines of Christianity, or for the freedom of man." . The Citizen does not hit those sanctimonious hypocrites of the North, styling themselves clergymen, a lick amiss. Of all the contemoti- ble creatures on the face of the earth, this class of Abolition preachers are the most so. who have taken it upon tbemselvea of late to stir up sectional strife. -1 hey were doubtless al ways a disgrace to thtir calling, but woir they must havomade themselves more so in the es timation of every true christian and bonsf man. A greater Pleasing oould net: happen to the free States than to have every one of them banished from the country, or consigned to the State penitentiary;: "They are the rreatest tteata to society; the propagators of the most pemi- ' uwinsn mat .prevail at tne north, and hanging or the' felon's doom would b the pun ishsoent every one of them; oVaerrcfThe De vil will never get his dues until he is safely ia ywwwwn pi mu. ma cn ewaractera. TilE RALElGfl REGISTER. -Oars' are theplaM cfaiKdeUghiM Unwarned bv oarlv raae, to live like brother: RAL EIOH. N. C SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1854 RepMican, Whig f Ticket. FOR GOVERNOR ALFRED" DOCKERT, OF RICHMOND. . XUECTIOI OS TKTJMDAT, ATOWT Srd. Mr.KXmiT tartY sLtlWM, MoelnfT,Almt,toaO rails Anat the ram jot IUon 4 ff rl Tim' mm. Mr. C W.' JAWXS. Tto t Si SrMt, OaetsMtl, Wo, the Wwtarm StatM mad mm wmi vdi.ia, .nTwua - ' . r TiuimSjM by H- J. Tbo-, JT. Dwt, f. D MTLTwfemaa, A. L. CUUs, aad Pr. W. Irwia. Utcmf reuMewlUtageed,;.: j; - r. tSKAZL M 1A3CIS, H. 1 fcatk Ttti ttiwt M dalpbla, to Oaoacml Tnvtflac Afrnt, aaaUtad tjjrVVm. St WaliJokm OeiUm, immm DMda iSif " ibart W. Idtrard 1 w. Wljr. WUilua k WHawi, H. J KkUiek, F. W. MsekM. man A.Tbla sad D. 8 GEN. DOCKERrS APPOINTMENTS. Monday, Jane 12, Winston, Forsyth, Tuesday, " 13, Mt Airy, Surry, Wednesday, 14, Yadkinville, Tadkin, Thursday,; . 15,. MocksvUle, Davie, Friday, 16, Williamsburg, Iredell, Saturday. ' - 17, StateevHle, Monday, M 19, Mt. Monrne, Taeeday, " 20, Salisbury. . FEDERAL COURT. This Tribunal, Judge PoTK presiding, adjourned on Thursday last, after having been in session four days. Only two cases of importance, we learn, came before the Court, vis : The TJ. S. vs. against J. B. Woodfin, for forging pension papers. and the U. S. vs. Johnson, for the same offence. resulting, in each instance, in the acquittal of the defendants. Same Counsel employed in both cases. For the State, the District Attorney, as sisted by P. H. Winston, Eq.; for the defence, Hon. Jno. II. Bryan, B. F. Moore, Esq., and B M. Edney. THE DUTY OF ALL TRUE WHIGS. In view of the very great importance of the next Legislature, it behooves every Whig, who wishes the triumph of our cause, to direct his whole energies and influence towards harmoo izing our friends in each County, and securing the nomination, wherever there is the least pros pect of success, of their best and strongest men as candidates. If we expect to succeed, we munt throw to the winds personal preferences, and all hands unite on the most available men, and when thus united, "tcork, work, WORK," until the close of the polls, on the day of elec tion, must be our motto. If by lukewarroness and bickerings, wo permit our adversaries to obtain a victory over us, we shall subject our selves to the censure of our friends in other States, and the ridicule of our enemies every where ! Some are apprehensive that oar cause is to lose by the Temperance movement in some see tions of the Sute, by the running of a third ticket pledged to the reform which the friends of that movement are anxious to bring about But why should this bet Why should men professing to be true Whigs, in this hour of peri to the Country, quit their old standard, and di rect their energies in such way as will bring de feat on that cause in behalf of which we have all been so long battling 1 We trust there are no valid reasons, no good grounds for such ap prehensions. In the first place, what are the friends of the Temperance reform to gaio by such a courser Will they not lose, will not their cause be injured, by this step? It wil tend bat to exasperate those against whom such a third ticket would be brought out. Is there not a mode of settling the difficulty, which will be satisfactory to all concerned f We do not assume to advise, bat trust it will not be amiss in as to tbrowoat a suggestion or two. It certainly cannot be the wish of the friends of reform to carry their measures through the Legislature against the voice of a majority of the people. If they were to succeed, under such circumstan ces, they could expect nothing short of a repeal of any law they might pass, by a succeeding Legislature. Why, then, cannot all agree, in those. Counties where this excitement prevails, to submit the issue to the Pboflc, by having boxes prepared, either by the Sheriffs or some other persons, properly selected for the purpose, and let a vote be uken, "iiroa" or-, "mo ki roBii?" This mode baa been agreed on, we learn, in several Counties, and the Candidatee have pledged themselves to respect and carry out the wishes of the majority thus expressed. Thus will this new element of excitement be kept out of the elections, and the two great po-' uucai parties inaruivjae tne state will be se cured a fair opportunity to have the important issues tbey have made paed upon by the Peo ple, free from all embarrassment. It would in deed be a result to be deprecated, should the voice of a majority ef the People be stifled in the selection ofUnittid States &rafers,"by the in troduction pf this new element into the elections, which, to ' accomplish the benevolent purposes its friends are aiming at, should be kept aloof from politics I We throw out these suggestions witb due respect for the opinions of others, and trust they will be received with the spirit in which they have been made. There is (all tntut admit) a heavy responsibility resting on the Whigs bf lie Slate J Lxt xrsar man no his dctt as atcoNxs 1 - - Tu Baptt or IlAtiior. That is a most delightful little quarrel going on in th locofo 00 ranks, in reference to ' what are the real, genuine, unadulterated opinions of their candi date for Governor npon the subjects of Icternal Improvements - and Tre Suffrage. "; There is great alarm in his own .section of the State, lesVthe CJentral' Janto. may hav eeduoed him from hie old and oft-expressed opinions on these important measures. f In Nash, Johnston, Franklin and Northampton coua ties, !o par ticular, his friend are bold and sealous in the avowal that tne report "which is in circnUtioD, that bt is, giving countenance to the extension of tn' Central Road, i a 'WhigJ lie,", iln Warren, h is. claimed by th Anu-rree-Suf-frag toes aa rich . in rotcedeata ia their favor; whilst thee' who clamor fo reform1, are equally confident that 'fcji i Srith (kern u seat) men t. K wonder he avoided panj. WHO JLRB lilt, iwx-" -"-T , . People, dTi- utnir kr majorities 0x1 peuwr. . -"T r- a .-vo1i brtfewelecceo! ous advocate of libcral:i.ytem Tmrovemenm' or thettte. and. made, ihts-M MUtorevrale was rAtttrnn hy ji r-:Jr,m Wthe-State. and. as 1 sJZu ,A MtWW .We sk nttentioii .to - x ht fMMM nf 1S40 to an extract or iwu "-"-7--,(1J(:.1 the Legislature. . (Vide ;rfo; Joor. 184&V334.) "It would be idlenUemtn, Ja talk to. yon relative to the man y "J JJ " country from the establishment of Rail Kod. Tbev have ceased to boxpenmenV-, Their facility In the expedition aaoraea w ""-- - will ensure thdfWtwetiottw ,A reduire-rTbWmay be sup- ject mutations in pVofite, like all other pro- ,w . . ? Jit- itmA nonomicalIf pervvj ":":-':" J'-eu.. w,n,t be I constructed, ana w U1 jr . j good property to the stocxnoiaer. b their utility to the other inter of the country cannot b qtioned. V - -j The attack or tn rresiaen o . State on Rail Roads is exoeedtngly ctrang aad unjustifiable. In the transportation 01 in mails, diffusion 01 Knowledge ana in ww icetion, the easy and quick conveyance of nrm to points where the country may oe .. AmAA)9 hiifMrtant and Accessary to "JV, -v J . . . . ,-, - r the government and tavoraDie to ino iivj the cititen.'- - Th; advantages rM oh :ninmmtii. to the State, are of higher and loftier importance than can po"?'y aocro to her from any pecuniary profits, which her Investment oould vieldV-She is above all avw. owvu " v 1 ... risk. But the stockholder man derive or re ceive no other advantages bat those arising from dividends, and while these are devoted to the payment of the debts, and yielding no remuner ation, cannot reasonably be expected to enlarge their investment." - r He then urged witb great earnestness, on the Legislature, the policy and justice of giving aid to the two' Rail Roads then in the State, (Raleigh St Gaston and Wilmington Roads.) which, he declared, "for cheapness, length and rapidity of construction, were comparable to any in the world." During the four Yars he held his high office, Governor DuDLrr's teal for In ternal Improvements never for one moment abated. On all occasions, io his private as well his official capacity, he advocated and re- commended the adoption by the State of a lib eral system, i this 4e but represented tlw. wishes and principles f the Whig party by which he was elected and sustained 1 In 1840, Governor Morehead was the Whig Candidate, and was elected by about 9,000 ma jority. His ardent advocacy of a liberal system of Internal Improvements, during the contest of that year, and also the one of 1842, when ha ran in opposition to Mr. Henry, is too well known to require a moment's consideration. He lost no oppoitunity to urge upon the Legis lature thcpolicy and absolute necessity of adopt ing a liberal system of Internal Improvements, by the building of Turnpikes, Rail Roads, and opening our navigable rivers. Hear what he said in reference to the condition of the Wes tern part of our State. (Ho : Jour. 1842, 41 1.) "I would respectfully invite your attention to the public highways generally. In the Eastern section. of the State, the variety of navigable streams, rivers and sounds, and the excel Ion i adaptation of the face of the country to good roads, render Legislative negligence on these subjects less oppressive. But from Fayetteville, the highest point of good navigation westward, (and the only navigation in our own State, in that direction, excepting the slight bat tea u nav igation of the Dan, as high as the County of Kockingham.) to the Bunoombe Turnpike, n distance of 250 or 300 miles, what navigable stream. Rail Road, Turnpike, or McAdamized highway gives to the laborer facilities of trans portation T None 1 literally, none ! This vast extent of territory, reaching from the Blue Ridge in the West, to the alluvial region in the East, and extending across the whole State, it is be lieved will compare with any spot on the globe for the fertility of its soil, the variety of its pro ductions, the salubrity of its climate, the beau ty of its landscapes, the richness of its mines, tbe facilities for manufactures, and the intelli gence and moral worth of its population. Can another such territory, com billing all these ad vantage, be found upon the faoe of the whole earth, so wholly destitute of natural or artificisl facilities for transportation T I direct your at tention to the wants of this portion of the State. It is the business of your widom to supply them." He then directed the attention of the Legisla ture to the building of a Turnpike from Fay etteville to the Yadkin. Nor did he overlook the Eastern section. The improvements of the navigable streams in that part of the State, the opening of Roanoke Inlet, the connection of Pamlico Sound with Beaufort Harbor, the im provement of Lumber River, and uniting it with the Cape Fear, were urged with much force on the consideration of the Legislature. What a contrast does this present to the principles and course of Mr. Usnrt, the loeo foco Candidate against Gov. Moeehxad in 1842! His whole energies, both in his letter, accepting the nomination of his party, and in the canvass, were directed to the end and purpose of bring ing discredit on the Whig party fur its advocacy of Internal Improvements, and to render the poli cy itself odious to the People 1 Have these things been forgotten f Have they so aoon escaped the recollection of the friends of Internal Improve ments, especially of those who are so deeply in terested in them aa the Western people are ? But let us come down a few years later. In 1840 Mr. Sbefasj was a Candidate in opposi tron" to Governor GaaHssr. He assailed the Whigs with much bitterness for their advocacy of Internal Improvements by the Sute. Indeed it was made by him an issue in the campaign. Nor did Gov. G iaham decline such an issue, but met it, proclaiming himself friendly to a liberal system of Improvements, and defending the Whigs with seal and ability against the at tacks of Mr. Shkpabd and his party; Did any loeofoco leader or press come forward at that time and condemn the course of Mr. Sbxpaako? Not one 1 They were as dumb as the brute I It is unnecessary to proceed to she w that Gov, GaiHAH, in his annual messages to the Legis-1 latnse, adhered to and enforced the prineiplee he avowed in the campaign;. -.That be didV noV even the moet rabid looofoco rwill dare! deny . Bat we cannot refrain from quoting a paragraph from his message to the Legislature of 1848-1. Speaking of the Central RaiRoad project, be used the following language r "But the fore going "are only inciicaiaiBducements to under take this work. , It ia commended '. td' Wa a great MCreiliaJh our interest and Sate pride, by arguments which it would be almost, criminal to. overlook" ' fa then proceeded to. give at length the argument in favor Of th workv On the 23d of December 1848. Got. GkajTaii transmitted, to tba Le6iia' tnr special nmsage, on the iobject of l5ernV sJ Improvements in the Stale- in which he urged trate aA v- ,t:r oa &H cccwions r iUyufJhe ftMH Uiv Go:Marir iessevoted to the cause w ; - thcinit'dVwVe8g9 tott . iflnrii attest But what 1 the Legislature, .. .4 Rat -what ha;-Uo- - . n th. BUvie8t? In bie -measage of Io2Jnserthe following togwgl. reworks of Internal improvement n," lv Involve Jarge xpenditnrV and should be SideSken w!2 4ufe rVgaid thejr, pracjj: resources necessary 10 cwpw . - -- - -i i..i.ki.- kiih nrhrtriiej a vert oi. in- ternal Improvement, ought, general roie, fcw:fawr MfT Condon of the treasury will jastfy the Sfcrte,c thiM tim. I einbarkina in other and new ibjtets. tprovestewtVaasf to, to what txUnt, xe WiowfaJe't submitted to the prudence and . . m . - a v . . ia sr 1 sua. nn pwdent system il hould ipprove, and extravagant scneme aw wtow h- What Is a prudent system ?T Who doee not know that it would oe ruinoua w p"- by taxation or otherwise, " for raisingthe means necessary for the completion" of. even a "judi cious" svstem of ImprovemenUT Why did ... v:. r,llnv sneak out and say xctai " - . , . U ' sj aer w - 1 . h9 was or, whether, be iored the exten- on of the Centrl Road or not T Why did he not tell us whether he ws inclined to con fine his practical plana of Improvements to the Condition? of the Treasury" or not ;f& Lot any rann consider the language of this roeeaage and be will soon perceive, that it is the same- equivocal, .uncertain, doubl-haded doctrine advanced bv Mr. Bragg! He was afraid to tell whit he was for and can the friends exten sion depend witb any confidence on such." milk and water" professionsof devotion to the cause,. which they have so much t heart t -I In the face of these facts in the face, of the fact, that nearly five to one of the loeofoco Party voted against the Central Railroad Bill ri the face of the known fact, that Mr. Bragg was one of its most bitter and active opponents that be electioneered against those who supported it thru his friends in the strong locofuco coun ties are now actually engaged in. opnoidtion to its extension, how is it possible for Uie advo cates of Internal Improvements, without the most glaring inconsistency and abandonment of principle, to support the loeofoco nominee for Governor, or their candidates for the legis lature? Will the East or the West be humbug mA hu tJteir h rmocrilical nrnfensions ? Let the a J L r people beware I THE PRACTICAL EFFECT, v The loeofoco leaders contend that North Carolina will be as much benefitted as any other State by the public domain being !kept" to pay the expenses of the General . Govern ment. Now, this is not true. It has never been true in practice, and we have no reason" to believe that thingB will change in the future.-. Our State has, comparatively,- but few objects which have been regarded as national in their character, and entitled to the aid of the Gov ernment. Consequently, she has not received. in the way of appropriations to improve coast or open the months of her rivers, a sum sufficient to pay the interest, even at one per cent., upon what she has contributed in taxes towards the support of the Government. Mil lions upon millions have been expended on other sections, but North Carolina ba not re ceived enough to attrsct even a moment's con sideration from one of her Northwestern sis ters. They have been o long the pampered pets of Congress, that they laugh at the idea any appropriation, even the smallest, -being made to our otata. Jjook at the-manner in which the Resolutions and Memorial of the late Bar C invention were treated a few days since, when presented by. Mr. Ashe to the House of Representatives! Had, not the sur plus revenue, during Jackson's administration; been divided ainongst the States, pray'what portion oi it wouia nave ever passed Tto tthe Denent ana improvement ot our state 7 r Mot red. cent. . No, we get back nothing of what we pay the General Government. It goes to aggran dice others. Does it not behoov us, then, to insist on our rights in the publio domain. If we are, by the iniquitous "legislation which is threatened, deprived, of our just share of this property, the blame Will all rest on the loeofo co leaders who, for partisan purposes, would readily sacrifice the bent interests of the State We appeal to the People to come to the defence of their rights 1 " -V - ; - - Mr. Braqo any that he hts been in fa- vorof Internal Improvements, Ho has been a public man for many years past, and it .ia strange that his cau't point to the speech that he has ever made, the line he baa ever written, the word he has ever uttered, or the net be has) ever done, in favor pf them. Where are they, Mr. Bragg? Give us the time and place, the when and-where. VVhen Railroad were pop ular and we stood in need of your help,? where waa it? Did you open, your mouth : is their favor f No. But now they are popular ph! now loud you are in their praise. .'Twon't do people will suspect that youfare; in favorOof them, because; yon may get votes by it ? Ja'nt whs. bo i ai .-votes could be made by opposition," nwuiu ui jvur ma opposiuon Continue 7 t The Hlllaboro' Recorder concludes an interesUng accoun t of the wcenr discussion be- .-mmi BjuuiiiiKs ror uovernor, at Graham, witb' the following remarks t ?v j - .,-tX , ''Daring the i bbur arid aairk. M- 'w-il" first spoke, there Wsa not note rtppkuse! and not amile dicited 1 om ufthe nXnoS audience, Docker ,k. T7 T. ? . " w" aia went to Bleeps When Oen, J k-. Jr i " ' ewnea attentive ; - w . -. . . , . , "-i" uu ,warraap-( pttaee ; while bia clever biu afforded his audi ence unpleasant laughs The company, w sup pose, were about eqqally ividedbetwen ''thV trli DOtraT'orablc im' LlaSw-1 bought, at Slit PriMeU?Wi&l the Opinion. Aa a nnni.. xv.i.r, t-i : "Jtr"! v".trMi-irequent and . warm . . . --o r-v oo w democratic pa pers,be baa n -war of o othin Z..a trong-wgumeotspto people fuliytwder.tak.udwbJwmSI V pruouc a. wonderful r . 1 1 . -"'7 1 - . . . w a ournai of the Legi.la Oi.tr., -r , W WIWJLA1 THEY TO LOOK " that thetv of thpir to.rnterhal trh prove ment u f( "IK l Legislature, nngtiageon thw subject, which r9n H nn stood. The Central Rail measure of., narriniiam j o. that if extended, is destined a p Telopin'g the resources of the the-most nhcompromising hostintv f Candidate for Governor that th. ui. 1 bad since 1835 has been ardently". In terrutl Improvements, and t... .V .- V - - tfwllJ poliey of the State's aiding i och ST boldness and teal before the p-i very reason they were assaib.i b Candidates, and ewry device r. . , HJ tra With what kind of fa kwassin -WflrttA nm aaa4 - a. "r come rorwsrd w laimto be-friends of Internal lopir' To.wnom. it tney wiJl regnrd theetpw the past, can those, who faror the exr the CehtrIload, look with any t,, success for aid in this, their favoriu' Let them reflect for a moment. Tk i. I loeofoco Cmn ties, of Caj5xrell, perv -11 Frs,nkhnr Warren, Edgecoml, and aZ ji which might Iw rinmed. I)0 ther lont t 1 aid from these Counties? HnTe moaVtf niforraly voted against Internal! oept by the State ? Was not Cote. I ostracised for th liberal and patriotic in ijivot or ine vntrai Kad ? Wn patriotic gentlenrtn, D. W. Spi of ffJ driven from the field for giving a'liheir tnis aupjocir , we again ask, what aid . friends of extension expect from theqW Is tt noi matter for their serious eesS then, to learn who are their frienda aadrW enemies fV If tbey suain for the high-i hIglHaJ in their gift a man who has lwT, ,U.J war against their interests, can thtjnw liberal minded men of those sections of fet! not immediately concerned in this imp supporting soeh a man, an unwilling J au mejr expect, with anjfc, jusuce outers to give them help ? Let - ana rjast ooui, wno pave an intere. aeep lnieresi in,tnis matter, look to thtlJ before it is too tote. If they throw tbwiJ in the scale pi the enemies of Internal IdjJ ments, iney may Did adieu to all hopes tending th Central Road ! . llTT' " a. "iiis opponent naa declaimed mod M obtaining lands and proceeds fur N'onk na, with which to build Railroads and iuJ our common schools ; but had at last tbu that it was improbable tee should gtia&oiJ or procceas. " manaard s" accouiUnfRml The above is a fair specimen of the ftiJ uuumtj, uu.uuuiiuiums Olj lue loCOtOCOBM date for Governor and k his party orpi coarse we are too well acquainted villi latter. to have expected any thing betto, k we had a right to expect that a candidal her be high and honorable office of Gown North Carolina would at least confine W, to the truth in bis statements. Thi n dertake to say, Mr. Bragg hu i doat j knows, too, that the above statement iiip misrepresentation. He knovs that it k a5 apart bf the story and a suppresaiot ii balance, which is material to the under; ing of the whole, and a suppretska ii truth iii equivalent to an assertion of tk false. We are informed that Gen Doetai Brassfielda, on the 2nd, said, in the presw Mr. Bragg, that the statement, taken ii tac tion with what accompanied it, vu tre was , part of the truth not the whole to but,' isolated and alone, without the expa tion - which preceded, it was an nnq2 Talsebpod-' todJ a lit. and the mitien knew if' I . He said that it was improtabti we should get' any lands or their proeeea the Democratic party remained is power- if the people .'would rise up ia their rtaf demand their right, and hnrl theBaiBfc servants ; from place and power, we cdij our righta,J'bnild our road and schneUe) and" relieve the people from taxi Tkin the substance and spirit of what he tui' Mr. Bragg knew it. 4 What confidpneeeB)1 pie have in a man who would thai ut sent bh ''opponent f And yet thisi"1' marked characteristic of Mr. Bragg' What a cootraat.'to the plain, strsishtfa farpjer-iike statements of Gen. Dsckerf people' will understand the difference fa the tw;ndVwben the August eleftisn ronn'd, they will give the quibbling, Js sophistical lawyer from the Virgisis b1 anderttand, that they appreciate true WH and that a proficiency in the art of pefl5 lanMi'urn i not the nullification whie i of a to admire in a Governor. I At Sran We learn that the prineipln tion urged again vt Col. Pjii.vs, the Wsil didate fir", the... Commons in. Chowas, M BADBAv.-hta iocofom onnonent. is tbst stfl P.l was an earlr and ariieot friend of H tral Railroad I w . i -M-inr nr j n.ii ijv j - j . u n i """f . a.Tbe American Beacon" of the W BtantBT":'.l .We met with gentleman Jwterd-Vj has recently travelled through s r64 of North Carolioa, and he speaks J guihely of the success of Gen. ih)CtMd states that great reaction has r- the Sute on the subject of ditributi Dockery , beyond the possibility v v uw .nc nuiva w.m bo mote it be." - sdSTW re turn nor thanks to Gateevaieor a Club of twelve subs-aru m - I 'I Extract from letter to the Ed Iditor, froa ahead in H Couniy-y.;' V Tb Whig cause is going aneau . . - tieand rdon't think the DeocrtrJ a showing during tne campaign- a tn -da oiir nf t niiMfluir. if 0t" wiU do aa'much for him as this.' Extract jrom letter to the x,aiK. .we win send a mz rim ar Bandidatals universally populr- too will sweep things before Dim. y-A yaiuaWe Elourmill in.thw fflJif tilrMtnaamMi t fire OO ID '" ,VtiP brofHarrisTvB MilbK Supposed to have been s- to tTist soatiMnj -- V( u central snsU Throsjgbosxl U wbaloi k jjoaa astim""" - VERY TIGHTLY BOUND wlU71?'-.5B!W KXaxpfl incendirT;L ow,.lO BrOVB that tha Wkt. -12. - ,
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