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Me. Enrroa-Ia the speecn of Mr.Bregg
"X at Kaleignv he "P? b7 hi ori
Standard," of 7th of .June, as banns said.
ttiarbe Nf no objection to extending the
N orth Carolina Road e-stward to Beaufort, and
westward to" the Tennessee line, on the two
third " (principle) the earn principle of the
charter of the present road: for ha held, that
wbefe the, people Would invest their: mean, ii
- woud U sat fat the State to do. tbe same.
Tbe HD required fur them would not, by any
neaha, as his op ponent admitted in Alamance,
have" to be raised at ok, but could be raised
front tune time, as needed. To Central road
waTbot yet ewapleted, nafUOu maney cmllert
b,b -cghit bad been chartered se sixyea,;
dee. f Now. whetier this ia a change of poeiuurt
01 Vie gentleman,' or not, a many beiie,1r
effect, especially In the West, admit the poaiuon
be re taken to be true, (regardfeeeof the purpose
of the speaker.) and what become of the argp
m ui, the knock down argument of Hr.Biagg.aa
it ia considered b his friends, Til : that we newl
Itiokfor nothing in the way of means ti exteoo.
tot eoaa ana UUirr uaprvmaravm imut uwui
-butn. Uocaut Mr. Fierce iU veto all och
bilU'T Now. according fio Mr, Bragg.we tewiV
need tbeae proceeds, or a Tery email poruoti
4ur!n Mr. Pierce'a 'adniinietrauon. tor the
too tea, though they will ha?e been noire ed,
ill baie to beltcaied, and doing this and raia-
ii.ir tLeretraitite amount of nrWate ubiriptioti
t.i the eaiittal stock must neeeeaarilT take eme
tinti, and before or by too time tha work i
faittyonder way, oraiochdWmand will hare been
xnafle upon im reaawrj, x-rcwiucu stv.w.
trm will ex Dire, a new President and new Con
r7s will come, and then w may get these
land proceed and; tnererore, no strew neea oi
can oe aio on uw uiat p -.
lnt of the Executive chair ia opposed to din
triuotion : and; therefore, no friend of distribu
tioq or internal improTemeot, aa,counecteo
with, or in any manner dependiug upon, distri
trihution.need be oi all discoontKea on account
of the President's hotilitj to our just righto;
for. thank God, be is not a king witb a me ten
n of ffice. and however m uch he mar disregard
the'righta and the wishes of the people, there
rut and there will 1m an end to thin, and
tha' soon. -N one tbtnke o' n mina inr him
aajn. Then, this auliject of distributiuu is to
be aa a queetion that is not to be surrendered
for hit fflu'i opinion, but aa one that the
people must, and the oeotJ will iave to, paw
''upon, no iriena oi inwrnai impruTciucuk ucu
therefore withhold his support to the great
work already begun, for fear of not getting a.
share of the pub.ic land, or their proceeds.
Had there be-n time at the last session oi Con
grefs, Bennett's land bill would hare paused
the1 Senate- by as large a majority as it did the
Ilaae.- There ia a probability of its passing
this, session, and we have recently seen that a
distribution bill, out and out, ha pased the
present Congress by large majorities, and even
in a Congress that is by immense majorities
democratic ; and, but for the veto, the people
of forth arolina and other States would soon
reap the fruits of this noble and beneficent
measure in exemption from all tax whatever,
for that oppose, and lay op a permanent fund
for the relief of the insane; and, instead of the
sheriffs of the several countit a going round every
sunjmer to collect the tax out of the people
pockets to support the Lunatio Asylum, there
would be no tax to pay, bat the lands would re
lieve us from mil tax! The tax, tknefort. which
th venpitwill hereafter have to pay for the Im
nolle Jsvhcm saotf fairly and nulla be coniid-
erti President Fierce' e tax upon the people nf
AofM Cmtli"al flow, this is a tribute, a sti
pend, if yon please, which his friends may pay
very cheerfully for the honor of having elected
him. but I confess I think there is neither hon
or mot profit in being sacrificed to the conscien
tious scruples of a man, who, while be opposes
all assistance to' the poor deranged. Unfortu
nate mtftM cjtisen, can see no objection to giv
ing away millions to the foreigner, whose an
cesiors perhaps opposed cr struggle for inde
peodenoe; or. who can see no objection to jri
ing away millions to mndUte eorpurationtf aa the
detai orate have been in the habit f calling
railroads and other corporations. '
I ret et, that President Pierce baa. by his
veto of the bi 1 for Jbe relief of the insane, n
1 el that the people of Nnb Carolina shall
pay an annual tax of more than &0.000 out "i
tbe'r own pockets for the s pport of the Lma 1
A-ylum, and that their lands, patriotically ceded
by their ancestors to carry on (in the first in
stance) the war of the KeVolotion, to be frerd
from toe jralling pressure of a Jo efyn yotrr,
shsil be ti en to the decendantt f tnoeo erv
Joiigntri. (in part,) to be debvered from wboao
tyranny and oppression these la .ds were civen
up, it, as is jeenerally believed, be favt r and
will si en the Uonies e d bill. or, at all eenu.
that the people t f North Carolina eball not en
joy tbeir portion oi tliese ln Is, inles tbey
will leave tbeir natrre Mute, tbeir homes, tbeir
families and tbeir in nds, and go to the new
States, and there receive tbeir part in the wav
of gifts to build railroadisthus perpetrating the-
aoqoie iijumiceoi orojing tn ine 010 o(aies,as
socp, tl eir share of the h n 1 , b-t recomn e ding
and encouraging a policy winch, prev- n s or re
tards internal improTemmts within tbeir limits,
ana invites and. tcrce them to rn ebtewbeie.
Tliax, wbl'st be witbhofds with one hand our
mony, by which vwe may develop our rem'urt-tm
at home, our most enterprising citix-na ar
f d to Vave u, thereby draining us oi bo b
men and money. "
Another effect ot tl i prudent proprietorship
principle, this policy of giving away land to
i t . i , . . - . - i ,
raiirosaa, u wvun i op, to incr ase ino pouiioii
power ot the free btoie wbe.e these lands lie;
thereby enabling them ul imately to acquire
srrengu in the National Congreea to trample
with more impunity upio our rights, and ee
pcally those rights to our slave pro erty, ab ut
whch we of the , South are so naturally sensi
tive. ' V
General Jackson took a different view of oar
rights. Be declared, in bis meesage of 1832,
that, in examining this question, all local and
sectional feelings should be discarded, and the
whole United States regarded as one people, in
terested alike in the prosperity of their common
country." ; But Mr. Pieiee i-tjt-cis to dictri
button, because it would derogate from the
dignity and independence of the Slate uuvcrn
mcntt. Now. bear General Jackson in reply.
He 'certainly was as iealou of State rights as
MrPieroe: be was held up by his friends as
the very guardian, the peculiar friend of State
rights, aa belonging to the Jeffersonian Madi
aon)aa school, from which emanated the resolu
tions of ,98 and W. What said be on this very
subject of distribution ? In his second annual
message, referring to this very objection.be
says: " Ia respect to the last objection, its pro
bable effeet-opoo the dignity and independence
of the State governments, it appears to me only
necessary to state the case as it is, and aa it
woeld be, if. the measures proposed were adop
ted, to show that the operation is most likely to
be fbe very reverse of that which the objection
supposes. . In the one ease, the Stats would re
ceive its quota of the national revenue for do
mestic use. upon a fixed principle, as a matter
of right, and from a fund, to the creation of L
wbicn it bad tteetj eontnbuteJ tit full propor
tion. Surely there could be nothing derogatory
in that. As matters now stand, the Otate
themaebce in tbeir sovereign character, are not
unfreqoently petitioners at the bar of the fede
raJ.L'giala ure, for such allowances out of the
National Treasury as it may comport with their
pleasure or sense of durv to Laatuw noun rhm
ir cannot require argument to pro which of
tb9 two cooises is moes eom-atibi witn ton
efficiency or respeetabUity ot the 8ate govern
tnenta." ; - -J . .r : ' .
These are the . opinions thit sobject of
State wovereignry and State independftico of
Allure w wkuwh, iD.vwat iootso-p r.tanaUB
St? was to follow, (ev pa-sibvs aquis.i
vrbkh is the better atais right mu) Let
taetabUdatatsuae.
Thersia another matter connected with this
"question of distribution to wht'ch I wish io ask
toe puohe attenUon, ana i wui men uisauos u
subject altogether. At is an aiiegauon oi a por
tion of the leaders of the Da cratic party, that
the Whig party have brought this matter oi dis
tribution forward rezalarJT before every eleo
turn, for the last twenty years, to affect popular
opinion. and that for effect, without the hope or
perhaps the desire to pass it. Well." by our
constant support or tnis measure lor suco a
length of time, we certainly have exhibited a
rare devotion and consistency one worthy of
ll ionise, to which the Democrats can furnish
no parallel ease ; lor wy nave cnangea taeir
policy so often, within the last twenty years,
not only upon the land policy, but the curren
cy, internal improvements ana. every mow
question ot importance, as in oe a Die so tw
two tnf ir enure innocence oi nj ruuu
tion of adhering tu any thing (exoeprdeaire for
office.) for nearly a 'quarter of a century, as the
Whigs fa are done upon tnis quesrion. Ajcain,
if there is n danger of the final and perhaps
speeay jtriumpn i awnouuwn. vy u a y
mocrats deem it of suScient importance in their
National and State Conventions to adopt reso
lotions again and again with reference toiti
Whv do tber make so much fos alxtut it if they
doort think we are t6 gt it? It certainly is a
very unnecessary wKwumptton or time. But
. . . .i :.w :
lory ml -. I onvrf ti ii i " imhiiih .
tribution bill in IMU with a proviso that dia
tribution should oeaw, if the duties should have
to be raised above 20. per jjent and that tbey
merely did this to deceive, & j. Now bt a few
historical facts put this vile "lander at rest.
It is a well known tact, that Mr. Tyler would
nU approve any bill for qictribution, aniens up
on the express voudition that it (distribution )
ebould ceaoe upon the dutien being raised. In
hi special meaeage to Cooxreve, of 25th March,
1842. he nays, "in recpmmeMdina the adoption
of measures for distributing the proceeds of the
publio lands among the States, at the com
mencement of the lat Session of Conjcress, such
distribution was placed un the condition that it
should not render necessary any departure from
th Iturifi act of 1833. It is with sincere r.-
cret that I now perceiTe the necentxty of depart
inz from that act, Ac. When the distribution
law was passed, there was reason to Anticipate
that there would soon be a real surplus to uis
tribute." Ileie. then, we have the proof thai
distribution could be had only on the condition
that the tariff of 1833 would not have to be dis
turbed, and secondly, that at the time of the
pasxage of the dintribution bill, in 1841, then
was well founded expectations that the tariff
w mid not have to le disturbed, and yet, in the
face of all tbi, leaders of the party, including
some of Mr. Tyler's peculiar friends, reiterate
tha charge that it wan all a trick, that the Whig
knew the tariff would have to be raised, and
that the Whits really d d not want distribution
In 1842, it will be remeuib r d, Mr. Editor, the
Whigs finding ih it there was an a'Molutfl iui
p rious necessity tor akering the tariff. and man;
4itaer Con8iaeratlon Diog urni mereiu in
special message of Mr. Tyler, they passed a ta
riff bill and sent it to the President for bis ap
prove!, and he at nnoe applied hiseto to it.
Now, this tariff bill contained a provision
for continuing distribution, declaring that
should go on. Mr. lyUr vetoed the bill upon
this very eround. and in his veto message, 29th
June, 1842, used this language: "I regard the
suspension of the law for distributing the pro
ceeds of the sales ot the public lands as an in
dispensible condition to my approval of any
taiiff. Again, in another part of the same
message, he employs this emphatic language :
"The fact is undeniable that the distribution act
could not have become a law, without the guar
antee io the proviso (referred to before) of the
act itself"
The Whigs passed another tariff bill still pro
viding for and insisting upon distribution, and
this second tariff bill Mr. Ty-eralso vetoed, and
in bis st-eond veto niestge, he dolared thai
however anxious he vat to bav reeoue
to support the Government, vet that be
would approve no bill for that purrx so.
Distribution should cease. W hat, . then 1
ak,coud the Whig do? They bad this al
ternative presented them either revenue with
ut distribution or neither revenue nor distnJUu
tinnl Tbey bad either to yield to the pertiria
cious opposition' of the President or allow :b
wheels of government to stop fur the want of
the means to keep thetn going ; and as conssr
tttive men, the. d-em-d it tbeir du y 'o sub
mit to a state of things which tbey could not
control or avoid.
Bat to all this the Democrats reply, with an
air of triumph you elected John Tyler; he was
your ran ; and therefore you are responsible
tor hts acti (and this, whether we apprme them
or not.) With the name propriety and justice
might the UhrtMian Heligem le reproached ft
the treachery of Judas lcariot, or our Siviour
(most reverently I m-tk the allusion ) be re
proa- bed fo' having appointed Judas one of hn
A Oftles. But let u apply their own doctrim
to tbemselvef, and ie h- w they stand
Thry elected Mr. Van Burvn Prunident. H
was their man ; tbey are theifore renpunsibli
for his freesoitisin, hin bitw unrelenting oppo
sition to slavery ; they, by thin oure of ra
e ning. mke them-lves abolitionists with M .
Van Burtn. Are they willing to almit thai f
No wTiyT Bec-iue, they ay. Mr. Van Ijarrn
deceived them and betrayod their confidrnc.
Did-not Mr. Tler do the same, and by wbai
systeni oi ethice is it, that tbe Whig- are con
demned and the lemcrjttfl ju-tified ? If th-y
diappSjvei of Mr. Van Bureti's course, no d d
we of Mr. -Tyler's ; bot ther is this marked
this clear diff-reno-: We cond -mnrd bo'k Vai
Burec.and Tyler, while thry loaded Tylr for
hi treachery, ;aui sotneof tbone, wiio went er
with this political Arnold to the enemy's camp,
are now captains in the Di-mocraiiu army.
Case, therefore. Democrat, to reward deser
ters, and you will ceae to encourage treachery !
A CITIZEN.
July 1, 1854.
Our Democratic cntempnraries of the
New York Herald continue to pour hot shot
into the Brigadier Administration. We quote
the following :
"There is nowhere to' be found relief from
this small work of the politician. The gener
ous, brave and noble spirit of the American
people has been Ignored.. The administration
is a libel on their character. Tlair enterprise
their bold, fearless and out spoken character is
perverted, misrepresented tnd traduced by their
government a decoy light, which, if taken a
a guide, will wreck any public man or parly
tbat dares to follow it. It has n t substance
enough to be entitled to honorable criticism. It
Uvea on expedients an air plant wbieh ghes
forth all it beauty, and emits its poisonous o
dors by stealth and at midnight. Tne Inugu
ral Address, which dasxled tne eves tf the peo
pie and seemed redolent of beauty, has fallen
in tbe morning of its existence into decay, put
ridity and death. The word of its author is
questioned in high and in low places. Faith
in honor is lost iu the executive mansion. Low
men and low intrigues keep midnight revel
where Jefferson and Jackson laid the founds
tions of our national character, and preserved
in spotted purity tbe national lame. The fchair
of Washington baa been transferred to the spir
it of Arnold. . Tne American people are ren
resented under constitutional forms by a band
of truckling, cowardly mustang g.nerals, who
came into power by the forfeiture of honor, and
nave protea coniieni omy in maintaining a
kindred reputation in the administration. In
no one notable instance has G-n. Pie roe dis
charged hi high duties in the spirit of the peo
pie wno elevaitd bim to office. His adminis
tration life was inaugurated by a forfeiture of
pubho faith iipon the question of the com pro
Uiise, and tbi has beei. followed by a time ser
ving policy, niggard y and low aa to win tbe
contempt of ni friends u4 the disgust of all
right Uui.k.Dg mvu."
'Bxoi2biko Eaiit. -Dan R ee, the circus
month $43 WXJ by hi-show, basjeit Jl.UWot
U in J.ra-vrt. a-.. a a lt iLaxMx. siLnore
1 will he th BMXlk'Sat ideal,
t-sasae aa S-u lav faaaiil Its lmVs afare.n Hlf M a fha I aa.
THE
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Onwarped by party rage, ta hve like brataert.
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SATURDAY MORNING. ? JOLT 8. JR54.
BepiUrfwn Whig! Ticket,
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fALFRED DOCKERY, OR RICHMOND.
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GEN. DOCKERrS APPOINTMENTS
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FOURTH OF JUl-Yl
We have rarely witnessed a more animated
celebration of our National Anniversary than
that which took place in this City, on Tuesday
hut. It is gratifying to witness this revival ot
patriotic interest in tbe recurrence of that day,
which gave birth to our existence as a free
people. Long may we continue to com mem
orate it as the birth-day of "Liberty and
Union, now and forever, one and insepara
ble!"
At day break, a National salute was fired,
and at sun rise, in accordance with an anoient
and much esteemed custom, there was Divine
service at the Presbyterian Church, accompa
nied bv a suitable Address from the Rev. Mr.
McDowell. ,
At 10 o'clock, a Procession was formed at the
Court House, under the direction of Col. R. I
Wynne, Chief Marshall, assisted by the Aids
heretofore announced, and marched to the
Commons Hall, where, after prayer by the
Chaplain of tbe day. the Farewell Address of
Washington was read by James J. Iredell,
Esq. To this succeeded Mr. Cantweli's Oration,
which we had not the pleasure of hearing, but
which ia universally spoken of as a chaste and
elegant composition, abounding in beautiful
thoughts and patriotic sentiments.
In the afternoon, the children from tbe differ
ent Sunday Schools of the City met in the
Capitol Square, and. proceeding to the Presby
terian Church, were addressed by A. M. Lewis,
Esq., after which the scholars from each de
nomination repaired to tbe places prepared for
them, and partook of nice things in profusion.
At night, Fayetteville street, the Southern
front of tbe Capitol, and the Northern front of
the Governor' residence, were illuminated, and
there waa a splendid display of fire-works, un
der the efficient and tasteful supervision of Mr.
W. II. Thompson. The ascension of a large
balloon closed the observances of tbe day.
We should not omit to mention that the new
Association, tbe 70, recentlj o'giniscd in this
city, was out in lull force, with appropriate in,
signia, and contributed much to heighten the
interest of the celebration. The objects of this
Association are most praise-worthy, and we
hope that it may continue in existence for many
years to come.
To the prompt and every-way efficient man
agement of tbe Hare hall and his Assistants are
we mainly indebted for tbe decorum and gene
ral good order that prevailed throughout the
day.
pRoHiaiTi'jf ticxrr We learn that tbe fol
v ing Ticket for the Legislature baa been
brought out -by the advocates of Liquor Probi
bition in this county, vii: For tbe Senate, John
M. Fleming; for tbe House, Everard II all.
il'mes Whitaker and Burwell Rollins. We
have not learned whether these gentlemen will
accept tbe nominations thus tendered.
Nioso Man Killid. We learn that a negro
man, the property of Dr. John Gatling, of
Gates, was killed on the Central Road, on tbe
morning of the 4ih. The circumstances, we
learn, ere these: The negroes employed on
tbe mad. having the day to themselves, aked
fiermission of their overseer to use a car to
haul rock for a gentleman who was to pay them
for it, bur were refused. They took tbe car,
however, loaded it, and, in descending the
grade coming into the depot, the ear, not hav
ing any brake upon it, acquired a great veloci
ty, ran off the track, and threw the man from
bis position upon the rails, when one of the
wheels ran over him and killed him instantly.
Comgrks. Both Houses of Congress have a
greed to the report of the committee of Confer
ence, fixing the 4rh day of August as the day
for closing the session. Both Houses adjourn
ed over from Saturday last to Wednesday of
the present week.
"It should also be borne in mind that Gen.
Edney was unanimously confirmed by tbe Sen
ate for the office of Charge to Guatemala, the
Uun. Willie P. Mangum having exerted him
self in bis behalf. Was he then a "vain and
simple minded" man, or "a subservient beg
gar" for office ? Was he then the man of doubt-
Jul character attributed to him by the Recorder t
Standard.)
We refer the "Standard" to an extract which
we published in obr last from its file of 1842,
and also to tbe letter of Marcus Erwin, which
the Standard published and endorsed 1 If af
ter "suck" reflections upon and insinuations
against bis character, Gen. E. can receive the
hypocritical flattery of tbe "Standard," then he
is indeed more, "vain and simple hearted"
than we at first supposed, aod loeofoooism is
indeed nara run wnen it cans on sucn a manj
to aid them. It must have dirty work to do?
Aff APXXNlsTRATIOIf E&XTOK RtmlATID. .
On Saturday last, tbe Legislature of New Hatnp
hire elected Mr. Hablzt, of tbe Concord Re
porter, as State printer, over Mr. BcTTxariXLD,
of tbe Concord Patriot. Tbe Tote stood : Had
ley 165. Burterfield 153. " .
The National Intelligencer. "predicts"
that .n 1856 ta Whig will elect to the Previ
4eai onsm sccrUs mUmAmt NseWkL
. Mr. T. L. Clingman (formerly a Whig, at
now an avowed and open-mouthed locofoco.) is
oat in a letter against Gen . Doekery, published
byMr.C.'s man "Friday" of the Aahetille News.
Some think the letter tod weak and con-
t?tnptiMe to deserve notice, bat we are induced
to believe that there are one or two pointe which
r may not be considered beneath the dignity of
the public's consideration." -
In the first place, we may be permitted to say
that if Mr. Clingman thinks the people of North
Carolina are such asset as to become the dupee
of hie vanity and ambition, he ie most grossly
mistaken. He has played the game or decep
tion nd hypocrisy long enonjh to be under
stood and appreciated. He nay make dopes
of, fcia loeofoco allies, bot every honest and
bighminded Whig will scorn bis overtures as
they would the touch of a leper 1 Proofs
enough could be brought forward, if the play
were worth the candle, to show that his past
conduct and declarations have given the lie di
tect to the truth and patriotism of the princi
pies and conduct of tbe locofoco party ; but we
leave that for the consideration of the M Stan
dard." and proceed to the letter.
He says: "If I were in the State, I would
not think of supporting Gen. Dockery. I have
valid political as well as personal reasons for
opposing him." True as preaching I and when
did Mr. Clingman see the day that he could
i rise -above " personal reasons "in tbe discbarge
of his poblic duties 1 When did the gbrious sun
shine upon him with a heart devoid of tbe most
intense selfishness? It wss this which origi
nally made him a Whig. It is this which has
made him play the part of a political hypocrite
for years past 1 He lives, breathes luxuriates
in self I There is no other feeling which is ever
permitted to get the mastery over him. and no
doubt he tells tbe bald truth when he says he
has "personal reasons " for opposing General
Dockery.
No doubt also he and Gen. D. differ widely
about tbe powers and duties of the General and
State Governments. The difference is this :
Mr. Clingman is a nulufixr. a seckssionist,
and Gen. D. is a Union man, opposed to nullifi
cation and secession, and hostile to those who
would plunge us into civil war 1 Long may
this difference continue 1
But when I ope my mouth, let no dog bark ! "
Hear again what Sir Oracle says
"Tbe circumstance that GenDockery was
nominated by a respectable body of gentlemen
called a Whig Convention does not give him any
additional claims to my support. That Con
vention was mainly controlled by influences
hostile to me, both politically and personally,
and I bavs reason to believe tbat a prominent
purpose of the actors was to in jure me and defeat
my political friends who might chance to oe
candidates for the Legislature."
This is indeed assuming a degree of self suffi
ciency which we did not suppose even the vani
ty of Mr. C. up to ! The Convention mainly
controlled by influences "hostile to Aw ."' Tbe
purpose of tbe actors was to "injure Aim and
defeat his political friends!" No doubt the
purpose of tbe Convention was to defeat bis es
peciat frisnd. li&focoism, and to make sure that
end they nominated Gen. Dockery but to sup
pose that tbe Convention, or any member of it,
thought, for an instant, about Thomas L. Cling
man, or cared about him. is to conclude that
they were stultifying themselves. Mr. C. may
ley the flattering unction to bis soul, but be is
greatly deceived, if be thinks that any member
of the Convention regarded bit political course
with any other feeling than that of disgust and
contempt 1
"His (Gen. D.'s) conduct to ene of sty am
stituenis, Gen. Edney, would of itself deprive
him of any claim to my support," 4c. Most
'congenial spirits I And pray doee my Mr. C.
embark his fortunes upon the same bottom witb
Gen. Edney T Does be seek to justify his con
duct, personal and political? Can he look
any man in the face and declare that he ai
prove the course of this "constituent?" Will
be ask Marcus Erwin what he said of bis
character for veracity ? Will be give to the
public tbe reasons why Gen.'Xdney was prompt
ly re called as Charge to Guatemala ? Are
there not some documents on file in the Archives
of the Department of the Interior, which neither
Mr. C. or Gen. E. will publish ? Were nut
much graver and more serious charges than be
ing tbe author of the Fagg letter lodged against
Gen. Edney ? Out with the whole truth ! Let
there be no copcealmentl Justice demands
that there should be nothing hidden 1 Let ns
have the publication .of the charges agaim-t
Balis M. Edney 1 We can then see what kind
of a constituent" Mr. C. is essaying to defend,
and what kind of characters the locofoco party
are using as tools to defeat and put down an
honest msn and a patriot I
We do not believe the patriotic Whigs of the
mountains can be duped by such men as Cling
man and Edney 1 Let the watchword go around
' Dockery and Victory I"
President Pierce seems determined to
carry out his ' pinion that not another slave
State will ever be added to the Union, though
. I ll -- -L...IJ 1. , T
me wooie oi Mexico aoouia ue annexea. Ne
braska he considers altogether safe for a free
State, but some doubt having been expressed as
to Ksnsas and tbe opinion mentioned that that
territory may become a slave State, see how the
President manages in Disappointment to prevent
thai result t - He ukes care to appoint a North
etn G'tvernor over the Kansas territory, and, as
an excuse for doing so, appoints a Southern
Governor over Nebraska, where he has no idea
of slavery ever being established. Why
make this sectional distinction at all, if there
were not some sinister motive to be accomplish
ed ? Tbe Washington Sentinel, in handling the
sobjeot as gently as it possibly can, remarks :
"It does not admit of a doubt, tbat if a South
era Governor bad been appointed to the territo
ry of Kansas, it would have been tbe means of
inducing ooutnern immigration there, and
hence of giving tbe question of slavery a fair
bearing before tbe convention, which will frame
tne constitution ot this future state. "W had
thought that the course wbicb has been pnrsoed
would have tbe effect of nullifying tbe important
principle wi uw uui, mu uib again me SoUtb
wouia oe ourapeuea io oe content witn an ab
straction,' which acknowledged her rights but
denied taevr practical recoj.n tion. If, ia tbir
view or the subject, we hav oven mistaken. .
will rejoice ; for we assure oar readers, tbat it is
in no spirit of am na Aversion tbat we com plan
of what, in our humble judgment, we bae nun
sidered unjust. It is only a desire to secure Y.
every section and every interest cf the Uuion a
common, utie to the acquisitions of our country
i J3v invite attention to the able aid
thorough concluding article of -A Cititen," ot
the embjeet of the Public L itd, wbicbl will U
INTERIIMPROVEMENTTILJ
w." . in his doubl-dl1B8
with reference to ;the ; eobject of IoteWaym-1.
proYementa. Tbe farthest you can get n' -go
is to pledge himself to W -judicious
"socording tothe meane and resources
State." A correspondent of the -cano
es. him noaition. in that County,
as follows : "He was not opposed to. put In fa
vor of, the State giving proper aid to-ju.
schemes 'of Internal Improvement.
It is much for Mr. Bragg, after a whole me
of opposition to Improvements, now to say, that
"A it not opposed' to them. Tbat is a gam.
and has evidently cost the candid and consis
tent gentleman a great effort But to go a step
further, and to assure Democratie friends of
Rail Road that he is in any degree "in f"
.1 1
of tbem. throws them Into extacies, wioogo
even tbat has cost the poor victim of the loco
foco platform a hard struggle Bat when be
comes out, and swears tbat h favors "a judic
ious system" at the proper timeand when,
provided, nevertheless, notwithstanfing. and if,
if. yea. IF tbe resources of the State will justi
fy it, Av, the Democracy howl out their grand
htlleluiahs in his praise. Why ccn'r Mr.
B -agg be made to say what system is judicious ?
Why can't he be induced to bint at what he
d-ems tbe proper timet Why can it not be
dragged out of him, whether be thinks the
means and resources of the State do or do not
novo jostify her embarking in these new and
favorite schemes of extension. East and West ?
Shall the secret die in him ? Can nobody g-t
it out? Shall this pattern of frankness and
honesty, who has no concealments, who promis
ed to answer all questions asked, provided they
..Iral an.tfnllv. Cn TAMft tbe WnOle
VVGIV " V . . . v.a m.j ,
State, and shall 'nobody know what his senti
ments are on this all-engrossing subject ? II
has hitherto dodgd egregiously, adroitly, sci
entifically. He dodges yet. He will not answer
Whigs: be is too wary for that. He is not to
b caught in a trap not he 1 But, is there no
democrat in the West, who loves his State, and
who loves his section, who will call bim pur.
We tell bim there is danger. We tell the
liberal democracy of the West, and of the East.
too, thst if we can draw any conclusions from
Mr. Bragg's antecedents, he is not now, and
never has been, and never will be, in favor of
Railroads. Can the leopard change his spots ?
Mr. Bragg has many (we will not cum)
soots, which will not "out at his bidding." No
proposed system will ever be judicious witb
him. Something else, that nobody ever dream
ed of, will be his "judicious system " for the
time being. Ibere will never be a "proper
time " with Mr. Bragg. It will never be now.
but some dim and distant future, provided
nevertheless, notwithstanding, and so forth
The " resources of the State " will never be in
proper condition to suit Capt. Bragg's brother.
They will all be needed for present emergen
cies, in his Gubernatorial opinion !
How different from this dodging, skulking,
hide and seek game of Bragg, is the noble and
manly course of Alfred Dockery ! Does any
body doubt Aim f Cannot he be found at all
times? He opens bis heart, and all see the
bold, frank, patriotic sentiments within ; and he
gives them open and manly expression. Nobo
dy doubts him. He does not ride fourteen side
of a sapling at one time. He does not rids sap
lings at all ; he is a brave old oak, and no puny
hatchet, wielded by a puny hesitating arm and
a gloved hand, can bring bim to tbe ground
Let all friends of Internal Improvement; let
every one in the great West, who desires to a e
on accomplished his hopes, so long deferred,
of the prosperity and glory of tbat rich and
beautiful country ; let every patriot of the East,
who knows the capabilities of the land he lives
in and loves, and who know that we have the
best harbor on the Atlantic coast, save New
York, which only needs the fostering band of
the State to make it a great city, from which
shall issoe a comtnrce which shall gladden our
g-xl old mother, and enable her to hold up her
honest head among her proud, disdainful sis
t-rs ; let all who love country letttr than par
ty either vote for that staunch, steadfast friend
of Internal Improvements, whom the Whigs
have selected, for that very reason, or bring
Mr. Bragg up to tbe point of avowing some
thing more than that " he is not opposed '
them. Great goodness 1 A candidate for Gov
ernor of North Carolina, in this year of our
lyn-d. simply not opposed to redeeming the
State ! or only in favor of that slippery sys
tem called judicvnis, and even that, only when
the resources of the State will admit I Bring
him to say what is his judicious system, and
when it is to be carried out, or leave him where
a candidate for Governor of this great State
ought to be left, who refuses to answer these
great questions, or so answers them that they aie
either misunderstood, or understood so diverse
ly by different persons, that all is left in oncer
rainty ! Mr. Bragg ought to be shamed out o
it. The times demand frankness. The State
wants open advocates of her great interests
and will never be content with real hostility
:j j :it-.; ...
or ucu hiiuiu uu vacillating support, nedged
about with so many provisos as to produce
tbe aame disadvantageous results as open oppo
sition Mr. Bragg is not fair he is not candid
he is not in favor of qur great improvements
now if ever : and he is not the man for the
times, or tbe crisis.
i&" Thx Constitution is the people's own
law, their safeguard, their palladium. No
man can legislate, or take office at their hands,
without first wkitjg an oath to support their
Constitution. It is a "limit to power bestowed.
Whilst tbe people adhere to the fundamental
principle that all political power is vested in
and derived from them, only, aid require their
legislators, judges, sheriffs, constables, clerks,
military officers, to., to take an oath to sup
port their constitution, they know what their
liberties are, and tbat they are in tbeir own
hands 1 When they allow the precedent to be
set of Legislative amendment of the Constitu
tion, and permit vile party hacks to dictate to
tbem that thie or that change "hau." be made
they let slip a portion of power that tbey
should ever keep in their own hands; they
bknd law making, . and Constitution making
and amending, -n. tbe aame body of men.
In leas than twenty five years, under the
operation of such a system, the lama and the
constitution would be so. mixed and confused,
tbat the ne set of Commissioner would be r.
quired to digeat the latter, as well as the acts
of Assembly U V - - f Tt.
- gar The .&ty canvass to Wake eomm,
sHosnfay XMthev 14hblaayJ
;mt.t' a vn TflE HOMESTE Atf mu".
- - . T
v"vr,-r;-
Presideni canle io3uceJrCi4 the eteM ot j.o,rector. bad decla TtJ
paTa w ti gire hi. official sanction - to that dend of twenty per centum, which,
passage, IU jf,t..v , . T .a1 Aim ! Kmr lA '
km At vronz. o
Bill, novr pending before ;
jn, o vm- o
. e., I. m zealously
contended than be can, ought to and M ap
prove it. And tbat he viU do so. no reason.
ble man can for a moment efttertain ft doubt.
Tbe fact can be established conclusively, if cir
cumstantial testimony can prove a thing.
Gen. Pierce, in hie Annual Message, commit
ted himself fulle against Distribution, and threw
the whole weight of hie position and incoence
against it. The llomesteaa eiu w
and prominently before Congress,
as Distribution among the States'. It had al
dy been before that body, and passed one 1 1
Its branches. He knew that it wouia canamiy
be revived, yet of tbe prospect he says nothing I
V he was opposed to both, why did be not eay
? W by not give the weignt oi nis opinion
and influence against both ? Why exert bim
self to defeat , the one. and remain silert as to
the other ? If it be said tbat be included oppo
s:tion to the Homestead, under the doctrine of
Prudent Proprietorship," why would not tbat
term have covered his opposition to Distribu
tion amon tbe States ? In addition to, and
after concluding, his dissertation on tbat doc
trine, fearing lest he might not be clearly un
derstood on Distribution, he takes special paine
to let Congress and the Nation know, that he is
Darticolarlv against it. Was not the other meas-
r f-
ure of equal interest to the nation ?
Again: When the Homestead Bill was before
the House of Repreaentati ves, the loeofoco mem
hpra from the old States, in the confidence of
he Administration, had nothing to say no
speeches to make J VV hen it passed, they incon
tinently pitched into Distribution, and North
Carolina i at present flooded witb tbe recent
sophistical harangue of Dr. Shaw in opposition
to the rights of North Carolina 1
These things mare out a clear cask.
Keep it before the People of North Carolina v
then. That the Homestead bill, which will be
an instrument of the grossest fraud and foulect
injustice, and under which the public domain ia
to be given away to the foreigners and refugees
who are pouring into our country, passed tbe
House of Representatives, (where there is
locofoco majority of eighty or ninety.) by
large vote, tbat it is now supported in tbe Se
nate by Douglass, Cass, Shields, and the other
most prominent supporters of tbe Administra
tion, and that, according to those of his friends
who are authorised to speak for him, and ac.
cording io the showing which he himself presents,
Gen. Pierce is bound to give it his sanction !
"And now, what is to be gained by a change
of parties in the administration of State affairs?
If the Democrats have done well, as all seem die
posed to admit, why put them out and put in
Whigs f Would such a course be wise t Would
a sensible farmer turn away a trusty overseer,
who was devoted to his interests, to put in his
place one who had been tried and found want
ing, or a stranger ? We think not. Standard.
Did not Gov. Morehead do well ? Why was
the effort made to turn him out and put in Mr.
Henry ? Did not Gov. Graham do well ? Why
was the attempt made to put Aim out and put
in Mr. Sbepard? Did not Major Uinton do
well? Why turn him out and put in Mr.
ourts ? Did not Major Collins do well ? Wl y
turn Aim out and put in Major Clarke ? Did
not Messrs. Miller and Hasted db well as clerks
of tbe Senate ? Why turn them out and put in
Messrs. Hill and Singletary?- Has not Mr.
Badger done well, " as all seem disposed to
a lmit ?" " Would a sensible fanner turn away
a trusty overeeer, who was devoted to bis inte
r sta, to put in his place one wbo had been tried
and found wanting, or a stranger ? We think
oi ?"
But when has Mr Bragg ever proved btm
s If "a trusty overseft?'' When has Ac ever
shown any ''devotion to the interests" of the
State? Where are the proofs ? We challenge
tne "Standard" to give a single instance of his
patriotism 1 If opposition to Internal Improve
ments be proofs, they are "as plenty as black
berries." - "We trust our Whig friends of the masses
will look into these things, ponder them serious
ly, and decide for the bent for themselves and
tbe State. Let it be borne in mind tbat Gen.
Dockery, the Whig candidate for Governor,- is
still in alliance with Northern Whiggery, and
that his whole course shows a determination on
his part to continue to act witb them."
.Standard.
We trust tbe masses of the people, generally,
will "ponder seriously" before they vote for
mn who are opposed to securing North Caro
lina her share of tbe Publio Lnnds.
Let it be borne in mind tbat when the "Stan
dard" charges that Gen. Dockery is in "alli
ance with Northern Whiggery," it conceals the
fact, that Mr. Bragg ia in -alliance" with Van
Buren, Butler ds Co., who are the sworn ene
mies of the South 1 "The suppression of truth
is the suggestion of falsehood."
Death or Thoma Ritchie, Esq. Thomas
Ritchie, formerly editor of the Kichmond En
quirer, and more recently of the-Washington
Union, died on Saturday at his residence in
Washington. D. C. Mr. Ritchie, during his
eventful career, has occupied a. prominent po
si.ion before the public For near fifty' jears
he was a leading editor South and West of the
Potomac. He was born in Virginia, and com
menced bis editorial labors during tbe admin
istration of the abler Adams, and only retired
from the post of publio service in this capacity,
in 1850. The infiuencV wielded by the Rich
mond Enquirer, during the time Mr. R. con
trolled iu editorial columns, has never' been
surpassed in that section of the country. In
1845, Mr. B, is understood to have been invited
by Mr. Polk to conduct the Washington Union
as the organ of his administration, and in that
position was elected printer to Congress. .; As a
politician and partisan he waa ardent and xeal
bus. Within a year or two past he has mired
altogether from public life, and now, doubtleea,
passes away from tbe world -uniteraaDy ca
teemed. He had attained the age of MT.ity
sal mm at m ' vzT - . &- -
"wsntn oi-thxTJ. ScrunCbtttT
Twe oeyond all pretedenvr The: reports of
the last tem win fill twolaree yolune
1 4a riry-ielae &&9ileieU
- :i .t : vi- .
. y. ; htrt Ixsttsamci Co.w.
the n,
" aW
"5
tne next; annual payment of t:
objoin the Report of the'Board-
"It will be teen by reference to tk.
of the affaires the "North CaS
liie insurance mmpany." which th n-
have this day submitted for th lrW
its members, at their Annual Mein
condition of this company ii not onlwT.
healthy, but that its transactions arerf0n,I,,i
satisfactory cnaracter as to warrant th
of Directors io increasing the ibom,
Rih tha nmnan will k. .:iv UT rii.
White Policies in future from Fit. Tl t
to bigot loousaou AJoiiars.
It baa always been the purpose of tk. v
of D rectors to increase, from time to V
the established reputation and sound fi "
condition of the company at taorirM
mount of risk on white Policies & d 'l ik
review of the past history of this 2
transactions and a careful eiamintion f
present exhibit of its affairs fulU $..? t
Directory it is beliered, in realitir'J
of their hopes and purposes in thi tJ
to raise tbe amount of risk oa whits P T
Eight Thousand Dollars. or"fc
tl. r:-.... u- I. i ,
auo isurciiM uve nujo aeciared &
of twenty per centum, which, as hereuxI.T'
been carried to the" credit of each mmi
titled to it, andwUl be allowed on uw!.-
note at tbe next annual renewal : or wh
whole premium baa been paid in eaah tk"
idend will be allowed as cash in thT!
al payment of premium.
By an examination of the li.t ,
it will be found that the number of At
which have occurred among the boat h2
wbo have been insured inthiscompany inJT
to one in twenty, which is enormou ; .
is only one in fifty with slaves engajwd , V
pornuits. Now whilst it is obvious, from
being a mission of mercy and benevolent i
Life offices should not become shaving ihT
yet a just regard for tbeir own welfare 'anK
bility to .comply with their engagemenu iW
fies them in estimating their table rateiof!
. T V" vw" icugea rata i
mortality, which their experience hagestiblia,
ed. Acting upon this ground, the Board of ft.
rectors have, increased the extra ratea of preaj.
urn on all boat hands to two and a half M
centnm, which, it will be observed, eqoali
the risk on all slave policies, and therein 4
course, if for no other reason, upon tht imtSt
one of even banded justice, renders tht actiq
of tbe Board in the premises proper and imj.
cious."
Interfxrence tN Elections. The HilltW
"Recorder" learns that the Raleigh Junto tn
making desperate exertions to accomplish tic
defeat of Got. Graham in Orange. We hauoo
doubt of tbe fact. and still less, if possible, of
.a . A m
tne additional tact, that tbe "power that be,"
at the seat of Government, are actively engtj.
ed in the same work. But the people of
ange county know William A. Graham. TWj
will rebuke such, impudent interference witk
their privileges, add sustain him again tbi
contemptible abuse of those in low, and tbi
malicious designs of those in high, places !
We shall in a few days give the. pch&c
a few "samples" of the " Whigiam" of tW
Editor of tbe Standard during the jear 184!!
He says he was led away by "log cabin,
coon skins and hard cider" in 1840. Nodwlt
tbe publio are ourtous to know what tempted tia
in 1842 1
The Hon. WixxiAX A. GXABAX bubet
i i this City, during the past week, in attend!
upon tbe Supreme Court.
tQr We are indebted to Poxitof for tint
indispensable periodical, HAartt, for Jul;.
It is an unusually attractive number.
EXTRACT from a letter to the Editor, dated
Oaairaj Co., e'uly 4,851
"Tremendous efforts are being oade.kt
and eltexchert, by the uemocraey, to defeat &ft
Gkahax in this county; but, notwitliitandiic
tbe Whigs are certain of electing him bT a de
cidedly large majority. Tbat the Whip til
carry tbe Commons is equally certain, u tht
democratic ticket by no means give graml
satisfaction to the party. It is said tv be tk
weakest ticket ever brought out bv them.
- Of course, old Orangw goes for the PeeD
Farmer. He made a. decided inmression bet-
It often strikes one how different the tone af I
the democratic press would be, if Gen. D-ekiJ
were tne democratic, and Bragg the Wnifctfe
didate. There Would be no "gwsDBv"u; j
but it would be, " he ia ne of joe : 'he ease
from among you. and knows how to Mi
you : that Whig ie too much of a gentim
speak to you. Do your duty, and vote fur
hard fisted, hard working Farmer !"
The people WILL do tbeir duty. TheyvJ
elect Dockery by one of the good, old faabww
Whig majorities."
A Member or Congress i a Bad WiT.-P
ring the debate, on Thursday, on the rootou
fixing a day of adjournment, Mr. Etring, P
iant andr talented young Kentuckian, tbaibe
montusiy expressed his grievances : ,
I want to get away from here, for one,
I believe that the people are willing to
go away. I would rather adjourn sine die
take a recess." It is rather a novel expwiB
and I do not know how it would suit,
want to get away en any terms. I want to pj
something to eat. Laughter. I want ttl
to some place Where 1 can sleep 6f nighta.
newed laughter. -I am tired of going mf)i
ing rooms in the morning with tbe weak
acb with which every gentleman rises iow
mer, and smelling that odor which deatrojit
last remnant of appetite tbat can be got "F
the force of tonics, and . other meant. l"
lauguter.
" Af. vr trotting all over tows hunting Fr
to eat," 4aye thought that, of inevitable neee"
ty, I would be compelled to go tbrougi the w
under tbe influence of chloroform. I1""'! -t
laughter. I knew of no other way ia
can be practiced with any sort of ease sno
fort.
EuqpxKC:--Different styles of sloe0
each producing the desired effect :? . x
" Contribute liberally, my brethren, giJ
a sum aa you would not be ashamed MJP
on the altar of Heaven in presence of sn
oiea universe. "JUMp unsworn,
man
Give generously; my friends, not fosrJ
halipennies,but run your band into J
as a sailor would do if you .needed
tance."-J?.- Mr. Taylor, brfort V
Seaman's Friend Society.
UattT Citr-wltk
earnest protests of ue journa to
PbiUdelphia most be an exceeding "J "j;
place. As it is unlawful nowtoesUttti
ral water in that city on Sundays,
medicei purposes, eery person wsnUR
of thiapleaaant beverage ir first lrii,ji.
sign a eeru Scale that it is drank U l,a
In aiaglo drug store there eoelj f.TZgJe-
a ffTAeVbaw ESsReP aa
VERY TIGHTLY BOUND