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I a. w . JMMMWlWWWWWWWiMt.l.iiIB I! . - Mini III W HWriT W I a-iBA i in i "jr.- I i r r r 1 n JW Jfr Gation. on f U CW, l tte nli-JYulltjieation Muting " 'Mrs i tAi Stale, on the 8A o i cannot but perceive, Gentlemen, (hit you expect from me, on tilting thU chair, that I should sddresj to y ou some observations opoo the important subject which baa brought ut together. It indeed a subject of earful magnitude. We hare met tq consider, not any topic of local or transient interest, but one of universal, deep and - abiding impor tance ; to consult, not whether we should con fide our public concerns to tb management of this or that set of men, but bow, to far as depends on uswe can preserve a united Government to be administered by any set of men ; to examine, not into the expedien cy otany measures of g- neral policy, but into the means fittest to. secure for us that Union which makes us a Nition. And yet what can I say to you which your anxious thoughts hare not already anticipated i We hare all seen the Ordinance lately promul gated in an adjoining State, and its adjuncts of manifestos, addresses and reports. We all behold the course too plainly indicated al: the probable mult. Nullification ' and Secession. Rebellion or Disunion ! We hare beheld these doings with one common and profound feeling of grief and apprehen sion. The Union of the American People is denounced, assailed, and in peril. To thai Union we are indebted for the greater porjion of our earthly blessings, and we should be ungrateful to Heaven, unworthy of our lot, false to ourselves, and faithless to our children, if we did not exert our best energies to uphold and maintain it To call to the consideration of American Citizens the benefits hich flow to them, from their Federal Uaton, might seem at first view, a superfluous and even absurd vndertaking. Like those of the air which we breathe, and of the light which we en- iOT. these benefits are present, be lore us and 4 around us. Which of us is insensible of their existence, yet who can enumerate them all, or faithfully portray them f Yet their very familiarity, their unquestioned value, may render it not amiss that our at tention should be distinctly drawn to them Obvious blessings, on that very account, sometimes command tod little of our regard There are few in this assembly who have distincl recollection of the state of things which preceded the adoption of the Federal Constitution, but history has faithfully re corded it, and most instructive are the ad monitions which that record furnuhei. The great contest for Political Freedom had closed in glory, and the Independence of the Thirteen United States had been solemnly declan d by their la'e powerful foe. But with the contest had ceased also much of that patriotic fervour and , sustained enthusiasm, which, during the struggle, supplied the place of imperfect union ; and Peace. Liber ty and Independencetwere rapidly giving way to Anarchy, Disgrace and Civil War. The Old Congress had the right to levy ar mies, and to borrow money on a pledge of the National Faith, but its only means ot raising money to pay these armies, and to discharge these debts, were by requisitions on the Legislatures of the respective States. Large loans had been negotiated abroad, large sums borrowed at home, and a vast debt was due to those brave soldiers, who with unexampled constancy, an paid, unclothed and unshod, under lie summer's sun and amid the ices of winter, from Savannah to the .Heights of Abraham, had met and fought and at length repelled the invaders. To discharge these engagements, the most sac red which could be imposed on men, the debt of our independence, requisitions were made again and aain. Requisitions were evaded, postponed and refused, until the Terr name of requisition became a by-word and a jest. National disgrace could not but follow, and when a nation is dingraced, who dreads its anger, or who regards its rights ? By the Treaty of Peace, in which our limits were defined. Great Britain bad stipulated for the withdrawal of her armies and garri sons beyond those limits with all convenient speed, and without carrying away any ne groes or otherproperty of American citizens. In defiance of this Treaty, negroes and other , property had been carried off by the retiring armies, and many formidable posts within our territory were yet garrisoned by Bri ish troops. Compensation fr the property thus taken, and a surrender of the forts injurious ly detained, were repeatedly demanded, and demanded in vain. Id excuse it was alleged, that important stipulations on our part ha I been broken. The proniue that there should be no lawful impediment to the recovery of debts, had been disregarded, and in manv of the Stales the courts of justice were yet clos ed against British creditors. Further nego tiations were declined with a government which "had the power to make engagements. but not the ability to enforce their observance, -I and the taunt was not the less bitter because of its truth. The British Flag that meteor Flag which fur a thousand years had braved the battle and the breeze still wared sn proud defiance over American Struts, affor ding shelter, countenance and support to the hostile Indians that desola'ed our North-western frontier. By the rights ot nature and under the covenants of Treaty, we were en titled to the free navigation of the Mississippi, that great artery of communication of our Western States. But the enjoyment of this right was interdicted by one ot the feeblest ot European monarchs. At home, each State was distracted by the contests of hostile fac tions; the one insisting on the sanctity and rigorous fulfilment of all con'racts, on a rigo rous taxation to discharge the public engage ments, and a strict administration of justice between individuals; while the other strain ed every neire for a remission of taxes on a distressed community, and for suspending the. collection of debts, or allowing them to be paid off in depreciated paper. He who addresses you, remembers well when the, creditor could be compelled by law to receive but one half of his just demand fx however formally he might have contracted to be paid in specie, the paper currency was a lawlul tender, and two paper dollars were in truth but equivalent to one in silver. Commerce was at the lowest ebb, for there was no uni formity of system each State embarrassing navigation and trade by its local regulations, and doing in that respect what seemed good in its own eyes. A prt of North-Carolina had reroltcd, and tet up the independent I government of "Franklin,-" there were tbrevjjAoose ye this day whom ye will serve tening disturbance in Pennsylvania; and Jar whether the Gods which your Fathers served New England, a party estimated to amount lib at were on the other aide of the flood, or to infye or ujicrjs iuuvmuu tucu perate and unprincipled, lad acta A themselves in hostility tolha eovernrnrLtfr less important .prod aiming the annihilation of debts, the ra. a of property, and ie-union with Knr- ; ;The wrle ijpectci pax berHcQCtr tf vwen frC abroad or at borne, fa cetted 1 .xness, distentions, ditfaoooQ and pmsery; e'jted the derision and "contempt oT stran ger!, and fillsd tbn hearts fur best patriots with shame trie faftd fea. -I lettcrNrrit ten at this time, by the Marquis La Farttie, to hk revered Washington, about the htmxd that country for which he had fought and bled, h remark T! f fErery friend to' the rights ofrainkind ndrsvrct the principles of ine American iionsuiuuoua, out a nave imen powers in Congress, and of untoo between the State, and of energy in the government, will make ther confederation veryj if signifi cant." WhaCexdairaed Washington, pour ing out his full peart lo a bosom friend, "what, Gracious God. U man fth it there should be tuck incousistencY and perfidiousness in his conduct. It is but the other day that w- were shedding? our blood to obtain the ConitU futions under which we live, Constitn ions of our i own choice and making- end new we are unsheathing the sword to overturn them. It was at this moment of disaster, disgrace and gloom, of fearful realities and yet more fearful forebodings, that one of the most glorious and beneficent of human tri umphs was achieved triumph of reason.pa triotisns and self-denial, over prvjudicevpsa si on and State-pride., i -The Federal Cor solu tion, the result of the profound deliberations of our most illustrious sages.was presented for the ratification of the people ' in eath of the States. Furiously wa it assailed; jealously were its provisions scanned and scrutinized; and many of the best and all, of the worst principles and motives of human action were invoked and arrayed against it. But, blessed be God ! (and may I not be permitted to say so with the most devout and he vt-felt grati tude ?) the Constitution was at length adop ted in each and every of the States. What a Moral Revolution then ensued ! Order emerged from chaos, Light sprang out of Darkness, National Dishonour gave way to National Fame, and misery and poverty were succeeded by active enterprize, 'suc cessful industry, and general prosperity. Forty-two years have since passed by in the most troublous age of modern times. The civilized world has been convuUed, king doms and republics have tottered to their fall, and many of the fairest regions of the Earth have been drenched with blood, im piously poured forth in civil strife; while our favoured country has enjoyed one uninter rupted tranquility, offering an Asylum to the persecuted and afflicted of every land, advancing with steady step in the arts, lite rature, improvement, wealth and popu'atbn, exhibiting a glorious proof of the capacity of man for self government, and presenting to the eye of the philanthropist, a spectacle on which it could dwell with ever new delight. True it is, that our internal peace was once threatened by insurrectionary movements in some of the Western coun'ies in Pennsylva riiar but the wisdom of th National Legisla ture, the energy of the National Executive, and the prompt patriotism of our citizen sol diers, put down the Insurrection and put it down without shedding one drop of blood -True it is, that the struggles of contending parties on questions of internal and external f olicy have been not only animated ad ar dent, but even violent and excessire; yet the spirit or our tree Institutions has been preser ved inviolate: the will of the maiontv ex pressed under the sanctions and in the forma of the Constitution, settled all controversies; the bands of fraternal affection remained unsevered; and these very conflicts, like the storms which pass harmlessly over our heads, have even punned and invigorated oui poll tical atmosphere. Public credit, once so de pressed that it could not command a dollar to meet the most urgent demands of justice, has risen to an eminence and attained a sta bility, which leaves literally nothing to be wished for. The entire Revolutionary Debt, and the debt incurred in the course of the short and only war we hare since had, are paid off, or on the very eve of extinction, and before another year passes by we shall ex hibit a spectacle, a'most unknown among ci vilized governments at this day, of a People who owe nothing. Our commerce is spread over every sea no foreign standard usurps autnonty in our land and we not only com mand the free navigation of the Mississippi, but are the undisputed proprietors ot the im mense regions through which that flood rolls tts waters to the Ocean Once so low there was none to do us reverence, and now there is no Potentate, no Prince, not People which does not respect our rights, or is indifferent to our friendship. The American name is now a passport of honour in every land, and the American Flagthe same old stripes and stars which our veteran soldiers followed through many a lung day of doubt and dan ger is now the proud emblem of American glory, and insures securiiy and protection to al! over whom it waves its folds. And we are invited to forego these bless ings, and to jeopard this Constitution lor some unknown, some hypothetical state of greater perfection. Mv friends, the man who can talk calmly of the States of this Con federacy, snd of a dismemberment of this Union, has a stouter heart and firmer nerves than I lay claim to It is impossible to con temp' ate the possibility of-our being broken up into petty sovereignties, nd the shame ful and detestable consequelkseswhich wou'd probably follow, without horror.' AU former sympathies foreotten "of ioint conmla ami joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings and successes no further interest or pro perty in the contests of Bunker's Hill or King's Mountain, of Trenton , Guilford, or Eutaw, in the triumphs of Saratoga and York Town, and in the victories on the broad blue water, of Truxton, Preble, Hull, Decatur and B'akely annoying each other with vexa tious regulations of trade by sea and land, or desolating each other with border wars, the result of jealous rivalries, exasperated by for- wutjjuc seeping up expensive and oppressive military establishments, and like the miserable republics itff 'South America, too imbecile to obtain respect abroad or en force obedience at boroe,Se alternate sport and plunder of rapacious factions, and their more rapacious chieftains a mock, a mark, and a scorn for the foes ot freedom through out the world, falling at length a prey to des pots and oligarchs wflhinour border, or sink ing into the state-of -bumble allies to foreign protectors, and aabrnissive slaves to foreign routers! When the children of Israel had KquiredpoAussaieei of the land long promised to their Fathers, aajS had rested from their wanderings,and from the wars round about them, their venerable leader assembled the tribes at Sbechem, and addreued.thera .thus: 'lf it seem vfl to you to aerve the Lord. and a jpomentoua question, is put to us. Our thYtmrUtlcation to faetr.the tasjisrwfWwJi allr arffyVwelL f f ttrw-citixeni, a simiIar"miestion, indeed, but still m similar aniwer, I trust, is ready. Wa will not serve . idsrmniftwhtclre iVbcrserdbe Vend ibi oceanj&sf wc Hive long1 since Jrted . and .renounced iw uciuier wiiu wv krvmcwiui 'u hi "'' the nsw poroical idols ;of Nullification, ;Se- cause, confident of the animating cheers of essioa auA Disunion -they, command 'hot our reverencw, attract noTTmraneciiuu. Each and every of "us, like' the Patriarch of cid, it ready taclairn- For iroe -and -my bouse, we will cleave to our glorious Union, to our time tried Constitution, to our Coun try and its institutions as they are. tH Bu'. it mar well be asle 1. have, not our the Peonla of this Statu, rrave and wall founded causes of complaint againsi the Tariff system of. the General Government thai -aystem of extravagant encouragement to Manufactures to the detriment of the other pursuits of In ddstry ? And are not these evils of a kind to justify vigorous efforts at redress? Be it so. What is i he precise extent and pressure of these mischiefs, I stop not to inquire They have unquestionably been grossly and ridiculously exaggeratedbut still I , admit them to be mischief if you . please,, seri ous mischiefs, ts. Such certainly is the gen eral sentiment of the Southern section ofibe United States, and such the deliberate opin ion of many of the most intelligent citizens in every section of the Union. But what then i Mnsa any remedy which is propos ed be adopted, however empirical ordesper ate? May not the proffered cure be worse than the disease ? Do we expect a condi tion exempt from everv inconvenience, and are we to resort to Revolution whenever this extravaza expectation is disappointed add wYcannot haye all things as we wish.and as we believe they ought to be ? If, as in dividuals, we are conscious of frequent de partures in our own conduct from the course which our best interests demand, can we hope that, as a community, we shall never blunder ? Do ye expect that there are to be no errors in legislation, no deviations from true policy? We have erreil before,' often and seriously erred.- What were then our remedies? What we then ascertained to be efficacious, time, fair discussion, and en lightened public opinion, may be now safely trusted to, in the confidence that they will accomplish for us the same results. There is a redeeming spirit in a well-informed, well-meaning and free People, kept togeth er by an efficient social organization, which, unless you exasperate their passions to the destruction ef their ju'lgement, is sure not indeed to save them from error but to res cue them from the consequences of errors before they become fatal. If we can shew this system lo be, as we allege, unequal, no just and impolitic ; a taxa'ion of the many for the advantage of the few j an oppressive impost on domestic producers and consumers to enable manufacturers to sell a worse arti cle at a higher price if we make out this case, or any thing like this case, it w. re a libel on the American People, and a treason against Republican Principles, to doubt the result. We must not be surprised that our arguments have not operated instantaneous conviction, for net only may they have been less conclusive than our partial estimate rep resents them, but they may have been urged with an appearance of arrogance and dog. matism, with an assumption of superior intel ligence, which renders a pram people indis posed to all w them due weight, or have been accompanied with avowed distrust of their honesty of purpose, which must ren der a just and self-respecting People indig nant and unwilling to be convinced. Some of our most admired efforts may have been too refined for common apprehension, and leading to such extravagant practical results, as to awaken a suspicion that there must be some fallacy in the elaborate logic ; and a bore all. too many of the attempts to oper ate conviction, have been rendered worse tharineffectual by a tone of invective and of menace, never to be used towards Freemen. Tims too, must be a'lowed for the correction of erroneous notions of public, policy that have been long and extensively entertained, and H is especially incumbent on us the Southern section of the United States to allow time for the correction of those errors on the sub ject of Protecting Duties, which but for our most distinguished politicians, probably never would have influenced the action of the Government Nor is this reliance on our old and accustomed remedies, and this hope of relief from them, warranted solely by past experience. They are justified by the 'de monstrations of the day. Already have im portant and beneficial alterations been made in the system of which we complain, not only affording immediate relief, but indicative of a favorable change in public sentiment At this moment, and with these prospects, to rush from inconvenience into Revolution ; to fly from temporary ill to lasting ruin, would seerjo to roe not guilt only, but madness. fl Resolved then, as we are, to abide by our Union, whatever desperate and regretted course may be taken by others, and prepared to announce that determination to the other States of the Confederacy, I trust that we shall forbear from even intimating an opinion of the measures proper to be adopted in this emergency by those wbaare appointed to take care that the republic shall sustain no detri ment. - The crisis is one which eminently demands all their prudence, moderation and firmness. It is for themio view the whole ground, to weigh well the dangers of rashness, on the one hand, and of pusillanimity on the other ; and to unite conciliation with dignity, forbearance with decision, and affection for Lthe citizen with the supremacy of the Law, it would be lashin us to obtrude on themmir crude suggestions. Theirs is the right to judge ana me power to act, and if were unjust to presume that they will be recreants to their duty. Nor let it be supposed that this declara tion of our sentiments, to which it is hoped that our resolutions wilj be confined, is without its use. Did I think so, no consid eration could have tempted me, retired as I am, and as I hope to remain, from political strife, to join with you in this meeting, much less to accepi ot me station te wnicn your partiality has called me It is among the innumerable advantages of our federal asso ciation, that tlje tribunal of public opinion is extended throughout the land. Free com munities are unavoidably exposed to strong occasional excitements, and it is fortunate when these excitements lage in one State, that those around, to which the fever has not yet been communicated, can, in a lone not of authority nor dictation, but of the most friendly saMiiroa) secticj btimate er ror, and warn 'against 'mischief. It cannot well be, but that our excited brethren (Tor brethren they vat are. and brethren -1 pray rthiv may long remain) even n the midst tnat terror, by which they are misled, tna? be Induced to pause Jn, their career, when they perceive that their, neighbors, who think and feel with them on the sub ject of their discontents, utterlj reject the course' to which the threaten to resort . It may bring on reflection, may,, win them o ver to more lenient eeuncils, and may grad. uaUy, and almost imrrceptrWy . influence; Ihem to a preference ofmor..ttraperite measures. Tt 8 0OW rrgaM thtmselires as tuwiu e-va ww aavsap aasrs j u mmm v w mw f-wv vm danger, and suret if there be need, of being sustsined by the more efficient support of their aUociaUi.- It is right to undeceive them, and when the delusion is dispelled, passifjimaryjfilfd to f the sisay of reason; and alt mjVelxbe ngot , ? It is due also, to the Councils of the Na- ticii7pace3 as" they are, to a situation so re- sponsioienax inew anonin accurately Know the disposition nt North-Carolina at this criti cal moment For one, I rejoice that the Peo ple of this State, unpretending sis they always are, and indisposed to, obtrude themselves noon Dublic notice, have, under astronz sense of duty, so generally come forward to declare their unshAen adhesion to the integrity of our treat con federated Republic They may disapprove the Tariff much, butthey love the Union more.- They differ and it is the privilege of freemen to differ, and their duty firmly and constitutionally to declare dif ferences on severalquestions of great Na tional importance. They may not concur in the select ton of those: to whom they would couhde the management or their national concerns. Bus when that "unity cf gorarri ment which constitutes Americans one Peo nle' iiendanrtd wheaperil menaces 'that main Pillar in the' edifice of Independence, the support of Tranquility at home, of Pace abroad, of Safety, Prosperity and Liberty," then all differences are laid aside and for- ? often. Then they come forward as one man "hen they have buten voice, (and from the bottom of my heart, and in the sincerity of my soul, I join ith them) and that voice is, the Country, the Whole Country, and nothing but the Country. DISUNION IN NORTH CAROLINA. It is apparent, to every discerning man. that the attempt will be made at the ap proaching Congressional elecuon to elect sev eral members from this state who are deci ded secessionists. The scheme was no doubt concocted in tne last Legislature, and to feel the pulse of the people on the subject of Se cession several speeches advocating the doc trine were made, but it met with so littAe fa vor, that those Speeches were never pub lished, so that the principles advocated by the Speakers could not be arrayed against them but another plan has been adopted. In strong Democratic districts, for instance Mr. VeoatAe's, the principle is to be direct ly advocated, and in the Sth District, Mr, Ruffio, who is the Democratic nominee for that district, hascojrieju4 decidedly for se cession. And Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Cling man, u ho hold to' the right of. secession but differ as to the time all these men will strain every nerve to get into Congress, and if they succeed, there is no doubt that North Caroli na wi I be claimed us having decided to take part with South Carolina Let the people of this district reflect on these things. This Government was not established by the blood and treasure of our forefathers to be lightly thrown away. For Secession is Dis union. Let every lover of the Union be determined to vote for the man who is for perpetuating it "for united we stand, divided we fall." Charlotte Journal. THE THIRD DISTRICT. Gen. Dockery's reply to Mr. Caldwell at Rockingham, was plain, bold, and conclusive. He answered every position of Mr. Caldwell in such a manner as, that be .and the few al lies he had present, were sore vexed. They were trump t at every corner, and the ner vous feeling expressed by Mr. C. all along, as the General let off battery after battery on bis works, told too piarn the emc-ikm within. His friends too, when tire Gen. began to talk, became very restive and movable, their seats were too hard for them, or they too hard for the seats. Relative to Mr. Caldwell's seces sion doctrine,-the General made him appear in that dress, by official documents and re cords, which Mr. C. could not deny, ami did not attempt lo. We have no disposition to laud the Gene ral's effort; it spoke tor itself at Rockingham, and his speeches at every pomt io the dis trict will tell their own story better than we can represent them. JV. C. Jlrgus. , JOHN C. CALHOUN. ' The evil that men do lives after them.' Ha a great man ; great -in intellect, great in tn acquisition ot sonwleev, and great ra powers ot display, tie was great as an orator. not la true oratory, but in massive combination and orirMial thought Great lo uW1arr.ce acouired by the unsullied diameter of Ins private lire, a sort tl greatness not i.iien possesMd tj pwofter men. rcw men oi our country nave oeen so loo? rn public service ; and no man ever acquired at home an influence so unbounded, and yet maii.tained till the day of his death. His great intellect gave him at a I times and on all occasions an audience. while his moral purity established in the miuds of all men bign respect, in South Carolina there ban been none like hiai, nor is it pr bable that in all lime to come there will be; he was an oracle within and of himself, and for years bis voice was tbe voice of the people whom he represev ted. Ambition was tbe blight of bu fair fame. His eagle eyes long rested on the Presidential chair and it was i.ot till late in lire that he saw he could hot attain it under the existing government. Then it was that his feelings became embittered against tbe Northern States of this Union, by whom in superable obstacles had been placed in bis path. From tnat period an ins migtny intellect was ex erted, all his wide ioilaeace wielded, to array see- uoatai ssenngs asm uieiuassew in this ne sac eeeded, well nigh to the destruction of the Union. What his ultimate objects were, we shall not now pretend to say. His acts' are before the world, and the work! most judge of them. We can weversay this, and with all sincerity ; we be- iove John C Calhoun did more in effect inz what Washington prayed against, the alienation of one part of our country from auotber, than alt other Southern men. We believe his policy and in fluence have brought booth Carolina to her pre sent a nen viable situation an attitude of hostil- ity to the Uni. and on the very threshold of Secession. Had Poath Carolina served ber 'God as faithfully' aa she served her distinguished leader, abe would not in this her palmy day of manliO"U, save been what ana is tbe object of the ridicule and contempt of all the wise and vir tuous of ber numerous sisters. The, truth of the assertion, ' the evil of men fives after them has hardly ever been more strikingly exemplified than in the case of Mr. Calhoun t and how fearfully, how disastrously it may yet operate on Soath Carolinians, time alone will show. . AMtofo" Herald. DENTAL OPERATIONS. If any of, our friends the country wish to know where they can fiitak a sJulfal dentisL we recommend them to call on Da' JScott" of this city. It is not necessary to say any thing to the ej.izeosof Ralsigio praise of his skJl, as this i to us well known The. arjaaner in which he attends to all the branches ef bis profession allows that he is well and practically, acquainted with itSib. Recorder '. , ; It was the custom of the higher order of. the Qermans todrnU mead, a beverage made with hooey for thirty days after every wedding. Froatthie eastern cones tbe expression "to spend the honey moon." - - From the f Republic." GEN. JACKSON 6lf THE. RIGHT OF , !' ft SECESSION. T,. H IzMnitt tif i hose who were but a sht time ago openly and boldly advocating dwiniorv nd the formation' of a Southern' Confederacy, except in SothCarolina, have now 'fattenlwck upon the issue ef the right keeping out of view their ulti mate intent to go for the policy of secessioh. Thi i an ahstrnciion which thev claim as one .of, the articles of faith of the Democratic paHof '96. and as laid down in the eeleDratea resolutions of93. Those who have thus made a retrograue from immediate u separation and a Sam hern" Confederacy, ro The posftlbn'of thev right of separate otate secession, are sagacious enoueb to see that n considerable portion of ihe people anywhere, except in South Carolina, are prepared to justify or acquiesce In any movements having disunion for their object, and they have therefore profeasedlf given up that purpose and taken possession of ground which to many seems to be perfectly harmless, bat which, if sustained, they wilt find grves the secessionists in the end all theydeaire, and ail they have been aiming at. ir th frviuki af the Uxiox are ever induced to concede the right ot any State to withdraw itself from the United s atea, toe oniy question men left to be decided is one to be determined b each State for itself, namely,' whtn ft will sxercise that right and aet up for f'elf, ot torm a partnership with other secfiiog Spates.' It would then be no longer . question of right, but simply one of tune. Ii would be for New York, for instance, to any when she would withdraw from the Ukh, attach herself to Canada, and make ber port a British port and her State a British State. It would rest with New England to sayWtenshe would join Naw Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada, and bet no ; we will not do either her nor New York the gross injustice even to make a hypothetical case of such a base character, in which they mut play a part. As to the doctrine of secession, which is now put forth with so much earnestness and apparent sincerity, we shall not now argue it, because we have before as an argument which once carried conviction and won acquiescence wherever it reached the human mind, always excepting the few deluded madmen of South Carolina, who then took the name of Nullifiers. The argument we allude to is to be found in Gen. Jackson' celebra ted proclamation. Gen. Jackson is now q noted as Democratic authority not infeikw to JenVrson himself; and we trust, therefore, that bis own deliberate opin ions, put forth in the moat authoritative form and in the most solemn manner, at a crisis which called for the exercise ot all, of even his indomita ble energy, will now be listened to and beeued as a voice coming from the tomb. An extract from Gen. Jacksou's proclamation, containing his opinion upon the right of secession, will be Sound in another column. GEN. JACKSON'S PROCLAMATION. We publish to day Geu'L Jackson's proclama tion agaiust Nullifies ion and Secession. The doctrines laid down by the old heroin this, docu ment were considered good democratic doctrines at that time. As the Democratic candidate for Congress m advocating the right of Secession, our readers ought by all uieans lo get bir Democra tic neighbors to refresh- their memories by a re perussri of this Proclamation pa rticalarly of that part of it in which this doctrine or the right of Se cession is examined. ' What do tbe old Jackson men think ot this attempt of the young lawyer from Goldeboro' to upset the doctrines of old Hick ory, especially after the Newborn Convention re solved that they would stand by tbe " principles ot Jackson and Polk." Polk not only approved of the proclamation, out voted for tbe "force bill' a bill giving Gen. Jackson men and nv-ney I prevent Sows? Carolina either froftt Nullify in the laws or Seceding from the Umorr. It Gen. Jackson and President Folk were right, Cok Ruffin is wrong, and according to Gen Jack son, would be guilt y of treason, it he were to car ry his Secession doctrines to an "overt act." Can Democrats vote for such a man? N. 9. Whig. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS FAMILY. la a Paris journal of May 19ib, (LeSiecJe) ilr. Ferdiwand da Lsmteyrie, a member of the National Assembly, gives an account of his recent visit to the United States, with his impressions of some of our public men. From some passages from bis couimuoieation, we quote the following s- Everv visitor in- accosting the President, sim plj mentions bis nam?, and ihxi of his lady, if he Das one. Tlie reception of ihe President is affa ble and polite to all. He shakes hands with those he distinguishes. His wife, whose counte nance, fu4l of dignity sod benevolence, immedi ately inspires respect, ia near to him. Then, near ber, ia Miss Fillmore, who, by the distinction of ber manners, and an elegant simplicity, avoids those coquettish graces which American ladies dmp'ay too often. It is not yet a year since Miss Fillmore vtas in a boarding school, where, after having compte ted her education, sha remained, in order to teach others what she had learned herself. Elevated 10 the Presidency, her fartlrer cs-Fled her lo Wash ington, and since she has been there, her amiable modesty, ber solid and varied education, have contributed, not less than the high position of her family, to in ke her cherished by all. Mr. Fill more has also a son. who fulfils for liwu. iiu nBu of Secretary. OW is obliged to seek for him in the crowd, for he never puts himself before the visitors ; a good symptom, indeed, which denotes merit. Such is the family in the' midst of which Presi dent Fillmore is found when he receives visiters in the evening. la the same saloon, and behind him, are generally grouped s me of the members of the ministry, and of the diplomatic corps ; some great political men or some high persons presented to him. As for the remaining visiters, a fur hav ing saluted the master of the house, they com roue to defile, And pass through the opposite door, and cross a third and fourth saloon, in order to arrive at the great and majestic hail which occupies all the eastern extremity of the palace. It u there where air visiters are congregated. The place a;luded to has the form of an im mense and long eputre lighted by windows on three sides ; the furniture of it Es simple, but suP ficienily sumptuous, and completed with a mag mficent carpet, fabricated by the manufacturers of Massachusetts, who offered it to tbe President f a I 1" LI." a II . . . . u: mo ivepuoiic. ah around tbe hall are chairs, SofaS and ottoman. npar!r.alurr ru.nn.'ol v.- y .j " j wv.yj)ivU Vj llic country people, or by the inhabitants of the Wes. XT I IS aJMICP, For (be others, the fnahfrut ilmAet Lm. . W WB.MWl VCWUJV custom is to continually walk around this large rivc. m. ut-ic uno c wiiness ine most curious and odd UlDOrami. lhTP a fitroirrn. un ik. -- AU 1. UC most condensed portrait of American nationality, X . o lunowiui account oi 1 A Paris ltt A. .1.. C1I . . r I l.rVi-4.Ml 41 e spends the live-long day in chasing the reptiles ib the spots which they frequent, and at night sleeps iu the caverns which abound in the neighborhood. He makes nothing ol beine bitten rranca oorei. a nriiipinn,i v nw. H nm.. . c"a"y winch often happens to him, spite of his skill in seizin? the mmm hv t nan r neck, and thrusting them tongue first into the lanL C . C-.I . L we viiuuxiT lOri.UCU 1ID OOX. nm lrripsi a siniall vial mlei with a Honor diniillpfl hw k;.n.Atr plants and simples, collected after the manner of .... 1 111- I a. ... t run wwreiree. w un luu liquid lie washes the wound, ties his handkerckiof imnnd I lia et fr"a v axl part, and goes on his way rejoicing. The pro duct of this unique occupation he takes to Paris mueicii w unu, ma oox iuieiKugn to warrant the ioarner. The whide rap f miw. ... la wed, and a price is set upon their beads The uoTenunmi pays mm tne stipulated sum for each individual vioer. and ihpn ih ! Tri.. .1.. lot to use in the preparation of certain useful medi- VTVL. 1 I St SI m a cuivuia. uia uoue. ai. Ciorel retnrna tn Wnn- tainebleau to resume bis agricnltnral profession. No STH EH M Pl.imw Rnin St - .: r m BJCCUUE OI tlie Stockholders on Saturday last, tbe Company was organized by the election ot Joel Williams, Esq.. as President, and Mmura A A ur .ir-.i : David McNeill. Jaa. W stirnM r , -- - - - "mt v. uicau, T. R. Underwood, John WaddilL ' and; John D. ! iuiuB,a wirraora. oje Jjqws wersaSopted, and a resolution mmmI that th Rn..i -i.v -- r . ...v ..vmim ouau wusa I the Cape Fear, at some point within three miles of town.- ran. Ohsrmrr J 11 FOa TBXXEGISTEB. t rrrasilRI? -NOTICE. thornejked T&r. Rl lds' 3 wTdo not know that, in our whole ecu me of novel reading, (and we coufesa to our it has not been a abort one,) wc have ever fa len nnnn a more danjreroua one than tho; aWtef it w so pure in its style, so? effective in its arrange- ments, so intensely interesting in Its narrative and merejto.wrf MrvaormoraT,or what should be the moral. PorUonwof the book,f that the sin: which it Jvobld r 1 - Dn inroK' roil, is no Ion gerW a4eimt dyei but becomes ot the jelicare hue found gftlhebeek-oCinocenci; and we, carriad awav by bur feelings, quite lose sight of it, in our love "and pity for the fair sinner. Vice be comes virtue, In tbelcalm endtn-anee of a pnnish ment so simili&r to Coii', that we wonder if the stem Puritaos had not, In inflicting it; some eon sciousnesa that way were arrogating to themselves powers witbout the limit of their jurisdiction and which should have been left to God alone. Ad miration of the fair Hester's perseverance in shield ing from exposure the partner of her sin, bhnds us to the otherwise evident fact, that by so doing she is bat encouraging vk?e to draw closer around it the garb of Hypocrisy ; nor does the constant knawing of conscience, ns shadowed forth in the sufferings of the hypocrite, teach the lesson the author would seem 10 desire ; the warning being over. looked, while we compassionate the poor victim of theavenger who sits by his sire side, or are lost in our wonder at the knowledge of the hu man heart evinced by that avenger in each blow aimed so directly at the victim's heart. The blows thus given to good morals are far more effective from being dealt behind tbe masked battery of the author's name, than if given by the world seen weapons of a Sue or a Sands. Haw thorne, in his "Mosses of an old Manse," "Twice told Tales," &c., h3 shown naught of such leaniog towards making the worst .-.ppear the better cause, and many an unsuspicious render will take up the book without a thought that they are being enticed by that name, to the perusal of one of the most ingenious defences of vice ever given to tlie Pnblic. Were the book less ably wiitten, the evil would be far lighter; but we defy any one to lay it down after the interest once developes itself. Tbe openuig 'Introduc tory "is written in imitation (and a very good im itation it is) of Lamb's "Essays of Elia," and the reader ia carried through the description ot the old Salem Custom House, its quaint Officers and Sleepy-JIollow air, little dreaming to what scenes its life like pictures are but the opening vista. But the page is turned, the prison door is opened, and forth to that "throng of bearded men in sad colored garments and gray steeple-crowned bats," intermixed with no less repulsive women, steps the Heroine, as far above them ia beauty and attractiveness, as separated from them, by the crime tor which they are gathered to witness the punishment. Sec her, as she stands in all her florioas beaoty, with her infant clasped to her reast, exposed to the crowd gathered there to revile her, and say wilt not poor humaB nature turn with disgust from those coarse, though vir tuous females, to the frail Hester, even though the Scarlet Letter, that badge of infamy and shame, be emblazoned on her hosom ; and when nobly refusing before that assembled mu'titude to reveal the name of her accomplice iir guilt, she is driven forth from human sympathy, do not our hearts whisper that the punishment is full atone ment for her departure from tho right way, and follow ber with forgiveness, as she takes ber way to tlie lonely forest, her infant on her arm, bravely taking up and bearing alone the bitter burthen of her sorrow, .rather than drag down from his high station the still loved, though for saking one ! Who would not be Hester Pryne in br forest home, or even on the scaffold, rather than the' Re. Mr. Dimmcsdale, who addresses ber in that artful adjuraton to, reveal the name of her brother sinner ? The life-long sufferings of the Hypocrite, and his ignominious death, on the very scene of his first appearance in the character, are the redeem ing points in the work, and even for him must compassion be felt, as we see him through the silent watches of the uigh pacing his solitary chamber, or follow him in his midnight walk to the scaffold, there to tube his aland beneath the cold light of stars, with no eye on him save his angered God's, where, years before, Hester stood reproved by that very, multitude, who are daily crying him up as the very embodiment of all that is holy, just and tru". But let us not forget little "Pearl," the elfin child, that lovely link between patient endurance and cringing cowardice is she not a bewitching creature? so way-ward, so fanciful, aud yet so constant in her oae idea, her one purpose, to dis cover "why the minister puts his hand to bis breast,'' never wavering, never turning, till she stands again on that scaffolu, not as before in her Mother's arms, buf tfce connecting link between that long-suffering, fon'g-endoting Mother,- and a far repentant, but God forgiven father. Wefcy again, if Mr. "Nathaniel Hawthorne thought he was writing a good moraf tale, he wa, in our humble judgment, very much mistaken. If his intention was merely to w-ite a book, the memory of which should last long after his other work? should have fin!ed from the public mind,-he has, we think, been eminently successful -1 $30,000! Slate Bonds. Treasury Omcc Raleigh, N. U, ) June 24th, 1851. f EALED rropoaala will be received at this Of- see until tbe 'Cih or July next, Tor the pur chase of 30.000 doIUra wortb of bonds, issued bv the State of North Curolitia,. interest at tho rate of six per cent am per antiam pajrable semi annually and principal parable at tbe eud of twenty rear. idvned under an act of the Geueral Asemfc)y of North Carolina, al tbe session of I848-M9, entitled u An act to incorporate the Fayetteville and Wes tern Plauk Koad Company. rersous bidding- xriu enuorso on tneir letters Tt o- pxxalffoT titmte Stock:" , DANIEL W. COURTS, Public Treasurer. Raloigh, June S&fd, 1 , 60 td TALBOTT & BROTHBR SUCCESSORS TO THE SHOCKOE iUANUFACTU RlftCS CO., CART STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, MANUFACTURERS OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AND TENflFRR. jPi HILLED Wheels for Railroads, Axles and my ivauroaa rv ora oi every ueacriptiou. Portable Steam Engines, from 4 to 30 Iiorse Power. Stationary Steam Engines, from 4 to 100 Horse rower, aaaptea to erery description of Machinery. Cirealar Saw Milts, complete. Wrought and Cast Iron Work for Vertical Saw and Grist Mill. Tobacco Presses and Screws Flattening Mills, Flatteniug Frames, Levsrs, Sinkers, &c, 4x. Brass and Iron Castings and Wrought Iron work of every de scription, made to order with despatch, and on reasour able terms. We beg We to call the attention ofths Citizens of North Carolina to the above advertwemeut, and to state that whereas an attempt has been made by a party who claims a patent right of some kind on a Circular Saw Mill, of tbe wsrits.of which we know nothing, to prejadice the pntdjfe against the trfircaUr Saw Mills made by us, wa hereby solicit rd?1 for the. same, and guarantee titem against tat alajms of all persona wbom-oeTer. We nare been taanolacturing them for ihe past weirs years; and have sold them in the States of Virginia, N. Carolina, Soath Carolina, Georgia,Mississippi, and Loaiwa&a, and from the general satisfaction which they have given ws believe them superior to an other Circular Mills manufaotutei here or else where. - - tl TALBCTTTijRdTHER,- ' May, 1851.' 7k 1 Kichmoad Va ' V ; - 378w MERJJYO D&a IVERS vf.Y nan Dofen )"x h,B1' Jp. JLV B. L HARUI.NO CO mumk Collet I fTriTlEnext ses' U.ar 9 0 clock, A M.oa thchnt Kin July. H is extrsiulv desiml.le ti.,t i, Bball bepre-nt at the selection of me ciiiBsiircauon ti rue scholars, place At that lime. ich room will 1 he College will be provided with corj of teachers, and ni:ir.y improvement Mtl1 tbe domes' ic arrnngerf.ents. IUalei The dfpartmenls of the ordin.iry F,n t Mathematics, Natural Science, Anci ' ' Co,"l. ern lnnganges, are ntider the irn'medi .!!'""1 W m ,he PrwideBl wUo algo . He is aided by '"CtionT hv p...,""" tnree uiaies. 'Iurij ; x netuepartment or Music is vmm,,. , sor ivern, waose reputation give, everv thalUWill be managed n-ith ability u bX two ezperieoced ladie-. J e rofei I be mans; perieoced asisttj For the acquisition of tbe elegant accent-, of Oil-Pamtinjj tbe College at r reseta S 6b Hint or advantages. There la itnl,.l I North Carolina a ga Carolina a gallery of paintings ,,, ' locution to that produced by tbeD, , Mast year, and eihibiied at Ml"- tv of ex ing the mot The domestic department is under tl ment of Thomas C. Blake, Esq., and hi r ttlllJ of Fayette-ille. Mr. and Mrs.Ul.ke a family of dnoghters and h ive (bus a"e tUt mendations to tbe confidence of the Mm'r?S rtCo- Tbe Board of Trustee, with a liberS'" ing thse who hftTe charge of so floui-Uhin sti ution, have detenninpj to ajj i,nrnp(j -f a" their present noble edifice, a building v"'!' gre such room that more quietness and cipline and instroctaon can be PClirtil Ti " tees will proceed also to enlarge and beanrr '" grounds and introduce such a system of eiP ' il!promOte the heolth of the pupils u There is perhaps no healthier place in NorlY. ohna or Virginia than Greensboro' The inh k in the town are remarkable for general I , " and industry ; the location of the College scr 1 that of any Institution which the undersirin ? ever visited, and he haa sen all those of L , iu the country ; and the sanation in the cent , i of the State makes it easy of acoe. ralP,n Attention is piid to the manners qf ;(., p , e,?rjr acrnplishment desirable for a young' acquire inay be at(oeJ here. While theornaci -,h branches are cultivateJ, they are not made u'"1' stitnte the staple of the education which vetnie'"" to impart lo our pupils. A hi$h intellectual1 ir,g.a thorough discipline of the luind is sought be attained as of first importance after tn culii' lion of moral and religious feelings. The Tru1" witt as wcwuwucujii t ut- tiormi I or if 9 t, ' extravagance. The regular College o nrefi-ni clirg,8 , moderate, l ne next session will months !-'. R 1 A I-..:.- ' Wl consul nf English branches, and in Lai ui uuoi u a X UillUH 111 int ord n.irj .uc v...j;c ,9 dui ; ior :viustc ijszu ; tor Oil p iug 15; for Drawing $t ; for French or aBv oik", modern language tnught, f5 . CHARLES F DEE. MS, Preside June 6 1S51. 47 C. & E. L, Kerrison J DIRECT IMPORTERS OF FOjREJCiN DRY GOOD?, Charleston g. . SHOULD respeetfullj inform tleir f,jeB0 V anJ those who purchase Dry Goods j,' their City, that they are prepared and are off-rin, a very large and well assorted Stock of Foreign J Domestic, StapTeand Fancy Dry Goods, selected for, and particularly adapted lo the SOUTHERN TRADE Importing direct, they feel tssured of beini-ablt to sell Goods, as low in Charleston, as tbrv b bought in any other markr t in the United StntM They wpoid call particulur attention lo their Lints Goods of erery description; ihe make will be fonnd of best fiuisb, aud perfectly free from any miitnn of Cotton; also to their stock of Dress Goods whick will be found second to none in the market. Terms cash or City acceptance. No. 209 King, North West Coruer King and .Market Streets February lltli. 1851. n Ridgeway Academy, PREPARATORY TOR. M. COLLEGE. IllHE Fall Session of this School will commend LI ou the 14ib of July next, and conliutw in months. Tho Board of Trustees have the pleasure n inform the public, that tbi-y have secured the ser vices of Mr. HENRY W. WlA'GFlELD, A B, who is recommended by the Faculty of Kandl(lr Macon College as a gentleinau of thorough AcaJf raic qaalifications. The Academy is situated in Warren county, n the R'tleign and Gaston Rail Road. Tbe vicinity is remarkable for iu general health, morality intelligence, and offer strong iuducemeuis to thoa - gentlemen on the seaboard aud iu the s mtherupirt L of th State, who desire to edtic ite tbeir sons whea they may enjoy a pore nad bracing atmoipLert A commodious Hall is contiguous to the Atwdenj for the accommodnlfou ef boarders, who will bi under the immediate supervision of ihe Priucipal. While the A&idetny is preparatory to R M. College, scholars will be instructed iu tke Euglut course only, or prepartd" for any other College or University. h is very much desired that all scholars for lie session should' be present during the first week, u, after that time, bo classes will be formed. TERMS. ' Classics,- Slo.00 Advanced1 English;- 12 50 Primary English, lo,UO Board (iue'ding all conl'g't exp.) 10.no per vs'i GEO D' BACKER VILLE, s President of the Board. Jtrae 23d, 1851. 01 twj Oxford Female College, THE 'first Session of this institution will eon iueuce on Monday, the 2 1st of J uly.ensuiuf. It is very desirable that pupils, wlmexpfct " enter the College, should1 be presuut at the opeuitj of the sesdiou. By order of ihe EXECUTIVE CO.VfMITf KE. Oxford, Juue 25lh, ISM . 5- M. & ill ItS. BU 11 WALL'S TH E next Ssssion of Mr. J- Mrs Burwrll's &" will commence on Friday, the 18ihofJuly- Tb number of boarders in our own family beioglim""'' persons desiring situations will please muks application. Circulars containing course of study, terms, can be had of the Principal, Rev. Robert Bur'11! Hillsborough, N. CX Juue 17th, 1851 49 Sea Ratliiug Cape JJay.S.J- piONGRESjJ HALL ia-now open for therecrp 1J tior. of Viaitora. The propr.etor, thankful m the liberal patronage heretofore received . M respectiully solicit those intending to visit lbi fW ular bathing place the present season, to mak' hooae their borne. His arrangement and trf" ttiodation, he iiuats, will be more satisfactory to tomers than any whioh have heretofore been p" ded upon the laland- The Subscriber b'S t"' psius lo procure g..od and attentive colo'fd J 'nts, uuderibe conviction thai they arcbe-l5Ul to the customs and wants of a injoriiy of lht " jouiners at this place. W.C. MILlvC'" Cape May, June 6th I8j1, WaoJ!....j airliinff HOI'S. Edavenow in store a large slock ol SntiHilling H 3. all sizes an.l '3rl"u;i, ities.of diract importation, per ship Ohio. on tbe most liberal terms. vrR DUNN 4 sr jr .1 Petersburg Vs., June 3d. 1851. -THE AnnoalMeetinffof the StockhoW the Cape Fear and Deep River Navigt,n kl paay will be held in Pittsboro', on m""""" J7tb of July neil. VrMiJt S. McJl-.ti An.ii'. (J J0 June Si, WE have just opened . good assortment and Double Barrel' Guns; Snot He u, fj. ;-, Fla-fcsand Percussion Caps, aiwclfrrn i in f torers. of our own importation, to whn-n attention of tboas in want of such things sell them at unusually low prices. .yK. JJ (j in 'v - - J? Perew-bufg Vo., June 3l, .
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