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Wednesday, April Z:
In the Snae. to-day. thejfole on the passage
of ifitebill fcrlhe support of Ihi MA'tthry Academy
aTeat Point, -forithe Jiscjj! year ending 30th
June, 1846, waa TeconsiuWd, at tbe-inslan3e of
Mr. Breese, who vfas absejit from hia.srat yetter
jC .vhi the hifi was- nassed. The senator
from Illinois Were instructed to vote against any
appropriation for the support of that academy.
They desired to comply with iho.se instructions,
by recording their votes against the bill. The
bul was again passed, on yeas and nays, by a vote
of 27lo II. The bill from the House making
appropriation for the repair and erection of crr
tain fortifications in the United States, for the fis
cal year ending 30th June, 1845, was passed, af
ter being amended, on the motion of Mr. Seyior,
to as to include an appropriation of $50,000 for
continuing the erection of three several forts and
barracks on the southwestern frontier. The bill
appropriating some $400,000 for the continua
tion of the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio,
Indiana, and Illinois, was considered for a short
time, atid postponed till to-morrow.
In the JfmLsr. to dav. Mr. Adams, from the se'
lect committee appointed to consider the nsolu
lion of the legislature of Massachusetts, recom
mending a change in the constitution to take away
fmm the slaveholdinjr States that portion of their
representation which is based on slave population,
made a report thereon irom me mujuiuy ui
committee. This report consisted simply of two
resolutions, the first declaring that the amendment
to the constitution proposed by the legislature of
Massachusetts ought not to be recommended ; and
the second, that the committee bo discharged from
the further consideration of the subject. These
resolutions were concurred in by the House the
first by a vote f 156 yeas to 13 nays; the latter
without a division. Mr AdamsJ said that the ma
jority of the committee had not agreed on present
ing any detailed report to the House, buthad
agreed that the members of the committee might
individually present their views on the subject.
He had. therefore, to present a report on behalf
of himself and the gentleman from Ohio. The
late Governor Gilmer and the gentleman from !
South Carolina (Mr. Burt) had already presented
their report ; and the other members of the commit
tee would nresent theirs. Ho therefore moved to
have those reports printed, and laid on the table. :
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Messrs. J. K. lngersoil. tsurKe, oimpie, unu
Morse, severally obtained leave, and made their re
ports. After a brief discussion, the question of
printing the reports was laid over till to-morrow.
The House then took up the bill reported Aom
the Committee of the Whole on the stale of the
Union, to direct the President of the U. States to
cause the reserved lead minrs in Illinois, Iowa,
and Wisconsin, to be sold
After a debate, which
consumed the balance of the day, the question on
the engrossment of the bill was taken under the
ooeraiion of the nrevious question, and decided
in the neqrutive yeas 69,nnys 81. At the request
of M McClernand, Mr. Clinjrman. who voted '
with the majority, moved a reconsideration of the (
Tote on the rejeciion of the bill : and pending this
question, the House adjourned.
TJiurslay. April 4.
In the Senate, to-day, the bill to establish a mvy
yard and depot at or adjacentthe city of Mem
phis, on the Mississippi, m the state ot I ennessee,
and appropriating 8100,000 for that object, wasj X have known him long and well. I say wUbout
taken upas in committee of the whole, for consider-1 hesitancy, that he can contend and contend sue-'.
ation. Mr. Breese proposed a substitute, nppro-!cessf;jlly agninst any man the opposition can pro-
pnating j,OOUtoran accurate, minnte, ana scan-
tific examination and survey of some point at or
near the mouth of the Ohio; of Memphis, in
Tennessee, and cf Natchez, in the State of Missis
tippi ; with a view solely to the capabilities and
advantages of each of siid places for a naval depot
and yard for building, equipping, fum'rshin?, and
repairing steam ships and other vessels of war,
for the use of the navy of the United States; it
also empowers the President to employ some
naval officer, of the rank of post captain, con
nected with the United St:ites Topographical
Engineers, to undertake the survey and ex
amination, and to report to Congress, at its next
session, detailed and faithful statements. Mr.
Foster addressed the Senite at great length in
favor of establishing the depot at Memphis without
delay, deeming the examination already made
sufficient to justify the expenditure at that point.
Mr. Breese maintained, the propriety of the delay
his substitute contemplates. He was opposed to
incurring an expenditure of Si 00,000 in com
mencing a national work which would eventually
absorb millions to complete, at a point which,
after further arfl critical examination by competent
engineers, might prove unfit for the object con
templated. He thought it was proper that Con
gress, before acting definitively on the subject
bould have all the lights which would result,
from the adoption of his proposition. If it should
turn out, after a survey and examination, that
Memphis was a better site than could be obtained
elsewhere on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, he
averred that he would vote cheerfully for the es
tablishment of the depot at that point. The dis
cussion was coot timed for upwards of two hours
hf these two senators on the relative fitness of
Memphis and Cairo as the site for the depot.
The bill was finally postponed till to-morrow, on
the suggestion of Mr. Atchison, who had come
to the conclusion that both these points were unfit,
after the demerits of each had been exposed by
those two senators. The senate then spent some
time in executive session.
Immediately after the reading of the journal,
the House, resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, (Mr. Weller of
unio in tne cnair,) ana resumed the consideration
of the bill regulating the pay of the army, and
for other purposes. The debate was continued on
the various amendments that were offered until
two o'clock ; when, in pursuance of the resolu
tion adopted on Monday, the committee nroceed-
ed to vote on the pending amendments some of
wMch were adopted. The bill was then, reported
to the House as a rended ; and after being order
ed to be engrossed, was paased yeas 109, nays 36.
The House then ordered the printing of the vari
ous reports made yesterday on the Massachusetts
resolutions; after which a number of executive
'documents lying on the Speaker's table were ap
propriately disposed of. The House then proceed
ed to the consideration of the resolution from the
Senate providing for the adjournment of the two
Houses of Congress on the 27th of May next.
Mr. IJromgoole moved to postpone the further
consideration of the resolution till the 13th Mav
and after a call of the House, the question on this
motion was aeciaea in the athrmative yeas 91
nays 65. A number of billslfrom the Senate re
ceived their first and second readings, and referred
to the appropriate Committees.
Friday, April 5.
In the Senate, to day, the bill making indemni
ty to the officers, seamen, and marines, who lost
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meir property on board tne steamer Missouri, the
schoonner Grampus and the sloop-of-war Peacock
and providing for all future cases of this charac
ter, was taken op, discussed, amended, and post
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poueu uu to-morrow. me oil I appropriating
$400,B0O lor the continuation oi me vumoeriuwu
road in the State dC Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,
vcas then taJfen up,' fliscussrd, amended in several
particulars, and" postponed fer further considera
tion; The Senate adjourned over till Monday
next 'The standing.committees will consequently
be in session to-morrow.
In trie House, this morning, after the disposal
of a question pending at the adjournment yester-
ojiv. in re ation to the nnntinff oi a minority re
port from the Committee of Ways and Means, on
the subject of the tariff, the House resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole on the state ot the
Union, and took up a bill entitled "a bill making
appropriations for certain harbots and rivers.
An increase of the appropriation for the improve
ment of a portion of the Ohio river to the amount
of $50JD00 was made, on the motion of Mr. Tib
bntts; and an increased appropriation proposed by
Mr. Hoge for other frrts'of that and other con
nected rivers. Bat on this amendment Mr. Gar
rett Davis reviewed the expenditures, obligations,
and liabilities of Mr. Van Buren's administration,
in a speech .which he intimated some few days
"ago he shouloVhang on the first appropriation bill
which it would fit. It was, in fact, but a continu
ation of the speech which he began in Committee
of the Whole on the bill regulating the pay oi me
gunny last weetf, ior kdkh ue wue unites w
on the ground of irrelevancy. Mr. I'ayne, oevi
aitng:from his usual course, foimd it necessary to
reply to the charges urged against the democratic
party and a democratic administration ; but, at the
same time, he expressed his disapproval of thus
flanging political and party speeches on measures
with which they had no affinity. He was fol
lowed by Mr. Bowlin of Missouri, who spoke
ably his allotted time, and then the committee rose,
and reported progress, and the House adjourned.
From the Oxford Mercary.
To the Democrats of Orauville.
Gentlemen : I saw in the last -Mercury a
call from "Many Democrats," upon the Democra
cy of the county to attend a meeting to be hold in
r r 1 V, QiU f il.ic mnntli frr fh nnrnnsfi
of nominating candidates to be run for the next
Legislature. This has caused me to look around i
to see if I could place before my Democratic j
friends the names of certain gentlemen from ,
menus iue nam m ua ,nA0
whom a wise and able selection could be made.
In the first nlace we want men faithful and true !
,nen who are not only able, but williug to come ,
Qrward ana contena lor moseirue principles wmcu i
are now spoken against every where by those who I
are opposed to equal rights principles which
piacexi jeuerson nigner n
American people than all, or any oiher States-;
P i j .
man principles which made you venerate and
honor honest Nat. Macon principles which mov-
ed to action the ereat Captains and Putriots of
'Liberty, who first declared at Charlotte in Meek- j
rV;n?t tbejr were by nature MOW "S""
FREEMEN principles which formed the car-1
dinal mums laid down in the political creed of;
those much beloved and justly venerated framers
Qf olir clorious Constitution, which made them !
the wonder and admiration of the civilized worlJ. !
inese nrincipre are iu uu auucuieu m ic wmi-1 . i , 0 , TX7-, ,
- ii7L , tn oact . j :, a On Friday the slander case, Samuel Whi taker
ing campaign. Who are we to select to do it I J '
The aid ship of State must be manned old Gran- j David Carter, was tried. Mr. Badger np
ville must show herself in the front rank, stand- peared for the plaintiff) and Messrs. George W.
iog rm and erect in her position. Then for the j Haywood. McRae, and Miller for the defendant.
Senate. I cite vou to Gen. Wm. S. M Clanahan. . , . , , . t r .k.i , .
rr I . I La nrl iinnt e f in I - t t
jnce frora their ranks. Further, it is my firm con-.
viction it he be selected (for to select hnn is to , by a - of his country The defendant, we un
elect him.) he will steer so near the political com- . J , , . ; ' '
pass above afludcHl to, and his courseVuch as your ! rstand, has appeahd to the Supreme Court.
Senator, that be will be ever in future the success-i On Suturday the case of The State vs. Ethel
ful pilot in conducting your campaigns in old drc 1 Pollard for perjury, v;is tried. The charge
Granville. was, that he had sworn falsely in a material point
For the Commons I cite you to J. M. Stone, and ; . . x a- t u j
T . c r -.ur i i . Z? . ii ; in th case of 1 he State vs. Madison Johnson, and
assure you he is firm, faithful and true, and in tell-! ...... '
ing you this truth I don't intend to insult you lhe verd,cl of the Jur' wns guiltv. We under-
fothough you know him well, you do not know j stand, howevei, that judgment was arrested.
him as well as I do he is the nag that won the, Jud?o Pkarson presided with his accustomed
race lor you the last neat, anu me -wgn woooa ,
U1U I1UI UlitKc lUlo UIU LJ- liiv i au itcu uiuuu t
out of a lope. Never since my knowledge of
men and things did these "gaits" look so blank.
I saw it myself and shall never forget it. I next
cite you to Col. Iverson Hicks, you all know him
and so does Torn Ritchie that's enough.
Now and then it is necessary for the good of
the cause to start a young man, coming right and
OI aim
bein? trained right, he will be ceitam not to "de-! . . , . ,
part." I have cist around and around, and for ; and no1 seem2 therc the P1" of that pa.ticular
my life, I don't think I can cite you to a more; speech, we merely asked why it had been omitted.
suitable man than W. W. Vassof Hendeison if We now State, upon the authority o! the Register,
he does not surprise Whiggery I have lived a;for we haVe not 8epn lhe bookj that the anli.
Ion? time to be in this matter .di ceived. ! r -i - u r -i . i r i u i
W . t i i u u... . i Bank speech of Mr. Clay is to be found m,Mal-
x uu iu i v mum 1 i iii v c v iicu eiiuyga, uui uu . ,
men arc like they were in tune past, full of ezctt-
r i l i
scs ana we nave a plenty oi goou men in our
ranks and I will cite you to more, and they shall 1
be good ones too
I next cite you to Wm. O. Gregory his neigh
bors will tell you something about him on the 8th.
I cite you to the old Democrat 1 homas B. Lewis,
the good old former, that has stood "whiggery"
on the stump, in the corn held, in the tobacco
patch and every where else. L cite you to Gen.
Norman and James Cooper, who are. known to
you all Col. Young and Thomas Miller should
be so, and George Eaton ditto. Though I have
named Mr. Eaton last, ne is not the least on this
list by any means, for I have heard him express
Democratic sentiments that would entitle him to
be named among the first on this, or any other
list of worthies. Now come on. and I defy any
other man to cite such another list : if he can, he
will cite higher than lean see. Choose ye which
shall serve you.
I did not intend to write as much when I com
menced, as we have ftf paper to publish for us.
I then in consideration, respectfully request the
highly respected editor of the 'Mercury" to ex
tend the commendable courtesy he has heretofore
shown to his opponents, and give this an insertion
in his paper, as we assure him we intend none
other than a fair and honorable contest.
Now in conclusion, I hope the love of conn
try will not permit any one nominated to refuse it.
The present crisis is an important one it is preg
nant with weal or woe. I look upon it, that the
nominees, whoever they may be. will be highly
honored. The privilege of running on the Dem
ocratic Ticket on this important occasion, will be
justly esteemed an honor to any man, for as Gran
ville goes in this contest, we may expect she will
go in the great contest for the Presidency. Brother
Democrats, there has never been a time since 1800,
wheu your country cajlcd louder for your willing
and determined action. Our opponents have now
arrived lo their true position to skulk or dodge
would now be disgraceful it is out of the ques
tion. Never since the formation of our glorious
government, have you been called upon for great
er action immediate, speedy action. I have un
derstood that our distinguished old Elector A. W.
Venable has become one of our citizens again
good news then let him be our Elector again,
and we have nothing to fear.
a S. TAR RIVER.
An anneal lo the bttUieen
The Intelli-I
nee.
o-encer has asserted that the Ex
Ajftttve " begged. M.
the Texiari GoVemment to apply for annexation,
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and that the British MinistS has given notice that j
his Government "has no designs upon Texas,
We appeal to the- candor of the Intelligencer to
correct these errors. We assure it, by authority,
that neither of the statements have any foundation
in truth.
Messrs. Adams and Clay " begged " the Mexi
can Government to cede Texas to the United
States. Madisonian.
" How natural," says the N. Y. Plebeian, "the
Courier and Tribune are earnestly opposed to the
Annexation of Texas to the Union. Instead of fa-
vnrina nnr ncAuisition of territory that would be
valuable for defence, tbey would give to the Brit- j
ish half of what we have already. They are ve-1
ry familiar and loving with the 'elder branch of j
the fami v, as Daniel Webster termed the 'uns
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at the cattle show.
THE STANDARD.
MUM L, Ml I G MM, JV. C.
Wednesday, April tOf 1844.
FOR GOVERNOR :
Col. MICHAEL HOKE,
Of Lincoln County.
We invite the attention of the reader to ,
the very able and lucid letter of Mr. Senator .
Walker, on our first page. It would be well
for our friends to preserve especially those copies
of the Standard containing this letter.
Read also, on our last page, the article headed
J " Henry Clay's Duels." Also, the fifth number
of Tacitus. We copy, for the eye of Tacitus,
the following from the last Tai borough Press:
"'Tacitus.' in the Standard, in speaking of Beaufort
centrof ho County, into which Tar river empties.'
Tnis ia a great mistake Pamlico aWi the Tar are one
and the tame. By the by , there are a great many inci-
dents, Revolutionary and otherwise, connected with the
history of Edgecomb, which are not generally known,
woud be g,ad before Tacitus,
before ilt! reaches the countv."
" wjmv vjxi.x.
The last term of this Court closed on Saturday
he 6th j tonL That haidencd offender, Hardy
Carroll, was again arraigned for an offence for
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which, if convicted, he would have forfeited his
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life. His Honor Judge Pearson assigned James
B. Shepard and Gaston H. Wilder, Esquires, as
counsoi for the prisoner on his arraignment on
Wednesday. On Thursday his counsel prepared
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affidavit to remove the trial to another county,
on the ground that justice could not be obtained in
Wake. The affidavit was allowed, and the trial
remove(j t0 Chatham.
p.u.nun, unu gave
damages in the sura of five hundred dollars and
costs. We are glad that the character of Mr.
Whitaker has be?u thus sustained and vindicated
abj,it and dignity
The Register seems to think we have
"some particular object to accomplish" in charg
ing that Mr. Clay's anti-Bank speech was not in
Mailory's collection. He is mistaken. We made
no statement
or charge
whatever. We saw the
K on A o rf ihn onorr Woo nm rritrart In to Panriolar
lory s collection. We are glad this turns out to
be so, for it saves us the trouble of supplying
what we were inclined to think had been omitted.
MUSTERS IN WAKE COUNTY.
We learn that the musters which take place in
this county in July, and which are attendedby the
candidates for the Legislature, will occur in the
following order. This is in the order in which
they occured in 1842, and we presume it will not
be altered :
: Muster at Adam's on Mondsy the
8 h July.
Do
Grady's
9th
10th
llth
12th
13th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
22th
23rd
24th
25th
26th
27th
29th
Do.
Do.
Da
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Fishdam,
Newlight,
Rogers' x Roads,
Franklin's,
WeatuerspoonJ,
Upchurch,
Cotterell's.
Holly Springs,
Barney Jones'
Banks',
Busbee's
Andrew's
Tipper's X Roads,
Spikes'
Wake Forest,
Rolesville,
Wakefield.
Fayetteville Market. The North Carolinian
of the 6th. instant says : u There is little or no
cotton coming in, and in consequence of the de
mand here for the supply of the factories, the
price is as high as it is in New York. We quote
7 1-4 to 8 1-2."
Encourage Home Industry. The North Caro
linian well remarks, that the modern definition of
the cry, "encourage home industry" means purch
asing clothing and finery at the North. Do we
hear the Federalists at any time crying out, en-
courage the farmer ? No. The cry is, en
courage home industry, because Mr. Clay says
so, and because he wants to ride into power on
cue siren an n nr norm rtr en cn-ivnn wi omnnrn
ry delusions. We beseech the Federalists to htke
the advice of Mr. Willoughby Newton, and " be
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uonsst.
THE TEXAS CI VpS i ION.
The arrival of General Henderson as Minister
from Texas, renders that certain whicrrhas been
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heretojg're reported, that the question of annexa
tion is now the subject of discussion between this
country and trltt republic It becomes important
therefore, that the public sentiment should speak
out, if it Will is loJ)e consulted. We had flatter
ed ourselves with the hope that this would be a
national question that but one opinion would
exist upon it Bul it would seem from the tone of
the articles in the National Intelligencer, the great
organ of the Federal Whig party, and the man
ner in which the Whig press has generally re-
sponded, that the Whig party, per se, is likely to
g against the measure; and this conclusion is
strenffthened by the cautious manner in which the
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matter is treated by the Whigs hereabouts. We
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see too that iVlr. dqus, wno it is known nas oeen
hanging on about Washington for some time, has
just fhade a 3peech in Richmond against annexa
tion fttr. Botts is too much of a partisan to speak
without authority, and too devoted a Whig to
do what he might think his party would op
pose. The objections urged by the Whig party, as
far as we have been able to collect them, are as to
the manner of conducting the business, and as to
the time of doincr it It is objected that Mr. Tyler
confjucted the matter in loo secret a way, and
h . he nroDOSes annexation bv treaty. We meet
this objection by asking these punctilious gentle
men if the Territory was not originally acquired
by the Louisiana treaty in 1803? Did Mr. Jef
ferson then make known, pending the negotia
tions, what had been his instructions to our minis
ter in France? So we beg to inquire of these
same objectors, if this very Territory of Texas
was not surrendered to Spain by the Florida treaty
in 1819 ? Did the President then disclose his in
structions to his Secretary of State ? Was not the
negotiation transferred from the Court of Spain to
Washington City, and, as the letter of Gen. Jack
son now shows, when our minister at Madrid was
prepared to have negotiated a more favorable trea-
ty ? Does any man believe tne p
1 Does anv man believe the doWic would
j have sanctioned that treaty of cession, -had the fact
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ucen puuuciy Known ni me unit: f xi areius, ini-ii,
that Texas was acquired by treaty from France
in 1803, and was ceded by treaty to Spain in 1819;
and most certainly there can be nothing wrong in
President Tyler acquiring that in the same way
in which Mr. Jefferson originally obtained it
that is, by treaty. But what will become of this
objection, should the matter be so arranged as to
be submitted to Congress by the President, under
a recommendation that an act be passed for the
admission of Texas into the Union as a free and
independent State? It is possible such may be
the result of the pending negotiations.
A single word as to the time for annexation.
Every sagacious observer sees now that we must
have Texas very soon, or lose her forever. She
admits she is in no condition to maintain her inde
pendence, and her patriotic sons give expression
to the fear that circumstances may throw her into
an alliance with the government of England. Do'
we want England all around us? And shall we j
let her obtain a permanent hold upon Texas, when i
a word from us would humble her pretensions in '
that quarter, and ensure to the Union a large, and
populous, and wealthy State ? Not nn hour is to
be lost But hear what General J..ckson says
upon the subject :
Extract of a letter from General Andrew Jackson to
a distinguished Member of Congress, dated
''Hermitage, March 11.
"The PRB8CRT golden moment to obtain Texas must
not be lost, or Texas must, from necessity, be
thrown into the arms of England, and be forever
lost to the United states ! Need I call your
attention to the situation of the United States England
in possession of Texas, or in strict alliance, offensive and
defensive, and contending for California ! How easy
would it be for Great Britain to interpose a force suffi
cient to prevent emigration to California from the Unit
ed States, and supply her garrison front Texas. Every
real American, when I hey view this, with danger to
New Orleans from British arms from 1 exas. must
unite heart and h and in the annexation of
Texas to the United States. It trill be a strong
IRON HOOP ABOUND OUR UglON, and a BULWARK
against 2l foreign invasion or aggression. I say again,
let not this opportunity slip to regain Texas, or it may
elude ourgrasp forevkr, or cost us oceans of blood,
and millions of money, to free us from the evils that may
be brought upi-n us ! I hope and trust there will be as
many patriots in the Senate, as will ratify the treaty,
which I have no doubt will be promptly entered into. I
again say to you, that this moment must not be
LOST, OR REAL NECESSITY MAY COMPEL TEXAS TO
LOOK ELSEWHERE FOR PROTECTION AND SAFETY."
But is it because the Whigs are unwilling that
President Tyler shall have the honor of deciding
this question, that they object to the negotiations
now in progress ? If so, we assure them that if
they will come forward and sustain their own
government in this important measure, they at
J least shall have full credit with the country for
rht ir patriotic efforts.
But if this great question is to be used for party
a a a
purposes, we desire to know what are tne senti
ments of MrClay in relation to it. Is he for or
against annexation ? We call upon his Whig
friends here to have this question answered when
he makes his speech in this city. We want to see
no, dodging on his part, or on the part of his
friends. Let him speak out, and tell us whether
he entertains the same views now that he express
ed in 1820 in opposition to the cession, and in
1825 and 1827 for its re-acquisition. If, as he
once said, the treaty-making power conferred no
constitutional authority to cede any portion of the
American territory, then was the cession ipso
facto woid, and Texas is still ours.
Will Mr. Clay or any of his partisan followers
have the temerity to say, that they distrust either
the capacity or patriotism of the gentleman to
whom the President has confided this all-important
negotiation ? If so, let them speak out. The ap
pointment of Mr. Calhoun was not only confirmed
by a unanimous vote of the Senate, btnJffiis met
with an unexampled publip approval. There are
none whp dare to question either his canacitv. his
j judgment, or his patriotism. Why, then, object
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i w iuu iiwe 01 seining inmmauer f will a more
propitious period ever arrive ? If we remain in
active, may not one year hence see Texas a Brit
ish colony ? We repeat, now is the time both to
speak and to act he democracy 4a all sections
have tak.en ground in favor of this measure ; and
we once more call upon Mr. Clay and his friends
-
- Jo this State, to show their hands.
Cf The Register says the late rejection of Mr.
Badger wasaMvot against Clay." Not at all.
Clay was not thought of It was a vote against
Mr. Badger, end it is even now sustained in the
hearts of more than half the federal whiffs of
North Carol ina!" We know that one leading whig
is tired of Mr. Badger, and we understand another
has expressed a willingness to give any party a
bill of sale for him. This attempt to excite the
sympathy of Mr. Clay will not succeed- His re
sentments, like those of Mr. Badger, never die;
and he will never reward any manvho opposed
him at a time when all his fortunes were staked
upon his unholy alliance with John Q Adams.
Mark that 1
POLITICAL DIALOGUE.
Democrat. Is Mr. Clay a whiff or a demo
crat 1
Whig. Why, he is a democrat.
Democrat. Why do you say so ? I had al
ways thought him a Federalist He supports all
the Federal measures.
Whig. No matter for that. The Register
says he is a democrat, and that tbe democrats are
locofocos, and thaf is enough for me.
Democrat. I suppose it is. But what demo
cratic deed did the Register ever do ? Did he
show his democracy by supporting John Quincy
Adams But who is to welcome and entertain
Mr. Cly?
Whig. That is none of your business. We
ask no aid "from rabid locofocos or
v
whigs." But as you are a personal friend I will
tell you. Gov. Morehead is to make the speech to
him ; Mr. Hines is to play the chairman of the
central committee, and look solemn while other
people laugh; Mr. Devereux is to represent Hali
fax on the occasion, while Charly Webb carries
his hat ; and Mr. Badger is to regale the orator
of Ashland with fresh cigars and good wine.
Democrat. Are all these men ffood democrats?
When did Mr. Devereux drop his mantle of fede
ralism? And how long has it been since Mr.
Badger atoned for opposing the last war 2 But
Messrs. Badger and Morehead have deeper sins
than these to answer for to Mr. Clay. Did they
not denounce the same Mr. Clqy in 1828, and
charge him with having misrepresented his con
stituents and defeated Gen. Jackson, ;' in the ex
pectation of being made Secretary of Stale" ?
Whig. You are always on extremes. Gene
rally, you talk like a man of sense; but when
you get on politics yon make yourself ridiculous.
Democrat. Ah 1 I see where tbe shoe pinches.
Yu mean I have an odd wayjif telling truths
that make other mm took not only ridiculous, but
; smell of corruption. Well, I wish Mr. Clay a
pleasant visit I hope no person will insult the
old gentleman. On the contrary, may he wag
his tongue to his heart's content; may the militia
general be here with his coon-skin cap ; may the
Short Farmer survive the occasion ; and may the
same results that followed in the train of the great
eleciioneerer in Louisiana be speedily seen here.
The Whig sloped, muttering to himself,
"Rockaby cooney on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock."
HENRY CLAY.
He wires in and wires apt,
And leaves the people still in doubt
Whether the snake that made the track
Is going South, or coining baok.
The lollowing political catechism
from the
Lynchburg Republican will afford some idea
J or
the course of
remembered:
Henry Clay. Let it be read and
Who opposed the United Slates Bank in 1811, as an
' institution unconstitutional, inexpedient, and dangerous ?
Henry Clay.
Who has been foremost in denouncing and abusing
Andrew Jackson for putting down that institution?
Henrv Clay.
Who, shortly alter our last war with Great Britain,
spoke of Gen. Jackson, as one " who has shed so much
glory on our country one whose renown constitutes so
great a portion ol the
Henrv Clav.
moral property of the nation ?"
Who has been endeavoring for nearly twenty years
past to tarnish the hard earned reputation of the patriot J es of the people were disappointed, and Mr. Adamsws
Jackson, "whose renown constitutes so great a portion of; elected. Now it is said, that under these circumstances
the moral property of the nation ?' Henry Clay. you ought to give up Jackson and vote for Adams. If
Who declared that he Would rather war pestilence and i this be true, what signifies the provision in the Conslitu
famine should visit our shores, than that a military I tion which gives the Election of President to the people
man should be elected President of the United States '? ! and limits tha term of nffire to four vears.' According
Henry Clay
Who afterwards told his friends that they would do
him -a particular favor by voting. for General Harrison, a
military chieftain? Henry Clay.
Who was held up by his friends as the tather of the
protective system J Who declared that he had cherish
ed that systerf with paternal fondness ? Who Quarrel
ed with democratic senators, because they couaented to
a reduction of the high tariff ia 1832 I Henry C lay.
Who bow endeavors to convince the Georgians,
through Dr. Bronson, that he regards, and has always
regarded, a high tariff as eminently dangerous I Henry
Clay.
Who disputed the patriotism aod veracity of John
Quincy Adams a little upwards of twenty years ago ?
Henry Clay.
Who helped to make John Quincy Adams President
and then accepted office under his administration with
the question of veracity between them still unsettled ?
Henry Clay.
Who joined a masonic society in very early life, and
continued a member of it for thirty years, attending its
meetings quite frequently during his membership, going
through about afc degrees, and on one important and in
teresting occasion acting as orator for the lodge to which
he belonged ? Henry Clay.
Who has recently written a letter to the anti-masons
declaring that, in early life, he became a mason through
youthful curiosity, and that he never had a taste for the
mysteries of the order ? Henry Clay.
Who spoke of Francis P. Blair, the present editor of
the Globe, as a personal friend with whom he differed in
political sentiment with the deepest pain ? Henry
Clay.
Whodeclined visiting Indiana previous to the State
election in 1842 upon the ground that it might be con
strued into an electioneering movement on his part
Henrv Clay.
Who visited Ohio on the eve of her State elections
tbe same year, for tbe purpose of addressing two hundred
thousand citizens of the Buckeye State ? Henry Clay.
Who has fiercely denounced Mississippi repudiation ?
Henry Clay.
Who was the champion of the late national repudia
tion act, alias bankrupt law ? Who was most active and
efficient in favor ot the annulment of Messrs. Blair &
Rives's contract with the Senate'? Henry Clay.
Who made a beautiful speech in favor of the Christian
religion during the days of the cholera Henry Clay.
Who was afterwards the chief adviser in the duel
which resulted in lhe death or murder of Jonathan
Cilley ? Henry Clay.
Who is held up by the whig party as the most consis
tent, honest, and patriotic nublic man in the nafion
lienry uiay :
Something for the eye of Mr. Clay.
In 1828 the Hon. George E. Badger, under
the direction and advice ot the Central Jackson
Committee, wrote an address to the Freemen of
Nonh Carolina. In that address Messrs. Clay
and Adams are held up iotheir true colors as
guilty of the charge of bjJfcun and corruption
and totally unworthy of twlupport and count
nance of the American people. The endorsers of
the address aforesaid are John M. Morehead tbe
tstuv uuiciuui ui mw uiair, uuw me devoted
admirer of this same Mr. Clay ; Willie P. ftan
gum, President of the Senate, and also the friend
of Mr. Clay ; Reverend Josiah Crudup formerl
a member of Congress from the Wake District
and Edward B. Dudley, of New Hanover also
at the present time of the number of Mr. Clay's
supporters and admirers. During the same cam
paign the leaders of the Federal party in this State
also put forth an address, which was written bv
the late William Gaston, and signed, amono
others, by Tfiomas P. Devereux and JoknL
Bailey. In the present contest between the same
parties, the Federal and Democratic, Messrs. Ba.
er, Morehead, Mangum, Crudup, Dudley, TJeve.
reux, and Baily, are all side by side in the Feder
al ranks, upholding and supporting the fortunes of
.1 i -
me great oargamor ot 1828. Now who
changed 1
has
The following scathing paragraph occurs in
the Republican Address, written by Mr. Badr
" You have seen the Secretary of State, Mr CI
challenging to mortal combat a member of Congress 7'
daring, in his place on the floor of tfie Senate, to exam'
ine withgfreedom, and expose with boldness, the conduct
of the Secretary. You have seen the same officer
fjg- forgWnl ot what belongs to his high station assume
the character of a travelling speech-maker, and harangue
public gatherings in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Km
, . "i ma iuimuhimj uuu ois virtue anil ri;a
i: nai i life; s mmii'mLV inwams .nrt enn
gross aouse, ana sometimes in impious
0--c. o j .. , ouiui-iunes
in
Heaven. "C30
appeals (0
Is not the above a faithful likeness of the Secre
tary? But let us keep it up. How will this do
for a continuation ?
You have seen this same gentleman not only
"challenging to mortal combat a member of Con
gress," but actually, at the advanced age of sixtv
j years, aiding and abetting in the murder of Jona
than Cilley, of Maine, because the said Cilley re
fused to acknowledge that James Watson Webb
the friend of bis antagonist in the duel that termi
nated in his death, was a gentleman, and worthy
of tbe notice of a gentleman. You have seen the
same gentleman, now a candidate for the highest
station in the world, forgetful of what be
longs to the great office he is seeking, "assume
the character of a travelling speech-maker, and
harangue public gatherings" in Louisiana. Ala
bama, Georgia, and North Carolina, boasting of
his magnanimity, of his private affairs, and of his
; love for the people, and telling his followers to
go ahead in his cause, and " discharging his ma
lignity town ids Jackson," now at the portals of
the tomb, " sometimes in " cities entered and ex
cited on the Sabbath, "Und sometimes" by insidi
ous reflections upon his high and hard-earned
fame.
But there are theT passages in this Address
which we desire to spread before the people of
North Carolina. They give a clear and explicit
statement of the bargain and corruption between
Messrs. Adams aod Clay, and, like the speech of
Mr. Clay against the National Bank in 1811, are
unanswered and unanswerable. Give attention,
whigs and democrats of North Carolina, for it is
Mr. Badger that speaks I
" We ask, tben, is the question submitted to you, as
the supporters of Mr. Adams endeavor to represent it,
the merely-ordinary inquiry shall we turn out a man in
office to make way for one who is out? In order to as
certain this, transfer vour recollections to the last Piesi-
! dential election. General Jackson, Mr. Adams and two
of 0,ne, .wer "na.aates. 1 ne numoer o eiec,
was 261: of these Jackson received ninetv-nine and Mr.
! Adams only eighty-four. According to the provisions oi
I the Constitution, it became the duty of the House of
i Renresentati ves to choose a President cut of the three
! highest on the list, and thev chose Mr. Adams. The
election had been cast upon the House in consequence
of there being more than two candidates, and the Con
stitution requiring the greater part of all the votes to pro
duce an election. Had Jackson been then in nomina
tion against any one of the opposing candidates, he
would probably, and against Mr. Adams certainly, have
!ppn pleeieH hv lb npnule. How then stands the case?
At the last election Jackson had a o uraliiv t electoral
votes, including the entire vote of Norili Carolina, and
ftvrtA him to Mr.
g- w
; Adams: but. bv the House of Representatives, the wish
I 11 1. WJJ I Wl IH Will I u J'"" "
to this position, he who is elected, no matter how, It
r..., - - ; : rr,t i,.,i r,.r a,.,Ut fnr twelve, lor
sixteen vears, or for life. They tell us indeed that
General"Washington, Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison
were chosen for two successive terms. True: but tlie)
were voted for by a large majority of the people- they
were the favorites of the nation; and did not, like Mr.
Adams, owe their first election to the operation of causes
which defeated the wishes of the people.
But in order to understand this matter the better, i
us refer to a familiar illustration let us advert to a tm
of similar nature and of ordinary occurrence. How
it in the election of Members of Assembly? If ml
has been elected by the voice of the people, fairly e
pressed, and has served them faithfully, it is ajust reaso
to continue their supporf to him. But suppose there a
four candidates for the House of Commons m one or i
counties, aod the friends of three of them throw a .
votes upon a fourth, who is in his own standing the w
est of all by which he is unexpectedly elected an
man really popular is thrown out. When the nex ie
tion comes round, will the supporters of this disapp0
ed candidate be under an obligation to desert tnelJ'rf J(.
and support the man whose election was the result o
ing can be more absurd than to maintain that tie u e
lie ugniiun auiuns uui wu- ..
: c ik- ...... i r h n.nn e. IS. Il
ILUU UUlkC gCMI10l tim VTI9I1C3 U lilt y I
is,
reason, entitled ro tneir support at a seconu .
So far, fellow citizens, we have made no Wm'J.
. . . . . . ,i ii ii.
l u . u 1 i il. i ,.d, m nt ivir.
in oreference to Jackson, suonorted by a large plu '
ot the people's votes. Such an inquiry wul AT .. 0f
. - 1 - ri . ' -I I Allf nir
ve tw.
told force to the argument we are urging. ' ,.
Hfentucky, w as one of the four candidates for Fresiu
Mr. Clay
our naving tne lowest numoer oi eietu -.
excluded ftm the House, The State from trWJ
came bad instructed her members, in the event
had then happened, to support General Jackson;
der the influence of Mr. Clay,. a man of intrigue.
eloquence, ot unoounaeo amoiiion, anu vVesterc
mediocritv, these members, with those of other
States, voted for Mr. Adams, and his election was 1 1
suit. Immediately after his elevation Mr. AO
pointed Mr. Clay Secretary of State, in power
fluence the second station in our government, ana
ally thought to be an introduction to the a"gvioUjlr
tween these two gentlemen there bad bee" p b
neither confidence nor affection, and Mr. Clay " j,
licly expressed, in language not to be misunc i ,
disbelief of Mr. Adams's political 'ntegr''y piJ'jsup-
m HrhaV than am vni te aofniTTlt toT JVU' -
ma oi " rr
port of Mr. Adams in opposition to the declare .
of Kentucky? Mr. Clay indeed and his friends in
Aaa vnroH tn nnt his rhnire nn the fiTOU "d
try on his belief of Jackson's entire unfitness
iftir nn tha crrounu " - int
for