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J XL K I G 11 S TV R A Nli NORTH C A R O LI N A Z K T, 1 h. t I I oat advance the' author in the estimation ..1 bis countrymen . Dai, Chr. ASHLAND, 25th May, 1839, ""fJkWttMaiii: f daty received the 4 ler which jam did Me the honor lo address , me, transmitting i copy of a Resolution Copied at a sweeting of the Whig of NMoud county, recently httd. Whilst I but too aei.sibly feel that ihey 1 have placed an eslima'e entirely too high : and flattering upon tnj capacity and upon .the public service whih I have been able to render, it aflWds me very peat aatia- fjctino to learn that I have been w foctu nste as to obtain their approbation; and I request you to cummanit ate to thos.- whom on rr present, any respectful and grateful ' ' . acknowledgement fori the sentiments of mpect and esteem with an ezprrssiun of . which they have honored me. - At the session of Congress prior to the last, I presented Resolutions to the Sen ate, touching the institution of Domestic Slavery, embracing all the principles ap plirable to the subject, the maintenance of which appeared to me necsary to the security of property, the stability of our system of general government, and harmo ny among -the States of the Union. At the last session of Congress, (he Ultra Abolitiontkts had presented themselves un der a new and alarming aspect Instead -of restricting thctr rxcrtions to moral per suasion, addressed to the conscience of slave holders, keeping aloof from parties and politics, a they originally professed lobe their intention, they had openly pro claimed their purpose to. enter the politi cal arena, ami, l trouncing all who lul not adopt their dogmas and agree with them, to force their principles and their men by the aid of the ballot h.x. It re quired but little foresight to discern the frightful consequences which would result from this change of their position, if they should succeed. -lite union would be first ' rouvulsft) throughout, and finally broken into fragments. 1 thought, therefore, at The mi sVsfion7W bl to warn the Country of the designs and effort and hence . the tptech which has commended itself to the approbation of lheAVhis i TTarisembnd. That speech is but an expansion of the argument em- bodied iiTthe resolutions of the previous j-1 session. -And I shall be most hanpy if if should contribute any thing toward arrc- ting the mad career, of theite mioguiled - menan-towards-peeaervingthe- Union- which is (he truest guarranty of all the, high privileges which we enjoy. In the Constitution of that Uoin there , r-i not a Solitary provision, fairly infr-pre- .ted" rnoTratrirsTmtnfsteretl, which author- etcu.Stavrry,a if elut iu the .y-oi. '-' le'toLaies. ., were is not one, riaung iu . the subjecf, which does not recognize and clause which fixe the representation in the popular bran h of Cotizrrss, raUbli.b- est ratio founded upon the acknowledged existence of slavery j and, in the appor tionment of direct taies among the; States, slaves are" assumed taue lawful-property On the occasion or the imposition of a di rrct tax, to prosecute the late . War with Great Britain, slaves were taxed by Con gress as staves, am) their proprietors paid etax accormnjrlv. I he provWHrnmcn- cure the aurrewderjifiugitiis jlaveJo their owners, of course, admits, that they are legitimate property, and was intended to preserve peace and harmony among the States. I have seen, with inexpressible surprise and deep regret, that.it, has been contended not only that t'is conservative atipulat:on may be evaded, but that it is even meritorious to violate it. Meritori ous to violate an express injunction of that constitution which many ol as are solemn, ly sworn, and all are bound faithfully to support ! If any citizens of the United States, who object to a particular part of the Cora'ifution, may elude and disregard i", ther citizens, dissatisfied with other parts hsve an rqusl right to violate them; auJ universal nullification of the sacred instrument would be the necessary conse quence,'' 4-aruli IIIUB1! Of I I whalypu jayjn regard to the pr.ent ton dition of our public aflairs. In content ' 1atingSt ilierV fa'mucK Traeprcstf; biit 'I rejoice to say much also to animate and "ncourae,""the" " geniii.ni '"patriot,-and h stimulate his most ? energetic . exertion. J New and alarming principles dangerous practices, great ap9e and rexienive cor.-, raption have beesintrMaced into the gen ra.l ad OMoitratiB during .-the tt m - -last years. 1 have witnessed their progress, with profound regret and deep Mortifica tion', Bat sentiments of despair are nev er . to be indulged as to the fortunes or fate of the RepuUlk. An enlightened and virtaona peop'e require only to be' con vinced of the evil to apply an efficacious remedyf and this conviction is forcing it self upon them, in apite of all the efforts which have been m de, and arc, making to deceive and betray flttww - - t thank yon, gentlemen, cordially, Wl the lnen-y y and Datenng wanner in which yarn have xecated the com Mission assign--edtayou by the Whigs of Nansemood, and reaaest yu i ba assured of the sen- ti AeaU'uf esteeaa. i4 Jregarif , wi(4 sVliich, ; 1 asa lattnioiiy, - , ... " Tear friend nd oVt ervt. J . V----'. ' ;H. CLAV. , Messrs. Jh CrCrm.Thosr: II. F. , Good win, lind lobsV C. Cohooa, fc ;iiiC. - oj nta j!w axiaass. k TttEASCarNOTE,--- O ir ijiotationa the piMt week indicated fast Tr'wrjf;)$fna latere!, were sol4 ajnWW-far f flank Nates. wikit iatereat. It is stst deo rsas fr a Gaveraaieat ' r1ta inuing aa carrracy aa wredewab1e paper amler tlc ear 4 eJeesaaUf BaV raper ta decry im i,jrfmnuwa r wnrgri. There have been three Acta for the is sue of Treasury Notes authorizing issues totheamoont of SO.000,000 dollars. Of s amount Mr. w oodbnry lias issued RI9.I96.191 68 els. There are now of Note outstanding, that is invested, in Bank, or in circulation, 25.1G0.4SO 54 eta. As long as Mr. Woodbury mano lactuxea paper money at this rate, the Globe should never denounce the redeem able manufacturers of paper money. We should like to hesr tha. Evening Post ex - E Iain to us the Constitutional difference etween authorizing Mr Biddle or Mr. Woodbury to sign Notts for the Goveo tnent. The Treasury Notes which have been sold under par, hsve probably been bought Uo pay duties at the Custom House. We should like to know on wnai conditions Mr. Jesse Hoyt receives these Notes, or what he does with them when received. It is palpable by the report of the Secre tary of theTreaaury that these Notes have not been returned to his department. Is it a fact thai Mr. Hoyt deposits Miem in Bank, and then that the Secretary of the Treasury draws upon his account, so that thus the Secretary Ukes the benefit of the Credit System" twice or thrice, while the Globe is denouncing every merchant w ho J radices upon it once? Again we should ike to knnw, w.bnae losi t i, when . Jlie Treasury Nott sell under pari- We pre sume the U. S. loses. It isated that the banks -which have received Treasury Notes as hypotheca tions, have conditionally agreed to hold on lo them till October. This conditiun sl hypothecation is made so as to give a good account to Congress, as the quarter ly accounts of the Secretary of the Treas ury are made up to the 30th of Septem ber, the end of the fiscal year of the coun try. The condition of the Money Mar ket is now defeating this attempt to throw dust into the ere of Congress. The Federal Government, it thus sp partlUs orv credit The - Secretary Jut the Treasury, though the- Globe so often denounces Wall street, its Bankers and Brokers, is the greatest operator in it It een hypothecate iu own -notes to raise Bank notes. Thus we have the spectacle of a Secretary of the Treasury pledging the credit of the Federal G ivernineiit on interest, to borrow the credit created by a State Government, not bearing interest. We should liko lo see the fivenrng Post or some other oraiie oi tue party, recon ciling tliia inconsistency ol profession and practice. The administration, w iih is now beg. 2jng:i r: ' street phrase, continues all Hie while ne- nnuncinz the Hanks, -and prabng ol a Treasury independent of the Banks -Wrn tint roetaim tnese tarts Tepee ting the condition of the Federal Govern ment Treasury, with sny satisfaction, lor as American citizens we bear the common shame, but it ia a fact, that the adminis tration which denounce credit, lives and breathes on credit! and it-ie-ala Let, that now. if it were hot for the banks which this administration denounces, the Treasury Department would break, in twenty-four hours. The moment, indeed, Mr. Woodbury abandons in' tiis practice the 14tre!4i--ayteiii!!.!he Financra jf his whole Department would tumble to (he ground. THE ELECTION. Most of our readers have probably learn ed that our election naa-resulled in the com pinto prostration of the Van Buren party in this District. Mr. Deherry is not only re-elected, but re-elected by AN INCREASED MAJOIin Y. . The vote of Montgomery ia not fully as certained. A letter from Wadesborongh in forms us that the vote is about 900 to 200. " This result is most glorious. It has come upon the Van Buren men like a clap of thin ner from a clear sky. Many of them not only supposed that they would give Mr. Deberry a close race; but some even calcula ted with the utmost confidence on beating : him. They hmuirhAQOt.Mfc-MfHTtf-whw resided in the largest county irr the Districtj who had Tor years served that county in the Legislature; and wrlid- wasr apoptilar prearA- er ol the most numerous religious uenomin- tiojLiaUjeM5iricU,Xbey species of deception, secretly and openly to niisrepresent Mr, Deberry's f6ujJ(u They charged him at one time with being identifi ed with Mr. Cbiy, tnd at anoUiw with fear ing to avow himself in favor of Air. Clay. He did not hesitate at alt times, to avow his preference for that distinguished candidate for the Presidency. They eharged him with supporting the extravagance of the Ad ministration, aud circulated hundreds and DcrhaDS thousands of a dastardly production aigned 'A Freeman," which pretended to give chapter and verse to prove this charge. The leailers bragged and betted, to give the rank and file confidence, llut all would not do. The majority for Mr. Deberry, instead of being reduced from 850, ia increased a bout 100. ; We tMgratalata our friends in the Dis trict, on die manly struggle they have main tained Cor principle; and think we are justi fied ia claiming for them tha honor of being AriH'RONGEST-ATlIirjrDlSTllTCT IN THE 8TATE. Long may they con tinue to merit the distraction! CMserrer. ff UNVLEASANT 1NC1DENTTT" - TJie Preaident arrived at Saratoga on the Si. Some parade was mads by bu friend bob his introducuon thetr."The following nnpleaaant incident is related in. the New! York Timea.-2-The President having been rairly installed, he began to play the courtier. aw at a abort jdiutaiieej ia the large public saloon, the widow of toe late Governor Clinton.. Instantly leaving hia eompsay, he msbed through the crowd with impresi mentio offer hia hasuL The lady drew hes- self up to one of her firmest and loftiest atti- tudoa and beat upon him a countenance of disdain ami contempt, rejected the proffered hand, and turned with indignation, aa if from pollution itactf, from the man who had re Tiled 'and persroted JveTusbandrduHgiri life. This indignant rebuke and "cut direct" did 'not change the smile on hia imperturlia ble countenance. The lady was heard to say as she left the room, "I I speak to the man who persecuted ray husband to the day of hia deathr" General Scott is on his return to the east, having succeeded in arranging the diffi culty connected with the removal of the Winnahago Indians. The Buffalo Adverti ser states that in 1632, Gen. S. concluded a a treaty with the Winnabagoes, by which that tribe ceded loathe United States a great portion of their territory in Wisconsin, in exchange for a liberal annuity, and a tract of land west of the Mississippi, agreeing at the same time to remove. It ha since been ascertained that the tract west of the Missis sippi is not as valuable nor as extensive as was supposed at the time of making the trea ty of '32, and the Indians have manifested a disposition not to remove any where al though very willing to receive the annuity punctually. To put matters straight, and to allay any hostile feelings which might ex ist on the part of the Winnabagoes, was the object of General Scott's missidh, and, as we have said above. Jig has accomplished his undertaking: The Indians -have accepted a larire and fertile tract of country south of the Missouri) and have agreed positively to remove. ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE. 1 The question of the right of the Governor of Illinois to remove, at plcasnre, the Secre tary of State,"has been decided by the Su preme Court of Illinois, against the power of the Governor. During the last session of the Illinois Legislaiure, Governor Carlin, thinking to turn Mr. A. P. Field, the Secre tary of State, out of office, nominated Mr. J. A.. McClernand, a locofoco. The noinina- liQawss .lajd,i)efrc,tUc. . .ScnatcJbut Jlt body decided that the Governor had no right to create a vacancy by turning out Mr. Field. A bitter controversy ensued between the Senate and his excellency and was kept up during the rest of the session. After the adjournment, the Governor again assumed the prerogative of appointing McClernand to the Secretaryship, and that individual at tempted to take possesion of the keys and papers, but 'Mri Field refused to give them wpr Theease- was bfotigHV before-the- Gir-4 cunvyourt, wnicn ueciueu inai .icv lernsinu was actually the Secretary. Field appealed to the Supreme Court, and that tribunal, the Iih8t4n the Sutej ha now-revrscd ther AN APPOINTMENT IN CHARACTER, A few "weeks since Stephenson IowelI, r81jt..(. WWg).Jwa jremoved from 'the Post Office in Sangerviifer Me., aha Jackson Thissell, a noisy Ixjc Foco, was appointed in lits place. His character may be. known by the fact that fifty-six individuals of the town have published a card in several papers, requesting that all tetters, newspapers, te. sent to their address by mail, be directed to Guilford, Me,,m "the Post Office in Sanger ville, say they, having been entrusted by the Government, to an individual whom they deem incompetent to discharge the duties of the same, in an appropriate and acceptable manner.'' Those who know him best do not intend to let him have a chance to play Sub-Treasurer with them. THE PLUNDERERS. The subjoined article, made up from offi cial documents, will exhibit the carelessness of the Administration in reference to the public funds, and the recklessness of the band who for years have been acting on the principle that "lo the victors belong the spoils." ' "On the 30th day of September last, at a time when the government pretended to he so poor, that it had to borrow money to the amount of millions; or what is the same thing, to issue treasury notes bearing inter-1 est to that amount, there was then in the hands of agents of the Government unac- lions of dollars, nearly three hundredtcng ntoa li, had it been in silver. That this statement ia4nieppearj from document No. 9, furnished by the Government to Congress at the commencement ol the last session. 1st. 'There was in the hands of the offi cers and agents of the Quartermaster Gener al Department, and unaccounted (or, -on the 30th day of September last, eight hun dred and twenty thousand nine hundred and eighteen- dotlarst -. - 2d. On the same day there was in the handa of the agents of the Medical Depart ment unaccounted for, fifteen thousand aeven hundred and sixteen dollars. 3d. On the same day, there was in the hands of the agents of the Paymaster Gener al's Department, unaccounted for.eight hun dred and ten thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars. See Doc. No. 2, p. 142. 4lh. On the same day, there was in the handa of the Commissary General, and un accounted Tor, twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars. See Doe. No. 2, p. 148. 5th. On the same day there remained in the hands of the agents of the Engineer ing Dpartmai wnaooound for, -two mil lions nmetv-four thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars. See Doe." No. 2, p. 187. oth. tin the same day theie remaned ia the hands of the agents of the Topograph ical Bureau unaccounted for. fortv-five thou? and nine hundred and sixteen dollarrSe? 7U- Oft the- aame dsy there remained itt the hands of the agents of the Ordnance Dc parUncDV tnd u naco d red and thirryetgTrt thousand eight hundred and mxty-one dollars. See Doe. No. 2, 393. 8th. On the aame dar there remained in the handsofthe agents of Indian affairs, aa anaeeouated for, two millions four hundred and jiioetyne thoiwand foui hundred and t a t - m ,- - i a s i i I sHrittinis ni ue irvwpu rntm. nmi nnruipu v eightv-four dollars. (8ee Doc. No. 2, p 505.1 9th. On the same day tlie"re remained In the hands of another set of agents attached m the Department of IndtatAffairuaafcl. counted for, six millions five hundred ana forty-seven thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars. TSee Doc. No. T, p. 507. Thus you see, that while the Government was actually borrowing money, n nao in me hands of its arent. unaccounted tor, near FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS on the 30th September. 1833. . Of the before mentioned suras of money, it is already ascertained that about eighty thousand dollars had been lost to the Gov ernment, by the defalcation of two of the agents in whose hands it was placed, and how much more of it has been lost, and will be lost, it is impossible to tell, but that much of it will be lost, there can be no doubt. Trouble a novo the Indians. 9 Great Slaughter. The St. iouis Republican, states, on the authority of a letter from Fort knelling, dated July 10th, that a most un happy state of affairs exists between the Sioux and Chippcways, and, that the latter have been slaughtered in great numbrvs. The following is an extract of the letter: The Sioux and Chippeways have had a hrush at two different points on the ot. Croix, and again about thirty miles -above 4ha Fidls of St. Anthony. .The Chippeways, just before leaving the- Pillagers! believe, had killed, at Lake Calhoun, a Sioux Brave, an hour or two after sunrise. The nsws having spread like wild-fire, the Sioux. a bout two hundred strong left the Falls. Hale- in-he-lap, a Chippcway Chief, had pushed on with his party, and was not overtaken. The Siouxs who left the Falls, came across a party of the Rum River Band, attacked them about sun-rise the next morning, and killed one hundred and thirty-three men, women, and children. This was above the Falls. Big Thunder, a Sioux Chief, cross ed the country in pursuit of the Strong Ground Band of Chippeway, and overtook ami fougluthera at Su Croi.- -Big Thun der told the Siouxs not to fire where the whites were, (Messrs. Aitkinsand MrLoud's party) and as the Chippeways huddled round the whites, many of them thus escaped. Notwithstanding the Siouxs killed thirty-six men of the Chippeway party, and some wo men and children. The country is in great excitement, and will continue so for some time. There will, no doubt, be a general engagement between the Siouxs and Chip- peway-before mimy raeflh-mer Halo - in-the-day is a chief not to be trifled with, and the Siouxs i are consolidating under Bad Hail, a ftrsfrate warrior, wliojhas been to Washington.' ' Married, on the morning of the '3 1st ulti mo, at the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in thtt iitjr,. hyihe Revpr. Milnor, Mr.X R. Bcrnett, of Livingston, N". Y., to Miss Phebk OsnoaNE, of Castile, Genesee coun ty, N. Y., (a pupil of the institution.) We have seldom attended a matrimonial occasion of more agreeable interest than the one above mentioned. It was a gala day at the institution. The annual examination of the school at the close of the term had passed off successfully the day before, and the summer vacation was just commencing. The Secretary of State, in hirofficial capacity aa superintendentf school, together with several other literary gentlemen of distinction, had attended tire examination, and all expressed themselves highly gratified with the progress of the pu pils, and the prosperity of the institution; the majority of the pupils were just about to take their aceustomeM summer tour into the country, to visit their parents and friends, and the weddinr was to be the male of the term. . Health, hope and happiness reigned among the inmates of the youthful mute community, ami the languageof every coun tenance seemed to be "come haste to the wedding then haste to our homes." At nine and a half A. M. the bride and her maids were dressed and decked with flowers, and the bridegroom and several of Ins relatives arrived in carriages from town. four pretty deal mute girls officiated as br.ide.'jt.miudfliOCCQmpaiikdhyi.wojlefwute. young men, and two of the young men pro- ieaur ti me msmmton. Aitenaea oy these fiws-cou pies, the- pair betrothed, at ten" o clbck, entered the large apartment in the west wing of the institution, where, in the presence of an assemblage- -of two- hundred persons, they were to be united in "the holv estate -of matrimony ." The ceremony war I iJftA.: rr - . auicmmzeu aiierur ivpiscopai lorm, by the Rev. Dr. Milnor, (President of the institu tion", "tu his happieet arid most impressive manner, i ne interpretation ol the spoken words, sentence by sentence, to the mute married pair, and the mute portion of the audience, waa performed by Mr. Peet. in hia peculiarly elegant and forcible mode of exnioiung ine sign language. " The solemnities of the occasion were ter minated by prayer and benedictions. Then followed the usual salutations, refreshments, Ac., and at 1 1 o'clock- the bride, after taking an affectionate leave of henellow pupils, her instructors and friends at the institution, de- Earted with her husband and his friends, to" er new home west of the Passaic SUPREME COURT. JSniwraOpiAieiM have bera de ered in the following cases: RirtriN, C. J., delivered the Opinion of .1.- . .1: - . .. ne v-ouri in we case oi the plate, Muse, Irom Moore, directing that the - Defendant fay the, penalty and hi own costs;. Also in Speight r." Speight,- in 'Equity from G reemv". direetirth hiH ttf " he'disrhiss-' ed. Also in Holloman r. Holloman, in Equity, frem Wayne, remanding Uie cause, Bancombo, dissmissing the bill, Damcl J.', delivered the Opinion of the court tn Uxe se . 6lauaet(Andja4J2aioli,na.. from uladen, affirmtng the judgment below. Also ia Andrea 0. Meredith, from Bladen. affirming the judgment below. Also in B J p " " ... I Lockhart r. Phillips, in equity, from Or- ange, directing a decree for the Pjantiffs. Also in Chambers v. Hisc, iii Equity from Macon, directing the bill to be dismissed. Aho in Pettway v. Powell, in Equity, from Halifax, declaring thatonly the children of John P. and Marv P. took the legacy under the will of Mrs. M. P. Gasto.n, J., delivered the 0pln'on f the Court in the case of Hester r. Hester, re fusing the application for a certionarj. Also in Iewis r. Mobley, from Uhiden, af firming the judgment below. Also in Lewis t?. Smith, from Bladen, affirming the judg ment below. Also in Morrison f. McLcod, inEquty, from Moore, directing an ac " Libtrlai et natalt tolum." THE STAR- RALE I G 11 AUG US T 21, 1839. -"THE" LATE ELECTIONS. ' The efeclionn have locn closed in this Stale, and the result of thcra would appear, upon a su perficial degree of reflection, to be adverse to the future hopes of the Whig party. But we should not be discouraged. It has been frequently re marked, that the brightest and most genial splen dours of a morning sun are frequently preceded by angry clouds and convulsing tempests. So it may be with the whig party in the approach ing Presidential election. The Van Buren par ty, it appears, has succeeded in procuring the return of a mijorily of its candidates for congress in the election which has just terminated. But Considering all the circumstances of the case, Woliave reason'tS reJtfrce tTiat 'we have done so' wall, rather than to despond at not having done better. It is well known tli.it the banner of Mr. Clay has just been extensively unfurled in North Carolina, and it could hot be reasonably sex pec ted that the exalted merits of his character could in such ; a brief space of time;, be deeply engrav ed upon the hearts of the good citiicns of North Carolina, or that the strong prejudices which have heretofore been in operation against him" in j - Xorth - Carolina, should Jjejnstantaneously over come. But the persevering efforts of 11 or 15 months to come may introduce the high' charac ter of Mr, CI ly for ardent patriotism., beneficent services, splendid abilities, and genuine rcpub- compliance, we may rest assured that the peo - , . .. . pie of this State will flock to the Clay standard like Uecajto, s genial, .jeptacJet.yhea .jhe people shall once have adopted the conviction that Mr. Clay, in the times which were best cal culated to try and test the foundations of ones devotion to the best interests of the confederacy, was the main pillar of his country's hopes; and wl.en they shall be also convinced that there is no individual in this country, purer in his dem ocratic feelings and practices than- is -Mr, Clay, there is no doubt but their entliuskutifTfondness for his character will sweep every vestige of op- 1 position before it. in iu triumphant march. The whirrs should take courage too, from the fact.that.the Van. Buren party was materially aided in the last elections by the circumstance of their leader, Mr. Van Buren, being now in the Presidential chair, and surrounded by that moral dignity which attaches to such an exalted station, and by that extensive patronage, which is so well calculated to engage the services of the selfish and mercenary. The fact of Mr. Van Duren being now in office is, itself, an advan tage which will require the stoutest and most unremitted exertions, on the part of the whig party, to diminish its force with the people. They will be apt to regard him with some degree of affection, aa the head of the nation, no matter how he got into office. They will also be more familiar with his name from the public and Im posing nature of his station. Let the people once i-Uwappfi iu ii ib pirseiii luivion 071110 unmrary Qteium Of Gen. Jackson; once make them acquainted- with the perilous tendency of the precedent which is furnished, in being promoted to such a station by the command of one man; once make tliem ac quainted-with thtrextwrt to which his adminis tration has employed his patronage in subsidi sing the press, and la controlling the elections of the country; and they will desert him in crowds andrepairto the CtayatandardV " " The whig party should be stimulated to per severing exertion, too, by the example of the Van Buren men themselves. Never dishear tened nor checked by defeat, the Van Buren par- 1 ty buckles on Its armoar and prepares for a trial ot strength, when smarting undor the lash of a recent discomfiture, Now, the Van Buren par ty not long since met with a Waterloo defeat in New York.N.Sueh a defeat, pwhaps, as would have utterly paralyzed the energies of the whigs. Well; have the Van Buren men surrendered all hope of obtaining the vote of that great State in the coming Presidential election? O no! instead ofdesertinr the chase, thevhava onl r1n.it.l.w1 v . . j their exertions to obtain tlto votanf (hut mnmt in Connecticut and Rhode Island; and they still continue tobring additional forces to boar upon publie smliment in tliese States. If then the Van Buren party have not abandoned the hope of obtaining the vote of New JYink for Mr. Van flenrtatoa?pn)tc why should thn.whigs !ign.thehpp of obtain ing for Mr. Clay he vote of North Carolina! "Xta to monS discouraging dsfeata ut Ne w " York: than the whigs have ever yet met with in North THE ATHERTON RESOLUTIONS The Editor of the Standard professes to . T I believe lliat lliese resolutions were iniroduo ed by Northern members of Congrest f the devout desire to arrest the efforts hi position to slavery which have bcea can!!i on for some time past," by the aboiiuoBU, It is strange if these resolutions were tdLs into existence by a spirit of devotion u .i interests of the South, that they did not b, their appearance in Congress previous tod last Presidential election; for if Mr y Buren's friends in the North Kd united " opposition to the abolitionists thus far bJ v.re Acoi (uiu Biiciigm -u:iu influence of fanatics' would have Been powerfully a, ished ere this; but it will be recollected Aa as far back as the last Presidential elefljo. Mr. Van Buren was exceedingly p in the Northern and middle States, and U convinced that lie coulJ ascend to the Pre. uciium cuair principally oy the aid of Oiera votes. He therefore considered i unnecessary to conciliate the regard ofil, Southern States by requiring his fricndi i take a decided stand against the abolitioa movements. He thought it abundantlriuf ficient too for his purpose to keep the Soua in good cheer by feeding it with faiot and equivocal declarations of hostility to lht olition niWcmcnts and doctrines, whiU J, support of the .Northern and easterffStas, would be retained by the force of hia foaia votes which indicated a decided opposiSu to the institution of slavery, and by the tu cumstancc of his having been born, bred and educated in a community which approwj of the abolition principles. Since thU election, his interest in the north nasbeei powerfully reduced by thedesertionofNet York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, toa his banner; and thus having lost thebu! u: .i ! .. -rf'iil supporters, in spite 61V quivocal course on the subject of aboiitlod tt was nccessnryfar htnr tor; dept'16Seo- litical stratagem which might take for bin new allies, to supply the place of tlx which he had lost. This stratagem sin be recognized in the A therton resolutions, which were put forth by members of C grcss always hitherto opposed to the Sowi and to the institution of slavery, for nootle purpose than that of beguiling the south iat the support of Mr. Van Buren. It is, tha, it; r.-Ti r,7 z:rir jr;! ; : i . r nit aunuiuii vi an mmuruiiicB w prcWDQ advance the docliino that these resolution were introduced for the purpose of predi abroad and . impenetrable shield over fcL, I ' " " .. . M 1 " . . j WE--AKE DETERMINED TO GET) v ALONG. The Standard will have it, in spite" ofi most convincing facts to the contrary, Mr. Clay is connected with the abol'itis party in sympathy and in political intent, merely because a considerable number of it' northern abolitionists have, in consequent, of his splendid abilities, illustrious servicM, and ardent patriotism, T eterarncdldTtip- port him for the Presidency, regardless of. his opposition -to-theifvie-ws and-more-ments. Now, by the same process of re.' soning, the standard can prove Mu.. Buren to be one of the rankest federalist! in the Union; for he is warmly sustained.ii the leading measures of his administration and supported for the Presidency, by mam of the most conspicuous members of the w federal party. For instance, we will met lion Roger B. Taney, James Buchar$ and Senator Wall, of New Jersey, wjfiii pretending to refer to several distinguish) gentlemen in this State who belonged to tha old federal party. IjOFTINESS OF SPIRIT. r The report is going the rounds of the newspapers, that Mr. Van Buren, darinf throWn in contact with Mrs. Clinton, "Wiilb'w of the illustrious De Wht Clintoa;. and he promptly approached lier, forlhepik pose of offering the usual respects, when 4 Roman matron turned jgn(e.ptjggus1yriB;i from him, without having accepted the ptw fercd ' alutatibh,f lady, peak to an individual who persecitel my husband to the day of -his death! , Mt Van Buren, it is said, nevertheless, endured, with the most perfect composure of iaf4 rebuke which would have stung a delicate mind to Uie quick. HAPPY ARRANGEMENT.- The Editor of die Globe, in giving outline, iii one of his late numbers, V i improremcnta in the Government buBding1! which are now in nromress. has taken occa sion to give a very flattering ceount of fl strength of the New Jail which erecuof in Washinirtnn Citv. This is iust a . o . j . 4 ahmild ne- f.w know nf nn snot OB " which more lmoenouslv reauires a and snacioua nrisorl. than Washington City We are acauainted with no institution whick deserves to be more liberally patronised if -the Government than a good jail; and ifM Van Buren and his coadjutors wiH only eharfftt their ilnllo A.innu1er it a Dl" hevnnd all nnoalinn (bat ihn aniirUrienB . I time after the completion, with tenant fj planted from the Government office.' UNSPAftlNGPROSCRIPTIVESTSS-- As was confidently predicted by tha'T01 paper, when Mr. uampbeu was uuyt from the Treasury ofilee by Mr. Van Bo
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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