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f - ... t'. - ,'. .;. .- .-; - ,. ... , -1 . . - t sua ia i e THOMAS 3. LEMAY, , ' propbi rtor." -. i -' ; jry ScaerBirrie, tbivrt dollar per MMUir ia mtimc gr PsraowaeaeWliaf wakoat the Stat will be re- criptioa ia adrancc. -.- RATES OF ADVERTISING. Fur trtrj square (aot eitecaiiif, JLi Tme this eise rjVI " i.ariaa- twetitt-iu-Beatt. rrf Tb BCrertiteasents or Clerktand Sheriffs will be ehsifea per ccai. aigneri ana a oc"n" S3) per tent, will be made froai tba regular lri for edaerlisers'av the tear. '" ley A" cusr' ' n Eii,or pox-p FLORA. ' Tba Seartimcnt of Flowers, or Uaeusg of Flora, tin ""s-" r I'ilfrimiiKt to eniuwm ana (riooni oini, uj A Ward to Women ana oiuar uaiueringi, oy uir 'T . . . ... .... .... Tha aaiwe ara just ironi " rrcn uir April I Jib. lha N. C Book a tore. RALKIGll, APRIL 2?. 1840. TJE PEOPLE'S TICKET FOR FBEMDEXT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, TSe invinoible Hero tf Tippecanoe the tneor- ruptiblt Sldtetman the inflexible Republican the patriot Farmer of Ohio. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, 1 Slate Rights' Republican tf the tchotl of '98, one of Virginia; noblrtl ton, and emphatically ant t.mtmsdetfi mwsl ugaciout, wtuau and patriotic rfitetmen. J7- The broad banner of HARRISON, LIB RTY mi the CONSTITUTION Unow flung the breete, inscribed with the inspirine; motto 1-ONE PRESIDENTIAL TERM THE IN, I-EGRITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVANTS I-THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC MO EY THE DIVISION OF THE PUBLIC ANDS-THE DOWNFALL OF ADOLI- ION AND THE GENERAL GOOD. OF HE PEOPLE- FOR GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA - JOHN M. MQREHEAp, or aciLroHD cob nty,"" """" A FRAGMENT. I There it a period approaching when all hinga, whether they be beautiful, or grand. ir glorious shall pats away. - There ia an lour drawing nigh, when the mutio of treams snd the voluptuous minstrelsy of en shall alike linear no more npon the ear Vhen the beaming eye, the palpitating heart nd the gallant form thall be covered by the im veaiure of dissolution when tlie mighty nd the feeble shall alike lie down in death. nd, be forgotten amid the loud clamour of lie living world. There is a moment eom- ng on apace, when the tremendous realities nd the thrilling tplendoura snd glories of pie present shall bs wasted and destroyed, r preserved and remembered only at the dia" - levered relict of tome unsubstantial bat im- cting vIbiod. There it a day yet to be re ealed In the progress of Time's unwearied evolutions, when the nations shall learn war lo more when banners that now float ovt' lie pomp of lofty thrones and glittering liadems, or flash amidst the lurid-lightnings f battle, aaall go . down in disgrace and hui f uliaiion when shielda that now gleam iih golden devices and armorial bearings lliall repute ujjjyjished and lustreless bo- kotaibe demolished columns of Fame's frnuil temple when the sound of the tocsin hall-tor longer Incite to revolution-and - hen the shrill ton of the warriors clarion hall be silent evermore.' Dot In that day iher sounds thall fall upon the ear. Strange id triumphant note of jubilee and congrat ulation thall break forth amidst the tnonn- - 'dot, and be wafiedoyar the ocean and along halt thero b sisrns in heaven and amaxing hronders upon earth.'The sun shall forget" Ilia original brilliance of hi shining the noon shall put on the habiliment of mourn. ng and the tlart thall fall from their peer and tfanseendant habitations and then hall a fadeless ensign be lifted up along the uinrn it of the celestial mountains, and th Igtl'tkaitbTltliali ajaalk ' ia beauty aad con- " orld. r No trophy of anhallowed victorv atjon no image or memorial of taneuinarr lomination shall, be borne npon it folds bo with, ana riobtsoussis. thall linjfer per- Hually (round it, ami unto it thall the . ommingled v ices of earth and heaven ren ertfie homage of thauksdvins and adorat lion! ACeroewi.A ' ' ; '; ) l- '' DOMESTIC MANNERS or the TURKS n OsmanH it the creatu re of the nn4ntr w . i p--a iiw i fats uvr .'"rtous memories to wile him fiora hiiuaelf; I 5 rery page of hi hittort is shadowed over 7. aoine, gloomy fteolloction nor dare be 'ell npon the future, fid he is the subject t despotic government: the proud pacha ' 'w anrwvr tlim DUCK DRAn Ttm Mat 1. It.. k-T i lo-oay may be headless, or at best house- ' tomorrow; and benre, ihe premature de-' 1 of tluce-ANirtb of ; the Tsrkiah dweU" ' V ben aa individual Leeomea nntil nt , . !0?',','.D ny. er builds a resil-nee Suited ,V MMs nrlgbwed f.nunps; ha lavwhea hi i eii-.wby should he hoard ill it can on- ..u PiiU,f w lhe sultan, aiid ac v -hi nia nugrace; or awake t'.ie jealot " North Carolina Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical VOL. XXXI of hi rivals, and insure his ruin. He made r bis house gay without, snd convenient with in; but all its accessories are ephemeral the . paint which be spreads over the surface re mains fresh ior a year, and that suffice him. Perchance it may outlast his favor; should it not do so, it is no unpleasant task to renew it; and if it should, he content himself with the weather stained walls of a more golden -season. Once in disgrace, he lepair only jiut sufficiently to defy the weather, and troubles himselt no farther. And thus alter you have ben a tew month in the country, and have studied in tome degree the nature and habit of the pejple, you may give a shrewd guess a you ride ulong, at the past and present position of the owner of every edifice that fringe the Bosphorus. The courtier has raised a pile which look a though it had been finished only yester day; the walls are so bright and the lattice . are so perfect the ripple chafes against the marble steps that lead to the columned porti co; and the feathery acacias nestles among their blossoming boughs, gilded kioska, ana -----lordly terraces. - '. The slighted favorite has atill servants , lounging about his door, and state! v landing place beside which his caique dance on the wave; but a shade has passed over the picture: the summer sun and the winter wind have deadened the bright blue or the soft ol ire of the edifice, and here and there a slen der bar ia rent away from the discolored lat tices. -The fair forest trees still wave along the covered terrace, but the steps are grass grown, and the flower-vases are overthrown they might be replaced; but it is better pol icy to let them suffer with their master. r'T-dwelling- of the-wile r atill mot distinguishable. The shutters are hanging loose and beating in the wind; the bioken easement no longer exclude the weather, the lattices are wienohed away; - the terrace wal is faNing inch by Inch into the wave; the rank grass it forcing its way through the crevice of the marble floor; the garden ki-f oak are roofless; and the green fieah bough " -sre flaunting in the sunshine,, mocking the desolation wbieh they dominate. - Father do not, in Turkey, build, or plant, r .or purchase for their tons their fatter did... it not for them it would entail the probable loss of both principal and interest. The European young lady associate the " idea of marriage with tenderness, and indul gence, domestic enjoyment; emancipation Irora maternal authority, and - comparative She aoules to. ltjwtU.lpMat : xvjrv?.m . no bitterness in the tear with which the quit the bom of net infancy : But the Ar-. menian maiden only exchange on tyrranny for an.ithor she is transported to the home of a stanger, whom a priest has told her that- she is to love, and whom she has never seen beneath the rooftree of a man whom, henceforward, she ia bound to honour, though her heart may loathe the mockery. To obey is her least difficult duty, for she hss been ., reared in obedience; but yet she eannotescape the pang of feeling lioyf much more easy wa that blind submission to another' will, whea ; it wa enforced by the mother who had laid ' her to sleep upon her bosom in her infancy, and on whose knee (he had sported in her girlhood;, than whea aha is soddenly called upon to bow meekly beneath the dictation of a new and strange task-mistress, knit to her by no tie, save that new and unaccustomed ' ; Jink, wtich-haa. lust been rivitted ' by thn.,- church; and by which she ha become the lave not only of her husband, but of his pa- ' rents also. t. Ha she fortune, beauty, rank, they avail her nothing; for two long year the must not speak before her step-mother, save to reply to soma question that may be put to her; and, should slie herself become a parent, she has . yet a sterner and more difficult task to learn; for she cannot eyen fondle her infant before .. witnesses; but must fly and hide herself in her own chamber when she would indulge the outpourings of maternal love. ' How mel mcholy a contrast doe this Ar- ' menian barbarism afford to the beautiful do votednesa of, every inmate of a Turkish ha- -rem to the ejmfort and happiness of infancy X. There it Si difficult to decide which ia re ally the mother of the rosy, laughing, bois- , terpus baby that is passed from one to anoth er; and welcome to the heart and arms of all. Tha little plump, spoilt, mischievous urchin,' whose life is one long- bolyday of fun and Colic; and whoM tew. iluetinK taara throw all' aroutid him into commotion. An infant ia common property InaTurkUh harem a toy.' arid a tre isure alike tn each: whether it hie the ''" child of the atatcly " llanoum wboae will it law, or o( the. Uv wnnaa-dtttv is obedience: nd, it is certain that, if children could real-: If be killed with kindneaa," the Ottoman, Empire, in aa far at the .Turk therueetve are ttfmeerned, would soon be a waste Jf, Y. Mirror. : , i-tt '-v -tr- MAJOR DO W N IN G jLATlTI IE J.LOQ i-. CABIN NORTH BEND, i " : Loo Cabin, North Bend?- .,. : March 29, 1840.-5 To th: iLideratar if the Downiugville Convention. - Resjxtctetl - Sir I -gt here yrsterdv safe and ound, ant) am aaliappj as a clam at higi water. M jr juurnrj from Wash-, irit ni to tlii place wuuM take about a quire of paper to describe,' o 1 wont tin let Uke it bat never wa a man had such a lint, it wat one etarnal hurrah from the time I crossed the Potomac till 1 struck tic 0 iio. , I did'nt care fhe fiist ge oflTto let folks know whu 1 was pr where was! going 1 n( one VIisp looked into m j hat ai d seeing my name, stepped up to fie t th- dinner table, and atketl me ; if I was Jack Downing.! Iclld- him whe I was a b.ijf ; folks culled me "Jutkf btit when I riz in the world , I thought-1 was entitled tu le railed ' John Downing. VVel,n nj he. "are VotTMajor Down it i" f 4J ist n," sy -1. ' 1 that yoor ax tayi he, lashed nnder tliathunilUf" "It is" saya I, "That enef, say I.e. and oat he went, and from that time till I got here I needed neither hard money or piper enrrene vi ihere warn! atge r a tavern tliat wo!d let mc paj a cent and RALEIGH, N. C if I coald have eaten all the "Barbaqus" offered me, I guess I would'nt want to eat again for a considerable spell. ' 1 dont think there ia any us in keeping the Convention at Downiugville together after you get this, letter the work is pret ty nigh done. There i enly one notion now all through this everlasting and etar nal country and the present administra tion stand no more chance now than stump tall bulls in fly lime. Tenly difficulty is, folka begin to awarm over a leetle too. fast and there are so many on 'em to. claim the honor of being on the right side, that Gineral Harrison will have to say as Gineral Wellington did at Waterloo "when ao mary have . done their duty I can't discriminate." I got here yesterday, and inquired for the "old hero," and was J old he was out attending to ploughing an some bottom land, and J went off looking for binti and sure enuf I found him as busy aa a bee in a tar bucket and twice a spry. I had'nt gnt my regimentals on and he took me for a settler. "Well, st-anger,", aayt he, how do ye do?" "Right mart,"avs 1. -How ia It with you?" "From the East?" saya he, "And gninjr West?" "Yea, and no.J' eay I. "Well" saya ne, "that soumls right, and makes me hope you will stop in -these parts." 1 had never seen him afore, and as I had come to mi asure him through and through, I got eyeing him. and wt had conaiderable conversa tion afore I let on who I was, and when I did tell him I guest all Downingville. snd especially our family f nd iraprwotild like-to see the tisht down beat thakeof tlie hand the old Hern give me. " "Why," says ne, "Aiajor, a rise in ine uiuo arter a long dry spell, was never more pleating to me than to tee jqu. ' , v . ' Come," ssys he, ' 'enme aloiijf to my ctbin, as or your stopping any where else, it aint in the -book and remember jist that halfon't Isyoom." And so. back we went and he aent off to town and got my bundle, and show'd me my room i and as soon aa supper was ready I was ready lor it too AntP thru we bad a regulAr set iryav;-.t-ii- and went to. -bed. . - - I. v..-.'Ta . a" a . a a.. aw ' it would make ttua letter too long tor a man who haintgot the 'franking privilege, to tell vou what we talked abuott nor will '17iiniaTeTOr7s1S"y . . tt.v r . . . . ii lite oto liero; lorn inionesupprr.oneiam, one night' lodging.or one gourd of cider that give a man a right to apeak of another, knowingly, especially a man up for the first office in the country. I haint forgot vet thstjeitertother oW Hero wrote to Mr. Monroe hut what I have said of this one thus ' far; and know ing (other one aa well aa I do, I think there is this difference, both on 'em are rale grit, at their military history shows, and both on 'em have had considerable to do with the Ingina. ' Now whilst one car- rfidInglninrttiona to"WsihtngT6riind spread that doctrine into - his party, 1 think f other one will only apply it to lo gins, and give civilixed folks a share that belongs to civilization) but a to this I dont asy positive jist yet. " There are some things I like to see here in "tht Cabin,' and which look about figbt There, .are aurpictra, hanging up here, which tb old Hero saya. ought to' hang in every cabin in the country, and that Congress ought to have printed and framed, and aent round to every cabin that can't afford to buy 'em, (and a lee tle saving out of the public printing would pay the hull expense) and ; they lif thi Declaration , of Independence,- 2nd, the Constitution of the United 5aet, 3rd, Gen. Wanhxngton't Farewrlt Jlddrttk and 4iA, the Map of the United Xtalet. ' Now, with these, the Gineral f ays, ; t good hnn' est democrat looking well to lem will straiten the Crooks of party, nJ I at to Books, he '"nay he WV have lis many as llie can afford t buy-r-tukmgicare to see (hat one ; at least shall stand first on the list, and that ia tht Bible.. i 4 . -!. There is no telling when I shall leave here.; , The. Gineral says he can't part with me no how, that folks all about the coun try write him ' so msny letters, and send hint ao many questions to answer, that he haint got time to answer fem alt, unless he neglects his farm and lets. his apple trees go untrimmM, and ,in that case he'd have no cider t give hit friends next fsllt and so I am giiing to lend him a hand In duins some hf his writing. -' ' ITiere are a good many aiieriet sent lo the Gineral some honett ones, and. some cunning ones, and all ouzht tn be answer. M, and the Gineral ia wi ling to leave that business to me, only telling me to keep in mv eye the", four pictun hanging in tb Cabin-tt Chamber, , Some want to know what the Gineral' notion ar about mV hey matters Currencv, - Sub-Treaiuru snd Hank; and ao o forth. Others about Tariff md Abolmon, , and I'ubLc Ijandt, and so forth. And others about rjflct-hot; derl, and who ought to hold office, and so forth. ' Others about ' Internal I m prove ment, and State Creilif, and so forth, and I expert to be kept pritty busy fur a spell answering ail these queries for the, umeral.. whilst he is busy with his Isn snd his appl trees, and it aint possible ior me to say , that I ran get bark ynur way till 1 zi with the GineraT to Wash' ington next fall, so you rmaf a well ad-' jnurn the Convention at Downingv'.Ile, sn I rfcdSiaVfifc!i.tf reeonrces the land of our re$, and the WEDNSDAY, ArRIL S2. 1840. - refer all unfinish'tt matters to me and the Gineral at the Cabin on the Xortk liend, from which pint jro and all creation will bear more from . : ... , Your respectful nephew and friend, J- DOWNING, Major. &c. &c. &c. IXTRACT FROM THE Sl'tECH OF , Mr W, C. Jolinsoir, of Mnryland, ' On kit tnotion to exclude Jbulition Petition. ' I .would here (said Mr. Johnson J moil gladlj conclude mj remark, which have been extended to great length by the im portance of the question amLthe kind and indulgent attention of this House, but a tenae of duty and of justice forces me to allude to a few remarks which have fallen from members of the Administration who have participated in this debate. Party politics of the day, he contended, should never b connected.: with this delicate subject. " " But tf : gentlemen will " force a discussion of persona and their opinions into the debate, they must expect that the v will be examined and answered. . It is a fact curioni of note, that every member of the Administration whu has spoken in this discussion has attempted to ;tve u a political aspect every nicmucr, kas charged Gen. Harrison, either direct- ly or indirectly, with being either an ab- ,our Union, in despite of the veto, would olitionia or atrongly favoring the views of t a,t a 4uoint. t But, did Mr. Van the abolitionistsj and all of them have been Buren believe that daring hit aim stri lavish in eulogixlng Mr. Van Buren as the i i,on there watUkelt t b a -.ftfjoriy4n great champion of,Southeru rights. South- either House? Wa artr sensible or halt ern institutions, and Southern principles, deluded man in (he Soutii of such an o I consider, then. that lam but in the line of ninion? . M'. Van Buren avowed it as a my 4utj when 1 give .1:)pmbg'iibacrciaP' Itwai vations to what h been jaid.jJ.Lilii-:l44browuiE arm to C rbrrua. n But Telu One gentleman declares that .Mr, CIsy, waa not nominated by the Harriaburg Con- vrntion, because he waa a slave-holder; snd ill ortlwlox on the queslion or slaves ry. . Another proclaim that Gen. : Harrl-; OB w 'c, "J tht influence ol the abolHionisl.or that Convention.- - Tht gentleman from North Carolina fMr. Byoum) has lately discovered that Mrv Clay is a genuine democrat, and that Ihe delegation or-Kntuckjrir "wnd I Mi'ere ia one man in America who under- I.. ' '" s . a .a i stands oetier man anotnerjnot- oniy - iiieT,r motives of men, but all the , aecret and tcfonng. oi numan man .tn i iivninrriiir inn frmmiiirnir im mr iiin s:.....t .t . ' .:..ir-- "... rE TISWI-U IWtl .-.. -a T-saa. awaw w ,M nt wa 11 XI I I.IIH OllUtll rCWIfU 111 111 I1UW Hlltlilin i. aaewrr way. -iraii ir. ywj oeen meMxup for free negroes to vote In that nominated. th gentleman..I opine would s,.,e. Ara uch Dtiew( 0f the South, h,?l,.h.lm. btoln'OD,,.t n'1 )"fMl and has that vote mailt Hit South revere enlist. But since Mr. Clsyissosound on hiin 't N(irtliern ' w;,h Southern this vital question as gentlemen Broperly principe,! I 1Ive been in Ontsrio coun Tr.u ' b" Jt0"e8ue ? C""8" ty, New York, during an election, when in both Houses, and their constituents, and QJnt 0f tht blackest Degroet in America, he and they ad vocate Gen. Harrison's t bUcl , one ever 4foBVd csp or drop lection, and a tHeir democratic State has pej , ,iniin curleiy t v, ?ttfc once gone for him, and will do so again. Uen wf th-ni,ea gu(ei, wai fd to (hf should not tht weight of the gentleman a 0U by two or three followers of Mr. Van own authority induce him and all , ho; BBreo and voted their ticket think with bim to keep in company with, , ... . . v ... thi. excellent democratic commodity by'. wrfi ST"." Viht adrotirrg?.likWreHarrii the Pre.irencyf Kentucky la' a border aV !e k," mM. w(la1l,.M th -slave-holding JState and he? People art in- M, ,nd -!h? ",U f0U' telligent and democratic, and know their ntl rP T'' , t" .r i. "'fr own interest vtry well, Snd know Gen. .. nem ,'..h,me f- . f t becomes his Harrison and hia sentiments, for he is i 1' eoBC,,,V-.V,,"V;A?,,itS?rts' near neighbor, on the ' border of Ohio.- i1'1 enture ,.I,CV1-. K' J1' And if Kentucky, ao greatly interested in "nMn; f' f""1 'n h -d .J" 'ft thiaqaeatioor-wiU tapportHlmrNwrfV'fr Caro?,na, so removed from the 'poii.t or 'In V'? 0'" r on,rlrSW,Um, "nUl,("n danger, can safety follow tht examplt or,P0Pn,at,on. of 0'" 0?1' ,,d P' Kentucky ' f t -'-f-... m"J ' the whole of Missouri, I AnothJr" gentleman;' after1 discoursing th Iwer of providing ifor their em.nci on the aubject of abolition, s k. with pe V" rM,f '! Congress lone.''-will culiar emphasis, why-was Mr. Clay tint nominated I tytheHirrisburg Conventlonr I will answer that question, if it will cive gentlemen sarj.f.ct.on to hear tht reason The Harrisburg Convention assembled hot Kar ik. n.,PnA.J rf nn:.i'..- ... ..it. ior toe purpose or nominating any panic- -i..-.-.i-W.. r,,: r.....i . . llltKl An.ll.la Mkm..A l it ..t..ll .... V1IM(UIU II , . MM . . . M. '.'IL , Wl .11. i i . . .. .. .r wno couiu neieai most easily xuanin van Buren;ey discovered: uW consul tbn, thaV with: Mrt JCIr in the.. field, they would have to fiht hard to be success-!" tlemen from the centre to the' circumfer 9 , . SE- ,lt ence of tht Union, knew that Harrison's popularity was fresh and vigorous that he waa potential at every position, from liar- nsuorg to me penpnrrv oi union mat, uy nominating him, the Norlh, the South, the East, and the West, would units zealous ly upon him and that, by a single bold charge, after the manner of Napoleon, or himself ir thii tt warV upon the " enemy's centre, they would break their ranks, and scatter their wings, and route them, hone, foot, and dragonns.every where.and there fore wisely resolved to make a sure busi. net of i. I ask these honorable ' geulle men if they would desire a better reason for tht nomination of Gen. Harrison? And I hope it will be quite satUfactnry to them; as it will f ore ly be Z lo tht Peo-' "j.-?-i i :'. 3 .; -'i i;'- a fi ,-.:! i-H!;', Tht rrntlemen from North Carolina (Mr. Bynuml waa laboring lor three day, wnn .me aiijunct wnicn I navt Dclore alluded to. to make Gen. Harrison a rank abolitionist. L Did he succeed? He suc ceeded about as well as the brave little srehin whd attempted to kick down "the moon: who aimed at. but mSited it A laugh.) ; He found himself, like 1he gentleman, to his own astonishment, ' on his back, and the silvery orb still shining proudly aloft in the Cerulean. - A laugh. she vilcit traducers i Uen; Harrison, jwho have a respectful regard for sincerity J home of our affection. mo. u. do not charge him with being either an ab olitionist, or favoring their agitation. " I hold now. in my hand the Charleston Courier, width editor atalea that Harri lon's views on the question are ail that the S mth could desire; who comes out frank ly, like an honorable and honest editor, and declares that he had done Harrison injustice, and cheerfully publishes his a ble speech, delivered at Viticennes .-. What can be sounder more argumenta tive, more states manlike, more patriotic thai) his pnblished opinions in his speech at Vincennes? How will Mr. Van Bu re'i's views compart with them? Mr. Van Buren has avowed in hia letter to a comtnittee of gentlemen of North Caroli. na that, Congress haa the) power to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Is such the Southern doctrine? J If such are the view of gentlemen id . the South. I stand aloot from them. But they answer, it tn two nouses snouid pass a Din to a bolish slavery, Mr. Van Buren it pledged to put his veto upon it. It the South to be entrapped by audi delusive security? w nat wouia veto i woi tn in tucii continrency? Nothinz. I he majority, .ktjl '..It... onc, tola in this House would alarm tha South to dissolution. progress in tbaalogyr w rather want of similarity in their conduct and sentiments, Mr! Van Buren voted intructionrwhen t member of th Senate of New York: to iht Senator and Representative a .-In Con- gress to Voteaginst-th admissioit ' of Mittourilntd the Union; ' Has that vote ingratiated him with the South? What did General : Hirrison do? Although a member of Coi?ress from a free Sfai; h rratitu'd and denuncklinn? v " O "'.,,' - jj r-yM jjuren voted in the New rk iaflMI,ce Msmi jhe : naiMge luf Jim " ro" wnersjw. " Gnvernorly era so wel inownor w ,.uer T upon 'W Pr?'" democratic groum, o, ue.en.i.ng ,ne " " y r ' .U"''V unconstttutional seixure lor interference, ...... - . .. . wniiss me itirmer win ue run in an toe 'Northern ahd'Middtet Sf(es71horilef to secure the abolition t and that kindred and t . . , L iVlM".' somoof .thedesigntog themselves at home for sustaining him a- gainst the interest of the South, because they call him a Northern man. with South, ern r principles. it Is his sub Treasury scheme a meurc ;in arcordanre ; with fSouthern principles, which it destined to iiwaiu on i uc iridic iu ina uaiiun in me hands of the 'oiGce-liolders? ' It hit Treat. urv Bank, that measure of Executive con. sofidatttfn , and. Treasury note-paper, a measare of Southern admiration? Is hi miserable derangement of the currency a measure favorable to tht South, which hss reduced the real and personal, estate of tht South, and all it staples, to half tht price they were whet) ',e ascended the Executive chair? ; . ; V, --rf' ' Is his informing the Congress of the U nUed ifatesand the People, that the Pen. pit expect Ion much of Government, when they desire the Government toadopt meas ures to improve the currency nd the coun try, a sentiment which meets with a favor able response from the South? Do such opinions snd: such conduct endear Mr, Van Buren to the ' south!, n . Bine this .prediction . waa made tba Van Bu ren parly of Virginia has dropped Col. Johnson and nominated On. Putk they did In Tannewra BiUl Is) Pennalanfa they has nominated t ol. R. at. Johnnon. fn this wa tba Booth U to be gulled, and if Mr. Van Bunn shoeld again be elect ed, which it not likely, Col. J.ihn.nn will have the South Irantferrttl aa bafor to him sgsln. - Tha South ie credulous. iiugii McQueen, t l(nr, THOS. J. LEMAY, ) ua"or9' S i , t drteat Die name ol a Nm iliern man wiiii Sou hem principles. ' I detiat any Exctutite that would sacrifict any per-. tton of iht 'Union t- the re. If it were true that Mr. Van Buren ha done so, as a Southern Representative, I would abhor the motive and the man. ' - , ' : If he ha idd, betrayed, r aacrlficed the interrat of the North to the South, i Itch a man trustworthy? If he has turnnl traitor to I he North to buy up tht South, , if he has done each a thing once,, will he " . not, if it ia hia interest, turn false to vou. as he has toliis friends at Iht North? W ill, he not sacrifice you aa readily as he woulu th people of the North? I his attach ment stronger for you than it is for th who fiist supported ' him, who made him all that he is?. And if it is true that lit is now false to them, ia he not chargeable with the Vilest ingratitude? "v ' ' 1 Will the proud and boasted chivalry tf the South those pure and immacu lata patriots, take such a man to thrir bosom? will they hug - him to their embrace, wlm haa stung the bosom that first warmed him? . The raaiing and aelfish poluiciana" -of the South may do it I, for one, will ' . not. -Those whi expect in 'time' to get their reward may boast of him ss a North ern man with Southern principle but I esteem - him ' as he is a Northern man iciVAo. i)rnci)ri or, if he has principles, i they art aa transferable as a pair of bar- . room-Hppers--hanged--aa-eailyr and made to ut. any body a Chinese laity, or an Atnsxontan a Liiiaputian. or a uuui- . : Sir, how dora Harrison enntfsst' v.'nh him? As "Hyperion to a Satyr." His principles are stable his views on tht Constitution sound and republican : his viewa upon the slave question art all that tht Sou III could tletire what the North should not dispute. boast not that ht it either a Western man with Eastern ' principles, or that he is a ; Southern man . with Northern prinriplea, or with prin . ciples, antagnnistical to, r antipodes fo, one portion of the Union. ' Ilia mind, Uktia7peinlnie,aaapacip to -7- pre atl over the broit - Uori xon of the na tion'a widest cirt umference, " and t l en- courage and foster every winter at in 1h. country; without sacrificing any one por- - lion ol it tt the retLILThe Soothrwill lie safe, and prosper under his administration as well aa the North j and by hit election , land and ataptea. prices, wages, and busi , ness, would increase i.i every quarter of -. . tht Union. -' 'I h body politic would te vive from the paralysis which how pro . tratea ttrr't ha enttra Sauth should gu for him an.L.1 lmt.-Mi'ill : ?JI- jtJ ... Ita ... : than any State in the Union, hsa onc , given him a majority tif-nearly ftju'r tlnm. -sand, and will increase it. 1'hS district which I represent, binding on both ' Penn- tylvania ami the District of Columbia, th ... ... most important slave-holding district in , the Union, toorhing tht two point of ag itation and danger, gave Harrison, at th last Presidential election, about nine hun dred majority, and will, at tha next, great ly increase that majoriiy. ' Tht district adjoining, represented by my colleague (Mr. Jeniler) who is one of the largest slaveholder in the State, and his district . contains mnrt slaves than any one in tht State, and it likewise borders on tht Di trirt of Columbia, gave General Harrison , tomt eight -hundred majority. Look on the other siil'e of the Potomac, and you 'will fihil tliat'tfi "dial rici'lftert'hanginjj;' round tht District eif Columbia, (Mr. McCrty',J and. to deeply interested in this question, will give Uenertl llarriinn not less than a thousand nr eight hundreil majority. Then, when those who are ao deeply concerned in this question regnrd . , their interest safest if Harrison should be elctrd,,will not the remote South, so far -from danger, regard it aa the highest proof that they w ill be secure nay, will they -not feel it to bt a duty : to themselves and their country to advocate tht election of General: Harrison instead of. Mr. Van Bu ren ljzz&jLMJLLtd. Will not tht w'.tolt South unite with the North ami West, and go en manse for General Harrison, tnd rid tht. country of iht impotent, vii ioiis, and knaviah . men who now administer the Government? Who thai did tiut Vote for "him before i v . sot new impited with th belief of the -: i " . t . . .. .. misTuie wntcn nas protUTireu rvery inters . est in the country and j paralyeeii every . branch or.basioeskt i ii .! .344' u For one, I must ssy that I did not vole ior Central Harrison at the last election. I could . not . vott for Mt. ! Van Buren preferred either Mr. Clay or Mr. Wb-w. ster. : It it also true that I . preferred ' ferreil the nomination, at the late . Harris- " : bugh Convention, of either Mtv Clayior Geoeraf Scott. It is most true that Tre jiiict that neither waa nominated, and that .1 tha Convention wiaely.; selected General v llarviann t ka.l U . .. I ........I : ..I. ' puiouita and with my preferences, to ex- " amine carefully hia. entire history and '. character minutely, i ! I have, however, rarefully examined and cnntemplateil laiilli- - 1111 llfrt la an KaaaaMlirssl at al ataaitraaa) -. stm es ea 9mw ewtuaii iiiii uv" tivt study, replete wittt incidents, and marked by wisdom in all it chequered . and varied teen, - It tliould be familiar. to every American parent, aud be the companion of everf achootbov. VVt find hia birthplace in Yirsinia, jut before the revolutionary war. Burn of a mother who, like the daughter of the; Scipio. could point to 1 her son as her brightest and most valued jewel his fa ' thcr standing sid hy aide with Washing ton and Henry, and the treat and tlori. ous men who gave lustre to that ' Slate in the proudest days i-f her history, and hi ' name recorded on the Declaration of In- ' dependce, Inheritinz all the nobte en- thutiasm of his parents and the times of , his youth, he goes forth with a enmin'minni , fi-om Washington, to carve his own des tiny in the ranks of danger. Thou't .A 'tf ' Ik',
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 22, 1840, edition 1
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