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BALEIG IF, JULY 29,1840.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
The invincible Hero pf Tippecanoe the incor-
ptible Statesman the inflexible Jtrpublican
the patriot Farmer nf Ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
SluU jjtthtt' Republican Me ichool nf '98i
one nf America' muni lagaciuut, mrtuout and
patriotic tlatetmen.
47- Tho broad banner of HARRISON, LIB
ERTY and the CONSTITUTION is now flung
to the breeze, inscribed with the inspiring motto
-ONE PRESIDENTIAL TERM THE IN
TEGRITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVANTS
-THE SAFETY OP THE PUBLIC MO
NEY THE DIVISION OF THE PfJBLlC
LANDS THE DOWNFALL OF ABOLI
TIONAND THE GENERAL GOOD OF
THE PEOPLE.
FOR COVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA,
JOHN M. MOREIIEAD,
OF CUILFOKD COUNTY,
The able ttatesman Me Bound republican Me
" patriot tot Konett 'man. """ '"'
Van Biireu and the Itllssourl
Kc-
strlctioas.
From ill the evidence which can be col
lected on the ubject,, there is now no feas
nn to doubt that Martin Van Ruren wa
the animating oul the grtat moving spir
it of all the aMcmnts which were made bv
riMii fgiavery from her borders. lhere is verj
Jittle room for doubting that he first start
led the desire among the Northern mem-
iuci v vuiii t.oa iw 1 aviwh n u w
Miisouri that measure which came near
er rendiug the Union into fragments than
any attempt which has been ever made in
the national councils.
Governor Barbour of Virginia, says that
he was a member of Congress at the time
the Missouri question was agitated and li e
Iriends of the South hoped & believed that
matters were in a fair train for a perfectly
satisfactory adjustment without difficulty
or contention. There was a member from
New York, an intermeddling, intriguing,
nischief making creature. , He .obtained
eave of absence for the remainder of the
tcssion, to the delight of everybody, some
ais weeks or two months before the close
About ten days, however, before the end
of the session, this member of Congress
re. yd to his seat in Congress, after hav-
k'ng conlerred and communed with MAR
TIN VAN RUREN, who was at that time
a member of the New York Slate Sen
ate; who was at that time maturing, fram
ing and voting for resolutions instructing
the New York Senators in Congress to vote
against the admission of slavery into Mis
souri, unless slavery should be excluded
fr.m her borders. Yes, this abolition
member returned .lo Congress, after. e,t ting
Uls instructions from Martin Van Buren,
and imrncdiatejj;eyW to rt
fuse Nligsoori adminsioo into 4he Union,
unless as a free State. This abolition mo
tion whs killed and laid low BY THE
VOTE OF WILLIAM HENRY HAR
RISON-
Judjje ISaiiudera his colored nflcc-
tions.
Notwithstandins the world has franklr
and freely yielded to Mr. Saunders unri
vailed ci edit for KU .iwili-inn
whilst in Congress, we conceive that it
wouI.d be doi
tto furnish to the world such items
from tune to time as will shew that he has
entertained some sympathies in
tominon with the Abolitionists. The Brit
hTory presses are in the habit of irivinfr
at times some specimens of Mr. jUore
kad's colored sympathies. Rather than
P surpassed by these generous caval ers
n courtesy and Doliteness. we. tubinm a
wmple nf Mr. Saurrdus abolition sympa
thies. Mr. Saunders han.loil in !,. r. l
we v IUI
lowing rtnoil fa fK 9,-nt .kfVoe.t. r--
. j I - - . w 41VI III Vell"
"na at the sessinn f lRlfi?
I he committee of propositions and
Pievancerto w.hom was referred the Wti-
I inn .rna' . . . . ...r.
i miasm nowe, having taken tlie
e into conMilerationf report, that from
" peculiar situation of the rase, the rr.
'ommtnd that the prayer of the pelilinneri
f granicd, and lhat the Bill herewith pr-
edbefaWd inloalaw. ,
n M- 8o'. Chaitma.
f ' j ' ' ' - ' ' " . . " ' . ' ' .. .. IJRJMM'L a
North Carolina
VOL. XXXI
stion the foregoing report, resolved that1
Uiej do concur, therewith. . , '
"Whereupon Mr. Saunders, in pursu
ance of said report, introduced a bill to
emancipate Hannah Howe. Johrf Howe,
Balaam Howe, and Lucy Howe, his wile,
of the county of Brunswick, which being
read, was passed the first reading in this
House and sent to the House of Com
mons." So it appears that Judge Saunders buck
led on the abolition armor at an early pe
riod in his public career, having moved to
emancipate a whole batch ot negroes at
one sweep.
The Difference.
Every observing individual can see at
half a glance, the diflVrence between the
public meetings of the British Federal To
ries and those of the Whigs. The Fede
ral Tory meetings are as dull and as flat
in their proceedings as stale beer or dead
porter. The Whig meetings, on the con
trary; atIiramiJy agrirftf,nr
Ihusiasm and animation which is found no
where else except in our public jubilees
and national anniversaries. The Whig
meetings are penerally attended by thous
sands. The Federal Tory meetings are
generally attended by dozens, and fifties,
and at best by hundreds and this, too,
after the office holders shall have issued
their mandates and clapped every spur to
the faithful which might be deemed effec
tive. The "Whig meetings are universal
ly composed of the people themselves, the
true people, the whole people, of all pro
fessions and callings, and more especially
the Tanners. The Federal Tory meetings
are composed of the office holders and of
fice seekers, or the friends and connec
tions of -the office seekers, The; Whigs
are fighting for the people and the rights
of the people. The Federal tones are
contending for the office holders, against
the people and their fights.
The tTlorles of Vanburcnism.
It is nnw reduced to a ceiiaintjtliere
ia no room for mistake urt the subject.
There will, at the ciose of the present fis
cal vear. be a noaitive delicicncv in the
lore tne Aummisuation hi tne egro wu
ness candidate empires, Van Buivn will
have run the Nation in debt FIFTY
MILLIONS OF POLLARS. The peo
ple ought to look wen to these alarming
facts, and set accordingly. Two years
ago, we had a surplus of fifty millions in
the Treasury and one year hence, in
debt to that amount.
PUBLIC LANDS.
This is a subject in which the people of
North Carolina are deeply interested, and
before they exercise their inestimable right
of suffrage at the coming elections, it be
hooves them seriously to enquire which
party will maintain and defend their right
in this vast domain this rich inheritance,
purchased by the blood and treasure ol
tne vvnigs 01 tne Kevoiutioni Let them
remember that the Administration of Mr.
Van Buren is openly and earnestly en
deavoring to DEPRIVE THEM OF
THIS RIGHT-that the Whigs are la
boring to SECURE IT TO THEM.'
Let them read and reflect upon the fol-
lowinsiible and dispassionate article from
the NcKJrlirk
Express, which states that
the interest of that
State in the public
lands is not less than from 70 to 100 mil
lions of dollars. If this estimate be cor
rect, the interest of North Carolina must
be from FIFTY to SEVENTY MIL
LIONS. Are the people of this State
,wm.'nS - sciuice ..tuia immense estate
for the election of the negro witness can-
diilalr ?;';'...'. . i..;.:;-..--; .
It is a matter of great surprise, that the
people ol tins fetate sit perfectly quiet,
and apparently unconcerned, whilst the
administration are carrying into effect the
stupendous system of injustice, and it
may with propriety be said, of fraud, by
the operation of which. New York, and
all th States in which there are no public
lands, are to be robbed of their rights in
that great national property, merely to
propitiate a lew new States, and induce
them to vote for Martin Van Buren as
President of the United States. The in
terest of this State in that vast national
estate is truly immense not less proba
bly, than from seventy to a hundred mil
lions of dollars. Whatever (he-amount
may be, it is of the highest importance to
the future growth and prosperity of the
State that it should not fie sacrificed or
squandered. Whoever will take the trou
ble to look over tc proceedings of Con
gress will see, that there is a constant
draft upon the lands. They are toted a
way for a variety of purpose sometimes
by pre-emption laws to lawless trespassers,
sometimes for roads, and o(heipublic pur
poses; and measures are constantly tak
ing to dispose or them," as fast as may be,
by peacemeal, until' the time shall 'arrive
for a general sequestration of the whole,
by -a cession of them to the - Slates in
which they lie. The means fot this final
dispokilion of lhetn ar
Calhoan'a bill, now bi
the first step. It proU
re preparing. . Mr.
before. Congiess, is
n. It profiles lor the cession
of the lands to the States in which thev
m 14
1
Powerful in mora), in intellectual, and fn physical resources the land of our sires, and the
RALEIGH, N. O
lie, on certain conditions; one of which
is, that the State shall pay 10 the United
States, annuallr, fifty per cent, of the
gross amount of the sales of such lands.
We do not propose to go into a minute
examination of (he various provisions of
the bill. The one alluded tu is the most
important; and it shews, that the people of
the several states, lor .whose benefit alone
the lands were relinquished by the States
which were the original owners of tjtem
to the United States, are not to have the
least benefit from them. The fifty per
cent., if ever paid back by the States to
which they are to he reded, will go tu the
United States, pats into their Treasury;
and be disbursed by them lor any purpose
to which they mry choose to apply it.
But we consider this project of paying
back any part of the proceeds, as mere
flummery. Mr. Calhoun's bill has been
rbefore the Committee on Public Lands
during the present session, and a labored
report on the. subject has been made by
that o'mitiee?-' A
of the different feelings and interests of
the old and new States, and their tenden
cy to conflicting measures, which will in
crease in violence as their population ap
proaches nearer to equality, and stating
that it will run into Presidential elections;
t savs that "There is. in fact, a -rowin
tendency to conflict, and that its force has
increased with the growth .ot the new
States, will not be denied by any conver
sant with the proceedings of Congress for
the last ten or twelve years, and who have
witnessed the increase, both in numbers
and excitement, of questions growing nut
of the public lands. The cause in which
it originates will continue to act with in
creased strength, just in proportion as the
new-States become more capable of at
strling with effect their view of tAepoi.
cy u('cA ought to prevail in reference to
the lunds, till they shall have attained an
ascendency in the councils of the Union,
when they trill demand at a right, much !
more than they would now readily accept1 1,8 S n examination of these
a satitfactory adjustment. That peri- monsters in law-shape, and strip them
od is not remote. Under the census
I In r.l nf the .Url.ir.l r,Jvrr fn t.n vp.r.
.1 . it -ii 1 1 .11 .r ii :,i i . . .,, r
me nrpieiii vear. iiipt win nruDau t iibtb ui; ihukicu hi uucq ui' mciii wiiiiuiis iiic 'AA..Hi...fd fti'A.. n t. - . i
t.onai suies wui oe aamitteu into ine u- 0f lhe territdrral law of Indiana-. je, on the floor of Congress, and even
nion; which will give the new States n, ..... t ;.. . 1 s . it . ? i s . 1 a
iwenty.six out of the eixty member, of ,hel , ' ltuX m"' to hi pirate life. 1st. lhe object is to
Senate; and they wiU lhen have about one' 11,0 JMst, Van Buren gentlemen for fear build upon the nuns of your lair-famed
more, under the census of 1850. they will!" Oiis Ilmrisoti law is to operate a
not improbably have an ascendancy in lhe gainst. It is a law designed for the
Union. It is not difficult to foresee that 'punishment of offences against the State,
if nothing should be done, the whole of Honest men don't come within the pro
the intervening period would be one of visions nf this act. It is the men w 1)0
agitation and conflict in reference lo the would rob your sheep fold, your pig
public lands, -rendered more violent by 8tye, or vour corn n ib. So inucb for
the mischievous and dangerous influence it,e aw jjow ct U9 ee w,erfl an(j
it would exercise over, the Presidential: a.iia. nnrt fien ITanUmi ,w,fc in tl..
question; and that the longer the adjust-
ment of the subject is delayed, the more
the passions will be excited, and the more
ili(Tieiil tt aavill Ka a r-ariAiiello nnmuiinn
..Wm.n.i. n..i.ih.n ;t k- n.r,nf.nJ abetting lii any sh
wisdom and patriotism to adjust the que8-I,,ie VS ' IW 1 ""i-e is no
tidn while it can be'd6he quictt afttf ca- tfrrWence-tes1i fieri trr by theTrmtley
sity, and on fair and equitable terms, to'grnuP r namc8 ltQh sent forth to the
(he mutual benefit of all. instead of Icav-j people. Was he there even as a spec
ing it open at the hazard, of loimg the tatoi? No evidence of the fact as yet.
7ioe of the public landt, with all the mis- Well, why abuse Gen. Harrison for
chieyous and dangerous consequences that jother men's acts, merely because be
woul flow from the slruggle." gave bis signature to the bill after it
W'J'be draughtsman of this extraordinary .,ad passed both Houses of the Legisla
document talks as coolly about defrauding !,ih-p. tn i-iv it vuliditv n a law? Wnr
ii.v in u h.u.rv uui vi i.irii i.f.iv ..i iiiu
lands, as if it would be an honest and
mei itcrioas exercise of constitutional pow
er. Whereas, it is as palpable a scheme of
injustice and dishonesty, as it would be
for an individual who, having got the pow
er over a man on the highway, should de
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liberately take his parse, ar.d leave him
stripped and plundered.
That we are rapidly opproaching the
time when this system of iniquity will be
consommatetiriinlesi the-old" States rouse
speedily from their lethargy on this sub
ject, and secure their own rights and in
terests, is too obvious. Mr. rVorvell, of
Michigan, the author of; this report, cool-
ly tells the old States, that (he lesult
which we hare alluded to lies before them.
and unless the question shall be adjusted
speedily, the lanl$ will soon he (eiHonieJ
as a right meaning a right derived from
a spirit of plunder, and secured by the
mere exercise of lawless power.
As for the idea of the new States ever
paying over to the United States fifty per
cent, of the proceeds, tt is perfect non
sense. The same majority that would be
an regardless of justice and right, as lo
demand bv the mere force of numbers, as
a right, to which it has neither a legal nor
equitable claim, will not hesitate by a
vote, to release the claim for the fifty per
cent. And even if they refuse to pay it,
the United Slates will have no ineai of
enforcing their claim.
1 he new SUtrs have given full warning
to the old ones ot what they intend to do
with lhe lands, when they get' the power;
and it will be the fault ol the old ores, if,
while they have the power, they do not
exercise it, One hail, or nearly so, of
the representatives of this Slate, in ' the
two Houses of Congress, would now vote
the, lands to the new Slates, in whatever
form the nuestion, might be presented, for
the mere purpose of securing those Stales
to the Van- Buren interest. Will the peo
ple of New York be. witling to contribute
from fifty to a hundred millions of doi-
WEDNSDAY, JULY 2J, 1840.
tars for such an object? If not, let them'
lose no time in guarding against the sac
rifice.
COMMUNICATION
rOR THK STAB.
To lhc Freemen of Xortu Carolina-
Fellow Citizens:
Arc you prepared to re
ceive every slanderous report that may
be issued under the sanction of men's
names whom you have honored, under
the belief that they vein honest and
honorable, without examining into the
why and wherefore of their filt'.i mid
calumny ? I hare ton much confidence
in your hunesty and love of country (
suppose so for a moment. It is not the
lesson taught us by the sire who bird
and died on the altar of Freedom; nor
U it the wish of the patriot now. '
w JBjf ,jk Ijat mean j$ UiojcJiiararter, oneg
is Uiearafwoi one,
or the rresidency at-
duced? Or, I might
at - a,
01 me canuiuaiea i
tempted' to" be trad
rather nsk, what are the meant, not us
ed for that unholy purpose? From an
observation ol passing-events, I hazard
nothing in saying that the friend nf
v "'""en woum compass
sea lan" 1,,r "e proselyto to then
unholy cause. 1 here lias been a sheet
issued from the Standard press in Ra
leigh, purporting to he from under the
hands of your representatives in Con
gress; the object of w hich is to fasten
upon. your unsuspecting minds the be
lief that Wm. H. Harrison is not worthy
of your confidence as a candidate for the
Presidency. Among other things no
ticed in that sheet, you have the law nf
the territory of Indiana, and the bill dis
cussed in the Ohio Legislature; portray,
ed to your view in all their horrid de
formity, as they would have you believe.
ofif their.b .rrowed plumes, (hat you may
Ol MiniSlimcnt, Willie 1 ICIl IIIC PCOlle
oft,.i9 ,aw w ... . mU,f
o
of the Legislature of Indiana at that
time? No. Or was
be there aidinir
ape or manner,
shame! Don t try to subserve narty
purMses by such reckless means. Let
truth have her nonunion over your
tongues. The bearing that this law is
intended to have on Gen. Harrison re
minds me very much of a law in force a
mnng savages. If you, an American,
kill an Indian, the friends of the deceas
ed require your blood; and if they can't
get yours, they will sacrifice the life of
the firsiw bite- man' llwyrtineeLAThi;
savage Jaw js perfectly in keeping with
tho Van Bureii party. Their puny arm
cannot reach the people's representa
tives, who passed the law fn question,
and for w ant of power to execute judg
ment upon (he guilty, they are willing
to sacrifice Gen. Harrison, or Any body
rfse7:;7::;::-
Let us next take up the bill of the
other Legislature wherein Gen. Harri
S'ui is censured for votingfor its passage.
This bill passed the House of Commons
and was Jostin the Senate bya small
majority. Gen.' Harrison voted in its
favor, under the following circumstan
ces: There was a penitentiary in the
state of Ohio. In 1820 it became a tax
to the state of gSO.OOO; previous to 1 820,
the smallest penitentiary offence was
glO; the Legislature raised it front 10
to 50 dollars. Tliis circumstance, re
collect, gave rise to the bill that Gene
ral Harrison is ho much censured for;
the object of which was tn punish those
who had, under the law previous to 18-
20, committed a penitentiary offence.
The object of tho bill was to punish
those who had been guilty of offences
against the state. for a less amount than
fifty dollars fine and costs. There were
three propositions before the Legists.
titrC 1st. Fine and Imprisonment, the
payment nf fine and cost a part of the
sentence. . 2nd. To compel the convict
to work" on ihc public highway, under
home of our affections
S
xo. yl
an ovrrsecr.
Sid. To sell or lkW-X
offender out for the aliortesf length of
time, to any ponton that would pay the
Mine ninl cost. OT the three proposition
1 of the Legislature, which would vou
jprrfeir If von are fined ant! imprison
led, tho payment of which is a part of the
sentence, you arr doomru to remain 111
jail tho balance of your days! If you
arc required to work on tho public high
ways, under a master or an overseer,
you have no right to expect much leni
ty shown you. If you are sold or hired,
I think there is more probability of
your being kindly treated; for we ilou't
commonly find as, much severity exer
cised in private families as is practised
by overseers. Moreover, this is the
course pointed out by the Conititution
of Ohio. See article 8, section 2, where
it says there shall be neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude in this State,
hrtwitftrabff ina
rrilIu.s wi,cri.f tie
,)u, C0HVicted.
ty shall have
The enquiry very naturally arises.
who was this law intended to punish?
Is it the honest farmer? NO! Is it the
honest merchant? NO! Is it the hon
est mechanic, either millwright, car
penter, blacksmith or Hlmcmakci? NO!
Well, pray tell us who this Harrison
law is to punish? Strang to tell, fel
low citizens, it is the ROOUE, the be
ing in human shape that would rob your
smoke-house or corn-crib! This is the
character that the Vaubureniti s have
manifested so much sympathy fur; nor
is it to be woudere I at. Is that all?
No. Wbeti i-nguea ara disposed of in
this war, honest men are not taxed to
support them. Honest men try to pay
their debts; and I think rogues ought to
be made to pay theirs.
Let us next turn our attention to the
object, the meu and tire means used in
this unholy warfare against thn charac
ter of a man who has done more for his
Countryman, William Henry Harrison,
the fame of Martin Van Buren, who
has forfeited all claim to your confi
dence! by increasing the expenses of (be
government, in time of peace, about
double what they were under any other
President who preceded him by oppo
sing the right of suffrage to poor w hite
men, in the convention of New York'
(see reported proceedings pages 181 &
182) who voted to extend the right of
suffrage to free, negroes with a small
property. Here, fallow citizens, you
have a striking evidence of Van Buren's
principle. A free negro is preferred be-
fore-yonr bee atte "forsooth lie happens
to be worth a few more shillings than
you are. woo has to light the Dailies
of your country ? 7 Is it the rich man?
Nol Is it tho' free negroes, with Mar
tin Van Buren at their side? No. It is
the poor men of the country, with Wm.
Henry Harrison at their side. Such
has been the ease, and such would be
the case again, if the occasion requir
ed it.
Are these the only objections to Mir.
tin Van Buren? No. He has decided
most unequivocally that free negroes
and slaves are competent witnesses a
gainst white men in a alaveholding ter
ritory, I w ili giveTyou the particulars
of tho rase. In the mouth of May,
1839, Lieutenant llooo was tried on
rertaitvxl
against him. by Coiniuodore .Levy, of
the ship Vandnlia. The trial took place
on board the shiji Macedonia, then ly
ing in Ponsarola Bay, within the limits
of Florida. On tho trial, there were
two coloured persons sworn and exam
ined, one a free person, and the other
the slave of t he aaid Commodore Levyr
Their evidence was objected to by the
accused. Notwithstanding tho objec
tion, the court decided that they should
be examined as evidence against Lieu
tenant George M. Uooe. The Lieuten
ant was found guilty and dismissed from
the Navy. He appealed to the Presi
dent, as a child would to a kind parent,
conscious of having suffered a wrong
and w hat do you think was the decision
of the President? , With the fact of the
negroes having been summoned, sworn,
and examined against an honorable man,
an officer of our Navy, the President
endorsed on the bark of the proceedings
of the Court Martial, that he saw ni.lh
ing that required his interference ! ! ! !
On yon will yoiii ftljow citizens,
submit to such an outrage upon south
ern principles and feelings? f! Are yon
prepared to support man for any of
fice within your gift, .who has uttered
such Sentiments as these? vtrwJ
ZXt viMtxl nrw:.oiif ttntioi ! Hi
men who are most industrious in thin
unholy warfare against the jieople'i
candidate. 8jchophants at the footstool
HUQUMcQVEJSXii
TIJOS. J. LEMAY,
Editor
.r powfr,-ready and willing-1 lick IUq
rrumba from Ilia President table, ,
ing Uiiir tail and promising grtat
lliinjrs lien their 11 u mew are wanting
lo g nirirnry to a tile sUwIcr. Will
j on receive, the aignaturo of a man i
eUdcncti who declared ou the. fluof ol
Coti'ies that an liunoralle rlertor in
Nmtli Carolina was travei-hlng di .
frit t, making inflamniatorj stierrhta to
the people, hen in fart he bad not been
aiMXiiutetl matiYL-lkBB2-lJuuara Lrfata -
erilbn n,4,, Bd !
at least SpO miles from Washington?
Lastly. The means wbich ibis Tun " "
Buren party use to help forwaidMiirfr " '
candidate, are vile and reckless enough
to make mnr human nature blush, lit
nial of truth, bold assertions without
proof, charging crimen on their nppd-'
nents that they are guilty of, to rover" '
their own sins, fcc. &.c. ice. &c. ic.? '
Fellow Citizens, why all this hue and'
cry this barking and yelping about
Gen. Harrison? Has he ever been ar
raigned before his Country for an i)f-;fc
fence? , Did Washington, or Adams, or
Jefferson, or Madison, op Monroe find
linn incompetent or dishonest? As much -
as lias been said about him, theiels no 1 "
charge of the kind established. If the
friends of Martin Van Buren will meet, "
mo upon fairgrounds, with theneressa- '
ry proof to con viiice lronearmiiri iiir
obligate, myself t fstsbltsU . , ef
crimes against van Buren tor every
one that they will establish acalnar
Gen. Harrison, and throw in an odd . ; '
one occasionally forg.iod measure.
a voter; v
Johnston co. July 4, 1840. .
. waketippecanoe'club X
There was an enthusiastic ineeUnc. of
the people at the Log Cabin on Saturday , ,
the 1 8th Inst.' V were gratified t sea V
so many of the bone and sinew,-i-the ham ; Z
est voters of the county, present. After
tranacting snme of the necessary business JlJ
of the Club, they proceeded to lhe discus-
sion of the question which was continued :i
from the previous meeting, ui: "What hat -i
Martin Van liuren done to ntite him XA.,,
the tup fori of the JlrpuUieaa-fariyP'i-When
Gkoaoa E. BADoaa. Esq. being .
called for, addi eased tha meeting in one
of the most powerrttlSneechetw. bataJ2d
ever neard.. He exposed in a masterly .
manner, the extravagance and corruption i ',
of this administration. He adyerteJ ta ,
Air. Van Buren's jcote in November, 1812, ;.'
for Da WitT Cliston, who waf then hs
perilled bis life In defence of bis country ''
Van BurenV profess on.of being a Nor
thern man with Southern feelings, by -' 1
showing thf contempt for tha Southfbs :H
insul t to our feelings snd rights exhibited
by him in approving tht introduction of f 4
Naono Evidkkcx in the esse, of Lt. Hooe," " .IT
The portion of the Speech however which
elicited most the feeling . of . those who i
were present, relerreu to the charge wlwch
has .been sedulously circulated throughout
the State (particularly In tho counties of
Franklin, Nash. Johnston, and Wavnel
that on the night of the erection of the
uog VyBuin, mo ii niga ui mi piaca pa
raded tha afreets arm and arm with nr.
groee. lie remarked, that though nut in 1! '
the procesiieo himself, he had authontr - '
cam tliamost reapecUble perions, to pro-,.,
noooce lhe charge wholly and obtoluttly
FALSE. Wa wish that every freeman
in Piortn Carolina could nave heard tbe
conclusion of this Speech. ?AV know it
would have warmed hit heart, and nerved ,
hissrm more strongly, in defence of the
liberties ot Ins country, . After Air. Ba
oeb had concluded, Geo. W. Hatwooo,
Esq. was loudly called for. He made a. :
short response, remarking, in conclusion, ,
that the lateness of the hoar prevented ,
hit entering at large into tha discussion of t
the question. The club then adjoorned,
Mr. Hatwood being entitled to tha Boor
at the next meeting, when all, particular-, :
ly our fellow citizens who reside ia the v
country, are invited to attend, V v
Before the close ol this meeting, tho
following jjisolutioni wort passed unani-
enbuftty . -":.""",?"''" " Jle tiller.
1 That, we believe thenreieni political con-
teat, to t struirgie for power between the
Ooiy mment ami the People, s - ' - . . ;
, 2; That the right or the people or a rree coun
try peaceably to assemble together for the per-
.l . . r ,.
poeo paaaine; upon in m.im ut inc.r puuiis .lf .. .
aerranla, and taking- proper measures td aecuro V t
their ew safely, ineeliioabl to freemen, and s'--lorm'idable
only lo ty rants and tbeir minions ; -
3- hat wo hail aa bright omena of the sue- r
oe of mi "ppte7 in this coirtestthe JaIouiyT -r;;r:
and aniietjr with which (he partisans of iho fov-' '
ernmenl look upon ths nrimary meetinp of the ? : ' :
people ihrooghoiit oor sounlry, ii;
. 4. That we es meetly recommend to oar Whir
fello citisens of North Carolina, to meet in eon-
vention in this ciiy.on-tho 5th- day vf Octobee rr-
nekt, lo eonsnlt toeether, and to adept sveb met ' V 4
uresis may bo deemed expedient to aid the o j
lectioaof Wiiuam llsaat HAaaisovaiM Joss
TrLia.
5. That it be recommended to the citisens of ' '
die distant coohtiea. if they cannot oil come, to 1 .
meet and appoint as many deleratee as will
come, to represent them, and that (be people ot " :
tho nljoininr ceunlios bo remsMUdte ootae and''"
rcprcacm lucmaeivca. ' .
H. W. MILLER, Preaidorlt,
A. WltUAMI,?
Vice Prasidcnts.
A. r. Iinanea, -.. .
W. Whitinjt,
A Whislwimd. John Quincy Adams
a letter to a Aiend a few days since.
in
says,. In a postcript, flarriton trill come ft I
like WHIRLWIND!; A capital idei! t
and (ns which well exemplifies the
.ilk eaktph tt lona nonton and restrain- -
j poblio sentiment will prostrate and
sweep swsy every obstruction with which
Locp Fucoism rosy attempt tHyoppoteit
lesiitlest course. JFfrcMtei Jpy. -
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