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THOMAS J. LEMAY, PROPMETOR- " TEBMS. jj Scatrsirx.-s, thrS iolUrt per mmw-UU us less. . ; .. ' J- 1'er.o-a retUmif without me a a.. wo, -re quired to pj tae i' " script! In ad-anee. RATES OF ADVERTISING. FreTery square (not rieeedinc IS line thia ! trpe) firal insertion, on dollar; rack aubsequeiit. jntwrtipolweBtj-firewata, The aderieiBeU of Clerk an Mieruii wii be (barfed S per erot. nntrBno a " 13 per .en, will bY made froaa the regular pri tea for ad,ertiiei a by the jeer. nT Utter to the Editor near be poat-p .1.1. taw . . IVOTKCE. n. iib- ol October -rt, will be fold K":i-3 5 will Mtiity the Ta due thereon tor jh jeara 1S3S ,nn M9, anil the eoal of ad?ei tiling- II. w mm ST.; -9 OlS Oi Tax ilue. n whom liatedJ I f 2. Sitoatlon of lands. !? M ......... ! w 'I.. Jmntf, ItrotOerai 7.1 fcilmM Uartelifl"; IS f Humihrej i Samuel Holt IOO Leo. Orotberi I Ouranl'i N'k ii 31 J 09 1 99 76 Li do do do do KM Little Ititer. 50 I do do 00 NATHAN DAKLKY, Slt'ff. I'trquimon eonnly, Aat: 29, U SO im IViee fil. J 0 eentt. State of Nortb Caralina. , GnANVlLLB CoUliTT, Supetior Court, of Law anil Eijuitj Spring Ter.n, A. D. 1840. i . J- retitiun Tor Uivorf e ice. Ilrnry V. Ware; J 'I'hit eaate eo ruing 0.1 to be beard, ami it nfiprar luf to tfee titetinn of the Court, ilmt prnprr i:cii had Wrn inken to not iff ihe ilelmiUnt, Hen rr, of the peliiian at' plaintiff Karah Sulipaiai anil alia Stihpcenai iriuing and rriurncd "not found." Pioclamiioe made bv the Sheriff at iCVsiluor -f-hB Coi'irt Houtr, lor the detendant. Ilnrr, to aptwer iiid anwer at aorninaadeil by the Subpoena The defendant failinf to apprar, it inr lered that puMication be in Jhe lUUigh Ite- (nter nd the ltaleijh Stai tor three moiilhi, of the amei anil that at tlir next term of iliii Court, ap plMation will be made lhat the petition ut plaintiff, Sirah, be heard ex parte. Witnett. Thoroaa H. Willie, Clerk of one laid Court at office, in Otfnrri, thia 30ih da nf Mar, A. 0. I8W. THUS. II. VVILLIB, C 8. C. Maj JO. 81 3in. V Pr. Ad. f,r. THE PEOPLE S TICKET. . FOR MESIDBXT, WlliLIAM. HENRY HARRISON, Vie invincible lltr if Tippecanoe the intor ruptible Siatetmanlkt inflexible Uepublidan' Ikt patriot Farmer if Ohio. FOR VICB PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, J Sot RighW Repullican tf Ihe telol e '98 one if Virginia". nobM torn, and emphatically ww America' mmt tagaciout, virtuout and patriotic iluteimcn. ,. - T - Vr The broad banner of HARRISON, LIE ERTY and the CONSTITUTION is now flung to the breeze, inseribed with the inspiring motto ONE PRESIDENTIAL TERM THE IN TKGRITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVANTS 7rTnBJSAFET.Y.OF,.THE .PUBLIC MO EY THE DIVISION OF THE 'PUHLIC LANDS THE DOWNFALL OF ABOLI TIONAND THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. Whiff Electoral Ticket. ('ol. CRArxts McDowei.u of Uurke county. Gen. J as. Wrw.soiiit, of Wilkes. Datid RAMSovMrif Lincoln. Jamss Mesase, of Csswell. J I on. Abraham Rknchcr, of Chatham. Jon U. Kci.lv, of Moore. Dr. James S. Smitr, of Orange. Charles Manly, pf Wake. Wu. W. CniRjtr, of Ucttie. Jamie W. Dstan, tf Oaiteivt. Daniel K. Baker, of New-Hanover. D.vvto F. Caldwell, of Rowan. .-Col. WiijLfcii!L.v,Lcsf::of 1 lalifa.5g: ostAH'CotLTHs.WVsshington. J Xuomas, F- Jo, f PeritiHHOfl. - - ' Foin tho Al'nnj F.Tcnin; Journal. "PRINCIPLES OF THE ADMINIS- tt-; TRATION. THe TfTpndt of Mr Van Rllren ! mn; ilrul!. U hrwtnl In rlndicatinn nf the erent principle ero-a-xlicl in him n.miliitraioa. and l.otrh (n tnnra ftw KI "wfflWl iu.a ,oi'tloc Ue-a larrtlrir wni ornrct ARoi'i This is th first intimation thut the Aris nasgiren during the present campaign that Mr. Van Birren"s administration "emdodies" ny principles whatercr. ' Wo need not en treat Mr;Croswell lospceify Ihe "e;reat prin ip!es" t which he alludes. The Argus -as longed ceased to be hnmbered amonj llie doctrinal organs of the Administrttion. The duty of delining the features of Van Burenism lias been entrusted to Ather hanria. Mr. Calhoun has nndetuken to perform that bsk in'Soulh Carolina. The Boston Quar Vrl review has already expounded the eeed in New England. ' The Evening Post and NewEra havef spoken oracularly n the ubjeci In" this State while Mr. Buehannan in Pennsylvania, Mr. Walker in Miesis-ippi, Mr. Bentort tn Missouri, and Mr. Tappan in Ohio, have respectively ;n- aounceii m "yreat principles or the Ad niniatrjtion" in the States ia which lliav Wton,,, , f, ';!) H'.Mwi, The emanations already before the pnblis jfom ihe5o 'accredited sources of political in - ""mmMn MHCKruif! "great principles ol ; Huron's administration beyond the bos- imiuy ordispnto, , ;., .. -,, ' ( 1 he following brief synopsis comprises -Je leuJing ones, and conforms with unques- ' tionarv p " North Carolina Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and io physical VOL. XXXI tionable accuracy to the standard of political wisdom and morality sot up by the Admin istration for its future p-uidance. Many of these "great principles" have alieady been "embodied" in the measures and recominen- dalion' Mlihed or proposed by. Mr. Van Huron and his Federal Cabinet. The oil) era await the "onward progress1' of the "rev olution' which he effecting in the adminis tration of the government for their develop ment. ' . ' STXOPSis OF VAX BUnENlSM. T he first obligation resting upon die Gov eminent is to Uike cate of itself, To enable the Government to perform this JirtX. of tlvxet, the "treasure and reven ues of the Nation are to be entrusted to agents appointed by the Trcsident and re movable at his pleasure. To protect the Government, its office holders and agents, ngainst losses from the casual fluctuations in value to which the common currency of the people is subject, and silver exclusively. To prevent the prospeiity of the pecple from exceeding the bounds of proper discre tion, "the nominal value of property and the wages of labor in this country must be brought down to the average standard, of pri ces throughout the world. The" effect the lasf named object, the ex termination of the Ranking and Credit sys tems of the country is demanded. To prevent the manufacturing interest of the North from gaining an undue nd vantage over those of other countries, the repeal of the compromise act is contemplated, and as a necessary consequence direct taxation up on the people for tie support of Govern ment. - A- resort to issues - of Treasury- notes whenever the profusion and the profligacy of the Government happen to reduce it to the verge of 1nkiuptcyr ami the approach of a general election renders direct taxation inadvisable; The discontinuance of all further appro priations by the General Government for purposes of Internal Improvement. To invest the President with the tliscre- owcr to withhold all appropriations i' '".at. - )pk,':i.-t."i. much exhausted. io..m"eet them. ' ' The continuance'of the present high rate of postage; and the restriction of the natural rights of our citizens to provide other medi ums for the transmission of their letters and newspapers more cheap, certain and conven ient than the puplic mails.' ' "The interference of Federal oTice-hold-ers with tho freedom of the elective fran chise" to be countenanced and rewarded by the Government. All offices to be held subject to the will of tb.3 President, without reference to. the fitness, capacity, or moral honesty of the in cumbents, A separation between "Church and Stalo.' by the total "destruction of every thing like an outward visible religion, or that in the remotest degree partakes of the Priest ..,,.,.,,., . , , .!V ,,,.-; "The abrogation of afl monopolies and privileges, and among them the privilege of the child tn inherit the property or its pa rents, an the general sequestration of all property, upon the doath of the possessor, for the use of tho next generation, to be regulated by some equitable law of distribu tion. The creation tf a Standing Army of 200,000 isonscupts between the ages or 0 and 43, t3 be placed under (ho absolute command of the President, and subjected to "the rules and articles of war. The infliction of ehipet at the dictate of a court Martial upon any of these two hundred thousand conscripts who shall speak dirnptr.ifulUf of the President of the Unit ed States, and the sentence of death fn case either of them shall strike a Federal Military 0fficer,,.v(lfr, u.u,,..-.,!! We leave "the friends of Mr. Van Buren to move i steadily ;'"TorwroTh'"inoTcatibn of mese great principles oi ais aumintsirauon, with all the ability and energy they can command for such a purpose. ' Time and space would both fail any journalist of the Whig party who should attempt to gather' together all the euhijjies whtihilieteadlnfrttifilrTTii lFeXrmlnis tratfan ranks have heretofore utteied con cerning Gen. Harrison, whom they now denounce in such terms of coarse opp obi urn. Any one who now reali the Rich mitnd Enquirer - would scarcely imagipe that, uf the very General now denounced and maligned ' by the editor, he spoke of old, and often ,in language like the fullow ing, in depicting the writer own beau deul of hero! ' "If any one asksut where such a man is to be inrt with, we answer to the best of our abilities, in the man who has washed away the disasters at Detroit, who had e ery thing to cnj.lect for a newcampain, and who got every thing trgetherf who waded throsgh morasses anil snows, and sar mounted Ihe most 'frightful climate in the Uniwnt th man who vtt neither In be daunted by disaster nr difficnllies under any shape, by the skill of the civili7.nl or the barbarity f vag; fnrjtheman who won the hearts nt the people by his spirit. 1 the respect ol his dlnoTs bf hi xeal. the ue 01 his arm? tY psrticinatioti or their hardships; the- mn who wss finally tri umidiant over his enemy. Such a man it William IIfcRv Harrion." Now who will credit the present apr UA LEI Gil X. C WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, IS10. inns of a writer whose former appt.uses were an warm, and withal o true as these. Phil. Gazelle. Hope Deferred- Go to bed, sir, in the closet there," said an cnragftU father to a son, who had given hint iust cause of of- fence; "were it not lhat these gentlemen are present I would, give you a sound whip ping, but .you shall have it before breakfast to-morrow, certainly." "The little lebef went to his crib with n heavy heart and the enjoyments of the par ty continued to a late hour. Just when the party was about to break up. the closet door was qufetly pulled back, and the young of fender put nut his head, requested that the entence might be put in execution. "Fa ther, would ye just gie me my licks this uight, for I canna sleep without them. ExTitAOiiDiXABT Discovery. A late Paris paper says lhat a very humdle indi vidual has found means of fixing the electric produce a permanent name ol SO inches in diameter, which would lights great part of Paris. The only danger attending it is said to bo in the apparatus of supply, which must be isolated, and it is so strongly charg ed th'at a person touching it would be struck dead immediately. t You are "sharp set," as Joe said to the man at dinner, who, for the want of a chair, was seated on the edge of a shingle. TiibSorcerkr AcQriTTRD. A fortune, teller was arrested at his theatre of divina tion al fresco, nt the corner of tho Rue de Bussy, In Paris, and carried before the tri bunal of correctional police. "You know how to read the future!" said the President, a man of great wit, but too fond of a joke for a magistrate. "I do, M. le President," replied the sor-eerer;r:::tr:;'::r::-r-::::r::':r'r...IT...-.u. .. . "In ihu case," said the judge, Inow the judgment we intend to n ounce."- "Certainly.''" . "Well, what will happen to you?" "Nothing. 'you pro- "You are sure of it!" " There is no doubt of it." "Why?" "Because, sif, if it had been your inten tion to condemn me, you would not have added irony to misfortune." Fhe President, dieoncerled, turned to his brother judges, and the sorcerer was acquited. Census Asf. cdotf.. Mr. Cist, one of the census takers, in a letter to the Editor of the Cinc.nnatli Chronicle, relates the fol lowing dinlouge between himself and a mar ried lady: 'Madam, what age shall I nut vou down? No direct answer.) How old is your husband; "5ixty-one. And your eld est son?" "Twtinty-sevcu "And trie next?" "Twenty-onc." "And how old do you call yourself?" "I do not know mv age exactly, but it. is about thirty 1" "Hid I understand you madam, that your eldest son was twenty-seven?" "Yes;" You must surelv, then, be more than thirty? "Well, sir, qui to snappishly,) I told you about thirty; I cant tell exactly; it may be thirty one or two, but 1 am positive it is not over that. Betboth Elizabeth in passion. The Brain. On the occasion of the post mortem examination of Cuvier's body, considerable attention was excited by the extraordinary volumne of his brain, which was referred to as an indication of the supe rior qualities of his mind. Indeed the cel ebrated Mascagni, as well as Dr. Automar- chi, have corns to the following conclu sions: that the strength of a man's, under standing depends upon the greater or lesser development :fM lesser, degreo of energy, winch thai devclop-Ktcnt- exhibiUs that, 4n tho male, the brain is of far greater volume than in the femaie; with 'the former, its weight beimr from three pounds to three pounds and three quarters, and with the latjer from two pounds nnd a quarter to two pounds and three quarters, or thereabout: hat, with regard to the brain, no animal wjiilevcr admits a comparison wftrrthr rromntringTand lastly rthartlie diminution of the brain gradually increases, as we descend from the bmopean to the black. Ia cetaceous animals, jveighing as ruui as five and six thousand pounds, the braiq will not, in general, be found to cecd eighteen ounces in weight. It is estimated that the Equestrain Statue of Washington projected by the Philadelphia ana will cost 00 000 when completed. The base of the pedestal is designed to be con structed of New England granite, and thir teen steps, emblematical of the first Confed erate States, of Pennsylvania marble. The embellishments on the Pedestal will illus trate four of the most prominent scenes in the life pr Washington. . It will be an honor to the public spit it and patriotism of the ci ty of renn. -j :.-...':,;"-;',-!!, f:!"!r's, f" V". 5 - t , aapajas-BaBBB.-iiii 1 1 I , , Dr. H'mes, the dandy swindler, now on trial at New Orleans, while the jary wers being rmpannellrd, of whom he challeng ed twelve, thus atiurcsseu me court "a ia Mnntemntr ' 'I infinitely object to that man fa jordf.) . . . . . . a a. uoea ine couri see my posnmnr im At torney General has armed himsell with 1 full knowledge nf th laws, and I am de fenceless. resources the land of our sires; and the IMPROMPTU. One of the best impromptus I ever heard Was made about the time General tllair. a member of Congress, attacked I)h)V Green, nf llio Tolairnnh. in tho atrcpta nf Vaahinr-1 . ri.:, a . :-ki rtr..r. wm m ih. in'd . andliberate-' ly drew a pistol from his picket, and fired at the drop curtain; to the consternatton of the house and the player. Mr. Dall.is, who was present, took, out his pencil and wrote "When Dlair shot the curU.n TT .,sPla!n t65"' He d the drop in Jus eye And thought it, was grern. The Iiichnmnd Enquire, the leading Van Ruien paper r the South, said a few dare ago, "NO MAN HAS PRONOUNCED HARRISON A COWARD WHOSE O- PINION IS ENTITLED TO RES- PECT." KPKFTII OP M II. GR AHA M . of north carolixa, On the Sub-Treoi7lJnt,tlefiere:l in the House ot Renre,entatiei-, June 30th. 1840. Mr, Speaker: I appear in litis debate, neither as ihe advocate of executive exper iments, nor of banks that have suspend ed specie payments. I desire gnud mon ey equally piod for the people. The sub ject under discusMon involves very impor tarn, ennsrquenreo; 11 cmuracen me wnuie nntt 1 have also cordially Co operated in revenue of the government, and affects the trying to command all we could from for whole currency of ihe country. It is a del- ejrn countries. icate. difficult, and deep question: touch-' Veil, sir, you perceive my inclination, ing the pockets and pocket-books, the pri- iy location, and toy duty, all prompted era antl property,,! fifteen millions of in- and conspired to stimulate me to seek and dividual. The magnitude 1'flhe great find all the gold and silver we could rom interests and the hnppiness of ihe great mand f .r currency and cirruation: Jiuw, numoer 01 persons tnvoiveu. siiouiu-tntittce ua 1 Rnd asked. th discard Ihe opinion and . laws otthe pur est patriots and wis.t statesmen, w ho have administered thia Government since the revolution. - Sir, I amdis'rnstful of Joo many experi- ly propose an experiment upon all the ino. nsy and property and happiness of fiRven 1 11 imni aim vuiii..wi .m ,.,r iMiwt get rt wv caniiiuij ami Keep all we can consequences of this'mcasure. We are commsud. how much have we rutl- Af- tiy the Piesidefif,- to "llirqwrawajr tet dieziflp and washtnff- thwdrnnrfe e experience of half a century, and to mine! after tarefullv aearchin? all the ,sr v yj j nft ijtmn-l but Wtetfyuu serious- no well informed man ssya more though mititotiai i-eopir, x require strong nrgu. (a borroweil money. However, to ilTus. menta and convincing reasons to satisfy f rate my nrzumenf, and lest the principle mymindthat it shmild be adopted and f ihisbill, I ill tskf the whole amonnl r,ed. ' ; . of specie in this country at eighty millions Let us examine and analjze this new r dollars. Now. what is the number of financial scheme. - the whole population of the - United Slstes The Sub-Tieauryjiropoc two thing. an, ,rr territories All will acrce at Ut No bank notes shall, aficr a certain least fifteen millions, itrd I take lhat num. day, be received, kept, or paid out by the ber. Thus we have eighty million of do! United State but that all money collect- m to be devided among fifteen millioni ed from the tax-paying people, (hall be ofipt-ople. 1 hope no one, who ia a re in gold and silver coin only, and nothing publican in principal tod practice, will '' , object to an equal division , equal rights, 2d.. That all bankbe discontinued and eqUal twlj tn, fqua mney. But, sir, prohibited from becoming the fiscal agents j all courts of ju.tice and equity, we are snd depositories or the public money 1 and required to be just before we are gener thst hereafter all public ,money shall be on, and to pay our debts before, we re colleclaH,.ktl,. ed, by officers appointed by the President, proportion of any common fund. The an responsible to him, and removable at his ual expenditure of the Genersl Goern pleasure. ment is a debt, and charge on this eighty In short, thst the United Statu shall mill'tons-so we must lesrn mbtraclion be- be a hard money government m all it n- nancial alt'tirs; and that the President shall appoint all those who keep and han dle the public money. ' I cannot suppo't this measure, and op pose it because, in my judgement, It is impracticable; the metallic money is too sesree. It will monopolise and take nearly one half of all the gold and silver coin from the people, and give exclusive, privileges to the President aniL hia federal ofllcers half of a man's estate to manage the oth and agents. er but the account has been so Tooted up It will operate injuriously , upon U the banks and taiik notes now constitute, the principsl and actual n F il.. ...ml. !.- vil.l. 1 " t. an tenltttrlM; It wilt'wsntonly impair and dettroy credit and confidence It will unjustly interfere wilhth rela tions and contracts between debtors and creditors, making, by operation of law, the creditors richer, and the debtors poor er withiiu t any merit of . the finf, or any fault of the last; and thereby the rich will be msde richer, and the poor poorer. I ' It will diminish and reduce Hie price ol wage-tof produce, of property, and of all articles of trade and merchandise made in our nwrt counttyj hiie foreign good will retain their preen t prices, ami thereby we shall be obliged ' to sell low and buy It will give two currencies ihe better one for the President and federal office holders, and the baser for the people and tax-payera. , It will be ansafe. ' ; It will be dangerous to liberty, and give kingly powers to the President, and ties troy ihe chccki and ballances of the con stitution. , Jiir-- ,..-,:y if i ' , "ri I will endeavor tn demonstrate Ihe pro positions, and prove the objections I have mad to this bill. - . 1 i . IMpRAeTICABL " Let o first enquire in relation fo the ways and mean, anil ascertain, if it be practicable, where, when, and how. shalt we procure and command a sufficient a buhdance of the precious meta', to answer and supply the financial, fundi, and ne cessary demands for the use of the GoVr ernment? Mr. Speaker; Hive in the gold U. home of our -flections. NO.- re iott in North Carolina,' and hve the hwr to represent one of the rtrtieet eottl mining tliatricts in lite Unitnl S'itra. "I lel a ueen stilicirutle fur the nruanenlr ..I : i .i cr , , I... .7 .i r ' . ' . . 8. . ; ,7 rralutTon to establish a branch of ihe Mint to coin gold in North-Carolina. QJring that term, Congress pa.ed a la w ,0 erec, b.ncl P North Carolina Mt Georgia, in the heart anl centre .l I ihe gold rfSM.n, to enoourge and atmfo. e fhe nmcTt ta mt hTr Tig rlrrT,; (,,, tmrtrl our gI( Aerican coin h' it-might circulate in our own country, and prevent its exportation to foreign countries The same ' Congresi -a'hotited ih erection of another branch wtnt at Nv w Or'esni, to ehabld oar Oo: jernment and rititen-to procare and com'-" an.r..i .n the bullion, or birs of cltl and J.:i... u. .....i t r. r a . ,Hr7 f"S" u tional coin. At the, same tin e Cpngrm paaard a law, fixing the value of certain loreign coma, ami dec! arm; the same ters! tenaer. rov. sir, 1 nave-been a faitl ful fellow lsborrr i 1 all the legislation of Congress, since I first took tnj seat, to tlevelope the rich resources, and valuable treasures of our own mines, and to con vert our native nrecious metal intn mint alter laboring anil IcBislatins tH icentlf fo vein minea at hotne,-and deriving all ihe apecie we can obtain from Torcisn ntinn then, what is the whole aggregate amount of gold and ailver coin in the U. States? After all our toil and trouble, we have Ri ,(im,t we nrt imleulJ ln Euroncsns for ; tenjtr fifteen mLUions nf spccieUkhJ fre we work rqusl divi.ion. , What rquai nivi-ion. : , v hat is the assregate amount of the annual ex penditures of the Federal Got eminent? Dering the three ye arof President Van Btiren'a administration, the expenditures have been upwards of thirty seven millions of dollars every year, (and indeed, during the year 1838. they were more than thirty-nine millions.) ' ' ' . iliese cnarsjes ami exprRiuturrs are ex- ri l , J .,-: . . travazantlr hish. and look like eivine one these extravagnt-eipenditure but, af- 1".,-';vr!-vlr-r---r-;:n-H ,icr no innj roinJe. jriu.su, i6wpertotm jinceii', I would rather see than hear tell iof that." To explain my views, t will reduce the annual tax and public expend iture down to thirty-five millions, which is two millions less than it has been in any one of the last three year. '' , --Put down eighty ani subtract thirty five from it, and forty-five wilt be the sum remaining for division among fifteen mil lions of people. How often will fifteen go info forty-five by fair, division? Three times exactly, and no more, Mr, Spea ker, I hare by fact and figures, been try. ing to test and acnalyxe the Sob-treasury system, and see it practical operation and general bearing and alter counting more specie than there is fn the country) after reducing the public expense lest than they have been during any one year of Mr. Van Buren' administration and after estimating our population at ales number th.o the- probsbl reality- atitl there are bet three dollar in hard money left and allowed to each individual in th United State. ' Three dollar only I a small sam t support any human being for one year!!! Eighty millions of money is, in my judgment, not enough for th ne cessary purpose of the Government snd the people. It is not enough, in time of trial and peril, for tho Government a tone. 'J'5 ,;: ' ,' ! I.-:. At th closest the last war, which ter minated in 1815, this nation had incurred a public debt amounting to about on hun dred and thirty mil lion of dollari.'whfn there was not more than about twenty mil lion ol specie in the United State. Tu HUGH McQUEEN, )U THOMAS J. LEMAY, J Ll,,T0f nave paid lhat large debt with that little um of ipet i would have been impossible. Bj it has been satisfied and exlinguiihrd tF Ihe use and psymeal of b.nk poles. 'I be friends of liuerty in our revolution never could have conquered the British, and achieved our glorious independence, by collecting and disbursing hard money only to sustain the caase uf freedom. Our pure patriots of 776 culd not have ue- eesfully eontended antL coniintietl their nobis struggle forseven months, (instead of seven years,) br the exclusive use nf .1.- i-" . toe me ante currency, -7 e nave ntiw no foreign trar still, patriotism and arlf-se-Curity admonish and warn as, in peace In prepare for wart and the very fact that we are ready and prepared, may save us from many bloody wars. Mqjiey is the sinew of war: and you can no more defend the liberties of the republic wjthout mom r, than you ran - without men lobe alwavs reatly for any event jot conflict, t H our country were again engsgod in a belliger ent contest with some powerful foreien. ftp,whffe wouTiTthe PrrVident and , the advocate of thii measure find the. neces sary n ays and means to ile'end the naiicn' with hard moaey alonrr , W'ould tb-y lvlt oar gallant nffieera and soldiers, yoo niu t . not fight and defend the country, unlets, you get hard money and that it is Bncon- stitutional to receive any kind of paper currency ?- Or, would they tell the peo- -pie, the constitution i made of India rtil- paper cur're ncy. rn time of peace, but that -it is constitutional in lime of wat? Spp pse our fit hers in the. revolution, and in the last war, had rcfus d to fight the bat- ties of liberty until and "unless they w-rv psid in silver dollars and gold roioj then the American eagle, never would, nor could, have conquered Ihe British lion,' and this free country would yet have re mained colonies dependant on tdd F.ng land, Suppose, during the first or lat, . ; war, some paper-hating and hard money- . V loving statesman had seriously proposed ?s to Congress to conduct and carry-on the war by the use and medium of specie on lyj how many atlvncaies would he have found? NiyieJn the' republican! yanks. , Sach a man woui sH'down as the f nemjr of iiberly, who was pUdJinglceitn; ajutbsltJiUrepubUc Such a man would not have-bren called a I" whig, because ij was impoible to collect IromJhe people spcieer.ougU to pay th , army and navy and rivil I tt.; "The adnp-"- -tinn of such a policy would ubstan'UHy and virius'.ly have struck our flajr, and turrcntlerfd our country, to the eovern- iMA s 'aJse2K&Jssim ittij&3 "t "a-wsr--w xryz arvr x 1 l. v f,i.JtSi lihertr shii credit, or tyrannv and no cred U v-KWUAwWJSSi, Vo, ; it? Whh a grt qursrion I ' liberty, w a i n vol v r Li fttt tlof 1 rpattiuUxlitl ouC stop to count the cost, or tu weih didlols ami rrntR in golden scales. No, indeed.' If they had stopped fighting when Ihi hsrd money gave out. and had not been permitted to use credit, a foreign tyrant's nnou would even now be walkin shod over the right of freemen. rong'i Let us ara'n return to bets and figures, and, ascertain the people portion .f the specie currency, and sea how it will af. feci and operate upon the business, tradr, and industry ol the country. After the payment of the public taxes, "and annua! demands of the General Government, (in time nf peace, raindyou, we saved and retained, out of eighty millions, three dol lars in fdver or specie to esch individual in th UnitiI Statesv Deanjr reason ' b!e man, hot blinded by party prejudice, seriously believe three dollars, and no more, will answer and traart the busi ness of any individual? Will civilized freemen be content and siiUfied with that small sum tf money? I amwer for my ' constituents and . roysrir,lnn neverr It -will not buy food, or clothing, for one per son. It will not evfnpay taxes. It will aflTord ho money to sustain and, facilitate trade and commerce.' .Where are we to procure fundi to purchase the necessaries nd comfort of life, uch a salt, iron; ' sugar, coffee, and many other articles? How ia the capital and currency to be ob tained, to purchase the cotton of the plan- .-- L. 1. - r .l- . " . a ier, ins grain nt tor larmer, ine wares oi . the manufacturei . and the goniT of the merchant?, Sir, I- am-Apposed to retro.- -grading Snd returning back to a"iemt- ."" sayaje statf o broth, "wearing rude undressed skins, and using metal money a the only currency. Such notions are too antique, too ante- dilluvian, too far behind the improvement f the ge. W want more currency; our share of forty-five millions U too -mall) and our shsre uf eighty millions, (without ' Spying I jlolla r to ipportjG ovejit m e n t,J is still too little far less than the necessa ry wants and just business of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce require and demand. To whom shall the people look, if they do not. look to Government, for a, -good currency? In every civilized eoun tty, itis the duty and high prerogative of Government to fix the standard value of money, and to control and regulate the currency. Two or the great object tor which Government was instituted are, to furnish a uniform sound currency to th people in the transaction of their lawful business, and to prevent imposition and ( speculation by tha circulation of a depre-,V-ciated currency. We have tried to intro- duce gold and silver into more general circulation) still there i a great scarcity, and not enough to answer the purpoaes of the Government and the people. Now, -what is to be done! I will not wage war against a wise Providence, because tho precious metal are so scarce and hard to find, and because w cannot fill the pock et of every body with gold and silver. Mr. Speaker, I hold these proposition that Government is a 1rut to be admin istered, and not a property to be enjoyedi"'" that th trustees are in duty bound toad minister it for the general benefit of th
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 30, 1840, edition 1
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