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. I . . . . T 7 &011&S j. LEMAY,. .". : raofaiETQ y ,. .. TTfn1wt9 -... i-T sscatrti, ilroUPr",,,, veoe. ' - sTseti.rt.d.oe wtme will ,,red tll p., tb vioU l " - HATES Or ADVERTISING Ho evei-y equere (not eseeeding it tiaee ltd lit '' 'TP) 'ret ieWrtlow, ' dollar j each lofcMqut nt -j MliN, toMtt-Bet tents, ,. LZ-- Z (rj The atJeertisemenls of Clerks l Bherifl wit be charred SI per cent, higher; d a detluclion ol SJ per sent, will be mad from ihe rtalar pri t set Tor silterliteis by the year. " '' CCJ Letterslo the Editors nvtt be post-paid. TV'OTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE 1 ' approaching CJenerul Assembly. The kubacrUM-r ull repeOuli utlurai Jeu.ls let la lK Lri' autre, 'hat ke is prepared In ea. ..iura.'.le eomlmubly with board and iiM'giiie;, from 30 40 ol ilwirbedy. - ti-ntwx ersie4 fen moms in Ihe eipacKHM brick bulhlins; of Me; H 0. SMITH. f where Ihe Imi 8eon il lb Legislature held J ii will be in bis poser Ui t.iruittt eU-gible iwmi W Uiote Uo spplx early. AiMrn, l MUlllUY. , Vi's "Hotel, liairtgkj Sept Si. I . -. - - , 3tt U NOTICE. On Monday, 12th ol Oclnbee next, will be snlil for eaih, before the Court House tleor, in lltriforit, II, or aa much of the folloainj; tracts l land as will satMy the Tat due thereon lor the year 1S38 and and the tori of adteiluiu(t. ' , By wbom listed.! Ta lue. Situation of Units. J -in -e !Imiiuw, j J.L .... lluraulVi'k-1.. t. Bdie'd Jlartelift" III. 1 - ' 31 .1 OS i llll K llumtnetS 4'2 I l do l, eo. UrotUeri SO j do du (-00 KAPHtS ll.Vti LEY, Fli'ff. Pcrnuimont rnnnir. A 115: 'JJ, lSin 36 5w f I'rire ,'t. f2 JO ernls. ' Slate of North Carolina. (Jhawillk Cou.ntv, Superior Cuutt of Law nl Equity 'Spring Ter.n. A. D. 1810. Strati War j s v. Peiitiuu fur Divorce ate. Henry P Ware, 3 This tiaose cnminK o ; to be beard, and it appear k le Ibe I4iifiiun i.f the Court, that pintier sleps liad bim lakcu to niHil) the itel.ndant, ll n vy, of lite petition of pluinlilf Sai-ahi SuhpCL-nas anil uliat hnlyieuat irmiii and rriurmd 'iinl ' lnund.n rYoclaiiuiiun made t the MterifT at he door of the Court lloitsr, lor the ileli-Hil.i.l, Mi.i v. til apnriir unl answer as vnmniaHilel h the riuhpos ta i ha delenilanl IhiIihj lo aiei,r, it ir Icrett fiat puhlimtim, 1 giirn in Ihe Ualeih tfe- ' yister and the Itah'lt.tt 8tl lor three iiihiiitia, of ihe ' ' tamer and ThaTwihrtww iernrtitP -rhie 4!tntrr plication will be made that the petition ot plaimift, Sarah, be heard e pari. Whnen. Tiinma H." Wi1lie7T!leikrif ue aid t:rurt at Ditc, ia llslnrd( this 30th itf of Mar, A. I). 1840. TIIOS. II. WILLIE, C S.'C. May SO. St 3iU. Pr...-Ade.47. UulIUlU DEP1IAV1 TV Some n-itoriom Uoonlerfeiters hare nearly killed several persons lifstllii I hem a spurious and uts sWttiraMJIaAljaWswaa wrHiea siKnamre 01 w I u.n . at -mw. - lite splndiil. wrapter. That firm are sokly authorized in make and tell the true article. -- Ut igiuat froprietor. , -'- -- - BOLOMOX HAY9. P.'. The Irne Hays' Liniment is oariwrtrd 10 sure Piles and Klieuaialisiu, hi all eases, or no pay takeu lor it. THE IIUMA1V 11.4111 H WAUItvN I EI) s.aul or restored, and the brail ke free tram .landenff1. bv th (tiraiae OLLK KIDUE'a HALM t.K.tJOLU VIIIU. Iteniember ihe fentiine asdeaeribed below. This is eertifiril lo by several Ma) art. Ministers f Ihe ni.SM:l, lliiliih Contul, Physicians, and a I rem iiumber of one most honorable citlieus, to be seeu where it is told. 1 rAUINn FRAUD! This article has bee imitated by a nnUrion t conn teilciitr. tj; it after he purrhased nr used unlets it hatre the name nl L S. CO tlS I'OCK.nr Ibe tirna ture ol COWS l ()t:K k DO. oa a splendid wrap ler. This ia Ihe only external lest that will secure the publi from deeeplmn. .. A eonelant snpply of Ihe above; fsluit le , i.rerarai W. M. MASOV te CO. , 11 cio lira , i IIALEIGIF, SEPT. .'3D. ISJO. THE PEOPLE'S TICKET. TOU rwE-'lDE-N'T, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, T,u inoinuile H'.ro of Tippzcxnncihi incor tAi patri A farmer nf Chin, , , Wl. . fOa VICE PBEMDr.NT, 1 fjoxntx&-.- A State RighW Jtepublican if the sraj of '93 ' nt if Firgfkia'i noblftt torn, und tmphaiieally f ,4mtriea'$ tue-U tagaciaut, tit luoue and patriotic etatamen. f,;i,' .- ;'. 07 The broad banner of HARRISON, LIB ER TY and the CONSTITUTlOXjsnojsJujig the breeaa, inscrihpd with the inspiring motto ONE PKESlDENTIAL TERM THE IN TBGRITY 0 THE PUBLIC SERVANTS THE SAFETY OF THE PUBL10 MO KEY THE DIVISION OFTHBPUOLIO LNDS-T1IE DOWNFALL OF ABOLI TION AND THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. ; , , p Whijf (Electoral Ticker. . , Col. CniRLts McOuwclu of Utirks county . CJen. Jas. Wiixborn, of U'ilke. Watid Hittsota, of Llncolrt. jAt Mfi!te,ofCaswe!L " V "r " ' ' : lion. Absauam Rekchcr, of Chatham. -"Jl - -Jon B.'KtLir.of Moorrv'1 -: . Dr. Jastca S. Smith, of Orange, CaARLc MiNtr, of Wake. , , Wm. W. Caiaav, of Bertie. ; ; Janes V. Bar, of Carteret.'.. Dasiel B. BaKtN,of New-Hanover. David F. CalOwcll, of Rowan.' Cut. WiLtiiat L Lcmo. of Halifax.' Josiah Coluiis, of Washington. ' Tuomas P. Joftts, of Pcrquimons. - " 77,, : j . f 1 1 ', . . uu.j. i ne test bank ever vet knowO j s - - w Uauk of carih it never refuses todia- mm:x :- w - ' - ai v' .... T . .... . ?Jotu CAKotWArowerful ia'modt, in intdlcctua!, and in physical MeMwrcesthe land of our and A TOL.XXXI count to hont laborj mnd tlie best hai isjhe wouU read litem betilotl 'lont tiouse orj , Tle quesliong r ileemed proper fur tlje plough" share, on which dividend ara I chimnej. r. So itwaa I prrrormetl the N'fur consideration, at tli ttrekeitt iBir, always liberal. Vr the Slur Mj ever falfhruf Compeers i In our dark cuunat mom; where I Lbad the lioiiur last lo meet Vou, you asVrgn- eu la ine the ariluou and alNiuiportattt lour of the United States, which is a coun try aitaatr, lying anil being in that planet which I ruined by the first lie 1 lold the firat woman hteer Hetjtn it. I pnun ined, hIicii leaving, lo lerp you in funned tit my labours and succm. My labour have t uly been immense my auccrss up to the amount ( wliat I wiahed and wa inatructed to do, hangs yet in tfuubtful ncule J4id my .)irtts, were I to suft'er thrtn tti (juitil, would be down vtry low. You know that the Unileil States have been a Itepuiiiic lor 64 yiarafand every muti uliu ihoae tax wurahip Und a ht tlinnhl bent, mihl du It, none darin to ft. iifitiiiualtv twirraieil verv much against our Ling. lom. Hence ny firnt propoaiiinii, eleven or Iwelt r jrar ag, In reduce thin R-public lo a .lepiiai livery thing, since llut count il, la jturcrvjid'esacily lo my w!!ie$ ami th thi"g wait in ptoj rea as lal aa audi ihingtktau be acconi pliht'd uti i hi planet, i.util within a lew year last past) wince which time there has been kirtitig opposition (lir many who are known here by ihe lei in VUe and Good.) u;ainet I lie act and lining of t.ur liule Vanity, whom we appointed the uccror ol' the illustriuu t hief who beuai 1 lie bio- jeet so tlear to all Aur lira i la. YU knuw the' ton. Iumiiii whirh wa unanimous a iiHingit u in our ta'tt count il, that cu tl we aur ceed.in pUc'tng him at the hcadJter.av tor one more term, lite form u'aoof a tlaik dej'piitism" would be atknnwlerlgert 4nirf rivetied. In that event I was of opinion, 1 still am, that morals and true retigiutV wouM have Mmk down, as they alwaya hate done, under ita ponderous w-eigtir All of this was foreseen by the Li-tie Magician, a well a u, when he wrnti that honied'letter to hi holiness the Pone ohUuroe. men. isow, in case or hit re-election, when thi state ol thing should get lully under way, it would be a feast to our old Cesar and Herod, the blood that would be shed I for the people in the south of the U ted Stale are hot headed and hot blooded fellows, and I think could not submit at first. And here let me tell you. that the Champion of the Sou h au dear to us all. among what they call here the wise and good, is no more respected than a wolf. In candour, I must also say, that 1 strongly suspect that without irdnubled ef forts,, our h igh Jiopn jif, au.ccesA w jjl Ue. overthrown by the eleition of one William Henry Harrison a man with whom we have had no acquaintance, except that we know he did much to free his country from i tyranny and barbarism some years a go. The people here, from what I understand . ..A 1 from our f olks, are determined to- go fori In in. If tin should be to, our protects must end in disappointment Thus much for candour's sake, which must not be lost fight of by even devils in council. And now, though I have said to yoo this much,' permit ine to deliver it as merely my oa u public Opinion, that we shall still succred, if you will all be up and doing, and aitend to my counsel: and it would do your very heart good to see the, efforts and unanimity of our people here. Yau know tbe.lie you have,, aeat .me lor publication, hot from our fortrem hell Titer have been almost alt wallow' ed -with" avidity by-- our friendar though"1 1 have laughed to are how hearTy some have escaped being choked particularly some Who profesve d to be Christians ami more especially yone fellow, I noticd, .who teemed like his bowel were parched by the burning heat. I myself have made, in thi cool climate, thou-and of them, which were not so fiery, and wero swallowed- by throita likeopeu sepulchre, without much apparent pain. 4i ..... Now, my nohte lord, tnyrcntinsel in litis condition of thing is, mead the del lowH'. if you ran possibly spare the time then direct the blower to double their dil igence. Let those who prepare the mate rial (you know the oldest liar) ins no time all I at stake.' Forge fast and as soon as you gvt ready one qutter of a do-J .en, Jieiid ..ne to Kendall nc to Ihe Richmoiid Enfjiiirerr and the other In Ihe N. C. Standard or to the Shirt-tail Orator. They will immediately strike a! new rdi lion, (which they had promised ind to do, , a ml tend (hen. to Ihe loco' inembert' of CungrrsSvWho in a few minute will have llieut on the ateain car all over America post free. But here let ine add a word of rcqultm. got tiff that Montgomery letter to hot blushed many lime in ae. cret.'and ahn'osf promised that I would do o on more- tlut in a day .r two cotnea Hawktns'a and Montgomery' slander a-' ga nst Harrison. I thought At firat I could ..... . . I r l-.-. '' go hi out a toco iocii caniuoa'e prom- la-j i k-i.. ..i .i,.th.i.,i.t t.. order to secure ilie volea ol aboltttonieU quiring after fne success of hia extra Stan- d bv Mr. Van liuren, in compauy with Mv,y day use, are Inade o wood, hanks yet there ta mi i tail or the cotnmu ! at the North, sanctioned the doctrine thai dard, and when I get lo the capital of ihe. hi4ederl5oUeaoT, Uufus Kinr ld nw,w'b'andI,Jhe greater liabilHy to et. yHdemegreterpnifita an.tauvaii"""? fre nrgrovi "are coinpetenr wivttesiea a- Slate, "'I will apply at the Star offiee, and mher vNrt hern men with Southern feel- !' and contraction. l he want of du- frtia the exiitleare of aound banks, j I gainst white men, beside that other vote he if ihey don't find the out, 1 think they will ing' llead ihe following proceedings, roi,ifJr ' material, is mail up in eon- They want a good market to s'e-II ilieircot. , gave inNew York, which gave free ne- print if. . , a they appear in the Senate Journal ot v"cnce, lighlness and cheapness. - To a N grain, and other arlklea; tner; j groes a vote in certain rasea above white I remain, my lord, coun. il and gentle- ISilfij , plain titan, like inyaelf,' at tiir bualiel of fent obtain arcommmlalion, and borrows ! ae!' lltf- a II vl ! i'. ? a te t m i rta a. aaitiiaii ttl7 pivllll tees only by the most ignorant; to whoinrequisite to tdmissiuu? RALEIGH N. C WEDNESDAY, OCTOURR J IS40. rmnj j..bj bat I liutublj hope ju will not! call on in a ta atuop u low aainnot macii nq account ui ro? coiiitit iice oat 1 earnestly oeliee suclt overgrown . i. .1.: ... iv..." .-t-t- Kritii ii u ui in. utj iiciore jrmicriUj I nw a caricature purporting to represent tha pelting of a pour old white man under llarrimn a law, .! . a-Ba. .a . loatat irec ueffro lor uebt. ami mat loo iu a village where there was a copy from the journal of Ihe house, (where the law was said to have passed) the ninth section of which law, as it truly was, (namely, to sell cert iiu . thieves, instead of putting them in the penitentiary,) alatea uisttncily that no negro, mulatto or Indian shall buy a while man under any circumstances. 1 was under Ihe painful necessity to forbid my willing aubjeel thus to act with the ahameful art't ature and surhia my' mor tijii ation at this low and, acamUlttu eflort to deceive iafnirrahf heoid,v ; ihat if I find no tiffi'-e in hell exceot that of throwinit out with a hot ahovcl the tiros at il but. lorn. I expect to return afier November, when you shall know the result. Mean time accept the assurance that nothing vhall be wanting on my part to make sun our Impea and accomplish the objects ol my iniatioo. I think it due to m hiuhne t have some pirts of jhi letter printed before I leave, eke I may be charged wijh"iKj'au llmrMiii) of uliappei t of whirh I am asham- rtl, and yet rot so much a one might Mippne; for when I return I would out ftrruple to acknowledge them all. Flu, where I nw am, many men haye aMieely censt of truth, and are heartily indignant at ucb barefaced Hen; and il I own my ? aelf iha author of- them here, mi half-way dWent man would ever liai-c tti me again. I do not kw who will print this for me. Kendall, Uiichi and Co. never did e- luse, and send to me daily fr manuciipt; t --. ... . it -.i - i - . .i i uui s .am tu;e .ineyMiHl; ooi pt itii rttia, oe. cause folks woultl .aay I wa backing nut from them; and the know they could do Homing wiiiiiiut me. i iii'enti to iratiaiorin men, your very wear and disappointed, bn t ever persevering Chief. " To the Counrit of UelioQ Jly tel. 1840. J . siill"Mum:m W have heretofore apprized our ead era of the failure of Mr. Van Buren lo reply to certain in terrngtorici addressed to him by several gentlemen of Lincoln, N. Carolina, iu reference to the princi ple involved in the Missouri question, and as to the 'expediency" ol adherence to lt p!UWle, ofvwhi leer champion in 1 821 should Florida ap ply for admission into the Union, as a Slata State, during his term of service. Perhaps he may take Ihe ground, . itj i , reUi t ion I o this delicate question," as he Uses in reference to Mr. Poinsett's Army Biflj that k-will brlime enough for him to express an opinion when he uraiieu up on to "act officially" upon the "subject. But when a candidate fur (he Presidency give voluntary pledges, in advance aaio the course he will pursue upon same mat ters such a the U. 8. Bank and the ab olition of slavery in the" Dislricf, we can ee neither propriety nor consistency1 in such an expression from his lips touch ing other questions, of equal -and even ol greater magnitude. One, Intleod, might wv&Cc4cuw.Uve . je.adinesa,; itu Iwhtcli; he tll'sikffcjinseljf wiitcrrire unpopular, and j hi cTaira tliat, uponpthersi whivkarf tiT ao'ubiuui . char acter, Ihe people must wait to ascertain his opinions from hi official acts, that lie is governed, alike in bis response, and in his silence, by a motive aa selfUh,' , if he be lo governed, it, argue hi ambi lion to be unchastcned and un principled. 1 From the Alabama Tunes we learn that enquiries.-similarr fhose' addressed to Mr. Van Buren by the titizena of Lin coln, have been. & long ago a June last, forwarded him by a committee of ihe citizens of Perry coantr. in that Slate The following ia their letter-- i r Merlon Perry county. Jtln. June 20, 1 54t). TO MAIM 'IN VAN BUREN, ., iPrteliltnt of the United bfa!t$. , l)aa Sirs Frm the promptness aud candor with which vou have answered cer. tain inquiries propounded to you by" the! Deoi'ocraiic Central . Commtifre of Ken luckrjd your letirr of reulv to that Cm- mittee, dated Washington, April 21.1840, we ate induced retpecifully to address you the following additional questions: 1st. "Do you regard the inalituth n of Slavery a it exiata in the Southern Slates of it hie Union,, aa a moral or political evil?;" ft ,..-s,3 ,! '- ivi ' H-. Do yon admit tht Congress have the constitutional power to refuse any ter ritory flow belonging to the United States, or which may hereafter belong to jhtm, the l ight to be received iu ihe Union wiln. fiut making the abwliiion v slavery a pre- I ........... ? when the pracaan.l aaUey and the erj existence i.f h Simlh ate dilurUed by mat unaiical assoculiuu. wlitcU uu false-'j'.i.ile ttiimanc id. Keecifull v vour. cj t'i Joarpli l'ickeli, 1). Lon , James A. 1 1. mix, J. IL Vebler, . John Oatvald, . J. V. Thompson, II. V. Lea, -Levi Lang loll, - Hugh Davis Now. "if M'r.. Van liuren hadnut an swerctt. (after $ manner of hi own.) fume of I lie intet'rogalurie addressed to him, we might be disputed, in tharity, to pre ume that hi f.iilure to answer tfie foregn. ing was not dictated by improper motives. Hut v, hen lie has promptly responded on some occasions, is it riot atrange that be should be so very rt-loctunMO answer these question? A hy ia it, w e ak, that, he i 1iu coetivevfiDwlir Jfit t4hif hold lire onHti'eA-whk1 t:fer tJpoK'itlieir'lKef r Sli.Wii k'iiebifon ; aiiooK the Union lo ll rtlitre. ami ia" (raid to answer them,iiulii he to be trusted uy ine Southf, Hhe ha renounced those .pinions, i it not due to the South that he mould jav so.howeverrwkwaiiTmavbetlm dilemma In which it will involve h'imsell'r But i it not t ie inetitabte infereiiee. o long a hi Missouri opinion are uifre- tr4cted, und partii ularly . when he refuses toasnwer iviHCtluliitpuiie uif.ii that topic while he eagerly rp-poud lo oilier of le inieifst. .we My must it not be the itievitable iiifereiite that he Mill en tertains ihe tipioion, a he did in 1831, lliat CtHlL'rss tiufht mil to ailmil an new Slate into the Union unles such Stat ' n,u ,n,',,, "rable. ami very httu i will renounce the- right to tilera,te jltvenjn5.5" jstandV wTiliin fi7r lliniiT And If llii be true, "lfdTrair-iuhet ontl 'fr.f are tent by L'on. how. can . the South trus.l lOm's.idi n rt ' ch of the Custom liouaeM, to each. knowTedgr there to rr rate.that. wiihiu the nrxt four yeam.iFlor. I,u,,, ,he legal model ami ihe light stan tda will be an applicant lr atlmiktiionr 'r,' Tl bras half-bushel weigh thirty Atul4hi toiideration becomes still inoie 6v f?an,i ;-''" bra yrd,-wittnhe j mtmn-tant when we reme tiiber that afier ihe aettlemeiu td ihe listiara Quea,. ' fottrTiwttaejite haRd: tiimV b Ihe ' Co a. promise for wniih the tu.'.' T' '' '" ' ' '.;T 1 . . couutry wa indebted to the geniua and "The Senate resumed, aa in committee "n '.'rb " weh meured in a wuotl of the whole, the consideration of the bill en ' a Dra I'ajf hosln I, provided the for Ihe establishment of a territorial Gov- conform to ihe legal biamlard.. A ernmeiitin Florida and the bill having Jrrd, ' cloth, sold and measured by a been amended, it wa reported to Ihe v",i yardstick, U Wortli just as much House accordingly aud, , ,,'0UK, l bad been ' measured by one "On ihe questiun fo concur in the a- ,n,',e br,,, Pwvided the length be one mendment tothellth seciion;. to atrike and the same because things that are e ouf, alter the word rreedom, in the 14th 1u to 'he re "I"1 nthcr. line thereof, the residue of aaid section, as the purehaarr doubt the correcj- follnws: , -. nesaandlaunesa tilth; instrument of meat No slave or slaves shall, directly or urV U "j r'ohi, r,ef. th timp indirecilr. be introduced into the said ami sear of -V!l.ildx4J??A TerrHdryWrbyi iTt are aearching ted States removing Into the said Territo- l,cr Pctiral "truth, which must be tried ry for actual leMlement, and being, at the bJ c"mon aense and applied lo every day time of stach removal, bona Me owner of """'!''" , N"w UPP?, ,,,e "oden such slave or slave.; or any citizen of the U. Slates travelling-into ' the Territ.ire "'the Territory nt, not exceed. sve imported or with any servant or servan . - i j inf Ivim and eterr eta iinru.el. hrnonl.t inin th- T.e.Une r..irtr . the pn.vi.ions of this act. shall thereupon be entitled to and receive Ins or her free - dom.' - ''' s-V :t It was determined in the alErmativei yea 23, navs f.O. - . 1.. .. t fl - ' S, -I. . . f "The yeas and nays being desi.ed by Those who Aoted in th. aiTimatiie 111 V, ...II II, I ''' i, . ,;.'"' Johnson of KerM Jotmaotl of Loi. Kiog tf :.,A.tI.,l?,J . J"!" WMMmv.Wm-MJ$ f Jovwof Mos? to Uftii Nobl 'oflnman. ;C Very few poor I'lran!s f VaM Kiniib nl 8. v, tlouihei land of (people could all'o'd 1o purchase igd own Ni,,,t!U,ks7 ?UJ-!r D,k,r ,,4-m',h"- i ,hl,H uttM n', 'eary , iuitrument erm Ala. Waie of Ua. U dlwaiaf4lii, WUbama i- rttntmutt ut. .. ?, : 4l Tho who voted io th ncgstii are,,, , t ""Measrs. Uarkin of Mo., Unardaiaa of Con., Drown of O., Chsn.ller of Me Di. fa of K, Kindly of 1', lloline He., Kintot N. Y Kitiaht of R I Lsmnsn 'of L'on., Lown of Pa.. Mills of Mass., Morril of 1Y. If., Oils of Mas, Palmer of Vl., Parrolt of N.H . Rueale ol Jlhlo Mevmour of Vl- Tbouia of III.,-VAN BUREN f K. Y.' Now, we ukk our readers, in v iew' of these fact wliCii'Ve see Mr.'Van Bufen voting with all the non blaveholding Sena tors,' except D'Wo f of 11. Inland, Noble of Indiana, and Sou lli'ei laud id' N-Jersey, to re-tiict a far aa possible, lite ti'ro Juction id slave into Florida, if il i not probable that he is now in favor of its ex tuittion upon her soil? " lle'f ertainl v mui ( be, utiles hi s.piniout have lindetgone a tnoiigr vpwrrtnai suuj'ct, aince ill Vote upon the Missouri lealriclion and .uiron this attempt fo limit the iiitroduciion .f slaves into Florida. , Jf his opinion are unchanged, the Souih will.be guilty of sui cide to confide her dearest and most silat interest to hi keeping. If they are changed, the Smith entitled to know, and jvfrkl i know that fact. . And we submit it to the candid aod dispassionate, even of the, Administration, parly them selves, if his iwisition 'Upon thi quesiion he uutauch s-t impsir iheir coufideuce in the soundness vl hi opioiona ' Lynchburg Vrg. ':-... . , . . , a ..':....,...'-.. r , , ,,. . home of our ff-tioni." I i J, SPEECH OP M R. C RAllA M, i . or korth caaoLixa, Oa (ha Suo-Traaury Ililt, livre4 to tha Haas ol lteprcataiiee, June 3Uib, 1840, Con'inutJ. 1 ePECIR. , Mr. Sptfalier, the advocates of this bill have dincoKereJ- that all our illustrious statesmen and Presidents ffrom the fitt tiay ot uen. ahiijgtoir adtninistration, down lo the last of Gen. Jackson's) were mistaken and ignorant of the true reading ant! meaning of the constiiuiiort of the U idled State. We are now tuld, by Mr. Van Buren and his pai iy, that alihnuah a piper currency and bank notes have bren in ue and circulation, as money, for 6lty or aixly year, still it was all wrong alid t-'ncoiuiituiional: that nuihiog but gold or silver coin is constitutional currcncv. Thi ia new reading, ami atrange petv eraioo. ' ""'eM declare. Cotigre shall Pwer 10 Coin mt.neT, r gulate the H'U 'hereof, and i.f foreign emu, and fij "r "",ai wi weigm ami meaure." c"io """'y mean, to fix the aland- 'f' ,ni' atnp of legal value upon the pre- c,,,ui mr"N j't a it i reijatrnl - to fix j'j lndard 'of Weihti and measures, wbide inietHiiin and object was, ccr. '"'"'.Vt unif-ntii'tii and common Hand. "r" w,,eruy an curieui v, wnit tt purport ed to pis a money, or II equivalent, milit be nieil, cmnpared, and ailjuiei Under Jhi very mwer, Coiire Iu. an Ihorized ktandrrl half-bushel and vaida, ... ...... . . . in ue cai ml manufaciuretl oat of brajt..4PK'' 'f riiii, bul the im k. beam and " 1 ' "e ' measurea are too heavy for ' a . 1 a . ' ' Uu"el J"'.' V,ch '' cerJ l,u in the Unitctl Slates were cery nouse in ma unitctl States were ddeuly converted into metal, and matle "fgnld and ailter, bnt "btill kept In the ame us and retaining the tame shape,' 1J. and capacity would the article "V1 ad tneasure.l by tttem he any mor.v Ivalaaule'lSan if measured by the wooden instrument now in common user l pre- some not. The alt would nut . taste of I siUer, and the doih would hot imell of 4'iaiueol the grain sold, jnd cIlf?h! .. ... . 'ml , J . . bushel and yijrjftnVasurea to thiscounlry, now iti common use. U like manner, I think, litis coining clause- in the constitution, when tightly understood and practically interpreted, mean, Congre klall hvr- power to de clare tna qoantttf or number of grains and pennyweignts ineru snail be tit gold ea gle or ailver tlollar, stamp them with cer. tain i.lhVial arala, and finally (is the stand aid of money, whereby the valuoof all cur rency inay be measured, tested, regulated and ascei tainedr In other word, Con grc ' aha I be : the national J atsn dard, keeper, und regulstor of value and gold and sliver shall be the only true na lionat standard of money and currenctj just at the brassyard i the standard meas ure of length aiid breadth ' whereby all wooden or other vardlrka may be mea ured, tested, antl Compared. "Gold ami silver coin I the standard yardstick of value in money matter) and all currency and circulation should be made and kepi ritual to it in value. We; want a uniform standard of value for currency aa well a fur weights and measure. , " ,; tn short, a bank paper dollar ta to a .il ver dollar, just what a Wooden rardaiick i te a bras yard.' V . 'V; BAVg. , . .'.To my hiind, we mut have, Mr.f p'ak- er, W4 are ohBged 16 have, Tinnce ctirrenry" than gold and silver to auntdv the flsral oprratiotii of Goyeromcnt, and to transact S9t li rm zr tr.n rr r rr , TUPS. J. LEMA Y, ucr$' and intetchanga the business aud trade of the people. know f do better ,lao to furnish, and make up the deficiency, than , by the use of bank. ;. I niar not bearor. -tent judge of the lest kind, s I have no practttal knowledge r their marhtner. I have never owned one dollar iu thebltrTk a of any corporation, mr btrww.i uuc rent . trom any bank iu my hfe. I am conrern- ed only as every planter farmer, and bu ainess mar. is obliged lo be, iu a sound t br viicy. Whrn we erll a bale of cuttt.n, 1 ( barrel of corn, or a tump of gold, w want good currency in rrtuio, of apecie par vaU , ue. ? 1 am in fuf of sound ajocie paying; banks, whose notes or bit a oiay, at the' will of the owner, be redeemed and roii . ecrled into gold or silver coin. In oiher , . wordiiwheaiL is imnosaible to obuin n- aullicienry ofcash to auppmt labor and re. "t war! industry, then 1 appit.ve of uaingji soundtredit, as a aubatitute. Tht idea , ioay Ue aptly illustrated by familiar txr t ample in domesiic life. ? WUm baron ami beef are at ncarce and hard to set a cold, ' ami silver, we are obliged to ue smaller .? quantities of the Militia, and larger pntpor. J loins of vegetable f'Nol, lo preserve heal I It s and sustain life. Out, air, a mm it the rich . Valley, the green hitt and blue mountain. . In my tlitiic, where lid provialona ... bound, we al waja' regard bai on and gieeua l.J a a conatiiutinnal t urcrot'y. aud a icgl 'v lender, ye, air, they ota .rt .tjtire-iiily,.. ami will satisfy an reasonable mao.JJ.ht.: ate-drafl-that are aUay hoiir,d. and ";'. " 'eilil may be muted ami at'va.iti.geouslv ; virM i.,..!-!, .men, putt urea.l, B)1) US , t go further and supply a gitraU-r nan.-.:- betV "i'-'i-, Uitiii -i-i-4 -f y.-t.,,fj, Y .t'- . . ,. The o.Sject i to multiply, ine lease, and , render abundant, that cuirmry whiiU i. vjf mi essential to mat kind, and eutrr. 4nt i all we eat, and wear, ami have, . .A g,,.i Xi plot;li i the true emblem of a pood t at ', rency., No fanner i uch a niil-lovinH f inuii, a l rotikh urt that useful ioattutnent s entirely of trim. ! ; It ol. be loo heat v. 4V:- ' unwieldy, and XMnsive. ; That would t V impede, not kpefd.. th.Uahirr"A pracTi cal faroier itiakeallhe trroutiilwmk of hia a . at . . . . - - vantage tnrt of prf rhrtiiiietal aitit pajrerTn"" Uft led ti that all who wm'k may live, hold, and enjoy a portion of-the turrettry, which ; i retuleretl innre abandaHt, convenient, and' useful by proper nitjlma of suitablft . . litiy (hoasand dollar of the bank, and pay the planter and farmer that sum in ha oK note for their cotton sand grain.c t Fifty thousand dollar are then tlistiibutrd , v and-circulated in smaller sum, througit smaller, channels, in the country, unril . aupply and demand hav ronsuinuiated iheir cmtbract, and tdminisicretl comfort and convenience toall Jhrough whose band ' it passetl. i Again, it return to the bank, . to afford accommodation anil facilitif lo . other persona and places, whose vocation t anil business require the helping hajiduf it, H rrency. i lLik Ihe 'nearC' iV l it ribu tea ' and cirrulntes tht blood through the veins, ;j to all and every wart of the system whicli t need the natural currency ol'l.fc. , ; ; ; , 1 Sound bank tie useful instruments to Governmehf,' and beneficial institutiona -to the ' people Ihey furniah ahtl aupfly capital and currency for public revenue, and private fund, to maintain and foster all the great interests ol the country. Still I mi always jramo and watchful of pow. er whether it be pecuniary or political . because if is constantly liablt lo ttbose. The best instruments majr' be JppUed aiid . jwrverletWtr rhillv'tirst "of jpui poses." 1 7 look tponVa bank ' just at 1 do u tire In a chimney p.cful in i't ' proper place a good servant, but a bed matter, 5 Fire,, while confined to ' ifi appropriate sphere, ' withiw limited tHk r fo ifilifg Mi Mffii lZ Yey''sefur,"an'tl. absolutely nrtetfary lo Wlwkatfdto vitry elf ment, whit cook our daily food, 1 may by negligence, arciden', or libusr, tie' stroy all oar coiiifort,'prpiTtynnd ti'a itself. Tht fault is not in the use but abuse of the element employed. When a houso i burnt, on a steam boat blown dp, tin on thinks of sbandotiing rthe us ol fii and--team.So-irhen-a-bankreatirWVus M?nds specie payment, the fault is not owing to any radical defer! In the general principle used, but i attributable to th misapplication and abuse of banking. I -believe we have entirely Too many bank, too much blnk capital, and loo mat y dif feient kind of notes circulating a monev. The rxcer and ahusraof the .ys'cm tit felt and a knnwletlged Relnrm and t or. rertion are gr. ally needed. The remedy and the rmf are in the hand of ihe people themselvpa I hope an enlightened public opinion will soon distinguish and separate between jhe giftd wheat and Ihe tare, ft ia tht duty of tht Government, that ere ate. corporation, lo see that it f-iihfully' , perform it stipulation, ami redeem il' promise. Thi General Government can, fet any imef exercise a rommamling eon. trtd and powerful fiifloence, foe good of lor evil, over all the monev matter and hanking In.tiintion of this tonhtrv. When ever ihi mighty inachin. ihrongii who treasortMhirty or forty miHiniis of dollar pM rw-rr tear, rereites fhr tin .r oaok In payment of piiUIic ilae. that in. g't? fact ln-pire roofideore evrry where, and iuliillt, nas rurromlv if .....I by that United State, jia'd uhenmr tli namii-a may be made lo advatUagtW8mlr rMUjhryar eJiglitrt (reaper adnnirwrr""' convrient. In this war ete y Umlv, tUt' V " poor a well th ricitmay own an'd uso , that Uefur iiiNtiumrnt wliiih cuiivate.:i the fruit of the earth, ; In like manner, a if gtmd cunenry may be made to ifeneial adt t 1
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 7, 1840, edition 1
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