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THOMAS J. LEMAY, EPITOB AND PROFRIETOB gueifnii, tkree dollars pr eoooaa-oa!f is edvanee .... Pcrsoasresidiar withonttha State will ba re qmred to aytbavrMU emonet oltbeyear'e sob- ""BrS OF ADVERTISING Fee evervsooarefeot cascading 18 liaeetlns atae ' lypa .Tstioerrtioe.oaedollarieaeh aBbt.1i"" ilw.t:"l1tV."cUrk...d Sheriff. .11. a charged S per cent. higber and a deduction e Ut per eeat. will ba made from tka regular pri ces for edvertieera by the year. g-j. Latlaraia tba Editors mcst ba poat-paid. OAKY BIOUWT ACADEMV. Tba preaant atuioa or Ihia aahool will close the last day of Ibia month, ud commence again the 16ih Tk. U ..Mer lha direction of my deoifcter who will teach tba different braaebea of an English edueatiea. and will epare no paiai for the advance neat of Ihoaa entrnsled to her. Hertoi.s from the low eoontry wh with to plee their dsorhters at a rood school, in a healthy neighborhood, will do well to send them to Oaky W mint. Board eaa be had in Ilia faroiliei of the Raf . Jamea B. Alford, Nathaniel Warren, Rq ead the Sub tenser at $5 per month. Parents who desire any Morroaikra respectine; the aehnol can do ao, by ad dressing Kit. J. H. Alford, at Kelvin Grove, or the feubteriber, at Raleigh. ANDF.rtSON PACE Oaky Moont.N. C. April . iMt 15 w OXFORD FEMALE ACADEWT. The eierciset in Ihit aehool for the present etiwn will eloaa, with a poblle esaminalion, on Thurs day the 9th, and will be leramed on Monday lha 27th day ol June. Tba eonrae of instruction em. (inert atodiea usually taught in onr beat Female 8eminariea. EXPENSES PER SESSION. Engliab Taition, $7 SO to $W SO Letm. Greek and French eaeb 10 00 Moue on Piano, 9 00 Guitar, Drawing and Painting, 1 00 Board, WOO BFNJ. SUMNER. Prin. Jane d, 114. " - IIIKLSRORO ACADEMY. ' The Fall session wilkbegiu on 1'haraday the fonr. trenlh ol Jaly. Clsasieal Departmeat, W. J. BINGHAM, Prio. Mathematical. R, W. HUfiHRS. Eo.lish Do. R.J. MUKPHY May. , surieiiu'a North Carolina Executor, CONTAINING lha Stalotea and coniaaa Uw ol this State, together with lha deciaioaa ol the Su preme Court, and all lha neeeaaery lormi and pre cedents. Intended as a eoavcuient Manual, and safe gnida Ju Executors, Administrators. Gnardiant. Juries ad tJommissioaere appointed uy the Gonna, Ulerka, Sheriffs, and all other publia officer, la short, it ii intended for tha benefit of all persona, publia or private, who are, or pottibly may pa interested ia lha proper management of tha ealatea of deceased persons with tha least truoblnand ejpeate possible, acaording to tha laws now m force For besides the legal matter above mentioned generally, it embraces lit kindred sab jet Is of Wills of land and Persona! Property, Legacies. Distributive shares of Estates, Rales of Descent, ParlitioB of Estates Real and Per aonal, among thoaa entitled, Dover and other pro visions for Widows, etc eta. Among tha Forma it eoataine, are all lha neces sary Lend process. Wills, Bunds, Oaths, Deeds, Bills of Sam, Leases, Forms of Account, Petitions, AftVlavils, Advertisement Commissions, Notices, Wi-ita. Uotnrns. Renorts. ke. ka. in all near a hundred m number. And ia believed, by good -nles, to ba tha largest, as well as the most prac tical and annroved collection ol Forms now extant. This book baa just beea published.. It eontaint ' HI crtovc pages, 7 tame size as thoaa of tha "North Carolina Justicei") well bound ia law binding, and, m eoastqoeaee of tha saarcity of money, as well as lo plaaa it wrthia ma reacn w every person, n 11 now offered for aala at lha low price or l W by re tail. Merahants and othero who boy a quantity to all again,, aan have a reasonabla rednation in the price. ." Avply at the Printing Office "m Asheborough, Randolph county, N. C, or at the N. Carolina Book Store in Raleigh. BENMHVUX SWA1M, Auihot and Proprietor. Decrmber 1,1141. 3 0 State of North Carolina, Franklin County. Court of Equity Fall Term 1841. Billtr Stile and DivitUn a .A "ejTf . William K. Smith, James Smith, laiab Smith, Wil liam Aiglit anil wifa I'attey, Matthew Jnlitiuin snd hit wife Nunnr, and John IHeesants and bis wile Nelly, Comiiainaiifs, AOMSST llenjsmia Waddy, ailm'rol Gooilmaa Smith, dee'd, Kebceea Smith, Thomas L. D. Smith, Willie Smith, John Smith, Elisabeth Smith and Good man Smiih IVIenitants. It apiearing lo the Court that Willie Smith and John Smith, two af 1 he defendants in the above cause, are non residents! it is iherelore ordered by the tluurt that pobliralion be made lor three months la the Raleigh Star, that the said defendant!, Willin Smith and John Smith, be and appear al our next Snnerinr Court of Equity to be held for lha eounty l Franklin at tba Courthouse in Looisburg, nn the 2nd Monday alter the 4th Monday in March next, and rt'eo and there plead, answaj) or demur to takl Hill l Cnmptsints, otherwise the same will lie heard, p.ljment pro eonfessa will bo bad against lliein, . ci.d decree made accordingly. 1 Witnett, Ssm'l Johnson, Clerk and Matter ol our said tnrt ol Equity for the county aforraaid, al of. fine ihe 2nd Monday alter the 4th Monday in Sep tember, I HI 4 Teat SAM'L JOHNSON, C. M. E. Priee Adv. f,IO 00. I 3m. Dec 87, 1841. CLASSICAL SCIIOjOL- After soma axperienca in the kutiocas of teaching, ? the Subscriber takes Ihia melbod of again bringing ( bis JmjoooI to ihe nolkr ol the nuhlie. Situated in the County a4 Franklin, abont midway t kMwean Louitburc and bliocoo. in a highly moral .nit hraliht aommunilv. alike removed Irmo seen s of idleness, extravagance and dissipation, it is t-rliev-'j nil - l"'ivu advaaiaget in point ol local ion, not In- ' terior lo those of any lnts'"inu in Ike Mate Aad W iim-tionaa a Teacher, hi. s..lmalien.lor l. tt.iUu.- !.. tlnia l&p L.en aneeeaittil in civ- alulnata will at least oul be diminished by Ibe in erected nwfieiency cuascqiicaV upon a longer dta i ahalta of n duties. - - - - The Kivreises of lha School will ba resumed on Tnesdry.lhSlhol July. Tuition IS tier SessMM) of 5 monlhs, payable in advance. No deduction mad for lots of time by l . L k- h.;. rflui.n in, .cj i ,J. I f esent cause i ami tba lull price reqna-ea lor an wn , ..- -- - -T -- - go lew causa i and tba full price required for all wh re entered at any lime during the aeulon. J , Biierd aau be had at S per month in lha families of the Itev. Anot Joasn, Ma. Joaa Gin.end Messrs. WiSto.ioTO.v, and Wiutis Ilea sea, all wiih- ia a convenient distanac of Ibe Schnl tlouee. V Louisbui f Is the nearest Post Office. S . J. H. NORWOOD- ? Franklin Co. June 1st. 1S4S. S3 M IF A GOOD PIANO FORTE CAN lln had of any one, North or South, there is no doubt bet that it eaa ba obtained of . P. NASH, ' Petersburg, Virginia, who hss now on band , TWENTY-NINE I3STRCMENTS, ol differ. , aot prices, end ia expecting FOUR mora by tba ' netl packet. There ia no risk in ordering Piano :; Fortra from tba subscriber, as ha feels himaelf ava ' : . ty way hound la Uks back any instrument which ' perchance mibl prove defective, f E. P. NA8H. Petersburg. Va. ItareriM, l ' - f Riches W Uboiit tVlnffsl TOB a mere trifle, a litlla volume can be pnrahaa- ; that ia tnougbt to be wonh its weight in gold. Far aala by V BmikdPFoVteliuer. i if. . Prirrtbiire. Va ) " Nokth Carolina Powerful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical resource the land of our aire, and die Vol. XXXIII V ' J VETO MESSAGE. To the Iloute of Reprtientativu. J I return the Bill which originated in the Ilotice of Repretentativei, entitled "An act to extend for a limited period, the pre$-j ent laws for lajing 'and collecting duties t on impoati," with the lollowingoDecuons: It iUfpendi in other words, abrogates' for the time, the provision of the act of; 1833, commonly called the Compromise : Act, 1 he only ground on which this de parture from the adjustment of a great and agitating question, seems to have been re garded aa expedient, in the alleged neces sity ot establishing by legislative enactment rules and regulations for assessing the du ties to be levied on imposts after the 30th ol June, according to the home valuation and yet the Bill expressly provides that, "if before the first of August there be no further legislation upon the subject, the laws for laying and collecting duties shall be the same as though tti act had not been passed." In other words, that the act nt 1833, imperfect as it. is considered, shall in that case continue to be, and to be executed as law under such rules and regulations as previous statutes had pre scribed, or had' enabled the Executive Department te prescribe for that purpose leaving ihe supposed chasm in the Reven ue laws just as it was before. I am certainly far from being disposed to deny, that additional legislation upon subject i very desirable on the contrary, ihe necessity as well as difficulty of estab lishing uniformity in the appraisements to be made in conformity witU tha true inten tion of that act, was brought to the notice of Congress in my message to Congress at the opening of its present session. But however sensible I may be, of the embar rassments to which the Executive in the absence of all aid from the superior wis dom of the Legislature, will be liable in the enforcement of the existing laws, I have not, with the sincerest wish to ac quiesce in its expressed will, been able to persuade myself that the exigency of the occasion Is so great as to justify me in signing the bill in question, with my pres ent views of its character and effects. The existing laws, as I am advised, are sufficient to authorize and enable the col lecting officers under the directions of the Secretary of the Treasury, tojevy the du ties imposed by the act of 1833. That act vtas passed under peculiar cir cumstances, to which it is not necessary th it I should do more than barely allude: whatever may be in theory its character, I have always regarded it as importing the highest moral obligation. It has now ex isted for nine years," unchanged in any essential particular, with as general ac quiescence, it is believed, of the whole country, as that country has ever manifes ted for any of her wisely established in stitutions. It has insured to it the repose which always flows from truly wise and modi-rate councils a repose the more striking because of the long and angry ag itations which preceded it. This salutary law proclaims in express terms the prin ciple which, while it led to the abandon ment of a scheme of indirect taxation, founded on a , false basis, and pushed to dangerous excess, justifies any enlarge ment of duties that may be called for by the real exigencieaof the public service. It pro vides, "that duties shall be laid for the purpose of raising such revenue as maybe necessary to an econnomical administra tion ot the government." It is, therefore, in the power of Congress to lay duties, as high as its discretion may dictate, for the necessary uses of the government, without infringing upon the objects of the act of 1833. I do not doubt that the necessities of Ihe government do require an increase of the tariff of duties above SO per cent and 1 as little doubt but that above as well as below that rate Congress may so dis criminate as to give incidental protection to manufacturing industry thus to make the burthens which it is compelled to im pose upon the people for the purposes of ' I ; f fit ol government, productive ot a doubt ben- 1 his, most of the reasonable oppo t nnta nf nrnfax-tiva ftntia am willinc In ... .. 1 Concet.e: It we BlSy judge from the mam-. icsiauuu at puuiiu vpiuiuu iu an uaiicia, this is all that the manufacturing interests really require. I am .happy, in the per suasion, that this double object can be , . . . V . i f the present lucture, without any denar most easily and effectually accomplished . . - , lure iruin . ine spirit anu principles oi ine statute in question. The manufacturing classes have now an opportunity, which may never occur again, of permanently identifying their interests with those oflhe whole country, and making them, in the highest sense of the. terra, a nstional con cern. The moment is propitious to the inter ests of tha whole country ,he introduc tion ef harmony among all its parts and all its several interests. The same rate of impovts, and no more, as will mmt sorely reestablish the public credit, will secure to be manufacturer all the protec tion he ought to desire, with every pros pect of permanence and stability which the hearty acquiescence of the whole country, on a reasonable system, can hold out to him. ' "."'""' But of this universal acquiescence, and the harmony at d confidence, and the many other benefits that will certainly result I '. "Pr b ! f ior uiiirtuuiinB" ins proceeus vt mepuutic ill ,1 S RALEIGH N. C. lands as ao indispensable condition. This measure is, in my judgment, called for by t targr number," if not a great inajoriff of the people or Ihe United Mates by the stale of the public credit and finances by the critical posture of our various foreign relations and above ah, by that sacred of all duties, public faith. Iheactotbep. tember last, which provides for the distri bution, couples it inseparably with the condition that it shall cease. 1st. Incase of war. Sd. As soon and so long as the rate of duties shall for any reason whatev er, be raised above twenty per cent. No thing can be more clear, express and im perative, than this language. It is in vain to allege that a deficit in the Treasury was known to exist, and means taken to supply it by loan when the act was passed. It is true that 1 loan was authorized at the same session during which the Distribution law was passed, but the most sanguine of the friends of the two measures, entertained no doubt but that the loan would be eagerly taken up by capitalists, and speedily re-imbursed by a country, destined as they hoped, soon to enjoy as overflowing prosperity. The very terms of the loan making it redeema ble in three yrart, demonstrate this beyond all cavil. What at that time foresaw or imagined the possibility of tbe actual slate of things, when a nation that has paid off her whole debt since the last peace, while all the other great powers have been increa sing theirs, and whose resources, already so preat, are yet but in the infancy of their development, should be compelled to hag gle in the money-market for a paltry sum not equal to one years revenue on her e- conomical system! If the distribution law is to be indefinitely suspended, according not only to its own terms but by universal consent in case of war," wherein are the actual exigencies of the country or the mor al obligation to provide for them less un der present circumstances, than they could be were we actually involved in war? It appears to me to.be the indispensable du ty of all concerned in the administration of public affairs, to see thst a state of things so humiliating and so perilous should not last a moment longer than is absolute ly unavoidable-much less excusable should we be in parting with any portion ol our unavailable means, at least, until the de mands of the treasury were fully multi plied But besides the ergency- of such considerations, the fact is undeniable, that (he Distribution Act cou'd not have be come a law without the guarantee in the porviso oflhe act itself. Una connection, thus meant to be in separable, is severed by the bill presented to tne. ; Ihe bill violates the principle Ot the acts of 1 833, and September, 1 84 1 , by suspending the first, and rendering for a time, the last inoperative. Duties above twenty per cent are proposed to be levied, and yet ihe proviso in the Distribution Act is disregarded the proceeds of the sales are lo be distributed on the first of August so that while the duties proposed to be enacted exceed twenty per cent, no suspension of the distribution to the stHes is permitted to take place. I o abandon the principle lor a month, opens the way to its total abandonment. If such is not meant, why postpone at all-why not let the distribution take place on the first of July, if the law so directs, which, howev er, is regardedas questionable but why not have limited the provision to that eflect?- ls it lor the accommodation ot the 1 reai ury? I see no reason to believe that the Treasury will be in better condition to meet the payment on the first of August, than on the first of July. The bill as sumes that a distribution of the proceeds of the public lands is, by existing laws, to be made on the first day of July, . 1842, notwithstanding there has been an impo sition of duties on imposts exceeding twen ty percent up to that day, snd directs it to be made on .the first of August oext. It seems to me very clear, that this con struction is equally erroneous and danger oua, as it would divert from the Treasury a fund sacredly pledged for the general purposes of the Government, in the event of a rate of duty above twenty per cent, being found necessary for an economical administration of the Government. - The bill under consideration is ilesign- ed as only a temporary measure, and thus a temporary measure, passed merely for the convenience ot Congress, is made to anect the vital principle ot an important act. inheroviso of the act of Septem ber, 1 P41, can be suspended for the whole period of a temporary law, why not for the whole period ol a permanent law: A doubt mar be well entertained in fact, ac cording to strict legal rules whether the l t. .L I condition naving oca tous expressly sus pended br this bill, and rendered inap plicable to a case where is would other wise have clearly applied, will not be coraajdered as ever aftersatisfied and gone. Without expressing any decided opinion on this point, I see enough in it to justify me in adhering to the law as it stands, in preference to subjecting a condition so vitally affecting the peace of the country and so solemnly enacted at a momentous crisis, tod so steadfastly adhered to ever since, and so replete if adhered to with good to every . interest of the country, to doubtful or captious interpretation. In discharging the high duty thus impo sed on me by the constitution, I repeat to the House my entire willingness to co operate in all financial measures of aeon. , ' WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1842. stitutional character, which in its wisdom it may judge necessary and porper to re esTibfish thec7edif oT the government." I believe that, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands being restored to the Treasury, or mure, properly to speak, the proviso ofchesct of September, 1841, be- i j i- ii - i ii 55 permuiroio remain iniuti niree, a tar iff of duties may easily be adjnsted, which while it will yield revenue sufficient to maintain the government in vigor by res toring its credit, will afford ample protec tion, and infuse a new life into all our manufacturing establishments. The con dition of the country calls for much leg islation, and it will afford me the most sin cere pleasure to co-operate in it. JOHN TYLER. Washington, June 29, 1842. THE APPORTIONMENT ACT. The followins is a copy of the Report of the Secretary of Str.te, and the accom panying papr from the pen of the Presi dent, as read in the House of Representa tives, and referred to a Select Committee of that body : Department of State, Washinoton, July 2, 1844. To ibe House ol Reprentaiive of the United States i The Secretary of State has the honor to transmit to the House of Representa tives', ia compliance with a resolution a dopted by it this day, 'an authenticated copy of tbe exposition of the reasons of the President of the United States for giv ing his sanction to the act for an apportion ment of Representatives among the seve ral States according to the sixth census," deposited by the President in thisDepart- ment. DANIEL WEBSTER. A bill entitled "An act for the apportionment of Representatives among the several State ac cording u the sixth census." Apppoved June 25, 1842. In approving this bill, I feel it due to myself to say, as well that my motives for signing it may be rightfully understood as that my opinions may not be liable to be misconstrued or quoted herealter errone ously as a precedent, that I have not pro ceeded so much upon a dear and decided opinion of my own, respecting the consti tutionality or policy ot the entire act, as from respect to the declared will of the two Houses of Congress. In yielding my doubt to the matured opinion of Congress, I have followed .the advice of the first Secretary of Slate to the first President of ihe United States, and the example set by that illustrious cit izen upon a memorable occasion. When I was a member of either House of Congress, I acted under the conviction that to doubt as to the constitutionality of a law was sufficient to induce me to give my vote against it; but 1 have not been able to bring myself to believe that a doubt fulo- pinion of the Chief Magistrate ought to out weigh the solemnly pronounced opinion ol the Represehtatatives of the People and of the States. One of the prominent features of the bill is that which purports to be mandatory on the States to form districts for the choice of Representatives to Congress in single districts. That Congress itself has pow er by law to alter State regulations res pecting the manner of holding elections for Representatives, is clear; but its pow er to command the States to make new regulations, or alter their existing regula tions, is the question upon which I have felt deep and strong doubts. I haveyield ed those doubts, however, to the opinion of the Legislature, giving effect to their e-. oactment as far as depends on my appro bation, and leaving questions which may arise hereafter, if unhappily such should arise, to be settled by fu'i consideration of the several provisions of the Constitution and the laws, and authority of each House to judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members. Similar considerations have operated with me in regard to the representation of fi actions above a moiety of the repre sentative number, and where such moiety exceeds thirty thousand, a question on which a diversity of opinion has existed from the foundation of the Government The provision recommends itself Irons its nearer approximation to .equality than would be found in the application of .a common and simple divisor to the entire population of each State, and corrects, in a great ilegree7thoe inequalities which are destined, at the recurrence of each succeeding census, so greatly to augment. Io approving the bill. I natter myself that a disposition will be perceived on my part to concede to the opinions of Con gress in a matter which may conduce to Die good of the country and the stability of its institutions, upon which my own o pinion is not clear and decided. But it seemed to me due to the respectability of opinion against the constitutionality of the bill, as well as to the real difficulties of the subject, which no one feels mere sensibly than I do, that the reasons which have de termined me should be left on record. j JOHN TYLER. Washimotov, June 25, 1842. New Usg fob Bacok. Bacon sold at Hanville, Mo., last week, atone cent a pound. Some oflhe steamboats bunt it in preference to wood, to raise the the steam with, it is so cheap! home of our aflectionv i Sm or ti West! A million ejes Are lorninr glsdly onto bimi - Tbcehrino of old -idolatries- He lore hit kindling light grows dim! And men awake as from a dream. Or meteors ilaialing to betray j Ami bow belore tiitpurrr beam, The earnest of a better day. IVkiltier. GREAT PUDUC M EETI N G . NOMINATION OF IZENICV CLAY. ' (Concluded.) Daniel Utlman, Esq., then presented to the meeting the two following resolutions prefacing anil accompanying them with a lew brief and thrilling remarks: Resolved, That the three great interests of the Nation Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures are inseparably con nected with and dependent upon a whole some protection of the latter; and thut no thing will conduce more to a general revi val of the prosperity of the country than such a revisal of the srate of duties upon I imports ss, while it shall afford a revenue adequste to an economical administration of the Government, shall also, by its dis crimination, enable us successfully tocon tend with foreign countries, snd secure to our own Mechanics and Manufactuers the home market fur all articles of necessity and comfort. Resolved, That in view of the history of 'ie past, and in a spirit of frankness and fair dealing toward our fellow -whigs tSroughont the Union, with whom we have heretofore acted, it is proper that we make, as we cow do, this public snd solemn annunciation of our fixed and unalterable determination to give oorsupport to Hen ry Clay as our condidate for the next Pre sidency, without surrender or compromise; (Lnnd and repeated rheers.) Hon. WILLIS HALL next sddiessed themeeting after the tnmultunucapplause which greeted his appearance had subsided. He spoke nearly as follows: Mr. Chairman, and Gentlemen: lam greatly indebted to you for this grateful recollection and particular regard. I have often had the pleasure of addressing you, but never before, on any occasion, have I met you with the same feelings of grauucation as i uo tins nignt, neers.; You have met here for the purpose of performing an act dictateJ by a sense of duty and of your responsibility as citizens an act to which you are impelled by your gratitude as men; an act no matter if it be vain and ineffectual which will at least secure your consciences from future remorse, anil your memories from the re proaches of posterity. (Cheers.) You have assembled, fellow citizens,for the purpose of thus publicly testifying your confidence in HENRY CLAY, (Cheers,) and of proclaiming to your fellow citizens throughout the United States that he is Ihe man of your choice your selected candi date for the Presidency, Cheer?,) " I came not here for the purpose of giv ing an elaborate eulogy of his virtues, or to enumerate his claims,, his services or his merits. He has retired to the shades of Ashland; and whether ihe people shall re call him from his peaceful restins place to gume me uepuouc in ner onwaru path, or whether the book of his history is now closed, is a matter ot little moment to him person ally. Calmly reposing, after having for lony years laithluliy served his country. he looks for his reward to the impartial verdict of posterity, to the approval of his conscience and his God (Cheers.) The Republic he has helped to rear may pass away; tne labric ot our glorious constttu tion may mingle with the rubbish of the thou sands that have preceded it: but Hs history will remain: and on the brighest page of mat nisiory win oe recorded the name and the deeds of HENRY CLAY. (Loud and prolonged cheers.) And the patriots oi future ages shall then read that record of his deeds and his services, and shall admire, while they read, the wisdom and the elevated virtue which marked his ca reer; and his example of useful devotion to his country will be held upby their coun trymen as an example for their own imita tion. (Cheers.) Can the loftiest ambi tion of man aspire to more than this? The names of King, of Governor, of President, may pass away and be forgotten or re membe red only to mark a period in chron ology: but Ihe Hrgof Time, as it sweeps along, will but Wighten the record of the glorious deeds of Henry Clsy. (Cheers.) No! fellow citizens; not for him not for him, but for the Country and for our selves wuld we woo the patriot and the sage from his retirement again to guide the destinies of our Country. (Cheers.) For where else shall we find the wisdom of age united to the vigor of youth? Where else shall .we find the experience of forty years sogliriodsand so useful? Where else and whose else ia the strong arm that can curb tlieinsoleaceofanbverbearinggovernmeDt! Whose voice beside, with almost tniracu lous effect, can speak to the turbulent waves that threaten to engulph ns whose voice but his csn say to them 'peace be still' and be obeyed? (Cheers.) r And above all above all where else is the patriot, placed by tbe People in a sta tion of power, who will with his own hands disrobe himself of those borrowed garments lay aside that power which belongs not to the station, bat has been acquired by the usorpstion of his predecessors? Who but he will rive to tbe Judiciary the rirrht to judge, and to the Legislature the right to maae, our lawsr (Uneeis.) And what elsevs we all fighting for? What has . av JXl No been ihe war-cry of Whig ever ainre the decapitation of Charles the Find but "Down with Ihe prerogatives nf Royalty down with the usurpation of Executive power! (Cheers ) And in opposition lo what else did the Whig party in 1834 start into action? What was the watch cry then but "Down with Executive usurpation?" hat was it ajainst which we so valintly battled, and over which we too lonmy supposed we had cawed a eio- us tictory? It was Executive usurpa tion that laid ihe foundation ol Ihe Whist party. In '34, by reasox of this violent exercise of Executive power, we assumed the sacred name of Whigs a name which. two, centuries ago. wsa given in derision by ihe minions of royal power and the ad toireri iifTlie iflvine right "or kins to those " valiant and noble spirits who dared to ad vocate the rights of the People a name made sacred by two centuries of warfare against unhallowed power, sealed and sanctioned by a hundred victories, in which the People took back, one by one, the rights given to them by Nature and their GimI, but which the grasping hand of pow er had usurped. (Cheers.) Before God and in the fare of the country in '34, we dared to assume this sacred name. Like our own fathers, we placed it upon our banners, as we went forth to battle against Executive power; Ihe People saw the stan dard and rejoiced; they received it as the old standard of liberty; they acknowlgdged the truth of our cause, and rallied to its support. Gen. ERASTUS ROOT was then cal led upon and spoke nearly as follows: Fellow Citizen: You will be illy fe- quiled for your kindness in railing upon me if you have sny expectation of hearing aught that will kindle your enthusiasm or rouse ynu to cheers as has been done by the youner men who have addressed ynu. You ask, fellow citizens, to be addressed; it must be only for a short time a short moment; with the coldness of age the coldness of three score years and ten, which cannot be expected to awaken en thuaiasm in the minds of youth. (Cheers.) Fellow citizens, it may be that I shall seem to tin amiss in aitrmpting to address Vntl An this nnlitte-al nrriainn a'rp svtiar you have heart! offered as excuses for not attending by members of ire Court for the Correction of Errors. THon. Luther Bradish had declined attending on account of his being at present engagfd as Presi ding Officer of that Court. I may have erred in addressing a political assembly. 1 feel the full force of the suggestion that political questions of great importance, involving the welfare oflhe country, will come up lor decision; and I shall endea. vor to the best ot my ability so to dis charge my duly as a member of that Court as not to "Mow political prejudices the least sway in the decisions I shall give. But, fellow citizens, being invited this e vening to address you . on the nomination of Henay Ctay for ' election to the Presi dency in 1844. I feel not the least politi cal sensitiveness in obeying your call ! (Ceeers.) I am not called on nor are you to make any nomination: the nomin- , ation of Henry-Clay has already been made in the pulsations of your hearts, and you hear, in response, thousands nay all the Whig throughout this broady ex tended coun ry. (Repeated cheers.) This meeting was bircly In give utter ance, lomake a response to this pulsation ot the Whig heart. (Cheers. ) The only question among my fellow-citizens which causes the sliglittit hesitation with any one is, whether it is now lime to tnakt jthis response whether it is not too early to respond to this pulsation of Whig hearts. In my judgment it has become necessa ry. (Cheers-) Since the death of the be loved Harrison since the defeat of the peat and important projects the Whigs had in view when they came into power, after they had carried all their measures according to their wishes, except the ore great leading and party measure whin that was vetoed, then the Whigs through the country despaired of accomplishing the great objects they had proposed. Then it was found that the elections were passing sgainst ul in every section of this State, and in all our sister States. And where fore? Not because the Whigs had gone over to the enemy and united their forces to theirs, but because they had no rally-ing-point; no point around which they might gather; no object on which to cen tre their exertions. The nomination ofHENRY CLAY " B-...... ...... .v...6 ., creed; it lays down to the people what they would be at what they desire to accom plish, and for what principles they con tend. (Cheers.) The Whig creed is thatof Henry Clay (Cheers.) That may be summed up as shortly and in as few 'words as the ten commandments. I r-lncludeTmTaelrrhf Du ties which shall be adequate to meet alt just demands against the Government (Cheers.) It includes the restoration of a National Currency, (Cheers,) and this can only be done by the re-character of a Na tional Bank, (Cheers) framed, too, on the principles of that which Andrew Jackson vetoed in 1832. (Cheers.) This, then, fellow-citizens, is the Whig creed. Rally around it! True Whirs every where will respond to it And will not the patriots ef every party and of no political psrty rally around it b cause it is the cause of the country? (Cheers.) That a Tariff of duties adequate to meet all the Just demands of the National Government is required, every one most sdrait Wherefore were the several in dependent S ates confederated together under the Constitution, if it was not to give them national character, and to se cure their interests to'psy the full Indebt edness of tbe National Government from tbe funds of the Nation? The Pulflie ' Lands should be relieved from this charge sf and wherefore? 1 Because they are State property; they are not United States pro- Erty, not the property of Ihe Nation. -ow happened they, then, to be under the control of the National Government?' i
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 13, 1842, edition 1
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