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' "lf. -''.'- t-. ' - t -a" I -.1 " . . - - - ' T" " ' "! , 4 i-! V i i - I i Salisbury FOB OF THE WATCHMAW. JULY, 1845!,- FOURTH ' ; J . '-'' ft.' !, i WlUtESSOKO, JtTLT 4. Airreeable to previous notice-and arrange- J.nL the citizen jof Wilkes county met tp cel. ebrt the oatn anniversary 01 American inde pendence. th?j i3rd ai '-showery, and 'the . clouds looked threatening ; by the morning; however, of tta jtfht the sun arose in' all' its brightness, thej cityuds wag gone, the air ' was I balmy and bracing, and vith the return ot our National Jubfleejjrai well calculated to inspire ) the breast of JetjeWr patriot with that noble feel ine which it is the province yof eve ry freeman to enjoy. .v j iirf' At an early hour, our itreets . were tbrongecj it. fnlnctnilii vaAimani-K Cmr nil mA't hrino iuuumvm veomanrr from all narts'of the county, was filled to By 12 o'clock, the' Court-house verflowinw, and still there was cryfc :orv room Here ah interesting feature prcsenieu use If! to the eve of eveW HoknMor i j the presence of such a large audience of theaw. Erryj one felt, that a loveof coun- try f a deli$W$l: when a rcciprpr4i and; AeruAed feeling was riiiDie in ine oreMi oi womanjaana mat wnue the spirit of Liberty was so signally fastened by htr smiles' dur: jGovernment, its Institutions and Laws would bo petuatevfe iSr The exercises! of the day were opened by an' appropriate prayf by the Re v TV. S. Colson;. continued by the' reading of the Declaration of Independence -jbji CAScji L. B. Carmichal , Esq., delivered an oration on, the occasion, ky'ich ; for its 1 excellence, elo quence, and patt tottsm, done alikercredit both to- his bead and Jiear n .l I From the.Cour .house, the company adjourn ed to the yard o Mr.' dlary,' jhe: enterprising proprietor of t lei ' Yilkesborough' Hotels .where ther6 was ah ampjle table Vicbly laden with the good things of life, arouna which, amid feasting, toasting jandcnei ingj the day wore pleasantly. away, i ne ioupwing were auiy announced as the REGULAR TOASTS. ,1. 4th July, 1776 Sj cred in the memory of Americans : ah tentful day in ; the ; history of our country joc.neers.; y 2. Signers of he Declaration of! Independ- encel .Wnerate names,. they pledged tbwe lives, their fo rt no i, their merica migni uenree. - f i -v (0 dheers.) .' 3 Thelmmnrtal VVashlnffton -He died child less, that his country miht.call him Father : 'H -iS i (Drank in stjence.) '.V fiiiiThe OHicer i and Soldiers of the Revolu., tinn-i-Lpt their dc roted leroism 4e remember. ed and emulated.' I ' (6 cheers.) ( 5. The memory of the gallant ,De Kalb and the bravo and generous Latayette. i . (Drank in silence.) - 6, The. principl es of thff '"American! Revolu- tion rDestined world.-' levoiutionize j the civilized - v fa cheers.); ': f. the States As one, they .;7.! The Union are great and growing, freehand happy, abhnrr - ed by the" plotter! &j disunion. '"-,-', j(3 cheers.) , r 8.1 Schools ahd. Education -To, be sustained as we value our liberties and holy religion. , :Jh'e authors jpf the (Mecklenburg Declara. of Independence-- Uunconquerable patri may the record of iheir names be as. im lion ots! perishable as tie rinciples they declared. iy r vu.. (9 cheers.), mIO. The Presient of the U. States May enlightened patriotism guide his administration. Irh'V'lhflk" ; ''5.':(3cheers 11. The Governor of iNorth Carolina Wor-' the high station he occupies, may he be true to the interest of the good old North State.- ':1 Uf: V: M pr I '(3 cheers.) t The Old jiorth StaWho to himself hatbi not said, This is myown,; my native -13. iColumbus4i-The Nations'itongdesV and lanviages that fil the 1 )eautiful. ivcirld he ;.djs covered, will perpltuate his renowri.i - There we re nnumbe r y of. Volunteer iToasts (Onered, a few,onl of hich were preserved. j ; TOLUNTEERrpASTS? V By Major John FinleV. ( President M the.dav.) : Our ancestors hi lie Revolution The memory vi iiirir oravery anu pairiousm, may u oe as a nr to direct tneir descendants' in all perilous , By Dr. Li G Clones, (Tice President.) Our vn Carolina, Uhe hasmhe highest mountains. the sweetest valeL the purest air, the btest wa. ler, the' richestj g4 rniines, the best wives, the truest sons, and the prettiest daughtefs." " - V r By L. B. Carrnichalj, (Orator! of the day.) The Constitution of our country, deposited in ur National Archives, to be referred to by.suc. ceedmg generations, as the noblest work of the ,V3ih century. : f-' ' tfyr'A. K. ScUggs, (Reader.) ; Wilkes coun 7 alike distingiiished Jfor jts patriotism the pospitality and industry of its citizens and the beauty of its Xjadies, 'may each of those noble cwracteristics'cVfrJcoritinue to be as signally Manifested asj ft khis otcasjin. ; ; , ; , ; By Maj. V. cj Emmit, Marshal of the dayJ "ilkea county,' none can produce men of better OOQe and tniKla !1nrt knrt t.art ' 4 Whv Kn,t we love our homes V " - ; . ; . KfPJ IT ri l nd, Shelby and Campbell, the heroes bfKings Mountalnthe breat disparagement in numbers Samst the Whigs engaged in that conflict, it the best fought battle during the American' lution. 1 ,;; .-, : - o :' , JAray. American Government, Ame r Jfn coaractei, and American Institutions, may ?ZX hold ;a Conspicuous place in the histo- "'A- I ;. M.Chatham. Agriculture, the pride and "pJos;.J.L!enoirJ-:,:The mountain girls of rohna, asTresli and lair as the loveliest fiowl in heart as pure as the crystaj I mountain ""ams, but harder to hook than the'timid trout tenifPrU ia tke i?' a8 oacnIcrrs present will B7 Dr. K. C. Marti nV: .The United States y . : .... - ' - V. . ' 1 " 1 I ' ' ' - 11 1 1 ' " 1 " ' I - : : BBIJNE &: JAMES, . T ' Editors Proprietors. 'frf it . 1 7 - 4- of America, cemented with the purest blood of the noblest hearts, may her political Union nei ver be severed by party broils. ?- " By M.; A7 Allen. Our country, the paradise of the habitable world.T " ByHn Tletlbw from. the, mountams to the coast, we ,will .ever protect and defend, love and toasC V - '.-, ' . By,Thos.X. jtelley. Judge Gaston was the truest patriot, the profoundest scholar, aud -the noblest spirit of ithe Old North State. ;t v, ; 'The celebration was followed by a' party at night at the WHlesboro Iotel, which was quite abrUHan CaTai i ndeed - many, if not all who participated in je celebration and . party, will long be remembered. -A The day was one among lhe; happiest, (and we must be indulged in the opinion) that suqh meetings, onsuch ot casionsj among the participants of our glorious liberty, will, endear the names, the persons, and the pa triotism, of our forefathers down to the latest v . V Milton Chrooicle " please copy. t. -Instruction .fpr the- Deaf . and Dumb. - eThe Member; of the Literary Board, the Judges of the Supreme Court, with his Excel lency the Governor, and several gentlemen and ladies of the ciiyl visited the Institution for threl Deaf and Dumb ti Hilisboro Street, on Tues. day afternoon lastl - All present expressed them, selves very much gratified at the astonishing improvement made by thepupils in the short period in which the school has been in opera tion; and we may repeat what we said on a former occasion, that the most sanguine expec tations of the frie?nds of the Institution will be fully realized. Qrder and harmony prevail in the school, under? a. discipline governed by af fection and regard between the pupils and teach ers ; and we are 'sure the school will become, as it richly deserves to be, a favorite and cher ished object of the people of North Carolina. There are now j 16 scholars attached to the -school, which number must be greatly iucreased. so soon ast those interested, become aware of the immense benefits provided for them by the munificence of the Legislature of our-State, and the excellent'character and qualifications of the Teachers. Raleigh Independent, THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS. We do not afrree with fHe Tribune in disliking the way Texas accepts the Uiri- ed btates propositions to annex her. On the contrary iVith undiminished hostility o this whole Texas scheme, we like the ove and enthufiiasm Americans in Texas show for their tiwn country that they left. nuu uipir anxieiy 10 gei duck inio 11. it is iiattering our! national pride to see her accepting annexation almost without terms' and unanimously top, with the pleasant contest of whfch house should have the honor of originating the resolutions. We are not obligelllto like the annexation of Texas in the way and manner ithasbecn ma'naged, because we like this love of home and of the flag of .our country for, on tne contrary, we can never cease to iuum. upon uuruuuuiryiiien in xexas as having originfly settled ,there with the design of getting up a revolution just as many are now, settling in California. " y While S. Carolina, arid, parts of Geor gia, Alabama jand? Mississippi are eter nally complaining ; of this'Union, this Go vernment: and connection with the North ern States, itls: amusing to see the emi grants from these States, in Texas, rush with this avidity back into this horrible Union, and under this Government. Here is Texas embracing vvith the most uncal culating enthusiasm a people and a Gov ernment, that the State of South Ciirolina isHSver alFectin fo condemn, and express ing a desire ttiket rid of. Texas makes but a shpft Jbbjof the grave matter of put uing ofFher bw'kiovereiffnti'to put on ours. Nothing is said, of M the abominable " Ta riff of 182." j giving under Free Trade, even if loving if , not a syllable is uttered about keeping t. It is pleasingitbus, we must confess,; 1 4 see a whole State so anx ious to come iqbck to us, and at the same time sbshaming its compatriot States in the South Wes ing .tneir crrea dissatisfaction with the LUnion. N. X uSxpress. : Peculation It Wennesseel The Nashville Banner " charges Col. Miller Francis, the late Treasurer of. JTennessee, with embezzling more; than 7,000 of the funds belonging to that State," and also charge's: the Comptroller, Daniel Gra- fnam, with the knovledre of the" fact, and with' i not reporting it tt the Legislature, as it was his duty to' do. Names, dates, and full particulars' are ' given, and the ' whole .'affair looks ugly enough. . h Georgia Ckmvention.'ThelVhgs have just held a most enthbsia stic Convention and riomi. nated Gov. Crawford for re-election to the En- ecutive Chair.t That gallant old soldier, Gen eral Clinch, was President of the Convention. v The Hotyfeather. At Boston, at 2 o' clock on Saturday, the mercury'; was 101' degrees. f AiJexyyofk, on :Mondayvat 3 o'clock, it rose to 99 degrees ; and at 12 o'clock; in Philadelphia, it 3vas at 100 de grees, at. 2 o'clbck:102 degrees, 'and "at '3 o'clock 101 degrees. rTheyhadji however, at both PhilaBf Iphia and New jYorkbn OMondayia plentiful shovverof fainwhilsl we were . favored 'with but a momentary shower. "In Baltimore, yesterday, it rose as high, as 99 degrees at 4 o'clock, having been in" close) proximity to; 90 , deg. from 10 o'clock in the morning. Bait, Sun ."f- KSXP ' A CHZCT tTfOX . lUi TOW SALISBURY, M C From the Richmond Times. If r- ' General Jackson Major Lewis Mr. Polk V.. una uie urgan. ii , The hangers on upon the administration are assailing Major Lewis, through letters .from the capital J T One of these assailants has- drawn the Major out in self-defence, and he accompanies his defence with another extract of alejtterfrom Gen. Jackson. This letter relates to the organ, and is, the Gfenerars own, every, word of it. We. give the defence, and this instructive and curious letter, in anther column, as a Ipart of the history of the times, and in vite the jreader8 attebtion to them. ' The Major promises'to prove a troublesome customer " to the administra tion. ,i rd-l -s5v-.;J-l-":-..--. . ,.: :'r?C s- -- - The history of the removal of Major Lewis is not at all creditable to Mr. Polk, j In the first placed it evinced ingratitude to G eriJ Jack son wlo was known by Mr. Polk to beia warm friend of Maj. Lewis, as proved by the! attempt to justify the act, and put the (General (against the Major, by sending the long .'list of griev ances" to a friend, to.be shown to (CJcrt. Jack. sox. The disregard of the General's feelings is rendered the more flagrant by the fact that the Major was removed before this list; could reach General J. Well might the General sayl in nis letter to Major L.. M My dear Jjklajor, I ,regret your removal, as weir as the manuer of it. I did suppose that the magnanimity of Cel. Polk would prevent him from the removal of any officer without giving him notico thereof." It will be remembered, moreover, that a reason for the removal of Major L. reflected upon his honor and fidelity to his country. Th LMajor very properly said in Ins letter to Mr. Pblk that he had a right to take away his office, 'but not hirreputation. , The letterln which this remark was made contained a respectful call upon the President for the specifications and charges made against Maj. JL." Mr. Polk promised to answer, but never did, notwithstanding iMr. L. reminded him t wice afterwards of this promise. This would have hardly vindicated thej Presi dent's magnanimity in the 'eyes ' of the) Old Hero." Mr. Polk had the power to remove Maj. Lewis he might hae done this without a why or wherefore ; but as he had coame for ward voluntarily as his accuser, he was: bound by every consideration, to have sustained the accusations or to have withdrawn them.! i The extract from the letter of Gen. Jackson now presented is curious indeed, and will throw some light on the history of the reorganization of the official 'organ at Washington. There never was a plainer case, made out, than that the President, by his will and preference, caus ed the Globe and its editors to be supplanted by the Union and its editors, as the organ, the spokesman and defenderof the Administration. Never in the history of this country, before the Jackson era, was there a Government! organ established on such grounds. Gen. Jackson's "Tron will " established the " Globe," and Mr. PolkV4. hickory," or some other sort 4f jwill, set aside the Globe and created the "Union." The same will may set aside the Union. Then according to tho Democratic practice, the pov. ernment organ is completely under subjection to the will of the President ; and what degree of independence can be enjoyed by a press so situated ? Its conductors may seem to be fre? to speak and to act for themselves ; but the will which gave them their positions, and which can supplant them, imperceptibly and inevitably throws its trammels around them, and must in spire distrust in the public mind. In supersed ing the Globe, Mr. Polk only followed tin the footsteps of Gen. Jackson. He alone offended in supplanting the General's favorites : there fore he was sorely vexed." The coiitrbl -of the press he had exercised it was a part of his system' In control every thing about hirp ; but the mistake of Mr. Polk in discarding Mr. Blair, ' who had more popularity with Dernjocratic membdrs of Congressandj he Demoracy of the United States, than any editor -jn themj"4 of fended and vexed him. How true tajus char acer, too, are his suggestions to Blair. ' anxious for his friends, " he advises Blair, if he sells to have the cash," or good security, strengthening the admonition by addingi, " se curitfthat is known and vouched fW to be gbodj'l! liut whojis " the rene gade politician," whose politics or prorrjoise to pay neither are to be trusted ? Who islhe ? These j reft" rences must lead to further (disclo sures and we will enter into no speculations upon them. - j J Judging from the developments already made, had the General lived a few months lopgfr, a considerable storm would have been raised a bout the administration. In the language o" the Nashvlle"Banner," " What is to be the jfortunc of the administration of a man, who, elected principally, through the friendship and support or,Anarew Jackson, had become in a little more than two months the subject of such remarks as taref contained in the extract given from a letter written by him ?" ! r't Now,, shall we not have 44 that speeci," de livered by Mr. Rives before the Democratic Association of Washington ? The ice -is bro ken in the extract published by Maj. Lewis the opinion of General Jackson about the f or. gan " is known--the day of the mourning pa geant is over and there is, no longer excuse for withholding the speech. We trust t&e copy buried in the corner stone ot Jackson nall was not the only one left, and that we shall yet be gratified with the .i speech, . -A !; : K The following is the letter which has elicit ed the publication from Major Lewis j . j -.. - j -Washinctox City, June 9,1845. Dear Sir pn.returning" to Ube 'ctyjlast week, from an excursion of a month to th4 North among my Democratic brethren of theKUni- versal Yankee Nation," a friend called ;my atl terition to the'repiarks of the Nashville Ranner, in'crlticislng my lettero yoiuinTwhicli I) no? ticed the removal of Maj. Wm. B.. Lewis -a man in the worst odor here, for years past, of any Whig in the City or District despised be cause he l is tloblUd upbn: as ! a traitor frpm the old 5 Democratic! party and because: he" Was faithless to Gen. Jackson ahd the whole real Democracy in tbtf time of the While secession credulity of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Buren, RCIXXS. ? DO THTS. AXO LlBEiTT .Gcn'1. HarrUtn. , , r JUIY 26, 1845. they retained him in office. v By his secret ser: vices to tne! Whigs in bid limes, and bis open advocacy lofi Tip and Ty ? in 1840, he still kept in; and notwithstanding the vile practices in play ing j into1 the' hands of the Whigs here,' and giving WflHs Green's Roorback operations in Jranking documents to Tennessee last year, he expected not only to stay in, but to obtain promotion if Clay had been elected. After all this, because by deception, he has still got Gen. JacksonV kindness andc pity, personally, he hoped to put himself on President Polk and the present, administration, where he would have been a pimp and spy for the Whigs as he was in Gen. Jkckson's and Mr. Van Biiren's times. He is now old and said to be rich and has had leave to retire where he will have time to review the acts of his life, and prepare for the world to comeil I repeat, no removal here has ever been! more universally approved by all by every body except a few real federal Whigs of the blue-light stripe. Frota thejNew York Weekly Express. Gen. Jackson and the tribute to his mem ory. The Procession in New York. Now; that the Public here have paid their tri bute to the memory of Gen. Jackson, (in which we liave joined nay, all have join ed) we feel itjto be a duty (no matter how unpleasant, but one imperative upon us to perform) to protest, and earnestly to protest, ; against that part of his history which has left the elements of a' revolu tion in the constitution of his country, and mischievous and alarming traces, that are indeliblyengraved upon our Government for all time to come. The violence of Gen. Jackson's character may be forgiven and forgotten amid the plaudits we owe him for the gallant defence of New Or leans. His war upon the currency, the bankrupcies he caused, State and individ ual, the ruin he brought upon thousands by his exprijiient. with banks and with hard money, the pernicious examples he has left behind: him, his high use of the Exe cutive prerogative, and his bold assump- lions oi power, win prooaDiy oe got over; but there is that in his administration which never will be forgotten, never got over, never eradicated which is impress ed upon the government, may upon the constitution, and which will live as long as the Republic lives, and in the end be its death we mean the fatal legacy of Pro scription! Amid these funeral processions jhen, that We have as a part ol that vast number that lined the streets of this city yesterday, and swelled the long drawn out procession amid muffled drum, and bier, and pall, and urn we feel called upon to say wth all the power we can say it, Gen. Jackson is the first man that corrupter! and poisoned the constitution of his country, and sowed the seeds of disso lution within it. While we thank him for being a gallant soldier, we can only thank him as the Roman patriot thanks J3aesar, or the Frenchman, Napoleon. The Ame rican hero is but a common hero of his class with promptitude, energy and va lor, but ; without self-sacrifice, inflamed with the vulgar love of power, and forget ful that he had a country as well as him- LselfjatidTtyto serve. Washington alone, of the heroes" whose history, we . have.did justice, loved mercy, and thought r . ft:jf more of htS country than of himself or his party. Geni Jackson continued an ultra partizan to the day of his death. He is rep resented 'by the letter writers from the Hermitage as breathing of war and blood shed almost with his last breath, (see his reported remarks upon the Oregon ques tion.) He died forgetting there were such j human beings as Whigs to be thought of or cared for by his country, and full of personal j animosity toward his political opponents to the last. Others then may applaud all he has done but we cannot. We feel for his'memory as we feel for the memory of a' Napoleon, but we cannot feel that he was a Christian, or that his example Was any thing but pernicious to his country. ; We thank him for the blood he has caused to be shed in our defence, and we bury him with the honors of the military, but we have no civic laurel for him. ; The legacy of iPaoscRirrioN for opinion's sake which Geo; Jackson has left to his country, will, in, the end, destroy this Re public. Hi legacy we call it, because he first, inlsSOO, began itv Jin his day it was first proclaimed that Gen. Jack 'sbnwill punish his friends and reward his npWiiest and to the "victor fin a civic victory) belong ; the pu;n I !n i1??90 Jackson first began to act upon these prin ciple's, and he was the first man who .in stituted the practice of making his coun try and its offices a spoil, for which citir zens were to strive, as gladiators Tor a Lrje - He f' it was; who ' first converted to opponents! into partizans, in office seek- NEW SERTF a NUMBER 13, OR VOLUME II era "struggling for placespoil, ofEce;alai ry.cash. ' He it was who first held up the patronage of this vast country to the high est bidders, as Rome vas held up by the PitEtbnan Guard to him who had the most to give for the Imperial purple. What Gen. Jackson then established lias now,,: become cuiomiiayt a species of, com mon Jaw, as binding as if written; in- the constitution ; and hence, when a, Chief Magistrate is toJe elected, the greatques t ioii with thousands is, not who is the best maD, or who has the best principles but who is likeliest to succeed and thereby give us the spoils. The country in thdr estimation is for sale once in four years. Gen. Jackson has established the princi pled - - ' ' J It is now replied, however, to all such just remarks as these, the Whigs in this respect are just as bad as the Democrats.'' But that would not excuse Gen? Jackson for the legacy left behind him. v There it is, and whether followed by Whig or De mocrat, it is just as pernicious to the conn try. His violence and his passions revo lutionized the country in this respect, and his popularity sanctioned the quasi Jrc vo lution. It is not true, however, that the Whigs are as culpable as the Democrats so called. The Whigs were stripped of all offices by Gen. Jackson. They were hunted down by him as if they had no rights in the Government, nor privileges under it. When they came into power, they necessarily protected themselves, and began the restoration of equity in theTair distribution of place and power. Perhaps in too many instances, as was natural for human nature under the long proscrip tions they had suffered, they took more than their fair shareof the offices of Gov ernment. So much the more is Gen. Jack son to be condemned for so administering the Government as to create in the bo soms of a large portion of his fellow citi zens this spirit of revenge. Nay, the leg acy of Gen. Jackson has become so fatal, that in order to have success or good prin ciples now, it scems almost necessary to act upon his own rule, as in war it is of ten necessary to make reprisals, or to burn ' j i 1 ? i - 'iL: i'5:? "V-L ana aesiroy in oruer.io prevent Durning and destruction. The party of the office holders and the office seekers has become so strong, from the bad examples of Gen. Jackson, that good principles cannot with impunity neglect them. The Whigs, there fore, who abhor the example, are forced into its adoption by self-preservation. To resist office holdersin power, it becomes necessary to appeal to office seekers but of power. This converts the government itself info a spoil. This makes a Presi dential election little-better than a raffle. Such is the result of the fatal legacy Gen.' Jackson left us, and which, all thinking men see, has sown the seeds of dissolu- . ,iT t5 fcKi- rr - fore they will grow up, we trust it will be but there these seeds are, and in clue time they will bring forth bitter and fear-. ful fr'uhY Having such views, then, we cannot assist in performing the last duties to this distinguished, and in many respects, great man, without saying, we regard his examples and his practices, as a civil ruler, most fatal to the future peace and pros perity of the country. It is not the plenty of meat that nour ishes, but a good digestion ; neither is it abundance of wealth that makes us hap py, but the discreet use ol it. Etiquette. When the great Duke of Argyle was one night at the theatre, in a side box, a person entered the same box iri boots and spurs. The Duke arose from bis seat, and with great ceremony expressed his thanks to the stranger, who, somewhat confused, desired to know for what reason he received those thanks ; when the Duke gravely replied-4 for not bringing your horse with you. 1 LIFE INSURANCE! New York Mutual Life .Insurance Company . THE subscriber having been appointed Agent for the above Company, is prepared to receive applications, and to communicate all necessary information on the subject to such as may apply. t JOHN S. RICHARDS. Wi Iminon, N. C, June 24, 1845--3 wlO 4 ' FORWARDIXC 1XD tCOMIlSSlOS HOUSE. HALL HALL "YTOULD inform the merchants of the interior that Tt they have inconnection with the general GEar39 (DSOUr ISXXXSBa.aa.S8S30 added to that of For warding i and ' having large ' and commodioos Ware houses on the. bank of the River, are prepared to reeeire and forward uoods npon such terms as will defjr all com petition, or charges and expenses beinz one-third less on the freight bills than any other bouse in the place. ' All Goods shipped to G. W. Davis of Wilmington, for the interior, and not otherwise directed, wm oe iouna m our possession. , ,"; . r j : FeyetUvOIe. 3Jbf 24. 1 844 v ' " t" 1 cnEtm O TOBACCO. '..,,: TUST received 10 boxes Beeswing ;Chewtef Tew i Saii6nryV June 14, 1845 7tfi J i - " ; 1 From the New ork Express. J . , l Gex. JACK,gos8 Orixioxs ax d Measures. UN6 Compromise? but at Ae Cannon's mouth" This expression of General Jack-' son in regard to the' Oregon question,' a mong the last vybrds ottered upon his dy- ing, bed, does not; seern in. harmony with -a truly christian spirit the) character of an humble fol lower of thePrince of Peace. It certainly could not ha ve arise rr froirrs any precept or exampl of him whbwhenv , suffering.under the cruel hands of his per- secutors and murferers saiti father 'for. $ give" them" No Compromise but at the Cannon's mouth." St range words from ti dying christian !- I have.no wish to call in question tho virtues, of-General, Jack son ; he has gone to his f account, to that tribunal before whichwe must all appear an.d abide that jodmcotfromyhic wilt be'rio appeal, ut have we not reason to fear the tendency of such a"sentimchf?: no Compromise - but "at-the Cannon's mouth," 'coming jfroni one who has exert- -ed such a powerful influence throughout the length and breadth of the land, i and whose character isdow unqualifiedly lau- ded as all that was reat and good, a fol- -1 lower of the meek and lowly Jesus ?, ; . N6 iComprxnntic-Jbug -mouth." Gen. Jackson may have been a Christian; but surely this is hot a chnstian expression and it becomes e"very gobi , man, every well wisher,fbf his country, '. every lover of his rrtce to disavow such a sentiment whether it comefroln the -lips-of Andrew Jackson or any other rnan. f We took-occasion toj-efer to thisdcath-: bed declaration of jGcncrat Jackson at tho; ' time we first heard of its utterance. The? sentiment is so obviously unchristian and inhuman, that it carries, conviction to the' minds of i every humane man that if is wrong JWe have not yet seen the first defence ofjt, nor shall we, from any matv that is loyal to his . country or just and ce- rierous to his fellowmenThcsen however, is, asbur cdfrespondetU says . from the high source from whichlrcame,1 one calculatedto do great mischief, ; and' ought therefore to .be remembered and censured. A military mind is hot always:, the best constituted to seej things, justly r and the blast of war is much more rhusi-j cal to the soldier's cars, than the softerj tones of peace. General Jackson, of alC our public men. wa thb; most arbitrary , and tyrannical. He" was arbitrary as "a ' soldier tyrannical as a civilian, 'and re-1 vengeful as a man. He had passed that-: time of life which was calculated to -pro' duce the strongest impress"onsupoh; hi3 character, in the camp, and the influence -of . a predominant self-will never forsook him to the day of his death. Hls coUnsel,; therefore, living, dying or dead,'a one in , authority, or out of authority, at iWash ington or at the Hermitage, was the Very last that should influence his countrymen' " I upon questions involving either peace or f war. His prejudices were sb grealngainst ' General Washington'sidministration thats he had the boldness to yotc asonejof -ay'j very small minority, against an approval s ofHhe military and civil administration iof, the'Father of his Country. I While ;ye re--. spect "his independence "of character, for tliis, we cannot but condemn his judgment, or help thinking that ljis vote was prbnip-' j ted more by the love of a displabfper-, sonal indopendence-than from any cbnic- tions of his own that General Washington was really unworthy of the thanks of Con-J 7 gress and the country. .. It is a 'basciban donment of reasoirto resign our right of. thought, and we. shall take the liberty -to speak asplainly of General Jackson's acts, as He spokepf those bflGeneral Washing- ton, dr as ;hisfiends peak of old? John: , j, Adams or Alexander Hamilton. ' We shall' discuss his assumption of powerr military and executive, as they; do the Alien and' Sedition Laws, ami while, with all proper respect for the memory of the deceased, nDd measures of tlienanTntls not "theT good alone men do that lives after, themi auu ii is a, poetical iiciion ro say mac Tine -evil (is oft interred with -their honest--. Good) and evil alike live after death and for good and evil consequences for all timer to come. Wo beUeve in alf sincerity thcn that the prediction of the now official rd-r-itor of the organ of the present Adminis tration, that " the election of Gen. - Jack-, son did prove a curse to the.countryas he warned his readers and. the country that it would. We ' believe tliat-the cn-" : forcement of martial law 'tinder the. cir-"! cumstances at NeW Orleans was an act of as "high" handed a uslirpation asones man was ever guilty ef in any land. So . of the execution of an Indian trader with : out Judge or Jury. -So of : the act -laying; violent hands upon, tne, treasury, and up- on those around him, who would not min- " ister to; his appetite for .revcnge..'So-' of his unexampled jproscfiption of riersons." So of very many of the; acts' of his milita- , ry 'arid civil administration: Of 'cxhiW-v tions like those cdnnpctfdwith'tbe death' of Dickinson by JacksonUri" a quarrel nr. a liorse-race, ot the street-tight witn ooi. Benton, of the challense sent- by him to General Scott, of the domestic ; troubles caused at Washington between members of his Cabinet, we shall not d well, because, ; they are norpublic acts, though all, 'ema nating as they did from" a. most' honored : and distinguished man, tending to'great';: public calamities from theThigh character i and influence of their brigini ' - : It is among the highest sources of sat-, isfaction we have, in ; commenting upon the career of such a man as-Andrew Jack-; son, to know that ifor two of his offences judicial and political, he stands condemn- 4 ea Dy,ine nignesi inuunais in me jauu. y The record of the court,' imposing a" fine of one thousand dollars for bis assumption, oi power at new uneans, rciwaui. iu, remission of fines no high-wrought eu- ' logics of the General upon whom the pen- . ality was imposed, or foul reproaches up on the character of the Judge- who had the courage to do right by the punishment - r- 1 f.r-i f '-- i ' I - v - . -S i . 4 - I J 1 k j'. it-
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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