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I - - - ! - - - Li ' i 1 -, Jr. I i ! i - -I 1 1 ' 4 It1 has been sometimes remarked, in . substance, that the Revolution is becom ing' a trite theme. This is a great error; Y Its Interest is daily increasing. The cir ' cnins&nces, ihat the generntion by whom A it, was accomplished, has almost wholly ' disappeared j and that the generation, Vhicli' succeeded that of the Revolution oh the active stage of life, is already in ' retirement, heighten, instead of diminish In ; the interest of that great event. It is the "nature of written accounts, to repre : qnt thesubject-matter, in the most Tim ; posing light, either of praise or censure ; and the1, result is, that an event of real magnitude in human history is never seen inVall its1 grandeur and importance, until some time after its occurrence has elaps ed. In proportion as the memory of small things is lost, that of the truly great be comes more-bright. The eye which is placed too near the canvass, beholds too distinctly the separate touches of the pen cil,5 and is perplexed with a cloud of seem ingly discordant tints. It is only at a dis tance, that they melt and mingle into har monious, living picture. ) These remarks have been suggested by apcrusalof the Life of Gov. Davie, present ed to us by the Author, the Rev. Fordyce "Mi Hubbard. Rector of Trinity School, in this vicinity-r-an Institution, by the way, which presents advantages for the educa tion of Boys, rarely to be met with else where Go vv Davie was born in England, his father: emigrating to this country in 1703, "when the subject of this Memoir was se vc!n years old. J'IIe studied at Nassau Hall, anil in 1776, while a Student, served ns a Volunteer in the vicinity of New Ytirk.i He afterwards became a Lieu tenant of a Company in Pulaski's Legion ; then a Major and Colonel, distinguishing himself in the various battles of the rev olution, which were fought in the South. -Ho wasone of the Delegates that assist ed In forming the Constitution of the Uni jted States. Ho was subsequently elected povcrpor of the Slate, and then Minister to pranCc. lie: was a man of command ing person, dignified manners, an eminenf ;Lawyerf and an unblemished gentleman. In ISCkjJhc was a, Candidate for Congress, nhd lost his election by not being in favor of Jr.Ff erson. The re mainder of his life wrjs passed upon his estate, where he died inisaov , IlJs a little singular,'that North Caro lina never gave birth to any great enter prlic.jor owned n distinguished man, that an' attempt was not immediately made, to .wrest from her all the honor of the one, and the illustrious services of the other. Accordingly,' we find in t lie last Ameri can Re. vie wv? where we. did not expect to find ifthe. following sentence, in review ing the work, now the subject of this no tice, viz : frcm the Xetc Orleans Picayune, . I ' GEN T AY tOR. 4. .1;. IrtiUtlto thc Editors of the Richmond Re j V publican. Veftake advantage of an interval be tween! the receipt of our regular instal ments of foreign news, to bestow more at tention of matters which are occurring around us, than we have been enabled to do 4f late. The most interesting item of doniestic intelligence that which has produced as much and as discordant feel ing) ajs any thing else that has made its appearance for some days is Gen. Tay lor'i lfetter to Messrs. Baldwin and Galla herj tiditors of the Richmond Republican, giving categorical answers to certain ques tions propounded by the writers. The in terrogatories are as follows : 1 Will you refuse the nomination of a WhlglNational Convention ? 2j t)o you design to withdraw if Henry Clay Or any other man shall be the candi date ?j - 3j Have you stated that you are in fa vor of the Tariff of '40, the Subtreasury, thati you originated the war, and should select your cabinet from both parties? Theeditors preface these plumpers with some observations commendatory of the propriety of their being answered, and the General yielding to impulses of a natuial desirejto treat every one with courtesy andi candor, returned the following an swers,' which are as direct as the ques tions which idrew5 them forth. Premising thati if Gen. Taylor answers every ques tioner jwho feels curious about his views, beybnjl what has been written, he will have to get an amanuensis which goes by steam j we subjoin the answers est civilian for the officer He declared that the mention of h1s-name in connec tion with the Presidency had given him pain, asdikely to prejudice him with the authorities at -Washington, lessen his con sideration with tht President, who might, without knowing it, become coltl towards him, and thereby impair his usefulness as a soldier.. He avowed himself a moder ate Whig, but deemed thejime inoppor tune to address him about politics, as he, as General of the American army, com manded alike Whig and Democrat, and esteemed alike the one! and the other. Such is the history of those times. After the battle of iMonterey the solici tations of his friends became more urgent in his behalf;-but the; General did not change his determination. It was not till after the astounding victory of Buena Vis ta that these demonstrations became so numerous, and from sources which com manded his deference, that he deemed it a matter of public duty to submit to what appeared to be the wishes of his country men. In yielding himself to this move ment he insisted but upon one condition,' and that was, that he should not be tram melled in office, if elected, by party pledg es ; that in fact he must go to the Presi dency free to act for the good of the coun try, and controlled only by the constitu tion of the land and his sense of the pub lic wants. With this understanding he was an nounced for the Presidency by public presses and assemblages of the people of both parties. He had no agency in bring ing himself forward ; he would have none, unless to resist appeals to his ambition be to have such agency. : He submitted him self to the friends! who brought him for ward, and they can do with him now, as then, what they think fit. It may be proper to cite the fact but not as having any influence upon the de termination of Gen. Taylor, that we are aware of that at the time he permitted candidate for that office t Ve j one large representative body without maimncr a venture to say that, no act of his can be traced to a mojive of-thati sort. Even now he would gladly retire from the can vass if it would not be an act of bad faith towards those svho obtained his consent to be a candidate, to withdraw without their approbation. His appearance be fore the public was under circumstances which implied an objection on his part to stand by the position he agreed to take. Right willingly iwould he see that obliga tion cancelled by those who alone can do it. It would give him neither pain nor disappointment, to see any distinguished any such checks. And where are they ? 4. It would be rank injustice to those who have acquired by hard labor or other wise, a freehold ra home for themselves and famiiies-j to place this dearest of all their earthly'possessions entirely at the mercy of the-indolent, transientVnd non landholding ;port(on of the community, whether rich or poor, who form a majority together, of two tlhirds of the voters; as would be the case, if there were no such distinctions as those Hhat now exist, un der the Constitution, in the electors for the two branches of the Legislature. We do patriot take his; place before the public. ! not believe that the people of North Car Reposing upon the laurels he has won in the valley of the Rio Grande and the gor ges of the Sierra Madre, he might well afford to look upon the contentions of par ty without desiring to mix himself up with them. This is hot the strife for which he should sigh. If the people of this coun try prefer another to him as their Presi dent, he will not love them the lesson that account. He has no charges of ingrati tude in reserve for them. Their will be done. JtFirst That if nominated by the Whig the people to use his name as a candidate National Convention I shall not refuse ac- for the Presidency it was understood throughout the Union that Mr. Clay would never again run for that office. It may also be fitting to sjay, that at the time Gen. Taylor surrendered his name to the pub lic, it was generally believed that there would be no National Convention at least of one of the great political parties. We mention these circumstances to show cepfatice, provided I am left free of all pledges, and j permitted to maintain the position of independence of all parties in which! the people iind my own sense of duty Have placed me otherwise I shall refuse; the nomination of any convention or party. j Secondly ;I do not design to withdarw my nHme if Mr. Clay be the nominee of ! that, he could not have consented to be thejyhig National Convention and in i made a candidate! with reference to rati thisjeonnection I beg permission to remark ! fication by a Whig Convention ; that he thalj the statements which have been so J could only have submitted his pretensions postiiely made in some of the Northern ! to the people, themselves, apart from any prints to the effect, ' that should Mr. Clay j separate andj exclusive organization. , be tlievnominec of the Whig National Con- Now we would ask, how is it possible veniion' had stated 4 that I would not suf-; for Gen. Taylor to abandon a position fer mil name to be used are not correct, ! which was takeii for him by others, or .Vj Governor Southern rear Davie was as none of our ers need be informed, one of.the most distinguished men in the ear ly! history of $outh Carolina." llal.Reg. antk have no foundation in any oral or ten remark of mine. It has not been my jinStentioti at any moment to change position, or to withdraw my name from the -canvass, whoever may be the nomi neejof the National Convention, either of the Whig or Democratic party. Tliirdhj -I have never staled to any one thai 1 was in favor of the Tariff of '40 desert the friends who committed them selves with him at a time when it was understood he would have no competition frbm one party, and when he numbered amongst his supporters a large accession of persons belonging to the other ? The introduction of Mr. Clay's iame into the correspondence with the Rich olina, with their present pure and ortho dox moral and political principles and feelings, would abuse such power. But agrarian, Jacobinical and fanatical prin ciples of the most dangerous and down ward tendency are fearjully spreading in some of the States ; and they may, in the course of time, if all safeguards and buj warks are pulled down, insidiously steal in and poison the minds of the virtuous population of our beloved Commonwealth. 5. All 'innovations upon well establish- i ed usages are hazardous, and should ne- UNRESTR1CTED SUFFRAGE. j ver be made unless they become burden- We learn froirn the sketches given in some, or are clearly productive of evil. our exchange papers of the debut of Col. j m the case under consideration, no bur Reid, at Newbern in the Gubernatorial i dens are felt ; no evils have arisen, no canvass, that he sprung a new issue upon Lcomplaints have been uttered. Not even his competitor that he came out in favor j Col. Reid himself, in all his former public of abolishing all property qualifications of career, with all his Iqve and labor tor the voters, leaving no distinction between the j dear people, was cvep known to have, felt electors of members of the Senate and j or suggested any grievance, until the House of Commons. j scales fell from his eyes in his eagpr search We enter our nrotest. without hesita- for a hobby in this race for office! Let tne people neware ol l tie oyren voice ol office hunters. They entice to devour. G. But push this doctrine of unrestrict ed suffrage to its legitimate results; and where will it end Why, all appoint ments must be taken from the Legislature and the Executive, and placed in the hands of the people. All State officers, clerks, justices, and judges must be elected by the people. They must take back all their delegated power, in relation to an- pointments, and exercise it themselves in tion. against this odious agrarian doctrine, for several very good reasons. 1. In the first; place, it bears on the ve ry face of it evidence that it " was con ceived in sin and brought forth iniquity." Under the salutary provisions of the Constitution of the State, which, as a sys tem of organic! law, is the best in the world for the people of all classes, our public affairs have been justly and har moniously administered for nearly three fourths ol a centurv ; and though a Con vention has recently been held to remedy j every instance. The federal government. too, must be remodeled. 1 he feenate must be elected by the people, the Presi dent must be voted lor directly by the peo ple, the Cabinet, the foreign Ministers, the officers of the Army and Navy, the Judg es of the Supreme Court of the United States, &c. iScc. must all be elected by the people. And when this political millen nium shall come, all must admit, the peo ple will indeed have their hands full !' some defects in regard to representation. which time and circumstances rendered necessary, and the Democratic party were represented in that Convention by its sa ges and oracles its Macons, its Daniels, its Wilsons, its Fishers, its Spaights, its Speights, its Branches, its Ed wardses, &c. and though this very question of free suffrage was freely agitated ; yet it did not enter into the mind of one of them to move or advocate an amendment touch ing the qualifications of Senatorial elec tors. Why, then, is it now deemed ne cessary ? what new light has burst upon the mind of the young Ajax of the so call ed Democracy ? why has he at this pecu liar juncture sought to addle the brains of j the prudent and sober yeomanry of the State with this new proposition to subvert, break down and destroy the conservative branch of our government? Were tin; old, too well known, odious and oft rejec t-J by 1G yeas to r of the other five, w We do not know, i came to this deter: . by a vote of 15 to 1 from both sets of would support the vention. The " B give this pledge. (, more to do with t! were present in tb and warm whrk v troductionof the n having the cas- w At the nftrriuM the Committee n tavor of admitting : cuse (Hunkers) Im port was ordered t a resolution was . Delegations to b ' on each side ; orv each Speaker. A : lion adjourned to V Yest erday rnor; arguments of tli : contending deb on Tuesday. : Mr. Mr. A. H Foster s kers. Mr. Jam King, Mr. Dooliti! were the represent ers. who were prr number of their : time allotted to t!. called, up from th' Committee on Cr ! hated, in oppoMiir , to the usual hour ner. : At the Evening : agreed 1 6 admit New York, as will grahic report by vote being 125 to I -an exciting one, a:, the entire session. CAROLINA THURSDAY LYi - FOR I : GENERAL ZAC ! OF L: Raleigh Star, of the Subtreasury, mr that I originated j Taylor's part. Ir. appeared in the question thejvvar with Mexico. Nor, finally, that 1 propounded, and figured of course in the rnond editors, was not gratuitous on Gen. ed principles of the party, too poor, too weak, too Unpopular to hear him through this race for the Chief Magistracy? Aye I should (iff elected.) select my cabinet from both parties.. No such admissions or statements were made by me, at any time', to any person. The answer to the second question has given rise to a good deal of exception a- DESERTION AND THE CAUSE OF IT. Extract of a letter to the North Amer ican, dated j j : -4 Washington, May 14, l648. iThe secret 'of Gen. Worth's erratic con duct. of bin ingratitude to Gen. Scott, and "of his affiliation with the powers that be.' is fully explairrrTl by three political letters .jivhich appeal in the Union, touching his aspirations for the Presidency. It only needed this official confirmation to settle opinion as to the part w hich he has re cently played, so much to the disadvan tage of his fame as a man and a soldier. His conversion to the Democracy is doubt- less as 6'mcere as,it Jias been sudden, for up to the pcriod'oT his departure for Mex- lrn. hfl urns, hv his nwn nrnfessinn. an ar. dent and devoted Whigmore than this. ! si(1f thal hcy haVtbr5n P,actf in ?" answer. Whatever may be said ot the propriety of responding to such interro gatories, if they are answered, they should be answered, satisfactorily. But in re spect to a latent; sentiment of opposition to Mr. ClayV which some have imagined the annearanee, of his nnme. in thi rnr. rhofigst that portion of the Whig party jirPSpondence denotedwe have reason to who are desirous of seeing Gen. Taylor know that none such was felt by General nornjnated by the National Convention, : Taylor. When it was announced that and kvho have quite convinced themselves I Mr- Clay would stand for the Presidency, thatno third candidate can, with any j il was asserted : very broadly in many .1 r , . . . t quarters that Gen. i aylor would retire, as chance ol success, run between two par-! ;V,u ., i : a- . . : . . .' , it there were some understanding between ties matched against one another, under u- 'i r r ... .! u- . r.i . --.I Ti t i ! , ! nim ano- Mp Clay upon the. subjectof the r , T . b J w i - 1 Presidency inconsistent with the public of their own creation. Indeed, if we mav jud? from what we hear and sec, this lettejr has given more pain to Gen. Tay lor's? peculiar friends of the Whig party, than to any other persons: for they con- in many respects he was recognized as an ultra. How much the hostility of the ad ministration towards Gen. Scott and these partizan appliances of introducing him as oij candidate for the Presidency, have had I to do with his embrace of another politi cal creed, remains lor himself to deter mine. Perhaps the leisure of the camp hag enabled him to investigate the ap plication and force ofs theories to which his previous studies w-ere not especially directed. 1 Gen. Worth will have to lament before another week has passed, that his conver sion ';is hot properly appreciated; for his chances of being adopted as' the candi date of the party with whose fortunes he lias nou4 identified himself, arc quite as r flattering as mine are for thcisame nom ination. It has not ben the policy of de mocracy to reward neophytes with its highest honors. Noshch price rns it ac- ! . customed itself to pay Tor converts. It haj?, to be sure, forgiven the sins of Federalism, ! and confirmed its absolution by elevating the Buchanans, Uusheis, Kanes, JHc Lanes, . llancrofts, Ilubbards and the like, to the highest seats irr the tabernacle. But a- ; ppstatc Whigs are not so highly valued, and years of probation are required to atone for the crime of former opposition. A3 ajcii. nunu nas now laiven position, it IS" hoped he will ecpit. His loss can be f pdured without very much suffering. If his rievv associations i 1 1 bring composure. . he may be assured that his separation will bt'Ieavo us regret. embarrassing position iin regard to the great body of their partly, in so tar as they have made an effort to have the General nominated at the Philadelphia convention. 'jThe feeling which ha arisen upon this subject, to our mind, is predicated on a vejfy enormous intrepretation of the Gen eral's language. Both Whig and Domo crat, from a hasty perusal of his answer to Messrs. Baldwin & Gallaher, infer that Geh. Taylor means to run for the Presi declarations he made upon consenting to be named for the office. It was to recti fy this error that Messrs. Balwin & Gal laher's letter was written, and the reply followed the tenor of the interrogation. We do know that Gen. Taylor entertains the proloundest: respect for Mr. Clay; that the past relations between them have been cordial and confiding ; that nothing has occurred to interrupt them: and we further know, that were Gen. Taylor to suppose that Mr. Clay's feelings towards From the National Intelligencer. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVEN ; TION. Our accounts from Baltimore have. notwithstanding all our precaution, reach- ! ed us irregularly. A brief recapitulation I of the results of the Convention thus far i may be satisfactory to those who have j not time to read the fuller reports. The results of Tuesday morning's sit- tingof five hours were, first, a decision ! that the votes in the Convention should i be given by States, whenever so deman ded by the Delegation of any one State, i and that, in such cases, the Delegates from ; each State should cast only the electoral ! vote of their Statev instead of voting per capita, as had been previously done. ! The subject next introduced was the adoption of rules of proceeding for the government of the Convention, in regard to which there was little difficulty except ; what grew out of the two thirds rule. This ( ; iFOR CIIARLK H or wj. ' .. O" We are' milium?' Mnjor IIENRV DAVIS. IIour jtf Common?, c f t: Carolina, from Stan'y C IT Weire author!? ! CALF!B KLUTTS. 8k n Sheriff cf Rowan Ccur.ty , lion. i; Corkectiox. In or article nodrr the ed.u which, as bad at we J -hed. The error occur i word declaration trz J theTe's the rub ; and this new hobby, in a fit of desperation, was seized, saddled, and straddled, with the last faint hope that, by chance, it might be rode into power. Here, then, is an unworthy mo tive, and a reckless disregard of the true interests of the people an assault upon the Constitution, the bulwark of our lib erties, in a desperate game to subserve the unholy purposes of party and personal ambition ; and this of itself is sufficient reason why the people should indignantly reject both hobby and rider. But, 2. It proposes a useless change in the Constitution, that the people do not desire, which cannot be etlected, except, by a Convention, which would burden the peo ple with heavy expense, produce painful excitement, engender strife and discord, rtitrof tlif ntltlir rminrl nml rrn the Constitution itself to the mercy of the i ti'"" ...u3,w.. tuuc. UaU , ir wild spuit of fanaticism which works in i ya,le(, r Somf Persons uicons.derate ly the peculiar liberty party at the North. jumpeil from the galleries into the body That it is not desired by the people, is ' ot lhe Delegates, regardless of the conse (!pmnntrntP,l hr tho f-.tnt 1 1, t ,w qucnces to those below, and some few wish has been avowed in anv of their s" u,, V1 l,,c ' i V - MR. UEId um:i: It will bcseen. fV other part of this j lhe Locofoco candid mounted a jnew !:.! 1 into the office of This is not hc firM been a candidate, fo; scnted IlocKingharn years in thq Senate, . i. cave rise to much discussion, and by no means in a temperate strain. 1 his dis- j fte s running lor Uovi cussion was in progress at a quarter to ; first time chosen by v. 12 o'clock, when a panic was caused hy he dill not when -I t..!-, . l : 1- ! mrougnoui meonvenuon on accouni oi State Sena e. discover f iiit; cTnsiiiii oi .i eil in mc paiieries, (which were densely crowded with spec- article of tj)e Con$titu: any public meetings- not even by a Demo cratic Convention and no such sentiment tators,) and which gave rise to a report I 11 freehold of fifty ,acn that the galleries were giving way. The ; a man to vote for a men. of the Legislature, we know. Ws it not as b To one disposed jto v It and dispassionately, it i and leave no other impn him had become chilled by an apparent i has been expressed by any of her citizens. rivalry, his own would not on that ac count be alienated from a man whose son fell-gallantly, by i his side, and with his life ,n . , . . helped him to obtain the crowning victory dency under all circumstances ; that in, r " J fact he has nominated himself a candidate. and intends to remain such, Whatever may turn up. Neither the language ' of , the " response nor the context support any such conclu sion, and the history of his presentation to tie country altogether forbids that infer ence. Let us recur to the past, with a of his military career. Under the cjireumstances which we have narrated, pen. Taylor allowed his name to be presented for the Presidency. At the time he did it, it certainly met with no opposition from the Whig party. Some of the presses which have taken high ex ception to his answer to Messrs. Bald win & Gallaher,! contributed to bring: him until the feeble voice of the Democratic nominee for Governer was heard in the arena ; and the plain and obvious reason : why they did not desire it is, that they felt ! no injury from the restriction ; have seen ! the government uniformly work well un der it ; and are convinced, from the happy ' results, that it is a wise and wholesome j provision ! 3. This doctrine of unresTricted sufTracreJ ment. business was of course suspended, and the Convention adjourned for half an hour to afford time for the galleries to bo cleared. This was soon done. tht neonle evincing a very ready disposition to yield convinced of the impropri blinded by prejudice, but ' hatched up for political p ir; cause this would to the wishes of the members. Specta tors are not hereafter to be admitted. The Convention re-assembled at about half past 12 o'clock, and resumed the con sideration of the two thirds rule. A mo tion was made to lay it on the table, which was decided in the negative by a be G ( I V view.to a proper understanding of this i forward ,hen ; ahd his position is J ' -fs I- II- rv matter. if -: ; Shortly after the battles of Resaca and Vio Alto a large number of the people of the United Stales, in the enthusiasm pro duced by tVo splendid victories, unexpec ted and unhoped for as they were, con Chived the jopinion that fhe Presidency ws a fit reward for a soldier who had. shed such lustre upon the American arms. When the official reports of these success- no w what it was at that time. Without the opposition, if not with the direct approv al of the Whig party, he became commit ted to the relations which he now sustains vote of the States, yeas 121, nays 133. however beautiful in theory, is ruinous in ' ' n's y,le "ave r,s0 10 (r question practice. It sweeps away every test of wh,ch had bepn avoided when it was qualification ii both the representative 'footed on the preceding day. viz : whe- :iml the voter nnt if nut nf th ntvr the single Delegate appointed from of the sober, settled and experienced to 'Georgetown, in the fourth Congressional j and sinew of the State, ... 1... n .1 ' (i srr rr n in 1 i i ;irn nn. sun 1 ui nnv inp ' .1 -i . .1. . . i eert any saiuiarv inuuence in irie.man- ' cious. nu wnetner lais Lt of this distinction belwt, n House of Commons and S cause he wishes to gi I I: Constitution and laws td the withstanding. ! ' j I Let the .People of Xqtth ( quire whether tbe require r; article of our Cojistitulioa is nnft whffhfr it I nnt irtH r 1 . 1 ..." rights and proper! .7 1 guard the to the country, those relations It is not for him to change But this we can say from knowledge, that whenever the friends who brought Gen. Taylor forward shall withdraw his rjame from the canvass. agement of public affairs; and places the government at the hazard of being con trolled by unprincipled and designing demagogues, who have no aim but their own self-aggrandisement, and who may possess the art or the means to com mand the votes of the ignorant, the low intended to operate as a cih-c 1 . . 1 1 : ful actions appeared before the world, the declaration that lit is not his intention to they have his frtje consent to do so. His j and degraded recognized as the floating 1 : i.i.u j:...i :.. t 1 1 .i . l U1A rnnn iaii-ij uiru 111 iirianut ui wnorn me Dublin packet remark, he was a highly re spectable gentleman of good fortune, bul by no inean remarkable lor his observance odawor 'good morals, '. . JUST RECEIVED 1 m I P , O.l . C I A 1 IjAKUEj supply 01 very euprrior oiiiaeraiue. ooapi, ' tpFwnfry. Paints. , Trust. Oil, Candles, GarJcn iirt'dlFtiwer Sred of all kipilParnt nnJ Varnish Brush Uit. of tit - 1 B.tOVN & JAME afjility with; which they were drawn up ad the modesty of the General whose slcill with tle pen equalled his prowess yith the sword, strengthened the impres sions which his military achievements had inspired. His flag was placed at the head of a number of papers for the Presi de ncy, andettcrs were written to him, asking his consent to have his name used H connection with that office. To these solicit at ionsGen. Taylorjoni- brmly returned unfavorable answers. He avowed himself a soldier by profession, kpd acknowledged that his duties hadlefr him little time to devote to politics. He withdraw, in case thi'or that man is no minated by this br thdt convention, is hut a reiteration in stronger terms of what he has before said to wit : that he would have no agency jn thri matter of bringing himself forward for office, or in any other disposition of hisj name in that connection. This is the just meaning of the language capital of trading politicians. When such men rule, the people mourn. The checks and balances secured by the two separate branches of th? Legislature, founded on a different, wisely and equitably adjusted constituency, ensure perfect security to all our institutions, and all our rights and cious. privilege of casting the nine voles of that that member's richt to ffiv the. entire i PPu,ar pranch in has y at: " r- - - O - - - - T - .1 t 4 1 .ft'. O t l I I o rr i l I a t i n . II iriifiH f r- t voie oi nis oiaie, mai me resolution just b'-31""!"'- puv.i n, previously adopted recognised the right of i none can deny it, it is impali ujk ueicuon irom eacn iaie 10 ueter- , agitate the question-, and -bv mine now us vote should He given, and j ism aUempt to m thai f fiA .r-t m krt n 4 C . . . . . I . I 1 ' . . I I n'lk iiicmuci iium ouuiii aroiiiuv : could not be excluded from the benefits of j this resolution. The result was, that the j member Was allowed the full extent of' his claim nine votes. The previous question was then moved so' as to bring the Convention to a vote slcad hrL' the sub Yd well informed on i T . ' - ii was gotten up to earn' ( too. and to divert their!: people from the kvay ci i::. fairs hate been conduct! on the two-thirds rule, which was adon- privileges. as well as stability and nerne- ted by a large maioritv. An adiournment tuity to our government. It gives to the then took place to 5 o clock in the eve- peopic Qi lNorili varolii Mr. Ueioj appears to be is an up hill buineis its of this wicked and in reply to the Richmond letterand this ! nonfreeholder ; the right of suffrage, and ning. is all that he didj mean. i the advantage of the greatest number of The r. ' I - --T : ...... . v, ... two vyuiiiuiuiis, wiine ; was i mis completed, except as regards the 1 mmciirri it Iik ninr tairness to a great old patriot, has Gen . it provides a simnle Taylor ever uW to create the suspicion j rights of the freeholder, in the Senate, on which subject the Committee on Cred- um. ue ,samumousoi c.v,iomcef V hat . which can never, being a minority body, 1 entials were ready to report. They had tanderh.mslf pbnox.oustothereproach jf so disposed, encroach upon the rights decided to reiect the Delation of th Ci organization of ihc Convention . tion as every step it b 4 is better calculated expressed a ueen anxieiy mai me people u it Depone, ot nominating himse It to the. 1 of thR former' Thi ;e o ; T. i .. mi .... CT . ' V t ii l 4. .i j j i r -j i . -....v. .an Mum u ciiieui ijuriiuurners. l ue voie in- me uom should choose some distinguished and hon- Presidency.. jor of being desirous of re- j upon the ancient republics, which had but ; rnittee favoring such a report was adop e v oblivion, than to el lilical distinction ; the of securing bis elect; redress k supposed g'- 4 ft
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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