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FOK THE FREE TltESS.
Mr. Editor: Notwithstand
ing the republican nomination
of MARTIN VAN BUREN,
at Baltimore, as the Jackson
democratic candidate for the
Vice Presidency, it seems cer
tain persons professing to be
the friends of Gen. Jackson, are
determined to continue to up
hold the hopeless cause of Jud"e
Barbour. Mr. Editor, why is
it so When did we ever be
fore hear of such strenuous op
position to any individual as is
manifested by the enemies of
Mr. Van Burenl What, Sir,
has Mr. Van Buren done thus
to have incurred the unforgiv
ing malignity of his enemies!
Not crime, but the splendor of
his talents and his great politi
cal success has awakened the
lasting hostility of those who
have a long lime upprehended
that he would one day success
fully triumph over them, and re
ceive as the proud reward of
his eminent services, the hHi
est gift the American people
could bestow.
The falcon eye of jealousy
has watched with untiring vigils
his every act, and for his most
brilliant and patriotic services
the maledictions of his enemies
have been poured upon him
without a mixture of mercy.
Sir, let us look at Mr. Van Bu
ren as ho really is. Wo see
him a poor boy rising amid tiie
stormy politics of New York
with the splendor of a meteor,
bearing down all opposition
and rising to the proud emi
nence of Governor of an empire
with the facility of Napoleon or
of Julius Ccesur. We see hirn
during the most gloomy period
of our country, when was heard,
from Canada to the Gulf of
Mexico, and from the Sabine to
the shores of the Atlantic, the
dismal ejaculation of "hung be
the heavens in black!" standing
up as the uncompromising
friend of his country and spurn
ing with a noble indignation
British oppression and British
ravage. Is this the man whose
electric eloquence then touched
every soul and nerved every
desponding arm who then re
echoed amid the thunder of his
eloquence, "millions for defence
but not one cent for tribute"
is this the man, 1 say, whose
nomination as Minister to the
Court of St. James lias been re
cently rejected by the Senate,
for having compromitted the
honor and dignity of his coun
try by fawning at the foot bf the
British throne Let the people
look to it.
This is the man whom we
TarhorousJ,, (Edgecombe ConnUj, Jf. C.) Tuesday, June Sf
have seen during his Inner i;
tical career, holdino- m?r iU
olive branch to all parties, but
j.cimng never an inch of the
ground he had taken. We
have seen that white n vi.ilp.it
nd unforgiving spirit has ever
marueu tlio course of his ene
mies, Mr. Van Buren has ex
tended to them a "charity even
beyond forgiveness." While
we see him towering above the
opposition it has always been
his lot to encounter, we never
hear the shout of triumnh nor
boast of victory. IT lie has won
laurels, he has won them in
broad day and open plain. If
uc nas won victories, he has
planted no trophies as the mon
uments of his triumphs, and as
enduring sources of mortifica
tion to his enemies. We have
seen him viewing the actions of
his fellow man not through the
jaundiced medium of pariy spi-
ni, nor jealousy, that "green
eyed monster,"" ever usurping
the empire of the nobler facul
ties of his soul.
But, Sir, in the absence of all
proof, we are told he is a "poli
tical juggler." He is held res
ponsible for the dissolution of
the late Cabinet. Sir, do those
most desirous of his sacrifice
those who are alleged to have
fallen as his victims on that oc
casion, produce a single fact, a
word, a nod, or a shrug to prove
this reckless allegation! Those
very men, Branch, Berrien and
Ingham, although writhing un
der the tortures of self immola
ted ambition, never venture to
charge Mr. Van Buren with the
slightest improper interference
in the disgraceful transactions
which terminated in the disso-
lution of the late Cabinet. The
charge stands unsupported by ! odious "American System," and
a scintilla of evidence, and yet of Johu C. Calhoun", the cham
the propagators of this ground- i pion of South Carolina nullifi
less imputation continue to ring cation! This fac t, my follow
it. in our ears and proclaim it ; citizens, should never bo forgot
frorn tin; house tops. ten. Let us beware of those
We are told again that Mr. who, while they "strike us with
Van Buren is a Tariff man. Is one hand ask alms with the oth
it so soon forgotten that Mr.
Van Buren was expressly in
structed by his constituents to
vote for the Tariff of 1823! Is
it not also remembered that at
that time we had a heavv na
tional debt, which the public
weltare required should he as
speedily extinguished as possi-
ble!. In the absence of thesC;"This is the third session that
reasons we have the highest I it has been before Congress"
confidence that Mr. Van Buren, and Mr. S. believes that lie is
if elevated to the Vice Presiden- "the only one in the Union that
cy, would carry with him into ; hasopenly opposed its passage."
that office a conciliatory and ; In this, we suspect, Mr. S. is
compromising disposition, and j incorrect for, if we are not
a sincere desire that all interests j much mistaken, we have taken
should meet on fair anil equita-jthc same liberty to protest
ble grounds, and thereby save
the country alike from anarchy
and consolidation. Upon the
subject of internal improve
ments, Mr. Van Huron's course
has never been equivocal. We
know him to be opposed to the
a.
expenditures of the government j
funds upon objects clearly lo-
cal, and perhaps as much upon!
those which are clearly national.
Towards Mr. Barbour, I, for
one, cherish no hostile feeling
whatever. In the various offi
ces he has filled he has acquit
ted himself nobly and manfully.
But I beg leave to point out two
strong objections to. our sup
porting him for the Vice Presi
dency. The one is, his elec
tion is hopeless and his being
held up by his friends can only
have a tendency to elect Mr.
" H 1 "'"si oonoxious
or an the candidates. The oth
is still stronger. W Un,
Mr. Barbour believes the Tariff
unconstitutional, and all appro
priations of public moneys for
any kind of improvement equal
y so. Believing this, in the
lamentable contingency of the
1 resident's death before the end
of the term for which lm wn
elected, we should see our Exe
cutive Magistrate acting undnr
the most solemn of all obliga
tions, bound bv his regard "fV.r
God and religion, as well as his
own reputation, to stamp his
veto upon every popular mea
sure, and thereby throwing the
country into discord and confu
sion. Let the people ponder
upon this.'
Again. Shall North Caroli
na be always found like a blind
boy, following in the wake of
Virginia politics! Have we not
wisdom and independence en
ough to judge for ourselves
New York is willing to become
our great ally; she holds out to
us the olive branch, and if we
reject the proffered emblem
now, it may be forever too late.
There is another forcible con
sideration which presents itself
in regard to this matter. Who
are the leading men of the coun
try who are pursuing Mr. Van
Buren with the vengeance of
Nero or Robespierre? Look,
Sir, to the scenes recently acted
on the floor of your National
Senate. Will you see among
those voting against the nomi
nation of Mr. Van Buren, as
Minister to the Court of St.
James, any except the partisans
! of llenrv CI av. the fiitliftr nf tlx
er.
5J
A Jacksonman.
Culture of Silk Mr. Gideon
B. Smith, Editor of the Ameri
can Farmer, has our sincere
thanks for calling, in the last
"Globe," the public attention to
the provisions of the bill for the
promotion of the. culture of Silk.
against the measure.
Mr. Smith says, (hat "the bill
appropriates 40,000, to be giv
en to Mr. Duponceau (of Phila
delphia) in trust, to be given to
John d Uomergue, (a foreigner)
to enable him to establish a silk
- - .-
filature, for reeling silk; and all
that dTlomergue is required to
do, in consideration of these
$40,000, is to instruct sixty
young men in the art of reeling
raw silk and preparing it for
market.
Mr. S. first states his objec
tions to the bill on the ground
of expediency and then comes
to an objection which we think
perfectly irrefutable:
"5tlu The measure is palpa
bly unconstitutional. If Con-
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gress can appropriate the na
tional funds to the establish
ment of silk filatures, thev mav
do so to the establishment of
any and every other trade or
manufacture. Indeed, the force
of this branch of the argument
is so clearly and conclusively
apparent, 1 am astonished that
Congress has entertained the
subject at all. If this bill pass
es into a law, there is no object
to which money can be devoted,
that Congress may not take un
ler its patronage it. the same
way.
We think this objection irre
sistible and we trust the mea
sure will be arrested. Mr.
Smith is entitled to the public
acknowledgments for the man
ly mariner in which he has met
the subject. Richmond Enq.
OjThc ship Jupiter, which
left Norfolk for Liberia on the
Oth ult. carried with her 170
emigrants, 91 of which were
manumitted slaves of ilnisp
14 were liberated bv the Rev.
Joseph J. Gy, of Halifax
county, in this State.
Windsor Her.
The. Comet. Mr. II. Burritt,
of Connecticut, has brought
forward a map, pointing out the
path of the approaching Comet.
Mr. B. informs us, that from the
middle of October to the middle
of November, it will, to us, be
most brilliant. It will rise in
the east, on the 13th of Novem
ber, about 10, P. M.and reach
meridian at 4 in the morning.
It will not be less, at any time,
than 54 millions of miles from
the earth, and 83 millions of
miles from the sun so that
those bodies will not be in much
danger from the course of this
sublime luminary.
Gold Mining. We notice
several articles going the rounds
of the papers, which have taken
their origin from a paragraph in
the Greenville Mountaineer,
which we noticed at the time of
its first appearance, and cut out
for remark; but on looking for
it a day or two after, it appear
ed to have been mislaid, and
we could not lay our hands on
it, until we found it copied into
the columns of distant papers,
and circulated as evidence a
gainst the profitableness of the
mines in this region. It has
been our fortune to be situated
in what is denominated the
"Gold Region of North Caroli
na," and from the facts which
have fallen under our observa
tion, we hesitate not to say, that
no business within our know
ledge, in which the same skill
and capital is employed, reaps
any thing like the profit which
the Gold Mining business af
fords. It is true, that, like all
other kinds of business, specu
lations have been made in the
sales and transfers of mines,
and, in some cases, men have
worked where the products
would not compensate them for
their labor; but as a general
rule, the laborer has received a
rich reward, and those who
have once engaged in it, have
and still are pursuing it, and all
who are able, are purchasing
and leasing mines, which is the
surest rule by which to judge of
the profits which arise from the
business. ' It is impossible to
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state the immense amount of
the precious metal which has
been collected, or the number
of persons engaged in the busi
ness; but the fact is, at no time
have so large a number of hands
been employed, or has the cha
racter of the mines stood high
er than now, by those conver
sant with the "business. Wc
know not how extensive the
travels of our neighbor may
have been in this region, oV
how close his observations; but
truly, we cannot but think that
he lias Viewed the mines in
somewhat the same spirit that
the fox did the grapes.
liutlierfordlon Spec.
Mysterious Disappearance . .
On Wednesday afternoon, 9 h
mst. Mr. U. Burtis.of the house
of II. Burtis &, Co. hatters, late
ly established in Baltimore, left
lus store for the purpose, as he
stated, of making preparations
to attend a wadding which was
to-take place that evening. A
bout an hour afterwards he was
seen in Frederick street, since
which he lias not been seen or
heard of.
"Important Decision. In a
recent case of arbitration in the
city of New York, David B. Og
den, Esq. as arbitrator, decided
that when an auctioneer bids
for property he offers for sale,
and makes repeated bids on
himself until he receives a real
bid, at which the property is
struck off; the purchaser is not
bound by tfie purchase.
Imprisonment for Debt At
Winchester, Va. on the 15th
ult. Capt. Elcazor Barrow, who
had been imprisoned nearly two
years for a debt of ' $40, cut his
throat with a razor, leaving a
large family in penury and want.
CSilas E. Burrows, Esq. of
New York, is about erecting a
monument to the memory of the
mother of Washington, at his
own expense. It is to be forty
feet in height, of pure marble,
and surmounted by a bust of
Washington, presented by Col.
Howard, of Baltimore. There
is to be no other inscription
than "Mary, the mother of
Washington."
Riot The Philadelphia
Chronicle states that a riot took
place recently at the Eagle race
course near Trenton, between
a body of the laborers upon the
Canal and the spectators on the
course that the laborers, about
100 in number, undertook to
clear the field, but were unsuc
cessful, and in the attempt ma
ny were very seriously, probably
mortally wounded, as we learn
that one or more have since
died, and that the field was lite
rally strewn with the bodies of
the combatants. Several of the
natives have since been attack
ed by the laborers and dread
fully maltreated. Some of the
rioters iiad been arrested.
tt?A-caseof Slander was de
cided at the late Superior Court
of Puiman county, in Georgia,
in which the plaintiff, a young
lady of humble but respec table
character, received a verdict of
$2000 damages. The slander
was a few words spoken by the
defendant against the purity of
the character of the plaintiff.