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Jl Jtl-lld Tarhorough, Edgecombe County, .V. t Saturday, January 20, 1 S 1 1. IV. XX. 3. The Tarboroiigh Press, Bv George Howard. Jr. Is published weekly at Two Dollars per year, if paid in advance or. Two Dollars and Ff'y Cents at the expiration of t!ie subscription year. ' .Subscribers are. at li!e-ty to discontinue at any lime on giving notice thereof and paying arrears. I Advertisements not exceeding a square will ho 'Inserted at Out Dollar the first insertion, and 25 tents t)T every continuance. Longer wdvertise. rnents at that rale per square. Court Orders and judicial Advertisements 25 per cent, higher. Ad vertisements must he marked the number of inser tions required. Or they will he continued until otherwise directed, and charged accordingly. Letters addressed lo the K liior must be post .paid, or they may not be attended to. (From the Baltimore Republican andd-gus.) THE COON HUNTER'S SONG. Tone "Oh, it's my delight," &c. Come all ye jolly hunters, The time is not too soon To make full preparation To hunt that "Same Old Coon!" It is the same Told var ninl." hoys, That foolM u once before Then, let's prepare, The sport to share In Eighteen forty-fmr! Then, lads draw neaT, an3 lend an ear. While we rehearse a sonar, Tho homely words, they still are true, And 'to hist'ry now belong The history of '40, rvys. Of Coons and lies a score--Nonecan forget--W e'll pay them yet. In Eighteen forty-four! The "Better Times," they told us of The certain sure "kelief" With "two dollars" in our pockets, boys, And our bellies full of "beet!' These things they freely promised fcfc. As well as many more But don't regret Wr'l pay them yet, In Eighteen forty-four! These, in mem'ry, still are fresh, But no where else we And many's the lad looked smiling then. Who's broken-hearted now! Such disappointments ne'er were felt In any "times" before But, boys, don't fret We'll pay them yet, In Eighteen forty-four"! The "Confidence" they preach'd atotft, There's none of it in vogue, Except upon the brazen face Of some defaulting rogue; And of this class, "it's no misla'ke' There's daily growing more We firmly swear Frr vengeance dear, In Eighteen forty-four! The ,4T?ftter Wages" where are they! We ne'er have, seen the likes Instea I of "'two-a-day," my boys. We've nothing else but "Strikes! They sue us for "conspiracies" To the Sheriff hand us o'er; But. pretty soon, V'li thrash the Coon, In Rigiiteen forty-four! On "Promises" we cannot live, Our children cry for bread Cold winter h wlsaround us now Our hearts are filled with drea 1 And while the stone grows still more fierce And round our dwellings roar We swear on high. The Coon shall die In Eighteen forty-four! Of "Changes," we've had quite enough Of humbugs full a score But "that ere" "better currency," We'll "never see itrrure," One other "change" we'll have, we guess, In a year or so, or more. The Conn may grin Butwe,M tan "bis skin In Eighteen forty four! Then, speed thee on, "Old Father Time," We're anxious for the hour. The day of reck'ning's close at hand; The Coon's within our power; When at the ballot-box we meet, We'll settle up the score: Oh! what delight. Our wrongs to right! In Eighteen forty-four! MR. TOOLE'S SPEECH. From the Richmond Enquirer. Respectfully Dedicated tn the Friends of Air. Calhoun. The following address was made by Mr. Toole, at Washington. North Carolina, to a meeting of the Democracy of Beaufort county, on the 6ih instant. (From the Washington North Carolina Republican) Democracy in Heaufort. In anoth er column, the reader will find the procee dings of the Democratic m( eting, held in the Court House, in this town, on Wed nesday evening of our last Court. The meeting was not very large, but remarka bly spirited and unanimous. It would have been unusually numerous, if it had not been crowded out by the business of Uje Court on Tuesday evening, which was ; the time advertised for the meeiing lo take ! place. Notwithstanding this disappoint- ? iflen'f nd the inclemency of the weather, it went off iti the best possible s'yle The met ins was organized by calling Mr William L. Kennedy to the Chair, and an pointing Mr. Win. lark Secretary. Du ring; the absence of the Commit ce. who hid retired to draft resolutions, Mr. Henri I. Toole was cdled upo i for a speech. Mr. l'o )le, it is well known, is not a citizen of o ir county, but no one is nearer to the Re )ub!i Mil phalanx of Be -ufort. His a't -nd-anee was casual, being in town upon Conn business, and he was called up. evidently. gunst his expectation. He ris wit:, manifest reluctance We were p-esent, in I wish we could give our readers his re m irks, word for word, asthev were deliv ered, because, whilst they commanded per fect afentionat the lime, we have heard a general regret expressed by those who were ahe"t. that they did m.t hear th in We will endeavor to give the -ubtance as well as we can recollect. He said he ha-! come with no design of making a speech but lint among bis old political associates, whose steady friend-hip commanded his gratitude, he could n t refuse whatever of asual encouragement thev could find in his voice. He had sought to c'raog himself, lor the last three years, fr m II political agitation His "private pur sui's demanded his care: besides, the last President il election, in which he felt a warm interest, and took an humble part, had, he confessed, cl.il I l his pcjftiral en thusiasm. When ve saw a candidate, un exceptionable in private life, as Mr. Van Hureti was, staking hiu.s. If hef-ue the country upon the soundest doctrines anl measuies as manifestly luht as any prop option in E ic'lid. (which were briefly . i i ... . . i.i . i i.iiicc i ui. i so p.tip.tmy jusi ana necessary as almost to disai m opposition of an argu ment or an excuse W hen we saw such a man, 'bus stiktog himself, and reposing wnh calm trust in the popular judgment. defeated by such men and such means. Ids heart sickened, his faith in man's virtue and intelligence shaggo-ed; he began to fear the success of our experiment in free Gov e-rnment; that hope of man's ind. finite im piovement, hise.ernal progress in what is good and wise, in morals, in science, and in government, which warms the heart and kindles the energies of every Republican, wavered. It might not be prudent to say so, but such was tbe truth, and the truth can never be wrong. He believetl such was the effect of the Presidential result tinon the minds and feelings of the whole Repub - lican party; although it may not have found expression such was particularly the case with the younger and more ardent mem- n-r oune party; anil it was in this view in.ii ne considered Hut evenl most to be nepioied Mistakes of rulers are correc- ted hy experience, but a gre.tt popular damned" he who hesitates is doom mismke like this, in a Tee Government, I d. Whether our judgment run with shook us eiy louioiai ion. o moi t died was lie, that his mind turned from fa'nh in the people tofai hin Providence. So sore old he feel that it was wrong ultei ly wiong a great moial wrong a great po iiiicai wrong mat he said. Lro,i in icci;c idio, .uiu, saiU iMI. I., Wll SO- lemuiiy. Cod did avenge it. He avened ntai. ,ra I f, . n ,1 .. -.1 it in two sh'irt monihs, and in a way, audi uiiiier in cumsiances, and by instruments the most striking. He dwelt here on these topics, especially upon the fad, that the very man Mr." I'ylei whom the VV higs had sought to mike their instru ment Ml deluding ihe people, had become the instrument t,f Provnl.-nce lo punish them. Of Mr. Tyler he spoke in the most libeial teuns. He had taken, said Mr. T.. the helm under the most Irving cucum- stances moieirxiug than had b. fallen any ot his predecessors. Ik- had commenced ; er person should be our next candidate, he his adniinitra'ion by his vetoes He had I trusted that the past would furnish suffici u.auih sted unuual conscientiousness, and ; cut assurance that he had no wish to dis it was amusing, if such gross dis aonesty j parage Mr. Van Buren. He preferred could amue, to see the very men who j Mr. Calhoun. The private character and shouted loudest in his behalf in ldO, abu- sing him as they should a pickpocket, as soon as he declared that he coidd not ner- juie himsi If They seemed to regard it absorb, that any politician should profess to hae a conscience. Such w. s the pres ent position of Mr. Tyler, towards the two great parties, that it was almost impossible tie could be the nominee of eilher. He must look lo the future, perhaps to a re mote future, for a just appreciation of his actions and motives. Air. Toole passed to topics more intimately connected with what he understood to be the objects of the meeting. Abstaining, at present, from any discussion of 'he principles and meas ures involved in the approaching struggle, he admonished the Democrats, that, if they counted on an easy victory, they were sad ly mistaken. It wasevident, from all the signs in all quarters, that the Whigs were determined io give us the hardest sen of a fight. They were rousing and organi sing in all sections, with the greatest vigor and enthusiasm and they were united united under a leader of the greatest talents, the highest daring, and the most uncon querable spirit. The name of Mr. Clay was already on every Whig tongue writ ten in every Whig resolution inscribed on every Whig banner. Thrice defeated, he had risen stronger every time he touched the earth, and was now striding in the race u popularity, with a power and spirt hitherto unknown to him. Such was ob viously the fact; and it was apparent to ev ery clnsn observer. It was a painful truth, . ut we should not therefore, shut our eves! o it. On the contrary, it was Ihe dictae of wisdom "lo know the worst and to pro vide for it." Mr. Toole here gave a vivid sketch of Mr. Clay's character. He ad uiited him to posses some personal traits ami intellectual gifts, to which his own heart warmed. He was manly, eloquent ind magnanimous. ' Hut it was necessary to distinguish between the person and the politician. If, as a gentleman, he had fe v I'auits; as a public man, he had as lew vir tues. Warmed into public life by the Re. publican party whose confidence he seemed 'o deserve by the active service of the ear lier and better portion of his life, he carried whatever of political capital he had acqui red among that parly, to their adversaries, and had since allied himself to them with all the anti Republican interests which have grown up in the progress of our insti tutions. He had relied upon the rival sup port of the corporations, instead of the un- night suffrages of the yeomanry of the Republic lending the support of his pow erful tongue to the bankers and manufactu rers. In short, Mr. T. considered him a consummate, and most dangerous and monstrous demagogue. Against a party thus strong in pecuniary resources, united und ra candidate thus bold, eloquent and unscrupulous, with all tbe unpatriotic in terests of the land banded in his support, it was manifest, that it was necessary for the Republican party to act with the greatest caution, firmness anil vigor. We must not hang back from the battle we mutt di-pute ever' inch of ground our force must be disciplined our ranks exhorted our spirits roused above all, we must be united. It was utter madness, in the face of such a foe, to encourage dissensions among ourselves by idle disputes, concern ing me rivai claims oi rival leaders, i hese matters must be adjusted before the drum is struck and the bugle sounds to arms. It to Ajax is not awarded the armor of Achil les, Ajax must not retire sulkily to his tent, but take his place in tbe ranks. Ii were better that the whole rabble of Presi dential aspirants were drowned in the Po tomac, than that their selfishness should jeopardise the Republican ascendancy. He 1 looked to the National Convention as the great ark of our safety. Until that body pronounces its judgment, it was well enough to indulge some latitude in the ex- pn ssion of preferences, which should al ways be done in a tolerant spirit. Rut when the decision is made, "he who doubts ! theirs or not, we cannot impeach it, with j out consequences so fearful that any patri otic Republican should i-hudderto contem I plate it. Mr. T. confessed his own Die fir jence were as strong asthev well could be, ant hp hdt h ,r,c.,if -,i them. He felt more at libeitv to do so. because he could not be suspected of any hostility to Mr. Van Ruien. According to the measure of his means and his abili ties, he had contributed, in 1S40, as far to seeuie his re-election as any man in North Carolina. He entertained gieatrespect for his abilities, and unlimited confidence in the soundness of his political principles. No person appreciated more highly the dignity and firmness displayed by him, when President, under the most difficult conjunctures. And when he did, as he i should, express his preference, that anoth- public conduct of that gentleman had long aitracted his highest admiration. Mr. I'oole here pronounced a brief but very an- as'imated panegyric on Mr Calhoun adver ting to the prodigious energy of his intel lect his severe and constant devotion, for more than thirty years, of his powers to the public service his unimpeachaMe purity of character, &c, &c. He thought he had deserved the highest honors of the Repub lic and would adorn them. The country owed him much. At his age, if the pay ment of the debt of public gratitude was postponed, it might never be discharged. Mr. Van Buren was the only person whose claims could compete with Mr. Calhoun's and he had already enjoyed the honor of the Piesidency. If the former gentleman, regarding the great anxiety of the friends of Mr. Calhoun to bring his name before J I shall best promote their wishes for th the people, would withdraw his own name! union and stiei.th of ihe Democratic paitv from the lists, he would thus crown hisby withdrawing Irom what they must now present great claims upon the gratitude ot he Republican party. But, whatever may happen, we must stand together shoulder to shoulder, in the battle before as. Our watchword must be "union concession self-denial every thing for the cause, no-1 hing for men." Thus, and thus only shall we conquer. Such is the substance of the eloquent and animated speech of Mr. Henry 1. Toole. MR. BUCHANAN'S LETTER. To the Democrats of Pennsylvania. Fellow-Citizen: After. long and serious reflection, I have resolved to withdraw my name from ihe list of presidential candidates to be presented before the Democratic na tional convention This reolu'ion ha been dictated by an anxious desire to drive dis cord from tbeanks of the party and secure the ascendancy of Democratic principles, both in the State and throughout tbe U nioo. In arriving at this conclusion, I have consulted no human b -ing It is en tirely my own spontaneous act, and pro ceeds from the clearest and strongest con viction of duty. Whilst thus taking my leave, as your candidate for the president! d offi- e. I am animated by a sense of profound gratitude for the unanimity and enthusiasm with which you have urged my elevation to the highest office on earth. This feeling sh II remain engraven on my heart until lime for me shall be no longer. When, in January last, tbe De-mo?ratic members of our State Leg'slatine, in their letter addressed to nve, 'pirs'Mited my name lo the Union as Pennsylvania's favor ite can didate for the Piesidency, I made some observations in my answer, to which I de ire to recall your aiiention I then stated, that if the Democracy of Pennslvania hould resolve to off r my name to tt.e na tional convention as a candidate for the Presidency, with that degree of nnanimit vhich could alone give moral force to their recommendation, 1 fell that I ooght not to counteract their wishes." Hiis. am proud to b dieve, they would do with un exampled unanimity; yet every jnptejudi ceil man, who has observed the current of political events since that period, must le convinced that even the great moral in flueuce of Ptusylvania with her sister Mates would be ex rteil in vain io secure my nomination. Under such circums'an ces, ought 1, for ari y p e r s o n ; I considers lions, to suffer the great State which has bestowed so many honors upon me to ask, the first time in her history. Tor a presiden tial candidate of her own, with a certain conviction, on my part, that the request would not be granted? Should 1 be the means of placing her Democracy in a false position, which yet their high sense of honor and the noble perseverance of their character might forbid them to abandon? To ask these questions, may heart tells me is to answer them in the negative Everv feeling of gratitude and of dutv dictates that I should leave them to decide, in the national convention, among the candidates whose propects are moie promising lint a still higher obligation iest upon me. In mv letter, to which 1 have already referred, I declare that ''the principl s and jtbe pockets of a consumer, in the form of the success of the Democratic party so im-jan increased price. If he buys tbe foreign measurably transcend in importance the el I cloth, the amount goes into the public trea evation of any individual, that they ought jsury. If he buys the American cloth, only not to be jeoparded, in the slightest degree, put of ii goe into the pockets of the by personal partiality for either oi the j manufacturer, and nothing into the Treasu caudidates." And again: ''If I know my ry. The whole cannot go into the pock own h art. I should most fieely resign any ;ets of the manufacturer, for, upon the case pretensions which the partiality of friends supposed, it was assumed that he. could not h is set up (or me, if by ibis 1 could por- make the cloth for 4. If we suppose the c hase harmony and unanimity in the mi- actual est of mmuficture to be 55, and lection of a Democratic candidate." the profits of the domestic manufacturer The time has now arrived when I feel Si, it will then be evident that Peter has myself constrained to apply these princi - pies io my own practice. It is true, thai 1 may not be able to secure entire unanimity in the parly by withdrawing my name from the lisl of candidates: but yet I shall reduce their number, ami thus diminish the elements of discord. The great moral and numerical strengih of Pennsylvania, to which heruniform self-sacrificingpatriotism adds a double force, will then be felt in all its power, and may decide the contest in a manner satisfactory to the entire Demo cracy of the Union. I can proudly say that, since I have'oc cupied the position of our candidate be fore the country, to which I vva assigned by your unsolicte d kindness, I have done nothing to tarnish your fair fame. Enter taining the conviction that the glory and perpetuity of our institutions require that the highest office under heaven should be tbe voluntary gilt of the only free people upon earth, I have totally abstained from all personal efforts to promote my own success. After what 1 have already said 1 need scarcely again repeat the pledge I have so often given that I shall firmly support the nominee of the De.mcraiic national conven lion. To my frends in other States who have deemed me worthy of their support, I ten j der my most grateful thanks, believing that j be satisfied would be a hopeless contest lot the nomination. In conclusion, I can solemnly declare that the only solicitude which I personalU ! feel upon the subject of this letter is, that you shall be satisfied with m conduct: for ! next lo the approbation of my God, 1 value your continued favor far above all othe considerations. JAMES BUCHANAN. Washington, December 14. 1943. The T orijf Question in a Nut Shell. Wi.at is call d protection, is putting a du ty on a foreign commodity, in rder " en able the p 'nil ue. r of a similar domestic com modity to get a higher price for it than he could otherwise obtain. No manufacturer would d sire a protecting du'v, if it were not. to produce this eff ct, and as this is a self-evident proposition, no proof is neces sary fr its support. A pro ectiog duty, then, puts money in to ihe pockets of tbe pro'ec'ed classes, by enacting them to sell lh ir commodities at a higher price than consumers would have to pav fr tor ign goods of the same kind. But ibis increased price, whatever it may be, musi be taken out of the poeke's of the consumers, for it is not p sble. that money can be pin into t' e p )cke's of one class, withuth coming out of ihe pockets of another. Now, it is as plain as the nose of a man's fice, that if the country is enriched by putting m ney into the pockets of the man ufacturers, it is impoveiished to at least an lequal mouni, by taking il out of the peck- ets of the consumers: so that what is gain ed on one hand, is lost on the other The two accounts balance each other, and the country, thai is. the whole community, is not one farthing the gainer by the opera tion. To say that ihe country isenriched by the system of protection, is as absurd as to say that the joint concern of Peter and Paul is enriched, because some rogue has robbed Peter to py Paul or, as it would he for a 'hn sty Arab on the desert of Za- ara, to fancy that he had more water to drink, by pouring hi scanty supply from one vessel into another. From this view of the question, it would appear 'hat the country, as a whole, if it vas not on the one hand enriched by the protective system, would no', on the oth er, be in noverished by i. This would be - the ease, it in point of fact the gains & loss- es were i quai. it would then he a mere robbing Piter to pay Paul And the truth is, that a protective s stem robs Peter of iwo dollars whilst it puts only one into the poc eis of Paul. This position, however, must be proved and if we can do it, the question may be considered at rest. Let us take the case of a yard of broad cloth. To it: por! a yard of English i lo h we will suppose lo cost, free of duty, JS4. A similar yard of equal quality cannot, we will also suppose, be made ir. this country, so as to be sold at a fair profit at less than 6 To enable the domestic manufactu- rer, then, to enter into competition with the English manufacturer, would require a duty of $2 per yard, so as to bring up the foreign to ihe price of the domestic ar ticle Here we have two dollars taken from jheeu robbed of $2. in order to pay Paul SI. It is not contended that this is the exact proportion between the losses and gains, but it is contended that in no case where a pro'eciing doty is necessary to sustain a branch of industry, does the whole increa sed price go into the pockets of the manu f.icturer, and it follows of consequence, that as ihe losje-s are greater than the gains, the community, as a whole, in every case, are loses But, it may be asked, if two dollars are taken fr"ni the pocket of Peier, and one only goes into the pockets of Paul, and no thing into the Treasury, what becomes of he other dollar? Tbe answer is at hand. The one dollar is lost in the expense of manufacture. But do not the operatives get it in the form of increased wages? No: for they get no more wages than they could earn in other pursuits. It is sunk in precisely the same way as a dollar would be sunk if there were two processes of ma king an article, one which would require two days labor, and the other one day's; and if th" maker should adopt the former instead of the latter process The differ ence would he an uncompensated loss to the public;and this d (feenre, whatever it may be, is the measure of one of the losses the country sustains by a protective duty. If the ieder is satisfied ith thi reason ing, t-e will, perhap ask, is there another loss than the one described, conr quent up on the imposition of a protective duty. v'e answer yes, and one of gnat amount. It is the loss arising from a diminished de mand tor articles to be exported, owing to a niminUhtd inportation of ihe for. ign com modity excluded by the protective duty. If we import less, we must export less. Cause and ( ffect are not more intimately united than import and exports. In a s& lies of years ihe measure of one is the mea sure of the other. We cannot sell if wt