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IUEA, rrlnter. . . - ' ' A DTERTisEMCNTs inserted, at sixty cents per square of sixteen linei, or" !c, for the lifit. and'thirty cent for each succeeding in-j I Court orders and Judicial Advertisements rilf be charged twenty Jite per cent, higher than the rates specified ahove; and yearly dreftiaernents, thirty three and a third per rent. Vowcr. ' ., ' . ' ' ' ..7" Unpaid letters, addressed to the Edit w on business connected with hispaper, will not, in any ca, e taknfrnm fhe Post Offic IO" From the Post Master General." A - postmaster may! enclose money in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper to pay the subscrip- Xin of a third person, and frank the letter, if writtsn by himself" ; : - ' HQRTtii SI AT I WHIG," , WHO IS HE? Asthe Democrats aiked wl.cn Po!k was: nominated.! Kendall t ey heard aril others . .are ilnoui cinij Sir. CI y br-rause he luis ftdt . . - Iwnmd in vindiekttion of. -his honor 10" fight a durtfthotih he ti;i ijevjer taken the life o( mnn as Jackson, Btrnton . and 'oilier Democrats ' , hav)doric; But the inierican, peopht driest a 'coward.' We do not say .Mi . Pollt , is a I . rowardp hot vish to let tlie eopfc see what Jn Alabama memter. ofCopg. esv a V Demricnit, aidofMr. Jan.ed 'K. Polk'j ; In a lale'specch, Mr. H.irdin, of jllinmp, i made the foi.'otving remarks,, and ra T -lte 1 matier. rcleri- g to Mr P .lk, from ;heiGl'i!e. . If a man 'ca'niiot m i n; sjn his honor,' can he take ch re ot (that of li s coui.try? .': When he is rudely seizt, and calhr.t the S0lmpt Ude tool,' &.c. and runs vtY. hke a whij.ped cur," jf he fit to'h cinimMndr-in-rl -ief af 4"tle, American arniv and ; navy ? I he has let n i wire rcpuied in his on State, by large 'jinjoiliieFVican he tud any chance in the ohe States Read the th'l extract from Mr. Hardin V speech refer ed (to, and - reniendrr the char ges-against Mr! Polk, which dame "firm a ' Dcmocra', a d -was -pubtilied in the Globe Nonh:CMroliha Democrat? cannot stn-l every thing. , , " ' - Ir. Hahdin nb ained the flnor. Remark ing i hat he httd: an ,ijp 1 1 -d hat no qurm jot would rise tcAhiy iiion wh ch a party de twte. would he sprung, lie proceeds to say he wished to examine j,a'few of the aruuier-i ; of the gentleman f rom Alalmnta with! refer eoce to Mr. Poljc. When it e American per) pie got to know, him, they wot 1 1 not know .. where he was to be hiiind. Ah hough- Mr. Van Btiren was a used-tip' man, they had endeavored to place, in his shoes h niitn who, compared with him, was hiit a pigmy hes de n giant. Wh itj were the arv'umeist up6n which the geiith m-m wanted the American people to unite tu the election of of James K. Polk? Fi'st let them try him upon the. tnr.fi -question. There hail been no . shnf!liiig in his course, the gentleman -.said. Ah! did he ncknowledge that, his friend "Matt? had shuHled and equivocated? . Mr, Payne protested. a gaint any inTf-renre - OI, lilt? Klltu, , ; uau tiiu nviiiiw(5 uincij7ici lul 01 Wf. van iurrn. Mr. Hmditi continued. Certainly wc would not expect that you would kilt him first ana kick nimaiii rwarti. uut m mat.-un- vention Mr. Van Buren had been ruteu off and conignedl to . joliiicaldii jrace, for . qew man ie 'able a- the purpose, o! finding some with whom the party would gain tdjride into power and to the spoils of office. 1W hat -were Mr. Polks views Jot ihe tnritl? , The genih man endorsed him and aid he was not !for direct tHxa.'ion, hut for ex punging frona ;the tariff evervj item cf pro tection to American fabcr. This! might an swer his friends in Alabama, but when theyl rrmembered;thi vocsof this Hoi se. it would astonish every man who ued P Ik's dogmas. . You Democratjs'lsaidjMr. H. have a -two. tliirds majority to the House, am. ye; with all your free trade principles you could Hot even passman ab.tract. resolution aserfitg the principle majntwiiiejfl by Mr. Polk. '; The Globe said ti at Mr. Po'k was for restoring tiiOw tariflf to whera jit was found by the Whigs - in 1842; i. e. to a twenty, per cerr. liprrizontal tariff, with ;discrimii:at ions, if any below that. When the bill to reduce the ta riff had come " up at the present session they had killd it by.slow dfgresir; ihey." had kept it hanging her until af ter the Virginia elec t$onad then they had killed it by eovpde fteci. . j -. "A"''' - nbt'-Mf H.? ws nhf fb be led off to talk npf eft trra'tarifi'v question,! which had Been thus definitely settlerh tU: wIrometb' talk skKSt Jftrass USWic. ipt toiritewXiaKi hi) iwhatJl is thhVha6neT fWhat rtirei Mr. TkViOTMWfibWilreiBj. to' ibV titp&tib' banks which w-re now. heltf up as amoi-tubic , 'But why.atfMck Col. Kiiijir? . VV hyt ad noxious. system, 'Who did ii?aked Mr. H -vert to his earliest legislative l-uof? . Voes Voii 'Democra1!! ? cfid ti hgainst the warning ! he feel that the political capital of Gov. Po!k of the WhigV; ahd James'IC Polk brought it forward in Congress and he held in his hand two or three speerhes of - Mr. Polk, in faror of this sj stem, j MrVH.i'Kail ifom Volume 5th and from Volume 11 ih Congest Debat es, from speeches oj Mr. Polk ii' defence, of the State hank system, iiscribing hII ihe proseri ty of the coiintrv to Vs operations, &c. ; Af ter your y arty Fs3id Mr. H.) had got lireVl of this system, after it had exp!od d in your hands, you got up th subTreasury system as the panacea which was to n-IIiiyeifipcoiih-try of all it 1 vfll. Jamca K. Polk, chairman of the Conimi'tijc of Ways md Means, hat f.rcuht this measure forward; and was it that which' was' going toKe him a claim uj bn the raiiiudej of the Amerjican people, by whom it had most sigriallv been -conducted? B it had Mr. Polk always b' en cohk-istent in his? ' Lok at it (,said Mr. H and weep! Mr.. H. reHfl "1 om one of the speeches to wliicit he had be ib(e referred, ah e'auoriue ar gument, comparative of the .merits" of the two lyremc, in condemnation of the 8'ih- Tresury and! in advocary of tlis State bank sy stent. -And yt t these relf-styled "Demo. crane' gentlemen and; they had as much right to the name s he had to tl ai of a Ch'.j ham h n ' now rfei cunced this y Mem as a F'ed itch their own candidate ai eral measure, w approved as a . Letter and safer system t hn ihe snb-TreaAir y. - Mr. 1. wanted sbme of his 0emocralic, be tar ff 'Demo, d uck. acco r d i r g Viends, who happened to ocrate,' or, iialf to 1 lie definition r.d 'Demon at p, goose, h. If bf ibe Giobe. of full hloo.f to come up and tell i ; his flpuse and tie cpu.n'ry wheUi.er rhe'y jndors- ed Mr.Pvdk's I. i ' I nb ions on the tariff, as they had been md 01 ted by the irenileman from A-ab'tm . t Let le delegates to the Conven tion iVoni Penryivania, New Jersey, . A ew 1 ork, and Connecticut say whtttier they in- ejid to he douh -factd in tins matter.' D!d they e.fidore this c ovulate 1 of tlfe Balllmore Com eniioi -tiq hry give un ih-ir bwiisn f iiiieme and u dodged, if I hey sr'om cfrTCtfr""'. or t James K ,P Ik ? . Jt they kquivocated,-they Would b 'But another bm s: ion. .4 he gentlemen at Bl'imre made a sacrifice of Mr. Van Bn j ren? Fot: w'-'at ? Some of 'heni ' from the Sotith sad because of h s T xa let er; but did livey riot knew he knew thai it ; hud jot.g s tire been pet rmiued land stated, not in this H.MiVe, but put-hVly, ih it if t! eC011r.ee i- cut and Virginia election .went -agaif st them. Uy wonld wiihdntw Mr. -Van Buren? i Thev ew ely .knew it; and as this TexaV qneiion had coji e aIor;g, jt affrded them a mighty pood o port unity io s'ide tlnuti the tail, and cret off front supporting Mr.VVan Buren. Did fgeiittenie.n .' fcti?et how in. 1S41 --.. they hd bu!:eI Harrison, aiul h the Whig for hringirg Gen. w tin y had charged t he par ty with giving ub 1 heir principles for-the sake of nn aynfahIe, - man? jWhat had they brought tip Jan es K. Polk fort Had an ti:an herC or in the nation been for him? No; but beca use he v ras an a va liable -cand id a e. Bu there were some document upon the ubjct of availa i!iy to which he wisfted to ell tht particular atten-iou of eentlemetu Mr. H.-reid from an art.:cTe,in 4thf Globe of January 8. 1S44, contrasting the. rfrtimsfor the Vice Presidency of Jittie K. Plk vd Wm. U. Ki- g. there was not a man In the United SiatK. he said, who at t that time dre. me 1 of Mr. Polk as a candidate for the Ptesidencey,) tie following extracts: ' 7, Finally; th political romiitinn of their reiqective St lejs is another prn orprefer-en- e. or Mr. Kir g Albania i Democratic; Tenuesseis Fedvral W1hl One is helping me nuit-r m injurinjr. tfie u murr'tiie c -use. The red hr t hh.t of Tei.nessee ar i ow fired I hito the Demodratic ship, f! Tins mav be a ' misforiunc, and i ot tlir I uh of that former Democratic Stute?, ai d her s presen.1 udic men. : Still, it i a mis.ortune which eMails a consequence, an 1 which involves a s-rio s consideration in the selection of u Vice Pi esi dentiaf candidate.' ' l "."' ."' , In such a co itest the Democracy haduo fompiimtnts tr spare torn fortunate States carry ing the urieiiof the public men who cimnot bring their owii State into the Pemo cratic line Tley want ireigth, notweak- ness. it 'They vram strength, not wenkners, con- tinue.d Mr. H. Alabama write Did not the gentleman from hat sentence in that commu nication f I1 the gentleman denies it I say he oid. Mr. Payne said no man was to infer any thing, the one way or the" other, from hi si fence. j j ;:V. ' ; j Mr. Hardin.-f the gentleman says it is not ft tie. 1 will tike it bark. 1 ' ! Mr. Payne. 1 believe so, " I do not. know whetf.er I wr it or not, Laughter. j Mr. Hardin: iiaid he r ivoulcl' read a j. other alticle relative tQ the claims to the Vice Pw ideney of James K? lafV, and the gntlemsn mghVhavV his choice of thb two. as to wt i,-b he h'ad Written. He road from 'the jIohe br Jinury 19, 1841, the following ex r irts ft. m a ofTYraonicfttirrn in rply to a rrevious -Aas In thit t aper, ,wfth th signature of'ATen bfiieee XKiaccrU ' - li is quit too limited ( to secure a "nomination, from the rephblican prrty, un!es he. can pall flown the fame bf others ; ivhose shadow has fallen across the path of his posthumous bat ling for the Vice ' Presidency ? If s let me warn A jTenuefee Democrat that his dispar agement of Col- K iog, will add .nothing to the political capital of Gov. Polk. j . . But if he will convince me that there isa well founded, suspicion a reasonable doubt-r-of the personal courage bf Col. King, . L pro nouhce him, without hesitation or qualification totally - uttfit for the office of Vice President of the United states. I care not how honorable a man may be if he .is a -coward he cannot maintain his honor, and hence it is such a man is disqualified for the office of Vice President. JISow, sir, CoL; King has never been insult ed day. alter day; and, above all, he was nev er cauglit roughly 1 y the rm, wlfen escaping from the Capitol, pulled round and told that he was the 'contemptible tool of a petty tyrant! I pledge my head, if he is ever, so treated, he will resent the insult in the proper way Will 'A Tennessee Democrat dp the same in re gard to Gov. Polk? ' . ' What are the facts in regard to Gov. Polk ? He has been twice repudiated m his own State by large majorities defeated by an inexperi enced politician; and it Ls not pretended that his name would ado one. particle of strength to the ticket in any State of this Union.- V hy, then, talk of his selection as the candidate of the par ty ?" ' . . . : 1 Again we are told, If no the contrary, you do hot run Gov. Polk you msy loose Tennes see. W ill the selection bf Gov Polk? prevent that result? He has been run twice for Gov- V Qfnla lotoitr rnl (iocs koon r!o feated botb times most signally. This would seem t be cotiflusive that Tennepse cannot be carried by the Cmoc acyif Oov. Polk id upon the ticket. If this a legitimate con elusion, it is due to the, principle we profess, not to jeopard their succeps by vain attempts to force upon the jeopIe of Tennessee a .man whom they have twie refused to honor, J noN withstanding the opposed ulecp, bnld. and last- fairs." i .' :- . .. -. i, w .: The truth is, it will not do. Gov. Polk has no greater claims upon the people of this U nion than any other man ot equal abililywho htiP faithfully maintained the principles of his party. . There are now at least one hun 'red ineriin the Union who have served their party as long, as ably, and as faithfully as Gov. Pol k whose, claim? are fully equal in every respect to his; but 'whose 'name have never been men tioned in connexion with the Vi'.e Presidency and possibly never will be. ; CI therefore respeclfully suggest to a 'Ten nessee Democrat to abandon that system of puffing, blowing, and swelling, by which a toad may he mngnified into the dimensions of an Ox. or, il he still wishes to persevere let him do so up'on the merits of his own subject, and not up on he demerits of others ' ; - Wont1 that . show gentleman in capitals continued Mr. H. This 'posthumous bantling for the Vice Presidency- he was not 'available. And yet they talk of electing him President by a '"triumphant majority. It rrminden him of what a delegate to that Convention, in speak ing of the nomination, hah saitl to him: 'It nev er did' occur to rne that we would have to manufacture a candidate for the Presidency, and that out of so small materials." i ; Witlv reference to the Texas question, he would not go far into that. Had any man come here elected on the Texian ''question ? No man had ever thbughVnhout it; but Mr. Tyler had first started thisTexas question to bring himself into favor if possible, with the Ameri- pn ppoplct Hewas entitled to the thunder of tlje Texas 'question. V hat have you 'Demo crats been doing? (asked Mr. H.) Why, you have been trying to take away from him his Texas humbug! If there Was such a thing as trying you before a fair jury, (and we will do that iri November next-) we could convict your party of petty larceny iri stealing away the' Texas humbug from Mr. Tyler. But the peo ple can see through this ; they know! that the Texas questi n js a hobby? on which ybu ex pect to ride into power again over all other questions ; to get again the leaves and fish- ; 1 i - cs . Frum the Raleigh Register. ELECTION OFi GOVERNOR BY THE PEOPLE.' As the vote of Mr. Grnham., the Whig can didate (brssvernor. on n incidental amend me.nt relating to ths subject, ha b en hrouflhj forward by Mr. Hoke anl the Presses-in his support, with the hops unfahly to prejudice the public ntin I. fgainst Mr. G. in the end, g election, we hare east our eye overhe. Journals of the Convention of !833 for' the amendment of ..the Consiiutifinv to see what as tt.c vote there nfih the diree auYstfbn of conferring; the election of Governor on th people. The vote is the ifrmatlvV H1s unccesffafv to iUU. "' Those' Avhb voed in the lieirative,' were Messrs- Averi'tt, Bryan, -.Branch ,Bi:ey' Er Jh. x, Br.dd ie, r C r ud up, C t I ver t, Cjol lir.s,' Daniel, IMvdrds. Fe r ehy, G a 1 1 f. il Ga si on, of.' Craven Gtston, nlj Hyde G.ry, Gray, H ug y, Hodges Howard," .f Halse, Jom s, of kes, Joiner, King, Macon Mi-Fh runii, Ma rpha nf N orcuVi-,; Out la w, , Ppki n, ; Ra y jier.j RaiiVky, of 'Paiuotatik, i wyer. Skin beirJefweI1t;'tigg, Sprbh -Tay loeTry TolereIcj:.Vvm Yotij4-44 ''.Nays.'."."' '"Vi j : i Tus,'it will be seen, ihatGoverror BranrK " -.. !-, r i. - - , , Mr.'vMacoti, not lo .mentjon sundty othr tiiotipprovedDeniocrit Li4 the above list vo; c.riiirect ly agaiiis t tfiep to v ision of ? h -Or. diiiatice gymg the' election of Governor to the : peopio;! Mr; Macon, as appears from the report ldebateVin'-the' CQayent.b:,"vpt- ed against he whole amended Constitution, because of the changa jn lite election of. Go ve r no r, k n. I U he est it bi i sh iri en i. ot b ieiin iaT, in stead of uidhjal eleCiion?. . Yet Mr.". Hoke and hi supp.ii t rs clainy Mr. Maeh - as the very pa tterti it'f good . Democrats, and will riaruiy attempt 10 mane capii..i i oi uu objecti in in ; Warren,, Halifax, &c. It is rj djculous, hoW -ver, Jo observe tlie unfair at tempt to prejuiice Mr. GrahtrTft for his course on thi suhjec',1 in ih v Iegis'ature, in trie f.ice of'tha tact, that Mu Hoke and his whole art v, in 1S3S, supported .Mr. Branch tor the Office of Gove nnf, 'notwithstanding his recbrdtfd vote, nr Convention against the change proposed; It is one, of m ny proofs', i ha Democrat: v changes its pr inciples to suit occasions. If the'ol jctloi were worth any thhg ir would apply 'to every Eastern man who op bed the ' -calling-' ul a Conveni n. Fj rthey "opposed alfchange in the Const itu t.oi. iiuluding not oia. t!ie eleeti m of: Go vejnor by the pe p'e, but equnl.ty of repre' sehtation ifijthe'Legislature. Mr. Graliam however, is not liable to" the LoljiHtion many ro?rect view ot it. Being a VVefcterii m.in, he ei terta 'puMc iiieAan ad vocate of a Convention to refoi m the Consii tutin.' His 'name appears eubicrit cd t an Addre to the pe l ot the Statt-,. publish- i.Lfei)' P 1 er ifl 6,1 -.d'ycatiwg election of .Governor by he peopltf as one of il e d sired amendmen s in the Conttautio u. At ihe k s ioti of; the Legisiutuie, in the iai c ear, tiie Conveiiiid., Bill passed. It is well know u that it passed v i h reat difficul ty, -a ud could not have pa7.s :d ml w:thoil' some Eastern yote. ; '-, Widie it was under dtecutftiiou, Mr.-Outlaw, id Bertie, moved as an amendment, to strike out the rl ue tt priViIe or the eleb iou of Governor by tjhe pepfe, fca1ng :hat it. it prevail d he would vctri for ihe Bill. With tn'e fmpe of procuring addition! i-uppt-ri tor the Bill, and ofcarnng it, with its main fe .dure, which was to pro of . reprt seutation, in tt.e vide tor eqtafity Gei,erl Assembly j Mr. Graham ; v.oted fur tlie amendment of Mr. Outlaw, i The. a- menilnient did not prevail. Yet Mr Gra Iiill in deb Vie, and vote d ham supported the for it after thi m tion as hn hal done belo e, and it fin.tll p tssed. -We have deemed it due ts our eatid d tte and our cause, io -Make ihls statement of facts, that our reuiiersjmay see witlrHhat i?eirree of fifes. an htt 'mpt to carry the Convention' qnesjiou in its main provision, by one of its most strenuous a.ivo ta.ea,, is per.ened ino hojti!ity to gitrii g the election of Governor o the people. From the.Buton Atlas. THE CHARITV( ) of JAMES K. POLK I On the 1st ot February, 1831, Mr. ...-Wash-iugtott of the House of reprpseutatUesj pre sen el statement from he Mayor of George town. D. C, relative to the suffering condition of the 'poor of that city. The winter was one of unusual and extraordinary severity, whde the supply ct wood was insufficien , in the ciy, to meet the want s of the suffering popu la i-n. It so happened thatj their- was at thai period collected in the yard of the Capi tol more wood, much more; jthnni would be neetle-l for the wants of Congress. Mr. Washington accirlinwly moved that of this superfluity thirty ro -d be placed at' ihe dis posal of the Mjyor f Georgetown, to be ap propriated for the re'itif bf the suffering poor ofihat city, ' Was there any one present so unleelipg, so insensible to the diot-tes of Im manity so deaf to ihe cry of distres'and suf fering that went up to the Capitol from a round its very wall, as to ot jctto this char itahle propefeif ion? ! Yes, there toas one. . He rose and oppose I the motion. It was a bad eximple. It was, r.e said, undignified for leg. 'fitters to become overseers of the poor, io hoird up wood todeal it but to ihe. paupers of the difrict. . Ad wher h House, eon taming a Lirge majority of ihe witii;4! frietid of that cnUra"! votjid by decilitre majority lO'ezfend a hftpinn hand tft heir freeitng feu low-crcatnrftf ta fr$rd&t ih n2a"tivr -jr." ' , : - -. - J. It. POLK Pit Ed EN rCD.BY'A GRAND . r'TheXoCo iFoco papersV fr' ra the Argu to Iir Plehian, have tlirown themsrives into the most agonizing convulsions over the fact. I hut lenrytClay,"his once jL'i'en liomU - InTore a nrtgisiratetp ptect MrV W. R; King from cnallcngmg hini to fight n " duel. A n,nn in this terrif.le'positibiij could !not be a fit. can didate -for t hePresidency. " 'lie addone nothinSj what ever he ha.l pb intention of do ing any thing -wrong" but lie; was bound b ver f -r f? -ZZrY- Ilin ehbu!dc,::tlleri":t fdm t-r ... Mitt -tl,i 4rgU4.HluI 1M' CU-WUI tkCiy iav In 1hn niritKar tfiif miiAoAtti I -fi rfi Inm James K. Polf. has beeii n.-esented as a nuisance by the Gr.intI ijilry c f a County in . . - - . i . . . . i , his. own State ! The; c rc'umt nees were r i the? e ' No 'one fs vt r pieVciided that Mr Polk ivnt n rrrrtfr man rtVoinll K-.oL- nk t I'Pofk' was a ixrodett man,' or at fall back ward in urging his own el liins to any office in the lifijof the people. AVhu-G'vernt r of Ten nessee, instead1 of a tending to ihe duties ot the office and atin under ihe restraint which ..' . ! ' . . i - i ..' - ; !. -- ' . . hu nositi m would hav imnoPel undo him if 4 he h ulbmia man cf the shutitet delicacy. he took occaM.n oil the 4th of July, 1:340, at av public tueetiiig of the Loco Fbco's at Knbx yUlej Tei.n: i to nominate Idmself for re, e!ec forthvvith roceedeu to open ihe person, and bring tl bear upon-- on,! and he icamftajgn in the issue all thegt.b -r.iatorhd! influence with whiitii hb was invested. The" people of ihat section thinking ihat ibi wfes not part of the luty jbr Hvhj'h he hid been selected, express ed their censure very fij-eely , and finally the Grant! Jury, at ihe 'Sevier County Court pre senle iltr.Gvernor as jf.iliiws,: v , Tlm. lExecutive oi our !'Siaie, James t K. Polk, instead of heing found at his post, ex erutiug the. liiwi, ilevisinr means of imp ov ing the-tlepIorale condition of the country,' an 1 ; of restoring ij- to t he j prosperity -it has losi le, our Governorj found traversing ihe State, conducting ah electioneering cam- pHign. ?br the elevaj'on of others, and t o keep in traitthe sys'env. which is so' --oppressive, arfd in power, 1 the rulers who ask for power at sieh.n.p ice. j ' . -.' ' " J ' ' This w rrents ft most serious grie v ancjp, a derf li.-iion of. dbty fn bfe who nUffht o hers who may he prompted tb d the bke. nun wii'cii ih inc ino wni prov- xne overthrow of our free institutions. jiY-ej &.c,. , JAMES SKATON. Foreman of thc.Grand Jury.' ,eB torn i miner. LETTER FROM BISHOP IVES. Washington, Nfc C, June 10. Mr.. Editor, Will yon do me the favor f o insert in your paper the following letter which: I have just re ceived from my Bishop,!' the .Right Rev. L. S, Ives? "The occasion which cal led il forthl and the obvious propriety of your publishing it, will be sufficiently clear from the letter itself Very respectfully,! v i. E. SNOWDEN, Rector of.jSi. Petei's Church. - RaIcicii June 10, 1644. Rev. and dear --B other, I see hy a paper just: puU in'o! my bands, tht a person styhn t imelf the patstprjof the' Methodist Chu'ch in YV ashiugton, has addressed your congre. g:i.on thiough tlie secular press, charging me with a mts-r-tat'ement of facts in my con . i - - i-, . ' i - i ' - i '- hrmati n sermon,! preached in -St. Peter's, on .the 25th of May. The wrjp r certainly committed a: blunder, jn the first place In not i obtaining from me the exact words that I pronounced, ja n' mewtory can be so good as a manuscript, in acruiaeiy' recot ding fhese. The fo lnv inir are ttie wor s,'wh.ch the man uscript, from whi.'h I preached, says I used. After si ea king of the testimony of Ctdvin and Beza - to coiifirmti n, I proceeded 'While thoe in later times, fparticulaily Drs.4 John Wes-cy and Adum ClarkP, who have 'dirfsejued in some ihinys from' ihe English 'Cfiurh, apptovrvand defend her apostolic 'practice of :coi.firjiatKMi or la) i g on of 4hnds. Dr. Wesley in h's n te interprets the pssfge cited from Hebrews, as.rejjer ' rinf to the crifi of the Holv ! Ghbt. eonl'er- red in thU holy rite. WhhV Ur. ChtUe not on'y asked for the hie singed this 'r te himself, fr 'tn an English Bishop, after be 8 coming M'ethod'ist pn a'cher but afso in a ' letter urges his .friend,- for 'Christ's sake, not to neglect .ts adva.itiiger. I acknowl edge that this dois n t dtfl'-r yeryin'iieifd fy from the record ol memory given by the writer refered to ; eic-p in lliecircumsteiice tha.( I made alhis-ou to Mr. Wesley "s Notes for proof of his being' favorable to tlie rite, id 'lay? ingpir of kinds.'.. According tnWati's Bihlio theca Britunnica,jiiM gbod Huthbrity as exiUl these Notes of Mr.! Wesley were first ; pub lished by him in thr sixty Jlrst yei r of hi age; hence. Iv-tvveen thir y and forty years after his? conversion to what Was called Method ism. Thb passage ih themH to Whiclil had; refer rnce,' at folotw-: T'tOfWpsj; ih ' pritxeiphtof "Off doe ti iiU(&luKTistlhy .Tha tysd "d w ijd? h til 'tis sz. -" ! ' - s . .9 " ' . m ! 'drad vrorka-Crnin" open si Mhiti to he in dieted on J nrul ihc very nrxt point. And vs. hen t! 'ed,. they were to be baptise I ' .... '.I ism not of the Jeujs or of 1. Chr i4i.V Tlie next th ing ua 7. t o hip n thea, thitt they rright i -cc. it 1 Gh"St 1 ' I liave seen" tint! r pa? Notes onlhe Act, tvhirh ran! c " of hands. .the snms ntj coniir .;' Kngtisii i Chur.!.. W r t been mislaid, I ciftirmt "i t ' olcy. I hope f f ! r' n t: however, ,ls nmplc piojnf of the truth i I saM from the manuscript about If, ; mony of Mr. Wesley. For io lay hnv h believers os'the next thing afier their ! tism. ' 'that they might cceive tiellilv 67, nust h iv. referred in (Uv mind of Mr. t t this practice then existing in the ritcc .!' ! confirmation, nn th? rictire of '1 iyin : c: t s hands; f r Ibis ,'puip ;ie, existed no '.. !,: r else. After careful re view "and iu x'i.: -liberation, then, the or ly ei ror I ran C; J; -seinguiliy of, i in calling Mr. Vey Dr." ; when 1 believe he neve r attained to ai y 1. :;;!; cr disuiK'tion than aim de Mr. V In ; regard to Dr. Clnrke, The folfo vi f Icher writtt n.only two years hi fore hist!r t' ; and taken from he 3d vol. of his Life, p. .wiH be sufficient, without note or c'cnimr:.:. Hayden Hall, June, IC:; ) Mydear Mrs. 'Wilkinson, , You wish lor iny opinion on the t ul jrrt f confirmation. Il is supposed to b; a I .j which the moral burden is taken off ihn shouhlers bl the sponsors m.d tr.nf rr' ! tr tfnse shoulders to vyhij h if prop rl f.t i ;;: . Noivj as long as .lliee opinions i.nd IV !.: rtilriive. toi', trevail iji Uie minJs of j !! ; u tier, say iu God'snnme, let ihe litedufy . uiiuifie. cd. b h ri nitty r ecei rct ; but the jects of it should he wkll inlormvd that Ly i; they hrtVe not int rely performed a duty, : ! s i far may have an e s conscience, t i t i s aUtfjioo, tf.ey have by it laken asuoni: nn -.1 perpetual yoAcupou their neckr, in their vo , -'to 'rejriouuee the devil and nil, his work, t' jm nijis ami vani-ie of thi wjfkcd worhl, 1 ai tl je sinful hifN of the (leh, and that !' tdl'iuljd keep Gds holjy will and conir: ... tnsiitMuuwfi.'k in ihe ame all t!irtlHy.c !.;, hvei Thift'is i o ordjiiMry nt Jiirntion. 'I th y lolcmiily fnke on i)jieatu hen the cos, , , he ctjpifirmed, and tiyjjhe art they c mi: ; aef a new and perpeipI covet-aiu to v- themfelve-. wholly luGful, that they nu.y , a t;,ohy gh death Unto fin. and a corn pi- tc Qtrlh unto righteousness. Should any jua, perMin 8.1J, nil ti.ij is comptised in h.-;:. -coufiriiifd, iheu I will not be coiiflrmed rA n!i, I nnKtvei, )ou me bonji tu all iI.im by jour prohvsi'-n of ci ri6ti.nit ; so that confirmi-.l or ani i you I re.tk it,, or throw it uwoy, it i ' the peril ot y cmr final dettriirt on. A gain, the ti e nseU useful to cdi t! m ihiiisjs t remeoith aife. rind xvho kr; . hoxt much grace may t'e rrccivel during l. pei fa nuance of the oeiieniony, ani ecpechi! by h: vinif a holy nu.nM hat da hiiil.t pon vr uV fiend, and the tdeing nml prntecti uof"CI . ! foleiHidy itiVi.kctl inyoiur behalf? Tell th thini's lb jour dear djiughb Th und for.-, noi tell them another thin oi which few wo il l think!, viz : that not having ha.l th oj ; o.-ii -I'ity jof being confirnied, when I had aniv ! Ht,ihHl ae when I hi an ec!iat'cal i i r t t: to Receive it, tras determined not to bt x:iU out it. uod tlierelo e weni and rcceiccdi i- Jirmaticn, ercn since f Leramc a MtttocHit pt en-ci'-r. Y f, I w an culitli tl;Cd Ifi th" roi- gi te church, ai Bristol, in iheymr 17S2, by ihat very! oy man, Ur, i Louis 15aLro', ).';. the Di-hop ot ih it see, IhiiiI - afterwards IJi-I.-opot Norwich. You (see now, my rocdi.- ie , oh Tout my teorliivg aridity j,imtice. what I think of the nte ' C(7tjinnauur, in I i U.J jut at:d one word DiO'e I f helje w t! rita tit !! Ite vv nl.itinlv fwlm i i . f r i ! the recent Lidjop of (London, who il thmogh tfie h le witlf nn fmneet c cn-rh r toward GOD. I .'have eomeiirm tlu u ; th.fl should -write, a little tract on this. a did on the tfiinl c Peel (for gnice. now c -1 the TnAVEt.LtKs PnAvkn. Adah Cum In addition to. the alove, let mc xuk vc i publish the few lines which, in the Lile cf ? - t larke, immediately fol Methodist pat tor, and ow those quoted y il. which, I hope for 11 sake,! were xudnterition fitly' omitted. perniifsion (that is, toj receive the t!rr ; - f confiruiation) 'several jof the preacher'. i . went with mc, and I felt much satiflncti: n i i ' tlds ordinance; lo me it was very fcleirn, ; :.. 1 the whole was well conducted. Mrs. TL, i, i 1 was ja p. esbylerinn, pitied my be in;; t ! heldjr? theoldnegtof lhe IttUr. I have li I tiealtf Joity yea s ic. and it p$u: ; .' ' my sentiments are iv4 changed.1 J' r Do me the favor to make this, in ccr. a , as public, as the stricture upon my tern. . That God may thicldj you and your j from the assaults of error, and keep 1:3 all i i l.i poiy lear anu iovc, is tne prayer oi .Ysur faithfuj friend, And brother in Chrhi, l. .-cillima:; iv t (Col. Hoke) will carry tha f-I era tjc strength in thexrit, and ttz ; ,yH)'Vfealc for UttlK-Rrih St&.Jzi Aye, bs wctt will speak for i:: 'l L hb'Uf&Vjics y6o"'wcu!d rathir r:'-. Vh)i L'ra' ta'hbVsluhib'ari.V 'ih i. the hardy,' 'a)Witi- niVr.t : wv "r,'ttf-i:v'i 2'" -L.I. - - . tfreep vefy'fhln befers it t:: 1 bay in August Highland':, z. 4 r.
North State Whig (Washington, N.C.)
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