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THE TIMES. CHARLES C. RABOTEAU, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ; TERMS. ' Two Dollars per annum in advance. '., Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid within six months., Three Dollars if payment is delayed to the end of the subscription year. To Clubs, we will send Six Copies for Tea "Dollars, and Twelve Copies for Eighteen Dollars, when the money accom panies the order. .-"""From the Wadesboro' Argus. THE iRAIjTO OFFICE OF THE TIMES, OX rAYETTEVILLE STREET, NERLY OPPOSnr. THE CITY HALL. ; A WHIG JOURNAL : DEVOTED TO POLITICS GENERAL NEWS, AND TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS. VOL. IV. : V" . ' ' ' " -:-' ' ! ' -'. " - ' ..S1 '- . ' i. I t RALEIGH, FRIDAY, APRIL 25y lSbl.r jV- 22. On Tuesday last, after the adjournment of our Court for dinner, A. J. Dargan, Esqr., announced to our citizens his inten tion of running as a candidate of this Con gressional District, for election to the next Congress, as the representative of said Dis'rict. ' We had not the pleasure of hearing Mr. Dargan 's speech ; but understood he took the ground that he is a Whig that he is not satisfied with the compromise measures oflSaO r.or with the course pursued by the General Government towards the South ihat for the sake of peace he is willing to abide by said compromise if it be faithfully carried out that he believes in the abstract rin-hf ofanv State, at any time, to secede from the Union : but. he is not in favor of secession at the present time, fec. This, we believe, is substantially Mr. Dargan's position ; but as we did not hear his speech we are ready and willing at any time to stand corrected, if we have in the slightest den-ee misrepresented mat gentleman. 'After Mr. Darean sat down, Thomas S. Ashe. Esqr., offered Daniel Webster's sentiment, to wit : "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable," which was heartily responded to, and sironglv applauded. To this sentiment, or rather to the time of its in deduction, Walter P. Leak, Esqr., of 'Richmond, objected. We believe he took the ground that though the sentiment was well enough in itself, yet i:s introduc tion at that, time seemed to aim at throw ing a damper ever the sentiment uttered by Mr. Danran : and Mr. Leak expressed him self astonished that a southern man would give such a sentiment at such a time, ccc. Mr. Leak did not at all like the compro mise measures of 1S50 ; but for the sake of peace he was willing to abide thereby, pro vided the fugitive act were carried oui ngm He believed in the right of a State to se cede, and to choose its own time for seces sion. but did not think that secession was eYnedientat nresent, and he was not m fa vor of the measure. This speech , as well as Mr. Danran's we had not die pleasure of hearing ; and if we have been misinfor med are willinsr to be set right. Mr. Ashe then got up and sustained and defended the sentiment he had ottered He said he had never conceived the idea that a citizen of Anson county, or any one ls in the Court House, would lor a mo ment objeet to the sentiment, and he was astonished to hear a speecn maae against it. Mr. Ashe denied the right of a State to secede. There was no power in the fed eral Constitution, nor in the construction of any part diercof, under which a State could possibly secede. The United States Constitution, and all laws made in accor dance therewith, were the supreme laws of the land, and that every Slate, as well as everv individual, w as bound to obey them as such . That no State could do any act at variance with, or contrary to, ih fiml Dnnstiiution : and that as Se cession would bs contrary to the intent and meaning of that instrument, a State had no Constitutional right whatever to secede Mr. Ashe thought the Supreme Court of the U. States the proper tribunal for de termining the constitutionality of a law. Mr. Leak asked Mr. Ashe if he believed the Chief executive of the nation had the power or ought to exercise it if he had to call out the troops of the United States to oppose a State in its sovereign capacity as a State. Mr. Leak wanted Mr. Ashe to give a positive and decided answgi to this. Mr. "Ashe said that it was not only the .privilege, but the duty, of the President to see that all laws made by Congress under J the Constitution were duly executed. He was sworn to do so ; and that when he did not, he was perjured, and therefore acted wrong. That when a State in its sovere ign or any other capacity, acted against the constitution, or any laws made there under, it becomes the duty of the execu tive to use all the power of- the General Government to force such State into sub jection, even though' the State might be crushed thereby. He wished it distinctly understood that the executive had not on ly the right, but it was his bounden duty to do so. Mr. Leak asked Mr. Ashe what course a State, North Carolina, for instance, ought to pursue, if Congress were to go outside the Constitution and abolish slavery in the States. Mr. Ashe said that if Congress did such an act, North Carolina would rise as one man nnd resist such usurpation to the death. Mr Ashe believed that every State had this natural and inalienable right ; but that it was a natural right, and not derived irom tne U. S. Constitution ; and that it was revo luttnn nr tpimt and net secession. Mr. Leak then imtimated to Mr. Ashe ihat as the federal srovernment was much stronger than any of the States, or number of such States, there was a likelihood that cnrh State or States nwnt be crusnea in the strusrsle, and asked what then ? Mr. Ashe said that was very true ; but that the agrieved State or States must trust to the j ustice of their cause and to their God , as did their fathers in the revolutionary struggle, when fighting a power so im mensely superior to themselves as Great Brittain then was. Mr. Ashe also stated that he merely gave the sentiment and made the few remarks which he did, as a citizen of Anson coun ty, as he had no intention then, or at any future time, of being a candidate for any office in the gift of the people. After Mr. Ashe sat down Mf. Leak again got up and spoke for a length of tune. He admitted that the General Government had - 1 . A. ' t the ridit to coerce individuals, dut. not States : that it astonished him that a gen tleman of Mr. Ashe's standing, abilities, birthplace, parentage, &c should hold such doctrines, &c ; said that Mr. Ashe as well as himself could trace with pleasure ineir uiouu back to the heroes of the revolution. Mr. L. again stated that though he was will ing to abide bv the compromise measures, yet he could not see where the South gain ed thereby, lie t nougat sam cuiiiyiu"" was an insult to the South and if he had been a member of Uongress at tne ume oi their passage, he would most assuredly have voted against them . Mr. Leak seemed to thinlc that under the fugitive act a slave owner could not recover his property, or ,ilrl it would cost more tnan 11 if ho im. -- - . . r i . T would come to. He thought-trie uriusn Government was at the bottom of the slave agitation, because they could not, with free labor, grow cotton as cheap as the south with her slaves, and therefore wanted slave ry abolished, so that they might be all on the same footing, t or tms reason ueuige Thompson was now in the country agita ting the question, etc. jlr. A&''e defended the views expressed by him. He thought the South had gained by the Compromise measures. " Slaves could be and had been brought back under the law. In fact there was only one place where the law had been totally frustrated. That was in Boston. That city had, how ever, lately retrieved her character. Slaves could now be brought back from there on proof of ownership, &c, and he thought there was -every prospect of the law's work ing well. Mr. Ashe thought the South gained on the territorial question. Accord ing to the joint resolutions under which Texas was admitted into the Union, terri tory belonging to that State North of a cer tain degree of latitude could not have slave ry thereon ; but that under the Compro mise, the whole of such territory, as well as Ilfah and New Mexico, was thrown o- pen to the citizens of the states, and- that no SnmhiMii mpn had a rijrhtto carry slave3 to territory from which they were before excluded. Mr. Ashe loved the Union and u.'imd its nernetuitv. That was the rea son he offered toe sentiment, which origin ated this discussion, and which he thought would have found a response in the bosom of every one present. Mr. "Dargan got up he said for the pur pose of setting himself right before the pub lic. He was a Whig. 'He had voted with the Whio-s. and suffered for being a Whig. He once lost his election to a judgeship be rni.a" !ip wns a Whip-, and he did not wish it understood now diat he Was anything else. He was, however, a secessionist. That is he believed in the right of a Slate to secede ; but did not think this the proper time so to do. He did not think the Com promise a just measure, but for the sake of peace was willing to abide thereby. The above, we believe is the substance of what was said by the speakers, although not put forth in ao pleasing a manner. If. 1 1 1 . A however, we nave in me sugue&i uuyic-c done injustice to any one, we will thank fully stand corrected. We now wish to say a few words of our own concerning the canvass. Mr. Dargan. is th ? only gcntlman so far as candi ate. His sentiments are before the public, and he is well known to every mem ber of this community. We now ask this District, plainly and bluntly, do its citizens wish to be represented by a gentleman who relieves that the only thins that holds this glorious Union together, is the will and pleasure of the States that any State can throw off allegiance to the general govern ment just whenever it takes a notion that the Constitution ot tne united auues is a mere fence of sand out of which apy of the states can walk as easily as a swallow can fly out of a roofless burn that the supreme executive has no power to coerce any state into duty that in fact, our glorious laDnc is liable to" tumble into fragments at any mo ment, merely at the pleasure of one or more refractory states, and that the general gov ernment, based on the Constitution, has no right to use its own power to perpetuate us own existence. We say, if the people of this District believe in this state of things, and they wish a candid.-.te to carry out such views, they will elect Mr.Dargan. If, on the other hand, they believe that this Union ouo-ht to be preserved -that there is any meaning in its Constitution that the con stitution has not only given the general gov ernment certain powers, but enjoined on it as a sacred duty the exercise of these pow ers in certain cases, and amongst others, that of self-defence and self-preservation that this constitution, and these powers de rived thereunder, would mean nothing at all, if any state, at any moment could move outside the influence of said government, and set its powers at defiance that this state of things must result in anarchy, confusion, chaos and destruction in fact, if they be lieve the Constitution is not a nullity a mere stringing together of senseless words ) and phrases, and that the government found ed on this constitution is not a mere dead machine, iucapable of moving by itself or forcing others to help it, then ought they to bestir themselves in time, and secure, if possible, the election of some man who will not misrepresent them. There are plenty anr.h in the District, and there is yet plenty of time to do something if the people will but get it in earnest. If they will do any thing, however, they must be up and doing ere it is too late. For our own part we believe that all the people in the District are sincere lovers of the Union that they have the greatest ven eration for the Constitution that master piece of human wisdom, and-that it would be 4he very last wish of their hearts to see the States set adrift. We believe further that a very large majority of our people disbe lieve altogether the doctrine of secession in both theory and practice, and that those j who do believe in the tneory nave never ct;pfi the dire consequences that would be likely to accrue from the general ack nowledgement ot sucn aocinnes, WB wish it narticularlv to be vmderstooa that individually we totally disavow the doc trine of secession, and that no maUer how hidi a respect we may entertain for any man who holds such doctrine, it is totany out of our power to support him for any of fice under the general Government. This : nv from a sincere sense of duty, and in no respect from personal or party feeling. "V From the Goldsboro' Patriot. . i- Declaration of Independence in riTT. The reader will jremember that, we pub lished a short time since, an extract from the correspondence of the Southern .baptist, in which it was stated, that Pitt had declared her independence to the British Crown, prV or to Mecklenburg; and that we requested some frierid in the county to give us further information upon the subject. In reply to this request, we haVe received a communi cation from a gentleman residing there con taining a transcript of the resolves, which we publish below. From therri it appears, that after all, Pitt must yield to Mecklen burg the honor of having moved first in the noble work, since the Declaration of the for mer was m?de on the 20th of May, A. D. 1775. This circumstance, however, de tracts but slightly from the credit to which she isentitied, since it is very probable, on account of the poor facilities for intercom munication in those days, that she had a- dopted her resolutions before she heard of the act of her sister county. Under any circumstances they reflect honor uponthe county, and breathe the spirit of a high minded, patriotic and determined people, a spirit which we venture to predict still ani mates the bosoms of their decendants, and which will develop itself in action, should the future prove that their lots were cast in those "times' that try men's souls." We hope that our friend will pardon jus for publishing so much of his letter as will throw light upon the subject: Greenville, April 4, ISol. ty Deer Friend: I saw some time ago, r.n extract in your paper, taken from a paper published in the Western part of the Mate, which stated that the people of Pitt county had declared Independence even anterior to the people of Mecklenburnr, as evidenced by record's in our Register's Office The records alluded to, are the proceed ings of the committees ofsafctyjfor this coun ty, during the Revolutionary times. They are. now very much worn. 'tut "till perfectly legible being written in a very plain and handsome penmanship. Several years ago I examined them, and took a copy, and of ten thought that I would send them to some paper for publication. The copies that I now send, are the near est approaches to a declaration of indepen dence that I can find. The one of the 1st July, is part of the proceedings of the com mittee, and it is inserted as such by the Sorrptarv. as it appears to be in his handvt writing, "with exception of the signatures, which is in the handwriting of the several signers.; The other, appears never to have been part of the said proceedings. It is on a separate piece of paper, and a different handwriting from the other, and the sign ers with the exception of a very few are dif ferent persons. It has been preserved, how ever, in the same book with the Committee's nroceedinars. This last may have been pre pared by some member for those citizens to sifn, who did not have an opportunity of signing the first ; or it may be tne separate declaration of a party's disagreeing upon some trival point with the Committee par- iv. nnd appended to their proceedings for preservation. I have preserved in these cop ies, the punctuation, spelling, and capital Ipttprs of the originals. Martinborough was the ancient name, of this town. Yours ever sincerely, Geo. V. Strong, Goldsborough. "The subscribers,- professing our allegi ance to the King, and acknowledging the constitutional executive power of Govern ment, do solemnly profess arid testify and declare, that we do absolutely believe that neither the parliament of Great Britain, nor any member or constituent branch thereof, have a right to impose taxes upon these Col onies to regulate the internal policy thereof, and that 11 attempts, by fraud or force, to establish and exercise such claims and pow ers are violations of the peace and ought to be resisted to the utmost, and that the peo ple of this province singly and collectively, are bound by the acts and resolutions of the continental and provincial Congress because in both they arereely represented by per bv themselves, and do solemn ly clnporpiv -rtromise and enffa2er under the sanction of Virture honor, and the sa a i;vortv n nt onr Country to maininin and sunDort all and every the Acts, T?cr.tnt;rtri! nnH Rpcrulations.- of the Conti nental and provincial Congress, to the ut- nnr rnwpr and nhilities. In testl' 111UO VS.1 W V lv ii timony whereof, we have hitherto set our hands, tins V.6tX usy oi August, u w. Signed by 77 persons It turned out, on couuting, that theState had clect- ed- J. W. Pearcc, C. Bcnbow, S. C. Bruce, Alex. Murchison, Four of these, Messrs John II. Cook, Geo. McNeill, G. Ien:ni, -Ja-nca Kyle. Bruce, McCain, McNeill, and Derail were in the old Board. 1 lie other live take the place of Messrs. Daniel. McDiannid, Thos. S. UUU-rloe, D.A.Kay, II. L. Myrovcr, and A. A. McKethan. Now let ns sec how the votes of the individual Stockholders were cast: For F. Fries ADVERTISEMENTS, : ' Not exceeding sixteen lines, . re lished one time for one dollar, and' twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion. Court orders and Judicial auverusemunu, will 1,p rhnro-ed 25 per cent, higher, a rea sonable deduction will be made to those who advertise bv the year. 3 Letters to the Editor must be post paid. Money for the Office may be sent by mail, at our risk, in payment for subscrip tions, advertisements, jobs, &.c- j 1080 "A. Mnrchisoti 1034 A.. VY . steel, 1C02 3. Kyle. 919 E. J. Lilly, M8 Alex. Ke'.iy,. ; 777 John Morrsson, Ml D. Murchieon, fc."6 G. S;: Hodges, 572 A. F. Hail, 435 C. Montfgue, 4? l B. AW Robeson, 423 J. Marline, i-7 B. Ruse. : 2tfD D. G; McEae 273 A. ISrowo., " 251 A. H. Keiiy, 232 202 192 15-1 4ti 40 ' 36 24 21 iy 12 12 "Martinborough, July 1st, 1775. The Committee of this county meat ac cording to Order as Before Mentioned, And has Entered into the following associa tion, -' ; . We the Subscribers Freeholders and in habitants of the County of Pitt and Town of Martinborough, being deeply affected with the Present alarming state of this Province and of all America - ' Do Resolve, that we will Pay all Dew Al legiance, to his Majesty King George the Third, and Endeavor to continue the succes sion of his Crown, in the Illustrious house of Hanover, as by Law Established against the present or any future Wicked Ministry or Arbitrary Set of men, At the same time, We are Determined to assert our Rights as Men, sencible that by the Late Acts ofPar liament the most Valuable Liberties and Privileges of America are invaded and en deavored to be Violated and Destroyed, and that under God, the reservation of them, De pends on a Firm Union ot tne mnaoiwuis, and a steady, spearited observation of the resolutions of the General Congress, being shocked at the crewel scene now acting in the Massachusetts Bay and Determined nev er to become Slaves to any Power upon Earth. ' ' ' V ' '""',:' xv An. v,prpVv A oree. and associate under all the tyes of .Religion Honor and regard for Posterity, that we will Addopt and En deavor to Execute the Measures which the General Consress now Setting at Fhiladel phia may conclude on for Presservirtg our Constitution and opposing the execution of the Severale Arbitrary, Illegalc Acts of the British Parliament and that we will reaoily observe. The Directions of our General Com mittee for the Purposes aforesaid, the Pres ervation of Peace and Good Order, and security of Individuals and private Property, Signed by John Simpson, Ch'm'n., and 92 others. ,, - From the Fayctteville Observer. A RICH SCENE. AA'e have rarely witnessed a more funny scene than that enacted by the "State of North Carolina," as enibodied in the person of TWjdey Jones, Eq. of Wake county at the election of officers of the Dank Road Company on Friday last. This worthy gentle man was treated hem with the courtesy t J which his really estimable personal character so well enti tled him, and with the consideration due to one wao was, for the timt,, by the appointment of Governor Re:d, clothed with the dignity of the State, and the power to do and to undo all things connected with -.he affairs of the Company. , No one thought, so far wk know, until his conduct forced the reflection on the mind, of thewant of regard for the portion of the State interested in this work, manifested by the selection of a gentleman in no way identified with us in feeling or in interest, but, if any thing, biassed by inte-est against us ; and of one who did not aid the meeting, during two long days of action and of argument, with one solitary suggestion or remark in regard to its interests. IV'hen. the election of officers came on, the meeting-received with manifest signs df approbation, the intimation made by Mr. Jones, that he would defer to the wishes of the individual Stockholders. This was. not said in so many words, but it was understood when Mr. Jones reaaestcd 13 b-s allowo.l to withhold his vote until he could ascertain how the individual vote stood. Well, the iadividual vote for rrcsidt nt was taken and counted. It was shown to Mr. Jom-s before it was announced to the meeting. The result appeared to put "the Statu-' in dreadful quandary. The old gentleman ("the State" we mean) seemed troubled inspirit. He finally bolted upon the platform oa which the Hon. Chairman was seated, aud com menced a whispering conference with that officer. All this struck the meeting as very odd. ftobody z.o.,1.1 toll whni w.-is to nav. The conference soon ended by the Chairman declining, so it is 3tated, to "take the responsibility'" of advising his friend. Tha State decended from the platform. The State asked that, to ensure some nearer approach to una nimity, auother ballot should be made by the indi vidual Stockholders! A call was made to know how the vote stood ? When lo ! it was ascertained that E L Winslow bad received 136 votes, George McNeill 29 3, Dr. T. K. Cameron 13, J. G. Shep herd 50, and J. H. Hall 10. Mr. Winslow had a plurality of nearly three tc one over the highest vote given to any one else, and a clear majority of SCO over all others I Yet the State wanted a little more unanimity '. Every body was astonished. Some were highly amused, and some others very indignant. It was suggested that unless the State voted, the Chair would be bound to declare ?Ir. Winslow elected, i s he had a majority of all the votes cast. Finally, the friends of Mr. AVinslow. fearing that l the Slate were driven to vote, it Would elect one of those who were in the minority, ana not willing to give a pretext therefor, and moreover feeling assured that some of those who had voted against Mr Winslow could cot fail to be disgusted with such an exhibition and would vote for him on the second ballot, withdrew their n,i;r.ilr, niiH (ho hal'ot was taken. This time Mr. . Winslow received 803, Mr. Mc-Ncill 31i, nr. Lara eron 130. After the votes were counted, but before the totals were announced, Mr, McNeill asked to be allowed to state, that he could not have accepted the office of ProcMfiit ron if honored hv a maioiitv of tho votes of his fellow citizens ; much less under the circum stances. ut. Cameron was noi prrseni wo ucuc.o. The vote iras then announced, and "the State," in ' very dolorous tone of voice, gave its 2100 votes lor E. L. AVinslow. It may be as well to remark here, that it is report ed, that "the State" came here impressed with infor mation received somehow or other, that Mn Wins low would bo distanced in a vote by the privat stockholders. Hence the magnanimous uelereuce to the wishes of the private stockholders before the baLot. Heuce the confusion in "the State's" mind after the ballot. "'.' Next came on thetallot for Nine Directors. The State had discovered th.it its magnanimity was all "nearls thrown before swine." It didn't produce the riirht sort of "unanimity" at all. Aud so the State was suddenly "taken with a leaving." It asked to be allowed to deposite ita Tote and go ! Thrusting the printed ballot, prepared for the purpose, into the hat, "the State" marched out, and in a few minutes was vociferating for his horse f My Kingdom for a i i .M tv,r.cf unilpr. The horse was tirousht tl " ; with all sneedi and "the State" was off. exactly nine teen minutes and a half before sun-down, on the road to Raleich. In the meeting, the wags called far a count of the ballot ! There was no use for any body else to vote fTM.- c..,.., uj .I.-tad' the entire Directory ! In the -l-j- ru:-r.. mn informant Toice was raised a ir IIISL Oi LUIS IUI1I gainst such contempt of the feelmgs and opinions of the two hundred individual stockholders who had u nited with the State in a great peblio work, against the injustice of taking to itself the whole control And a call was emphatically made on the Stockhold ers to puUa ibeir ballot, and let it be seen whom the Stockholder were willing to entrust with the man agement of their interests, ao that the responsibility Writ rest noon tho proper ' quartern Thia appeal e - G. McNeill, H. McCain D. McUiarmid, T. S- I,uttFrloIi. C. Uenbow, E. J. Hale, G. Di-min2, S. C Bruce. Hi Branson, J. AVadiiill, J. H. Cook, A. A. McKethan H. I. Myrover, J. W. Fearce, D. A. Kay, . It wi'l thus be seen, that eighteen persons eacli ceived more individual votes liian one of those ele by the State : That fourteen persona received n.: re votes than a third : That tlie gentleman wno t,l .. od the largest Tote, (and who from his location t-i !; pSnrater oilorht bv all means to have been in the Board.) was excluded by the State ; and mie fipiu who received only a little more ttau one-slxta as -.ria-ny votes of -iirdiyidua's. . : After .the' very unccremon.ieas' exit of trie T : i'r. there wes no quorum left. NoiNing else ctult b done. Our friend Mr. Banks was cut off, in the midst ofh's speech, andmnst rest ccr.rontfd vsitii t!ie rifltc 'tion that he ik uadoubteJly .'entitled to the fio--r :H tne. next annua! meeting ' Thero was no opporumty to tender a vote of thanks to the Hon.. Chairman, who diddeservo it, or to the State's prosy, whj diJ r.vt S.vor ! other matters required attention, .but 'the State did not stop to a.-k what ' else was nec-.a. y vi be done. CONTENTION MEETING. A n mr-etinff of the citizens of Buncombe, held in the Court House, on Monday, the Tth inst., A. B. Chunn was called to the Chair, and J. M. Edney appointed Sec- N. . V ootltm -expiauieu me umcci ui the meetinfr, in a clear, forcible and vigor ous style, . advocating an amendment to. the Constitution bv a Convention of the peo ple therousrh their delegates. : and set foilh the acts of the last Legislature in their true colors ; as depriving and denying the peo- pie their natural ngn-.s, auuMtuv. iu iu un people the great importance of rising in their strensth and asserting: their just rights, which met apparently, the approbation of a very large and respect able crowd cf gen tlemen from every part, of the County. Mr. Envin then rose nncl offered the ,llmvmcr rpc.nUHIOllS. V.illCl 11C SlippOneu with a few earnest and eloquent remarks : : Whereas, it is the undoubted right of every free people to select their form of Government, and make its Constitution themselves, and whereas though this priv ilege has 'been used by the other States of the Union, A ct the people of North Car olina have not as yet exercised this great right, therefore . - , Resolved, That there ought to be a Convention of tne people of the State for the purpose of making such alterations in the exisiing Cotistitntion as. in -their sovere-jc-iv will thev deem right and proper. Kesolved, That wiui a view of securing this paramount oiirct we will wiiliout re ference to former , party distinctions nomi nate a candidate for the office of Governor, and request him to canvass the entire State ; placing his election on this issue in or.ler The meeting adjourned in AVhig and Deinocrats unitingr in recollection of the rich scenes of grr-at gfod niiiTir. the laugh oi tV the I,e tiav. . . PUBLIC MEETING IN IlENDER SONVILIiE. A meeting of the Freemen of Ilend-r- o,-, fminiv wnq hrl: at the (..Olirt 110U3C lli.c importance of ;!,-.t rnrle o-eneral A' rrjnv. be IttiiV en- v....- r i o lightened and arouses'. I to tbtps movement . Sciolved, That those v.ho favor a fre y Convention, are the true Republican pnr.y' -tl e pany of Equal Rights the par: y of ti. TVnn!-!hf! thev are opooscd to n.on- - . j j x . . 1-ii- itifinenre of-m uuiuence cfthe .SVate in allegation c rights, of the people; that th-y are op; to lestricfions unpn the once expressive :jed ; tlie sed rill nf ihe rieonic'and believe that that will SOI! LOUlliV it 1R1U .u uiv " ; --- - . r : r .. , , , i on Wednesdav the 2d of April , to take into j shouicl, when fuliy expressed ,r,c coca consideration the propriety of amending the State Constitution by the people, in t-on-'vention assembled. On motion cf H. T. Farmer, Esq., Capt. Hugh J ohnston ' was -'.called to the chair. On motion of Wra. Bryson, J. P; Jordan r.nd i. S. Smnmey Aveie appointed Secretaries. : N. W. Wood fin j"Esq.,- being called cn. explained the objects ef t;ie meetin cnlvps "'.- tit Carolina with rreat iorce ana exiecw o -. II. T. Fanner Esq. offered the fallowing resolutions: Whereas"; The subject of Oon?titu- tional Rcfortn, has, for some time pa t,- ag- tated-.-the public mind througnout tne Stnte. and whereas, the last General As sembly Avas dividedbetween two modes of amending the Constitution, -.-.viz : n ieg islative. enactments, or by a free Conven tion of the people ; and Avhereas, we be lieve that a frequent reference to lunaamen tal principles is absolutely necessary to preserve tlie blessings of liberty, aud that it is usual and proper that the w.ll of the people should at all times ce freely express ed in their primary meetings upon yt rtt t tf rti i" i nfrp: . r)! was succeeeful, and lare vote wits east.. all questions ail ecung tneir lnieietis, uai. i. . j especially, upon cue involving such ira-1 portant consequences as tne marmer oi chansring their organic law. Therefore. J Resolved, That, all political power ;s A-estea m ana ctmea i.oui ui- only. liranh-rrl Thnt'thP) Pr.OPLE OI this btate oiidit to have the sole and exclusive ngn of regulating the internal government an police thereof KCSOU-CCf, mat AVC rcgai'l ail uiukuii- ted ConA-ention of the peopie, as the oi-ny proper and Republican melliod of amend ing our Constitution. ; Resolved, That Ave will not support any man for the office of Governor, or any other State office, Avho will not pledge him self to advocate the call of a free and un restricted ConA-ention. : , Resolved, That we heartily approve the suggestion to hold a District Convention at Morgantcn, on the 2d Monday in Au gust next, arid that the Chairman of this meeting be requested to appoint Uventy delegates to represent this county in said Convention. Mj. Eiwin, of Buncombe, acl-ocatcd them in a speech of great force and ability. Gen. J. G. Bynum, of Ruthertbrdton, being called on, addressed the meeting in an eloquent, and impressive style. N. Coleman, Esq., of Buncombe, then arose and opposed the resoiu.ions, which ;. N. W. Woodfin replied in a Epecch of great earnestness, severity, and force after which, on motion of. Dr. E. II. Jones, the resolutions A'cre unanimously adopted. The Chairman appointed the following gendemen as delegates under 5th resclu lion : . - ' -. II. T. Farmer ; James Bnttam ; I - K. at;ii"v . n . R Miller : J. W. Killian ; Jos. Maxwell ; Jas. Spami Jno. . lr wm ; John Davis ; E. G. Foster ; E. K. Jones ; John Baxter ; Wm. Bnttam ; J- S. Summer ; L. S. Gash ; Alex. Henry ; JameaPatton ; T. W. Taylor ; John Clay ton : M.' Freeman. ' ; - HUGH JOHNSON, Peest. J. F. Jordan, Secretaries. J. J.-Summary, and tiierefcie, wc propose to des;gna.e our- he Republican paity of Norta Gen. Bnumwascnlled on but ttecnneu speaking. " J . M . Edney made a feAV re mark? and offered the followirigresolutions : Ived, That the Chairman of this meeting appoint a Committee of twenty ftveto act as delegates to a Convention to be held at 3Iorganton, some time during the summer. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a Committee of Three to act in conjunction with like Committees from other counties, in fixiuir the time and place for a Western Conversion to be held." These resolutions were accepted as amendments to the origin al resolutions and being put to the meeting were unanimously adopted. The Chairman appointed on the hrs Committee, N. W. Woodfm, J. W. Wood-, fin, M. Erwin,-Win.-Williams, J. M. Ed nev, R. M. Henry, J. W. Tatton, M. Pat torij J. B. Sawvers, J. Burgm, S. W. Davidson. W. J. Brown, J. F. E. Hardy, J. Bfank.G. W. Candler, Capt.i W. R- iiiurrar. v. iuotre, jokimiu. LoAvrv,F. M.Wilson, T R. Baird, P. Roberts, W. From the Charlotte Journal. Concord, Apkii, G 1851 . Mr. Editor; I havejustseen your paper of the 2Gtli ult. in which 1 find" my name proposed , as the Whig Candidate for Con.-, gress from this District. i , Without flattering myself, that this dis tinction Avould, in any event, be likeiy to fall upon me,I tlunK the occasion appro priate, to disclaim (injustice toothers whose names have also been mentioned, i:i this connection,) all desire, ca my part, cf being considered an aspirant for that, or any eth er public station . We have many gentlemen in this Dis trict, avIio have rendered better semce. and made greater sacrifices inbehaif of the Whig cause than myself. To them I readily yield anv pretentions my friends Aisxy seem desirous of claiming for me. Bull may add, I trust, without doing violence to the purpose of these lines, that I feel a deep interest in tlie continued success of the Whig Party. On the consen-ative princi ples of the great masses of that pcrty, now more than ever, depends tne salvation oi the country. It is the only national party that has been able to weather the storm and preserve entire its unity and integrity. The Democratic Party is sharing a. differ ent fate. In Massachusetts, an open coali tion has been formed with Frecsoilism. In Virginia, they have declared for the Union. While in Georgia Soutli Carolina Alaba ma and Mississippi, the main Aving of tho Party are going, body and soul, for Disun ion," and are. thrusting out of their ranks such men as Foote, Poinsett, Clemens, Cobb and others, Avho yet hope to secure th.- rights of the South, and preserve the Union. Large sections of that Party have ever discoA'ered a wonderful, and unfortu nate proclivity for fraternizing with .that restless spirit of discontent, abroad in the land, and Avnicnmaniiesisuseii in meiu ied forms, either of Disunion, Alxilkion, Don ism, Free-soiiism , a thirst for war and foreign invasions, agrafianism, radicalism and Loco Focoism in general, j To all these factions, and to all these dangerous, discordant and destructive, elements tho great body of the Whig party have ever been, and" always will remain, deadly op posed. A Whig administration in new, at one a nd tiie same lime, successfully cp- i posing the progress of Northern aggression , I and tempering the ador of Southern discon- ln this Avoric tne rresident is encour- d and sustained by many patriotic De erats. North and South, Let the V'ti of North Carolina ne-cr desert him With Gov. Graham in the Cabinet, avc may rest assured all is welL Let the 3rd District do its whole duty. Let us unite upon her Candidate go to the polls (opposition cr not.) and vote otirfuH strength. For one, sir, I shall not fail to give rny hearty co operation, to whatever individual ma-be selected as our standard bearer. j Yonr ob't. serv't. RUFUS BARRINGEH. tent. aget moci T. J. IIoltox, Esq. L. Gaston, W . II . Gammon, J. And cn the second , N . M. Erwin, J. M. Edney. J. M b. ciiun: Idxev, Sec'y. W. Woodfin, Chairman. f-p ium tlovrn. i an to attempt r Tt -r... T.. X'.ORTH UAKOLINA M'IK'Ub uuun.. conversauon Avitn n. vvitev, county, some days ago, we learned that he had nearly completed the preparation of a Reading book particularly adapted and in tended for the Common Schools of North Carolina. A considerable portion of the book is devoted to the history of North Car olina, written in a style which it is hoped will enfrarc the attention of our youtli, fix tho -great events of our annals upon their memorv, and cause a pride in their native State, (iv'uich their fathers have not chen.sh ed as they ought) to grow with thoir growth and strengthen with their, strength. .;t This is a new antf certainly a commendable feature in a school book in this country, and will render the work peculiarly proper to be plac ed in the hands of pupiis at a certain stage of advancement. We have been under the necessity of sending to the North for school books, as well as for every thing else, long enough, and therefore trust that Mr. H lley s arrangements for publication may partially relieve us from such necessity. There arc many considerations why a school book m-enarcd in the South will suit us better. Keep Hiai Dcw.v. Ay, k what business has the poor i to rise, without a name, without friends, without lionarable blood in his ve ins We have knewnhim ever since he v.-ps a boy. we knew bis father before him and h was a mechanic, and vliat' merit can ther-3 be in the voung stripling? Such is tho cry of the world, when a man of sterling character at tempts to break away from iha chords of poverty and ignorance, and rise to a' posi tion of truth and honor. The multitude are excited by envy, they cannot endure; to be outstripped by those who grew up with their children siutby side, ami lience tha oppo sition a man encounters in his native place. Despite cf this feeling many noble inind.i have risen front obscurity and lived .down their opponents; but others have yielded to discouragement, lived in obscurity, and died nrifl maflfl no si.rn. Let it not l)Q--13 Wlttl yon, young mnn. startle the world. Il-.ia Persevere, mourn up and Ian- The Truth Wei l Expressfd. There is much truth in the following brief paragraph from the Petersburg Intelligen cer: "Much of the opposition to the com promise measures is attributable to the fact that they have been sanctioned by a Whig Administration. Had a Northern Demo crat been in the position now occupied by tvt- mimrp sndiriven his assent to the Compromise Bills, many who now denounce the Adjustment would', have been loud in their praises of the Northern man who thus manifested his southern feelings. We be lieve this as firmly as we believe that ike sun shines : and we. further believe that had President Fillmore, instead of signing the Compromise bills, placed bis veto upon them; those who now so bitterly denounce theTneasures, would as bitterly have denoun ced Mr. Fillmore for , not giving, his assent (o them." .;, ' ' ! '. '' .'. ' .. Slander. -Let it be graven upon memorv. that the ncron who repeats a dor, even though he give the name of h:s au thor, is no better, and fir more mischievous, than its originator. lie endorses the lie hy his repetition of it, and as, without his en dorsement, it could never have gained cred it, he is responsible for the mischcif by the law of God and man. We would take a spurious note far more readily from an hon est than from a known counterfeit, and eve ry additional hand it passes through j adds to the deception. Besides slander i s inorn accumulative than a snow-ball. It irf like a salad, which every ot;o will season to his own taste, or the taste of those to whom ?f oilers it; or like the kite of a child, to wl ich additional pxaggarationn cr.'1 attached, ;.adt light in itself, but together forming a coiiu tebalaficing 'weight, without which the airy trifle would fill again to the earth, when, with eager speed, he run3' to make it soar aloP. '; - - -; i - - A Deffixition-. -"I say, you Pete, AA-ill you hab de graciousness as "to jes open yourHnderstandin' box, , and gib me do. definition ob de big word ' lelk-ltcrsV "Sartain, Cato I wont do nuirin eI;;C. Defac am, you unlettered colored man, dere be one, two, free turpritashums to ilat donbie anJ twistificated Avoid. De fust stgnumfies ie 'scriptions on de eight Leil.s at de Norf cend church. Den dare am tb letters dat Ave fashionable genii 'm send tiv our ladies. Finally, de 1-tbry stable folks, Aven dsy lets out de sleigh bells, am ; cnJIi-d bell-le!ters ! Am dare"any ting eise dat. I can do to enlighten your dark, thick, an obtuse coca-nut y dis mo.rnin ' , Cato ?' . -" " Boston Post