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STATE PRIDE.
Beautiful Extract. Though we have
frequently heard the address o( JudgeStrange
Wore the two Literary Societies of David
sion College, delivered in '49, highly com
mended, it has never been our good fortune
to meet with a copy of it until to-day. We
have perused this address with great plea
sure; it abounds in just and patriotic senti
ments, clothed in chaste and beautiful lan
guage. Notwithstanding the length of time
which has elapsed since its delivery.we can
not forbear making the following extract,
expressing in truthful and eloquent terms ;
the lack of a proper State pride, among the j
well informed portion of our people which
has done so much to retard the growth of
our good old State, both in wealth and rep
utation : Carolinian.
"But with regret I say it there is in our
own State a lamentable (nay, shall I not be
pardoned for saying, a shameful,) deficien
cy of State pride. Among the cultivators
of the soil, among the more ordinary class
es of our citizens, I trust, nay I believe.this
is not the case. But among the educated
portion of our people, this want of State
pride is sadly conspicuous. Its monuments
are around us in every direction. In our
unequalled forests, in our deserted farms,
in our dilapidated villages, in our de
creased representation in the NationalLeg
islature. A large portion of our products
are ascribed abroad to other States. They
deck themselves, as it were, of the plumage
of which they have despoiled us. We share
little in the profits derived from converting
our raw materials into articles of immediate
t,se, of sending them to foreign markets,
and making those exchanges which of them
selves alone have rendered so many nations
both ancient and modern, proud, prosper
ous and happy. A great portion of our fellow-citizens
are enriching, with their talents
and their wealth, other States, and in the
same derree impoverishing their own,- by a
change of dnmicle. Yes, the North Caro
linian wanders from his native land, and
leaves the sweet fields of his childhood with
scarce a tear of regret. Home ! that word
of such magic power over most hearts.seems
to have with him an indefinite signification,
or at least to know no limit but the wide
spread regions where the stars and stripes
r tmprii-.a am seen to wave. This is the
more obvious and deplorable, from the con
trast it presents to the chivalrous State
pride of two sister States, on our right hand
and on our left. An imaginary line sepa
rates cs from Virginia on one side.and from
South Carolina on the other each of them
the very impersonation of State pride. Up
to each of these lines, on the North and on
the South, there is an enthusiastic unity of
feeling and interest. On the Northern side
the name of Virginia is uttered by every one
as he would the name of her whom his soul
loveth; and when spokenbyanother.it wakes
up his spirit from its deepest slumber, and
fills hkn with the highest sense of his digni
ty as a man. "I am a Virginian," he com
placently says to himself, and has more
pride in thatthought than if "adiadem spar
kled on his brow, - or the imperial purple
were floating in his train' To be a Vir
ginian suggests to his mind all that is great
in man, and all that is fair in woman. To
love'' Virginia, is to be beloved by him, and
to praise her, is the highest passport to his
favor. Pass our Southern border, and the
name of Carolina is as potent to conjure
with as is Virginia on the North. But be
tirn Hn'pB we have : no name of
iwccu Ul I' .
nower to wake tip an enthusiasm of spirit,
and cause kindred hearts to leap to an em
brace. Strange, unaccountable insensibili
ty V That here, standing upon the very
soil that has been consecrated by heroic
blood; that here, in the very vicinity of the
Mecca of Liberty a North Carolinian
should feel no State pride, is altogether in
comprehensible. That his cheek should
norglow at the recollection of Hay 20th,
1775. That whensoever and wheresoever
he hears the Declaration of our Independ
ence read or spoken of,, he should cry aloud
"I am a North Carolinian, and in that State
was struck the first note of that noble an
them to Freedom." That when Lexicon
is mentioned, he should not place Charlotte
beside her; and mingle the name of Meck
lenburg with that of Boston. But it is not
so with us. Our mountains are as high,
and our plains as fertile, our stiearns as
Dure, and rush as boldly' from ou;.' hills,
GIVE ME THE LIBERTY
our mineral wealth as boundless, our cli
mate as delightful, our sons as brave,
our daughters as fair, as those of any peo
b ..... .. . Liii.i
pie under the sun. VVtly, tnen, snouio
not be proud of ourselves, and proud of one
another? Is there no electric spark that can
be struck out, to send its kindling impulses
into every heart in our beloved Republic ?
To fuse into general feeling of patriotism,
and zeal for the public good, all those hard
and selfish principles that now keep us a
part, and render us insensible to the com
mon welfare ? It is not that I would un
derate the just cause of pride in other States.
No ! As a North Carolinian I rejoice in
the proud fame of our sister republics of
Virginia and South Caiuinia. Nor is it that
I desire a vain-glorious display of our own
advantages that I thus speak. But I would
gladly contribute to break the chains that
bind us down in inactivity. I would shiver
the ice that freezes up those noble impulses
that should bear us on to prosperity. Eco
nomical maxims have obtained among us,
most ruinous in their tendency; and physi
cal facts exist, that are adverse to our in
terests. I would see the one discounter
anced and the other overcome. And you,
my young friends, can do much in the ac
complishment of both."
PREACHING AND PRACTICE.
It is ever a thankless office to obtrude ad
vice upon those who have not asked it, but
a ood opportunity is positively irresistibe,
if it romps, asked or unasked
When we
. -
see a lair cnance iu icuu Vi-....&
practice, the effort to restrain ourselves is
vain we must spur up the preacher a lit
tle. In this spirit we have a word now for
the men in South Carolina, who are anxious
for a bad freesoil President. Now is their
chance. The freesoilers are preparing to
bring out Hale for a third candidate, and he
is bad enough, in all conscience. Come
out, then, Southern men, who are not satis
fied with Pierce and King, but would rath
er have the worst man the North can fur
nish, out with your banner cry, Hale to the
rescue ! If his election be best for the
South, and you say it is, (hen as honest men,
as good patriots, you are bound to support
him with all your might. If it is best for
the country, that the people be given up to
a freesoil idol, then give your active aid to
help them to it. Surely, you will not refuse
to help on the good of the country ! You
will go for the best man of course, and Hale
come up to your very ideal of perfection
the very man for the South. Do you turn
away with a sour face, from your own pre
scription? The dose would be rather nau
seous, we must confess, but then it is for
the health of the body politic, and you dare
not, as good men and true, refuse it. How
the people would chuckle, to see these po-
. , . Mi l
litical doctors gulping -town tneir own pui&i
TTrt,r v. f mm A would stare, with a seven
ilU v ni w - '
days wonder, to see a band of real Souther
ners. rallvinr under the banner of "Hale,
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for the cood of the country !
Yes, gentlemen, unless you have lost all
regard for consistency, your preaching must
lead you directly to this. You say that
Pierce and King are unobjectionable, but
you prefer Seward Or Hale, because the
worst man is the best. You desire to see
favoritism, -corruption, and oppression in
their worst forms in the seat of power, and;
therefore, you will not bid Gtod speed to
Pierce and King. Now, gentlemen, if you
are in earnest, if you believe a word that
you say, out with your ticket and cry hur
rahs for Hale and and Garrison ! Oh,
you cannot do this ! It would be best for
the country, but then your principles are in
the way; you cannot support men w;ith whom
who you have no sympathy. But, if jour
principles will justify you in standing still
and making no effort to oppose these can
didates, surely the same principles would
bear you out in active measures for their
success. If such a Fresident as Hale be
best for the country, and, therefore, you feel
Justified in refusing to oppose his election,
then the same reason would warrant your
ardent advocacy of his cause; for that which
you can prevent and wili not, comes of
your procuring, just as surely as it you were
an active agent in effecting it. If, then,the
good of the South in the election of Sew
ard and Hale would justify your indifference
towards their opponents, it would also war
rant your active exertions against them;and
therefore by your self-interest, by the doc
trines you preach, and by your duty as pat
riots, you are bound to go for Hale. So up
with your banner, my brave fellows ! Let
us see whether you can rally under it with
heads up. ' C. Ban. 'r - . '
Gen. Pierce. Who is Right? The
Boston Journal says, that General Pierce
is "a lineal descendant of the family of
Percys, Dukes of Northumberland 3'
The Baltimore Sun says, "It appears
that Gen. Pierce's grandfather was a native
of Ireland, and first settled in Massachu
setts' . .. . . . .
A western editor was pal 1 by a subscriber lift
week, and was so overcome that ho has since been
ur.able to attend to his usual duties. ;
UTTER, AND TO
TO KNOW, TO
From the Mountain Banner.
S?Z'r A CONVENTION.
, We take the position that a Convention
cannot; at this time, be called in North
Carolina! We do not believe the people
are so dissatisfied with their Constitution
to wish it torn up and another constiiicted.
The proposition, too, - to alter the basis of
representation has aroused the vigilance of
the Eastern and middle portions of the
State, and arrayed them; irrespective of
party, against a Convention. The pres
ent basis gives the West a majority in one
House, and the East a majority in the oth
er. On joint ballot the west has a majori
ty. The present basis, too, was establish
ed as a compromise between conflicting
sections was considered advantageous to
the Wrest and ratified by it in opposition to
the East, as may be seen by reference to
the table on our first page.
But a change in the basis would also
affect many "Western conuties, wlncti will
influence them to oppose a Convention.
And when we consider that it requires a
vote of two-thirds of all the members of
both Houses of the Legislature to call a
Convention, it will at once be apparent that
any attempt to call one will result in a fail
ure. It could not obtain even a majority.
Many of those now most clamorous for
submitting the question of Convention or
no Convention to the people, would at the
proper time, exert all the powers against
a Convention.
But suppose, for the sake of argument,
that the question beubmitted to the peo
ple and a majority of them vote for a Con
vention. Wro.uld that call a Convention:
By no means. Two-thirds af all the
members of both Houses of the Legislature
must vote for it before it can be called.
Perhaps it may be thought that the
members of the Legislature would not dare
oppose a Convention if a majority of the
people signify their desire to luive one.
Legislators must carry out the will of a ma
jority of their immediate constituents, and
unless the counties represented by two
thirds of- the members should have
maiorities in favor of a Convention , no
J .
could then be called.
Cbnsti- i
tutions are seldom.' ir.t never altered by bare
majorities. Majorities enact laws within
bounds prescribed by the Constitution; for
Constitutions are framed to protect minori
ties. Majorities can always protect them
selves. :,';' ::
Butwhcre and among '.whom did the idea
of a reform Convention originate? Not a
mong the people not iu any canvass be
fore the people; but at Raleigh, among
politicians, and avoved opponents of Free
Suffrage. ; The object was and is, to be
guile the people into the notion of a Con
vention and get them to elect members to
the next Legislature who will oppose Free
Suffrage. It being killed off, perhaps they
will provide for taking the sense of the peo
ple on a Convention ; though we do not
believe they will. The object for which
the "humbug" was started the death of
Free Suffrage will have been accom
plished, and there will be no further use
for it. But they may, to prevent me
deception from being too glaring, submit
the question to the people, well knowing
that j be their vote as it may, a Conven
tion will be as far off as ever.
We do not accuse all those now advo
cating a Convention, or in favor of submit
ting the question to the people, of wishing
to deceive the peopie. v e ueiieve
some of them are in favor of the, prin
ciple of Free Suffrage, and are themselves
the dupe3 of the originators of the Conven
tion hobby, who, we are fully persuaded, o
riginated it with the studied, premeditated
and settled intention of cheating the peo
ple out of Free Suffrage.
Whether the people will suffer them
selves to be thus gulled remains to be scen
By electing members to the next Legisla
ture in favor of Free Suffrage by Legisla
tive enactment, it can be obtained; but by
electing those who go for it by a Conven
tion, it will be lost. Now is the decisive
time. . '
gf- Suppose an -unlimited Convention
was called in North Carolina j what would
be'expected of it? "Would it be only to
make a few simple alterations iflf our Con
stitution or would it be to frame a new
Constitution altogether? .
Are the people so dissatisfied with 'heir
whole organic law as to desire it annulled
and its place; supplied with a new instru
ment? We presume no one will have the
hardihood to answer this question affirma
tively, but if he has, we hope some proof
will be adduced.
If a few simple alterations, then,- are' to
be made, why not have them made by
Legislative enactment?. It is the cheaper
plan, it gives the people more time to ex
amine any proposed change and inform
ARGUE FREELY, ACCORDING TO
RALEIGH, FRIDAY, JUitE 25,
themselves upon it; aud it brings each pro
position separately and directly before the
people for their ratification or rejection,
and they can vote upon it understanding!
All the alterations made by a Convention
would be submitted to the people as a
whole as a kind of comnibus' and tho'
they might desire some of the changes and
be opposed to others, yet they could make
no distinction, and would be compelled to
adopt all or reject all. For our own part,
much as we desire the triumph of Free
Suffrage, other amendments might
be adopted with it, so obnoxious to us that
we would reject the whole.
MECKLENGURG DECLARATION
We understand that this document has
lately been impugned from a high source.
By it, we are bound to str.nd. Its authen
ticity, in our mind, is well sustained. , W c
therefore insert, what we believe to be the
act of our fathers; and we give the names
of patriotic men tcho lived and acted, all
that they here declared:
TIIR MECKLEXSCtlG DECLARATION OF IX-
depexdexce. - ,
(20th of May, 1775.)
''That whosoever directly or indirectly
abets, or in any way, form, or manner,
countenances the unchartered and danger-
ous invasion of our rights, as claimed by
Great Britain, is an enemy fo this country,
to America, and to the inherent and una
lienable rights of man. .
"Tiiat we, the citizens of Mecklenburg
County, do Iiereby dissolve the political
hands, which have connected us with -the
Mother Country, and hereby absolve our
selves from all allegiance to the British
Crown, and abjure all political connection,
contact, or association with that nation,
who have wantonly trampled on our rights
and liberties, and inhumanly shed the
blood of American patriots at Lexington.
"That we do hereby declare ourselves a
free and independent people; are, and of
right ought to be, a sovereign and selfgov
erning association, under the control of no
power, other than that of our GoJ, and the
n-oneral government of the Congress; to
l!ie inaiuienancc .n w n.ii-u iuukjwiiuuivo,
, , - r ...l :..u :,i.
j we solemnly pledge to each ot. er, our nvu-
tual cooperation, our' liv'ei, our fortunes,
and our most sacred honor.
"That as we acknowledge the exis
tence and control of no law nor legal of
ficer, civil or military, wiiliin this count,
wc do' hereby ordain and adopt as a rule of j
life, all, each, and every of our former
laws, wherein, nevertheless, the Crown of
Great Britain never can be considered as
holding rights, privileges, , immunities, or
authority therein. ,
"That it is further decreed, that all,
each, and every military officer in this
county, is hereby reinstated in his former
command and authority, he acting confor
mably to these regulations. And that ev
ery member present of this delegation shall
henceforth be a civil officer, viz. a J ustice
of. the Peace, in the character of a Com-mittee-rjan,
to issue process, hear, and de
termine all matters of controversy, accord
ing to said adopted laws; and to preserve
peace, union, and harmony in said coun
ty; and to use every exertion to spread the
love of country and fire of freedom
throughout .America, until a more general
and organized government be established
in this province.
"ABRAHAM ALEXANDER, Ch'r.
"John McKnigiit Alexander, Sec.
- f'Ephraim Brevard, Hezekiah J . Balch,
John Phifer, James Harris, William Ken
non, John Ford, Richard Barry, Henry
Dpwrie, Ezra Alexander, William Gra
ham, John Q.ueary, Hezekiah Alexander,
Adam Alexander, Charles Alexander,
Zacchcus Wilson, sen. Waightstill Avery,
Benjamin Patton, Matthew McClure, Neil
Morrison, Robert Irwin, John Flenniken,
David Reese, John Davidson,- Richard
ty- .... ml T)llr "
Harris, sen. iiuiiia..-3 x uirv. ,
THE CONVENTION QUESTION,
The Whigs desire that when , amend
ments are to be made to the Constitutio:
they should be made by a Convention, by
the people, because it is theicheapest, best
and most republican method; and because
it will prevent a constant partisan warfare
upon the Constitution. Gov. Reid oppo
ses a Convention. Why? The ' follow
ing extract from his inaugural address
shows the cause, of his opposition; :
"The election of Judges and Justices of
the Peace by the people; and for terms less
than for life, are questions of Constitution
al reform, 'Ahich 1 recommend to the fa
vorable consideration of the General As
sembly. There are other amendments to
the Constitution that have attracted public
attention to which I doubt not; you will
give that degree of consideration which
their importance demands.". ..
CONSCIENCE, ABOVE ALL OTHER LIBERTIES." Milton.
1852. Jzs
That explains the whole matter. The
Governor is afraid to trust the people. He
knows that; once put before the people, the
Constitution will be taken out of the hands
of demagogues and settled at once.
But if this Democratic Governor can
only prevent the people from expressing
their will, what will be the result? Why,
Free Suffrage has been 4 years progress
ing through the Legislature, and is not
through yet. The amendment as to
Judges would require the same time; that
as to Justices the fame: and how long the
''other" amendments advocated by the
Governor Will take to get through, and
wliat
thev will be when they , do get
through the Legislature, nobody can tell.
The longer the better for Democracy, for
they expect to ride these hobbies for years
to come, unless the people take the matter
out of their hands. Observer.
- THE DV1NG WIFE.
BY "ll MARVEL."
rise wife over w-ionv your love broodsj
is fading.; Not beauty fading; that, now
that your heart is wrapped up in her be
ing, would be nothing. V
She sees Willi quick eye your dawning,
apprehension, and she trios hard to make
that step of her's elastic. v:
Your trials and your loves together have
centered your a 'Feet ions. They are not
now as when you were a lone man, wide
spread and superficial. They have caught
from domestic attachments a finer tone
and touch. They cannot shoot out ten
drils into bairen world soil and suck from
thence strengthening nutriment. They
have grown under the forcing glass of the
home roof, they will not now bear expo
sure. -
You do not now look men in the face
as if a heart bond was linking you as if
the community of feeling lay between.
There is a heart bond that absorbs all oth
er; there is a community that monopolizes,
your feeling. When the heart lay. -wide
open, before it had grown upon and closed
around particular objects, it could make
etrccg:h and cheer iVom .n hundred" con
nections that now seem colder than me.
And now those particular objects alas
for you ! are failing.
What anxiety pursues you ! How you
may struggle to fancy there is no danger!
How it grates now on your ear the toil
and the turmoil' of the city! It was mu
sic when you were alone ; it was pleasant
even when from the din you were elabor
ating comforts for the cherished objects
when you had such t. sweet escape when
evening drew near. :.'
How it maddens you to see the world
careless while you are steeped in care.
They hustle you in the street; they smile
at you across the t:;ble; they bow careless
ly over the way; they do not know what
canker is at your heart.
The undertaker comes with his bill for
the dead boy's funeral. lie knows your
grief ; he is respectful. You bless him in
our soul. You wish the laughing street
(roers were all undertakers.
Your eye follows the physician as be
(eaves your house; is he w ise, you ask
yourself ; is he prudent? is he the best?
Did he ever fail? Is he never forgetful?.
;, You are early home mid afternoon.
Your step is not lightly; it is heavy, terri
ble. ::- . :r
They haye sent for you; her eyes half
closed; her; breathing long and interrupt
ed, .
She hears you; her eyes are open; you
put your hand in her's; your's trembles;
her's does not. Her lips move; it is your
name.
"Be strong," she says, "God will help
you!"
She presses harder your hand "A
dieu!" A long breath another; you are alone
again. No tears now; poor man you can
not find them!
A train home early. There is a smell of
varnish in your house.. A coffin is taere;
they have clothed the body in decent grave
clothes, : and the undertaker is screwing
down the lid; slipping round oh tip toe.
Does he fear to waken her?
He asks you a single question about the
inscription upon rhe plate, rubbing it with
his coat cuff. You look him straight in
the eye; you motion to the door, you dare
not speak. ; ;
IIc takes,up his hat and glides out steal
thily like a cat.
The man has done his work well for all
that. It is a nice cofliu a very nice
rnflmt I'nss vour hand oyer it how
vv.... . j
smooth!
Some sprigs of mignionettc are laying
s
carelessly iu a little gilt edged saucer.
She loved mignionette.
It is a good staunch table the coffin rests
on; it is your table; you are a housekeeper-
a man of family!
Ay , of family keep clown outcry, or the
nurse will.be in. Look over at the pinched
features; it is all that is left of her! And
where is 'our heart now? No j don't thrust
your hands, nor mingle your lips, nor
grate 3'our teeth together. If you could
only weep. .
Another day. The coffin is gone out.
The stupid mourners have wept what
idle tears! She, with your cherished heart,
has gone.
..Will you have pleasant evenings at yout
home no iv?
Go into your parlor that your prim house
keeper has made comfortable with clean
hearth and blazing sticks.
Sit down in your chair; there is another
velvet cushioned one over against you
empty. You pres3 your fingers on your
eye-balls, as if you Avotild press out some
thing that hurls the brain; but you cannot.
Your head leans upon your hand; your
eyes rest upon the flashing blaze.
Ashes always come after blaze.
Go now into your room where she was
sicksoftly, lest the prim housekeeper
come ofler.
They have put new dimmity upon her
chair j they have hung new curtains upon
the bed. They have removed from the
stand its phials and silver bell: the perfume
will not offend. the ; rick sense now. They
have half opened the winddw, that the
room so long closed , may have air. It will
not be too cold. She is not there;
CARRY A THING THROUGH.
Carry a thing through. That's it, don't
do anything else. If j-ou once fairly,
soundly widc-awakely begin a thing, let it
be carried through, though it cent your best
comfort, time, energies, and all that you
can command. We he utily abominate
this turning backward, this wearying and
fainting of soul and purpose. It bespeaks
imbecility of mind, want cf character,
Cany a thing through. Don t begin it
(iii you arc 'fully prepared lor its accom
plishment. Think, study, dig till you
know your ground, see your ground, see
your way. This done, launch out with
all your soul, heart, life j and fire, neither
turning to right or left. Push on giantly;
push as though you Were born for the ve
ry work you are about beginning, a3 tho'
creation were waiting through all time for
your especial hand and spirit. Then you
will do something worthy of yourself and
kind. :'"
Carry a thing through. Don't lea- and
dally from one thing to another. N nan
ever did anything that way. You t n't.
Be strong minded. Be pluckish. patient,
consistent. Be hopeful, stern, and mat.ly.
When once fairly in a work, don't give it
up. Don't disgrace yourself by being On
this thing to-day, on that to-morrow, and
on another next day. We don't care if
you are the most active mortal living; we
don't care if you labor day and night, in
season and out, be sure the end of your life
will show nothing if you perpetually chan'
from object to object. Fortune, success,
fame; position, are never gained but by pi
ously, bravely, sticking growing, living, to
a thing till it is fairly accomplished.
Iu short, you must carry things through,
if we would be anybody or anything. No
matter if it is hard. No matter if it Costs
you the pleasure, the society, the thousand
pearly gratifications of life. No matter for
these. Stick to the thing and carry it
through. Believe you were made for the
matter, and that no one else can do it at
all. Put forth your whole energies. Stir,
wake, electrify yourself, and go forth to
the task. Only once learnto carry a thing
through in all its completeness and propor
tinn' nnd tou will become a hero, xou
li ? J
will think better of yourself: ohers will
think better of you. Of course they will.
The world in it3 very heart admires the
stern determined doer. It seems in him its
best sight; its hignest object; its best treas
ure. Drive right along, then, with what
ever you undertake. Consider yourself
amply sufficient under Providence for
the deed. You'll be successful, never fear.
Waverly Magazine.
Killed by Lightning. Mr. Nelson
Terry, a farmer, of Sangerfield, was killed
by lightning- about 7 o'clock Wednesday
morning. He was in a field plowing hops,
and seeitrg the storm coming, loosed his
horse and started for the house, but was
struck on the way. His wife saw the oc
currence and instantly ran to him and threw
water upon him, but to no effect. There
were no marks of the lightning upon him
or his clothes. The deceased was about 33
years of age, and highly respected. He
leaves a family of four children;
NEW SERIES,
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Colonel Bexton Axd Mr. Clav.
Iii a late speech Coh Benton, after c. le
gating his enemies in the most mero
style, referred i ncidentally to the old . -long
ago exploded charge of "bargain u-. a
corruption" made rigainst Messrs. Adams
and Clay, and gave his testimony in the
following emphatic terms.
"I never joined in the accusation of 'bar
gain' against Mr. Clay and Mr. Adams;
I condemn the support he gave Mr. Ad
ams, on the Democratic principle that the
will of the people ought to be obeyed; but
on proper occasions and in the presence of
their friends, expressed a disbelief of the
imputed bargain, foundsd on my early
knowledge of Mr. Clays s intention to vote,--for
Mr. Adams, and I believe I knew it be
fore Mr. Adams ditk himself. These tiec
larations of mine went into the public pa
pers and came, to general knowledge. Mr
Clay, in consequence, wrote m? a letter of
thanks for this voluntary and faithful testi
mony;' as he termed it, which 1 now have
here toshow." '! , .
Col. Benton redd from the original copy
the following ; . j
Washington. December 6, 1823;
Sir : I have received a paper published"
on the 29th ult., at) Lexington, Va., ht
which is contained ah article staling that x
you had, to a gentleman of that place, ex
pressed your disbelief of a charge injurious;
to me, touching the late Presidential elec
tion, and that I had communicated toyott
unequivocally, between the let and 15th
Of December, 1821; niy determination td
vote for Mr. Adams, and hot foi Gen. Jack
son. Presuming that the publication was"
with your authority; I cannot deny (hs ex
pression to you of proper acknowledge
ments for the sense of justice which hai
prompted you to render this voluntary and
faithful testimony. ,
I am, respectfully, j'our obedient ser'vt;
j . II. Clay.
Col. Thomas Hart Benton:
Great Men. John C. Rives says!
"I have seen the manuscript Writings cf
most of the great men-of this country du
ring the last twenty years, and I thiuk J
may safely say, that no twenty bf them
could stand the test of the scrutiny of c;ic
half the journeymen prmTe?5!em ployed In
my office." .
Nine. tenths of the j "great men
have shown, in this country duriv"
last twenty 3ears," are great men '
courtesy of the press and their tonic,
raries. When 3Tu come to rip-t p
claims to the appellation of "great'
rylhing about them rips up, and oft::
n if.
thing but an "old rip", is left ;
Still j greatness sometimes exists -without
the ability to write clearly, or spell nnd
punctuate correctly. Cromwell nr.;-H
terrible bungle sometimes both at speak. : -and
writing,, and yet, like Colohel Vt
ington, of Revolutionary memory; io
"knew how to make his mark;" An un polished
diamond is nevertheless a dia
mond thbufglx all will agree that its claims
to being a diamond would be more riidi!
admitted if were polished.
"Mrs. Partington, your neighbor, Mn
Gruff, is rather irascible, I think j" said
the new minister on his first visit to die bid
lady, as he heard Gruff scolding Ike for
throwing balls at his new martm-ho'Jsb.
Gruff kept a Grocery otet the way, anil
was in a constant quarrel with every boy'
in the neighborhood, j Mrs; PtUlingioil
looked at the Minister through heir specta:
cles inquiringly before " she answered.
"Rather a rascal! "said she, slightly misap
prehending his question and patting her
box affectionately, "yes; indeed, 1 thiuk
he is a great rascal' lie sold lue burnt
peas for best coffee; once; and it wan't
weight, uuther. When they built our
new church, somebody said there was A
nave in it, and I know'd in a minit xh6
they meai i." 1
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Gen. Pierce and the Catholics.
The following advertisement has appeared
in the Philadelphia Ledger:
"e To your Tents, Catholics! Geii.
Franklin Pierce, the democratic nominee,
is a son of New-Hampshire, a State, which
has always had a clause in its constitution
disqualifying Catholics from public office.
Within a year or two, art effort was made
to expunge the disqualifying clause; but
a democratic majority of 18,000 against it
attested the bigotry if her voters. Gen;
Pierce favored its retention in the constitu
tion. 'A Republican Catholic.'"
Unluckily for this dweller in "tents,'
there was a strong effort i in New-Hampshire
a year ago, to" change this intolerant
feature of their constitution, and it is well
known, that Gen. Pierce was an advocate,
of the change.