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1" i 4- V i. 1 1. I? f IT 1, Lectzd cite of tfc commufut if it his checked the fair expression of hon est opinion or operated as bribe to i! ilinsi mutation 2 if it his drawn down upon the Constitution of North Carolina, tne douoie reproac.i r manifesting at pnee the will to per secute and the inability to execute U ; and t4arthtL0nr.A.w t!i !lPwp!e f jtb.Car1iia rtlsti to a Convention for amending tli Con stitutiw, which bill recites that it has leen represented to the General As sembly that it is the desire f the pe ple U ref M-m the Contitution in cer tain specified particulars, and among ttuW., arhtnd IhtS U sec'ion" rfeetriuslf bound td provide f nr carry ing this will into ett.ct authorises a vute v be talen at the Poll whether a Convention siialt be called to consider and amen I the Confutation as pro posed. This bill was supported by " the detention fro.o Orange and of the entire Wee, and panrd the Senate, but was lost in t.he Hue of Commons. Thereupon, another public meeting ad rn this City oi an tne menu rirmrTu frtin Oi-anjre, at which certain Residu- tions wt nvtved by-yom sir, ami ' was h h..a ita nrartiral miichief. Hut flSU it produced none this would be a Te rr insufficient apology for retaining it Dead it it? Then b it fit for cleauly riddance. Then !-t os inter, the car case lest its pestilential effluvia should poison the atmorbere of Freedom. Asleep H it? anH therefore harmless? Let us ake care while we mar, that it Lhall not awaken toperoreious activit. th tim lor those who wouiu Tetted bill was to be 'laid brpre the J,iJt?4h fscC!mHiiia ojr iuirc iu be prepared bf a Committee pi nve, eiplaioing and enforcing the objects of the bill. Tint was done, anl l hare now before me the Address thus pre pared bjr the Com itt-e ol fire (one of fiem a distinguished gentleman of the -unty of Orange) and subscribed by them as the organs of that meeting. The Bill is- anneied -t tIiat-A- ldress An appeal is thus formally tak-n from .the Legislature) t the People, and those w hi make the appeal, set forth the changes which they demand and the reasons bv which, they are support - and dinner), the Jitl Arncie it faiaofttratW 'ho' tribunal W which .... to determine any man s iaun. - dnunres it, "as an olious badge of -"prejudice which the entightroed liber j ality of the presrntlay-shtiuld scorn to 1 wear:" inveichs asainst it "as an un just imputation against the Catholics of this State" and "brands with filse- hood the idle fears that are implied by this pa per-strictionJt concludes on thi subject with the folio wing sen tence! """ How" far ; it is .consistent. with the spirit of protestantism itself how far it is compatible with the Bill of Rights which declares that all . men have a natural and unalienable . right to worship God according tojthe H kaot.la.lhatliia'OTt wiicS would perr - petuate(At itizma." Well, Sir, the : reformers finally succeed in obtaining a Convention to consider the proposed " amendments and among others -pro fMiaed bv tUem. i that for amendinz the S2d Section?1- NoS'rrfter- all these" liublici solemn d -reiterated declarations on-tl part-f the Pesople thoie whtf "shall-enact-!aws and per mits them, if the People so please, to enact laws themselves for the govern ment at the whole State, and permits them to command the Militia by wJinm Kthe laws are to be enforced, li e safe to allow them to WielU these pow ers, on what pretence can it be alledg ed that it isUerly unjale .to permit their fellow cTtixtos appoint of them to a subordinate civil employ ment, whatever knowledge they mar have of his fitness for its duties, and whatever confidence a long and inti mate acquaintance may warrant them in reposing in his tried virtue? He may elect nilerf. or may himself be a ruler. There i no danger in his being a member ol the Senate or nouse of Commons there is no. danger in in, wuuiu - - , m-r nr themselves and their posterity pel from ihe-Const'tttttton the- seminal . . . . r . r O...U . i i ' ' l F rii,taM iinnrauilin. II U1P llllinmiT "u n.v.ui .-j-.x- - ..ma olence of man. that awtcked pnnci nte V ithef ttThiorat or m ptrfit'fes'nev er tails, at some time or omer, iw urmS forth frnit abundantlv. Let the spirit of proscription now dormant in this Arucie oe raised irm u iyipur vj n ligious, or rather irreligious heats, and who can say that his children will be rur aoinst intolerance? The gen- 1 1 em in from Orange pledges himself indeed for posterity" ",' '1,rier gen tleman expresses a willingness to re neat or emlorse this pledge, that no dominant sect aha I.I abuse the pover of Dersecution. I feaT that the right ot either f these'geatbmen, to; sto, valid engagement on luture gencra- afety forbidv"hwevereieplay4ie ronduct or excellent his cnaracier. or iera oi un . Wonderftfl-sagacityl Admirable prsv dence! A congeniality of sentiment sometimes betrays men into a mis placed confidence; but it seldom hap pens that an individual, whose opin ions on anr subject of deep concern, are quite different from those of his neighbors, commands their respect and affection, unless his life be such as to keep down and overrule the prejudice so naturallr arising from this dissimi larity. Bad men, belonging to ob noxious . sects, stand no chance of obtaining appointments) and therefore oor Const ifatiorrta kes care that good ones snail rtoimv etrct-i-- . ' 7 . ...t:, -.iin.J ' k.it nf-!MMlrr(ffluieftf ofO.-ang and the adj'iining counties, ol the amendments which they propose, desire, aj demand from their brethen of the State, with what plausibility it can be pret-nded that one of these ' vrry amendments is i new tiling to thatHMt which they have had no time ..to reBec it Jti inaylbe safely Teft to any , ' mdln of common sense to dead. ' If -th"y could rightfully instruct the dele ' gates m this Convention as to any part . '.of .lheHlutiesnjuied by- the. whole People, it may be Jeft to any man of . " common honesty to pronounce whether they are not ettopped by decency, by a respect for plighted faith, y a regard for their -own honor, from giving any . instruction to retain in the Constitu- . tion, what they have again and again " declared to be an "odious restriction upon conscience, a pross oppression nateii tyranny- a violation oi ine uai I ivignis, a uaoge oi anciem prrjuuicc, -1 " ' and a disgrace to the present age." faiufn rouiid After succeeding in ob taining a Convention, and then not only U recal these denunciations, but to become the advocates of Religious - intolerance, -would be to draw down vp in ibeiaselves reproach,"Which, I earnestly pray,1 no portion of. my fel-lov-cit'iKens mar ever be doomed to aulec - NoSir; I deny ttiat thePeopteof the rentleinaoa county, or of his sec- l gireriticlilinstrucVionsj. and. J deny most emphatically that .they ever did give such Instructions. J have au thentic and ei press evidence of their instructions. infinite! T stronger than " ba,t tlbe eatkj the election of himself and his col' league; '""; ' -:t-;.:--;"- .:- But it bas been asked, Why interfere with an Article wliich has produced no practical inconvenience which Has been in existence sixty years and "has - never ecl4ed one., worthy jnan from flucei avhicK has been either dead, or at ail evests aJern,1rom the first mo ment of its etutence? All nnneces " sarv restraint on freedom of thought or action,; is tyranny, and tl unmean ing and inoperative restraint, folly. Such restraints can never be other wise than practically injurious. The Constitntion of a free people should be ' recommended to their reverence and affection by its conformity to the prin ciples of equal justice and its corres- Fondence with tne dictates of wisdom, t may be that this ambiguous Article has not actually kept out of the pub lic service any individual who might j have otherwise -entered into itbut it does not thence follow, that no practical evil lias arisen from it. If it has im paired the attachment of any citizen to the institutions of his country, by rantinc him to feel that a stigma was ' cast or attempted.'to'beeatt-npon hint in its fundamental law if it has welN H h arrooance or embittered the ma- lie of reVstaflan bicotry by bidding It ho!4 p iU,"oed:B l!shnb,9?neiis feaf 'that 'posterity "may protest their draft, because of a want oi preceueni authoritf to make it, and also of a want of' funds of the drawer and en dorser to answer it. After experi ence of the manner in which the dele gates from Orange are disposed to exe cute pledges given in behalf of their People, pledges of a far more authentic and obligatory character. We mu9t be excused if we be nt over hasty in re lying on this unauthorised guaranty. MrUhairman, t nave pernaps occu pied too much of the time of the Com mittee in considering the reasons or excuses for forbearinz to act upon this aubiect. Ifin this respect I have eneditlsfrom bidief4hirb'uTaHeTi diflieoftyjicsj an. &nu nor. in ascertaining wuai nr ouorht to do if action be resolved on. In the strongest terms. I have asserted our obligation ta examintand.to,je torrn tuispait oi tne uonsiiiution, ue cause no terms can b stronger- than mv conviction of the duty. The Com- mttteo-will -ilecUle -whether, this, con viction is-not justified by the argu- ments laid before them, and if it be. will then accompany me in the enqui rv. what is the reform which the inter ests of the State require at our hand? If there be difficulties in a9rertaiOr ing what the Article io ustion-c- 2i enactsweCrare at least able. with some ilcgree i cpnntience, to nronounce wnai it uocs noi cimti. i in no deeree abridge tnr ttec ive fran chise. Every citizen, however hereti cal his religious opinion, has a right to vote in the cAoice . f those who make the laws or who administer to the service of he State. It ungues 'tonally has no application to military offices. However danirerous may be supposed the religious principles of an individual, he is constitutionally qualified to command the military strength orthe State. It is clear too, and I suppose will be admitted by every legal gentleman, that the pro hibitions in this Article can exclude noTinnCiro'iitrteafr' inlie-ipurlrf- iem6y. Whenever the Constitution means to exclude anv man trom a seat in the Legislatureit-says sn in ex pres terms, thus in the 23tu sec tion, it declares that no Receivers of Public Monies; Sic. "shall have a seat in either House of the General Assem"-r bly or be eligible to any office in thisl State." ' A seat in me iiegiHiaiure is above olHce's or places of trust Tn the Civil Department, and is not compre hended impliedly within these terms. If there had been any good reason to doubt this construction, such a doubt lic'ation of the Senate of the United called badge -of encientrprejodiceV and no doubt it is in part the result of nreiudice. But it does, not spring from -prejudice only from a mere dull sullen, unreasoning anupatny. t manifests also the agency of another temperament or passion of a more calculating character a passion not unfrequently seen on occasions wnere one would least expect it; which may be discerned through - disguises ; most careluliy put on to niue u irom wuarr- vation. - Y hen - the - renowneu jonn Gilpin was about to enter on his gal-, lant expedition to Edmondton, he was delighted to perceive tnai nis money loving spouse, in .alJLher. preparations for- the celebration oi tne nappy oay, still exhibited-her characteristic dis-poition- -to . take. care oflmaJjri chance ;ailltl it litUta- J ?9,;Vrt,i, ,, H,a ur. II otbrr a t o Uel it f .OT arrail where a State is avowedly et- K.h-n.rtar.l by llope-a. liwuw . m 1 , and Freedom, where U proclaims that every man has nom na ture a right, which he cannot surren der, and which none may take awy a "natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of Aw ott conscience--a rigiatof iheBtrect ierciaeiofe??r his conscience is the sole judgehow can that State, without a violation ol first principles, punish him by degra dation because of the exercise or that very right? To this question, an an swer is attempted to be given and if the indefensible character of the cause did not forbid all wonder at any annhiam that misht be pressed into its defence, I should find it difficult cither tates upon the impeachment ul William Blount, and the decision of our House of Commohs, in the rear 1808, in the case of Mr. Jacob Henry, a Jew, and a Representative in that body from the County of "Carteret. The persons , therefore whom this Article proscribes, are not only quali fied to choose the law-makers and to hold military appointments, but may themselves become the law makers of the land. Let us pause a moment, and consider the unidom ot the pro vision. The only ground upon which a constitutional disqualification of a nortinn of the citizens for any public trust, can possibly be vindicated, is theoublic safety. The- People, the legitimate fountain of power, should not be forbidden from confiding the manarement of their concerns to any whom they may prefer, unless it be to those who connoi nave tne aoiuty ana intemty to serve them faithfully. Now if the profession of certain irre ligoua notions or certain heretical re ligious opinions renders a man rutee arii unfit for the public service, he is peculiarly and emphatically an unfit denoaitorv of the Dolitkal power snd controller of the physical strength of th 8ae. Vet this .Article permit unbelievers , misbelievers to elct "Thai though on pletuure the bent. She hail a frugal mmd. " While f tliis restraint 'on'tli'eTreedom of choice nnde9e an anectionate solicitude, lest the good Fople or their Agents may ruin the country bv""empl6vin!r in the public service, men whose faith is unsound, that so licitudeis satisfied bf an exclusion from offices or places of profit. It apprehends no danger, provided the emoluments of office can be kept sa cred. Although bent on the preserva- t'io f Religion, it has a selfish mind- it is ol the same spirit which prompted multitudes to fitHow alter the Keileem r nf mankind, under (he pretence of witnessing his niarvellons deeds and tistenine to his holy doctrines, but, in truth, because he had multiplied the loaves and fishes in the wilderness. It U of the same sitirit which would find a belief in the Bible or in the Koranrthe rite of Baptism or Circum Vision, k reasonable and useful consti tutional reauirement, if it but insured a monopoly of the poblic service niincv. it is tne same RDiru which actuates the sutlers and followers of a camp, the retainers and slaves of suc cessful power,' who discover in the hopes of victory an inducement for naeiity, anu in us iuuuci, icmiu for baseness. It is the spirit of cu pidity, cloaked but not concealed beneath the mantle of Religious zeal, offering bribes for conlorroity court ing prejudice and bigotry on the one side,-antl -wooing f dissimulation 5i-nd human infirmity on the other it is a spirit which Tihou Id "find "no "abiding place in the Constitution of a free Peo ple. - - ' ' Pejudice and cupidity are formida ble foes, and will no doubt oppose an I obstinate resistance to every , eRort ,w;ay;-vb; nW'atMOlg;heH from - their hold. ' iiot we snoum ne false to this people, if we distrusted their ability to decide correctly on this question. i.ay i jamy oeiore uiem, and no man need doubt the issue. The Question is, ought there to be any Religious tost- in theConstitut'ion? Shall any man be debarred from office, merely because of his opinion on mat ters of Religion? To me it seemsrif there can be any certainty tn moral or political science, the answer must oe in the negative. It is ah invasion of the right of the- people to - select those whom thev deem worthy of confidence, and a violation of the right of the citi zen to acquire the c6nfidence of his fellow, men, and to enjoy the rewards which they wish to bestow on his in telligence, industry, patriotism and virtue. In those governments which undertake - to ' "prescribe n Religious faith to their subjectrand command its profession as a part of civil duty, there is at least a congruity in visiting diso bedience by appropriate penalties. Incapacitation for office is there a pun ishment for disloyalty and if it be supposed not adequate to its end, it is followed up by Imprisonment, fine, confiscation, exile, torture and death. The principle is the same in all these graues oi punisnmeni. ii i a viua tion of the vengeance of ths State up . . ,u. nuii it ui-fefT ?meiv wtu r.m no man has any natural right to of' to him cannot be a punishment, air, haw-could-it. have escaped the intelli gent mind of the gentlmari TronrCbar ham fMr. McQueen, who has given undeserved honor to this notitm by his approbation of it, that although no man nag a natural .nituv ui.ik, ull have an equal right to deserve and to acquire whatever may be had without injury to others? How could he fail to discern, that although the bestowal of an office by the community on one of several competitors for distinction, ought not to be felt as a wrong by those who have been disappointed, be- cause their Claims nave oeen lairiy presented and fairly passed ttpbu by .-a .li-.,. J?-,.' l-'.- tnafccoronmnuyfcyei. an ,wMwi eome ctwd'rdate a nd-4o wreseht -his claims for distinction, would.be felt by' every man of sensibility as an act of arbitrary power? What - isjiunish ment. but pain or inconvenience in flicted, because of something done or intended? Is there no punishment but that which causes corporal suffer ing? Art there not pangs "sharper than what the bod v knows?" Is an inra- oacitv to be called to an office of pnb A n "outd be wwrKn to rr-lme-ijfo f. 7 C T." " " !..l9 Klele'l it .to k hho.il limit, k...l to IIC irUHl Or CinUIUIUCUl, penally. Is it not a putting down of those de- clared Incapable, below the rest pt their fellow citizens? and is renroacn, is loss of rank in society, no privation no-injury? - The rppressors scorn and the proud man'9. coniameiy, are classed by him, who ot an mere mor tals, seems to have Dest unaerstoou hnnvnn nattire - and - to- have -mosU thoroughly read the human heart, as a mongthe sorest ills which flshisheir to. Insult is of all injuries the hardest to be hnrnt And what can be a more di?. rect insult to any man, than a deliberr.1,; derUration that he is utterly unworthy of c .fiilrnce. Why Sir, the misera ble wretch who i9 whipped for larceny, writhes less under this torture, than under the disabilities which the con viction produces. It is no punish ment to any individual not to uc can- m . I I..l tntv In Hirtwaiui in a - - - KJT 7k-;,-H IS of lleav. h,..olr. 2 - , . . L. I .t.t in. .-r- - . . . ..ul,l -mrm ,,1. d".d aolel tod lero.li and lh t-?r.ffdoL-E. He, Iron, ,ery pure and perfcet fll h L Z i. directed m iu aothor, M ead, ad hsaa. bUriuWeJLThty el lie uo rsMi" "-i-- -' - irrrr ...! tlx anter Merer, - - .be bereS. Na elhly pin or tempor. J ..tint. .re to Hiflurnce tbeir -."''l"'0;. it it rereU uatU lhe U.t Uy. 'J!"" JuHre ot .11 the enh to declare ho bae : erim- inallr refuted to eiamoto,- to ereuii t n mjr. HeHoei hieh were laid before them. Uul Ctl Ruler llirumbeiKle m ana oeeorae " I i. Bal Imb I na nnsstes i m mm I .kJBaa BlllVirnUCU BbTtl - -r . ij .. of Hit Iwate, and toe uropgiK. To, ... . . . a.i.. I. bnnieh rrom Tlnhinu mo uainc H. iiidire Hit lunice are the God of t,od, dutlne fh by Ediett,"Statie and CtmttrttMKjan dral out larfeatet to aeeeierate refute nnhleif and herMjr by the unBerble ,tyaalLMO mmrlM.H be bued tor thii HHiiou tyranny- Belgian bath iKMliing. to do with k Nolhin can-be i i .i.knnvni Irom the inirtt of true ui..... Tlivnoefrficat Dieleowont of King. Friaeet, Uutenond fugirtratre to up bold her holy enute by their unholy ""le"" Sir, when that moment hail arrived at "hieli nr.. ...i.l l.ui m eracioua Ood plenerd ...! I.!, (wlore.l Son kito the world for the Mst.mr.tifA nt minninv ! tmful mA, a Oie- tengerol litfht annouiieed the glad tiding! IQ the ..ti...i.l.r.l Shenhenli thiil were wllnne llir Hiicki in 4b'e tillnra of night, on the plaint of Jui1ctnrl luiMeuly, he i joined by a mul titude ol Ida Hmenly Hon ehauniing ' Glory toGoitinthe Highrw. and on forth, feace, good will unto men." Crrtainly neer wt there an crent to Hi o call foith lliit gmtule lion Irom Heaven to Rat III, rveran annuiieia tmn to abounding m pease aud 'good-will to all H.'kW f.Ttli it nitsiriir-rf." tiWir Ton been nranwead- wlrh """ f -h Hnnee of 'reiKiOIVm ll.rM tedJ-jJTit Itiltritaf'rwa'pariaryV neither1 tnatt-'afiy nuin hea hi toUWnllieiti-eeti: a biuix-it reed ilmll . l -i n ... .. i i. .. i. ne not ureas, nor nionig u nn t .('iw", M tiT.il Inrlh iudeini-iil unto vicinrf." 'I "1y tlid hr hrmg rood ill and 1 lote to mtn, toe "erealer love hall) no mn, nun inn, m imj down hit lite for hi Iriend. " Meek and hiMu tie. iMiient, long tuffei-ing, and k(iid to all, by etmile at by preeept, he meulei.ted brotherly love at tne . wuameieriiiio oinintirun vj hi diaciule were to be known. Mid forbnde II violence, (trite and contention in hit tmfttol the itT. Mi ilr oar reidrr wiihxut cumisent m' to It, WHITE. ViPfini Nonh Ctrol'n South Carolina GeoiK'a Mary Una - Tennee Keotneky Luiiana ' Mhibpi . Ohm- : -- A labanlU aawfewwga Indiana " llliaoit IS M.iM 1 1 Conaevtic"' .',ew jerfc . IS Penn nnwwri MWiin. SI 151 Khodt Itlwj Vernvin UeU.tr ll will be tren by the above trknk.1 ! have awes every Stale to. Mr. VT ltelei.ne.1 lyA party, (that orti; at leawt who make any preteatinati., deeencyj nd Mill be t i. of the . wbole number, ot Jk1k. pWnt "th qui!on te i.'. and ak who K ie lhar tliwdn ik. i. ' party? a ery dial it raited by lb, derotrd to he intereat efthebfi, drive the frtenn ol Judge VLn fc, . It would beguiling to the tnai alto be no(ieer fit fefettfli' tj"gf trenail of tne tnreo gemiemew tfei coniilereri a e and il t , a Jbt. jj-j, m the" gill of a free and depti4r J Judge White outnumber km u t Van Buren. and thai it the ueml..! Ihemtelvc anil I heir princiile, ,lE I When asked to whtleatent the duiy of kirgive- Van Buren, and thai it the nonible for Van Uunm, ttK all kn J wjlueneen to bring lhe Pretulf Ma H.1 the "Haute tf Uepretnirmnf" 11 atraw lhl keep A'nl cct', , from' tlrowniog, and which bn uting. with, iletperaliou, to ttvt, oblivion. Although we . hav given the Si ' that to Van . Buren, we d ant W it i at all pouible for litem lo give J for an Indnvidiuil whoie life Iim a a bitter political opponent, and vl tion, ae certainlr la ivnr uf H I fStidefctiil'aitbex,r) teldow wjt, i iter lor a eaii'lMUteV' w'll fhaSl a riijiirify m ' lhe leople. Mip- apWii'u'"t he will be admitted into III U the eltclMtn take place, u w n, hern If to vote for VAN HL'ltKK Ma-;ga:iva.'iByt , ..wtHKrf An unknown correspooile-i closes the following cotuitt upon the same subject: i n the Ollior ot ine nun, Sir. The enclosed was n on fiaikhv'a norch. and not J it the ftuiv ol kirgive- ( . . J . ' wrWmg broirrTt the gentleman whoin-it ,, the presume : he will not onjectl sending it to you for ptibticatii A SOJOl'R Sept. 5th, Gadsby's.- I ! am an old democrjl,! eiiuelhyear of age, was ff4 eatte Hl J . .Tr.a evenuui struggle won n inn soul, and I make the MW ' diction, as to the result of tl Presidential flection, ami v' the assertion of a veteran "L' ene;iiny, "who I tny neignoor: - no wiwmu by that beamiful parable which, more than any poikive precept, trathe that .the Mhitmaiie and the heretic come within the taered em bi aoe of Charity. W hen Jame and John would have called down 'fire Iron Heaven to .punith. ttiii"tiniTii"ri'l STjiiriiaruu that w itbtlood lum be- wiiuked them, at net knowine what auumer ol lirit they were of. When, in 'he ilefence of hi divine Matter,, the nrdet Peler nmte the tervant of tlic High Prieit, he reprmed him fur ffie violehl'rtelrt iid 01 ttm rt ntrtl- To retuirft "dr woid lo it KkMiard. I Hagged before wicked PiieU and wkkeil Kufrc, hod cjilel iuiwil upon edon tagWc teptimnny. but. tabe de.- UMsUiKiotti4iiaU4MUtwhiMtinire T j''. dared infamous and inrapahle of givingw'i-p'' r-'V." ?': VJrtt ru IUI4IUVUO mj ,i . . 1 men, wiekt-d men. e1ISh mt n JUnuing men, m testimony is more than lie can Dear, .u ,nrt tnail cnuiitrie, eek tobi.ie Imm 4i..falliae;whit ! waaang fi ! the way Irom theactuai stale?: I voted for Andrew Jackson vote for none of the caiiuV( oeiore me puuur. ii i iu either, it shoultTbefiir Ju'lpl as he has always been a Bitm hones', and sincere friend of Jackson, and because he is ; man in the long course uf jvhnnxl hava w . han- Boav hi lite, he culuilv nrnctaiuied Ihal riia kndom w not of lh wm ld A nd,-- w hew finnlljf, the untMkxble deed of Iniquity wtt done that deed which nature could not wiliteit wnltoxt-r'eoelahnwK -her -abhorrrnec- at- whirh- . .. 1 .1 . fl. 11. ... .1 .i .l t tne 91111 wiimirew in iigm, anu me m iuhk ed, and the gravel gave tip their -dead he breth-d hit last linh in tupplieming forgivene fur hi persecutor Truly f. hi nit(;e been one of peace and good will lo man. dwk llir.iUKh the world', and )cu .will find liberty, lw older., tcienee ami eiviliaation, eaitting niilv where Ihi mriuer i known, ll i not nis-rrnce Is the worst of punishments. H9 i like the shirt of essu which stung the fabled son of Jove into mad ness. 1 pity from the bottom of Iny heart the poor creature who hankers after office. There is not one which this people can give, that I would turn on toy neel to obtain. But to be de clared by the Constitution disqualified for office, is an indignity which I could not but feel, although the. conscious ness that it is unmerited, might enable me to treat it with calm scorn. Sir, I am opposed, out and out, to any interlerence oi tne state wun me opinions of its citi'ena, and more es ' . fi-i: peciaiiy wun tneir opinions on gidus subjects. The good order of 80s ciety requires that actions and practices injurious to the public peace and pub lic morality, should oe rcstraineu, aim but a moderate portion of practical trooti sense is renutrrd to enable the proper authorities to llecWe what rori: duct is reaiiy tnus injunooa. om decide on the trntli or error, on tne sara tary or jwrntcioos consequences of om ionJ, " rcrraires a skill in -ialecttcsra keenness of discernment, a forecast and comprehension of mind, antfabove all an esemption from bias, which do tpgrfrrri3-lo f nais. The preconceived opinions of him, who is trppoiiited to try, become the standard by which the opinions of others are measured, and as these cor respond with, or differ from his own, they are pronounced true or false, saU uta'ry or pernicious. Let thevAimin ian pass on the doctrines of the high Calvinist, and he will have no hesita tion in branding them as utterly de structive of the distinctions between right and wrong,- and leading to the subversion ot all morality. Let the Cal v mist dete rmine on the sou nd ness and . the . tendencies .of the Arminian faith, and he will hav little difficulty in arraigning it for blasphemy, as strip ping the Almighty of his essential at tributes, and setting up man as inde pendent of God and needing net his grace. . :L;rS: Law is the proper jodge of action, and reward or poniihmeitt it proper sanction. Reason h tne proper umpire of etmien, 'and argument and diteutsion it only, l advocate. To denounce opinion by law i a silly, and un fortunately much more tyrannical, a it would be, to punish crime by logicLaw raits out the force of the eomumnity to compel obedience 10 k mandates. Ta operate on opinion by law, i to enslave the Intellect anil oppress the aoul lo reverse the order of nature, and make reeawn sub. servient to force. ' Rut tl all the attempt to ar rogate onjurt Dominion, none I to pernieioai at the effort! of 'tyrannical men lo rula over lha hu man eontcirnee. Religon Is eielusivrly an Mr bet wee a pio and his God, If ,lhi be any tubjeal'opoa others, and tnineiime even lioin thi niselies, the purpose whirh Iher would accnmpl.sh and the motives hy whkh the) are actuated. 'I he alliaiiee Wt ween King and Chwrrh, Of between Slate and Chnreh, by hkh the latter has been taken into the keeping nf the Civil Power, hat sprung not to much Irom seal lor Religion, not so much even from bigotry or fanaticism, at Irom the crooked policy of lyramikal men. A Ijiw-Chni-ch it a convenient instrument tnr rulers, whether, with or without religion. It en larges their dominion, by extending it over the miiidi nf their subjects. It putt at their disposal lhe liiph place in the Church, and enlist in lhir service it Minister and 'TeacLera It make King and Piinee and Magistratr die heads of God spiritual kingdom, and remler it sacrih-ge at well at treason to resist thrir tway. Thut htt the religion nf peace and brotherly love been held up a the pretext for tyranny anil persecution; ami Its holy name been detecraled to purposes of plunder an out rage The offices nt tbe realm were of enerse the property of those only -who would embrace, jhe religion of the reulm, for to differ ffom the Soverriftn In religion, w tin etTeet to rtfuie him allegiance, ami ilienuulification for office was but a mild punishment for so heinons a crime. This penally, w hirh tome amongst ut so lenaeswly ding to, it htst a part nf the ne. etary mekva2ifi?'fU hetweea Church and State; for tipholding a Imw Cbarth. Yet rrnllemen would fx in retain it here, where the Constitution fnihid the ettab lnhntent of any hi Chnreh w nVaoroimiinn hi prefrrenre to aoolher. liMliem act with toVne degree ol onti'.nty. "Either lei them blot 0"t this tppendage nf an establiahed Church, or 'Set up a Church the Vhw ch of .V. Carolina. Perhaps however, lliey fear that lhe country it not yet ripe lor accomplishing the latter pur. ;pnr Snrf a7"a each other, they' would content ihemselves fro ths present by preserving this feature of religi ous preference at preliminary lo and preparing the way for a Stale tteligton,- at a more -convenient tecson. (To be continued in our next.) iteeine-lke honor- ttt-M F the fcxecutive "Cubinet. strornr proof of Ins hones'ji t riot ism, and that he dti v hifHi ulnrra to ffralifv a vain t e. f. ? .. - u'Uir VN III l KM. 1 .,111". Mar) Inn . Virginia '" ' X. l arnlml Candik ieorgia - ; labama . llistiUipi, liuiviaii l'enwrwea Illinois Penns)lvsa VliSMIuri vtame , 1 v ' N Hamptliire New Ymk New Jersey- 7 B HVBRISOX. Kentucky Ohio ml Mill - 13 ill WEB? Vermont Vlaturhain UhiKlr I.I." Coiii.edii.-at lltiaaare,. C7The Washington Globe is striv ing, with a frantic feebleness, to prove that the Whigs of the North are aboli tionists. The administration cabal are in an asony of apprehension at the prospects of the heir apparent in the Sooth and while they are coquetting with the abolitionists in New England, as in the recent Rhode Istand election, they are loud in their assurances of fi delity towards the slaveholding states. In attempting to sit upon two stools. Van Buren & Co. will inevitably fall to the ground. Bost on Alias. ' ' From the Muuhon (Alabama) Yhir.- -. If A it ttivUliuf lhe UcpvLhcun pariif.Th cauctit party contend that udge While it divht ing lha Krpublirtn party, by presuming to offer against Mr. Van Uurtn,' when the staleaient stand a follows: . H Aie. Virginia, North Carolina, Sooth Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Kentucky, Ten nessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mistnuri,- n diana, Ohio, Illinois, Marvland totatlai. Van Hum -New York, Maine. New Htmpthh-e, Conneetieut, New Jersey, Peony I vtnia, M ichigaa total 109. U'ebiter Massachusetts, Yrnpost, tthpile Island,' IVIawa-w total 8S. i 'Hie Noith Alahamian says The following estimate of the relative ttrentth nf the Presh'ential candidates was plaeril in mir budt bjr a highly iuttlligent jcutlepian, bo In rtresentins these . difltrrf from tlifft reiii sections of ikf" opinion dues prevail throu country, that Judge Whitt w hereTl he. . peopl e'sT c ' . j that hi strenetll ivitM:rcii!i'1; we are'satisfiedrfwm inftmWj ly received . I roin diBeremp the country, that it vvottM rrrased still fast rr titan it - founded calumny, most if1" j eirctrlated against him, ii elect of .Van Burenim, IWf AVhite's friei.ds were Uboruf . the eleclion into Congress. J We ha e said, a n.l repe senion often, that this chirf i -that Jodge White's frird,i deiirous that the election ' settled by the people, to , in the furst place, bmfV deprecate the idea, nl t inure reason than ' "J 1X. ri.ti'a M If , 1 -. - I..1 ' s irientis, -oi -;. . voUing upon - CongrerS, possibly avoided. 'I-heyM before the people, where corruption annot ram' and where any kind (' is rendered much iov r , with a master of the j-M'f be else where , 1JJ bany RegencV.it r'" j ? after ip p''i 7,;:I,; in stales where the Jf k positive, .nd ' V'Xr doubtful, to return dr . (n states that call 'J f administration, I-an. Jiunn. tJ ..rf ren can claiWrPj'M is Jatkson,-. !' f
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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