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i J u ' r f n a Lag t!a Jh iWinj Mul r believer their most earnest, assertioniFor weks ! foilwis accusation against Jciu Harrison has bren heTarded fttrih hj the serfs of the Tr-cj prs, and mouthed by the drtg-i tf uur cili y.ens, and yet, even belre it wsan thorttatTveTj nailed "N ihe cunterTno our gave the slightest credence t the vile charge. All know what Gen. Har meil tits done far hia country all know Hia sterling honesty, his amiable, exemplar c haraclerj and if all the Msehoods and filth which miscreant Virelinyreei tviBi-TH- ,yer4-t once " poured-on a disgusted people their es- teem and lute for the brave and Mieri ' forlous Harrison would but me tlie -- - h iUFwHi.wst the Cincinnati- Citct'e. , Uead Geo Harrison's Letter, and it will betatis- ' factory to the most fastidious. "The vote, upon the provision of the erim- inal bill ohject -il to, was called in question early a December, 182W by a writer in the Hamilton, (Butler county) Intelligencer, who all-mpted to mwrrproient it. Thu called an explanation from C.encrl Harrisoni whit appear! la that paper of December 31, 1811. It is HbjoHieil so that rvrry rea 1 ler nuy b informed of Geiieral Harrison view tbe subject, e.preased when he was neither a caiuLditM (or, nor in any puuhek of gee.", -, , ; --. .- - . : . ... V? t mat un WK" "t tWrT. w Dear Sin Your political opponents f theBtiw some time, oeW activetya 'gainst you t new charge, that of ae- , ting wait mtiu which, probablv had no inconsiderable effect in the recent elections in that Slate, and which i -deBtly;iSJclid,TipWti'nfltti" eoce the approaching elections througn- wllbtTJnfei3Sl paper (the Baltimore UrpublicatO containing the charge in full, and 1 beg of you as an act of justice to your self and jour friends, to enable me to refute a charge -against the unifurw nor f-yttMiferwHk4,-f Hn--weli ware, has bceti replele' with instances ' a of distinguished private libetalifj anil fiublie sacrifice. . : With the highest re speetyl have tin honor to be your Icllow-ritizen. JOHN H. PLE.S ANTS. -7 , Cm." W'm." "II. UAuaisoiir Richmond, Sept. 15, 1836. : Dear Sirfi ickitoirtedgelheTeeeipt of your favor of this date, I hav1 belore heard uf the arcusatlon to which ' it refers." On my war hither, I wet yesterday with fining- gentleman of . isryianu, wno mioriiieu me mai a - vote of mine in the Senate of Ohio had been published, in favour of a law to ' sell persons imprifODMl under a judg- . tnent fir debt for a term of years, if unable otherwise to discharge the ete -' cution. I did not, for a moment, hrsi "tate to declare that I had never given any such vote; and that, if a vote or . inui aecripuon t nan wei puunnuro - and ascribed to me, it was an infamou ' fonrery. Puch an act would hav bern ' .rreiuznanf To 'nT'fevlihga", and Tn eft rect eofliet with mv "oniiiinns. nubl'ic " i - ' I ""and private, through ''the whole rourw f my hre.' No such prjnHition a ever submitted to th - L. gmlature . ' Ohionone such would, for a moment, have been entertained nor would anv ' - aon of hers have dared to nropnsi' it. So far from being willing to S"ll men . for debts which they are unable to din- " charge, I am, an I ever have been, op ', posed to all imprisonment for debt, . Fortunately I nav it in mv powt-r to show that such has been nvMtab-ih -; ed opinion and that, .in a public ra ' nacity, 1 avowed snd ae'e! npi it. Will those who nave preferred tne on r founded and malicfnu acctiation re fe r to the journals of the Senate l the United State. 81 session, 19th . , l Conzress, page S25? It will there b seen that I was one of the committee whi. h repnrled lJMil i.to atioUslviwpcia. onment for debt. When the bill was - before the Senate, I advocated its a d option, amtn tts-pasige, voted in jt favour. ee"'Scnate jowrnat-titt .ession, 20th ' Congress, pages 101 "and 102. ' It is not a little remarkable that, if : the effort I am accused of having made, 1 to subject men to sale for the non-pay tnent of their debts, had tmen surcrtv ful, I might from the State of my pe cuniry circumstances' at the , time, Jiave been the first victim. ; I repeat, the chare is a vile calumny. ' At no 'period of my life would I have con. aented to subject the poor and unfor v onate to such a degradation f nor have I omitted to exert ravself in their be- Sialf against such tn attempt to oppress " 4hem. . ,: ' It is aought to support the charge by tneaus ftf garbled extracts from the journals of the Senate of Ohio. The eetion of the bill which is employed for that purpose had no manner or re ference to the relation of creditor and debtor, and uld not bj possibility aubject the debtor to the control of his '. creditor. None inow better than the Authors of the calumny that the al leged aection is utterfr at variance with the charges which it is attempted to found upon it; and that, so far from tt proposition to invest a creditor with Eower over the liberty of his de'ttor, it ad respect only to the mode of dis twain of pullic offenders, who had been found r :itT by a jury of their 1 - fellow ciuzens of some crime against the 1aw of their States That was ex elu'ivtl v the import of the aection of - tSe till upon the motion atrike out, vhich I voted in the nesifivr.' So you k perceive that ia place of voting to en- which I gava concerned alone the treatment of malefactors, convicted of crimes, against the Paid It wou d extend this better to ail in. convenient Imzth to ro fully into the T'asons which led me at the time to an opinion in favor of the proposed treat, liient "of ihr'ctassof offenders who would have fallen arithin itAoperations, nor is such an expose called for. " The measure was by no means a novelty in other parts of the country. In the State of Delaware, there is a act now in force, in similar words with the sec tion of the bill before the Ohio Senate, text of such insidious invective. Laws with anmewhat similar provisions may .BnttaaUJpa.foand'in many, other of llie States. In 'practice the measure .wuld. hav, meJrated of flios who were under coflQemna lion. As the law stood, they were li able under the sentence to confinement in the common jail, where offenders of various degrees of profligacy of dif- f -rent ages, sex and color were crowd ed together. Under such circumstan ces, it is obvious that the bad must be come worse, whilst reformation could hardly be expect'd in respect to any. The youthful offender," it " misht be lioped, would be reclaimed under the operation of the proposed svstem; but SITrM-Ereit'JTPwn. -:tP:feK;hri44l gi eater corruption amid the contagion of a common receptacle of vice. Be sides, the proposed, a inrndmenl,of .the taw pre-supposeu mil me ueuncjueni was, in confinement for the non-payment of a fine and costs of prosecution -(the payment of which was a part of mane, in respect to the onenuer, to tcJievehiiftJjcomunfiDtmejilwhicJi.. leprived him of the mean of discharg ing the penalty; and to place him in a situation in which he might work out his deliverance, even at the loss for a time of his personal liberty. But I fm bear to go farther into the reasons which Ted me, sixteen years ago," as a membcriif the' tMWoeiiafe7"to en ter- l;un a favorable opinion of an altera tion which was proposed in the crimi nal pdice of the State. It is certain that neither in respect to myself, or. ilurtie-wnn concurred with me, was the opinion at Ihe time considered as the result of unfriendly bias towards the imoF'of'uTfifiJrtuWM jeclion which I could have anticipated, even from the rager andreckle5s Tie- sire to assail me, was a charge of un friendliness to the humble anil poor of the community. I am, my dear air, with great res pect, your humble servant. Y1. U. HARRISON. 1. H. Pmusants, Esq. n. addition to the above satisfactory letter of recent date, we have the fol lowing letter on the same subject, of old date, which the renewed attack upon Gen. II. has brought to view in the Cincinnati Whig: iirHn-ymirnaTjeif-thetSthTnit; 1 observed a most violent attack upon eleven other members of the late Se nate and myself, for a tvppoted tote given at the last session, for the pas- sage of a law to "tell debtor in certain cue." If such had been our conduct, I acknowledge that we should not on ly deserve the censure which the writer has bestowed upon us, but the execra lion of every honest man in society. An act of that kind is not only oppos ed to the principles of justice and hu maim v, but would be a palpable viola lion of the Constitution of the JState, w iich every legislator is sworn to sup port and sanctioned by 'a (louse of Representatives and ten Senators, it would indicate a state of depravity which would fill every utriotic bosom with the: most alarming anticipations: nut the fact i, that no such proposi tion was ever made in the Legislature, or even thought of. , 1 he act to winch the writer alludes has no mre relation to the collection ..ofdebt'jL- than , it haa tci-4h-dicovery-of bngituder It was an act for tbe "punishment of of fences against the State;" and that part of it which has so deeply wounded the feelings of "your correspondent was umiHfdJbv the House of Represents. iivrs anu voieu lor.py iae iweive-CTe. nators, under the impression that it was the most mild and hit inane mode of .dealing with the offenders for whose rases it was intended! It was adopt, ed by the House of Representatives as a part of the general system of crimi nal law, which was then undergoing a complete revision and amendment) the necessity ol this is evinced by the following facts: For several years past it had become apparent that the peni tentiary system was becoming more and more burdensome at every session) a Urge appropriation was called tor to meet the excess of expenditure above the receipts of the establishment. In the commencement of the session of 1820 the deficit amounted to near 820,000. 1 This growing evil required the inw mediate interposition of some vigorous legislative measure. Two were re commended at being likely to produce the effect: first, placing the institution nnder better management) and, se condly, lessening the number of con victs who were sentenced for short pe riods, and whose-labor was found of course to be most .unproductive. In pursuance of the latter principle, thefts to the amount of $50, or apwards, were subjected to" punishment in the penitentiary, instead of R10, which was the former minimum sum this fas essilj. done,' 3nt the great diffi- 'culty remained to . determine what should be the punishment of tnose nu merous larcenies below the sa tn of S5Q. By some whipping was proposed, by others puuishmfcnt by hard lobar ia the cuiitr iuilsi and by others it was thought best to mske them work on the highway.-TaN these there appear ed insuperable objections: fine and im prisonment was adopted by the House of Representatives as the only alter native, and as it was' well known their vexatious pilferings - were generally perpetrated by the more worthless vag a bonds in society, it was added that w hen they eould not pay ihe 4i and contt which are always part ot the sen tence' and punishment) their services should be old out to any person jwho would pay iheiVfiiie and ciists for themT ThiwastWelausewhiclr'was pawed. as I believe, by a unanimous vote of the House, ami stricken out in the Se nate in opposition of the twelve who have been denominated. A little fur ther trouble in examining the Journal would have ahown your correspondent that this was considered as a substitute for whipping, whish was lost only by a single vote in the Senate, and in the (louse by a small majority, after being once passed, 1 Hunk, Mr. Editor, I have said e- nough to show that this obnoxious law would, not have applied t& unfortuatp. debtors of 64 years, but to infamous offenders, who depredate upon the pro jeriy of theifetloiw iiiieuiui&d by the constitution ' of the State, , as well as the principle of existing laws, were subject to involuntary servitude, I must confess I had no very sanguine! expectatwMts of beneftciaf rftecttroirt this measure, as it would apply to con- liikJaji'ho had attained 4hc. Age of-ma- turtfy; but I had supposed tnat i wo man or a youth who, convicted of an offence, remained in jail for the pay ment of the fine and costs imposed, might with great advantage be trans ited tpthe, residence iujionieueceatT irtwoMfJjriiiteJ and example would gently lead them back to the paths of rectitude. I would appeal to the candor-of your correspondent to say whether, if there were an individual confined under the circumstances I- have-mentioned, for whose fate he was interested, he would filthy tnclosufe of a Jail, and the still more ulthy inhabitants, to the comfort able mansion of some virtuous citizen whose ad monitions woul d check his vicious propensities, and whose author. ity over him would not be more than is exeicised over thousands of apprenti ces in our country, and those bound servants winch are tolerated in our as well as in every other State in the U- '. v. .. . nion. rar irom auvocatins the abom inable principles attributed to me by your correspondent, l think that im prisonment for debt, under any circum stances but that where fraud is alleged, is at war with the best principles of ourjooamuliai ished. I am, .sir, your humble servant, WM. II. HARRISON. Nohtb Bkkd, Dec. 22, 1821. COMMUNICATION. FOU THE STAR. Messrs. Editors: . On Friday last, the regiment of the county of Northampton paraded at this place, and alter the parade, pro claination was made from the dour of the court-house, that Col. William L Long would address tnepeple on-he subject of the approaching f residential election. The situation in which the Colonel is placed in relation to the peo ple of this county and district, (that of candidate lor Congress, Vtogethcr with the high reputation for public speaking, which he acquired anion ist ,thMnMiiighe4a-4-4 canvass, soon drew, into - the court house a very large concourse of the country. When I say that on this oc- sion, he acquitted himself in a manner well worthy ,of.himself,-, and of. the cause which he so ably advocates, I do him but sheer justice., I ran give you but a very imperfect ; sketch.oLJiis force o language, witlienng sarcasm and " imp issioned eloquence. ; would compare well with any that it has ever been my good fortune to hear. In the commencement of his address, Col. Long dwelt for a few momenton the importance of the crisis which im pends over us a crisis of inom-ntoui interest to Ihe statesman and the pat triot, involving, as it does, the impor tant, all-absorbing question, whether a large portion of the members of this confederacy, are to retain in possession a certain species of their property", hardly earned and dearly bought) or wneuier tney are 10 give u ap at me mandate of a mad pack of fanaiicks! He showed to the people that to this is sue it must' finally come that the abo lition party, but a few years ago com. paratively small and insignificant, had now, as if by magic, grown to a prodi gious size, had become a rant, a Bri ereus, ready with hia hundred arms, to encircle the whole ol our black popula tion. 1 He adverted to the number and extent of their societies, the rapidity of meir increase, and to the numerous pe titions which hail, for the last two years, been pouring in upon Congress, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. The acquisition of this object wss to be the entering wedge to a consummation of their fell porpotte the Urst scene in the jrapd drama of universal emancipation- which vantage ground obtained, they would hay in order that they might subvert the Lwhole fabric of southern, institutions. While bn this subject he alluded to the resolutions of Mr. Pinckney, during our last Congress) said that they yield en the whole ground contended lor, at present by the abolitionists, and deeply, regretted that the interests of the con fiding, the generous south, had been be trayed by one of her own representa' tives on the floor of Congress. In per fect accordance with the tenor of these resolutions, deceptive nd daojerous in their character, were the sentiments of a distinguished individual, now be- farce and humbug, the Baltimore cau- cus,a a itaUc4ldate 6r the Pr- sidency. a marvel ous proper man" to watch over, protect and defend the rights and interests ol the south! "From the lights now before me I would not feel myself safe in pronouncing that Congress does not possess the power to intel lere with, or abolish slavery in the District of Columbia " With a tone and emphasis which I will not attempt to describe, Col,-Long asked: Who was the author of such language as this? Tappan? Garrison? or any of their vile coadjutors? No. Martin Van Buren, the Bame hat in the ;jar-4 8-20 in the New York Legislature, voted to" in struct Rufus Kinz, a hizh toned fede- ratisi'rrof.'whom'r5K consisiem supporter, io oppose ine ad mission of Missouri into the Union, un l"ss she would consent first to abolish slavery. Did any gentleman within proof that on this vital question, Mr Vanw-Buren won 14 be an unsafe: Presi dent for the south? If so, he would re fer him to the guarded silence of Mr. Van Buren, in regard to an interroga tory propounded to him by several Virginia gentlemen, at diBercnt peri od and in different letters, maturing of turn whether oriwt hewould , tt elect ed. veto a bill abolishing slavery in the District of Colombia. These were proofs strong as holy writ" that Mr. Van Buren was not to be trusted by the south on this delicate question. But as dangerous to" the. south as were these sentiments, there were oth- TiV:Tantr ".riHVreaa-in3uprBmc DUjccTinna:! to Mr. Van Buren, not the smallest of which was, the manner in which he had been brought out " the only contin gency -upon which he-would become a candidate." He spoke of (he dictato rial policy pursued by the President in this contest, " more in sorrow than in anger," lamented this recklessness in his old age, as having a tendency to tar- nisn me laureis wnicn ne naa so gal lantly won on the battle plains of New Orleans, and warned the people that precedent o'tarining should: not be established in our Government, and that it had an "awful squinting" to wards an hereditary monarchy. J CotrLnnnFTrroTcedeitTote brief review of the public life ol Mr, Van Buren, characterized as he proved it to have been, by gross inconsistency, duplicity and treachery, from his ear It st entrance into the political world, to the present period. He mentioned his support of Clinton, and opposition to Madison and the war in 1811 his desertion from the ranks of Clinton and support of Madison and the war in 'IS his return to Clinton in Mr, and his abandonment of him again in '19 his supportof Rufus King and the Missou ri Restrictions in 2Q his .votes on the extension of the right of suffrage in the New York State Convention in '21 his support of Crawford in opposition to Gen.' Jackson in 24 his support of Gen.' Jackson in 28, whom it isglo ry enough for hinrto have served" ever since his vote on' the erection of toll 4PiltlJ,Bih.?.Q'u!,'!,!'!rn4 E?$:dki!J!!fe. port ot ever tTrlab'noxtouino the south, ami his opposition to a distribu tion of the surplus revenue last-wiiiler7 irivin sins of Mr. Van Buren, Col. Long asked, if these acts, to use a Tom-Ben-ton-Humbiigging-phrase, were so soon to be expunged from the minds of the people? faithless course ot the Magician, he contrasted. in the happiest style, the honest," straight forward, independent and above board political life and cha racter of Hugh Lawson White, held up both pictures to the gaze of the people, and bade them choose between Ihenu He then exhorted the people to gird on their armour, march to the polls in No vember, an( put down now and forev er, the misrule and corruption of the spoils' partj. , . He continued to' a considerable length on the extravagance nf this ad ministration, a " certain'' Ren hen M. Whitnev, &c &c, but the time and space allotted me, admonish me to close.- He kept his audience enchain ed in almost breathless attention for about the space of an hour, and ron eluded amidst the deafening plaudit, of his hearers. In conclusion I most remark that, when listening to the soul stirring bursts nf eloquence that ac companied this noble effort of genius. I could but anticipate the day not far remote, when William L. Long would take- hia station bj the side of Wise, Pevton. Pickens, and a host of other chivalrous spirits, forming a Spartan phalanx in the tlonse of Represents e W Ti L 7.7-. lions aim inc iw ni inrir cuniry. ONE OF THE PEOPLE. Jaekaon Oc t VHW. THIS STAK Presidential Election takes place Ihrou'houi Ihti Slali trtt the lOf h day ofj-XoTcmbcr. - ' ire f villi liintM of lha :SMM!'4 FOR PRESIDENT, .OF TEtfNEBS&E. . FOB VICE PRESIDENT, JOIIX TVLsJlt. or vtaniKU. WHITE ELECTORS. 1-t District, Alfred Webb, of Rutherford. . !!d Anderson Mitchell, Wilkea. 3d Win. J. Alexander, Mecklenburg. 4th M JohnGilea, Rowan. 5ih " - John L. Leseur, Rockiugharo. Cth " John M. Morehcad, Guilford. 7th " John D. Toomer, Cumberland. 8lh " - Jcmea 8. Smith. Orange. 9th. .. .ChirJe. Manly.. .Wake, ..l. loth1 -Witlie Parry, -Fnnikte-r lllh " Win. W. Cherry, Bertis. 12th .- John L. Bailey Pniuotank.. , 14th u . Blount Cofeman, Lenoir. . , 15th " ' Jeremiah Prarsall, Duplin. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ADMIN. JU3IR.iTIQN tAlm In the better -dava pf.jtJioJUrmblie, liefore a host of hungry ychophants, greedy for "aroila" were galieml around U dWpenarr of office anct emolument, the questions asked concerning any aspirant for office, and especially the highest, were " Is he honest, is he Chpable, is he faithful to the constitution!" If a satisfactory7 answer could be returned, it was deemed sufficient. It seems however that these tests of qualification for. high public trusts, have, bean, last ht-ef byfettet ttsetf, ia-TiTnof "tVrt limit amWici'iT the .writer of the address of the central Van Bu ren committee, and by the partisans ot the spoils and caucus candidate generally, and others adopted in their stead, leading to the most de grading vassalage. It is an ominous sign when prominent candidate for the Chief Magistracy of tills country, relies for success not so much on his own qualificirions, as upon the fucU that he is a supporter of the present incumbent, and is supported bv him, and that he has been no- wwhuw uy m irmiiimiiiH- anu -utmuHirHH-u- caucus. It matters not with the faction which denominates itself the Jackson Van Buren De mocratic parly, how long a man has served his country, nor how signally it matters not how elevstcd and pure is his poblic orprivTte ch- racter nor how devoted may have been hrs support ef the measures of the administration generally, if he will not aid the President and Ihe olMce holders to elect hia pet his successor, if ha will not support the " administration can didate," he is forthwith denounced as a Fede ralist, a Bank man, or a new born whig." Do you want proof! It will be found in the denun ciations daily poured out airaitut Judge While and him prominent friends, and that portion of the Jackson party which support him, by Gen. Jackson himself, and by the orators and prints of the spoils party. On the other hand, it is im material what may have been any individual's previous course thoughFTTlBy bg-rfeifcraTi of the deepest dye, though he may have been opposed to th administration, or in fovor of tl Bank even, if he will support the administration candidate, the nominee of the office hokler'srau. cus, he becomes to iiutanle, a full blooded J.ick-aon-Van-Buren-Amos Kendall-Taney-Republi-can. Do you want proofs of this? r Look at Richard Rush, Alexander H. Everett and the whole ba'ch of New England democrat; be sides some nearer home. " The Administration Candidate" ! Wben before, since tlie foundation of this government, did the administration presume to have a candi date in tlie field for the first office in the coun try? The fact that V an Buren is the admin. istration candidate," constitutes the strongest objection to him. If he is the candidate of the administration, U Is to be expected the adminis tration will Use its exertion to elect him. That this ha been dune, that the President himself ha disgraced his station by openly electioneer ing for him, no man can deny, after the recent occurrences which have taken place in Tennes. see." Th President tohl us in bis inaugural ad dress, that the patronage and influence of the general government should be kept from any in- tieierertce with 1hgtlt'otihfr'TS6"re'aiu' sons for this are too obvious to need repetition. If hia position was. true, (and who-wilt gainsay it!)jnregrd to inferior officers, with.how much. greater weigut Uoes il apply to me fresirient himself? The dispenser of nearly all the office of the general government, with power to re move all who are refractory, and will not go for the heir apparent, Martin Van Buren, hia influ ence would be vastly greater and of consequence v.tjy jmare corrupting-noce dangerou ti.wrrmHfoi iixalwiUuli!: is;s':vSi-i.,jr iZZt.:. WTtITaL .....r7T it.: i- . j.umi ngituBiiu puuito iiiuo mnn uiatoi any subordinate functionary. Hi patronage is im mense. It is supposed to operate directly on more than 50,000 voters, and indirectly upon a much larger number. - It extends not only into every state, but into every neighbourhood in this vart confederacy. Many of our ancestors, jealous as freemen should ever be, of their liber ties, thought they w in the President a mon arch ia disguise, even when his power were le gitimately exerted. When exercised for the alarming, dangerous and unauthorised purpose of appointing hi successor, be can scarcely b Called a monarch in disguise. :, ; But what make the matter more worthy of the consideration of every independent freeman, the President was not content with appointing the next President, but hi kind providence reached a far even a th successor to hi suc cessor. Read the following extract from Judge White' peechj - ' - " On his, Gen. Jackson's journey to Wash ington, ha conversed freely with some of my friend, and remonstrated against any attempt to nominate ma a President said that there jSu Vir President, and when hi eight year were expired I wa young enough to b taken up then as President' " ' - - ! . - " Thee things, we repeat, are worthy the eri ous and sober reflection f all men who love their conntry and her institution In their puri ty mors than they do Geo. Jackson. Republi can governroeut hav always been subverted by insidacae encroachment, which gradually and imperceptibly torrent th nubile mind anil prepare H for th schemes of th conspirator. r i - i . i . . ed. Such attack would at one b seen and put dowa. History further teache us, even if experience was not a ufT.Eient teacher, that thW eocroarhrayau reto .ejwjairh ve pt fepli.einaia.(l- ef iV.,.Kit.i.C;k.Ua3 are nulva-imJly aceonipa0d by rti. prolessmn. demoted attachmew l, rber has scarcely ever been ... :!V"PePl. bodyof iJividUiaXhainTu s sion of nublic libsrtv. n. . .. . , oW.. jua .mi aalutar, w "'err uesigna with ih " and honeyed profession of lov, L !? "kl whom they wars forging .haini .UM waa an npnncipld temm&gW.iTn I fice and regardless of th. l 'a shmihl obtain it, who n "iL lo the people. These profcUI."tf,l eii But w. to all -be Je nTI men by their acts. ""-.Jadj. We readily acquit Gen! JiIl sign to rob the people of their rich. LJ' perly to control tbem in thei, uev no naa been led. on VVw r,,..rr i- labia position, hX the flatteWu35 arouml htm, who. wnh not half hi, UadWf IJ ing, nor one single grain of hUhuZ!I"' atalilrtnlntfiSd:' fc;?WfltTi tf mayf4evAfcnc.Kisht Wapptfnrtr,' .Wl!? the precedent wUI notle oniwhh th.hT' geroua if successful, d calls tot the irtT.t e.Uon of every true republic, and Kead u ! country, to put it down. h Whilst we acquit the Pmi.l.. t.ill.ut ' pre smeditateJ deie, TT"V cannot aav as mnA nr .1. 1 . 1 1 . " inauers in anotlur bo,ly notonouslyeonvened forth purpcTlr purpoa af on the American nrm.l. ur. ,rT to the BaUimor, CaucuIWe'r acuof that body Monepf th. Tgg! and because .pilous, mo dngenut d.ous attack on popul rfu oryra. Jit infinitely more so than w.. . f. . caucus, which the tiemile n.n. i.., , - , w to lawTOUstrJe rBsVt of mea of soma character and hitoU"nrBe. t. bers wouU la diieclly responsible teihVnak: . .... vr,;. ass(elt ratify fuir ezjiouenl of tlie opinions of thsircea.' atituenla. The steam caucus is wanting in any on, af these thing to recommend it, as caurusrs tt ,hrirrc;haratt hers will, in most coses be choir n, not soBnca for their wisdom, or einerience or e luri.'lcr. t. for dv5tion to some Teader."" JJavT it has has peneJ, and h will happen ais'm. that hunn expectant have called little meetings aud pr cured themselves to be appointed with a view of currying favour with the present dhnaiMertf the spoils, and of recomrneiiUinz tliernwrveiia him who is expected to succeed. -The BaltiBN tins arnu. ine memners win represent uui an 10 eonxidorable portion of the real people, it cum, quntly if they should express the will of tin people it will he the result of accident. A meet.' log of 11 individual in Northampton, sad ins. -ther not exceeding 30 or 40 at th most a Hertford, had three delegate in jh .(,. cus. Philo Whttn. anotherdelegate, waltppoint. ted by a mectiug in Salisbury, the prtrus boib. ' behe ved it did et ie4 7 or- lit, kadtst- of Tenueswe, represented nobody bul hinwtt In some of the Stales, the memleni of the L;m latu re appointed the dclegatriC-Ws haxirJ M little in saying, but a fraction of the pepl .. inyf6mily"Tff ttiis stateVhail any agency, dimcl ' or indirect in the appointment ofdelcgates. Yet. a body thus elected, composed of such mateniil, will elect the Presideut of the United States, if the people . sanction their dictation. . W say elect, for why is it that Van Duron iaraOolth democratic candidate but for the nomiinuoa S this Convention, or why is Judge While de nounced for dividing the party? Fellow Citi zens, are you prepared to introduce thin raeJe, unknAwti to the coinlilutioii. of elecliuf ynur Chief Magistrate? ' Tbe constitution say yon are capaWe otseV governrnerit,nd thaty'ou shall elect a President, except in a certain conline ncy. Tliin caucus says in effect you are not, or 'wherefore the ne cessity of its advice and dictation? If it wss to have no influence, in assemblage wantirel; unnecessary. But in addition to what have said, tliese rouventiens so far from ke iiij democratic, are the very revffit. Oii hundred peoplejil Tennessee Jpjm'nl.onfl.ild, etrate. JTe Ta eritltled" to piva fificeii voles. Fifty thousand in North Carolina appoint fifteen delegates who are entitled aim to fifteen votes. Here are fifty thousand freemen whose winhe as to the candid Ate to he run for the Presidency re to be balanced by 100! And yet this in a denweratic awmblnce. , . ; Where U thtf nisn in North Carolina willing that the delegates from this ntte in die Itslti- 1 more rsurns should elect a President and Vir PrMulent for .mm? , There ate we venture to say but few: " Hear what the TuiTier oT bis country, the great and good Washington, aays of iheta caucuses. -.a. . "All 'eomhinhliun and atiociulions anJer whatever plausiblo characlert with the sraj de sign to direct, etintroI, couiitvraet or awe,t!i regular dvftlxmtions and action of Ihe constitu ted authorities, are destructive of this fundv mental jriiieidr and oljfJigndnejrJh "serve to 'organiM'tncthm'tolive it in artificisl and extraordinary force, to put in the plsreof lh delejated wiB of le-Trrrttonvihe will ef pae ty; often a email but HMm(tsnV''ila" nority or the community, end acconling to" the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public ndminislratiuiithe mirror of the ill. conccrtrd and irtcongrufHi projoet of fsi-tion, rather than the organ of consistent, and whole some pldns, dige.teil by common councils, and However eombinationa or association ef tbe . ahove description uihy norv'and then antaer . popular end, they are likely, in the course of 1 time and things, to become potent engine. f which eunning, m!iitiitis and unprincf men, will he enabled ta subvert the power " people, and to usurp for themselves On iu government; dotr.kii(; afterward' tie v"? ' ? gines which have l?ftrd them W jurt ion." wvy - . ' He eould not have more eorreetlf fle the Steam Caucus, had hi life been pfd ne it Thw is bold attempt of "a nH bu rt' ful and enterpriing minority " to -.ak theeaa: eu M the potent enEinc," by which "cunning,, ambilious and unprin. rjded men" areenihvor- Ing "to aubvert the power of ihe peoph'. n J usurp for themselves the rein of &tmB?'', and we true that every man who so views it be at the pol ! in November. . ; j t ' HON. WILLIE P. MA.NGL'M. ' There is no individual in thia aiate, th olijcct of so rouehdread and such cordial tred lo the leader of the Kil party, uj distinguished statesman. 1'hey dread biis " his Ulenta, and they hate him because hi T . ly independence is th eeverect reboks to . .' ereuchiug servility. , From tlie moment became convinced, that be would do n nuY T, hi country, and resist the daring snd n,w"''ar " tsed attempt of the President and tlie office Wi der to take from the people the election wr" Cbiel Magistrate and usurp it to themlve, became a standing thtrge fof bitter inverUv ss anopaiing UenuncuUoiv. . . Tt w ili-tormineJ' if Mw'Me. 10 nv bUM' irom uie senare neiore me expiiuuw -.. , ititullonal tenn, and pl.ice there ome pun ; tool who would thiuk and et a the P"," rectcd. The p-nl party at the aea-ioa Ut of our Leji-htcro, bsviu mHj V" , VehiW their cbemes. I-r nbediem tow
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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