IIALI5IGH, N. C. WEDNESDAY; JAHU'All'Sr 10, 1030 vol zsir. 1 TEIlMS .j. three dollar r" " . ! "Fant.stie tricke before high Heaven At make the angola weep! OffrerIwnT"appeif 'sTi rehe aniTTiiu i troubled, while perpetrating the black est deeds talk smoothly of friendship, n.t even wliianer Inert hnf iu their . . ' . L Cl.ia will k. . . . - . reece'erin, toil ia TT: (nil HKViini oU- (MIICIU ""."" ' .nil Sk ill null Imni ibt yaict. wiivii uiirrin mivv , ri uyin im-ih uani ttw wu iv iv.mn i"" ' w become reality in their grasp. F!ow-tie principlea.) imt thU epentled any kind were to be deplored. Ji past em of-bright; eruttres and Irous of . a . i h .i r. t . gniuen noe, iremoie iniue sou urreie V7. w.iim nutt be M0M-IIM& COM tTNICATlOWg. THE PA8SIOKI. : White yei in ."'If h" "' w TlironjM wouna h.r UMgw t TS wMcbM herlntnimenU of unJ.,r v ANOER. -Of U.i. "ort dreifuUf tl.. hum.n p.?u., u L-ough oil honwn life, mJ w extood lbro ' . . . , ehe.lt of J- C0U1lrywonwn kn th4t "f tl..i Jj flknl It. y to leave 4hir fcnp pawon. , , , Ut h,hitual,an.r fair ver fail n ... m. irwmlrf them inofw ""? liw the finer, .f J. T'.J! ?, 1 a..i'o of -the iW.ri.1 Wing., and . U.!r. Tatha Jvfi ' iieal rrch and figid.acruttny, 'xp jo of lhabuinan countenance ever iaak-n- r slumber in the ale of Italy een the vast form f Vesuvius but ClOtt. awn 1 I . . ai . .i. fMMiiin nl vucir.mcrua ur.ue- an uia.""" - " r - . . rm. i Ifin lair countrywomen .uuk. flt on ttW doctrine I have jull laid daw . ihr, would al.y. tuU'W eofter nd naore btaevolant freling. of thC beert; and alway. en deivur to be U reality what lh to ap. pear, for they nay reeei H it olbI that they wrra never formed I'T the . Kre tot deception and bypocrUy and tw' parity and elevation of their moral fovlinjv, th corruptione and depravity of thetr real char acter, are aa aaiily dittinguiahed from each other, aa ia the aurface of the ocean tn a aettled ralm, from that eame oeean when lathed intb mountain fcirtcv hf the whida fcf heaven. " ' Do we not aea the ravage, of thU moral eurte ll.l aniror in ilauanaMav aactotjl i Wa tea it baaawtti the dommtio roof, embitter ling the ajrynieU of the rich end poor, Uying v.te the aarmomoua nneuij vt wiui w, .,wl Diun anlailine wiaenf end mialortune en a helpleai and umifleudiiig offsprinf. But thin u not alL . We eee it menifeeting iuelf in iu uoit horrid forma, in oex hail of legislation; in our aeaU of legal jaalicf, and even in our elcc liflaa, in which every man ought te be permit tad to act with perfect Ireed jm, and without the leut accountability to one another. In all ear electioneering conflict, at leaat of late yeara, we can eee the IJ and diafraeefut m.iiiu revived and fully acted out Mthoe who ace nut for ue are again ua" at if a ma could Hot aiarciaa a riilit of eelection. and prefer one man te an other, without forieitiiie the friendship, end irv rariiiif the enmity of all the a)ppoiu partice. The noble and 'devoted ltHotiai which gave birth to our truly treat political inatitulione, em phatically forbid, tbat the American people ahould everaacrifire te the narrow view, of pi- ty tplilt whar Wa detme by the tiod of ma ture for the benefit of the hum'fcn race. Thia luvarnmeiit preaenU to Europe a apectacle of a orJiiiary etiaricter; in which ber atateemea rvad the foiuie detiuie of man, and the polit ical tit of nation. -We are the only people of any age or country who have nrganrMd a truly 'Mireaeniativa lovernruonL "whiuw eii eiimeiila Vln leffTil.tioh Jiutomicy and arrrra, .re te eet- vaatntind eenr hear the wwtetoteretfimt ft politi cal freedom; and whether man, under any cir . cuinatancee, is capable of assuming and exerci eing the high prarogativeat of aelf-govcmment. For what a Make then, iHte-etMhe mortar- chiee and deapntiaraa of Europe 'and Asia, are the people and thia government- contending; a uVj a. I before remarked, in which the whole naoian race nre interested: - u mere tm view af the autijpct, my reader, how do our party squabble aud broil, at elections dwindle down te nothing to lose than nothing - ,, Anger wait never yet an evidence of justice; a proof of virtue, or a demontrali6n of u peri or intellect; a mind of elevated endowments will lay endeavor to correct R. sanguinary iin. paiea. and te expel iu iuDueuce. Jjoi nobly hat it been rtmaried , "to rr i human farsriee DhineP True,. n5er ia loquenti-revenge ia aweer, uut toataml calm and colleel d; to (uapentl the tilow which passion Yi urgent to strtkri to tiiaiiiiguiui ue ween aurtmae and deliberation in iirmity rid crime these ahould be the" Charactcristtct ol thttse who woukl ad vance. in (he esteem of tht wise atid Jlte tjnod'wiipge esteem it alone above that of ,U others, evorlh havirrg; r Those of "PfHisite character the -inean and chertish, love to sting: the' passionate ;nd they who-are easily provoked by ach, CHmmit their "repose to the keeo- v lug otthetr enemies Jhey' 4ie down lit their feat and invite them to strike. Kut there are some who .'receive Intuit f snd smuthsr anfer.h st. matter of pol. -:'fJf lt jlndlncwoolJ"prribably ctfrutrste their evihdeslgna.'air at Jeas't delay their accomplishment. The? will often asuoie- the parb of, virtue, ami Ulk of Chrifttiatl ubnision- 4 deco- romand jpinus rectitud;, CcoriJue" but '.Ires them witb litM8 rK( v . T. pon their v-H..i.u-an- anuu, . Ke .en m s a deck their brilliance and beauty are .not deathlessthe deep thunder of smoth ered elemental strife oflen heaves the vtdcane'a bosom arid the burning tide of lava often sears Us owtv bright ver dure. ' Well did Shaksprare exclaim: A man may anile and tmiltaud t a vit- lui It! Hut noble etcention stand out nro.n inentiy in every age, to divert the oiind fmm 'these bitter contemplations.'' Sir AValter Raleigfi once exhibited rna itattimity noble and god-like; it were alone en(iuh tn render "hit name ;1w mortal. Wishingfon wssdistinj;oish' ed for serenity of tentrrt.r; And this is probably the great secret of hi solid iudgdmtrntt'a it is unquestionably the tnuex oi a pare ami consistent xnarac-1 ter. Yet- Washington never writhed njer sarcasm or tnsult never strut ted at the hero of a -duel, tlnwh to tlu- ictoriou freemen in thebattte-neld. or itt the silent erove, suinlicatin; the benignant guardianship of the God of armies whether ilispenstnw me wis doui.vfhis vast mind to hie. compatriots in the forum, or nsigningtfie wnr,l isuTW"l1ie'lcepTfe i oTao'liifanremjiife, he was ever the same-unaweti, uniut leretl, unintiroidaieil. Bat the mind andii,' utes with minscleu awe and astoniah- ment i contemplating his character; and lhenoble sentimeiit stvelU highest itt the soul. Aare made but Of'E tuck w J, id brtkt the die in mtuMimg" Wathiurttn! crease the real of fanatics, and more the East, the West,. Questions like rapy ep remedy must D lounu in tne promul-, tngv f lie nau noMouoi m targe major gation of opposite Joctrine and untty of the North bad-not their heads til this course was adopted we could ' adtfied with, this spirit f faaattciun. look for nothinjc but a continuance of and by iudulgin too'strorigly in see- their- importunities. When ' the Re-1 ttonal feeling, we might arrav the pure puouc was in uanger, ne must look ' to anu gooa i ni portion oi me country the Dreseryalion of the Union t and anvi history, sltowa lhrdann . Why, other-view must prove fatal to its, then, should we seek to set the ball in peace. : ..v-y . . J. motion t by these angry and' etcitinp; 'The cause before the Senate he fMri! discussions? We ol the South shoe Id considered of great majrV uude and ' not be the first to assume a hosfde p- L . j; i . , ' : . I.... i.- -J .... importance, ami iience ne oiu not ue- suiun, um uc ever prrparcu tu meei sire to urge on its progress; and it danger, eome .wlwa it nus;ht, with a there.wjis no other ' motion tleired to' firm and manly front, i Would it be be made by any Senator, he would; wise 4 attempt to., still tlie wave of move to p'osipooe it to Wednesday j.the"oceaii by-rushing againsOhem? next,'witli the underfahding that the None bat maniae would dtj it.Wny, Vermont resolutwas were not to Do; tnen .artouiu w attempt rtf presented aula a latee periedi he was anxifMis for a' calm and deliberate' e prei(Mt from Ihe Senate, before th question arose in the opposite, shape, in which it hvl already been so angri ly'diaettsaed.' T ' "T' C ' '"':" ' Mr. PRKSTON spoke for same time in answer to Mr. (Jallioun. He had not ai yet hail time'' to -ennsider the resolutions; he had seen them Cur the firt time in the Globe of thi morning. Mr. P.- confessed , himself of opinion that it was now too late to reach tne extent of the evil by 4he presentment of mere abstract uHns. Nfc rv wVsfie'l ttt iretyen W aneflert; but he had loiked too ionu; at the growing extent of the evil of abolitiotr to suppose it could . be put down in any other way than by the Sou:h presenting one firm, unbroken ohalanx. - Mr. CALHOUN replied to Mr. Preston, and said Out the object he The eorreat of fanaticrsm-which has crossed the Atlantic.-(said Mr. S:j has,, we but too-plainly see, awepta way in its course tne of our sovtretgw States, and how: many room tvere (loomed .to follow, God only knew. J which we were eubiect, and ,nnviiled asptinatut when Ihev establiahed "tle Constitution, behind 'which we could entrench ourselves, and Jje safe. What need have we of any thing more, than this sacred compact which 1 hold ia my bandiie Connilwiotu . Mti S. laid -the ereatest obiection he 5'!tvyti''fM of, produvin; tafschief br the dxcuss ioHmiacliii-f by the excitement that nut neremrilr We created in dipninz inta .these . dimnieiitig topitf " The proper course lor the south, was, as .a. . - a . a a - I ' r the senate; but then h nan preacnen . ment upon tne- ousiness anq tuseri to 'vUide3av-wsahw'Vgrt the - n u estion, in any form or ha pe. thai rendered it daa;;eroua. The Sen ator was ptrased to quote, the alien a no sedition law; but in hi .Mr. S'aJ u- pimoR, there waa no analogy; .there were cert-tin truths about -whivh ? it tn1ht'b satngrbui i tii Ifeuson. "Why addrasi a packed jury, or reason with a madman? Of all species Vf madness, there was none, more dangerous than the madtiertof fanaticisui. .To reason, trnro, with those creatures was to cast pearls before swine.-. The argument uiad br all parties, would ea forth and act ditfereut v on di If.-rent minds; and we all know the anxiety that la oant- a . ia1 -w, . . a .t : leatett by a certain let to near wuai is siiinen in relation to this matter. A Xttatmg ihU tteiMia ia -any shape was ruinous io Ihe South It was like thai game played on the uniortonjte ight: Mieadt I win, tail vou lose. If we succeed, by our discussion, in convinc ing our Northern brethren, what be comes of our homes after the poUon haa reached. that quarter, lie repeat . .,. , a , l i it -iv. Mrm' .A j Our, forefathers .eawr the dangejraJd that it woultf have an incalculably mischievous e(lH that we hal every thing to lose, and nothing to gain. - -The quest on waa then taken on the postponement to Wednesday next, and carried. From the Petersburg- fiue!li;eieer. Air. CLAY. .4TkNtkoAUieUjgenMt.A iahed a correspondent between Mr. f . "A""1" .A.ImM.iil timidation, ahg.es' and torruution. be came the order of the day. I oh1 a-, luaxod at the- la y I ens actl of the Exe cutive. 'Taking courage from the i punity which attended its career, and ' proclaiiuiiijr the - fallacious Uctrin' that-the "uc(feifut isaoe'hf everr ss Irttioti was, a. popular. approvaj. of lt.. pievtoua measures ami piev ous opttv., ions of the Exerutieatltrre seemed to. benontt or bounds to its encroach- , menta. The expressed will of ihe Hep- '. resentatives of the People alid, of th f States was openly; condrnmed; an im poi tant proceeding, of vilal iufluence " on the -JCoitatitaiion and 'the public ' welfare, wan adopted hear the ,coni?rr" menceinent of a sesiwun of Congr,-' f ;' wi'Ji the known puqioa'of prvjeii tit'ig; f y, it legislative couti!eractinn'ana WWe.t"' .! whii h had packed ui!i Houses with j : " remarkable coucuirencf, have been . " y w'thlu'ld, ihere is too much reason to : ' ' believe, with the motive of preventtngr ... s I the exeicise of the t.alutary restiictioit . - J - ' in the Coiibtitution upon tlje power ot ? t!u veto. .Ainidxt H these arbitrary? acts and proceeding a few faithful f Senatnrs, annually tliini.nii.lied, lifted up their wawu4u4-iiheeded-oices, v I did not indeed despair; but I con- ; fes that I fvlt greotly discouraged. It aemvd a if ail -thejv cautious, checks of t.he Constitution were sub-t erteoVra tlu. iJia,;Rf pu Vic rwa j, lose:f"'- : wt li.hed a corresp Clay and a committee of hi political friends in New Yoik. We have mil , . for" the detail... but offer two ex room 4he 4tad beforebserved, to remain sill,T tracts from ihe letters of Mr; .Crff he following from a letter (Uted 8th Au gust, give v. view if tho Presidency and pay no attention to the movement of r these idle fanatics. When these had in view was to test the State ofyabolitiou movement came from a high. IN SENATE. ThurtJuy, Dec, 3. MB. cALHOt'N'S nESOLUHONS. Mr.CAi' UOUN said, ia calling up 4hese resolutions, it wa not bi inten- at thi'prearrat time, to enter into repel such oli . a 1 a. m M.:t i.r mere it iw ITiiUVIIO ea naeaw- , , 1 ISC VIS eV SSV If.' entl to all points, tW "7. T.iconfederacjr.tonsis.ea - ree, sovereign nd - independeak ;-f each vested, with supreme and J"di' nutable ritrhts! Some there were, Ikv - ever, who considered this a great Na tional Republic, niade. op of individu als, with right common io an, oi mis class might be deemed the party term ed Abolitionists, in the-Norlh. It wa the. object of these rrsoluitons to bring forward the fact, and display, them in their true light. , He wished the deep deliberation of everr Senator, a he desired to make the question, on their rejection or adop ion, tttst question. All present, ever Senator, without e'xeeption, had confessed shimdf op posed to the lanaticai iioctrtne oi aoo liftorTet the South had no rallyitiR . . i. j.. i. ..l L t, .,.... point on wnicn io aiaimi ", mmiu theif measures were justified by a great portion of the North, jet there was a mong them another party, .ealt in the cause ol Abolition, cnimin-r aiouu under the sacred li&ht of lietilioti. Many, doubtlcs, w ere driwn into that feelinz itt the Senate to the extent of the limit proposed in the resolutions. He (Mr C.y 'had already stated that his own mind had long since been nx ed; he had long seen, and still feared, (hat the South must find the remedy within herself. He had also tted that the resolution presented common ground. He would not be understood, however, as establishing a ground on which to meet the Abolitionist. It was that oo which the opposers of the doctrine coahl meet He, for one, and he hoped he had a ready response in the bosom of every Southern man, would h3'1ogcr meet1 in argument fa- fnatus that youlu tioiate any moral anu Uimticav tsji n c I ing-vvr mrf-. w. v end.r It was the test ground o which to u eci i e tn - wh a t - tnaon v r - the -oou tu waa to as.ci t her rights. er source, he wou.ld point; to the run tiiution, and that Under that 1nWru meirt our-mieia,are-aratrtie Vermont lteount nairderaat.TnlWflw-rv,aron iwvjaxtrfwoTfanv; Mr. PRESTON made aUort reply o i.aiuoun. tn oojec non io the jiiiV'Pduction of the resolution was, that they allowed ground for. discus sion; ano tht the subject ouxht never t he all.weJ let fn" Iall of the Lej-Wativ: Asriu'y. vwa .always to be taken for graniet. y tuesouui. Again: what would "tract proposi i;n, ,.f thia naiure tflecf? He had them in the decalogue, bill am tney prevent crime? - 4 v '. Mr. STRANGE said that no meas ure could be considjrjejT chil ' PT when wives, hildren, property all that was dear to wWtV waantjtake; Could he be otherwie Uhan excited (saitl - Mr. ' S.J when thl subjejet is brought on the tapis. .He fell, sorry that Ihe resolutinns had been introduc ed; wis true he had been cotisatled, hut his mind had not yielded assent. mat tne itre;-wh; in the first instanrwer conjertotoe in their triews. Ijatev er midit be the diversity trf opinion, of this gnat country, on olher poiuls, on me- maicr nw i ..... could disaeree.. ; These resolutions, if adiipted. would present ground where all could stand, anu express meir reai opinions without trenching on or aHVct Ing the right on other points.-' With regard to the right of slavery his opin ion was unalterable, and he held it an insult to , have t hi rigli'U attacked on ihe quetion, lie hoped the Senate would tak sufficient time to discuss ralnilv the subject, "and that each Sen- atwV would expre's his' individual to-. . .- -,. - - ' '- - pinion. '.-, .. , . . . He did not desire, them to pass by a bare majorriy; he, wished theoi to pats by a unanimous .vote; X that .as it might, however, ne wouiu repeat wnaj ( he had before said,' that he wished it 1 lo be conshlered a fesf . quulion.s, ,l these proposition , were rejeclet;, Ihe Senate) will av aaid Io th1. South "come her no lonzer for rre-,iecilon;' by such a tote the Senate ySouId legal 17.0, a continuance of there) assaults.- If," on the contrary, the wire adopUn', it would be a holy plefiee of that body to frrotect it from f'jrther aisression; but i( postponed oe eluded, it would "oe inconlrovertible 'evidence of Jle on wiUrnenesi of 4?,Senate express n oprnion; . itu corlrq'tenily 1 mut le ConMHcrvr, g tlteni ncjie.ciit; in , insultefciffred to! 8outhef rcht ahd 8thein' feelins:-:lf adopted, they ...W h-ve a aaluUrf effef in Iran- quiUiiog the public mind-VHe 1o..ked uJ resolutions .-Io create an a wakeninzspiritjn the fntry in fat or ..r sUm r.matitution I hoVtdea that aelf by the adoption of the resolution. which en a former occasioor-had been read in the Senate, and by the preen tat'oin of them' to this body, had forfeit' ed her claims to respect. He wa wil ling to believeTTtiaT afnty rTir citizens were opposeo to meir- adop tion, and that by some loftattoo cir cumstancet, her - Le"ilatur had be come momentarily filled with abidi tionists! He hoped for her everlatting credit that the result of her earliest de liberations, would be to 'retrace her tract therrrrowleMment so far as he is concerned in it. Having said this much upon the gen ration came.. :.i ; Ju.tico anJ liberalkv required t'iat it slum Id be judged by it acts aau meat ., uret; but, as d resolved to cut nff all J done from the lvo.de, the new Pre- id entj aoott -annooncrtl-r his purpose rr be to follow in the lottteps of hi im- media e predceaaor; and he hasXtith,,: fully trodden in them I ; Hi eye and . hi ear appear to be directed mote to- , wards the Hermitage than turoeu t , thaJplj. Jnd ilieir u Biii uig. You are pleased to honor m with your conn-lence and attacttment, to appreci ate luahly my public services, and ,to deire to place tne in the hijtest sta tion of the Govern mtnt. , f; ant pri foundly grateful to you and to alt oth er Iriemi who clierikit towanls me sitnilar feelinz aod sentiments. . For several year I have not looked Io the event of my beinf plcet in the of' lice of Chief Magistral as probable; my ieelinga and inclination have, taken a , different direction. Whilst I in not insensible of the exalted honor of directed to be prenter;S.; con- ft" ng' too higiest -office in the jrrfrffi eluded, by observing that he wasQgy', "Ma-mflc-. 1 Jatavaltrou't4t .v.. cidedly in favor of voting against the reception of all petitions, memorial, or resolutions, femne from whatever quar ter they nnht ) in relation to the sub ject of slavery i -; -.V; m- ;.---j-' . 31r. SVF r aai'd b had observed, as well during the present as at previ bu discussion, that unpleasant allu sions had beeD mad to the resolutions which he had oBVred, and improper re flections past upon the- Stat of, Ver Intnl. lit trusted renllemeh Would forbear any further allusions, either to j tne oocuinente or tne state trow wnicn they emanated, during the present dis cussion, antt whichaiimaojJestl on, a liHerent subject, t Ile'ithoexht ' it buldbi ttiut enbugh vhen the me-j niorial. from hi State anould be brought before the euate, which, in accordance wVh a notice lie had previ- vusly given,' he ahould do at an early date.. ' - - : i Mr CAJH0KN: jaid , the ; Senator kin -Ira -WIl -f -1110100 liwawT0lE and he wished to avoid it from the bot- was avertv ti iw Ui' um.b of tlitt inn, of 1'. anu 1. When a memorial had been presented from the Grand Jury of this District, fiiayirig that alavery might not be abidished in. the Distriev of Colambis, he had voted against the orinline of lhat memorial, simply be cause he did not wish the question to Ko before the world. If the North sets ,u the example of excitement, why did ve follow it? S far a he was coh cerned, he agreed with the whole spirit ,.f ih. ranluinna but Still did . Oflt wen iy - " ' . - a t.;nt ihem autTicient to meet the txA eeney ol the caser vHe was opposed.fo theif postponement, because it wjuld reault iii a Inn-tahd protracted i?scus ".;.a, Sn whiVh the eouth couhl not fail W be the sufferer. Let wlitever " ac tion be har Olion them, ,n this'ques- ' - a. .'. ' . A t el. I ttoit. as in all otners oj. magntintie, inci greatest gol muft Mulj from the most subject; bo was vve-ry tuiorlse) but he ourht to vrtunh ' tf.t the abolition-. ita, not t the 'yfctiders of the sove reignty of thr States. Was it not bet ler to meet tT4e quesfioo a. little offen sively than rot to meet it at all? With regard to ;lie doctrine of the Consli lution, til1 might be welt acquainted with tUern; and yet how were they, ob served? Was the South to sit stdl & set thefConslitution ; trodden ander loot, and It principle assailed? Would it not be better to try and rat y arounn that body alt who were' orthodtx, in their political adherence? Look to the alien and (edition taw. Wa that mea sure defeated by titling still, and quo ting the authority of the Constitution? WK -not rather by a erie of brief, summary, - and abstract resolutions? By that straight-forward,- manly course we would protect our own' righti.anu n.a.e aelinn.: M A tumtrHinemeilt. tho' W W definite, wrroli Oe acluslty, in thelat thesSam ti.no shoOf that tt wa our views of ouopP'n-'qu',MBn1,,rM ,J,,ffeBd ttt 'V1 defioite -ne? and wa iS.tJ M much hnded down ton. by our forefather. frood yielded to sbolitionila. Vrliat ffood afcked 'Mr, S.V would, re sult, if the reaolutioni were ultimatelyj adopted? - Come wlrcn they would tie should cWe them hi cordial support. ' What did they let forth out aoMraci principles, to wnicn ioe rouin i.aa a-am and again certified? Ahat bulwark of defence w.is needed stronger than the Constitution itself? 'Everf movement on the pait oHhe orj tit qui y gave an ditionai strength to 'her opponent. The wiest, nay, her e)nlf ai eoerget U remain quiet; ih'ough VrP"' thW same lime, to rrtitt all sggresion. TheeinVstinntwas nirt. Iil hi mind.' a sections! one; but rather one in. which -1 1 ? trL' a- fiL ,1-.nf aa a A at tt I B BV fM . . . . - - . a At T akssaei Vll aft U' IflAUC UD i OllVEYCtll I " "- " - " " J " " " I MM IfcClFWWl " " . . r - V,Vl .1 I J al.i T ela I tAi MH wiUvUJ V-? : 7'V r-' ptrtteiid of jhdivjduala, tendeo . w.? He wished 4hee -resolutions by no mean to be considered al strictly a Southern measure. ' He hoped that the . t . a a a 1 e vnte that wouia oe given upon inem, would V northern and. western, as well as southern vote, and he appealed to the honorable Senator whether. atronf vole would hot tenl to restore. throu-renut tlie .Union, lhat confidence o . - . . . . . - a to nturh to be desired, and whether t would not also , have a tendency to avert, thi fatal itide of fnricim?j! Mr. M HAHUK aid tnt he nao already jdedged ItimHoIf tove Ibe resolution Ui ordialUfipofVcMfne ob when they- would 71 iThe Senator from South Carolina charged Jiim wit preachinr to one side, J- Perhap he had . Ler-nonited, too long for the prwne of Httlionj -. v .vv' ' - . , sought retirtroieot from 4he cares of public life) oi l though I have not been fully able to gralifiy. thi diaposilion. I am. In Uio enjyinent or com para live rejiosr, and. liHiking anxiously forward to more. I ahould ' be . ex tremely unwilling, without the strong est reason, to haisrd litis tranuiliiy, and tp:belhowti :iilh lurtuoit of a ,, rresiuentiai canvas,: Above all, I am most tlesirou not o seem, as in truth ' I am not,.: inipoi tuiiate for any public- olfice whatever t nevertlietes. if I were persuaded lhat a inujoritr of my iuiiow.ciiiz.ent wiriieu io a.sign tn to thfir highest -ciecutive office, tliatsens otduty by which T have ev. er - been gui4.'d - w ould proiwpt Imm)i enee, to their will; candor however, obliges me to say that have not seen sufficient evidence of uch a wialu; v "P.utertaining ttee feelings and sentiment, and having reolved to oc eupyji pofition ufjjerfectriasKivenest, lutioo.- bhould a IXational Conven tion of the friend of reform, nominate any. other person, he hall have my hearty wishes for hi success, and my cordial : support; anil before the .as- semb'ing of such a Convention, if one should be agreed opon there maybe such demohstation tf the popular will aa clearly Io tract the line of duty to wards our common country." ' . Ia a letter,' replying jto a congratu atory tpisll of 1 be New York Com- niittee, written jfust after the glorious Whig triumph in that Stale, we find .'i e II , ! .1. t .1 me loiiowing wigoiy , anunaieu minia ture history of the time, through which thi nafton has receutly passsed. n . . ' . '.i t e-.. l ntre it iruin in every woro oi us "It Hs true, genilemen. t augges td by you.', that! bate lived ni an age i ol .evoiiiiiirn .anugreai-etteui. at home, and abroad, ueedy , auectmg larze portion . ol. the human race. - 1 hoae in our own country have natuiai y most interested us. . We have been acting not lor ournelves and posterity onlv, but Jill mankind are concerned in ih iuccesfuLiue of the great experiment of seu-rovernment conu ded to 'our rarr. 1 batO watched. inereiore, winimvense antieiy, me progress and the developeinent of our system vv hen I, beheld, nine yeara ago, tne reopte oi mis country unpen ed by enthusiastic gratitude, placing their Executive Government in hahds Which had only bfen accuiitomed to wield, the awor.,1,' I trembled, for;, thl fate - of our. tree intitution. . My 1 worat fear wrrertnor lhan rrealied L. ' I r. I LI. C I I DT.'.ine AliminisixaiioiT -wnicn rvmng Blow after blov fell upon the Consti tuiiun; jupcrimcnt.. weeeedod expert uBu-nurUveiamerJliaftk QoJra''" 1 - is at hanlT1ie Poopl the deceiv- an. Liis aouaeu. iim tieiraveu rennie !. - v- 7 - . . ' v . . . r . . have risen in their iu.je.ty, ami by - uioiiatration whtch utinit he iuisud- sto.id, or. perverted, hae pronounced in a voice of thunder lh doom of Ex . 7 per'.m.-nts nd LExperimini't. Tliey " ; have again .signally Vindicated their . t apicity for aelf-government, and -S marked the limit byotul which madt ties and folly dare not proceed. . t . .. UrotTfudi ami thaukt to live Peo- ' plel Most of all, gratitude and thank' to the people of New ' York! They. . ftav hwli thewwelve vorthr of lh proun ana prommeni position -ynicii . . .K.arf .,A. l.a k ' 4 sit .., tPntrtrAel. racy; fW. -LI:i;, -V-.T? r-r :,V;. . Tht ifaoA. We re oftentime f . " sprprued at ihu ignorance of -Bernkhig J " ' . . operation exhibitedjby persona other- . wie well iilormd,; and Occupying : situation (o opiiiiuii. a At on . mot., we- iiar it boldly prut l iim-if, that lint Bai4u of Nwili Cai'oliua should Ue cuiniit lled at once to resume epetfe, paymatt re :rUea. or. the, continued su.p-eution .'.f the Bihkl of other State. .Such' neraon .em to Jiare -fiirotieit that' ourJJjiik those ia the g Hid '-tluue-.ao,..aHtl .p a meauio of (ecjiou agiii.t th.it diiiii Irmn - abroad which wuuld instantly have Wen cjtiu- - -menced, and would .not have. topiid wlulst a dwlUi' rem tinud hi their vauUev W -lava lieietofoic thor . ifla evil lljaJouluyeJiu Jiiljr auapeiided because y g -ent coinioerTTaT ctuej" ft pMltatt p Cffplt lirJTOJielar eavbjr Ha aia? effort to breast the storm thatjiad pro- trated nil other IlinktwIT'I-. - . :,But thj ilatest exhi'ritibrt of thi ' ignorance that -we have. eeo, U, the: idea that our-Baoks are fattening on,, thu public tlistres.es, ami that it. i their interest that the prescot state of v, things i(houIiJ last, No lung ca J be', further from the fact, ; IVotpt iou ,. time are Ihe huryent f llieflanks, as of every biwly rlsef and not only do " they suffer by the ''ucca'onatinvofve'ii- ry of a debtor, in ' adverse time," Jwit they are obliged to contract their oner-'" atioti and ca 1 In t.R-ir outstanding capital, to b'pi'Pr,d for a return to" specie payments. Tbit it the actutil. condition of our Banks. 1 lliey lTv'" diminished their iiusines Immense!, r and of course their profiuiq proportion, : Io prepare themselves lor that event The stocklfoldvirs; moreover,, nyinjr. of . wlsuiivareiw'ulow and ctiLltlreii, ar , deprived .of their dividend. . And s yet in the fare oHhetrfacts, it ia as ; " terted that 'the Bank desire' the con. ? litiuance of the pi esent state of things. It would really eern - to be tow rid- v . ' iculous an assertibn ' to need- refuia- . lion; but th botduesk with whirji it ?1, it attired,' and the pronenes ol Ihe ; public to shuffle off all the evil of the i timet upon the BsnL', wsy justify a notice of the ubjvct,it which. ' former; acquaintance with ..Banking r operation ha rendered u totnewhat '. familiar "r, - fVEioaATiio Ihdums. Thrt- a it u Gaitelt' notice' the", arrival u -Little Bk of fce Itteanier KtntUckwrt with 800 Chickasaw Indians; the wf--ctr," with 800. - Creeks; the D Ka b, ' ' with 500 more, anf t!i John JSeiian, T,t . 1 ," - A .e xperU witb Urj ttumberJ ' - - f i --y.V ''A V vjanfjxmtmffSSgjf m 1 r - C r e ..a,-a..

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view