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6 r . . yi'U. It would bare na lavort to confer npiMi l ly.enVa the payment of a it de!lwtay be regarded.' Jftlit net of drawing apoa it owa fond to 15 debt jaill make the Treasary f;Jtk, every man is a banker. i Hut l starn to the subject of a t-.l- nflha Utitil State. When I J.jrL-Jit abiBilfftawJ to ite fate by all par tie. I came to fhe-ewacluaion that the . f eiset course itiat could be, pursued V- ' hject would be . to let evo- jry ntber expedient be fall aod-fairly ' " i.iel before any - attempt aboold bt :- . smade to incorporate another. Uq: the public miod can be brought, .tain Knglaod, to regard tttchabank U a national JiutiUtton. tupported by all parties alike.it wift alwaye be a par- rent, of the clurtei t 7 it encme. renewal of tlte charter at the end of every 0 orSO jreait, would be almost -. ma a I la diaouted succession in a - f m ..i...i;ii. . f"1 niAwt ksinful all irortatet it the reform of the currency. 7 --' by 4he agency of a National Bank, af " erevral vetrtof unrestrained and ex- reVte bank Usee. Such was the case " il in I8i9-20 ami ouch would be more - ' decidedly thecal now. Such dread fil rewe-ties ire not la be .used every day. And I ean ?afclf are with pa. ticne manv of those who : co-operated with (en. Jrkon, in destroying the lite Dtok when it is unpopular, now contending forthl establishment nf an other, jn heir distrcM hat turned the yuUlic opinion in favor of a National lank, under the rain and delusive ex peetttion that it will relieve them from their pecuniary embarassments. Noth ing Could prove n re conclusively that sliatres ia t adHresoner, thairihat inle wh. are 4 involved in debt tjiould ecnet to be relieved by. aa Institution. Its very first office wo.ldJe In eorrect a redundant rur rineyTi aeeTiow this "would be performed. Abank of fifty " millions wutd probibly issue at least thirty millions of it own bills, T'nia would increase the existing redundancy, and . course render it necessary for the Stale Banks to curtail their issues so much the more. In fact, if Nation al Bank performed its duty, ita entire operation at4Ui, would be to Increase -"-the pressure upon the State Banks.and . . through these ditrpes of the peo ple. a a a Mm Nothing hat surprised ma more Than that the State Bartk ahould in tome uoartera of the Union look tot Na tional Bank, as a means of relieving ".them. On the contrary so far aa thev 'are concerned, the National Bank would be worse than an independent Treasury, with the specie feature as it is railed. The public monies would be of course deposited in the National i Bank. New we know that although the late Bank of the United States was very liberal in ill dealings with the Slate Banks, fbey ware .constantly - complaining that when their Villa were deposited by the treasurer in that . bank, it habitually demanded the tpe cie for thenfMr orafU upon distant points tliat were equivalent to apecie. This grew out of the common usages of lianas, ana me oungauun oi uie imh to place the funds of the Government where they might be wanted. For ex ample, the Government collects halt a million of revenue in Charleston, in the local bills, and depositee them in - the Branch of the United States Bank. These funds are wanted at Norfolk, and aa 8. Q, VtU will not answer , there, the branch deaaacda tptcl or a draft on Norfolk which ia perhaps aa cesUy to the local B4ok. ... Upon the whole, then,., .though I be- - - - lieve a well regulated and well con atractcd Bank ol the United States the beat meant of securing abound and niform bauk paper currency, I should regard thif ettaulitUment of a National Bank under- the existing auspices, as highly dangerout, and calculated to increase instead of diminishing the pe- cuniary embarrassments of the coun- . try. A to the Independent Treasury System, so far at it proposes to with hold the . public depositee from the Banki, rentirely approve of it. Thue . far it it simply an abandonment of the Pet Bank System, which all parties have condemned, and our fatal experi ence hat confirmed the sentence. The objection that it increases the patronage , ' and influence of the Government, is wholly without foundation. I believe on theTvtraiy; that the powerV the executive" to, avlect favored banks at discretion, to receive the Government funds on general deposits, would give it, speaking within bounds, one hun- . dred timet at much patronage and in fluenee at the appointment of any prob able Dumber , ol official -depositories ajreeld eonfiu. . - , Aa to the requirement that all duet to Government shall be paid in specie exclusively, I have been opposed to it from the beginning, believeing that it would incresM that pressure of the timet, and render it more difficult for the Bankf to resume apecie payments. At far at it goes, it would tend to di minish both their meant and their mo tives 4o resume, though I believe its effect both for good and for evil, have been excessively over estimated. Mr. " Calhoun contends that the Billt of the Banke derive their principal credit from their being received by the Gov cTome'nt, which he regardt aa an en dorsement by the Government, and Mr. Wcbttae-mnd others, aeiiinjt upon ?ks idea, drew the inference that if sfce Government withdraws, this en wncment, Bnk wfdit will be entire- !y antuhilatedi Xowl tbinl Wth the premisea of Mr; Calhoun, and the con clusion of kit eppooenU. extravagant. A practical view of the operations oi the Treasury will make una plain. Though the annual revenue shodld be thirty millions, fand it ought not to be , mpxe a! thtaliiJtUeB woaldtvat bs.'at any one time ia ihe Treasury, or in the hands of collecting and disUurs ing btTicers, more than "five; or- tix mil lions of dollar. , Of course five or six millions of money, whether of metal or paper, would perform the fical opera tions of the Treasery. Suppose fust, that the Government receive thit turn ia bank notes can it be conceived that the Government, by receiving aix millions of the paper of the batiks, lo cated where the Government revenue it collected, can operate as an endorse ment riving credit to the one hundred and fifty million of bank psperof the various banks throughout the United States or on flie other hand, that the withdrawal of this endowment by re fusing to receive the six millions of bank papet, will destroy the credit of one hundred and fifty millions ol that pa pr, which undrr no circumstances, would evvr reach Ihe Treasury? Un doubtedly the banks located where the revenue is collected are greatly benefit ted Jy the receipt of of their "bills by the Goernient. The exartiun of specie in payment of this revenue.wouhl with drsw his benefit but I cannot per ceive that a corresponding - benefit would acrrue to any body rlsn. To the opjection that the receipt of bank bills violates the clause of that consti tution which implie that the revenue ba!l be collected in a uniform curren cy. I will tmly-sajr that if -specie is a aiform currency, so are bills that can t any moment converted into spe cie. To be sure it unnt as safe,, but the Government mav demand specie at any momfnt when iHiis esiise to ap prehend danger. But though 1 am oppiis ed to exacting speceieexclusively.t have been very anxious to see Treasury bills, or certificates bearing no interest, sub stituted entirely in the place of both spe cie and bank bills. To accomplish this result.it would be necessary to provide that nothing shall be received in pay ment of duet to the Government but thit Treasury paper or specie. The result would evidently be that Verr little would in fact be paid but Treasury paper.f fins would be a very great improvement in the first operations of the Government, and 1 regret that Mr.' Calhoun did not make it a part ot his rlan, instead of merely suggesting it. t would have entirely removed every rationaf objection to the specie feature of pit scheme. It hat been wholly misap prehended by Mr. Webster and his sssociates. At I believe I was the first person in the! United Slates to tuggett it, I will Itow briefly explain my view of it. It it not designed to furnish a general currency, but merely a currency for the fiscal operations of the Uovernment. I las it its essential character, and it results from it that no more of thit paper ought ever to be is sued than will perform this function. At I have heretofore taid, the present revenue of the United States would not probably require more than aix millions of currency tn perform all the offices connected with it, from the mo ment of its collection to that of its dis bursement. Congress should, there fore, authorize the issue of this, turn, and no more, and it should be, made reissuabje indefinitely. The value of thia paper would be derived, not from ita irredeemability, as bank paper, notes, but from its receivability by the Trcajwry. and from the amount being limited to what wilt be actually ab sorbed ia receipts and payments of the Government. 'Nothing can be more simple and safe and economical. In the first place it would . .be equivalent to the creation ot six millions ot spe cie, which would cost the country nothing, and yet answer the purposes of its lYeasuryft think, better tthan tpecie, and much better than bank pa per. If the Government were to use specie, besides costing the country just six millions instead of nothing, it would create a pressure on the banks, and would be a medium much mure af fected in the uniformity of its value by the ttate of the foreign exchanges than thit Treasury paper. - The rice and fall of foreign exchanges would not af fect this paper at all, as it can circa late ia thit country mtly. This would be a great merit,-giving it in this res pect a decided preference over specie or bank bill. If the Government were to use bank bills besides being precisely at cottly a medium at specie, it would expose the Government and People to the hazards of bank insolvency or bank snspension. Moreover tue transmis sion of funds from one point to an other, which is very embarrassing to the banks and disturjting to the exchangee. where the Government uses bank bills, would produce no such effects, where Treasury paper ia need. The truth it. then, that the question comet to thit, thtli the people or the u. Ma lea use their own credit, which costs them noth ing, or that of the Ba&kt, which costs at much at tpecie, aa the medium of the fiscal operations of the common Treasury? If thia be the question, as I think it it, no patriot can hesitate in deciding it. To call this Tresury pa per continental money or French atslgnanta, would be justly regarded at an absurdity, if it had not been done by a man of Mr. Webster's char acter. If the Government were to at tempt to make this paper a substitute for re venae, instead of mere the mrdi- m of collecting.by maVing it the meant of effecting a permanent loan even of 20 or SW million, t would nettanly depreciate, as it will carry no mtemt and wotid be justly liable to the above odious compariaoa in -a dgree propor tioned Jo ita excess. The Treasury hnt kiuful al the. exlra.,raesaiaa. not withstanding atl the unpatriotic efforts of the Banka and of mere party poli tician to depreciate them, performed the fnuctjons of a Treasury Currency perfastty welL These notet were paid out in the first instance to the pulic officera and public creditor!, passed into the hands of those who htd to ply money to the government aad thence back into the Treasury. About aix liiillmns of them, I think, perform ed lite whole operation of collecting and disbursing the revenue. Since the attempt of the New England federal ists to destroy the credit of the country by denouncing aa immoral and irreli gious those who would lend money to the Government, I have never witness ed any thing in the conduct of any partr more revoltinz to my tense of patriotism, than the efforts systemmati call r madelo depreciate the credit of the Treasury notes issued at the extra session. What shall we think of the patriotism of men, whocould publicly express their exultation that the irre deemable paper of Banks was above the par of government paper? Politi cians who have placed the hope of ad vancement upon the combined influ ence of the banks, or have invested their private fund in them, teem to regard the interest of the people at large as of small consequence when It comes in conflict with that of the banks; and the real ground of the opposition to Treasury paper is, that it supercedes as proianto the use of Bank paper, and thus limits the field for bank circula tion. I consider the-Constitution al - objee tion to this Treasury paper as unfound ed. Surely the government can re ceive any thing it chooses, in payment of its debts, even if it were brick bats, provided they are of uniform value, and this paper will be much mote uni form than bank paper, and I think, than specie itself. It certianly doet not become those who maintain that the government should receive bank paper in discharge of its dues, to deny its right to receive its own paper. The only power eir rased by the govern ment would be the agreement to receive the paper. lit whole value would be derived from this. Its receipt by the public officers and creditors will be voluntary, and of course no objection can be made to it, by those who have clamored so much against paying these gu. ci mucin MTurim in specie. .- i nej should tather ssy, to be consistent, "let them take those Treasury rags, if they choose) bank paper St too good for them." The objection that these are bills of credit, and therefore.' ne'iiri; stitutiona), it without even plausibility ml c. . . . ' . t'L!i.l - a ne Diaies oniy aie pronioueu irom is suing bins m credit; obviously because it would interfere with the power of Congress to regulate the currency. 1 ne phrase "bill ot credit" too con veys a technical idea which can only be understood by referring to our revolu tionary history. It meant precisely the bills of credit of that day, and nothing else. Our Supreme Court in thit State have accordingly decided that the bills of our State bank, are not bills of cred it, though they are based entirely on me credit ol the state, and constitute a larze trortion of its currencr. But the government of the United States does not propose to make these Treasury notes a general currency. It only pro poses to receive them in discharge of its own dues, and to pay them to its own customers with their content. If they go out of thit narrow circle, it ill be by theeg? will be by the agency or the parties Cjin cerned, and because they mav happen to answer better than any thing elae to transmit funds to a distance. But if the amount issued it limited ju diciously, they will toon return to their appropriate sphere of circulation. In a single word, the power to. borrow money, either upon stock certificates or Treasury notes, or in any other ima ginable mode, it expressly granted to Congress, and though Treasury notet were largely issued during our last war with England, even the New Fngland federalists, who denied the power of Congress to call the militia into the ar mies of the country, never questioned tTJ nuwer to isaue'these notes. 'lhenotiou that the issue of these Treasury notet would convert the Treasury into a bank, is purely chim erical. There is not the semblance of reality in it. It would neither re ceive depositee nor grant loana on dis counted notes. To the limited extent of it issues, it would be more appropri ate to call it a mint, as it would create, to that extent, what would answer the Purposes of the public Treasury, etterthan coin, without any coat to the people. Now, why such vehement opposition to thia Treasury paper on the part of those who are so much op posed to the exaction ol specie in pay ment of duet to the government, when it itobviout that it will supercede the ate of specie at the Treasury almost en tirely? Is it because it would al$o su percede the nse of bank bills in the ope rations of the Treasury? Can it be possible that 'any patriotic citizen would prefer the interest of a few fa. vored banks to that of the United States, and therefore, compel the gov ernment to use the credit of the Banks instead of it own in collecting and disbursing ita own rtvenuet? I am aware that minyTnemberi of, Congrrts at the North have their private inter est so deeply involved la the bank. that it it with them a question oeiwren self-interest and patriotism. ; Indeed the great controlling monird interest of ih North, existinr in the shape of bank stotktfeXfcichmdena the vehemence with which Mr.. veo ster .denounces the propoted Treasury paper aa continental money, wnen E lain common senSe dictates that if the iovernment were bankrupt to the a mount of a thousand millions, these Treaiury certfiicslet would forever remain at par. as long at the govern ment should continue to cctannu sllv an amount of revenue incient to absorb them. The sole foundation of their credit it that the Government will receive them, and that their a- mount doet not exceed the sum annually required to collect and disburse the pub lic revenue. Now when it it known that the continental money exceeded this proportion some hundred fold, the absurdity of the sussetted analogy must be annarent to those who have not a very strong interest in not per ceiving it. But I must close abrupt ly. I am on the, eve of setting out for Europe, and regretthat I have only had time to write this hastv tcraw) on to important a subject. Very sincerely, yours, UE.ll. MCUlirilb, Sam'l. A. Towxes, Esq. Praat prirat mrttt ia lh London Sportraan. THE CIRCASSIAN HORSE. The Circassian horse, who is called a Tshii,',' is a prime favorite with his owner. In elegance of make, beauty of figure sod suppleness of limb, he is in no ways inferior to the Arabian; from hit peculiar kind of training and the peculiar character of the country, I know no other of his kind who is a match for him in enduring fatigue and privations, or sure-fooexmes tn tra versing a precipitous line of territory. When the Circassian first breaks his horse, he begins by throwing a hal ter round his neck, and draws it so tight that one should infer it was his intention to strangle him. In this state the animal is dragged round and round until he is almost exhausted, or at least till his courage is supposed to be sufficiently cooled 'down; he is ridden and exercised for a short time, and in a few days becoinet as docile and obedient to his master as a dog. It would not be easy to name any part of the world where the horse is better treated, nor can any one 6e more skil ful in managing him than the Circas sian. His secret seems to consist in treating Vim kindly on all occasions: no blow it ever given him, and the consequence it that he is always full of mettle, and playfulness, and, to all teeming, more delighted to obey, than afraid of disobeying hit master. Part of hit acquirements is to swim. iandj atU'in, adroUnes In every little art ; wmcr, may assist ins masier in monntaih warfare; in lact, he ultimate ly becomes as keen and cunning, par ticularly in escaping pursuers, as if he had borrowed nit master's wits. I have frequently teen a Circassian horse lay himself down at his owner's feet, and lie at still at if he had been shot dead, while the owner concealed him self behind him, orstood at motionless as a gun rest, while his master laid hit piece upon his head, took aim and fired it off. It is incredible the com plete perception which the horse here acquires of every word his master says te him; and whatever our boasted civ ilization may have made us, we are wretchedly behind the simple-hearted Circassian in the science of treating a horse, as well as in securing his instant obedience by affectionate conduct to wards him. No wonder that it should be a rare occurrence to meet with 'a vicioue- animal in Circasxia. The horses, which are bred from their earliest age in a farm yard, are so gen tle that the very children play with them, and at soon at they are fit for use they allow a man to mount and ride them without scarcely the necessity (or applying any violent means of Dreaking them. Tht Abolition Cundidait. The New York correspondent of the National Intelligencer developea the following facts, which we recommend to the special attention of the Southern ad mirers of Mr. Van Buren, who affect to much dread of Mr. Clay't Abolition sentiments and associations: "f "The Van Buren party in thia'State are maKinir every possible ettort to cniiBi me Auoiiiiouisis against Air. Liar. For this purpose his remarks upon the slavery question are publish ed and republished in the interior pa pers, in capitals, and distorted and maimed in curious ways." Nothinz is mre amusing in thia great centre of newspapers than to read the Adminis tration paper of Alabama and Mis. sissippi, which prove him to be aa ab olitionist, and the AdmiuUtritiiinpa pert of Massachusetts, Vermont, and the New York interior, which"" prove him to be 'a slaveholder." pro slavery &c. Mr. Van Buren's frienda are cer tainty ma sicians. if he ia not. fur ih have great succes io conjuring up, not only the Mormons and Infidels to their aid, but the two wings of extreme o- Sinionton the subject of slavery. ome Abolition Van Buren ticketa are t : .l - i . w ihh in iiie interior oi mis State the cominr election, so at to tack tha Ah,. olitionista on the strength f the Ad- mimsirauon." The GREAT BRIDGE. Tat) Richmond Enquirer of Friday last contains the following paragraph in relation to the running ol the cart over the "Great Bridge between Richmond and Manchester: The msgnificent Rail Road Bridge over the James River, which we notic ed in the course of the latt week, was transportation hi in cart. esieriiaj, the carl from Petersburg passed over the Depot on thit tide, within a few J8rj j the Bridgeand after 10 o' clock two other cart passed over" from the Richmond side to the Manchester side; the first with the passengere who had just arrived, in the Northern Car and the other contained several ladies and gentlemen, who were willing to try the experiment of passing over the river on thit air built Bridget The cars glided over with the greatelt ease presenting the most beautiful views of the -surrounding landscape - to the delighted passenger. We understand the Rail Road to Petersburg has el ready been encouraged beyond ajl calculation and that-it is likely to prove a source cf considerable profit to the Proprietors, by the contribution of the passenger alone, liut ineom pletion of the Depot is calculated to in vite the transportation of produce. At present the cart will pass to and fro, twice in the 24 hours besides an Ex tra Car in lite course of the week. We COO I CSS we laite a ueep inwrn in a Comnanv. which has thruWn over the James . River, the noblest Bridge in I North America. Galvanic experiment. I'Ue Louis ville Journd mentions some striking experiments which were made at the medical institute in that city upon the body of Michael Shrimp, who was exe cuted last week for murder. The ex ecution took place at ten o'clock in the morning, and the body of the criminal, still warm, was removed fo the insti tute. -The nervetexposed as we learn from an experienced surgeon, for we know little of these things ourselves.) were the phrenic; the portio dura, r.nd the supra arbiiar the diaphragm and and spinal cord in the neck were alo laid bare, and incisions were made in the upper and lower extremities. By app'yingthc positive pole of the batte ry a nowerlul instrument excited by diluted nitric acid to the spinal cord or the phrenic nerve, and the negative pole to the diaphram both in contact with the tin foil, all the muscles tf respiration were thrown into prompt and vigorous action, producing the ap pearance of a violent effort to breathe. The neck was bent, and the head part ly raised from the table and the arms were quickly thrown up, and the chest1 at the same time heaving and sinking the subject seemed to cough, and noth ing was wanting but the sound, and the lustre of the living eye, to render the illusion complete, The negative pule ol the instrument touching the nerve of the great toe, while the positive pole was in contact with the spinal cord the fluid thus Ira versing the whole length of the body, a general tremor of the muscular system ensued, the arms were elevated, and the fingers forcibly clenched; the legs were snddenly drawn up and ngain ex tended; the head shook: and respira tory muscles were convulsed. On passing the galvanic fluid through the nerves of the face, every strong pas sion which the human countenance ran express, was exhibited in quick succes sion and fearful intensity. Rage, in dignation, horror, remorse, by turns distorted the feature of the face as the contact of the poles of the battery was broken and renewed. The Sub ject, as he lay convulsed, seemed un der the dominion of a terrific dream a prey to intense anguish unable to speak. The movements of life were mimicked with a truth which rendered tliejeffect not only striking but horrible and the spectator, while he looked upon the contracted and agonized brow the lip turned at if in scorn or deri sion: the uplifted arm and heaving chest; might also have fancied the sub ject to be in a deep disturbed sleep, and glared upon by Ihe ghost of his unhap py victim. It was a study for the painter or the tragic actor, and might have suggested to a poet a passage as thrilling as the ghost scene in Mack beth. in which the murderd Banquo rises ami "shakea hit gory lock" at the affrighted king. . From the Boatoa Mercantile Journal. Vaeoim Cu!. We learn from the Detroit-advertiser that a seciet asso ciation exists in that city, composed ol the leading officers of (tie National and State Governmenls. and other nf the Psrty, called the "Vxiox Cwbj" whose members are bound to secrecy, having made a regular constitution and by-laws, whose object is exclusively connected with party politics. It .. added that the Union Club here tpoken of. itbut a branch of the great central inquisition esteb'ished at Washington, and one of he affiliated Juntos tUt are" scattered throughout the nation. This intelligence it of tome importance, and itbehoot es every American to inquire !? aud' consequence of these affiliated eocietie-or44cobin Clubs. During the euly stages or the French Kevolotmn, when the reins of govern ment were euided bv the inf. mm let tri. umvirate, Marat, Robespierre, Dan- .v-wiitn. in tne holy name of Lib rtt and F.qwALiTT. horrid atrocitiet were committed by a people who had long been considered th. ened in Europe, Jacob, Clubb were . . nnna f dUtembating certain political doctrine, -n clubs extended over France, and it iT in these affiliated societies, thes, r on Clalti, that principles hostile to aial order, liberty, and virtue, fondly cherished, and dark deeds cl! ceived. and tanguinary plsns ad, Jm" At 4h4arvtwewbnec manity shudders. . Sir Waltk Scott, in his iif. j Napoleon, givet the following desrrin! tion of these secret societies: . Tha tf mittsrtrtr OoyejQmswratjrr; larg nisi of money to tha Jacobin t'lafc ill affiliated socialiaa, a being neceaairi u a? propagation or sound political princii'L. . clubi themaelves'ttxik opto them, ui ttr ? lage, Ihe eiarci of tha powara of ttraLlZ and while ihey aat (wearing, drinking, and il? ' kiify, essmined paatpnrts, imprieoned thiT and enforced to their full client Ihe benp -liberty and equality. 'Death T Frate,,,;.? wa uaually inacribed over their J! ' aembly, which aom onatranilated Bai my brother, or I will kill tbea.' - " l4,Thee cluba were, composed of memU raran from tha leee of the twopU. ikTt!" m'ght not in their own penone giv4 an gJ pla Oontrsilicting the equality which R! their bueincM to enforce. They war (m with men without reeource or talenta, Ihm!? warda. whom tue eenftilence of the dacehjj people wa directed, from the conviction, (i? becauae taken from among 'tbemselvre W would have tha imprest of the lower ordaraeoZ atantly in view. Their tecretariee, ho, were generally selected with aom atteaijoaTl alertneas of capacity; for on them iipeU the terrible combination which eitarHledfZ, the mother aoeiesy of. Jacobina In Paria aW into lha moat remote village of (lie ayjaTLZ? ' tanl province, in which tha nattijnnnj ,. maintained by the iufluenca of imit -J I but raotora could be either circu laird areoj. ' lecled with a speed and uniformity muth ana." " bled a whisper from Robeaperria to regulaiati,,' eeniimrnte of the Jacobina at tha moat dhttant part of bis empire (for hia it umjueiliooiW. na) fjr the space of two dreadful ycara," Such were the clubs of the Jacobins during the French Revolution. Jn ft, streets of Paris inluriateil mobs colUct. ed to execute the atrocious crimes which were rnnceived in the. darka of midnight by these satellites of ijs.' Intoxicated with blood, their cry tt still for more. They planted tlie&J. triytrte at every corner amid bornM' -blasphemies and infernal rites; andtbt unfortunate wretch who refused lo wor ship te degenerated ayfnbol of libertJ was'inafew moments, seen sntpen ed from, the next lantern pott, qk Liberty, what crimes have bea cotv milled in thy name!'? was the affi-ctin pnstrophe of the accomplidiciKMid. ame Roland, when on lief waytahs guillotine. - Such demoralizing srenes. wtlmpf, will never be witnessed on this sideaf the Atlantic. But a certain number of individuals are to.be found in erery clime and country, whose sole sit is ti destroy social .rder, disorganiKe tin whole system of government, proscriit virtue and talent, and riae to ilistinc. tion amid scenes of anarchy and blood shed. ' . - AHiliated societies, onder the pops, lar appellation of HiokonV Civbv : were, a few years since, established different parts of the Union; and cret meetings held in others, foril.t pffrpT)serje vising means to diisrsii- ; nate certain political principles. Jlitl- . or j trttt were also planted at the e.ar ners of streets in country villages and in populous ci'ies, with profane right, and amid the loud liu.zas of the excit ed mob. But s a departure from the honest simplicity of our ancestors such a violation of true republics, customs uch an approach lo Jacwbin ism, to anarchy, to revolution, ws -t sanctioned - by public opinion, and Hickory Clubs soon became unpnpulir with every party, and were abalidite throughout the land. ': , Let us hope that the attempt which individual are now making to rei thee JacObiuical meetipg. under t name of Ukion Clubs, will meetwj a similar fate. They should be ! ' noonced by every honent msn at dm gerowi assemblies, Whicli, if vnuttiplied anil continued, will sap the tutinuaitori . of anil overthrow nor free institution' It is possible that honest, well-meaning men, prompted by political entha siasm, may join these political club, not aware of the evilt which mT spring from their esabTiInnef they should turn to the page of history, which records the doings of these le cret political essembliet in all age, and especially note the deeds of lift Jacobins during the reign of terror,sn4 reflect that they are, perhaps, seltior ; current in motion the velocity of whid they will, not have power to check, , which may', sweep Jlieraelv -pmpertie apd live of their chMff". down ititojlie dark abytt of dcttr tion. . . . T . I From th Danville Heporter. KT The Ediltirt of the Mifti Spectator appear to be exceedingly anxious to fiud out the author of tht letter to the Greeosborouglr PatrkV and threaten to "take by the throat ll uhcircuincised dog and clip tiff both his ears with a pair of theep ihear. "Which ia the villian? Let him!' exclaim the pugnacious Editor, "i. who we take it. feel quite wolfish ah"' theeart. We hone the writtr of ,' aforesaid letter will come forward afford the gentlemen an opportunity J letting off their tteam, and if they d not teem likely to get cool, fast enough, that he will help to fart . them Inte comfortable state. We dislike exceed ingly to tee our neighbors suffer ,M much from pent op wrath. ' ' Stopping just at thi point, to tax' pinch of excellent snuff, with our box abounds, we are foreiblT re minded of the luckless little Frenchman whose "Tabatiere" having been left ' roam whicU watocenpietf by iotna f I
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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