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: ; ' ' : 1.1AU ; UU " " F I! Ml Hi I . - ' i I !-:- VWAVAVSsy v V-'W AVMIV ;j I U V. I : ll-fli'"!!! II I'll I H I I ':('-: TOL. 1. f cjringtottaui Qa&km .flag. PCBLlStfEt) WSTEKLY BY JAMES B. SHELTOK. .JAMES A. LONG-, Editor. Terms : S'2 a year, In a ranee j32.50 ftHer six months, and 3iO0 after twelve months from date of subscription. . Ilates Of Advertising One dollar per square (fourteen line's) for the first week, and twenty-five cents for every week there after. Deductions made in favor of standing ad vertisements as follows : 3 M03THS. 6 MONTHS. . 1 YEAR. rw cnuare. $3.f0 $5..'U $8.00 t 7 (JO UVW ' . - f4.O0-1 Three " (i col.) 10.00 15.00 20.00 Half column. 18.(J0 25.00 - 35.00 Occasional renewals without additional charjre granted to those who advertise regularly through the year. Three dollars for announcing candidates for of fice. Court orders charged 25 per cent higher than the above rates. Orders for divorce of husband and wife, $10 each. 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The sectional differ ences which have heen for years "increasing between the North and the South, foster ed by the panderings of old political parties and by a system of actual political rewards from the Pierce administration, have grown so alarming as to present to the patriotic mind of the country the necessity of some efficient check in order to prevent the con sequences of disunion disunion in feeling and sentiment, and finally a disunion of States which are dreadful to the contem plation of every true American. A considerable portion of the oIlI Whig party, and perhaps a still greater portion of j tjic Democratic party, regard, or affect to J regard, such alarm as causeless. Manv of their leaders meet it with ridicule and abuse I expressed in the arogant style of men to whom power has Keeo'me 'a'TSE'Cdnd nature. Intent upon the pursuitof a course of policy such asjias been pursued by each party for years, and which may now very truthfully ! fbo no ! in, and the Outs out and some of these leaders can not, and others vill not, see the dangerous verge which our institutions are approaching. Besides those actually and deeply disaf fected towards the confederacy, (and we apprehend their name is Legion,) we have among us large numbers of men ambitious of preferment, but knowing no paths there to except the beaten tracks -of party old political party tracks old office mousers : bound by the long and strong ties of hab it and self interest to old organizations or ganizations whose chief purpose-and end is to preserye themselves, as the sources of patronage and power to their members, and let the country and the people go ! In this condition of things, it requires men of sterling independence and unflinch ing nefve men who have the courage to face political death to whom the hazard of successfull popularity is as nothing com pared with an honest eflbrt to preserve in tact that Union hallowed by the blood of the Revolution, it requires such men as these to bare their breasts to the storms of disaf fection, with hearts prepared lo meet with any event with the gracefulness of patriots who have done their duty to their country, but hopeful and confident of that success which manly appeals to American patriot ism has never failed to secure. Such a man is John A. Gilmer, of Guil ford, the nominee of the American State Convention for Governor of North Carolina a gentleman whose character and posi tion, we doubt not, combine more of the el ements of success tlian any other who could have be,en selected to bear the stand ard of the party through the coming canvass. Mr. Gilmer is an6ther in that honorable hst of American worthies, who has been "the architect of his own fortunes whose pelf-reliane( his eminent e liaS been tllP snip plpmont rtf ! I his eminent oi i:r i i ouraa in me ; wno iias strug- S"-u up imm the humbler walks of life, a ?amst disadvantages which would appal the eiTeiminate sons of luxury, to a position f distinction and influence, where the fresh, onerous, patriotic emulations of his mind felt and acknowledged throughout his uative State. His ancestry wem of fbf hnnk. s,. 1 risu nionporc f TV .U ri , ' i . , , u. numi Carolina, anu took me nuerai legislator, whose views compre active part for their country in the War ! hend the wbolp srnrP nf hi Stto nrommt. "dependence. Both his paternal and t ternal grand fathers fought un4 er com nn 1 Forbes, his maternal grand- CiuTr ivh- lost his life in the battIe of ord- Thus his love of American free- dom cornea by legitimate inheritance, and the duty to protect it is among the most sa crcci bequest of his fathers. His father, like many other independent farmers of the country, combined a me chanical with his agricultural emplymat, and reared his sons, (of whom John A. was the eldest) in that best of schools, where, on the farm and in the shop are taught the usefut acts of life ; and by the rural nreside, under the watchfulness of a religious moth er, is instilled that high morality which is the impregnable bulwark of character, whether in the social walk, or in the temp tatians jintLstorms of public life. By going to a neighborhood school in the winter months, he received a common English ed ucation ; and afterwards, on means raised chiefly by teaching the same school, he procured a substantial knowledge of the classic and mathematics at the academy in Greensborough. Recruiting his finances by teaching a classical school for two or three years in South Carolina, he came home and engaged in the study of law, under the di rection of Judge Murphy, procured alicense to practice in 1832, and entered the legal forum, without money, without wealthy or influential connexions without any thing but a vigorous constitution, a stong under standing, and a hopeful heart. His associates and competitors at the bar were such men as the Morehead, Settle, Nash, Boyden, Mendenhall, Gorrell, Gra ham, Dick, Poindextcr, Waddell, Kerr, aud others who had achieved success and dis tinction in the large circuit which he chose for his career. The array of talent among the older members of the profession, who monoplized the practice, would have been disheartening to a youth less hopeful or less dependent upon his oVn resources and en ergies. But he enterd the field against this odds and achieved success a fact which furnishes its own commentary. He has ! now for many years held the position of one of the first lawyers of the State. It has been truly remarked of Gilmer, that without pretending .to be so, "pr-"perhaps without knowing that he is such, he is peoronigh system of internal improvements, nuliarlv the neoole's man: lie is identified with them in history rn manners, iaartrter . j , est and in feeling and sympathy. By his talents, industry and courage, he has.grwn into tame and weallh on lnc SQl1 wnerelie was born, and where his ancestors lived. He has been true to the friends of his youth, ever mindful of his origin, and never desir ing to tower above the wants, and interests, and sympathies of general humanity.' He is generous, to a fault liberal, almost to exclusively from his own genial nature, in the midst of earlier associations necessarily leaning more to parsimony than profusion. The early disadvantages with which he had to contend seem to have warmed his heart peculiarly towards young men in straitened circumstances, who have manifested desire and talent for honorable distinction in life. With uncalculating trust, except upon the characteristic gratitude of youth, he has contributed unsparingly of his counsel, his time, and his money, to set forward young men in chosen pursuits, whether of his own or other professions. If in any instance he has been repaid by blank ingratitude, let them rest in oblivion ; he has the satisfac tion to know that hia generosity has gener ally been worthily bestowed. , If all the recipts of his aid would stand forward and testify to this magnanimous trait in Mr. Gilmer's character, a canvass of the State would hardly be required to gain for him the affections of those who are not yet acquainted with his personal histo ry. In 184G Mr. Gilmer was elected by a un animous vote of his county to the State Senate, and has been returned, without op position, to every session since. His course in the Legislature is too recent and too well known to require any recapitulation at our hands. In fa,ct, it has been suggested that his committal by his votes on several meas ures before the Legislature will be used against him in the approaching canvass. No doubt of it ! Such is at once the fear and the resource of small minds. And such is the effect which this thing has repeated- V hni! linnn rll iwrtr nrnni7liinnl. that i i ... , i wiey nave etiosen non-commttiai leauers men who had done nothing, and were con sidered available on that account. Any people or party whoact thus deserve to be under a Government of fools. Indeed, it would be hardly too mucn to say, that this policy has repeatedly resulted in the -elevation of a parlor cabinet of fools, directed by a kitebpil fJViinrt nf. L-numf V irn frr .... ry, and who has thp manlinAsa.anrl indp- pendence to vote his judgment, relying up- on the more elevated feelings of an honest constituency for support and approval. Mr. Gilmer's legislative career has been LEXINGTON, NORTH CARoLdCC FRIDAY. MAY chiefly distinguished byhis.deyotion to the uiicrnai improvement of the State. With few other worthy; compatriots, of similar riUf ne was foremost? in securing the passage of the charter of ihe great North Carolina Railroad, recently completed, and was untiring in his exertions to secure the imllicjn subscription of individuals which secured the charter itself. With similar cheerfulness and zeal has he advocated the improvement of other portions of the State --countenancing; various proiects with that I hopefulness' and energetic spirit for his fctate vhich has commanded such eminent success in the affairs of his o wn life. ' V" To appreciate properly the fortitude necessary to a politician in North Carolina, occupying, on the Subject of internal im provement the position held by Mr. Gilmer, it would be necessary to understand the peculiar state of thing in the State at the ume o nis entrance into public life a situ ation qf affairs truly melancholy, and well caJcultec ta unstring the energies of the most courageous spirits. , As already men tioned the State had embarked in but few improvements, and, by stopping too soon, had permitted those to be partial failures, and onithese failures demagogues had moun ted forjhobbies ; while the cost, debts, and the dilapidated condition of the roads, were themes! ol perpetual harangue. " There,, were no large navigable rivers suggesting -further improvements no ex tensivej commercial marts to lead the way. There was a feeling of distrust araonc the public men a want of confidence in the intelligence and patriotism of the people. The capital and enterprise of the State were daily nioving off to the south west, and lo cal feu(s and jealousies interposed barriers between the different sections of the State, and prevented union of counsel and of ef fort.! fc " This state of things had assumed a most gloomyjaspect on the entrance of Mr. Gil mer on ihe theatre of public aflairs ; and it was in the face of such a oftentous cloud -of difSctiJties that he espoused the cause of manifested an undoubtin'g confidence in the iioUelligeiiice anil patriotism of the masses, ami heiped-to infuse into- the legislative coun&el a vigor efficiency that are now sufTusin"vith. the. flush of health and beau ty the opce. waning cheek of North Caro lina. With the Central Railroad bill were passed qcts for the improvement of the nav igation 0f the Neuse and Deep Rivers, the relief ofj the Wilmington and Raleigh and Gaston ilail-roads, of the Wilmington and Manchester road, for the construction of the Fayettetille and Western Plank-road the Westerrij Turnpike, fec, &c. ' . "To all these measures Mr. Gilmer gave a most cjordial and efficient aid ; and during his legislative career, looking on all North Carolina;! as one State, and as his State, he has favored the interests of every section, giving tol its contemplated improvements a judicious; and firm support. "To the East he has been more liberal than a rfiajority of its own representatives, never refusing his influence in favor of any measure designed to benefit any part of that portion oT the State, and anxiously desiring to see its rivers and ports grappled in wed lock, that cannot be desolved, with the beautifuljand productive West ; and to this latter, hi( advent into public life marked the dawn of t new and brighter era." In this! sketch we have nothing exagger ated ; but rather fallen short of a sufficient ly high estimate of Mr. Gilmer's character restrained as we have been by the appre hension that the circumstances of neighbor- 9 hood anlj friendship might betray us into speakingftoo warmly for the appreciation "of strangers; It is our couviction that the " American" standard could not have been confided jo abler hands the broad limits of North Carolina, among all her worthy sons,tbeing the field of selection. And if the1 memrjers of the party and the people of the State, do their dutv but half as well as Mr. Ofllmer will do his, in the canvass, triumphant success awaits us. 4 Greensboro Patriot. Mri Fillmore will Accept. We omitted in our last to state, that John H. Haugbton, Esq;, in his address be fore the Greensboro' Convention, stated that in a conversation he harj had with the Hon. J. jP. Kennedy, that morning, that gentleman had assured him that Mr. Fill more would accept the nomination of the party, for Presidency. Mr. Kennedy is one of thej confidential friends of Mr. Fill more, is believed to be authorized to speak for him, and therefore this statement may be considered as settling the question, as regards his acceptance or declination of the nomination. Mr. Kennedy happened to pass through Greensborough on Thursday, on his way to Columbia. Raleigh Register. I . . T FOR THJS TLXQ. . " Mr. Editor: The subject o the estab- lisfiment cf a Bank with some six or eight millions of dollars is a matter of interest to the citizens of North Carolina. . It is evi dent to. all, that the currency of our Slate must be'ihcreased ;n proportion to the in crease "of our population, wealth and busi ness. It is true and well known that the currency of our, state is far from being equal to the demand. In either case money regulates the price of Commerce in all its various forms ; it regulates the prie of la bor in. every form, and in every country. Where "money; is abundant, fair prices are paid for labor and times are considered flourishing until little or no oppression is felt amongst the people. But when money is scarce, a depression is felt throughout the country in all classes, unless it is the bank ers, brokers, &c. It must be admitted by all, thatNorth Carolinajs needing currency to the amount of several millions of doHars to make all classes of pebpte of our State prosperous. This can cjnly be done by the establishment of more banks. For that purpose, the question will arise, What kind of a bank does the iuterests of the peopje require ? It seems to me most clearly rfhat it should be a bank which distributes its profits amongst the people of the whole State in reducing their taxes. A bank for that purpose mayiJbe established in more forms than one : a bank may be established on the faith and credit of the State, with such arrangements and provisions as the General Assembly may, in their judgment, adopt, and the proceeds of that bank to be paid in the public treasury ; or the Legisla ture may, and I hope will do so,: establish a bank connected with the most important schemes of internal improvement, founded on a sufficieut specie basis to give its bills free circulation, and also to give security to the holder of its notes, that they will be promptly redeemed when presented at the counter of the bank. I care not in what manner the bank may be connected with internal improvement, so that the State and Stockholders in the Road are fairly protect ed and provided for. Now I am clearly of the opinion that two-thirds of the stock in the bank should be owned by the State Lthat being the prin ciple on which our Central Railroad has been built as well also, as the principle internal improvements of the State. It seems to me to be only justice to the State that she shall recieve the same proportion of property hereafter. That she bears the burden of these, is another reason why I prefer the State owning two-thirds of "the stock in the bank the lbank would be ena bled to go into effect at a much earlier mo ment. The advantages of changiug oiir banking system at this time, is clear and unquestionable. At the time of the estab lishment of our old, or principle banks, we were out of debt, and there were no in ternal improvements in the State the peo ole only wanted money, while the banks at that time were established on as good basis as possible, and I would now stand by eve ry bank charter in the State until they ex pire or until they violate their charter. Good faith requires that all power granted by the Legislature should be strictly adher ed to. It would be necessary in the establish: ino- of a bank of 'the character spoken of, that no one should own stock in the bank beyond the amount ofstock that they might own in some one of the projects of internal improvement included in the charter. A bank of this discription would raise the stock in all our Railroads at or near par value. Notwithstanding all our Roads are in good repair, yet, I much doubt whether their stock could command exceeding 50 cents in the dollar the State owning some several millionsof Stock in the Road at this time. If the changing our mode ol bank ing will save three or four millions of dol lars to the tax-paying portion of the peo ple, instead of paying that amount to a few wealthy men who care little and do much less for internal iraprovment is it not the duty of the next Legislature to do so ? Will not tlie people rise up in their majesty at the ballot box and demand it to be done T All of our Roads have been built by the pat riotic citizens, and many of them have be come much embarassed in consequence of the large subscriptions they have takem in the Road. Is it more-than just tQ them that the stock should be raised at par value by the operation, if it can be done so at the same time our taxes reduced, and our State progress, rapidly in internal improve ment ? We all know that if stock of Roads of any kind, Navigation or Canals can be made worth dollar for dollar, the stock can be raised sufficient to . build either of them when the work is protected, and the Leg islature would run no risk in appropriating money on her part, when the profits of both Road and Bank, are bwned by the State, and would ne applied to the use of paying '2. 1 S5fi. the State debt. It may be contended, and no doubt will be by some that theState has no money to bank on. Neither has the State any money to build Railroads with, but she borrows mouey for that pur pose, and pays the interest on" it every six months, while the "principle sum is worth about one half of the sum borrowed. But if the amount of money that we haveaheady borrowed and expended in internal fmprove ments had been connected with banks and paid 10 per cent interest, instead of our taxes being raised to pay off interest, the profits of the bank would not ofaly have paid the interest, but would have been pay ing off the principles at the rate of 40, and in a short time North Carolina would have completed all the Ra;1rjads needed in'eve ry section of the State, and be put of debt, as Georgia and other States. If "banks can be made profitable to individuals, can it not be so to the State ? Most certainly it can and it'may be well to reform. The people in all sections of.North Carolina who wish to be accomodated by Railroads, must make up their minds to send men to the next Legislature who will relieve the people of a heavy burden of taxation, as well as to impose upon them, and confer the profits on a few individuals who least need them. Very, respectfully, Henry Walser. April 26th, 1856. ' i Tlie Raleigh and Greensborough Cliques. The " old Raleigh Whig Clique." it will be remembered, was composed of leading men in Wake and Orange. That Clique for a time disposed of all the offices, and controlled the State ; but the K. N. party appears to have extended its operations to Greensborough. Thetwo Cliques. baye again set aside the claims of the Cape Fear country, and have disregarded the country w-est of Greensborough, by nominating Mr. Gilmer for Governor. A candidate could not be taken from either the East or the West, Greensboro' wanted it; and Raleigh not only acquiested, but a portion of her delegates were from the first against George Davis. Well may Mr. Davis exclaim " save me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." Raleigh Staiidard. The Standard prates of " Cliques"' for the same reason that " Stop the Thief is bawled out by the sturdy rogue who is fly ing before the sheriff and his posse. The object of both is to divert attention ; the- latter from himself : the former from the un principled squad of Locofoco-wire pullers who work the . machinery of its party in the gutters and dark alleys about Raleigh the identical conclave that first received the ap pellation of " Raleigh Clique" from a prince and leader of the Standard's own party. But the two "Cliques have again set aside the claims of the Cape Fear count ry !" And pray, Mr. Standard, how have the claims of the Cape Fear country been set aside? And what peculiar claims did the " Cape Fear country" have on the-American party, over and above other sections of the State? The name of a gallant Ameri can of the Cape Fear region was brought before the Convention, and it met with a reception and was hailed with a heartiness that filled the bosoms of his friends with gratulation and joy. But no section of the State was wronged in the nomination of John A. Gilmer. "A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god hath seemed to set his seal, To give the world assurance ot a man." But let those that are without sin throw stones. What have the immaculate Dem- mocracy themselves done for the lovely Cape Fear Country? Whence have they chosen their Comptroller? their State treas urer? their Governor ? their " two small monuments" of United States Senators ? From among the "unterrified" who pile up. the majorities along up and down the Cape Fear and its tributaries ? Nay verily ! Tell it not in Gath ! They were every one I raked up along the Virginia Border ! Not one taken even from the interior of their oWn State ! And yet the crib-fed pet of Democracy has the hardihood to charge the American convention with having dis regarded the claims of the Cape Fear counr try. " Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." And strange to say, the interests of the "country west of Greensborough " have been as much disregarded in the nomina tion of Mr. Gilmer, as those of the Cape Fear! Had an eastern man been put in nomination, then the middle' and the west would have been "disregarded." Had a Western man been chosen as a standard bearer, then the claims of the middle and the east would havebeen set aside. " As matters now stand the east and the west haye both been grossly outaaged ! Surely . . . . : -"...;.. r i 1 t 1 , ''i-- -74 i ' arguments like these cYn Hmpole upon- rio one but a locofoco :and a very, sill and stupid one at that. The Standard need not lay to its lacera ted bosom the flattering unction that it will - j . be able to foment jealousies in the Ameri can party byits old devices. Its whole success has been attributable to its adroit ness in creating discord in the ranks p its opponents, and its industry in circulating falsehood among the - ignorant of its own party ; but, for the future however,it may succeed hi the latter branch of its vocation, it is doomed to signal failure in the former. George Davis' and the Cape Fear 'Ameri- ' ''' - , . . '..-? cans are too wise and too'patriolic to be allured into theSerbonian bog of Democra cy by "the- ign ussfatuus held up by the Standard. Foyltevil'e Argus. Tlie Nomination for Governor. We had-hardly time, last wecK, to an nounce without comment, the nomina tion of John A. Gixmer, Esq. j the -American candidate for Governor. We take .occasion-, now, to exrjress otir 'cordial approval of the nomination.' JohV A. GilImerMs a man of a high order of tal ents, a fine speaker, of urbane and popu lar manners, and is known all over the State. He has been, for a long time, a member of the Legislature from Guilford, has always exhibited liberal views on State policy, and has been zealous in his efforts to promote the prosperity of old North Carolina. - His whole political career, his courte ous bearing and his exalted talents, will commend him to the -people of every section of the State. Mr." Gilmer will canvass the State thoroughly, from the mountains to the seaboard ; and we can not permit a doubt to enter our mind, that he will bear the American Flag the "Stars and Stripes" through the ensuing contest, to a glorious victory. He will be assailed, of course, violently and venomously, by the Foreign Party, but he is able to defend himself, andean successfully, parry their thrusts. " We could lay our finger, now, upon a charge that will be' made against him, but we understand he settled that in his speech accepting the nomination. Concord Gazette. Mr. Fillmore and his Nomination. The nominat ion of Mr. Fillmore by the American party has at length reached him at Rome. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing1 from that metropolis, under date of the 20th ult, says : ' ' ; 'The news of Mr. "Fillmore's nomina tion by the "Americans' was received here on Monday last and caused great rejoicings. It was announced to him by a numerous body of friends, but had not the least influence on him, who really seems to be the most impertufable man I ever saw in my life. He returned the other day from Naples, in every good health and fine spirits, and will return early this summer to the United States. Balls and festivals have been given to him all over Europe, and at this distance from home, where party feelings natu rally subside, and American sentiments naturally become the only ones distin guishable to patriots, it is no exaggera tion on my part to say, that Mr. Fill more has no enemy on this side of the water, where every American I use the term in its legitimate, most extensive meaning is proud to see himself so hand-; someiy represented in the person of our worthy, tiignihed, sell possessed jX- President. -We have now some three hundred Americans from East, West, North and South, here in Rome j and I am quite certain that among the diversi ty of opinion and political convictions that must, necessarily exist among them, there is not one who would not think tlie country perfectly safe should Mr. Fillmore be once rnorc called to the ad ministration of the government. That his administration would not embarass our relations.with Europe, I feel quite certain myself ; though fortunately for the country, we have gone through the darxest period, and may hope for better limes, uappcu wuai imxy . Organ Grinders. - Organ grinders are numerous and popu lar in Philadelphia. One hundred cf these itinerant musicians passed a certain point in a single day, says the Inquirer. Boston can take Philadelphia down and give her fifty points in the game, on organs. You cannot move there without running over a rotary musician, and the tamborine girls punch your ribs with their jingling drums. A person, standing at any corner, in the evening, can hear distinctly twenty-five or gans, says the Daily Mail.
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