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of the wages at which he could get his work done, whilst Jonathan had to pay Dearly dou ble price, becanse most of his sons and grand j sons, being a spirited set of fellows.preferred to lead the life of independent farmers, rely ing for their bread upon nothing but Hearen and their owu labor in the most manly and honourable pursuits, Miher than be cooped up in a confined apartment,injurious to health and morals, and to be dependent for their it into their heads, that if the effect otincreas daily food upon the arbitrary will of a master, ed duties was to oblige them to give two bar- We say, that on these accounts John was able to sell goods cheaper than Jonathan coold make them at home, and the conse- quence was, that Johnathan's sons, who were thus undersold, applied to their father to ex tend the prohibition against John's fabrics still further. Before agreeing to this, how ever, Jonathan consulted with his other sons, The cotton, rice, and tobacco growers, the boat owners, and the traders, opposed the project as they had done before. They ur ppd that the reasons assiVnpd in IRIfi for special favours to the manufacturers who had rendered services whrn the family was I in trouble, no longer existed, or were notappli- cable to those who had embarked in late en- terpri&es; and thatany further prohibition, intendpd tn raise the nncps of manufactured good?, was not only compelling them to pay dearer for the necessaries of life, but dimm- ishingthe market for the only products which they could raise to advantage; for that if the family were to diminish its purchases of John Bull, John would be obliged to diminish jhis purchases of them. They further urged.that j-any measure compelling them to buy dear and sell cheap, was not only a violation of the principles of common sense, but of one of the very principles in support of which they bad spilt their blood, and made great sacrifi. ces during the two quarrels with their errand- gtne two quarrels with their grand- father, and that hid thi it w Mrert 9 9 anu positive violation ot the very spirit and ieuer oune instrument wnicn, in tne year 1789, they had all signed.as the bond of their union. To all this it was replied, that certain pol iticiansand wise-acres had. lately discovered, that their was no sort of industry which could uld av.. M make a nation rich but spinning and wea ing that no other kind of industry was mestic iodustry'--ihatthe way to grow rich was to buy dear and sell cheap that indi viduals were not as good judges of the best direction to give to their capital and labor as governments that the way. to have an abun dant supply of clothing, was to prohibit its lmoortation that the more foreign com- o only naoa protection oi aooui niiy or aeveuiy- raerce was destroyed, and the more a nation fi7e per cent, and did not reap from their capi lived within itself, the richer it would grow talsmore than twenty or thirty per cent per that high duties were not a tax upon con sumers that the prohibition of foreign goods did not diminish commerce and that no man could pretend to the character of a. patriot, who did not believe this whole creed. As to the violation of the terms of the original co- partnersbib, it was urged that there was no violation of the lettea or the spirit that the power to regulate trade embraces the power to destroy it that the power to promote the publie good confers the right of building up one branch of industry upon the ruins of the other two that the consent of some of the cotton growers and their nartizans, to the nrohibition of 1816. was Droof that there was no such violation. and that at all events: as a majority of the family have a riffht to gov- ern, it is very clear, that a minority has no Tight to complain. These and various other arguments were employed pro and con, and the result was, that a majority being in; fa vour of furtker prohibition, an increase of duties was in the year 1824 resolved upon. A short time, however, produced a repetition of the eviU above described. The calcula tion of high prices enticed many new capi talists into manufactures. New improve ments in machmery.and increased cheapness in the economy of manufactures, enabledJohn Bull to regain the ground lost by the new duties. Fresh supplies wee sent across the river. Jooothan's spinners and weavers made a fresh outcry. They iosisted that John would fill the country with his manu- factures, even though there was nothing be would take in payment for them, unless he was shut oat entirely, and that it was bad policy to have thegoods of foreigners brought into the country.even if they could be bought for next to nothing. This latter argument did not appear to be so clear to some of Jonathan's family who were occupied in farming. They bad taken rels of flour for a coat, which without such duties they could buy for one, it was mjuri- ous to them to increase the duties, and they therefore demurred against the extension of the prohibitory system. Their objections, however, were soon removed, by an ingeni ous expedient, which was to persuade them, that if high duties mado them pay two prices for a coat, they could get two prices for their wool.and that therefore the system would not operate against them at all. This specious Hnrtrint arrnmr.lished the desired end. and f the whole sheep-raising body of .-the family. became convinced that it was good policy to buy dear clothes for themselves and families. Bvthis means a majority of Jonathan's sons was secured in favour of a further shutting nut nf John Bull's cheaD "Oods from their market, and the minority finding that they could not prevent this mischievous proceed J jog, put their heads together, to see .if they could not devise some mode of dividing the majority, and making them qnarrel amongst J themselves. They knew that some of their brethren were amazingly fond ot molasses, and that they carried on a powerfultradewith the West Indies in lumber, fish, and notions, which they exchanged for that article.partly to be eaten with their hasty puddiag, and partlyrto be'distilled inte Jamaica rum. It was therefore foreseen that if an addi it was tncreiore ioresern inai u hobuuhwu- 81 Y uPon moiasses couia ue aiu uic w I Qnnpa p aa. nriuicahlp It W On 1(1 have the ClleCl Ol inducing the molasses eaters to vote against f k a bv ri aIo K n rm a fected? The converiins of molasses into rum, III V V UUIW MJ.m a-U& " " TJ., ii th c tn h Pf- j 1 Ul UWV J vr was an advantageous branch of manufacture, and to impose a high duty on tne lormer,wouia "... . uicdft uu iuc taucii m. M M" W .. tk ..tfo. Thio nrae ( I Mmmi nil! it was soon obv ated in the tollowing raauner. In was contended by some oi tne parties,', mat rye whiskey made out of Indean corn, was a more wholesome aad a more patriotic liquor, 'han ru"m-that just in the degree that the dis In was contended by some of the parties, that filiation of rum was diminished, that of whis- key would be increased and that even it one man in one part of the country, was made poor, by breaking up his business, anotner wouiu oe made rich, in another part, by this operation, and that therefore it would be all the same tbioor. To render.however, this measure still more palateable, it was agreed, thai, as a pan I - c T .t ) r :.. ..... n m iaf upc tudn I ... .' ..? annum, it was right, that they should come in for a share of the benefits ot the system. I This ingenious contrivance, however, only partly succeeded. Several similar ones were tried, but without effecting the object of de- feaiinor the nrooosed scheme. A furtner lu- crease of duties was resolved upon, and al- though the whole project met with the anpro bation of no one uf the family, yet a majority ot the twenty -four, the actual number of Jona tnan's pons, were louna to give u ineir sane Jion. This happened early in tne year ioo, and since that period there has been more ill nature and dissatisfaction exhibited in Jona ihan's family, than was ever before uisplay- ed. (Ragdet. SENATOR HAYWOOD. We noticed with pleasure the honors shown to one of our Senators in Congress, the Hon Wm. H. Haywood, during his recent travel in the Western part of the State. The speech delivered by him to the citi zens of Mecklenburg,who complimented him with a public dinner, is characterised by so much good sense, and exhibits,in such glow- ing eclors the deceptive and ruinous policy of the Whigs, that we would gladly grace our columns with it, but for its length. j The first reading of this Speech satisfied I us of its superior merits, and we know, if submitted to the reason and fair iudement of the Whigs themselves, that many of them would enquire and solve tor themselves the question, M what have wepgained by Whig measures?"' and if we had not this evidence ofils merits.the effect produced on theWhigs, their denunciations and wrath poured out upon it, and their zealous efforts to parry and counteract its effects, are convincing proofs, that its blows are felt. j- The fluttering cf wounded pigeops shows the effective aim of ihe shot. i - , The Whir Editors may resort to their usual tactics, of abusing and misrepresenting both speech and author; but they dare not republish njor undertake a fair criticism of it. They professed on his election to be proud of it preferred him to any other Democrat, and before he bad takeo his seat, or given the; first vote, he is proclaimed as an upstart and hypocrite. His speech is denounced as demagogical, without citing any instance in it bearing the slightest tine- tureofit. Without attempting to explain why, they say they are ashamed of him. No doubt their sense of shame is strongly developed, at their own exposure and defor mities, which has been shown by a master s hand. Their shame and confusron is at their own exposure, and not the Orator's. But they have singled out , one expression in his Speech, which seems to have shocked their whole nervous system; and for the want of some other point of. attack, have twisted and tortured it into a hideous deformity - that ill fated expression Ahich has to bear the brunt font he whole Speech is, that he called himself 'the Senatoi of his party.' By mis representing the application of it.and making it refer to a different meaning, they have sought to give it a shocking signification. Unless they claim him as the Senator o their partyj or their principles, they ough not tq object to the expression. But the manner injwhich the expression was used, and its plain obvious meaning, as indicated by its reference to the subject he was then speaking of, frees it from any illiberal or itn uroo enoo ! , m - . . I nraif rnlr in thu cp Lrinnn rt n rnrriirifllp , . pi ., n nnA .,1P nrpfprpnPHS 0 I - ' I I , ' . i f j . ie pany or uiuereni persons anu uer.iiucu to declare any preference himself, because , l - - Serjator of lhe rartv and rj0t 0 I " t J' i . r . . j-i Fwu,uu VK gtucui. i n, c ucs.ku encourage no breach, but to keep the party encourage no Dreacr, out tc unilpd. t(i dictate no choice i. , ilke sde in the dispute, b to others, or to He preferred thpir union and harmony, and to represent their unjteu counsels. It was in this sense h called himself 'the'Senator of his party,' and there was no impropriety in it. The Whigs seejng their only chance of success is a division of the Democratic party, trir ftvorvr m on n Q In ffftift it tin A nnthinnr J . . J . ' . would have pleased them better than for Mr, Haywood to have called himself the Senator of a parrof his party. They cared not.whe ther the Van Buren, Calhoun, or Johnson part. Their fingers ache to foment a family quarrel among us, and because Mr. H. is not weak or treacherous enough to subservetheir purposes,, he is to be abused. No, M r. Hay wood hasali his life, both in public und pri vate, been a devoted Democr at, honest, true, and consistent and the gr at Democralical principles he has always so zealously sus tained, he has recently been selected by the voice of,his State to represent in the great councils of the country. And we have every confidence that the duty will be ably and faithfully performed. And withort praising or censqnng him in advance, we are per- fectly willing to abide the test of time for his condnct'and ability. Tarborongh Fress. i MR. CLAY'S AVAILABILITY. As the Richmond Whig and other Clay printj are so fond of enlightening us in re gard to the availability of our candidates, we beg leave, by way ol reciprocating the compil meat, to demonstrate the availability of their idil: In 1824, Mr. Clay was a candidate for the Presidency, and being the hindmost of the lour ?olea ,or Dv lne people, he was exclued from the House of Representatives upon which body the election devolved! In 1823, he was so identified with Old John ny CL, that a condemnation of thu one was ne cessarily a condemnation of the other. The people spoke out in a voice of thunder against Old d. and his Secretary of Staie.giving a mi nority in opposition to them of from one to two hundred thousand. - - r ; " i in late, wr. yiay was brought out by a Na tional Convention as the anti-Jackson candid ate, and received 49 electoral votes out of 261 In the popular vote, the majority against him must have exceeded fire hundred thousand! Even the opponents of Jackson in Pennsylva." Li9t New York and Vermont, refused to vot for him! " o - - : In 1836, owing to his acknowkged unpopu larity, his friends declined placing him in ncnU ination lor the Presidency. ; - In 1839,he was a candidate for the nomina tion ol bis party, and was badly beaten by Gen eral Harrison. 1 Some of the delegates lo the onveuiion were insirucieu lu vuic uucuuui lionally agamst him! Early in the year of 1841, Mr. Clay was put forward as the candidate of the Whigs for 1844, and tbey have scarcely gained a victory since! Ohio, which gave a Whig candidate dpwards of twenty-thousand majoiuy in 1840, goes for the Democracy bow when Mr. Clay , is the Whig candidate! In Kentucky, the "Banner State of Whiggey,, in the days ot Harrison, Democrats under Old Tecumseb, and Ihe Whiffs under this boasted commander, Old Harry! With these facts before him, will any one have the hardihood to question the availabili ty, the overwhelming popularity "fHeory Clay! Who is so stupid as to believe his defeat with in the range of possibility! Is it not just as certain as any future event can be,that he will bejusl as successful as ever! .We entertain no doubt of iu Lynchburg Republican, . DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN RICH MOND. Yesterday evening the Democracy of Rich mond met at the City Hall, and organised a DemocraticAssociation. Our worthy old friend, Capf. Wm.D. Wren,was appointed President, Mr. Bosberaod CoI.Wicker.Vice Presidents. The meeting was. addressed by the Editor of the Republican, Mr. Caskie, Mr. Crump, Mr. Munford, Mr. Young, and the Editor of the Enquirer. The best spirit prevailed, and eve ry thing argued a determination on the1 part of Richmond Democracy to do their duty in the coming contest.; A very large Clay audience had assembledor the purpose ot witnessing a division in our ranks, or to use their own clas sical and elegant phrase, a "dog fight" these good people were unfortunately disappointed, and. from what we saw last night, we venture to predict that the Democratic Association of 1843, will do as the Democratic Association of 1Qffl AA pnnnnor tht T .nor fnhin nrt rarrv the Old Dominion for the Democratic nomi nee Petersbur g Republican. from the D emocralic Review of October. The election of '44, is to be no joke. Con found the Whigs they are likeJohnRarleycorn why vvill they not "stay deudV1 although it did so satisfactorily seem, at one time, that ;the brains were out." It is, however, a for tunate thing for us,that we have met this year witn ttie two suaaen cnecifs, in our general career of sweeping prosperity, by which we were brought up rather unpleasantly, it must be confessed, in North Carolina and Tennes see. Like the voice of the slave, whose duty it was to sit in the triumphal car, to remind ihe conqueror, that he was but a man,and mor tal, they have come to us as warnings of which, we adjure our friends not to be unmind ful, that, even in the midst of all our present exultant strength, we hold our pride of place by a difficult and doubtful tenure. Let those who stand, take heed, lest they fall. At one lime, indeed, so overwhelming, m every di- direction, appeared the reaction, from the still- marvellous popular deliriu m of 1840, that the only question, respecting the Presidential kuc cession, appeared to lie within ourselves up on which of our great political leaders and rep resentatives the clowning honor of that office should be bestowed, by that nomination which was regarded as synonymous with an election. It is to the prevalence of thtsfeeliDg,that is to be ascribed the violence, intemperate, sometimes, to the point of suicidal recklessr.ess.of ulterior consequences, with which some portions of oar number have carried on the canvass' for the nomination.and the discussions respecting the- organization art-! mode of action of the Con vention, by which it is to be made. It was felt, uat no serious uanger attended this course (Concluded on 2nd pdge.) '
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