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1 '' 4." r.v j - . - .tnsiil . r-4 Oari atc tht plans of fair deligUtful peace, nnxtarp'd ly party rage, to lire lilte brotlievs. 4V 3 Yoii.-'xtik.- 1 "?I Xi J WESTON It. GALES, EDITOR AND PROPniETOR. . TERMS. '' ' ' ; S0cniPTisr, three dollars per attoumone lialf in advance. ; 1 (5 Persons residing without tbe State will be Yeqtiired to pay the thol amount of the year's ubscription in advance. ' 1MTES OF JiDVEItTISrjrC. . For every 16 lines (thi$ size type) firstinsertion jne dollar; each stibsequent insertion 25 cents. Court Orders and Judicial Advertisements will be charged 25 per cent, higher and a deduct:on cf 35k per cent, will be "made from the regular j prices, for advertisers by the year. I (jj Lkttees to the Editor.must.be post-paid. WHIG STATE CONVENUTCtff. HXort of tbe General Committee. McQtJEEK-, from the General Cool- ' .M. Mhe following Report, which Aras unanimously txu. rmaiice,bf the du We have approached the per. -UEibiliiy - td ty assigned us with a just degree ot c- witjj the eventful nature of the crisis which hat.a -the most frightful symptoms of fatality over the pes linies of our country. We have yielded the most patieut and profound deliberation to the present posture of our political interests, which a brief 4-ompnsS of time would permit ; and wo have reach ed tbe firm but painful conviction, that a more sud den transition from glory to jloom, from strength id imbejfcility, from moral soblimity to mournful de gradation, und from a blissful fruition of all the choi cest elements of national felicity to a season of pain ful destitution, was never recorded upon tbe page of faithful and impartial history, than that over which the American patriot is doomed to mourn with the most affecting sadness. Since the pres ent administration ascended to power, our Govern ment which was instituted to serve as a sanctuaiy of refuge and of security, to tbe natives of every .clime, has been conveited into an armory in which the most latal instruments which can be wielded a- gainst tbe political rights of the citizens are forged 1 in perilous profusion. Glaring incapacity, deep- Ivorruption, gross perfidy td tho most sacred pledges, :jvjudictive malice, and au insutiabie lust for gain, (have gotten possession of the lofty eminences which hvere once adorned by matchless wisdom, untainted purity, inviolate fidelity, enobling magnanimity, and by perfect disinterestedness of heart- And when the American citizen, with anxious solicitude, now (searches lor a spring of health fot the political mal adies which infest our country, instead of recogniz ing it in the constitutional ark which lias been con secrated by the blood ahd 'wisdom of the patriarchs of the revolution, he isclriven to that guarantee for the safety of popular freedom which has been hith erto recognized as valid only in despotic Govern ments '-the vigilance of the people." In great Britain, it is a maiim of conduct with the people which has been sanctified by the usage of centuries, to hold the most prominent minister responsible for any disastrous result which may How from the measures which are commenced and consummated during his ascendency in the coun cils of state. If this maxim should be enforced1 with even a partial degree of rigor in this country in reference to Mr. Van Buren, where and at what point would the popular maledictions terminate! For twenty years previous to his entrance upon hi duties, the American confederacy was blessed with a harvest of social and political blessings , which has never been surpassed, either in purity or plenlilude in the history of civilized man. We beheld mari time entefprize spreading its broad folds on the surface of every sea,: and earning the precious re v ward of its aspirations and labors, unmixed with the startling apprehension that its fairest and mosti .substantial achievements were . shortly to be redu ced to dust and ashes by the ever changing mea sures of the Government. We beheld the Farmer sowing his ground with the joyous anticipation that a rich harvest was to snrinz from the bosom of earth to requite his toils. We beheld the Mer chant providing himself with all the component ele ments of matter which pertain, to bis vocation in life, and cherishing the fond assurance that he was to become the participant of fresh comforts, when these ingredients should be wrought into articles of human consumption and use. We beheld in truth, all the professions prospering in peace and in vigor beneath the benign auspiees of Government, and contentment and happiness spreading m a broad and reviving wave from one extremity of the Union td the other. But we are doomed at the present cheerless period to dwell upon a national picture, the dark shades of which are not softened by single cheering ray but that which bursts from the latent virtues, energies and resolution of a free and enlightened people. And if these redeeming quali ties in the character of our people were exerted in the period of our revolution for the attainment of prospective and uncertain blessings, with what un- j rivalled perseverance should they now be applied, when the noblest possessions which ever descended upon the path of man' are all put in imminent hazard, when all the elements of human prosperi ty have becn thrown into a state of deplorable con fusion and when all the different pursuits of man have been brought into a destructive state of ..col lision by the mad experiments of Government. At what period in the. history of our Government did wc eVer witness'such frequent fluctuations in the price of agricultural commodities, as we are how I constrained week after week to deplore 1 r When I have we ever heard of such frequent and extensive I failures among the merchants in every pait of the ceqfederacyl Whentbavo we, at any former period, been summbried'td record such frequent crashes and explosions among our Banking: institutionsl Wheh n have we before seen tbe honest traders of the coun try so unreservedly delivered ever to the mercy of relentless usurers! When have we ever before seen the Government of the country openly and unblusU inely taking the field and prosecuting a war of ex terminating-hostility against the use of credit in the commercial transactions of the land : : W hen nave we before seen a President of this country determin ed in his views of currency and comrperce by the result oT the elections in some particular State ? When have we-before seen a Chief Magistrate ex erting all his enenne o blot m.- paper circulation from the American system of currency, whilst at the 1 same moment he was earnestly imploring 'jhe Cori- gress of iIm United Stales to5 issue thousands of the isame sort of paper to rescue the: Government from it embarraumentsi When have we-been present' ed with an opportunity pf bservini: such deep and confirmed callousness to the interests of the humbler classes of our population ofi the part of an Atneri can President, as that which aimed to strip the hen est traders of this confederacy of the privilege of borrowing capital with which to prosecute the usual transactions of trade? And where,' amongst the re corded deeds of the rulers i of mankfrnl, will we be adequate to the task of tracing the lines of such fla grant turpitude as that which Mr. Van Buren has evinced in striving to immolate banking institutions, in die creation of which he himself was an active and influential participant! It is a well established fact, that with an eternal profession Of hatred to the United States Bank playing upon his lips, and with the sword of destruction continually waving in his hand, against that institution, Mr. Van Buren him self once petitioned for tte local ion of a branch of it at the political emporium of New York. It is an equally authentic portion of his history, that he is now exerting the whole scope f his power against all the banking institutions of the country, when the influence of that party to which he belongs has, wjthin the brief space of its authority, brought more Danking institutions tn to existence and a larger Bsnare 01 Danktng capital into circulation, than ever uoijihuic in ucins vrtuuu leu uuics vuo same space at any former period. - In New Hampshire and Maine, which are each devoted to Mr. Van Buren, banks have been multiplied and banking capital in- Rcrcased, since the Van Buren party became entrust- eu w'ln tne rens of power, to an almost incredible Bonk ofkbama has established with acapi. pi tal of more than (en millions of dollars. In Missis sippi, a Legislature, devoted to the late and the pre sent Administrations of the Government, raised the amount of banking capital from six to nearly seventy-five millions of dollars. In the great JState of w Tork, do Ildndred banks, exclusive of innu--x" ,v loan and trust companieshave been warm- , . V. . HV illUUUt V I'll" Ail JJW.vm into In? . ... : his nartv lu W15iana wuiisi tue.pany now m hispartj.. xu 5,, & x j f fa 9 power was iHvesleu.w . . e Legislature, the banking P!1 was ""om six trfifiy-foor millions of do2?Tf. And irt 1 enn- sylvania, also a Jackson and Yan bZTcn .vttethe ameunt of Banking capital, has been changed .'')m fifteen to sixtv millions of dollars. And yet, with I all these broad and stubborn facts to impress upon the mind of the American people, a vivid and endu ring conviction of the extensive agency which Mr. Van Buren has had in the erection of Banks he is held up with rapturous applause to the world by his friends as the implacable. enemy of Banks, whilst he himself has no hesitation in placing; himself in the absurd and uunalural position of aiming at the destruction of these ill-fated creations of bis own power and influence - . Whilst we are scanning the most prominent facts, in Mr. Van Bnren's political history, we cannot re frain, from submitting - to the consideration of the Convention the utter fallacy end hollowness of all his professions of devotion to the creed of Democrat ic faith. Was it Democratic to vote for the Tariff in its most odious and repulsive forms--a pleasure which was universally allowed to be founded upon a strained construction of the Federal character 1 Was it Democratic to vote for the erection of toll gates upon s the Cumberland Roada Wneaisure which is admitted on all hands, to embrace the es sence of Federal doctrines 1 Was it Democratic to support De Witt Clinton, the Federal Candidate for the Presidency, and Rufus King, the Federal Candidate for the National Senate, during the late war wtth Great Britain 1 Was it Democratic fo sustain General Jackson's Proclamation, issued du ring the troubles produced by tbe Nullification era? Was it Democratic to sanction the expunging reso lution' which aimed a vital stab at the liberty of the Senate, the principal ark of safety which has -been provided by the Constitution for the rights and free dom of the people 1 Was it Democratic to sanc tion the force bill, a measure which was not only regarded as doubtful, but a glaring infraction of the provisions of the Constitution, by many of the most enlightened politicians in this country T Is it a V course which presents a Democratic complexion, to exclude more than two thirds of the qualified and! virtuous men m this country from those offices fori which their ancestors shared the bitterness of every t) sacrifice and braved the perils of every conflict, mere ly because they disagree with mm in political sen- Is it Democratic to overlook the Farmers tf the country in the distribution of the offices pf overnment 1 Is it Democratic to prosecute au un ceasing war upon the use of that credit in trade which constitutes the vital blood ot the prosperity of the people ? Is it Democratic to bring the pat ronage ot the Government openly, constantly and irresistibly, to bear upon the freedom of the press and of the elective franchise ? Is it Democratic is it consistent with Democratic principles that he should increase the expenses of the Government to more than 39 millions of dollars per year, when the fact has been irreversibly established, that fifteen .millions of dollars will conduct its operations with Vigor and facility 1 - Is it in accordance with his pvn professions of Democracy, to resort to every possible expedient in order to fix the Sub treasury upon this country, after they have twice declared themselves explicitly and unequivocally against it 1 Is it consistent with a due degree of respect for the popular will, to withhold from the people a direct, choice of their chief magistrate, when they are uni versally known to be anxious to acquire that privi lege, and wnen too he has had it in his power at any period since his elevation to consummate the measure ! Is it not a flagrant violation of the cardinal principles of Democracy not only to re fuse to iend his aid to a measure of such obvious propriety and justice but also to bend his full ener gies against the distribution of the Public Lands among the Slates of the Union after, the pur poses for which these lands were ceded to the Gov ernment have been accomplished, and when, too, the most powerful States of the Union have been addressing the most convincing and fervid appeals to Congress 111 favor of the measure 7 Can he be a sterling democrat, who is applauded by the public Journals of Great Britain for his open demonstra tions of attachment to the usagss of a monarchial Government, and for having afforded slriking.proofs ot a desire tdpave tbe way to the erection of such a Government on the ruins of the American Repub lic the fairest specimen of political architecture which has ever vet engaged the admiration of tbe world? Andean it be possible in the nature of things, that he should he a pure, and accepted Re publican, who ascended to the supreme point 01 power in.. this confederacy by continually burning incense at the shrine of his predecessor, in contempt ot the majesty of the people, who in Ibis countiy constitute the only legitimate fountain nf pewer? If Mr. Van Buren can bean acceptable Republican, with all these glaring errors'and emissions hanging upon his skirts, it will prove an ' exceedingly- diffi cult matter for any person not to be a democrat let him pursue any and every course agreeably to the random directions of hie will. But let us devote a brjef interval to the ioquiry whether Mr. Van Buren has been faithful to the delicate and responsible trust which.has been com mitted to his charger Since he has been clothed with the highest attributes of power, there have - been largely more than ene million of dollars lost to the people by the dishonesty of .collectors of the Sg, your Committee is" presented with thfte con revenue, whom Mr. Van Baren failed to bring to spicuous and imperishable proofs of the patriotism aecount as.be should have done ; whereas, it. has" of this illustrious Statesman which are believed- to been established, to ahe satisfaction of every inquir- have exerted en important agency in rescuing his. ing and unprejudiced mind, that during all the ad- j country from tho vortex of perdition, Ju every as-, ministrations of the Government previous to those pect iu which his character can VesurveyeuVHeary Df himself ahdof General Jackson, there was lost to ( the Government the comparatively trifling sum of , inv muuuicu-.wju uuj tuuusaiiu ooiiars. jdoce sucu . lug biiu umiucmiru menu ui Mis' country. IJiS a gioss and criminal act rof negligence, such a shame- j whole political life is nothing else but a fair, instruc ful degree, of indulgence to base and greedy' pecula- j live and enchanting history of patriotic feelings ex tors as this is, present an aspect of faithfulness to ercised in their most engaging and beneficent form; his high functions? Under the supervision of him- and whilst his friends and admirers are prepared at self and of his immediate predecessor in office, the all times to produce the most splendid evidences to prosecution of the Florida war, which has been as illustrate his singular devoti'n to bis country, the barren of goed and glory to the country as it has ! most embittered '.-nemy he has on earth will fail, been prolific in the expenditure of noble blood and egregious'y fail, in the attempt to puhit out 9 stuglc of precioHs treasure, has cost the country forty mil- ' act he has peiiormed, or a single mcssure he, has lions of dollars. But the late war with Great Britain only cost the Government 90 millions of dollars, when it was in progress during the protracted space of three years humbled the towering pride of Great Britain, and encircled the American brow with laurels of imperishable verdure. Does such a pro- digal expenditure of the funds of the people, merely 1 ' t I . I - f 1 g I in uiB occasional uuicuery 01 a lew nanusiui 01 uti- ie pnvai ami social relations 01 Me which has ever tutored and misguided savages, indicate a high-soul- j refreshed the moral L4ion of man. As a. father, ex ed sensibility to the solemn nature of his duties ! . emrjlary and affectionate; as a master, benevolent Does it argue fidelity to his high trust, to desert his I Jid indulgent; as a neighbor, affable, kind and -sin-post, during the long space of four months, for the jcere; and as a citizen, faithful in the discharge of all purpose of indulging himself in viruleut political jUhe duties of life. There. has been rarely, if ever, a and party harangues, whilst ho is receiving $2083 ihuraan being on earth who was more enthusiastical per month, for his services 1 Was he actuated by l'y cherished by his neighbors, than Henry Clay; and a spirit of faithfulness to his important duties, wheal when we bear this testimony to the merits of his he tailed to discard from office one of the members; .ri.: ! 1 . . . ... of his cabinet who openly contemned, defit-d, and disobeyed the imperative mandate of a high judicial functionary ! Or has he been faithful in retaining in office, to the great detriment of the public inte rest, his present Secretary of the Treasury, who has acquire M much notoriety by his financial blun ders and acts of mismanagement, as he has by his venal subserviency to the will of his master 1 Or has Tie evinced a due regard to the public interest, n filling ihfe highest judicial forum in the country with rabid1 and mercenary partizans of his own, vriio, at the bar, wcro the more distinguished the less t!?y had to do, and who, on the bench, are so lank atL.n meagre ra their leca"! proportions; - as scarcely to pfford a respectable judicial shadow ? Let us next jnspsct the peculiar charms which Mr. -Van Burerf has presented te tho American public on the ground oi qualifications. It he ha performed one act which entii.'es him to the repu talion of possessing ability pf a high order, or to the character ,of being a patriot, jealous for bis coun try's honor, he has been such a faithful observer of the commands of tho libfy- fcriptures as to have performed it in secret, that he might be openly, re warded. For tho world, after Jong repeated, min ute and persevering inquiries, has lieen left in a state of unmitigated darkness on tne subject oi in 3 public services. At the bar, a -second rale lawyer ; in the state! Legislature, a trimming, managing, mousing,' trafficking and inconsiderable politician, a luminary whose feeble twinklings weTe scarcely visible ;. as a foreign minister, a caterer to the prej udices of royalty at the expense of his cotnitrV honor ; in the Executive chain of his native State, a mere guide-post to steer his party in theii schemes of personal aggrandizement, and as Pres ident of the United States the mere apex of his par ty, to reward and punish agreeably to tbe vibrations of the needle of his own interest. If Mr. Van Bu ren is possessed of eminent intellectual qualities or attainments, it has been his peculiar misfortune to have impressed not a single document or speech upon the public records of his country fo perpetu ate the recollection of the fact, and to refresh the memories of these who might be disposed to skepti cism on the1 subject. If then Mr. Van Buren is neither capable nor faithful, is his history adorned by shining proofs of integrity of heart ? Was he-animated by the prin ciple of magnanimity which fends such an engaging charm to the human character, and which is so much admired in the daily transactions of men, when, from tho basest views of personal agrandize ment, he involved Mr. Calhoun in a bitter personal controversy with General Jackson ! W as he" an imated by a lofty nnd high toned spirit of honor, when he entangled the President and his Cabinet in a labyrinth of inextricable difficulties w,ilh each other 1 Was he governed by correct views of mor al propriety, when he was resorting to the most dis graceful expedients to undermine tbe illustrious De Wilt Clipton, whilst he was at the same time in dulging himself in the most extravagant and sono rous professions of devotion to that illustrious ben efactor of his native Slate 1 No! We submit the humble but confident belief, that the stem of true honor could never flourish in a soil which could en gender such a rank and noxious weed as cither of these acts. I yi V -w'y-T Your Committee, after having concluded this rapid survey of the character of our present Chief Magistrate, are forcibly drawn to the inquiry. whether there be any prospect of relief from the sad and insufferable ills which his imbecility and mis management have entailed upon our country 1 We rejoice in the belief that a sovereign corrective for all our present political Grievances weuld be realized in the election of Henry Clay to tho office of President of these United Stales. For during the darkest period of his country's perils, he has proved an unfailing resource, a hope which never came in vain. In the late war with Great Britain, he was tbe collosal pillar of his country's strength in the hall of debate. His thrilling trump, during that eventful season, was unreservedly employed in raising the enthusiasm of Congress to its most ex alted pitch in augmenting the appropriations ne cessary to the successful prosecution of the struggle and, consequently, in communicating an irresisti ble share of vigor to the sinews of the national strength. In the drplomotic transactions of Ghent, he was the soul of the deliberations, which occurred on that memorable theatre of negociation ; and to his wisdom and sagacity has been almost exclusive ly attributed tbe glorious success which crowned the efforts of .the American Commissioners. Dur ing the pendency of the Missouri question, a ques tion which urougnt tne aouin -in ntueous array against the North on the subject of our slave rela. lations and convulsed the Union from Us "centre to its extremities, he "was the chief stay of southern confidence, and the firmest pillar of its hopes.. To his fervid eloquencejeogent reasoning-and dexterous management of men, may, be safely attributed, rt1ie happy deliverance ef the country from the perils qf that stormy. and thrcatning period. A brighter in stance of magnanimity and patriotism never yet broke upon the eonsciousuesa-of man, than was ex hibited in his deliberate surrender of his predilec tions for the Tariff policy, at the shrine of bis coun try : and it is highly probable that this unexpected yielding, up of his own cherished and . deep seated convictions, respecting the policy of a favorite meas ure, may have rescued his country from scenes of civil war, bloodshed and carnage, which have only been surpassed by the desolating throes of Revolu tioaary France. ... Clay has not only proved himself to be the Triend, butfhe zealous, the enthusiastic and the uncalculat- J supported in the course of his public career. -which, was ungeu ui lue iauncsi uegree wim seinsn, or t personal hoee But it is net in the public sphere alone that Henry Clay arises to the judgment of-his countrymen robed in brilliant and iriviiintr attractions. Ho is one of the noblest living .monuments of excellence ip all a I. - . " 1 , I f .... character, a portion ot testimony too, which cannot r ri . . i . be successfully assailed, we aseribe (o-hrm a desree ; r -. i V r -i .. I oi virtue which jurms a closing peruxi in me con viction of his moral elcvalion. Having originated among the farming portion of the community, and being a skilful and devoted farmer himself, it may be fairly presumed that the interest of that nume rous and deserving class of men will find a safe de pository in him, -should he be elevated to the Chief j Magistracy of the Union; for his sympathies bath from birth and habits are all wilh them. Are we presented with any encouraging circu.nl stahces to offer to our fellow. citizens 1 We glory in the belkf that we arc. -We should not have dls paired of success-, even had lite important State of New York decided adversely to his- claims and to I our own desires, in the recent election. Wehonldi even under the influence of such a discouraging de feat as that wouUT have been, have kept our pure and unsullied banner nobly spread to (ho breeze. We would have been nerved for the combat by a deep and searching sense of the justice of our cause, of the prcciousness of the principles for which we would have been contending, and by the awful per ils impending over the destinies of our country,. If, then, we shoufd not have been dismayed by the cer tain prospect of lesing such a powerful State in the .scale of the confederacy, -with what renewed' and daily increasing animation and spirit should we ad vance in the holy conflict for principle, and forour political redemption, after that influential communi ty has thrown her overwhelming influence in the scale of the Whig party, and flius struck a blow vvntcn win cause tne iniei on ins mrone to quiver, and the menials around it3looTBtool to sprawl wittv agonizing terror, a blow which. -will circulate like an electric spark from the. Green Mountains of the North to ihcuulf of Mexico, which will impart the animating flush of anticipated triumph to the Whigs in every part of the Unionand which, we fondiy trust, will prove the guiding tor of the East, which will mark the Bethlehem ofoiir politicul redemption. And whilst your Committee Iras beeu deliberating wilh an anxious degree of solicitude on the peculiar qualifications, which might recommend some indi vidual to the people of Nortn Carolina as a fit and suitable successor, to our present pure, patriotic and enlightened Executive, Governor I)udley, our attention-has been forcibly engaged by the practical energy, the sound republican principles, the distin guished intellectual vigor, and fervid patriotism which are embraced in the character of our cherish ed fellow citizen, John M. Morchead, of the County of Guilford. Born, reared and educated among the honest yeomanry of North Caroiina, aft bis heart felt sympathies are wilh the people of this State. Severely disciplined y a constant performance fef the practical business of life, possessed of enlarged and liberal views of the policy of the State, and having inflexibly adhered to the principles of the re publican creed of faith in every political emergency which has thus far nnsoeri over flieSfcitR. we recoff-t'lock size in Joan M. Moreuead, a cK.izen nt every view of his character, whom .we deem eminently ncceutn-ble- to the people of North Carolina, us a candidate for the office of Governor of tho State. THE WISE WIIVACU AT LOUISA. The Dinner given by the Whigs of Louisa to Mr. Wise, on Saturday ast, was a splen did affair. About two hundred citizens sat down a number far surpassing all .expec tations.' Capt. James Michie presided; and besides the distinguished gentleman to whom the Dinner was given, Gov. Barbour, John M. Botts. and John S. Pendleton, Esq's., respectively addressed the Compa ny. Mr. Wise's Speech was one of his happiest efforts and elicited universal ap plause. Uven the Loco Focos themselves (many of whom were presenlas lookers on) were compelled to admit that he surpassed any of the numerous speakers who have .l' -1.1 1 TT lately occupied tne same grounu. nis ar gument was clear, concise and logical his manner forcible, energetic and eloquent, and his subjects such as came home to the understanding and feelings of plain country Farmrs. The subject of Executive frauds anu corruption, ana omciai peculations, was i a- - -.1 .1 fully and freely discussed, as was also the attacks of IN orlhern Abolitionists on our domestic institutions, and the interference of officers of the-Federal Government with State Elections. The ruinous tendency of Executive tamperings with the currency, and the consequent derangement of the do mestic exchanges, was also touched upon with a clearness and effect, unsurpassed by any Speech of the kind we have ever heard and the Speaker closed his address with a most graphic comparison of the preten sions of Martin Van Buren and Henry Clay for .the Presidency of " the iJnited Stales, and took occasion to exhibit each, ot tliese gentlemen in their true light and eyen,in regard to Mr. Clay, admitting,, for tKe sake of argument, every thing that had been urg ed against him by his bitterest enemies. Mr. Wise asked, was Mr. Clay a tariff man? Admit it: But did not Mr. Van Buren vote for tire Woollen's " Bill of '2&, that Bill of Abominations, which was near producing a dissolution of tile Union and did lie not assign as a reason; Tor so doinc, that he had himself 20,000 sheep? Mr. Chv in favor of Iuterrral IraDrevi Was prevernents by the General Government? Admit it : And did not Mr. Van'Btiren vote to erect toll -gales on the Cumberfand Road, within the territory of Virginia and had not lie and his immediate predecessor, in whose footsteps he was pledged to folio wf sanc tioned more appropriations to objects of lhatjiind, than all the Presidents who had preceded them ? Was Mr. Clay in favor 01 a national iiatlK 1 Ailmit it t Hut was npt Mr VanBtireu -and his predecessor al so in favor ofi gteat National Government Bank, exceedingly more odious than the institution they had destroyed V Mr. Wise also drew a parallel between the claims of the two candidates to the title of Abolition ist. Mr. Clay, he said, was born and rais ed in the midst of a decidedly slave-holding population he has always resided among and represented slave-holders, and was, himself, the owner of one hundred slaves. Mr. Van Buren was bom and raised in a non-slaveholding State, had voted in a Stale Convention to admit blacks to.the privilege of the elective franchise and in all his let ters on the subject, had. ever admitted, (by inference ' at least) and never denied, the Tio;ht of Congress to abolish Slavery in the District of Columbia, and to. regulate the trade in slaves among the several Slates. It is impossible to give any thing like an outline of this admirable Speech, without doing great injustice to Mr. Wise; but it will probably be published hoidy. , A toast was then drank, complimentary to Gov. Barbour, when that gentleman ros$ and addressed tlte company for half an hour, in his usual happy and familiar man ner. Mr. J. M. Bolts and Mr. J. S. Pen dleton also spoke in a. very Jfine. style, the former in ralhcr. an. Impracticable vein, and the latter urging the Whigs and Conserva tives; and all who are opposed to Execu tive usurpations and extravagance, fo unite, and victory was sure. He alluded to 'the victory iti the State of New York, which hail so nobly and disinterestiedly sacrificed her favorite son to perpettrate the liberties of the country and asked, emphaticallyif the Whigs of Virginia would not follow her jexample h . He concluded by repeating Mr. I , ia glvin VVise s 4oast-in Rliiladelphia last summefr'Pttra, & "Union among. the Whigs, fir the sake of the Union," &c: I am unable t send the toasts drank, ancf the letters read on the oc casion, toIay they will be, forwarded as i soon as they can be arranged. The whole affair went off m the happi-j est manner, and t was g-eriera ty .admitted - 1 . to have been a glorious day for old Louisa, and a bright omen of future success to libe ral prinpiple3, and a downfall to Official Dictation and Executive Corruption in this section of the Ancient Dominion. lUcTimond JVhig. There is" no one of the opponents of the Sub-Treasury who has given stronger tes timony ag.inst it than General Jaeksoiw In his message in 1836, he used the following language : 44 To'rctain it in the Treasury (sai J hp unem- ployed in any way, is imoraclicftble, It is consul- erol against the genius of our free institutions, la up in vaults tbo treasure of the nation. To take froin the people ihe right of, bearing arms, and put their weapons of defence ui the hands of a stand ing army, would te scarcely more dangerous to their liberties, than to pemrit their government to accumulate immense amounts beyond the supplies necessary to its legitimate wants. . Such a treasury would doubtless be employed at some time, as it has locn in other countries, when, opportunity tempted ambition." In Mr. Taney's apology for the removal of the Dp -sites as well as in several other dQium -s bearing his signature, he ex pressed the same opinions. Now, what is the Sub-Treasury propo sition ? Is it not to lock pp in vaults the treasure of the nation ?" 4s not the inev itable effect of the plan to permit the gov ernment to accumulate immense amounts beyond the supplies necessary to its legiti mate wants V No candid man will deny, that this is the very resujt which. General Jackson, declares-to be like.' taking from the people the right of bearing arm and putting thtr veapons of defence in the hands o a standing army." But it' is vain to cite authority, prece dent or argument, against this pernicious scheme. It has been resolved upon. The i contingency referred to by the old chief lias . . occurred. Opportunity temple ambi Hon." It is necessary to employ ine treasure" tt secure the election of Mr. Van Pureu, and it will be lone$if possible., IIekry Cj-ay. The bitter persecution which this distinguished statesman has met with, reminds us of a scrap of history which we quote ; For wjiat reason, " . asked Aristides ?" of ao ignorant fellow, who was unacquainleuVwilh hini, " 1 you desire to banish Aristides ?" ? Of j re plied the fellow, "I am tared of hearing him called the just." Thus,. with Henry Clay; his enemies are tired of hearing him called a patriot, although tbey acknowledge he has done more lor his country than any other man. , The comparison-be tween him; and Mr. Van Buren is so odious to the par- iv. that the character of the one must be blackened to suit the, character f the, other. LYIVCIIIIVG. ' O" - Wednesday. Jrigbt, the I3ih iostlyix white men, sone ot whom were;painied, and one colored person, entered the house of Mr. Nathan Lambeth, Davidson Conn- ty, N..C., seized his person.-dragged him some distance from the house, there jgagged hiro, and inflicted on his body several hundred blows with sticks. "Four of the party becoming somewhat alarmed. at ihe 'u cousequence, fled, while the other -: two remained and renewed the beating, until Lambeth became insensible and farated; . In tli is situation the party, left him, but, after coming too, he with ..great difficulty reached the house, and on Thursday night died. It is stated by. ihe- Physician who attended him, that he was scarred and lace rated from his neck, to his hejels, and that there was the appearance of several blows having been inflicted on his stomach and ab domen, the latter of which, no doubt, was the cause of his death. The circumstances that led to this glar ing offence were these : A Mr. John Goss, who had formerly resided in that neighborhood, bat lately retured front Mis souri on business, had deposited with Mr. John Lee between-ei'ght and -nine hundred , dollars in specie, for safe keeping.--.Tfeis -money jvas taken from the desk of Mr. Lee, on Sunday night, the 3rd jnsU, Suspicion having rested on a negro man of Mr. Lee, he- was taken up, examined, and confesseuVthat he in connection with Lambeth, the person lynched, had taken, the money, and the greater portion lof it .was then in. Lambeth's possession. This conlession of the negro no aoubt, led to the deed, which foHowedJa-The iwo pet sons who were more directly concerned in this transaction, it js paid, have fled.r-As ; this tnaler will, no doubt, undergo a legal investigation, and, as the parties implicated are of very jespectable etanding,.ve refrain from making any comments : on thjs. .Qut- rage agahtst all lawj order, and civil liber ty' ; : V .': ' , ,- - , -. Since the above was in type, we, team that two of the individuals alluded 1 to above, John Goss and' Lee Wharton;; have fled, and, no doubt, are on their, way home to M issouri. Westtrn . Carolinian. Tbe Public JLands. In giving away that. immense undivided in ultons- of- acres) which we, the inhabitants of the pjd thirteen States, own out West, we-do irotinquire to whom we give it, A little to be sure may be giv en to a few of our children and grand chil dren who may move out , West but the bulk of it will be given to foreigners just i ! . l L i - . : iutu ukhi wiuj oave. iiu.mute ctsim uij our cnartty man uninese, n indooe or Ai . . .1 mT-A m mm ricans. But if none bnt native Americans moved out west, they would have uo right to the whole, they would only be enuiled to an equitable share. - . - ; I go . furllier. If only those who (ought at Bunker Hill,, Saratoga. and York, town, and their descendants, went out West they would not be entitled to tbe wholei Other Americans suffered and were deprived ,ofv property and life besides those who march? , ed in the battle field. If given away indiv criminately to the first few who go out to settle a new State,. and to be by them sold for their advantage, not only would it be , robbing aH the inhabitants oi the old States of their shares but a most unequal division to the new States.. Ohio, with a popula tion approaching to two millions, would get less than three millions of acres, while Mis souri, with a population lees than three ' hundred thousand, would get near twenty five millions of acres. - Oue other- view' While the descend ants of thousands of Americana who fought, and bled and died in our cause, would not go West to ret an acre, the descendants of thousands of Englismen and Hessians who came to oppress and enslave us, would come to our shores, go out West, and in her it this land without paying a dollar Newark Daily JJdverUsif. The New Orleans True American thus hits the Douisianian on raising a shout at the result of ihe election iri Jackioh county Mississippi: ' - 4 We cannot recollect when we ever fett so sorry for a poor devil is we did foir the Louisiantan on Saturday. "He had so" lft tie to brag about; , that he even went so iar? as to cry out Glory, tictory ! first gun 1 from the returns of the beautiful and rich county of Jackson, Mississippi, where thejr cultivate pine trees aid feyer and agne-. Jackson county, thai has been so miserably poor that no Whig woold ew lite ; ia: i it, for fear of starving. . , Qh we give Jpu Jackson and Hancock too:1 1 W,e expect Whig victories where t an tibket mtt an live by.liiling te soil, not iu h sandy s June, land, where a iroaJt' WnW stane (of wifit til uriwgc Whig Organization in Ttnntttt The Whigs of Tennessee art setting a most excellent eiimple to their brethren- of the Unioiur-. hamorredjn fpuren counties, lid the organization throughout the State will be complelejn afsw r weeks. niey; aret deter mined; toikek. he .'Ejopire. State henei.trng,and taie a share in ihe glory, to accrue j(n thc downfaU of the SpoUen; Will not VirglnU Ukt a place in the line! Richmond JFhtg--
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 30, 1839, edition 1
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