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H : i .' ft 4-4 -v- 4j--.,-!:- " ." v-w '"r"-"-'f. ! i 1 . - t, .T V. !:V fi r ft' X ill 'SI I ' ''.-I - i' f i iirnrrmwr , r -... ... COMMUNICATIONS. v : For tbr Register. Mr. Gales : I find, in looking over he Journalof the House of Representatives! of 1823-4, that Judge Saunders voted for "A till to procure the necessary estimates, plans andeurveys on the, subject of Roads and Canals." -.This vote Was given ' on the 14th of January, tpagec; livery inner jnemDer irom .lyoiui viaronua, wnn mciAv.p- tion of Mr. Vance, voted in the negative. On the 10th of February, (page 221) Judgs Saunders moved to recommit thd bill, wjitb instructions " to designate such roads and eauilai-pr natidnal impoftance'in z omnur , :' fiat or Imilitary point of view, or as are he cessaryifor the. transportation of the public mails, as inay be deemed proper arul cxpejdi- ent to have' surveyed ami reporled upon.'' ' Here then, is a Democratic candidate for Gbv crno,. votirfg for the survey of lioads and Ca nals by Congressr-a power which they af fect to deny the National Legislature. Judge Saunders must have contemplated the appro priation of money by Congress to build such Roads and Canals, for why have them snr- veyed, if he did not ? No one would contend that lie acted so foolishly as to vote for sur : . veyingtlicm, merely fr the" eaMrc of the thing, without intending to go furtlier and ap propriating funds to construct them. He pla ces the survey on the ground of importance in a commercial point of view the very rea son urged by the lalitudinarian construction ists ol thp Constitution for exercising such powers. Nor is this all. He even goes far ther than the most ultra of such politicians, and concedes to Congress' the power to con struct roads. merew to carry therpnblic mail. Where would such a power end ? Iftfieroad - be necessary to carry the public mail, why not. another? Have not all the citizens the came right to receive that information which j is conveyed through the mails? If so, can Congress give it to one ancTwithhold it from another? Can it say to New York, you shall have all the facilities of good and expeditious routes and deny them t; North Carolina? Can one neighborhood claim the convenience and assistance, with more right than another? Certainly not. Then every little Post Road in the nation, from Maine to Louisiana, be comes the object of Congressional Legisla- lion in the appropriation of money or " their improvement or construction, to any lengths, to whichCdngress may think proper to car ry it. What, under-such a construction of , the Constitution, would prevent Congress from appropriating money in every State, to- ''" "4 wtfrthT the ejection of Rail Roads and con--atruetion oflCanals? Still, Judge Saunders is a strict constructionist of the. Jeffersonian school! ' The most ultra advocate of the - general welfare doctrine a doctrine which the Van Burenites pretend, to have a great horror of never went farther. How will such doctrines compare with the principles of lhe Veto of the Maysville Road bill?. Yet this good Democrat would have you believe, mat ne is not tainted in me least, witn any i thing like Federalism and would fain make the people of North Carolina concede that he is orie of the great apostles of Thomas JefTer sort J He, an apostle of Thomas Jefferson ! His votes, and the whole of his public con duct proves there is not a ranker Federalist in America. , One of the People. FOR THE REGISTER. j Ms. EDITOR: In passing through the Streets on, yesterday, I saw a Hand Bill posted up, calling on all the! Republican Democrats to r hold a meeting oil the 20th inst. for the pur I pose of forcing upon the unsuspecting people ; of Wake, 44 a Democratic Candidate for Sher- iff.''- For one, I speak plainly. Should there, be "a npmiitfee froTi, that meeting, I hereby pledge myself not to support him on any con- union, anti i verity oeueve the good citizens -Hi! IT s t i- i t lll Of, tvaiie generally, Will preler an Ufticer ol jj me reonie, 10 one mouiueu oy a party. Ltet this precedent but once have foot-hold, and'H where will its baneful influence end, but with! the entire overthrow of all good order in So-y ciety i liut 1 trust theie is a brighter day O a wiling upon us. The yeomanry are awak- ng out of their slumbers,, and "calling man fully upon their neighbors and friends, to beard'the ruthless lion in his den. I shall certainly support any person, who maybe qualified for the office of Sheriff, .in opposi tion to. the 'nominee of this meeting, not re- garding in ,the least his political creed, and I out the United States." How can the Van Buren par beseech all' who love their country, to do .at Pretfnd to, 06 .so sensitive "on this subjec,-that f likewise. AMICUS. GENERAL WILLIAM H. HARRISON, j ! ThI FahKieus' Friexd. en. Harrison qontended, in the Senate of the United States, in 1827, for the reduction . . u .t .. .i. . c -1 a it . i . . i , .i un uiu ouiy-,i sail, ne saiu, inai ne was a InenU ol manufactures, as far as they did LiVue ciaim 10 nibiiity rests upon a sandal foun uot. trample on.other interests equaUy entitled aT'k their boist?rous. Pfci?ns when hi con to regard and protection. The policy of the lZ?' " "ST country was, m lus opinion, to lessen the Had Mr. Morehead presented the memorial iri ques expenses Of agriculture, and to remove, if tion to Congress, instead' of Judge.Saunders, nddoubt possible.lhe dUIiculties with which the farm- the whole corps of Van Buren Editors would have ers of the; country' have now to struggle. He was a Farmer h'imself, and he spoke of . '. I them. He was a farmer alone He did not own a bank-share in the world, nor had he a farthing invested in mercantile business ; but depended alone on the culti vation of the earth, l n - 4Krt . , n . . c i i r -i wt t . e rt. i i . . - . -. . . ' iuoouii)oitui a large iamuy. lie there- ore icu a Rinureu interest in the welfare of the . agricultural class. But he never could believe that this llall ouglrt to be the theatre on wnicn; private sectional interests sliould $ be conte'ilted. He thought men ougi it to come into the councils of their country with oeuer ana more,-liberal feelings, with more elevated motives; nor would hp advocated this bill, had he thought! its good have cuct,w-iipiicaoie io ins immediate! constitu cms aione. . uut lie believed it woukl be productive of general good, and forjthat rea son n.e was in lavor of its passage.' ! f Debates) v. 3 p. 260. i " . tiiiquirer, one nf ihp If ail i .. ...,6 iui u i mo papers saiu, m 1813, in reference to the Battle ofj the 4 names j . - - w .wt.vA tviiis ua every l. Ll 1 U 1 lltl riMin Z DTtOP ia a it. ning -,ina.i we wish to know about the offi cers, except himself. He does justice to every one but Harrison -and the world nrnst therefore do justice 'to the man, who wa$ too modest to be just to himself." : fHE MiNUMISSlONSMEMORUS. TheRaleigh Standard of the 12th mst. contains a copy oft the Memorial' frdm,UM5 "Manumission Society of North Carolina, pre sented to Congress by Romulus M. Saunders, on the 26th. of February, '1 845. The j same paper also contains a copy of another Memo rial, from the same Society, and presented;by llie same hand on January '-JoO, ixsi. . w)ich .g accompanied by the remarks ol a Correspondent, and prefaced by the f61Iow inr lanuare of the Editor of the Standard : We leg our readers to bear in mind that the Me morials wlncii fallow,, are' from the supporters lof Mr Morkhead! That ihey express the sentiments of tie Federal Whigs of Guilford county, NorlKCaro lina ! .'" : ; j ; Then, after copying the Memorials;, the Editor further -remarks : V j ' fjt will be agreed on all hands thtt the language of tlie Federal Whiggery of Guilfurd is pretty siring on tiie snhject of Abolition. VVe presume that no one who read the above Memqrials will doubt the' senti ments of the opposition in that region." j The deej.er the Editor of the Standard thrusts his harpy talons into this fllihyj busi ness, the more he besmears himself arid the other " oosceue birds" that occupy thesame roost. The name of John Gorden is signed to the latter of the two Memorials copied into the Standard, as "Chairman" of the Board of Managers of the Manumission Society. Now be it kno ,vn, that John Gorden,-Esq., is one of the most thoroughgoing, 'unyielding, Obsti nate supporter of Van Buren in Guilford county, or in the State ! 'Squire Gorden we believe to be a. man of stern integrity arid un sullied private character ; and we dislike to drag the name of a private individual -into a public newspaper. But the Standard has set us the example, and we are compelled to fol low in defence. ! It will be recollected that the Standard, a few weeks ago. tauntingly inquired of us about the number of 44 Democratic Republicans, "o beionoinor to the Manumission Society. ? We Jiad not then themieans of answering him sat isfactorily. And, indeed, we should havejbeen unwilling to subject onrself to the charge of such ungenerous invidiousness, even i;f we had had the data fonmaking such enumera tion. But the Standard constraineth us Be it therefore known, further, that Jona than Parker, Psq., late Van liuren Elector from this District, Was also a member of the Manumission Society ! "Think of that, mas ter Brook!" j Many other citizens we could name, in this and neighboring counties who slick tq the Administration closer than brothers, and iwho were members of the Manumission Society but we refrain. Of the precise "number" of present ,4De mocratic Republicans" who did belong to the aforesaid Society, we shall not probably be able ta speak' but so far as their weight and influence goes in favor of the Administration, they are 44 a host." Are they not, Mr. Stan dard ? Greensboro' Patriot. THE ABOLITION MEMORIAL. j The following paragraph from the " Washington (N. C.) Whig" expresses so exactly our own views of Gen. SAuxDEgs' conduct in presenting Memorials on the subject of Slavery, that we transfer it to oujr col umns: l The fact is, neither Morehead nor Saunders is an abolitionist. No hpnest and conscientious man j who is a slave owner can be an abolitionist. The unfoun- uVl charge was preferred by our opponents against Mr, Morehead for party purposes: but in their attempt to mislead and produce false irhpressions, they have met with merited rebuke. Their unfair and disingepuous conduct has recoiled upon their own heads and they now stand convicted, by theirj own reasoning, of bein Abo- auouiMs, anu supponing ADOiiuonisis ior tne execu tive Chair of the State. i We repeat, that we acquit Judge Saunders with be ing an abolitionist (though his own party have! made turn one.) In according justice to the Judge, we do not think, however, that he is to be exempt from cen- sure. It appears clearly, that he not only recognises "the right ot petitioning" on the subject of Slavery, but the power of Congress to legislate on it, notj only in the Uistnct ot Columbia, alone, but throughout the nation.- If the Judge disclaims the riffht to Detition Congress on this sulyect as an unconstitutional (inter ference with the reserved rights of the slave-holding States, how could he, consistently with his principles as a State Rights man, present such a memorial: as he did Judge Saunders has contributed more. nerh.inR . j j j f j than any Southern man ever did, to the building up and strengthening the cause of abolitionism, by pre senting a petition in the House of Representative! from the "Manumission Society for the .gradual abolition of slavery, praying the gradual abolition of slavery jthro'- tiaiui iu ue me omy oimon x-ures against aoouuctois I . ' . i i -t 1 (. -r. - .. . consistently support Judge Saunders? Do the! V ism, Buren men in North Carolina recognize the bright of petitioning" Congress on the subject of SlaverV. and an tVo TAWfr rif tKof IiaMi- rt 1 .1 . . 1 1 l 1 1 ti thev Jo not. how can tv annnrf .iliu e Governor one who, from the evidence before us, does : .i : i. -rv .i - ' r . me ngius uomey not give proot that their ?. .v 8eizeu nolu i the circumstance, and pronoun- CSr 7 f hue and cry would have been raised a?amsf him frnni nno ontrom fKist to the other, and he would have been bitterly assailed as unworthy the confidence of the people. SWISS CJJ8TOM. Kicbard describes a custom which amidst the sublime scenery of that countrv. must hp .. .. y " r peculiarly impressive, l he horn of the is employed in the mountainous districts of Switzerland, not solely to sound the covt-eall (Kuhrehn, Ranz des Vache?, bdt for anbther purpose, sqlemnjand religious. As soon as the sun has disappeared in the vallies, and its last rays are just glimmering on the sjrnny summits ot the mountains, then the hie.rris- ma" who dwells on the loftiest, takes! his horn and trumpets forth, 44 Ruft durch 'diess Sprach orohr." 44 Praise God the Lord."- All the herdsmen in the neighborhood ou hearing this, come out of their houses, I take their horns and repeat the words. This often continues lor a quarter of an hour, whilst on an sides the mountains peho thp namp r God. A profound and solemn silence! fol prayers on bended knees, and with uncovered head. By this time ,it is quite dark.'Good nignt, trumpets forth lhe herd on the iloftr est summit; Good niirht." is reneatekl on all the mountains from horns of the herds anu cutis ot the rocks. Then each ones lays l.: ij i . . imnseii uown to rest. JUDGE WHITE.' ! A political correspondent of the Richmond Whii: haS occaVion lo inentioti the name of Judo-e White, cif Tennessee, whereupon he; stars ) the name and adds to the columns lhe following note: . : The name of this gentleman deisands a passing note. If there be truth in the adage, Nemo felix ant? mortem, " then he is more to be envied than any man on earth. His political6 life was more than half his exis tence, and he has rendered it up, and render ed up his account of deeds, and received, while he yet lives, that judgment . w which even his enemies-conciH'. and, .wlviehxJfcere fote, posterity must ra'tify. He lives tp read his own epitaph, anil its language is that ol praise. He lives to hear the voice of lamen tation at his untimely fate rising from all the land. He he;:rs himself mourned as a Fath er by his children. He walks among us as though his disembodied spirit hud returned to earth, and we turn aside with awe, and look upon him, as a thing not of this world. Men gaze upon him, as .he passes, and the ques tion "which ishcr" is a-ked, not because he is a distributor of honors and. enuluments,but because he has secured to himself an honor which the world gave not and cannot lalce away an honor greater than any the woild can give. We have God's word for it, that his grey hairs, worn as they have been in the "paths of righteousness,"-are indeed "a" Crown of Glory." May God's peace rest and abide with him. An appropriate requiem is found in the fol lowing lines addressed by an English Poet to an old oak, uprooted by a lempestj. - Thou who unmoved hast heard-the Tempest chide, Full many a winter round the craggy bed; Ai;d, like an Earth-born Giant hast out-spread Thy hundred aims, and Heaven's own bolt defied; JN'ow liest along thy native mountain's side Uptorn; yet deem not that I tome to shed The idle drops of pity o'er thy head, Or basely to insult thy blasted pride. .No! still 'tis thine, tho' fallen, imperial Oak, To teach this lesson to the wise and brave: That 'tis far better, overthrown and broke, In Freedom's cause to sink into the grave, Than, in submission' to a Tyrant's yoke, Like the vile reed, to bow and be a slave. . THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY. It is no longer possible to denv, tlut from the very summit of prosperity and successful industry, the people of the United Slates have been, within a lew years, plunged to the depths of adversity, and are now suffering all those evils which arise from 44 an universal spirit of distrust and dissatisfaction, it rapid decay of trade, dissensions in ail parts' of the nation," and a ruined currency. Compare the condition of this country, at the present moment, with the condition in which it was found by the party which has beeii dominant in the United States for the last eleven years, and what a contrast is piesented '. At that time we were enjoying the best currency in the world; Merchants could then remit from New Orleans or St. Louis to any Eastern City, at the trifling expense of from to 5 per cent.; the traveller could provide himself with United Slates Bank notes, without the least inconvenience, for he had with him a currency even better, because more couve nient, -than Silver or Gold, and which he could at any time convert into specie ; the people were prosperousin their industry, and the hum of business was heard in the cities, in the towns and villages that every where sprung into existence as it were by- mngit, and along the streams, and wherever a water fall could be found, or a boat could be navi gated. Every man had confidence in his neighbor, because he saw him industrious, en terprising, and successful; and he knew that he wanted neither the inclination nor the abil ity to meet his engagements. But what a contrast to this state of things does our country now present! We will not attempt to draw it, fur, deep as we might make the shade, the reality is darker than our ink is able to paint. The subicct was happily illustrated in a conversation we over paid a lew days ago between two gentlemen, one a supporter, lhe other ,an opponent, of uie uiuiinsuailon It W:iS m su stanr.( a follows : Loco-Foco. Can you tell me where I can raise a thousand dollars upon a mortgage 1 Yvug. Indeed I cannot. Loco. -Is there no prospect that moncv will be easier sooh ? i-. . Whiff. I see no prospect of it unless vou. who have the power, and have brought the countrv into tlie mis erable state she is in, will cease your warare upon the currency and business, and endeavor to restore things to the condition in which you found them ten years ago. Loco. I see you and I would not agree as to the cause of the present depressed condition of the country; you attribute it to the govejgteent, and I to the Banks. Whiff. Without attemptaisr to argue the subject. I will put a case which I think is one in point You are now a hale, robust manto tfll appearance in perfect health; you have never known a day's sickness;: now suppose a physician should assert that you had the seedsiof disease lurking in you, and should persuade you t& put yourself under his charge; that he should commence a series 01 operations upon you for the avowed purpose of regfllating the circulation of your bloodij and causing it to flow according to his notions ofheaJthful action, instead of obeying the pulsations of tho: heart. And suppose that, after undergoing a series pf "experiments," extending through some eight ot ten years, you found yourself reduced from the ro bust hpalth and strength you now enjoy, to a mere skeletpn, so weak and prostrate as to be scarceiyfiTbte to support yourself by the aid of crutches, and to re quire the assistance of a friend to enable you to walk to whom would you attribute your altered condition? Would you not charge it upon your quack doctor, and send ntm adrilt as soon as possible 1 Or would vou have the madness and folly still to follow his prescrip tions, and submit yourself to new "experiments" pro- poseu oy mm; With these questions the "Whig left the supporter of the Administration, who seem ed greatly relieved on seeing he was not ex pected lo reply to them, which we could not but think would have puzzled him not a lit tle. fc S. Singular and fatal Circumstance. While Mr. Owen Downey, an elderly gentleman, was takinp- his sunoer. at the Hotel nf fr Christy, in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sat urday evening last, he suddenly fell from his ehair, as was at first supposed, with an ap poplectic fit. Medical aid was almost ira-, mediately procured, but it was of no, aailr as he expired in a few minutes. Onexirn nation it was found that a piece of beef steak' about two, inches in length, of which he was eatinff, had lodged in his throat, and, choaked him to death. He wa3 in perfect health at the time. Gaz. i- silk statistics; - Being frequently applied to for information on all the following topics, we have prepar ed the subjoined paragraphs for standing ref erence. As many persons are engaged in the Silk business the experience of each may not be precisely similar ; but the particulars here stated are sufficiently near the general average to be depended" on. Cocooneries. A building 40 by 41 feet, and ope story high, with three rows of shelves three feet wide, and sevm tier3 one above the other, will feed 25,000 worms at one time. From three to five such crops may be fed in a , season'.; if fire's be kept up on "cool days, five crops may be easily rear ed. A building of two stories high will feed double the above quantity. Trees. An acre of gronnd will contain 14,520 trees, planted in rows three feet apart and one foot asunder in the rows ; and if on medium good land, will yield one pound of leaves from each tree the first season. Long experience proves that 150 lbs. of leaves will yield one pound of reeled silk. Many have obtained a pound of reeled silk from 100 lbs. of leaves, and some from only 50, 60, &c. But 150 lbs. is ample allowance. Eggs, &e. One ounce of eggs will hatch about '30,000 worms; 2500 good cocoons, or 3000 of fair average quality, will yield a pound of reeled silk: 2500 to 3000 cocoons, according to quality hence a bushel of co coons is equal to a pound of reeled silk, some say to a pound and a quarter. Cocoons-are measured by heaping the'bushel if the 4os remains on them ; if taken off, the bushel is struck,, or even with its sides. A female moth will lay from 400 to 500 eggs. The mammoth white, pea nut and sulphur worms, are all very good to feed. Every person has his preferences. The colour of the silk does not alter its value, one com manding as good a price as the other. The pierced cocoons, from which the moth has eaten out, are purchased by those who pur chase the perfect cocoon3. A few hours boiling in soap suds renders theirras soft and manageable as raw cotton. rilOM THE KATIOJiAL I N'TEIXIOEXCEB. At the Whig meeting in this City, which seems to be quite ominous of the coming re sult of the political campaign of the present year, many original and ardent Jackson men made their appearance in the Whig ranks, under'the very noses of the men in power, who have followed the footsteps with the reckless impetuosity of uncontrolled, ungov erned steam pressure. This singular circum stance, in the very focus of Executive patron age, being remarked to one of them by an ori ginal Yv big, the quondam Jacksonian replied that it was a.gdod sign of the final triumph of truth over error that it was in perfect good keeping with the very fundamental principles of Christianity I itself, which would have but few cotnerts if repenting sinners were reject ed that the army of Christ was greatly strengthened by the recruits of penitents and that there would be but few saints in Heaven if they were cast out ; he therefore hoped that the original Whigs would give a kind reception to these new recruits, and know how to appreciate their accession to work and do service in the good cause of lold 76 revived. May God send a rapid acces sion or Jackson and Van Uuren penitents to the good Whig& Conservative cause through out this growing land! A Penitent Jackson Man. REASONS WHY-MR. VAN BUREN SHOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED. 1. He was opposed to the last war and acted in concert with what was then stigma tized as the British Party. , 2. He opposed the re-election of that Re publican, James Madison, to the Presidencr, in 1812, and supported the Federal candi date, Mr. Clinton. 3. Because he assumes political virtues which! heroes not possess, and endeavors to conceal the dangerous tendency of his doc trines by calling them by false names. 4. Because he was opposed to the admis sion of Missouri into tlie Union as a Sla've State, and believes Congress has the right to abolish Slavery in .the district of Colum bia. , , 5. Because he is for restricting trade, and always advocated and supported a tariff. 6. Because he holds the doctrine that 44 all who trade on , borrowed capital ought to break." I. Because he is in favor of giving the Pub lic Lands of the old States to tlie new. 8. Because he is for increasing the patron age of the government, and enhancing the powers of the Executive. 9. Because he would sacrifice the best in terests of the country for mere personal con siderations. 10. Because he wields the patronage of his office to bias the freedom of elections. II. Because he appeals to the cupidity of dishonest men to sustain him in office by proclaiming 44 the spoils to the victors." 12. Because the most prominent member of the parly has said,. 44 to prove corruption and abuse only strengthens the Administra tion in the affections of that powerful and disciplined corps, which is the main support of those in power. '. , 13. Because his votes upon the tariff, and upon the slave question, have always belied his declarations of attachment to Southern interests. Wilmington Advertiser. THE PRESS. A Free Press is the parent of much good" a State. But even a licentious Prpss is in far less evil than a Pvress that is enslaved, because both sides may be heard in the former pase, but not in the latter. A licen tious Press may be an evil, an enslaved Press must be so ; for an enslaved Press may cause error to be more current than wisdom, and wrong more powerful than right ; a li centious Press cannot affect these things, for if it give the poison, it gives also the anti dote which an enslaved Press withholds. " An enslaved Press is doubly fatal; it not only takes away the true light, for in that case we stand still, but it sets up a false one that decoys us to our destruction. Lacon. THE .PRESIDENCYTHE BANKS, &c. Mr. Beanett of the New York Herald, has recently beea at ; Washington, and .thus speaks of matters and thinsrs at the' Capitol. Hear him t " I have now been here several days ; and have been very busy ascertaining the position ot parties, ana me ultimate bearings of th? various measures and opin ions before the country. The preparations are making on both sides, for one of the greatest contests for the Presidency, that ever agitated this country. Harrison on one side, and Van Buren on the other, are the can didates of the opposing factions. The whole Bank ing system, as it now exists, is, more or less, at stake. This is different from any contest that has taken place since the foundation of the government. ... Connected with the banking system, is that of pub lic improvements, the debts of the; States furnishing the means to create these improvements, the prices of all labor, produce and manufactures. The President gives no soirees, no entertainments, but a badly cooked dinner, occasionally, to members of Congress, who cry it up or down, according to their politics. He lives in the most exclusive way ; for all the world like a proud English Lord in his castle. Forsyth, Paulding and Poinsett, all old withered gents, with more hauteur than sense, form his exclusive com panions. They amuse themselves with playing Whist and looking at French prints of beautiful young wo men, in picturesque attitudes. Neither of them will die of virtue or patriotism.-' What a contrast-between the life of these men at cards, and Gen. Harrison at the plough tail ! The " old battered daddy" of Kinderhook, as nice as if he had just come out of a band, box and the " old gran ny" of Ohio, tending his cattle and feeding his poultry! The movements of Calhoun, and his present posir tion, are still the topics of conversation. As Mr. Cal houn has 44 defined his position," a dozen times, with out success, I shall do that friendly act for him. I have endeavored to understand his movements but it is difficult to, account for his motives, 'unless they re semble theboy's, jvho- gutted his new watch to see how it clicked so merrily. A few days ago, I saw Gen. Duff Greed in Balti more. " Sir," said he, " Mr. Calhoun, by his coali tion with Mr. Van Buren, has lost his moral influence, and, in my opinion, Gen. Harrison will be elected." I was very much surprised to find such opinions in such a quarter. Mr.-Calhoun stands fast to his ideal State Right opinions, while the whole South is chang ing around him. He does not perceive that tlie ground is stealing from under his feet. Since the multiplica tion of the Banking principle grew out of Gen. Jack son's hostility to the U. S. Bank, tlie Southern States have been creating Banks, Railroads, Canals, and all those modifications of the social system which has giv en New York her ascendancy. All the leading nulli fiers Hamilton, McDufne, and Calhoun excepted have gone into these practical systems, and abandoned their theories and idealism. This principle is in full activity in the South, and will soon change its charac ter entirely. When this is fully matured, Mr. Cal houn will rise from his pillow some morning and find, to his astonishment, that he has been left alone, the last of the cocked hats in the South. From every fact, inference, and opinion I can hear or gather, there can be no question but the oppo sition can elect Harrison, if they will come to the polls as they did in 1837 and '38. .: They have the votes, and no mistake, as the returns of the last four years will show. The Administration here are beginning to get alarmed at the prospect of thing3. Their whole sale opposition to the Banking system may agitate that powerful interest, and if it does, that efficient elemeht, added to the other.elements of opposition, may defeat Van Buren. It is generally believed that the election of Harrison would give this country one of the greatest spurs to enterprise, industry, and speculation, if you please, that the world ever saw. Banks and the Credit system are like Locomotives and Steamers. Now. and then, one of the latter explodes or burns i up, through the care lessness or ignorance of the Engineer ; but the world would not think of abandoning their use because even manv incidents occur. So with Banks so with all the movements of industry and practical civilization. The opposition victories in 1837 and '38 were bar ren and useless. They did not reach the central pow er at Washington ; and accordingly these actual poli tical revolutions, equal to large majorities each, could produce no lasting effect on the monetary condition of the country. But if, by any degree of agitation, the same elements can be brought out so 'as to produce a similar victory in November, 1 840, then we will real ize a complete revolution through every avenue of trade and currency GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE. Our readers are alreadv informed, that Blair & Rives, the Editors and Proprietors of the Official pa per of the Administration, have been, elected Printers to the present Congress. Before the House of Repre sentatives proceeded to the election, there was a warm debate, in which the following exposition was made by Mr. Stanly : " Mr. Stanly stated that the Clerk of the House had thrown into the hands of Mr. Langtree, Editor of the Democratic Review, (a party periodical, got up to se cure the election of Mr. Van Buren,) a contract for stationarj , &c. to the amount of $76,945, on which the lowest profit that gentleman realized was stated at ten per cent. The Clerk had employed the sameMr. Langtree, a literary man, and editor of a Review, to execute the lithography ordered by the House. " Mr. Stanly then quoted certain returns to show the amount paid to editors of the Globe, during the last seven years, for the printing of the Houses of Con gress and of the Departments, from which it appeared that Blair & Rives had, during that time, .received over 375,000. The printing of one single document, (the Salt document, ordered by the Senate, on motion of Mr. Benton,) had cost the country 17,900. Mr. Stanly further quoted returns to show the amount paid for the engraving of maps, &c, which he stated at $50,916. This also passed through the hands ojf Mr. Langtree, showing that the editor of the Democratic Review enjoyed, through the intervention of the Clerk of the House, a Government patronage of over one hun dred thousand dollars a year. From these data, Mr. Stanly argued the necessity of further investigation, before a printer should be appointed. " He further observed, that he understood the gen tleman from Indiana, (Mr. Davis,) had been sent here maihly to secure an appropriation for the Cumberland Road, and he would suggest to that gentleman, that by a suitable retrenchment of the profits of the Globe and the Democratic Review, he might save enough to carry the National Road through Indiana. " Mr. Stanly adverted to. the President's Message having, on a former occasion, been sent to the Senate before it was sent to ; the House, by which arrange ment the Globe got the exclusive printing of that doc ument ; and also to the fact, that when the printed copies of the Message were folded in the folding-room, a prospectus tor the Extra Globe was put up with each copy, unknown to the Whig members of the House, who w ere thus made the instruments of frank ing to all their constituents, proposals for the Globe ! a fact which produced very great surprise, and elicited no little indignation in many parts of the country. $16,000 more had been given to the Globe for printing extra journals of the House, and after a document had been printed for the Senate, and composition and press work been paid for by that body, and the same docu ment was afterwards printed for the House, the House was charged as though the types had been set up anew. " Mr. Stanly stated further, that at this very session an offer had been made to the Clerk of the House, by S. C. Stambaugh, to execute the printing of Congress at thirty per cent, less than was now paid. Mr. Stan ly appealed to the Clerk to sav whether this wnq not the fact, and what had been dpne' with the proposalsJ c vie, mrougn me unair, replied that such pro posals had.been received, and had been returned to Mr. Stambaugh, Mr Stanly then sent to the Clerk's table an article from the Democratic Review,' containing a description of th Clerk's person, and a warm eulogy oa. his character and qualifications. The Clerk com menced the reading of the document, and had pro ceeded some time, when Mr. Crary of Michigan rose to order. A long and somewhat angry debate upon points of order followed, in the coarse of which Mr. Stanly, returning to the subject of the patronage of 3 the Clerk, referred to a general impression that Review, and very possibly had an interest in the I cern.,' He invited special attention to the exte particulars of this patronage. The discussion t viein luuiBcu wtta a cvni.riuui.or IO tne r:ts-pa f . M tinnpfl tilt nMr fnur nVlrwlr wlir XT; C(n. cd to tlie election, tlie result of which is ahead v 1- Bxnibx infiuxkcb or CHHisTiATriTTrpos G ine loiiowmg aumiraoie remarks are f the Speech of Mr. Nisbit, of Georgia, on the ment of Chaplain. rort aPpolnt "What, sir, does not liberty owe to Christian;, 1 The history of the olonies proves that we arin i " ed, in a great degree, for those noble printing nfV government engrafted upon our Constitution atlj our iawT to mat irecaom 01 mougnt ana action whi t. brought our Pilgrim and Huguenot ancestry to " shores. 1 hey lieu trom the religious bigotry and litical intolerance of the old world for consrienre They came hither to worship God in freedom i , .1 T C 1.1 .1 1 . . . -r! upuil iug biioius ui a. new wuiiu uiey planted the dard ot religious, and, witn it, ot civil hbertv independence of mind which thev asserted in 01 conscience, made tnem aince independent a.5 to 11 rights. Freedom of service to Heaven, by a very nc ccssity of our nature, constrains men td think and freely in matters of less consequence; Tho free sr of the Pilgrim impressed itself upon colonial govo'" ments, and some of the best features of our most a! mirable system are traced to colonial patronage, I ma these remarks, to show, sir, that civil liberty is v largely indebted to Christianity to permit us to endan ger me iormer uy aoanuomiig even the forms of tlc latter. Its influences ought to pervade, and do now pervade, all the departments of Government, more Ji less. Into our Courts of Justice, our Executive (.)," ces, and our Halls of Legislation, it ought.to ?cn!.an!i does send, a sanative power. It gives a healthful' ton',; to public sentiment, and purifies the fountains of Cy islation. In this country, it is necessary, it seems me, to maintain, in the forms of legislation, the cxtt nal ceremonials of Religion. What though it is some times desecrated, and its ministers fake? What tlio j it seems to some to be but a part of Congressional ni geantry, empty, vain, and a lie? Yet-stilfthe very forni of service maintains the ascendancy of morality. Tho 0 forms are the emblems of its essential purity. EloinitJ as they are, with the procedure of Congress, thev them selves become vital. Destroy, sir, the external nuni festations of Christianity; and you weaken its influence and endanger its vitality. You should observe cven here, sir, theforrn of PrayerTjje voice of praise shou'l hush, for a brief moment, at regular intervals, the now of party war, and say to the troubled waters, 'PCiic . be still.' . "The leaven of moral principle should lighten the whole lump of the body politic. We should be cau tious lest we divide things so happily and usefuliv unit ed. We should be careful lest we invite into our leg islation, and adopt as rules of conduct, the philosoj.hv of a mere human faith. No gentleman, I know, would give his vote directly or indirectly, to unhinge Christi anity, or in any way lessen its influences. I beg not to he understood as so charging. I only mean to sav that the result at which they now aim may, -in niv opinion, produce that effect: The politicians of France desecrated the temples -of God bumed the Bible en dowed the goddess of Reason with the attributes of Deity and soon, very soon, the foundations of socie ty were broken up, and anarchy reigned triumphant. The vine-clad hilhnjifertile plains, and crowded streets of FranceTTowed down with blood. To a pui lic relaxation of moral obligation, I have no doubt, mav be traced those startlingllorrors' whioh preceded and followed the French Revolution." ALATIN SCHOLAR. A country youth, the son of a prosperous farmer, kkd spent some time at an Academy, " fitting for college" and during one of the vacations which he spent at home, he was orie day in a brick yard where his industri ous lather with hired men - were unking brick. The father, desirous of knowing something of his sons prdgress in' learning, asked him what was Latin for brick ? " Brickabus," replied the candidate for lit erary honors. " Very well," observed the father, " now tell us the Latin for coat." " Coatarnus," was the reply. "Verv like very like," said the father, who though not skilled in Latin was not .lacking in good sense and shrewdness " and now the Latin for frock eh ?" ' Frockabus," was the answer. " Ay, ay," said the old gentleman " now you go home, take off your Coatabus, put on, your Frockabus, and go to making Brickabus, for you don't go to the academy at my expense any longer, can tell you." TENNESSEE. A Whig State Convention was held at Nashville on Monday week, at which' an Electoral Ticket was formed, to be voted for at th ensuing election of President and Vice President of the United States. At its lieatf are placed, as Senatorial Electors, the hon ored names of Hugh I White, and Eph. H. Foster. This is a glorious auspice ot the probable result of the election. With such names inscribed -upon their banner, the higs have ev?ery reason to count, upon success, and every motive to strive for it. Nut. Intel!. IIERIFF'S SALE. I will expose to Sale at Public Auction, at the Court House in Rck- ingham, Richmond County, on the 3d Monday of A pril next, so much of the following Tract of Land, unlisled for the years 1837 & '38, as will satisfy the taxes due thereon, together with cost and charges for Advertising, viz : , 60 Acres, belonging to the Rev. Daniel McKay, r lying on Gum Swamp, adjoining the lands of Lauch lin McLaurin and others, Tax $5 03J SAMUEL TERRY, Sheriff. Feb. 1840. 16 (1'r. Ad. $3) OOHS! ROOKS ! Democracy in Ameri ca, by DeToqucville, new Edition ; A Iciphron, a Poem by Tom Moore ; Walks and Wanderings in the world of Literature, by the author of Bench and Bar, Random Recollections, &c. : A continuHtiori of the moves of Charles Mathews, the Comedian, by Mrs. Mathews Tales of theXjrolesque and Arabesque, by E. A. Poe. ' . Just published and for pala at the North Carolina Bookstore, by TURNER & HUGHES. Feb. 2 tst. (Star) ' IS IT AFATETTE COURSE. SPRING RA Hl CES. The annual Spring Races over, ihis course will commence on Tuesday, 10th March.when several new stables are expected to be on the ground, one from Tennessee. The Proprietors offer the fol lowing purges, viz s TUESDAY two mile heats purse $"50 WEDNESDAY three mile heats purse 4C0 THURSDAY four mile heats purse 600 FRIDAY mile heati, best three in fivepur.-e 250 ? THE PROPRIETORS. Feb. 6. 16 wtr "T&TORTH CAROLINA BIBLE SOCIETY. At JJI a meeting of the Managers of this Society, held on the 18ik inst the following Resolution was adopt ed :' . Resolved, That the Secretary of the North-Carolina Bible Society bejequcsted tvenquire through the public prints, whether any Books belonging to the Bible Society, remain undistributed in any part of the State, and that any person having knowledge 0 the fact be .requeued to communicate the same to him. Address Weston R. Gales, Secretary pf the North Carolina Bible Society, Raleigh. Feb. 19, 1810. . 16 3t li it -:Az
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