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..... 1 - t .M '.fit. Hi . 1 m am m (TV , THE STATEOFHTS COCNTOT.;., R.,i.K Ul know." the infatuation vftith rhich mine njn hug tiie trammel of party,; th th tun brining tliem to flefeiop tugis predicament. 1 Never did thiobrvaKin apply With more force than to the su pporfci s of the last and the present Admioisratiiis ;Jor llicj hay Stood by th unwise ineasu-res of their lead er tviih unyielding firmness until ruin, ha9 crushed it thoasandg, -andjheynii them? elrea involved Hn tlie'onlversaf 'tlcsolaltorw' By it hit of ; mere safferiosj ioiuc " tnong t hcm have been brognttu pausfc ami they .begin to reason witftiheioseltes ami with one ano therJ "HuT lamentatums uver the dead and ine bailing of the wounded on a'bhiod? bat tleieia are niitHttoreaffec jltu; than the cries f Hit rttined land tlve.bi Hken-!ie;ineil nw -.Heart through stfieMe leligt Viand breadth of our country. WhilstHve dvplwe ar stale pf things whivb wc have -done' every thing in. our power to prfevnt,'it is a subject of grat ification to perceive that it lias .at length roused in the les Uijr.otcd adherents of their party a spirit of inquiry into the causes and the authors of 80 much evil. We ask' once -more of such of tfic-e as are tn a condition o hear reason, to go with us back to the recollection of better days, and trace our history up t the present time, that we-may discover what, have been ihe causes, and who 0e authors, of alt this mischief. Tor the first forty years of our national ex istence, the. Government was administered by profimrld statesmen devoted and disin terested patriots. During that -period, a coun- " try 'so prosperous and happy as our own, one that moved on with so succt-ssful a develop metit of its vast resources, the wc Id has nev er seen. N cloud darkened our horizon for more . than a brief period of time, and then from causes that no foresight could avoid, and of a nature to which every People ihu,st be subject however wisely its Government may be administered The blessing of prosperity tmd happiness were vouchsafed tojus. through-all this space of time, until the People, in an evil hour, with hearts overflowing Willi gratitude. to the founders of our Institutions, were cajoled in- , to. the belief that they would find in Gen. Jackson ' a second WahingtonV and placed him at the head of the Government, without his possessing a hingle qualification for its safe administration. Had Gen. Jackson been wisely distrust ful of his own capacity, he would have found in the example of his illustrious predecessors the chart of safety. He had but to throw him - seiron the wave that was carrying the whole ' country on to its proud and enviable destiny, and all would have been well. Bui the in firmity of his character prevailed over the dic tates of reason. With daring courage indeed, bat yei with presumption which ignorance alone could excuse, he approached the most AmMnmta orwl vilul rri nr i nls in the sripnpft of at tUy will follow iU tnrlunes so ncariy to e venre pf roin that nutti'm but. tle tot J A . V. T ..... u. ...v.,' .- ... . . - - t ,f . i "Uovernment, and determined to reform mem, though; tHe.wisdomof. nations had declared them good, and the experience of ages had pronounced them settled. He took hold of the currency and the finances of the country, and, in the absence of both information and experience on the subject, resolved to change them from their settled foundations. And this purpose he accomplished, in violation of the sanctity of the Constitution, and in disre gard oflaw. Without a faltering step he pur sued his determination, which has been of so much mischief the prolific source. The warn ing of wise counsel, the remonstrances of friend?, and the predictions of evil, only made his resolves the more inflexible-, and his means of accomplishing them the more desperate. Thus Was laid the foundation of all the evils which now scourge the country; and our present Chief .Magistrate, by following in the footsteps oj his illustrious predeces soft has consummated the work of mischief and ruin. From the . beginning of Gen. Jackson's crusade against the currency, the n nances and the institutions upon which their success ful management essentially depended, must be dated the downfall of our national prosper ity and' happiness. And, if the wit of man kind bad been' taxed to work' out a scheme of trjeuickeet and most successful ruin, none could have been devised more fatal and e'ffi cient than that whose success Geo. Jackson's ' flatterers made him believe was to crown his fame with unfading glory. We have but to cast Our eyes Dverour continent, and'we be hold in all directions the sad memorials of a desperate and fatal maladministration of pub- lie affiirs. Our commerce, that once floated on every sea, has dwindled down to a mere ; remnant. Uur manufactures, that erewlule were enlivened with the busy movements of industry and profit, are lingering but an un profitable existence. Our ajmcullure. that. U i !: until latelv. was rewarded with a rich rem. seeks in vain for a market. Our internal im provements. that lecently stretched, out their thousand armsi to embrace the Union in one bond of fellowship and intercourse, are aban oonea, ana many millions ot their cost are already lost to the country in consequence. That'.' stream .! of capital flowing in from I v f " caPac'0U reservoirs in the Old Wprld to seek ViS'Jf i employment in the enterprise of the New, is l-i5 ! wholly cut off. " Our credit, that once stood tWfl. J with nroud Tesnect in all the marts of thn world, is now dishonored. Our enterprise, that was wont to explore every avenue for profit, is stricken down in hopeless despair; Labor, that brought its return of happiness and comfort to tens of thousands of families, now wanders about in rags begging for em ployment. The exchanges of our country, which, ten years ago, stood at less than one per cent, between! the extremes of the U nion. are now rangiftg, between place? on ly a hundred or two miles apart, ;at from six and seven to fifteen and twenty per cent. -In fine4 a national paralysis, ruined fortunes, gloom, iuffering, and a banktupt Treasury, are the prints of tJen. Jackson's footsteps, ps m Mfhlch Mri Van. Buren has faithfully fol )fQ .lowed. . si J Such are the conseqnences of castinc awav the valuable lights of experience, substiuitino lor them the crudities f ; i il lpnorancft. ml mpntintr with th". i;r.. r ' . .. rbsoer tv f When t i Tr prosperity. ; win ti.is fatal purpose was first disclDSe3.m(If -ifcs admihislraiioiwof Gejieral Jso.ihf wsdombf piif cpuntrf V .nnpniifimes. inese preicuonMve wu j. .TerifietLto the leitefe:tt4ean reacn into yje iMiu.reiiBt" ' our real statesmen was iiaou v 1 entreaty Tlietr protestations against it were lr0r "tlus District. - . -" loud nod fong, and. their fesislahce to it xvzsr -pe tneeting having been called to order, of a boldness proportioned loathe maghitudeSQaljel (j.3U1pi)t;il,'Esq. was appointed Chair of the evils Which they apprehended. But roa0f anti pennis Heartt and prJEUlmtind unhappily, the persons who conceived the I trud wick Secretaries'; mischief held the reins ot Uovernmeni, anu r thev JiaVed riven JieaJooZ-Over tie rampartst of the laWatld the prostrate interests of thei .mi fillip t fv 1- Nor bdve tilings yet: reached, their worst, unless the People 4nterpose TJie tendency J "oE things isjet downward. The same stern resolve-that lias broken uown;me prosperity r, tK nArtnl. nnw ot work to Crush W th I it thespirilthat dares to complain. o .1 in this las't effort is all that is: wanting to per- petuays'the reigtv of(iyranny and oppression, under which Uie country has already groaned loo long. :- - . ' ' Surely, if there be any truth m the picture j which we have sketched of the present state pf ou4rfounlry-and that there is, we presume no one will deny and if the state of things be, asl it undeniably is, the fruit of aial-ad- ministration of public affairs, sUU willully persisted in ; what reasonable or thinking man but must be satisfied of the necessity of a change of administration, to produce a change in the face of public affairs, t f i Setting asule all, questions of personal pre ference, or parly pride or predilection, is it likefy, we ask, that a dogged perseverance in a foolish and ruinous policy will lead to af l m 1 ; . . iL. f U1C33CU II C llll-Ltllli: III u iv v s a w a. wise and prosperous end Is it not thej , , , , .. . . r ., i i ' r .u i Aand cone uded with ffering the lollowing known determination of the now dominant I "u , . . . , . , i ? nower in rfB Onvernment to oersevere i irs I l ":.."'r:" ri..i" -:..i.-. .m picscii i y ; ia inert., iiioi.anv "wet raiunji mode of bringing back the country to its for mer sound and happy condition, than, b)' a concert of all men who see and acknowledge these truths, to effect such a reform in the administration of the Government as will give it a new direction ? These are questions which are put to our readers, and which we trust that those who yet doubt will think upon, and each one an swer for and to himself. Arf, Intelligencer. GEN. HARRISON ON AGRICULTURE. ' The following extract from an Address by Gen. Harrison before an Agricultural-Society in Ohio, is at once eloquent and true. It exhibits a just conception of the dignity and purity of the primitive employment of man: "The encouragement of Agriculture, gen tlemen, would be praiseworthy in any coun try; in our own it is peculiarly so. Not on ly to multiply the means and enjoyments of life, but as giving greater stability and secu rity to eur political institutions. In all ages, and in all countries, it has been observed that the cultivators of the soil, are those who are the least willing to part with their rights, and submit themselves to the will of a master. I have no doubt, also, that a taste for agricul tural pursuits is the besttrneans of disciplin ing tlve ambition of those daring spirits, who occasionally spring up in the world, for good or for evil, to defend or destroy the liberties of tbeir fellow men, as the principles received from education or circumstances may tend. As long as the leaders of the Roman armies were taken from the plough, to the plough Uiey weFe willing to return. Never in the character of the General, forgetting the duties of the citizen, and ever ready to exchange the triumphal purple, for the homely vestments of the huslnuidman. . . The history of that far-famed republic is full of instances of this kind; but none more remarkable than our ,own age and country have produced. The fascinations of power, and the trappingaof command, were as much despised, and the enjoyment of rural scenes and employments as highVy prized, by our WASHINGTON, as by Cincinnatus or Ueg ulus. At the close of his glorious military career, he says, I am preparing to - return, )o that domestic retirement which it is wedl kno-wft I left with the deepest regret, and for which I have not -ceased to sigh through a long and painful absoncer" ' Major Jack Downing is always quicjt in discerning any black clouds, that threaten to overshadow the party. In a late letter, pub lished in the New York Express, he men tions several scenes, the like of which are constantly occurring in every town in our country, where there are mechanics, farmers or fishermen. The Major says: " I dropt in to have a talk with my old friend Bangum, the blacksmith, who was a spell ago one of our stand-bys, and found his fire out and his bellows leathers breathless. 'Why. says I, 'Bangum, how goes it?" 'Bad enuf,' says he ; and so he went on talking about want of worW, &c. that horses even went barefoot and no shoes wanted. 'But,' says I, 'hear JhaV and I jingled two pieces ot gold thai 1 keep in my pocket ; and with that he seized his sledgehammerand slamm'd it oh an nnviL 'Hear that,' says he, 'Major and which makes the most noise? but what does it amount to V I seed at once that he was over the fence, and so I trudged round to old riankum, the ship-wriffht, and found mm and his children scraping up chips in his ship-yard, and so I dodged round the -corner andaid nothing there, and so from one call ing and trade to another, found prettv nih all busy doing nothing, and every one I talked to grit their. teeth, and that is what I call rale grit. And some do say the -farmers are also complaining, but this can t be, for the-Gene ral nd Mr. Van Buren said thai the farmers would all be rich and happy, and contented, provided the merchants and bankers and all that train was broken down. There is one class of folks, however, who are doing well, and we must stick to them, no matter how much other folks complain, for it is for their interest to work sharp to keep the party to getherand that is the officeholders. No ma ler how bad the times be, the worse thev be J the better for thpm. fur i , ' " rU n n rpL . .. 7. ' a,w . luc ""'re I , y cn with their wPges, whieli never lessens." W B f Gr E B T I N G S . r COUNTY. L rn .n,rm t in nrevious notice, a meei- number-' bf' the Republican Whig IcUzeiis ot urange couiuy was ireiu m rriUayT we concerting mBnsnpes for nominating a suitable canimrate 1 benlaceu on the wing electoral ijuiwc Qn motion cf Dr. James Webb, lt wae Revived. That a Committee . to consist of five memiiers, be appointed to meet Commit ees from the counties oi irranvuie ana x-ersow,o vuiiikj a wu dulate for Xhii District to be placed on the Whig Elec toral Ticket, ' H . Messrs. Willie 'P.Mangum, Harrison Parker,' D E. Strndwick, William Lips : , , aoooimed V""IH " " . . ' : - - r r said Committee. iu cmiiuuac i Mr. Mugll vv auueji auuresnt;u u me uicci.- ing a lew pertinent remarks, in his usual fervent style ; in. the course of which, he suggested; the propriety of placing upon our Electofar Ticket men who would be capable and willing to canvass their respective dis tricts, and place before the people such in formation as would -enable them to decide justly upon the great political questions now agitated ; and also of inviting an interchange n visits and discussion with the Virginia electors on our Northern borders, as propos ed by the Virginia Convention. tHe did not propose any instructions to our delegates to the district meeting, but merely, threw out i these remarks as suggestions which had pas-, sed over his mind. '. W Tt r T ft . 1 1 . n Ij HAMvi,m - I.A Afl- , 1 "" " c. 4 u,ov , u KesolUllOOS, WHICH Were unanimous auopi red Resolved, That the Whig party of Orange will, at the usual period, present a full ticket of candidates, to represent said county in the Senate and House of Commons of the next Legislatue. RaolvetL That our Whig brethren in the vanous parts of the county, be requested to consult the wish es of the people, j(n regard to the proper persons to be selected as candidates, and that they coilvey those wishes, through Agents to meet at Hillsborough, on the Tuesday of the next County Court. . Resolved, That in these times ot pecuniary, distress and general calamity in all the" business concerns of the country the result, not of seasons of drought and diminished crops, but of a deeply disordered and deranged state of public affairs, it is the duty ol ev ery good citizens to take that position the poblic will may assign to him, and to struggle with a true Whig spirit, for the ascendency of genuine Republican Whig principles and Whig practices. On motion it was also Reiolvedy That it be recommended to the Commit tees Irom .Person, Cranville, and Urange, to meet at Red Mountain on the last Saturday in April next, for the fulfilment of the duty assigned to them of select ing a, candidate for "Elector for this district. H. K. Nash, bsq. presented a Resolution, expressing in strong lenns, disapprobation of the insult which Judge Sauiiders, in jiis address to- the people on. Tuesday, had east upon the Editor of the Star, and condemning, also, the action of the Van Buren Conven tion on the subject. , On introducing tins Resolution, Mr. Nash, observed, that had. the matter rested where it stood on Tuesday evening, he should not have thought it proper to propose any action npon it by this meeting; but he had learntd that the Van Buren Convention which as sembled on Thursday, had passed a Resola- tion, unjustly, as be thought, censuring Mr. McQueen, and thereby had given to tlie transaction a party character. Mr. McQueen had visited this place as a private citizen, to obtain subscriptions for a literary publication, and had been publicly and gxossly insulted as a member of the W hiir pmrty; and he. therefore, thought it due to him, and to the party, to place" the matter in its true light. P. H. Mangum, Esq. objected to the adoption of the Resolution. He said,, that however rouchhe miht favor the sentiments of the Resolution, he had no idea of making this personal contest a party concern. Let the Van Buren party do so if they think proper; their c.iuse needs such prop ; Wt he hoped the Whig party would look higher. and leave Mr. McQueen to fight his own battles, as he was abundantly able to do. Giles Mebane, Esq. remarked, lhat he en: tirely concurred in the sentiments advanced in the Resolution ; but he thought with Mr. Mangum, that the Whig party should have nothing to do with it. Mr McQueen had been wantonly insulted, and he resented it as a man of warm feelings would be very apt to do in like circumstances. His lan guage might have been rash, impetuous, im prudent; but there was a spirit in his bosom that could not brook an open insult. He de fended himself then, and he can d' it again. Mr. Nash mde a few remarks in rep'ly, and ably justified the views he took of the matter; but said that in compliance with the advice of some of . his friends, he would Withdraw the Resolution; which he accor dingly Jid. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. CATLET CAMPBELL, Chm'n. Dejtis Hkartt, c . NORTH CAROLINA. Until a few days past, we have believed that those of our friend? who have counted on the vote of North Carolina for Gen. Har- ri.OJi, were too sanguine, and we had almost despaired of seeing the old North State re sume the station which she once held among the Republican States of the confederacy. But we are happy to be enabled to say that, from conversations which we have recently held with intelligent gentlemen from various quarters of the State, especially the If 'estt we have come to the conclusion that if North Carolina votes for Van Buren, it wUI be at tributable to the lukewarmness of ile Whigs themselves. That such a result wilKt)? pfti- duced by such a cause, we have too' much respect for ihe intelligence and patriotism of the State to fear for a moment. With an able and efficient press, intelligent and nonnlar Electors, and industrious Committees of Vir- nonce; rtiiu vyurresooiiuence, u e . .... old North : oiaie win e as surelv found on thp riaht side of the political fence as the day of elec tion comes. Petersburg Intelligencer: j " ' v,',",,,,,iii;iliiM,iii iiiiii iiiii-.-----.------ 1 LJ. 'iiiniwii mi wiMm i iii'iu mn TO THE PEOPLIT: OF mis ris j. v w GRESSl0fA4TRICT. - . It is admitted by all parUevibat th GenetaI .Gov emmeB bold the pui)Uc landa in trust. If o, St bar no more' right to abuse .its trust, by .ttsertaff monies arising from the of theselanda for its own purposes, than an individual wouia nave ie mane a similar oae of property confided to him in trust ! Arid if it would be duhoneat in any individual to do so, there is no rale that would make it otherwise m the ; General Government, The Wmgpattf contends that ! the monies recieved from the sales ofHhe public lands ; should be given to the States as R,parlpf those lands were conveved in trust by them to thajjeneral Gov- j ernment, and Uvbalance-Jbinight with the common. fund of the country5y??j jf ... - Tfie receipts from the sale of the public lands from the 30th of Septt 183S lotheSOth of September 1839, t were 68,319.843 dollars.' This sum if divided among 1 j i -o- ri..-. l l f lue csiaies as projuweu ui j uuu.uui! ttuuu ive to North Carolina $3,9l&76, which if put out at interest, would yield an annual revenue of 235,286 dollars, a sum suflicient to pay annually 200 dollars to each school district in each county in the State. Or if divided among the counties would give to each the amount set opposite to it in the following table: Anson 74,844 Jones 29,779 Ashe 37,102 Beaufort 58,245 Bertie 65,111 BtADK 41,467, Brunswick 34,600 Buncombe 86,450 Burke . 94,985 Cabarrus 46,731 Camden 35,752 Carteret 35,630 Caswell . 80,632 Chatham 81,800 Chowan 35,561 CoLtTMBtS 21,989 Craven 72,928 Cumberland 78,769 Currituck 40,648 Davidson 71,19.6 DrPLijr 60,955 Edgecoxb 79,305 Franklin 56,631 Gates 41,768 Granville . 102,776 Greene I 34,053 Guilford 99,493 Halifax- 94,491 Haywood 24,309 Hertford 45,331 Hyde 32,837 Iredell 79,215 Johnston 58,081 Lenoir Lincoln Macon Martin Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore Nash N. Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pasquotank Perquimons Person Pitt Randolph . Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Stokes Burry Tyrrell Wake Warren Washington Watnb Wilkes 41,009 119,236 29,318 45,342 106,588 57,980 41,126 45,082 58,792 71,106 41.499 126,951 45,884 39,395 53,343 64,214 6576 .49,893 ' 49,089 63,685 110,374 93,228 61,777 86,001 77,016 25,127 108,313 63,067 24,471 54,858 63,550 On the other hand it is contended by the support ers of the Administration, first, that if the proceeds of the Public Lands were given to the States, ,th at it would lead to too great extravagance on" the part of the States. This argument come with an ill grace from an Ad ministration' that has in addition to the whole revenue of the country, squandered the proceeds of the' Public Lands, and is now actually creating a public debt, by borrowing money, and that too, in time of peace, and thereby putting it out of its power to do justice to the trust reposed in it; or in other words to acjUwith com mon honesty. Careful guardians thesedhq to be sure of our interests, would take our property, lest we should do ourselves an injury with U ! C4ear sighted statesmen who can see the mote in our-eye but not the beam in their own ! The next objection urged by the government party against distributing the proceeds of the Public Lands among the States, is that it would be unconstitutional to do so; and yet these very men, by their acts, disa vow this doctrine, as is shown by their efforts to give these lands to a part of the States. Witness Mr. Ben ton's graduation bdl to educe the price of the Public Lands, which is but an indirect method of giving them to the States in which they lie ; and thereby not only depriving the old States of their interest in these lands, but doing them an injury in another form. For if the price of the Public Lands in the Southern and West ern States was greatly ' reduced, it would produce a corresponding depression in the value of lands in the old States, for the inhabitants would emigrate to the new. But it remained for the great weathercock statesman of South Carolina to bring forward a bill, which, if it becomes a law, will cap the climax of in justice to the old States : It proposes ; but stop let us have the bill itself, here it is. . Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of Revre- sentatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That all the Public Lands within the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, with the exceptions of the sites of fortifications and all other puhjic buildings, shall after the thirtieth day of June. 1 842, be ceded to the Slates within the limits of which they are respectively situated, they having previously complied with the following conditions. . That the said States shall severally pass acts to be irrevocable that they will annually pay to the United States fifty per cent on the gross amount of sales of such lands on or before the first day of February in each succeeding year, &c. The bill then goes on to propose a gradual reduc tion of the price of the lands, until the balance unsold, after a certain time, shall be finally given to the States in which they lie. That some idea may be formed of -the quantity and value of the lands which this bill pro poses to give away, one hall for the other ; and also to show that the new States have been already dealt with, with a liheral hand ; we subjoin a table, which shows the quantity of land unsold on the 30th September, 1838, in each State enumerated in the bill, and also the amount already given each, for the establishment of public-schools, &c. . Unsold. Ceded to the States. 1,842,911 " 1,074,163 1,537,317 1,212,426 1,363,132 833,550 613,781 969,759 976,896 Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Michigan Arkansas 3,953,316 5,964.220 18,103,622 21,515 093 19,644,037 11,913,751 11,100,029 7,448.782 16,758,799 116,441,649 10,424,643 This bill is so absurd, and so unjust to the old States, that we cannot imagine what has beset the man to propose it ; unless he has become giddy from the fre quent and rapid political turns, and party changes, he has lately -made ; or, that in very truth, "too much learning hath made him mad." Give one half for the other indeed ! Why North Carolina would take them for a million of dollars a year clear profit then. It would seem uncharitable to give credence to public rumor that it is the preconcerted scheme of Mr. Cal houn and Mr. Martin Van Buren, to purchase the votes of the new States in this way, and yet it is hard to account for H on any other principle. What can he or the party mean by a State passing an irrevocable act? Has such an act ever been passed or can it be done 1 We know they deny the right of a Legisla ture to pass any law which should bind their success ors. So far in fact, do they carry this principle, that they declare the right of Legislatures to take away at any time the charters which they have granted to law ful corporations. Under this view of the subject, can it be that their design is to cede the lands of these Slates, and then let the States refuse to comply with the conditions of the grant, and keep the lands for nothing 1 Suppose, as would be most likely to occur, these same new States were not to pay the " fifty per cent to the general government on or before the first of February in each succeeding year," what then would be. done force them f Where would State Rights Nullification then be found 1 Would -it be supporting the government against the ' States ? Or the States against the government? Or suppose as the bill further proposes, that if the States fail or re fuse to comply with the conditions of the transfer, that it should be null and void we do not see how prop erty once transferred and taken possession of, can be taken back unless by force, or by a re-transfer, and would the States retrocede these lands to the United States? J JERE'H LIPPITT, JNO. Mi-RAE, D. B. ALLEN, Committee of Vigilance. C CTM M U N I C A T J S. CPom ths Ka?isTia Aox vv- Vj , On Thursday last, a 'tremendooS TornaaoJ passed through this County .LinHie vtctwty t , . of Wake Forest, and vyhat appears almost incredible, we learn from a number of the most respectable citizens of the county, who witnessed it, that several persons were taen up and carried several miles without, sus taining the slightest personal injury, except t be fright.' W. VV. S. Mr. Editor : It has occurred to me, that Publishers of Newspapers loie a great deal of money by the negligence" or 'dishonesty of Subscribers and Advertisers. However, I suppose it is nothing; to me; but what should we de, without a Press ? And how shall a press be sagpofted, without prom pi and regular payments i oh the part of debtors to it? Crush the press by brute force, or cripple its energies by faint praise or ineffi cient pa ronage, and this great country will at once become a den of robbers the foster er and perpetuater, of every thing revolting to humanity and civilization. Now, Sir, I am not interested in this mat tsr. 1 never owned I never expect to own a Press V but my ears are perpetually pain ed my soul is continually sickened, by re ports of defaulting subscribers by the de relictioH of those who should be the first to stand by and hold up the army of the Edi torial fraternity, it belongs to you as a body, to apply the iemedy. Let it be done, right quickly or you will be ruined men! Go on, Sir, wjth your gallant pen in- ihe great battle which is now waging for the protec tion and preservation of American freedom. To you, as a body, intelligent, chivalrous, and patriotic as you are, belongs the high task of advancing in the front of public sentiment, and of imparling energy and di rection to individual and national at lion. In this noble crusade, may you be abundantly sustained and encouraged ; and may your ef forts contribute to work out the political re generation of the country. TITUS., Well and justly said. O, si sic omnes !", QEditor Register. Washijtgtox Citt, M,arch 19, 1840. To the Editor of thk Register: I have read the defence of Romulus M. Saun ders in the Standard, in which he labors to palliate his unjustifiable conduct in, presenting aboliuon peti tions when he was a member of Congress. Wed -may he.deem some apology for himself due to the out raged people of .North Carolina. He has given en couragement to Abohtioists to persevere in their petitions. He has, in eflect, proclaimed to them, that in North Carolina. they 4iave adies, who re gard Slavery as " the sin of oppression." And hereafter, when a Southern man skallsayyou have no right un der the Constitution Uf interfere with Slavery, the Abolitionists will poinUto Romulus M. Saunders as a North Carolina Member of Congress, Attorney General, and Judge who has admitted the power of Congress o.ver the subject. Already has this been done. Mr. Slade, of Vermont, in a recent speech in Congress, in defending the conduct of the petition ers for abolition, referred, for this very purpose, to "Mr. Saunders, of North Carolina;" and already has the Emancipator, a vile, abandoned and slander ous Journal, published an article relating to Judge Saunders' abolition petitions, applauding his course, and claiming his authority as that of a Southern Con stitutional lawyer for the right of petition and the power of Congress respecting Slavery. Should such a man be elected Governor of the State, the Aboli tionists will no doubt rejoice over it, and ' well they .may. They wdl be encouraged to go on --will think that every man who casts his vote for Saunders, jus tified his presentation of Abolition petitions and will confidently maintain, that the State has adopted and ratified his conduct, and pronounced to him a " well done" for his efforts in behalf of" universal liberty. Are the people of North Carolina prepared to give such encouragement to Abolition ? But what is the apology offered by Mr. Saunders? He says that at the time of presenting the petitions, he stated that he did not concur in opinion with the petitioners. Let me ask Mr. Saunders how aid he ex press his disapprobation 1 V here is the evidence of his dissent ? I have taken the trouble to look into the papers of that day published at Washington City, to see if I could , find any notice of Mr. Saunders' dissent from the wishes of the petitioners. The National Intelli gencer, of December l4Ji, 1824, (the day after the first petition was offered,) merely reports that petitions were presented from . several States, and one from .North Carolina, by Mr. Saunders. You will look in vain for any protest from Mr. Saunders any word of dissent. If you look to the columns of the ' Washington Gazette," another paper printed at that time, you will find no expression of disapprobation from Mr. Saun ders, feo much for the petiuon of 1824. Then, as to the second petition. Looking ih the File of the Intelligencer for 1827, 1 find on the 23d January the following notice 'Upwards pC-sixty petitions were presented and referred to the appropri ate committees." No other notice of petitions but this not a word from Mr. Saunders. Upon referring to the National Journal, which gives an account of the proceedings of January 22d, when the second petition was presented, I cannot find one word, from Mr. Saunders, of dissent or disapproba tion nothing but this notice by the reporter ' Peti tions were presented from Norih Carolina Messrs. Con nor, Saunders and McNeill." ' The Telegraph has the same notice as the National '- Journal ; and the Tele graph sustained the party to which Saunders belonged. Where, then, is by evidence of Mr. Saunders' dis sent 1 It exists in his own fancy alone for he says, in his defence, he had forgotten he ever presented these petitions ! ! Is it likely then he would remem ber that he expressed a dissent? Would he forget the main fact, and yet remember a circumstance at tending it? But, if his statement be true, how stands the case 1 By his own showing, the presentation of the peti tions, was not the result, in either case, of haste or in consideration. No. He was, at the time, distinctly aware, that the petitioners were wrong that Congress has no power to act on the subject, and consequently, had no right to entertain the application' of the peti tioners. Well knowing this instead of returning the petitions, with his reasons, to those that sent them, (which would have been the manly and patriotic course,) he presents them to the House, and had them referred to " appropriate committees''' at the same time, however, stating in his place, that he d ffered in opinion with the petitioners. W uat a statement to be offered as an apology for conduct so unwise so unfaithful to his constituents so fraught with dan ger to the South so destructive of the Constitutional distribution of powers betweentheHTinon and the States.. The saying, in his own profession "vox audita peritlitera script a manet" should have taught him the permanence of a written memorial, and the perishing nature of a verbal protest. Yet be places on the Journals and amongst the files of the House, his argumentar Abolition, and thus gives it a being as lasting as - the archives of his country ; while h's d'ssent, neither entered on the Journals, nor inserted in the papers of the day, is left, by this con siderate Inend of the South, to take its chance forprescr- ..1 -1 r t l . vauon amongst uie acciuenu ot time, w nat an ac count to give to the people of North Carolina cf a transaction so deeply affecting thfcir rights and honor True, he recorded ore imperishable, materials, the ad- mission that the Abolitionists are right ; but he to be excused, because he inscribed on the air h"' apol- egy "adov insult w the injury V i- Mr, SiufiuWa has furnished to the AhnUt,, argument against the South he has spread it it' I I 1 r .i. it i l ' e uiuon ui me ji"usv, tutu uoa uai no answer with it The argument, written as on stone, remains his fee! ble dissent, traced but irr the sand, has disappear Arid when that argument is urged against us by th advocates, of Abolition, his successors in Con-res have no reply but th'wr-The people of North Uaro Una will fell Mr. Saunders, in August next, whatthev think' of his conduct they will then record their sen tence of disapprobation in a form- as lasting as that in which he has embodied his encouragement to Abo. lition. A NORTH CAROLINIAN. ' in ii i From the Ohio Republican. " BOYS, DO YOU HEAR THAT?" ! Twenty-six years ago last Autumn (said a gentleman to us the other day,) I was a boy attending school' in log cabin, with no other windows than th u light afford, ed through the space of two log3, by a remov al 6f a piece of the third, with greasy bits of paper pasted on as substitutes for glass. 'This cabin, dedicated to learn- earn- was situated in the out-skirts of a now populous ujwji in jrennsyivania. io otatc in tnc Union fur. nished more or better soldiers for the defence and pro tection of the Northern frontier of Ohio, during the late war, than did Pennsylvania. Not a few of her song were in the army surrendered by Hull; beside, num bers of her brave fellows were massacred and scalped at Winchester and Dudley's defeat. Still, the after call of Gen. Harrison for more soldiers, was answered by large numbers of Pennsylvanians, including severnl from our village. The departure of these brave fel lows from their families and friends, was then viewed as a voluntary sacrifice of life for the defence of their counlry, and the "farewell God bless ye," was utter ed in a tone and feeling that sunk deep in the hearts of the by-standers, and which will never be ci'iiced from my memory. In those days our mails were few and unccrtainjand it wasjonly by the occasional passing of a sick or dib bled soldier, returning home, that we heard from our army. Time hung heavy, and deep gloom overspread our countiy. The last news was, "a battle is soon ex pected between the American army under Gen. Har rison, and the British and Indians' under the blood thirsty Proctor and Tecumseh." Days and weeks passed by, and yet nothing wa heard from our army. Our citizens eagerly hailed all' strangers from the West, with the anxious inquiry of "any news from Gen. Harrison?" Such was the de lay, doubt and uncertainty, that it was generally fear ed, and by many believed, that Harrison and his afm'v had, like those before him, been defeated and mas -acred. While I was sitting (said my informant) at the .long low window of our school house, and our Irish school master was busy in repeating our A B C to the small er urchins, I suddenly heard the sound of a horn. I looked forth, and saw descending the hill, half a mile distant, the mail boy on his horse at full speed. At the foot of the hill, he crossed a bridge, and the rapid' clatter of the iron-hoof resounded throughout our cab in. Rising the hill near us, his horse at full speed and reeking with sweat, ne again sounded his shrill horn, and when opposite our J,og Cabin, he called oat: 'Hahrisou has wh'ppedthe British and Lid ans.'1 Our Irish tutor, with as true an American heart as ever beat in a son of Erin, sprang from his seat as though he had been shot, his eye flashing with fire, and screamed out : " BOYS, do you hear THAT " He caught his hat, darted out at the door, and fol lowed the mail boy at the top of his speed. The schol ars were not a second behind him the larger ones taking the ltfad, and shouting "Huzza for Harrison and the smaller ones running after, halloing and scream ing wifh fright! x The people of our village, hearing the confusion, and seeing the mail boy and horse at full run, followed by the school-master at thettopof his speed, and his whole school shouting and screaming, knew not what to make of it. The mechanic left his shop the merchant hi store and the women stretched their necks out at the a. ' T t ik.T r- . .i windows, while consternation and dismay were depic t ed on every countenance. The mail arriving t at the office, the carrier rose in his stirrups, and exclaimed, at the same time whirling his hat in the air: "Huzza for HARRISON ! He has whipped th British and Indians !! " " BOYS, do tou hear THAT ?" A universal shout of joy involuntaily burst forth bonfires were kindled in the streets; and our village il luminated at night. In those days I heard no one say that Harrison was a 'coward,' or a 'Granny,' but I did hear many say, 'God bless General Harrison!' A Pennsylvanian. Incredible. One hundred and sixty thousand dead, have heen buried in the cir cumscribed space of Trinity Church Yard, NewCYork, since 1702. Noah. VALUABLE CITY PROPERTTFOR SALE By virtue nf a Deed of Trimt.executed to me on the first day of june, 1839. by At.XAniK (AMpbki.l. dec if.. for the purpnsrs therein "ipree I, I shall offer for vale- to the highest bidder, at the Court House tn the City of Raleigh, on Saturday, ih 1 8th day of April ensuing, at 12 o'clock. M. ihftt valuable Lot,' known in ihe Plan of said City a N. 10 1, containing, besides a hand-ome two tury Dwkl ling House, nil necessary Out-houses, with a!tut an acre nf ground being the sanw formerly I elng ing to the Estate of Mrs, Hassah, and purchased un der a Deciee of the Court of Equity of WakV Coun ty, by gaid Camplwll WESTON R GALES, Trustee. Raleiph, Mar. h 21. 1840. 26 CITY TAX LISTS. The inhabitant, of Raleigh being lequired by ihe A t passed by the. General Assembly for the government if the I'lty.to give in in the Intendant of Police, on uatli. on or h f re the first of April annually, a list of the Tax!!e Property of which they are possesd, with the tree, male Polls of their respective ftmilirs (including Boarders) and their Mate Slave working within the liinits of-the City are her. by notified, that attendance wih be civen ai the Court Houe on Saturday next, from 10 o'clock in the f-renoou to 1 in ihe afernoon, and from 3 to d o'clock in the evening, to receive th j'amp. And r there be any who cannot conveniently attend nn that day, the Inrendant will receUe thir lisis at his Office on the Monday, Tuesday or Wed nesday following. Person? failing to give in their lists of Taxa!! t Property, as required, will be subject In a fine of two dollars J. GALES, March 25. IS40. Intendant. iTATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, Chatham jlj Cottutt, Court of P'.cas and Quarter Xpi i', February Term. 1840 Joab lirook &. Laikiu Um.iks, vs. Executors & Legatees' of I.arkm Brooks, dee'd. Petition for account and settlement. It appearing to the satisfaction of ,lh Court that Parker Brooks is not an iniiab.lant ol" (hi iSu e :'Il i therefore ordered that publication be made in the Raleigh Register for six weeks, for him t' appear at the next Term of th s Court to he hld for Chath am County, at the ouri-hou.e in Pittb.iriugii, on ihe 2d Monday of May next, then end thereto answer di allegations of the Petition, ffrc or judgment will ba tak en pro confesso. -v Witness, Nathan A Struma, Clerk of ouraid Court at Office," the 2d Monday of February, A. D., 1840. N. A. STEDMAN. C.C. C March 27, 1840. ' 26 EACON & OMNIBUS. Th. Publisher ha at Irnyth received such information resecting the requisite new materials for the " Beacon and Cm--nibus" a lead him lo expect their arrival daily, after which thj) ier will appear with all possible dispatch, and continue regularly every week. ' GOOSfii-e opposite the PrrViylerian Church, front ing on tha Stale Hduhc Square, criiere communica tions, advertisements, cj-c. March 7. 1840." win be.tnari&iu.iiy rcej. 26 It.
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