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- c-flyottteite arotr g|gv>gyt<3aty« - ■
for licip? up in your bosom,
charily, th» orightest star in the constella
tin'! ofdSod's mercies?
Kcmcrnher, tlmt thousands of your fel
low citizens do not enjoy the privilege of
chinch membership, and arc drifting on the
surges of an ever-troubled ocean, if your
church is n Temperance Society, you will
sacrifice nothing in joining one, where nil
we allowed its benefits; hut with yonr ve
teran habits in sobriety, you ean safely pilot
Us through the shoals and quicksands and
breakers which threaten on every side.—
Hence, we ask fbryour experience; jve ask
you for the example of your godly life, and
well ordered conversation; and wc ask you
for your stern inflexibility and unbounding
integrity, to assist us in dislodging an ene
my already in the bosom of our country,
and whoso battlements extend from shore
to shore.
N arly allied to the last, is another ob
jection from the same source, to wit. “ll
the grace of God he unable to restrain
Us, surely the Temperance Societies can
not,” without arrogating to ourselves the
prerogative of judging, or of pronouncing
■ sentence. Wc most awfully four that those
who are kept hack by such objections,
know but little of the practical operations,
and heart renovating influence, of tin
yfßCb of God upon ISeir wwiw Will you
•’ 7‘ r weed, and deiNuLnpon the grace
es Gud to o, vJPhu.s and gruue
ru-s with u plciitilhl WicVe.vt.
putut not to deceive
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And us you would nil
mhll' alicr (lie Me«d are depus
insiiK' a crop, so you must dig
iai 111 ! up-root llieiioxiousive. ds which
■HHRu rank luxiiri-uico around Inn. boa
m this garden of nature.
i v o me, there is something to be
9 -pan. He must render an account
S '®«urdship. He is not to cumber
and hear no fruit. I will not
ciivlrwitli you on ilicso mutters; at least,
as h moral agent, he can “cease to do
evil, and learn to do well.” It docs
aoom to me, that a snflicioncy of die grace
of God to save us from (his sin of drunk
enness, wotild at the same time, prompt us
to buckle on our helmet and spoor, and
stand in the front of the buttle, for our
children and neighbors, it would inspire
us with a generous benevolence, and a
boundless generosity. It would plant in
our bosoms, the good-doing example of our
Lord and Saviour arm us for any
opposing confHcWWWo judge of the tree
Vri/e* This, sir, is flic only infallible
v i- bnm that spirit, then, which
i 4or-ilyVhj 11 Co s^d« ! lf.Hl,n«B,, a care-
life-giving, mid liencvolent ofii
ecs of the grace of (bid I
Does that spirit which enervates all our
•charitable oliurts, neeprd with tho God-like
grayer of our dying saviour, towards his
c.icmies, when lie said, “Father forgive
♦hem lor they know not what they do.
And, sir, if our Christian neighbor will
.recollect that the grace of God, which has
Ibrtilicd'liis soul, and thrown him above the
danger of temptation, will not screen his
children from the overwhelming influence
of drunkenness, it docs seem to me he
would work up to a lively activity mid an
ever-abiding zeal upon the subject Tcni
Another objection which lias been re
lied on by members of the church, is,
“that these Temperance Societies will li
‘’hally produce n division in the church.’'
Thus argued the antimissionuries, and yet
of light from the gospel have
of the darkest and
*?■>JvVi :% r' ll;hh M'.ecc:
, H^nUsgiv-
I same feelings; all aim at the same goal;
■ “nothing to drink,” is the watch-word,
and sobriety is the blazing star which
- serves .as “« cloud hy day and a pillar of
t jfre hy night." Yes, sir, upon this sub
-8 joct wo may adopt the remark made in re
r fereneo to another matter. Wc are all
I Baptists—we arc all Methodists—we are
I all Presbyterians; and allow me to sapor
add, that we may all be sober men.
t Another objection is, “that to abstain
entirely' from the use of ardent spirits, is
not an act of Christian forbearance.”—
c Now, sir, according to the same sort of
1 reasoning, a temperate use of spirits, is so
i (nr from being unnecessary, that it is abso
-5 lately a virtue. Ifyou make this the touch- j
- stone and standard by which you measure!
, Christian stability and forbearance, all
8 should come to the measurement, and all
shoidd pass through the ordeal of thispuri
- Tier; and hence, all who do not use spirits,
1 are out of their duty, and ought to be dealt
- i with.
Mr. President: lam not now prepared
‘ to say that the temperate use of spirits is a
? sin; but, sir, I am much less prepared to
; say that it is a virtue; and, taking it upon
i (ho ground that it is no sin, when wc con
, eider its deleterious influence upon themor
• nls of the community; when wo consider
i that it has been one of the sorest curses
■ which has afflicted this, fallen earth—tlmt
it has elcithed this laud In mourning, and
swept o/f some of our proudest hopes—is it
not best, is it not safest, to abstain? But,
sir, to tho objection; neither is it a sin to
play a game of cards, when there is noth
ing wagered, not oven against the law; yet
you would hardly recommend to your
Christian neighbor, to indulge in this sort
of amusement every day, byway of testing
his Christian stability; you would hardly tell
him, (hat to play was only an act of ehris
flati forbearance, and hid him God spec.l.
So scrupulous was tho Apostle I’aul,'of n
good example, and so tender of tin; li cling
Itaflii; brother, that ho forbore even to cat
D it caused them to ofleiul. The
\ church iTtrillyi^i^ l ! , ’ l ' ,110 world, and
- exerts, as she slionE?*^*-'* 1 * 0 moral in
- fluence; her members ; lioimTrTW^iiia' 0 ’* >f:
t extremely cautious, lest they I.eooSRTV,
i stlimbling-bloek to others.
Mr. President, wc would not wish to he
considered forward, or imprudent, in saying
i a word to the Church. It is not our intention
t to do them injustice or attribute to (hem mi
r artificial consequence. No, sir, in the lan-
I guage of truth, I speak what I do know;
, 1 have felt the force of thoir example, when
i yet but a boy. i have seen the venerable
i grey-headed Christian, indulge in his fre
) quent drums, at homo and abroad, in tav
■ crus and public places. 1 have seen the
< eyes of the grog-shopman sparkle with
I pleasure, ns the Christian father'partook
• with him; and even the transpierced bo
■ som of (lie wallowing old drunkard, see
med to struggle for self gratulation at the
apparent gratification of the church mem
ber, when be swallowe d his drtim. The
enormity of this crime, tuid the odious
nossofthc practice, lose half their turpi
tude upon the mind of the youth, when
found in such company. If perchance an
accidental warning were to admonish the
are hiA-li
cd, and ho is lost. Tell him as a friend,
that ho is losing in health, reputation, or
property, mid he will at once, point to you,
this good old man, who lias been iu the
habit of taking bis drink all his life, mu!
ask you to see his respectability and pro
gress; ho will iel! you that if such and such
members of the church, or perhaps preach
ers of the gospel, drink, surely he caii
be allowed to take bis dram, when he is
tired or sick, Ac. Arc, This, sir, is no
unreal picture. This, sir, is no speculative
chimera, to answer present purposes. No,
I put the question to you and to (his res-,
peetabhs audience, whether it is not true ?
Have yod not heard this plea set up, since
the establishment of this society? Have you
not seen young men, with a sort of heroic
iudeiviulcnce, fling this in the teeth of
those who said join our Temperance So
ciety?
Another objection is, “flint members of
tho Temperance Societies, have said more
than they ought to have said, or gone too
tiir.” Now, sir, 1 shall not pretend to
deny, or vindicate, or palliate, any impru
dent remarks which may have been made.
I have no doubt, but such has been the
case, and for might I know, 1 may have
the subject of such a remark. For
purpose of argument, sav that 1 have.
’ objection to tho
list, Baptist, or
members were
it he believed no
Pm, unless he bad
i—would this in
crcod, or would
nsically, to your
consider mo as
igb the country,
or iitipnidPnf fo
's of your church,
onduct, or your
, sir, wc ask for
isk you to mete
c that you wpu uv
tl Our society
pe not ohmoxious
ar-
BjHteople out of
that this
when I say,
r county; come
lability “ witlidut
TOfliis part of the
hafible individual,
■fend grateful ac
-gjn gg sy— g
; out ceasing. Thanks tor your vigilance!
And now, sir, the last, though not the
i least objection, which I sliall notice, is, that
r they love the liquor too well. This is the
■ bone of contention. This, is the mightv,]
• the legitimate source, and the Patriarch of
I all (heir objections—the chief corner-stone
: of all their liars, and the primum mobile of
■ all (heir scruples. ’ __ ■
There arc but few, who are so far lost to
i all sense of pride, as candidly to confess it;
i but few whose shame would not exert anoth
er effort, inflict another pang, ami tinge the
7 check with another blush, at the open
' avowal; but few, who arc so far reconciled
to their own disgrace and degradation, us
not to revolt at so melancholy a fate; but
few whose esteem lor their families, anil
love of file, would allow them to bury ali
under so heart-rending an acknowledge
ment. Still sir, it is true, with many of
the objector;. Yes, ’(is the love of whis
key, which causes them to ransack the
regions of intention, and to torture tiipir in
genuities, to find objections to tho Tem
perance Societies.
It is the love of whiskey, which dries up
the streams of benevolence in .their bo
soms ; which blunts their sagacities; which
scorches the seed of charity, and which
blasts the fruit of brotherly
’Tis the love of whiskey, wh.ef, e, ig
• nrmsltlie current of .... . (V. u ,f-~* .c.y-t—
--blood; stilled ncighboin Iv generosity; wn Ue
down friendly intercom. ■ : and swept away
almost (he last vestige of parental affec
tion !
Tis the love of whisk.• , which has
choalted (he tender (ou. lungs of con
science, and makes them ask for “a little
more sleep and a little more s!urtib«r!”
Tis the love of whi key. v. arch lias
swelled the catalogue of accumulating mis
eries that infest our land—which has wid
owed your daughters, and orphaned then
children!
'Tis tho love of whiskey, which ha - peo
pled your mad houses, populated your hos
pitals, and crowded your prisons !
And, it is the love of whiskey’ which ’ms
generated and let loose amongst n , s.ith
countless varieties of disease. v.Vi h destroy
like tlie Maoist room, sweep like the Sirdc-
like (he thunder-stoim!
Fc!lows!ttiS^ : " 'll you not lend four
assistance (o widening progjess
of (his already
Will you not render up iimivio mi gratifi
cations mid fine-spun scruples, to miatieh
(he fire which is consuming your own and
the vitals of your neighbours? Will wn
still goon, caring nothing tor these I birth,
and tell me that the flushes of wit, atld
freaks of humor, from the sparkling bowk
arc feasts of the soul v, Inch you ui:in<\
give up? Remember, that these moimjntary
ilium illations will only tend to make -#ldik
ness more visible; that they are but as
tho vivid flashes of lightning which tin
sage the storm, and an. lost hi the vv do
spread ruin, the workmanship of their , wn
havoc. Do not he delud 'd by the glare
of an ignis J'afunn, wlioso destination is ut
ter darkness; but rather turn to too true
light.
i oung men : to you, I think I cm, appeal,
w ith some assurance of success. }ou vll
i atttiiii el
Y our examples will soon he looked up tcy
and followed by your children. Heuec,
you will he responsible for their vices.
Fix now your habits, whilst you have noth
ing to sacrifice. For, be ye well assured,
that the stubborn fastness of a half cen
tury's lipling, will not easily be unloosed.
Many of you, no doubt, arc deterred from
joining ns, by the fear that yon will be
laughed at by your neighbour, os a nicmhei
of the Temperance Society: let them laugh,
or make fun of you as they will. When
you have joined, and become a sober, de
creet, respectable young man, that very
neighbour who twelve months before, laug
hed at you, will now welcome you as au as
sociate for his children; and, with double
satisfaction, to what he formerly would,
w ill give you the baud of his daughter io
wedlock. Yes, he will employ you ns an
overseer, ns a clerk, as a school-master, or
in any other employment, doubly ns soon
now, as he would have done before. Be
lieve me, the veriest drunkard that lounge.-,
in your streets, when he lias business to
transact, will always hunt up the sober man.
When they laugh at you for joining the
Temperance Society, tell them you wish to
live and die a sober man.
Do not be discouraged from joining with
ns, by the fear that our Society will bo but
short-lived; wc hope its duration will surpass
your fears, and out-livc your predictions.
But although it should last but one year,
good will have been done. Perhaps one
year's total abstinence may conquer the
growing cravings of your appetite, and
implant on your mind, that course of think
ing and sobriety, which sliall characterize
your whole life—which shall ho (lie prop
and stay of your white-headed old Father
and Mother, and redound to yoqr country 's
glory!
There are individuals, uo doubt -W
w hose cars, the sound of Temperance 80-.
defies, may “grate like harsh thunder!”
There is nothing magical in the name,
r tome. No, sir; I cajp not for names. If
• am which!
1 effectually accomplish our
wishes, I for one. will adopt it. Call it by
1 "“ at na me you please. Yes, raise but Die
■ standard of sobriety, bearing ajMtiner with
1 the motto, ii-f drink no liquor , aul I will
j fight under its folds with the same v-al as
, that with which I novv stand up for the
j Temperance Society.
t Mr. President, 1 have gone through moo
of the objections which I have heard urged
3 against Die cause of Temperance reform.
, Indeed, sir, 1 have avoided none. iorT
- verily believe, that the most subtle,To the
, “twentieth pan of one poor scruple,” can
ci be successfully met and answci^tl.
K The cause of Temperance can boldly
■jafiyjppositiou, and proudly court iuvesti
g°ld. it will brighten by
" l!1 prevail. The cloyds
'i.V ■■* '•■ , ho\ w p,
rccdlmo.l .
—1 in
march. The tocsin of war which reverbe
rated, at its approach, from city to city, and
t f. om village to village, will soon be hushed
to silence. The bloody banner which has
, u aved triumphant over this land lor thirty
$ years, each year adding another shade to
s its dee]) stain, wifi soon strike, and lie seen
r no more. A halo already lights up and
cheers many a neighborhood and village
1 once dark as mid-night. A fountain has
1 been opened in Dio house of Temperance,
which shall make glad the inhabitants of
these United •States.
1 Is (here any parent, brother, or friend,
or lover of bis country, who, (could he
1 command successfully) would say to this
spirif of reformation, “peace, be still. Is
there any man w hose irredeemable depravi
ty, would prompt him, longer to foster and
■ to fatten this vampire, l/iteinpernncc , in this
country? if there he, let us rejoice that his
hopes shall be blasted and the consumma
: tiou of his wishes made hopeless. Is there
any in this assembly who would dare openly
take the field in opposition to sobriety? Who
m here so base, tb it loves to he a drunkard?
1 ff any. speak, for him have 1 offended.
■ Who is here so rude, that w ould not be a
sober man? If any, speak, for him have I
ofleude i. Wlie is here so vile, that would
not love Temperance? If any speak, for
I I,d: :ml fern reply,
iv one; nOIIC -■
Mr, IV ■ ident, it cannot h»> ]
the vigilance ot this society, that the .suc
cess of the cause depends much upon Die
deportment of each individual member. If
temptations assail us, let us recollect our
Constitution and Laws. If our neighbour
shall insult us by offering us liquor, let us
say to him, “Sir, I am a member of a
Temperance Society; and drink as you
will, as for me and my house, we w ill be
Omperate.” Yes, sir, 1 had this day
rather be a door-keeper in a Temperance
Society, than to dwell in the tents of
drunkenness.
Mr. President: Perhaps my zeal for ihe
'"uisc of Teth • r.iuce, has induced me to
detain the Society and this A-scnibly al
ready too long: but, sir, before i conclude
allow me to point to you the melancholy
mienof that tottering old man, leaning on
his staff, upon whose face sorrow has plant
ed deep her furrows. See the big tears,
w inding their way from his almost sight
rf*ngoyc-bw!a—(lie tell-tale mournful ovi
dcricSikOf bis sorrow-ridden heart—hear
the hoPiiJg sighs and involuntary groans
w hich count \hc tempest-tost hours of
his RteepldS^ghis—w atch his retreat
to the private and listen there to
the tremulous ncc-unir of his faultcring
voice, as ho supplicates his God to re
claim Ids drunken *,a! Go with me, if
vou please, to tho bacchanalian hoard,
HCYc deep debauch, with sleepless vigi
lauch, holds her high court. See there,
In jNor man. the beggar, in boastings
ond, ctVirn riches vast us Psiav.fr. . Jfbrre
there, DieHcarncd tun I llwgfcat, in foolish
conversations and loung.ng
with the guilty rmgfflcrcr. See there, the
passing how ),Jfai but a moment ’ere il
w ' artf ' a^ aa y > raisiiig higher and lusher,
•Ki <v *' l Wilaugh and maniac song. But,
an. (],] H tempest to Die raging
*'• -TTIH nBIcl! DOIT* i»wrrjn 3W
ranks, grappling long, w ith horrid curses
loud. Two of the company, in fi ll en
counter, have met—knives, dirks, and
pistols, gleam from every hand —loud roars
the cry of father, brother, or friend, on ei
ther si(W until nt last, overwhelmed, beat
down, a iHidcss corpse, the weaker'or less
fortunate, falls a victim, leaving upoirthe
brow of his adversary, Die cursed mark
of Gain.
Bce Die wretched and shivering inmates
of your scarcely inhabitable hovel; un
conscious of their threatening starvation,
the little babes sport around the lap of tl.eir
mother with playful innocence, while the
small morsel, perhaps bestowed by sonic
charitable neighbour, may last. But, oh!
w hi'ii that is consumed hear the pitiful wail
ings, and groaning:-, and askings for
bread! while the poor care-worn mother,
ashamed to acknowledge her poverty oven
to her better ones, in hopeless silence, of
ten turns aside, and wipes from her wan
cheek the gathering tear. But, aias! she
1 can no ! mge r control the deep-seated an
guish oi her echire-pierced soul! she can
no longer roll back the floods of grid
1 which now rush forth in audible and sig
nificant sorrow! she weeps aloud, as she
1 presses her infant to her bosom, at the
horrors of starvation! even Diis distrac
; ling thought could be lulled by reviving
hopes; but wnen slip remembers Die grog
shop hard by, and \ sees her drunken hus
■ band come sfaggerhy home, perhaps stain
■ ed with his own gore, her heart sickens
I within her, and despair, unutterable dis
pnir, riots uncontroledj and uncontrolablc,
■ in her broken heart!
1 Yes, Mr. President |if there be a great
• er curse than Dio curse of curses ; it'there
, be a deadlier fiend than the most deadly ;
and if there he a calamity which emho--
, jiVs and concentrates uil the images of
, death itself upon this earth, it must be
Spirituous Liquors. Were I able to per
sonify drunkenness, 1 would hold the mon
; sterup to the gaze of a surrounding world.
i| I would present Imn to 3 011 at this time,
■ face to face, and 03 c to eye, that yon
■ might see his deformity. I would point out
: his mthful countenance to that trembling
1 old matron, and ask her to tell it to her
i son.— —1 would trace his horrid features to
; Dint dram-drinking father, and ask him to
: take back the cup at which he hoj already
given to his son. And, were 1 able.. '|
would, in a voice of thunder, proclaim his
1 misdeeds in the ear of that damsel, and
• »sk her (6 take back the pledge she had
r 1 that drunken young man.
b —— 6 Bo—o —
vlppoinlnjpit by the President. —James VV.
Ripj.ky. uT\he (Dollector of the Customs
r for the Disttict. and Inspector of the Hev
- enue for pt port of Passnniaqnod.V j„
Y the State (A*Maine, vice Leonp,- ({ | ja V vj p
g resigns*?.
,
The Governor of South Carolina has set apart
, 'fie fourth Salurday in September, as a day ol
If bating, humiliation and prayen
From the Federal Union.
[communicated.]
Serious advice to the Clark Party.—
Containing six reasons why they should elevate
ton seat in Congress “that pink of purity,
skato.x grajvtlaatd:'
Ist. It is important yon should choose
for your representative, a man who thinks
himself infinitely your superior, oral least
regards you with unmixed contempt and
scorn. Therefore you should choose Sea
ton Grantland.
2d. You ought to choose the man most
averse to your principles, and who re
gards you with the greatest nbhorence.
Now, who in these respects can he com
pared with Soaton Grantlund?
3d. Choose by all means him who has
incessantly villified. misrepresented, and
slandered you. Now only open the file
of the Recorder, and see if you have not
found the man.
4th. Choose above all, a political rcnc
gado, who cannot he torn loose from the
money-bag by the most violent revolution
of the political wheel, and who has liter
ally grown rich by abusing you.
sth. Choose not an implacable enemy
merely, but one void of magnanimity or
generosity. Shew some gratitude to Hea
ton, who since you became powerless
in 1825, has scarcely suffered u week to
pass without opening the culverins of his
foul battery against you.
Now hear the voice of a friend: Ornn-
of “ the
reiterate the cry of
iner who applied the lash a little higher
and a little lower as requested by the suf
fering criminal, till disgusted with his
complaints, he doubled the violence ol
his blows, saying—“ Zounds! there is no
such thing as pleasing you/’ And
fifh. Iliad almost forgotten the Inst altd
most impoitant reason—Seaton looks to
you for support!!!
SWIFT,
MB. FOIISYTH.
A report having gone abroad, ns we
understand, that Gov. Forsyth voted in
the Senate, in support of the Dlnysville
Rond bill, justice requires that it, should
be corrected. We are authorized to give
a fiat contradiction to the report, and to
say that so far from advocating the .Mays
vitle Hoad bill, Mr. Forsyth moved, to postpone
it indefinitely in the Se nate, and voted against
it in all its stages. — Geo. Journal.
From the Richmond finqulrer.
The “Augusta Chronicle," while it ap
proves of the Emigration to the West of
the Mississippi, dissents from the "mea
sures lately adopted by the authorities of
the General and State Governments, to
prohibit the Indians, ns well as others, in
truders, from digging for Gold, or other
metals, on the land in their possession/'—
The Chronicle induced us to pause in our
opinion, until we could obtain belter in
formation, than we po sessed.—We un
derstand this to he about the state of the
case; Some time in the month of June
Instj, b.c-gmation rcai bed the City of
iishingym, that a contention was like
ly to urise’.n the Cherokee country, be
tween the Squatters, and the Indians: the
farmer had been removed from the Mines
by the orders of the government; end
the Indians and thchLfriends had then
taken possession of mines
and commenced opcrntionsTTT!Plij(|fca
* -»4' tv
lege which was now permitted to the In
dians. They represented that they had
a right to look for the precious metals as
the Cherokee* and such Whites as had
been admitted into the nation by inter
marriage and adoption—that these In
dians had taken advantage of their ex
clusion—that the lands in question be
longed to the State of Georgia, niid that
they had as much right to dig & carry off,
ns the Indians and their friends and in'
consequence they returned and tin e*ten
ed to drive off the Indian?. A scene of
hostility and bloodshed seemed to he nf
hand,
The Commanding officer of the Failed
Stales troops interfered, iui,l arrested
some of the whiles, who were delivered
ovev to the authorities of Georgia; but on
’» " rit of Habeas Corpus, were discharg
ed by Judge Clayton.—At the same time,
iKe Governor of Georgia addressed the
President, claiming on behalf of the
Htnte the metals- vv Inch it contains, a , H j
beggmg the President’s interposition
‘ Jv* prevent their removal—stating ni s< >
the (lungers to be apprehended from the
•xeitement produced by the Cherokee?
1 occupying the very lands from which
i the Georgians hud been driven—and rep
resenting that, without the timely aid of
. *" c ' ■ it would be impossible to pre
' vent bloodshed and civil vvar. With the
view of preventing these hostilities and
f bloodshed on the one hand, and of giving
! himselftime to weigh the pretensions of
t Georgia and decide upon the best course
• width the emergency required, iustruc
■ feus were given to the Commanding Os
; ticer and to the Agent to prevent,"until
. further orders, all persons whatsoever
from working the mines, and removing
the metals. The most positive and anx
ious instructions were at the same time
’ issued, for adopting the most conciliafo
- ry and pacific measures possible for ob
■ tabling tiiis object. A Proclamation was
■- also issued tu- liv** Governor of Georgia,
t lot bidding all persons whatever from in
; trading upon the Mineral District, and
. carrying off the precious metals.
For fear however, that the Command
ing Officer of the U. States should mis
understand his orders, it is said that iu
’ structions have been more recently is
-1 sued, charging him not to intcrcfere with
1 the mining operations of the Cherokees,
I in their own inclosures,«md on their own
r farms.
> It is said, that the government of the
> United States has most carefully avoided.
- throughout the whole of these delicate
I transactions, committing itself on the
s question of the Sovereignty of Georgia
I over the Cherokee Soil. The point ’, s
said to he brought before the i®unremo
1 Court of the United we
cannot doubt from all t>,..j , ,
• R f ° ru 01 " Su -“ e,llc on behalf of
s , ! le “irokecs : and that some notilica
- '"flu to that effect has been officially
„ made to the Administration by their
, Counsel.—Ailer the case ofCohens, &c.
we should not be sur|tvised at the Courts
entertaining the jurisdiction, Aofpassing
•i upon the right of a State Government to
>f the sovereignty of its own soil.—As Mr.
Jefferson says in one of hit letters, in ra
•i
lotion to the case ofCohens: “1 hey are
construing our Constitution Jam a co-or
dinution of a general and
ment to a general and p “ lone J ;
This will lay all things at tfceir feat «nd
they arc too well v ersed in English law
to Ibrget the maxim, “bontjudias ert ams .g
a jurisdiclionent.
From the Nortb-Carolina Journal.
The Walker Pamphlet —Some excite
ment having taken place in Georgia a
gainst Mr. Polhill, the former partner of
Burntt, in consequence of the publication
of a letter from the Wife of Burntt, at
tempting to exonerate him from any guil
ty connexion with the W alker paniph
i lets, and attempting to throw strong susv
I picions upon the motives of Mr Polhill,
■ who had disclosed in'thd
t business, ke Ims published bft appeal to
the people, in which ho proveKto eiitko
- satisfaction, that he acted only u&kecamd
i a Citizen, a Patriot and a man ofhonori
i He declares the fact that he found sixteen
- of the Walker Pamphlets upon a shelf In
the office, jointly occupied by Burntt
t and himself, and also, received, through
r the post ollice a letter addressed by the^
- negro Walker to Jiurritt on the subject of .
s the Pamplilets, all of which he submit
i ted to the proper authorities, by whom
s process was commenced against liny 1
\Yc have heard that within a few tlaA ;
e several negroes in the vicinity of y*'
La" I, having copies of Wie WTlker*
pamphlets in their possession. These arc !
the first of these cut tiiroat incendiary
publications, which we have heard of in
this HtateJjntthere is tpo much reason to
fear, that their circulation has Hot been '
limited to Wilmington. Would it not
be well for the authorities of this Town
to make search for them here I —Any per
son. black or white, having them in pos
session, ought to be punished with tho '
extremest severity ofthe law.
By the byo—wlint kind of charity ot”\
policy is that, which leads seme of our, li
white citizens to take pains to instruct 1
colored people h»vv to rend ? The thing
is wrong. It [k demanded neither by
religion or common soil*', It is forbid- 1 ■
den by every dictate ft' prudence and
self preservatii/n. Th/>ructicc ougiittvi
he discounteiuyuced. /
'J'lte Norfolk Ht-rap o.'tthe 23d, states \
that “Ainongthe Pqftengcrs in the
mac from Wnshin#>n, on Saturday at* A
ternoon, were Wf T. Barry Bsq. I’oet A
Master General, ws\ Moj. Lewis, Second ,
Auditor ofthe Tflbsury. They proceeded J
on in the Potonj®' yesterday niornirf' '/ffh
Richmond. 'l'fr object of Mr. Bi®
trip, vve undefttand, is to determine i- <
expediency oflransporting tho Mail
tween RiehJmd and Norfolk, by steam, y
which wotui certainly be a great im- A
pTovement/and might be eflfected, wo J
should thilfc, at a saving of expense.!
These gentlemen reached RicfiTnind
on Sunday night, and left it on Tuesday,
for Washington. \ I
•>»*|»«“ —*
Mr. Van Buren lias declined accepting a pub
lie dituior proffered him by the Citizens of AlbS
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I'OR IMF. CIIDONICLE AND ADVERTISER, T
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U. H.
departed thi» tife at Portsmouth . A. 11. i
JS. 75, huiing been on the flench for the last 2U *jc UrH *
Departed \corlh! ’iia not lo blaze iliy F
Tlmt we a tribute of.respect would pay,
br j;ive to story, or to song, thy name *, /
ilie.«e shall l/ie trophies of thy liii* display,
Near sun?, unsullied by a cloud,
To Main thy scute.icon, spetik thy well earn’d praisrj |
\ii tues liln* thine, tin tomb can never shroud, . I
in lifl* i/io’ bright, in death they brighter blaze t I
y°* ' they need no heraldry of ours, j
i o twine thy memory with u deathless wreath •, I
\ el, \\ hilM those near thee, deck thy tomb with ilow’rs', J
e would in suduesiT bid the lyre to breathe;
c w °uW recall the happy hours gone by, f
A ml truce the glory of thy bright career— I
Koibulm thy memory wnh the Ucinbling sigh I
And grace thy laurels with a gushing tear. ' \
Not in the field, f?>r liberty alone,
1 o fire our country from a tyrant’s chain.
Thy nohlo bearing in the battle shone,
Iho’ miugliug blood among the martyr’d slum ■
Oh no! oh no! thy name shall l»e enroll’d
Among the worthies ofthe civic crown—
Thy deed?, thy country’s archives shall unfold,
In Auure years, and tell of thy renown.
1 lie Bench, the Bar, Uiy memory shall revere.
And sighing \iriue mark Uiy lowly bed—
Friendship and love, long shed their mingling tear,
j At * ueur lh > { omb at even-tide they tread.
’ Fis not alone, in public life we find
f The generous greatness of thy noble soul
* 1 V, n ; v ‘ c belloW Aiy energetic mind,
* eld * ,) C il « strcngtli beyond all base control-
I l y ** rc " side » ‘ n an humbler sphere,
, " current of thy nature ran j
, 1 llu ' bosom, overflowing Imre,
L pl.tj q u.e great, Uie good, tlie virtuous man'
. TI.C tender innimnd. ani ) t i, e liberal friend,
Indulgent Holier, patron ofdistrcss,.
1.l Ute coininiiigiijjg did logcllicr blend 1
. The ft was thy pride to
’• Yes, many a widow o’er thy tomb slmll .siglt,
' And blcsA the band thal made her heart rejoice;
And many an orphan, with n tearful eye,
Shall lisp Uiy praises with it’s infant voice.
Beside Uie partner of thy early love,
(Whose sainted spirit long preceded thine, •
To claim a crown nf righteousness above,)
Thy honor'd head, and dear remains rccli.T* :
' Tlle t!lon ber cold thcek liad press'd.
Long years ngo, is now return’d to thee,
By those whose inlTincy thy hand caress’d,
And tier’s in realms ofpure felicity.
Then tope your Intrps to „ olcs o f, ligllcr Joy ;
. Let Heaven re^ no wtlh thy .
1 1 Worr - 8 kclovv, this body do destroy,"
; 1 here IS a voice Uiy mlng’ling dust shall raise,-
’ Tolfionnsh ever in perennial yonth,
With saints and angels ’round throne f
! TVhere all is love, ami innocence, and truth;
And tears, and parting, never Shull be known.
The blushing Spring shall strew her choicest flow’rs,
Y mantle of thy humble bed j
T Summer shed o’er thee, the purest shower?^
Ahd hJandest songsters sing above thy >ead.
-- Then res? in pea&* • thy name, embalm’d
D longer live, than monuments of stone *,
• or «hall thy memory know,
' is, and i-'&lfcc cjntms her throne.
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