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Qacsfious out ol k Political < nifchlini.
Quntian. Pray, eh, what politics do you pro.
fcse?
.Intwer. Kir, 1 mu a democrat.
tp In what does your democracy consol?
.7. Tobo “«M tiling" [«l nine*] to nil men."
To advneate tho eatablishment ami utility ol a
national Kink in 1816, and in repudiate it in IK-H
To oppose a »ul» Tieaeury in 1834, and to land
Kto tlic (.kies in IS3V. To advocate die democ
racy of Augnal and Septc-mbcr, 1H37, astlten de
rlaied and cxpounded by the Altiany and New
York republican commitlcca, and to advocate
what n lias declared and expounded to lie liy the
republican committees in December, HG7, iilnn
die Enroll n os (which wire till llton tad end oj
nilpariiet, as pronounced by Ike Globe and Ar-
Ijiis,) n-eic adiriitlcd into our ranks.
Q Wlnil, then, is your definition ol a Ecco
foco?
.1. The prevent definition is equivalent to tic
*n ocrat. liefote iliia was found out by Van Ho
ren to be tlic cn-e, we called ihcm Agrarians, Fun
ny Wrigid men, Infidels, Flour barrel parly, Ac.;
Put Mi. Ming and Mr, SJlamm, and llnir associ
ates, satisfied Mr. Van Huron they were the true
Democratic party, and therefore, the Conserva-
Inca were turned out ol the parly.
Q. What do you mean by Vontei valivet?
.1 I mean n parly that supported Van Horen
for Fiesiileiil. through thick and linn, and niter
wards would not ohey his orders to support the
sub Tieaaury system.
Q What do you mean by the anti Treasury
tystnn?
.7. I mean a system that would concentrate
I tic whole money power with the sword, in tho
•hands of the Executive, and ruin all the hanks—
a power that would enable the Executive to ac
cumulate patronage and power to mi extent that
Would perpetuate him and lit in office.
Q. I thought the Constitution gave Congress
the power ol legulaling (he Ircasury?
.7. .Soil did, according to its ancient construe.-
lion, but we have found a shorter way, that is
"to construe the Constitution as we understand
it." And surely the parly cun only understand
it in such a manner as it shall answer heal //re
good us the party. Ask Mr. Uullcr—the/aemor,
I mean the pretent Attorney General of the llni
ini Ktalcs lilt Nrplumhci —whether this is not the
true definition; and Mr. Duller is certainly the
best expounder of constitutional law we have ever
had in this country.
Q. Is then the Constitution to be so construed
as to subserve only the inti rests ol the pm lit!'
.1. Certainly.
Ip Has not the rnnnlry at largo something (o
say nlmul this affair?
7. The country at large has pothing lo do with
it. We, the democracy, ore the country in its
proper and legitimate sense.
<p In what dictionary do you find your defini
tion!
.7. In no dictionary. We want no such trash
ns Web let’s. Walkers, orJohimon’s dictionaries.
J’hey worn all rank aritlocraft, and that in enough
for the true democracy.
tp Do you hold to the doctrine that tho de
mocrttci/ oj’ Humbert, or, as H. Hlcnckcsspiuiutly
cal's il, King iiniiiherii, is the true lest ol u re
publican country as lo what the people want and
ought lo have!
.7. It was once the doclrlno when our parly
was in ilie mu jot ill/, but it bas been since e<plo
dcd.
(p Why so?
.7. Why because —because it is rather now
an inconvenient doctrine.
(p Please explain!
.7. Well, if the truth must out, wo have los
already twenty Htu'es in tho lecont election", and
we ate confidently utirrid that we shall soon lose
the re naming six. Wo now incline lo the opi
nion (Iml (he "minority us numbers” should go
vern.
Ip Do you consider a President's orders and h
opinions to ho always definite and e.oiiehihivo u pon '
the pinfy! '
.7. Certainly; so long as he professes our de- '
moetaey. 1
<P What do you consider the Hilda of your 1
democracy! I
.7. The Globe and Argus. *
V- Do you believe all they say? "
.7. Certainly.
Ip Hot when they contradict llmmfclvca, how *
do you then manage? ■ ■
.7. We lake their lust assertions (o be the true 11
democracy* Wo follow, in this, llto Revised *
Statutes, (and icmember Mr. Under was one of
tho unison .) “ih,- last clause or section shall pie *
vail.” I
(p Good day, sir, I may ask you, perhaps, at 1
another time a few more questions? v
.7. I shall answer them with great pleasure. I
G
t
Martin Van lluititN. Tho Cincinnati I
Gazetti" says ; “The low estimation, in winch '
Martin Van Huron is poroonaMy held, even hy |
those who support Ins measures, is distinctly
evinced tn the expressions of sentiment at the
laic anniversary of imlepum'oncc. Where
was Martin Van Onron treated with'.he slight
esl show of personal regard/ Tho cold coin,
mon place sentiment, “The President of the
United Stales" is all that is found aiming toasts
and to tins there has boon no response of tip
plauso. 11 ; 8 is the case of a tlootnod politician.
A mao who is poor can have no character,
that’s a Whig doctrine. A man who lias no
property has no right to interfere in the affairs
xis Government--l hat's another Whig doctrine.
Heaulilul ones ate they nut ?—Vundalin /{ag
ister.
Who does not know, that Mr. Van Huron,
ns a member ol the New Vork ConventioiT,
contended w ith Ins whole strength, that a man
who had no property should have no right to
interfere in the affairs ot the Government ?
And ta it not tho height of effrontery and an
duetty m Mr. \ tut Horen's organs to reproach
the Wings with holding doctrines tor which
Mr. V. 11. Inis rendered In nisei f notorious ?
l.nnisi ilie Journal.
Mr. Bond's eight day speech most have cost
the people twenty Jour thou sand dollars.-- Pm
ocratic Banner.
.Iml, if the tremendous facts, which it sets i
forth, induce the people to drive the present |
administrator! from power it will he tho cause j
of a yearly saving of many millions.— hinds )
t ille Journal.]
Tho President and his Cabinet are novel
windering about all over Ilie country. j
Would it not ho well for each ol them to take 1
aim cart with him as n sort of excuse for j
travelling !— ll>
‘‘/■'ram thejullncsoj the heart, the mouth
rpenketh ."—t>ne of the lair Yankee grtls, born
and brer) on the green innimUms, was lately
thrown from n wagon, and carried to n neigh
bouring farm house. with a dreadful gash
across her cheek, and apparently devoid ol
cither sense or motion. —Tho village F.sciip
alms vv as sent lor, who pronoucced it necessa
ry to sew the wound up, when the rustic beau,
tv immediately, opened her eyes, and said,
“for God's sake sir, birch it ntuidy!"
Gn( at Fk xt in Swimming*—One of the,
soldiers of the h-d Regiment, at Malden, I'. |
deserted lo the American side hy : i\ imuting front
that place to Grosse Isle a rh-tancc of three I
miles. Me «vis pursued to Grosse Isle hy an of
fn-er an-l guard, hut vx as pri'lefled hv Amrrnan
vruenv. v I
From tin OaiT/nn Journal
No. a.
Ought I lie fiub-Trcnrtiry to In; supported.
We oppose it, because n ■ 11 policy, it is to !
, the lies!ruction of Southern interests. New i
York is now. am! aI'UT the Mnb-Tn a-.nry
i i scheme is adop;i d, will forever reiimin tin- ,
1 j ort at which the greatest pol l ion of iho im- 1
I 1 iiortsliuna will be inailc ; at. nil events, nine
teiiiliH of Iho importations will he made north
of Virginia ; and I will show hereafter, mine
| tentiisof it, vv.ll be there expended. The con- '
sequence is, that fciouilierii Hanks must eon (
( tribute their proportion if not more than ilieir
proportion of specie, to tlio duties with.— 1
j The Northern and Eastern Hanks receive |
j Ijnnr own specie mid ours besides, in the course ,
j of business, but we never receive our own
aga.n—lt is paid to office-holders nt Washing
i ton ; to ship builders; manufacturers ; navy
nnd army contractors; pensioners, &c , nine
j teen-twentieths ofwliom, reside North of Vir-
I ginis, and out of the tiouih : They tell it to
’ j the Northern or Eastern importers, nnd other
, I Government debtors, or to the Hanks in their
I vicinity, and is kept there for traffic. The
specie taken from ns, ih never returned to ns
I Tho effect of lies, in cither to render our
| Hanks loss solvent, by taking their specie from
them, nr to take from the Southern people, a
| large portion ol the money now in circulation
i with ns,and to increase the specie circulation
| of the North ami Eastern .Stales permanently
by so much as is taken from ns to increase in
a much greater ratio the quantity ol money
'■ among ihorn,and to make ilieir Hanks still
stronger. Thus Inking from the weak and
adding to the strong. With tins sla’e of
1 thing-, the Smith never need hope to burst the
litters, which now hind her to Iho North—-villi
this scheme in operation, wo would daily be
j come less able to rise from our bondage, and
i less able to resist tins imposition of now fol
| tern.
I Mr. Calhoun admitted in Congress, that in
. 1 the outset, tin; Hub-Treasury would be injii
i rinus to the Month, but would reauli in our (a-*
: vor hereafter, because it. would induce ns to
,' become our own importers. Let us not adopt
, I a present corse, that future good may come of
r i it ; it is worse Ilian folly ; nny, it is madness.
Tim goods of dm importers, and dm fabrics of
I dm Noiib, will be sold to our merchants. I’oy-
J nients will he demanded in such away, as wdl
j most conduce to Northern interest. As much ot
, j our cotton as they lind it profitable to hoy, wdl
I be taken by ihcin, and the balance wid be requi
red in specie, for home use, or In such high ex
1 change, that the merchants must [cut down all
lb< ir pioflts, or cease business; they will not cease
business, because diey will charge die exchange
to their customers, and dm funnels at length will
have ll to pay. Il will be to the interest ot the
North to pursue this policy, and it will he pursu
ed without our seeming to led it, or know il.
They will adopt die policy, because they wdl
make largo prelils by cxcbaligi; II not in that
way, the specie will be useful lo add to dmlrcnpi,
tal annually, and as their cveullli increases, so will
ns capacity for increase become greater, by in
creasing dm specie capital of their Hanks, and
giving them grimier credit nnd consequently more
facilities, by which they will be dm better able,
through agencies situated among us, to cripple
our own Hanks, engross die entire exchange, and
o'a tin dm whole control of our monied allairs.
The specie in our nan Hanks, will always be the
subject of a scramble between the Nordi nnd
South, and being the weaker, \vc must always
yield.
We may be replied to, dial we Cull avoid all
Ibis by making dlicct importations to thoMotHh.
That is dm argument, but die fact is ditleienf. (
The Saudi con never sustain herself unless -j
she has olhei patronage than her own. This
she can never got, or gel her own, until she pre
sents unpeiior inducements over die Nordi, lu di ■ c
vert a Unde, which now goes there, because, il is
ils natural channel, and because it always went
there. This she can mixer do, until she can oh.
lain confidence, which w ill never he. obtained, un
til she lias sustained hertelf. Ought wc lo adopt
n policy which makes the tSoulh weaker, nnd the "
North strong!r! Never. Mi. Van Huron, fol- I.
lowing up the dictates of Ids selfish nature, acting p
for himself alone, the first act ot Ins official file, ()
is lo build up tho North and East, and sacrifice
the Mon ih. *
Suppose he succeeds in Ids policy, what dis- I
trees would follow ils establishment in dm South! «
Let him but succeed in destroying the credit sys.
tem, and who can cuunkt be numberless ills to
which we must lie subjee cd! To make Ids sys-
lent equal, bo must make the currency alike for p
all; if not, it is unjust, and unrighteous.—ls l
made equal, all credit must be abolished; and in s
pioporlion ns bo approaches iris object, in that
proportion will ho destroy nil credit. With lire (
poorer classes of society at the North, no incon- 1
venience would lie tell, because laboring in Far. I
lories, they would lie paid their wages daily, or
weekly; but with Iho poorer classes bote, who
only receive the iest.ll of their labor when they
gather ilieir crops, and rely upon their credit
while these are growing lo buy ilieir family no.
ressnries, the case is very different. Hut lake
dial from them, and bow many ball led, half
clothed children, would stroll in distress, through
our land!
It is lamenlablo, dial Mr. Van Huron in his
policy, only looks lo (hose who have power to help i
I him by their inlluonre. He tickles such, because j
| they cun tickle him in turn.
We may lie told, that if such things happen, j
| we fan shake them oil; hut ibis is not so; n is 1
j easier to resist the putting on of the yoke, than
lo shako il off, when riveted. Had vie resisted
the Tariff at Iho outset, we would have bail no
d dictdly with it, but having yielded lo il at the
beginning, it soon betaine a mountain too heavy
Iti im moved; il was forever gaining strength, ami
we losing strength. And let ns remember, drat
tlio Bub Treasury and lire faritf, both bad lite r
binh -villi northern capitalists. TKIO.
St-n-Tur.xsenv in Cui.l'muia.—We have
in ibis town a good example of the practical
i working of lire Sub-Treasury system.
Our worthy Postmaster sub-Treasurcr do
i mauds and receives nothing but gold and silver ;
j but be receives paper from all who will pay a
l discount, and sells gold nnd silver to nil who
j will boy il ul an advance.s This is publicly done.
Again. Our worthy sub -Treasurer-Postmas*
1 ter now distributes from Ids office tho Van Hu
| ren address, gratuitously and actively. This
j address being an electioneering rnani esto of lire
I parly to effect the redaction of the President,
j an executive officer u found in bis office dissemi
nating it. Is tins an interfeicroc of executive
officers in election f— Columbia I'eltscope,
There is no point of view in which the ex
tension ot Steam navigation can be regarded
as mure beneficial than in tarnishing ns with a
new and effective means of Iniiburund coast |
defence. It being the policy of onr govern- j
merit to confine ns efforts to tho repulse of
aggression, protection at home should bo con- 1
suited to some extent, at least, whilst wo pro
vide for the ability lo sustain the honor nf our
fiag abroad. Added to tins, the character of
onr coast is such, owing to tho extent i f onr
j marina frontier, that forts nro comparatively
| useless, whilst steam batteries become invalua
ble from the facility with which they m tv be
I transferred from point to point,as circuit,; tin
! ccs rnav require. It is said that an officer of j
intelligence anil experience inis been sent
ah r,, nd to collect information on this important
object,— Hail mi":- \m‘ficvn.
0— w—i—wf wrnummm i‘rn ' •■***■•'** |
CIIKONICLH AND SRNTINKL. |
AUGUSTA.
Tuewiluy Moniiiiu. A uim« -H.
STAij; RIGHTS TU.'KKT
Mill CONG BESS.
WM. 0. DAWBON,
K. W HABERSHAM,
J. G. ALFORD,
VV. T. COLQUITT,
E. A. NI SUET,
MARK A. COOPER,
THOMAS BUTIiRR KING,
EDWARD J. BLACK,
LOTT WARREN'.
(fj* Wi: ate requested to slate ilml the pnnci
|ial Bank of Darien, located al Daiien, wi:l re
sume the payment of itn nolcs in specie on the Ist
of October next, the time filed on by the Savan
nah Banka.
Tho Governor of South Carolina haa issued a
Proclamation offering a rewinl of tlircc hundred ,
dollars for the apprehension d Aimer Stripling,
for the murder of Hiram Addition, of Richland
district. Said Stripling is about thirty years nt
age, five feet ten inches high, well made, fair
complexion, light hair and blue eyes, sharp fea
tures, prominent, full mouth and while teeth,
fond of gambling and brags much of his man- ,
hood. ,
Gen. Hayne, the President ol the Charleston
and Cincinnati Rail Road Company, was at Dos ,
lon a short time since, inspecting tho various rail
roads ia that neighborhood. Ho has beenie
ceivedwith warm-hearted hospitality, and every
facility has been tendered to him for accomplish- j
ing the object of his visit.
Health of the Cities.
The number of deaths in New York during
the week ending on the 18th inst. was 187—5
less than the previous week.
In Philadelphia, the number of deaths were
145, being 46 less than the preceding week.
In liallimorc, there were 04 deaths—l 6 less
than the preceding week.
The abatement of the laic excessive heat has
been marked by a decrease of deaths in all the
principal cities.
Tho Rev. John Taylor, of Pittsburg, was kill
ed by lightning on the 10th instant, while on a
visit (o his relatives in Mercer county, Pa. Mr.
Taylor was well known to thousands in the wes
tern country as the calculator of Taylor's Alma
nac.
The Tunnel of the Lancaster ami Harrisburg
Rail Rond is now finished, and passengers are
conveyed directly between the two cities. The
trip from Philadelphia to Harrisburg is now made
in eight hours.
Specie Payments.
It i.r staled in the Nashville Danner that the
Dank of the Stale of Arkansas has adopted a res
olution proposing n convention of the Banks of
Tennessee, MlSf.. , ;' o| /’. n ‘' Alabama and Louisiana,
with a view of bringing about a concert of action (
on the resumption of specie payments.
I
Front our Correspomlent.
Washington, Aug. 23, ISHB. I
The intelligence brought by the Southern Ex- j
press Mail, that the special election in Alabama, j (
lor a member of Congress, to fill tho place of the j
lamented Mr. Lavvleu, lias resulted in tho tri- I
. «
nmphant success of the Whig candidate, General (
Eita a a ; has quite disappointed the Loco Focos. j
This is another instance, I suppose, of their boast- |
ml reactions !
Tho author of tho infamous attack on the j
Navy, will not he allowed to screen himsell from j
public indignation much longer. It is well known
that tho editorials of tho Globe are tarnished by
J t
several hands; all the writing talent in the Exe
cutive Department being nt ilifferonl limes called
into requisition, in order to till the columns of ;
that paper. Some of these official scribblers are j
growing restive under the comments of the hide- j
pendent presses, and anxious that the author of j
tho outrage should avow himself, and relieve 1
them of any share of the reproach and odium, .
I have not a doubt that Amos KusiiALtis the [
writer. The Globe has denied that the Secretary \
of the Navy had any hand in the, manufacture j
j or publication of the libel ; and the Albany Ar
gus says, the official editor was not even accessory |
to either act. Whoever the skulking calumnia. I
[ tor is, he shall not he allowed to remain concealed
I'hc officers of the Navy, and the public, have" 1
j a right to know his name, and they will not rest
i till he is discovered and exposed.
Ihe President and Mr. Poinsett will not
return from the Virginia Springs fur a fortnight.
The Loco Foco papers in the Old Dominion, and
elsewhere, are filled with the most circumstantial
and absurd accounts of Mr. Van Bpiien’s pro.
gross to the springs, and high llown encomiums
on the ahsconce of parade and pomp from his
dress and equipage, and of airs and arrogance
from his deportment. The Richmond Enquirer
is making ilsell rediculous in this way. The
editor had heller inform us, whether tho Presi
dent lakes off Ins night cap when ho pels out of
bed; whether bo uses warm water in shaving,
and lays on tho otJinary quantity of lather, and
blows out sometimes one cheek and sometimes
the other, to present a better surface to the razor.
It is said he sometimes eats eggs for breakfast,
and that they are generally those of tho common
domestic fowl, and that he reads a newspaper
after breakfast—the favorite being the Richmond
Enquirer ; while reading it ho frequently stretch
es himself out and yawns or says pshaw. The
President, 1 am crediUy informed, wears a hat
on his head, and gloves ov, his hands, whenever
Ihe goes out—and when acquaintance and friends
| salute him, such is his affability i[ ul e p[j Cr
bows, touches his hat, or recognizes their ctvili.
lies in some way or other! He frequently says
“how arc you 1” “Its a line day,” -How il\ M
do !"—and makes frequent and various remarks
| on the weather, such as might fall Rom any pii.
vale gentleman. These details must be highly I
gratifying to thCßoTuisrs.'',is Ouailis called i
lit- present alltv. a year ago.
, The gre> ft exertion» art “being m ,
the opponents of the abmnLtiati n in the Notla
to sccuio their litumph in the coming elections*
; Maryland will prove herself thoroughly W hig
-1 Pennsylvania will give a deci-ive vole against
the experimenter*, nod re elect Uit.vkk, her
[ire.-rnt popular (lorernor, by ■ large ninjotily.
New Votk is as true a* any Whig Blale in 'he
Union. The conservatives, wish Mr. i aul-
MAiior. at their head, arc actively engaged in !
organizing their forces; and arc resolved to put .
down Van Burenism forever in that great Stale.
|j ox is still here—one of the principal
writer* for the Glohc. He has I .ecu condemned ,
in his o.vn district hy a majority of eight hun- |
dred ; hut I feat the other parts of lire Stale 1
will return Loco Focos enough t-o secure his re- j
election lo the Senate. Some persons ascribe
to his pen die attack on the Navy. M.
I'or Ihe Chronicle ty Sentinel
Mil. £uituu ;—As a Georgian, I feel a deep
interest in every measure that relates toiler pros- ;
peri y, and in this I know that I do nothing more ;
than my attachment to her would warrant. 1
j could not intimate an affection for one section ol |
the Stale more than (or another, without doing !
violence lo tny feelings , but if there he one spot ,
1 lo which memory clings with a peculiar force, and :
I if there he one ei'y for whose welfare I might be ]
{ allowed lo offer up a more fervent prayer titan I
(or any other, that city is Augusta.
Judge then the deep chagrin with which 1
I have been filled, upon learning that’llie young 1
j men who throng her streets, and upon whom she
j looks with u nm.ernal complacency, are pursuing
j a course which will prove iterrimental to her best j
I interests. In saying this, fdo not wish to be j
; understood as declaring that strictly speaking, our
I younger citizens arc so far lost to every generous
| and noble feeling, as to indulge in the grosser |
! passions and obscenities, doubly culpable on ac- j
count of the pernicious effect received ; hut I do j
mean to say, that many and useful moans are j
permitted to pass away, which if used in the I
proper place and in the proper lime, might ulli- j
inalely he ol benefit lo all classes of the com-' j
niunity.
The principle object of (bis, is lobe informed
whether there are any literary associations in
Augusta, and if not, what are the causes'! I
have been told that probably there was not a
single association of the kind. But why is it
thus ! Why is it that the young men of Geor- j
gin, and particularly of Augusta, arc so fat behind
those of other cities throughout the Union !
Why is it that we have to beat the burning to
j proacb, that our young men possess not that
j energy of character, without which the most
' splendid scheme fails! Why is it that the pass
ing stranger is forced to shod a tear at beholding
the great contiast between the outward and in
terior beauties of our city ! Is there no genius
in Augusta ? Is there no spirit amongst her citi
zens ! Or rather, does not the gicat thirst afle
vain and fleeting pleasures absorb every other
object in view ! I fear that this latter supposi
tion is 100 correct; for certainly the example of
those who have been swept from the things that
are, on account of their sluggish indolence, can
J have hi charms for citizens whose ancestors
1 nobly stood up in Iho good cause of human lib
erly. A debating society, literary in its nature
and design—totally free from the jarring broils
attendant on the scenes of party strife, which
ever and anon spring up to check our inarch (o
fame and renown, should ho established in Au
gusta, under the designation of the Augusta
Literary Debating Society, or any other suitable
and appropriate name. Why, lock at George
town, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, New
'fork, and numerous other cities—look, and the
first thing which will take your attention, will he
the wonderful advancement made hy the youth
ful votaries of eloquence and literature —shall
we lag and falter! Shall we be behind our
sister c'ties ! Shall the old men of Augusta bo
compelled so gaze upon their sons making ad
vancement in l.be low asid paltry artifices of the
world, without attempting to lake that station lo
which-lhcir natural endowments entitle them !
I ■ i
j Forbid it heaven ! If (here is any example
| wanting, let mo point them to Henry Clay, Ihe
j great American orator, who first shone with
traiisccmbmt brightness, in the humble station oi
j a youth) ul debater. Let his fame lire them with
I an honorable ambition, lo reach, if possible, the
| height of eminence and renown, and let the
| example id" all our great men—of our Webstors,
Calhouns, Prestons, Ewings, and a host of oth-
I ers, serve as a stimulus to excite them to deeds
of worth and real benefit. There is no better
I means to accomplish the grand object, education,
to which their whole time should he given, than
lo establish a literary debating society. Let such
a society he once raised—let Ihe principles upon
which it should be based, he onco understood, and
my word for it, the brghtost minds would rise up
from obscurity—the latent energies of many,
who are precluded these advantages, would bo
developed, and Augusta, and the citizens of Au
gusta, would rest safe in Ihe consciousness lha l
those young men who were formerly accustomed
In lounge around the gambling table, have chang
ed their ways, and arc in pursuit of these two
imperishable blessings, education and literature.
A GEORGIAN.
Mu. .Lives—Vou have just published a copy
of a letter showing the interest that is fell in Ken
lucky, on (he subject of the Kail Roads in Geor
gia. Will you publish the enclosed extracts,
showing the interest felt* in the same subject in
another quarter !—Do Augusta and Savannah,
see, and rightly appreciate the prosperity in stole
for them on the completion of these Rail Roads!
A. B.
"Extracts from a Circular, from the Correspond
ing Committee ot Madison County, Alabama,}
for Ihe promotion ot Internal Improvements,
Huntsville, August 7, IS3B.
Gentlemen t J he undersigned have been ap
pointed a Committee lor Madison county, to cor
respond with committees and such persons in oth
er counties as taken an interest in the condition
ot our internal improvement and commercial rela
tions, and to solicit their atleniion to a Conven.
j lion, which it is proposed to hold m this place on
-t-A September next,
j A. kmic meeting in this comity was held on
1 ■ which appointed the following per
i a - |e B’ ,, 'o lo represent the county m said
I J"” ,< ’n ,, on- ■*,*; .'-din Read, Wm Patten. E \\
[ 1 a,I. i, Lao,cnee a b„ kll> SalmiW K , gl ,
W Camp, Stephen S G*i*b', Thus Brandon,
Lilly Fatie-on, LJ M Lowe, Tiioii Fearo, James
Bradley, Thus G Percy, John Boardman, Win A
Aikin, S lire ck, Jas \V McClung, Fleming Jor- 1
dan.Siiml Walker, Joseph Taylor.
Tlie undersigned have seen that u meeting of
the citizens of Lauderdale county was held on i
| the 14th ult., which appointed delegates lo the |
Huntsville Convention, and that the citizens of
Limestone, Jackson, and Morgan are about to
hold meetings (or the same purpose. They there- i
| fore believe there is little or no doubt that the j
proposed Convention will be held, composed of |
i delegates from most if not nil of the counties in j
; North Alabama; —forming an assembly ot the oU |
I deal and must respectable inhabitants of the conn- ,
I try, whose influence, it is believed, will have the I
I effect of awakening public attention to these im» !
I porlanl interests, and ullima'oly obtain the desi- i
red amelioration and improvement of the conn- |
i try. It is hoped that the citizens of all the conn- j
j ties, both in Tennessee and South Alabama, in- ;
! tercsted in those matters, will unite with those ah :
teady mentioned, and send delegates to llio Con., ■
vemion, that harmony in the objects and union j
i in action may characterize its proceedings.
The anticipated benefits arc neither of U tempo
rary nor a local nature, hut on the cotitraiy, it
successful, will ensure the permanent welfare nl
the whole country. The specific objects ate to
devise means for removing the ohslruc.ions to the
navigation of the Tennessee river from its mouth
j to Knoxville, the extension and completion of
: the Railroad from Tuseumhia to Memphis, and
! also that from Selma lo Gunter’s L Hiding on the
Tennessee.—There may he other works submitted
lo the consideration of the Convention, hut these
' being already begun and intimately connected
with each other, will more probably, all ho em
braced in one general scheme of improvement,
{ and dependent upon one common fund for the
| execution of the whole. Such, at least, are the
j views and wishes of the undersigned, but the ul
j lirnalc action must rest with the Convention. It
j is, therefore, highly necessary that each of these
works Lo lutly represented in the Conveniion, and
that delegates he provided with such facts and
1 statistical dentils as respects the cost of execu
j lion and estimate of profits, as will enable the
j Convention to make an application for Legisla
tive aid.
As lo the practicability of accomplishing these
| improvements, the undersigned firmly believe that
nothing more is neccssaty than lo convince the
People of its just importance and lo awaken their
attention to it, to ensure success. The works
alluded 10, have been commenced, hut remain
unfinished for the want of the necessary means.
The Slates of Georgia and South Carolina ate
energetically engaged in extending their railroads
in the direction of Tennessee river, and will very
soon complete them, tapping that stream at ihlfjr
ent points. This routo will then he the most di
rect lo the Atlantic, not only for the People of
' North Alabama and Tennessee,but for Kentucky,
[ Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas,
j Louisiana, <Sic. Remove the obstructions lo the
| navigation of Tennessee river, lo a point where
I the Georgia railroad intersects it, anil this will be
] the most direct, the easiest, and the cheapest chan.
j ncl of trade and travel for a country capable ol
sustaining many millions of inhabitants.
During the winter season, especially, a traveller
from Louisville, Ky., or St. Louis, would descend
to Memphis, thence take the railroad to Decatur
at the head of the Muscle Shoals, thence by the
river to the intersection of the Georgia railroad,
which would lake him via Augusta to Charleston,
where there are two ot three routes to the great
Commercial Metropolis. At other seasons of the
I year, a very large portion of the travellers from
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, would most
naturally lake this route as the most direct, spec
dy, and convenient. —The Georgia road is in ra.
pid progression, and will certainly he finished—
the road from Memphis has been began, and only
needs assurance of its extension in Alabama lo
ensure its completion:
With these observations, the undersigned sub
mit the subject to your calm deliberation, in the
full persuasion that nothing further is wanting lo
obtain the necessary aid to effect the important
improvements herein suggested, than the zealous
co-operation of the spirited and enterprising ci'i
zens of llio counties most deeply interested in
thorn. They will indulge the hope that many ot
the counli s in East, Middle, and West Tennes
see will take part in the deliberations of the
Huntsville Convention; and, when the plans are
fully settled upon, they will unite in application
to the Legislature of that Slate for the *roi|uisile
aid; —also, they would he highly gratified by the
participation Os Georgia in the Convention,, as
much additional light might thereby be thrown
upon the condition of the roads now progressing
in that direction.
In lieu of a letter sheet impression, the under
signed have taken the liberty of addressing lo you
a copy of tiro Southern Advocate containing this
Circular, and, also, another valuable article on
the success of the Internal Improvement policy of
*ho State of New V’ork, which they hope will he
found worthy of perusal.
SILAS PARSONS,
JOHN BOARDMAN,
SAMUEL PEETE,
THOMAS FEARN,
JAS. J. PLEASANTS.
IHr the Chronicle <J- Sentinel.
Mb Edith it —The enclosed appeal ofa Ca
nadian Patriot to the American people, taken
from the “Ohio Statesman” of the 4th inst.,
I send you for republication in your paper,
should you think it worthy ofthe same,
A SUBSCRIBER.
As almost every paper I take up has an arti
cle against “tlie Canada Pirates”—‘‘the bor
der Buccanneers”—or “the ungrateful Cana
than refugees.” will you permit me to appeal
to lire American public, through your paper
in vindication of our conduct. lam a stran
ger here, and shall be in town but just long
enough to prepare litis article—l cannot ex.
pect, therefore, to lay before the public, in a
single communication, all the grievances of
winch we complain, for they are many—but
a few of the more prominent, and leave it for
lan enlightened people to say whether our
j complaints are well founded, or whether we
j arc ungrateful, rebellious subjects.
The people of Canada complain of the man
ner of appointing the Executive, as well as of
the power conferred upon him. lie is appoin
ted by lire Crown, and wholly irresponsible to
[ the people. He can be, and the present Gov
ernor is, clothed with absolute power—Not a
j fut-kish Sultan has more. He can declare
war, and make peace ; lie can suspend the
j Habe is Corpus, and annul the constitution; he
can supercede the civil by the military law;
! he can dispense with juries and substitute a
j drumhead court martial; he can hang, as did
j George Arthur, or banish as does Lord Dur.
ham. Life, or death—liberty or slavei-v, are
suspended on his .will. If he is dissatisfied
| with the acts of the legislature, lie can veto
| them, if the legislature displeases him, lie can
j dissolve them; if a majority of the voters are
opposed to him, he can destroy their influence
by issuing Patents for Crown lands to those
I who will do his bidding—thus making free
hold voters sufficient to carry the elections in
spite of tlie people. All oilier measures have
been resorted to within a few years, to give
absolute sway to the Governor.'
The Executive council is another cause of
complaint to the people of Canada. This
council is usually composed of three persons,
selected by the Governor, as his advisers, and
of course arc irresponsible to tlie people.
The Legislative comic.l is another cense of
complaint « itlij the people. I his consists of
an indefinite number of persons, appointed by
| Tlie Crown, and hwffrheir office during life,
or the Queen’s pleasure.— They, of course',
I are wholly independent of the people, but
| are directly dependant on the Crown. Servile
loyally is the tenure by which they hold their
offices—yet these are the law makers of Cana-
I da.
Trie qualification requited to constitute a
voter, and the mode of casting votes is anoth
|or cause of complaint. None but freeholders
arq allowed to vote, and they vote viva voce, so
that the Government knows the politics of ev
| ery voter. Does a nun dare to vote against
i he Government candidate, lie is huntetTdown
i and persecuted, and if in office is at once dis
missed. It an important measure is to be
j carried by Government, and it finds a majority
j of the people against it, the Governor issues
I Ins IVmils tor an acre of land in perhaps a
■ dozen parishes ton single individual who he
knows will vote his measures, and that enti
-1 lies him to as many votes as there are districts
iin which ho owns property. Two thousand
i voters were thus created at a single election,
■ at I he commencement of the present troubles
in Co i a, lor the purpose of giving Ihe Gov
enuir i party a majority. The public lands
;re ilnr ipeipy given to buy freeholders to
i support the iniquitous measures ot iho Gov
i ernor. This makes the legislative branch—
tiic only one in which ihe people have the
semblance of a voice—-a mere larcc. If the
people vole for such persons as the Governor
wishes, it is ail well—if not, lie neutralizes
their will by creating a temporary batch of
tory freeholders for the occasion.
The Clergy reserves another cause of com
plaint. Uhc seventh of the surveyed land is
reserved lor the use of tlie Clergy, which con.,
traded by the Governor, makes ilium more
j zealous fur tlie Crown, and opposed to tbs
people.
The appointment of all officers, below the
| Governor is another source of complaint
Judges, Justices, Coroners, Constables, and
i Sheriffs are appointed by the Governor, and
are generally broken down half pay military
| officers, whose only qualification is Servile
i subserviency to the Crown.
The selection of jurors is another cause of
complaint. They are selected by the Sheriff
and packed by him to answer the ends of Gov
ernment. In Sta'c trials they are no butter
than Durham’s court-martials. Their verdict
is a polite way of making known to a prison
er the intentions ot Government towards him.
Huch are a few, and only a few of the gr ev
ances of which the Canadian people com
plain;—compared with which the grievances
of the American coliniesin 1776 were but a
cipher—yet wo are called Pirates and BitC'
canneers, mid Lake Robbers for asserting our
rights. True, wo have been unfortunate—wo
wore disarmed before thu contest began —wo
had to contend against regular soldiers, well V|f
armed and disciplined, while we were nrorrtn
j ed, without discipline, starving, and frozen,-
Did wo remain in Canada ? We must
freeze, or starve,or be hung; Did l we coma
i into a neutral country for arms and amutii-
I tion —not only we, but our friends were pros
j ccuied, and imprisoned—our names branded
i with infamy, and our cause chrislined Piracy. 1
JJut it. is said that Lord Durham lias taken*
an amicable course, calculated to restore quiel!
Calculated to restore quiet? It is a firebrand.
Us all dishonorable acta this is the one pre
eminent. Does Cord Durham suppose that a
Patriot will ever ea«sc hostility while twenty
four of his bravo leaders are excluded from the
country ?—What American, in ’76 would have
accepted of a pension from which Washing
ton was excluded ! What was the course of
the Americans when a general amnesty was
offered to all except John Adams, Samuel
Adams, and John Hancock? They spurned
it, us do iho Canadians, Durham’s hill of am
nesty. No—the Canadians have sworn on
tlr; allar of their God, that they will never
i cease hostility until they have achieved their
j undertaking. How many more must hang or
i be banished I know not—how little sympathy
I from the world we may expect I know not •
| but with my brave compatriots I am determin
| ed to die an honorable death contending for
| freedom, rather than accept a dishonorable,
pardon at the hands ofonr oppressor,
i Columbus, July 80, 1838. B.
North-Cnroiiua Election.
’l’m; Kbsult.—No one can now question our
right to rejoice over the regeneration of our belov
ed Slate. North Carolina has arrayed herself
along side of Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
New Vork, Virginia, Louisiana, Mississippi, all
of which have abandoned the administration since
it cams into power less than 18 months ago. Af
ter a struggle in which parly lines have been
more decidedly drawn than in any previous elec
tion ever held hi North Carolina, ihe Whigs have
triumphed, having elected their Governor, by an
overwhelming majority, and a handsome majority
in each House of the Legislature. In the Senate
we have 27 to 23 a majority of 5; and in the f |
House, 04 to 64, a majority of 10. On joint
ballot a majority of 15. 1 Senator and 3 Com
moners to be heard from, which will probably all
be Vans, leaving a majority of 4j n ffio Sonata
and 8 in the Commons.
No one mil of die State can form an adequate
idea of the difficulty of effecting any change in
die politics of the people of North Carolina.
There is a large portion of them who do’not take
the trouble to inform themselves on political sub
i jecls, and whose knowledge is confined to the
fame of Gen. Jackson’s military exploits, so that
I any man who professes to boa Jackson man can
j command (heir votes.
't hen the Batiks, great and small, are always
| a fruitful theme for tbo demagogue to exercise
his powers of deception upon among the igno. I
rant. The most vile, incendiary efforts have
j been made to array the poor against the rich; and f
every man who can pay for a shirt to his hack, is I
denominated an aristocrat, a Federal Bank Bid.
die Whig, or somclhingVqually ridiculous.—The
leaders of thu parly, even the candidates, have ».
not scrupled,in their desperation, to practice any
kind of deception to retain their ascendancy, amt
many honest, but simple minded men, have been
imposed on by their li-icks. A successful candi
date fur the Seitale, in a neighboring county, in- I
formed bis constituents, that the Banks made 18 ■
per cent, per annum on their stock, and that N
England got along well enough until she estab
lished Banks, and then she got a Icing. It was i
a common remark among these irnposlois, that ■
"Banks were worse than a king,” and that "it if
wo had Banks, we should have a King to rule U
ov< r us,” &c. but this is the first instance we I
have heard of, in which English history had been *
read with such success by one of the Loco Focus. ®
Widi such a mass of ignorance and imposition S
lo contend again-t, the wonder is, not ihat we S
have not done more, but that we have been abla y
I to accomplish thus much. I
Os one thing we may confidently assure out' ■
selves, that as our victory has been very gradually m
accomplished, so it is likely to be permanent. It 3
needs hut vigilance, “thepiiceof liberty,” lose M
cure the ground already gained, and to add new ]
conquests at each succeeding trial. Let us never
relax our efforts, therefore; but, feeling that we M
arc labouring in the cause of truth against ertPl
and ignorance, of honor and fair dealing agains\ m
corruption and imposition, of law and order M
against mobism and violence, let us he encourag
ed by success to go on, until no demagogue shall
bo permitted to raise his vficeinNortji Carolina. I
—Fayetteville Observer,
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