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“The ferment of a free, is preferable lo the torpor of a despotic, Government.”
VOL. I.
AT HE VS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 2, 1832.
VO. 33.
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THE LIVING AND THE DEAD.
“To every thing there is a season."
« Flowers for iho gay—let them wreathe their hair
With the blossoms of nature, ever fair—
With the gorgeous births of the morning prime,
And the products of every sunfelt clime—
With the lily's smile, and the tulip's glow,
And the rose’s blush in its early blow.
Flowers for Ihe gay.
Mirth for the young—aye, laughter and glee
Are the life and soul of the young and free,
When the mind is pure as the air of God,
And the heart has not yet wandered abroad.
Oh! Ihe young should be joyous when youth is green,
For joy is but rare ever after, 1 ween.
Mirth for the young.
Music for friendsthero is that in its power
To lull the soul in its stormiest hour.
When its silver tones come stealing along,
Enwove with the circlet of mellow song—
It is then that the troubles of earth seem fled
From the throbbing brow and the aching head.
Music for friends.
Moonlight for lovers. The silent eve
la the time for Ihe young their love to weave;
With the graceful moon, from her throne on high,
Robing the earth in her drapeiy;
And never a aotind but their young heart’s beat—
Is Ihere fairer hour for loveis to ineel ?
Moonlight for lovers.
But what for the dead ?—Ia it hallsofstatc,
Willi a liveried crew on their nod to wait ?
Is it troops of friends and smiles of pride,
And all that Ihe ransack of art can provide 1
Or is it the lone and Ihe silent cell,
Where nought but the worm and corruptinn dwell.
What for the dead ?
The grave for the dead. How short the stage
Allotted to man for his pilgrimage!
To-day he is, and lo morrow he's gone,
Like a flower of the spring which the sun shines on ;
But should chilling blasts assail it ever,
It falls—it withers—and arises never!”
ergy and industry lo perform ; bin. so nlily
did lie discharge his duties, that both bodies
were satisfied with his attention to each. In
I77S, be left congress ; (and dovoted himself
to the councils of his native stale) but always
with an eye to the great interests of the nation.
When the constitution of ihe United States
went into operation. Mr. Carroll was elected
a Senator from Maryland, and took his seal in
Ihe City of New York at the organization of
'he government, on the 13th of April, 1789.
He was elected a second time lo tilts situ
ation.
He was never an office seeker, nor ever
from caution or timidity flinched from anv
honest responsibility, in the darkest hour of
the republic.
In Ihe year 1801, he quitted public life, as
such a man could do so. He had leached his
grand climacteric, and was willing and desi
rous that younger men should take the field of
politics, hnrdly dreaming that he was to enjoy
another age of man, in the fullness of intellec
tual vigor. These last thirty year- of life have
passed away in screnilv and hppiness, almost
unparalleled in the history of man. He has
enjoyed as it were, an Indian summer of exis
tence, a tranquil and lovely period, when the
leaves of the forest are richly variegated, but
not yet seared; when the parent-bird and the
spring nestling nro of the same flock, and
From llit Lynchburg Virginian.
Gallery of Portraitt.—Richard II. Wilde,
Esq. a member of Congress from Georgia,
has long been known to the literary public as
ty Ims since made Ihe fruilfu! topic of un
measured panegyric and detraction. Of san
guine Icinprnmcnl, and impetuous character,
his declamaiion was impassioned, Ills reloris
a poet of no ordinary pretensions, as ’veil ns i were acrimonious. Deficient in refinement
move on equal wing; when the day of increasei dleman from 8. Carolina, now no more; the
SHtoceUauQ.
CHARLES CARROLL.
Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, was born on
tho iwentioth of September, 1737, at Annapo
lis, in the State of Maryland. He decended
from a highly respectable Irish family who had
emigrated to this country in the reign of Wil
linm and Mary, and were distinguished as pa
triots in the troubles of the colony, which soon
after that period sprung up. For awhile the
cnlhol'cs, were persecuted, and deprived of
the right of suffmge ; but by a manly rests,
tnneo to tyranny, they were restored to the
privileges granted to them by charter.
At a very early age Charles Carroll, of Car
rollton, was sent to St. Omers to he educated ;
from thence, after a short time, he was remo
ved to Rcltcims, to tho college of Louis Le
Grand; and from thence to one of the best
institutions in Franco for tho study of civil law
After becoming well versed in this science,
more calculated than any other to expand the
mind for the reception and discussion of great
political truths, he passed over lo London, and
commenced his term at the Temple for the
study of common law. This study sharpens
tho wits, and opens the great fountain of An
glo Saxon liberty to tho patient investigator or
English history. After finishing his studies
and his travels, ha returned to his native land
at the ripe age of twenty-seven, and was hail
ed ivy tho host judges ns a well read scholar
and an accompli-lied gentleman, Foreign
courts had not damned his love of liberty. At
this period the discussions with tho mother
country and the colonies, upon great points of
national law, had commenced : and soon were
carried on with great warmth and pertinacity by
both parties. Mr. CVrolldid not lie-hate for n
moment but took side with 'he lovers oflilicrty.
He wielded a ready pen, and it was soon en
gaged in the glnrioua cause. Like others, he
for some time did not wish to be known; but
his writings were so satisfactory to his country
men, that his secret could not long be kept.—
Some of his political antagonists were among
the first men of Maryland. He foresaw that
an appeal must he made to arms, and he bold
ly advanced his sentiments on this head, and
recommended due preparations for such an
event. At this time but few voices had been
raised to this in any part of Ihe ronnlry. Ear-
ly in 1770, ho was sent as one of n commission
to Canada, to induce tho people of that prov
ince to join us in opposing the mother country,
The disasters which had previously befallen
our arms in that quarter rendered the mission
ineffectual. Mr. Carroll returned in June,
1776, and instantly repaired to the convention
of Maryland, of which he was a member;
and thence urged them to withdraw the in
structions that body had given thnir delegates
in congress, not to vote for independence, and
at length found his exertions crowned with
sorcess. Mr. Carroll »ns now apnointed n
delegate lo congress, and, wiili his colleagues,
was free to act upon the great question os they
pleased. On the ISth of July, he presented
his credentials to the continental Congress at
Philadelphia, and on the second day ol August
following subscribed his name to the immortal
instrument. He was considered now as one
of the most fearless men of the age; for he
had more to risk in point of property, than any
other man in tho whole community, Hancock
not excepted. On the first day he entered
Congress he was appointed to (he board of
war, of which he was an efficient member.
During the whole of the perilous conflict he
bore his part with unabated ardour, often be
ing at the tame time a member of the conven
tion of his native state and a member of con
gress ; a double duty, which required great en
and the day of the necessity of provisions are
gone; when the (ruits of the earth are abun
dant, and iho lakes of the woods arc smooth
and joyous as if reflecting tho bowers of Eden.
Such an Indian summer has this patriot enjoy
ed ; his life has been thrice, yea, four times
blessed; in his birth and education, in his
health, in his basket and in his store ; blessed
in his numerous and honorable progeny, which
extend lo several generations ; blessed in the
protracted measure of days, in which havo
been crowded Iho events of many centuries ;
and blessed in the wonderful prosperity of his
country, whose population has since his birth
increased from nine hundred thousand souls
to more than twelve millions, enjoying the
blessings of freemen. It is, perhaps, from the
fact, that the world thinks it quite enough for
one mortal tlint he should be virtuous, pros
perous and enjoy a gree n old age. that an analy
sis of his intellectual powers, or a description of
his rare atlainments, bus seldom been ntemp-
ted ; but talents and attainments he had, that
made him one of the most successful of the
business men, of tho momentous period in
which he lived—a period when that which the
head conceived the hand was ready to execute.
There were too few at that time, and those
too zealous, to make Iho proper division of la
bour. The senator armed for tile field, and
the soldier met with tho Conscript Fathers.
Mr. Carroll was an orator. His eloquence
was of Ihe smooth, gentle, satisfactory kind,
delighting all and convincing many. It is not
pretended that, like John Adams, he came
down upon his hearers us with tho iliunder-
blust from Sinai, ruising the tables of indepen
dence on high, and threatening in his wrath
to break them if they were not received by ihe
people; nor that like Dirkinson, exhausted
rhetoric and metaphysics to gain his end. and
was forever striving to bn heard ; hot Carroll
came to his subject well informed, throughly
imbued with us spirit, and with happy concep
tions, and gruceful delivery, and with chaste
and delecate language, lie, wuhnut violence,
conquered ihe undurainnding-;, and led captive
the senses of his hearers. All was natural,
yet sweet and polished as education could
ipake it. He never seemed fa igued with his
labours, or faint with his exertions. His blood
nnd judgement were so well commingled, tuat
his lighast efforts were as easy and ns naturnl
as if he ha I been engaged in the eourse of or
dinary duties. This happy faculty still con
tinued with the patriarch, for his conversation
has now that elegant vivacity and delecacy
that characterized ihe sage Nestor of elder
limes, whose words fell like vernal snows as
he spake to the people.
His serenity, and in no small degree, per-
linps, his longevity, may be owing lo the per
manency, of lus principles. In early life he
founded his paliliral creed on the rights of
man, and reposing his faith in iho religion of
Ins fnlhers, lie has foil none of those vascilln-
nn orator of commanding powers of eloquence.
In one of his speeches, during the Inst ses
sion of Congress, he exhibited high facullies
as an inlo'leetual anatomist nnd limner,
by sketching briefly, vet comprehensively nnd
graphically, the prominent characteristics of
some of our leading Statesmen.
** I had Ihe honor (says he) to be n member
of the 14th Congress. It was an honor then
what it is note, 1 shall not say. ll is what
Ihe 22d Congress have been pleased lo make
hnvo neither time, nor strength, nor
ability, to speak of the legislators of (list dnv
as they deserve ; nor is inis the fit occasion.
Yet the coldest or most cnreless nature cannot
recur lo such associates without sumo touch
of generous feelings, which, in quicker spirits,
would kindle into high and almost holy enthu
siasm.”
Mr Wilde then proceeds to speak of several
“eminent pnrliamentaiv characters.” in the
subjoined eloquent and striking passages.
And first,
William Lowndes, of South Carolina.
“ Pre-rnm.enl—yet not more proudly than
humldy pre-eminent—among them was a gen-
purest, the calmest, the most philosophical of
our country’s modern statesmen. Ouo no
less remarkable for gentleness of manners,
and kindness of heart, than for that passion
less, unclouded inlelloct, which rendered him
deserving of the praise—if ever man deserved
it—of merely standing by, and lelting reason
argue for him. The true patriot, incapable
of all selfish ambition, who shunned office and
distinclion, yet served his country faithfully,
because he loved her. He, I mean who con
secrated by his cxnmplc, the noble precept,
so entirely his own, that the first station in the
republic was neither to ho sought after nor
declined—a sentiment so just and so happily
expressed, that it continues to be repeated, be
cause it rannot he improved.”
William Pinkney, of Maryland.
“ There was also, a gcn'lcman from Mary
land, whose nBlies now slumber in yourccmc-
try. It is not long since l stood by his tomb,
and recalled linn, as he was then, in all the
pride and power of his genius. Among the
first of his countrymen and contemporaries, as
n jurist and statesman, first as nn orator, he
was, if not truly eloquent, tho prince of rhet
oricians. Nor did the soundness of his logic
suffer any thing liy a comparison with the
richness and classical purity of the lungu.igo in
which lie copiously poured forth those figurn'
live illustrations of his argument, which en
forced while they adorned it. But let others
pronounce his eulogy. I must not. I feel ns
if Ins mighty spirit still haunted the scene of
its triumphs, and when I dared lo wrong
them, iiuhgn wily rebuked me.
" These names have become historical —
There were others of whom it is more difficult
to speak, because yet within the leach of
praise or envy. For one who was nr aspired
lo be a politican, it would lie prudent, perhaps
wise, to avoid all mention of these inen.
Their acts, their words, their thoughts, their
very looks havo become subjects ofcontrover
sy. But lie whose ambition is of a higher or
a lower order, has no need of such reserve.
Talent is of no party exclusively ; nor is jus-
ralher than in strength, Ins style was less cle
gain and correct than animated nnd impres
sive. But ii swept away your feelings with
il like a mountain torrent, and the force of the
stream IpIi you lillln leisure lo remark upon
its clearness. His estimate of human nature
was, probably, not very high. It may ho that
his past associations had not tended to exalt
il. Unhappily, it is, perhaps, more likely to
Itnve been lowered than raised by his subse
quent experience. Ycl then, nud even since,
except when tbnt imprudence, so natural to
genius, prevailed over his better judgment,
lie had, generally, (he good sense, or good
taste, to adopt a lofty tone of senlimcnt,
whether he spoko of measures or of men, of
friend or adversary. On many occasions ho
was noble and captivating. One, I can never
forgot. Ii wns the fino burst of indignant elo
quonce with which he replied lo the taunting
question, 11 what havo wo gamed by the
war ?”
Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts.
“ Nor mny I pass over in silence a repre
sentative from New Hampshire, who has al
most obliterated all memory of that distinc
tion, by the superior fama he has nllnined ns
•Senator from Massachusetts. Though then
but in ihe hud of his political lifo, and hnrdly
concious, perhaps, of Ins own oxlrnnrdinnry
powers, he gave promise of tho greatness he
tins since achieved. Tho same vigor o(
thought; the same expression; Ihe short
sentences; tho calm, cold, collected manner;
tho air of solemn dignity ; and deep sepulchral
unimpnssioned voice ; all hnvo been develo
ped only not changed, even lo tho intense
bitterness of his frigid irony. Tho piercing
coldness of his sarcasms was indeed peculiar
lohim; they seemed lo ho emanntions from
the spirit of ihe icy ocean. Nothing could he
at once so novel nnd so powerful—it wns fro
zen mercury becoming as causiic as red hot
iron.”
lions and changes so common in times of po
lineal or religious agitations. It were good
for the nation that he should long continue
amongst us, for in his presence all party feuds
are hushed ; and the demagogue, accustom
ed io vociferate elsewhere, in Ins vanity lo he
heard, talks not above his breath when the
aged patriot is near. In a republic where li
lies, are unknown, we ought to make peerage of
talents, virtuous patriotism, and age, that eve
ry youth may learn to admire, respect, and im-
tate the wise and good. With all our wishes
and our prayers (or Ilia st-.y here on earth, the
the patriarch must soon he gathered to Ins la
thers and his name given lo the historian and
the poet. The bard shall then strike his harp
and sing, “ in strains nor light nor mchincho-
ly," lourhed with religious hope,
Full of years and honours, through the gate
Ol'painless slumber he retired,
And as a river pure
Meets in ita course a subterranean void,
Then dips his silver head, again to rise,
And rising glides through fields and meadows new;
So hath Oileus llinae happy climea,
Where neither gloom nor sorrow shades the mind;
Where joys ne’er fade; nor the souls power decay;
But youth and spring, eternal bloom.”
lire.
John Randolph, of Roanoke.
“ Among them, but not of them, in the fonr-
ful and solitary sublimity of genius, stood a
gentleman from Virginia—w hom it were su
perfluous to designate. Whoso speeches
were universally read 1 Whosesa'ire was tini-
ver-ally feared? Upon whose accents did this
habitually listless and unlistcning House linng
so frequently, with w rapt attention ? Whose
fume was indentified with that hndv for so long
a period? Who was a more dexterous debater?
a riper scholar ? hotter versed in 'he politics
of our own country? or deeper read in ihe
history of others ? Above all, who was more
thoroughly imbued with the idiom of Iho Eng
lish language ; tnoro completely master of its
sterngth, and henuly, and delicacy ? or more
capable of breathing thoughts ofllatne in words
of magic and tones of silver!”
John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina.
“ Thero wns also n son of South Carolina,
still in iho republic, then, undoubtedly, the
most influential member of this House. Willi
a genius eminently metaphysical, he applied
to polities Ins hnhils of analysis, abstraction,
nnd condensation, and thus gave to the pro
blems of Government something of that grand
eur which the higher mathematics have bor
rowed from astronomy. The wings of his
mind were rapid, but cnprtcious, and there
were times when the light which flashed from
them as they passed, glanced like a mirror in
iho sun. only to dazzlo the beholder. En
grossed with his subject—earless of his words
—his loftiest flights of eloquence were some
times followed by colloquial or provincial bar
barisms. But, though often incorrect, he was
always fascinating. Language with him. was
merely the scaffolding of thought—employed
to raise a dome, which, like Angelo’s, he sus
pended in tho heavens.”
Henry Clay, of Kentucky.
‘It is equally impossible to forget or to
omit, a gentleman from Kentucky, whom par-
Frnm the Dreames and Reveries ofa quiet man.
A Tragical Story.—Charles had been ab
sent two days. Poor Julia had been wishing
and wishing for him. His well known slop
sounded in tho entry; tho door opened, and
she met him with n heightened colour in her
cheek, and her blue eyes flashing from be
ncath their long lashes with sparkles of tin
wonted pleasure. Shall I mention pnriicn
lars ? It is scarcely necessary. He who
pnnnot imagino how a warm-hearted young
wife in the honey-moon, would meet her idol
after nhsencc of two whole dnys, is no reader
for me.
“ Oh, she exclaimed, after the first Iran*'
port had a little subsided, “ I am glad you havo
relumed, dear, dear Charles ! I was afraid
you would not como—thill yon were sick, or
some nccident Imd occurred. But here you
are. And now, have yon had n pleasant lime ?
and how do they all do—and whom did you
see !—and ’
I « hose contents tremble and overflow, whon
shaken et er so lightly. Thero was, therefore,
in these enthusiastic praises of another, some
thing strange nnd even cruel. Still she could
not believe itml he wns serious ; and forcing ■
smile, and struggling to keep down her rising
emotion, she listened to him in silenco as he
rattled nn.
‘ Our meeting wns marked with uncommon
interest. Old Mr. Peterson introduced ms to
l l,tr - "fter having previously hinted that, before
I was married, sliu had regarded mo with more
than common complacency,’
‘ Charles!'
' Well, we met, I addressed her by nafflo ;
she a,ml nothing—hut, oh I those eyes of hers
wero fixed on me with n gaze that reached ins
to the innermost recesses of my heaft, and
seemed to touch all those chords of feeling
which nature hndstrung for joy. Wherever I
went I found her eyes still turned towards me.
nnd an nrch sinilo just played around her sau
cy lips, and spoke all the fine, fancies and half-
hidden meanings that woman will often look,
hut not always trust lo the clumsy vehicle of
words. I could restrain myself no longer
—but, forgetting all but those heavenly lips, I
approached, nnd
Poor .Julia—she thought she heard tho knell
or her young dreams. Tho huo of her cheek,
nnd tho sparkle of her azuro eye, were gofto
long before ; nnd ns lie painted in such glow-
ing colors the picture of his feelings, her lip
quivered, nnd lenrs swelled up and dimmed
tho hluo light of eyes beautiful ns day.
‘ I will never speak lo you again, Charles,'
sobbed she, 1 if this he Iruo.’
‘It is true,’ he exclaimed, ‘only not half
like the reality. It was your own PietUri my
sweet girl, that I kissed again and again.
She looked nt him n moment, and buried bef
wet eyes in his bosom. As she lifted her
head, nnd slinking hack tho clustering ringlets
Hint fell around her brow, displayed her face
smiling through lenrs, his nim softly found ita
way around hor waist, and—but 1 am at Iho
end of my sheet.
DolWral.
Charles stopped hor mouth.
“ Yes, hero I um safe and sound, nnd foil of
news; but you huddle question upon question
with such volubility that I shall never got o
chance to answer them, nnd your mouth hero
wide open to ask I dont know how many
morn.
’ Well then” answered she, flinging herself,
into nn ntiitudo of nllenlion, and folding her
arms like n judge upon a bench, * there, I am
dumb and ready In listen to iho news—I wont
speak another word till you have done.’
And with considerable apparent difficulty she
loscd her lips.
“ Now then’ said Charles, ‘ mark me.’
• I will said Julia.
• Well, then, continued her husband, laugh
ing, ‘ in the first place they nro all well; in
the next I havo had a very pleasant lime ; and
lastly I have seen old Mr. Peterson, nnd aunt
Sarnh, and Mr. nud Mrs. Vandcrdykc nnd lit
tle Bob, Ilenrv, nnd Maria.’
• And ibis’ inquired Julia, * is the iicwh that
you nro to tell ? nud these are all you saw?
‘ Oh, no,’ replied Charles, mysteriously;
‘ far from it, Julia. I hnve inel one more—
ooe nmsl beautiful, bewitching being more—
the very counterpart of Venus. Socl, com
plexion—such ringlets, long nnd glossy—and
ehreks, roses and lilies are nothing lo lliern.
There is nothing in all nature sweeter than her
lips, nnd her eves are bright dangers no man
should rashlv encounter. They were soft,
melting liquid, henvnnly blue—full of the light
of iutellerV, and tremulous every beam of them
with a tenderness ibal makes the hearl-neho.’
You are only jesting with ine,’ said Julia,
endeavoring, but in vain, to check the change
that came over her face, as tho shadow ofa
loud flits across a stream. * This is some
stupid Dutch beauty, and von can scarcely de
scribe her without laughing. Come, now, toll
the truth.’
‘ You may believe it or not, just ns you
plcaso, said Charles ; ‘ hut I assure you, ihe
whnlo account is as true as Ihe enjoyment of
il wns enrapturing, and the memory is deli*
cions.’
Julia was sensitive and artless. She loved
her husband with that deep tenderness which
knew all the thrills of loVcs hopes and fear*.
Her heuri was like a goblet filled to the brim,
Reply of Marlin Van Itnren to a letter from a commit
tee of the citizens of Sliocco Springs, N, C.
Owasco, Cayuga Co., Oct. 4, 1832.
Gentlemen,—Your letter of the 25lh Au
gust found me nt this place. I regret extreme
ly that tho delay in its reception, occasioned
by my absence, has prevented nn earlier at
tention to its contents.
By tho resolutions which you have been ap
pointed to communicate lo me, I am advised
that those by whom they were adopted, do-
siro to lie informed of my sentiments, “ on
the subjects of the Protective System nnd ita
proper adjustment, Internal Improvement, the
Bank of Hie United Stales, and Nullification.”
The right of those you represent, to be in
formed of my opinions upon those interesting
subjects, ns derived from tho position in which
the favor of my follow citizens has placed roe,
is undoubted; nnd in cheerfully complying
with their request, I have only to regret, that
the inconvenience of Ihe situation in which it
finds me, consequent upon Ihe hurry and con*
fusion attending the further prosecution of my
journey, and tho importance, to the fulfilment
of the objects ol your constituents, of aa litllo
delay as possible in Iho transmission of the
communication, preclude any thing like an
elaborate discussion of the subjects under con
sideration, if indeed such n course would, un
der more favorable circumstances, bo deairo-
hlo to you. The regret, however, which I
might otherwise experience on this account, ia
relieved by the hope, that my follow citizens
of North Carohnn, preparing, with character
istic good sense, results to speculations, will
ho ns well sutisfied, and os effectually nidedin
the intelligent hestowment of their suffrage, by
a hriel hut explicit avowal of my opinion*, as
they would he by nn elaborate dissertation
upon subjects which have been ho thoroughly
and d.ffusively debated.
Allhough my official nets in relation to tho
Protective System, might well he regarded as
rendering Hie avowal unnecessary, I think it,
nevertheless, proper to say, that I believe thn
establishment of commercial regulations, with
a view to the encouragement of domestic pro
ducts, to ho within the constitutional power
>f Congress. Whilst, however, I have en-
lemoned this opinion, it has never been my
ish to sep the power in question exercised
iih un oppressive inequality upon any por
tion of our citizens, nr for tho odvantago of
one section of llie Union at iho expense of
mother. On Hie contrary, I have at all times
believed it to be Ihe sacred duly of Ihoae who
ro entrusted with the administration of the
li-deral government, to duecl it* operations in
the ninnner best calculated to distribute aa
qoally as possible its tiurtheits and blessings
mongst the several Stales and the people.—
I v views upon ibis subject were several yearn
go spread before the people of this State, and
have since been widely diffused through the
medium of the public press. My object at
Hint tune was to invite the attention of my im
mediate constituents to n dispassionate consi
deration of the subject in it* various bearings ;
being well assured, that such an investigation
would bring them lo a standard, which, froni
its moderation and justice, would furnish Ihe
host guarantee for the true interest* of all. |f,
as has been supposed, those views have con-