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FOR THE CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.
TO £IHA.
No cloud of sorrow veil’d ihy brow,
No (ears of woe bedimm’d thine eye—
We met—but sadness ne’er, till now,
Vpon tliy features seem’d to lie.
Pale is Unit cheek, where health reposed,
And blushing beamy sweetly played—
Where innocence, so mild, disclosed
Each smile which pleasure there betrayed.—
And wasted is that tender fonn.
Os mould divine, with sylph-like case—
A lily 'fare the winter’s storm,
Still fuiiu'd by some refreshing breeze.
Soy, gentle Emma, why is this?
\Vi>at dire disease hath paled thy brow’.
Where is that angel smile of bliss,
That beam'd so mild and sweet erenow?
Thy languid look betrays some smart,
Tluit’s deeply rooted iathy breast,—
S uae rankling pain that wrings thy bean,
And drives from Ihy mild eyelids, rest.
1 feel fiirlhce; and fain would heal
Tl*e wound that thus destroysthy peace,
,Bm, oil'. 1 lear I can out feel,
And wish thou weir again at ease.
ALBERT.
co . iid.
MONEY.
Plan’s great’slcvil—mtm’s untiring aim—
Sian’s discontent, and man's inveterate banc.
EPITAPH OV A DYEH.
II ere lies a Dyer, who dyed to make his bread-, 1
8m now hns died ids Inst, for lie is dead.
From the National Gazette.
"And tte people of this place tny Hint at certain sea-
M«l, beautiful sound! are heard from the ocean," Ma
yor's Voyages.
Lonely and wild it rose,
That strain of solemn music from the sea,
As though the bright air trembled to disclose
An ocean mystery.
Again a low sweet lone,
4P 1 Painting in murmurs on the listening day;
Just bade the czeited thought its presence owl),
Then died away.
Once more the gush of sound,
Struggling and swelling from tin- heaving pi/tin.
Thrilled a rich peal triumphantly around,
And tied again.
O, boundless deep, we know I
Thou aast strange wonders In thy gloom concealed, 1
</ame, Hashing gems, from whose unearthly glow I
Sunlight is sealed.
And an eternal spring
Showers her rich colors with unsparing hand,
Where coral trees their graceful branches lling !
O’er goldeu sand. 1
But tell, oil, ruthless main !
Who are the dwellers in thy world licncath,
That thus the watery realm cannot contain
The joy they breathe} 1
1
Emblem of glorious might 1 i
Are thy wild children like thyself arrayed, ’
Strong in immortal and unchecked delight,
Which cannot fiidc?
Or in mankind .ulieu.
Toiling Willi woe, and passion's fiery stingj
Like their own home, where storms or peace
.Vs mo winds hnug? [preside,
Alas for human thought 1 '
Haw docs it lire, existence-worn and old, I
To win companionship witii beings wrought 1
Os liner mould 1 I
’Tis vain, the reckless waves I
Join with loud revel lac dim ages down, 1
But keep each secret of their hidden caves, ]
Dark and unknown,
From die Ncw-Vork Morning Courier. l
One of the funniest donates we have i
lately seen is Inat which recently took «
place in Washington, at the Chesapeake 1
and Ohio Cttnui Company. In reply to i
some remarks of {secretary Ingham, (hat i
profound man Charles Fcntoii Mercer, t
made a long speech, proving himself one
of the wisest and most practical men of t
the nation. .
“Nothing, stinl ho, was more unjust <
thuu to stigmatize him as a visionary »
int'.n. He had been actively engng’ed in i
pn J, .c life for more than twenty years, i
and could say, that, although lie had in- I
troduced some of the most important I
isures ever agitated in his own State, i
lie had liever failed in any thing he had <
undertaken/ Others had, indeed, got the i
credit of many measures widen he had i
originated, tie was the author of the i
“Bonvtl of Public Works’’ in Virginia, i
.and td the establishment of her education I
system, winch had been attributed to <
Uov. Barbour and others: he was the i
founder ol the Charloltsvilic University,
winch had been run away with by Mr.
Jefferson; and he was the author of the i
great revolution in Virginia, which had
eventuated in the formation of her present i
constitution; and yet he was to be stig- 1
maftzed as a visionary man.’’
— —
PENITENTIARY.
As enquiries aye frequently made res
pooting viu) pr eecdinga of the Commis
sioners a pointed under the Aet estab
lishing a Penitentiary, wo presume it will
he interesting to most of the citizens of
Tennessee to learn, that—the gentleman
employed hy the Commissioners, imme
diately after their appointment, to visit a
number of those States m which Ihel’en
c.tontiniy system had been long in opera
lion, returned in March, and submitted a
plan embracing the result of his examina
tion, and those improvements f hatexperi
ence had demonstrated as being best a
dapted to the end in view, which vvasa
dopted by the commissioners. We shall
procure in a few days, a description of
this plan and present it to our rentiers.
An eligible site has been procured from I
Major Jao. Boyd, about one mile west
ol the Court-house, containing 10 acres
-mid extending from what is generally '
known as the lower Franklin road a- !
cross to that leading to Charlotte.— -Con- ■
tracts were made and the work com- 1
inenced early in April. About 100 la
borers are now employed, and the walls
of the building and enclosure are from b
to 10 Icet high.
The front will present on the lower '
Franklin road 310 feet by 58 deep mid 3
■3 lories high, and a wall 4 leet thick and
thirty high, will enclose nn area in tlie <
rear of the main building 310 leet by 300.
As the description of the plan above ul- ]
luded to wiil be procured in a few days,
we shall say no more at present, our ob
ject now being merely to report the pro
gress of the work.—By this it will be
seen the Commissioners entered prompt
ly on the discharge ol the duties assigned
them, andtliatthe Suporintemiant is pro
ceeding with nn energy that merits high
commendation, and justifies the belie! that
the intention of the legislature and the
anticipations of the people will be realiz
ed at a reasonable period. —.Wislwille Re
publican.
— o&o
From the N. V. Courier and Enquirer* June2s.
ft/* Purser Tiniberlakc' accomi's. —By
great exertions we arc enabled to lay
before our readers to-day. the able report
of the Fourth Auditor in relation to the
accounts ofthe later Purser Timbf.ri.akk.
It will be recollected that the unprinci
pled conductors of the Commercial, He
rald, and other opposition papers, pub
lished lust summer, that Timberlake hail
transmitted, previous to his death, large
sums of money to Major Baton, the pre
sent Secretary of War, who had invested
tliis money in property in the city of
Washington, aalhcli property he is now
the owner of. ns the husband of Mr. Tim-
I)w! pik i.iW. jvklow. They rliucfjnl tin;t the
money thus invested exceeded the amount
ofTimbcrhtkc’s defalcation then report
ed at #17,211 03. and consequently that
the Secretary was improperly in posses
sion of finals belonging* to the Covern
meiit or to the sureties ofTimberlako.—
The charge was reiterated in till the coa
lition ptqjers from Ceorgia to Maine, and
the Secretary ofthe -Navy very properly
called upon the Fourth Auditor to know
the state of Tiniberlake's accounts, and
whether there were any letters among
his papers, shewing that he hud made re
mittances to Major Eaton or any other
person in the United States. What was
the result! On reference to the report it
will be perceived that in 1823 nM the real
estate of W. O’Neal, was sold under a
judgement in favor ofthe Bank ofthe .Me
tropolis, and did not satisfy that judge
ment,although it amounted, principal and
interest, to but #II,BOO. Major Eaton
was the friend of Mr. O’Neal—bo knew
that the property sacrificed was worth
nearly filly thousand dollars, and actua
ted by the purest motives which our na
ture is susceptible of, be Went to the
President of the Bunk, and offered to as
sume the whole amount of Mr. O’Neal’s
debt, ifthey would transfer this property
(o him. They cheerfully complied, and
lie would have been perfectly justifiable
in retaining tliis property for ins own be
nefit, in tis much as Mr. O/Neal's title ie
it, had been utterly extinguished, and th
Bank bad purchased it at public auction
at a sum less than Major Eaton agreed
to pay them for it. But it was not bis In
tention to derive any benefit from the
transaction. If if proved nn unfortunate
speculation, he alone could be the suilercr
—but if fortunate, he nobly detenu ned
bis friend should have the full benefit of
it. Accordingly the moment lie came in
possession he voluntarily executed the
paper marked H. and lodged it wilh one
ofthe subscribing witnesses thereto, by
which he deprived himself us interest in
Ibe proceeds of the speculation if suc-
In making the payments for tlie bene
fit of Mr. O’Neal, Mr, Eaton received
#2,101 25 from Mr. Tirnberlnke, who
was (be son-in-law of O’\enl, #lOl 20, of
which be paid to Mrs. Timberlake, and
the balance of #2OOO appropriated to the
payment of his responsibilities to the
bunk, giving Timberlake security for this
amount upon the property redeemed.—
By good management, and the increased
value of real estate In Washington, h
had been enabled to satisfy the claims of
the Bank, and saved for Mr. O’Neal from
the wreck of property which had passed
from him, upwards of twenty tikh'sami
dollars! without having, at the time he
embarked in the business, the slightest
hope ofbeing benelitted one cent by the
transaction, although if unsuccessful, lie,
and he only, would have been obliged to
meet the loss attending it!
Shall we comment on this transaction,
or shall we merely ask ofthe coalition
slanderers, whose falsehoods are a
disgrace to the press of our country—
show us if you can, in tlie whole
scope of your acquaintance, a man who
ever performed a more noble, a more
honorable, a more disinterested act than
this! Had it occurred in Home or Athens
it would have been recorded in letters of
gold, anti handed down to posterity as an
act worthy of the Ciods—but happening
in these days, and by a member of Gene
ral Jackson’s cabinet, the opposition,
urged on by the vilifying conductors of a
licentious press, instead of applauding,
censure the act, and proclaim tlie author
an abettor of fraud!
180 much for Major Eaton’s guilt—now
for tlie reported defalcation of Timber
lake. When Major Eaton gave the
Fourth Auditor a history of this transac
tion, and admitted that Mr. Timberlake
bad advanced #2OOO to wards t be redemp
tion of O’Neal’s property, he also declar
ed that he did not believe Timberlake to
be a defaulter, but it so he would most
cheerfully repay the amount thus advan -
ced. In consequence of this, and Oliver
declarations by Tiniberlake’s friends,
a critical investigation info his accounts
was ordered, and says the Fourth Audi
tor, at the first step I found that he had Hoi
credit Jar a dollar left on board at the lime of
hid death. Deeming it improbable that a
purser of so large a ship should die in a
distant sea entirely moneyless, 1 applied
lor information to Commodore Patterson,
one of the present Navy Board, who
commanded the ship. lie iiilbrnied me
that Mr. i imberlake had lift a lorpt- stun
ofnmtey and other property at the time
of his death; that he had directed inven
tories to be taken ofthe whole; and he ex
pressed much surprise that credits had
not been given, and that the inventories
were notin my office.
A’o inventory inis lo he found in lin'd of ire,
and the clerks who had settled Randolph's
end Tiniberlake’s accounts, assured me,
that they had never seen or heard ofany.
Mr. Handy brought me Mr. Timberlake’s
letter book, from which had been cut more than
twenty leaves, with no conceivable motives
but lo suppress evidence connected with
bis account; end he told me that it was in
that condition when he first saw it.
The auditor then applied to have Lieut.
ItANDOLrn, who became acting Purser
alter rimberlyke’s death, and whose ae-
counts lint! been settled—ordered to
Washington. Incut. It. soon utter re
ported himself to the Secretary of the
Navyand admitted tlmt the money leli
by Timherlukc cxcecdetl ten thousand dol
lars! The affair now became of too much
importance for the Fourth Auditor to
wish to act alone, and at his request Com
modore Pattkuson, who commanded the
Constitution, at the time of Timberlake’s
death, and under whom Ideal. Randolph
acted as Parser, and the Second Comp
troller of the Treasury, were acsociatcd
with him to-continuc tie investigation.
We have not room to day to continue
a sainmn*y of this interesting and impor
tant report, hat shall do so tomorrow, in
orderthatthose who have nottime to ex
amine so long a report and the accompa
nying documents, may become acquaint
ed with its principal features.
From llic Petersburg Old Dominion, July 8.
MISSION TO RUSSIA.
Mr, Randolph, the new minister to Rus
sia. sailed from Hampton Roads, for
Cronstadt, on Monday last, on board the
U. S. Ship Concord. On the Saturday
preceding, the citizens of Norfolk gave
him a dinner at Saint's Hotel, which ap
pears to have given general satisfaction.
.Men of all parties joined in the festivities
of the occasion, »» tfltvppearcd to vie wit*
each other in the courtesies and civilities
otibred to their distinguished guest. Nor
folk has been ever famed for her kind
ness and hospitality, and we rejoice that,
on this occasion she has so well sustained
her enviable character.
At the dinner given to Mr. Randolph,
in Norfolk, that gentleman, in reply to a
complimentary toast, addressed the com
pany in his usual felicitous style. The
Reueon of Thursday contains a synopsis
of Mr. Randolph’s remarks, which wc
have transferred to our columns as an ar -
ticle that will be perused with avidity by
our readers. It follows :
Mr. Kandulwi rose and made his ac
knowledgements for the honor which had
been done him. Ile said, that some eight
or nine years ago, in a di lie rent part of die
world, on an occasion not dissimilar to
the present, he had, on being toasted, ex
pressed his opinion of the practice of giv
ing foa.-fs and receiving complimeiitaiut
public dinners, ns being- one unusual jin
Ids own country, and more honoredpn
tlie breach than in the observance, iuis
much ns it furai -bed too great eiiconraciv
ment to speak of that vile thing self. lie
had said this, byway of apology for lir
very awkward figure when he then ctit,
anil which, Mr. Mayor , said lie, I doil>t
less do now. Rut that it was still
without its uses, fur it. served sometimes
to elicit from v\ ai y, shy and skittish pall
fieians, sentiments which they might oth
erwise have kept concealed. lie sad,
Hint no man would believe that this lsst
consideration could be applicable to bin;
for that Ids principles, thank Hod, lad
never been hidden. Rut tlmt on an oi'*i
sion like the present, when he was nhftit
to leave his country, perhaps forever, itid
when an opportiui.ty was for the lisrl
limeolfered to him of publicly explainig
his motives, he felt it due to Ins con stun
tails, and to himself, to say, that he ltd
served them more than thirty years, aftd
that supposing they never would roqure
tdis services again (ns the sagacity ol'no
man could hnve furseen the adoplidu pf
mii amended coiinitlulioii) ne had ace*Jr
fil otHco, as unexpected us if was unsoli
cited, under the present. administration—
Ho had done this ('and he seized u|u,
this occasion to declare it)from the e«i
vietion, that in doing so, be would gre
support to the administration of a nun,
who had his entire confidence, undin
whose honesty, intrepidity and mold
courage he had the utmost reliance, le
would not conceal that there were sene
things which lie might have desired ot
erwise; and where was the adininistn
fion of which this might not he said
Rut, he asked, were we hoarding schod
misses, looking up to some beau ideal d’
perfection, or were wc men, regardilg
things as they are ? No, he said, we aie
men, and he at (lie head of alfairs was It it
a man, and fallible like ourselves; hutn
man whoso failings lean to virtue’s sieft.
He said moreover, that there was no al
ternative between the support of the prrt
sent administration, and the restoration
ofthe Ronrhous and the Stuarts—of tin
expelled dynasty; and that it made no
difference whether he took a pound from
this scale, or added a pound to that.—
Charles Fox had truly snkl, that the
worst of all possible governments was a
restoration —and he hoped opr future ex
perience might not furnish another exam
ple to confirm it. That it ivaa iett to us
to choose vv hem we would serve. ‘-Rut,’
said he, ‘choose whom ye may, 1 and mj
house will serve the lord.'’
Mr. R. said, that, believing his eonsti
ents had no further service lor him, he had
come forward at the call of his country ;
that lie did not go ahj-oud to attend fo
reign levees, or to make his bows to titled
dignitaries: for that never having practis
ed at home, he would lie voted into the
awk wurd squad, & sent back to drilhjthat
he did not go out as resident minister; —
he went upon a special mission, and that
reinfecla out facta ; whether his purpose
was ahtaineil or defeated, home he re
turned :—he did nut go to pocket the pal
try outfit—he never had, nor never would
consent, to take the people's money, with
out rendering uu equivalent for it.
flip. R. alluded to the formation of the
Federal Constitution, and said, that he
recollected when under the old confede
ration, embarking from this part, he had
been compelled to pay a duly as an alien
on his arrival at New York. He saw
the present constitution of the United
.States when it came forth from its cry sa
ils state,‘and SSir,’ said he, ‘noman stiw—
yes one man did see—two men saw—Pa
trick Henry and George Mason —the secret
sting which larked beneath the gaudy pi
nions of the Uuttertly. He saw General
Washington when ho landed at. White
hall—He saw a procession of both houses
of Congress drawn up to receive him, at
n place now called Coffee House slip
He saw him when he delivered his inau
gural address—he did not hear him, for
111 at was impossible—he heard and recol
lected perfectly well his first message to
Congress. He remained in New York
during all the sessions of Congress there
—‘Rut,’ said he, ‘I did not go to a Levee;’
and that he. never had in his whole tile
attended one, either under the adminis
tration of George Washington, or John
Adams, or Thomas Jefferson, or James
Madison, or James Monroe, or John (fc.
Adams, or Andrew Jackson; ‘and so
hclpjnc God,’ he added, with earnest
ness!‘l never will.’
Ml. R. alluded to the reign of terror
No.I, but we do not distinctly recollect
the/ontext. Wc have given of course
Iwf an imperfect sketch of the outlines of
Jit. R's address, and we are sensible that
injauny instances even the connection of
hit speech may not have been preserved.
Ilf concluded however, with saying, that
he.would propose a toast, in which not
only his feelings but his interests were
concerned:
“ r\os]iej-ity and success, now and forever,
to the imienl borough of Norfolk:’
\ From itic Ifuhimorc American.
TURKEY AND THE UNITED STATES.
By tie brig William & Henry, at Ros
ton. lro|i fc'myrrm, letters from Constan
tinople tithe 15th April have been recei
ved, which say :—Commercial arrange
ment with the Sultan, allowing American
vessels tree trade to the Black Sea. was
completed on the Ufa April, by the Amcr
, ican Agent, Mr. Hihnf, and a finnan had
been obtained for the Java, Com. Biddle,
and the Lexington, to proceed to Constan
tinople.”
The Boston Centinel remarks that the
arrangement alluded to above, lias pro
bably been made for carrying into effect the
treaty ofAdrianople, in regand to Afpar
ican vessels. Our readers will recollect
that in November last, we announced
that by oneof the stipulations of the trea
ty ot Adrianoplc, concluded t>n the 14th
September preceding, the ingress and
egress of American vessels to and from
the-Black Sea, was expressly provided
for. As so-ne of the Smyrna accounts
heretofore received, were calculated f.
cull our statement in question, we copy
from the official treaty the Article on
which it was founded:
Aimci.i. VH. [After a stipulation for
the free passage of Russian merchant
men, the Article proceeds:]—ln virtue
of the same principles, the passage of the
Canal of Constantinople, and the fcrtrait
of the Dardanelles, are declared tree and
open for all the merchant vessels of the
Powers at peace with the Sublime Porte,
whether bound for Russian parts of the
Black Hea, or returning from thorn, whe
ther fallen or in ballast, —upon the same
conditions as those stipulated for the ves
sels under the Russian Hag. ’
The United states being a power at
Peace with the Sublime Porte, their mer
chant vessels were by this Treaty to be
allowed a free passage to and from the
Black ts*ea; but some arrangements for
the exercise of general allowance became
necessary, and we arc glad to find have
been completed. In regard to national
vessels, we believe it is necessary for
them all to obtain firmans to pass the
Turkish fortresses,
The last letters from Nnnpha announce
the arrival of despatches from Prince
Leopold for the President. It is said
that h s Highness in announcing to
Count Capo d'l.stria bis approaching de
parture for Greece, informs him that cir
cumstances will oblige him to prolong
for some months further, his abode in Eu
rope, and begs him to continue to hold
the reins of government, and acquaint
him with the true situation of Greece.
Count Capo DTstrin made known his
resolution to send two emissaries to
Prince Leopold, with u faithful and cir
cumstantial picture of (be present state of
Greece.
The U. S. ships Java and Lexington,
were at Vourla, and were to sail in a f tv
days (a firman having been obtained from
the Sultan) for Constantinople.
THE BLACK SEA.
We perceive that American commer
cial houses are about to be established at.
Constantinople, and by letters received
from that place, it is understood that Un-
American Agent had succeeded in ef
fecting a commercial arrangement with
the Sultan, allowing to American vessels
a free trade to the Black Sen, and that a
firman had been obtained for the Ameri
can squadron under the command of
Commodore Riddle, to proceed to Con
stantinople This new theatre for the
enterprise of our countrymen, it is to be
hoped, will in sonic degree give activity
to the now depressed commerce of the
seaports.— U. S. 'Pelegraph,
From the Athens Athenian.
We stated in this paper of last week,
that Col. King, the Agent appointed by
the Governor to remove the gold diggers
from the Cherokee territory, hud passed
through (his place. We have since un
derstood from good authority, that on
his arrival in the nation, not withstanding
the Governor's Proclamation, some six
or seven hundred persons, principally
whites, sonjc few Indian countrymen and
hulfhreeds, were found engaged in dig
ging gold; most of whom, on learning
the nature of his authority, promised, on
being requested, to desist. To a miscon
ception of a recent decision of Judge
Clayton, is this violation of the laws
mainly attributable. We also learn from
good authority, that an application has
been made, and that his Hen. Judge Clay
ton has sanctioned a bill of injunction
filed in favor of the State, vs. certain in
dividuals, who have been committing
waste by digginggold upon the migrant
ed and uusurveyed lands, attached by
the laws of Georgia to the county of
Hall. We are cf the opinion, t hat those
who arc at this time engaged in digging
gold in any part of that territory, (if there
be any such) had better (as the vulgar
phrase is) •• blow offtheirdogs and quit the
hunt." or they may run foul of an injunc
tion, which, according to our notion of
legal proceedings, is rather a stubborn
thing. Gold won't be taken for a breach
thereof.
We would also inform our readers that
the instructions of the commanding offi
cer sent for the purpose of removing the
Intruders upon the Cherokee territory,
having been silent with respect to Indian
gold diggers, application has been made
tQ the war department for further instruc
■ tipns. The reply of the secretary of wnr
will therefore determine, whether the
general government will upon this point
■ sustain the Indians or the laws of Geor
i gja, and whether the two governments
afe to he brought into direct collision.—
■ Oil. King is now proceeding to that part
cp'fhe Cherokee country attached to Car
i roll, and will from thence proceed to l>e
Kblb, Gwinnett, and through Hall, to
i IKtbershani. Those who may he found
i vidating the lawsoflhc state, must snb
, mv to the measures she will find it neces
. snry to adopt..
Ar QUOTA*
SATURDAY, JULY iO, 1830.
i% Be just, and fear not.”
COTTON. —An interesting communication
on this subject, drawn up by an intelligent mer
chant, of long experience as a dealer in the arti
cle, will be found incur columns to-day.—From
information received from numerous planters, we
are inclined to agree with our correspondent,
that the crop of the present year will be much
lessened by the injm’y sustained and anticipated
from the present unfuvorabloneas of the season
; It is said, that in consequence of the drought,
the early boles will nearly all fall off, and the
sultceding ones bo far less productive than the
fufincr would have been with good seasons.
Baths.— All who duly estimate tho
blessings of health and the pleasure and virtue of
cleanliness, should patronize these Baths r -
quontly. They who know tho delightful luxury
of a warm hath, need no such injunction ; for tho
Turk's voluptuous dream ol his paradise and its
Ilouris, ctn scarcely bo more delightful than
tho luxurious, halt-dozy, and placid languor
ifiiicb succeeds it, exciting the most (..'easing
and fanciful ideas, and ultimately giving way to
buoyant, animated, and joyous spirits.—These
Baths aro fitted up in a handsome style, oach hav
ing a comfortable separate room, supplied with
clean napkins, a looking glass, and »toilet table,
with all its little paraphernalia,—and the- whole
arranged with the utmost neatness and
cleanliness. They arc valuable acquisitions to
the oily, and we hope Mr. Carrie will ho liber
ally compensated for tho expense incurred in
constructing them, and the attention devoted to
them and their visiters.
It is painful to witness the e(forts still making
by the Press in S. Carolina, to keep up the ex
citement on the subject of tho Tariff, with a view
to its nullification, notwithstanding the favorable
prospects lately developed, of ultimate, and
not far distant success, by more mild and tem
perate, and less dangerous means. And it is
no less mortifying, too, to witness some of the
means exercised for this purpose. Sensible of
the natural effect of the Presieent's Message on
Uio rejootion of the Maysville Road Bill, and the
j modification of the Tariff, in the reduction of the
duties or) Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Salt, Ac. no es
fort is spared to lessen tho weight of these things
in tho eyes of the people, and convince them
that they aro unimportant and delusive—calcu
lated to lull them into false hopes, and, by wean
ing them from their purpose of direct resistance, to
rivet on them the chains of oppression still more i
firmly and securely. Wo do not agree h ith i
them. The plain, unsophisticated common sense !
of the people cannot agree with them. Tho I
sentiments conveyed in the Message, ere of|
themselves, almost sufficient to effect a victory |
over the delusion of tho Tariff, even without j
other aid. It is true they are not aimed direct
ly at the Tariff; but they carry with them prin
ciples which must shako its deceptive policy
wherever they aro instilled, —and a force of
reiiso/i and truin winch is irrossisliblo. Tho
arguments against Jiigli duties, and recommen
ding an encouragement of the attachment of the
people to their government, by making its bur
thens ns light upon them us possible, and its
opetatiuns as satisfactory as may be, to all
showing the advantages of binding them to it by
the salutary ties of interest as well as affection,
rather than by those of power, fear, or delusion
must have their due weight upon the minds op
the people. They cannot full to the ground un
heeded, unknown, or misconceived ; and they
cannot he listened to as they have been, by a
whole people, without working a regeneration
the most powerful and salutary. Let them be
vigorously followed up, and kept before the eyes
of the people, and there is nothing to fear. “Un
tiring perseverance may achieve every thing;
rashness or despair, loose every thing.” “Never
despair of tho Republic”—a sentiment which
should ho written first and highest upon tho me
mory ol every citizen, and cherished by- all as a
sacred duty. And shall wo despair now—now
when with but prudence, vigilance, and perse
verance, every thing promises us a glorious vic
tory] Groat blessings arc not to be obtained at
small prices—and neither is liberty or the preser
vation of it. It was purchased for us at the very
highest price mankind could offer—the best blood
of thousands of the purest and noblest patriots
the world ever produced—and with the know
ledge, that it can be preserved only by eternal
vigilance.
But mark the immediate practical effects of
the President’s Message. The vast stream of
the people’s wealth, that has long flowed over
particular sections of tho country, and bribed
them from a sense of patriotism and public duty,
into tho views ofsolf-intercstcd political specula
tors, is suddenly stopped—the public debt will
speedily bo paid—the public treasury will over
flow—and where then will be the reason or the
excuse for high duties? Is it to be behoved,
that the people will suffer high duties to be im
posed, which they must pay, for no other pur
pose than hoarding up riches in the treasury,
subserving the views of a few wealthy manufac
turers, and paying an army of custom house offi
cers and excisemen? But, it may bo said, that
this cflecl will be merely temporary—during tile
administration of Jackson. Mull, that will be
for throe years at least, and, in all human pro
bability, seven—sufficiently long, we trust, to
devclopc its merits, mid encourage the people to
secure its continuance. Should either Mr. Cal
houn or .Mr. Van Burnn succeed Gen. Jackson,
we presume the policy will not be altered; and
of the election ol'Mr. Clay there is no probabili.
ty whatever.
The high Tariff system has undoubtedly been
shaken, and is gradually giving way in the minds
of the people generally—of many who have been
conscientiously in faxor of it; nndasits manifold
evils, and the corrupt and corrupting influence by
which it has been established and sustained, arc
gradually unfolded—and they aro daily been mins
more palpable and unpopular—the system itsqhV
must inevitably lose ground, and will in the end
bo abolished.—The groat danger ofthn svstem,
is its specious and delusive nature—hilling a do
i formed and virion? na I tire under i fur and beau
tiful exterior—and the difficulty of mak
complicated a question perfectly S °
of convincing the honest and conscicmioj o '!'
an object so beautiful and seemly witho ’
possibly be full of all uncleanncss. Can
ual cry of its wily advocates, about the “
can system,” the encouragement of
dustry, and national independence, and all
kind of thing, and their determined evasion
restriction, as far as possible, of all fair an
and discussion, has had great influence^? 1
ding those good-natured and credulous pe .
Who judge too much by appearances, ap j !
always ready to yield to any thing plausible,
delusion, when resolutely attacked, cai||]f ( '
tain itself long with a people so deeply
ed in all public discussion as those of n. r- .” ”
States. “ There is no danger in error,
reason is left free to combat it;” and in th e 'T
mirable language of Gen. Jackson, which shall
be deeply imprinted on the memory of atl °!J U
despair of the Republic—“ The time has
yet been, when the patriotism and
of the American people were not fully c< "
the greatest exigency, and it never will, ,v|, '°
the subject calling for their interposition 'v
plainly presented to them.” Let, then, the 1 t
joct *f the Tanffjjtill bo “pfcii.ly presented ,
them,' ugiiin, and again; and if they I* fcn
understanding it, or yielding up their p rcco '
ceivcd opinions, let us seriously reflect upon tl ie
difficulty of understanding it, and of relinquish, „
so pleasing and plausible a delusion; and instead
of fainting by the way, arouse our energies to
now and more vigorous efforts. At any rate 1 t
physical Ibrco or resistance, be always the \ m
last resort with a rational and intelligent p co ,,j)
Amid the rapid advances of general intelligence
the strong arm of physical power is becoming
nerveless before the voice of reason ami t lul ;,
and wo trust tho time will yet come, when nuri
physical controversy will be 101 l to brutes alone.
Some of the Carolina writers, style the 1
modifications of the Tariff a mere device, hiu-i.il
ed to delude them into continued submission
We cannot look upon it in that light; butcvcii
if it were so. that of itself, would evince a convio
tiou, on the part of the Tariffites, of the
ing weakness of their cause', and a sense of the
• necessity of conciliating their opponents. Soim
sneer at it, ns “a mere affair of outposts ” M
though such affairs were not the best mode if
warfare to ho used, and perhaps the only „ni
which can promise ultimate success. Thu
meriean System” as it has been misnamed, is
known to bo sustained by a combination of dif
•fereut interests, all,, or nearly all, of which, am
necessary to its existence. Tho rmiaufatiu
refs, aware tliat they could net obtain iheir cd,
|ject by their own power and imluonce alimq
bribed tho woolgrowors, iron makers, salt work
ers, sugar planters, &c. &c. Ac. Into lliuJrm
j lerosts, by making them sharers in the sy stem c(
j protection; and the Canal diggers and Hoad
| makers, by lavishing upon them, as far as possi
j bio, the avails of the Treasury. The two latte. ,
who were powcaful auxiliaries to the system,
have been thrown all aback by the veto of the
President; and as they find oni the inability of
their old patrons to aid ihe.v any further, /hen
zeal for their interests will inevitably subside.
So with the salt workers; and so will it he, ulii,
mately, with),the; *«ga£ planters, ironmalc-rs,
woolgrowors, &c. Ac. ns the protection duties in
relation to tiioir several interests, arc partialivor
entirely removed. The system cannot he ion.
quered by a general pitched battle. Thu various
parties to the combination must be attacked one
by one; and every successful “affair of outposts,"
however trilling in itself, weakens the common
strength of the enemy, deranges his plans, ex
cites mutiny in his ranks, and desertion from
his cause.
Whatever may be the correctness oftho mil
lifying principle contended for by the Carolinians,
it must bo evident to every refieetieg mind,
that it should be acted on only in the last rcsoni
and however strong may have seemed the neces
sity of acting on if, previous to tho President’s
veto and the late retrogade movements of the
Tariff, it is equally apparent that such necessity
docs not now exist. This, we aro satisfied, is
the opinion « the great body of the opponents!,:'
the Tariff', and has lately been frequently ex
pressed, as well in Carolina as elsewhere.
Those who have sympathised most deeply with
the former efforts of tho Carolinians, arc now as
deeply pained by the unnecessary rashness with
which they urge tlic adoption of their ultra mea
sures, and earnestly entreat them to desist, .mil
no longer endanger the common cause by pro.--
•ing it forward into uurcasonuhlo extremities.
The people oftlioir own State, alone, will not
now sustain them in their inexpedient measure 5 ,
as is evident by the language of some of tlicir
most talented papers and writers, and many cl
their influential and respectable fellow citizen*
who were formerly with them. Their conduct
prejudices tho common cause in the eyes o,
prudent, reflecting, and judicious men, and will
consequently strengthen the power and influ
ence of its opponents. We would entreat i/ieni,
most earnestly, to pause and reflect, ami tn re
turn again, heart and hand, to the exercise ci
reason and argument alone. And what il they
should again bo unsuccessful, tho cause will lose
nothing by its forbearance and moderation: mafic
the worst you can of it, it will never bo too laic
to resort to extrcmetics; and be the result whs:
it may, no one will ever regret the exercise ct
moderation and forbearance.
Tho following letter of Gen. Blair, and remarks
of the Camden Journal, speak the sentiments
of a large portion, wo believe a large majority/
of tho people of South Carolina, who, like them,
were formerly in favor of a measure which they
now think shot ild yield to tho dictates of prudence,
discretion, and expediency:
“We give the following extract of a letter fie®
our immediate representative in Congress, ■
giving valiiablclinformation to his consutuen.s,
his views at the close oftho session, and n 1 ‘
wo have no doubt his constituents will ac u !’’. '
“The prudence and forbearance ’ wuici
Blair recommends, arc very necessary' ,
present posture of our polities. Mr. ‘> ,alr
milk and water politician. In rccommei
calm conduct, therefore Ills advice
no suspicion of “ toq much modcratiom^^
Washixctox City,
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