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roll THK At 'QXJtffk CHIONICLE.
TO H. O.
•Tii sweet to think oflhre, iny lovo—
Kemeoihronce ever dear—
My thought*, lUoni'h crtrelemsly they rota,
Treseul thy Image near,
delightful thought*! ye Ihndly bear.
Os bright uiul happy days,
A vivid trace, to ahew me where
deareat treasure lays.
Mow many lender, bo'.emntica
Unite tliy fate w ith mine,
‘While each a cherulied secret her*
AN Uhiu thin heart ol mine.
Oh! with wtitt fi»ruhH«* memory dwells
Upon thy blooming lace;
Mow lUithfiUly her pencil tells
Ufevery youthful grace.
Dimpling *mil« bewitching gay,
Upon thy blushing chcok,
'Of youths, ami pleasure’* cloudless day,
Most eloqU'-iiily sjieak.
Happy days • that with them bring
Love, and hop*', mid joy,
Ohrid gentle peace, on downy Win;',
Cfc t’IN TIN.
you i nr. auou*ta citßo vim .
TOMIHN A *"•.
If rny heart ih too kind, ’(in my nature’s detect;
* Tic n weakness I cannot fciibdue;
Vel because it is warm, in lih general rc*j>r<J t
Oh! think not, U* lore is untrue.
No! the heart that looks out nt the lovc-bcamlng rye,
Though it seem nil alike to revere—
Though fhcrpimi its umilp, and thmigli pregnant Us sigh,
Where it pUdgrs, Is ever sinr.ep;.
Nor think the warm heart, Ifit once be deceived,
J« robbed of Us seiisiiive, lire ;
Oh, no! it deplores what it wrongly believed,
But still fids the pleading desire!
It rouses as quickly to beamy’s bl ight ray,
As though it was never dlHirens’d;
And while enentli clion is fiiding away,
Another is gently Impressed.
Then doubt not, my love, iho* I seem to ndmlrc
F.vory htjeetj where beauty is shown ;
It is only a light which emits from the lieu,
That burns /briny alone. FIN!?.
■w. ,
SYMPTOMS OP i’IIOLUKA MOHIMJS.
#l I dont think,” suys Bill, “ them ’cre'chapv, .v.( t
r/lfecs,
Wot ounckud us just now had a notion to rob us.”
“No,” cayVToin, “but I think they have coteh’d the disease
Which hrc/HM strongly inclining to ”collar” mid ‘‘mob
Us.”
mam THK fiANMKA OK THK CONkTJTUYION.
The urtiide called laio, which in made
of cotton, in used, ns every hotly Knows,
lor musquiloe curtains to beds. The tin
ty on this article is Bj{ cants per square
ytu-d. «r nhuut 10 cents per running ynnl
»!’ the usiml width, w hich is about n yard
anil an eighth. It enn lie hud,in llnglaml.
ns we are informed by an importing mer
chant, nt one or two pence sterling, per
yard—that is, at two to lour cents—but ils
importation is lolulli/ prohibited , in order
to enable the American manufacturer to
make and sell the same thing, which lie
now docs, at three or (our times the price.
The wholesale merchants of this city sell
it, by the piece, at 12 cents per yartl ■ and
thus a musqnitoe curtain, containing- -.’(l
yards, costs #2 10, when one uC equal
quality could he imported, were it not
lor the American System,al 5 cents per
J’urd, or ijt 1 Ibr a curtain.
POLITICAL Til ACT No. 4.
Tuivs! 'J'axcfl 7< ixtv!- —The following
dalles arc now payable by the laws of
tin* United Ntatos upon tlie articles liere
•mailer enumerated.
Axes, 115 oents on every dollar of the
first cost.
Anns, side arms fir militia officers, ami
others, HO cents on every dollar of the
fh*st cost, that is, #3 on every sword that
costs #lO.
Awl-hafts for shoemakers, HO cents on
every dollar ofthe lirst cost.
Adzes. lor coopers, Uu cents on every
dollar of the first cost.
Blankets, Woollen. HA cents on every
dollar ofthe first east.
Braids, flats, and plats, for bonnets or
hats. 60 rente on do. (If, however, the
bonnets or hats be for poor people for the
wiles and daughters of farmers, imu-hun
ics and other working men. who cannot
nlvord any hat the cheapest kind, the A
merican System ta vors the ■ by charging
mi increased tax. Tilly cents is charged
on each one. even though the foreign cost
vhonld be but fitly cents, which would be
doubling the prici.)
fust steel. 150 cents on 11*2 pounds.
Ciphering slides for schools, HH\ cents
on every dollar ofthe cost.
Clothing- ready made, 50 cents on every
dollar ofthe cost. \ lino cloth coat in
London costs from #l2 (JO to here
it costs from #25 to #lO.
Copperas, near 2 rents per pound (#2
per cwt.) which is equal to twh:e ii
much us it cost abroad
Cotton gra tis, whether pluiiror color
ed, such as cambricks. ginghams, cheeks
feno. book must t>, stripes, chintz, cali
coes, jaconets, prints, sheetings, sbb-r.
&c. as tollovvs;
Jf they art* low priced, such as suit
poor people, ande *-MVuni A to 10 cents
per square yard, tin* tax is 87 cents to
175 on every dollar of the cost.
U they are middling quality, 61 Un
people in middling etc announces, ami
cost front 11 cents to 25 cents per square
yartl. the lax is frym 35 to 79 cents on
every dollar of the-cost. But
If any Ore high priced, such ns only
the rich can afTuixl to vv<*ui , ju.J oogt lvom
3'» rents to a dollar, and upw tr.ls per sqr.
yard, the tax is only 25 cents on each
dollar ol the cost!!!
f otton Imaging, 5-cents per square yd.
* oiling- knives, for faruicrs, 40 cents
Rjr every dollar ofthe cost.
Drawing knives, for coopers, farmers,
fcc. Jlwcnts on Jo. /
I-ish.dricd cod fish or herrings, #l- nei-
TI2 lbs; herrings in barrels, #l* per I‘or.
Pel; iiwckarH.tLW per barrel; salmon.
#2 per barrel.
«by 8,7 by 9 8 by 10,
#3 per 100 simaix* H.; It) by I*' #{so* 1.,
by II #4; 11 by 17, to 14 by 25». aachiur
per #5 per 10 squai-e feet. The price of
the largest sire here mentioned, is quot
ed in the New Vork price current at #2O
aod the duty is of course one f. vrth ofthe
price. That ofthe smallest size is quot
cd nt #BSO, and the duty is of e .hi m , one
, ffttrrf of the price; mo that the light of the
poor man’s cottage is taxed more heav
ily than that of tnc rich man’s palace.
Hammers for blacksmiths, and sledg
es, 2J irents per lb., which is more than
the lirst cost.
Iron, bund, cents per lb.
Kars or bolt-, not manufactured in
whole or in [.art by rolling, 1 cent pr. ib.
or #22 40 cents per ton.
Iturs or bolls when manufactured by
rolling, #H7 per ton; Provided, that all
iron in slacks, blooms, loops, or other
forms, less finished llitm iron in bars or
bolts, except pigs or cast iron, shall
be rated as rolled iron in bars, or bolts,
and pay a duty ivccouULngly.
“Sheet iron Hi cts. per lb., which is equal
to #7H 40 yer lon. The cost of this arti
cle abroad,doubled rolled, is 11/, per ton,
equal to #4SSH, and the duty is therefore a
great deal inorethun the lirste.ost. “Hoop
iron Hi cents per lb the cost abroad is
isbl per lon, equal to#Ho 55.—The duty
is, therefore,* more titan equal to twice
the first cost.
What an immense increase to the com
fort oflamilies would result from having
the price of stove pipes and sheet iron
stoves reduced, and what ait immense
saving would result in water casks, ci
der hogsheads, tubs, barrels und kegs, 11
iron hoops were relieved from taxation.
Iron “pigs, #l2 00 per ton.
“.■Scroll, 111 cents per Ib.
Mill cranks and irons, wrought, 4 cents,
per Ih., or #■-*) 00 per ton, which is more
tliiiofhe first cost.
Mill sin* s, one dollar each..
Mittens, woollen or worsted, worn
chiefly by working people, HO .cents on
every dollar of tin; cost
Molasses. 5 cents per gallon.
Nails, of iron, cut or wrought, 5 cents
per Ib.
Salt, 10 cents. A bushel ofsome kinds
of coarse suit weighs HI pounds, ami up
wards.
Screws of iron, weighing 20 lbs., or
upwards, 10 cents on every dollar ofthe
cost.
Screws, small, called wa o l-screvvs, 40
L'enls on every dollar of the cost.
Seins, for lisliing.Ocents per lb.
Shot, 1 cents per Ib.
Ht(.\( Is and spades, 40 cents on every
dollar ofthe cost.
Sickles 40 cents on do.
Slates fi.r cyphering, HHt cents on ev
ery dollar ofthe cost, (tax on education.)
Sledges, blacksmith's *2?. cents per Ib.
or #SO 20 per lon.
Son i, 4 cents per pound for enslile und
common; for Windsor and oilier scent
ed, HO cents on every dollar of the cost,
(tax on cleanliness.)
Steel-, 150 cents per 112 lbs.
Sugar, loaf, 12 cents per lb. (prohibition
except by smuggling.)
“ lump 10 cents per do.
“ Muscovado, H cents per do—Fo
reign cost, I i to H cents.
" white clayed nr powdered, 1 cents
per do.
Suspenders, leather, HO cents on eve
ry dollar ofthe cost.
Vices, for smiths, and others, 35 cents
i oh every dollar of tin* cost
Wool, raw, 1 cents per Ib. and an ad
- ditionnl duly ol'so cents on every dollur
ofthe cost.
Ail manufactures of wool e-xeept Jl.ni
iii l.iiiiulli.inrr, which cost H’lJ; < cuts per
j square ynnl, or less, and w Inch are w oru
I chic lly by w orking people, 14 cents per
stjnnre yard, which upon the cheapest
1 sort, such ns cost for instance, 10 cents,
is 1 1 1) centsoa every <1 41ur of the cost.
All manufactures ofwool, or ol which
wool is a component pari (except blnn
kets, hesiery, mils, gloves, und biniKngs,
which pay 35 cents en every dollar ol
the cost, worsted stall"goods, which pay
25, boinbii'/incs which pay HHJ, (ups,
w hich pay HO, and carpeting, w hich pay
70 cents per square yard for Brussels,
Tin-Key ami W illon 10 cents for \ cue
tian and Ingrain, and H 2 e«*nts for all o
(her kinds) such as llaaneb, ba /.cs, coal
ings, elotlis, shawls, swtunlowus. »V N a
lem ia \ (>Htiii; r s kersey meres.hubi cb'tas,
i(*e. wliicb cost above H'K', cents, and not
exceeding 50 edits per stpiai'e yard, and
all Ibiam-ls ami baizes costing any pi ice
below 33J cents,-22J cents per square
} at d.
On all manufactures, costing from 50
to 100 cents per square yard, 45 cents
per square yin d.
Ou all costing from 100 to '250 cents
per square yard, 112.) per square yard.
On all costing from #2 50 to #1 per
square yard, ISO cents per square yard.
These duties range from 45 cents on
every dollar ofthe cost, to 225 cents, ami
tall heaviest on tin* cheapest goods, s<>
that the laboring people are tin* most
heavily taxed. I'roadclotbs and othei
which cost upwards of #1 per
square yard, pay only 50 cents on every
dollar ofthe cost.
•***
rn*t»M niK ciikuaw nrcnains.
It) the course of a long nrlieh*, signed
| by the edi'or ol’ the Tilrgriiph, exposing
certain transactions ofthe late Secret i -
ry of War and Major Lew is, mid which
deserves a perusal on several aremmt*.
the following honorable and emmiclor
istie Irnit of Mr. I'nllaum is related. It is
given in answer to the miserable and
W t'frt iff 5 ‘Tals ea c <ais iam ns* of ii (audition
between Mr. flay ami the Nice Presi
dent;
Most of my renders enn remember.
Hint the last tarill'act. (the lull ofabomin
ationsnsit is crlled.) passed in the year
IS2#. at the period when the feeling en
tin* Presidential election was at tin*
highest. It caused the giealest excite
ment not only fcoin (lie nature of tin* mea
sure. but from its supposed bearing on
tlie Presidential tjtiestion. When the bill
was seat to the tSeimle, the general im
pressioti was that its fate would depend
on the casting vote of Mr. Ottlhoun. This,
us course, excited gix*al nppix*hcnsi(>n n
inong tin* friendk of General .bu-kson.
lest it slionld ofl'Cct Ids election, that one
who stood upon bis ticket as a candidate
for the N ice Presidency should defeat
the bill.' This apprehension was made
known to Mr. falliouu. nceompaniod by
« strong desire that be should evade the
question by retifeingfrom the chair, uii,l
placing in it u tetnporai-jr- substitute, us
the rules of the Semite authorise the Viet-
President to do. Yet. although this sag
gestion was accompanied by an intima
•lion tiiat an ojtposite course would up
«.*»*;■-sarily compel the friends of General
Ja< hf.on to [dace a different name on tin
ticket the Vice Presidency. Mr. Cal
houn. with that inflexibility and lolly and
disinterested attachment to duty, whiiJi
lew can equal, replied that no considc
ration could induce him to adopt the
com»e intimated; that he believed, that
the bill if passed, would prove most dan
gerous to the peace nnd harmony of the
country, that the adjustment of the tarirl
(picstion would, on the payment of the
public debt, be a subject of great difficul
ty without the passage of this act, and
that the diftleulty would become almost
Insurmountable if the act should pass; as
it would not only greatly increase the
excitement between the two sections <>l
the country, but would also greatly in
crease the shock which must take place
oh the discharge ofthe debt—that, fore j
seeing these consciences, he felt bound |
to do -all in lire power, to arrest so dan- j
gerous 11 course ofevents,without regard j
to responsibility or personal consequen- |
■ ces; but that the friends of Gen. Jackson
need be under no apprehension, as he
' would oppose no impediment, in the
event supposed, to placing any other
! /name on the ticket.
I am averse to giving personal anec
dotes. and would not, in this instance,
■ were it not ns an act of justice to Mr.
1 Calhoun, to put down the base cnluni
■ nies which have been m> extensively cir
culated with the basest purposes. 1 hold
f it impossible, with the knowledge of the
• facts which 1 have staled, that anyone,
who is not the victim of prejudice, or the
slave of party discipline, can believe in
i the motive attributed to him. 'I here
' must indeed havelieen an extraordinary
change, if the man. who, in was
prepared to surrender the ccrt:iio pros
• peel of elevation, rather than expose the
1 country to the present dangerous crisis,
then soblhai ly foreseen by him, should
now, when that crisis has arrived, seize
‘ on I lie occasion to advance llis personal
ambition, at the hazard ofthe peace and
1 union ofthe country. This would indi
cate a greater change than ever occur
red in any individual in so short n time,
' and could such »change be believed to
lie possible, it would destroy all confi
dence in the integrity and patriotism of
• public men. mid render character itself,
though resting on the highest evidence,
(•(’disinterestedness and virtue, valueless.
I state nothing Hint is not within my own
personal knowledge; and I pledge my
self for its correctness.
i a rur&TAt 1
BATURI) VV. WAY 6, IHTJ.
** lie jusl, and /car luU.”
TO COUKKSFONDENTS.
The proceedings of the Public Meeting in
Wajnesboro' on the Ist install,, Were received
1 100 late last evening, for insertion to-day, but
shall bo published on Wednesday next.— “ Br
utus” is hnidinissable—if the writes wishes to
learn why, ho can do so, by calling at our office
prize isiiooTiivu.
That ftvio Company, tliu llamiltun Riflemen,
commanded by Captain A. Cl'mmino, paraded on
. Tuesday last, the Ist instant, to contend for the
r.i/.cs to be awarded to the two host marksmen
—a gold Medal, and an elegant Rifle and Plume.
Tim former was awarded to Mr. John \V. StoY,
as the best, and the latter to Mr.- Augustus
Routur, os tiio second bust.
TO MECHANICS AND OTHERS.
! Wo lecuninicnd to llio attention of the Me
chanics, Tradesmen, nnd olborS, of our city, the
interesting articles of our ruUpccted and highly
i intelligent correspondent, entitled “ Essays on
Useful Knowledge,” and' pniticularly the one
■ wo lay before them tc*day. The writer is a
gentleman of extensive nraetical knowledge nnd
scientific research, anj amply tapahlo, as in fact
will be seen already, of storing them with much
valuable information; and the one we now pub
• \
lif.li, will be found ttr contain many valuable hints
• to a most useful clliss of our citizens. The pro
ject of a I.yccurfl, is an excellent one, and if
adopted, would soon lead to most interesting and
| valuable results, woithy the encouragement of
I every philanthropist and good citizen. And, while
> the easy practicability of the project must bo
■ obvious to all, the expense to each artizan would
bo very trifling ; and we doubt not, if it were
* once set on foot, that all classes of our communi
ty would cheerfully contribute to it, as all would
certainly partake, more or less, of its benefils,
either directly or indirectly.
PORTRAIT PAINTING.
Though we have not had an opportunity of
judging personally, of the professional skill of
the gentleman mentioned by our correspondent,
in the following extract ofu letter, wc have heard
it highly spoken of by others, and take pleasure in
laying before the public this testimony in its fa
v or.
11 Athens, April 2.">lh, 1511 J.
It was with much pleasu c that 1 saw, in your
paper of the 2lsl insl.. the advertisement of Mr.
Joseph T. Moore, Portrait Painter. And a
l vail myself of the present opportunity, to say,
1 that 1 have seen some specimens of Mr. Moore's
j Painting, and pronounce them to be the best
1 ever saw in rm life, llis likenesses are per
j feet. Among the portraits of his pai. ting, which
1 I have seen, is one of a young lady of my acquain
i t nee; and nothing; in the way of painting, could
ihe more peifl-cl, or bettor finished. Persons
who wish to have portraits taken, may, without
any apprehension, ] atronisc Mr. Moore, who is
much admired, both as a gentleman and an a: list
*• ° I
by all who know him.
COTTON MARKETS.
Our advices from Europe are to the 27th of
March, at which pe md, the Liverpool Cotton
market was in a healthy condition,' and the ten
dency of prices was upwards.
We notice,in the P.'icesCurrent, that the quo
tations were sjd a 7)d.; but from the sales
which have come within our knowledge, we
questionif there was any Upland Cotton selling
for less than (XI. per lb. or much, even as low as
that price.
A letter dated Liverpool,' 21th Match, states,
that almost any description of naw Uplands
would command Td. per lb.
Wol ay before our readers the following inter'
ostmg letter, dated
“ LIVERPOOL, 17il» March, 1*32.
u Our npinim of Coiion us yet, favorable, bin
we mu<l acknowledge ih »t the adVancc which has taken
j>fuce since V\e bc£iimiiur of the year, has been more con
siderable than we should have expected at this enrly pe
riod, ?uul it becomes a matter of inquiry; whether llieen
htncfcd value may md Dhiumiely inlerferu with tlie con
sumption, and prevent any further increase. As yet, this
bf apparent, for although (he spiuufre ooniplaiuofijo l
Bsigsitsto
being able to save themselves, at tlie present relative cosj ,
of the raw material, and the manufactured article, fetil ,
they go on purchasing. The effect can only be foil some
- months hence. Having corresponded upon this subject
with our friends on the continent, we find that they enter
tain much the same doubts; in Belgium, they arc decid
edly of opinion, that if the prices advanced farther, they
* wduld not be able to get their market up, as it was even
now, with no superabundant supply, not on a par with
ours; and from Prance we are informed that the manu
facturers strongly resist the advance, ob they cun siarce
!y recover their money upon the manufactured article.
The latest accounts from the United Slate*; strongly insist
. upon a very considerable reduction in the amount of the
j present, from last year’s crop. It may be so iu bales, but
I the question is, will it be so in weight ? for we not on
ly observe it ourselves, but find it confirmed by accounts
I from Havre, that Hie bale* arc considerably heavier than
| last year’s •, and we can mention, ti* a corroborating fict,
that n vessel which brought us last year, 2017 bug® f rom
; Savannah, brings this lime only 1000 bags, and still brings
■ the same weight. Every 100 bags of this year’s crop, are
I therefore to be accounted as 105 1-3 bags of last yean
I it is besides, to be recollected, that the present crop lose*
a great deal less in waste, on being worked up. Wc en
ter into these particulars, as it appears that an exaggera
ted idea of the deficiency of this year’s crop is gaining
ground, which may lead to mischief.
“ A friend of ours, in Havre, gives the following calcu
lation, which we think deserves attention, with, however,
some modifications. The present crop, considering the
increase in weight in the bales, and the stock remaining
from lust year’s, may be calculated,in bales of last year’s
weight, as equal to 1,000,000 bales.
Consumption of the U. S. at most 200,000
Remaining, applicable for the wants ) 000,000 bales.
of Europe, > ’
Add the stock of V. H. Cotton in )
Europe, as slated iu our Circular > 183,000 hales,
of 31st January, )
1,0-3,000 bales.
The consnmplionin Europe may he ex
pected to fall off, against that of last
year, in the opinion of our friend, if
prices should further advance*, but he
lakes it at the same rate as last year’s,
ncctording la our circular of Jan. 31.
Cl real Britain, 018,000
France, 174,000
Uesl of the Continent, 42,000—831,000 bales.
There would then remain a stock, on
December, 1932. of 210,000 hales.
Exceeding that of 1931, by 00,000 hag?. As this state
ment will appear in your market, we would just observe,
that in order to make it complete, some reservation should
be made for the slock, as likely to be held in the U. 5?. at
1 tlie end of the season, and which, us it will be but light, it
prices should be high, we slmuld estimate at about 30,000
bags, and which would consequently reduce the above
! excels by so much.’*
The Mobile Commercial Register, ofthe 271 h
ult. says:—“Wo have no change to notice,either
in the prices of Cotton, or in the stale of the Mar
ket, since last week. The sales have been very
light, and at rates lather under our quotations.
Would the holders submit to a redaction of J to \
! cent, an extensive business would bo done ; they
t however manifest no disposition to recede, and
tlie market of course remains inactive. The
stock now on hand, for sale, is about 20,000
3 bales. Tlie receipts are 110,423 bales against
90,700 at the same period last season; making
an excess 0f‘25,723 bales over the receipts of last
year, Eroights —to Liverpool, have advanced
i to Jd’.— To Now York and Havre, they remain
3 at last weeks quotations, J and lie.
1 New York, 2Glb April.— 1 11 The sales of the
week have been between 4,000 and ;>,OOO Bales,
i at very steady prices—Uplands, lOalljc—New
5 Orleans, 11 a Uljc—Alabama, ilo —auid llorida
fO.j a 11c. per lb.”
The Charleston Courier of the Hi d inst. says:—
“ Tims far tins week, tlie sales of UplUnd Gallon
were only to a modeiale extent; they were,
however, at the lull rates of last week. Tlie
enquiry lias been principally for good to very
•choice qualities, which brought to Iljcts.;
L but the l itter price only for very line, in square
j bales. The general quotations may be conlinu
( ed tlie same as at the close of last week, viz :
9i a 11J els. Freights continue at gij. for square
bales and Sea Islands, and ijd. for round bags
g Cilton to Liverpool, at which rales a ship was
taken up on Tuesday. Exchange on England is
rather higher; we now quote 91 a 9;[ per ct.
j P re,ni
j- VTe notice no alteration in our Colton market,
e since our last report. The sales of the week
Q have been only to a moderate extent, and the
j quantity on the market, is quite small. The
Stock is reduced to about 22,000 Bales, and the
B ....
receipts from the interior, continue lobe light.
I rrices Current.
( I.IVERf OOF.. AUGUSTA:
Ordinary Cd. Inferior Acts.
Middling old. Common . 9j
Pair s|Jd. Fair 91
Good fair • 6d. Good 9{
I Good and fine, Gjil. a7Jd prime&cholee 10|all
> I'reig hts—to Chailcslou, $1 per bale—to
* Savannah, 50 cents.
II Exchange—Bills on Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New-York, Providence, and Boston, at GO days
sight, 1 percent, discount—at sight, on the same
cities, 11 per cent, premium.—United Suites
r Bank Notes, H percent, premium.
VAN IUTIEN AND TUB TARIFF.
* In the present contest of-the State, and the
s South, against the TarilV, wc know of nothing
1 more ill-judged, and prejudicial to its success, or
that we have witnessed with more pungent mor
-1 tifisation, than lire pa. ty meetings gotten up, and
' getting up, in various parts of the State, to ap
* plaud Mr. Van Buren, and promote his pre
* tensions to the Vice Presidency. Do these cn
* gaged iit those strange proceedings, not know,
’ that Mi. Van Buren is « thorough going Tarifl'
man ' —that lie voted for the Tariff of IS2B, in
shameless disregard of solemn pledges to the
contrary —that his immediate adherents and sup.
, porters are Tariff men?—and that the amend
ment of Mr. II tyne, in the Senate, to Mr. C av's
infamous Tariff resolution, wits defeated, and
the resolution sustained, by tke vote of the two
N. York Senators; who, by voting differently,
would liav'e changed the result? And, do they
(the politicians of this State - who are promoting
the views of Mr. V-. P..’ ) not see the consequen
ces of auch a course, to the great interests ofthe
Slate; and the dtsgrnce tlrat must fall upon the
Anti-Tin iff cause, lion) thus decrying the Tariff,
and at the same time,-supporting its decider!
f. tends and advocates, and particularly the one,
of ait others, who probably did more, by his great
influence, and peculiar situation, to fix upon us
its tyranny and oppression, limn any other indi
vidual in the Union? Will not our tarifl'oppo.
ueirts laugh at our opposition to the Tariff, and
treat it with scorn and"contempt, and the hon
est portion of them believe it to be a mere elec
tioneering trick, and our assertions of its evils
all false and unfounded, while, we thus madly
about Ail-hail! to the very men tvhohavc e»/yic
, ♦
ed it on us, and even go so far aa to get up public
meetings in their behalf!!! Such a course is ab
solutely monstrous, and stinks, most offensively,
in the nose of every thing like decency, consis
tency, or propriety!—lt is high time for us to
give up this continual headlong contest for men ,
regardless of principle, and, if we hope to suc
ceed, to look to principles alone, as the object,
and to men,merely as the means. To be respect
ed , we must ho honest and consistent. —To ob
tain the justice ofothers, we must be just to our
selves—And to obtain success, we must first de
serve it.
V. S. BANK,
The following letter was set in typo for last
No. but omitted for want of roflni. Wo lay it
before the public, because the writer hints, in a
private note, his desire that we should do so, “it
wo judge it of sufficient interest to publish;”
and, without undertaking to judge of that mat
ter at all. since there is no particular causo for
■ it, we willingly comply with his wishes, particu
larly as its object is to call in question our opin
ions, which we desire always to be subjected to
the closest scrutiny, as the best means of testing
their accuracy, correcting their errors, and pre
venting them from misleading our readers—hav
ing no regard for any opinion beyond a convic
tion that it is correct, nor inclination to retain it
a moment after it is shown to be otherwise; and
we therefore owe it to justice and honesty, to be
less critical of what wc should or should not pub
lish, when the object of the matter oflered, is to
question and examine our opinions. And, inas
much as the complimentary expressions contain
ed in the fust paragraph, are unnecessary to the
subject, and the mailer oT which they speak
mav well he left by both of us, to the silent judg
ment of the public, wo suggest, as the style ap
pears somewhat habitual to him,' the propriety ol
abstaining fiom it, lest the public should suspect
it was designed to purchase publication, and that
we were weak enough to yield to sucli an influ
ence, rather than to a sense of duty, or of the in
trinsic merit, or other claims,of the article itself.
If it be “100 bad” that we should have become
“so rank a nullilier,” it would have been belter
to shew that it is so, than to say so, since that
argues nothing against it, beyond what may be
set down to sheer prejudice, or ignorance of its
nature. And, as to the time when we became
so, lie is wrong, and, as a reader of our paper,
it would seem wilfully so, since wa have shewn
that wo entertained and expressed the same
opinions long before our “Charleston trip.”
In ([noting the opinionsof Mr. Jefferson, wc
never intimated, in the slightest degree, that
i they wore infallible, or to be taken for granted,
• because lie had expressed them, or that they
t wore entitled to any thing beyond a careful and
1 respectful consideration; yet, there are few
I men, if any, in whose integrity, ability, or “sin
l eerily,” we have greater confidence, or which
i ate more strongly attested by a whole life; andi
to impeach his sincerity by the quotation from bis
letter to the elder Adams, is as absurd as to say
, that a man cannot be personally friendly to any
’ one from whose political opinions he differs. In
i the expression adduced—“ We have botli been
fiends for thesfc forty years”—Mr. J. doubtless
■ alluded to thei. personal friendship, only; fur to
i have intimated that they had been friends polit
, ically , during all that time, after the well-known
‘ [rolilical differences and Struggles between them,
' would have been a most ridiculous, gratuitous,
; useless, and self-evident violation of truth and
i decency, and condemnation of Ids own political
• career. And, to suppose, after his powerful and
: unanswerable arguments against the Dank, that
i lie would have sided with it, if Hamilton had
J sided against it; or that Mr. Madison could have
i altered his opinions on that subject, without refut
• ing them (which, while on the other hand he has
• approved and advocated them, in Ids celebrated
and powerfui'speech against the Dank, is wholly
, beyond his power,) is altogether absurd, end
; next to an impossibility,
i For our own part, we never consider that vve
! are, or any one else is, improperly “ treading on
i hallowed ground” (when searching after truth)
in examining the opinions of any one, no mailer
who. And while we should “read - with inter,
est, "any statement which John Randolph might
leave behind him, of Thomas Jefferson’s char
acter, wo should consider it, as we would a
statement ofMr. Jefferson's, or any other man’s,
with reference to the statement itself, ami not
to the character of'lho writer, though that, when
, high, and of long and well-deserved influence,
would command respect, attention, and invest!
r gi tion, though not blind acquiescence. Ami Ibis
j is all that we claim for thVopiiliorA of Sir. Jes
. ferson—not that they are necessarily correct,
5 because his; hut that his great intelligence, ex
perience, investigation, and general correctness,
entitle them to respect and consideration, and
to a fair examination, ere they are condemned,
i If George Clinton pave the casting vote a
; gainst lire renewal of the charter of the first
r Dank, from life belief alleged by Mr. Crawford,
■ he was “properly disappointed;” but we do
I not believo this,’’on the bare opinion of Mr.
• Crawford, nnsustained by evidence.
’ We are really surprised that any reasonable
• man should attach credit to Mr. Madison's “re
, cantation of sentiment,” in relation to the Bank,
}' considering the stranger pi inciplcs upon which n
i is founded—viz ; as worecollect it, nut that he
, lias changed his opinions; as formeily expressed
against it, in his able and powerful speech, and
which induced him,while President oflhe U.S.,
i to rs to the bill to chartci it, hut that it has since
been chartered by Congress, and boeorae incor
i porated witli the policy of the country)and a po
litical precedent for the future government-of
■ Congress and tbo country!—giving the same
character and force to political, as legal prece
dents! Can more absurd or futile reasoning (if
reasoning it can be called) possibly he-conceiv
ed! Whall Does that become right, from
being done, winch* it was wrong- to do" Is a
law constitutional and expedient (Mr. M. oppos
ed the constitutionality and expediency of the
bill to charter the Bank) because it is passed,
which it was both unconstitutional and
dienl to pass? If so, then the Tariff law is eon
slitut-iomd and expedient, and so were '.he alien
and sedition Uws; and every law, however
wrong to enact it, is right, after it is enacted.
And upon this principle, if it were correct, one
might justify robbery, murder, or anything else,
after it is done, however we may decry it be
fore. And yet, this is the principle on which
Mr. Madison’s “honest and praiseworthy rcc . H
tatio'h of sentiment” is founded— and it i s te ' n ’ H*
od “generous and veracious,” too 1 Yes v c B
generous, truly, thus to yield up th e B
the people to the usurpers »f them, merely l, B
cause they have usurped them 1 This “pras, B
worthy recantation” was published byua, wl ltc I
it first reached us, and we have not time now i, I
look thro’ the files for it, or we would present i- B
herewith ; hut, since our correspondent desirej I
it, and it is Worthy of further consideration, asa I
most valuable lesson and warning to the people I
against too great confidence in names or men I
(shewing to what strange weaknesses, great and I
good men may descend) we will look for it, an d I
republish it, at some early period. \V e shall II
never forget the impression it made upon us V
wiien we read it; for we certainly never witness- I
ed any weakness and self humiliation of a great I
man, with equal astonishment. When we look I
upon this “recantation” of his Bank veto and I
most splendid speech on lire Bank, and that of I
Nullification, as contained in his celebrated Vi- I
giuia Report—the three greatest and most da- I
tinguisbed acts of his life—it seems as though I
nothing less than some mad fatuity could hare I
prompted him thus to pull down, when too late I
to erect another, the splendid and beautiful fab
ric of his fame.
We are of opinion—since it was publicly sta- ■
tod, and very generally circulated, without de
nial—that the report of Mr. Ciawford’s "chan»e
of sentiment” on the subject of the Dank, was
correct; and, since it is not his only important
change of sentiment, even since he was “thirty
years of age," we think it not altogether impoi.
siblo that he may change, and change again, be
fore the Pillars of Hercules unsettle fiom their
moorings”—tire incredulity of our correspondent
to the contrary, notwithstanding.
Pensacola. 21st. April, 1332.
To A, H. Pemberton, Esq.
Dear Sir;—l was only in possession of the
No. 31st March of your paper,a few hours, when,
by loaning i; to Mr. Fields Kennedy (fomittly
of the United States Hotel in your city, and who
is now here, nearly at the last gasp of life, with
Consumption,) and he,in turn, to do another kind
act, loaned it to another; so that these kaid
loans have resulted, in my losing this No, of
the Augusta Chronicle, altogether. Ordinarily,
it would not he a matter of sullicieiil moment to
notice, although 1 file this paper, and shall con
tinue to do so, as well because I like to look up
on it and read it, on account of the antiquity of
its existence, (it was the li st newspaper I saw
and read, it being the first my father subscribed
for, forty odd years ago) and because although
your politics and mine are, in lire aggregate, dis
similar, yol 1 like to road your productions, on
account of their independency of sentiment, ami
the vigour of style in which you clotlto and [in’,
thorn forth. I will add, I like them still more or.
account (whether right or wrong) of your pub
fishing them, because you buliovo tjiom to con
i tain lire truth, tire whole truth, and nothing but
lire truth. Whilst 1 accord so much to you, ir.
act of just lioniugo to the integrity of your edito
rial character, 1 must be allowed to add, in coin
i inundation of my political boliofs,as coiitradisiln
i guished to yiwrs, that dt was bad enough for
i you to ho so far gone in error, us to be sucli a
bitter enemy to the renewal of tire Charter of flit
Dank of lire United Slates, but now, aslicr
coive of late, since your return from your Cha ies
ton trip, to become, as you have, so rank a Nul
lifier, is indeed too bad;
As egress for your sentiments, and llicir ac
cmacy- on' these two' subjects, you display at
large, in your publications, tire opinions of that
idol of popular applause, Thomas Jefferson.
- Ah, sir, great as was this man; for, in pads, it
may era, hut ically be asked, who was a grenfe !
i yet, as if to shew that at last he was but a flail
man, is there tint left behind, enough of evidence
to cause the record of the verdict of tire impar
tial historian, against bis uniform sincerity !
Upon the conflict of sentiment, in Washing
ton's Cabinet, on lire measure of chartering li-a
first Dank of the United Hiatus, no evidence 1
admit,can be traced, u, on which to found a cer
tain belief that, if llamiltoa had taken sides
against lire Dank, Jefferson would have sided
: with it—yet, enough of the equivocal listens
upon Jefferson’s character, in that love letter to
i the elder Adams, wherein lie takes occasion la
say (it was after they hud both retired finally'
, from all public employ) “wc have both, been
friends for these forty years.” Ilnougl 1 1 say,
is contained in this single expression,to aulhorize
the belief that, it was not asserted in sincerity.
Dul I am treading on hallowed ground, and
must slop—not being able, however, to deny
thyself the expression of lire wished for occur
rence of one thing regarding lire ch aracter of
JWTerson—namely; That if John R jndol, h of
Roanoke, will leave his account and statement
in full behind him, of Thomas Jcffe/son’s char
acter, it will be read with intere.ql, both here
and in liurope.
Recurring, again, to the subj ect of re <diar
i tering the Bank of the United States, I l ave
hoard Mr. Crawford say, that h,e had no done'
when George Clinton gave the/ casting vote as
; lire President of the Senate, in ISlO’l L, against
the renewal oflhe Chatter of thu first Hank, Its
believed that that vuto would make him Pies'.
. dent of the U. States. Was h*. not [Tope;!;
disappointed!
In -connection with the merits of the question
of renewing the Chapter of ths present Dank.
Mr. Mudiaim s honest and praiseworthy recan
tation of scntimei.it thereupon, lias been made'
tire subject of many strongly marked publica
tions, all over the Union, both in commendation
and condemnation, according to the sides taken
by lire Writers. It [ g curious enough' to read
that, among llrp points attempted to be made to
bear against IVI r , Madison on tins occasion, are
such extravagant ones, as, that since Mr. Jeffcr
sons s dotijh, who kept him straight during Ids
lifl», he has strayed from the tiue faith ; and that
Prom old age, and a profuse use of Brandy, his
thinking faculties have given out.
I just want you to publish this generous, lIl!i
veracious account of one of the most exalted
men in public and in private life, which this ta
any other country has produced. < One wh-» wa*
(inownlo possess so much of Jefferson’s c«m!
dcnce, that he was ever his privy counsellor
much more apt to change Jefferson’s ser.t’jte''
than he his—so much so, that \vern Jr r ,ls ’
now living, it is not extravagant t«'«e' - -. ’ 3 ° n
would bo for renewing the charter - '■*!'■