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AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22?
FOR PRESIDENT,
HENRY CLAY,
OF KENTUCKY:
’The Farmer of Ashland—the Patriot and Philan
thropist—the American Statesman, and
unrivaled Orator of the age.
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD.
FOR CONGRESS,
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
Election on the first Monday in October.
“ Let me wot- be misunacruwa—ana 1 entreat
that I may not be misrepresented. Jam NOT
advocating the revival of a HIGH PROTEC
TIVE TARIFF. I AM FOR ABIDING
BY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COM
PROMISE ACT. I am lor doing what no
Southern man of lair candid mind ever yet de
nied—“icing to lie country a revenue which may
•provide for the economical wants of the Govern
ment, and at the same time giving incidental pro
tection to our home industry.”— Speech of Henry
Clay in the U. S. Senate, March 1,184’2.
Whig Prospects~Mr. Stephens.
The following letter from Cassville, giving
an account of “a passage at aims” between
Messis. Stephens and Stii.es, will be read with
interest. We are somewhat astonishedet the
vanity of Mr. Stiles, in not knowing better his
ownj apacity than to attempt a discussion with
onr candidate. Perhaps, however, it was a der
nier resort, and he was therefore forced into the
position willing or unwilling. We apprehend,
however, he will not again assume such a res
ponsibility, if he can avoid it by any possibility.
It will seen that our correspondent fully confirms
the favorable intelligence we have heretofore
received from ihat section of country-,
Cassville, August 16th, 1843.
Gentlemen—l have just time to give you a
short account of a political discussion, which I
listened to yesterday, between A. H. Stephens,
Esq., and the Hon. Wm. H. Stiles, at this
place. The debate was commenced by Mr.
Stephens,—each of the Speakers occupying the
stand three times, —and I do not exaggerate
when I say I have never witnessed so complete
a triumph as that achieved by Mr. Stephens
This is not denied by any one, Whig or Demo
crat. It was not only a triumph of reason, elo
quence, and truth, but the effect produced by it
was more beneficial to the Whigs than the most
sanguine could have expected. I feel no hesiia
tion in saying, that Mr. Stephens made at least
fifty votes during the contest. As an evidence
of the truth of this, I will add, that I have jusi
heard a staunch Democrat say that himself and
six or seven of his neighbors, (all Democrats)
would vote for Mr. Stephens; and, strange as it
may appear, the most of this change was effect
ed by his conclusive and powerful arguments on
the Tariff, and his forcible illustrations of the
beneficial effects of the Whig policy on this
question, and the ruinous consequences of that
of the Democrats. He told the people (and
proved it too) that on the subject of a Bank and
a Tariff for revenue, he was treading in the
footsteps of Washington, Madison, and a ma
jority of the members of the Convention who
framed the Constitution —that he was a Demo
crat of the Washingtonian School —that he had
no sympathy, no kindred feeling w ith this mod
ern Democracy, that had the unblushing impu
dence to accuse Gen. Washington of being the
first to lay violent hands on the Constitution ol
his country in sanctioning the charter ol the U.
S. Bank. He concluded by asking Mr. Stiles
if he and his party were opposed to the princi
ples of Washington and Madison on these grea l
questions; and, calling upon the people to rally
around the standard ot Washington and Madi
son, and no longer oppose the principles of these
great sages and patriots. He took his seat in the
midst of tremendous cheering.
The people are honest here: all they want is
correct information, and they will receive it;
for Mr. Stephens intends visiting every county
in the Cherokee Circuit, and wherever he goes
and addresses the people, great good will be
done.
• Indeed, the march of sound principles is on
ward in this section of Georgia—the cause ol
7^ew , ’ahi!VSSTOWy-wr-Siren gttt-^laily—in aqreople
J,'' begin to see and understand the misrule of those
in whom they have confided power, and they
will visit upon them a terrible retribution. We
therefore confidently anticipate the triumphant
success of Crawford and Stephens.
£J*Ocr River, we learn, is, since the late
rains, in fine boating order.
Cherokee Advocate.
This is the title of a new paper published by
N. M. Calder, at Marietta, Cobb county, Geor
gia. the first number of which, hasjust reached
us. The typographical execution is highly
creditable. It hoists the flag of J. C. Calhoun,
for President, and Mark A. Cooper for Gover
nor; and to those who can relish such doctrines
will doubtless be an acceptable sheet.
Suicide. —The Rev. Matthew Gambrell,
of Anderson District, S. C., in a fit of temporary
insanity, committed suicide by hanging himseli
on the night of the 11th insl. He was a most
estimable man, and was much esteemed as a
clergyman and as a citizen.
A Monument.—ln the course ota recent
speech, J edge Sutherland suggested the proprie
ty of erecting a splendid monument in Indepen
dence Square, to the memory of the Signers ot
the Declaration of Independence—a thought ev
ery way commendable. We should like to see
it followed out.— Philad. Inq.
O’The Louisville Jotirnal says:—At the
great Locofoco Van Buren meeting held in Cin
cinnati last week, it was resolved that the
“Democracy” was in favor of the sage of Lin
denwold because he was opposed to a tariff “ex
clusively” for protection. This is highly “ju
dicious.” By the way, it would have been ex
ceedingly kindin the framers and adopters ot
the resolution had they enlightened the world by
informing it what party is in favor of a tariff
“exclusively” for protection. We never heard
•f such a party.
Q-The Mobile Advertiser of the 16th inst.
says the Wbather is remarkably cool for the
season of the year. We have showers, accom
panied by thunder and lightning every day, which
have a t/ndency to purify and freshen the atmos
phere, thus contribute to the health ot the
city.
The Crops.—The Baton Rouge Gazette says
there is no longer a doubt ot the fact, that the
general crop of cotton must.be very small this
rear in that neighborhood. The first bolls have
tlmost universally fallen off, while the mid
llings are thin and small. The rust and rot
ontinue their work of destruction.
Some of the sugar planters may make a res
ectable crop, but in the main their prospects
re worse than those of the Cotten plante .
lorn is the only staple which turns out well this
ear. So says Capt. Hueston of the Gazette.
Conspirators Indicted.—The Grand Jury
t the Court of General Sessions ol New York,
ave returned a true bill in indictment against
ames Bergen. Jeremiah G. Hamilton, ana
lichard Sutton, for conspiracy, in endeavoring
i defraud the Atlantic Insurance Company o.
he sum ol $50,000.
Fire.—A destructive fire took place in Port
land, Me , on Monday night last, by which Hr
extensive stock in the clqfhing store of Mt. A
M. Dresser was nearly all destroyed. Insurer
for SISOO. The stock ot Messrs. M. M. & M
A. Haskell, clothiers, was also nearly all con
sumed. That of Mr. Samuel Waterhouse war
materially damaged—insured. Mr. Wm. Lord,
dealer in leather and hardware, had a large a
mount of goods destroyed—no insurance. Tht
estcßsive ship chandlery establishment of Meas.
Jones & Hammonds was turned topsey-turvey,
and a considerable amount of goods destroyed—
insured. Messrs. Budd & Rounds, victualler:
and grocers, suflered quite a loss—n o insurance
The loss is variously estimated at between b
and S6OOO — N. V. Tribune.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Tariff—The Compromise Act.
In my last I gave you briefly, in his own
words, the views of Mr. Clay on the future po
licy of this country on the Tariff, and shewed
that those views were adopted substantially by
the Whig Convention of 1842, and almost ver
batim in the Democratic Address of 1843 !
Strange as the coincidence may seem, it is
nevertheless true, that much as the Democrats
ot Georgia have abused and misrepresented out
great leader’s opinions on this subject, they have
at last either from choice or necessity embraced
them and proclaimed them as their own. True,
there is a fraction (and a pretty large one too,)
of that party who go beyond Mr. Calhoun, and
proci.dm themselves in favor of an utter aban
donment of the impost system and an immediate
resort to direct taxation; but the writers of the
Democratic Address, either afraid of this issue,
or aware of the impossibility of Mr. Calhoun’s
nomination, and certain that Mr. Van Buren
(with his judicious tariff notions) must be their
candidate, have chosen' rather to take their po
sition at once, and come into battle with their
flag flying and inscribed with the motto of a
“J? venue Tariff.”
Both parlies then in Georgia having declared
themselves in favor ol “ a Tariff for revenue
adequate to an economical administration of
the government,” the question becomes one, as
has been said, “of degree and not of principle
it resolves itself rather into the probable econo
my of the respective parties, than into a consid
eration of the measures and principles to be
adopted by’ either for the support of the govem
nent.
On this topic the Whigs might refer with
perfect confidence to the history of the past
They might point to the plain republican ad
ministratio.i of Mr. Adams, with an average
expenditure of only about 812,060,000 per\ear,
to the growing extravagance of his great rival
and successor, Gen. Jackson, who swelled the
expenditures during his term of eight years to
the average yearly sum of $18,224,000. The
Whigs might also point to Mr. Van Buren him
self, whose expenditures in 1839 were a little
short of $40,000,000, and whose average annual
expenses were upwards of $35,000,000, and
contrast this with Mr. Clay’s often declared
convictions that the expenses proper of the gov
ernment ought under no circumstanses in time
of peace to exceed $22,000,000. These posi
tions too might be fortified by’ a reference to the
acts of the Whig Congress, by which the ap
propriations of the current year hai’e been re
duced below $17,000,000! and a basis establish
ed on which the average appropriations for a
term of years, including the public debt, would
not exceed $21,000,000!
These facts might be advantageously referred
to, but as both patties look to the future, and
both claim the “Compromise Act” as the test ol
their orthodoxy, it may be well briefly to revert
to its provisions. And here, let it be remarked,
that there is generally' a gross misapprehension
of that act. The impression is, that under its
provisions the duties on imports were to be
gradually reduced to 20 per cent and to remain
stationary thereat! Such is not the fact. They
were to remain at a revenue standard. The 3d
section of the act reads thus:
“ And be it further enacted, That until the 30th
of June, 1842, the duties impjsed by existing
laws, as modified by this act, shall remain and
continue to be collected; and from and after the
day last aforesaid all duties upon impost shall
be collected in ready money; and all credit.-
n w allowed by law in payment of duties shall
be and hereby are abolished; and such duties
SHALL BE LAID FOR THE PURPOSE OP LAISINC
SUCH REVENUE AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO AN
ECONOMICAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERN
MENT; and from and after the day last aforesaid
the duties required to be paid by law on goods,
waresand merchandise,shall be assessed on the
value thereof at the port where the same shall
be entered, under such regulations as may bi
prescribed by law.”
Here then is the true principle of the act. It
was intended not as a perpetual restriction up
on future legislation in regard to the rate ofdu
ties, but to afford a fixed and settled rufebj
which all lutute Tariffs should be levied. Thej
were to be enacted not merelj’ feMtMetffaiti'bpt,
Congress, to bring them to the revenue stand
ard. This principle Mr. Calhoun himself ha>
sanctioned by voting for certain dulies as higl
as 25 per cent. It is the principle which Mr
Clay himself originated, and on which he ani
his party proclaim themselves ready to stand ot
fall. It fixes the ratio of protection. It give:
stability and permanence lo the policy of tin
country. It is the true ground, else our oppo
nents would not be so anxious to assume it.
JUSTICE.
For the. Chronicle and fitntincl.
Messrs. Editors—A vacancy, we perceive,
has recently taken place in the Congressional
ticket, by the resignation of the Hon. J. B. La
mar, a member elect to Congress. We wouic
herefore suggest to our Whig brethren through
out the State of Georgia, the name of cures
teemed fellow citizen, Gen. JOHN N. WIL
LIAMSON, of Newton county, as a suitabk
person to fill said vacancy. Gen. W. is wel>
known throughout the State as a man of high
moral worth and attainments. He has repre
sented the citizens of Newton county in the
Senatorial branch of the Legislature for many
years, and has never thrust himself forward sot
office as many have; and has always stood firm
and unshaken to his principles as a Whig. We
feel assured his nomination would meet the
united approbation of the Whig party of the
State. NEWTON COUNTY.
Election Returns.
Indiana.—The Cincinnati Gazette says:—
The election in Indiana, after all, turns out
better than we anticipated a day or two since.
Although the Whigs have lost their Governo
by one or two thousand votes, there is a tail
prospect that they will have a majority on join;
ballot, and probably in both branches ot the
Legislature.
The Indiana State Journal gives a table, front
which it is thought the Senate will stand 25
Whig, 23 Democratic, and 2 doubtful —thi
House, 40 Whig, 34 Democratic, and 1 doubt
ful. Last year, by the treachery ot a Whig
Senator, the Democrats had a majority of one,
and elected their U. S. Senator.
P. S. The Sentinel, L. F. received last night
claims 8 of the 10 Congressmen, 25 Senators, (a
tie) and a majority in the House.
The Cleveland Herald states that Mr. Kelso,
by whose vote a Locofoco U. S. Senator was e
lected in Indiana last winter, has been beaten
for the Stat: Senate, by one vote in Switzerlanc
Co. The Herald says “We hope th- official
canvass will keep him out, but we fear other
wise.”
Kentucky.—The Louisville Journal saysthe
delegation in Congress from Kentucky will be
as follows:
IFAigs.— John White, Garret Davis, Willis
Green, W P Thomasson, and Grider—s.
Locofocos. — J W Tibbatts, Judge French, L
Boyd, Stone, and Caldwell—s.
The Lexington Observer makes a similai
statement.
Illinois.—We have no further returns from
this State.
Cozumel.—The N. O. Courier contains a
caution to the Government of Mexico in regard
to a design entertained by Com. Boylan to oc
cupy the Island of Cozumel, undera grant fron
l he Government of Yucatan. The Courier re
marks as follows on this project:
ifitbetrue, and should the scheme of tht
Commodore be realized, it cannot be double,
hat this island will speedily tall under the dom
nation of Texas, who will thus find herself es
iblished at the two extremities of the Mexieai
joast of the Gulf. The importance of this po
ition, whether tor commerce or in time ofwat
ssui:h that the Mexican government cannu
uake too much haste to take measures in orde
o prevent its escaping from her! And the gov
rnment of the Unitea States is perhaps no les:
nterested than Mexico, to hinder from passin;
nlo the hands ol a nation more maratimi thai
vlexico an island that almost commands tht
entrance of the Gulf!
How t« clean Kid Glovei.— T«ke a piect
t flannel, moisten it with a little milk, rub it o:
cake of nice hard soap, and then apply it to th
oiled part ot the glove. As soon as you hav
-.■moved the dirt, rub the kid with a dry piece i
lannel. Care must be taken not to make th
;love too wet. In these hard times, people mu
.cour up, and make every thing go as far as
tney can.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
From Mexico.
By the arrival at this port ot the ship Birken
head, we are placed in possession of later dates
from Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico. We
learn by this arrival that the Mexican Govern
ment has received the most authentic intelli
gence of the defeat ol General Armijo near Santa
Jw by the Texans. The particulars had not
M>utHue- are assured that there is no
room to doubt the successof the 1 exans. Santa
Anna is represented as very furious about the
affair, and it is regarded as very materially com
plicating the difficulties under which Mexico is
now laboring.
We have before us a papercontaining a com
munication addressed by Bocanegra, the Mexi
can Minister for Foreign Affairs, bearing date
the 2fst ol July, to Gen. Thompson, the repre
sentative of our Government, which is of im
portance, and we regtet that the reply of Gen.
Thompson to the same has not yet been receiv
ed, so that we might lay them before our read
ers. This communication is in the nature of a
protest against the inroads made upon New
Mexico, as is alleged, by' citizens of the States
ot Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas. It pro
nounces such incursions—made while Mexico
is at peace with this country, while an amnesty
lias been proclaimed between Texas and Mex
ico, and negotiations ate on foot to restore ami
cable relaire--''.between the two Governments —
as being jLaf hostility against Mexico and
contrary rights of nations. It alleges that
as these incWsions are made by the suffrance
ot the UniteWstates, whatever expense Mexico
may incur to repel them, and whatever injury
may be inflicted by them upon her citizens, are
just grounds for claims ol indemnity upon our
Government. ■Mr. Bocanegra then profterssuch
claim for indel nity in the most formal and pos
itive manner. We are bound to say that this
communication from the Mexican Foreign Sec
retary' is written with force, strength of reason
ing and spirit. And such weight as its own
reasonings may carry with it is not a little in
creased by the consideration that just at this mo
ment Mexico has been straining a point to cat
ry out her own obligations to the United States,
by resorting to that most odious exercise of ar
bitrary power, a forced loan, to make up the in
demnityduethiscountry. By the way, we learn
by our correspondence that the second payment
of interest on the indemnity due this cajfctry;
was made al Mexico on the 30th ult. Ere this,’
we presume, the money has reached Vera Cruz
and that the Vincennes is there to receive it.
From quarters entitled to our most respectful
consideration, we learn that there is a very great
probability that Mexico will treat with Texas
upon the terms of absolute independence to the
latter country. As to Yucatan, we are advised
that there is very little probability that she will
consent to a separation.
The composition of Santa Anna’s “Counsel
of Government” under the new regime— upon
the basis of Tucahaya—we do not recollect to
have given. The following are the most con
fidential and important officers belonging to his
cabinet; Bocanegra, Minister of Foreign Rela
tions, &c.; Baranda of Justice, Ecclesiastical
Affairs and Public Instruction; and Tornel,
General of Division and Minister of War and
the Navy. We have not time to give the minor
appointments under the new order efthings, and
it is of less consequence, as those we have nam
ed above give no indication of change of policy
or of advisers.
We hope for leisure to-morrow to go more
carefully through the papers received by us.
Reading Mexican exchanges with musquitoes
absolutely swarming about us, and the mercury
standing at 90“ at 9 o’clock at night, we cannot
believe conducive to health. Lest we should
be led into some intemperance of expression up
on international affairs, we lay by our papers
til) the morrow.
The Washington Capitol says- It is rumored
that the Hon. Amos Kendall is to be Postmast
et»General, and that the Hon. C. A. Wickliffe
is to go out as Minister to France.
jgromthe Macon Messenger.
The True issues.
It is amusing to witness the sinuosities of the
Democratic Press, in the present canvass ir.
Georgia. It is impossible to pin them down to
the true issues. Any thing and every thing
claim their attention hut the great ques.iona
whi :h really are involved. 'W e have weekly
a twaddle in every Democratic paper in the
State, on the subject of the Tariff. blow we are
ala loss to see wliat connection the question ol
the Tariff has with the present canvass in Geor
gia. The Democratic party will have a decid
ed majority in the next Congress—let them go
to work and pull down the Tariff, abolish Cus
tom Houses, resort to diiect taxation, and send
their swarm of tax gatherers into the land.—
t his they will do it they carry out their profess
ed principles. They will have the power, upon
.hem be me responsibility.
The Democratic Press croaks loudly and lus
.ily about Federalism, Federal Whigs, &c. &c.
1 hese are favorite appellatives with our neigh
bor of the Democrat. Our reading had lead us
io suppose that the election of Mr. Jefferson ano
.he glorious fetes and termination of the las;
war, had annihilated the Federal party. Bin
hese editors are forever conjuring up its phan
tom, and seem, like children in the dark, to trem
ble at the f Phifer" 'lMmiVi.l'
r Jh»«jfe«<!WCrS^yWorgia— always lot
ilumbugr neper for fair discission; always in
ent upon throwing dust inio’theeyes of the peo
ple by reading their minds off from the great
questions before the country. Now, in all so
ierness, let us ask ourselves, what are the true
issues? What great interests of our State are
ikely to be affected by the ele tion of one or the
jther of the candidates before the people mr
Governor? Let us refer to a few.
First, there is the great subject of Internal
Improvement. This is not a new question ir.
Georgia—it is not whether the State shall em
nark in such works—it is not whether it be poli
cy to expend money for such purposes. No—
he question is, shall the State stop midway in
her course? Shall Georgia loose the millions
of money already invested? Shall the trav
eller who traverses our State a few years hence,
oint to our public works as monuments ol
Georgia’s folly? These are the questions—
ind grave questions they are. How stand the
candidates? Mr. Crawford’s opinions are
known. He is for prosecuting the works, pru
lently and discreetly. He is against throwing
tway the treasures already invested in them.
He is for making them the glory and honor o!
our State. He is for finishing these works, that
■ hey may repay to the State the monies invest
ed, by increasing her trade and developing he:
uncounted and unestiniared resources. Where
stands Major Cooper on this question ? We
call lor his opinions. He boasts that he never
dodges and never skulks—then we demand to
know where he is to be found? His friends in
some sections, claim that he is entirely opposed
o all Internal Improvement by the State. Is it
so ? Can it be so ? Can the federal Union 01
Augusta Constitutionalist inform us ? Will
the Savapnah Georgian enlighten us on this
matter? tn connection with this matter, we
would be pleased to know definitely Majoi
Cooper’s opinions in regard to th“ $200,000,
subscribed by Gov. McDonald to the stock ol
die Monroe Railroad Company. Is he or is hi
not in favor of the State paying this debt ? The
Columbus Argus, the especial organ of Majoi
Cooper, has taken gaeund against Mr. Craw
lord because he is iniavor of the State paying
ner just debts. Does the Argus speak for Ma
jor Cooper in this behalf ! ft not, let Majoi
Cooper speak for himselt. Let him come om—
no dodging, no skulking—but let us have a
manly and categorical answer. Certainly ma
ny of his political friends hereabouts, will be
contented with nothing else.
Another great question that deeply interests
;he people, is that ol Districting the State. It i
useless to urge the many, very many advanta
ges of the District System. We believe nine
tenths of the people of Georgia are in favor of it
On this head, Major Cooper’s opinions arc
known. He is opposed to the law of Congress
He is against the State ol Georgia complying
with that enactment, though passed with all
the solemn forms of legislation. In this, he i.-
■arrying out practically his favorite doctrine ol
Nullification. There was a letter of his to Gov
McDonald, published last year, in which h<
took high ground against the Law ol Congress;
will he maintain that ground if elected Gover
nor ! Will he refusg, like Gov. McDonald, hi;
sanction to a Bill Districtingthe State? Reas
ning from his imperious temperament, we be
lieve he will. But we prefer to know definitely
rom his friends, and call for information, pai
icularly to this point, whether he will, if elect
'd, withhold his sanction from a Bill District
ing the State? That the Representatives of tin
people in the Legislature, will district the State,
we nave not a doubt. Mr. Crawford’s opinion;
ire equally well known on this topic. He is it
tavor of the District System. He believes boll
in the policy and constitutionality of the Lawol
Congress, and if elected, will aid. in carrying it
nto force.
53“ The Newark Daily Advertiser says it is
staled that two-thirds of the Cotton yam now
-pinning in Patterson is on contract tor the Chi
na market! Thus it is that American industry
md enterprise under the fostering influence o
.he American System is carrying its enterprise;
o the remotest quarters of the globe. As th-
American Manchester thrives on the profits ol
i trade with China, the neighboring farmer wii
ind a ready and extending home market for hi
jroduce.
Washington on Protection.—Gen. Wash
ngton in his first annual message to Congres
in 1789 says:
“The advancement of agriculture, commerce
nd manufactures, by all proper means, wil
ot, I trusi, need recommendation; but I canno
orbear intimating to you the expediency o
iving effectual encouragement as well to th
ntroduction of new and useful inventions fion
broad, as to exertions of skill and genius ii
producing them at home.”
Again in"lris eighth -message we find the fol 1
owing:
“Congress have repeatedly, and not withor.
uccess directed their attention to theencourag
tent of manufactories. The object is ot to
meh consequence not to insure a continuant
U their efforts in every way which shall appear
eligible.”
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23. ■
“These- . . ■ . •".[
anincicp. hucih spirit.”
“These Whig Editors and their correspondents I
expressed great surprise at our baldness!’’ (
“fl they hod been as independent as ice were
and told the truth
of yesterday.) \
“’Tispity—’tis a; wSbdrbus pity,” that one ;
usually so modest and retiring as the veteran t
Editor of the Constitutioirali.-t should be com- i
pelled to herald his own truthfulness and pulili- ,
cal integrity. In these times it is enough lor . a ,
man to be honest without forcing him to prove |
ft on his own testimony—and besides the very |
attempt might go toshow that his claims to the
high distinction are equivocal. Surely the De
mocracy must be growing blind to the virtues
of their champion Editor, thus to suffer him to
cover himself with blushes in sounding hisown (
fame. We must confess it reminded us some
what of the old story of l; Satan’s reproving
sin” when we read Mr. Guieti’s lecture upon edi
torial integrity ant* political truthfulness. The
editor, always cufor, dignified, and polite, is
sometimes complimentary to the W’ii#s and
then censorious and severe towards the Democ
racy. Atone time he promises to cut loose his
parlizan relations and assume a neutral course,
as if he were too pure and immaculate to asso
ciate with men whose garments are so deeply
dyed in Nullification and agrarianism—again,
like some love-sick youth of sixteen—he rushes
back to rite entbri’ ”- • I' his mistress', lhe party—
“sheds wif b:;!e. : .r.. enters atiesli
upon his duties and promises renewed faithful
ness in future, provided he can only be allowed
to speak ol past dereliction, as th'- result ot. “in
dependence," “boldness ” un i “lore of truth.”
Happy man to he so cell-satisfied—happy
Party, to have him tor tiieir clianipion ol the
quill. .
<Joiiiparatfi l i“ Expenses. .
Messrs. Editors:—As 1 hear almost daily !
discussions, relative to the comparative extrav
agance and economy of the different administra
tions, I have thought, it might save some trou
ble and more talk, to fqrnish you with a brief
minute from my Note Book, containing the an
nual average expenditures ci each President,
since the adoption of the Constitution., 1 think
it is pretty nearly accurate.
Washington’s admin.- expense pur year.. $1,986,523 25
John Adam’s, “ “ “ “.....5,362,588 75
Jefferson's, “ “ “ ... .5,162.597 50
Madison's. “ (wav) “ “ »*...18,085.618 37J
Monroe’s, “ “ - “....13.057.925
J. Q. Adam’s, - “ “ ‘•....12.625.478 75
Jackson’s, “ •• “ “..,.18.224.091 S7A
Van Buren's “ *• “. “....35.146,330 21>
N. B. The appropriation .for vearsol Mr.
Tyler’s adirii::i‘tr;’tfon. have already been made,
and will give an average bt about 821,009,908,
including the appropriations for the Post Office
Department. It tniljio s, which have heretofore
been a separate charge. The appropriations
forthe fiscal year, ending June So, 184-1, .made
by the 27th Congress, amount to only $16,332.-
8371! Com: :ent.i--uiinece.-sary. Levi.
e 0. M M t: N t C aT l: D.
Mr. Clay, though alyaysthe advocate of pro
tection, has never been in favor ot a uigi Pro
tective Tariff He was not in Congress when
the act of 1828 was passed; but he says in his :
defence of the A tnerieau System in 1832, that
l hc 'rcjers to to: history i>J that v'l with no agreeable ■
recollections declares that..“s«3sic its provisions
were dircetli/ r. rs' .‘he drilorrl irishcs oj the
fuends of prur d e,” r.n’,l suggests 'n.ii Hi'' a
mendments were niaJr icitii a, ri, it’ to defeat the
bill.” In fact, whole tenor.of his remarks
on this point shew- that he was averse to thed
extremities and bltrat.-m of the bill of 1828, and
his regret thst the fi i.’tr is oi'ptoleetiop had been ‘
caught in the snare so adi>.itly laid fortheir de
struction.
Mr. Clay has always believed that duties to be
permanent iptt.si be tnbdera:.’, and that qxcassi ’e
tariffs coulil oniv result-iti opposition to and an
abandonment o! the system ; hence, since 1833
he has not foiled to proclaim himself satisfied,
with a system of duties wlii :t would supply a
revenue adequate loan ccdmunieul admi.listra
tion of the government', ai:d which would at the
same time affotd reasonahk' pioteCtioii to Ame
rican interests. in:, very recent letter u?. this
subject, to the edit s ot i.'<: A-nne.-se Agricultu
ralist, he holds th : following language, which so
entirely correspomts with, ri..y view- ot the. Ute
it to the Committee and lire Democracy gener
ally. He says:
“I am so far a ft iend to tree trade, as to think
that, within the limits of the Cttioti, it should
be entirety unlettered, and perteetlv equal be
tween all interests and ..II parts of the country.
But to that tie • tir.de which would tlttow wide
’ open our par's to •_:> pr Ir.ctions, without
duties, theirs r- maining cfo-c i to ns or ■ u: ad
mission allowed only upon theraimtilion ol high
duties andsevete restriction ; which wottldcom
pel a resort to di.'Ct taxation, instead.of the
custom-house, to sill ply the wants of t:.e Fede
ral Treasury; and wlnch would leave our do
mestic industry unpiotei ied, and ex; 0.-ed in an
unequal contest with tire rival productions ol
Foreign power- , I a'nt utt ly cn;l i, 1 eeoncilably
opposed. I had hoped, an., suppos, d, tie.tail
would have checrnilly rallied aiound-n Tariff'
which, seeking to .-'i,■; ly tl:. 1 tre.-isury with an
adequate revenue, toran bonest end : caifomical
administration ofthe g ve: rim. tu, should at, the
same time im-i.tem.d .v, lyr m t m et imita
tion, expend tea.. tt.ii le pime..tiim to s.m-lt bran
ches of our domestic itiditsity tm. ;cd it.—
That is all which is now asked or insistedupon.
But even th: t :: > i rate atrl e.|uitable basis, to:
the final set.l.-r: nt ol this oreat ; nd vexed
question, enc< i..’tie ot. ■ m. l d <m e , opposi
tion.”
If, then, the docuine ot a revenue tarili'is a
dopted as the true ] olicy of the country, the
next question is. how shall the dulies be laid 1
Shall they be o. ' rah .• or. s Shall the
discrimination be vrdi .tl.i ‘ or shall it range
below 20 p ren' I Siu.l! the Iwrl-outul system
be adopted, and, as some contend, e./tain
fixedpeircentare be It: ’ upon alt Or irle.t, nn
admitted free ’
Mr. Clay is is is lav.of the a r ...- poli
cy as most just an i pr;.cti<.ab!e, csp::ei::lly when
connected with the home v:,lm:ii:>n principle.
Specific thdi.r-, li.: contend.;, opet: tile lir-oi: to
great and glaring braids upon the revenue ; be
cause “it is impossible t.i d ' iu. :.te between
:he different qualities of articles included under
he same general elm d:ii- mid lienee they
become oppro ive to th jmot'er classes, who
from necessity are com: U:i n, me the inf rior
articles, at as high a r:<: ■ of luty as these ofa
superior quality are co s pelled to pay.
The rates of duties, Mr. Clay contends, “ are
not limited by the compromise act of 1833 to 20
per cent or to any other specified rate;” but
that the power of diseri win tior ten..tins with
Congress, Io '’< r: i \ - ..' . the
protection . f I ■ mt: : biles' ' oft.,. p,.oj le, au.l
for the promotion of the national and individual
prosperity. If the duties were limited to 20 yer
eent as the maximum, then the revenue would
become deficient, or all articles of prime neces
sity, such as sugar, coffee, salt, iron, &c., would
have to be taxed at a rate so high as to become
oppressive to the poorer classes, while the rich
would enjoy their luxuries at a cost compara
tively trifling.
The same objections would hole against a
horizontal tat iff, which would on some articles
become prohibitory. Under a uniform rate ofdu
ties, the tax on all articles could not tall short
of 18 to 20 pei cent. This would exclude s une
foreign articles from the market, whilst it would
be totally inadequate as a protection to other
branches ot home industry.
Hence the true question is between an ad va
‘orem tariff on the home valurclion principle, dis
criminating for the protection of home interests
cud sufficient to secure an- adequate revenue, or an
ibandonmenl of the impost sys em, the abolishment
f all Tariffs and a resort to Direct Taxation.—
To this alternative the Democracy are fast has
ening, and they will ere long be compelled t<
>wn and defend it just as they did the specie
.lauseof the Sub-Treasury system. Let the
eople remember the issue is between nrcveniu
rariff with a sound airrency, or the Sub-Treasu
y and direct taxes paid inspecic.
JUSTICE.
t>The Alexandria Gazette saysln th
ear 1834, Mr. Calhoun declared in the Senate,
vat Gen. Jackson, “in pronouncing the Unite
States Bank to be unconstitutional, had of course
izording to his own principle, impeached the con
*.ucl of Washington and Madison-, (the former o'
vhom signed the charter of the first bank, an
lie latter ot the present,) and all the Members o
nth Houses of Congress who voted for the acts ie
irporating them.”
“A second Daniel come to judgment!”
We believe that since 1834, Mr. Calhoun hr.
.imself attempted the same “impeachment.”
“O! wise judge!”
Prophecy.
Wtjlftril ih? attention of our readers, say the
Southron, ol all parties, to the ex
tract wHIO they will find below, from a speech.
li.v Mr. Clay in the Senate of the U
nitqd tarjm the ISth of February, 1833. It
is the qfrf language of prophecy, and betokens
a depth of profound political sagacity, which
every "'.te must appreciate. Indeed, we do
not know which most toadmire—the clearsight
ed vision and statesmanlike views whieh irdis
closes,,of Ae certain and inevitable ruin which '
thedestnt'lion of the United States bank Would 1
bring iinoa the country—or the disinterested '
patriou'siLxißd manly independence which, a
mid sciffi’autl vituperaticn and contumely, im- 1
pelled its author to buffet the tide ot Gen. Japk
son’s pojhdarilyi and to proclaim to the coun- .
try, in the straight-forward language < f truth
and sißfereity, the certain ruin and distress
which the misguided policy bfthatidolized.mil
taiy chimin would entail upon the Stales. But '
to the ejkat
“The fenk has been doomed to destruction,
and no uk thinks the recharler of it practicable,
or ouglitl’ lie attempted. I tear that the people
will liavfjust and severe cause to regretitsdes
truitfoni F |ie administration of it was un
comuiuw fo’fo > aD *‘ one is ala loss which
most so fi'iiire, the impurturballe temper, or
the wi*®' ! > 01 j ts enlightened president. No
c<funttw®i |k>ssihly possess a better general
curreuvyi ii - it supplied. The injurious con
sequ.'bc»of sacrifice ot this valuable iusti
tiition, wli: ,Oli be felt; there being no longer
' ■ ’ al t " e our banking estab
li.siuueEtl; to warn them, by its information and
and -its, of approaching danger. The
local already multipliedto an alarm
ing ejfcHfeifo almost daily multiplying in sea
sons ot ®'-perity will make free anil tin restrain
ed eiuis®'>' All the channels ot circulation
will beWte gorged. Property will rise extra-
and constantly looking up, the
purchase will be irresistible. 1 nor
riinzie Beefilativii will ensue—debts will be
r,teJta|Jefo<ited, and when the season of ad
' it must—the banks,-,:<ur
itig without guide, obeying
the law •elf-preservation, will all at the same
time ci litn their issues; the vast number will
exaggci® the alarm, and genera! distress and
wide ; rfp-u njilf, and an explosion of the whole
battkius pfoin, or the establishment of anew
bankof J-' U. States, will be the ultimate el
fect.” s/
■J ■ Original Locofoeos.
The v J.r Orleans Bee has the following par-,
amapfiq
“ rhe 1! .rhidelpliia Forum appropriately re
prodt^® 1 resolution adopted by a grand detn
ocratiMt'.'ting in Albany, IV. Y., on the 29th
Augur-:,’(’37, and published in the Argus of
that citj. l The resolution was offered and ac
cepted ill 'onsequence of the movements of a
Van Buren party in New Yolk,
who ( eceffed from their political brethren
and set 6/ lor themselves, nn-ter th. distinctive
title ofL 'ul.“-'.is. They entertained and pro
mnig4<e;Hq inions which rhe Van Buren men
of that <iaf considered directly inimical to good
order aid; souu ■ political organization. They
werei:>c livellers and’agrarians of the period—
the Irani fironey men—the Bentonians. Against
this fact,icu the pure democracy’ of Albany I'ul
minatejtbe following anathema:
“Brrdv. i, That no portion of the Republi
cans ofthis County or State, we trust, entertain
feeling- ir< common with the de; ructive views
of taaiTkcifon originating in the city of New
York, known as the LOCOFOCOS, and of
which we have a small number in this county ;
Ihat we regard their doctrines and principles as
utterly rit>.torrent to all principles ot REPUB
LICAN!-M, OF MORALITY, and of the
good order of society, and at war with the safe
ty of otii civil and religions institutions, and
that any attempt by ANY PARTY to court
their fi.voror support, for any purpose whatev
er, we .-ire satisfied, would atid SHOULD pro-
duce DEI EAT and DISGRACE.”
We hrs'. c, says the Richmond Whig, a very’
dis inct fcedlkction of the rise of tins faction.
It was more bitterly' denounced in the editorial
coin. sos the Argus than it is in this resolu
tion. The Richmond Enquirer responded read
jly to the Argus, and pronounced its members
(as well as we recollect its chaste and appro
priate 1 inguage,) “the scum, the off scourings,
the r fl-raifand the retuse of the Democracy.”
They were lew and weak, anil therefore not
deemed entitled to much respect. But after ac
quiring some notoriety by breaking open flour
stores, and giving proof that they h Id the bal
ance of power in the city ol New York, the
silk-stoekii:.-’ Democracy treated them with all
iTOS'd'l-: respect an.l consideration ; and even
went to the length of assuming their name., and
adojteklheir principles.
'not without a les
son or injection. Very small in its beginning,
and pot under the .Iran as holding “doctrines ut
terly abhorrent of all principles of Republican
ism, of morality, and ol the good order of socie
ty;” it has succeeded in converting those, who
thus denqir ced it, and .nade ils principles (thus
abhorred) the leading principles ol the great
party of which then it constituted a mere min
ute particle. It succeeded by means which, un
fortunately for the well being of man, too often
operate to produce similar results. Its members
were ultra, violent and uncompromising. They
appealed to the wor.t passions, end made con
verts Irom those who never had any thing, or
who like Cataline, had squandered all they had
—insufficient numbers to make them of great
consequence in a closely contested political
s:rti.-gle. Yielding nothing themselves—the
Democracy, who wanted their votes, yielded
eveg; iking to them. Their names and their
principles were adopted in consideration of their
most sweet voices, and the Democracy came
forth id new habiliments.
This is only a prelude to what is to follow,
and what has long been predicted must be the
inevitable tendency of the Democratic party.
Only a portion of the Locolbco doctrines have
yet been made the rest of orthodoxy; others are
in reserve—-such as the distribution of propertv
andtheabrogationoflaw— which willbe brought
forward at no.distant day; and the Democ
racy will be compelled o embrace them, as they
did the others; and the»e last extremes ot radi
calism and agrarianism will become the caiWi
nal doctrines of the Pure Democracy.
Principles and Practice.—ln looking over
thenam< s appended to call;- and proceedings of
political meetings, says the N. Y. Courier & En
quirer, ;.s well as ot those who figure al such
meetings as they appear in the Aurora, one can
not but struck with the frequent recurrence
oi liie n :pes of Government officers. Thus at
i.n adjo med meeting of the “Democratic Tyler
Ass'.n-i: .ion” Os the Seventh Ward, on the 11th
ill-tarn, he- proceedings as published in that
omn;.l, i; ■; -. treat Mr. Swarts, the President ot
jhe A* u.i-ion being in tneChair, a committee
e.insi; :ot Johns. McKibben, Samuel T.
McKu ; red others, reported sundry reSolu-
■ ion-, 1 ‘ 1 iracier of « hicii iai> l.e understood
ir:.. ! .•..•i-g extract lima il.e first of th;’
“Rc-s-.lved, Thcatbe administration of John
Tyler since he JnsAeen called to discharge the
do: les of Presidentthe United States, has been
in strict accordance with the principles of the
Constitution and the doctrines inculcated by the
immortal Jefferson.?
Now without saying any thing of the absolute
tulsity ol this ir. every .particular, or of its gross
and fursome adulation of the accidental posses
sor of power, we will ask the reader does he
know woo these men arc, who are thus modest
ly obtruding their endorsemem of the viiiueand
patriotism of an apostate politician and false
hearted traitor! An endorsement, which in its
very terms, when uttered by these men, bears
upon its lace the evidences of its falseness
and base pandering to the latuitous desires of a
vain ambition. These men are all in the pay
ot the government and are dependent tools of the
man they thus laud. The “immortal” Jefferson
raised his voice in condemnation of the active
participation of office-holders in politics ot the
Jay, and his circular limited their political ac
tion to a passive exercise ot the rights of a citi
zen. John Tyler, whose “immortality” may not
inly be equal to that ol Jefferson, but who may
like his great prototype Arnold, be damned to
temal lame, also issued a similar circular, but
which he never intended should be obeyed. It
was from the beginning with him a hypocritical
pretence—a design to deceive the | eople, am:
■as in perfect keeping with his p rlitical char
acter. The evidence of this exists e eiy where
hroughout the country, and the list of names
hat figure in the Seventh ward meeting is onb.
ne of the numberless similar examples that
■ould be daily adduced to illustrate and prove
iiis assertion.
The Presii ent of this political association.
Mr. Swarts, is U. S. Inspector, at a salary ot
.1095 per annum; John S. McKibben is U. S.
appraiser, at a salary of S2OOO per annum; J
is U. S. Measurer, at a salary o>
SISOO per annum; C. 8- Hulsart, who also
: git res in the proceedings ol the meeting, is U
night watch, at the pay ot $3 per night. Th<
nnual salary of all these men amount to ovei
6000 per annum, which is the sum the Govern
tent is paying to keep up a “Democratic Tv
•r Association” of its dependent office-holder
i the Seventh Ward of this city alone! An.
•t these men have the unblushing effrontery t- I
rate about “constitutional principles,” and the I
“doctrines of the immortal Jefferson!” 1
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
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ARRIVAL - F TKE {
STEAMER HIBERNIA. f
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From the New York Courier fl- Enquirer.
Sixteen Days Later from Europa. 1
Bj’ the arrival of the Hibernia yesterday, at J
Boston, we have received Wilmer & Smith’s I
Times ol the 4th instant, tor which we are in- 1
debted to the Messrs. Harnden. Our extracts <
are from that paper, being lire only one that has 1
come tu hand at the lime of going to press. 1
The Hibernia arriveffoui in one hour less 1
than nine days.
Business at Liverpool, and other markets, <
was not improved. The Mercury of the 4th *
says there was a fair consumptive demand for
most leading articles, with the exception of su- 1
gar, which was unusually limited, and prices 1
remained unchanged. In cotton there had been 1
ag. od business goingon, but without the slight- 1
est improvement in prices. There had been 1
some advances in the prices i>f corn, but no
change in the rate of duty.
Trade continues in the same' quiescent state
which bad marked it for some time past. The
stock of cotton on hand was enormous, arxl ex
ceeds, bj' upwards 3(X),000 bales, the quantity
which was he 11 last year. The present stock is
little, if any, short of a million of bales!—nearly
a year’s consumption.
The news ot tire loss of the Columbia, and
the safely of all her passengers reached Liver
pool July 20, by the brig Themis from the Bay
of Funny. The Margaret with the passengers,
arrived on the following day, when the particu
lars of the Joss were first received.
It was said that the Glasgow underwriters
were the principal sufferers by the loss of the
Columbia, their loss being over 4140,000.
It was expected that Parliament would be
prorogued during the last week of this month.
On tire 19th, according to previous announce
ment the launch of the iron steamer Great Bri
tain, took place at Bristol. Prince Albert,
broke a bottle of wine upon her bow, and chris
tened hetitheGreat Britain.
The disturbances of the peasantry in Wales
continued, and seem to have become more ex
tensive and alarming.
A melancholy event occurred a tew daysback
in the English waters, —the loss of the Pegasus,
a steamer, which sailed between Leith ami Hull.
She struck on the Goldstone Rock, near Holj'
Island, and some two or three miles from the
Great Fern Lights. Out of the crew and pas
senger, which numbered between fifty and sixty
persons, only six have been saved—namely
two passengers, the mate, the engineer, the car
penter, and one of the firemen. What makes
this calamity, more heart-rending is, that it oc
curred in the calm Os a summer’- night, the sea
hardly t uflied by a breeze, within a mile or two
ol the shore, and tinder circumstances which, if
judiciously tin ned to account, would have pre
vented the loss ol a single crea lire.
Ireland is still in a vortex of agitation.
The stock of cotton on hand is enormous and
exceeo by upwards of 300,000 bates the quan
tits which was held last year. The present is
little, i, any. short of a indiion of bales!—nearly
a year’s consumption. The Liverpool mer
chants, in this state of things, are impressing
upon Government the necessity of having a
drawback of the duty paid upon imported cot
ton, accompanied by a mure liberal and compre
hensive system for laciliating export orders,
with every prospect of success.
The weather during the last fomight has not
been very propitious for the crops—frequent
rain, a lo w temperature, and the absence, except
occasionally, of warmth and sunshine. During
the la. t three days the rains have been heavy
and frequent. All this has the effect of retar
ding th ■ ripening and filling of the grain. The
potulov and tut nip crops will be more than they
have been lor years.
Mr. W right' a noted member of the Anti-Corn
Law 1,-ague, lias been returned to Parliament
from Durham.
Hous:: of Commons--The Ashburton Trea-
ty*
Mr. Christopher said he wished to know from
the right bun. gentleman, the President of the
Boaru .>f Trade, whether, under the Ashburton
treaty, and the 25th clause pf the Customs Duty
Bill, it was intended to admit the agricultural
produce of the State ol Maine into this country
at the ebHonial duty. If such were the case, he
wished to know wliat security would be given
that the produce ol the other states of America
would not find its way into England in the same
way?
Mr. Gladstone said that he would endeavor to
confirm himself legitimate limits of
an am ver; at the same time lie would endeavor
fully t • explain the meaning ot those articles of
the We, ty to which the bolt. Gentleman had re
ferred. As far as he understood the first part of
his hiu. friend’s question, it was whether by a
clause of the Customs Bill, which was intended
to give effect to the third article ol the treaty at
Washington the produce ot the State of Maine
would i.e torwarded through the colony of New
Bruns .vide to this country at the collonial duty?
ffblli clau. v fiiui only remrelice lo that part Ol
Maine, which was now acknowledged to this
counit .; the part of that territory which had.
forme, ly been known by the name" of the “dis
puted territory,” and which had.by the late divis
ion fallen to the United States, "did not come
within the operation ot the duty.
In answer to the second question of his Hon.
friend he would endeavor to explain the precise
position in which they stood with respect to the
verification of the origin of produce to be admit
ted into this country. By' the third article of the
treaty, of Washington, and the clause of the
Customs’ Act, referred to by the Hon. gentleman
power was given for demanding a verification
of origin in all cases of goods imported into this
countiy from the British Colonies, excepting
those imported from the territories of the East
India Company, which at present he world put
out ol view. The produce of that part of Maine
was almost exclusively timber.
The overland mail had arrived. The news
from India is favorable to the British arms, but
possesses no striking feature.
The smuggling of opium on a large scale by
Americans, is mentioned, to which the British
Plenipotentiary bad endeavored unsuccessfully
to put a stop. It is added that-British goods ate
scaice in China. This announcement will give
an impetus to markets, and a considerable ex
port trade to that part of the world wil), in all
probability, be the result.
Spain*
The Regency of Espartero has at last been
brought to a close. He has given up the con
te.,t without a struggle, and taken refuge in Por
tugal. Cadiz has pronounced against his gov
ernment. The troops, hitherto faithful, are
going over to the insurgents, who in a few days
will be designated by another title, and a gov
ernment which but six months since, had the
support of almost every province and town in
Spain, has fallen at once, as by a stroke ot par
alysis. Three telegraphic despatches from
Baynue were received in Paris on Saturday
evening.
The liist announces that Cadiz has made its
prmivnriamento, and that the authorities in Es
parterq’s interest had left the city. The second
announces that Espartero, abandoned by the
major pari of his troop*, had taken .efuge in the
Portuguese territory, where he arrived on the
17th, vi'h a squadron of cavalry. The thiid
states ii to be certain that the division of Iriarte
has gi :u over to Aspiroz, as also the troops un
der Ci. ..i. On the lH;h Gen. Narvaes summon
ed the capital io surrender, threatening summa
ry ven . nice in case of resistance.
The . ilieial answer of the municipality was
as foil: s:—“The city of Madrid wishes to
watch .L-r the preservation of the person
the Qi an, that precious trust which .has . . t..
confide to it. it will await the result ot the I
engaai. ier> which must soon take place to pro
nounCt .‘.self.”
Clrimu.
Tri; .<■■ -iff all aiiieett at Malta on the
21. h Ji j, ;:uu at Loudon on the Ist inst. The
latest dates from Macao was April Ifiih. There
is little news Irom China, the new Commission
er Ke Ying hot having arrived to treat with Sir
Henry Potiinger. The Province of Scinde was
nearly quiet, Sir Charles Napier having made
terms with most of the chiefs. Dost Moham
med had arrived at Cabul and assumed the gov
ernment without opposition.
In China trade is looking brisker. Seven
ships, in the Yang Tze Kiang, were selling
openly opium and British goons. They have
been warned off by the authorities, but have
persisted, and they were allowed to c mtinue
their sales. The Americans were busy smug
gling, and British goods were said to be scarce.
From the Liverpool Mercury, August 4.
State of Trade.
Lancashire, Wednesday Evening Aug 2.
The trade at Bolton has continued to improve
during the last fortnight. The calico block
printing at Manchester and the neighboring
towns is very slack, and many peisons cannot
get work, while others are only partially em
ployed, and less wages, at most places, are giv
en than they were a tew months past. The fan
cy silk trade continues to improve; velvet shawls
nd fine scaris are in particular request, and
other sorts of silk goods are in better request
man is generally the case at this season of the
year.
The fustian cutters of Heswood, near Bury,
nd in the vicinity of Manchester, are general
ly in lull employment, and most of them are ex
rctuely,busy. The silk smallware trade in th<
aetori’esof Salford, Manchester, and their vi
■inities, is in a healthy state, and the trade in
reases; operati res at some places are working
■even or eight days per week. The ginghan
rade at Prestwich arid Ratcliffe is beiier that
i was a month age, but wages remain very
>w, and profits upon goods are next to nothing
Manchester. —There was very little change
ii t be market yesterday. The yarn market wa
-itherflatter than last week, with a slight len
iency to decline in the prices of one or two de
criptions particularly adapted to the Germa:
larket. In the goods market there was a pretn
ood demand lor printing cloth, and a fartht
ut slight improvement in the price ol good 2
.id 72 reed cloth. For other descriptions c
>ods the demand was very moderate, an
here was no change in prices.— Guardian oj
Wednesday. ii
Beauties of Tylerlsm.
Major Noah, who sol I himself to Capt. Ty
ler last year, bi.: not getting his pay, deserted
him this, make- i,n answer, in the last number
of his paper, to th-' Mauisoniati's charge that fi
he has been uulnyt ri-.i throughout by ‘ corrupt j
motives.” li issnffir- eutly tm- orient tobeamu
sing, and doubtless r.e. r c-nonpli to the truth to a
give the public an'.tisigui int i the machinery c
of the Tyler parly. Here it is: B
“It appears from the attack upon me, that
President Tyler was aware that in my proles- ll
sionsot triendship, for him, there were evident- a
ly, 'corrupt motives. Now it is so happened, g
that I made no such profession at all. P-esi- ;
dent Tyler sought me out; I did not seek him;
the‘prolessions of friendship eame from him so 1
me; the assurances of confidence and regard, or t
promises to'led grateful and to be grateful,’ <
were made by him, not by me. He found me t
occupying an honorable and lucrative position
on the Bench, and said to me through his friends, '
‘come to my aid—l am beset with enemies; es- 1
tablish a paper to defend my motives and sus- ,
tain my administration; I will give to the paper
all the patronage of the government. You, of
all others can aid me. Resign your office,
throw yourself into the brqacb, you will always
find me gratelul.’ I did so. My friends said,
‘are you mad? what service can you render Mr.
Tyler with both parties against bun? you sacri
fice yourself without being able to aid him;
vou senarate from your own friends to espouse
his cause. Can you expect more liberal, more
gererous treatment at his hands than the men
who elected him have met with? Nevertheless,
I did generously, and under the persuasion that,
he had been hardly dealt with, come to his aid,
established the Union newspaper, and tookthe
lead, as the pioneer in his behalf.
“Jdo solemnly believe there was not in this city a
sincere Tyler- man al that time. Every thing
seemed changed; peo) le read the paper and con
sidered him an injured man; I was slowly but
securely building him up a respectable party
here and elsewhere. He was entirely safe in my
hands, when an intrigue was set afloat to break
down the Union, and substitute the Standard, a
concern well known to have been always up
firr‘Cowes and a market,’ and in this intrigue,
set on foot by the conservatives, Mr. Robert Iy
ler hitnselftook a conspicuous part, and raised
some $1,600 in money and patronage lor that
paper, for which the editor made a most grate
ful return, by running up the Cass flag, and then
the Van Buren flag, and finally giving up the
ship altogether.
“Finding this act of bad faith distinctly a
avov.ed, 1 retired from tire Union, but still kept
up the organization, until 1 discovered, that a
clique of the lowest order ol politicians in this
city, after many secret meetings, agreed to pre
sent themselves at Washington, as the repre
sentatives of the great Democratic party; to de
nounce the Presinent’s original friends, to offer
him a nomination in the name of the party, and
to demand certain offices and influences, and to
put us aside altogether.
“The plot succeeded; the President was
caught in the net carefully spread tor him; we
were cast aside, and the Pewter Mug dynasty
controlled the administration. Ihe moment
this fact was known, the respectable part of the
democracy, though entertaining kind feelings
forthe President, declined moving a step in his
behalf . 1 knew what would be the efleci of this
political freak, but 1 was among many original
friends ot Mr. Tyler, unceremoniously set a
; side, after all the professions of confidence and
good will, without the ceremony ot saying ‘Sir,
1 thank you,’ and a set of men, bankrupts in
fortune and reputation, took the reins in their
hands. To aid the President, 1 sacrificed an
office worth between two and three thousand
; dollars a year, and asking nothing in return,
t lost caste with my political friends, spent a
t large sum of money in various ways to strength
r en his friends and adherents, and now because
I will not- ‘pander, to t.t: ambition fatal to his
. character .' future reputation, by keeping
» himinthe field as a candidate t.rmeql certain
,• defeat, the wi iter in the Madisonian, declares
that I have b on governed by ‘corrupt motives
n in my friendship for Tyler!”
New Moti vk Power. — i'lte New York Cou
rier contains the foil owing description of a newly
invented engine nowexhibititigin that city- We
have long since heard the opinion expressed that
the steam engine was yet in its infancy, and that
the time would yet come, when gunpowder or
some other equally e'xpansive substance, would
be used with greater effect and less cost than
steam. The'machine soi.sen of belowis the in
vention of Dr. Drake, of that city, and is said to
be “the result of-praelic l philosophical re
search :”
The Engine in operation s not merely a phi
losophical toy, as may be tiagined by those
who have not seen it; —it is of not less than three
horse power, and consists of an ordinary, high
pressure steam cylinder of six inches diameter,
traversed by a piston having eight inches length
of stroke connected with a crank axle on which
there is a heavy fly wheel. It is without fur
nace, boiler or chimney, and lias simply an at
mospheric air, and a gas and exhaust pipe con
nected with the cylinder. The motion is created
by the combustion within lhe cylinder, ol atmos
pheric air combined with a certain proportion of
gas, which is ignited bj' a process o'njy known
to the inventor. By this combustion which is
instantaneous, the air within the cylinder is ex
panded with great power, and the piston is forced
to recede, and motion is communicated to the
machinery. After the machine is pul in motion
the successive ignitions are selfcaused, and are
produced as far as the mechanical operation is
concerned, by lhe same arrangement, and with
the same exactness as the steam is made to act
in an ordinarj’ steam engine; the atmospheric
air and gas being supplied by their appropriate
pipes, and an exhaust pipe being connected with
the cylinder in lhe usual way.—By means ofa
small cockjn the supply pipe, the operator with
histhinnb and finger controls the machine.
In the experiment now being marie, gas is
used simply because it is more conveniently ob
tained than any other combustible, but the in
ventor states that the engine will, with equal fa
cility and certainty, burn camphine and other
preparations, such as lard oil combined with
whiskey, &c. Its ability to use these last pro
ducts asa fuel, makes this invention ofimmense
importance to the great West, as, should the
transportation on the Mississippi and its mea
sureless tributaries be effected by this power, it
will furnish a home t;iai.ket*to tire grower of
these articles entirely new, and to an extent lar
greater than all others now in existence With
out pursuing this subject further, wc will state
what appear to be the obvious advantages of this
invention over the steam engine. The first and
most important is security—there is no danger
from explosion, nor from fire, either accidental
ly communicated or from the spontaneous com
bustion of the fuel. 2d, The trr/gAZ of an en
gine ol given power, must be greatly less, as
there is no furnace, no boiler with its water, no
chimney and condensing apparatus, and com
paratively but"a trilling amount ol fuel either in
weight or bulk. 3d, The space occupied by the
macliine and its fuel is so much less as to give
great additional room for freight and passengers.
•Ith, The ability of making long continuous
voyages, a -ships supplied with this invention
can carry fuel enough to propel them to China,
without its materially interfering with their a
vailable capacity for Irciglit. sth, Economy in
working—as there is no expenditure of power
except to produce motion, as is the case with
the Bte. m engine in irregular work, where the
steam has to be genet, ted and preserved at its
proper temperature, wh’’e the engine may be
tempoi. rily stopped. This isot great consider
ati;in’.! the Wr-tPin waters, v.d'.erc the trade de
mands i<qu. :-■ : ; rio o eeive i.i to
deliver jtassen:'■ . • i i- ;• .’. ■ wuu '.wtoi-h
last cat; -c of de- r: on ■. .ii! ■■. I: ‘’ l ' ■ is re. idled
as well as t.iie e:;| disc :;:ld annoyance ol fire
men.
i ■ it mean tesay that the experiment
has Le< j sufficiently tested to make these things
perfect ■ certain on a large scale, but that they
ate pro ed to be so in an engine of at least three
horsey .we: and that no well grounded objec
tion F.:: 1. i::;o .1., nd in ne appears to exist ol
sufflci.-;.t lice to create a reasonable doubt of
the successful adaptation o: this invention to
engines of the largest class. Ina lew days a
committee of scientific and practical gentlemen
will accurately ascertain the power of the pre
sent machine, and the quantity and cost of the
fuel it consumes.
New Orleans, August 17.
The Charity Hospital report of yesterday
shows fewer cases of admission ol yellow fever
than the day previous, and that the disease is
yielding more to medical treatment. Up to
half past 5 o’clock last evening, the report show
ed as follows:
Whole number admitted.. 22
Os these, of yellow fever 1
Discharged 18
“ of yellow fever 3
Deaths 5
“ of yellow fever 4
§~|t“Keep it before the People,” that
JAMES MADISON,the Republican President,
who aided as a member of the National Con
vention, in framing the Constitution oi the U
nited States, signed the Bank charter of 1816,
which bill was voted for by HENRY CLAY.
FELIX GRUNDY, JOHN C. CALHOUN,
and others, because as they then said, they be
lieved it to be both expenient and constitutional!
“Keep it before the people,” that John
Marshall, of Virginia, the Chief Justice ol the
United States, the bosom friend and political
associate, of V> ashington, Jefferson, Madison
and Monroe, with SIX OTHER ASSOCIATE
JUDGES, on the bench of the Supreme Court,
where the question of the Constitutionality of t
National Bank can e up for decision, i etermin
ed the question in the following words:—
"After the most d liberate considcrnlion, if is th
inaninunis and decided opinion of this Court, tho
he ar! to inelaborate the Bant.' the I'nitedSlot
s a lair mode in pursuance of the Constitution, an
’s pari of the supreme law of the la nd."—Jonesboro
Whig.
rV We see in an article in the Boston Jour
al, thatC. M. Clay, who was recently cor.
■emed in the fracas with Mr. Brown, post otfic
gent, is called' “a nephew of Henrv Clav.
Vith that quarrel and the degree of blame to t
itacheii tothe oneorthe other combatant, v
now only what is stated in the papers. But
- right that it should be known that Mr. C. A I
Jlay is in no way related to Henry Clay, excep. I
in name.— Alex. Gazette. I
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24.
Ward Meetings.
In this morning's paper will be found calls '
for meetings of the Whigs in the Second and 1
Fourth Wards, to which we desire to call the '
attention of our Whig friends in the city and
country. The.near approach of tire election ad
monishes us to bestir ourselves—to arouse from
the quiet in which we have so long indulged,
and bring into the field onr most active, intelli
gent and influential men-is candidates for seats
in the Legislature. Whigs of Richmond,your
brethren throughout the State are looking to you
to wipe off the stain wihch was last year
cast upon her fair escutcheon, anti we invite you
to the contest—confident that it inly requires
concert and a determination to do your duty,
for you to attain that proud position which, un
til last year, you had so tong enjoyed.
Election Returns.
The Frankfort Commonwealth, of the 15th
instant, says:
As far as heard, the Whigs have gained over
last year 12 members ol the House of Repre
sentatives and tost 9, several of the Utter, as
usual, by divisions.
In the election of Senators, we have heard of
no results changing the state of parties in the
Senate from last year. The Whig majority on
joint ballot in the Legislature will be larger
than last year, ranging between 30 and 40.
Indiana.—The Indianapolis State Journal of
the 11th instant says:
“ From present indications we fear that no
doubt remains of the defeat ol Bigger, nor of the
toss of a majority of the Congressional districts.
The Legislature is still involved in doubt.—
Our next will speak with entire certainly, and
much mote to the satisfaction of the reader.
At the time we write we record as certainly
elected, two Whig members to Congress with
the almost certain assurance of two more."
The Journal contains a table of returns re
ceived, which gives the Whigs2s Senators and
40 Representatives, and the Locolocos 23 Sena
tors and 34 Representatives.
Illinois.- I'i*. \hc.n'Telegraph of the 12th
instant con: ir rhi’’ following paragraph:
“From tire received in season for this
paper, we can give only the probable result in a
few districts. Smith is undoubtedly elected in
the first. In the fifth, Douglass is ahead so far
as heard fiom. In the sixth, Joe’s revelath n
has probably defeated Walker’s election. In
the seventh, Hardin is unquestionably elected
by a handsome majority, and from present ap
pearances is likely to be the only Whig Repre
sentative from Illinois in the next Congress.”
Indiana.
In this State, in 1839, the Whigs elected only
one member to Congress, and were in a minori
ty of 25 in the State Legislature. The next
year,Gen. Harrison’s majority was 13,600—ev
ery member of Congress was Whig, and two
thirds of both branches of the Legislature.
Now, the Whigs probably have tost the Gov
ernor and Legislature, and have but two mem
bers of Congress. Next year, the somerset of
'4O will be re enacted.
Washington letter says, with what truth
we know not, that Commodore Jones, who took
a petty town in California, is to be taken from
the line of promotion and laid upon" the shelf,
with aa annuity of S6OO , er annum, in place of
being cashiered—that is, that he has received
I an eternal furlough.
I M::ssbs. Editors :—W ill you be good enough
to give place to the following, from the last Re
corder. It is useless to say more of Judge
Tri; ; <■ than is contained in the article itsell; all
who know him, will attest his worth both public
and private, as well as his capacity and fitness
for the station. He would, ifnomiuated, doubt
less receive the unanimous support of the Whigs.
Let me commend his claims to the committee of
21. Richmond.
M;:sstrsEditors :—Allow me to suggest the
name of Turner H. Tripps, of Cass county,
as a suitable nominee to fill the vacancy in our
Congressional delegation. His pure character
as a gentlem an; bis distinguished ability as the
presiding Judge of the Cherokee Circuit; his
expanding nd maturing mind, point him out
as one of tlxs first of Georgia’s sons; andhispo
sition in i ae of the most populous districts of
our State, combined with his qua(ifications for
office, tender linn the very man to be selected
by the Whig party. His sterling republican
principle’ will render him acceptable to the
whole people of Georgia, and his public and
private characteraie without reproach; and his
high : landing with those over whom he has pre
sided, give an earnest that his nomination will
be but the precursor ofhia election.
Cherokee.
The Richmond Enquirer wishes to know
whether “the friends ol Mr. Tyler are deaf.”
Tu which, the Louisville Journal replies:—
We da not know, as we have never yet seen so
anomalous a human being as a “friend” of the
Cali.trtfty. If he has friends, however, we are
inclined to think they are tolerably deal, for the
thunders of popularscorn and indignation which
have lolled round their heads, would deafen the
ears ol any kind of creatures.
British Orators.
A London correspondent of the Richmond
Enquirer says, that as mere speakers, the mem
bers i . Parliament of whom lame has spoken
so lunch on this side the Atlantic, are vastly in
fortot , in eloquence of delivery, to many orators
in the Virginia Legislature, much lessthoseof
Cobgtess. The writer adds that the British
statesmen have a great supetiority, however, in
the ta.-te and arrangement of their matter.
Spanish Affairs.
By the arrival of the Hibernia, says the Na
tional Intelligencer, we have received four very
interesting Letters irom our European Corres
pondent, one ol which shall appear in our next.
I’he most important ol the foreign news I eing
what concerns the aftaiisot Spain, we anticipate
the publication ol our Correspondent's letters by
extracting the following passage from the latest
ol them, which bears date July ihe 31st:
“Since the date ot the letter in which I men
tioned Mr. Irving, the American Ministei at
Madrid, we have recent and direct intelligence
of him. He had so far recovered from the mal
ady with which he was confined lor several
weeks as io be able to pass abroad on his feet
and in his carriage, observing the popular ex
citement and the preparations tor defence. He
felt not the least apprehension for himself; in
deed, even the British ladies looked to his hotel
lor retuge in case of an assanh from the troops
at the gates. The cry without was ‘Death to
the ErgUsb-a.yacw.kosf as it bad been on the for
mer revolution, ‘Death to the FrenchificdSyan
iards!
The j’bung Queen and her sister would glad
ly hav ■ put themselves under the shelter ot the
.'Unci an Legation, rather than remain exposed
in the palace as a prize to the victors in a desper-
are m ';■: affray. My informant mentions that
I e or v American whom he knew to be in
Madr ' and often with Mr. Irving, was Mr.
Sumni , o-f Boston, a gentleman distinguished
Ibr pe -onal merit and extensive travel. Mr.
Ham: -i:, cl the legat’on, was absent in the
Pyren ■ . Among the reflecting and best-in
structi . ci the foreigners at Madrid but one <>-
piiiioi : ( tailed: Espartero was deemed the
only I. .er who coulu achieve any siability ut
goveii.iuent and national coherence; his popu
larity was, however, so far undermined by false
charges, adapted to reigning prejudices in the
different divisions of the kingdom and the muni
cipalities, and subalterns in the arm v so subject
to corrupt influences, that, if he could have tri
umphed over the insurrection, he would have
experienced insuperable difficulty for any regu
lar or tranquil administration of affairs. This
struggle was considered the beginning of a new
series of conflicts, not merely for power in the
Royal Government, but for ascendency in the
antagonist provinces, cities, and even villages,
and amoeg the military forces, split into politi
cal and personal parties, and driven in different
direclidns by numberless secret societies.”
“May you die among your kindred.”--This
was a beautiful and touching benediction in old
en limes, and not less so now than formerly.
There are few of us indeed, who could we con
sult our own wishes, would desire to die among
strangers; and the great majority of mankind,
live where they may, would rather, when “life’s
fiiful fever” is over, have their bones deposited
in the soil upon which their eyes first opened
upon the g orious light of daj'. Thurlow Weed,
Esq., the talented editor of the Albany Evening
Journal, now in Europe, in one of his interest
ing letters describing his fellow passengers, re
lates the following incident, which furnishes a
striking illustration of the strength ofthe feeling
o which he alludes. Hesays, “there are among
-he passengers an 01-i Irtsh lady and gentlcmat
if the name of Tobin, from Cincinnati, who g<
rack to the Green Isle tg die where they wen
xirn, that their dust may rest where rests th<
lust of thnr fathers. They have lited. prosper
>usly in America, but they could die. happy on
vin Ireland. Six children are left in Amenc;
ind one daughter, with that filial devotion whic
tallows a daughter’s affection, accompanies hei
■arents on this sepulchral pilgrimage.
Mr. John Jones says :—We do nos like to b
■nsorious, but we cannot help expressing ou
lief, that Gov. Polk lost his election in const
ptence of the dictatorial ofliciousness of the
Globe, and the visit of its Editor to Tennessee.
Free Trade and No Duties.
The doctrine ol “free trade and no dulies,"
advocated by some of the Democrats, is almost
too visionary and impracticable for serious
consideration. It is impossible for the United
States to abolish duties, unless there is a recip
rocal reduction in foreign countries upon our
produce exported thither. Such a reduction
they would not make it they could, and eannot
if they would. It us utteriy impossible in the
nature ot things.
In 1841 our imports amounted to $127,945,000
—the duties on this were $14,487,000,0r Hi
per cent. Our exports the same year were
$91,’M>0,090; the amount of duties paid on which
to foreign powers was $113,500,000, or 124 per
cent! This shows the disadvantage in trade
under which we labored prior to the enactment
of the present Tariff. It shows why the balance
of trade was annually against us—why we were
getting deeper and deeper in debt—why our
currency was deranged and specie could not be
retained in the country. It went abroad to pay
our debts —debts created by excessive importa
tions, which were induced by the excess of du
ties favoringthe foreign producerand depressing
the domestic. England for instance can well af
ford to talk of free trade while she is charging us
a duty ot 1200 per cent on our Tobacco, and ex
cluding our bread stuffs at pleasure!—whilst
she is getting our raw material almost at her
own price and returning it in manufactured ar
ticles at from KMXt to 2009 per cent advance!
But can this state of things be changed and
free trade adopted ? We answer no—it is ut
terly impossible, forever hopeless. The Euro
pean powers can neverdo it short of an univer
sal repudiation of their debts. Their people
are now pressed to the very last point ol endur
ance by direct taxes in addition to the enormous
burthens which they are compelled «n
iho «)>ape of duties on imposts. In the May
number of Hunt’s Merchants’Magazine is an
article on the indebtedness of the several Euro
pean States. Taking the twenly-firc largest
Mulmust important Slates, their debt is equal to
an average of $47 83,3* for every individual and
subject within their borders! The debt of
France amounts to $54,54,5 to everj' individual
' —that of England to $222,24,0 to each; Holland
$266,66,8 to each individual citizen !! Now
consider the interest upon all these European
debts, and add to it the sums necessary to carry
forward the machinery of their immensely ex-
- pensive governments, and whois so visionary as
1 to suppose for a moment that there is a single
power in Europe which could abolish the cus
tom-house and impost systems, without a stain
- upon her national honor and a revolution
more bloody and more disgraceful than the
world has ever witnessed.
Most ot the debts of Europe are owned by
citizens of the respective governments and hence
a repudiation would be a destruction of the
Powers themselves—a paralyzing of the arm of
industry—a discouragement of all future enter
prize—a prostration of the rights ot the citizen
and of his security to the proceeds of his labor.
Is it likely that such a policy would be pursued
merely to attempt the accomplishment ot a the
ory now visionary whatever might be its prac
ticability under different circumstances.
These objections have equal force against the
recent proposition of Mr. Webster relative to
i “Commercial Treaties.” However beautiful
in theory, they are utterly impracticable. Be
tween ourselves and Great Britain they would
I’ require a depression ol her rates and an ad
vance of ours, which would be ruinous to her
. and more oppressive to us than the “bill of
, Abominations" itself. According to Mr. Col
ton “her rates are 110 per cent higher than ours,
therefore she would have to deduct an average
’ of 60 per cent from her duties upon us, and we
would have to add 50 per cent to ours upon her”
in order to effect a reciprocity. Will England
be likely to make a bargain of this kind? or
is she not rather amusing herself at our expense
—laughing in her sleeve whilst she is inducing
us to lower our duties, and thus give bread to
the millions of her starving operatives, whilst
we are shamefully denying to our own labori
ous mid enterprising citizens the means of at
taining affluence and power ? .
But suppose we were to tear down our cus
tom houses, and send forth our swarms of tax
gatherers over the land, what would be the con
sequence ? Are we prepared, lor an increase of
some 12 or 15,A Oto the army ot office-holders?
for the centralizing tendency which such a mea
sure would have? Are we prepared to obliter
ate State lines, and to yield our substance when
ever the leeches of the treasury, in their rapa
city, cry “give, give ?” If such aeysterfi were
congenial with our institutions and the charac
ter and temperament of our people, would not
its operation be oppressive and reprehensible to
the tak-payers ?
lam a citizen of Augusta—my taxes to the
city are, say $25; which, in times of depression,
1 find it no easy matter to pay. But, alter one
r or two calls from the usually affable but faith
ful collector, by a little effort, I succeed. Ina
few days, along comes the County Officer on a
similar errand. 1 li. :25 per cent added to my
taxes of the last year, by a Democratic Legisla
ture, and 35 per cent more for county purposes,
raising the whole to upwards ot slo—nearly
twice as much as I paid last year! Times are
dull- my store has not yielded its usual profits
—my crop has partially failed, and cotton is
down to 5 cents! Doyon suppose, that after
paying this second tax, 1 would be in a pleasant
mood to receive a third call from a Corporal of
Capt. Tyler’s Guard—or even from an officer of
that more Respectable and dignified gentleman,
Mr. Calhoun —lor some 40 or 50 dollars more
fornational purposes? Suppose I say to him,
sir, I cannot pay—my coat is worn—my family
must have the necessaries of life. His reply
would be “1 can’t help it, sir, I am an officer of
government, and must tloiny duty; she a: me your
proper or come to prison Glorious system of
yrw !?// .■<■ that! and all lor what? forsooth that
the pe. pie may know irhot and h<nr much, they
pay t.>r the support of the government!—Pre.
cious privilege, and precious boon of a still more
precious Democracy!
Con rast this with the impost system, under
the op-: tion of a Tariff—your city and state
tax ar- paid, If the times are hard and money is
scarce f you desire the new coat, or your fami
ly the 1 ix u ties or even necessaries of life, —you
can ii t:i t your expenses, and avoid the pay
ment ymtr taxes to the General Government
forth r, —you can put on your homespun,
dispel:, c with luxuries, and save your 4U0r50
dollars for necessaries lor your family,—you
can throw off the burthen of the General Gov
ernment upon the shoulders, perhaps, of some
wealthy dandy, who willingly pays the tax for
the pleasure of enjoying his extra finery, and
strutting his brief hour before the admiring eyes
ot the multitude.
Such being the operation of the two systems,,
is it probable that a people, having the spirit of
freemen, will hesitate “which of the two to
choose.” The choice is, indeed, between com
mercial liberty and commercial death. Let us,
then, adhere to a system which has received the
sanction of Washington, of Jefferson, and of
nearly every name that is renowned and sacred
in the early history of the government. Let us
adopt a revenue Tariff—require economy in the
administration of our affairs—protect home in
dustry—and both national and individual pros
perity and independence, will be the result.
JUSTICE.
♦ German dolls.—equal to 82 cts our currency.
A Bungler in Flattkrv.— I‘here was my
poor friend Snifton; he hated pig and prune
sauce as he hated a poor relative ; nevertheless
for twenty years did he consent to eat it at his
uncle’s, table, nor could he find words rich
enough wherewith to do honor to uncle’s pig
and prune sauce. Uncle died. “Thank heav
en,’ cried Snifton, “I shall now receive mv re
gard in hard cash for my sacrifice to that d—d
■ig and prune sauce. The will was read, and
bus was Snifton rewarded: “And I hereby
<ive and bequeath to my dearly beloved nephew
Peter Snifton, in consideration of his peculiar
o ;e for my pig and prune sauce, the whole and
ole recipe, whereoy he may cook it.” My son,
e wary and avoid such wretches.—Punrit’s
’setter to his Son.
Globe lavishes vast commendations on
•U the Democratic members elect to the next •
'ongress—whatever be their opinions. The
ladisonian says the motive of this wholesale
ul. gyisto secure their votes for Printer; and
.t tune will be changed, if they vote for Ken
-all or any body else than Blair 4. Rives Ver
likely.