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2 T II E C O U K i E R, i ' By J. G. M’H horter. TERMS. This Paprr is publishod eveiy MONDAY, WEDNES- ' DAY and FRIDAY afternoon, at $0 per uimuiu, pa> able in advance. COUNTRY’ PAPER—Published every FRIDAY' »fi»r nosc at $3 per annum, in advance, or $1 at the expiration of the year. No Subscriptions received for less line than six months. ADVERTISEMENTS, not exceeding a square will be inserted the first time at 75 els.per square and 37J for ; each continuance. Advertisements of-otie square, published Weekly, at 75 ( cents for every insertion. Persons advertising by the year will he changed 30 did-: lar« including subscription and will be entitled to one ' •quart; in each paper. When persons have standing advertisements of several , squares, special contracts may be made. No deduction will he made in future from these charges, i A[l advertisements must have the number of inserrion* i marked on them;otherwise they will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. SHERIFFS, CLERKS, and other public officers, will . have 25 pet* rent deducted in thei favor. ' ' SOUTHERN DIFFICULTIES. The momentous events of the past month, in the Southern and South Wes tern States, are calculated to make a pow erful impression on the mind of every pat riotic friend of the Union. If there be any intelligent and reasonable men, who were not convinced of the evil effect of Northern interference, between the South ern people and the slave population, we presume that their eyes have been opened by the recent events. I f there is any thing that is perfectly evident, it is, that the Southern States will never consent to any interference with their internal regula tions, in regard to the slave population. The right to hold property in slaves was guaranteed by the Constitution,and it can not be interfered with, w'ithoul a flagrant violation of our great national charter. Those States have enacted severe laws a gainst any attempt to excite their slaves to revolt, and the right to pass such laws, was secured to them by the Constitution. It W'ould be a capital offence, for any man to go there and excite revolt among the slaves. Aware of the crime of such practices,! and not daring to incur the penalty, by go ing into the Southern States themselves, the cowardly fanatics of the North, under take to make use of the mails to transmit their treasonable pamphlets and newspa pers, to the hazard of disturbing the pub lic peace, and to the imminent peril of the slaves themselves. The consequence has been, that the Southern people, finding that there is no positive law, by which they can prevent the dissemination of such mischievous sentiments, have taken the law into their own hands, and have re solved to correct the evil, in a summary manner. Thus from absolute necessity, imposed by a few Northern fanatics, the Southern people have been compelled in self-defence, to violate the Post Office, and to destroy the incendiary pamphlets. Nor is there any possible remedy for the procedure, because it is sustained by the unanimous public opinion of the South. Should those citizens who entered the Post Office at Charleston, be prosecuted for the deed; they would be acquitted bv a jury of their country, and without doubt, the State Legislatures, at their next ses sions,will pass laws to provide against the dissemination of such incendiary senti ments. In the mean time Lynch Law will have full scope to rid those States both of the evil communications, and such of their authors and promoters as may be arrested on Southern soil. But this whole subject will doubtless be among the first that are brought up before Congress, at the next session. Authority will be given to the Post Office Depart ment to exercise a censorship over the tracts,andphamphlets,that are sent from the North into the Southern States. Unless some remedy of this kind can be agreed upon, the mails will constantly be subjec ted to such violence as was committed at Charleston. There can be no question of this. Something must be done, or the facilities of communication by mail will be interrupted. With the Southern people, it is not only a question ofproperty, but of life and death, in which all the citizens, their wives and children, are immediately concerned. An insurrection, of the character recently averted by summary proceedings, would have jeoparded many thousands of the lives of innocent people ofall ages, sexes, und conditions. People in this section of the country, may fold their arms and rea son very coolly about the evils of slavery : but it cannot be expected, that those whose lives and the lives of all, whom they hold dear, are ?t stak»q will submit with pa tience to experiments and theories so full of peril to their very existence: they know little of human nature, who expect that the Southern people will allow strangers; and foreigners to decide for them, as to; what course, they shall pursue. Every] friend of the constitution,—every lover of i union and concord—-every well wisher of his country,—every philanthropist, in the broadest sense of the term, should use his j influence, to discountenance the agitators of the public peace, whether foreign or native, and to restore harmony between j the North and the South, and thus avert l an absolute separation of the States. [Bas/o/t Centinel. I THE NULLIFIERS AND THE ABOLITIONISTS. We have placed the names of the two political sects that niiv threaten to disturb the harmony and integrity of this Union, in juxta-position, because we believe the darling object ofboth to be the same, to wit: the dissolution ofthe Union; and also, because we have reasons to believe that they are the mutual aiders and ab-. tiers of each other in endeavoring to create an unnatural and unfounded excitement in the minds of the people, of the South. Almost on the very eve of all important e lections, when the minds ofthe people are already sufficiently excited, the U. S. Mail is over-burdened with the incendiary tracts ofthe one, thus affording to the oth er (at a time when they were at a loss for something else to harp upon) an opportu- nity of endeavoring to abuse the minds of, the people with the idea that the mad det ds of a few desiging miscreants was the conjoint act of the entire North. But the! miser ble attempt will nut only fail of its | intended effect, but will recoil upon the heads of its authors. The people have | eyes and will see; besides, they have too much intelligence to be misled by the ef forts of ambitious demagogues, and know full well that the people of the North as a body, are as little disposed to interfere in matters of this kind us we ourselves. > , In relation however to the tracts them- ! selves, we must say that we can see but lit- ■ tie difference between their circulation.and the circulation of the and Nullifica-j tion press. Almost every paper which we. take up of that political stamp, is filled with the subject, thus exciting among a certain class, the very feeling which they so strenuously affect to dread. II they are serious in their opposition to the pro ceedings of the handful of misguided fana tics at the North, (excited to greater exer tion by the affected alarm of the Nullifi cation presses here,) would it not be better to treat the subject with contemptuous si lence? Are they not aware that many of I the class of people alluded to can read, and ido daily read their papers? 1 hey know ’ it would be better, but unfortunately they are not serious in the desire of keeping from said class, the knowledge of the ac tings and doings cf the Abolitionists. Ex citement among them would be nuts to the I Nullifiers, and hence the zeal which they manifest to extend it, in order to carry their ulterior purposes into effect. If really alarmed, as they pretend to be, they should know that the exhibition of it is the surest way of creating just cause of alarm. But there is no danger, and they know' it as well as we do. They know that the peo pled the North will themselves frown down this feeling, because their prosperity is not only too closely linked with ours to permit them to aid these false philan thropists in the vain hope of extending a questionable relief to one class of persons by inflicting a blighting and lastinginjury upon another, but because our Northern brethren are fully aware that this cannot be done without an alteration of the Con stitution of the United States, which altera tion is impossible. We have been led to make these re marks in consequence of reports which have been industriously circulated that one of the candidates of the Union party had taken time by the forelock by dispo sing of his interest in this species of prop erty, in consequence of apprehending that the Abolitionists would finally succeed. Really, the inventor of this ingenious tale deserves to have his brows decorated with his favorite emblem, a wreathe of Rattle snakes. The report is as unfounded as it is pittiful. There is no telling, however, to what contemptible artifices vaulting am bition will not resort. Ln conclusion we say, that those who have nought to do but to invent such silly falsehoods as the a bove, cannot fail to secure to themselves the unqualified scorn and contempt of an honest, an enlightened and truth-loving community.— Georgian. From the Nashville Republican. PLAIN & PARTICULAR TREAT MENT OF CHOLERA. Five remedies are relied upon for the cure of cholera. They are all to be resort ed to at the same time, and to be steadily and unremittingly urged until the disease is subdued; and they do not in any respect interfere with eaeh other, but on the con trary’aid and improve each one the effect ot all the others. Ist. Warm salt water; 2d, absolute rest in a recumbent posture; 3d, ice and iced water; 4th,calomel; sth,sinapisms and blis ters. Firstly.—As soon as it shall have ap peared from the accession of rice water e vacuations and cramps, that Spasmodic Cholera is the disease with which we have to contend, the patient must lie down, and perseveringly, steadily and obstinately r main in a recumbent posture. He must not walk, stand or sit up on any pretence ■whatever. r i he evacuations from the bowels must be restrained as long as he can restrain them, and then voided in the bed or on the pallet or floor, which are preferable to beds in such cases. These evacuations consist of water only, with a slight impregnation of salt, and leave no stain or offensive odor. This direction is the firstand most important, and is abso lutely essential. Secondly.—A pint of warm water in which two table spoonfuls of table salt have been dissolved.is to be drank and al lowed to operate as a vomit, and as soon as its operation is over, which will be in a few minutes, sixtyqgrains of calomel are to be taken and washed down with ice wa ter or the coldest water that can be procur ed,and whenever the patient pukes again, sixty more are to be given in like manner, because there is reason to apprehend that the first dose is puked up, and because there is little or no danger to be appre hended from taking 100 much, and much danger to be apprehended from tak ing too little. A tub or bucket of salt wa ter,a.i hot as the patient’s skin will bear it, is to be placed between 1 is feet, and he is to be repeatedly bathed in it (as hot as he can bear it,) from the knees down,first one. leg, then the other, and so on alternately —1 he water is to be kept warm by im mersing a hot brick or stone, whenever it is becoming cool. The bricks mav be kept warm in the kitchen fire. This rem edy, aided by the rubbing ofthe naked hand, in general affords prompt relief to the cramp; besides its tendency to refill the blood vessels and sustain the heat of the body,it is highly’’ important and affords great comfort to the patient. In collaspsed cases, the warm salt waler vomit is to be repeated constantly until the pulse returns to the wrist, and eve ry dose followed by calomel as before di rected. Thirdly,— Whenever the patient asks for water, or complains of thiist, he is to bu supplied with ice water, and is to drink as much as he wants. In collapsed cases, ice must be eaten, and small pieces swal lowed along with or immediately after the calomel. Fourthly—A sinapism or mustard plaster composed oftlie flour of mustard seed, wheat flour, and pepper wetted with vinegar or brandy ifthatcun beprocured, as large as a dining plate, is to be laid o ver the region of the stomach and allowed to lay there as long the patient will bear it; then to be taken ofTand the surface, to be I washed with warm water, or warm salt ! waler and a blistering plaster of equal size laid over the same surface, and allowed to remain there until the disorder has been ; subdued; that is, the distress of the stom ach, the puking, and purging of rice wa ter, and the cramps have finally disappear ed. In the like manner a sinapism, fol lowed by a blister on the back of the neck to relieve headache when it occurs. Fifthly.—Calomel.—Sixty grains of cal omel are to be given at first as directed,a nd the same quantity every two hours until the evacuations from the bowels are dark colored and consistent; and if the patient should at any time strain hard & vomit,the previous doses are to be considered puked up; and more calomel given immediately: It is to be remembered, that the calomel is not given as a purge, but as a stimulant and that the doses are repeated and in creased vvilh a sole view of imparting a sufficient degree of stimulation to the glan ; dular system to renovate healthy action. It ! would therefore be highly improper and I directly subversive of our views and i intentions, to give castor oil, or salts, or a |ny other cathartic or aperient medicine, under the pretext of “working the calomel off." The calomel was not given to be worked off-—lt must not be worked off—lf it is worked off'before it works it self ofl, it would have been better not to give at all. Many valuable lives have been lost by the adoption of this superla tively stupid practice; and many also by rising to the pot. The patient must not rise under any pretence whatever, and the calomel must be permitted to work itself ofl. When dark colored evacuations have been produced,when the natural heat of the skin and the pulse have been restored and the disorder absolutely subdued,a small dose of caster oil, or what is bettter, a tea spoonful of Flores Sulphuris in a teacup ful of new milk,may begiven to cleanse the bowels. GUS. A. BROWN, M. D. Smithland, July 1. 1835. N. B. No food or drink allowed but ; ice water, until the patient’s appetite lo.;d --■ ly demands it. > Anecdotes of the late Emperor of Aus tria.— During one of his visits to Baden, ' the Emperor Francis was walking. | through the streets, as was the custom j like a private gentleman, and aceompani- I ed only by one or two servants of his household. He saw a funeral approach ing, it was that of a beggar, whom poverty ] had so bereaved ot friends, that no one fol- > lowed his remains to their resting place. This melanc.holly spectacle produced a profound impression on the Emperor’s feelings. Turning to the persons who accompanied him he said,“since this poor j creature has no friends to see him interred, we will perform that sad office, and follow his remains to the grave.” He walked behind the coffin, his attendants followed, every one who passed seeing the Emper or in the funeral train, successively rang ed themselves in the procession. On ar riving at the burial place,the Emperor tin . covered, and offered up a pious prayer i for the soul ofthe poor beggar. The his- I loryof heroic ages presents few traits more ■ sublime than this. The Emperor’s last visit to Prague, in 1833, was marked bv a circumstance not less honorable to his feelings. His Ma jesty’s hours of audience were fixed, the j same as at Vienna. One day,a poor wo man was among the number ofthe suppli i ants. Her only means of subsistence was a lute, upon which she played about the streets, and which by some accident had been damaged.—She said she could not afford to pay for the necessary repair, which would cost live florins. The Em peror gave her a purse containing ten. The woman looked at him with mingled gratitude and surprise,and gave him to un derstand that she only wanted one half of the money.“ Never mind,’’said the Ernper or, smiling,“keep it; the lute may be brok en again, and you will not always have, me hereto pay for repairing it.” Origin of Paul Pry.— The idea of the character of Paul Pry was suggested by the following anecdote, related to me sev eral years ago by a beloved friend. “An idle old lady living in a narrow street had passed so much of her time in watching the affairs of her neighbors, that she at length acquired the power of distinguish ing the sound of every knocker within hearing. It happened that she fell ill,and was for several days confined to her bed. Unable to observe what was going on without, as a substitute for the perform ance of that duty, she stationed her maid at the window. But Betty soon grew weary of the occupation; she became careless in her reports —impatient and tetchy when reprimanded for negligence. Betty, what are you thinking about! don’t you hear a double knock at No 9? Who is it?’ ‘The first’floor lodger ma’am.’ 'Betty!—Betty!—l declare I must give warnin Why don’t you tell me what knock is at No. 45?’ ‘Why, Lord ma’aiu it’s only the baker with pies.—Pies, Betty, what can they want with pies at 45? they had pies yesterday!” Os this very point I have availed myself. Let me add that Paul Pry never was intended as the repre sentative of any one individual but of a class. L-ke the melancholy of Jaques, he is “compounded i y many simples ’ and I could mention live or six who were unc scious contributors to the character. That . it should have been so often though erro- 1 nyously, supposed to have been drawn af ter some particular person is,perhaps,com liinentary to the general truth oftlie deli- ; neation. — Poole's Sketches andßecollec- ! Lions. To the Editor of the Miner’s Recorder. Gainesville, August sth, 1835. g lß .—your community will doubtless feel much pleased to learn that I have at length, received a plan for the edifice, in tended for the accommodation of the Branch Mint, to be established in your Town, and instructions to issue proposals ; for its erection. They reached me by last ; night’s mail, and will be immediately act ■ cd on. The design for the building present , a noble facade, and when located on the commanding site which has been purchas ed for it, will present an object not often surpassed in picturesque effect, by the ' works of art. I lam respectfully yourob’t. serv’t. IGNATIUS A. FEW. Commissioners for Branch Mint at Dahlohnega. A white man named Reuben Crandell, ; was arrested in Georgetown on Tuesday I evening,by two of the police officers of this i city, [Messrs. Robinson and Jeffers,J and i committed to prison, on a charge of having ! been engaged in circulating incendiary ! publications among the Negroes of the Dis ; trict. He was examined yester- ay after -noon before Mr. Justice Coote, Mr. Key ; attending for the United States. The ex amination took place in the jail, and we have not learnt the result, further than that enough appeared in evidence to authorise the full commitment of I he prisoner lor tri al.— Nat. Intelligencer. August 12. j From the contents of the several coun j try papers which we have perused, it ap japears that ail hopes ufa good sugar or Cotton crop, must be abandoned. The rain has been general throughout the State and has caused much damage; the grass lias grown to such a length as to cover the canes' altogether, and the. caterpillar is a boutto finish the work of destruction. No thing now, but a spell ofdry weather can save the planfer from a complete loss. As to the cotton, the general opinion seems to prevail that the crops will be very indif ferent in lower Lonisanna, the rains caus ing the bolls to rot and fall before they : have attained the age of maturity. Several planters have already abandoned their cotton fields to give their attention to their corn, which suffered much less: This has been particularly the casein West Flori da.—New Orleans Courier, Sth inst. Tolerable Tough.— A man was saying in company, that he had seen a juggler place a ladder in open ground upon one end, and mount it by passing through the rounds and stand upon the toperect. An other, who was present, said he had no doubt of it, as he had seen a man who had done the same thing, but with this addi tion that when he had arrived at the top, he pulled the ladder up after him! Highly Praiseworthy.— A meeting of the Students ofthe Theological Seminary at Columbia was held in the. Chappel of 'that Institution on the Bth inst. in relation to incendiary interference with the South The Rev. Mr. Yates was called to the chair, and Dr. Me’Neill Turner appoint ed Secretary, and after the invocation of the divine blessing by the Rev. Mr. Mc- Gruder, and an appropriate Address, im bued with a Christian spirit, and resolu tion in Southron feeling, from the Chair man, a series of highly proper Resolutions were unanimously adopted, in reproba tion as well ofthe incendiary as unchris tian measures of the Abolition Fanatics. It is important and highly gratifying thatat a crisis when the mask of religion is ; assumed to stab our domestic peace, the ri i ligious, and especially those who minister ]at the Altars of God in our community, J should come forward in so decisive a man j ner, and with such a commendable spirit. I — Charleston Courier. I SEVENTY SIX. What heroes from the woodland sprung, When, thro’ the fresh awakening land, The thrilling cry of freedom rung, And to the work of warfare strung The yeoman’s iron hand ! Hills flung the cry to hill around, And ocean mart replied to mart, And streams, whose springs are yet unsound Pealed far away the startling sound Into the forest’s heart. Then marched the brave from rocky steep, From mountain river swift and cold ; ’ j The borders ofthe stormy deep, The gales where gathered waters sleep, Sent up the strong and bold. As if the very earth again Grew quick with God's creating breath, And from the sods of grove and glen, Rose ranks of lion-hearted men, To battle and to death. The wife, whose babe first smil’d that day, The fair, tond bride of yester eve, And aged sire and matron grav, Saw the loved warriors haste away, And deemed it sin to grieve. Already had the strife begun. Already blood on Concord’s plain,' Along the springing grass had run, And blood had flowed at Lexington, Like brooks of summer lain. ~ That death stain on the April sward Hallowed to freedom all the shore; In fragments fell the yoke abhorred — The footsteps of a foreign lord, Profaned the soil no more. —i — rni.mii) jbiil,., .... mi .i-i_4 Georgia, Lincoln County. WHEREAS John Bolerapplies for letters of administration on the estate of New- ' bal Covington, late of said couny, deceased, | These are therefore to cite the kindred and j creditors ot said deceased to be and oppear at my office within the time prescribed bv law to ■ show cause, if any, why said letters should r.ot be granted. Given under mvhand at office this‘29th May 1835. MICAJAH HENLY, C. C. O. June 1 f.-, AUGUSTA, " n ?, S V A « ACG uM T 1~ <J> ~ FOR GOVERNOR' ’ WILLIAM SCHLEY. For congress, JABEZ JACKSON. JESSE F. CLEVELAND. A correspondent at Salisbury, N. C., writes us, that the Courier has not reached its destina tion there for several weeks. It is as regularly mailed, as the sun rises and sets. It is not our fault. Maj' be, the Nullifies are doing the Courier, as they have recentlj- been serving the Constitutionalist. The latter they have picked up through the country, and sent them back to the office, as from the subscribers, with stay; my paper written on them. We are happy to learn, that the Baltimore riots have ceased, and that it is believed, the accounts of liv'es lost and persons wounded have been exaggerated. The energetic display of le gal power by the new Mayor Gen. Milienberger and Gov. Thomas, brought mailers to a stand. The Governor appeared in the streets with his Country’s Flag waving over his head, and was sustained by the orderly portion of the citizens with spirit. The moment the citizens marched from the Exchange, under the veteran General Smith and the American standard was seen waving in the air, riot and rebellion ceased. The loss of property estimated at SIOO,OOO. When the mob appeared before the House of Hoan Poultney, the President of the late Bank of Maryland, he met them at the door told him that neither the house or the furniture belonged to him—confessed the great error he had committed and said he had made all a mends in his power, but if they wished to take possession of the house or to lay violent hands on him, he should make no resistance. One of the party replied in substance, as the property was not his and as he had confessed his sins, they would let him oft—they only' sought those who undertook to justify themselves. They then gave a shout and passed on. The Editor of the Chronicle says, he has pre vented two public meetings on this subject!— Whew! If he attempted such a thing, it was from a conviction, that they would bring his game to an end. Noticing the Nutty's attempt to excite a pub lic meeting by attempting to read an abolition publication to them, he asks, if the people are such fools, they cannot be trusted to hear one? Not so fast, Mr. Chronicle. The people are not fools.—lf they had been, you and your clan might have fared better. But they consider the law as covering the whole ground, against the publication or circulation of these productions by any body, and especially when 18 or 20 of the Chronicle's th'/ee-Jifths-freemen citizens are within hearing. But we are equally clear, says the Charles ton Courier, and honestly’ believe, that there are many individuals in this State and elsewhere, who are thoroughly malcontent with the Union; and there is much reason to believe that the highest official dignitary’ of out State is one of that number: and we have repeatedly’ heard, and in one instance recently, very intelligent gentlemen declare their sincele conviction that the period for undoing the glorious and blessed handi-work of our patriot fathers had alreadv arrived, and should not be delaved. The warming pan of the Sentinel is becom ing vastly decent ! We’ll make a clever fel j low of him yet, notwithstanding the case ap ] peared so hopeless—he has gone to his diction i ary to look for the meaning of the word truth. . j But enough in this vicn. This locum tenonscom -1 plainsot our axe flying oti the helve—of our not j sticking to the “point.” We were afraid we I were too /rein/ed.Be that as it may —you were j saying something about the federal basis either ] in the Sentinel or Chronicle— not having cither j of them "before vs," as the Post Master says, j we do not know which ; but yon say, that if Georgia had abolished the federal basis, it would have been a “ more fearful blow to South ern Slavery than all the movements of the Aboli : tionists." Now, reader, don’t start —we are cer- I tainly not going to discuss the federal basis with either the Sentinel, Chronicle, their CoT" ] respondents or loca hnentes. That were, if not .“Loves,” at least Life’s "Labor lost." We lately noticed that subject incidentally, on a I charge connecting its opponents, as a State I Measure, with favoring the Abolition projects jof the Northern fanatics. We then turned the tables on our adversaries and put them in the shoes they had kindly cut out for ns—shewing, we think, if any accusation was to be formed out of the advocacy of either side of that ques tion, that of being adverse to what they’ please to tetm Southern policy, lies fairly at the door of those, who in choosing representatives to make our laws, elevate the slave so near to the rights of freedom, that he stands to the white { man in the approximating ratio of 3to 5. But we must give them a parting touch, and then, taking leave, at least for the present, of the agitating topic, which has occupied our columns for the last ten day’s, we will wait for the rever berations of that storm, which is gathering over the heads of the Abolition fanatics at home. : You said, out of pure honor to the Union party’, I that the abolishment of the federal basis in [ I Georgia, if it had been successful, would have ' been a “ more fearful blow to Southern Slavery, ] than all the movements of the Abolitionists." In- I deed ! And what became of Southern Slavery before our constitution was thus disgraced ? i What kept Southern Slavery’ in existence, for ' the 10 or 12 years, that it did not have such a ' ; prop ? Does Southern Slavery’ rest on the I shoulders of Georgia ? She is the only Southern i State, whose Constitution either is, or ever was, ; stained with, such a blot. Georgia is the only ' champion of Southern security! Georgia alone J stands on the wall of Southern safety ! Her sister Amazons repose in peace under the broad shield she has spread over their defenceless |. heads! The preposterous character of such an ; assumption is too great even for ridicule. It j , laughs itself out of countenance. In all the ar gumentation, here or elsewhere, on this subject, ' I was such an idea ever broached ? Because all I the Southern States but one, had more sense j than to incorporate into their municipal regu- ■ ; lations an arbitrary arangement, inserted as a , compromise in the Federal Censtitution, who j ever before dreamed, that Southern rights were ! thus abandoned —who ever alleged before, that in consequence of this state of things, the whole South, become ashamed of the federal basis as an arbitrary, unequal, and anti-republican in truder in its State governments, was ready to abandon the seem it v it had in the Federal Char ter, and that, therefore, the federal basis must tall before the first mover of the question in Congress'? If Georgia, say these factionists, had abandoned the federal basis, as an irration al principle in a State Government, every mouth at the North would hav r e been opened to destroy •the compromise of the federal constitution. — | Why do we not hear such a cry I Why have v e not heard it long ago, as but one State out of j the whole thirteen slave-holding States and Territories recognizes such a principle for its internal government? Why has it not been before urged ? Does R D and his con- federates regret the bluntness of their appre ; hension, and kindly suggest the matter to our as a fit weapon in the Abolition quiver? If so, the South does certainly owe them a heavy debt of gratitude ! The truth of the matter is just this: The opposition to the change of the federal basis, strengthened, as it was to success, by prejudice, passion and honest ddusioft, Was only part and parcel of that system of intimida tion. kept up to this hour, by the ominous croak ing of the political alarmists, for the selfish purposes of party ambition. But for what object do our opponents, all at once, make a very great man out of the Editor ot the Courier? We think they have a phre nological propensity to make great men out of very ordinary ones—Judge White, for instance, All al < nee they look back to the days of federal basis discussion, and find out, that Nimrod was a mighty hunter in those days—the Courier was a “ champion” against the federal basis, of con sequence enough to be designated wuh a thou, “ thou ART THE man!” We are sure, then, in our old age, of the honors, to which we are en titled—we shall be immortal yet! Like many other “ champions,” in the heat and bustle of the hour, when our armor, soiled with dust and blood, flashed dimly in the evolutions of the bat tle, our arm was undistinguished—our blows tell, it deadly, yet unnoticed and unrecorded. But Posterity, ere we are dead, has become suddenly and wonderfully enlightened as to our achievements—we were a “champion ”in our day ol no small note—made terrible havoc on the federalbasists and their negro allies! Make him, then, a trophy, and adorn the “ champion ” of the I nion party with the spoils he has won from the enemy, that his companions may be stimulated by' the example and rejoice in the glory of their associate ! How grateful we are to be thus honored, and by our enemies too ’ It is nothing to he made great men by our friends— that is an ordinary lot—none but Mr. Van Bu ren andourselfare destined to be madegreat men by our enemies!—As we are speaker on the present occasion, Mr. Van Buren will excuse us, if we thank them for us both. Gentlemen, our heart is Hem— our grateful feelings choke us. We are overwhelmed Hem—Hem. As soon as we can swallow’, we’ll speak again. Mr. Editor : j The “ warming pan” of the Sentinel, in re- I plying to you, has greatly mistaken his vein, as i the miners say. It is neither nor silver j it is Brass. Cl. ■ ( We guess the bad habit, at which the follow ing is aimed, but are perfectly’ ignoiant of any persons, to whom it applies. Mr. Editor : Knowing that you have a deep interest in the prosperity of our city, particularly that portion of it in the immediate neighborhood of the Old j Market; and having lately’ understood, that i very high prices have been agreed upon for the rem of a few bad. rooms on the square next above, would it not be proper to notify the pro perty holders in that quarter, that, if the rooms in the rear bring such extravagant rents, to keep a sharp look out, or they may not reap the benefits they’ arc entitled to, for the front ones! More anon. E. [for the courier.] I have endeavored, Mr. Editor, in my brief way- to point out the principles and disadvan tages of our credit system. I have now only a few words to say’ respecting the remedy. It' summary processes were restricted to the sum of five dollars it is obvious that the merchant could induce the dealer to extend hisaccount to ? some decimal fraction above it, and thus evade the law, as we have known it done in regard to large sums, divided into small sums, that the debt could be collected by process in a magis- I (rate’s instead of the superior court. With I men who make it their study, the laws may be ! easily’ evaded, and the only remedy I can sag ] gest, with any’ ieasonable prospect of success, is ; to enlighten and inform the working classes ot ] the dangers that surround them. Knowledge is power; but they do not know that it is within their reach. All I ask at the hands of the good and wise, is that one fourth of the zeal bestowed on religious dogmas and temperance societies be given to the cause of morality, “ for in spite of the folly and vice that we behold among our species,” and especially’ among the first class, “ there’is a cerbrin. degree of prudence and pro ' bity upon which we rely.” They are not so much disposed to hurt as to do good to each other ; nor to lie as to speak truth, else the race would soon perish. I believe, therefore, with Jamieson, that “there is, notwithstanding the I absurd dogmas of some fanatics, a greater ; share of good ttian of evil, oftruth than of false, i hood in the world.” i We do not see the hearts of men, nor are their principles labelled on their foreheads; their ' actions is the only true index to both, and it may I be more trusted than their title page or proses ; sions—in fact all our know ledge of men’s char ’ acters depends on our attention to their actions —they’ cannot be mistaken though met in the very darkest recess in the path of gross self-in terest. That morality can, and now requires to be impressed on the minds of the working men, there is not the least shadow of doubt. The state of our political affairs, as well as their own good, require it. The great conservative principle is with them—they may wield it for good or ijpr evil. It is, therefore, the duty of the philanthropist to lay aside mawkish sensi bility, and take a bold and unflinching stand in the cause of Moral Reform. PHILO HONESTUS. - BLACK TEA, FOR SALE.— Box BLACK TEA of best quality’. Apply at this office. Aug 17
