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equal voice in the election of President.
Wliat equivalent is to be off;re3 tUeffl tor
such ft concession? Sir. Van Burenhas
himself said, is no rbasTOTTO be-
Tfetfc that they will ever consent to-give
its the power they now have, without
any equivalent, without a resort to the
principle upon which the Constitution
fmFnded r -That of compromise — l
The equivalent with which they would j
be satisfied, with which thev ought to be
satisfied, IS THK BRRAKING UP OR
■m e -OONSOLIDATED STR B NOT t»
OFTUE I,AKGESTATES. BY THR
R3TA*! Jr.IfyHMEN 1' OF THE DIS
TRICT SYSTEM.. fiisL vttutiJAeF*:
or to affect to
be, in favor of taking t're election from
'*the f/tfsf UNLESS TORY ARB 1
TO !)I> THAT ALSO,
• hYtTHOUT WIIH H THE LEADI\G
OBJEOT CANNOT BE EFFECTED
—mthmit that, ALL IS EMPTY PRO
FESSION. *t e must for the purpose I
of the election, mak e all the St tes of
the same size, which would be the effect \
of the District system, and then, AND
T\IEVONLY, can we give theelecti-m ;
of Prestdeftt and Vice President TO j
THE PEOPLE, PRESERVE THE’
PURITY OF THR SYSTEM, AND,
IN REALITY. RESTORE THE BA
LANCE OF POWER AMONG THE
S PATES TO THE FOOTING ON
WHICH IT STOOD AT THE \l)OP-j
TiONOF THE CONSTITUTION."
To be continued.
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<& Q&l& Ji i ®3 COFtJL\J Ia
i A r.f '! . A'* C- ' f ■ I '•
i Cor/rujnnJcare us ilu? Mt*roiry.
Washington, Feb. 17tb.
The Seuatc did not sit to-day, but the
time was employed iu the Committee
R.i ufis more advantageously, by placing i
tlie business iu a state for legislative ac- j
lion. It is through these liitJe intervals,
tout, the Senate is always enabled tube
so much in advance <•/ tb‘‘ House.
Mr. Gilmer, of Virgiiiu., nsigned his
seat to-dav. takiug an affectionate fare
well of the body, and expressing the re
spect he fell for the members individual
ly and collectively. He will enter upon
tii i duties of his office to-morrow.
The debale was resumed on the report
of die Select Committee on the rules
when Mr. Campbell of your State spoke
his allotted hour. He was particularly
severe on Mr. Ad mi?, and the course
pursued by him, and spoke of the Reso
lutions which had been introduced first
to ecu sure and then expel that geutle
inaii; and that it seemed to him fMr. C.)
that A. was glad to tly to any covert to
hide from his pursuers, the avengers of
the violated dignity of the Home, Hr
en mired by what p»iucipie gentlemen
could assert that there was no jiower to
establish the 81st rule, when under this
rerv rule tliev had excluded tlte.se peti
tions of which die South had so much
cause to complain. He contended that
th're was no power under the Constitu
tion to abolish slavery in the District of
Cos uinbia, and .surrounded as the District
' Was bv.S.uvehnldmg States, it would l>e
to set fire to a large house in the midst of
a densely populated city. Mr. C. was
j ist about giving a solemn warning to
Mr. Cl mgmaii, of North Carolina, on the
views taken by that gentleman some time
since ill this debate, when the Speaker's
hammer fell on the desk with a sound
like a funeral hell, to announce that the
allotted time had ex|4red—-and thus he
was cut off in the imd-»t of a most im
pressive lesson to one of his Southern
brethren.
Mr. Burt, of your State, will occupy
the floor on Monday. The people are
tiwd of this debate, and \x hen they know
that all the Smith can say they will not
change a single vote, they would rather
the mutter should be brought to issue ut
once.
Washington, Feb. 17.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. Campbell occupied the morning
hour ie a speech replete with sound
sense and strong argument, upon the de
signs and tendency of the Abolition ex
citement.
The House has been for the last two
days engaged on the private hills before
it.’ It is, we believe, the parliamentary:
practice, if not the rule, that on such oc-;
casions the members should disperse;
and one of the most efficient methods of
Flopping disputed hills, is to move a di
vision. This shows that there is no quo
rum present; and then the member in
terested ngreCs to let the bill be passed
over, or take an adjonrnm*. nt. The on
ly fault of tliis arrangement probably i c , l
that too many stay. If all the members
would leave the House, excepting the
committee which has consider*d and re
ported he bi I, with a good jury oftwehe
to try, it would be by far the host ar
rangement. The members of Congress
have too much to do, properly to consid
er the innumerable private claims against
rhe Government. They must rely on
the committee of claims; and we know
scarcely any |K>sition in which more
good can bedo.;e in the country in a
private wav, than in attending to these
private claims. Nine-tenths have no
merit; aid one-h.df lielore the House
ttave been bofbre rejected. We speak, of
cOitrse, of those which are disputable.—
Spectator.
* Tb fi st Diet.
The first due! ever fought in the Uni
t< and States was in N<w England, between
,t.vo servants id the year 1621, snvs the
*!£.’ V. Pdst. jloth escaped unhurt, but
the puritans thd them hand and foot for
twenty-four hours, "and gate them neither
food uor drink (hiring that time.
Th e preempfinuisfs in Arkansas don’t j
seem to rehgh MrT Clay’s assertion that
' th™ are a “htv. iess rabble.” He'll have
lownfoHTiem au K I did and I did not”
letter
GEXfBAL INTELLIGENCE.
gj C<’ri"«t'<H}ilrn,-r at the B.utiinorv Son. rs
Washington. Ft b. 16. 1?44.
Scnreeiv had the excitement concern
ing the Maryland election been allayed
hvThe netrs published in your paper of.
this morning, when the city was thrown
1 into the greatest concern occasioned by
a rumor tiuu two of pgr yftiytg men hyd
leltTne Cfty for the ptftpOSe ot a
duel. This proved too true. Th 4 ]w
ties, Mr. Julian May, and Joseph Coreo- i
ran, both of highly respectable families, j
it seems left this city about <1 o’clock this j
morning, accotnpaiiFd by their seconds
and stopped in Fairfax county. Va.. near
the chain bridge and imuiediaieiy beyond
the district sines and after tlie ground
was measured, they took their station at
thirty paces, each armed with a rifle.—
At the first fire, Corcoran fell mortally
wounded, and died in a few minutes—
he was shut in the forehead. Dr. Mil
ler, an eminent surgeon of tips city was
in. attendance, but his services were of
no avail. The challenge was given by
May, on account of the epithet of coward
being applied by Corcoran. Dr. Miller,
and the seconds of the parties, while on
the ground used every exertion to have
the affair compromised, hut Corcoran re
fused to listen to any thing of the kind.
Pooler and Robert Cuylor, acted as
seconds for May, and a Mr. Ash, soli of j
Michael W. Ash, of Philadelphia, and
one other whose name I have not been
able to ascertain, ns seconds for Corcoran.
May did not return to the city but fled
into Virginia and has not yet been arres
ted. He is the brother of Capt. May,
tylio figured so conspicuously a few
mouths ago iu an affair with Key. Cor
coran was of a highly respectable family,
but did not follow any profession. A
challenge passed yesterday between Poo
ler and Ash, two of the seconds, hut at a
late hour last night an apology was sent
by Ash, which was accepted, in lien of a
similar warlike satisfaction. Thi* affair
has caused a universal feeling of indig
nation at the boldness of the parties con
cerned. Tlie law’s provide the most se
vere punishment against the challengers,
bearers of challenges,seconds, principals,
&.c.; still under the very nose of the offi
cers of the jaw—nay, iu a house where
resided many of the framers of this very
law, was prepared the implements of
death u>ed in the conflict. Corcoran
was about seventeen years of ago, and
the fact of their being about to go out for
the purpose, of fighting, it is said was
known to the brothers of both parties
Thus has been summoned one who might
pave been an ornament to society, to the
presence of his Creator, w hile just hi the
act of attempting the same on one, with
whom he had been an intimate acquain
tance for years. It is a most clitoWrng
occurrence to the friends and families of
both parties. The insulting remark
was used iu a conversation held between
Corcoran and two others—one of these,
a friend of May, repealed the expression
io May. This drew forth the challenge,
and consequently the death of this young
man. This statement may he relied on,
as it has been obtained from an authentic
source.
Ti>e N’exv Briti;«li Minister.
The N<nv York Express of Saturday
says:—“The lion. Richard Packeuham
and Secretary left yesterday by the nine
o’clock train, en route for Washington.
11. B. Majesty sloop of war Vestal, will
remain here until the arrival of Air. Fox,
from Washington, who will return iu
her to England, and not to Mexico, as
has been stated.
A self acting ventilator for hos
pitals, public schools, theatres, and other
places of public resort, has been recently
invented by a Mr. Thomas Wiougbton,
which, from its evident simplicity and
utility, is worthy of extensive introduc
tion. The apparatus consists of a venti
lator connected with a mercurial valve,
which is acted upon by heat, and by
means of a float acting upon a sort of
slide, a spring opens the ventilator, so as
to admit precisely such a quantity of ex
ternal air as will purify the internal at
mosphere, and bring it to a determined
point. We will suppose, for instance,
that it is desired that the temperature
should be n fixed one of sixty degrees of
Fahrenheit. The thermometer connect
ed with his mercurial valve is fixed at
sixty. As soon ivs the heat of the place,
from the breathing of the (lersons assem
bled, or from any other cause, has raised
the temperature beyond this point, the
valve opens of itself* and admits as much
pure air as will cool down the tempera
ture to the point desired, whilst the heat
ed and ion I uir escapes.
Railway Transit. —From returns
of 41 rai'ways in Great Britain, extend
ing over 1.562 miles, we learn that du
ring the last week ill October upwards of
500,0H0 passcngeis travelled ii|iou them,
paying fares amounting to L 76,002, 2s,
21-2d., which, with the money received
for the conveyance of goinls, amounted
to L. 103,642, 2s. 2d. This is an ave
rage of alNitit L 65 a mile per week.—
The traffic, therefore, produces fully at
the rate of L 4,500,000 per annum, or
one-sixth and a half of the interest of the
national debt. The yearly number of
travellers by railway, calculated from the
above weekly return, amounts to 20,900,-
000, or three millions more than the total
population of Great Britain. Os course
passenger* do not count as individuals,
for one person may travel several times
in the course of the year.
Finnncceitiis Afloat.
The O. C. Raymond, Dennison, re
ported at Macao as missing, having sailed
from Uhusan, May 29, with §90,000 on
freigh*, is a hermaphrodite brig, and sail
ed from Sag Harbor, Sept. 21, 1841 sup
posed on a trading voyage. She visited
the Sandwich Islands, ihence proceeded
to Manilla, and China, and at one lime
was supposed to have been cold. She
has been reported about four months af
ter leaving t'hnsan, nt Valparaiso, the
following having appeared in a written
list of arrivals and d’partures from that
place:—“Art Sept. 8, Brits O. C. Rey
nard, TANARUS« leah liana, assorted cargo ' and
on the next page “sailed Sept. 16, schr.
O C. Reynaid, destination not known.”
There eaii betio dotibt that the brig O.
C. Raymond was the vessel ! the names
of none of the masters were reported in
the list, and the discrepancy in first cal
ling her brig and afterwards schr. un
doubtedly ft rose from the berm, brig be
ing casted in some quarters bor brig
si hoouer. W here the word “Talchtt
ami” w as written, the words “not kuowti”
laid been erased. There can lie little
doubt that there is something wrong a
bont the transaction; but whether the
master or the crew have run < ff with the
vessel can be only satisfactorily ascer
tained by future information, although
an opinion cum be formed byuthose who
know the master and the crew.
Boston Adv.
■ I I
The O C. Raymond has been sold
long since, papers, ffag, and all. To
which nation she really belongs is not
stated, at any rate she is not ow ned in
the United States, or by her officers, as
lias bren stated in some of the Boston
papers.—A. Y. Express.
Potent Ilorse-Pnirer Saw-Mill. —Mr.
John Norcross, of Pntnnfo, has obtained
a patent for a Horse-Power Saw-Mill on
the planofthe inclined trend-w’heel and
adhesive pillly the saw running in guides
From the different certificates we have
seen, it appears that Mr. IN. has built
several mills and that all of them work
well, saw ing from 500 to 1000 feet of
lumber per day, with three mules or
horses. The cost for building one ol
these mills is comparatively small, and
requiring no water to propel them, they
will no doubt be of great advantage to
persons living far from water courses or
those residing in the prunes.—Milledge
ville Journal 20 th inst.
Rimarkable presence of mind.—
The Norwalk (Conn.) Gazette relates an
incident which occurred in that town a
few evenings ago, exhibiting the most
remarkable degree of presence of mind
and cool intrepidity in a child that we
have ever known. A company of lads,
of ages from about 8 «« 12 and 14 years,
were amusing themselves on skates, cm
wliat is know n as the old Triphammer
Pond. One of the younger of the com
pany, a son of Milton Durand, in the
course of his sports, was carried into the
water, and nt a depth too, beyond his
read). The fate of the poor little fellow
seemed inevitable. He sunk and rose,
and no help appeared. The first thought
which occurred to his companions was
to throw him a sit’d, lielonging to one of
the nnmlier, tliai lie might grasp it, and
by their holding the string he might he
thrown out upon solid ice. The appli
cationfor the sled, however, was refused.
At this crisis a son of Mr. Stiles Curtis
started ashore for a rail from the fence.—
This, however, required time, and the
applicant for the tiled, a little son of
.lames AV. Hvalt,deemed the first thought
the best, and determined to put it into
execution. He therefore attacked the
owner, knocked him down, seized the
sled, and with the prom; tness and decis
ion which seemed to have marked his
whole conduct, threw it in to his compa
nion, and safely drew him from his peri
lous and drowning situation. The
young hero fold the story with nil the
simplicity of a child, and said his com
panion had risen for the last time.
Texas.
The steam ship New York, Captain
AVright arrived iast night from Galves
ton, bringing papers from that place to
the 3d instant, and from Houston to the
31st uJI.
The Texian Congress is still in ses
sion. AmoMg the acts under the consid
eration of that l»ody, is one for the an
nexation of Texas to the United States.
This* the Telegraph says, passed the
House of Representatives a short time
since by an almost unanimous vote ; but
no public action has been had upon it by
tlie Senate, although it is known that
the Senators are, to a man, in fuvoi of
annexation. The editor infers that a se
cret act has l>eeii passed in relation to
the subject, and corroborates wliat lias
been already disclosed regarding the ef
fectuation of the measure by a treaty.
The following is a list of the passen
gers who left Galveston on the loth ult.
in the schooner Galveston for New (>r
leans, supposed to be lost:—Captain AV.
Ricketts ; mate and three hands, names
unknown ; passengers -Midshipman
Bryant, formerly of the Texas Navy;
Mr. Degeurs, wile and child ; Mr. Klean,
and a German female, name unknown.
The schooner Santa Anna arrived at
Galveston on the 27t!i ult. from Corpus
Christi, with despatches »o the govern
ment from the Texas Commissioners.
They were directed to be forwarded with
the utmost haste. Although no clue was
furnished to their character, a favorable
construction was placed upon their con
tents.
Misunderstandings, continue to arise
upon the Sabine growing out of attempts
to evade the revenue laws of liotli coun
tries; some bad feelings have been created
by the seizure by tlie United States reve
nue cutter Vigilant of a keel lioat for al
leged violation of our reyetiue laws.
Fears are entertained for the safety
of Capt. Sanchez, who went out some
months since to treat with the Indians.
It is feared he is murdered.
A'etc Orleans Rep. Feb. 6.
A Voice from Washington.
The following is an extract from a
private letter, dated 11th February,from
one of our Democratic Representatives
in Congress •
“ Tlie most gratifying news is pouring
in upon us from every quarter, —Georgia
and Maryland Alone break the clmrin.—
This ought not, and must not be so. 1
am now engaged din - writing to every
section of the Stale, arousing our peo;4e
lrom the abominable lethargy that is
pressing us to the wall. Be up and do
ing, we can carry the State.’’ “ AVe are
all alive here to the issue, and prepared
to do our duty.”
AVe feel that the appeal will not be
made in vain to the intelligence of the
people of Georgia. They are not so dead
to ilie true interests of their State, not
quite so Clay-ridden yet, as to desert all
their cherished principles, when the true
issues are laid clearly before them. All
that we require is ACTION ! ACTION!!
ACTION !! ! Let the testimony on
both sides be clearly and distinctly laid
before the people, —let every possible ex
ertion be made to effect this object, and
wc do not fear their verdict.
Hlr Calhoun and the Pf Sidency.
The Washington Spectator, in noticing
the refusal of the Mobile Tribune to
takedown Mr. Calhoun’s name as a
candidate for the Presidency, says:—
“Nothing but the conviction that the
democratic party would be true to their
principles in Congress, induced ns to fol
low the example for the Charleston Mer
cury, which, from its position, may bo
presumed to understand most intimate
ly Mr. Caliioux’s wishes and opinions,
and to take his name from our columns.
But it requires no great effort to put it
back again: and if the emergency requires
the Stuie Rights’ party to assume an in
dependent position, back again it shall
go. At all events, we look but lorn tem
porary absence of this great name from
our colunis. The pending presidential
election being over, we shall, next fall,
announce him ns a candidate for the
Presidency, never again to be with
drawn.”
Mr. r lay.
With his own hands, cut an ash pole
for the Clay club at Baltimore. (>n Sat
urday, as we learn from the whig prints,
the Clay club from Bolton came into the
city with a sort of log cabin oil runners,
stuck round with boughs of pine , So
it will lie through the campaign—ash iti
one section, and pine in another, magno
lia there, and buttonwood here; but the
summer of’4s will show them all scath
ed, branchless, barren and bare, dead to
the veiy roots, affording no shade to cool
the fever of disappointed ambition, fit
only for a funeral pyre, and valueless
even in their ashes.
Fro:n the Weekly EleralJ, l“th inst.
important from Washington—A B"ltl Move
of Captain Tyler for the Presidency.
AVe learn by a private (nol our regular)
correspondent at Washington, that the
President has made up his mind to make
the following nominations to the Senate,
on an early day next week :
Gilmer, of Virginia, tor the War Department.
Wilkins of Pennsylvania, Navy Department.
Shannon of Ohi), Minister to France.
Juilge Maicy of New York, Judge Supreme
Court.
These nominations, so far as personal
character, great talent, and public repu
tation, are in question, are very high and
very unoxcepdonable. In a political
point of view, and for the purpose of
creating anew and powerful interest in
the four large central States, that in iy
control the presidential election, they are
the most remarkable, well-selected, and
powerful men, that could have been
named.
In Virginia, Air. Gilmer’s influence,
connections and efforts, are expected, by
the I‘resident’s friends, to give a blow to
the Van Buren party from which they
cannot recover. In Pennsylvania, Air.
W if kins is a strong Calhoun and Shunck
man— Sbmick he.ng throughly anti-Van
Buren, and against Muhlenberg, who is
also a candidate for Governor. Slinu
non is equally a powerful democrat, and
hostile to Van Buren in Ohio. Marcy
i‘ well known in this Stale to be some
what opposed to Van Buren, or cool to
wards him, while he possesses exten
sive connections with the democracy.
But, above ali, these powerful politi
cians are equally opposed to Van Buren
and and Clay, and we should not be sur
prised to see a strong effort now made to
organize, on strong materials, a PhiTft
deiphia Convention, on the 4th of July,
to nominate John Tyler for the next
Presidency, in opposition to (Tiny and
Van Bur en, ad thud carry the election
into the House of Representatives. At
all events, as soon as these nominations
shall have been made, a most terrible ex
citement will break out at Washington
among the two old factions.
This is the boldest as well as the great
est democratic move that Captain Tyler
ever made, and it demolishes, with the
White House, the influence of Webster,
Rives, and Tallrnadge at a blow. Will
the Senate refuse to confirm these men l
Let them dare to do that, mid we will see
a fresh excitement rise np throughout
the country. At all events, it is now
certain that anew influence has been
ro nbihed and created iu the White
House, at Washington, which will be
able to cope with Clay mid Van Buret)—
and perchance, its first effects may lie a
complete revolution in the chief public
offices in New York—the Collector and
Postmaster.
This is decidedly the best move ever
yet made by Captain Tyler. Good luck
to him. twit have fun soon.
Avaasma sAvsr anna ixsauMg.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1844.
~■ t r». ‘>4 n. UJvE A.rtO>v> tV.. 'it
Congress.
Nothing of importance has transpired
in this body since our last.
Lectures at the Catholic Church.
We are requested to give notice that a
Lecture will be delivered at the Catholic
Church every Sunday at 4 o’clock, du
ring lent, by the Rev. Thomas Murrhy,
Catholic Pastor of this place.
The - ! 2J of I ebruary.
This auspicious day for the world and
human liberty was celebrated by our three
volunteer Corps with great spirit and mil
itary display. The Macon volunteers,
Captain Holmes, the Floyd Rifles, Capt.
Ross, and the Bibb Cavalry, Capt. Ry
lander, united in rendering that tribute
of respect to the occasion, which its rec
ollection inspired. Certainly, few more
auspicious events are recorded in the an
nals of history than the birth of George
\\ asiungton by universal admission,
the purest patriot, and greatest uninspi
red man, who ever lived. The two
characters in authentic history that most
nearly resemble this greatest of all hu
man characters, are, we think, William
the first prince of Orange, and John
Hampden, the english patriot. But to
return to the celebration. The atmos
phere which had been most unpleasantly
dusty for several days was cleared by a
fortunate shower of roin which took
place early in the morning, and the sun
shoue brightly for the rest of the day.—
We do not think that our volunteer com
panies ever displayed themselves to great
er advantage than on this day. After
the usual parades aid solvtes in
honor of the day the companies Were dis
missed, and the day terminated by a ball
at the Central Hotel, the festivities
of which were prolonged far after the
watching time of night. Long may our
citizens keep in recollection the annual
return of this glorious day, and our spi
rited volunteer corps thus celebrate it.
Southern Cultivator.
Wc again call the attention of our
planting friends to this excellent publica
tion of which the 4th No. of the 2d vol
ume bus been published and is full of
instructive and important matter to far
mers. Price only one dollar a year.
1 he Athens Banner.’
We are sorry our respectable cotempo
rary, the Athens Banner, has, as we sur
mise, (certainly without any wish to be
discourteous) assumed a false position.—
The mimosa which shrinks before the
breath of evening is not mote tremulous
ly sensitive than the Banner ti anything
that affects, or that he imagines may ef
fect the interest of Air. Van Buren. AVe
remember in an earlier stage of the dis
cussion, tlie Banner and its correspond
ents were not sparing in their animad
versions on Mr. Calhoun, and were loud
iu their repudiation of that great man’s
claims. When longer forbearance on
the part of Air. <Vs friend ceased to lie
prudence, and they pointed out what
they conscientiously believed unfitted
Mr. V. for the presidency in the present
and approaching circumstances of the
country, the Banner and its allies flew
out upon them, seemingly with the tem
per, if not the force, of disturbed hornets ;
and we were read long and bitter homi
lies on the crime of disturbing the har
mony and jeopardising tlie existence of
the democratic party. We beg leave to
ask any reasoning, candid man whether
the previous and unprovoked attacks on
Air. C. and his friends were not still more
adapted to divide, distract mid break
down the democratic party ?
Wo reiterate our regrets that the B.
has not yet exorcised its intolerant spirit
towards those who differ with it respect
ing Air. Yan Buren. We infer that de
sirable event has not taken place from
the recent attack of that print on that
faithful, fearless, vigilant and talented
guardian of the rights, honour and inter
ests not only of his constituents, but of
our common country, the Hon. Edward
j J. Black.
) This gentleman incurred the Excnibe
dra censure of the Athens journalist, by
offering a resolution to instruct the com
mittee, to which as part of its duty, wrs
'-ommitted the revision of the Clay tariff
bill of forty-two—a bill which for the in
dulgence of sordid, insatiable, infatuated
avarice?— for an utter disregard of all that
the upright and honorable mind and en
lightened true-hearted American patriot
holds sacred, surpasses any in the long
and dark catalogue of nets, similar in
character, tliough not quite equal in mor
al and political terpiHide, which during
the last tuenty i’cars, have impressed an
indelible stjuu on pnr national legislation
!f-acts that from their intents and results
wonld more appropriately have emana
ted from men leagued together to plun
der the people, than from the dignitaries
of ts. S. Congress. Had each man of
the majorities that sanctioned these airo-
Ai’.ties against moral principle, common
honesty, wise legislation and the general
welfare of their country, received from
their constituents the pithy instructions
of Falstaff to his bully pfince, ‘ Rob me
tlir Exchequer Hall,’ they could riot
more faithfully have complied with tF ir
mstfucjions. Mi tell ell did not stand
alone among them.
A single fact will vindicate the above
statement—iu the twenty years during
which the Clay pestilence of the Amerf
can sysrietn bfecatnc rife, the population of j
the U. S. increased in the ratio of one,
while the expenditure became threefold.
See Mr. Calhoun’s speech iu Senate
March 16th, 1842.
The ‘ horse-leech and her daughters’
though for ever screamiug ‘give, give, j
give,' are abstemious compared with the
American system patriots. But wc re
turn to the Banner. We regret, it did
not occur to the editor before he issued
bis animadversions on Mr. Black’s ‘reso
lution to instruct’ that that gentleman
was not less honestly anxious to preserve
unimpaired, the strength and union of
the democratic party, nor less qualified
to judge of the means necessary to en
sure that vital object than the editor of
the Banner.
Mr. Black has been for nearly twenty
years a representative of the democracy
of Georgia, either in the halls of their
own legislature, or on the floor of eon
gress and through that long period,
(much longer than the editor has been
among us) enjoyed their unhesitating
confidence. In congress, Edward Black's
parliamentary experience, ability as de
bater, bold eloquence and sound constitu
tional principles, have ranked
American states met of no common order.
The rig lit of the house to instruct its
committees, the right of a member to
move for such instruction and the propri
ety of Black’s doing so are equally indie
bitable.
From the very dubious course pitrsu
ing by the Van Buren party in congress
on the revision of the; tariff law of ’42
and the 21st rule, it became a point ol
urgent interest to the whole confederacy
peculiarly so to the South, to asccrtaii
the ultimate action on these measures, oj
decision may depend the preservation oj
disruption of the union and the futun
destinies of oui* common country, fii
are glad to know Air. B.’s course on th
question has met the unqualified appro
bntion of his constituents.
We beg leave to ask the Bannc
whether it lias at any time been faVora
ble to the Tariff or Protective policy.
The Buckeye. Blacksmith ami the Kcutuclr
Piun;)maUcr,
These two forer(ifillet's of Air. Clal
have arrived at this place and seein to l|
actively engaged in their vocation <1
preparing the public mind for the advml
of this gentleman, the great itinerant; -fl
pi rant to Presidential honors. IVlii
these names are given to these person!
or whether assumed for political effec!
we know not. Our citizens we are n!
formed had an opportunity of imprm in!
their minds and their manners, in listed
ing to them at the Tippecanoe—no, tlfl
Clay Club, on Saturday night. "■
heard of one anecdote which mast lin'd
edified some of the “stricter” meinberd
We allude to the one related of the lull
who slipped through the church galk'i'd
&c, &c.; a word to the wise. We I'd
pardon for mentioning die matter Id
suppose we are in good company, and
connexion with this matter we extr and
the following article from the .Mold
Tribune: I
From th* Mobile Trilme, Feb. It 1
The Blacksmith Hm-keyo. f
The Whig meeting night before and
which greeted the immortal “ Bnckey®
was certainly an imposing a(l;ti r t and
“Buckeye’s” performance rich, rare and
entertaining. We noticed in the assd
binge all re-cherche of the party-d
well shaven, well-whiskered, exqti'd
perfumed “eh eh ! dan me S' sf 1 ■
were all present, and seemed infill'd
edified, electrified and exalted, at ■
burst of eloquence, and showers of
with which “Buckeye” alternately®
spattered the audience, and thestatT' B
We recognized but one blacksmith :il d
meeting, who sat upon the stage md
behind the scenes, and occasionally Pd
ed knowingly forth, ever and anon and
ing the speaker, as if rather snspH’d
of his being the genuine article— a 'd
able blacksmith. Considering the 1 ■
ded taste of our whig friends k' r ■
“ home market'' and its production ■
thought our native Vulcan rather I
lierly treated in not being calledon< • ■
“ Buckeye” had concluded. ■
We cannot say much for
as a specimen of blacksmiths. !
manners, we think, are in this co ' ■
not the exclusive property of any c and
and after a raining of three or four V I
we should have supposed that e«'J
bear might be taught that spitting aid