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Jewish Legend —An emperor who had little
or no religiou, called together the Jews of his
court, of whom there w£re .many, and stated'
his determination that they should all come in
to the "presence of his people, and prove
whether Judaism or Christianity wore the best
Veligioo: if the former were shown to be the
best, the chrjstains were to be slain; if the
latter, the Jews were to be destroyed. No
sooner did the Jews hear this than they fasted,
put on sackcloth, and entreated one of the
chief rabbi’s to prevail on the king to alter his
intention. As, however he was inflexible, the
rabbi, whose name was Eliezer, asked if he
would give him ten days time, and allow him
to pay a visit to the court every day. To
#wu eh* ^1** acceded. Accordingly Eliezer
came to see the emperor the next day: but he
gfog, Und fiis own house being made the scene
of the trial of his nervous faculties. These
terms being agreed to, the parties, separated,
and the next tevfeding was to be the time ap
pointed'for the decision of the bet.
The next evening came, and every thing
being in readiness, pistols, fire, and grog,—the
corpse was brought in by the party who laid
the wager, assisted by a friend, enveloped ina
large sheet, and placed in a coffin, and set
in the middle Of the room. At this instant,
the young hero was called down from the room
to speak to a person upon some trfliog busi
ness, which he instantly despatched, and re
turned up stairs, the parties who brought the
corpse in, after wishing him a good night, were
on the paint of departure, when he earnestly
said to them,—
“Now if any tricks are attempted to be
played with me, I ivillfire at the corpse, it one
looked very much dejected and grieved,
which the king observing, inquired the cause, lit is, tor I strongly suspect it is a living being
To this Eliezer answered, “Before 1 left, some} They made him no further answer to this
strangers called, who insisted I should settle (threat than these omiuous words,—“Reonetn-
some affairs for them which I know to be out
of my power, and on my begging them not to
her twelve o’clock!”
A
He was then left alone.
lie stirred his fire,
trouble me, they departed.” ‘Should they and sipped his grog, and made himseli as com-
veturn to molest you,” said the emperor, “let! fortable as he could possibly do. At length
me know ” And Eliezer having offered his ! the solemn hour of mid-night ariived. As the
thanks, retired. The following day Eliezer J last stroke vibrated on his ear, he distinctly
said to one of his servants, "Take a cane in j saw the corpse begin to move—he snatched a
your hand and give me twenty stripes over my ! pistol from the table, advanced to the col-
face. neck, and shoulders.” At this the ser
vant was astonished, and refused to punish so
good a master; but at length, as the command
could not be evaded, he obeyed, and the blood
trickled down the rabbi’s body who immediate
ly had his wounds dressed, and in this woful
plight returned to the palace; As soon as he
entered the king inquired what had befallen
him? “The two brothers I have named be
fore,” said Eliezer, “returned, and wished
me to arbitrate between them, I told them I
would do so as far as lay in my power, and ask
ed them what they wished me to do They
inquired iff were not a judge of diamonds; I
told them I was. One of the brothers then
said, ‘We have a kind father; he has given
me a most beautiful and valuable diamond, and
mine is the best.’ ‘No’ rejoined the other,
*the one that our father has bestowed on me
is superior to yours; and this, Oh rabbi, is the
affair wc want you to settle.’ On hearing this
I desired them to produce their diamonds,
promising them to decide fairly; but they re
plied that their father was living in a distant
country, that the diamonds were in his posses
sion. and they were not to receive them until
a certain time. Astonished at their demand
ing my opinion under such circumstances, I re
monstrated with them, when, to my great sur
prise, they violently assaulted me and gave
these wounds.” No sooner had the rabbi
made this statement, than the emperor and
his nobles appeared exceedingly exasperated;
and so enraged was the king that he was about
to swear that the two brothers should die for
their cruelty and folly: But Eliezer prevented
him. •’What!” exclaimed the emperor, “shall
too such wretches live] lie who acts thus is
worthy of death!” “Stop, O King,” replied
Eliezer; “thou thou art the man! Hast thou
rot issued a decree as to the two religions
God has given to the world] Hast thou not
threatened death to those who do decide be
tween them? And who can tell which is best
until the end of time]”—Brit. Mag.
The Bench and the Bar.—A judge has a
hard time of it. If the business of suitors be
not despatched with as mnr.h promptness as it
should be, it is always the judge that is blam
ed by the public; and yet the blame is not al
ways entirely his; the bar and the suitors
themselves merit a full share of.—If the latter
are careless in giving their own attendance, or
procuring that of their witness, and the former,
from the spirit of mutual accommodation, re
fuse to press a trial whenever the oppposite
party is unprepared; how is the judge to pre
vent the confusion and delay which must oe-
cessarially arise frsm^ such a course] And
when a cause is at last found, in which all par
ties are ready and the trial is commenced, if
every word uttered by every witness, is to be
written down by every counsel engaged, and
if every counsel is afterwards to consume a
full hour for every five minutes which would
he necessary to the complete discussion of
the case?
Ir is said the judge ought to control the
bar and the suitors. But it is not so easy for
a judge to correct abuses which long practice
bas rendered habitual, and which contribute
to the ease, mental and physical, in various
ways, of both judges and lawyers. For the
fin, and exclaimed, “if you stir another step, i
will fire!” To this injouctiun he received no
answer,—the supposed corpse rose up in the
j coffin, and stepped towards him He repeat
ed his threat—it still advanced—h; fired, and
th bullet was thrown back in his face by the
corpse, he fell to the ground with a piercing
shriek, and rose a lunatic,—in which wretched
state ho remained till his death, which happen
ed about a year after this tragic and truly
heartrending occurr n «
A more lamentab e instance of cruel folly
perhaps never occurred. And had but i s victim
for a moment reflected, he . would have beou
saved;—but the idea of toe bullet being return
ed, or perhaps of shooting a fellow creature,
took such an effect on his nerves, that reason
forsook her empire, never more to return. A
moment’s forethought would have ScVed him.
During the time he was called out of the
room to speak to the person w ho wished to
see him, (who was a party concerned ) the bul
lets were drawn from the pistols, and given iu
to the hands of the corpse, who was i.k wi^e
one of the party who was present w hen the
wager was laid. The occurrence is never
thought of by either of ihe actors in this la'ai
ly foolish a flair, but it occasions a sigh or pang
of remorse.—Souvenir.
An affecting spectacle attracted a crowd
to the Louvre. Near the burial place of our
ferave*titizcns who died tor their country was
asoldier, who, after stopping a moment to con
template the numberlesstombs, his eyes bath
ed with tears, suddenly cried out *1 am a
wretch.” At these words he threw himself on
his knees, called to those present to shoot him,
lore his clothes and endeavored to seize a
sword from one of the National Guard io or
der to put an end to his life. Immediately
great numbers of the National Guard surround
ed him, embraced him, and endeavoured to
console bim by swearing that the people had
already forgotten the errors of hi9 comrades.
It waswiih difficulty, however, that they suc
ceeded in composing him, and he was led a-
way from the place, the sight of which seemed
to augment his despair- It will be seen from
this example that our soldiers were more un
fortunate than guilty, and that each of them
had a citizen’s heart beating under bis uni
form.—Savannah Republican
FOREIGN.
Select S*ed Cbr».—-Mr. J. M rcer, a writer lor
the American Farmer, in a communication re
published in the New-England Farmer, vol. V
page 187, states that he had much improved
“the genuine Tuscarora corn by never plant
ing a gram that was not selected in the fields
(for five years past) from those stalks which
produce tivo or mere ears.” Joseph Cooper
Esq. of New Jersey, in a letter to a gentleman
in Philadelphia, states that 1 a friend sent me a
few grains of a sroaliei kind of Indian corn the
grains of which were not larger lhan goose
shot, which he informed me by a note in which
they were enclosed, were originally from Guin
ea, and produced from eight to ten ears on a
stalk.—Those grams I planted and tbund the
production to answa* ihe description. bui the
nars small, and few of them ripe before frost
I saved some of the largest and earliest, and
planted it between rows of earlier kinds o>
corn, which produced a mixture to advantage;
then I saved seed from the stalks that produ
ced the greatest number of the largest ear-
ami first ripe, which I planted the ensuing
season, and was not a little gratified to find its
production preferable both in quantity and
quality to that of any corn i had ever planted
—This kind of corn i have continued planting
ever since, selecting that I designed for seed
in the manner I would wish others to try, viz:
When the first ears are ripe enough for seed,
gather a sufficient quantity for early corn or re
planting, and at the time you would wish your
corn ripe generally, gather a sufficient qoanti
ty for planting next year, having particular
care to take it from stalks that are large at
bottom, of a regular taper, not over tall the
ears set loiv, and containing the greatest num
her of good sizeable ears of the best quality;
let it be dried speediiy; and from the rorn
gathered, as last described, plant your main
crop, and if any hills shouid be missing, replant
from that first gathered, which will cause the
crop to ripen more regularly than is common
which is a great benefit. The above mention-
successful prosecution of such an enterprise,
are required not only remarkable strength of j ed I have practised many years, and am satis
character and firmness of purpose, but com
manding abilities. Every judge is not a lord
keeper Guilford. If the bench be too much o-
vermatched in standing, learning, and talent
by the bar, the control of the former oyer such
matters as those we have been speaking of,
becomes in effect as merely nominal as that of
the Grand Turk over the Dey ol Algiers or
the Pacha of Egypt. This dispropotionate
weakness of what ought to be the governing
power, has been occasionally observed in the
courts ofjustice of most countries and, (by the
operation of various causes not necessary.to.
be here set down,) has been sometimes per
ceived even in those of our own. We have
no intention of enlarging on this head at pres
ent, but shall probably return to it ere long, in
treating of the defects in the administration of
justice, their causes and remedies.—Journal qf
Law,
Fatal Frolic.—About twenty years ago a
young gentleman, remarkable for strong nerve
was at a party consisting of a few friends,
tvhere ghosts and supernatural agency became
the subject of conversation. Alter a few re
marks by someofthe party, the young gentle
man's opinion was asked, when he firmly de
clared he had no belief whatever in such non
sense, and trial he would as soon meet a herd
of ghosts as a flock of sheep, and that he
would no more mind passing a night in a repu
ted haunted house, than by bis own fire side.
One or two of the party determined to try his
n«:, ve. and one gent leman in particular, offered
to-wager him a dozen of wine that he would
be airaid to sit op all night with a corpse He
instantly accepted the bet, provided he Was
allowed a fije, a pair of pislob, gad a glass of
tied that it has increased the quantity, and im
proved the quality of my crops, beyond what
any person wpuld imagine, who has not tried
the experiments.'’—Knoxville Register.
Traits of the Revolution.—The Paris papers
and letters furnish a variety of interesting
traits of character displayed by the citizens of
that metropolis during the recent revolution.
The following are examples:
On the evening of the 28th, at the time when
the fire of a piece of cannon was causing great
carnage among the crowd io the rue Plane he
Milhray, one of the brave people .cried out,
“Who will come with me and take that piece,
I will only have men who are unarmed ”—
Followed by eight pr ten men, he rushed for
ward, and a bullet reached him just as he was
about to obtain his object. His comrades dis
persed, but the wounded man got up a<rain, and
»vas conducted to a neighboring temporary
hospital, which had been established at the
house of the Commissary of Police.
Al. D’Estree, a skilful surgeon, who passed
three days alternately fighting and attending
to the wounded, extracted the ball, and thro’
his care the courageous fellow was enabled to
go out again. ‘Cowards,’ cried he, ‘you have
abandoned me just at the time when the can
non would have been ours. Follow me and
repair your disgrace.” He went forth again
exposed himself to the fire of the piece, and
five minutes afterwards it was in his possession.
It was then 7 o’clock, and twelve hours after
wards this undaunted patriot expired at a few
paces from the scene of his courageous ex
ploit. He belonged to the class ol the people,
Hut among the people of Paris there are 100,-
000 heroes.
FROM THE U. ST1TES TELEGRAPH EXTRA
THE WEST INDIA TR \DE RESTORED!
THE N E ’* S CONFIRMED ! ! !
Honor to the President of ike People’s choice!
The following extracts will show that the
West-India Trade, a source of so much profit
to the farmers; mechanics and mot chants of
this country, and which was lost by the blun
dering “diplomacy” of the coalition administra
tion, has boen re-'or-'d by the upright
able, and honest administration of Andrew
Jackson who “asks for noth ng that is not
clearly right—submits to nothing that u
wrong.”
FROM THE NEW FORK EVENING POST OCT. 1
FROM ENGL AD.
The packet hip Napoleon, Capf. Smith,
which arrived la*t evening, brings interesting
and important intelligence. We have receiv
ed by her our r gular files of English papers,
from London tothe26.li. and from Liverpool
to the 28th. The item of intelligence ofmo«t
moment communicated by thi* arrival i« THE
OPENING OF THE WEST INDIA PORTS
TO THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED
STATES The despatches from the Secretary
of State, containing this welcome news, were
committed by Mr. A!’Lane to the care ofCapt.
Smith to be delivered Io Mr. Swart wont. Col
lector of the Customs, who forwarded them on
to Washington this morning.
Tie following extract of a letter from Fran
cis B. Ogden, EcofU. S Consul at the port ol
Liverpool; to Samuel Swartwout, Esq. Collec
tor ol the port of New-Yjrk, communicates
this gratifying intelligence, together with the
heads id the treaty, which, it will be perceiv
ed, is ol a highly favorable character:
“Liverpool Aug. 25:h, 1830.
“I have the great satisfaction to inform vou
that our ne;_ociations with this country have
terminated in the most favorable manner.
Mr. M L ane arrived hsre ihe evening before
the last, and forwards hi-* despatches by the
Napoleon this morning. lie informs me that
•he British Government consents to restore to
us the direct intercourse with the West. Indies,
upon the terms of the act of July 1825. The
Proclamation of the President, under the late
act of Congress, will be Ihe first step. Imme
diately thereafter, Great Britain will revoke
her order in council of July, 1827; abolish the
discriminating duties on American vessels in
her colonial ports, and extend to them the ad
•ant ages of the act t»f Parliament ot 4:h July
1825
‘Thus have we recovered, by the concil
iating measures of our venerable President,
and talent, perse.verence and strait forward
course ofour able Minister here, all that wa-
lost by the last administration, and all we havt-
asked for since 1826.
‘ Should our Munster in France be equally
successful, of which there are n< w the most
favorable appearances, ] th nk our venerable
President will bj entitled to the highest
praise.”
FROM THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.
(An Opposition Rap r.)
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
By the packet skin N <poieon,.Capt.. Smith,
wo have received Liverpool papers to Aug.
27 and London to the evening of the 25th.
containing Paris dates to the 23 I. The most
interesting item of mMl gf-nce to the Ameri
can reader* is the Open ng of thf. West Indi-
a Ports to our Commerce. Though the pa
pers are entirely silent concerning it, and
though the fact was known to very fi-w persons
in E .gland, we are m po^se-^ion of such evi
dence as puts the question beyond ait manner
of doubt. A hearer of despatches has arrived
in the Napoleon, who proceeds immediately to
Washington to commuo rate the news official
!y to the American Government. In the
meantime, it gives us great pleasure to he ahli
to lay before our readers the fallowing letter
from a very intelligent source, addressed to
thi Editors of .* "-p Journal of Commerce:
Liverpool 24th Aug 1830
Y >ur Minister, io hi-, great credit, has suc
ceeded in obtaining the consent of this Go
vernment to open the mtercours'’ between
the United States and the British West India
Colonies* and »t is probable that your Presi
dent will, in a few days, after this reaches
you, issue the proclamation contemplated in
his Message which, you may remember, I
approved ol at the time, because it showed a
disposition on yonr side to remove every sub
ji?ct of difference between the two countries.—
The Government of this country has display
ed equal good feeling in meeting this disposi
tion, and Mr. M’L.ine deserves the gratitude
of the American nation for his unwearied labors,
and the persevering skill and intelligence .which
he has pul forth in obtaining this result. It is
to be hoped that your Congress will manifest
a proper sense of bi9 services, and deem the
occasion a fitting one for determining whether
an American Minister -at the Most expensive
court in Europe, has not a right to claim from
the overflowing treasury of bis nation, such
pecuniary support as the station of a gentle
man and a minister indispensibly requires.
FROM THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISFR.
(A Virulent Opposition Paper.)
THE WEST INDIA TRADE.
We have at length a rumor to which credit
may be attached, that Mr, M’Lane has finally
succeeded To making-dome arrangement with
Great Britain, by treaty* respecting the trade
with her West India Colonies. Mr. M’Lane
was at Liverpool when the Napoleon sailed,
and put into the hands of Capt. Smith a pack
et of despatches for the American Govern
meat, addressed to the care ot the Collect
or of this port. which he slated privately to
Capt. Smith, coutained a treaty for opening
the colonial pdrts to our commerce
0^7* We have just seen the official despatch
es from Mr. M'Lane, our Minister at London
to the President ufthe United Sta*es, confirm
ing the. above news; and the proclamation
announcing this interesting and highly impor
tant fact, may be expected to-morrow.—Edit
or U. S. Telegraph.
[from our correspondent ]
v Office of the Philadelphia Gazette, }
Friday, Oct 1 —11 1-2 a. m. $
[By the ship Globe, from Liverpool ]
On the 12th inst. in the Chamber of Depu
ties, M de Tracy brought forward a proposi
tion for the abolition of the punishment ot
death. It was supported by. General La
fayette, who said “he should ask for it^ aboli
tion until be bad the infallibility of human
judgment demonstrated to him.*’ The propo
sition was ordered for consideration.
SPAIN —It appears from the French pa
pers that symptoms of an approaching revolu
tion, or great political change in Spain, are too
unequivocal to be mistaken. The following
is an extract*
“Barcelona, Aug.—The news from Paris has
given a great impulse to public spirit in our
town, and much more to the persons that dwell
on our sea coast, who are already in a state ot
ferment. Since the arrival of this news all our
authorities, rr.iilitary, civd and ecclesiastic-are
in constant deliberation, and they have rein
forced the garrisons of out citidel, Astaraza-
nas, and of the fortress ofMontjui. The mili
tary chiefs had, at first the intention to com
mand that domiciliary visits, should be made,
and that all our arms should be taken away
from ii-; but it afterwards occurred to them
that this measure might be a signal for a gene
ral explosion such as that of Paris, and they
accordingly changed their minds ”
Ferdinand has issued a new decree against
the press in Spain, by which imprisonment for
two years is declared against minor offences,
and the punishment of death is awarded to au
thors and printers who shall publish books
containing treasonable or sacrilegious expres
sions —Literary Gazette’
Cowes, Aug. 18.
Arrived here this morning, the American
«hips Great Britain, and Charles Carrol, from
Cherbourg, having on board the Ex King of
France, Duke and Dutchess d’AngouLme,
Dutchess de Borrr, with her two children, the
Duke de Bourdeaux and his sister, with their
respective suits, among whom we noticed
Marsha! Marmont, (Duke of Ragusa,) G neral
Count Dogherly, Duke de Polignac &c.
With the exception of the Ex-King and the
Dauphin, the Royal party landed, and have
taken no their residence at the Fountain Ho
tel. The two former remain on board the
Great Britain until the instructions of govern* 1
rnent shall be received, or the result of their
mission <o London be ascertained.
Carthagena, Aug. 8 1830.
Who would have said, beforehand, that af
ter twenty years of Revolution, Colombia
would be as far back in the career of freedom,
•»r.d as distant from consolidation, as when the
first shout of independence was raised? How
• fiLcting to the patriot, to contemplate the
present condition of the Republic! No sifun-
ation, in fact, could be more deplorable. On
every side are to be heard the groans of patri
otic men who invoke the spirit of concord in
vain. A strange giddiness has seized the
minds of men, ‘til from the Nurth to the re
motest provinces of the South, all is disorder
and dismay. Colombia, which at the close of
the Revolution, presented herself to the world
united, bappy, exulting in her past achieve
ments, and ambit tons to answer the expecta
tions of those whose sympathies she had gain
ed by the -constancy of her efforts and the
brilliancy of her victories—Colombia, which
was the terror of Spain, and the ornament of
America, has become the derision of nations,
ieeble, disunited and undone Iis days of he
roism are past—the sun of its glory is set—and
the night which has succeeded, is the polar
winter; cold dark, a'd despairirg. Unbridled
passions, breaking from social restraints, have
expelled the power of reason and the influence
ofjustice. Who would beli ve ii? the high
way man, the assassin, the wickedest of men,
no matter what the place of his birth, or the
enormity of their crimes, find in Colombia that
which is denied to its Liberator—au asylum!
—Gaceta de Carthagena.
POBIS^TIC.
(From the Carolina Gazette )
The Delegates appointed by the Neck, and
by the four Wards of the City ofChaileston,
respectfully submit to their Fellow-Citizeus,
throughout the Si*»e. the foilowiog
ADDRESS.
Fellow-Citizens—it is the unquestioned
privilege of Fre«tnen, at all times, to column-
rncate with each other, and interchange their
sentiments and views of political affairs; at
the present moment, it is no less their boun-
den duty. United and concerted -action is ev
er most efficient, and the crisis imperiously de
mands from U3 union and concert. A loud and
noisy Faction has engrossed too long the ear
of the community, and filled it with insanely
exaggerated statements of wrong and injury.
But the still small voice of Truth has begun
to make itseli heard, and in the subsidence of
the excitement which these dangerous men
have caused, their hopes and expectations,
and influence, are fast ebbing away.
We call upon you, Fellow-Citizens, and
with the utmost earnestness beseech you to
consider the position in which we are placed,
and the duties, which in reference to it, de
volve upon us, to be performed without delay
or hesitation. The question to be decided at
the approaching Election, when stripped of
all the intricate subtleties with which it has
been adroitly surrounded, 19 plainly this!—
Whether it is incumbent upon the State, now,
under existing circumstances, to assume the
attitude of resistance to the General Govern*
mOot, and at all hazards, to refuse obedience
to the Acts of Congress pronounced by our
Legislature to be unconstitutional and oppres
sive. ■
We will not be blinded, Felloe-Citizens, by
the sophistries which have been industriously
suggested by the violent Faction to which »e
are opposed, in their anxiety to bide from the
view of the people, the inevitable consequences
of the measures they advocate with such heat
ed zeal. If the State throws itself, in the
phrase of the day', upon her sovereignty, and
withdraws herself from the control of a majori
ty of her sister Stales, the bonds of union are
forever broken, and nothing can save the dis
cordant masses revolving separately in their
neighboring spheres from clashing and confu
sion. If, on the other hand, she absurdly con*
tends for the right to avail herself of the privi-*
1- ges and blessings of our hitherto happy con*
federation, while she absolves herself from it a
reciprocal obligations, duties, and restraints, A
she comes at once in collision With the su-
pieme powers, which she herself assisted to
create.
Disunion and Civil War then are the inevi
table consequences of the steps proposed io bo
taken. But we are not prepared, Fellow-Citi
zens, to encounter evils so deadly and irrepar
able. Such desperate remedies are not re
quired by our actual political condition. We
hold in reserve the unalienable right of Revo
lution as the last resort, when tyranny has be
come hopeless and oppression insufferabl e—
When our opponents affect to evade and disa
vow the certain tendency of their projected
resistance, it is difficult to reply, without in
dignation, at their d^ingenuousness. TL.oj
have indeed in their manifestoes, taken occa
sion now and then, t« proclaim, ibeir ardent at
tachment to the Union, and iheir love of
pease; and it is possible that some among
them may be so ignorant, or so deluded as to
h entitled to our forgiveness on the ground
that “they know nut what they do.” But
this excuse is by do means applicable to the
conduct of their leaders. In the upper, mid
dle, and lower sections of our State, the same
language has been held, as if to test the excit
ed people. While one dechifcs with equal
consistency and patriotism that “He bas no
love for the Union-,” anoiher calculates coolly
its value, and intimates the calculation to have
resulted in the proof of its being not only a.
“A splendid failure.” but “An absolute Despo
tism; and a third exhorts us “Not to tremble
at tbeword Disunion.” We do tremble, Fel
low-Citizens, at the proposal— ‘At the word**
—at the thought—hut it is with the shudder
of horror and disgust—not with the base ague
of fear. This will he shown whenever the
thought aud word shall ripen into act. This
shall we prove as soon as sacrilegious hands
shall be laid upon the ark of our Union to im
pair and destroy it, by our readiness to peril
our lives and our fortunes in its defence.
Nor have any means been left untried to
weaken the ties which connect together the
several geographical divisions of our Country.
And the Dinner Speeches and Toasts uttered
and published in every District, offer melan
choly proofs of their success in inflaming the
passions of our ignorant, unthinking, aud ex
citable youth The malignant feelings thus
roused have been particularly directed too,
for some unaccountable purposes, against that
section of our common connsrv, which has,
throughout, exhibited most sympathy^nd con
cert of action with us, and which has certainly
suffered more than any other, except our own,
under the acts obnoxious to our cen*ure. The
North, which actually aided us in resisting the
burdensome restrictions own Commerce, »h
perpetually abused and vdhfied; while onr
misguided brethren of llie Western and Middle
States, by whom these gross injuries were*
and are specially perpetuated, usually escape
without notice or imputation. Nothing coo
be more unfair ami unjust.
One word more, Fellow Citizens, and we
have done. In 0or own Election District, and
some others wuhin the S:ate, the very term
Nullification has become a bye-word and a
reproach, and it was necessary to substitute
tor it some other, less obviously connected,
as an antecedent with Disunion and Civil War,*
in order that its advocates might obtain a hear
ing. The substituted word is Convention,
But you will not suffpr yourselves to fail into
so simple a snare. The Legislature is alto
gether cocnpeteitt to decide and enter upon
every measure ol resistance which is within
the limits ofthe Constitution, and beyond this
you will not be either urged or seduced. A
Convention is without aim or purpose, unless
it secede from the Union—or Nullify a Law of
Congress—or reform some of the internal a r -
raogements of our State Government. Neith
er of these will we assent to—neither is to be
at th:s time desired.
With these views then, Fellow-Citizens, let
us be vigilant and active. Let as attend th®
polls at the ensuing Election in the full con
fidence of tranquil strength Onr good cans®
will ultimately prevail—will finally triumph,——
By our votes we will save our beloved Coun
try, from the horrors of Anarchy and Revolu
tion—we will save our deluded Brethren from
the consequences of their ill advised, rash, and
desperate purposes—we will save them from
themselves. We will depute to onr Halls of
Legislative Representation, men cfcoolself-
command, and considerate habits, of rational
firmness and moral courage, who having first
extinguished the rising flames of angry contro
versy among ourselves, shall then proceed to
devise and execute sound and proper measures
for our relief from the evils of which we so
loudly, and unhappily with so much reason*
complain. In efforts made for such a purpose,
especially if well timed, vigorous, and judi
ciously directed, our present misguided oppo
nents will, no doubt, gladly unite, and success
cannot fail to crown them ultimately, based as
(hey are in right and justice, and urged wdh
energy and unanimity.
We shall then too' occupy high ground, ia*
presenting to the view of the Republic and tbo
world, a gallant People struggling to repress
its sense of wrong, and to support every injury
not absolutely intolerable, rather than peril by
reckless and convulsive movements of resis
tance the last hopes of freedom, and in with*
drawing one of its .strongest pillars, overthrow
the sacred and beautiful Temple of America^.
Liberty- - SAMUEL H DICKSON.
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