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EDITED JIY
JOHI A. CUTflBERT,
State* Printer.
Notice vK - 'Mrs and Administrators for Debtors rind Credi
tors to rondo • m their aecounls n»i*>t he published .SIX WEEKS.
Sales of Norn-oes by Exernto. s Mi l Administrators must be ud-
veVtised rilXTV DA > S before t.»e dav of sale.
, i property (e ccept negroes) of testate and Intes-
l)v E .ei utors and Administratois, must he advertised
• Executors, Administrators and Guardians to the
y for leave to sell Land, must he published FOUR
FOllTV Days
M a CARO.
HRS. Ill SOX informs her friends, that she
is again the owner of the EAGLE HOTEL,
i Ir J 11 * luieiigevilie- this house was formerly kept bv
het S; If, but more recently by Mr. M'Corabs. Her patron*
are assured, that nothing, on her part, shall he wantineto
reader them comfortable. February 3, 1835.-31
-by Executors and A ’
. t , ijshcc
* Apolic:»t*oti c for Foreclosure ot <
be adVeriised once a foonth for FUUI
Sales of Ileal Estate by E
mis. must he pvMhhcl
These sales must he m
s of ten i
listrators for Letters Dis
fro
v.il
Orders or the Court oi
the bond or a': oo-.ien!) *
I’M III t MONTHS :H k .
X .MONTHS.
tck on real estate must
vniS.
alor'. Administrators and Guardi
1-' 1HALS before the day of sale.—
t t e couit !»ou»e door between the
and .<"dr in the afternoon. No sale
m c..pressed in the advertisement,
in. (accompanied with a copy of
ike lilies to land, must he advertised
rt.icitua .-.*n - miom regularly granted by the courts,
must l»c adveri -<d TIIIHTY DAY ri—under mortgage executions,
.SIXTY’ DAYS—.-siies of Peiishi'Wo Propp.fv under order of Court,
must he advertised, eeneraiiy, TE X DAYS before toe day of sale.
All orders for Advc-u-Clients will he punctually attended In.
V Ad betters to t.ds office, or the Editor, must be
post-paid, fo entitle them to attention.
J ASPER SHERIFF’S SALE.—On the first
Tuesday in September next, will, within the legal
hours, he sold, before ;he court-house door, in the town ot
Monlicelli), Jasper eoumy,
The interest of Thomas P. Dingier in and to lot of land
number three hundred and eighteen, whereon Jeremiah Ro
binson now lives, in said county—levied on to satisfy two
small (I fas issued Dorn a jus 're’s court, one in favor of
Miles Stephens and the other in favor of H. H. Doss: levy
made and returned to mebva eons aide. Julv lit, 1836.
'WILLIAM RAMEY, sheriff.
M jacksoa hall.
The subscriber returns his thanks to his friends
anu the public for past favors in his line of busi-
ness and hopes to merit and secure a continuance
Ot their patronage, by strict and undeviatihg attention on
tie part o. himself arid family to the wants and rornforls of
ms guests. H13 Houses are very extensive and oommodi-
ous wn , upwards of fifty fire-places. It is well known
Ihafthe best the country affords he will have on his table
, ... _ „ SAMUEL BUFFINGTON.'
Milledg viUe, Ga. September 2G, 1S35.-13
POETRY.
J ONES SHERIFF’S SALE.—On the first Tues'-
dav in Septemlier next, will, within lire legal hoars, he
sold, before the court-house door in the town of Clinton.
Jones county.
Lot of Intel number one hundred and sixty-two in the
eleventh district of originally Baldwin, hut now Jones
county, containing two hundred two end a half acres lev
ied on by virtue of five executions issued from a justice’
court of the. four hundred and sixty-sixth district, Georgia
militia, infavorof If. F. Willinm.s vs. Seaborn W. Ellis:
levy made and returned to me bv W. Massengale, constable
August 1, 1830, WILLIAM BARRON, sheriff.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
FIX ITS SUBSCRIBER respectfully informs her friends
mid the public, that she has removed fo that very con
venient &iand and commodious ESTABLISHMENT
formerly known as the UNION HOTEL, and which
has been occupied for some lime by Mr. Aaron Searcy —
i Ins establishment, including the out-buildings, will be put
in a state of thorough repair, and the subscriber is well pre
pared to accommodate BOA RDERS. TR YNSIEXT
cl . STOHERS,andTRAVELLERS. She solicits
a share of public patronage, of which she will endeavor to
render herself and her establishment worthy, bv an ample
stock of the best supplies, and by the most assiduous atten
tion to the wants and comforts of li"r customers
January 8, 1836.—28 NANCY J. GODWIN.
T attnall sheriff’s hale.—o n the
first Tuesday in September next, will, within the le
gal hours, lie si Id, before the court-house door in the town
of ReidsviHe, 1 tiUnuM county,
One hundred and ninety-five seres of swamp and p ; ne
land, lying on tee waters of the Alaiamsha. and a< joining
Allen Jc'insou and o’hers, and six hundred and fifty a-
eres of p'ue land lying oh 'he waters of Inman’s creek and
adjoining Sharpe and Green, all in said county, and one
sorrel horse, eight heed of sheep, one pair of timber-ear-
riage w lier/s, two 'o_; i hain., one sideboard, one bureau,
‘ 'ffe -oyar oj ler—levied on as the property
of Eluanan H’Call, smis'y a fi fa in favor of the admin
istrator a. A len Johnson,deceased, and one in favor of the
t>ntrvl Bank agamst sau M'Call: pro|>erty poi rted out by
the oefeudaut. July 13, 1S3G. 1
EDWARD KENNEDY, JEN. rberff.
w
H enry siikkiit’s hale o„ the iin-t
Tuesday in Sep'ember next, will, within the le-od
hours, he sold, before the court-house door in the townof
M'Lkirioirgh, Henry county,
led of land number ore hundred and ninety-eight m the
sexeiiih district of Henry eo.mtv—levied on as the property
•f Harris luiiey, to lai.sfy e fi fu from the superior court of
H^ury county, in fav >r of me officers of the court va Har-
rn Toney. July 22, 1636.
AI«j. at the an me t tine mud pUiCf, the following tyosiponed sale.
Tlie interest whicl Jr nos Henry has in and toIotsoHand
number one hundred and number one hundred snd one, ly-
,nf <n Iwe'fih dbtrict of Henry comity, end one small
liny karse—-Iefieu or as the properly of James Henry, to
*Uti«fy a fi i«i ibsued from the superior court of Henrv coun-
iv, in favor oi Gillwit Gray vs. James Henry. July 22
1*^6* WILLIS 11■ LLILOY L, deputy sheriff.
PA^IIIXGTOV SHERIFF’S SALE.— On
_ _ the first Tuesday in September next, will, w ithin
the iepal hours, he so d, before the court-house door in the
town of Sanders ville Washington county,
a<*re iot in the own of Sanders ville, *vit h a tin house
iherean, adjoining 1)} vis, one wasrgon and six mules, one
**•>’ b ‘rse, one negro hoy ncin^d lienr}", one querier of an
acre hit in SamWsvi )e, with tiie iinpiovetnenfs thereon,
adjoining Worthen, o ne hundred and twenty-six acres of
lao^, adjoining Siimui ns and others, three yoke of oxen and
lw • car-s—levied on is the property of Morgan Brown, fo
satisfy a fi fa in favor of 8. A. H. Jones and W. W. Cul-
Ien3 vs. Morgan Bro.vu and surkirv other fi fan va. aaid
•raw'n: property poii ted out by naid Brown.
Four hundred acres of land more or le-is. adjoining Adams,
Lrawn and others, o*: the w*H'prs of Wjjhainsoi swamp—
levied an as ihe prop* r.y of Joshua Price, to aaliaiy a fi fa
m favor of James Ads ms vs. said Price.
One hundred and fifty acres of pine land more or less,
adjoining LJisha B!an nid o' hers—levied on as the property
of Jaaeph Bray, to aaLsfy a fi fa in favor of William Slade
v«.«aid Bray: levied on an*! returned to me by a conctahle.
SHERROD SESSIONS, deputy tUsriff.
Jaly t6, !8Sfi. ^
Ai^j, will he so'd at the mime time and /dare,
T wo hundred acres of pine bind, more or les.^, adjoining
Parish and others—levietl on ns the property of John Wads-
w#r.h. lo satis,y a fi fn in favor of William Siade vs. said
VN adsworth an<i John Cone.
Ltar hundred ac r.3 of pine land, more or less, adjoining
tir ami others—levied on as the property of John Cordery,
lecaiisfv Mindrv fi fas issnetl from a justices’ court in fhvor
wl John B U ilbams vs. John Cordery, Jonathan Cordery
John H. Newton indorser: property pointed out hy
Hoiarr M. Lawrence: levied on and returned to me by a
refutable. July 1S3G.
JAMES BOATRIGHT, *he.-iff.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
*5r t^ ILLI AM <». LITTLE has removed to
Minedgevill?. i*e will practice Medicine in the va
rious branches of the profession, in this and the adjoining
counties. January 22, 1836.—30
N. IL Dr. J. B. GORMANT lias left at my
omce. his Votes and Accounts for collection; those in
debted v. il! please call and make immediate payment.
March 4, 1836.-36 'w. G. L
MEDICAL SCHOOL, OF FLORA.
B. R. THOMAS has removed from Dr. L
Du aha m s. in Clark count v, to the cilv of Columbus,
where he will prepare, in the best manner, at his office,
on Oglethorpe street, VEGETABLE MEDICINE,
for the cure of ALL LINGER! %G and CHRONIC
DISEASES. ^ Those persons afflicted, and desiring the
uood results of Flora’s remedies, wjii send the symptoms
of their disease in writing.
CANCERS, FITS and ALL KINDS of L'L-
LC(»b will be undertaken, (no cure, no pay by the pa
tient hoarding in or near Columbus.
..V B. All letters directed to him, to rereive attention
nest hepo*t-paid. June 10, 1836.
5 J-lot B.R. THOMAS.
*T*> &
DRUGGISTS,
MACON, GA.
T HE SUBSCRIBERS (former partners of FJIlis,
Shot wet I, fc Co.) have resumed their business
under Ihe above firm, at toeir old stand opposi'e the Brick
Tavern, and will keep a general assortment of Drugs, Me
dicines, Surgical ami Medical Insi.-uments. Paint3 and Oils,
of all Kinds, Window Glass, assorted sizes, Glass Ware for
shop furniture, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Brushes of
every description, Botaoic and Falejy Medicines, Car
penter’s preparation, also his Essavson Materia Medina.
Dye woods and Dye stuffs, and a great variety of miscellane
ous Articles, of winch they have received a targe sunplv, and
intend keening their stock constantly replenished, so'os to
be able at all limes to supply Dealers. Physicians, Planters
and others, w ho may favor them w ith their custom.
Intending lo be permanently engaged ill this business, the
sulncrihers-, from their long experience, hope lo rentier it
worthy the pal ruling? of old and new customers. Orders
by Jeiter will meet toe same a.temiun as if made in person
HENRY SHOTWELL, '
JACOB SllOTWELL.
N. K GARDEN SEEDS, a.sorted, warranted J mil.
A liberal discount made to country dealers.
February 27, 18?6.-eowif-36 H. & J. S.
From the New York Mirror.
HOME AT LAST.
A shivering child, one winter's night,
IT, • (T u® snow u , as <!l “ f '. n . and < old the blast,)
Hugging her ragged mother tight,
, , ‘ .Mother! exclaimed, “we’re home at last!
Arid as she spake, poor liitle one,
A ruinous hut she stood before,
>> lienee, ever since ihe morning sun!
I hey strayed—to beg from door to door.
^ e re borne at last! Sad home is this
All lorn without, all cold uiti lin;
1 he adder here might lurk and hiss,
Her poisonous webh the spider spin—
But there s r.o fire fo warm or light;
Am) crevices are yawning'vvide,
J “rough which the siorm, this freezing night
May luy you stiffened side hy side. ’
And yet this wayward child had been
By many a gorgeous bouse-and past
« here mirth and music cheer the scene
ISor envies -for she’s home at last?
I nus may the heart he trained below
T, c , r VC thc cot "herein was cast
Jis lat 3 of poverty or woe,
Like her s who cried—“We’re home at last!
F om the Nashville Ft publican.
wru T, G ? OD HOG-GEREL.
hen Peggy s dog her arms imprison,
I often wish my lot was Insert;
How often J should stand and turn
Jo get a pat from hands like hern.
MILLEDGEYiLLE, (61.) 1V6LST 30, 1*30.
MlSCELLAYEOYS.
Tj'ATTN A hij SHERIFF'S SALE.—On the
■ first Tuesday in Ortolier next, will, within tlte usual
banrv, ta. s ,,|,] i |^p, re the < imrt-house door’in the lown of
“eiifsville, Tattnall county,
Dn» bund red and ninety-five acres of swamp and pine land
10 said county, lying and being on the watei s of the Alatsma-
na,and adjoining lands of Allen Johnson and others, end six
s iL” 1 ail< ' acres of pine land, in said county, lying
I™ hemg on the w aters of Inman's ereep, and adjouiing
ia’wjs belonging to Sharpe and Green, and one sorrel i. irse,
eitln head of sheep, one pair of limher-carri, je wheels,
iwu log chains, one sideboard, one bureau, one table, and
'-sugachoPer-aU levied on as the property of Ellianan
• ‘' ’ ’ ,u satisfy a fi fi in favor of the Central Rank, and
war a. t.vur yfib . ad minis! ralrit of Allen Johnson, deceas
ed properly pointed out bv tiie defendant. Condition.,
«*«h. August JG, 1836.
EDWARD KENNEDY Jnn., shenf.
— nc . CUKE OF DROPSY.
■ § FALL <V ELLIOTT keep constantly on hand,
with M. E. EI)H VRDS of Millet.eeville, a sup-
pi> of their valuable Medie : ne for the cure of Dropsy.
May 20, 1836.—i in -*8
GRANTING and rank agency.
'■*IIKundersigned will attend lotherenewalof NOTES
M ia tli« CENTRAL B AN K. and passing tiraiits
l *r»«.h the several offiees for ONE DOLLAR Each.
HAMILTON B. GAITHER.
HtVcieeviUe, January 22, 1836.—30
T ANDCOJlJflSSlON BCSfNESS.
BE sdhserilter having taken that extensive Fi US Proof
,, '' JIouse on M ln'osn-streer, known herctofiiro
V''card & Cook's, and recently occupied by Mr. R.’ Ma
nor, offers his services to the Planters am' Merchants tn the
^ GENERAL COMMISSION BC-
• I N ESS. Ho will be prepared by the 1st of September
‘ 9 >o any business lie may be favored with and solicits
rom his frienos and .ha public, their patronage. His busi-
J* wifi he exclusively aC-rmmisaien one, intending no in*
wrest w hatever ia ihe purchase of cotton.
. THOMAS DAWSON.
AV««a, August )*, 183f fit-8
COJOTISSIOS BIJSfXESS.
rWAlTI - ’ subscriber, have connected themselves for the
II purpose of transacting a general Factorage and Com
mission Business in the Citv of Savannah, under the firm of
X. * \V. H ARDEE, and solicit the patninage of ihcir
friends and the public, and hope by unremitting alter.:ion
and assiiluiiy'lo meet the approbation of those who may
iav»»r them with their business. They will make libeial
edvauce. on cotton, goods, or other property placed in their
hinds for sale. NOBLE A. HARDEE.
WILLIAM IL HARDEE.
REFERENCES.
Messrs. Cowles A Waro, MilledgeTille.
Messrs. Cooke & Cowles, Macon.
Mr. Joiin Rawt.es, Hawkmsville.
Sumttnah, August 23, 1836,-9-fit
A.cniJinii
M ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and Ihe public,
- that he intends coitinoing to ircn.act n GEN*
CIIAL WAREIIOI SE \ND COMMISSION
Hi SI NESS at his o'd stand; he is preparnl to make h-
l>"ral advances on produce s ored w ith him—and will at
tend punctually to business entrusted to his care.
Augusta. Georgia, July 26, 1836.—fit-9
FIItE.PKOOF WAREHOUSE:
£ 'e its m issi on Iff a silicas.
(^TOV AIjL, 8DIMOXS A: CO* tender thi“ir sin-
coro thanks tothnir friends and t.ic public, for the lib
eral Pahonauo conferred on Thom. ir. ihcir WARE-
HOI SI] A.\I> tOJIRISSIOX 1U SIM1SS, for
years past, and rcspocifully renew the offer of their servi
ces, promisin'? their eoruinoed efforts, for flic promotion of
\}\e iiiiercstk of iht ir patrons. Th°v arc prepared lo afford
tl»cusual«dvances on COTTO.Y, Are. consigned lo ihcir
care, an heretofore. Augusta, August 8, 1836.-ilt-f 121-7
ROCKWELL <fe KEI¥AX,
-4 TTORNEYS AT LAW,
3KSLLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA,
H AVING united their PROFESSION YL INTE
REST’S, will attend 10 business entrusted to tiiem
in thc C.iuntiee of ihe Ocmulgee Circuit, in the County of
Hancock of the Northern, Wasliingion of the Middle,
Twi-gsand l^turens of (lie Southern, and IfoeMon, Bihh
and A.'onroe of the Flint Cireeiis: also in the Federal Court.
Their odiccis on the second floor of the Masonic Hall.—
July 1 y, 1836. SAMUEL ROCKWELL,
5 M.J. KENAN.
T CI RE-PROOF WAREHOUSE.
HL subscriber, feeling under strong obligations to his
tnjn.1., for tne patronage given him since he has been
" , nrchouse and Commission Business, and br ing de
termined to continue the same, lakes this method ofsoli-
WYoPM«T'll e0f ! l r: rus '” m n ’’“ friendship. Ills
h IIRR . tO F 1 ' 1 ‘„ LOSE STORES are entire*
frisi.,1 ,■ ”* ir e’ ! s P re PU r ed to extend lo his
ml i lne " su “ ! "<'<’* m the way „f Advances, or fill-
^ orders for Goods, &c. Slnct alien, ion will he paid ,o
«ee,vi n - and forwarding Goods for country dealers, and to
sale ot Prodfico or Merchandise entreated ;o his carp.
benjamin baird
hueusta, Ga. July 1, 183G.-13t-2
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS’
E KZU’W'AM.P*
SCAPED from the Penitentiary on SATURDAY,
the 30th nit., a convict hy lito name of GEORGL
^ ' DLEU, eighteen years of age, five feet eight and
evn! | m, ^ e8 111 height, fair complexion, light hair, and blue
sinri lls , * rorlt let th very uneven and project forward very
at .i 1: . ' ie "as convicted of simple larceny (negro stealing)
M i'i 181 January term of the superior court of Chatham
his« ] r '‘." nr d of one hundred dollars will bo paid for
PPfehension and delivery at this institution, or confine-
- 11 m any ES f? iail in the Stale.
JOHN MILLER,
„ FnncipiH-Keer' f Penitentiary, ad interim.
rraitenUury, August 13, 183G.-1': -?
Constitutionalist, S:ivaii."ah Georgian and Co-
v -L llnel NV »H ^ive thc above three InsertiCr*-
MERCHANTS AND 1WECHAIICS,
T LOOK AT THIS:
TBOrptl!! ? e P ,eral> er next, will he sold, 'n
TOW\.r nm): Lowndes county, n number of
an elevation. „ i'* Troupville is beautifully situated on
of the junction ,V ■ ° ^ lver 11 "’i within a few hundred yards
which stream S 1 V s slreain li, « Withlacouchy River,
nt a Very «m',ii ° ,ave no doubt, mav be made navigable
tdaee, and na«W, W ° tllink tll!? « a,a brity of the
P'Uon country M, ‘ IOn ‘u ‘ "f Blr , Pam t together with a fine
tnents to invifoli r °” TI< 1,lg 1 ie I'l 000 ' are sufficient indnee-
s i ■i:. 1‘f at fen: ton of merchants and other profos-
Term"-^n u?r Vle - V " le ,),ace ’
Pn 'l Of twelve mlmi* i!h, i5 f,ix mo,lth *—the other, at the
*‘U be required J, iy £ W ‘ lb a I 1 I )roved security,
STRICKLAND,4
SAMFEtS? I C ™ m ' s -
^ KSS&gw ■ J sioners.
FOR KALE
S ULPHATE QUININE, l»v the dozen ounces;
ROWAND'S TONIC MIXTURE:
swAIM’S PANACEA;
HILL'S BALSAM OF IIONEY';
DR. ROBBERT’S WELCH MEDIC AMEN
TUM. For sale, in Milledgeville. at the store of
May 19 -16-17 GEORGE ROOT & SON.
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA^
T HE fifth course of lectures in this Institution will lie
commenced on the third Monday (17th) of October
next, ard continue as usual SIX MON THS. The Col
lege edifice is completely finished. Many valuable addi
tions have been made to the Museum and Chemical appara
tus since the last course. The Lectures w ill he delivered hy
L. A. Dugas, M. D. on Anatomy and Physiology.
A. Cunningham, M. D. on the Principles and Practice
of Medicine.
Joskth A. Ete, M. D. on Therapeutics anil Materia
Medica.
M. Antony, M. D. on Obstetrics and dienscs of women
and infaniR.
Paul F. Eve, M. D. on Principles and Practice of Sur-
gery.
Lewis D. Tord, M. D. on Chemistry and Pharmacv.
In addition lo the above each Professor will, in rotation,
deliver Clinical Lectures one month.
The terms are—Matriculation Ticket, tn he taken once,
five dollars. Ticket for the full course one hundred dollars.
Ticket for Practical Anatomy, to be taken at least once, ten
dollars. Diploma fee, ten dollars.
JOHN \V. WILDE, President,
L D. Ford, Secretary.
Augusta, August 23, 1836.—'lt-3.
AND CHEROKEE LAND AGENCY.
fgMIE undersigned offers his services to the public as an
E_ Agent for the transaction of business in the Central
Bank, and in selling Cherokee Lands. Ilis foes will
he fi>r Agency in discounting or renewing each Note in Bank
ono dollar; tor effecting sales of Land, five dollars per tract
under one hundred dollars, and five per cent, for all above
that sum. Ills late residence in the Cherokee country and
present siaiion in the Surveyor General’s Office, pccui arly
adapt ilini for this agency.
All communications must come post-paid, or they will
not he taken from the post-office. Milledgeville, April 26,
1836,-44 JOHN BREWSTER.
CENTRAL RANK OF GEORGIA,
MILLEDGEVILLE.
T HE undersigned officers of this Bank will hereafter at
tend to the RENEWAL of all NOTES that may
be entrusted to their care, for the customary fee of ONE
DOLLAR for each renewal. Letters enclosing Note
S.nd Money for the renewal of notes, post-paid, directed to
the “Officers of the Central Bank of Georgia,” or any one
of them, will! e promptly attended to. The old Note, No
tice and blank Note, will, in all cases, be forwarded by the
earliest mail. August U>, 183.5.
C.C. MILLS, Cashier,
W. J. DAVIS, Teller,
L. V. BUCKNER, Discount Clerk,
8 B. H. REYNOLDS, Book-Keeper.
AGENCY.
T IIE undersigned will attend to the renewal of Notes
in the Central Bank, at the usual fee of One Dollar
for each renewal. They will also pass through the several
offiees and forward grsnts at one dollar for a single grant,
and fifty rvats each where more than one is requested.—
Communications addressed to them jointly or separately,
(post-paid) will be punctually attended to.
JOHN G. PARK,
Milled rev He, April 55,1836.-14 PFTER FAI IL
history of mormonism
By a correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser.
It appears that Mortnonism owes its origin to
an individual named Solomon Spaldiag, who
wrote the historical part of the book of Mori
mon, oras ms sometimes called, the Mormon
Bible. But it was done more than twenty
years ago and without thc least intention, on
he pail of the author, of framing a system of
delusion for his fellow-men. This Solomon
Spalding was a native of Ashford, in.Connecii-
cut where he was distinguished, at an eariy a-e
for his devotion tostudy, and for the superiority
ot Ins success over that of his school-mates —
At a proper age he received an academic edu
cation at Plainfield, and afterward commenced
the study of law at Windham. But his mind
becoming inclined to religious subjects, he aban-
doried the study of law, and went to Dartmouth
college for the purpose of preparing himself
for the ministry. After receiving the degree
°. A * AI ’> he was regularly ordained, and con
tinued in the ministry for three years; but for
some reason not known, he abandoned that pro
fession, and established himself as a merchant
at Lnerry Y alley, in the State of New York.
Failing in trade, he removed to Conneuut in the
State of Ohio, where he built a forge, failed
and was reduced to great proyerty. While in
this condition, he endeavored to turn his educa
tion to account, by writing a book, the sale of
which he hoped would enable him to pay his
debts and support his family.
The subject selected for this purpose was one
well suited to his religious education. The
work was to he a historical novel, containing a
history of the Aborigines of America, who, ac
cording to the notion of those who refer all
questions of history, science, and morals to the
sc.iptures, were supjtosed to he descended from
trie Jews.
a d°P ,c d was “The Mnnuscript
Found; ’ and the history commenced with one
Lohi; who lived in the reign of Zedokiah, king
of Judea, six hundred years before the Chris
tian era. Lehi being warned of God of (he
dread!uI calamities 'hat were impending over
Jerusalem, abandoned his possessions and fled
with his family to the wilderness. Afier wan-
dermg about the desert for a considerable time,
they arrived upon ihe border of thc Rod Sea,
and embarked oil board a vessel. In this they
floated about a long lime on thc ocean, hut at
last reached America and landed upon the
shores of Darien. From the different branches
or this family were made to spring thc various
aboriginal nations of this continent. From
time to time they rose to high degrees of civili
zation: but desolating wars arose in turn, by
which nations were overthrown and reduced
again to barbarism. In this the condition of
the Indians, at the time of Columbus’ discovery,
was accounted for, and the ancient mounds, for
tifications, temples, and other vesliges of former
civilization, found in North and South America,
were explained. J he governments of these
nations were represented to be theocratic, like
that of the Jews from whom they descended and
tncir national transactions wore consequently re
gulated hy their prophe's and priests, who re
ceived their commands direcily from the Deity.
In order, therefore, that the style of the romance
might be suited to the subject, and to the popu
lar notions of the people, ihe author of The
Manuscript Found, adopted that of the Bible—
thc old English style of James the First.
_ ^ ‘ lcn the work was ready for the press,
Spalding endeavored to get the pecuniary as
sistance necessary for its publication; but his
affairs were in so low condition that he could
not succeed. He then removed to Pittsburg,
and afterward to Amily, in Pennsylvania, where
he died. The widow of Spalding states, that
while at Pittsburg, she believes the manuscript
was carried to thc printing house of Peterson
and Lambdin; hut how it afterward fell into the
hands of Joseph Smith, by whom the Golden
Bibic was published, cannot he positively proved.
Circumstances, however, have been traced, suf
ficiently strong to convince any one, that this
occurred through the agency 'of one Sidney
Rigdon, who was one of the first preachers of
tl\e Mormon laith. J he manner however, in
which this occurred, is of little importance. It
has been positively proved, since thc Mormon
Bible began to attract attention, that the histori
cal part, which is the frame work of the whole
scheme, is the same as that contained in the
Manuscript Found of Solomon Spalding. A-
mong the many respectable witnesses who have
certified to this fact, are a brother and also a
sister-in-law of the author.
The next and principal character in the hum
bug of Mormonism, is Joseph Smith, jun. the
great high pries!, prophet, and founder of the
religion. Joseph Smith, the father of the
prophet, emigrated from Royal ton, in Vermont,
w'ith his family, about the year 1830, and set
tled in Manchester, in thc: State of New York.
Young Joseph was at tiiis time sixteen years of
age. The family appears to have been very
little respected by its neighbors, and remarka
ble only for being lazy, ignorant and supersti
tious. They believed firmly in the appearance
of ghosts, thc power of witches, and the telling
of fortunes. And from time to timo thev were
engaged, in conformity with dreams and other
signs and wonders, in digging in solitary places
for treasures, supposed to be hidden by Kidd or
the Spaniards. Young Joseph became by de
grees very much skilled in thc arts of necro
mancy and juggling. He had the power of us
ing the divining rod and of discovering wonders
in a peep-stone; and having had thc address to
collect about him a gang of idle and credulous
young n- n, he employed them in digging for
hidden treasures. It was afterward pretended
that in one of the excavations thus made, the
mysterious plates, from which the Golden Bible
was copied, were found. About the year
1325, it was said by thc family that Joseph be
gan to have communication with angels and
spirits, by which ho learned many things that
were hidden to the senses and understandings of
ordinary men. Among other things, he was
informed hy an angel of certain plates of un
speakable . valu ? and of the manner in which
they might he obtained. But, as is ushal in
such cases, he was opposed and thwarted for a
ky an evil spirit, and it was not until
182? that they were finally obtained. The
discovery was then noised about the neighbor
hood by the family, who said that the°plates
contained a history ot the aborigines of this
country, written in “reformed Egyptian cliar-
acteis, which could not he read by anv one of
the present day except hy the power of God.
Many proselytes were made among the credu
lous; hut none of them were permitted, at that
time, to see the plates, for it was said hy the
prophet that no one could look upon them and
live. 1 he translation was commenced by the
prophet himself, who was enabled to read the
“reformed Egyptian” hy the aid of the “peep-
stone.” This was done by putting the stone in
a hat or box, and then by applying his face the
prophet was enabled to read one word at a time,
when he pronounced aloud to an amanuensis.
After continuing in this manner for some time,
he was commanded l>y God_ to remove into
1 cnnsyl vania, for ihe purpose of escaping from
certain evil-minded men who were instigated bv
tiie devil to destroy hiiy. There the translation
was completed, and the plates were buried again
in the earth, by command of the Lord, in some
place unknown to all.
In 1820, the Golden Bible, containing about
six hundred pages appeared in print, having ap
pended to it the testimony of eleven witnesses
to prove its divine origin. The three most im
portant of these witnesses are Martin Harris,
Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitman; the first
tw'o of whom acted as amanuenses of Smith.
These men declare upon oath that the golden
plates from which the Mormon Bible lias been
tianslated, weie shown lo them hy y.n an' r el,
uiul that they know the translation to have been
made by the power of God, because it was so
declared to them by the Deity himself. Of the
eignt remaining witnesses, four were brothers
ol Whiteman and three of the family of Smith.
The Mormon Bible, at has been already staU
ed, professes to furnish i history of part of the
Jewish nation. It is pretended that Lehi. who
escaped from Jerusalem six hundred years he-
fore the Christian era, took with him the plates
which contained an engraved record of In's
tribe; and that these phtes being transmitted
from father to son, the records of the people
were continued, until tie fifth century, when
the tribe being nearly exterminated, the plates
were sealed up and hidden in the earth, where
they were ufterwai d fouid by Joseph the proph
et. r
According to these records, prophets and
generals aiose from tnne to time of great re
nown among the people, and the various events
which commonly took place in the progress of
nations, occurred in their regular order. By
the prophets the most prominent coming events
were foretold, especially the coming and cruci
fixion of Christ, the early condition of the
Christian church, the reformation, and the com-
tog of the prophet Joseph in later times. A
great many miracles were wrought, of course,
to prove the divine authority of the prophecies.
The Generals had occupation enough in the va
rious wars which arose among the nations des
cended irom the family of Lehi. In one of
their military expeditions an army was led into
a distant country, which they found entirely de-
solated by the ravages of war, and filled with
the bones of men and beasts. Here, among
the ruins, they found some golden plates, con
taining a record of the people of Jared, who
hud escaped the confusion at Babel, and had
been conducted by the Lord through Asia to the
sea, and finally to America. These people
having been entirely exterminated in wars,
their records were preserved and sealed up with
thc records of the people of Lehi.
Before the publication of the Mormon Bible,
many ignorant and credulous persons had been
prepared to receive it, by the wonderful stories
related by Smith. It was accordingly received
as soon as it issued from the press, by a suffi-
cient number to form the nucleus of a new
community of devotees. The arguments prin
cipally relied upon at first to increase the num
ber of proselytes, were the internal evidence ol
the book itself, and the striking exhibitions of
the will and power of God lhrough Joseph
8>muh. In addition to the extraordinary con
descension of the Deity in sending angels and
spirits to hold communication with him, ii seem
ed marvellous in the eyes of the people, that a
man who could not read or write, and who was
consequently unacquainted with the science and
literature ot tiie world, should be able to pro.
duce such a work—a work wonderful in itself,
and still more so Tor having been tianslated
from a language no longer understood by the
world, and found engraved on plates which had
been buried for centuries in the earth. Smith
is represented as a man exceedingly well fitted
for thc task he had to perform. For, although
ignorant, he possessed strong natural powers of
mind, an inventive genius, easy address, facin-
ating manners, a mild and sober exterior, and
was withal an excellent judge of human feel-
mgs and passions. Soon after the Mormon
Bible was published, a member of a congrega
tion of fanatics in Ohio, called Campbellites,
happened to be travelling in thc State of New
York, where he heard of the golden plates.—
Urged by curiosity he called upon Smith to
make inquiries, and was converted to the new
faith. On his return lie was accompanied by
missionaries who had been commissioned by
Smith to convert the Indians; and on arriving
in Ohio, thc new religion, its missionaries, and
its wonders, were presented to the Campbellites.
These people having been for a long time un
der thc dominion ot enthusiasm, and having
fancied that the millenium or some other grand
event was about to happen, were in the right
condition to receive the new revelation. A great
many of them were converted, and with them,
Sidney Rigdon, ihcir preacher—a man of pow-
erlul eloquence and of great popularity among
them.
is loose clothing warmer than such as fits close?
Because the quantity of imperfectly conduct
ing air thus confined around the body, resists
the escape of animal heat. Why is cotton
warmer than any other fibrous thread? Because
the fibres of cotton, when examined by the micro-
scope, will seem to he fine toothed; thisexplains
the cause of their adhering together with greater
facility than thc fibres of other species which are
destitute of teeth, and which cannot be spun with
out admixture of Cotton. Why does oiled silk,
or other air tight covering laid on a bed, preserve
a greater warmth than an additional blanket or
more? Because the oiled silk prevents the ven’.il-
ation of the person by slow passage of air as
through the texture of the blanket. Why does
worsted differ from yarn? Because separate
threads of wool are more twisted for the woorst-
ed, of which stockingsT>ud cloth* and stufls are
made, than for the yarn, of which blankets are
made. Worsted was named from its being ori
ginally manufactured at Worsted in Norfolk,
once a large town, but now reduced to a vil!egc,the
manufacture being removed toNorwichand its
vicinity. Why is linen disadvantageous foi wear
next the skin? Because it retains the matter of
prespiration in its texture, and s|>eedi!y becomes
imbued with it; it gives an unpleasant sensation
of cold, is very rapidly saturated with moisture
and conducts heat too rapidly. Why is a woolen
cloth advantageous? Because of the readiness
with which it allows the prespiration to escape
through its texture—its power of preserving
warmth to the skin under all circumstances—
the difficulty of making it wet throngh, lire slow
ness with which it conducts heat, and the soft
ness and lightness, jnd pliancy of its texture.—
Why are blankets so called? Because they
were first made in 1340 by one Thomas Blanket,
and some other inhabitants of Bristol.
his time had come, and died away as if in a
gentle slumber.—Chctirloitesville Republican.
WIIY AND BECAUSE,
hy docs a flannel covering keep a man
warm in winter, and ice from melting in summer?
Because it both prevents the heat from the man,
and to the ice. Why is it advisable to wrap up
the face, neck, &c. from the cold night air?—
Because the wrapping, especially of woollen,
receives a portion of caloric or heat from the
breath at every expiration, which portion is
communicated to the current of air rushing into
the lungs at each respiration. Why does a
person with a cold in the head, or catarrh from
the eyes and nose, experience so much more re
lief in applying to the face a linen or cambrick
handkerchief than one of cohon ? Because the
linen, by conducting, readily absorbs the heat and
diminishes the inflamulion, while tiie latter refu
sing to give passage to the heat, increases the
temperature and thc pain. Popular prejudice
has held that there was poison in cotton. Why
docs thc sea air change black hats, cloths, &e.
to a rusty brown ? Because ofthe iron contain
ed in the dvc. Most, ifnot all the usual black co
lors have iron fora basis, galls, logwood, oroth-
er substances containing gallic acid. Now the
sea air contains a proporion of the muriate over
which it is wafted; and these corning in contact
with any thing dyed black, part with their mu
riatic acid, and form the brown or red oxide,call
ed rust. Thc gaiic acid, indeed, from its superi
or affinity, has the strongest hold on iron: bulthe
incessant action of the air, loaded with muriates,
partially overcomes this, in the same way ashy
acid, even of inferior affinity io the gaiic, when
pnt upon black stuff will turn it brown ? Why
Old Humphrey on Fits.—Though no doctor,
I have hy me some excellent prescriptions for
the cure of fits, and as 1 charge you nothing
for them you cannot grumble at the price.
e are most of us subject to fits; I am visited
with them myself; and I say that you are also;
so now for my prescriptions.
For a fit of passion, walk out in the open air;
you may speak your mind to the winds without
hurting any one, or proclaiming yourself to be a
simpleton
Tor a fit of idleness, count the tickings of a
clock for one hour, and you will he glad to pull
off your coat the next and go to work like a
negro.
For a fit of extravagance and folly, go to
thc workhouse, or speak with the ragged and
wretched inmates of the jail, and you will be
convinced—
W ho makofl his he<l of hfiernnd thorn,
Must be contented to lie forlorn.
For a fit of ambition, go into the church vard
and rend the grave stones: they will tell you
the end of ambition. The grave will Le your
bedchamber, the earth your pillow, corruption
your father, and the worm your mother and
sister.
For a fit of repining, look about for the halt
and the blind, and visit the bed-ridden and af-
flicted, and deranged, and they will make vou a-
sharned of complaining of your lighter afflictions.
For a fit of despondency, look on the good
things which God has given you in this world,
and at those which lie has promised to His fol
lowers in the next. He who goes into his gar
den to look for cobwebs aud spiders, no doubt
will find them; while he who looks for a flower,
may return into his house with one blooming in
his bosom.
tor ail fits of doubt, perplexity and fear,
whether they are a load 10 the shoulders, the
head, or the heart, the following is a tadical
cure, which may be reiied on, for I had it from
the great Physician, “Cast thy burden ou the
Lord, and lie will sustain thee.”
History of the Constitution.—The following
extract irom the will of Mr. Madison, shows
that the American public will be favored with a
work on the Constitution, from the pen of that
illustrious patriot and staff-small—it will indeed
he a legacy to his country, worthy of being
placed by the side of the ‘farewell address’ of
the immortal Washington.
“I give all mv personal estate of every de
scription, ornamental as well as useful, except
as hereinafter otherwise given, to my dear wife;
and I also give to her all my manuscript papers,
having entire confidence in her discreet and
proper use of them, but subject to the q talifi-
cution in Xlie succeeding clause. Considering
the peculiarity and magnitude of the occasion
which produced the Convention at Philadelphia
in 1787, the characters who composed it, the
constitution which resulted from their delibera
tions, ilseffects during a trial of so many years
on the people living under it, and the interest
it lias inspired among the friends of free govern,
ment, it is not an unreasonable inference that a
careful and extended report of the proceedings
and discussions of that body, which were with
closed doors, hy a member who was constant in
his attendance, will be particularly gratifying
to the people of the United States, and all who
lake an interest in the progress of political
science and the cause of true liberty. It is mv
desire that the report as made by me should be
published under her authority and direction;
and as the publication may yield a considerable
amount beyond the necessary expenses thereof,
I give the nett proceeds thereof to my wife,
charged with the following legacies to be paid
out ofthat fund only, &c.”
We understand that Mr. Madison left, ready
for the press, to which it will bn forthwith given,
n report of the proceedings of the convention
which formed the Federal Constitution, taken at
the time, with notes, &c., and a compendious
history of the everxis which led to the cal! of
that convention. The work will make two
large octavo volumnes, and bo published simul
taneously in this country and in England. It is
hazarding little to say that no work of greater
intercst'and importance ever issued from the A-
merican press. His correspondence and other
writings will ho published from time to time, and
will constitute a mass of the most valuable po-
litical literature in the language.—Fredericks,
burg Arena.
Air. Madison.—Mr. Rives, in the touching
and beautiful speech which he delivered, when
thc death of Mr. Madison was announced to
the senate, referred to a letter which he had re
cently received, as probably the last written by
this distinguished man. He was mistaken.—
Professor Tucker, of our universTty, had the
honor of receiving the last emanation from his
mind, under circumstances which render the in
cident peculiarly interesting. It mas in answer
io a dedication of Mr. Tucker’s Life of Jejfer -
son, which is now in the press. We learn from
Mr. T. that it was written with the usual spirit
and ability of the anthor, and the most chaste
QQd perfect letter he had ever received from
him. It was written by Mr. Todd after hisdic-
tation, and franked by himself. He was three
hours in dictating the letter, and was so anxious
that this, which he beliexed the last act of his
life, should be perfect, that he had several sen
tences erased after they were written, and the
spattering of his pen in writing his frank care
fully scratched out. Tie died so soon after this
act was completed, tliat the envelope of Mr.
Todd announced his death to Mr. Tucker.
Mr. Madison was perfectly ware of the ap
proach of death:' on the morning of his depar
ture, he placed his hand on his brow, and said
SPEECH OF MR. TOWNS, OF GEORGIA,
On the i ORTIFICATION BILL, delivered in Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union, in the House of
Representatives, on Wednesday, May II, 1336.
(CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.)
But, sir, to pursue this “commanding
figure, the friend of the honorable gentle
man from South Carolina, we find him
both advocating and voting for the tariff
ol 1S1G. \\ hatever apology the peculiar
condition of the manufacturing interest at
that day furnished for thc vote he then
gu\e, I apprehend none will pretend to
deny that in this act was planted the prin
ciples ol that fatal American system that
gre\\ so rapidly, and exercised such alarm-
mg influence over the industry and pro
ducts of lal>or, that the firmest patriots
and most devoted friends to the federal
government could but look to the gather
ing storm with feelings of the most anxious
concern. In the winter of ISL‘3, the le
gislature of South Carolina entered their
protest against the tariflj a paper uniform
ly ascribed to the pen of Mr. Calhoun, and
containing this distinct annunciation as to
the relative powers of the States and
federal government: “The general go
vernment is one of specific powers, and it
can rightfully exercise only the powers
expressly granted, and those that may be
necessary and proper to carry them into
effect, all others being reserved expressly
to the States, or to the people.” That this
is a fair exponent ofthe doctrines of South
Carolina in 1S23, is not conjectural, hut ^
is part of the recorded history of your le
gislation; and tliat the document contain-
ing this dextrine has been uniformly as-
ctihed to Mr. Calhoun, was never xlenicd,
so far as I know and believe. And I may
add, that in my poor opinion, language
cannot he found conveying with greater
precision and more absolute accuracy
the true theory of our federal and State
governments, than the quotation I have
made.
Sir, this was the settled and well
established doctrine of South Carolina
statesmen, and particularly of Mr. Cal
houn, up to and until after May, 1S-30.—
It was about tliat unfortunate period,
when disclosures were made by Mr.
Crawford to general Jackson of a particu
lar course pursued hj Mr. Calhoun whilst
a member ol Mr. Monroe’s cabinet, in re
lation to the conduct of general Jackson
in the Seminol* campaign. The opinion
I entertain of Mr. Crawford’s conduct in
making thc disclosure of the cabinet se
crets, is not called for; but I mav say—
and in thus expressing myself, if I am
capable of expressing one sincere senti
ment, it proceeds from my heart—that I
have always regretted, that I deeply de
plore, that unnecessary, uncalled for, and
most unhappy rupture, which was the
consequence of the communications of Mr.
Crawford. From that fatal period, every
movement, every political act of Mr. Cal
houn, has been characterized by a dis
play of vindictive feeling, alike dangerous
to himself and to his country. Mark, sir,
in the short peritxl that intervened be
tween his breach with general Jackson
and the issuing of his famous “expose,”
the rapid progress, the wide extended and
alarming range of discontent, that per
vaded every portion of the south, where
his influence could be exerted; but, above
all, note the doctrine asserted and main
tained in that expose. No longer did we
hear the true doctrine in relation to the
federal and State authorities, os asserted
by the legislature of South Carolina in
1828. It was then the fashionable, the
received, the cherished doctrine, that each
State was within itself absolutely sove
reign and independent, and he who could
not subscribe to this faith was, at home
and abroad, denounced as a vile “sub-
missionist,” either incapable of under
standing, or. otherwise too timid to assert,
his rights. Sir, is it not strange that Mr.
Calhoun, with acknowledged powers of
intellect, Whose life, almost from boyhood,
had been devoted to thc public service,
whose habit of study and pursuit of busi
ness had led him to a thorough and inti
mate acquaintance, not only with the con
stitution and thc practices of the govern
ment created by that constitution, but
with the opinions of all those apostles of
liberty, whose writings and principles
have been the boast of all true patriots,
and honored by thc heartfelt gratitude of
millions of freemen, should all this time
have been groping in the dark, and never
have discovered until after his rupture
with general Jackson, thc true principles
of the constitution, the true relation be
tween the federal and State governments?
Look, sir, at the course of events in a
certain portion of thc south, from May,
13-30, to the summer of 1832. Thc peo
ple that had once been quiet, happy, and
contented, devoted to the Union, devoted
to the institutions of the country, suddenly
assuming an attitude alarming to the in
tegrity, the peace and -happiness of the
whole nation. I must not say what mas
ter spirit directed the storm. It is a part
of the history of your country. From
discontent to remonstrance, from remon
strance, whole regiments were firmed, or
ganized, and prepared to march at a mo
ment’s warning to assert in a most “peace
ful and constitutional manner,” the uncon
stitutionality of the tariff law. Yes, sir,
it was then Ihe motto ofthe party attached
to the interest of Mr. Calhoun, in South
Carolina, “millions for defence—not one
cent for protection.” All this, not until
after that fatal feud between Mr. Calhoun
and General Jackson, in which collision,
hope, and expectation long cherished for
the first office in this nation, suddenly van
ished, and this “commanding figure,” in
receding from his position with liis party,
could but behold die rising form of anoth
er greater than himself, (Mr. Van Buren.)
This was more than the proud spirit and
feverish aspirations of the distinguished
senator from South Carolina could endure.
From that moment he resolved that it
tide of fortune. And never did man pro
secute with more unrelenting zeal the idol
ol his ambition than Mr. Calhoun. Sir
with what perfect facility he abandons one
system of principles, and adopts others;
toda}-, denouncing the principles of the
protecting system tomorrow, greeting
with a hearty welcome die friends, nay
more, the father of that system: today,
the able and eloquent advocate on thc floor
of congress of the rights of minorities;
hut yesterday, at home in the bosom of his
community, crushing beneath the iron
hand of despotism the most sacred of all
the rights of minorities—the rights of con
science.
Such, Mr. Chairman, is a brief history
of tire eventful period between May, 1830,
and the action of congress in 1833, in
which the senators from Kentucky and
South Carolina played that part which
drew forth the eulogy of thc honorable
gentleman, (Mr. Thompson.) And, sir, I
ask this committee and the nation, what
was the respective parts of each, and the
credit due them, for the settlement of that
deeply absorbing question? Will this
committee refuse, or will the nation re
fuse, to hear thc testimony furnished at
that important crisis by the senators from
Kentucky and Soudi Carolina? Let it not
he forgotten that the broad ground as sum-
ed in the whole controversy in the south,
in which Mr. Calhoun took thc load on one
side, v as, that a tariff of protection was
unconstitutional, and that the act of 1S-32
was lor the avowed purpose of protection
to our own manufactures, as well as for
revenue, and, therefore, unconstitutional,
null and void, and of no binding influence
upon the people of the States. "The sena
tor from Kentucky, (Mr. Clay,) uniformly
maintained the reverse ol this doctrine.
And, sir, it was with principles so direct
ly opposite, that thc two great statesmen,
and, m the language of the honorable gen
tleman from South Carolina, (Mr. Thomp
son,) “those two great minds which have
for the last twenty-five years so gloriously
illustrated thc history of their country,”
took their position in the senate of thc
United States for the purpose of settling
this great question. Now, sir, arises an
important inquiry, that every man in the
United States should understand: what
./as the course that consistency demand
ed of each of these great minds, on tiiis
great occasion? Would it occur to any
that, for the purpose of settling this ques
tion, there would lie a total abandonment
of all principle on the one side, and no
sacrifice of principle ou the other? How
was a compromise to be effected between
xva? 1 *^ entc 'd and incorruptible patriots?
Why, sir, from the position of the senator
from South Carolina, “that millions for
defence, but not one cent for protection,”
one would have supposed his object would
have been to have pursued, as iur as pos
sible, his principles, for, if true to himself,
and the principle of protection was pre
served in the compromise bill, the obliga
tion of his oath, as senator of the United
States, would have constrained him to
have voted against all measures not au-
tliorized by, or in violation of that instru-
mern . But, sir, the remaining inquiry is,
did Mr. Calhoun vote for the tariff act of
18-j3? And does that act contain the prin
ciple of protection? That he did vote for
the bill the journals establish. That it
does contain thc principle of protection is
as fully and distinctly admitted by the act
itself, as it it had been written in so many
words on the face of the hill. But I will
not stop the proof at this. I will intro
duce the testimony of Mr. Clay, which
will appear from the following portion of
his sjx'cch, delivered rH the same time
anil on thc same memorable occasion of
the compromise. Mr. Clay says, “pass
this hill, tranquilize the country, restore
confidence and affection in the Union, and
I am willing to go home to Ashland, and
renounce public life forever.” The sen
ator from Kentucky must have been quite
sincere, when, for the sake of passing the
tariff, he would abandon public life for
ever. The hill passed, and liow Mr. Clay
has renounced public service, let the jour
nals of the senate speak.
It may be that he has kept tiiis promise
to the spirit, by confining his action to
what he may consider private, rat her thou
“pul»lic service.” But, sir, I am quite
sure he never felt a deeper concern in tho
success of any measure than in that of the
hill he was then advocating; and therefor©
his reasons, the motives that operated up
on him, and the important disclosures he
made, urged with all his transcendent
powers of persuasion, are entitled to very
grave consideration in settling the preten
tions of different gentlemen for the pro
ject that was to restore the just rights of
the south and the north, and to tranquil
lize the public miniI. Mh» Clnv says in
his speech, 25th February, 1833, on the
tariff, “the friends of free trade insist that
duties should be laid in reference to re
venue alone. Ihe friends of American
industry say that another, if not. para
mount, object, in laying them, should be
to diminish the consumption of foreign,
and increase that of domestic products.
On this point thc parties divide, and be-
tween these two opposite opinions, a re
conciliation is to be effected, if it can he
accomplished. Fhe hill assumes, as a
bnsis, adequate protection for nfhe years,
and less beyond that time.”
“Thc friends of protection say to their
opponents, we are willing to take a lease
of nine years, with the long chapter of ac
cidents beyond that period, including the
chance of war, the restoration of concord,
and along with it a conviction common to
all, of the utility of protection; and in
consideration of it, if in 1842 none of
thQse considerations shall have been realized,
we are willing to submit, as long as con
gress shall think proper, to a maximum
rate of twenty per cent, with a power of
discrimination below it, cash duties, home
valuations, and a liberal list of ftce arti
cles for die benefit of the manufacturing
interest.” Mr. Clay in the same speech,
says: “that it is far from thc object oi* those
should be sooner w ritten of him, “that he > ?. uiai it i^> uu uuiu mu tuipcci oi tnose
was,” than he should live unavenged for who support this bill to- abandon or sur-
his sudden and unexpected reverse in the -—-—- »
render the policy of protecting America**