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POLITICAL.
SOUND VIEWS of a WHIG.
One of the \)pst 'productions we have seen
lately, is a speech of 0. C. Baldwin, Esq,
delivered before the voters of Rockbridge
county, Ya., last spring, when Mr. B. was a
candidate for the State legislature. Mr. Bald
win was an ardent whig in 1840; but, finding
that the leaders of that party, when they got
into power, were not in favor of carrying out
the measures to which they were pledged be
fore the people, hut were for an entirely dif
ferent policy, he quit them, as every Republi-*
can should do. After speaking of the incon
sistent course of the whigs after they obtained
power, Mr. Baldwin says:
Having now, as I trust, fellow-citizens, |
proved to your satisfaction—if 1 have not
proved it to the satisfaction of the whigs, I
have to that of the Locofocos—teat the j
"W higs have violated every principle upon
which thev came into power, l proceed to the
second branch of my proposition, which was,
that the Whig puny was unworthy of the con
fidence and support of the American people;,
because, hiving obtained power, professing
one set of principles, it has fraudulently at
tempted to fasten upon the count ry a radical
ly different system of policy, which it disavow
ed and repudiated, most scornfully and indig-
nan’ly, during the last presidential contest. |
To ascertain the professed principles of a
political patty, we naturally look to the avow
ed sentiments of the prominent candidates of ;
that party, who are to he regarded as the ex- ,
ponents and representatives of its principles, i
We look also to the known opinions of the
party leaders, to the declarations ol the party
orators, to the prevailing tone of the party i
press, to the proceedings of party meetings, !
conventions, bcc., and as far as it can he gath- j
ered, to the informal expresssion of individual i
sentiments. Ordinarily, there is no difficulty |
whatever upon the subject; fot the part creed |
is usually embodied, in a condensed form, in |
all the public proceedings of the party through
out the land. For example: we all know that I
a national bank, a protective tariff', the distrilm i
tion of the pioceeus of the public lands, and
a single presidential teim, are non- the pro
fessed principles of the Whig party. They i
have been so avowed by Mr. Clay, the candi
date of that party for the Presidency, by the
whig press, by Whig candidates throughout
the length and breadth of the land, by the
late Whig State convention, and by your late
Whig county meeting. Now, that I mean to
assert, is this: that the Whig party of 1S4B is
radically different in its professed principles
from the Whig party of 1S40; that the party
has turned its coat; that it has abandoned its
old professed principles and taken up a new-
set; that the most prominent of these new
measures were disavowed most scornfully by
the Whig party, of 1840; that the Whig party,
nevertheless, according to its present confes
sion, was always in favor of these identical
measures, and determined upon carrying them
into execution; and that it had no sooner ob
tained power, upon professions of hostility to
these measures, than it did fraudulently at
tempt to fasten these very measures upon the
country.
I Peyton, of Roanoke? ‘'I shah vote for Gen-1 r £°' m the Qmqtiuitiomldt.
! eral Harrison, because he it- opposed to a great I ? ® S3 ATE fiKSIIT MEN.--iVo.--i
ii- -ii ; ),* *i-i . • i 1 rrLr.ow C itizekb:—Again I audress you with the in-
overshadow tug national bank. “that said I quiry, w are ore yotri.w hat is your position? Wejiaveba-
nedv together m die cause of tirici construction, some C(.
leu. seine furl vventy, thirty, forty-five years; iu fair vv 1 oth
er and foul; in infancy, manhood end old age: amid all die
rf angrs and .slut ing of parties and parly names ire haie
stood firm. During all that time, and under fall oirtjfinstan
ces, we have oppos< d lire assumpliun of implied powers by
Congress as d-.slrucfive of the hast interests of the suuih,
dangerous to our i .-Millions, and threatening to the union.
We li ve opposed federal usurpation, no matter in w hat
matter by tvlmt branch of die govern-:
We and our lathers opposed the high
handed surpnlion, of die elder Adams, and led un bv Jef-
„.i j . .1 forson tve broke the iion sceptre ttiih which he tl tempted
Mr. Badger, 111 an atfcliess O the people of | | 0 aweusinm submission to Ids despotic rtu-. Again, in
that .Statu) that General Harrison is a bank 1825, under Troup, breasted dajigf.r lor Georgia's rights
man, is a lit! What said the Virginia State
Whig convention of lb40, in full view of all
the facts of tlie case? That General Harrison
was in favor of a batik? Nothing like it; but
that, so far as they Knew or believed, General
Harrison Lad but one opinion about a bank,
and that was against it. , I will read you a
Senator Anderson, of Botetourt? “In the
late presidential canvass he (General Harrison)
was charged with being a Federalist, an ultra
United States Bank man, and an Abolitionist;
and I supposed, until very recently, that the
charges were true; but, upon examination of
them, I find that they are wholly false.” (See ^‘u caml-no mat
Veonian, /ui$stw.) hat said Mr. George h. nio i ainrapierf. Wei
’Badger of North Carolina? The cliaige (said ' r
and preserved her sail ini.-ic , inviolate, and unconlainiiia-
ted liy- the pu lilted tread uf the myrmiduuis uf the younger
Allans, and by our firmness and devotion, carried her
t rough triumphant m mger rtie threat* o! the President and
In prime minister Henry Ciny.
Now again has federalism pair! us one of its decennial
visits. We liave been traded oil lor a sight of It, e speaker’s
chair, aid a dish uf llattery (more worthless than E-au's (
I 'tags.) by Dawsonto fftnr}' Cjay and the whigs. j
II e i.avc been bound over by iuriejmires executed by our i
of the State, signed, among others, bv Mr.
Tobler, Mr. Peyton, and your late delegates,
General Charles P. Dorman, anil Di. Alfred
Leyburn.
“As to a bank, (said these gentlemen,) Gen
eral Harrison’s unqualified declaration that it
was unconstitutional is before you, andthvre
is no reason to beleec that he is in favor of a
national bun!; in any form, for hois assuiediy
otnioscd to a Dovcmmetit hank. A»s l 1 AR
\S WE KNOW OR BELIEVE, GENE-
HAL HARRISON HAS BUT ONE OPIN
ION ABOUT A BANK, AND THAT IS
AGAINST IT.
And vet, in the face of this mass of irresis
tible evidence, the late Whig State convention,
in an address to the people of the State, bear
ing the honorable signatures of \1 atkins
Leigh. Champman Johnson, John H. Peyton
and others, positively asserted that the V big
party of I 8-40 advocated the establishment of
a national hank!!!
The teal evil under which the country is
laboring is not the want of paper money, but
its indebtedness. This evil, neither banks nor
Government can redress, without paying your
debts, or releasing you from their obligation
by a sweeping repudiation law, embracing all
debts, national, State, and private. You do
not get out of debt by borrowing (say) $1,000
of a bank, payable at sixty or one hundred
and twenty days. Nothing but industry and
economy can po
- p
11 31 r ( lay’s l:»ti4«di!»ar tin-tlorirujos a*ul nic;isur**s, and it j
i» p-ornibcd fu- u- tint we will eon-ider the const lotion a I
d. ,-td letti r, ,-orrcmJ r nil Its out-pOMs, if- ^meg cards. to the I
will «■£ n majoriiy. W'iint say you; will you abide the liar- |
on/eel willing la sanction the-bargain, to seal J
the bond? for n y pert the terms ol rbe contract rc gall j
iii.d wu;iu-vvood to in , and 1 vv old spit lrlliem even m j
w. U-li. 1 wuu d doeiiuelrarid nfler niurb to place a fin-* j
''■"kii g I It zeu ol «.< rgia. a man of goodly aspect, mid com- :
manding presrnee, it the speaker’s chair, or a- eluef over j
one nt the bureaus, and lark myself to the trial ufltis grea - j
ness; i.ut 1 rat not do this tiling, 1 dr in 1 will lie paving f
too dear for a whistle. It is true, had the transfer been |
made by a fra- kiin, a Jefferson, a Jay,a Gallatin, a Metier- 1
inch, a Liverpool, or a Talleyrand, 1 might have been re- |
eoneiied to the degradation. The baseness of ihe an mav j
Ituve hem g.ldtd liy the greatness of the actor; ion to lie
sold by U lillnm Gross by Daw son is nulliing lint 1 tile, a d ;
carries witti n n - inge o, siiadow of greatness. It is hard, '
it i- distterc cable, if is grating to flic to‘‘lings to se; urate 1
lrem old tri mis, old associates, and form new connexions
with those against w hom 1 have always been arrayed; hul 1
Mr C lay and the whigs are latuudinariaTts. 'ihe demo- j
crats profess to lie governed by tile Jeffersonian doctrines, \
so oppose the hank, ihe tariff the distribution, anil hank- j
nipt Jaw, and pnjudice must yield to jvriiiciplc, and partial- f
uy t doty.
1 can n t, 1 will not agree, to sacrifice the interest of |
Gccgia, iter charm ter and her rights, to Mr. Clay’s ainiii- j
tion, or Mr. Dawson’s vanity. 1 w ill not support a Bank ;
ot the L'nited States, because I believ • with Harrison that
Congress has n ■ power urtder the constitution to charter a
hank, and ] agree w ifli seven eighths of the Sena e ot Geor
gia in IS38, that t’ is unconstitutional, inexpedient, and dan
gerous to the rights of the states and tiie liberties of l he peo-
p! , and because it has a strong tendency to produce a high
pr Htctive tariff and an extravagant and corrupt govern-
I will not support a protective tariff, because I do
not believe Congress has power t lay duties or co 1- ct tax
es for any purpose n t expressed in the constitution, a d I
do not find the protection of manufacturers expressed as
one of the expressed pm poses of laying taxes. And be-
rause 1 heli ve a bank anil high protective tariff as natural
ly produce an extravagant system of internal improvement
.. . . j h}' Congress, as tfie connexion of man and Woman to pro-
lblj luiieVC the couiltiv: tllicl, duce ciuldrcn, and an extravagant, wasteful and corrupt ex*
if you look any where else for relief, fellow-
citizens, you lean upon a broken reed, which
will pierce you through with many sorrows.—
All such expectations are vain, illusory and
deceptive. 'Hie Whigs tell you to look to
government schemes. We Locofocos, on the
. contrary, tell you to look to yourselves, and
to rely upon yourselves, and to work out your
emancipation from the galling and humiiiat
It is utterly impossible that a national bank
could have been one of the professed princi
ples of the Whig party of 1840; not only be
cause many of the most prominent men in the
Whig ranks were notoriously opposed to a
bank—such men, for example, as Mr. Pres
ton and Mr. Legare of South Carolina, Judge
Berrien of Georgia, Mr. Mangum of North
Carolina, Mr. Rives and Gov. Gilmer of Vir
ginia, Mr. Talhnadge of New York, Ac., Ac.,
(one-halfof the original Harrison men In the
Harrisburg convention, according to Gen.
Murphy of Ohio, who was a member of that
body, where hostile to a hank)—but also be
cause Gen. Harrison and John Tyler, both
know the whole country to be opposed to
a bank, or. grounds both of constitutionality
and expediency, were nominated by the
Whig party for President and Vice President;
the former in opposition to Mr. Clay, the de
cided advocate of a national bank. How is
it possible for any man, with ibis prominent
and decisive fact staring him full in the face,
to have the effrontery to maintain that a na
tional bank was one of the great avowed mea
sures of the Whig party of 1840? What!
nominate anti-bank men to establish a bank?
Surely, the Whigs were not guilty of such
monstrous stupidity andfolly. Whatliad Gen
eral Harrison himself said upon the subject of
a bank, prior to the nomination? In the Yeo
man of April 1, 1840, 1 find an article headed
“Gen. Harrison and the bank,” extracted
originally from Niles’s Register, and tepub-
lished for no other purpose than to prove that
General Harrison was opposed to a bank.—
I will read you a portion of this article:
“In 1819, General Harrison was a candidate
in Ohio for the State Senate. Certain reso
lutions were passed at a meeting of the peo
ple, disapprobatory of him because be was a
director in the branch located there; and in
consequence, he has published a long address
in the newspapers. He declares himself ihe
enemy of banks in general, and especially of
the Bank of the United States.” (What a
desperate Locofoco, fellow-citizens, old Tip
pecanoe was—the enemy of banks in- general,
and especially—of the Bank of the L'nited
States! “That lie has. very little personal in
terest in any of them, and was uniformly op
posed to the establishment and continuance
of the said Bank of the L'nited Slates.”—
That he views it as an institution “which may
be converted into an immense political engine
to strengthen the arm of the General Govern
ment, and which may, at some future day, be
used to oppress and break down the State
Governments.”
I defy the most ral/id anti-bank Locofoco in
America to beat that! But this is not all. In
the Yeoman of February 12, 1810, there is
a leading article, from the Lynchburg Virgin
ian, entitled “General Harrison’s sentiments.”
That article contains General Harrison’s let
ter to the editor of the Cincinnati Inquisitor,
dated September 17. 1822, in which General
Harrison says: •
“I believe that the charter given to the
Bank of the L'nited States was unconstitution-
al—it being not one of those measures ne
cessary to carry any of the granted powers
into effect.”
Entertaining these sentiments, it is utterly
impossible that General Harrison could have
penciiiure oi ihe p. blic money, i will nolsupport internal
inij ruvenieni by lh<* genual government, becuus • I believe ,
no pari of lho constitution warrants, because I believe jt I
will afford an excuse for n high protective tariff, because I
kn w \ inns! and will highu-n the evils of ihe bank nod the j
tariff beget a M’M« in of partiality, fiand arid corruption, I
and that it will make tlie weak south tributary to tbccom- j
biircd east arid west, that under il tlx 1 minority will pay all I
the taxes, and li e majority enjoy all ihe beta fits. 1 will !
not support Henry ( lav, 1 ecause he is the main pillar and .
arch supporter of all th se abominations* 1 will not sup- j
v.» ..U..U.WU..V..I JJWI(J »• oil j, j »* ciliu uuiuiuat- poiiCraulord »or (iovernor, or Stephens for Con ress, he-
l,,.. ]„ „ c f i° • i° , : cause tit- y support 31 r Clay, and must necessarily support !
lllg bondage of dent, by industry economy, his n^easurrs; hrean P ih**ir election will give countenance j
and good management. A\ Inch ol US give j and aid anil support to Ibn:y Clay inOeorgia and else-
you the better advice? Judtre ve: 1 sneak as 1 " h ‘‘ ,e - 1 "J 11 -•'iffport Coo|ur ami 8tatk,iiot for any love
J ^ - 1 • or J«‘t»pfcl J have for ike men.hu for the love, the revor- ,
Ulito wise men. j ence, and respect which I now have, have ever had, and j
What is the present position of the AVhio* I " cl alw ays have, for the republican slate right principles
party in relation lo distribution? V by, i, ad- | tl m TIX^Z m
\ oCJttcs disf 11 out ion—a hsolule, UIKpIcdllied dlS- j vo\v and will ah.de by at the hazatd of being branded as a ^
tribution—in defiance of the compromise act, I Grri'vp'Vmi sf'd*™'' unii Ki “S> ^"Aiui By Clayton, Jones,
and in tlie late face of a bankrupt treasury, a j i was m!l<
deficient revenue, and large national debt.— I f-’, ia ir ‘
: Gilmer anti Stuck., and Janes al ii McKinley and John
; t raw lord, ami Midi men the rrmnanf of tlie old stale right
party to be railed a renegade hy Wiiiiam C. Daw.on and
I liomns 11 King, backed in Clayton, Jones, Greene and
i ist.ci!
hat say y< u my oid brothers: \\ here do vou stand?
W ill you give up/he old association, for your country?
Will you yield prejudice tor principles? Or do you Jearlhe 1
sen trier? or will yen stand by your oid stale right doctrines
and ; lie interest ol Georgia manger tlie sci tier and tlie scorn.
An Old iUjIt Jii/iltts Nan vote and forever.
d a traitor with Troup, and ihe elite of Geor-
nd lean bear in the cause of Gi-orgia vxiili
V. by this intense anxiety for distribution,
fellow-citizens, under existing circumstances?
Mr. Cushing, a distinguished tariff member
of Congress, tells us, in a letter to his constitu
ents, to lay a broader foundation for the erec
tion and permanent establishment of a protec
tive Tariff.—1 hat tariff" interest, fellow-citi
zens, lies at the heart of the AYhig party, and
is the secret spring of its entire political action.
Three millions, the ordinary revenue of the
public lauds, added to the customs, vs itt, Vo«i-
kce discrimination, would afford an immense
amount of protection. It would give millions
upon millions every year to the manufacturing
interest.
There can be no other motive for pressing
distribution so earnestly at this time. A sim
ple arithmetical calculation will show that,
for every dollar which distribution puts into
one pocket, it takes two or three dollars out
of the oilier. It would be infinitely cheaper
to collect the money by a direct tax, through
the agency of your State Governments.—
You get [sayj 8100,000 through the distribu
tion process. What does the money cost you?
In tlie first place, you pay every cent of" that
8100,000 out of your own pockets, through
increased duties on such foreign articles as
you may consume in your families: in ihe
next place, you pay tlie Federal Government
0 or 10 per cent, for collecting the money;
then you pay the new Slates an additional 10
per centum on the entire amount collected;
to which must be added tlie importer’s, the
jobber’s, and the retail merchant’s profits on j taxes as tlie people wiil bear, or
c,,,. out of. Remember till the taxes
From the Constitutionalist.
TO Till! OUU ol rt I r, HHitt I Mo. 3.
FcUenc-ritizcns:—in my last letter to von. I said the
hank tended to produce a high tariff; the hank and tariff'
to produce internal improvement by Congress, a profuse,
extravagant, partial and corrupt administration of the
general government. I shall in ilti. letter attempt to
give you Ihe reasons w inch have satisfied my mind of
tlie truth of tlie above opinions of the modern whigs
since their birth in fe'40—i to this time, and hy and
prove that they, and not we, who still adhere to old state i
light principles, are the lenegades, if so harsh a word is '
to be applied to any body.
And here let me make an observation, w hich has been j
made before bv wiser men, and which experience con
vinces me is tine, in conducting a controversy, men I
seldom get angry and call names, until they are beaten j
in argument; and I do not believe the whigs w ould have :
abused ns, so cruelly and nnjnst.y, if they did not feel
they had suffered some degree ol moral degredation as ■
men and patriots in abandoning old principles for the
sole purpose of worshipping at tlie shrine of the old eu- I
emv of Georgia, Ilcnn Clay.
[ said the bank tended to produce a high protective i
tariff I suppose the whigs w ill. if they have tlie power,
incorporate a l ank ol" $.'.(l.nOO.f)(!0 capital. Suppose t
this capital divided into shales of ft 1( 0 each, and that
each share-holder will average JOB shares, vou liave |
ollOO share-holders of the w ealthiest, most pow erful and :
most influential men in the l’nited States directly inter- 1 "
ested to the amount of 810.000 each, in laying as high :
ey can lie cheated
s through the hank, I
the increased duties which they advance for , . . r
M i • • ii *i * 4 j and are lifted/or Ihe benefit of tlu; bank, as Ions as the
you;—making, in all, at least 100 per centum ! goverlllI , en , „i,|,o„itheft. Then 1 ask von, will
on tlie amount distributed. Nor is this all; for j not these 5,000 men vote for a high tariff, and exert all
if only one-half the articles on which tlie in- j ff |L ' r influence to have one fastened on tis at least as
creased dutv is laid are manufactured at home, r",'!/f ( » as ,lie . 1! "' ’ a *kcd. what can
' nv lomncon i- ’; 5,000 men do in a population ot 1<,000, (100? I answer,
you pay an additional 8J 00,000 to manufactu- , a great deal: 5,non men of wealth ami talents, directly,
lets, merchants, and others—who, of course, i largely, and personally interested, haring a common iu-
prices as near as practica- ! truest dispersed overthe union, hut acting in concert im-
always raise their
lile to the high tariff"mark. It is thus evident
that you pay 8400,000 for every 8100,000 you
receive through distribution; whereas, if the
money [8100,000] were collected by the State
Government, it would not cost you more than
8110,000. And yet the Whigs are laboring
to humbug you with the miserable delusion
that every dollar you get by distribution is just
so much clear money pul into your pockets!
(t'r’Tlie New York
publishes tlie letter of Mr. Calhoun, which was
inserted in our last paper, with the following
remarks:
Mr. Calhoun.—Always manly in feeling
and powerful in intellect, once the idol of the
nation, beyond any other man since the days
of Washington,—Mr. Calhoun has been treat
ed, for some years past, by the pt esses of the
North, with marked neglect, and worse than
that, marked misrepresentation.—He might
have been President after General Jackson if
he would have stooped to little things, and
those not so little nor so mean as politicians
are accustomed to resort to. But be would
not compel Mrs. Calhoun to invite into her
der one common In ad. can do much, very much, to
wards accomplishing any object. This is not all: it is
a moderate calculation, to suppose ea- li of these 5,000 :
share-holders have twenty connexions and dependents I
directly interested in their pi o.-perity. besides multitudes i
more remotely interested: 5,000 by 20 is 100,000 per-i
sens scattered a.I over the union, directly interested in I
the prosperity of the hank, which can be as effectually i
promoted by no other measure as hy a high tariff Still
there are more; we must believe the hank will establish
a branch, if no more, in each state,(say thirtybraiiches,)
each of these branches will employ and interest at least
—., —— j twenty persons; 000 multiplied hy these connexions and
Journal of Commerce i dependents, 20 each, is 12.000. And yon 1 mve tin ag-
i gregate army ot 117.000 men, each a captain, scattered
j over the union, directly interested in the prosperity of
| the bank, and consequently in a high tariff, exerting all
| their energies, all their power, and all their influence, to
j have us taxed high, because every dollar wrung from us
j goes to increase tlie ability of the "hank to pay high sala-
| t ies and large dividends. Have I said the truth when I
said the hank tended to raise the tariff?
I To prove that the bank and the tariff tend lo works
j of internal improvement hy Congress, it is only necessa-
; ry for any man of common sense to recollect that in this
| day of the government of opinion, in all countries and
the more especially in this, it is absolutely necessary to
give some reason to the people for high taxes. W hat
I sponge can be so enlarged, and so fully- answer every
enquiry as to what money is wanted for .' if any doubt,
let our own works and a bankrupt treasury he the an
swer, as also, let it he mv witness that extensive works
of internal improvement carried on hy government, will
be, necessarily must he, carried on profusely, wastefuliy
andcorrnptly. Not our own only, hut since laying the
tiess thrust him out of the succession, anti
brought Mr. A an Buven in.
His virtues have always diawn out the en
thusiastic admiration and love of his friends.
“Tell me,” said a leading Whig of this city
been iti favor of the re-establishment of the! some m< inths ago in conversation with Mr.
late 1. luted States Bank, or of the establish- j Senator I testoii, tell me sir, what is the
ntenf of any similar institution; and the Whigs] secret of Mr. Calhoun’s wonderful popularity
were peifectlv aware of this fact at the time *' C ‘'" i ,<r * "" " e> *
society a woman whom tlie opinion of Wash
ington had excluded; and this piece of manli- | foundation stone of tlie pyramids to this day,extensive l
of his nomination for the Presidency.
Neither was General Harrison understood
by the country to he in favor of a bank.—
V hat said the \\ hig press upon the subject?
I have already shown you, bv the extracts
from the Yeoman and the Lynchburg Virgin
ian, that it labored to convince the people that
General Harrison was opposed to a bank.
What said the Conservatives? What said
Mr. Rives, the leader of that party, in his
celebrated letter, on the principles of which
the Conservatives seceded, in a solid body,
from the Locofocos, and went over to the
Whigs, who received them with open arms;
all their late affected abhorrence of treason
and traitors to the contrary notwithstanding?
“But it is said (said Mr. Rives) that General
Harrison is in favor of a national bank. In
regard to this last allegation, I think I shall
be able lo show you presently that it is wholly
gratuitous.’ M bat said Col. Payne? “He
(General Harrison) said expressly, that Con
gress had no pt^rer to establish the late -Uni-
#d States Bank.” What said Mr. Wm. M.
! at the South?” “It is the purity ot'his charac
ter,” replied Mr. Preston; “no man ever be
comes acquainted with him who does not love
him.”—This was generous praise from a gen
erous opponent. Mr. C.’s noble stand last,
year in favor of law and order in Rhode Island,
when some other interests in the democratic
party were meanly and wickedly urging on
the dogs of civil war, has done something to
soften the prejudices against him which the
tariff" controversy had engendered. He is
again brought forward as a candidate for the
presidency. His consistent moral and reli
gious character, hisgreat talents as a statesman,
and liis life of manly patriotism; will eu-ure
him a host ol ardent friends, so long as there
are inert in the republic to admire these quali
ties. Ihe letter which we print to-day, is a
specimen of the man. He does not disguise
that his opinions havesomewhat changed since
his entra'uoe on public life.—"Whose opinions
have not changed in thirty years? Most of
our prominent statesmen have boxed round
the Compass in that time. Not one of them
lias changed less than Mr. Calhoun.
overnment works have been and ever must he sources |
of profusion, extravagance, coiruption, and oppression, j
The oppression of the honest citizen to fatten and cn- {
rich die cunning speculator and the dishonest speculator, j
I have wearied nivsclf, I expect I have wearied you. and
must reserve what I have to say about the practices and
opinions of the whigs. which tends to show who ate the j
renegades, to another letter.
An Uhl State Fight Mon note and forever.
ICT’The following extract of a letter from Mr. Cal
houn. puls at rest one of the many misrepresentations to
which that gentleman has been the object in tlie W hig
papers:
FORT HILL. July (i, 1843.
Dior Sir:—I was absent from home when your letter
arrived, which v ill explain why it has not been acknow
ledged at an earlier period
You are right iu the opinion which you attribute to j
tue on the subject of free trade—so far from desiring or '
aiming at substituting a system of direct or internal taxes
for duties on imports, as the means of supporting the go
vernment, my object has been the very reverse, ns I have
often e,x pressed in debate. One of the objections I have
urged against high protective duties, is, that it would
hasten tlie period when a resort to a system of internal
taxation would become necessary. 1 am. and always
have been, of the opinion that the duties on imports and
the proceeds of the sales of the public land, are the legit-
mate sources of the revenue of the union, and that it will
prove a severe trial to the federal government whenever
it shall be forced to resort to internet taxes to meet its or
dinary expenditures; under this impression, as well as for
other powerful reasons, I have steadily opposed all
schemes of alienating the revenue from tlie lauds, or that
were calculated to unparc tlie source ol revenue from
the imposts.
* f,
With great respect,! ain, &c ,
To F.dward Delony, Clinton, La.
J. G. CALHOUN.
lature, ant) of gauiing.sllength to their catjJi-"
dates for Goveitfor and for Congress. Should
not our friends, with as much, reflection and
care, ppffceise the .advantage • they afford-to
their^idveraaries in every case where want of
unanimity is felt?* Should they not contem
plate with equal interest tlie importance of
i preserving unimpaired and inviolate, theit-
i"constitutional rights through the influence of
j tbeirpower in the Legislature? Can we expect
: the Democratic party to return their friends
j to'the Legislature, though they rriay have a
" - I large majority of the voters in a county, where
“’Tis tilt star spangledbainicr. oh, long may it wave, [ two many candidates are presented fin; t-Leir
O’er the land of the Tree and die home of die brave, j ejee, and the Whigs availing themselves of
F E D E H A L UNION i * lLt ^ 1 !l state things, run only a regular tick-
tkii.s,i:i>Gnvii,i.s,, Ai/arr -j<t, ts43.
Democratic Ticket.
FOR PRESIDENT.
dJ •© J-] ffl ©„ ©AiLtrUOiyKlo
FOR GOVERNOR.
i>I A ll K A. SJ O O F E Of .Murray.
FOB CONCBUSS.
.1 lVII-S il. NlAIEii, Of Bctts.s
[i.hvtinu nil tin: first Monday in-October ]
Watchman tvliat of rti« Njgkt I”
History of Parties.
The people of the Unite ! States are the
most democratic community which ever exis
ted. From the administration of Mr. Jeffer
son tu the present day, owr country has been
governed by men chosen for their actual or
supposed respect for popular rights, and esjie
! et, composed of their strongest men. upon
{ whom their whole strength may and will, most
i assuredly be concentrated? Of what avail is
i it to any one to defeat himself, and his friends
by coming tip and opposing men of his own
party, that \\ liigs. may be-elected?
Cinch, we are^informed, is t-he condition of
otlYirieuils in some counties. It ought not to
be so; friends should agree; they should ar
range and organize so qs to give their whole,
their united vote for their most prominent and
itsefnl nten in a crisis Kke the present: without
it the adversary triumphs over their divisions;
a minority of the voters chouse tlie represen-
tiv.es "from the county. We are pleased to
learn that a proper feeling isoegining to influ
ence ourf'riends in some of the counties where
we had too many candidates, and that now we
have there only the nurses of such a number
before the people as must insure the result.—-
Yet there are other counties iu which we
c.aliv with a belief that the right and capact- , , . ..... ... , .
learn rteleat and divisions are likely to ensue
tv <d tlie neotile tor self government, was not ... ,,
- , 1 , ,| . , s from like opposition among friends. Laii we
to be questioned, i heelection ot Mr. Adams , • i
, , J i i ■ • iu-1 i not hope, mav we not anticipate every where
and General Harrison to the 1 ’residency mav i - , , 1
, more devotion to the good cause, and more ot
seem to stand for exceptions; but the people , . ■ ... P ,,
, , r , 1 1 the spirit ot conciliation, than at present pre-
on whose voices these elections turned never j 1
dreamed that in easting their votes they were !
degrading themselves by selecting men whose j
first principle was a belief in the incapacity i
of the people for-self government. The name !
of Federalism under which this aristocratic j
vails.
Good news from the up Country.
A friend writes ns from Glarkesvilie, under
date of the 2?d inst., as follows:
I “ From all that I have seen, I regard our
principle received its signal defeat under the party as united as could be expected, from so
banner of Mr. Jefferson, has been repudiated , numerous and independent a body of men—
and that of wbig substituted in its place. But : our people are freemen, and will think, and
these pretended whigs have since lS40 r so act for themselves;but I cannot any whet e learn
plainly exhibited their aristocratic sentiments, of any deserters from our ranks. In Madison
that tlie name of whig will soon carry with it ' county a meeting was called to start the pro-
the same meaning as the name of Federalist. ' ject of another Convention, hut the discontent
The whigs are defeated in almost every State j was only momentary, and Las passed away,
in the Union, and the most sensible of tLevr and in fact, the meeting never was held. In
writers are now consoling themselves with the ' Morgan, I suppose you are aware, that vve
belief that as the Democratic party were eve-1 liave had a great accession to our ranks. I
ry where triumphant in 1838, and were defeat- have learned from an undoubted source, that
ed iu 1840, so it may happen that their defeats a gentleman of great influence in that county,
in 1813, may lead to equally splendid achieve- ; has prized princi/dc more than party org-miza-
ments in 181-1. Their hopesate a little stron- tion, and in battleing for the truths he has al
gor than the old proverb—when the sky falls j ways maintained, now finds himself aiding the
vve shall catch larks ! The whigs manifestly ] good cause of democracy.
enter into the contest for the next presiclen- | “ We are to have a regimental parade at
tial election knowing that in the L'nited States ! this place on the 24th. Stevens, the Randolph
they are a lean minority, and they would not of Georgia, (is not praise undeserved—satire
dream of offering a candidate, but for tlie di- in disguise :) is. expected here. Our friend
visions in the democratic patty. They have Cohen from Savannah is here, and will meet
also the accustomed fruit of minority politi- j him before^he people and reply to his remark s
cians. They are almost unanimously united and vve doubt not, will make tlie little creature
on Mr. Clay. These are the grounds of their !
hopes, and they point out to them the maxims i
they must follow—united they stand,divided tre |
fall. To the democratic party it is of tlie last
importance that their divisions should lie kept :
within the limits of their strength. Every \
one must be sensible of this; but our»expe- ;
ceedino-bad taste, and uuvvortby of the pages j * From the Neman Transcript
they oocupy. This ' fall. the high *md _ OUR PROSPECTS.
dignified station generally ’ occupied by tire M p jlive the Iblluwing letter from a rorrq
LouJou roviewers, >vc confess vve have seen pendent ol the' Columuus' limes of the ion
with unmingled regret. , Indled, tire L • In life itist., tlated AtlxJns, Augusf 5:
effort to throw into ridicule the facts of Mes-1 ‘\Since nry arrival here, I hav-e .
merism, appear to us surpassingly -weak and some pains to ascertain the extent off the def-v
puerilff f'tfon in the Democratic Party, on acc,, Ullt * 1 ].
Animal Magnetism is to be ^discussed and ,the nomination of Calhoun and Cooper ,,1
elucidated by reason and experiment. Of this 1 unless I am. much deceiv ed, it is very tritJd’n-
the reviewers seem sensible; yet for experi- I do not believe it near so great as uh
mem iliey substitute the lowest ridicule, and amongst the Whigs, on account of Clay ail( ] u ‘
for reason, tli.ev offer Such maxims ai these, l'nited Srtrtes Bank, aud a protective T;,, y
“If experience be often fallacious, how much I learn that Mr. Gilmer openly admits, tj ."
more so is '(gperirkm.” “When the general- the Wings have abandoned every principle ,jf
ity of mankind differ from an individual on the State Rights Party; anu in oonvur-at-,
some particular point, it is a strong presump- yostCuiiuy with the most intelligent W)ii,,p
tion that the individual is wrong, and he had this place, he frankly admitted tlie same, an I
better give way.” “As fur the higher orders, said the Democrats were the State
they are ten times more gullible than the mtd- Party. * ^
die classes—and among the learned, there | Mr. Clay has recently said the contest \\c<
will always be found -credulous and sapersti- f between free trade ;ip<i a Protective Taij-r
tiuus indKiduaJs.” “What! the power (net and ho was glad of it, ur words to that off,. ’*
limited to the faculty, but open to all) of cast- The Wbigs say lie is opposed to high duties—!
ing a man, woman, or child into such a mirg- he, himself, says helms never Cl/angpJ
culOus trance, that their legs inay.be amputar- opinion on any subject—except a Uuff . j
cd—theit teeth drawn—needles pushed into States Bank, and then, tha- change was a!, t ]
their ties'll—"afnnmnia inhaled—t heir jnvv-bylies one.
cut away, without the slightsot consciousness The W higs have placed themselves in ari
od theivqmrt !!” “Why such a power trails- awkward situation-by taking up Mr. Clay n , i
omuls that which was ever laid claim to, by his heretical doctrines, aud like the str, - ,
any necromancer or magician that ever lived !!” man in the Sibernian bog, the more they .'trim.
“If these-faetdties or powers were real, vve gle the deeper they will gut.
ask Dr. EJliutson, what man’s life or woman’s The Cassville Pioneer of last week, say. •
virtucf coulu be safe from the witcheries of the “ The prospect of electing our candidates t ,.
Mesmerist in any part of the globe ?” Governor and Congress, brightens everv d, u -
■Sucli is the reasoning of tlie Medico-Chir- In all parts of the .State the ci v is “All s well’’
urgical Review—such vve believe is the very —anti when vve say that A ll’s Well in CK-'o
best they have offered, and although they do kee vve mean it. The Democrats of Ch e i,ik Ke
not deserve the name of argument, vve are
*hot certain that their cause admits of any
better. Aidnial’Magnetism cannot be reason
ed of, to prove its existence. Its effects are
easily witnessed, and when seen anti experi
enced impossible to be doubted. We have to, and will do his duty, notwithstanding tl ic
neither the room or inclination to follow the line and cry of inconsistency, raised j, v
reviewers farther. Far less do vve desire to opponents, for thepurpose of creating div ision
dispute the limits of Mesmeric influences or The deception is so easily seen thro’ that it
{lowers. For our own part, if vve had less is daily recoiling upon the proponaiurs of it
confidence in tlie wisdom and goodness of aud we have no hesitancy in saying that Ohene
God, vve, under the lights before us, could kee will give Cooper and ritark a lar<-er nia-
vvish most heartily that Mesmerism was the jority than it did McDonald in 18il.”
humbug it is attempted to be made. But vve j
have some^xperience in t(iis matter: and there | S \TK> ELECTIONS
are numerous individuals of our acquaintance i „ ,
who can remove every doubt from the mind .. . e 1 le ie^u t o the elections in
of any sane man in a few minutes. For such A,abBma ’ Kentucky, and Tun
is their eusceptiblity to the influences of Mes- ~ u I " (ha ”*’ te f. les thc “fa
merism, that the doubter can speedily place [ ‘ kluuc,at1 ^ Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
them in a state in which his own community | 3 ,nem ® r ® ° 1 e ^g 18 afnre, out of It)
of sense, feeli.m and thought, will be exhibit- the democrats
cd to him in colors he cannot but see. ' e! " t:ted * an<1 the wh *« 3 3 -
Messrs. Pari dy Rogcis.
Gentlemen:—Another vacancy having
occuried in our Congressional delegation by
the resignation of Col../. B. Lamar, aud it be
ing inconvenient to convene the conmiilteefor
filling vacancies, appointed by the Democratic
hold inreserve sUch'mcn^as~Cass! Buchumian j Convention, 1 as a member of that committee,
propose that each member inform the chair
man (Judge Sturgis) hy letter who is his first
second and third choice, aud that he also for
ged-with great zeal, but vve think no injustice
to any will be done in stating that only two,
Messrs. Calhoun and Yan Buren, have at the
present time, the slightest prospect of becom
ing selected for that high office. We may
without vanity "express our exultation that vve >
and Johnson. Our difficulty in making a
lection, is nanowed down to two, and we have
no doubt that he who gets the nomination will
get the whole strength of the party.
Mo/le of Nominating.
Mr. Jefferson vve believe was run as the
candidate for the Democratic party, in the first
instance, without any organic movement.—
His labors as a poineer in the establishment
of its principles, hisgreat talents and maturi
ty as a politician, pointed him out, as the light
off the sun directs the eye to that great lumin
ary. This could not be expected to apply to
his successors, and the party found itself" com
pelled to resort to some mode of selection.—
A meeting of the Democratic members of, , , . , , , - ,
„ ° i , i i patty liave suffered themselves to he degrad-
Congress was held, Mr. Madison selected,; 1 . . ... . . , . F.,
, n , . . , i i r ri - ed bv its pulilicatipn oil their authority.-Want
ami the caucus system established, i Ills soon r - /. , ... . r .. ,
. y i i i t .i ! ol room hinders a further notice of it lor the
became unpopular, and was succeeded ny the
disorder which threw the election into the v Its 1 '
House of Representatives, and resulted in the | Iflesmoi isn*.
choice of Mr. Adams. At tlie next-election I
General Jackson, who had been proven the I Thts new science, hke "almost every great j
strongest democratic candidate, was fur that i d^very which has been -made since the he
ginning ot the world, is now encountering the
ward to his Excellency the Governor a du
plicate of said lettei, whi h shall be subject to
the inspection of any member of the above
named committee.
One of the Committee.
Whig Address.
RoLt. Tombs, A. J. Miller, N. G. Foster,
and N. C. Sayre who say they are a commit
tee from the whig members of the last legisla
ture, publish an address to the people which
demands notice; not for ihe weakness and ma
lice which characterise it, but because a great
reason run without any authoritative move- .. r -..i
ment of the party. Hi's great ability in the 1 ,n ‘*f v J ulcul °lT ,JsUlyn ’ Lect 1 u,els have 'V th ' I
art of government, and his“vast popularity with IQ tlie . ^ tw ® three years demonstrated Us ;
w - -- ’ - - the I astonishing phenomena in all the cities, and in ;
nearly every town and village in the United \
States. Tiie audiences which have attended -
these lectures have been composed of the
most intelligent and scientific portion of our i
people. Of these, vve venture to say, that a ;
decided and overwhelming majority are thor
oughly convinced, tint Mesmerism or Animal
Magnetism is true. Yet, so far as we can see,
tlie press has received these truths with great
reluctance, and many of the most able writers
of the day, denounce the whole as an imposi- j
tion, and pronounce its teachers imposters. To :
put out this new light, reason has been j
exhausted, facts denied, ridicule, that
weapon of every bad cause, anti-even violence
has been resorted to. By the latest advices !
from Canada, vve tue informed that Dr. Col- ;
Iyer, of Philadelphia, has been compelled at i
Halifax, to resort to the protection of the law, j
for the privilege, of delivering lectures on 1
Mesmerism. The Saturday Courier, from
which vve derive the knowledge of thisdisgruee-
ful fact, speaks disparagingly of Dr. Collyer,
and without stooping to reason, undertakes' to
ridicule the Doctor and his science out of
countenance.
Animal Magnetism might look silently on
the small artillery of such writers; but. it may
not reckon on such security. W liters, the
most able and authoritative are in the field a-
gainflt it, and vve are sorry to -observe that
i those vve liave been accustomed to consider
the highest authority, seem to regard Mes
merism as an odious intruder, which ought to
he hunted down and exterminated, without the
sanclioti of law or gospel. In the July num
ber of the Medico-Chirurgical Review, pub
lished in the city of London, by the Messrs.
Jolmson, vve find notices of two late publica
tions, the one entitled ''Numerous crises of sur
gical operations, without pafn, in. the Mesmeric
stale, Sfcf’ the other a new Journal of Cere-
beal, Physiology, and Mesmerism, entitled
“The Zoist.” Jf these publications were en
titled to anv notice from tlie learned editors
the people sileuced all disturbance in
ranks, and his eight years of glorious adminis
tration, was the result. The next movement
was through a National Democratic Ccmrm-
tion, held in Baltimore, at which Mr. Van If i-
reu was chosen, and from which he was elec
ted President. This plan has not as yet been
improved on, and vve are now looking for
ward to a Convention of delegates from all
the States, to be held at Baltimore in May,
1844.
The certainty of success, if the Democrat
ic party shall unite on one candidate and run
him with good faith, gives to the Baltimore
Convention an importance second only to tlie
election by the people. The friends of tlie
candidates whose names will be before it,
will of course be discussing in their own minds
the effect of every feature in the appointment
and action of its members. This will of
course produce divisions, and vve need not
flatter ourselves, that they will he easily dis
posed of. Already it is obvious that the seed
of division are sown—that the real difficul
ties of the case are great, and that there are
at work, the passions which will increase them.
It will be our dutv to notice these things more
in detail—for the present vve are from want
of room compelled lo desist.
are at their posts, with eyes- right, atu! veeil
dressed, eager to march to tlie ballot hex, a!!( j
deposit their votes to a loan, for Cooi>er aiu |
Starke. We liave no divisions—nnjn-rjmrg
among us here. Every Democrat is preoared
l>
TUF. FEOKRAI. CM ION. J
No.
“ doff" thejions sk
Vacancy in osir Congrcsttioiml
Ticket.
We insert the suggestion of “one of our
Committee,” as to fbe best mode of selecting a
candidate to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
l ienee and observation do not warrant us in resignation of Col. J. B. Lamar. We think |
the conclusion that this is a matter easily ac- 1 *1 |L ‘ object' might he readily accomplished in j
complished. Majorities in popular govern- the manner he has suggested. \l e will ve-
ments attract to themselves a great deal of the j mark that tlie president of the convention j
restlessness and ambition which has so often has received from two of the uunm.iio-.-. ,
,. ^x.~ 1 1- vv U etmiror out- j tetrers staring ttietr preference and enquiring :
ter ourselves that the Democratic "party has i what course will be pursued by the commit-
escaped this evil, or that vve are to see our | Joe in this matter. If others would forward j
candidates nominated without difficulty. an expression of their choice, wc think our
Divisioiis its tlie Deutori’ttiie Hanks. ! candidate might be announced next week.— 1
Several distinguished individuals have been ! We presume there will be great unanimity in
tendered to the people by their friends as ! U,,s nomination, but deem it important that
candidates for the presidency. Un the part of tlie selection should be made without delay,
the Democracy no less than five have been ur-
TAX ACTS Of’ i -40, AND "42
I have heretofore published several series of papers,
nmier the signatures of Fxamincr, Lttron and Faro-Ex
aminer. I pon the whole, f prefer the name of Laron;
I shall, therefore, write under this signature.
Excluding tlie numbers of Framiner, and including
those of Loco- F. eu miner, tlie papers amount lo about
. I liave. there, numbered this .
t shall write about any thing t think proper. At a
have
In Illinois, out i,f
' members of Congress, the democrats have
elected o, Messrs. Smith, McLertmnd, Lick-
ling, Wentworth, Douglass and-Huge, ami the
i whigs one, Mr. Hardin. Tlie next elections
will be next month in Vermont and Maine.—
Constitutionalist.
BEAUTIES OF WHIG FRY.
’-Jfr. Clay has identified IfimsHf with "a course of
policy on the part of the Federal Government which
. .. . is in our opinion inf less unjust then injurious to die
proper time. I may have a crow to pick with the Demo- best interests uf the Souths against his v,. us. we have
party; not. however, for the purpose of injuring it,
hut for the purpose of correcting some of its faults.
But this is a matter with myself. My present purpose
is to secure the integrity, and the success, of the Demo
cratic party.
There tire several matters greatly misunderstood; ]
shall endeavor to have them betuy- understood.
It lias been said that.in l-ll). the M big party relieved
the people from one year's taxation. This is not die fact.
It is true, that die assessments made in 1840. were set a-
side; not. however, for the purpose of relieving the peo
ple. bnt for the purpose of increasing die Taxes. The an-
lv relief the people obtained, was a respite in payment,
fronf The spring till tlie fall of 1^41: au<[ this was over
balanced by the increased amount of t:»Ae*s. The increa- j
sed amount was still paid in the laftpwidor a now assess
ment. M v own taxes in ainonuted to sIO 1HH; in
1K35J, to !»f: in l s 4!. they amounted to 64: in
1^42, to S*il 32: and all this w ithout any material varia
tion in property.
But it is alleged, that liie Democratic party, taking ad
vantage of th«i odium incurred hy the Whig.-, by increas
ing the taxes, came into power under a pledge to re
duce the taxes; and that they failed lo do so. I am not
aware of such a pledge. But. allowing its existence
warred hitherto, aud shall continue to war uncomnro-
i niisingly. —Southern Recorder, .Ipril 3, 1-S4H.
•*\V e consider that a choice of either (Van or Buren
j Chv.) would be a great evil; theiefore we shall choose
neither.*’—Southern Recorder. May 7.
“As to the other charges of minor consideration, but
no less false, viz:
That tlie Georgia Whigs, arc in favor of a National
Bank.
That the Georgia Whigs, are in favor LJenry Clay.
That the Georgia Whigs, are panegyrists of Daniel
Webster.
\\ e would express our denial in a very emphatic loon-*
osvilahle. were not die use of it offensive to ‘‘ears po
lite."—Georgia Messenger. August 23, 1^3^.
“We can never support the distinguished ^Orator,
whose powerful eloquence, has in so ninnv instances
been directed against tlie interests of the .South. We
can never support an advocate of the “Force Bit', —
we cannot support “Harry of the West.”—Geor-M
Journal, Fib. 2li, IsffJ.
“We were among those who believed >/r. Clay was
wedded to a U. S. Bauk-but events as they have "trans
pired, convinces u.-, that we were in error.” - VV'--
were there no circumstances'to justify the failure? The j pleased that he has abandoned the project and sincerely
Legislature had been in die hnlfit of reiving on the Cen- hope that the energies of his great and powerful mind,
tral Bank for efficient aid in defr iyine the expenses of wifi be directed to the support of what we conceive to
tlie government. Varions causes, including the eoutin- i be more beneficial to tlie country.” Georgia Journal
ued and active hostility of prominent Whigs, had eon- Muy 28, J839.
curred greatly to depreciate the paper of that institution; j
it could no longer he relied on; it was aj a ruinous dis- I
count. It became absolutely necessary, to depend on j
tlie taxes laid in to pay the debts, and defray the 1
expenses of the government.
It is said, however, that the D- mocrats not only failed
to reduce the taxes in li t I, but actually increased them,
in 1842. This charge, too, can he satisfactorily met. !
Tlie same debts, at !ra.--t a considerable portion ol them;
the same expend lures, remained to be met. The paper
of the Central Bank was still further depreciated, and in- j
deed tire Legislature, (with the concurrence of tlie whigs. |
I apprehend.) had determined to wind tip the institntion, i
Could any thing less than an increase of 25 per cent, in
the taxe’s he reasonably expected? I think not.
It is asked, however, what became of the State’s share j
of the proceeds of Ihe United Stales' lands? I appre- |
hend il has been used, or will be' used, in paying the
State’s debts, or defraying (he State's expenditures.
Nor was il by any means sufficient to extinguish debts,
or meet expenditures, incurred on account of public
works, ami public measures, concurred in both hy Whigs
and Democrat
^ “Tiie opposition which is made to Henry Clav by the
States Right Party, is one of principle. They have no
predilections for liim as President of the United States,
nor love for Ids political creed. He has always been the
open and avowed, but generous opposer of their doc
trines. They cannot, to he consistent, cast their suffiages
in Ins favor, and opposition to hrs election, will In- as,
firmly persevered in, as will be-the opposition of the
same party, to Martin \ au Buren. '—Georgia Jail:mil.
June 11,1839.
“We will strive lo promote the cause of State Rights,
liy plac ing before the people, tlie acts and opinions of a
distinguished son of Georgia. (G. .M. Troup.) in con
trast with those of Martin Van Buren aud Henry L'iav."’
—Georgia Journal, July 9. 1839.
Our correspondent with all his zeal, cannot arrive at
the forced construction, that we. neeessarilv. because
.-Ir. ( alhoiin is in favor, and Dluv and U chster oppos
ed to the Bub-Treasury scheme, are tinctured w ith Oluy-
i.-m, \Y ehsterisni. Federalism, the American System.and
Aiiolitioni-ui. t It these sins we have never been accus
ed by our enemies, and it is too late in the dav ten us to
In connection with this subject, it would lie well to re- he catechised bv nor friends
member, that the act off 1840, reviving the tax acts of
1804. sVe, aud thus increasing the taxes declares, that
said acts, “so far as tiie same shall not tie inconsistent
with tne provisions of this act, jl “ I' U be, and the same
are hereby enacted, aud declared to lie in force, for and
during the year one thousand, eight hundred and forty-
one; and from thence, aficrw nrds. until tlie same shall be
repealed;” and that tlie tu* act of 1842, increasing flu-
taxes 25 per cent- provides that, "if anv stirplus should
arise from this tax, the same shall l»e applied to the pay
ment ol the public debt due to Reid, Irrin & Co.”
L AC ON.
August 21,1843.
To answer our correspondent categoricaKy, we have to
say, that w-e are neither a Clay nor Webster man. and so
far as the Sub-Treasury is concerned w e are not a Cal-
i houti man. —Gisrrgia Messenger. April'Iti. ]
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I ),ED —I" Milledgeville, on the 23d inst., Mrs. Sacxu
P. W Ain.:, ill the 74th year of her age—a native of Vir-
I £ m,n - tut for the greater part of her life, a resident of
this State. This venerable lady was distinguished bv e\ -
ery virtue that endears and consecrate* theTies of social
.. ,.7 ; fi'e- Pursuing the even tenor of tier way. her practice
Messrs. Pari. \ Rogers. evidenced the superiority of those divinBgTftsof the heart
l percc.™ that the last Georgia Journal crows large- winch proclaim the soufs immortality. Over those fra,!
lv -ihouttln: Uhigncke. for the l.egi-hiiur. iu Jasper and tteelmg, and adventitious gifWof forUine, which per-
county. t hat good Clay U lug paper no it affect- „|, even in the enjoy,m-m-and whicl. the vile share iu
to believetrial it will run o»er Ihe poor Democrats.! the common, with tlie virtuous, in the spirinvf t| Kl t wisdom
'•ometh front on High, she dili^eotly employed
reunty, “rough shod.” For tlie inforination of the j which
Democrats m ofl erj counties, i would say, don be a- iier llIIle . iu gathering those treasure# of winch dent!
armed by tins “ffounsh of trumpets on the part of Uie could not deprive her. For 43 years, her soul had ca-
Georgia Journal, ihe object is well understood; it is ; !s anc hor on the Rock of Ages: and for the last lit she
tv. and v on will have no
an-e to complain of the
JASPER DEMOCRATS.
Sections for tlie Lcgislaim-e,
The contest now waging in tins State is
itestinoel to produce !>y its result, either perma
nency and stability to tlie Democratic cause,
and the estahlislnnent of constitutional free
dom, or, possibly by our too great confidence
and inertness, suffer our opponents to deprive
us of ibut rich heritage. The large Demo
cratic majority in the last Legislature, ought
not to make us too sanguine of the same, or a
like ascendancy in the next. To ensure it,
our friends should be aroused to the impor
tance of the matter, and thoroughly united.
They should enter liannoniously upon tlie con
test, with a spirit of enthusiasm altogether
worthy of so nolile a cause. By divisions aud
opposition among ourselves—bv our friends t- K ‘ .Vledioo-Chirurgicul Riview, they were
opposing each other, as candidates for the Le
gislature, in counties where-wc have decided
majorities, our enemies flatter,themselves .with
the hope of obtaining a majority in the Le^is-
f.lft
to make an impression favorable tn U"higgerv elsewhere, exemplified^'tliriieauty'ofVlie" ChriitiaVi charamer as’t
\\ esay to our tnquJs all over flic State, do your du- member of the Baptist Chur. h. Reposing will, U n*ha-
| ken confidence, on the promises of her Redeemer; and
with a heart at peace with all the world, she sunk to her
_ — rest, surrounded hy relations, and amid the blessings of
DABLotEcx. loth August. 1843. I ^ who knew iler / m ' SU) =’ 01
Messrs. Editors:-I Imv >• noticed for sometime past. - Messed arc the dual, ,rl,o die iu the Lard ""
that tae H lug presses were making a good deal ot noise | _ ■
about the divisioiki in the Democratic ranks, and talking j
about fbe obi and nnc panel. They must suppose we ; ||f<' Ftilt’ic
are very voung" birds, to be caught with such chaff. TT A VI.VG hist year, staled my opinion it. regard to
G hat has Ihe old or new panel to gam. by siippo tuig . | 1 ,h e value of (ha California meat, in the Swspa-
Wlng candidates; if they have any regard tor their long , p,-rs generally in fl, e Suite, vvliich was thdn-U i.v some
cherished principles, they will adhere to their ow n nom- - ■ - - - - - -
illations. Are the principles of Calhoun and (hooper,
worse than those ol’the Whig candidates?—Are not tiu-ir
mrivatc chatacters as good? If so. why abandon them
mr men. who aresustaHtmg principles vve have w arred
against for years. A few of the party tuav do rt. lint from
the best information I can proeme. the nmiiher is very
small. And I think vve get more anti-[dank Whigs, than
thev get Bank Democrats.
Tins county and Habersham'. I consider sound to the
core. It is said vve less a few, to the north-west of this,
hqt only a few. I shall receive information from that
quarter ere long, and will let you know what tiie know
ing ones say 011 the subject.
Yours, Arc * .
untitletl to berirentet! with common decency.
Tlteir indecent criticism on the vignette of the
/foist, and their vulgar allusions to Joanna
iSouthcote, are to say-"the Ifeast cif them in ex-
Tlt“ Editors of the Columbus Times, say. "We
have received a h-Uerfroui Athens, I’loina reliable source,
which says that Governor Gilmer is off with many in
(igk tl.orge Grtene. Taliaferro. Morgan mid Uberf.
As Tor tne Coweta Circiul there is nothing to fear—
the prospect was never more bright—and the -Demo
cratic Boys’ were never more united in Campbell,Oow-
eta, Fay elite. Hoard, ami Metivv'ether.and evetrin Tronfi
there are many old aud tried Whigs who cannot qnd w ill
not go for the Clay Ticket. Intelligence from all sec
tions of the Circuit patinly indicate a more determined
resolution to out number tiie Whigs on the first Mon
day in October at tlie ballot box, thaulias' been manifest-'
ed since our glorious victory in 1841.
BCr'On the afternoon of Tuesday last. Mr. Stephens,
the Whig candtijate lor Congress, took hi- position on
the Judge's seat iu our court house aud made quite an
artful effort to gain votes for lihnsetf and Mr. Clay—
Like \\ m. C, Dawson, lie appeared lrot to rely at all
upon his own meritSfer the merits of Ifis cause, hut up
on the popularity of Gen. Washington. He haff how
ever, the advantages of one resource that D,iw sou^vvas
warning in, and that was the interesting ipterview be
tween the old negro man London and (ha aftificat Angel
ofaU-ath. We have not rmnn mi our cohimff»this w eqk
to-takc further iiotkrn of Mr. Stephens, hut will pay our
respects tohiui hereafter.—CqssciUe Pioneer.
i£h was t
to be exaggerated, and believing it Last been distributed
throughout the Southern States, and having observed
the little attention paid to it. or token to preserve and
cultivate it. I am induced to press the importance mi
tiiose who have any of it to uso tlieir energy in raving
as I have tested it lor two seasons-, and find rt die most
productive of any kind of small greiiii that 1 have ever
seen or cultivated, having had ^portion of it liiniiibiiC-
tured into flour at Cap!. Wf.bb’s .\EIIs. in Ne.wlop conn- -
ly; arid it produces 4t! lbs. 01 the best flour to the bosk.4.
ot beautiful texture, being of littht yitffow color, red 1
etiatienge tiie world to produce finy thing-in tlie wav ol
Rreadslufls superior to it.—I refer the Pnhtic to the rer-
liiicute* he-lovv. " JOHN LOFTkJ.N.
Lollou’s Store, Butts co.. da.
H t'bln's Jill 1st, August St!j, 1-13.
I do hereby certify, that f groiiud for Mr. Loffon last
w.-oJt, two ami a lialf huj-hels ol toy California Wheat,
measured and lolieif before cleaning, anfl made from it
one hundred lbs. of nett flour on the first grinding! nd
f htiv'e this (lav. ground oiia bushel beady cloaned witii-
oiti totli.-ig and have made f'om it forty-five R>s- oWieau-
tiltil Unnr, being of a hght y eflovv cblnf. for Ciqit. Webb.
J- A. HOOD, Mtiler.
Jacitson, BniK co., I
. . , August J2th, 1843. )
John Lofton. Fsq.:
Deaii 8ik By your attention and kindness, we have
received the present ol a specimen of the flour, made ot
your Catifornw W heal, for vvliicli vve tharfl; yon. We
liave had it baked,"find have used it,and find if to be bcan-
lifully tinted with a cream 'yellqvv, easily leavened ami
sweet; to say the least of it. we think-for Breadstuff, it is
not excelled Jby any thing we hateneen.
' Resp«ctfiilly,'&c.
Uustani? Hendrick, John Htndrick. Stephen Udxlnj. W".
A. I To re me, Hull. JJuypi .4. 8. /ibhyison, ?’ X Coetf-
tan, G. (1. Bledsoe, Inn Keeper: J. If. ■'stark. It. 11. Dttr-
ihoi, 1). ,Spencer, M. Jf. Tidwell. tFm. Clark. Laekin
IS. Mason, Tar man ItiUthatl, Wlttiam If. Wilson.
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