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youu r hr Inn answer. 1 hope j 11 will ox mine
;t . 1 if there artUottoo many mistake?, yon will
a friedd hv publishing iny first tuv.e.
sours re-spoct, E.
TO W. M. E.
Sir:
I received your .Sonnet iu good part,
Knowing that you always was too smart;
Hut they do not set my reul on fire,
Nor raise in rno that strong desire
To sarritice my all in life •
For your protection or to he your wife!
If I lidve gained yof.r affections at small cost, j
I assure you they arc a easy lost.
Nor shall I grant that look for which you pray, ,
If you slionTl kneel from rising morn till close 1
of day!
And if no other boon can cure the smart,
Meantime the <_ r alc was increasing stronger 'where it was out of my power to go aid sec par*
and stronger, “just as I expected," qurith the ticnlar sections, I obtained the most cored mfor-
captain, “now we have it. Cape Ilatteras
ought to be called the Devil’s toost—hr always
keeps such a dust hereabouts. I would drink
his health to see it quiet for once';”
At each pause the mysterious mate repeated
ofic of his infernal “Ha, ha, halts,” each tints
louder and more savage than the former. At
the captain’s last blasphemous pledge, it was
continued so long, that thb crew thought lie
would burst. When he finally’ ceased, lie gave
a knowing wink towards the Capo, and the wind
was instantly lulled!
The captain trembled in his shoes; ami the
crew whispered to each other that something
like a long black tail u as coiled up under the
mate’s pea jacket
mutiou that was to he had in regard to the nd-
vantages or disadvantages of that regie of coun-
tra assigned by the treaty of lcfliS, to tich of the
Cherokees ac may choose to go V. esttiardly.
Wlieu the boats came in view of nat pari, of
the Arkansas Territory lying nlolfg the Mississip
pi river, where the first Cherokee einkrauts set
tled many years ago, near the mouth tf the river
St. Francis, which is remarkably unitviriug to a
mountaineer, aud presents the nppetranqe of a
low marshy level, 1 must admit 1 wis fearfully
apprehensive I had promised to ihyjotnpauy a
better home than they would ever realse. These
fears continued, though gradually diainishing as
xvc advauccd up the rapid but wiudin; current of
the Arkansas river, until .we had pssed above
that country where the Cherokees wre located
j previous to the treaty of 16518, wuQ hills and
For two'days the Ganninipper lay like a I wMo'y extended valleys began to ppento our
with cvefy swell
view; and instead of a dull and illondououssceu-
j cry, all that is romantic, all that is lelightful to J
You mav endure a wounded chicken licnrtl
r. S.—Young man, though I rcceiv
in good humor,
Suffer rue to tell you you are uot a Httmcr;
DurlT yon want your Poet talents farther known,
Juit trv a Hue or two to • E. S.
J'rov
the Southern Planter and Family Lyceum,
TO THE MOON.
Oh, let me climb those rays of thin-.
That seem like ladders through the air,
1'ntil 1 reach thy hallow’d shrine,
And revel in thy glories there.
Thy realm is calmer sure than this,
Where Discord reigns with rod supreme;
Thy elimo can harbor no disease.
And sorrow there is never scon.
And thou must float in purer air,
Than doth surround tin's orb of our?;
The. rays thou shed'st aro soft aud fair,
As magic lamps,air fairy bowers.
Oh, aid us by that power sublime,
Uy which thou sway’st the sen,
To tower above this helpless dime,
Aud soar away to thee. •
O. P. II.
plank upon the water, rollin
as if it would shake topeices. Not a breath of j eye of the iarrntr of the huuter, jvas there to
air stirred—the dog-days sun blazed down j he witnessed. Here too, tire feeling? of the Che
ll MIL Y. i fiercely, and not a cloud intervened to ward oft | rokefcs seemed to varyas much ns tfe face of the
ivc your sonnet; his beams—the air was sultry—the heat stiffo- I country—from a sslllen dissatisfaetiip uccompa-
catiiur. The dead ealin was agonizing: j nied sometimes bv low inurihara, hid again by
Not a word spoke the mate. When appealed ! !oU . d complaints, tba general expression of admi-
. ,• , ,• , „« _ fjL t : ration and joy; "Here is my counter/ ft hoicould
to tor an explanation ot these phenomena, he no( cxcfia 4/ laHlJs in Ctor J ia for a ho)ne a3
gave ito other answ er but Jus usual fiend-like thh/r we « their exclamations,
hull'll, so jarring and discordant that it seemed i Q n our arrival iu the night, at the mouth of the
as if llic sea trembled! His face assumed a dc- 1 river Illinois, near the residence of tbe Agent, ns
moniae expression, and his eyes shot fire.
“Our time has come,’’ exclaimed a veteran
tar. “I have sailed around the world in a leaky
j ship—I have been iu a dozen battles—I have
| doubled the Horn in a whirlwind—I have pass-
j ed Good Hope in a hurricane—blit never knew
j such a fearful time before.” dressing some of them, he said 1 : Oly brethren, 1
“I would sooner be in a thousand hurricanes,” j atn happy to see you at yo’urncwhome.. 1 once
said,another, “than in such an awful calm as ■ lived cast of the Mississippi, but 1 saw the storm
well as the principal Chief, Join Jolly, the latter
having bceii aroused from his led by the itoisfc
madein lotting oil*steam, came 4a board to wel
come the emigrants to tlieir lilw.houie, which
?vas done in a most kind and harmful maimer.—
lie speaks only in his vernacular Huguej bht hav
ing an interpreter present, I was xifbnned, in ad-
thc adjacent hills, whilst, by changing his position
he may observe iu wild disorder, a drove of horses
unaccustomed to the haunts of civilized man.
When we got ready t.o leave this country, I
found on board of our boat, thirty or forty tons of
peltry aud furs, the result of Indian industry. W c
however had to leave our steam boat, not for the
want of water, but because of the carelessness or
treachery of a Sspauisli pilot, who run us ou a high-
sand bar, the first cveuiug after leaving the mouth
of Grand 'river; front whence we took our keel,
and lloatiag geuily down, arrived at the post of
Arkansas, ten or twelve days afterwards—a dis
tance of five or six hundred miles by w ater.
As wo descended, I had time by taking our
skill’, frequently to visit the short. On the oppo-
1 site side, four miles above Little Rock, there is a
hill which tradition informs us, was once occupi
ed by the celebrated pirate I.afilte, and liis com
pany, aud worked as a silver miue. l^r: Dray
ton and myself visited the place, aud found min
eral substances and rock similar to those found.iu
the gold regions here. Dr. Dudly, one oftlic pu
pils of.that cccciltric, but nsefftt sciitinel ou the
watch toner of liberty, Joliu Randolph, w as also
in company. Doth these gchtlemeu came pas
sengers oti 'hoard at Fort Smith. The former
informed me ho hndexplored the country west, in
search of gold aud silver; be shewed soulc ore,
aud analyzed it iii our presence, wliicK yielded a
very largo proportion of silver, lie tefls me sil
ver and gold are both to be found, but silver most
plentiful in that region pf country.
Your friend, BKNJ. F. CURREY.
Dr. David A. Reese, Monlicello, Ga.
something from our own imprudence? Can wc j the law's delay, the insolence and what t
expect instant concession? Shall 'wo not b$ j some, is worse, the fees of office. * ' °
satisfied to wriji hack again, step by step, and with If indeed ?ve are resolved to yield r.o preten-
the arms of truth and reason, the. ground which j sion—brook no compromise—if the tariff is reallv
we lost by au abandonment of both? j insupportable] and a nostrum must be found to
But are we to endure forever? What right cure it now—at once—and forever secession aud
have wc to expect relief from those who are inter- - ...
csted to oppress us? This is my answer. Either
the theory of free trade is hot tiue; or if true, it
must ultimately triumph, .
If we assume thatinan cannot'distinguish right
from wrong, truth from error—is incapable of
not nullification, is the melancholy, but appro- \
prime remedy. I do no more approve one than
J justity the other. If heaven hears mv prayers
both will be spared me. M v life, though short'
and more fortunate than Happy, will be- far too
long; should I sun
. - . . . . . , i y vi Y t0 bcar P ai-t in a civil war,
self goverment— will uot pursue Ins own liappi- j or to witness a dissolution.of the Uhion. Yet tho
ness—or can prqlnoto it by injustice, our institu-! last I am persuaded would he effectual without
tions are a lie, aiid a federal representative re- j the guilt of home shed bloc i\; which is tome of
public, the very iuidsupuiier madness of drivelling itself, a sufficient ground of preference. It is pro-
imbecility.—Tell me uot of constitutional rcstric- liable that if Georgia or South Carolina, or both
tions anti concurring majorities! Man's uaiver- should tiiiuk proper to withdraw no attcinnt
sal, eternal laws, arc those of Reason or Habit,
would be made to prevent them.
no attempt
The V may be
ity to submit, would the hardship be diminished if j dable enough for freedom. Without "the
a majority bail to hear it? From habit however j pcake it would scarcely have a port into
nullification has no sanction. Is it an appeal to 1 a frigate could enter; and New Orleans w
Advice of the rabbins.
Mark the instructions of your teachers,
And trust to them as able preachers;
But should tlil-ir lives incur your blame,
Their counsel still remains the same:
Observe, while thus you pick your, way,
Not what they do’, but what they say.
Mississippi,
coming which rages through your mcient hun;iu_
grounds,and left it. Here we find a safe retreat
from the operation of State and Tirritqri.nl laws.
No European King has rendered mr title doubt
ful, by grouting this soil to his colorics- Wc hold
our grant Under the (icembarritssediiledgcs ofotir
great father, the President of the luited States.;
He keeps amilitary force too, b'ctvi eu us and the
wilder savages, to protect us iu the enjoyment of
! our lauds, our hunting grounds, otr range, and
“Is it all overboard,” asked the captain, af- '!“ I t . h «,. cxe . , 5* sc of .°' ur own laws ant government.
««*» tlevotcd to
.. | It would give me much liappiucssto see all our
this.”
“.Vjc,and to get clear of it, I Would jump
info a water spout.” ."
A counsel of safety was called, and it was
resolved, unanimously, that all the ardent spir
its on board should be thfown into the sea.—
Here the captain groaned audibly, and the mate
looked blue, and was observed to laugh on the
other side of his mouth.
have ceased, or what might not have been the [ tation aiid again be happy.
From tie Southern Planter and Family Lyceum.
THE LAUGHING MATE.
A TAT.E CF TBE SEA.
The prevalence of the Cholera, which threat
ened to depopulate the proud and busy city of
Now York, and the uncertainty how. far and
in what direction it might not extend, bciore
its wrath might be appeased* determined me to
shorten my Northern Tour, and return at oiice
to tlm fragrant South.
It was a pleasant morning in July, as the good
Schooner Ganninipper was standing with a
stiff breeze down the Harbor. Alroiwly tho
wharves, the forts, the islands were left behind;
and soon Sandy Hon!; itself was out of sight.
“With a breeze like this, wc shall have a
short ruu—hey? Mr. Van Scliinschimt? or
what the devil is your name?” quoth the Cap
tain, addressing himself to the mote.
But the person addressed, a thick, chunky
inan, with a face of the color of a boiled lobster,
and eyes soeming as if ready to pop from his
head, made no answer, except by a low hoarse
“ha, ha, ha!”
•'Old Nick is making a fine harvest out of
them are cheating Yorkers: the Cholera is cook
ing them about right, hey?” said the captain a-
gnin. But received the same reply as before,
—“ha, ha, ha!”—accompanied by a pecul
iar leer of the left eye, that made his interrog
ator shudder. Odd, thought the captain; that
tho man should seem always in such good spir
its, yet ne\< r have anything to say. J t where there S no game, and where the poor
“.Mr. Mate,” asked one oftlie sailors, “shan’t i miserable natives, iu all tho inanity of half eivil-
I take in that arc top gallant sail before night?
the breeze appears freshening, may hap we’ll
Eastern brethren here. The laws of the whites
don’t suit them—their game is dotv—their range
has failed. I think I sec starvatim aud misery
tune.
“All but that are demijohn,” answered a tar,
pointing to the mate!
“What! Me?!” spoke the inate„for the first
time sinco he had been on board; and hereupon
broke into another fiendish explosion, as though
heaven and earth were clashing together—and
opening his mouth and swelling at the same time,
as if lie intended to swallow them nil. to your principal Chiefs, Ross andl.owry, early
There’s no knowing when his laughing would n as t winter, I hope they may listm to my invi-
ir whnf Ifiifrlit lint Tu»i»n fhn t tntTnfi n^tnn Ln hnrxnt* *• ThnftM
at therr door?. This-land belongs to them a*well f gance or dogmatism
as
let them
rcat aud powerful uatiou
HON. RICHARD IIENRY WILDE’S
Anstcer to the Richmond Committee of Correspond
ence on the subject of Nullification. ,
Albemarle cclinty' Virginia, Sept. 4,185)2.
finsTLCMux—I have the honor to acknowl
edge life receipt of your circular of the 20tli ult.
bearing tho Augusta post mark pf the 24th. You
ask me at the instance 6fa public meeting of my
fellow citizens of Richmond County, to commu
nicate to them’, tliroUgliyou, my sentiments in re
gard tel Nullification, aud forward me the procee
dings of tho mectiilgs, Us the best explanation
of tbe nets aud motives of those who composed it.
Such a.rpquest, so urged, demands, for my own
credit, an immediate and explicit answer. Tho
election is rapidly approaching, aud any intention
al delay or disguise, would be iiieousisteut with
my habits, and unworthy of your Kepnesbata-
-tive,
I consider nullification, as a proposed remedy
for the evils of the tariff, urisomid iu theory, and
unsafe in practice. This opinion, probably of lit
tle consequence to any one but myself, though ut
tered frankly. i*l hop'o Without any tinge of arro-
Thesethinga I wrote
upshot of the matter, had not the cook come then lit his pipe, andoflly spoko wlen addressed
elude, with approved formula, of gratitude and
devotion to my generous constituents, and to the
personal friends, through whom thoir comtnunica-
Tlicoldgentleman tion has bpeu made. But the time—the circum-
on deck at that moment with a pan of boiling !
dishwater in his hands; and . Seeing the open
mouth of the fearful object before him, as if cra
ving for something, dashed it in a twinkling
down his throat! The effect was like putting
a match to a powder magazine, or the collapse
of a steamboat boiler. A tremendous explo
sion ensued. The laughing mate was blown so
far into the air he was nover seen again. And
thon cuch nnothor howling and yelping was ne
ver heard before nor since.-, It seemed as if all
the wolves in the world had got together, or all
the goblins in Fandcmohiun’i had broken loose.
A fine breeze immediately sprung up; and
in a few days the good schooner Ganninipper
arrived at the end of her voyage. Z. .
3taot£3—the groat interests at stake—-tbe danger
of the crisis our country and the 'cause of free-
Withiu the limits of tbe northern wing of the dom—atl admonish me not to deal in the common
Cherokee country, Lee’s creek, iblisaw river, II- places of holliday ceremony, or to shelter myself
linois river, Gram! river and VcWigris, have their 1 behind dty aud barren gcficralitiOf.
confluence with the Arkansas—the three lalter j My sentiments are uot demanded, ou account
navigable for steam boats, aud lie two former for I of any personal suspici6n, 6r apprehension of pc-
FokcEI All the checks and balances of gov-' allowed to depart into obscure independence, if
ernibent, practically resolve themselves into thesq: ; they can maintain it; to settle quietly a* a petty
and e'very other device for bending the will of the | principality, or sink .iuto an appanage of some
greater, to that of .the smaller number, however. European power. I cannot believe that the
subtle aud ingenious, is too delicate to be useful, cession of tlic whole South would.be seen with
Had habit established nullification as a remedy equal indifference. Of this our antagonists gup.
fol’ federal usurpations, it might be submitted to, : pose there is no danger, and they hug themselves
just as long as the constitution could remain until- J with the belief, that unless all made common
tered, but no longer. If it is so hard for a minor- j cause, the new government \Vill hardly be fortni -
Chcsa'j
to which.
the Rkaso.v of the Tariff states? Alter the ob-j wanted as an outlet for Mississippi, aud ihc means
noxious law. has been solemnly annulled as uncoil- of a favorable alliance with the West. B'lt I will
stitutioual by one member of ihp confifderacYr.-riq I not conjecture the effects of such’ a change.---
au assembly of llie whole collected people, unan-j May Cod avert it! Still less will I. imagine-
imous, if you please—and until the requisite ma- j that questions so serious and afflicting can -bo a-
jorily of the other states decide whether it is con- 1 gitated merely fur intimidation, or to- serve or-
stitution.nl or not, is the offensive statue to he op- j thwart the ambition of any man or party., it.ia
erative or inoperative on the state which has an- , doubtless ii lportant that our brethren—our yfiu
nulled it? To concede its operation, would be a i just aud selfish brethren, if you choose—but stiii
solecism reducing the proposed remedy to a tnoro our brethren—should know the intensity of bur
formal method of remonstrance. To suspend its feelings and oursufferiugs. Our deep—settled—
execution, is gividg to the dissent of one'State, a unanimous hostility to the protective system. It
veto on the common legislation of all: a veto as- j may be worth reflectins, nevertheless, how far, at
sumiug in its exercise, the uncoiisiitutioiiality of j tills time, unfounded suspicions may be thrown
die statue,- which" yet remains confessedly scuhju- i upon our motives, by the pendency of a I’resi-
dice, aiid li;ib?e id "be confirmed by the requisite : deutial election—tlio pledges contemporaneously
majority of states. Nothing short of ancient ns- j given to certain candidates, aiid the enger discus-
age, or the most explicit constitutional provisions, ! sion of cvea contingent pretensions, which four
could prevail on the majority, to acquiesce in such j years yet, are wanting to mature,
a state of things; and every dispassionate observer, In this illusion however, us in all I have said or
will perceive, that iu the 'absence of such usage of i omitted, it is my earnest desire to estrange no al-
provisioiis, attempts would be—must be made,
by those adminstering the government, to exe
cute in the dissenting state, the same law which
prevailed in all others. However conducted, aud
however opposed, this must end in Force—force
ly. to provoke no opponent. More than enough
of scoffing and reproach has already past between
the members of this Union. Its integrity has
beeu shaken as much perhaps, by mutual taunts,
as by real injuries. Sharp saying's, at all times.
used to uphold the law, and l'orcc employed to re- leave behind them hitter recollections; but they,
sist it. : are especially unseasonable at a crisis like tho
Long then before the complicated post-nullifying j present.
process or revision could pass through its labyr
inth of tribunals—its maze of forms—before three
and twenty legislatures could assemble, deliber
ate aud decide the sword, that keen and clear
interpreter of right aud jest, would have solv
ed the constitutional difficulty, and when the
•mail-paced rescript esnfe, it would come to meu,
dad in angry steel, lo ho burned in decision, by I words'for Service, souads the least like blows.—
the torch of civil war. 1 admit", it is not enough,-that lie whom vou lion-
Induigc me with a remark or t?vo on tbe tone
of this reply. .It may be thought too mild for the
temper of. the times. Anger will uot bear, that
his antagonist should be only gently censured, and
exhortations to moderate counsels, grate harshly
on th'c cars of injured men. Yet, after all, when
delusions not heads, must ho broken, the best
Nullification, however qualified, disguised, or
oXplaMred, fint then tills attribute of au ovil spirit.
It is swift.of foot only ou bad errands. It flies to
scatter discord: it IfAaps to bring peace. Let me
uot bo misunderstood. Iuffpeakiug freely of what |
or with your confideneo, should faithfully rebre-
sent your rights, your wishes, your interests?—■’
There should be chords in his bosom, respective
to your very passions. But their echoes uecd
uot reach you, to swell the notes of discord.—
I feel strc-ugly, the dangers of tho doctrine; it is j He who tvould appease, if he cannot reconcile
have nsquall?
“Ha, ha, ha!” replied the mate; while the
sailor, alarmed at such strange conduct, went
forward to Ills companions, and was soon seen
in an earnest whispering with them.
“I thought a? much* (said one,) when the
Captain joined the Temperance’Siety. Didn’t
lie swear never to touch another drop;'if to save
l;is precious body from torment?”
“And didn’t he isrt nappy that very night?—
And 1 i.asn’t he got the cretur.stowed away in
his birth even now?” said another'. •
“And wasn’t it on that very account that our
old mate left him yesterday? And didn’t lie
warn him oftlic consequences?”
“Aye, aye. And what reply did our captain ;
From ike Southern Recorder,
THE CHEROKEE EMIGRANTS.
Wc have been politely favored with tho fol
lowing interesting letter for publication, by the
gentleman to whom it is addressed. Wc com
mend it to tho perusal of our readers, as giving
an authentic aud highly gratifying description of
» foul,, U tfgMhi
to, been h>U»r,. » »u t l, ^Nj,. | hllo'.^SSSlLXf inurh L
yellow popfar, and if, as the popin' here, is re
garded as au unerring indication <f good soil.—
Fine is by no means so plentiful thee as hero, but
tho common growth i\hickory, asl, wild ihciTy,
sngar tree, black, aud white wanut, with do,
small crafr. These streams nostlv have their
rise within, the ChcrOkOc Territiry. In this sec
lion of the country there a:’c iwc salt works car
ried on extensively by Cherokee- t,0 ’ a “ ^ ""
efcaudiso in abundance owned by natives, au
. schonlc tnueht bv intelligent Cherokees, as well
as whiles. Morality anil religion setm, with in
dustry aiid cloa&'liness, to have talen a deeper
hold on the feelings and action’s of :fio Western,
than they have on tho Ea^tcrA Chcokecs. This
wing of the nation, would afford a settlement for
one hundrcdtliousand whites. Tlnrc arc to be
seen occasionally in passing through it, praries
vdiyiffg in length, frSm pne quartcrof a mile to
i six miles; in breadth, from a quarto- to one mile;
some covered with'cane, others will shrubbery or
winter aud summer grass, iutorspessed with flow
ers, beautiful and fragrant, iimumetablo iff varie
ty, surrounded by forests affording ;imbcr for fen
cing and firewood for centuries to come, and a-
boundiug with wild honey. Thorc is no chcsnut
timber nc>r poplar in tho country, hit tho procoii,
them philonthrophy, wtf hope, will take a lesson
from this letter. The “hard-hearted Georgians,’
are sending off the “poor Iudians” from a coun
ted life, aro lying upon their tattered blankets at su - a r tree, DiacK amt wnite w.imn, Ann nog
night, aud begging for mere sustenance in the j wood, hornbeam, nackbcrrj.imilbe'rj, and white,
day. We arc sending them to a country plcnti- j l’°f and red oak. In places, munirous vines arc
ful in game, where the very clpthing of their prey ' f» bo f® und ' as va ” ous »“ lhe, f PJT, ctw “ as thc
will make bountiful clothing for themselves; and i ,f ? st bjttr0 ? ean v «»cvards. I drink somo xery
where the native energy of the aboriginal will j pleasant Wine manufactured by Vastier, a full
have full scopo to operate, unadulterated by tho ! blooded Cherokee, out of the wildgrapo of the
miserable pollutions of flic degraded white man. ; f 0 * 0 ® 1, Aiherty ha<a (arm on u Ugh mountain,
Wc would beg our Northern brethren, in tbe level as a floor, amt rich n^tneCfnjpa M.iitiobot-
culiar danger from nullification iu Congress.
They have been required most probably from a
flattering but mistaken estimate «»f tlieir possible
isA«vuv* with tbe public; aud as in our day. and
land, every mm jiiJpini ttoII. or ill. for liiinsclf,
you look uot for opiuious ouly, but some reasons
to siqiport them.
Though usually regarding thc insignificance of
mere party controversies with contempt, and
their intolerance and malignity with disgust, eve
ry -persoual wish,’ and taste and feeling, is lost iu
a question like the’ present. Its intrinsic magni
tude mid ciuluriug eflects no one will deny; and
my views of it, although neither novel or pro- j
found, aro duo to tho solicitation of a community !
contending parties, must be careful not to aug
ment their mutual prejudices. lie should rather
strive to abate their respective",-chaims and ani
mosities, Too many will be found,’ iff every
country, to flatter anil inflamo tfle inclinations'cf
the Sovereign—whether people or despot; Com-
p-firativo'ly to argue with thc masters of votes of
legions. As the apostles of political toleration
great cause of philnntlirophy,.to cast aside theit*
prejudices, :ind let us work together m the good
cause. Prejudice, liko fate among the ancients.
toms: but all tho mountains are nd rich. Some
of them are as poor and flinty as hey arc in this
n'ation. Tlic bottom lands are wilcr andtbo soil
should have no tributaries. Among the thous- j l ?Ach deeper there than here. Nealy all tho jir.u-
ands of consecrated altars, fate alone had no wor- r,c l aI, ds produce well. Water is uot so scarce
shippers; amid their many thousand altars, no in- as ' vc baa understood it .to be, exeqit m tho rich
cense ascended at her shrine, and at her altar no grounds, where it may be lourti by (Ii**" 1 '’ n
make think ye? ‘D’ye sec,' says he to Mr.
shinbone, who was an excellent sailor though
lie never touch’d the crctur: says lie, ‘I could
make a better mate out of a pint of whiskey
than yon are’!”
“Lordy! That w as blasphemy.”
“So Mr. Shinbone told him. And also told
him to beware of the temptations of the Evil
On%”
“Ah, did lie! And what said our captain?
like
hut
Twelve hours run, with tho breeze astern,
brought the schooner abreast of Cape Ilatteras.
-“Dor Tnille,’’exclaimed the captain, r,s he lev
elled hi-? spy glas3 towards the light house, “this
heats all natur. But tis a fact: Here is Cape
Hintcrboitom—by the Hokios!” Not a word
said the mate; but lie gave another of his cachi-
natiqns louder and longer than ever.
“If wo have had a gale in coming from thc
Ilook, uc $haH have a hurricane in doubling the
Caipc. I say. Mute, did yqn overpass this’ere
Cap8 without its blowing a gale?”
“IIa>7Ia .ha!” j-eplied the mate,so deep and
horse like, that it r.i ulc the captain start.
The crew were in a cold p.- rspiratmn. ; Tljat
they had no conjld. lice iir their'new officer,
they «hok no pains to conceal. That he yap
something extra-human, they hrgoft to helieva.
H I say Bi!l,” said one, “wlnt’sort of a bodj’
A>you call it that has an slndo’v?”
“Faiths vts a thing not to be named by Teai-
Snil"f»r mI - ,,-'- or.-l V, —■
sacrifice Was offered. Wo would call upon, our
Northern brethren, if still wc may call them such
—instead of exasperating the poor Indian with
imaginary ideas of independence, Which must only
result in showing emphatically their dependence,
short distance. There arc ho'wovej, good springs
to bo found occasionally in the.bw lands. In
fact, it is pretty much there as it Limothcr coun
tries, with regard to water—life' niojutainous bro
ken country affording au abundamo of tho best,
rCMllL iu siiuwiui: vuiiimuivaiiv uilh ut/trnui/ac, W ^ - I ,
to join with us ia putting the original owner of j whilst the lowlands sliow^Rut few jood spnngs.—
the soil upon a land where he may exert all his j deficiency can easily he remedied n digging
native energies, and cxcrcice all his primitive
powers.
rolls—the water found a short disputed from the
I rivers in this way, is generally pute aud refresh-
I mg. ....
I was in the edgo of tho Grand Prairie, which
among whom tho best and longest part of my life
has past, iu the iutcrcliaugc'of mutual good will,
aud to you, the companions of my youth or boy
hood. ’ In such an intercourse concealments would
be pitiful—professions misplaced. Thoughts o-
peued without reserve—emotions the deeper of
suppression, may be safely commanded to the fa
vorable interpretation of men, whoso experience
of the world, must era this have taught thqtn, there
is always least heart where there is most tongue.
It is impossible for me to -'detun'd,, palliate or
deny the evils of a protective turifi’. At evety stage
of my political life I have borne testimony against
them. But I cannot—dare riut'oay, they are un
endurable—irremediable—or entirely to bo impu
ted to'the grasping avarice of any portion of our
country. Writing within view ol Mosticeuo,
once the home and now the grave of Jefferson-,
I may not profano the air I breathe with-tlie lan
guage of submission. Neither must I bear false
witness against my neighbor, for His name reminds
me, that some five-anil-twenty ycafsago, tae Pat
riarch of American Freedom, assisted by South
ern politicians, laid, iu the exclusion of all com
merce with foreign nations', the .foundation of
protection to domestic manufacture?. "Wc must
bring our workshops from-Europc!’*—“We must
not consume tbe productions, of those who injure
and insult us.”—“Perish Commerce! let our con-
sfiiVitiou livol,”—-Such was the language which
for four years found ail echo in every southern bo
som, from fFie Pdtoiriae to tho Mississippi. Such
was the fueling-that.bore us through Embargo—
noa-intcrcourse—non-iniportatioTT—war. Need'
I tell you, gentlemen, that it was southern votes
which, in eighteen hundred ami sixteen, Carried a
tariff partly for revenue, partly protective, against
far from my intention to impeach the motives
its. advocates. 1 have beard it maintained with
arguments thc most plausible, and eloquence the
most seductive, by men whose talents may receive
my humble admiration, but to whose unquestion
ed patriotism, I cannot’, without iusoleuce, even
(flier to hoar Witness. “
In tlio'heut of conflict-—in the exasperation of
defetif—the stris'6 of 3onthren wrongs has often j are scarce, if on’o should gain tho public ear fi’o
overcome my own.habitual calmness. Aud is it) ought to improve the occasion, to boat doivu .in
possible for me to. deny indulgence to tlje words ] whatever party may be liis hearers, that seif suf-
or projects of fellow companions embarked in the I ficient obstinacy, which will allow nothing to be
same cause—-.contending with the same adversa- ] fit, or right, or beurable, but what we ou.-selves
ry—men' of more ardent tompers, and only resent- approve. For the reason then, that if I were the
ful perhaps, in proportion as the} - aro brave and j representative of a manufactnirag state, address-
generous? Such spirits arc pever first iu fin uu- f iug at this crisis, implicit believers in the hcri'efi-
worthy feud. If it becomes so, the blame must [ cent magic of tlie restrictive policy, I should' nt-
reat with a portion of their followers.- Nor is it tempt to mitigate their fire and foufTuenco;—for
hard to ffratv tho line. Thc envious, desperate, ; the same reason, appealing to those who are Con
or interested aresoou known. They court every j vinced of its. malignant influence,' it is my duty to
party and betray nil. As for those amiable enthu- j sooth if possible their jiist indignation. Unless.
siasts, beariuj; iu their veins thc blood of liberty’s d 1 ' 3 course of conduct is pursued by all who aspire
m’artyra, wfio arc indifferent counsellors, it may be : to be thought Honest and patriotic, must not al-
at tho commencement of a difficulty, but excellent; ieuatiou spread and become Incurable ?
companions to stand by you iu the’ cud, thev arc ; If an opportunity, were afforded me to confine!
not more to be checked than cherished. "That! the, circulation of this letter to that region for
they Irave failed to convert mo to tlieir favourite j -which afoue it is intended,’ I would add much,
faith, may perhaps be oiviug to my phlegm’ or which I now.suppress. But as that may lie im-
dtUInoss,’—•‘Certainly not to any want of ability in possible. I will not run the risk of lining quoted
them, or any prejudice iu me. Far from "re- ’ nn U where, as the apologist of Restriction or Xul-
proaching what I belli,vo to be tlieir errors, I do : lif cation; of craven acquiescence orfrauticop-
not even think it wonderful, that in honestly seek- poMtiorri Tn’e consequences are obvious, and I
ing a remedj-for thc disorders eff the republic, ! ntn uot ituensiblo’to them. No navigator, how-
tnauy should entangle themselves in refinements ever skilful, can trim his sails to every wind at
fh'nt confuse whontbey do not convince. Yet the once. I have but one consolation, i have not
very subtlety of thc argument is its great defect, j sought to catch any. My notions being probably
When logic is too acute,' the edgo turns. If wo ! in many respects disrelished by alj, parties, wilf.'i
want it fof common use it must be coarse and at least, not draw down on me the suspicioit of
strongor. Shall / be ciled to show that tho tariff sccknig popularity, the last worst ridicule that
is unjust—bo told thafif unjust wc ought to resist cun belal one; whose honest ambition is much
it—aud If resisted, according to iny ofwn argument, more to serve his countrymen than to please them,
that resistance must be effectual.—What I said . I have thus,'gentlemen, endeavored lojicrform
coueerns appeals to reason only.:—When force what it is presumed was expected of npe. In
becomes the arbiter, it is n'of jristfeo or even cour- *hch communications, it is hard to avoid speak}-'
ago that decides. My proof is iu ono word—Po- > ing more of one's self, than is either pleasant or
£ano! Were it othervrtse, trial by ordeal and ju- ! graceful. You, I am sure, will be the first tc par-
dicial combat should be restored, and the victor j noil the egotism into which you have betrayed
in battle would once more become right by tho ! mo; for few Know better, hew humbly I estimate
judgmeut of God. * j myself rind my opinions. It is useless to wish
But what hope have wc of redress, if not iu Imofe.June had been allowed me; raid vain
nullification? llow can wo expect to convince ; t0 . re D r “'- j could not nungi.c.in your aeliher-
men, rendered deaf bv interest to every rejnou- atl , 0 “ s '. Gould I have anticipated the state ot
strancc? f answer, the interest against us, is less I P 11 * 1 ' 1 - ‘celing in Georgia, tho honorah.c einploy-
mghloinr, Chrrnkrr Co. Suit. 10, 185)2.
. Dear Sir—As the enrolling business
ded fortho preceut, and lam detainc- , _
wailing thc session of Hall Circuit Court, t(5 at-. J®"}’& azl,, 8
tend to thc interests of some orphan Cherokees, i 111 Its l° n o. distance, unobstructed only by isolated
ss is snsneri- } ctnm * ronec * near the Western lino of tlto northern
cd here a-! w* 1 ? 1 a point ripening to ll^ right and loft,
'enrt ti n r- i wltcre by gazing, the vision bccones hoVvildered
the strenuous opposition of the navigating in terest? I real than apparent. The gain of the farming ' nient which detains me, accepted as it was, not
And must I protest, even to you, that-this reenpt-1 States hv thc turifi* is imaginary. A European merely ou tho score ot health, but *qr thc grutifi-
trlatioif, is not made to dcfeifJ or accuse, the past j war, would, in all probability, dissipate tlieir illu- j iall01 [ m J’ colleagues and constituents, must
ortho present—to. inculpate or exculpate, any | s i on at oute. A constitutional amendment iu fa- ! h 'V e hc . cn rcllls ^ ! ', ",? re .f.“ 0 T abl e to support
mail, or party, or people—but simply because vor of roads ami canals misfit dissolve the coni- : a lon K journey, I should still feel myself bound to
it is the truth, “The thorns wc reap, are of! bination*of, the East and West. It is not impos- ! r P t } lru - D ut theliope of reaching home in a con-
llie tree we plained:"-they may not wound us the j sible, that iu the disposition of the public lands, I ^‘ ll '° t a tf ! e flS®6° an y act,vo . t5u fy' 13 7 ct morc
less: but sfifdly we haVe uo right to impute all thc 1 mentis might be found, to restore the harmony of I ,l cb o 1 ' aa J ! <lt bc, . l, K scr ' lcca , e m J P rc "
others. I dri ntit 9»y we ought to bear nm- mmttrr. Fv«n th,- mmsire of ,.vnonr„ J an I Sl '“ cc - Nothing remains for me tuen, but to com-
injury io <
them patiently—or at at all, I will not presume
to tell a whole commonwealth what it can or can-
our country,
immense and
Even the necessity of exporting an i senc ^* ’ i0 ,' s
annually increasing surplus of do- ; 5 ne |! a J
iirpl
our common country, to the pro
tection of that Power without whose aid all w:s-
I left the Agency on the Highwasseo rivor, in ! The Coudian river is navigable for steam boats,
flat bottom beats,* on the ,10th April. On the | and exnptics itself into the Arkausu on the south
to tell a whole commonwealth flrbat if can or can- mestic products, aud of importing lawfully or illi- ‘ ccu . ina j 1 n , J ,. •
not bear. But I will recall to the recollection of citly, in goods or in specie, the corresponding mil- i ^ om ls '. )Ut foH - v ' lt th . c ch ? I,c ? at . ,lcr h P, s
........ . .1 • 1. _ j* . If. . * . . * . . in r\ icicnnnje nwiv not* te trttt /loCttttV
J7th, after contending against adverse winds, we
j arrived at Lamb's ferry, having passed the Boil
ing Pot and Tumbling Shoals, without even ox
citing alarm.with the. cmigmirts. Lamb’s ferry
is just above thc Elk lliver Shoals, which aresuc'-
ceeded by the.Muscle Shoals. Here’ wc lay to
for two days awaiting a calm, when, under the
guidanco of skilful pilots, wc ngain pht out and
passed over these^shnllows and falls so rapidly,-
and so free from harm,*lhat thc emigrants could
scarcely believe they bail yetpassed points, which
in story, had been depicted in tho most terrific
characters, until the pilots were paid off aud had
nctuMfy Xtirncd back. Ou tfio 22d, having'met
tfte'sieam boat at v.Vaterloo, below Florence, near
the foot of Collierv’i Shoals, ve oxebangod riyr
slow a'ml tedious mode of passing over the waterTr
for on# much more expeditious; and eleven days
r.d - '■ !f afterward without a death or any se-
rious indisnnsiti
th» Ch*.-::kco c
side, a considerable distance below the mouth of
Illinois river, In this fork lies tho residue of the
seven millions of acres given by the' treaty of
1628, But few families reside there. Those
with whom I conversed, told me tkey had enjoy
ed good health, although they mostly Used'the ri
ver water. The Agent, who is a man of Stirling
integrity, as well as thc principaljCbtcf, infrtrins
mo there is in one body here, thrcclrundred thou
sand acres which might ho set dov-n as first rate
laud. I was on this tract, but had tio leisure to
explorcjit’ all. It-is exceedingly rich* and well
timbered, lying immediately in the forks—here 9s
ou tho cottberD side, winter and summer, range
is good aud abnffdaut, and game such as deqr,
bear and turkey’, is to be found plentifully in most
£ arts of the cation, I might say in all except the
ec’s creek settlement, - *
my countrymen, even at the risk of some odium Hons'for which iti*-exchaugod, must at no dTstaut j ‘ u no w,se P ass away, her destiny, is my destiny,
to mySBlf, that tho manufacturing'.states were day occasion new reductions of our imposts, i lor £ nml or (or evil.
But before, and*above all, if we arc riglitwe have 1 a,n ’ gentlemen, with great respect, and sin-
the weapons whklf seldom fail. Am 1 asked ! *•”» estcem '
when.did reason aud jdstico conquer.interest rp _ , _RICHARD HENRI MILDE.
and prejudice ? I point to all triumphs of To Col.JFm.tummng, Hon. John 1 . King.
Truth and Time. To a reform in the English j Slaughter, Esq. Augusta, Ga.
reformation restoring civil privileges to apcrsccu-1
ted sect—to such an extension of the elective frau- j
The Buffalo, Elk and Antelope seldom make
arrived withiu thc limits of j inroads upon the Cherokee territory; their range
y West, where I remained J is still westwardly in the great prairies, which are
r.-.een dnys. L’-i mg :his time I passed thro’ now and then visited by all tribes, where sojne-
. r, y r: L h -X :: r ” r-^V■■■'- - . ^1 « high np M tile times the hunter, by taking an elivatrid scite, I
j ntyitmriDb ,!■-,•• . , C'.--. A,'-.- ,.2- «-au dcot admit Iff my ft- J 4m credibly informed, may least his eyes with tbe
;mc.i c:: •.iHstdrft . lit 1g 5* ?i:: 6a as l\ry. isigit 01 gamefeedipyfos gule« in th« ytflriys, tp
made-such by dur legislation. Wo destroyed their
shipping and they turned tri manufactures. Must
we destroy their manufactures'that they may re-
.turn" to their shipping.
It is natural enough that we should seek lo re
move restrictions which are hurtful to our indus
try.:- but n is equally natural they should strive to
retain what they imagine beuetieiaLto theirs. . *
‘ Considering when—by whom—-aud qpderwhnt
circunisiauccs they were imposed, it is asking too
much of human nature, to expeefthey will be rea
dily abandoned. A part ol the population 6u
1 which they w’ere forced, outc spoke of seceding
from the Union if they were persisted iu. But
the uuioQ has survived tlieir discontent. They
converted our folly to their benefit and now we
meditate secession unlriss they Will instantly relin
quish their advantage. Perhaps they have en
joyed it long enough. Perhaps they have more
than indemnified themselves for tbe losses which
we made them suffer. Certainly our injustice, if
we committed any, cannot justify theirs. Most
undoubtedly the interchange of wrong for wrong
chisc, as Chatham dared uot mediate, and Fox
could uot accomplish. To rcvolmiou; less
bloody, and codes less bnrbaroiif—tbe liberty
of tho press—to our ov8n institutions; tbe hope
and admiration of all that is liberal in Christen
dom—in a word, to'{6b eiteuded and extending
empire of opinion.
We have beard, to bo sure, that a total, imme
diate, unconditional abandonment of the principle
of protection is our right: that we ask nothing
more ; will take nothiug less; aud must not stoop
to hoy justice. These arc lofty and captivating
sentiments; yet a doubt m y be indulged, wheth
er they are practical. Justice is a rare commodi
ty, even among friends aud neighbors; and though
forbtfdah (0 bo told, he h thought lucky who
impolitic Inhuman'-unchristian. Ctill tkarKpays deaf?/, and gats it at last, aftal enduring th#
r£f-*c#e»] »pi*s*<fjr raeril-s; Mast wc jAt vi(rt^T5ppi'||*0r ; * tfic proud *
LETTER FROM JUDGE BARBOUR.
Frrscati, Sept. 9. 163-2,
Gentlemen:—l have received your letter of tho
25th ultimo, enclosing certain resolutions adopted
at a political meeting heW on that day, at Shoc-
co Springs, in Warren county, North Carolina.
In conformity with one of these resolutions, you
ask me to state mv seutimeuts in relation to the
Protective System, Internal Improvement, the Bank
of the United States, and Nullification.
Whilst I should be altogether unwilling to ob-
tnfd* my opfuions iu regard to political questions
upon the public, I am equally loath to withhold
them, when thus publicly and explicitly culled up
on to express them- I therefore without hesitan
cy, proceed tri answer tha inquiry.
I understand the committee to ask what my
bv what nroCCs* of reatoUlDJt V
opinions ar^not by t*but pro«s» of reasoning
deatumriy, fiav# beifl lod u> adopt tfieinl