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On the arrival of the vessel at New-York, Ben went
up to the tavern, and lo! whom should he first cast his
eyes on there, but his old friend Collins, of Boston.
Collins had, it seems, been so charmed with lien’s ac
count of Philadelphia, that became to the determination
to try his fortune there also; and learning that Ben was
shortly to return by the way of New-York, he jumped
into the first vessel, and was there before hint, waiting
his arrival. Gieat was the joy of Ben at the sight of his
friend Collins, lor it drew after it a train of the most
pleasant recollections. But who can describe his feel
ings, when, flying to embrace that long esteemed youth,
he beheld him now rising from his chair, equally eagei
for the embrace, but alas! only able to make a stagger
ing step nr two befere down he came sprawling on the
floor, drunk as a Lord!
To see a young man of his wit—his elo ;uence —his
education—his hitherto unstained char;ct r—and high
promise, thus overwhelmed by a worse than brutal vice,
would have been a sad sight to Ben, even though that
young man had been au entire stranger. But oh! how
tenfold sad to see such marks of ruinous dishonor on
one so dear, and from whom he had expected so much.
Ben had just returned from assisting (o put poor Col
lins to bed, when the Captain of the vessel which had
brought him to New-York, stepped up, and in a very
respectful manner, put a note into his hand. Ben open
ed it, not without considerable agitation, and read as
follows:
G. Burnet’s compliments await voting Mr. Franklin—
and should he glad to half an hour’s chat with him over a
glass of w ine.
G. Burnet! said Ben, who can that he?
Why, ’lis the Governor, replied the Captain, w ith a
smile. I have just been to sc* him with some letters 1
brought for him from Boston. And when l told him
w hat a world of hooks you have, he expressed curiosity
to see you, and begged i would return with you to lira
palace.
Bon instantly set o IT with the Captain, hut not without
n sigh as he cast a look back on the door of poor Collins’
bed room, to think what an honor that wretched young
man hud lost for the sake of two or three vile gulps of
filthy grog.
The Governor’s looks, at the approach of Ben, showed
somewhat of disappointment—He had, it seems, expect
ed considerable entertainment from Ben’s conversation.
But bis fresh and ruddy countenance showed him so
much younger than he had counted on, that ho gave up
all his promised entertainment as a lost hope. He re
ceived Ben, however, with great politeness, and, after
pressing on him a glass of wine, took him into an adjoin
ing room, which was his library, consisting of a large and
well chosen collection.
Seeing the pleasure which sparkled in Ben’s eyes, as
he surveyed so many elegant authors, and thought of the
rich stores of knowledge which they contained, the Gov
ernor, with a smile of complacency, as on a youno pupil
of science, said to him—
Well, Mr. Franklin, I am told by the Captain here,
yau have a fine collection too.
Only a trunk full, sir! said Ben.
A trunk full, 3ir! replied the Governor, what use can
you have for so many hooks/ Young people, at your age,
have seldom read beyond the tenth chaptct of Nohemiah.
I cannot boast, replied Ben, of having read a great
deal beyond that myself; but still 1 should he sorry if I
could not get a trunk full ot hooks to read every six
months
At this, the Governor, regarded him with a look of sur
prise, said*
must then, though so young, be a scholar; per
haps a teacher of the languages.
No, sir, said Ben, 1 know no language but my own.
hat, not Latin nor Greek?
No, sir, not a word of either.
Why, don’t you think them necessary?
1 don’t set myself up as judge, but i should not suppose
them necessary.
Ay! well, 1 should like to hear your reason.
Wily, sir, I am not competent to give reasons that may
satisfy a gentleman of your learning, but the following
aretho reasons w ith which I satisfy myself. I look on
languages, sir, merely as arbitrary sounds of characters
wbercjty men communicate their ideas to each oilier.
Now I already possess a language which is capable ol
conveying more ideas than 1 shall ever .acquire: were it
not wiser in me to improve my time in sense through that
one language, than waste it in getting mere sotmds
through fifty ianguagt", even if I could learn as many?
Here the Governor paused a moment, though not with
out a little red on his chucks, for having only a minute
before put Ben and the tenth chapter of Noliemiah so
close together. However catching anew idea, he took
another start:
Well, hut my dear sir, you certainly diff r from the
learned world, which is, you know, decidedly in favor of
lh" languages.
I would not wish wantonly to differ from the learned
world, said Ben, especially when they maintain opinions
that seem to me founded in truth. But when this is not
the case, to differ from them I have ever thought it my
duty; and especially since I studied Locke.
Locke! cried the Governor with surprise, you studied
Locke.
Yes, sir, I studied Locke on the Understanding three
years ago, when 1 was thirteen!
You amaze me, sir. You study Locke on tho Under,
standing at thirteen?
Yes, sir, I did.
Well, and pray at what college did you study Locke
at thirteen; for at Cambridge college in Old England,
where 1 got iny education, they never allowed the senior
class to look at Locke till eighteen!
Why, sir, it was rny misfortune never to be at a col
lcge, or at a grammar school, except nine months wiicn
1 was a child.
Here the Governor spring from his seat, and starting
at Ben, cried ont:
The- ! well, and where—where did you get your
education, pray?
At home sir, in a tallow-chandler’s shop.
In a tallow-chandler’s shop? screamed the Governor.
_ Ye3, sir, my father was a poor tallmv-chandler, with
sixteen children, and 1 the youngest of all. At eight,
ho put inc to school, but finding he could not spare the
money from the rest of the. children to keep me there,
ho took me home into the shop, where 1 assisted him bv
twisting the candle wicks and tilling the moulds all dav,
and at night 1 read by myself. At twelve, my father
bound me to my brother, a printer in Boston, and with
him I worked hard all day at press and case, and again
read by myself at night.
Here the Governor, spanking his hands together, put
up a loud whistle, while his eye-balls wild with surprise,
rolled about in their sockets’as if in a mighty mind to
hop out.
impossible, young man! he exclaimed; impossible! you
are only sounding my credulity. 1 can never believe
one halfof all tins. Then turning to the captain, be said:
captain; pray tell me, can this young man here be aiming
at any thing but to quize me?
No, indeed, please your excellency, replied the cap
tain, Mr. franklin is not qui/.ing you; he is saving what
is really true, for I am acquainted with his father ami
family.
The Governor then turning to Ren, said inure mode
crately. Well, my dear wonderful boy, I ask vour par
den f r doubting your wo and ; and now pray tell me, for
I f«cl a stronger desire than ever to bear yout objec
learning the dead languages.
“ by, Sir, l object to it principally on account of
,oh of tiu nan In* . Taking iln m one with a-
notlier, men do not live al>ove fortv years. Plutarch,
indeed, put it only thirty-three. But say forty. Well,
of this full ten years are lost in childhood, before any boy
thinks of a Latin grimmer. This brings the forty down
to thirty. Now of such a moment as this to spend five
or six years to learning the dead languages, especially
when all the best books .n those languages are transla
ted into ours, and we already have more books on every
subject than such short-lived creatures can ever acquire,
seem very preposterous.”
Why not, Sir l
Why, I should as soon think of transplanting a pine
apple from Jumucia lo Boston.
Well, Sir, a skilful gardner, with his hot house, can
give us nearly as fine a pine apple a3 any in Jairiacia.
Arid so Mr. I’opc, with iiis fine imagination, has given
us Homer in English, with more of his beauties than or
dinary scholars would find in him after forty year* study
of the Greek. And besides, Sir, if Ilomer was not
translated, 1 am far from thinking it would be worth
spending five or six years to It am to read him in hi3 own
language.
You differ from the critics, Mr. Franklin, for the crit
ics all tell us that his beauties are inimitable.
Yes, Sir, and the naturalists tell us that the beauties
of the basilisk are inimitable too.
Tho basilisk, Sir! Homer compared with the basil
isk! 1 really do not understand you.
Why, I mean. Sir, that as the basilisk is the more to he
dreaded from the beautiful skin that covers his poison,
so is Homer, from the bright colorings he throws over
had characters and passions. Now, as I don’t think
the beauties of poetry are comparabuble to those of phi
lantnropy, nor a thousandth part so important toliumnn
happiness, I must confess 1 dread Homer, especially as
the companion of youth. The humane and gentle vir
tues are certainly the greatest charms in life. And I
suppose, Sir, you would hardly think of sending your sons
to Achilles to learn these.
I agree he has too much revenge in his composition.
Yes, Sir,and when painted in the colors which Ho
mer’s glowing fancy lends, What youth hut must run the
most imminent risk of catching a spark of bad fire from
such a blaze as he throws on his pictures?
Why, this, though an uncommon view of the subject,
is, I confess, an ingenious one, Mr. Franklin: hut surely,
’tis overstrained.
Not at all, Sir, we are told from good authority that it
was the reading of Homer that first put it into the
head of Alexander tlie Great to become a 1 loro ; and af
ter him, of Charles the XII. What millions of erca
turns have been slaughtered by these two great butchers
is not known ; but still probably not a tythe of vvhat
have perished in duels between individuals, from the
pride and revenge nursed by reading Ilomer.
Well, Sir, replied the Governor, I never lieard the
prince of bards treated in this way before. You must
certainly he singular in the charges against Ilomer.
1 ask your pardon,Sir ; I have the honor to think of
Homer exactly as I did the greatest philosopher of anti
quity—l moan Plato—who strictly forbade the reading
of Homer to his republic. And yet Plato was a heathen.
I don’t boast myself as a Christian jam! yet I am
shocked at the inconsistency of our Latin and divines
too, who can one day put Ilomer into the hands of their
pupils, and in the midst of their recitations can stop them
short to point out the divine beauties and sublimities
which the poet gives to his hero in the bloody work of
slaughtering the poor Trogans ; and the next dav take
them to church to hear a discourse from Christ on the
blessedness of meekness and forgiveness. No wonder
that hot-livered young men, thus educated, should des
pise meekness and forgiveness as mere coward’s virtues,
and nothing so glorious as fighting duels and blow ing
out brain*.
Here the Governor came to a pause, like a
gamester at his last trump. But perceiving Ben cast his
eye on n splendid copy of Pope, he seized that as a fine
opportunity to turn the conversation. So stepping up,
he placed his hand on his shoulder, and in a very fa
miliar manner, said :
Well, Mr. Franklin, that’s an author that I am sure
you will not quarrel! with ; an author that I think you’ll
pronounce faultless.
Why, Sir, replied Ben, 1 entertain a most exalted opin
ion of Pope ; but ill. Sir, 1 think he is not without itis
faults.
It would puzzle you, I suspect Mr. Franklin, as keen
a critic as you are, to point out one.
Well Sir, answered Ben, hastily turning to the place,
what do you think of this famous couplet of Mr. Pope's:
Immodest words admit of no def mce,
For want of decency is want of sense.
I see no fault tin re.
No indeed, ex claimed Ben, why now to my mind a
man can ask no better excuse for any thing he dor s
wrong than his t rant of sense. —Well, Sir, if I might pre
sume to alter a line in this great pool, 1 would do it in this
way;
Immodest words admit but this defence—
That want of decency is want of sense.
Here the Governor caught Ben in his arms, as a de
lighted father would his son, called out at the same time
to the captain:
How greatly am I obliged to you, Sir, for bringing
me to an acquaintance with thecHarming. boy' Oh what
a delightful tiling it would be for us old fcllotVs to con
verse with sprightly youth, if they were but all like him!
But the worst of it is, most parents are as blind as bats
to the true glorv and happiness of their children. Most
parents never look higher for their sons than so see them
delving like muck.worms for money; or hopping like
jay-birds, in fine feathers. Ilrnce their conversation is
generally no better than froth or nonsense.
After several other handsome compliments on Ben,
and on the captain expressing a wish to he going, the
Governor, shook hands witli lien, begging at tin. same
time that he would forever cotisider-him as one of his
friends,and also never come to New-York witlio.it com
ing to see him.
THE RICHMOND ENQI. lUEIL “
li any one Apostate in this wide Republic, merits in
a more especial manner than the rest, ‘‘tire curses of
hate, and the hisses of seorne,” of all honest Republican,
—that man, is the Editor of the Richmond Enquirer.
Brought up in the school of Jefferson and Roane,—as.it
were at the very feet oi Gamaliel, always the open and
avowed advocate of State Rights he has now, in his old
age, turned Apostate,—not opohfy, for then he would I e
understood by* all, and Ins treason would destroy lus in
fluence but he wavers, he dallies, ho shapes his way
along the middle course, which isalv. nsthe policy of
the designing —of t ! lc “ Markeable ” politician. He sees
the principles ol Roane, his late master trampled in. tho
dust; he secs Liberty struggling for foot lio’d even in the old
dominion,— does he spring’to her r< scti'e,? No,he licks tho
hand that ho.t’s the dagger reaijj* to drive it to her heart?
When the hai.lv is sounded in Virginia, and tiu; Gener
al Assembly of that State, is once more ready to hoist
the glorious banner of ’OS,—where is this man? He is
drawing off tho forces, he is nistifying~ he is doctriiM
ting, he is playing the part of lago.
Salisbury Carlinian.
NATURE OF TRADE.
In transactions of trade it is not to he supposed, that
like gaming, what one party gains the other must neces
sarially lose. The gain to each may be equal, if Alias
more corn than be can consume, but wunts cattle; and
B has more cattle but wants corn, exchange is gain to
each: hereby the common stock of comforts in life is
increased.
Agriculture —The natural vocation of men, promote* |
his dignity, independence, and hippine**, more than ativ l
other, when it is not unjustly oppreasod by *weminent !
POLITICAL.
[From the New York Courier* Enquirer.]
Tlie >u|irenie Court of the I iiitcil Matos.
This is an awful tribunal: a council of amphictyons,
with this addition, that it is supremely independent of
the States, on whose rights it is called to decide without
appeal. As the constitutional interpreter of the Con
stitution itself; as the tribunal to pronounce the last ir
vocable decree of Fate, it is entitled to the respect, nay,
reverence of the People of tiie United States. But in
a free country, no branch of the government should be
held sacred ; we acknowledge no “ Divine right” here ;
no infallibility in politics or religion. With us, kings
arc but men ; priests are but men ; judges are but men,
actuated by the same passions, interests and feelings,
an t liable to the same errors, as the rest of their fellow
worms. Like other men, they require lo be watched
and restrained in the exercise of power, and there is no
sufficient reason why their acts may not be canvassed
and*questioned with the same freedom as those of the
other branches of our Government. Nay, with more
freedom, since if we arc to believe all that is said of this
high Court, it is not only Supreme, but Omnipotent. It
is a good maxim in politics, that tile centre of power
should be the focus of observation, for there is the great
source of danger to the liberties of the people.
\\ c have only to look back to that country, whence we
derive our language, our laws, and our origin, to learn
that judges may become the tools of power, the agents
of oppression, and the instillments of party. The His
tory of England tells us that they have olten condemned
the innocent, oppressed tho deserving, perverted tile
law sand the constitution, and sacrificed the rights of the
people at the shrine of bigotry or power. It is our just
pride and boast, that hitherto the .Supreme Court has
merited and received the confidence of the nation bv its
consummate ability, incorruptible integrity, and lofty
independence. But the time may come when that cor
ruption which ever follows like a yelping cur at the heels
ol power, will win its way even into tiie very hearts of
the high judges of the land, and when a just regard to
their welfare, will make it the houiidcu duty of tiie peo
plo to denounce them as a Bench of Judicial Despots,
masking their tyranny under the majesty of the laws,
and robbing us of our constitutional rights, under pre
tence of interpreting the Constitution.
It may one day happen, in the course of time and the
vicissitudes of human character, that the Supreme Court
of the United States may degenerate into a mere politi
cal tribunal, wedded to a system of politics, and adapt
all its decisions to that standard alone. Is it net compe
tent to flic people who may differ with them in their in
terpretations of the Constitution, to indulge in a little
respectful grumbling?
Or it may happen—as power always leans towards the
acquisition ol power—that the Judges of the Supreme
Court of the United States w ill manifest a determina
tion to extend its jurisdiction beyond the limits which a
majority,* or a large portion of the people believe the
Constitution has prescribed, thus intruding on the pre
rogative of the other branches of the government, or on
the rights of the States. In such a ease is there any
cause that should prevent a high spirited, free people,
from denouncing this usurpation?
It may also possibly Happen that some one,or perhaps
a majority of these judges, will in after times, become
the mere tools of Executive power, or of a party in op
position to that power, and eilher aid in its usurpations,
or on the other hand, employ all the influence of their
authority, all the subtlety of argument, and all the weight
of their decisions, to embarrass its measures, and weak
en its just prerogatives. In such a state of things is
there any insuperable objection to the people expressing
their disapprobation of either of these courses ?
Lastly, it may possibty cosne to pass, that as there is
no limitation ot age, arid no constitutional exemption
finm its w» akness and infirmities in the Judges of the
Supreme Court—it might happen that a majority of
t hem would become superanuated,or so weakened in the
powers of intellect and memory, as lo deviate into wild,
mischievous constructions of the Constitution, calcula
ted to jeopardize the liberties of the people. In such a
case would it be any violent indecorum in the people to
claim the hurnhle privilege of crying out against such
dignified dotage 1
In all these cases, and in many more, which the Ion:
experience of the world has clearly indicated, may oecvr
in time, w*e should answer,that tho people of this Union
possess the right of complaint and remonstrance. —
i here m v, and in all human probability will, occur stch
cases; and it will then be their privilege, nay, tieir
solemn duty, to speak so as to he heard even in the Ugli
est scats of Justice. It is better that we should lose a
little of our r verence for authority, than to lose our
Liberties. Ine authority of the Supreme Cour* ema
nates irom the people, just as much as docs (he a itliori
!- of toe Executive and Senate, who appoint that tribu
nal , and it is the most slavish of all doctrines, to sav
te.it tiie iHO latter, only representing the people,can cre
ate a power above the people—that they can delegate
u * »at tiu v themselves <!o not possess.
U e arc lod into these reflections, by being struck
with the boundless latitude given to the prerogatives of
tiie Supreme Court, m the speeches .of many distinguish
ed members of the benate anil House of Representa
tives, aa well as in the resolutions of public meetings,
and legislative bodies, responsive to the President’s pro
clamation. Pretending—or perhaps intending, to echo
the.doctrines of that celebrated state paper, they carry
them to the extreme absurdity of maintaining t .at nei
ther the states or the people possess the right of resis
tance to the mandate of this court, under any circum
-tJoqcs whatever, even that of an open, palpable viola
tion of the Constitution. Thcj* keep pace with the ad
vocates ol unlimited despotism, ami give to the Supreme
Court the right ot making that instrument just what it
pleases. r
i here must b * a supreme authority somewhere, say
they, and it is lodged in the Supreme Court. This wo
M .H. Ihe o ily absolute power acknowledged in tills
country, as yet, is the people. They said what should
h tne Constitution, ami they alone have a right to say
what it shall be in future. If the Supreme Couit, in
th iropiuion, transcends its powers, or abuses the pow
f r.s delegated tp it by the people, it for them —the peo
ple of the states— to demand a Convention of the
.Stairs, in which they may r< suntjktheir original sover
t i gutv, anil once more delegate their power, under such
new restrictions as they may think proper.
One of the best arguments in support of a free gov
ernment is, that tiie people rot only make their own ci
vil compact in the first instance, but reserve to them
st- ios the right to alter it, as time, and the abuses and
corruptions that invariably follow in its train, may ren
di r expedient. But can this privilege be said to he ex
cased by the people of the United Slates, if they
have no voice it, the interpretation of that compact; iii
declaring what meaning they affix to it; nor any discre
tion in changing it when they believe it no longer ail
ministers to tho great end of all Governments—the hap
piness and prosperty of the greatest possible number?
Ot what avail .** that most important article of the Con
stitution, which renders it obligatory on Congress to cull
a l oNVontion of the states, w hen two thirds of them re
quire it, to declare whai is the true intent and meaning
ol any one of its provisions, and to alter or add to them
It they think proper—ofwhat avail, we sav, is this, the
only safeguard to the rights of the states, if it so to re
mam forever a dead !, tt, r, and we arc allowed no other
-esort in cases of disputed interpretations, than the Su
preme Court ?
Danger, infinite danger, lurks behind the boundless
latitude given loth* prerogatives of this Court; ami if
they are p-rmancn ly conceded, ive shall probably one
•lay or other, exhibit the extraordinary and ridiculous
speetacle of a [ample spuming Bit very idea of a pol.t|. !
cal,at the same time that they tte quietly submitting te
a legal despotism, iiupregnahly intrenched behind tho
mock majesty of a violated Constitution.
[From the Ga. Messenger.]
“Oh the ungrateful spirit of a Commonwealth."
TIMON OF ATIIKNs.
The Washington Globe complains bitterly of the in
gratitude of a Georgian to Gen. Jackson. Is it possible
that any citizen of Georgia has been guilty of so base a
crime against so great a benefactor? ' What! for a Geor
gian to object to the destruction of his State by a man
who has used Iter well and rendered Iter some service—
oh shockingly ungrateful! unpardortably ungenerous!
is not this the common cry of tyrants and their minions?
llysotqe false hearted .service they gain the hearts and
affections ot tile people, with the design of oppressing
them, and when their placs are ripe, thev boldly strike
at the liberties of those they would enslave. Should
the people make any effort to preserve the dearest and
most valuable blessing they enjoy, and one which pro
duces and secures to them all the rest, they are caller?
ungrateful. “Oh the ungrateful spirit of a Common
wealth,” was tlie cry of the tyrant Alcibiades, who was
banished by Rome for attempting to overturn the gov
ernment ot his country, for the sake of that uncontrolla
ble power w hich he could not attain while it subsisted;
and who that has seen the tragedy of Timon of Athens
performed before an English audience, but bus also
heard the loud and vehement shout of applause raised at
this calumny on Republics by the enemies of a tree gov
ernment? The charge of ingratitude, against free
States, is untrue almost universally. Against Georgia,
in relation to Gen. Jackson, it is faUc.
It is the iirst and chief ambition of Georgia, like ev
ery other free State, to preserve itself. With that off
object in view, ebc aided in placing Gen. Jackson in
power,—power that she believed was measured am!
well defined, but which she has since made boundless,
to the ruin of those who gave, it for their own preserva
tion, and to the overthrow of every purpose for which it
was given ; and now, forsooth, because Georgia has
the, audacity to distinguish between protection and op
pression—because she will not become a slave to her
servant—for this sire is ungrateful. Nero is not the
last tyrant that has made a power to protect the people a
warrant for oppressing and enslaving them.
But the Globe seems to think that Georgia is bound to
submit now to the powcrofGen. Jckson,to oppress her,
as a reward for having once defended her. W ill Genar
al Jackson’s editor tell us which party is the most un
grateful in this case, the people of Georgia for refusing
to be slaves, or the President for using the power w hich
the people gave him to make them slaves ? We would
take the liberty to refresh the memory of the Globe
with a few instances of the fate which such benefactor.-
as Gen. lackson met with in former times, w hen the
people Were scarcely more jealous of their liberty than
they are at the present day.
Srimrrs' Miimus was unquestionably a benefactor to
the Romm people, at one time, because he gave, them
large qumtities of grain during a great dearth ; he after
wards atempted to enslave them, —but Skrvilu s Aha
la slew him—arid the latter was considered by the
people i much greater benefactor.
T. Manlius defended the capitol of Rome bravely
and successfully,—blit when, not content with the ma
ny hortrrs that were done him for a worthy action, he
would unworthily have oppressed Rome itself, for ha
ving sived a part of it, he was justly thrown headlong
from hat very capitol, by a people he had betrayed and
whole power he had abused.
Tjc Roman history abounds with many other instan
ces cf the most ungrateful monsters, as in the ease of
Ceasah, Marius, Ac. Ac. who made the power which
they possessed to protect the pe-ople, a power destructive
ofill liberty and of the State that gave it. The example
a«? the. fate of these parricides, may furnish the tyrants
o' the present age, a subject for profitable reflection
aid teach the pooplc a lessen of zeal in defence of their
liberty.
1 j From the Va. Times and Jeffersonian .]
> The Van Buren (Geo.) “ Constitutionalist has the
I following :
“The consequences of the doctrines of Nullification
were predicted, and told to Mr. Calhoun himself, in
print, and in language which could not be misunderstood.
And what was the ahstver? The protective system was
to render the whole country prosperous and independent
of the whole world ; so said Mr. Clay. The doctrine of
Nullification, when enforced, will be a peaceable mea
sure of resistance to an unconstitutional law; most efli.
cacious, arid better calculated to bring the federal gov
ernment to original principles : so said Mr. Calhoun.
And what have we beheld? And what do w o behold?”
Answer —Why, sir, the very thing promised. Are
you still blind? Do your partizan feelings stilljade your
judgment? Open your eyes—The proteclive system is
utterly abandoned.— The Tariff is compromised—peace
is restored—(no thanks to your colored Party) and the
Union is presetted! What'niorcdo you want?’ Will ypu
still abuse the “ absurd heresy ” of State Rights, after it
lias done all tins! If you do, thinking men wall, at once,
see that you abuse the remedy because it has r tired the
disease. And this is the truth of the case. Not a soli
tary collar Paper or mqn desired to see the past nifficul
ties amicably adjusted. They wanted the Tariffto stand
as a sort ol machine to make Presidents and Vice Presi
dents with. The whole of your Party has struggled
against us from the start, and contributed to throw more
obstacles in bur way than the old Federalists themselves.
But you arc beaten/ Beaten u Horse,/oot and dragoons.”
The Van Buren faction is now understood. Their ma
chinery has been exposed—and we tell you that the
whole faction will, in twelve months , stink like a dead
horse.
[From the Va. Tunes and Jeffersonian.]
Prediction.—rS\ x years ago we told a leading States
man in Virginia that if the claims Os Gen. Jackson to the
Presidency were pressed in preference to those of an
eminent Republican, now no more—and he should suc
ceed in getting into the office, that the certain conse
quence would be the total overthrow 6f the Republican
Party. Mr. Ritchie had declared such would be the
consequence—and had proved beyond all doubt that
Jackson was a Federalist, ns well as a “Tyrant,” Ac. Ac.
Flis letters to Mr. Monroe ought to havq put the Repub
lican Party on their guard. They showed conclusively
that Jackson had no respect for tiie principles of the
I arty. It is for those who afterwards turned a most ex
traordinary summerset to account for their conduct, and
to feci the responsibility of the present state of things,
it has been said, with much wisdom, that the “ woman
who marries a rake, under the hope of reforming him is
but a simpleton’’—and the force of the remark is not less
coed when applied to those who would make a Republi
can out of a Federalist. It is not in the nature of things.
It is not unnatuaal nor unusual to see a Republican turn
rede rail st. This is, indeed, the natural course of things
but the reverse, never,
Jackson came into power—and among the first acts of
ffs Administration was that of cashiering every Ripuh
e an in ms cabinet, and taking in the advocates of the
A icn and sedition laws, newly chistened Republicans.
1 hey immediately organized a svstun of operations by
subsidizing the Public Press, to push forward their clier-
IMtctl schemes. Now we sec the rights of the (Stales—
amt the sovereignty of the State, ridiculed and insulted
"> two hundred presses in the pay of Government, and
members of Congress bought up at the entire sacrifice of
principle* which first brought them into nonce. It is
known to lie a,, indisputable quaMificatian for office,
high and low, (bat the prof, ,** should surrender every
principle which m«y conflict with the interest of the Fed
iMJ I arty, an I rtit ambition of \an Buren. One thing
wc think cannot be denied. Whether Van t
s<mtm prevails, Federalism is in full bloom Th ,
tics of every Southern Stale lias become more oH
corrupted, through these measures. 6 6
n is ro P° r,c<l ™ sound authority that while V
Calhoun was speaking in defence of his
off, Randolph sat eyeing Webster. A 111
table before him, which obstructed his s j„ht —«r J
that kataway," said Mr. Randolph, tt was
and tlie keen eyed descendant of Pocahontas sat hi J
to watch the motion of Webster: throwing into his fJ
that piercing gaze, before which he had uuailoH J
time. When Mr. Calhoun sat down, Webster
faltered, and blundered, and sat down utterlv t l
n€<ul , sir. lie has been dead an hour a<*o. I a-iir
dying muscle by mnscle."— Virginia Times. ‘1
ALABBAIA UNIVERSITY.'
Me have been presented with a catalogue of the 0
cos and Students of the University of Alabama fnr t
arv, 1833. The following w a list of the Facultv !
other officers.
Rev. Alva Woods, 1). I). President; and Prof««„,
Moral and Natural Philosophy.
Job;: I . Wallis, Professor of Natural History ' Off
try, Ac. ■ ’ ec j
Henry Tutwiler, Professor of Ancient LanguairJ
Sauveur F. Be,,fils, A. M. Prof, of Modern fiS
Rev. Henry M . Hilliard, Professor ol Elocution!
English Literature.
William W. Hudson. A. M. Professor of MathcnW
and Natural Philosophy.
Calvin Jones, A. B. Tutor of Ancient Languages iJ
G. Davenport, Librarian. 8 *■ 1
Robert B. Al’.Mullen, Assistant to the Prcfi wJ
Chemistry r
Robert A. Taylor, Esq. Steward.
The number of Students, at present is 93, mmclJ
Seniors, 27 Juniors, 33 Sojxliomores and 25 Frcshnl
Os til, so students, 81 are of this State; 3 from South!!
ouriu; 3 from Tennessee; 3 from Georgia; •-> from Virl
and one from Mississippi.
The following account of the course of studies I
inay be of public interest.
TERMS OF ADMISSION.
The requisites for admission to the Freshman (I
are, acquaintance with English Grammar, Arii!„J
and Geography, an ability to translate four books at 1
of Caesar’s Gallic War, Salluts's Cataline and JugiJ
the Eclogues, Georgies and four -Eueids of Virgil,!
two books at least of Xenophon’s Anabasis ®r CvraJ
ilia, and testimonials of good moral character. Nil
dents can be admitted under the age offcurtctc 1
trom any other College or University, without jet J
cate or honorable standing 1
Students may be adrniit. and to an advanced class, nil
qualified on examiiiation.Tho Universityis also cptl
nnv persons who do riot desire to take the full course®
to be graduated as Bachelors of Arts; but whoihJ
take a partial course, and to be graduated in pan®
departments only:—provided they are found quail
for the studies which they propose to take, and prol
they take the usual number of exercises. No sluaß
admitted for a less time than one session or a Col
year. And no student is considered as a regular ß
b r ot the Institution until after a res deuce of all
six months, and giving satisfactory evidence ofiii,®
ishtd moral character. |
William .Idll rwon Jones,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WILL still continue to practice Law. Any bualnisl
v V tided to his management will he promptly and faith
attPl " l '‘ d l - Milledgeville, March 2S. 1-1
ut.aia i jyjj 'jubl
I N us much as the Drawing of the Union Hotel Pm
» Lottery is not completed, it is due to the Public tohl
plain statement of facts. Good Titles to prize holders,
not published by the superintendants, till theSth days
September, (the time the Lottery truly came before the!
lie) to he drawn the tilth day of December thereat™
nas then postponed fill the 2nd day of this month,-vi
casualties could not ho drawn. The proprietor in ’hi
lime given, from the situation of his family, could roll
I homastoir to sell Tickets till the sth day of
in the last time from the duties of office, could notVifl
after the 2nd Monday in January. Therefore he hasnl
time to sell as many of the Tickets as he wishes. 11l
here make no apology—hut still state facts. He o»il
amount ot the Lottery ; and from the position of smn l
creditors, he is compelled to take the unsold Ticket!
the others he returns many thanks, and could he best ™
as easy as thanks, he would have them all paid. In!
hoped that this indulgence w ill be allowed by aw!
public. He has placed the drawing when the rirkelsa™
or most certainly the first of next January. Itisthel!
lice he shall make, unless he draws before that tiui' !
drawing shall be final.
ll is due to those who have bought Tickets to be inf!
that tlie money is in the hands of respectable Agents. I
the bands of the Treasurer of the -Siiperintcndaiils. I
w ill return it to purchasers, should the Lottery,by any!
seen circumstance, not be drawn. I
The unsold tickets are offered with pride, 1
Tin u come forward and buy.
Or the Proprietor witl be nullified,
And yon a FORTUNE, ship by.
J. B. BATEMA!®
March 35
Editors who have published the last suspension of ill
tcry will please insert this ihafead cf it twice per me®
the drawing. I
CIIAHLMSTOX, Fcbrntirf Jb IS3l®
X T AUFOUS reports having reached us of an inq®
V gaining ground throughout the Country, that
qnence of our present unhappy political relulioiis,
not he this Spring such stocks of Goods as are usual®
in this Market: We, the undersigned Merchants,
eluded to adnot this method of counteracting an epu®
injurious to our friends and ourselves, and to assure®
who have usually made their purchases in Chrrlrs-o®
we intend to pursue our business in this place, nnles*|®
ted by causes not new anticipated: Ami having at Hu®
and expecting, a full supply of such articles, as have®
been kept by us, we are, and will be prepared, tomff®
mauds of our customers, as fully and satisfac tonally®
tofore, and respectfully invite them to visit this
confidence in our ability and disposition to promote®
It rests- ■
Parish, YViley & Cos. I
C. AG. H. Kelsey,
Weed A Benedict, I
Walton. Murrell A Cos. B
Miller, Ripley & Cos. B
James J. M’Carter, B
K. A C. Robbins.
Coleman, Wright A Cos.
E. A J. B. Delano,
Hyde A Cleveland.
Win. M. Tileston A Cos.
Baker, Gregory A 10. S
W. 11. Gilliland & ?
Flemming, Ross, & Cos.
W. S. Boag, & Cos.
N- 11. Wildman & Cos.
J. A J. Tait,
11. B. Gleason A Cos.
Stoddard, Davis A Cos.
Eyland A llavden, I
G. B. Giannis A Cos.
Mills A Bcuuh, B
Shelton A Cald'icUt I
S. Babcock A Cos. ■
A. M. Hatch A Cos. g
Cliaiuherliri A Cobh. ■
D. G. iJavilund A * o. H
E. Ahralintn. , ® '
February 11, 1993. ■
