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BY W, S. ROCKWELL.
VSIC2B3
AND
STATE RIGHTS’ ADVOCATE,
Published Weekly in the Town of Mitkdgeville
AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM
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inserted at the usual rates:
those sent without a specified number of inser
tions, will l.e published until ordered out, and
charged accordingly.
Sales of Land, by Administrators, fi*Mut-,r»,
•r Guardians, are required, by law, to bp held on
ths first Tuesday in the month, between the hours
•f ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon,
at the court-house in the county in which the
property is situate. Notice of these sales must
b« given in a public gazette sixty days previous
t* the day of sale.
Sales of negroes must be at public auction,
•n the first Tuesday of the month, between
the usual hours of sale, at the place of pub
lie sales in the county where the letters
Testamentary, of Administration or Gtiaidiau
ship, may have been granted, first giving sixty
days notice thereof, in one of the public ga
zettes of this State, and at the door of the
court-house, where such sales are to be held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must
fef given in like manner, forty days previous to
the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Es
tate must be published for forty days.
Notice that application will be made to
the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land,
must he published four months.
Notice for leave to sell Negroes, must be
published for four months before any order ab
solute shall be made thereon by the Court
are authorized to announce Capt. VVM.
V T F. SCOTT, as a candidate for Sheriff of
Baldwin county, at the ensuing election in Jan-]
eary next, August 7,1833.
\\J E are authorised to announce JOHN M.
If CARTER as a candidate for Sheriff of
Baldwin county at the ensuing election.
Oct. 9th, 1833. 39....
To the Tit h fie.
the undersigned, take pleasure in saying
11 that we have witnessed many of Mr. John j
H. Wright’s operations in Dental Surgery, in j
its different branches, setting or engrafting new j
Teeth ; plugging those which are cavernous ; re- !
moving fangs, and carious ones, so often the ]
source of chronic disease. His operations are ;
performed with scientific skill and ability. We
therefore, confidently recommend him to the 1
public.
GEORGE R. BROWN, M. D.
JOHN B. GORMAN, M. D.
Milledgeville, 23d Sept. 1833.
Augusta, IS/A March, 1833.
1 have inspected a number of cases in which
Mr. John H. Wright lias operated on the Teeth
for their various conditions and affections, and 1
take pleasure in stating, that all I have seen, ap
pear to be done in the most substantial, safe, and
satisfactory maaner. 1 have no reason to believe
that any of his operations have beeu attended by
ill cosseuuences.
M. ANTONY, M. D.
Augusta, March 11/A, 1833.
Mr. John TI. Wright has operated on teeth in
my family, and among my acquaintances, in a
manner wholly satisfactory; and 1 can therefore,
w ithout hesitation, recommend him to others,
particularly for the i<m<W carefulness with whici
h* performs operations upon those parts, neces
sarily painful
JOHN DENT, M. D.
A. '8
JO/f.i’ If. WRIGHT,
OF GEOIIGIA,
RESPECTFULLY informs the public, thal
he has taken a Room one Door South of
McCombs’ Hotel, where he will be happy to re
ceive tiie calls of those who may be desirous ol
his attention. He will perform all opperations
en the Teeth and Gums—such as Cleaning,
Plugging, Removing Fangs, Engrafting and Ex
tracting'lV tli. And his patients may rely, that
in m> case will he perform an operation, that is
unnecessary.
Sept. 23 37 3 m
4’iiO "I’lJTth
For publishing in the City of Charleston a
periodical to be entitled ,
TIIE YOUTH'S LITERARY GAZETTE.
AND
FAMILY JOURNAL.
|N effering this Prospectus to the public, the
subscriber begs to state that its chief object
is the promotion of Literature among tho younger
branches of the community. W hi’ lß tiie North is
overflowing with Journals of the above descrip
tion, it is certainly to be wondeied at that tiie
Southern portion of the States, standing as they
do in so exalted a station for intellectual, and en
lightened principles, not only of a political and
literary, but also of a parental ami social charac
ter, that they alone should stand neutral in snp
poitinga work of the above praise-worthy nature-
But to eulogize the character of such an underta.
king ts superfluous, as the title itself will suffi
ciently speak of the advantages to be derived;
suffice it to say, that its pages will be embel
lished with the productions ot the youth of this
sad the adjoining States, which will be carefully
selected and arranged according to the nature oi
the subject with which tho editor may he honor
ed. A portion of its columns will also be devo
ted to subjects to interest and importance to the
heads of famines, and the. miscellaneous depart
ment will comprise articles in prose and verse,
original and select. All new works intended for
the advancement of youth will be noticed, and
extracts given with suitable remarks thereon.--
No politics will ever he allowed in the pages ol
the above work. Temperance will be strictlv
advocated, on which subject, communication*
Unding to its advancement will be thankfully re
seivad.
The Youth's Literary Guzeitte and Family Jour,
not will be published semi-monthly on fine me
dium paper, 21 columns, or 8 large quarto pages,
**egant!y printed with new type, and. In a slyh
set iaforior to any ot’the Northern or English pro'
Auction ; it will be stitched in a wrapper of ad
vertiseinents and delivered to city subscribers a’
1/ per annum, and mailed to country subscriber!
tttbs same rate, payable in advance.
1 J. NEEDHAM,
Masonic Hall , Meeting-1
September “Id, 1833. 3il •’!
Sale.
’iY’ILL be sold on Thursday 19lh Deeombe
»* next, at the residence of Henry •w®** ll
‘• tte of Jasper eountv deceased, all the perlsha • 1
pi"perly belonging "to said estate, consisting o
it I. h, Cows, Hugs, Sheep, Goats, Corn,
] derate! Firming utensil*, and various other an*
I <■let too tedious t« mention. Terms made knoert
♦mho As v. MILLEDGE ROBY. B* r<
MC. 13, IS*3. «*...•«
[ MEDICAL CARR.
V\R. PETERS, in consequence of cireemstan
, TF ces transpiring preventing his being in a
Foreign country at this time, as"he had anticipa-
I te< k and in addition to thal the grateful recollec
tion of the very extensive patronage extended to
| hint in this city the last season, with the earnest
solicitation of numerous friends for his longer
: continuance among them, has dete,’mined on
j spending the ensuing winter in Milledgeville.
Dr. P. for several years has devoted* his entire
i attention to th*» treatment of chronic or in cetera!
j diseases in different climates. Persons unac-
I quainted with Dr. P’s. reputation as a practitioner
ol the //eating Art, on applying to him will be re
ferred to Ladies and Gentlemen of the first re
| speetubility who have experienced the snrprizing
!ly beneficial effects of his treatment. He invites
| persons afflicted with what they may consider
incurable disease to give him a call : Those un
] able to do so, will be waited upon at their respec
! live places of abode by request. Persons who
j may wish bis opinion relative to the nature of
] their ailments are apprized, that no charge will
j be made, unless tiiey actually plr.es themselves
i under his care. Dr. P. may be seen at his Office
! on Wayne street the first door to the Post Of
fice, oral the JUnion Hotel kept by Maugham
and Searcy where he boards.
Dyspepsia ais<! Liver-complaint.
Dr. Peters professor of Physiological Medicine,
has succeeded by chemical analysis and synthe
sis in forming a compound from several proxi
mate vegetable principles to which he has given
the name Medicin e Stomachicix ct Hepatic;?, which
has proved far more efficient than any remedy
heretofore discovered in curing those distressing
maladies of mind and body, which are generally
comprehended under the sweeping terms Dyspep
sia and Liver-complaints. It is likewise pn almost
certain cure for enlargements of the Spleen
The above Medicines consist of three different
preparations two of which are to be taken inter
nally. .. .the other to be applied externally over
the diseased parts; not the least harm can result
from using them, and they are perfectly pleasant
to take and the same food may be taken anti em-1
ployment pursued that would be proper were the |
patient not under their influence. They a reput i
up in parcels with full directions for use. From
one to three parcels will he necessary to complete
a cure. The price is $5 a parcel, any person
sending So in a letter, (post paid) stating wlier 1
he wishes the Medicine sent, will receive it b j
Mail-
] Among the symptoms of Dyspepsia and Liver-
I complaints, ate flatulency, sourness or burning in
] t lie stomach, melancholy, irritability, disagree
! able taste in the mouth ; great irregularity of
appetite, which is sometimes voracious and at
I other times greatly deficient; thirst, fetid breath,
nausea, weakness of the stomach, acid eructa
tions, palpitation, drowsiness, irregularity of the
bowels, pressure on the stomach after meals, pain
in the heal, dizziness or vertigo; confusion of
mind, attended with loss of memory, a gnawing
in the stomach when empty.ehilliness.affection of
sight and hearing, pain and weakness in the
! back, languor, disturbed sleep, cold feet and
| hands, tremor, uneasiness in the throat, ooiigh,
j pain in the side or breast, &c.
I The above maladies lead to organic .tffVction of
j stomach, liver, and heart, terminating in Dropsy,
j Consumption, Apoplexy, Ac. according to the
J climate, habits, age, sex, and temperament of the
patient.
j Milledgeville, Oct. 30, 1833. 42....
TIIE SOUTHERN AGRICULTU
RIST.
AND RKCIST2R OF RURAL AFFAIRS.
! VI. NOVEMBER, 1833. Contkntb :
i Y Tart l. Original Correspondence.
I art. LXXUT. An address delivered before
: tiie Agricultural Society ofSonth Carolina, at the
; Anniversary Meeting, August 20th, 1833, by
I Daniel lv. Whitaker.
j LXXX. Account ol an Agricultural Excursion
| made into the South of Georgia in the winter ol
! 1832; by the Editor, (Continued from page, 5-29.) ■
* LXXXI. On the rearing of the Silkworm and
j culture of the Grape Vine : by P.
I.XXXIt. Account of several successful ex
periments in tiie culture ol Clover, in Abbeville
District ; by Thomas Parker.
LXXXIII On the changes wrought in Beau- ]
fort District, by the application of Manure ; by
A. Passer, by. !
I.XXXiV. Observations en the Oat Crop ; by ;
A. Highlander,
LXXX V. On the Preservation of Potato slips;
by an Overseer. . j
1 XXXVI Esti inale of the Daily Labour ol'
Negroes; by a Member of the Agricultural So-!
ciety of South Carolina. i
LXXXVII. Letter to the Editor, containing
Queries on the rearing of Silkworm, and mode
j of the culture of the Silk.
Tart ll—Selections.
! ART. LXX. The difference between tbeold
■ and r.ew meihods of managing Yard Dung; by
one of ibe new-School.
LXXI. On Gardening—No. C; by Alexander
Gordon.
I LXXII. Account of the Embarkment and
Cultivation of the Shirley Swamp ; by Hill Car
■ ter. t-%
LXXJII. Saltpetre in Meat; by C. S. Rafi
nesque, Bro. His. and Nat. Sei.
LX\IV. Saltpetre in Meat, in reply to i ro
fessor Rafinesque; by Medieus.
I.XXV. On fa.-ailing Swine ; by Deane.
LXXXVI. On procuring pure Water; by P.
Moser, M. D.
Part lll—Miscellaneous Intelligence.
Manure is Wealth; to produce Onions .fa
large size; Agricultural Thrift; On rorcing
Hulbs to cause them to flower in V\ inter ; 1 eas ;
Growing Crvsantliemums; On shortening the
tap roots of trees ; Age of Sheep ; Lands in
Vire jis a t published by A. E. MILLER.
So. 4, Broad-Street, Charleston.
• rriHG SUBSCRIBER continues to make inks
1 an d gudgeons Ter tub-mills at ten dollars
a set, and other castings for saw or grtss mills,
,at sixty-five cents per pound.—He also repairs
guns and pistols at very high prices, and shoes
horses at $1 00 if the cash is paid down, or i!
] done in payment of « debt, but if charged, $1
He also sells new scooters at 14 cents per
! pound, or makes them when the iron is found at
| 3 ‘4 each ’ I. T. CUSHING
J February, 1533. 11
T ANARUS,:., ooix.tßS rhi-.iii®
lost houses.
fIROKE a«ay from camp, 10 miles above An
-1» gusta.on the Washington road, two sorrel
r ; ,* .* : one large, about | years old,-the other
; I; year* old. marked on the stde from a burn-no
’ I °*The'abo^Vreward will he given to any person
, :ii tale tiiem un. and communicate intellt
“SSSESSStS* «**-.
, county, Ga. MATHISWR. GLENN.
! . . 17- -S
Deucmhc/ 4.
.RUsEEDGEWSEEE, WED.VESV.IW DEEEJRBERi 11, 1833.
I POLITICAL.
1 Evlrart from Gor.llnfiieN JlrA«su-e,
To the Senate and House of Repr's.
i Ff.t.lovv Citizens :
It has pleased the Almighty Disposer of
i events, to permit us to assemble once
] more, in the enjoyment of the blessings of
j peace. Bat a few months have passed a
' way, since our separation under circum
stances, calculated to inspire the most
anxious solicitude, for the destinies of out
beloved country. .South Carolina, after
years of unavailing petitions, remonstran
ces, and protests against the usurpations
of the Federal Government, had in her
highest sovereign capacity, solemnly pro
nounced the acts of Congress, imposing
duties and imposts for the protection of
domestic manufactures, to be “unauthor
ized by the Constitution, null, void, and no
j Saw,” and itad taken measures ofher own.
! to prevent their enforcement within her
' limits. The exercise of this unquestiona- 1
hie right of Sovereignty, under a system
of confederated States was met by the ;
Federal Executive, in a spirit entirely at
war with tiie genius of the Constitution,!
and utterly subversive of our free ins tit u-;
tions. Denying to one of the high con- ]
trading parties to the Constitutional com
pact, the right “to judge of its infractions,
or of the mode and measure of redress”—
the President had no hesitation in asser
ting for himself, the right to determine au
thoritatively the true character of the oh-!
j noxious acts, and felt no scruples in pass
j ing sentence of condemnation, against the
j constituted authorities and people of a
! Sovereign State, avowing at the same
time, his determination to reduce them to
submission, by military force. Preten
-1 sions such as these, addressed to a high
minded and gallant peopie, in whose veins
flowed tiie blood of the Patriots and He- j
roes of the Revolution, could only be met j
in a spirit of proud defiance, —a spirit
well embodied in the noble sentiment that
“it would he better that our country should i
become the cemetery of Freemen, than 1
the habitation of Slaves.” It would be a{
proud page in the history of our common;
country, which shall record the unfalter-j
ing determination, and unshaken firmness,!
with which the Legislature and people of;
South Carolina met tiie crisis presented ■
by the Proclamation of the President,
which it was vainly imagined,would have
“humbled them in dust and ashes.” Stan
ding alone in the great contest lor Consti
j tutional Liberty—unhappily divided at
j home, and cheered by no friendly voice
* from abroad, —denounced as Traitors,
and threatened with military vengeance
by the Chief Magistrate of the Union, it
was confidently anticipated that our peo
ple would shrink in dismay fiom the un
equal conflict, l’ut thanks be to God !
j South Carolina did not falter in her
[course, nor swerve from the path of duty.
Hie spirit or iiiu pcnpK. mac with the e-
I mergenev, and we were enabled to ex
hibit the animating spectacle, of a small
! State standing up tor her rights unaided
and alone ; resolved to maintain them, or
perish in the conflict.
Though the remedy adopted by South
Carolina, was altogether peaceful in its
character—yet no sooner was the ground
taken, thatshe was to be driven from her
position, and the unconstitutional Tax en
forced at the point of the bayonet, then it
was, at once, seen and felt tiiat there was
no alternative, short of a base surrender
of our dearest rights—but to be prepared
to defend them, “peaceably, if vve could,
forcibly, if we must.”*** 4 **
it is greatly to be lamented, that the
act for the reduction of the Tariff, should
have been followed by another, comraon
i l y called the Force Bill, which, as it was
I to have no immediate practical ojieration,
; couid have been designed tbi no other
purpose than to embody, in the form oi a
law, the odious principles of the Procla
mation, with a view that they might be
called into action at some future period,
more favorable to the establishment of ar
bitral)’ rule. Regarding this act, as a
i mounting to the assertion of the unqualified
i supremacy of the Federal Government o
] ver the States, South Carolina unhesita
tingly pronounced it to be “utterly uncou
; stitutional, null and void.” So far as an
! act of Congress can produce that effect,
jno doubt can be entertained, tint the
Force Bill has abolished the Constitution
i annihilated the rights of the States, and
! erected, on their ruins “one great Consoii-
I dated Government without limitation of
S powers —and untii this act shall be torn
from the statute book, these rights will be
held bv no other tenure, titan tire will and
pleasure of the President. A great crisis
is thus brought about in tiie progress of
our Government, and the problem must
now be speedily solved, whether the in
teresting experiment which has been
made in this country, of establishing a
free Government on the basis of Suite
Sovereignty, and popular rights, is to be
crowqed with success,or must henceforth
be regarded as “a splendid failure ”#»****
Wc have seen the Federal Govern
ment extending itsjuiisdiction over crimes
j cognizable only by the States,and attempt
■ ing to seduce our citizens from their aile
\ giuncc. We have seen the power daim
ed and exercised of “laying taxes, duties
! and imposts,” not alone (or the purposes
; s|iccilicd in the Constitution, but for any
j purpose whatsoever, which Congress
j “mav stiv or imagine to be for the general
welfare.” >Ve have seen a gigantic
scheme of internal improvements adopted,
1 founded on the most unjnst and unequal
1 principle;- leading to u dis graceful scram
ble for the public money, and which j
could only he carried into effect, by drain
ing the resources ot one quarter of the L r -!
nion for the benefit ofanother. We have j
seen the power over the purse and the i
sword openly usurped by the Executive,!
without his deigning to make an appeal
to Congress : and we have seen Congress j
itself yielding obedience to the slightest j
intimation of the Executive will, granting j
to him without hesitation extraordinary i
powers, and making hitn the absolute dis-!
poser of the lives and fortunes of the pco- 1
plo. We have seen a high officer of the j
Government deprived of his office, for!
having refused to disobey the positive in- j
junctions of the law : and we have seen]
another officer, distinguished for his gal
lantry-, exj>eiled from the service in tiie j
face of an acquittal by a military Court.
We have seen an officer negatived by
tiie Senate, re-appointed and kept in of
fice, in open defiance of their authority,
and the express provision of the Constitu
tion. We have seen the power and pat
ronage of the Federal Government brought
into hourly conflict with “the freedom of
elections”—the freedom of the press—and
freedom of opinion. We have seen a
hired soldiery, in time of profound peace, ;
invading the limits of a Sovereign State]
in obedience to a mandate from Washing- j
ton, forcing peaceable citizens from their j
homes,murdering them with impunity, ]
an! then finding protection under the
! guns of a military fortress, setting at de
fiance the judicial process of the State,and
j held amenable for their conduct, only to
the Federal tribunals, to which have
; been given, under the Force Bill, an ab
solute control over the Judicial Tribunals
jof the State. And, to cap the climax ot
Federal usurpation, the power has been
j asserted,anti so long exercised as almost to
ha vejbecomea“settiodpolicy,”of regulating
and controlling the whole labor and cap
-1 ital of the country.” Surely, when we
I contemplate this picture, we have a right
,to warn our brethren throughout the U-
Inion, that their Liberties are in danger,
j and to summon them “to the rescue.”
We have reason to hope, that this appeal
will not be in vain. The eyes of the
whole country are beginning to be open
ed, and the people are awakening to a
sense of impending dangers.
Amidst all the vituperation and abuse,
to which our State has been subjected, it
is gratifying to discover tiiat our princi
ples arc steadily advancing. Wherever
they have been brought to a fair and full
discussion,before the people, their triumph
has been decisive, it is the nature of
truth, that “it needs only the liberty of
appearing” —and there is, happily for the
future destiny of our race, an instinct of
freedom in the heart of man, which, how
ever it may be perverted by education,
obscured by prejudice, or debased by in
terest, may be kindled up, and seldom
rail* to respond to earnest and faithful ap
peals in behalf of liberty and justice. E
ven now, wc sue mm of those who have
most loudly denounced oui dw,,.;.™.,
bearing reluctant testimony to their truth,
in{ being constrained to adopt our princi
pies.and to recognize in Slate interposi
tion the only bai rier against federal usur
pation. A few months ago, it was trea
son for a State “toorganize an opposition”
to the usurpations of the Federal Govern
ment ; now it is acknowledged to be a
right incident to her sovereignty. The
truth, Felloiv-Gitizcns, is, that there is no
middle ground between the acknowledge
ment of our principles, and the undis- 1
guised admission that ours is “a Consoli
dated Government, without limitation of
powers.” The rights, if they can be so
called, of petition, remonstrance, protest,
and revolution, are incident to all forms
of government, and exist precisely to the
same extent in a consolidated government,
a monarchy* or a despotism, as in the
freest government upon earth, and may
be just as lawfully exerted hv a slave as
a freeman. It is absurd, therefore, to
speak of these as constituting the essence
of State Rights under our Federal Sys
tem. If Slate Sovereignty lias not been
totally and entirely surrendered, the sev
eral States arc in duty bound to preserve
those rights from invasion ; and whatever
may be the appropriate remedy, and by
whatever name it may be called, if it op
erates by virtue of Slate Sovereignty, to
the effectual protection of State Rights,
this constitutes, what Air. Jefferson lias
well called the. “rightful remedy of nullifi
cation.” Every State in this Union, when
she feels that her rights arc invaded by a
gross, deliberate, and palpable usurpation
on the part of the Federal Government,
in a matter of sufficient importance to re
quire her interposition, will he driven to
tliis remedy.—Cal. Ttl. Extra.
Gov. C linton and Hr. Van Huron.
We published some days since, an ex
tract from the New-York Evening Star,
in which, Air. Noah, in a manner credita
ble to his candour, honestly confessed his
remorse at the ]>ai t he had taken in en
deavouring to put down Gov. Clinton, in
order that Air, Van Buren might rise
upon Ids ruins. This avowal drew from
; the Argus, in this city, a reply of two
I columns, marked by the accustomed vin
dictiveness of that print. The Star, in
; rejoinder, says ;—“ The hostility ol Air.
i Van Buren to the (.anal has been fre
quently the theme of reproach on the part
of Ate presses opposed to him. From
1 la* 1H until the death of Air. Clinton, when
ever the subject was referred to lor noliti
| cal oljrrtf, tjiore pre-re* rherged Mr. V
! B. widi hostility to tlm project and tiie
: projector, hut it was never convenient un
; til thp present time to prove by deolara
i tion or facts, that Mr. Van Buren was
! the friend and supporter ot the Canal, and
! now when it produces millions to the
! the Stale, when its triumph is complete.
| and its author and indefatigable supporter
i dead, the Argos publishes Mr. Van Bu
] ren’s speech delivered in April, 1817, to
shew, and to shew with truth, that he was
1 at that time the friend of the Canal, and
by inference its supporter from its com
mencement to its completion. Now, what
are the facts in this case ? Mr. Van Bu
ron was a Clintonian in 1812. With all
the boast of his Democracy, he co-operat
ed with the federal party and supported
fie Witt Clinton for the Presidency against.
James Alndison.
“ At this day many will be surprised,!
and many will doubt the truth of this
declaration—hut Air. Van Huron's support
jot Mr. Clinton is beyond doubt. Air.:
j Clinton openly separated from the Demo
cratio party at that time, but Air. Van !
t Buren continued bis friend because he j
] was in power, and had influence in the ]
! State. In 1817 when he had not separat- j
;ed from his old federal friends, wc find !
Air. Van Buren in the Legislative caucus,
moving to make the nomination of Mr. j
Clinton unanimous for the office of Gov- 1
ernor. It was at that time, when in full
communion with Air. Clinton, tiiat he
made the speech in favor of the canal,
] now quoted by the Argus.
“ The democrats of this city, friendly
to flic war, and unwilling to support Mr.
I Clinton for Governor, made a vain at
tempt to defeat hitn,and runup the buck
, tail flag. We commenced the campaign,
and opposed the canal from strong im
pressions that it was visionary ati.i im
practicable. We continued in 1817,
1818, and part of 1811), to wage this war
i against Mr. Clinton and his project. It
was at this time, when the current com
■ mcnced setting strongly against Air. C.—
when the opposition assumed a formida
ble shape, tiiat Mr. Van Buren deserted
the friend with whom he had been acting
from 1812, and who had appointed him
Attorney General of the State. When it
was evident that his influence was on the
decline, Mr. Van Buren, the friend of the
canal, joined the party winch was honest
ly,but vainly, attempting to destroy it.
“Why this apostacy towards his friend?
We opposed Clinton because he hud op
posed the war; but Mr. Van Buren was
at that time endeavoring to make hitn
President. We opposed his canal pro
ject because wc believed it to be ruinous.
Why did Mr. Van Buren join the party
who was endeavoring to destroy the canal
if he honestly was iis friend ! Why did
he recommend us to take the project out
of Air. Clinton’s hands and complete it
ourselves when the canal was in success
ful progress 1 ami why did he consent to
the unjust removal of Mr. Clinton from
the Board of Canal Commissioners, oral
; least matte no protest against it, when
the great project had been nearly com
pleted ?
“ The story is soon told. When Air.
Clinton was in prosperity, in power, and
in influence, Air. Van Bureh was his
friend and supporter; when the clouds of
adversity overtook him, Air. Van Buren
deserted him—and so it has bee, and so
it will ever be with him, to the end of the
chapter. Fidelity to a friend in adversity
forms no part of Air. Van Buren’s politi- j
cal character; fidelity, or protection to the ]
honest and consistent men of the party j
is a mere calculation of personal interest;
with him. He will remain no longer with j
a party or its supporters than he can man
age that party lor his own benefit and!
advancement.
“ We did not intend at tills time to ex-,
amine Mr. Van Buren’s claims to consis
tency, as a frieud to the canal and Air.]
Clinton; the scrutiny will come up in the,
course of time ; and now, or at a future!
period, wc stand ready to prove by facts ]
whatever may be necessary to allege
against his political course. In the hon
est admission of error, we regretted our
opposition to the canal; lor this the Argus
calls us “ profligate.” From the convic
tion that in aiding to break down the i>o
liticai influence ol Air. Clinton, we have j
been instrumental in creating a incrcona- j
ry and ruinous faction in this state, we
again expressed our regret; for this the
Argues calls us an apostate.
“Be it so. We prefer an honest ad
mission of error to a blind adherence to ]
the pride of opinion. If we have done
wrong to our country, or any valuable
project,by a course of opposition founded;
in error, it is our pride and our character]
to render justice when time and circum
stances prove us to have been mistaken.
The strong ground ol opposition to Llin
ton was his ambition, and the character
of some few partizans who surrounded
: him. What have we got by substituting
Air. Van Buren as a leader ! The hank
ling capital of the whole state, and ll>e
] canal funds, managed to advance his po-
I litical fortunes—a band of mercenary ty
! rants at Albany controlling the Legislu
ture, the Presses, and the election—and
a gang at Washington keeping every ol
licc-hohler in thfl Union in chains, to pro
mote Ins election to the Presitl* nc\. Ihe
ambition of Clinton still carried with it
a noble emulation lor the good ol the
country. Wluit has Air. Van Buren
done f What plan of state or national
aggrandisement lias he devised * U !mi
I
VDLIIIC f YUIBEIt 48.
i aro liis cl aim Bto the gratitude and re
ward of his country !*.—Albany Qaz.
From Iht Wrhmoud Whig.
Jiulge .'’lcl.caii.
Evident indications announce the early
: and serious nomination of this gentlemaw
: tor the Presidency, and the occurrence of
remarkable political “ phenomena” to
| which it will give rise. The State Right
i Banner is unfurled as the flag under which
Ins party will go to battle, and efforts are
now making, (how successfully is not
: yet manifest) to enlist the Slate of South
Carolina in his favor, and to stimulate lier
to take a lead in his nomination. How
sincere Mr. McLean is in Isis attachment
to southern principles—whether the evi
dence of his attachment to which we al
lude, are of his own origination, or ex
hibited bv his friends for electioneering
effect at the South—whether, Mr. Van
Burcn having preoccupied one road to
popularity, and other candidates others;
Stale Rights have been seized upon by
the adherents of the Judge as presenting
the forlorn chance—of all these things,
we know nothing. But.this is evident—
that in the gi-eat States of Pennsylvania
and Ohio, and in all the''North-Western
States, Mr. McLean’s popularity is great
and growing, and his identifying himself
and his party with the friends of State
Bights, is of the utmost importance to
their principles, and may he productive
of high and happy results.
It is a misfortune that men in the mass
care little for abstract principles. Were
it otherwise, they would fie less frequent
ly ied captive by man worship, and less
often be governed by precepts of mere ex
pediency, which sacrifice great ultimate,
to present and inconsiderable good. A
popular chief may immediately convert
his party to opinions which they have re
sisted all their lives, or cared too little
about to take the trouble of comprehend
ing. llis friends will become staunch ad
vocates of the rights of the States, 1o
amhe Judge McLean Pn siden', who with
out that personal and intelligible motive,
would have sneered at those doctrines as
visionary abstractions, or even aided to
strengthen the hands of the Federal Gov
ernment.
We care not for the motives which
govern him and his friends —they may be
good or indillcreut—personal or general
—selfish or disinterested—hut we rejoice
in the prospect of seeing a party, respec
table in character and numbers, enlisted
in behalf of southern doctrines, in Penn
sylvania and Ohio. It must be produc
tive of great good. A portion of the
Press in that quarter, will then at least,
publish, and a portion of the people read,
those arguments which are believed in the
South, to be irrefutable, and which require
only that the people should know and
understand them, to make the I‘eople rc
i cognize and adopt them, llow stands
! the case now ? In Pennsylvania, the land
lof McKean, thirty years ago in front of
Virginia herself, in zeal and unanimity,
there is not to be found, out of nearly one
hundred prints, a single one, save Mr.
Raguet’s, which defends the old princi
ples of the State. The arguments and
views of that side of the question, are
absolutely shut out from the people.
The cause of State Rights is in reality,
the cause of popular liberty—the cause
of popular right, against the despotic dis
position inherent in all governments—
The People could not be against this
cause if they understood; it for it is their
cause against their natural enemies, [low
er and privilege.
We find the following extract from a
Philadelphia letter in the last Charleston
Mercury.
« Thrc has been much conversation
here on the subject of the nomination of
Judge McLean. His leading partisans
arc however, too timid, while many ol
those who have supported Mr. Clay, say
that but for Mr. McLean, Mr. Clay would
have been elected, and that therefore if
they are comjielled to abandon Mr. Clay,
they would much prefer to take a South
ern candidate. Indeed if you can agree
among yourselves, and present us a can
date worthy of the South, lie will receive
our support. The feeling here is, any
man in preference to Mr. \ an Buren ;
and many of the tariff men are saying
that if we had a Southern President, we
should have no more quarrelling about
the duties.
“ Thev sav, it is time, that this quarrel
between the North and the South, should
cease, and that they are prepared to stisw
by their votes that*they are not opposed
to Southern men or Southern interests.
Can’t vou agree among yourselves? Give
us a man who can unite the confidence
and support of the South, and he will be
welcomed by us as the • great pacifica
tor’ indeed—for if you are united you
must prevail.
“ Judge McLean's friends profess a
sincere desire to harmonize with the South,
and if Mr. Clay’s friends find that they
cannot carry tiieir favorite, a proposition
will be made to unite with the South in a
common resistance to Mr. Van Buren.—
Vou will see therefore that vve look to the
South with increasing interest, under the
hope that your local dissensions will cease,
and tb ' vou eau pn. .■ ut us u common
rallyi 0 ,'oint.-
The punishment inil.eied upon lit®
the violators of \* stal cli. biy, was, to bo
