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VO LU 31E VI—NUMBER 26.
THE STANDARD OF UNION,
BY P. E. HtOBINSON,
publishfr (by authority) of the laws of the united states.
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book, containing several thousand names.
ADV ERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of LAND,
by Administrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law to be
held on the first Tuesday in the mouth, between the hours of ten in
the forenoon and three in the afternoon, al the Court House in the coun
ty in which the property is situate. Notice of hose sales must be gi
ven in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS previous to the day of sale.
Sales of NEGROES must bo at public auction, on the first Tuesday
of the month between the usual hours of sale, at the* place of public
•ales in the county whore the letters testimentary, of Administration or
Guardiansliip.may have been granted,first giving SIXTY’ DAY’S no
tice thereof, in one of the public gazettes of this Slate, and at the door
of the Court House 'where such sales arc’to be held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must be given in like man.
ner, FORTY DAY’S previous to the day of sale.
Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published
FORTY DAYS. •
Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for
leavjeto sell LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS.
Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, must be published for FOUR
MONTHS before any order absolute shall be made by the Court
thereon.
Notice ol Application for Letters of Administration must be publish
ed THIRTY DAYS.
Notice ot Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administra
tion of an Eslnte, are required to be published monthly for SIX
MONTHS.
MiLLIXEKI ATW lIA VI'IA-JI AKI NG.
MRS. LOUIS’A O’BRIEN,
RESPF.CTI'I'LLY informs the Ladies of Milledgeville
ami its vicinity, that she has lately received from Charles
ton, a fine assortment of of her own selection,
among which are
LADIES, MISSES AMD CHILDREN’S SONNETS,
OF THE LATEST STYLE.
Some beautiful Drawed Bonnets, of a new and late style.
Also, the Latest Fashion for CA PS and HE 4 1)- DRESSES,
and the Latest Fashions for LADIES' DRESSES—Arti
ficial Flowers of various kinds.
ilcr Bonnets will be sold from one dollar and fifty cents, to
two, three, even and twelve dollars.
Bonnets and Dresses made to eider at the shortest notice,
and of the best materials, very cheap for cash.
Also, on baud some splendid Feathers for Bonnets.
Milledgeville, April llith, 1839. 12—rtf
For Ssaie.
FBIHE Pond Town settlement of land comprising 1620
- acres, about 400 cleared and in good order for farming,
attached is a comfortable dwelling, gin-house, and other ne
cessary out buildings. The lands all lie adjoining, a part in
Sumter and the balance in Marion county. A great batgain
will be given for cash or on a short ciedit. Information can
be had relative to its value by reference to Col. Thomas
Bivinsof Marion, or Capt. Jno. B. Coleman of Sumter. Ap
ply to the subscriber, LaGrange, <reo. ,s. uoxii
June 5. L~oo st-
GAINESVILLE FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL.
G. BEAUMONT, A. M. of Cambridge University, Great
Britain, Principal.
THIS Establishment, for which a spacious Building,
Botanical Garden, and• extensive grounds are in the
course of active preparation, will be opened for the education
of Young Ladies in the follow ing branches of polite learning :
’[’he Modern Languages; French. Italian, Spanish, and
German ; the Belles Letties, Music, Drawing, Elocution, the
Mathematics, Experimental and Moral Philosophy, Botany
and Geology; as well as the usual studies of the Primary
Departments.
The mode of instruction in all branches, will be pursued on
philosophical principle seal ciliated to save the time and increase
the interest of the student. The ground work of this system
is a laborious analysis of the studies themselves, resulting in
the compilation of entirely new elementary books, by the
Principal of this Seminary”; while the physical sciences will
be taught entirely by Lectures, explanatory of facts exhibited
by the Philosophical Apparatus.
The developement of all the functionsof mind and body,
that are calculated for the permanent advantage of the Pupils,
will be the care of the Principal and his fellow Jeachers. The
discipline wilibe on principles of preserving the self respect of
Pupil and Instructor. The advancement of the Pupil will
be secured by a weekly rectifying of the classes upon exami
nation and review.
The charges arc (see advertisement. Dec. 1838,) respect
ively, $24 00 Primary Department; $45 00 Second ; SBO 00
Senior.
No extra charge for any of the above named or any branch
of study taught in this Seminary, except for Music, for which
arrangements are in forwardness with an eminent teacher;
but in the mean time, the use of the Piano, with competent
instruction, free of charge, wilibe allowed to students who
have partly acquired that accomplishment.
Term, 10 months; commence January Ist. 1839.
Board at sloper month and under, is secured for Pupils at
a respectable citizen’s, under the superintendence of one of
the Teachers.
Mr. G. BEAUMONT, who is an English Barrister, and
the author of several appioved works on Law, the Belles Let
tres. and Education, having selected Gainesville as a location
for his family, recommends to others, that which decided him
in this selection ; the undoubted salubrity of this district, the
lesidence there of the most eminent men.hers of the Medical
I* acuity, the quiet manners of the neighborhood, and the well
supplied markets.
Jan. 22, 1839. 52—ts
FWIIIOY HILL.—The undersigned informs his friends
_■ and those of the late firm of Cutter Cornwell, that
he intends resuming the Warehouse and Commision Busi
ness at the store next above the one recently occupied by
T.JrChace, outlie margin of East Macon, known as the
townof Troy. He further informs the public that he has
bought bis Goods, &c., and having now on the way, from
New York and oilier places, Dry Goods and Groceries, to
gether making his stock complete, which will be sold low for
ready pay, he will be ready to receive Cotton early in the
fall, and be prepared to make advances. He would par
ticularly notice Io his friends the great advantages his Ware
houses qav< over those in the dense part of the city with re
gard to/ire, they being detached from other buildings, and at
a distance from any street or lane and well cn-closed.
, r , 11. 8. CUTTER.
07” rhe Macon Messenger and Telegraph, Milledgeville
Journal and Standard of Union, will publish the above until
further notice.— Georgian.
FWI H E subscriber having comm-.iiced business in the Re
-■ ceiving and Forwarding Goods and Merchandize to
and from Augusta, per the Georgia Railroad, begs leave to
acquaint his friends and the public that all goods consigned,
or orders addressed to him, shall meet with strict
and be forwarded to their destination with the utmost prompt
itude. ELIPIIAET I.ALE.
Warrenton, June 5. 1838. 20-ts
1 «>f first rate MEDIUM PRINTING
JL PAPER, for sale at the "Standard” office.
Juno 25, 1839 22 ts
®lje Stan&ari of Union.
POETRY.
/’>oni the New York Mirror,
VERSES ON A PAINTING BY DANIEL MACNKE, R. S. A.
THE BURNSIDE.
A bright and joyous vision
Os summer loaves and skies!
XVlicie lovely sights and sounds are met
In blended harmonics.
The birds that warble overhead,
In pure and sinless mirth,
Are pouring out a stream of song
Upon the happy earth.
The hidden waters murmur on—
A low and pleasant tune—
Refreshing with its hreezc-likc flow,
The silent air of June :
While o’er its bank the wild rose stoops,
And wears a deeper hue,
Blushing, within the chrystal depth,
Her lovely face to view.
But sweeter than the red wild rose,
And brighter than the sky,
Are the graceful pair that stand beneath
That greenwood canopy.*
One with her locks of snooded jet
And gently downcast face,
Is bending to her humble task
With Nature’s matchless grace.
But lovelier still that youthful form,
Above whose gentle head
Scarce fourteen summers blossoming,
The sportive wind hath shed.
Whose little fairy foot seems made
To press no ruder thing,
Than early bursting violets
That gem the fields in spring.
Oh, lovely one! while thus I look
Upon thy beauty rare,
Though mortal eye has seldom scon
A thing so pure and fair,
I cannot deem thee all unreal;
And half unconsciously,
A thousand wishes in my heart
Arc rising up for theo.
If I could charm thy future path
Through life’s untrodden way,
It should be strewn with roses bright,
And lit with sunbeams gay.
Softly should flow the winds on thee,
Softly should beam the sun,
And calm as yonder peaceful stream
Thy life’s pure current run.
It may not be I—to 1 —to mortal mind
No power like this is given ;
Yet, sweet one, we may hope for thco
The sheltering care of heaven.
For there thy innocence will find,
Than charm or fairy spell,
A surer guard from every ill;
Young Naiad, fare thee well! INEZ.
•Thisis a most exquisite picture. It represents two lovely maidens
under a tree ; the elder, in a Scottish shortgown, open at the neck, and
showing a beautiful unsunned skin, is washing very vigorously, while
the younger, (a portrait of the artist’s eldest daughter) is pouring water
into a tub. Y’ou can conceive nothing more admirable than the painting
of the golden locks, fair shoulders, and small, delicate feet.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ANECDOTE OF CHIVALRY.
It is related in Mr. Wharton’s history of English
poetry, that during the reign of Edward 111. a troop
of knights being drawn up, prepared to proceed on
some very gallant and perilous enterprise, the Coun
tess of Salisbury, one of the most accomplished and
beautiful ladies of that day, came forth, and in order
to inspire them with invincible fortitude, kissed them
every one, in the open street, in the presence of thou
sands of admiring spectators! The age of chivalry
has passed away.
The man that would not fight, with the/.ws of beau
ty and intelligence yet lingering on his lips, hath no
courage in his soul, and is only fit for treason, strata
gem and spoils, and deserves to be driven out of the
world by old maids, with broom sticks.
a miser’s reflection.
On affixing his signature to his will, before using
it however, he uttered a deep drawn sigh, or rather
groan, ami exclaimed in a sorrowful voice: “Mine
Gott! is dis all what a long life come to? For dirty
or forty years since I arrived at Bristol, I gave mine
time and labor and judgment, drudging like a slave,
and denying myself all holydays and lugsuries and
comforts, dat I schrape togedder, by hook and by
crook, a handsome broperty, and in von liddle mo
ment, vid von single sgratch of mine pen, it shall all
pass away vrom me for eber and eber, and anoder
shall enjoy it; houses and stocksand debts and bills,
I must leave dem all pehind. Dis is what makes it so
bitter to die.”
A punctual man is very rarely a poor man, and ne
ver a man of doubtful credit. His small accounts are
frequently settled, and he never meets with any diffi
culty in raising money to pay large demands. Small
debts ruin credit, and when a man has lost that, he
will find himself at the bottom of a hill, up which he
cannot ascend.
There is more true glory in the fields of waving
wheat and a rich golden harvest, than in the battle
field stained with the mangled corpses, mashed by the
hoofs of the fierce charger, where the cannon and
trumpet is all but hushed amidst groans of the woun
ded and dying.
A celebrated barrister one day examining a witness
who foiled all his attempts at ridicule by her steady
and shrewd answers, at last exclaimed, “ there is brass
enough in your head madam, to make a five pail ket
tle.” “ And sap enough in yours to fill it,” quickly
retorted the unintimidated witness.
A hearty laugh is occasionally an act of wisdom.
II shakes the cobwebs out of a man’s brains, and the
hypocondria from his ribs, far more effectually than
champagne or blue pills.
The mnsquiloes are so persevering in their business
in New Orleans, that their bills are to be found in ev
ery man’s hand.
I dont know where that boy got his temper. lie
did not take it from me.” “Why no, my dear, I don”
perceive that you have .lost any!” was the affectionate
reply of the sposa.
OUR CONSCIENC E OUR COU NT R Y—O UR PARTY.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1839.
graham’s views of music and dancing.
The salutary influence pf animating ntusic, connected
with exercise, is very great: in fact, it may*almost be said
to be medicinal; for it actually has the most healthful effect
on all the vital functions of the body ; and hence, dancing,
when properly regulated, is one of the most salutary kinds
of social enjoyment, ever practised in civil life: and every
enlightened philanthropist must regret to see fit give place
to any other kind of amusement. The religious prejudice
against dancing is altogether ill-founded : for it is entirely
certain, that this kind of social enjoyment, when properly
regulated, is more favorable to good health, sound morality,
and true religion, than perhaps any other known in society.
It is infinitely better that people should come together to
sing and dance, in the healthful exhilaration of their spirits,
than that they should covne together to eat and drink, or to
seek enjoyment in almost any of the modes of social en
tertainment of civic life; or that they should endure a mis
erable existence in moping melancholy, for want of proper
exercise and relaxation. Let me not be misunderstood,
however. Ido not intend to encourage the Assembling of
young people together at public taverns &. hotels, & spend
ing the night in dancing, eating, drinking, and other impro
prieties ; but I would have this kind of vxercise mostly con
fined to the domestic and social circles. Vocal music ought
to be as universal a branch of education asjeading and wri
ting and instrumental music should be almost as extensive
ly cultivated. If I could have my wish, the violin—the best
musical instrument ever invented—should be played in ev
ery family in the civilized world—and every evening when
the duties and cares ot the day were completed, the whole
domestic circle—parents and grand parents, children and
grand children—all that could move with comfort, should
have an opportunity to join the dance. Even those who had
been engaged in active labor through the day, would be
refreshed by it; and those who had been confined bv
sedentary employment, would be exceedingly benefitted ;
the old would be made younger, and the young would be
invigorated ; the social feelings would be improved ; sleep
would be more sound and refreshing; and all would be made
more healthy, more happy, and more virtuous. For true
health and true virtue ate more nearly allied than is gener
ally supposed. “ How can they addict themselves to the
practice of virtue and to the service of God,” says Plato,
“who are ever caring for their own miserable bodies?”
If music, marching and dancing, constituted a part of
the regular exercise of all our Colleges, Theological Semi
naries, and other literary and scientific institutions, im
mense benefits would result not only to those institutions,
but to society at large. Thousands, who now pass from
the place of learning to years of misery and an untimely
grave, would be preserved in health, and live to be blessed
and to bless mankind by their usefulness.— [Graham's
Lectures on the Science of Human Life: Vol. 2.
ANECDOTE OF WASHINGTON.
Maternal Influence. — The true explanation of Wash
ington’s sterling integrity is to be found, I think, in that
happy and efficient maternal influence, which it is well
known was exercised upon him, in his earlier days. On
the death of his father, which occurred when he was ten
years old, the charge of his education devolved upon his
mother. All accounts concur in the admission that she
was an extraordinary woman—possessing not only rare
intellectual endowments, but those moral qualities which
gave elevation, worth and dignity to the soul. These
qualities she was particularly desirous to engraft upon the
heart of a beloved son, and with what success, the history
of his life displays.
The particular process by which she accomplished so
happy a design, it is not in my power at this time to de
scribe ; but a story occurs to my recollection which may
serve to show the adroit and admirable manner in which
she proceeded on a certain occasion.
In the ample pasture belonging to her plantation, was a
colt, which, on account of his beauty and high promise,
she valued very much. Although of sufficient age to be
used, it had never been mounted ; no one seemed disposed
to attempt to break its wild and vicious spirit. One day,
George proposed to some of his companions to assist him
at a future time to secure the colt, until he could mount,
and he would curb his proud spirit. Accordingly soon after
sunrise, one morning, the youthful band assembled, and
having drove the animal into an enclosure, succeeded, with
no small difficulty, however-in bridling him. In a moment
George sprung upon bis btrc\ and the next moment the
sin prised wild, maddened creature, bounded forth into the
open field, tearing, running, and plunging; but* George
grinding his teeth and clinging fast to the bridle ai d the
mane, held his seat firmly, as much determined to subdue
as the colt was determined not to be subdued. The strug
gle was mutually desperate, and as the companions of
George looked on, their terrar and amazement increased
every passing moment. At length the colt obtained the
advantage, and bounding forward with the speed of an arrow
made a mis-step, and in his fall broke a blood vessel and
died on the spot.
George came down unhurt, but when he beheld the
gasping ol the noble animal, and thought of his mother’s
regard for it, he was troubled. 11 is companions hurried
to the spot, and joined in the regret of George, anxiously
inquiring, “\\ hat will your mother say—who can tell
her ?”
At this moment they were summoned to breakfast.—
When seated at the table, Mrs. Washington said, “ Well,
young gentlemen, have you seen my fine sorrel colt in
your rambles this morning?” The question was natural—
but what a question it was ! No answer was returned—
and it was repeated. Upon this, George with a perfect
fankness replied, “ Mother, your sorrel colt is dead.”
This was followed by an exact account of the whole affair.
As the youthful and agitated narrator passed along in his
story, a flush of displeasure was arising upon her cheek ;
but it soon passed away, and she kindly and calmly said,
\\ bile I icgrct the loss of my favorite, I rejoice in my
son, who always speaks the truth."
I scaicely know in what terms to express my admiration
of the woman, or of the manner in which she treated this
delicate and difficult case. George was greatly in fault,
and her rebuke was appropriate and commensurate: h«
frankly confessed the whole wrong, and she expressed her
high sense of his regard to truth. That speech, short as
it was, I dare say told upon his heart—drew his mother
nearer to his bosom, and taught him more effectually and
more lastingly the importance and value of truth and in
tegrity, than a volume of lecturing would have done.
It was by such means that this part of the character of
Washington was formed. Under the tutelage of such a
mother, the foundation of a character was laid, which was
the admiration of the generation that was cotemporarv
with him ; which has lost nothing of its glory to the present
time—and will lose nothing, as long as his memory shall
last.
Integrity of character! this is what wc want in the ma
gistracy of the land—in the Senate chamber—in the pulpit
—in the neighborhood—in the family—every where.
What a world this would be, were every one’upright— a
lover of truth, justice and equity; what a world it is, be
cause these things are so seldom found.
[.'Wo/Acr’s Magazine.
The Cincinnati City Council have under consideration
an ordinance authorising the arrest of “all vagrants, loafers,
gamblers common street drunkards, and all oddlooking
gentlemen having no ostensible daily employment, nor
means of livelihood.”
JUST IN TIME.
A young physician having tried in vain to get into prac
tice, at last fell upon an expedient toset the ball to rolling.
He sprang upon his horse once a day, and drove at full
speed through the village. After an absence of an hour
he would return and carry .with him some of his instru
ments—thinking that if he could impress his neighbors
with the opinion that he had practice, they would begin to
place confidence in his ability. A wag who more than
suspected the deceit which he was practising detei mined
to know the truth. He accordingly kept his horse in
readiness, and the next time rhe doctor galloped by the
door, he sprang upon his steed and placed himself on the
young gentleman’s trail. The doctor saw the man fol
lowing at bis heels, but did not at first evince any uneasiy’
ness. At length, however, he thought it advisable to turn
down a narrow lane. The pursuer followed on like an
evil genius ; but the doctor was not discouraged, as another
road lay a short distance before him, down which he turn
ed. The other kept close at his heels, and the doctor
grew impatient to return home. There was no house by
the way at which he could afford any pretext for stopping.
In the mean time, his saddle bags were wtih him, and he
was other wise so equipped for business that he could not
return in the face of his neighbor, without exposing the
secrets of the tiade in the most palpable manner. Every
bound of his steed carried him further ftom His home, and
the shades of night began to fall on hill and tower. Still
the sound of horse’s hoofs was thundering in his ear, and
he was driven to his wit’s end ; but just as he turned the
angle of the wood, he heard a low moan. A man lay
prostrate near the fence of a meadow, and blood gushed
from a feaiful wound in the arm. He had cut an artery
with his scythe, and was in danger of immediate dissolu
tion.—The young doctor sprang from his horse and
staunched the wound. Bandages were applied, and his
life was saved. The pursuer had also thrown himselffrom
his horsu and as the physician tied the last bandage, he
looked up in his face and said “How lucky neighbor, that
I was able to arrive just in lime.”
The wondering spectator was silent with awe, and
after assisting the wounded man home, he told such a
miraculous tale to the wondeting villagers as secured’for
the young physician a reputation for skill and also for
supernatural prescience. Thus did the merest accident
contribute more to his advancement than years of stu
dious toil could have done; and the impertinent curiosity
of a waggish neighbor opened for him a path to business
which the most influential patronage might never have
been able to procure for him.
The Fifteen Gallon Law.— The question whether a
fine, under this law, can be enforced by imprisonment,
was urged in the Boston Police Court, on Friday last, in
the case of George C. Jacobs, who stands convicted of
having sold spirituous liquors in smaller quantities than the
minimum named in the act. The final award of the Court
was postponed until 9 z\. M. to day, in otder to allow time
tor the Justices to make application to the Supreme Court
for a decision to guide them in the performance of their
duty.
We learn from the Allas that the trial occasioned a
great sensation in Boston. The Court was crowded, and
it was estimated that there were nearly five thousand per
sons assembled in Court street and its vicinity. A strong
body of the police were in attendance, armed with stout
clubs, to preserve order. No disturbance, however, oc
curred. Mr. Jacob’s cause appears to be warmly taken
up by the gteat body of the people. His appearance in
Court was hailW with loud and repeated cheers. After
the conclusion of the arguments, he entered into recogni
zances in the sum of fifty dollars to appeal this day, and
was then conveyed home in a barouche drawn liv four
white horses, amid the acclamations of the crowd—W. F.
Times.
Awful Accident.—lt is with most painful feelings that
we announce the melancholy intelligence of an accident which
occurred in Yorktown on Wednesday last. The Presbyteri
an Congregation at that place are about erecting a new and
enlarged church edifice, and on that day a large number of
peist.His had assembled to raise the frame of the building.
The frame was raised, as we arc told, without difficulty, ex
cept the rafters; and the many assistants were engaged in
getting them up when the dreadful accident took place.
'I he rafters we understand from a friend, were trussed or
framed together, and required a great effort to raise them to
their proper position. To accomplish this, a number of men
ascended to the top dr plate timbers of the building, anti while
in the act of raising the second pair of rafters, one of the
plates upon which fifteen men were standing, broke, and pre
cipitated the whole number a distance of more than twenty
feet to the ground, l ive escaped w ith but little injury, one
ol them jumping entirely clear of the building; but of the re
maining ten, five were injured severely, and five either dan
gerously wounded, or killed on the spot. The names of the
persons most injured, are as follows: King Garrison, a color
ed man, killed; George White, a coloted man, dangerously
wounded; Alsop Strang, of Yorktown, do.; D anief Strang,
of Yorktown, do.; Fowler, of Yorktown, do. ”
Westchester Herald, July 2d. '
Dispatch.— A person just returned from Washinoton
City, has been gone 6 and half days only, two of which
were spent in that city—was travelling about 118 hours,
say 59 each way, with an opportunity of sleeping a great
er part oftwo nights in each passage, on board the steam
boats between this city and Wilmington, and 6 or 8 hours
on board the steamboat Augusta, between Potomac Creek
and Washington.
The whole distance is 545 miles, of which 230 miles are
by steam boats, 245 by rail road, and 70 by stages. It is
said, however, that the staging will be reduced 20 miles by
the Ist August, and 10 miles per month after, by the pro
gressive completion of the Wilmington and Roanoke Rail
Road. Ihe whole of this route is one of dispatch, good
order and comfort, as far as such a term can be applied
toiapid travelling.
Every exertion is made by the officers and agents of the
respective steamboats and railroads to make this a popular
route.---Charleston Courier.
Men measure their characters by a peculiar standard.
A man who has but a dollar in his pocket would give a
penny for almost any purpose. If he had a hundred dol
lars, he might give one; carry it higher, and there comes
a falling off. One hundred dollars would be considered
too large a sum for him who has ten thousand, while a
present of one thousand would be deemed almost mirac
ulous from a man worth one hund v ed thousand ; yet the
proportion is the same throughout, and the poor man’s
penny, the widow’s mite, is more than the rich man’s
high-sounding and widely trumpeted benefaction.—l3uf
falonian.
Lord Brougham vs.the Attorney General.—On an
occasion of a most interesting appeal from Scotland in the
Hose of Lords, the Ex-Chancellor dissented entirely from
the law and practice, ns laid down by the Attorney Gen
eral : “Your lordship cannot recollect,” said the Attorney:
“your lordship must forget.” “Strange alterations, then,”
sain Lord Brougham, “since T knew any thing of Scotch
law.” “Your lordship must forget,” reiterated the At
torney. “I have no doubt, Mr. Attorney,” said his lord
ship, at length, worked into a rage, “1 have no doubt but
that 1 have forgotten more than twice as much as you ever
knew.”
IP. Bz. ISOBMWSON, Pitopi ietorz
WHOLE NUMBER 286.
From theTenncssee Patriot.
MR. VAN BUREN AND THE TARIFF.
“ If we cannot vote for Henry Clay because be is in
favor of a protective t iriff, how can the South support
Mr. Van Buren, who has voted for some of the same bills
to which we have alluded, and who is said to be as warm
a tariffite as Henry Clay ?” \\ e answer this inquiry by
asserting in general terms, and on the very best authority
(Mr. Butler’s letter to Mr Garland, March, 1835,) that
“Mr. Van Buren’s personal feelings have been at all times
averse to the high tariff policy.” «
It is known to all who have made themselves acquaint
ecLwflfh the politics of New York, during the- last fifteen
JdKti’s, that up to 1830, and a few years afterwards, the
'people of that State were generally in favor of protective
duties.--Mr Van Buren was their Representative, not
nominally as many legislators are, but really and in trmk.
He spoke their sentiments, and voted in accordance with
their instructions. Now it would be just as reasonable to
charge Mr. Grundy with being opposed to the Indepen
dent Treasury System, because (being instructed bv the
last of this State to do so,) he voted against
this measure, as it is, to call Mr. Van Buren the friend of
a high tariff for having voted when instructed by Ins con
stituents so to do, for a bill, the effect and policy of which
wc have the most conclusive evidence 'to prove that he
personally deprecated.
In his reply to the Shocco Springs committee, in 1832 4
be used the following language :
“The protective systenr and its proper adjustment be
came a subject of frequent and necessary consideration
whilst I formed a part of the cabinet; and the manner in
which the President proposed to carry into effect the poli
cy in relation to the imports, recommended in his prevwtts
messages, has since been avowed, with that frankness
which belongs to his character. To this end he recom
mended a ‘modification of the. tariff, which should produce
a reduction of the revenue to the wants of the Govern
ment, and an adjustment of the duty upon imports, with a
view to equal justice, in relation to all our national mar
kets, and as the counteraction of foreign policy so far as
it may be injurious to those interests.’
“In these sentiments I fully concur; and I have beert
thus explicit in the statement ot them, that there may be
no room for misapprehension as to my own views upon
the subject. A sincere and faithful application of these
principles to our legislation, nnwarped by private interests
or political design, a restriction of the wauls of the Go
vernment of a simple and economical administration of its
affairs—-the only administration which is consistent with
the purity and stability of the Republican system ; a pre
ference in encouragement given to such mantifictures «ts
are essential to the national defence, and its extension to
others in proportion as they ate adapted to our country,
and of which the raw material is produced by ourselves,
with a proper respect for the rule which commands that
all taxes should be imposed in proportion to the ability
and condition of the contractors, would, I am convinced,
give ultimate satisl’actiun to a vast majority of the people
of the United Stales, and tend to arrest that spirit of dis
content, which is now unhappily prevalent, and which
threatens such extensive injury to the institutions of our
country.”
In addition to this it will only be necessary to subjoin
the following extracts from Mr. Benton’s letter to Gen.”
Davis, and we have a complete view of Mr. Van Buren’s
sentiments as regards the tariff.
“He (Mr. Van Buren) was the first emineqj, member
of Congress, north of the Potomac, to open the war, at
the right point, upon the tariff of 1828, then undergoing
the process of incubation through the instrumentality of a
convention to sit at Harrisburg. His speech at Albany,
in July, 1827, openly characterized that measure as a po
litical manoeuvre to influence the impending Presidential
election; and the graphic expression ‘a measure proceed
ing more from the CLOSET of the POLITICIAN than
from the workshop of the manufacturer,’ “opportunely
and facetiously used in that speech, soon became the
opinion of the public, and subsequently received the im
press of verification from the abandonment, and the man
ner of abandonin'?, of the whole fabric of the high tariff
policy. Failing to carry any body into the Presidential
chair, its doom pronounced by the election of Jackson
and Van Buren, it was abandoned, as it bad been created,
upon political calculation; and expired under a fiat
emanating, not from tite workshop of lite manufactuier,
but from the closet of the politician. True, that Mr.
Van Buren voted for the tariff' of 1828, notwithstanding
his speech of 1827, but equally tru» that he voted under
instructions from his State Legislature, and in obedience
to the great Democratic principle, [demos, the people,
AroZco, to govern.) which has always formed a distinguish
ed feature and a dividing landmark between the two great
political pat ties which, under whatsoever name, have al
ways existed, and still exist, in our country. Sitting in the
chair next to him at the time of that vote, voting as he
did, and upon tire same principles; interchanging opinions
without reserve or disguise, it c >mes within the perception
ot my senses to know that he felt great repugnance to the
provisions of the tariff act of ’2B, and voted for it, as I
did, in obedience to a principle which we both held sa
cred.”
The South can then, consistently with its principles
and its interest, vote lor the te-election of our present
Chief Magistrate, whilst all within her and about her, is
tinctured strongly with opposition to his great rival. Here
we feel satisfied that we might stop and leave the matter
with our readers. We had indevd hoped to be able to
conclude our remarks on this subject in the present num
ber. We cannot do it—nor can wo now fix any definite
limits to the observations we feel constrained to make on
this all important question. We shall, therefore, commit
it for the present, to the serious consideration of our read
ers, again adding, that if our liberties are worth preserv
ing—if our institutions are kept up—if the welfare of
our common cot ntry and the prosperity of the South are
worthy of our regard—then—then, can we never enter
tain the idea of electing Henry Clay to the Presidency;
Aucient Simplicity.— Paulding in his life of Washington,
gives the following little anecdote of the mother of this
great “She was once present and occupied the
seat of honor, at a ball given to Washington at Freder
icsburg, while in the full measure of his well-earned glorv,
when nine o’clock came, she said to him with perfect
simplicity, “Come George it is time to go home.”
Elegant Extract.—“ What sir have my client did ?
Nothing, sir—nothing. But there stands the man what
have did the mischief. Him it were sir, that with all the
ferocity of a bloodhound, seized a shingle, and pursued his
victim.”
The death of a printer is thus chronicled in an English
paper: “George Woodock the * of bis profession, the
type of honesty, the I of ail, and although the (fy* of death .
has put a. to his existence, everv § of Ilia life was without
a || .”
Beauty in woman is like a Hower in the spring, but
virtue is like the stars in heaven.
A man’s best fortune, or his worst, is a wife*