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But the cry is, a! 1 corporations are mon
opolies. Monopolies of what ? They are
monopolies—but Democratic monopolies—the
monopolies of small meaus of thousands
against the operations of large means in a
few. 1 like all that kind of monopoly that
enables me to put my fifty dollars or one
hundred dollars, more or less, as I choose,
into any kind of business, and keep it there
so loog as it is profit tble—and when I can
do better, sell out. and clear out, and go at
something else. No matter what that busi
ness is, steam-boating, lail-roadtng, bridg
ing, manufacturing, or auy thing else that
requires large cipi’al to carry on. If it
wan't for this kind of monopoly, such work
would be don , if done at all, by folks born
to large fortuue. Now 1 was not so born,
and yet 1 like to take a cut with the biggest
—and this is my notion of Democracy.
1 hear tell, by folks at Washington, when
they figure all matters out correctly, that we i
are an over-trading people—that we go a
hoad too fast, and we borrow too much—that
now taking all the Slate debts, and corpor
ation debts, and individual debts, we
altogether owe two hundred millions of
dollars. Well, that is a slapping big
sum, and they say it will take ten mil
lions of dollars annually to pay the in
terest, and that must suck us dry as a corn
cob. This is what folks say, but we shall
know exactly what we owe when we get the
President’s Message. Well, supposing it
is so, what then? New-York City, tho* a
big one, aiut more than about a quarter
section of’land alter all; and yet, hard as the
tiiifes are, it you set the sherilf to work, to
sell it off. lot by lot. to the highest bidder,
von would get two hundred in (Ironsof dol
lars before you get thro’ one quarter on’t;
•aud what is New-York iu value compared to
this everlasting country. And what do we
owe this 209 millions lor? Is it spent for
nothing :is it all gone to the bugs? Aint
we got nothing to shew t< rit ? (Jo ask the
States what they leave done with the mon
ey received for their Bonds; go ask the
Banks what they have done with the mon
ey they may have borrowed; ask the cor
porations, railroad and canal companies;
the merchants, every body who have bor
rowed ; can they show noth.ng for it ?
Wheu you get their answers, 'henn.sk oth
er nations who have borrowed money too ;
nations who keep standing armies, dashing
counts and splendid ullors; ask them to
show what they have done with the money
burr iwed ; and then let the lenders look
lor themselves, and decide tihich is most
likely to pay best. There is only one just
way to pay debts ; and that is by productive
Industry.
If a man or a nation borrows money and
-spends it in a way ihat nothing comes of it,
that Is one thing; but if the money is put
to work in buying tools of trade, in clearing
t.ji new lands, ditching and fencing, and
making roads, buildingaod improving tilings
it is quite another thing. The first is like
throwing wheat away, and the other is like
planting on’t. an i that never brought i man
to min vet, though lie spent all the money
h«- had borrowed io buying seed wheat and
planting oo'i. •'"oiks may say “there you
are a ruined man; youv’e boa-iowud money
-tm itiurest and now you have spent it
hut how has lie spent it. Some lolks say
•-never borrow money, the interest will suck
v<>,i di v.’- So it will it the money isspent
a,n lollies, but i< that the case in this coun
t ry. I Vks say tiro “make no improvements
~,j borrow’d money ; wait till you have
gain’d it, then go to -work improving,’’ but
is that sound practical democratic doctrine ?
I’m- that is the same as saying, don't lend
money to any man who hadn't got any even
to Imv tools with , they won't say so: but
v hat is the difference ? But the cry is we
are “a Imriowing people.” So we are, and
I am gia I on’t, ccery body of goisd charac
ter ami i illustrious in his calling, can bor
row money in this country ; and that is.jist
•the difi'eieiiee betwixt nsand the people of
oilier countries; for there they can't bor
row unless they are known to have property ;
no matter how Knowing a man may be in
1 is calling; no matter how honest and cor
reel and industrious he may be; it he takes
a ilotion in borrow a little money to set up
o i Ids own hook, the answer is; -‘No, no;
you have no ea/ntul yet to borrow on; keep
to w ork and mind your w ork and wait” ; the
borrowing and lending business is done a
itiong folks o: ca|Mtal only ; all other loifs
must keep to work and support themselves
and their families by days labor ; and that s
the reason why in other countries you see
a few big folks with millions anil millions of
poor folks with nothing. Such is the case
in a.I "In:rd-nioncy-no-rrcdit" countries.
Aud to keep ’em so, their Governments
turn lots of these poor folks into armies;
dress ’em up and feed ’em, and talk glory
to 'em, and make’em keep the vest in or
der ; for a soger once a soger finds it easi
er to play soger titan to dig and hammer,
and so he is willing to aid in keeping other
l,i',Us digging and hammeiing to teed and
dress him. That is nat’ral; and that isjist
in the naturof things w e are coming to, it
we let things go on as they are now gsing.
it is easy to say “I’m a good democratic
republican,” and “my doctrine is the rale
deibocrntic doctrine” ; but words are wind ;
J go for something sounder than wind ; for
I know that every scatjipwho has turned out
o rale tyrant and oppressor, and his p«.rty
with him, begun by talking democracy and
his great regard for the people, and especi
ally the poor people, and alore he is done
with it you find that something has compel’d
him to lake matters in his own hand to
cm re evils ; anil atore we know where we
tire, one !aw after another, which
which the poor people made lor their own
security, is put under foot, and these few
scamps are Law, Judge, Jury, and Hang
man, and all for our good; lor they love us
so much they can’t bear to let us have
our nwu way.
Bur, \lr. Moderator, I fee! it's almost
rime to go to dinner, and I’m willing to stop
lien and leave this matter o (credit curren
cy to tue good sense of the Convention ; l
will only add a few notions. 11 we are to be
a hard money people, I am content, but ev
cry body must understand it ; it won't do no
how and no way in the world, (or office-hol
ders to be paid their present wages. It we
come to hard money prices, every thing
must come :o it; pork, beel, cotton, wheat
lard, labor, every thing must come down
to hard money prices. Nothing must rep
resent value but gold and silver: all other
property and things, not gold and silver,
must be measured by gold and silver. Now
il l was an office-holder, and hid my wages
fixed by a standard of what l called a crcd
ilcurrency, which is a currency that repre
sents all kinds of property ; 1 would be as
willing as auy oilier office holder to say.
“down with all credit currency, and pay in
hard money only ;” but if folks sav, “well,
so be it, then comedown with your wages.’ i
the shoe would pinch,,and Id understand
it. Now how would matters stand ? If
folks get under a credit cwrenry one price,
and under a hard money currency not one
twentieth part on't, would it be fair and just j
for office holders not to be cut down too.
The President gits $25,000 a y ear, or sev
enty dollars a day, for his services, inclu
/iin-r Sundays and house rent and postage
tree, and some other little matters besides,
and all office-holders pretty good pay ; all
on a credit currency, system, amounting
together to many millions every vear, aud
this is all to be paid in hard money. Now
I say a good honest democrat, as the Pre
sident says he is, and all his party say so
too, aod so it must be true, should say;
“Fellow-citizens; hard money is the only
money, my pay was regulated when we had
a Credit Currency ; and that kind of “Cur
rency” is wrong ; it has inflated prices, and
led folks to borrowing and building railroads
and other ruinous plans ; and 1 and my par
ty are determined to put a stop to it. Pri
ces ot all things I know must come down,
and wages must come down ; and to set a
good example I cut down my wages to the
tree standard. Mr. Woodbury will make
a calculation and hand it in to Congress,
showing that my wages and all other office
holders wages shall be according to the hard
money basis.” I think his Message will
say this, and if it don’t it is because he has
forgotten it ; for he has a good deal to think
of; just as Mr. Bellowspipe has forgotten
to offer a resolution about taking off tlie
dutv on lead as well ns salt.
Here ino t of the members from Illinois
and Missouri rose together : and said it was
quite dinner time, and the Major said he was
quite willing to stop heie. And the Con
vertion adjourned.
~ U, S, CONGRESS'
From the Cor. of the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 33.
There are some who doubt whether the
Sub-Treasury bill wiil pass the llou«e, not
so much on account ol the Whigs opposi
tion to it, as the disagreement ot its friends
in regard to its details'. But, il the Com
mittee of Ways and Means report it, with
out amendment, it will be pretty sure ol a
speedly enactment. The Honstf does not
seem to have much business to do* at (his
session ; and. therefore, it is, perhaps, that
they delay, for so long a time, the com
mencement of any business. At the end of
two months, the Standing Committees have
not yet been put in possession ol any busi
ness, and no petitions have been referred to
them. The President’s Message has not
been referred to the appropriate Commit
tees, and in fact, no business has been
commenced, except that of the Ways aud
Means, in regard to the appropriations.—
The (louse Ins provided for its own pay,
and some of the bills for the public service
have been reported*
The abolitin topic rides over eveiy thing
else. The House seems disposed to consid
er that fully and deliberately. The previ
ous question has been frequently tried and
cannot be sustained. It appears now that
every gentleman in the House feels him
self called upon to define his position in re
gard to a n.uttet, as to which you will agree
with me their ought to be but one opin
ion.
.Mr. Hunt, of N. Y. spoke for several
hours on the subject to-day ; going strongly
for Mr. Chinn’s proposition, and for the
•s 'cred and inherent right of petition.” -
When he closed, a dozen members sprang
to the floor; hut Mr. Bynum. ofN. C. first
caught the eye of the Speaker and com
menced a speech chiefly in reply to .Mr.
Adams. One of the main objects appeared
to be to vindicate from the charge of sen ili
ty those northern men who have dared to
compete with the south on tins question.
Mr. Bynum, will proceed in his spcecli to
morrow.
In the Senate, Mr. Henderson' of Miss.,
1 made a good practical speech against the
• Sub-Treasury bill. Mr Meriick. of Mary
• land, followed on the same side, and is still
. speaking.
| Mr. Talinndge. and Mr* Webster, are ex
pected to-morrow morning.
WASHINGTON, JAN. ?4.
The passage of the Sub-Treasury bill in
the Seriate, is the subject of much con
gratulation among the friends of the ad
ministration here. The effect of the meas
ure on the currency is probably exager
ated both by its friends and its foes; but it
will certainly tend to restrain the issues of
the local banks, as they will be frequently
called on for specie by those who have
payments to make to the government. It is
very certain that it will pass the House. It
has never been doubted by any oue till
within a day or two; but now it appears
that the Whigd will not allow it to go by
default, and that they w ill take the chances
of some dissention among its (fiends in re
gard to its details, to deteat it. But op
position to it from the Whigs may only
serve to unite its friends.
Mr Buchanan presented a memoral
from Pennsylvania to-day, praying Con
gress to impose a duty on foreign silks.
Mr. B. made some more remarks in sup
port of the object* of,the memorial; the
protection of the domestic fabric; the dis
couragement ofthe enormous foreign impor
tations; and the increase of the revenues.
Silk is now free of duty, and he insists that
it will not violate the compromise act to
raise the duty to twenty per cent, ad valo
rem. The amourt which we have anupal
iv paid for silks for four years past, is from
ten to twenty-four millions a year—a great
deal exceeding the export of flour within
that period. Mr. B. stated, as Gen. Thomp
son did in the House, the other day, that
there would be a deficiency in the revenue
for the present year; and that, before the
end of this session, Congress would have to
provide more means to meet that deficit.
The memoral was referred. The Senate
spent some time in executive business.
In the House, Mr. Petriken, of Pa.,
gave notice of his intention to introduce a
bill to repeal the act allowing iron purchas
ed for and actually laid on rail-roads, to be
imported duty free. This may be. looked
upon as the commencement of the reuew
ed tariff policy. The cry will soon be tor
protection, protection; and, next, for the
assumptions ofthe state debts. Mr. Bynum
resumed and concluded his long speecli on
the subject of abolition, and he endeavored
to prove the identity ofthe Whigs with the
abolitionists. In doing this he triped once,;
finding his own name recorded as having
voted in 1836, with the abolitionists. But
he declared, amidst an uproar of laughter,
on all sides of the House, that there must
be some mistake about it, as he would ne
ver have voted in that way.
Mr. B* in the course of his remarks, al
luded to Mr. Peck, of N. as an aboli
tionist. Mr. Peck, replied that he had said
what was not true.
Mr. Bynum said ; “yo>* are a blackguard
and a scoundrel; a negro and an abolition
ist-” After some time spent in endeavor
ing, without success, to procure, a retrac
tion ofthe language from both members,
the House adjourned.
Mr. Bynum, however, made an apology
so far as the House was concerned-
An old soldier ofthe Revolution, named
Adam Betz, died recently in Ross county,
Ohio, at the age of ninety five. Among
his last requests was one that the Whig
pauers should notice his denth.
1 1 Charlotte Jemma
T H E MIRRO R
■d'JLCs'XVji-g&li
Saturday, Fc*b. 8, 1810.
For President.
GEOJIG 3 M. TROUP.
A LAB A M A CONVENTION.
We have seen in fh> “Nepenthe*,” wha t
purports to be an. xpo.ition of the doctsine*
held by the “Democratic Republican party’*
as they are pleased to term themselves*
Now we shall find no fault of their name,
for they have a right to call themselves what
they please, our duty will be to know wheth
er the doctrine they hold is for the good of
the country. We are glad to find them
anxious to inform they have planted
their feet on State Rights ground, it is just
where they ought to stand, and where thrv
should have stood many years ago. But
why not be honest about the matter. “Hon
or bright 1 ell the people you have
not always stood, where you now stand, nor
held the doctrine which you now profess to
hold, but that your sober second thoughts
have convinced you the States Right party
v'eie right. Would not such a course be
more noble, honorable, manly, than meanly
to insinuate that you always occupied the
ground set forth in your new hatrhl We
have not an opportunity now to show the
disparity between the doctrine now set forth
and that formerly field bv the party. But
hope next week to read them a lecture on
the subject. Honesty is the best policy.
The Supeiior Court for our county com
menced its sitting last Monday, Judge Well
born presiding. It will be impossible to get
through the Docket at this term, the Judge
will therefore be under the necessity of hol
ding an adjourned term Had the Legisla
ture complied with the request of the Grand
Jury of August Term, and allowed two
weeks for our Court, the business would
have been brought up forth ivith and the pre
siding officer saved a great deal of unneces
sary labor. But majority of the Legisla
tive had nosymnathy for trie officer who
presides in tiiis Circuit. To increase his
labors therefore as much as possible, they
refused to grant the request made by the
Grand Jury, thereby greatly delay ing the
demands of public justice. This is Demo
cratic Republicanism.
We intend to enter upon the Riding's of
the Circuit ourselves, not so much to prac
tice the Law as to prevent the Law from
from beiug practised on us. When our
Patrons see our phiz at their Courts, it if
intended to say as plainly as the appearance
of a Phiz can say “ down with the brass and
no grumbling.
We have enough duo us could we collect
it to hold our county Domini at bay, and we
believe ihat our subscribers are just the men
who will enable us to do it.
GEN. JACKSON, vs. ROBERT
MAYO, M. D.
We have just risen from the perusal of a
pamphlet entitled “the affidavit of Andrew
Jackson, taken by the defendants in the
suit ot Robert Mayo, vs. Blair & Rives, for
a libei analised ai.d refuted, by Robert Mayo
M. D.
From tiie exposition made in this pamphlet
we learn that Dr. Mayo for several years had
been acting as the spy of President Jackson
and that a part of hi* business, was to assist in
compiling lists of opposition officers of th e
department, together with a statement of the
reprehensible practises in any manner con
nected with persans in office;” and those
especially we presume, that yet remained
in office, obnoxious to the Administration, or
as the doctor has it, to reform for opinions
sakp. The Dr. was in “daily expectation’
he says of receiving some appointment ; for
these services we suppose.
The expected appointment was delayed
however until 1834, thne years or there
abouts, after thedate of his letters showing
his connection in those proscriptive meas
ures of'Gen. Jackson.
Some difficulty however subsequently en
sued between the Doetor and President, in
relation to a letter, which 'lie Globe charged
as having been purloined from the President’s
confidental Bureau, and for which Dr. Mayo
had instituted a suit for Libel. The defend
ants in the case, take the deposition of Ex-
President Jackson, who swears that he be
lievies the letter was purloined, and by Dr.
Mayo.
The Dr. speaks of Ex-President Jackson
in no measured terms, hear him. “I have
ample reason to believe that there exists an
abundance of facts in the possession ol many
of the most respectable citizens of this coun
try, which, if they do not prove that Gen.
Jackson was habitually addicted to the per
version of truth, will at least prove that he is
unceremonious in tbe perpetration of false
hood when he thinks it would serve his pur
poses of ambition or malice, better than
truth.''
We dare say that Gen. Jackson has treated
the Dr. badly, since he incured his displeas
ure, he has given abundant evideoce to the
country of a vindictive spirit.
The Dr. should hsve known however tha
it was dangerous to serve such a man. To
be a spy on the conduct of others for the
purpose of reporting them to the President
"lorupioioDs sake, ’’was rather an ungracious
task, and he that would suffer himself used
for such a purpose, might expect the thun
der to be rolled back on himself. It really
gives us pain to lift the veil from the actings
and doings at head quarters, but it must be
done, oursafety—our existence depends on
it. President Jackson went into the Presi
dential Chair with the unrfisseinbled cheer
ings of a large majority of the people of
these United States. But the day which
eluvated him to the administration of the
Government laidthe foundation for a regular
system of corruption and a bold assumption
of power that threatens to lay in the dust
all that is desirable in our Government.
Gen. Jackson, could have Ins spies on the
words and actions of officers of the Govern
ment, who happened not to agree with him
in political opinion, like some base tyrant
seeking to prop his throne by an inquisition
made to the very hearth and fireside
of hfs subjects. No dorfht he that promised
to follow in his footsteps is pursuing the same
plan for the perpetuation of his unmerited
power.
A President who can so far forget the dig
ti’iy of his office, a* logo thro' the country
on an Electionering lour, niaki'g partizan
dinner speeches, would not hesitate to do a
great many other things nnbecoinming an
honest politician, and the mler of a free
people.
JUDGE WHITE—INSTRUCTIONS.
. Our readers will find in our columns of
to-day an Extract from JudgeJ While's letter
to the Legislature of Tennessee, on de
clining to obey certain Resolutions of in
s'ruclion, and resigning the office of Senator
of the United States. We should have
been glad to have given the letter entire but
its great length has prevented us from doing
so.
The arguments employed by Judge White
for not complying with the instructions to
vote for the Sub Treasury bill, and the bill
of the last Session entitled a bill to prevent
the interference of certain Federak officers
in Elections, are to our minds quite con
clusive.
His reasons why he cannot and wdl no l
vote for the Sub Treasury bill are, first, the
insecurity of the public money in the hands of
the officers, for it so happens that consider
able time must elapse between the receipt
of public money and its disbursement, du
ring this interval lie thinks the money would
be much more safe in the custody of well
selected Banks than it can be in the hands
of an individual, and for illustration he states
acase. “Suppose any of your honorable
body had one hundred thousand dollars of
his own money, whii h he did not intend to
use for 6 or 9 months, and lived in the vicini
ty of a Bank of respectable standing, would
he keep the money in his own house, under
liis own care, or would he deposit it in Bank
for safe keeping until lie wished to use it. If
he was a prudent man, regarding liis own in
terest he certainly would deposit it.” He
thinks we are not justified iu 'aking less care
of the people's money than a prudent man
would take of his own.
The accumulation also, of large sums of
money in the hands of individuals is liable
to be misused or squandared. In his opin
ion the arguments that the Banks arejirres
ponsible and therefore not be trusted isfalla
cious. for they have more means to pay and if
they fail to pay when required are as much
amenable to the Law as individuals and
not so convenient to give leg bail.
Banks furnish a check also on the collec
ting and disbursing officers. By a regulation
between the B ink aud the Treasury depart
ment, the former is required to furnish its
account current with the Treasurer, and on
she face of it to show all sums deposited to
his credit, when such deposits were made
and by whom. By comparing this account
with accounts furnished by the respective
officers, it can re idly je discovered »!.ether
t hey are misusing the public money ; this
check will be broken down by the Sub Treas
ury.
lie urges further that the only plausible
reason assigned why we should discard
Banks entirely as keepers of the public
money is that they are unworthy of confi
dence. It would then follow that we should
not receive the notes of any Bank in pay
ment of dues to the Government, or it' re
ceived to call immediately on the B inks for
specie to their amount, such a course lie
thinks will be ruinous to the countrv. A
large portion of the specie would he with
drawn’from the use of every person a con
siderable portion of the year, this wou'd ef
fect the price of property, of labor and of
every think else. Besides this, the heavy
draws of specie upon the Banks would com
pel thorn, in a short time either to wind up
or to do a very precarious bossiness. The
addition il will make to the powers of
the Federal Executive, he thinks a grave
consideration. Every officer with which the
money is to he deposited will be appointed.
by the President, and removable at his pleas
sure, we might as well give it to the Presi
dent himself as to those whom he can con
trol. Lastly this Sub Treasury is i otliing
but a steppingstone to a Bank created by the
Federal Government, bottomed on its own
funds, attached to tbe Treasury department*
and all placed at tiie control of the Presi
dent or of those who will never have any
will which docs not correspond with his, iu
a word th p purse and sword will be united.
The bill for preventing Federal officers
from interfering in Elections was intend'd
to preserve them from Executive influence,
that as freemen they might vote according
to their own judgement without the fear of
being displaced and to prevent the President
from using them *as his tools for dirty pur
poses.
But the sixth Resolution of the Legisla
ture is a standing disgrace to the body that
passed it. In that resolution they say that
they heartily approve of the leading meas
ures and policy of the Administration of
V ndrew Jackson and Mailiu Van Bureu anil
instruct their Senator* to support m good
la l l li the leading measures ami poliev as
brought forward and advocated by the pre
sent President of the United States, and to
use aii fair means and projier exertions to
carry *>ut, sustain and accomplish the same.
Tins is what we call a sweeping resolution
alter having specified certain measures which
were to be supported by their Senators, fear
ing the whole ground was not covered, this
sixth resolution is to instruct their Senators
to do whatever the President commands
ihein to do. If the Legislature of Tennes
see has the right so to instruct their Sena
tors, every State iu the Uniou may do the
same, and we shall not be much surprised if
every Van Bureu State does do it.
Gen. Jackssn s plan, io in.ike the govern
ment a unit is being accomplished. These
Yau Biiremtes had better advise the oouut
ry to abolish tiie Congress of the United
States altogether. Tear tiie Constitution
into Threds and cast it upon the wind, and
let the wdl ol their Idol be the Law of the
land. Such a cuur.se would be consistent
with their doctrine'
We have taken occasion before to give
our views on the doctrine of instruction, and
it does seem to us that a great many have
committed themselves on this subject with
out proper reflection. Because another
party has chanced to gain the ascendency
in tlie Legislature, and wishing to place one
of their own.stripe in Congress, has intsirnc
red a Senator to do that which they know he
will not do, for the purpose of getting him
out of the way ; should he, to gralily their
caprice, yield up the interest of those who
placed him there? we think not. For lie
may still be representing tiie views of a ma
jority of his const ituenls.
It is frequently the case, as in oar own
State, that there is a very unequal represen
tation in the Legislature. Territory may
have a much larger representation than pop
ulation, and what the people would say by a
popular vote, might be found contrary to
tho views of a majority of the Legislature.
The Union party has had the ascendancy
in oar State Legislature for many years, aud
yet during that lime we have elected a S. R.
Governor and our present Represenatives in
Congress are all Slate Rights men. tv hilst
our Senators, appointed by the Legislature
are Union men. Again, why should a man
resign his post when he believes his prestnee
is necessary for the good ol oiircommon coun
try, would it not be m re patriotic, to dis
charge nis duty and leave his popularity
to take care of itseli. Posterity would do
him justice, and every reflecting mind, un
biased by prejudice would coiimieud his mo
tive.
CoSJMUfIIC.VI'KD.
THE BEST MODE OF - LIFE FOR
THE ATTAINMENT OF HAPPI
NESS
Th it II ippiaess in some slnpe or other,
is the ultimate end and object of all human
pursuit, cannot be questioned.
Oh happiness! our being’s end and aitn,
Good, pleasure, ease, content,—whate’er
thy name :
That something still which prompts tho
eternal sigh,
For which we bear to live, and fear to die,
Which still so neai us, yet beyond us lies
O’erlooked, seen double, by the foot and
wise ;
Plant of celestial seed ! if dropped below
Say in what mortal soil, thou deign st to
grow ?” Essay on man.
There exists a great difference of opin
ion in (lie minds ol men, in relation »o what
t * the proper, method of pursuit.-—Cotton,
he author of Lacon, in that excellent col
lection of maxims and wire observations,
conludes that "our minds are as different as
our faces ; we are all travelling to one desti
nation; happiness; but none are going by
the same road.” The same beautiful author
asks, “what is earthly happiness? ttiai phan
tom 01 which we heailso much, an* l see soliv
tlc; whose promises are constantly given,
and constantly broken, but as constantly be
lieved ; that cheats us with the sound in
stead of tiie substance, and with the blos
som, instead of Die fruit. Like Juno, she
is a Goddess iu pursuit, but a cloud iu pos
session; deified by those who cannot enjoy
her, and despised ny those who can. An
ticipation is iier herald; but and sXppoiutment
is her companion ; the first addresses itsalf
to our imagination that would believe but
the latter to our experience that must
Happiness that grand mistress of the cere
monies in thedatice ol life, impels us through
aii its mazes aud meandering.*, but leads
none of us by the same route.”
Pyrrho, the philosopher of Elis, denying
the existence of noy beatitude, maintained
Ihat “hfe|and deatli were the same thing,”
and when some ot his disciples asked, him,
why he did not hurry himself out the world,
replied, "because they are both indifferent to
me." Croesus placed the chiel good io
riches, and endeavored to urge upon Solon
the corrcctnes of his theory ; Periander the
tyrant of Crointh, in honor, and solemn
compliance with every obligation ; Socrates
in knowledge; Plato in idea; Orpheus iu
beauty ; Milo the Cretonian, in bodily
strength ; Thales the Millesian, in the union
of prudence and knowledge; Pittacus one
of tiie seven wise men, iu benevolence and
disinterestedness; it was a remark of his
that the virtues and inno-coce of private
life, were incompatible with tne power and
influence of a sovereign. Aristotle in the
practice and operation of virtue and truth;
Epicurus taught that the happiness ol
mankind consisted in pleasure, not such
as arises from sensual gratification or from
vie*, but from the enjoyments of the mind
and the sweets of virtue. Os this school, 1
confess myself partly a disciple; 1 believe
that by confirming this theory with tiie
sanctions of Religion, aud adroitly extrae-.
ting pleasure from every ciicuinstance iu
life, we shall probably make the nearest ap
proaches to perfect enjoyment of which our
nature is susceptible.
But hitherto, all have failed to possess
themselves permanently of the favors of the
fickle came—-am] “warmed bv thei 1 ’ failure,
the Stoic adopted a more paradoxical mode
of preferring his suit; he thought by sland
ering to woo her; by shunning to win her;
and proudly presuming that by fleeing she
would tuMi and follow him.
But she is as deceitful as the calm that
precedes the hurricane ;,smooth as the water
on the verge of the cataract; and beautiful as
the rainbow, that smiling daughter of the
storm. But like the m<rage in the desert,
she tanta izes ns with a delusion that dis
tance creates, and that contiguity destroy*.
She i» often found when unsought, and when
unexpected often obtained ; w mle those who
seek lor her mo*» diligently, fail the most,
because they seek lor her where she is not.
Anthony touglit her in love; Brutus in
glory; (’re-arm deminion; the first foi-nii
disgrace; l Ik- second disgust; life third in
gratitude, and each destruction ,—On some
she smiles, as oo Napoiean. with an aspect
more bewitching than an Italian «un; but, it
is only to make tier frown the more terrible,
and by one short caress, to embitter the
pangs of se;,(-ration.” Petrarch is the only
one ot her numerous votaries upon whom
she lavished her favors in an eminent degree ;
and ii was because lie sought her in a j roper
manner, lie chose for his erirement a
picturesque spot in the bosom of the coun
try. and gave himself up to the delight* and
blandishments of poetry and love.
My own candid impression is, that those
who desire to enjoy the greatest amount of
happiness which the world affords, should
withdrawn themselves from the whirl and
vortex ol public life, and devote their time
and energies to the work of beucvolcnce and
virtue.
•‘True happiness, (if understood)
Consists alone in doing good.”
There can he no holy calm, no sabbath
of the soul, no cessation of strife, in that
vast arena ol the passions, where life is a
ceaseless snuggle of money getting and
money spending ; a contest of avarice and
luxury ; a delirium of the senses and ofthe
mind. It we desire peace and repose, we
should live in retirement and in the country
where we might look out upon the varigated
earth, ever new and ever beautiful, upon the
azure dome of Heaven, hung ronud with
painted clouds, and listen to the music of
the sky, when the boughs are singing to the
wind, and the birds are serenading one
another, or surrender, ourselves to that
more pleasing sensation, when the serf iky
of nature’s silence imparts a congenial balm
and tranquility to the heart.
SALEIUS.
The Sub-Treasury Bill has passed the
Senate by the following vote:
Aycs.~— Messrs. Allen. Benton, Brown,
Buchanan,Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, Culh
bert, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, King,
Linn, Lumpkin, Mouton, Norvell, Pierc
Roane, Sevier, Smitlt of Connecticut,
Strange, Tappan, Walker. Wiliiairs, and
Wright-—24.
Hays.--- Messrs.;Betts, Clay of Kentucky,
Clayton. Crittenden, Davis. Dixon, Hender
son, Knig 1 t, Meriick, Nicholas, Phelps,
Pieritiss.j Preston, Robinson, Kuggles,
Smith of Indian:-, White, and Young—lß.
Three Democratic Senators, Messrs.
Nicholas, Robinson, and Young, under in
structions, voted against the bill.
Resignation. —We are informed that a
Professor in one of the Divinity Schools of
a neighboring State of some note as an au
thor and editor, has recently resigned his
office, giving as a reason, that one-third of
his students in the school were mys'ics,
another third skeptics, and the rest dyspep
tics— Rep. Her.
valuable land. “
f 14HE subscriber oilers for sale a Valtta-
A hie Settlement of Land on reasonable
terms, lying on (lie tund leading from
Lumpkin to lrwinton, seven and 4 miles
from the former aud 18 from the latter plaee.
consisting of 1500 acres of oak and hickory
land, with abont 350 acres cleared— with a
good dwelling house, gin house, and all ne
cessary out buildings attached. It will ei
ther be sold in a body or in lots to suit pur
chasers. Those wishing a good location,
would do well to call and see the premises,
aad judge for themselves.
D. M. LESUER.
Feb. 7, 1840. 3t 44
NOTICE.
LOST or mislaid a certain promissory
note, on John W. Tomkins, payable
to William Pierce, date not recollected,
supposed to be due in 1830, for the amount
of fifty dollais.
F. BUCKNER.
ForE. J Hervey.
Feb. 0, ’,840. 3t 44
A GREEABLY to an order of the Hon
/V nrable Inferior Court of the County
of Stewart, when silting for ordinary pur
poses, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
APRIL next, before the Court House door
in Lumpkin, one Lot of Pine Land, ad
joining the Town of Florence, and others,
belonging to the Estate of A. IL Shepherd,
deceased.
JAMES M SMYTHF., Adm’r.
ANN E. SHEPHERD, Adm’rx.
Febuary 4, 1840. 44
GEORGIA—Lee County.
WHEREAS Mary Ann Williams ap
t>lies to me for letters of Administra
tion on Pre estate of Murrell Williams, late
of tills county deceased.
These aretherefore to cite anil admonish
all arid singular the kindred and creditors of
the said deceased to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, to
shew cause if any they have why said let
ters should not be granted. Given under
my hand at sffice, this 22d day of Jan. 1840.
'44 SAML. C. WYCHE, c. c o.
CAUnON.
\ LL persons are hereby cautioned
—jL against tiading for two promisory notes
given bv the undersigned to John McClen
don, of Barbour county, Ala. both dated
March, 1838, one due 15th January 1839,
and the other 15th January 1840. each cal
ling for SB4O. Tire consideration for wlrcta
the said notes w#: e given having failed. I am
determined not ta pay them unless compel
led by law.
BOSWELL Y. EVANS.
Febuarv, 1, 1840 44 It
NOTICE.
THE subscriber being desirous of emi
grating to the west, n<rw offers for sale
lus entire possessions oflan.l, consisting ol'
four h ts, three hundred aud seventy acres
of which are under cultivation and well ad
opted to the production ot Corn and Cot*
'on. 1 will'also sell with my lan 1, my interest
in a first rate saw and grist mill adjacent to
a„ inexhaustible quantity of Pine timber,
ami mtuated in a (lease neighborhood, said
premises arc situated on the road leading
from Lumpkin to lrwinton Ala. nihe miles
from the former and eighteen tntlcs from tho
latter place. Persons who are anxious of
purchasing a valuable settlement of Jau t
with every convenience requisite to render
the*place perfectly delighttnl would do wejfe
to call and examiue my settlement j weft
sell on such terms as will suit the pureh,e»*>>»
F- D. WIMBERLY.
Feb. 5,1839. 45 2m
JOB PRINTING^
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