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SPEECH OF MR. WILDE,
ON THE TARIFF-
Mr. Wit de bogged permission, liefore he pro-
TT-cded, so correct a inisKpprehonsion whici
might naturally arise from an observation cf the
honorable gcnflenrtn from Massachusetts, Mr.
Arcs ;:ton, respecting himself. That gentl -
man hail referred to the Journals of the 14th
Congress, to tax him [Mr. W.j with inconsis
tency in voting against a proposition to reduce
<iie duty on brown sugar from three qnd a half,
to two or two and a half cents. The price cf the
article was then from sixteen to nineteen cents,
and the duty he voted for, as a rere/iMedutv, was
Iwenty per cent. The honorable gentleman
could have found a more just and recent cause
of complaint againt him. Asa member of the j
Committee of Ways and Moans, at this vety i
session, lie had voted for reporting a bill, in i
which the same article now valued at about live j
cents was proposed to be charged with a duty o! ;
two cents, or for!)/ per cent. —His apology was
to be found in his unwillingness, by a sudden
change, to ruin large bodies of men—in bis at
tachment to the union, the harmony, and the hap
j'l’.icss ol'ltis whole country. Which vas stto|t
■'••st, his love of Peace, ortho gentleman's hw|t
<>i'J ustice ? This sample of their fabrics woulcn
enable the committee to determine.
A short time since, he had urged the observ- j
once ofa sound legislative rule—majorities vote,
minorities talk. It might seem, as sometim s
happens to better men than himself, there was
sonic slight disagreement between precept and
example. In reality it was notso. lie ha.l the
ready justification of a politician’s alibi —a
change of circumstances. He had been in the
majority, and voted ; he teas in the minority, and
he talked. Properly understood , and a proper
understanding, were indispensable in all things.
He was perfectly consistent. Yes, sir ! said
Mr. W. wo were iu a majority ; it was not con
tested. We are in a minority. How does it
happen ? Has our majority thawed away under
■v-llie melting breath ofexecutive pleasure lias
it been dispersed, like a nullify ing mob, by the
President’s Proclamation I Have w i-een rou-
teil l>y the Siamese twin logic of the gentlemen :
from Connecticut, [Messrs. Ellsworth and j
Hi ntincton] or the more powerful lungs of
the gentleman from Pennsylvania ! [iMr. Mc-
Kf.nnan.] The inquiry may not he wholly un
interesting to a portion of the people of the
United States. If the motion of the gentleman
from Connecticut. [Mr. Huntington] prevail,
( this bill is defeated In the present temper of
the committee, it must prevail. In the Commit
tee of the Whole on the state of the Union, v. e
cannot have the ayes and tiees. Me cannot
catch the eels in the gill-net; and as the people
of the South will be unable to imagine why such
concessions, as they thought were offered,
should be refused, he felt it to be his duty to as
sist their inquiries.
lie considered this, in effect, a proposition to
continue the present tarilf, for the purpose of car
rying c>n the war against South-Carolina, The !
merits of the controversy were best summed up j
b v the pithy saying of an eastern manufacturer
‘#¥'! f [% JLU.L7-
and what good will the Tariff do in without the
Union ? The proposition to the South, then, is
this : “ You shall pay taxes for the conquest of
South-Carolina.” Now, sir, said Mr. >V., I put
it to vour candor to say, if we are to tight for ;
manufactures, whether the manufacturers ought
nut to pay the expense of the war ! So far as
bis voice went, they should do so. He would
not vote a man a musket for any such purpose.
D*it there was something still more extiaor ici
ly. — The !ii h tariff party of the North and a?;
say they pay an equal, or greater portion of th s.
taxes ; and Kiev only ask for the poor privilege
of being allowed to tax Ihemselres for theprotec
tion of their own industry! And so sir, they,
mean to fight us for the light to tax them.-. Ives,
and insist that, in iustice, we must pay the cost
o{ the campaign. Compared with this. Doctor
Franklin's i;■ hman with his ooi-or, wav nrhi
afidr iSo:. ilc. Mr. ‘-V. said hi- pi this propo
sition, not to South-Carolina—she had decided ;
♦but he put it to T irginia, to North-Onrolin
Who says she sleeps when liberty is in .1 my •
and Nathaniel .Macon lives ? Heput itto Gt-m
gia, to Alabama, to Mississippi, to Tennesst > ,
to Kentucky. All had an interest in ihe ques
tion ; and he reminded all, “Tau res m itur pa
rks cum proxiinus ardtt'J South-Cardina says
.he will endure this system no longer. If you
insist on ruining the concern by your dishonesty
and extravagance, she asks leave to withdr
from t!i’ partner-hip. You say she shall stay
and lie ruined ; and if she won’t, you ask ns to
help yon to blow her brains out 1 O, most holy
-fnion, which must be preserved by cannon anil
! ayonet! Happy Republic! by the grace of
God and gunpowder, one and indivisible ! Shall
, we not head o>r bulletins like revolutionary
France, when, in an extacy of affection for all
mankind, she proclaimed fraternity or death!
May we not say with her poet, the keenness of
epigrams nothing can equal, but the in
-• tr.mi-nt which would have rewarded him had
lie beer, discovered 1 —
“O, In bet ago, qnand l’hommo dit a l’horame,
“Soyons freres! unjn I’assomuie!
He begged pardon of the House for his bad
French ; at least, his bad pronunciation of it.
If they kne w under what circumstances his little
knowledge of the language, was acquired, they
would excuse him. He would not venture to
translate, mindful of the proven!,;* but a free
version, adapted to the times, might read,
“Os Messed age! when loving Senates vote,
“Let u be brothers! or I’ll cot your throat!”
\ ye, sir, redress is refused—secession is de
nied—oppression is continued—and the sword
of the Federal Executive is to be. flung into the
s ia..- of the Federal Judiciary ! Discordant
concord and perpetual union, are proclaimed by
* sound of trumpet, and upon pain of death Per
petual union ! on such terms, it is the Dutch inn
keeper* universal peace : YVhun the amiahie
enthusiast, whose memory Paul and Virginia
would preserve, when ins philanthropic visions j
were forgotten, published his proposal for paci- j
l lying the world, mine host seized on the idea
%br 3 new sign. .It was in c.ibe I, indeed, “.1 j.
|la pair muecrscUe blit the design was —a
;. hnrehtjard Such was not the peace ot the
; peacemakers to whom the benediction “as giv
en. It was not the peace of Grid, or the peace
of freedom ; it was the peace ot those described
by Tacitus :
“ 8 Utudinom faciuat, paernn appellant.”
But it is said, what other eiiurse than coercion
is left us f Soutn-Carotina has ntiiiifictial! Jarii]
laws, wheth-r tin revenue oi protection, it we
pass tins .mi, will she not nullify it also ‘ M ill
iit satisfy her i Mr. W. said he had no authori
!tv to speak for South-Caroliim. If he could sa v
it irj: id be satisfactory, he should be cautious of
j .joi’ig so. For that very reason, might be un-
I unsatisfactory to others. This was one of :he
! instances in which Fontcncttc's maxim applied;
i if you have your handful of truth, do not open
| more than your little linger, i’lius much wa.-
[ certain. L'hc bill by no means concedes ail
j dial Carolina claims as a matter of strict right;
but it may present terms wiiich for tiio sake of
’ harmony, -be would accept. At all events, n
suspends liie operation of her ordinance, if we
pass it. On this point there seemed to him to
be an erroneous impression. Nothing could be
clearer, than, if any law passes, the Convention
must be called again ; and in the meantime, the ‘
Uaiv operates. If the law afforded even i uson-
Aiile hope ofa return to juster councils, could it
be doubted that South-Carolina would pause l
’ Upon the passage of this bill, or one similar in
principle, depended, he believed, the peace and
integrit of the Union, If it was lost, he repeat
ed, the people “of the South should know how,
why, and by whose iault it was lost. If the re
sponsibility rested on their representatives, they
would hold them to a strict account. If on oth
ers, they would learn to distinguish between re
al and pretended triends.—How was the pres
ent measure brought forward ! —Mr. W. adver
ted to the President’s massag at the beginning
of Congress, recommending, i.i strong and plain
terms, a modification of the tariff. Has he,
asked .Mr. \V., at any time advanced other
opinions ? lias he esoteric and exoteric doc
trines ! Was any gentleman authorized to say
the President did not desire the passage of this
I bill, or at this time ? He would yield the floor
I for such a sentiment. No. There was every
I indication that he desired it should pass—that it
should pass at this session—speedily—at once.
Next m its official importance, on questions
of revenue, was the opinion of the Secretary of
the Treasury. This was well known from his
annual report, and his communications with the
Committee of Ways and Means and the Com
mittee on Manufactures. Ilespoae of public
and official transactions, not of conversations,
secret or confidential. There were none such.
If th re had been, he trusted he knew better
what was due to the sanctity ofsocial intercourse,
than to violate it voluntarily. Nor would his
vanity, if he had be n the depositary of a .State
seciet, the first and, no doubt, the last he would
have been ti listed with, have induced him to hint
at the important and mysterious character ofkis
charge. He spoke of matters open and avow—
i ed; of things authorized to be communicated,
| and, in fact, stated to the house by the c inirman I
. viii S2£. 1 ;.~i
man. | lie as warranted, then, in saying that,
the bill had me ap robatinn ol the Secretary ot
the Treasury ; that it w uld give the n. ctssary
I amount of revenue, without, in his opinion, leav
ing any inordinate excess, or destroying the ]
1 manufa.turers. —The character oltii Secretary
was a guaranty that whatever he uttered he ;>e
-1 lieved. lie [-Sir. W.] was no eulogist; but
when huci occasion to speak ol any man, he
would do equal ano exact justice. No Ihe re
dacted that expression ; equal and i xact justice
was beyond the power id man. But lie would
j do his friends a little less than what he thought
was justice, that he might not flatter them
through partiality ; and fig adversaries some
what more, mat he might not censu o them from
prejudice. Whatever tire the Secretary was,
iie not want civil courage.—On that Tior, |
vie r- M h.e! known im best, in:. nor. ,
right ol wiv/o s , were always boldly avowed and
manfully defended. Had bechanced sincetheu?
mil! any one assert it . .’a iher< any one
i who v. ui! ■ : azaril the asset non that Eou
. .ii vc r wore two faces, uttered a false
hoc , or betray .u a Iriend ? There could not
atliibiui ii to .an, then fore, any more than to
toe President, two sets of opinions, private anti
public.
sVho else w a.-, there, then, whose views of this
matter could no supposed to exercise a material
influence on the fate of the bill f The Vice
‘'resident elect ; Is not ho too said to be in fa
vor of a i eduction of duties to th< revenue stand
ard t 1a not he, too, desiiuiis that a bill should
pass lor mat purpose, at this session ! We
have the strongest assurances that it is so. But
th ae.i is sceptical, and demands proofs. The
position of that lgcntlcu.au is in many respects
critical and full of difficulties. Pur be it from
me to add to his embarrassment. But at this
1 lime and on this subject, there can be no falter
ing. Ilis past conduct in relation tc it is not
| dear from ambiguity. The temptatioiis that be
set him are*strong. What thens Truly, great
men are ever greatest in the crisis of their fate.
Noble and gen r.ais spirits rise with the danger,
and are equal to the emergency. In this he is
confidently affirmed to be with us ; but I warn
some of his friends who have been with us, but
arc with us up longer, that the best evidence,
perhaps the only evidence, which the South will
accept of his sincerity, is th ir votes. To them,.
then, I appeal; to them Caddres- inysclf. Os
what use. is it to speak to the high tariff men of
the House ?—the opponents of the administra
tion and yet the advocate sos coercion. Their
choice is made —their sanguinury purpose litter
ed. To whom, then, out to our political lliends
shall we look in tho day ol'trial ? Where else
shall we ask aid ? Where else can we find
hope ? To them I turn, not to exhort, I have
no vocation ; not to lecture I am no professor;
hut to expostulate, as friend with friend. Until
recently wo stood in the same ranks, fighting
the same battles, struggling against th- same
adversaries, acknowledging the same leaders.
If they now waver in their faith or courage, may
we not without offence entreat them to stand by
us in this our, last great danger? Is it not due
’ /
lio them,ns well as to ourselves, that our thoughts 1
lof each other should be expressed frankly, but
not bitterly \ If we have come to the point at
which we can no longer n< t together without
the violation of some duty, or the abandonment
of some principle, let ‘ho lact ue avowed and
the motive admitted. Thus, and thus only it
u- tuns', separate, ear. both escape reproach,
and hereafter, neither can complain ofbeing de
j sorted ot betrayed, 1 invite them then, to ex
amine the strength and weakne sos their own
position. The circumstances under which the
bill came forward, had already been adverted
to. All the auspices, whether of men or days
were hsppv ; all the omens favorable. Mho
could be better fitted lorn work of conciliation
than his honorable friend from Ncw-York ?
[Mr. Vf.rplanur.]—Where could we look for
> much zeal tempered by sn -1111011 prudence,
and above all, for sincerity unsullied bv a doubt ?
The very sun shone forth Upon Ills bill at the
moment of its first reading; and, in its earliest
stages, it was borne along by triumphant major
ities composed in part of the very gentlemen to
whom I now address myself. By whom is this
destructive motion made ? By an avowed ad
vocate of the high tariff and restrictive system ;
by an ardent opponent of the. present adminis
tration ; by a determined adversary of the favor- ;
ite and leading politician ofNew-York.
By whom is it supported I by the most reso- j
lute and unwavering enemies of State Rights, j
the doctrines ot Jefferson, and the republican
school of politics.
For w-hat purpose ? To destroy the bill.
The object is not concealed; on the contrary, it
is distinctly announced. VV hen I said to the
gentleman from Connecticut, [Mr. Huntinc
ton] the other day, that according to his arc:
meet, the bill would not give us revenue enough,
and his motion went to reduce it still more, he
felt the force cf the objection. What was his
reply : “True, hut the gentleman from Geor
gia must be aware that the motion, if successful,
will he followed up by others to raise other du
ties, and thereby to get the increase of revenue
required.” In plain terms tea and coffee must
be made free,that wool and woollens and cottons
may In subjected to prohibitive duties. The
gent! men to whom this appeal is made, held the
fate of the bill in their hands. If this motion
succeeds, and it will succeed, if they support it
the bill is lost. TV ill they bear with me while
I hazard some conjectures <*> the consequen
ces ? I have no gift of prophecy. I possess no
powers, and employ no instruments of divina
tion, other than -uch as are common to every
one ot ordinary sagacity . but what will be, must
spring from what is, just as what is must have
proceeded from what has been. To transmute
the pa.,t into the future, is the true alchymy of
intellect. I ,ct us see what we can extract from
the a'.cmbick,
Hi lirst and least which tnay proceed from
the defeat of tYfi* measure, if the blow comes
from the quarter whjcli tin eateas it, will be to
throw the power af settling this vexed question
into other hands. Is this an imaginary danger
What says the baroscope ? Are there no starry
j influences—no impending planetary conjunc—
lljon or onnosifli.il boding evil to the great and_
little politicians of the North? May not Hes
per regain the ascendant ! In phrase less mys
tical, it it net a law of power that majorities di
vide, and minorities combine ? If the North
j and F.ast coalesce lo support the principles of
the Proclamation, may not the South and West,
to whom they are less acceptable and familiar,
unite to resist them? And what can be fairer
or more natural: If tho giant and magician
conspiie, how can they be defeated but by
Nullification and Old Harry? Peace is a gift
too precious to be rejected, come from what
hands it may.—The country must be saved, let
who will save it. A civil war must be prevent
ed, whoever is pacificator. The power is in
the hands of my friends.—lt is the first wish of
my h; art that they should use it. I invoke
I them by every motive ol fellowship, of parly, of
patriotism, of huoamity ‘ But if they refuse;
if their desuny is written >f even party spirit 10-;
ses something of its influence by an unnatural
alliance with reason and justice,still I repeat, the
o im'i v must he saved, and let the honor be his
to whom the honor shall tie due. Have our
friends considered howtheyandtheir leaders, and
their constituents, must feel in such anew coal
ition as their votes will throw them into. Once
more I beseech them to pause, if the part they
.list take is not already fixed, the company
they must keep already chosen. - >nce more,
1 remind them, that, if they involve this country
in a civil war, the administration, sooner or la
ter will have for its adversaries the whole South,
its oldest and most steadfast friends, and for its
new allies those who have pursued it with the
bitterest ridicule and the deadliest enmity.
—Before they throw themselves into this false
position, 1 invite them to review with me the
arguments which are used to seduce them from
their Republican principles, their party attach
ments, and their Southern brethren.
We have heard that we must not submit to
be bullied by a single State. We must not
legislate with a sword over our heads. _ We
will not be dictated to by South Carolina!
Against listening to the miserable suggestions
of false pride, we were cautioned by my friend
from New York [Mr. Vf-RTlanck] in language
so elegant and touching, that nothing can be ta
ken from, nothing added lo it without injury.
In lainilv quarrels the best heads and hearts
■’ are ever ready to make the greatest allowance
• for errors of judgeinentand infirmities oftemper.
Stickling on points of ceremony in such cases
is lidiculous; in entering into domestic broils,
i tin < tiquette is that fixed in other cases, by old
Frederick of Prussia, “ the greatest fool goes
first,” —.-But bad motives will be imputed to us
We shall be said to have yielded to our fears.
And what course of conduct can we pursue, to
which bad motives cannot bo imputed? Bad 1
motives have been imputed to me, Mr. Chair
man, to you, and to every body eDe. I3 that
to be a reason for neglecting our duty ? Then
we must never do any thing. The very course
gentlemen are pursuing to escape the imputa
tion of bad motives, will expose them to that ve
ry imputation.
I For example; an extract was pointed out to
him the other day in a newspaper, which sta
ted, “it is also said that Judge Marcy has
written to the Van Buren members of Congress,
that they must stick to the .existing r i ariff, and
oppose any reduction of duties until (. alhoun
shall be so thoroughly down as to prevent all ,
danger ofhis political resurrection. After that,
is done, it is intimated that something might
be viclded*to South* arolina.”
Now be [Mr. W.] did not believe that Judge
Marcy had ever written such a letter, lie had
too good an opinion of his prudence. He had
no idea the Vice-President elect had ever au-.
thorized any one to write such a letter. Put
the father-in-law of Judge Alarcy is understood
to exercise - great influence over ihu politics
ofNew-York; to have a very deep interest in
wool, and to be utterly opposed to any reduction
of duty on it. Judge Marcy and the Vice Pres
ident elect are intimate and confidential friends.
The world applies with little discrimination, the
maxim, “ noscilur a suciis anjl, putting all
these things together, it is easy to impute bad
motives, and to suppose that one man speaks
the opinions of another. Now-, the truth no
doubt is, that the gentleman ill question [Mr. ;
i Known] docs entertain an opinion unfavorable I
!to the modification of the tariff at present. He
! may have expressed that opinion to his political
i friends, as he has a perfect right to do. Nei
! filer Judge Marcy nor the Vice President elect,
are in the slightest degree responsible for it :
and the opinion itself may be perfectly honest.
Yet alter all, such is the uncharitableness of the
w.i- 1, that when men have a personal inteicst
in maintaining certain very honest opinion-, th.
onesty of such opinions is thought to hr a scru
nle less, then standard fineness. The popular
notion of honesty was best expressed by a bur
le.-quc toast which he remembered. Some years
ago, someone, he forgot at the moment who,
bad been toasted as “ the man who dares he
honest in the worst of times.” A wag of Bos
ton —where, by the bye, they manufacture the
best toasts, if toasts are not their best manufac
ture—wrote a ludicrous account of an abolition
festival, where Caesar or Cully was thus made j
to travesty that sentiment; “Do man—who dai |
be lioness when he git nothin by him.” That, |
sir, (said Mr. TV.) .is the only honesty which j
wins universal crefienco. A failure to observe j
it was the groat mistake of a distinguished gen- j
deman from the W est, who, eight years ago,
hud occasion to give a vote in .the House lor
President, and who afterwards became Secreta
ry of State under the Presidency of the gentle
man for whom he voted. In that vote the per
son giving and the person receiving it might be
free from the slightest censure. Mr. TV. believ- i
ed they were so. Neither did he mean to he
understood as saying, that in consequence of
ihat vote the gentleman referred logotany thing,
He was not one of those who argue u pcst hoc, j
ivgo, propter hoc.” He had not joined the vul- j
gar clamor : but that the fact of his taking office
had been successfully though wrongfully appeal
ed to as implicating the purity of his motives,
admitted of no doubt. Ilis Wbnesty had been
assailed because 11 did not appear to bo unpro
fitable. Who, thin can expect to escape cen
sure if they profit by their hone Sty ?‘ —fftvadyer-
ted to these things not to wound the feelings and
much less the reputation of any human being.
For all the distinguished names of his country
he cherishei. an habitual fondness. He felt he
had an interest in them as an American citizen.
Who ever tarnished their lustre, robbed him of
a portion of his birthright. The matters lie re
ferred to w‘ere mentioned in no spirit of ccnso
riousness or unkindness, but as topics of phi
losophical argument and speculation. They
might serve to show gentlemen that the fear of
having bad motives inputed to them, was no safe
rule of action : for, in the instance alluded to,
the distinguished 1 itizen upon whom such mo
tives were, no doubt untruly, supposed to oper
ate, was a t first disposed to decline coming in
to the administration. But his friends persua
ded him that such a ret’ustJ would be attributed
to the timidity of an evil conscience, and f.ltflr
importunities exposed him through the fear ol
danger, to the very danger they feared.
But, sir, continued Mr. TV., if it were possi
ble that any friend of (he Vice-President elect
could entertain or inculcate such a course as
the letter writer mentions, nothing could be at
once more ignoble and impolitic. Even Sylla
saved his country before he chastised his ene
mies ; and was one as much better than Sylla,
as Sylla was greater than him, urged io remem
ber his petty interests and animosities w hen the
republic was in danger ! Sir the recent experi
ence of the Ncw-Yoik state man’s opponents
might teach his iriends this salutary lesson.
Never seem to prosecute a depressed adversa
ry', if you do not wish to raise him above you.
But it will be urged, no doubt, that the Vice
Pri sident elect ought not to be indentified with
the gentlemen to whom these considerations
were suggested, nor they with him. They
were not his men, nor any one else’s men.
They were their own men. Undoubtedly,
lie intimated nothing to the contrary. But, un
happily asain, “circumstance, that unspir
itual God,” bore testimony against them,
and however hard it. might he, the rule of
political judgment was the rule of the prize
court. Circumstantial evidence outweighed
positive assorvations. The rule was harsh
—often-timcs unjust: but it was therule of
the world, and the world alone could tl
i ter it, Unfortunately these gentlemen were all
well known as partisans. He traced nog’ rifle
man through ay sand noes; but unless his
memory deceived him, upon every test question
of party, they wore faithful to their colors ; tar
beyond himself The hank of the li. States,
the Choctaw reservations, the breach of privi
lege, the Wiscasset collector, all proved their
perfect orthodoxy; and could they who subscri
i bed to the whole thirty-nine articles,boggle atthe
first question in the catechism ‘! Where is par
ty discipline more perfect than in New York?
Have they not punished my friend [Mr Ver
fi inch | with the ostracism for a breach of it?
And if all honorable duty is furbidden ought he
nut to be proud of his pnnhiment!
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week will elapse between the issuing of each number,
yet when there is a press of very interresting matter, or
when twe or more numbers are required to contain a •
whole work, the proprietor will feel himself at liberty so
publish at shorter intervals—-fifty two numbers being the
equivalent for five dollars.
Arrani; meats have been made to receive from Lon
don an early copy of every new book printed either in
that mart of talent, or in Edinburgh, together with the
periodical literature of Great Britain. From the former
) we shall select the beet Abatis, Mewcira, Tales, Travels ,
I Sketches, Biography, fyc. and publish thorn with as much m
i pidity and accuracy as an extensive printing-office w ill
: admit. From the latter, such literary intelligence will
i occasionally be culled, as will prove interesting and cn-
I tertaining to the lover of knowledge, and science, litera
ture, and novelty, Good standard novels, and other
works, now out of print, may also occasionally be re
produced in onr columns.
The publisher confidently assures tire heeds of fam
ilies, that they need have no dread of introducing the
“Select Circulating Library” into their domestic cir
cle, as the gentlemen who has undertaken the editorial
I duties, to literary tastes and habits adds a due sense of
’ the rospunibility he assumes in catering for an cx
teiuied and inoral community, arid of the consequences,
detrimental or otlierwis, ,that w ill follow the oiss,ruina
tion of obnoxious or wholesome mental allirnent. His
, situation and • ngagements aflord biel peculiar advanta
ges and facilities lor the selection of books. These, with
i the additional channels created by agencies at London,
Liverpool, and Kdmburgb, warrant the proprietor in
j guaranteeing a faithful execution of the literary depart
ment-
It would be supererogatory to dilate on the genera!
advantages and conveniences which such a publication
presents to people of literary pursuits wherever located,
hut more particularly to those who reside in re tin and situa
tions- - they are so obvious that the first glance cannot
fail to Hash conviction of its eligibility.
‘ The MeJect Circulating i-ihraiy” will be printed
w cekly on a double medium sheet of fine paper in octavo
form, with three colums on a page, and mailed with great
care so as to carry safely to the most distant post office.
It will he minted and finished w ith the same eare and
accuracy as book work. The whole fifty-two numbers
will form a volume well worth preservation, ol 1232 pages,
equal in quantity to 1200 pages, or three volumes, of
Rei s’ Cyclopaedia. Each volume will be accompanied
with a Titlc-jiage and index.
The price is Five Dollars for fifty-two numbers of sit
con pages each, —a price at which it cannot bo aftbrded jj
unless extensively patronized. fCT Payment al ell limes |
in culvnncr.
Agents who procure five subscribers shall have arc- -
cript in full b, remitting the publisher S2O 00, and
a proportionate compensation lor a larger number. ,
This arrangement is made to increase the circulation ‘
to an extent which will make it an object lo pay \
agents libeiall'. Clubs of five individuals may thee pre
cure the work for S-t 00, by uniting in their remittances. ,
Subscribers, living near agents, may pav their sub
scriptions to them ; those otherwise situated tnav remit -j
the amount to the subscriber at his expense, tjur sr-
I rangements arc ail made for the fulfilment of our pad of i
ti'.a - ..“tract.
Subscribers names should be immediately forwarded, 1
in order tiiat the publisher may know how many to print H
of the future numbers. M
iCj” Editors ofNetvspapers who give tile above three
c-r more insei lions, will be entitled to an exchange of 52 A
Numbers. ADAL V. Af,OlK, m
Carpenter near Seventh Street, PHtladelphia. .
rise ii.gn flio ’ded Stallion
Quidnunc ,
Jg.
ILL stand at t’ aslnngton.YVilkc-
TT county, th ensuing Spring sea-(
•rn"t son, which will commence on the first ol 5
Sttote-tfa.. . arch, am; expire on the first of July, <
> iXJLLARF'thc sir. trie service—TWENTY >
OuLLAUW the season . and THIRTY DOLLARS the *
insurance Fifty cents ! • the groom.
GIUIDNUNC is a rich blood bay, with black lcg?|g
npaiii, and tail, six years old, fifteen bands three and a
inches high, of uncommon line limbs, muscle, bone and.
action. He has been introduced to this State upon high
recommendation, will* a view to improve tlie stock of
.Southern hors*-. and his high origin justifies the expec
tation that this object may be accomplished I F’ wasy
got by the imported Bagdad Arabian, (who was suid in
New York by Mr. Barclay for SB,OOO,) —his dam KpsM
Carey, was by Sir Arch’ his grand clam SaUyJonejS bjj *
imported \Y rangier—who was by imported Dfomed tho ;
sire offeir Archy. The Peoigree of Quidnunc is noton-*
ly fit at rate hut authentic. (Sec American Turf Register! i
lor Nov. 1831, page 152.) More paiticulars arc mcnjji
tioned in hand-bills. „ *<
DAVID P. HILLIIOUSE.
ROBERT A. TOOMBS, v
April G—1 —4w F |
GOLD AND LMD MAPS);
OWING to the delay of some of the Surveyors,
making their returns, and the consequent delaigM
Rat has unavoidably attended the publication of the Gob*
.aus ol (Jhcroki. , I have concludi and to reduce the prittTH
of tinin from TUN to SIX Lt ‘LI-. A US. The Gok. >!
is divided into three parts, and the mice oi the three,OLT*
prising all tho Mold Districts, w.ththa exception ol
eleventh, in the first section, which has not yet been
turned, will hereafter be Eix dollars, or two dollars
cents each. I have also now preparing, which w “SB
completed in a few weeks, a CHART r 'P l jß
the QUALITIES of, and iATPKOVEMEN'I b onvJ|
rv 1 ot on my Land v ni- which, together with the
•villTo sold for FIVE i” LLARS. All persons wh*
have purchased .and all who may hereafter puiihasc M
Land Map, shall receive a list ol the Qualities, gia s, .V
as completed. ORANGE GREEK jflj
Anril G-l-ts T
