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The Barber es Dunse, from a Scottish Journal*
„A gentleman, possessing an uncommon share
•vt’ wit m<t humor, had occasion to lodge, for
he night in company with some friends, at the
inn ofa town which, for certain reasons, we shall
deno inate Dunsc. Requiring the services oi
a barber, he was recommended to Walter Dron
—who was represented as not skilled in that
profession, but excellent at cracking a joke, or
telling a story. This functionary being forth
with introduced made such a display of his oral
and manual dexterity, as to leave on the mind,
as well as the body of the customer, a very fa
voiable impression, and induced the latter to in*
vitc him to sit down to a friendly glass. Ihe
circulation of the bottle served to show oil the j
barber in his happiest mood, and the facetious
“■entleman, amid the general hilarity, thus ad
dressed him : “Now, Wattie, I engage to give
von a guinea, on the following terms; that you ;
leap backwards and forwards over jour chair,
tor the space of half an hour—leisurely yet reg
ularly crying out at every leap, ‘here goes I,
Wattie Dron, barber of Dunse;’ but that, should
vou utter any thing else during the time, you
♦oifeit the reward.” Wattie, though no doubt
surprised at the absurdity of the pioposal, yet,
considering how easily he could earn the guinea,
and the improbability that such an opportunity
would ever again present itself, agreed to the
stipulations. The watch waa set, and the bar
ber, having stripped oft’ bis coat, leaning with
one hand on the back ot the chair, commenced
lea[dsg enrei the seat uniformly repeating, in an
exulting tone, the,words prescribed. After mat
ters had gone on thus smoothly for about five
minutes, the gentleman rung the bell, and thus
accosted the waiter : “What is the reason, sir,
you insult me by sending a mad fellow like that,
instead of a proper barber, as you pretended he
•was’’* Barber, [leaping]—“Here goes I, b at
tic Dron, barber of Dunse.” .Waiter —“Oh, sir,
I don,t know what is the matter; I never saw
him in this way in my life; Mr. Dron, Mr. Dron
•what do you mean.” Barber—“ Here goes 1
Wattie ,” Waiter—“ Bless me, Mr. Dron, re
collect these are gentlemen; how can you make
such a fool of yourself,” Barber—“ Here gees
I, ,” Landlord, [entering in haste,]—
“What the devif, sir, is all this? The fellow is
mad. How dare you insult gentlemen in my
house by such - onductßarber —“Here goes
I, Wattie Dron,” Landlord—“l say, Bob,
run for his wife, tor this can’t be put up with.
Gentlemen, the man is evidently deranged, and
I hope you will not let my house be iujured in
any way, by this business?” “Here goes”—
[wife pushing in]— “Oh! Wattie, Wattie, what’s
this that’s come over ye? Do you no ken yer
fair wife?” Barber —“Here goes I, .” Wife,
[weeping]—“Oh, Wattie, Wattie, if ye care na
for me, mind your bairns at liame, and come awa
\yi’ me.” Barber —“Here goes I, Wat ”
The afflicted wife now clasped herhusband round
the neck, and hung on him so >s effectually to
arrest his further progress. Much did poor
■Wattie struggle to shake off his loving but un
welcome spouse, but it was now “no go”—his
walloping was at an end, “Confound vou for an
nleot,” he exclaimed, “I never could win a
•minea so easy, in all mv life.” It is only neces
sary to add,, that the explanation which imme
diately followed was much more satisfactory to
mine host than the barber’s better halt, and that
the gentleman restored Wattie to his usual good
humour, by generously rewarding his exertions
with the well earned guinea.’
High Living and Mean Thinking.
How much nicer people are in their persons
than in their minds. How anxious are they to
wear the appearances of wealth and taste in the
things of outward show, while their intellects are
all poverty and meanness. See one of the apes
of fashion, his coxcombries and ostentations of
luxury. His clothes must be made by the best
tailor, his horse must be oi the best blood, his
wines of the finest flavor, his cookery of the
highest zest; but his reading is of tne poorest
frivolities, or of the lowest and most despicable
vulgarity. In the enjoyment of the animal sen
ses he is an epicure; but a pig is a clean feeder
compared with his mind; and a pig would eat
f*ood and bad, sweet and foul alike, but his mind
has no taste except for the most worthless gar
bage. The pig has no discrimination and a
threat appetite; the mind Iwhich w e describe has
not the apology of voracity; it is satisfied with
little, but the litJe must be of the worst sort, and
every thing of a belter quality is rejected by it
with disgust. If we could see men’s minds as
we see their bodies, what a spectacle of naked
ness, deformity, and disease it would be ! what
hideous dwarfs and cripples. What dirt, and
what revolting cravings ! and all Jhe.-*! in con
nexion with the most exquisite care aao pam
pering of the body. If many a conceited cox
comb could see bis own mind, he would see a
tiling the like of which is not to be found in the
meanest object the world can present. It is not
with beggary, in the most degraded state, that
it is to be compared, for the beggar hits wants,
is dissatisfied with his state, has wished for en
joyment above his lot, hut the pauper of intellect
is content with his poverty; it is his choice to
feed on carrion, he can relish nothing else, he
has no desires beyond the filthy fare. Yet he
piques himself that he is a superior being; he
takes to himself the merit of his tailor, his coach
maker, his upholsterer, his wine merchant, his
.cook; hut if the thing were turned inside out, if
that concealed nasty comer, his mind, were ex
posed to view, how degrading would be the ex
hibition.
Might it not be reasonably expected that peo
ple should take as much pride in the nicety of
their minds, as that of their persons? The pu
rity of the mind, the careful preservation of it
liom the defilement of loose or grovelling
thoughts, is surely as much a matter ofnecessa- i
rv decency as the cleanliness of the body. The ,
i-oaise clothing of the person is a budge of pov- 1
,-ity; what then should be thought of the coarse ‘
entertainment o( the imagination? what destitu- j i
tjon it argues? and when it is seen in connexion j I
with a'! s he luxuries of abundant wealth, how j i
odious is the contrast between the supertluities
ot fortune and the pitiable penury of the under
standing 1 The mansion is spacious and ele
gantly furnished, but the soul ol the occupier is
only comparable to the dust hole; a dark dirty
receptacle for the vilest trash and rubbish. You
visit an afilueut family in London ; you see girls,
for whose education no cost has been spared,
who have been guarded with the most zealous
caic against vulgat associations, who are to be
refined if they are to be nothing else; and you
sec on their table a Sunday newspaper, the sta
ples of which arc obscenity and scurrility, in a
stve probably much below the loosest conversa
tion of the footmen m the hall. How would tho
parents shudder at the thought ol theii daughters
listening to a familiar conversation ot the coars
est kind carried on by their lacqueys. And
what matters it in effect whether the debauchery
is taken at the eye or the ear ? These things
deserve to be thought of in another manner.
The care of the mind has yet to have a com
tr.eiiceinent. Its servants and its food have
hitherto been of the lowest sort; but on both the
character of the ministration and the nutriment,
; the purity and soundness ot the intellect must
greatly depend. A good sign it will be,
when some of the pride in the ostentation ot
gold is transferred to the show of the riches of
the mind, and when the appearances of poverty
of inb llect are shunned as those now are of the
poverty of the purse.— Tail's . Magazine.
[From the JVcw York Evening• Post.}
Naval Anecdote. —Some time in the early
part of the late war, between the United States
and Great Britain, as the frigate President, Com
modore Rogers, was standing in for Block Isl
and, between Gay Head and Mauntaug Point
under a full complement of canvass, she espied
a long sharp “i tipper built” schooner with Eng
lish colors under the lee bow .sailing towards her,
bearing a set of signals which were not under
stood; the schooner was therefore pronounced
to be an enemy’s vessel.
The -’ommodore, however, by way of making
a feint ordered a flag run up, and hauled down
again immediately. This had the effect inten
ded; tin ■ Schr. b lieving that his signals had been
duh answered, and not willing to appear dull on
the occasion, forthwith hauled down his signals
and stood for the President, supposing her to be
one of His B. M. frigates.
The President now hove too under English
colors. The Schi. came along side and was
hailed. “What schooner is that ?” “His M. |
schooner Highflyer,” was the answer. “Come
on board, Sir, with your papers.” “Aye aye,
Sir.” The boat was now hoisted out, and a
British Lieut, came along side. He was piped
over the gangway, and immediately ushered in
to the cabin, where sat Com. Rogers, to whom
he handed his instruction. “Umph, so Sir, you
are looking out for the American Frigate Pres
ident, Com. Rogers.”—“Where did you leave
the squadron.”’ “Yesterday, morning off back
Long Island, Sir,” “How was Com. Hardy?”
“He was very well, Sir.” “Have you a suffi
cient description of the President to enable you
to recognize her when you shall see her?” “O
yes, Sir, we cannot fail to know her immediate
ly.”—“Well, Sir, without keeping you longer in
suspense, I have the honor to inform you that
you are now on board the U. S. ship President,
and I am Com. Rogers !!”
Meantime all hands being piped to dinner, the
officer of the deck ordered the boatswain’s mate
to invite the men who were in the boat to come
up and nirtake with the crew.
The Boatswain’s mate accordingly looks over
the side, and says—“ Shipmates, come aboard
1 and get some dinner”—“Shipmates, eh,” says
| a dry old fellow in the act of taking out his last
hour’s quid of tobacco, and looking up at the
same ‘ime very quizically at the President’s
jib—“l say Tom do you twig that split canvass
jib ? Shiver my topmasts, but Brother Jonathan
has diddled us this time, as sure as the divil’s in
Lunnuin. But never mind Tom, we’ll go aboard
and get some grub and see our new messmates
—mayhap we shall find plenty of Yankee grog,
with a dish of longr sweetnings , and a comforta
ble drop of old Kentuck .”
From the JYetv England Artisan.
MODERN DICTIONARY.
Bank -A grindstone in disguise, for the faces
ofthe poor.
Politeness —Fashionable hypocrisy.
Patriotism. —An “indefinite article,”in an
cient times, signifying love of country; we be
lieve at present it means villifyingpolitical oppo
nents.
Soft Soap—An article much used by aris
tocrats just before an election, principally appl ed
by them to working men, who are at all times
: despised, by these self styled “higher classes.”
Lady—A female who cannot cook her hus
■ band’s dinner, but is expert in reading novels,
• playing on Piano, elc.etc.
Lower Class—Those who support them
selves and their neighbors by labor.
Uppf.r-Clxss—Monopolists, Capitalists,
1 Lawyers, Doctors, and all who live without work
on the labor of others.
Humanity—Weeping over the “poor slave,”
of the SouiiN a °d making slaves of all w hites in
your employ at the North.
Benevolence—pending money out ofthe
country to educate foreig.” children, and leaving
thousands in ignorance at hou'C*
University —An . stahlishmeii.t where the
rich obtain an education at the expense pf the
poor, and learn to live without labor.
Lite Insurance Company—A trap to catch
gulls—patented by the Legislatures.
II orders of Philosophy. —The polypus, like
the fabled hydra, receives new life from the knife
which is lifted to destroy it. The fly-spider
lays an egg as large as itself. There are four
thousand and l’orty-one'muscles in a catterpillar.
Hook discovered fourteen thousand mirrors in
the eyes of a drone, and to effect the respiration
of a carp, thirteen thousand three hundred ar
teries, vessels, veins, bones, itc. are necessary.
The body of every spider contains four little
masses, pi-wed with a multitude of impercep
tible holes, each hole permitting the passage of
a single thread; to the amount of a thousand to
each mass is joined together, when they came out
and make the single thiead with which the spi
der spins its web, so that what we call a spi
ders thread, consists of four thousand united.
Lewenhocekhy means of Microscdpes, observ
ed spiders no larger than a grain of sand, who
spun threads so fine that it took four thousand
of them to equal in magnitude a single hair.
r E WESTERN JERALt>.
AURAUIA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 24, 1533.
vVe are authorized to anouncc tho name of Maj.
JOEL CRAWFORD, ofHancock county, for Governor
at the ensuing Election.
I
The Superior Court for the county of Lumpkin, is now
in session. Jesse N. Brown, who has been confined
since the early part of June for the murder of Robert
Ligon, sen. was yesterday put upon his trial. We have
no intelligence of the result, up to the time of our paper
going to press.
—••3e2E:—-
.1 great Rat-ijicatim Meeting. —A meeting of the Rats
was got up a few days ago in Cherokee county, in order
to givetono to public sentiment upon this impeutant sub
ject. We understand from a gentleman who attended
the meeting, that it was held in a remote comer of the
county, and not attended by any, who were not disposed
to vote for ratification, except a few who turned out to see
what was done by the Ratifiers, and after all the speeches,
and management of the Rats, they had only a majority of
ten. There were only fifty two persons present, and the
vote stood thirty-one, twentv-one. We presume the late
Grand Jury were not in attendance.
—• -met ■ —
CM. —The richest specimen we have ever seen, was
found a few days since, on Maj. Alfred B. Holt’s Lot
near this place. A rock weighing twenty or thirty pounds,
taken from a pit near the slate, with large particles of
geld,from the size ofa peppercorn to that of a marble, thick
ly interspersed through it. The rock lias been broken, a
part of it sent to New York, and a part to Mitledgeville.
Though the best specimen was kept by the owner.
-•2K2K--
It will be seen in the columns of this days paper, that
Col. David Crocket is again elected to Congress. “ Davy
is himself again,” and we hope before the adjournment of
the next session of Congress, that the Colonel will suffi
ciently distinguish himself in the political world, as to en
title him to the model of the great man’s motto; by his be
ing initiated into the ana family, the Colonel will then be
spoken of by all the Editorial corps asCrockotiana.
—: 30*2— •
The Southern Banner. —The pardon begged of us in the
last number of this political whirlwind, for the neglect of
the editor in not paying his respects to us sooner, is cordi
ally granted. The first part of the apology offered, is
fully sufficient, viz: the hubbub and confusion of com
menccment times. But we must believe the editor in
sincere, when he speaks of engagements of major impor
tance. From what we have seen in “ our career in which
we have put stt out,” we thought the sensitive, feverish
editor, could not be more gratified, than to know that he
was the subject of any body’s notice, so that he might
vent the spleen of his disordered imagination, and nullify
every obstacle bet we mi his brow, and the crefc wreath
which he thinKs his Union friends have in store for him.
e are at a loss to know why it was, that our friend
and counsellor,in his parting admonition, took it into his
empty scull,that we so much dreaded a grey ‘goose quit!;’
although it is usually considered the shield anti protector ol
the goalin, we know not why we should fear the weapon,
eventhough it should be wielded by one ofthe dmenyfamily.
Although he has so formally taken leave of us, we hope
that when his wing-feathers grow out, “ should he not
die with the Cholera’’ that we shall again meet him swim
ing upon the surface ofthe political waters, though not
disposed to think every thing he secs before him, was
intended to be cropped with his blunted bill-, for quack as
much as he may, he is so much prejudiced in favor of union,
that we are confident he never can consent that the bal
ance of his brother quilt-driven should be nullified, if he
does sometimes hiss at not less than six or eight of them
at a time.
Cliange Bills. —It 19 important tliat the people should
recollect, that under an act of the last Legislature, the
circulation of change bills must cease on the first day of
September next. The passing of any bill under the
amount of five dollars, after that time, will subject the
person passing or circulating the same, to a fine of one
hundred Dollars.
Heavy oppression; how many poor individuals are there
in the country, who seldom have as much as five dollars
at a time, and how many are there in this section of coun
try, who are compelled to work hard all day in the gold
mines, and draw their hard earnings every night from
their employers, and lay it out ir. provisions for the sus
tenance of a helpless family of children.
It may oppress the poor in another way; the specie, the
only change to be used, will be bought up and kept in by
the monied capitalists of the country, who will make it a
source of speculation, and charge whatever premium or
per cent. on. it, that their consciences will allow them
to take.
Who was the cause ofall this? we believe that Governor
Lumpkin recommended it in his message to the last le
gislature, and if the Governor is right when he says, he
“alludes to the most important things first, and then the
next in order, and so on.” We know not to w hat ex
tent he may go in oppressing the poor people, whenever
• ,*v> has the power to do so; though we presume from pre
, appearances, the Governor will be discharged from
the of-' 8 important duties about the “Work
. shop” on the toi? Honda* in November next
ELECTION RETURN i? F^R MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS IN TENNESSEE.
First District —John Blair,
Second District —Samuel Bunch,
Third District —Luke Lee,
Fourth District —James Slandifer,
Fifth District John B. Forrester,
Sixth District—-Bolie Peyton,
Seventh District—John Bell,
Eighth District —David W Dickinson,
Ninth District —James K. Polk,
Tenth District —William .VI. Inge,
Fleventh District —Cave Johnson,
Twelfth District—David Crockett,
Thirteenth District—William C. Dunlav,
Governor of Tennessee—WiUiamCarrdl!
COMMUNICATED.
Stump Speeches , (alias) Carl Speeehes.-A
member of the late Convention train one of the
frontier counties, in Georgia, who is now a
didnte for the legislature in his county, was at
some public gathering a few days since, and
was prompted by his vanity, to make a speech.
He mounted a cake cart, called the attention ot
his audience, and commenced in the following
strain of knock down argument :
“ Fellow Citizens, you elected mo to the
Convention; I went down there, and we kept
trying and try mg, to do something for a w ,
and we could’nt do any thing. I went down
to my room, and drew up the plan, and went
back and offered it, and it went down with a
small amendment; I voted for it, and Id do it
again. lain a Unim man, and a friend to
General Jackson, and I always said, ll ever 1
got a chance at that infernal JYtgger basts in
the Constitution, I would tear it out, and if I
had hold of the Federal Constitution, I would
tear the infernal Nigger basts out of that too.
This bangs Davy Crocket all hollow; if he can
grin a knot from the side ofa tree, whip his
weight in wild cats, &c. &c.
FOR TIIE WESTERN HERALD.
“ The Mighty Workshop ,” Aug. 20. 1833.
Mr. Editor.— The Superintendent and
Capt. Cuthbert, alias. Dr. Cuthbert, has return-j
ed, and one might suppose from the manner in
which they travelled home from Commence
ment, “ that they were strangers, lor they seem
ed to travel different roads.”
The Superintendent is re-instated in “ toe
Workshop attending to the most important
things first, then the next in order, and so on,”
but I assure you, he looks as mad as a sitting
hen. I thought for a day or two, that he was
still mad at me, because I told him, I was no
doctor, when he wanted me to jog all Jhe way
up to Commencement with his tarnationed pill
boxe-, and his new patent medicine, the Lump-
Iciniana Panacia. Though I was deceived, for
the Superintendent has again turned over in my
favor, and the way he is polite to me, is distress
ing to Dr. Cuthbert, and all of his sort of folks.
He never pretends to call me any thing but Co
lonel, and its Colonel this, and Colonel don’t
you believe, this; Colonel don’t you believe that,
and the other; and I am almost sorry, Mr. Edi
tor, that I ever was a Colonel. Though l have
been quite polite in my attentions to the Super
intendent, in order todraw out of him all I could
about his and Dr. Cuthbert’s success in Athens.
I discovered yesterday evening, that the
frown of despair, which he brought home on his
countenance, was gradually going off, and the
serene tinge of disappointment was smoothing
down the wrinkles which despondency had har
rowed up, and I ventured to approach him.
Well, says I Governor, what’s all the news from
Athens, and what do you think of your pros
pects now. The Superintendent seemed in a
moment to contract every muscle of his disap
pointed ‘countenance; looking me lull in the
face, an expression more audible than that
of the human voice, flashed from ilia counten
ance, that he sensibly felt liims; If in a state of
usedupracy ; am. while I was reading beat, beat,
badly beat, in his forlorn countenance, he be
gan to compose himself, and steady his nerves
enough to speak, and in a stammering ton., he
commenced in nis usual way, by saying, C olo
nel, I—l—l am beat, the things’ out. What’s
the matter said I; he began again, says he, Col.
Trot, if you will believe me, Dr. .Cuthbert did
not get a single new patient out of all the crowd
that attended Commencement, and it is a fact
Col. Trott, we had to use up all the pills we
carried with us, to keep our own folks from bolt
ing, for you never saw the like of them that had
got on the fence. Says I, what was the cause
of this. Oh, says he, bad management Colonel,
I have seen for a long time, that this Ratifica
tion, and anti-nullification, was about to create
a splitification among us. Oh !!! says I, both
eration, and whose fault is it; says he, it was
Cuthbert’s fault, for he made me turn out the
Missionaries; he made me turn against nullifica
tion, and he is now trying to make me turn for
ratification. Says he, what do you think of it
Colonel, for I assure you my great interest now
depends on what you say, for I am determined
in future to turn in, nor turn out nobody, nor
turn for, nor turn aga : n4 any thing hereafter,
without consulting you. Well says I, Governor,
too much pudding w ill chak a dog, and seize
on my buttons, if I were you, if I’d turn any
more before the October election to please any
body. And says he, I wont, for I have turned
now until I expect, in fact I almost know that
I shall be turned out. But says. I, why was it
that you and Captain Cuthbert come back dif
ferent roads. Oh, says he, I abused Cuthbert
about his management, and he got a little mad,
and I come along and left him, for I wanted to
wind up my speculation, and stop those fellows
from getting grants to any more lands, having
Indian Improvements on them; for says he, they
have managed that so bad, that I am about to
be detected in the arrangements, (shaking Itis
head) says he. I’ll tell you what Colonel, these
Democratic, Union, Submission, Anti-nullifica
tion, Proclamation, Force Bill, Ratification,
Wayne, Forsyth, Clarkmen, won’t do at all; for
if they devise a plan for the great interest of the
state, or for individual or company speculation,
they are sure to put their foot in it before they I
are done; for if them fellows in Cherokee had
went on in buying up Indian improved lots, and
got the grants and said nothing about the ar
rangement between us to that effect, we could :
all have made fortunes, but some of them had
to go and brag of the arrangement, and the In
dians and whites too, are becoming so much in
censed at it, that the whole arrangement must
stop right where it is. And says I, you had
better stop writing to those Indian countrymen,
what you intend to say in your next Message
about their lands, for they will let that out next.
Oh Colonel, says he, I shall stop that, for I see
that I stand no more chance to communicate
another message to the legislature, than Wayne
does, to be re-elected to Congress. The Su
perintendent then told me to have the books all
ready to be turned over by the first of November,
and I am now so busv, and shall be continually
trotting about until the election. I will
however, to write you again soon,, partied
if the Superintendent should make am,.
turns. lam sir, yours, with the plighted f!
ingsof a Democratic Yeoman.
COL. TOM Troxj
August 8,1833
Messrs. Editors-- Having arranged tobea
sent from the State for a few weeks, and ba,
anxious, as far as may be in my power, tiW
citate and to bring into healthful action the A
fersonian doctrines of ’9B and ’99,1 requestw,
to do me tho favor to publish in your next pfa
the following extract of a letter from HJ
Crawford to the undersigned, dated July 251
1833. I do not believe that I can render au®
acceptable service to the republican cause.
Respectfully,
JAMES S. CALHOUJf.
“Where the nullification of an unconstj.
tional law promises success and relief, I
been in past instances, and shall again be,jJ
decided an advocate, for it as Mr. Jefl'ersonhisl
self.
No man maintains with more earnestness,
would go farther in practice, to carry intofij
execution, the following propositions, than at.
self.
An act of Congress, incompatible with th;
Federal Constitution is no law, and cannot)*
enforced without sanctioning usurpation of pet,
er.
The Supreme Court, being itself pari of th
Federal Government, will, in most or all case,
take sides with the administration, and therefoti
ought not to be relied on. by the people.
The States composing the confederacy,
not parted with their sovereignty; and the peoplt
of each have as perfect a right as they ever had,
to resist an oppressive measure of government
provided the measure is not authorized byfe
terms of the Constitution, and in that event, fa
have an equal right to demand such an amend
ment of the Constitution, as will secure tfe
rights and interests.
The aggrieved people of any State haven
unlimited discretion in the choice and use ol'all
meansfor the restitution of violated rights; wheth
er that violation proceed from an act ofthe Stall,
federal, or foreign Government.”
From Jhe Georgia Telegraph.
Extract of a letter to the Editor dated
Columbus, August 11th
Dear sir; —This day has terminated the
controversy between Col. John Milton and 5b
jor J. T. Camp, by the death of the latter. Col
Milton understanding that his life had bee
threatened by Maj. Camp, procured a doulife
barrelled Gun and walked over to Nichols
Howard’s Store, and discharged the
one of the barrels into his back, and while ft
ing discharged the other into his left breast.—
Camp lived but a few moments after he wassta
and spokt not a word. Col. Mihon has giro
himself up to the authority of the State. Iks
some distance from them, but can state lb
Col. Milton discharged his gun with more cool
ness and deliberation than any man, 1 tiiii
would have done under similar circumstanni
—and left the spot with seeming unconcern.
FOR THE WESTERN HERALD.
Whereas the members of the late Convention
contrary to every reasonable expectation, ban
attempted an alteration to the Constitution, it-
I consistent with the Republican form of Govern,
ment under which we live,and derogatory fob
safety, happiness and prosperity of the people
both rich and poor : Permit an humble indim
ual, who never expects to ask for office, to give
you four substantial reasons, why you should
not vote for Ratification.
Ist. Because it gives the minority, the whole
rule, and power of the Government over Ik
majority of the people. For instance, 27coun
ties, containing a population of 181,004, fc
white inhabitants, under the proposed-alteratioia
to the constitution, if ratified, will be represent
by 69 members in the Legislature; while tit
remaining 62 counties, containing a population
of i.id,614 white inhabitants only, will bereptt
senteii by 75 Members in the same Legislature.
By dividing the 1 33,614, which is the nurabti
ot the minority, by 75, which is the numberb]i
winch they are represented, it will give you 1781
persons to each representative. Now adopt tk
same fair rule for the majority, and give them
representative for every 1781 persons also, and
you will find that ;he 69 members allowed them,
will only represent 122,889 persons; leaving!
balance 0f58,l 15 free whitecitizens of the stale,
belonging to the majority, not represented at all;
which is equal to the loss of 32 representatives
to the majority. Is this fair, just, or libera!’
But what would be the evil consequences ofths
course ? I answer, not only the enactment ofall
laws would be placed in the power of the minor
ity, but, by the elect: c i Senators to Congrtß
it would give to them t .e en.r:o control of the
interest of the state, 111 that very important brand
of the Federal Government, and by the election
of the Judges and the other officc-is ofthestatf,
the life,liberty, and property, of the many, would
be completely under the control of the /<*•
For in all of those cases, a majority of one vote
in a joint ballot of the Legislature, will securt
an election. But again, in the event that a can
didate for Governor should not get a majority o>
all the votes given in at an election, the Const!’
tution provides, that the two highest names shall
be returned to the Legislature for their choice,
and that a majority of both branches, in a join!
ballot shall make the Governor. Thus it h
clearly evident,that the minority of 133,614, can
make a Governor against the united vote of ev
ery representative of the majority of 181,00 t,
notwithstanding the Constitution has restricted
the people themselves, under aq individual ex
ercise of the elective franchise fl-om making
Governor, unless it is done by a clear majority
of all the votes given in. Here is a beautiful
consistency indeed in the constitution; th epcoplt
denied the power of making a Governor, unless
it is done by more than one half of them. Yd
it gives the power through the instrumentality es
the Legislature, to 133,000. to do the same thijtj