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have never until n®w hid any thing from your
lather/-’
“ Neither will I now,” she replied hiding her
face in his bosom. “I do most sincerely es
jgtecm him, but do not for the world tell hi n so;
• Jor he has never said it was returned.”
“ I will s®ou find that out, and without tell
ing him too,” replied the father, leaving the
~ Vooni.
“ Henry,” said he, as he entered the counting
- house,' “you expect to visit the country do
“you 1”
“Yes sir, in about four weeks.”
.. - “ If it would not be too inconvenient,” re
. joined Mr. D. “ I should like to have you de
ter it a week or two longer.”
“ It will be no inconvenience, if it will ob
lige you, I will w : th pleasure.”
“ It will most certainly oblige me, for Car
oline is to be married in about five weeks, and
I would not miss of having you attend the wed-
, ding.”
“Caroline to be married! sir,” said Henry
. starting as by an electric shock—“ Caroline
To be married ! is it possible I”
“ To be sure it is—but what is there wonder*
» Lil in that ?”
“ Nothing, sin only it was rather unexpected
that’s all.”
“ It was rather sudden to be sure,” replied
Mr. D. “ but I am an old man, and wish to see
her have a protector, and as the man of her
choice is well w orthy of her, I see no use in
waiting any longer, and am glad you can stay
' to the wedding.”
“ 1 cannot,” replied Henry, forgetting what
he bad previously said.
“ Yoj cannot,” rejoined Mr. D. “ Why you
just said you would.”
“ Yes sir. but business requires my presence
* in the country and I must go-”
But you said it would put you to no incon
venience, and that you would wait with pleas
ure.
“ Command me in any thing else sir, but in
♦bis respect I cannot oblige you,” said Henry
rising and walking the floor with rapid strides.
Poor fellow, he had thought his passion sub
dued, but when he found that Caroline was so
soon so irrecoverably to become another’s, the
latent spark burst forth into an unextinguish
able flame ; and he found it was in vain to en
deavor to conceal his emotion.
The old gentleman regarded him with a look
of earnestness —“ Henry,” said he, “ tell me
\ frankly—do you love my girl.”
“ I will be candid with you sir,” replied Hen
ry, conscious that his agitation had betrayed
‘ him. “ Had I the fortune such as she merits,
’ and as you sir have a right to expect, I should
think myself the happiest of men, could I gain
her love.”
“ Then she is yours” cried the delighted old
man ; “ say not a word about property my boy;
true worth is better than riches. I was only
trying you Henrj; and Caroline will never be
Bhaarried to any other than yourself.”
IF The transportation from despair to happiness
was great. For a moment Henry was silent
but looks spoke
you than
Hgggikpose, I have a mother anc! grandfather
' v it ! all Henry,” said Mr. I), inler-
him. “I know the reason of your
parsimony as I called it, and I honor you for
it, it was that w’hich first put it into my head
•to give you Caroline ; so she shall be yours
and may <Eod bless you both.”
Shortly after this conversation, Henry avow
ed his love to Caroline and solicited her hand,
. and it is needless to say that he did not solicit
in vain. Caroline would have deferred their
union to the ensuing spring, but her father was
inexorable. He supposed he should soon have
to own one falsehood, he said, but they would
willingly have him shoulder two, but it was too
much, entirely too much, and he would not en
dure it; he had told Henry that she was going
to be married in five weeks, and he should not
•forfeit his word. “ But perhaps,” added he,
apparently recollecting himself and turning to
Henry, “perhaps we shall have to defer it aftei
•all, for you have important business in (he coun
try about that time.”
“ Be merciful sir,” said Henry smiling, I did
not wish to witness the sacrifice of my own
happiness ”
“ I am merciful.” replied the old gentleman,
and for that reason would not wish to put you
to the inconvenience of staying. You said that
yon would willingly oblige me, but you c®uld
not, indeed you could not.”
“ You have once been young sir,” said
Henry.
“ I know it, I know it,” replied he laughing
heartily, “ but lam afraid too many of us old
talks forget it: however, if you can postpone
your journey, I suppose we must have a wed
ding.”
'Ve have only to add that the friends of Ilen
ty were sent for, and the nuptials soleminized
nt the appointed time; and that, blessed with
the filial love of Henry and Caroline,-he old
people passed the remainder of their days in
peace and happiness.
Cottragc of the English—Discriplion of En
glish Duelling.— l have reserved for a separate
chapter a few remarks upc n one of our national
attributes, —viz. Courage; because they will
naturally involve the consideration of a certain
question that has lately attracted much attention
among us, — viz. coporal punishments in the
army- Your own incomparable I,a Biuyere has
remarked, “that in Fiance a soldier is brave and
a lawyer is learned: but in Rome,” says he,
“the soldier was learned and the lawyer was
brave—every man was brave.” Now I think
that with vs every man is bravo. Courage is
more universally spread through the raw material
of England than it is among that of any other
people ; but I do think the manufacture is quite
so highly wrought up in individual specimens as
it is in France. I think that an English gentle
man, from the fear of a duel, would eat his words
sooner than a Frenchman. You see a proof of
this every day in our newspaper accounts of
these “little affairs.” The following is a very
fair specimen ot a duelling correspondence:
To the Editor of “The Times.”
Sir,
You will oblige us by inserting the following
account of the late affair between Mr. Hum and
Lord Haw.
Your obedient servants,
Lionel Varnish.
Peter Smoothaway,
Col. of the—Regt.
“ In the late election forkhe borough of Spou
tit, Mi. Hum, being the candidate on the Whig
side, was reported in the Spowtii and Froth
Chronicle to have made use of the following ex
pressions relative to Lord Haw, who is
supposed to have some interest iu the borough:
‘As for a certain noble lord, who lives not very
tfcr from Haw Castle, I confess that I cannot
sufficiently express my contempt for his unwor
thy conduc (groat applause)—it is mean, base,
treacherous, and derogatory in the highest de
gree for any nobleman to act in the manner that
nobleman has thought proper to do.”
On reading this extract, purporting to be from
a speech by Mr. Hum, Colonel Smoothaway
was deputed to wait on that gentleman by Lord
Haw. Mr. Hutn appointed Sir Lionel Varnish
to meet Colonel Smoothaway upon the matter:
the result was the following memorandum :
In applying the words “ mean, base, treache
rous, and derogatory” to Loid Haw, Mr. Hum
did not in the smallest degree mean to reflect
upon his lordship’s character, or to wound his
feelings. With this explanation Colonel Smooth
away declares, on the part of Lord Haw, that
Lord 11. is perfectly satisfied.
(Signed) Lionel Varnish.
Peter Smoothaway.
But this epeopophogy, or w®rd-swallowing, is
only on one side in this specimen of correspon
dence. It is usually on both sides, and may
be currently supposed to run thus :
“ Mr. Hum having declared that in calling
Lord Haw ‘it rascal’ he meant nothing' personal
to that jiobleman, Lord Haw has no hesitation
in sa. mg that he did not meant" offend Mr.
Hum when ho called him ‘a rogue’in reply.”
Now this sort of shuffling with one’s honour,
as your Excellency very well knows, is never
practised in France: the affiont given, out at
once go affronter and affrontee; they tight first,
and retract afterward. But the difference in
the bilboa appetite of the gentry of the two na
tions depends, I suspect, rather on th® advan
tage the French possess ever the English in
animal spirits than in real courage. With your
countrymen duelling as well as suicide, is a mere
jest—an ebullition of mettlesome humour: with,
us, it is an affair of serious will-making and re
ligious scruples. Your courage is an impulse;
ours must be made a principle. When once;
: our blood is up it does not descend in the ther
mometer very readily. The easy lubricity with
which our gentleman glide out of a duel is an
understood thing with us; and neither party con
siders it a disgrace to another. But if an En
glishman has an affair with a foreigner the case
is very different: he is much more tenacious of
apology, and eadyfor tne field. A countryman
ot mino asked me once to officiate for him as
second in a quarrel he had with a Parisian rout:
the cause was trifling, and the Englishman to
blame. I recommended a compromise. “No,”
said my hero, throwing his chest open, “ if my
antagonist were an Englishman I should be too
happy to retract a hasty expression ; but these
d—d French fellows don't understand generos
ity-”
I reminded my frend of his religious scruples.
“ True,” said he ; “ but how can I think of reli
gion when I know De is an atheist.—E.
L. Bouden.
The Indian Musselmauns’ Celebration of the
New Year. — The exact period of commencing
the Mussclmaun new year is the very moment
of the sun’s entering the sign Aries. This is
celebrated by those practichl astronomers, who
arc in the service of most great men in native
cities —I should tell you they have not the ben
efit of published almanacks as in England ; and
according to the hour of he day or night when
the sun passes into that particular sign, so are
they directed in the choice of a color to be worn
in their garments on this eade ; if at midnight,
the color would be dark puce, almost a black;
if at midday, the color would be the brightest
crimson. hus, to tiie intermediate hours are
given a shade of either color applicable to the
time of night or the day when the sun enters the
sign Aries ; and whatever be the color to suit
the hour of Nun-Roze, all classes wear the day’s
livery, from the king to the meanest subject in
the city. The king, on his throne, sits in a
state to receive congratulationsand huzzas from
his nobles, courtiers and dependents.
“Mabaarukb Nou Roze,” (many the new
year be fortunate !) ire the terms of salutation
exchanged by all classes of society, the king
himself setting the example. The day is devo
ted to amusements, a public kreakfast at the
place, scnding’prcscnts, exchanging visits, &c.
The trays ®fpresents prepared by tin- ladies for
their friends arc tastily set out, and the work of
many day’s previous arrangements. Eggs are
i boiled hard; some of these are stained in colors
i resembling our mottled papers ; others are neat
, ly painted in figures and devices, many arc or
| nainented with gilding—every lady evincing her
own poculiar taste in the prepared eggs tor
“Non Rose.” All kinds ofdried fruits and nuts,
i confectionary, and cakes,ar numbered amongst
, ! ‘he necessary articles for this day’s offering;
. they are set out in small earthen plates, lacquer
; ed over to resemble, on which is placed colored
| i paper, cut out in various diviccs (an exe< llent
, I substitute for vine leaves) laid on the plate to
i receive the several articles forming “ Nou-
Roze” presents. Amongst the young people
these trays are looked forward to with child-like
anxiety The ladies rival each other in their
display of novelty and good taste, both in the
eatablesand the manner of setting them oft'with
i effect. The religious community have prayers
. r< ad in their family, and by them it is considcr
i ed both a necessary duty and a propitious cot
■ mencement to bring in the new year by pray rs
p and praises.” When it is known that the Nou-
Roze will occur by daylight the ladies have .a
custom oi watching for the moment the year
should commence, by a fresh rose, which being
plucked from the stalk, is thown into a basin of
of water the eye downwards. They say, this
rose turns over of itself towards the sun at the
very moment of thatlurminary, passing into the
sign Aries.- -Mrs Meer Hasten .Hi’s Observa
tions.
How different are the times and modes of
study practised by literary men m all nations
and ages ! Demosthenes studied always du
ring the night, utterly secluded, and quaffing
cold water : Demades, his rival in the forum,
hardly studdied at all, but dissipated away his
time amid wine and licentiousness. JEschylus
was said to be always drunk when he wrote,
whence Sephoc’es remarked to him with some
of the bitterness of jealousy, that “if he wrote
well, he did so peichance and unwittingly.”—
If it be true that JEschylus wrote always in a
state of inebriation, it may perhaps account for
his harsh, contorted, yet furious, forcible and
sublime style of poetry. I should infer from
Homer’s simple style, that he was a drinker of
cold water. Not only TEschylus, but Aleceus,
Aristophanes composed their poetiy in a state
of excitation from liquor ; yet Anacreon, bac
chanalian as he was, wrote, it is said always
sober—he only feigned inebriety. Among
modern writers, I have only heard of Tasso and
Schiller, who composed in a state of semi-ine. !
briation • Schille.i used to study till long after
midnight, with deep potations of rhenish; Tas.
so was wont to say that malmsey was that alone
which enabled him to compose good verses.
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xjOSS^’ 5
Tu WES ERX HLRALD.
AURARIA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 21* l&l.
Our Superior C'oiut commencd its Session last Mon
day, and from the magnitude of its docket, we presume i
the business cannot be gotten through within a fortnight. |
: The criminal docket being perhaps the largest in the
State. The case of Brown, the murderer of Mr. Ligon,
comes on this week, and will probably take up several
days—every thing appears lively and cheerful, the weath
er having been so favorable for some time past, the Min
. ers are animated by the hope of an increase in the pro
ductiveness of their mines. The Merchants, Grocers
and Gingercake-sellers, are all busy, and the Lawyers
have consented to take their fees in Gold a* a fair price,
in as much as thernmoval of the Deposits, has caused
such a dearth of Bank Bills.
—: 3232 i
The State ) Indictment in Lumpkin Supe
vs. > rior Court for the murder of
Jesse N. Brown. ) Robert Ligon.
I his case came on for trial on Wednesday last. The
facts disclosed by the evidence were, that the prisoner had
cotnc up to Mr. Ligon while engaged in conversation,
and charged him with corruption airs cnnnn in btc I
duties as a Post Master, and commenced a quarrel with
him, Ligon, The charge was repelled by Ligon and by
calling Brown a d d impertinent rascal. The pris-
oner told him not to repeat the expression, which Ligon
did do upon which Brown struck him with a rifle gun
which he held in bis hands on the left, side of his head,
and fractured his scull, from which blow Ligon died in 6
days—he never spoke, nor was he in his senses from the
time of the blow, to his death. Some previous threats
on the part of Brown were also proven Ligon was an
old man about 60 years of age; Brown is a large athletic
man in the prime of life, and was armed with a rifle gun,
a pistol, a dirk and dirk-knife. No evidence whatever,
was adduced in mitigation of the act on the part of the
prisoner; bis council relying upon his not intending to do
the act The case was submitted to the Jury about 12
o’clock at night, and after being out about three hours,
returned a verdict ol guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
Counsel for prosecution—Sol. Gen. Ezzard, Hines
I Holt, William E. Jones and J. J. Hutchinson.
For prisoner—Judge Uunderwood, Col. Rusk, JlJr,
Paschal and J\lr. Thompson.
—: 3*3*
During the present Term of the Superior Court of
I Lumpkin county, the case of Joseph J. Singleton, and
Jonathan Kinney, vs. William Worley, Samuel Tate,
et. al. came on for trial before a special Jury. The
plaintiffs had brought their bill in Chancecy, alledging
fraud on the part of Tate, one of the defendants, in mak
ing the purchase of Lot No. (820 12 1) of Kinney. The
case was tried on its merits, when the Jury found a ver
dict for the Defendants, after a few minutes absence
from the Court.
The case was managed on the part of the Plaintiffs by
William H. Underwood, Walker & Shaw and Allen
.Mathews, Esqrs., and on the part of the Defendants, by
A. B. & H. Holt, Samuel Rockwell, and Thomas J.
Rusk, Esqrs. The decision in this cas , has settled the
principle that a purchaser is not bound to disclose his
l knowledge of the value of the land to the vender.
• “ Carthago delenda est”— We have ever considered the
President's veto to the act re-chartering the Bank of the
I United States, and the veto to the Maysville Road bill,
as the wisest acts of the present administration. They
are both genuine Stale Rights’ papers, and the fiends of
. literal construction and State rights,’ ought to feel them
. deep y indebted to the President for the stand taken on
these in po taut subjects. The principles contended for
in those two papers, are the antipodes of the doctrines of
the Proclamation. V> e have ever looked upon the Bank
as a dangerous enemy to the rights of the States and the
| liberties of the people; but the Constitutionality of the
; Bank, and the removal of the deposites are different
, questions, and however unconstitutional we may consi
. ’ der the Bank, yet it by no means follows that the depo
sits ought thejefore to have been This latter
; act of the President, we condemn as unwise, incxpedii nt,
? involving a violation of the faith of the Government, and
> the manner in which it was effected through the ejection
I of "r. Duane from office, is a flagrant abuse of power
; by the President But as he unconstitutionality of the
■ Bank, is no justification forthe removal of the Deposites,
• -o on the other hand, the usurpation of the President in
; consummating that act, isno kind of argument for re-
• chartering the Bank. It isa frightful monster yet, and if
i not stopped tn if career to universal dominion, rnav vet
prove too strong for the people’s liberties and the consti
tution of the country. In relation to this institution, whe
ther the deposites arc returned or not, our motto is “ De
landa est cirlhago.”
By the Report of the Director of the Mint, it appears
thatonly 216,000 Dollars worth of Gold have been re
ceived from the Gold Region of Georgia; this might fa
vor the idea, tha* erroneous statements had heen from
time to time, made with regard to the quantity of the pre
cious metal produced by our mines ; but it is a well as- !
certained fact, that the above does not exceed one third .
of the whole amount, produced during the past season.
The greater part having been sent to New York and,
Europe, where it could be disposed of more advanta
geously, the premium being from 1 to 1 1-2 per. cent. :
higher in New York, than in Philadelphia.
An attempt is “ being*’ made in Congress, tj increase
the standard value of Gold; the object in view is to make |
our standard equal or nearly so, with that of Europe,
which will consequently retain the products of our mines
in the United States, and thereby give a more general
metalic currency. The present standard value of gold, ,
is 22 Carats, equal to 88 89 cents per dwL and the one ,
proposed will be 90 1-10 cents.
r A State Rights’ Association has been formed at
Clarkesville, Habersham County, which is succeeding
far beyond the most sanguin expectations of our friends.
Thus the good work progresses. The following officers
■ were elected, viz :
James Brannon, President,
B. F. Patton, Ist Vice President,
. Elijah Starr, 2d Vice President,
J L. Richardson, 3d Vice President,
Philip Martin, 4th Vice President,
James Ratcliffe, Secretary.
John H. Jones, Treasurer.
T. H. Trippe, I
T. J. Rusk, > Com. of Correspondence.
S. A. Wales, )
“ Oh Lord I wish I never come here.”
“ Old Song.” i
It would seem from the following Message of the Pre-
President, that a “ new fuss” had been kicked up at
Washington; and we would “calculate” that the Ginera’s
expression that “ the Presidential seat was one of splen
did misery,” has fairly verified itself—what the result will
be, we arc unable to conjecture. Squire Biddle has as
much of the mule m his composition, as the General has
! of the Jack ass, and should they fairly “ lock horns” no
doubt the Deposites will not be replaced, shortly—but
read the Message.
The following message was received from
the President, on the sth inst. and referred to
the Judiciary Committee:
Tj the Senate and House of Representatives.
I deem it my duty to communicate to Con
gress, the recent conduct of the IBank of the
United States, in refusing to deliver the books,
papers, and funds in its possession, relating to
the execution of the act of Congress, of June
7 1832 entitled’an act supplementary to the
aet“ for the relief of certain surviving officeis
and soldiers of the revolution.” The corrcs
poudeace reporte . by the Secretary of War, and
herewith transmitted, will show the giounds
assumed by the Bank to justify its refusal to
make the transfer directed by the War Depart
ment. i». Jone nnt profess to c'aim the privi
lege of this agency as a right secured to it
the Government, but as a burthen from which
it is willing to be relieved. It places its jefu
sal upon the extraordinary ground that the cor
poration has a right to sit in judgment upon the
legality of the acts of the constituted authori
ties, in a matter, in which the stock holders are
admitted to have no interest, and jt itr» edes and
defeats, as far as its power will permit, the exe
cution of a measure of the administration, be
cause the opinion of the corporation, upon the
construction of an act of Congress, differs from
that of the proper officers of the United States.
The claim of this corporation thus to usurp
the functions ofthe judicial power and to pre
scribe to the Executive Department the manner
in which it shall execute the trust confided to it
by law, is without example in the history of our
country. If the acts ofthe public servants who
are responsible to the people for the manner in
which they execute, their duty, may thus be
checked and controlled by an irresponsible
money corporation, then indeed th® whole frame
of our Government is exchanged, and we have
established a power in the Bank of the United
States above what we derive from the people.
It will be seen from the accompanying state
ment marked A, that, according to the latest
accounts received at the War Department, the
Bank of the United States and its branches
have in their possession near half a million of
the public money received by them under the
law of 1832, which they have not yet accoun
ted for, and which they refuse to pay over to
the proper agents for the use of those persons
for whose benefit it was withdrawn from the
Treasury. It is to be regretted that this at
tempt on the pait of the bank to guide and di
rect the Executive, upon the construction and
execution of an act of Congress, should have
been put forward, and insisted on, in a case |
where the immediate sufferers from their con- j
cuct will be the surviving veterans ofthe revo- |
lutionary war; for this evil falls exclusively upon
the gallant defenders ®f their country, and de- |
lays and embarrasses the payment of the debt |
which the gratitude of the nation has awarded
to them, and which in many instances, is ne.
cessary for their subsistence and comfort in
their declining years.
The character of the claim set up by the :
bank, and the interest of the parties to be itn.
mediately affected by it, make it my duty to
submit the wh le subject to the consideration
of Congress, and I leave it to their wisdom to
adopt such measures as the honor of the Gov.
eminent and the just claims of the individuals
injured by the proceedings, may be deemed to j
require.
Having called for the opinion of the Attorney ■
General upon this occasion, with a view to a
thorough investigation of the question which !
has thus been presented for my consideration,
I enclose a oopy of the rep®rt of that officer,
and add my entire concurrence in the views he
has taken.
ANDREW JACKSON, j
Februae’! 4, 1834. 1
For the Examiner.
Nullification is the act of making void and of
no effect. To nullify is to annual, to make void
and of no effect. This is its signification gene
rally. Its signification in politics has been ifiys
tified by some, and misrepresented by others,
with a zeal deserving abetter cause. To arrive,
therefore, at a correct definition, is a desidera
tum. Will you accept the following as an illus
tration? When you arrive at the age of twenty
one years, you are a free man—so far as years
, constitute freedom, you can legally act for your
self, and we suppose you to consider the ques
tion, will you expatriate yourself, or take your
lot among your fathers? The enjoyment of
liberty being your object, you must have some
j data from which to form an opinion qf the res
trictions imposed upon natural liberty here, so
! as to judge of their suitableness to your notions.
These you find in the constitution ofthe United
States, and the constitution ofthe State in which
you reside, —both fundamental laws ofthe State
not clashing with each other, but forming a
; complete system of government, deriving their
1 authority from the same source, the State, of
the people thereof. Having reserved every
right, both natural and political, until by some
act, either express or implied, (among which
are residence and a claim to be protected by the
laws) by which you show your preference
yon examine these documents carefully, and
that your predecessors have given up no power,
which you yourself would think proper to retain
you are therefore content. The act, therefore’
of granting the powers conferred upon the Gen
eral Government, is as much your act, as a
member of the community, or a citizen of the
State, as of any of those who lived at the time
| the grants were actually made. That those to
I whom the administration or exercise of
those powers is given by the constitution,
may not pervert them from their plain and com
mon sense meaning, or usurp powers which arc
not authorized by you, yon will frequently com.
pare their acts with tho constitution, which is the
only authority by which they can act, and if the
Government should pervert or abuse the powers
granted, and more particularly, usurp those not
granted, the plain question at once presents
itself: will you submit to the act, see the const;,
tution violated, and the Union dissolved, or will
you resist the act, defend the constitution, and
save the Union? Now, ifthe majority of the.
people of the State of which you area member, "
think more of their liberties tharj/they do of meii -
who are disposed to crush tj,wm, they will de.
clare that jt Js the duty opffie State to interpose
between the people ali'dthe said unconstitutional
act, and save them harmless from its operation.
This is what we term Nullification, and will
merely add, that it may result in civil war and
bloodshed, but if it docs, it will be the fault of
the original wrongdoers, that is, the Government
who usurps the exercise of powers which do not
belong to it, and not your’s or the States’, who -
wish to abide by the constitution; which is the
evidence of the contract between each State
and the other States.
Uchce. A CtxgEN of Georgia.
, A From F
/ D;
of
have illustrated the piddic'WWiPmiß
and has been untill lately a worthy co worker w
the vineyard of State R.ghts—but it has gone
over to the enemy, and flippantly talks about
the “tergiversations” of Tru Up . Essaying to
convict him of inconsistency in hj s opposition
to tho Force Bill, the Banner
“Gov. Troup now holds tho opinion t ] JR
States have never parted with any portion c f
their sovereignty. During the administration
of Mr. Jefferson, he voted for the celebrated
Force Bill which placed in the hands of the
Executive ofthe United States, the sword and
the purse of the nation, in order to enable him
to enforce the embargo laws within the limits
of those undiminished sovereignties who had
declared those laws unconstitutional.”
And upon this ground Geo. M. Troun is
charged with the“tergivcrsation.” This weak
and futile attempt will not avail the Banner
for the cases are by no means analagous. It
was for infractions ot the embargo law by a set
of lawles and unauthorized individuals, that Mr.
Jefferson was empowered to interpose the Exe
cutive arm—but when .Massachusetts and Con
necticut we believe, raised their voices in their
legislative assemblies against the obnexions
measure, it was repealed, and that too through
recommendation of Mr. Jefferson himself.
IV hat that illustrious patriot and statemen re
fused to an illegal combination of individuals,
be readily and promptly granted to the separate
action ot a sovereign State—and with good and
sufficient reason too; for it convinced him and
Congress likewise, that the distress which the
embargo had produced was real and ought to
be remedied—and it was remedied as scon
the voice of a sovereign State demanded
Tho Banner too, speaks very
I unreflectingly of our State Rights” Association.
| W hat much sophomore rant, it calls them “cae
bals, jacobmical clubs,” &c. Speaking of thes-
I Associations, it says:
“W e warn the people against their mischiev
ous designs. The pure, unsophisticated doc
trines of State Rights, need no such extra re
publican compinations lor their successful pro
pagation; indeed the friends of no principles,
I whether religious, moral or political, that have
truth and virtue on their side, would stoop for a
moment to such means for their support and
protection.”
Now, this is shear nonsense. What! “the
friends of no principles, whether religious, mor
al, or political,” refuse to “stoop for a moment
to such means” as Associations “for their sup
port and protection”!
“Why, Poins, Poins, come in and len 4 me a
hand to laugh.”
Why ’he Banner is demented. Not “stoop”
to Associations for propagating their principles’
How, in the name of common sense could they
otherwise propagate them? Why do we see in
every city, village, and wild wood, churches,
i Lyceums, missionary and tract societies, &c.?
Certainly, for the purpose of diffusing as far m