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To she Editor of the Sav'h Republican—
Sri : I send (or insertion in your independent
naner, a lew questions and answers.
T IMO LEO?;.
QiwTn t—From what period do the People
<>•'the several States, date their Freedom and
Independence .*
• i —From the 4th July, 1773, the date
of anictican Independence, when their Rcprc
? 'nt.iti’-t'.s did bv thei” “authority, solemnly pub
’ h and declare, that these colonies ere, and of
rigiit ouxht t > •'. Free aid I'.dependent Slates.
if XX hat is the generally received opinion of
, n j independent States’?
Free an I In lcpca-ent States are such
State < swerdly, w orcin sov-rci«»nty abides,
cneh r.npet“ht to < xereisc its attiibutes accor
ding to its disureti >n, acknowledging egttafo«W
j;a
Q. Who formed the Constitution of the Uni
ted States ?
.The People of the several States, as dis—
tin t political communities, and not the “People
nf th' United State;?,” in their aggregate capa
city.
(f What is ths Constitution of the “ United
Stites”?
cl. “It i« a Compact between Sovereign
■States, ratified by the people ofeach Sovereign
State”—rf.’c i State acting for itself and binding
its or - citizens.
Q. What is the Government of the United
■States?
.1. It is the “Agent” of the distinct political
communities that ratifi-'il the Fedt ral Compact,
deriving authority from the sai i political com
munities, as by them declared in the enum ra
tion of powers contained in the said I* edcral
Compact.
(f Did the distinct political communities of
♦he several States, when t icy ratified the Fed
eral Compact, part with a portion of their Sov
ereignty ?
,7. No, they retained it entire. Bear in mind
who ratified the Constitution, that each state
acted for itself, bound its own itizim*, and not
those of any other state- The objects for entci
ing into the compact were “to form a more per
feet Lliio >, establish justice, ensure domestic
traa j iditv. promote the general welfare and
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity ” I'o accomplish these important
objects, a Federal Government was authorized
to ba established, with powers restricted to the
sai I objects. This Government is but the agent
of the confederate stab s, and is permitted by
them to ex- rcise powers, which they agreed be
tween themselves they would not separately
employ. Vo reasonable man, wilt contend that
by this argument, the states parted with any
purtion oftbeir overeignty. Again, the pow
ers granted, as contained m the Ft> eral (-in
stitution are trust powers —if thoro be a violation
of them dangerous and palpable, it must be con
ceded that a vontrol exists somewhere. The
control is in the sovereign power of each of the
stales. It is laid down by Col. Troup in his
celebrate i letter, that “sovereignty protects beth
<1 legated and reserved powers, but is neither
th-- one nos the other.”
Q. Vv hat is Vllegiancc, and to whom do wc
owe primary Allegiance?
Allegiance is the tie, which binds the citi
zen to the sovereign power of the state in
whi- h he resides, —primary Allegiance is due to
it. Obedience is due to the acts of the Feder-
• al Government, as long as jt keeps within the
prescribe limits of the Constitution.
(f Incase of a “gross, deliberate and palpa
ble violation oflhe Constitutional compact” who
arc competent to decide?
./. Anv of the states, that entered into the
compact. “Ev< rv state has a natural right in
“cases not within the compact, to nullify of th- ii
own authority all assumption ofpowcrby others,
within their limits, and that without this light,
thov would be under the dominion absolute and
unlimited, of whomsoever might exercise the
right of judgment lor them,”
GDI A) MINE IN VIRGINIA.
The Mine described below, in the county of
Bn- kmghain, by far exceeds in richness (as we
believe) any previously known in this country,
if not in any country. — II hig,
TO TUI. EDITORS,OF THE WHIG
Gfnti.f.men : If you deem it worthy, you
may give a place to the following flattering ac
count the worth of a gold mine, recently
di-c v< red in the county of Buckingham, upon
the lands of Bernar I B >< k -r, Esq. This mine is
about s miles southeast "I Buckingham U. 11- use
in the neighborhood of A din’ mountain, and in
♦ho direction f the gold vein running through!
the eountiv, from Northeast to Southwest.
Th-' fidl.>\ving extra< t of a letter from a gen
tleman ><4 high respectability and undoubted
\ct u iti, in the county of Bin kingham, to his
f o od in this city, will probably convey the best
ami me t corre. t idea of its worth.
•• Mr Bernard B<>< !,-••, oi this county,, Burk
inglrr.u) has, as it is t >■; ;ht bv ev iv pers, n
who has s-'t n it. the richest gold mine known in
♦he world. It is -'al I thn’, on Saturday last,
with six ot s. x-. n I - .ii s, he raised upwards of
two th'i'i ind . nil.us worth f ore. \g< ntle
man visih . Mr. !' •'!. u’s mme last week, (with
whom 1 h ive ci'twr-efi smn ' interms me that
lie bit ke a largo rock th t was Aug out of the
pit,among mni'V others, and t > >k promiscuously
l?om the I i pof rock lis.l’i d been thus brok
en, .a • : •(' w.-'-Jim ; '' cut to ir pounds, be. t it
• ua-hed an In.h■ I;t - th.' g 'ld from which
Was - .x nth To. Stu Il as the ab< v;> r-'ck or
on? is w. uh per bn horn S-50 to ? >C'O.
Foma sr'lretcd pine's an I not a f w ot' them
either) are worth iiom '-.)C to ‘xI.OCO per bushel,
><ippo>inq a bushel of ore t > weigh 100 pounds,
♦hough u will n.»t ns much.”
.Miior Jvck Doumxg is considered es a re
nt perjmngo in Grc i P.'itain. lie is looked
upon as the Bank <■.•uidiuat: t r the ’ residency
tax brEcn t’o"
From Noah’s Evening Star.
Washington.— The following interesting
letter from Gen. Washington to his wife, an
nounces his aopointmeut as Commander-in-
Chief ol the Continental Army. The mo’desty,
good sense, and pruclcn e, evinced, are peculiar
characteristics of that illustrious patriot :
TO ?IRS. MARTHA WASHINGTON.
Philadelphia, Bth June, 1775.
“My Dearest: I am now sit down to write to
you on a subject that fills me with inexpressible
concern; and this concern is greatly aggravated
and increased, when I reflect upon the uneasi
ness 1 know it will give you. It has been
determin 'd in Congress that the whole army
raised for the defence of the Vn -rican cause,
shall be put under my care, and that it is
necessary for me to proceed immediately to
Boston, to take upon me the com and of it.
lon may believe me, my dear Patsey, when I
assuicyou, in the most solemn manner, that,
so far from seeking this appointment, I have
used every endeavor in my power to avoid it,
not only’ from my unwillingness to part with
you and the family, but from a consciousness
of its being a trust -too great for my capacity,
and that 1 should enjoy more real happiness in
one month with yon at homo, than I have th »
most distant prospect v f finding abroad, if my
stay were to bo seven times seven years. But
as it has been a kind of destiny that has thrown
me upon this service, I shall hope that my un
dertaking is designed to answer some good
purpose.
“You migiU, and I suppose did perceive from
the tenor of my letters, that 1 was apprehensive
I could not avoid this appointment, as 1 did not
pretend to intimate when I should return. That
was the case, it was utterly out of my power
to refuse this appointment, witho it exposing my
character to such censures as would have re
flected dishon r upon myself, and given pi.m to
my friends. This, I am sure, could not and
ought not to be phasing-to you, and must have
lessened me consider ibly in my own esteem.
1 shall rely, therefore, confidently on the Provi
d nee which has heretofore preserved and been
bountiful t > me, not doubting but that 1 shall re
turn sale t you m the fall. I shall feel no pain
from the toil or the dunger of the campaign;
my unhappiness will flow frorn the un
easiness I know you will feel from being left
alone I then tore beg that you will sumn on
your who! fortitude, and pass your time as
agreeable as possible. Nothing wdl give me
so much sincere satisfaction as to hear this, and
to b.ear it from your own pen. My earnest
and ardent desire is, that you would pursue any
plan that is most likely to produce content, and
a tolerable degree of tranquility; as it must add
greatly t > my uneasy feelings to heir that you
are dissatisfied or complaining at what I really
could not avoid.
“As life is always uncertain, and common
prudence dictates to eveiy m:ui the necessity of
settling hist mpural concerns while it is in his
power, and vvliil- th mind is cahn and undistur
bed, I hav • since I came to t!:!H place, (for 1
hid not time to d >it before I left home,) g”t
Col. Pendleton to draft a will for me, by the
directions 1 nave him, which will I now enclose.
The provision made for yon in case of my death
will, I hope, be agreeable.
“1 shall add nothing more, as I have several
letters to write, hut t > desire that you will rec
ommend me to your friends, and to assure you
that I am, with the most nnfei nod regard, my
dear Patsy, your nflectionate, &c.”
MISTAKE of the press.
An important house in N. York had occasion
to advertize for sale a quantity of Brass 1 loppt-rs,
such as are used in colfee mills. But instead
of Brass Hoppers, the newspaper read (Jrass
hoppcis. ina short time the merchant’s count
ing r< uni wa> tl.rcr gad w ith trip.in rs respecting
this new artick of inerchan ’ize.
“(100.1 morning Mr. Invoice; how do you
sell Giasshoppers;” said a fat merchant.—
“What are they woith a hogshead?
'l'he import! r wai astonished; but before he
had time to rcplv, in cam 'a druggist, who being
bent on spei ulatii n, d« termined to purchase the
whol • lot provided he could get them low.
I'akuu th import- r aside for tear of being ov< r
heard by the merchants, he asked him how he
sold his grasshoppers, it they weie prime quali
ty; and uheth- r th-' , wore to he used in medi
cine. ih< importer was about opening his
mon h, to r< ply in an angry manner what ho
In gnn t<> susp< ( t was a conspiracy to torment
him,wh- ii a doctor entered smelling at his cane,
and looking wmindrons wise.
“ Mr invoice” said lie >t ahem! will ion be go
o<i enough t<> shew me a specimen of your
Giasshoppers!”
“Grasshoppers! Grasshoppers'” c.x< laimetl
the import r, as soon a- he had a chance to
speak—“what in the <1 l’s name, gentlemen,
do you m. .in by Grasshoppers’”
“Mean said the merchant; “why I perceive
you have advi ni>- uth article tor sale;’’
“( vrtainh," sai l th- < mgi i i,“and wh-n a
man advertises an arti< le n is natural foi him to
expo- t mquirn s relating to the price and quality
ot th- thing.’’
“ \ -.i.’.i in the world more natural,’’ said
the doctor.” “As for myself I have at present
a nim bi rof cases on hand in w ! ich I thought
the article might lie servi 'cable—but smee vou
are so—al cm* so uncivil—why I must look out
elsewhere, and • v patients.”—
“I ou and x our patience go to the d 1 !’
mt rrnpted the importer; “mine is fair! worn
out, and if you don’t explain yourselves, 2- ntle
mcn. I’ll lay this poker oxer your internal
heads.”
i'o <r.ve their heads, the advertisment was
n >xv referred to, when the importer found out
the causeyed his v< xation by reading the follow
ing.—“ Just landed and t r sale by Invoi- e and
t o. ton hogsheads prune Grasshoppers.''
From the rlvgirstia Chronicle.
Wo. were much surprised to l- arn, a fewdars
agn, that a very productive (told Mme has re
cently - been ths. - ! v red, and is now working, in
th uppt r part <>f ( <»hu-'bin ( nuntv. a few miles
tn the right<»f M rightsboro*. It is a\ em Mine,
and was discovered bv Mr. Thomas Stay, to
whom it belongs, and on whose land it is silua
ted ; snd since this discovery, one or two of
have been ,<ade in ine same quarter, and ex ten
sive preparations arc making to work t ie- - i.
sawtw’o bars, of Gold taken from Mr Seay
mine, of about 160 dwts, each, which are s>-
to he of superior quality to the Ilab- rsham oi
Carroll Gold: andt as some evidence ot tie
productiveness of the mine, one of them was
made in one week, by an averageof2 1-2 hands
per day; and it is th. tight that the veins are gen
erally richer and more productive in the neigh
borhood of this mine, than in the Gold regi n
from Habersham to Carroll,—We understand
that Mr. Seay hac invented and constructed a
Gold-washing machine for his own use, which
is not only far more simple and less expensive
than any others in use, but far more perfect, and
efficient in saving the min. ral.
To J\hj Old friend ,Mr Dwight ,oj the J\'cw
York Daily cldvertiscr.
Washington, Febnarv, 25, 1534.
We have had a cood deal of sport here late
ly about a new kink our folks got into. Findin
things was goin prety tough agin us and so
many Committee folks comin on here pestering
on us every day with petitions, and talk, they
thou’t best to put a st.p to it. and got up some
letters full of lire and toe ami brimstone and
bloody murder agin the Gineral, and threatinen
on him. i'his yon know is an old trick in the
okl conntres. And 1 toll’d the Gineral I was
pcskily afear'd it wouldn’t work well here. The
first go off the Gineritl had a notion it would do
some good in stiirin up our friends about the
country; but when he and I came to consider
on't he began to think it wouldn’t work right
for when you com- to think on't, it looks plagy
strange that folks who want a recharter of a
bank should be c.ut throats and murderers: for
ii they had a notion that way, they could get
mony without comin here for it, and killin the
Gineral and runnin the lisk of ,iy Axe in the
bargin—and now, says I Gineral, 1 consider
this business, now that it is all printed, a plagy
small matter, and 1 am peskily aft ard it will do
us no good. Folks will lafl'at it all about cre
ation, and them that ont know the natur of our
countrymen wont think so well on us—and I
dont think it’s right nother But howsomever,
says I, since we’ve got in it, and some folks will
iatf, my notion is we best begin and have some
fun ourselves first—and the next time all our
Cabinet folks git together, I'll h&ve my share
on't at any rate And so sure enuf yesteixlay I
got a chance—l sat down and jind the ring, and
says I, more steel and brimstone Gineral, and
I out with a hull bundle oi letters; and the first
one I read wis dated away up in Ilills-dale,
New Hampshire. Now - , says I, that’s a rale
genewinc etter—from a place where there aint
no body but rale gem wine folks of our partv —
they ah star’not knowin what was coiriin; and
th; Gineral he sat still sim krig so yo icouldn’t
see but let tie on him—and so 1 r-a 1—
7b .Major Downing—alongside the Gineral, i
Hashington. (
“You eternal raseal ! —lf you dont stop wri
tin Letters —that keep all th’ while woiking
agm ‘ir party —we wdl send folks te U ashing
ton who will chop you up into mince m - at with
your own Axe be dont sec how it is the
Gineral keeps sich a blasted scamp about him
as you lie, we belli ve you an* bribed by Btdule
—tor we -’out see how you git a livin out of your
Majoi’s commission,mow their amt no w ar— if
the Gineral changes his notions about the
bank, it w ill all lie owin to your advice. So
lookout, and d the bank comes out of this
scrape alive, you arc a dead man.
++** ++++ *+♦*
There, says I—amt that a stumper. —But
here is one a l< clle worse than that, and is dated
t “Dunder Barak(*****)Kt n Render Hook,
1 (*****) (fvetslaw.”
But that’s all the English I can make on't.
Ami the Gineral, he look’d at it, and then isk’d
Mr. \an Buren to n ad it out in English for us.
And ho took it and studied it over a spell, and
he twisted n-und, and was plagejy put to it to
know what. to do about it, ami whispered some
thing t<> the (rl(.be man, and he whispered to
another, and it went round. C omb,says I. let’s
have it. Well, says Mr. Van Buren, it’s a pretty
severe h ft- r, but we best translate. I’ll read it
as it is, with pleasure. And -o he went at B,
after this fashion. And this is the copy on’t.
Dander Rarrack digl by K'ii derhook t
of de Ove'slag. |
. lan Jan Dotcning, .Major in het zelfe huts tcaar
den General woonl.
Jy b(nt-nu con Icvt ndige man maar zo z»iker
als gy nu den Gent ral aanviad om de bank van
de veteenidge Staat.cn te herst lien, ztill-n wy
den donderen blixe em door je slaari,< n dan zel
jo een douiji man zyi . We< tje dan niet dat
als deezbank van de ver enigde Staaten niet
verniet gd is, dat de Regeering Bank to Albany
hnar oogmerk ni» t kan vcrvulhn, om Mvnhicr.
Van Bur. n President te ni iak-'ti? nu decze brief
is om je te zeggeh dat ah je ni-t ophoud nu t
die gekke brieven to s< hryven, en regt omkevrd
en Mvnheer Van Buren ondcrstcund om die
batik na bener de to st* lien, ca de zekerhied-
Gelde Bank* n na boven tc h- nden pass opol je
kre-t hit rnes io d- hmk, het hiaakt geen bnder
scheid wic tyde, of hoe veel meuschen bank
roll gaan, als wy mynheer. Van Buren maar
President kunnen maaken, i n dan kan ied< r
maar bewyzsen kan dat hy hem ondersteund
heefl on gclddaarby v- rlooron heefi op de Pen
sioen Lx st van Mvnheer Van Buren gesteld nor
den, en bctaald worden mt de publicquc kast,
net als de oudo Revolutie Soldaten, en als by
President word dan zal hx alles onder zvne
bedwinging bebben - n “zyne vrvenden bcloon
cn, on zyne vvanden bestraflen ”
Gy hebt maar eene wack meer te leven als
gv je gedragoiet veranderd—Dus pass op—
B- fore he got hah' threw, the Gineral, he ris
up, and his hair stood every nay. And, says
he, Major, that sounds like bloody murder, don’t
it \nd sa sI. there is n doubt on’t. And it
Mr. Van Buren would only give ths English
on’t, it would bo worse than any letter agin you,
' neral, says I. Well, says the Gineral, if it’s
orse in English than il sounds in Dutch I dont
x ant to hear it, and wc best stop readin any
oi e letters about murder. Well, says I, if
ihat’s enuf, I’m content But, says I, we best
••it these printed in the Globe. “No no—O no,
;io-—O no,” cried out pretty much all on em,
; they aint official enuf for the Globe—nothing
i o-oes there but the rale true stuff “bv authori*
• Fy.”
Well, says J, if any body says these aint as
i true as them other ones, I should like to hear it.
I And I give em a look, but they did’nt say a word.
Well, says I, that aint ill. if any on you want to
i know any tiling more about these ere letters, I
am willing to tell you icho xvrote em, and why
thev was written, and that's a leetle more than
any on yon dare say about the tother ones.
And, says 1, that aint all, yet if any on you w ank
, me to tell who wrote them tother letters and why
they was written, 1 can tell you that too, say’s 1.
And with that, they all ’ began to look pritty
clomly, and some on em said there xvamt no
use to say nothin more about the business.
Very xvell, say’s I, H's a nastry trick, any way;
it may do very well for some countries, but it
wont do in this; our people knows a lectio too
much, to bite at sich a bait as that. And now,
i says i, the next In .e any on you want to play
oil'a rale good trick, you must be sartin first, to
see both eends on't ; or else, says I, you'll bo
as bad off as my old neighboi, Eltakum Doolit
tle, who work'd nigh upon a week, diggin a
woolfpit, and fixer, a trap fall on top on’t, and
ji t as he was baitm on't .he 'slip’ll in himself;
and it warm till he was enymost starv’d to death,
afore the neighbors found out w here he xvas.
The Gineral wasiiekled to di ath with this
story but our folks did’nt like it a bit; and so he
ha-haw’d— and as I alxvays in these hard times,
hook on to any thing worth laughin at (for the
chance is plagy scarce,) I turn'd to and join’d
the Gineral, and xte ha-haw’d together till the re
war’nt a critur left in the room but me and the
Gineral—and so that’s all I've got to say about
murder and brimstoi c tins time.
Yours, &c.
J. DOWNING, Major, .
Dawningvdle Militia, 2d Brigade.
Fri>m the Sax’annah Republican.
JUDGE lIOUPEK—< HEKOKEE IN
DIANS, &c
Judge Hooper has recently, in some lev, - ca
ses sanctioned Bills of injuncln n in favor of
the Indians, i'lw Standard of Union has sei
zed upon this with avidity, for the purpose of
; stirring up a new excitement. The Standard
t seems to think that the Indians have no rights,
. and are entitled to none —that their property and
privileges should be at the mercy of the white
. man—and that a judicial interposition to stay
I the hand of injustn e and oppression, “should
t be made a high crime and misdem anor”?!!
Vi hat man in his right senses woul I advocate a
measure so ridiculous ano iniquitous, Il is an
absurdity too in nstrous lor com option.
1 he Thomaston Lpson I igil alludes to ti-is
. subject in the following pertinent and sensible
manner:
“b tom the article which we h ive ollecled
i from the Btandaid, it seems that the editor ap
> prebends that a storm is brew ing in the calm
serene of the judicial department, and that
. Judge Hooper has trod.;en upon forbidden and
- dangerous ground. It strikes us that no ♦ cn
f sure should e predicated against (he judge from
. the bare fact of Lis having sanctioned a bill for
, injunction. The award of injunctions is fie
; quently nearly er dilnto juslihw, «s the solicit-,
ors say; and as th; grounds arc to be fully ar
gued upon the merits, <-n a motion for dissolu
tion, the sanction of th- process in the first in- !
stance, is merely pr< hrntnary and mtroductive
i of the thorough contestation of rig t. hy what
, soever name an I in whatsoever behalf the party
may lect to proceed. I’hc revival of Cherokee
Sovi r- ignty, therefore, by the Adairs, in the
I phraseology of their bill, should not disturb us.
It can neither bo ratified, eu balmed or perpet
uated in that way. It is the essential nature es
Courts of justice, t at they stand wide open for
suitors, Complaining of real oY supposed viola
-1 tion-ol rights. All may cuter; but n-.ne will
be sustained and redressed but such as repose
injustice, law and evidence. We hope, fin the
avoidam e of occasional incnuvi nience, the
editor would not have those old atttilr.it- s of
judi< ia! tribunals obliterated; and the open doers
of our < (.mt-, invi cibly banicadoed bv dea-f
foie judgments. Should the principles of the
complainants be finally -ustaim d upon solemn
argument, which our neighbors oftlie Standard
can scarcely anticipate, it would he high tune
then to open the batteries of an indignant
press/’
Par.TNEP.SHfP —Me take the following from
the Baltimore American;
“In a case at law involving the liability of a
firm foi notes given by one of the partners in
the name of the firm, it was lately ruled again
in the superior court of the city oi New York
that tire firm is prmia facie liable, but nt t it the
note was given oi account.of the individual part
ner and not for the business of the firm, and it
can be shown that the person to whom it was
given know s it. I his differs from the case of
endorsement, in the name of a firm bv on? ol
the partners as decided in another case rr por-1
ted lately. It was therein ruled that to Linda'
firm for the endorsement of one of its partners'
in the r. i-ne of the firm the burden of proofj
is on the other si le and the holder oi
the note must show that the transaction is con
nected with the regular business of the firm
whose name is used w ith the consent of the
partners.
We have heard a good story illustrative of the
trafficking character of the New-B-ilford peop
le and the illusive nature of some >f th’ ir profits.
A good old lady of that tow n had two sons 10
and 12 years who were she said such real New
Bedforcers though she said it whohad’nt ought
to say H, that when shut up in a close room an
hour together they ould make five dollars pro
fit apiece inswapping jackets with ea h other.
Boston Post, i
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T-IE WESTERN IIERAtD.
DAHLQIINEGA, GEORGIA, H ARC fI'SS, 1834,
Our Town subscribers will receive their papers at the
“ Herald < ’flier,” on the day of publication, which w-ill be
for the present, “ Friday,” xvhcrc they will favor us bx
c illing for them.
V.’e have at length removed our press to Dahlohncga;
hut. have to request ditors with whom wc exchange, and
Correspondents, to continue the direction of their papers
and letters to Auraria; to which place wc shall establish
a s<nii-xveekly mail of our oxvn. The injustice meted out
to this devoted village, by the Postmaster-General, has
been as continued in time as egregious in fact. In the
first place, the people of this village, and its vicinity, to
the number of one hundred and sixty, recommended an
inilivi'lual in whom they reposed confidence as Postmas
ter. Les:, !'s i-.is, mttny p-titions of respectability worn
forwarded iti behalf of other applicants; but all had to
yield to tiio recommendation of James M. Watne, in
b huff.of an individual who had not even sought the
[ recommendation of any port ion of his fi, How-citizens. VVe
have not the slightest degree of hostility, or unfriendly
fil ling, to the present incumbent, and only mention this
fact, to shew, that the Postmasier-Ge icral had, in this
instance, departed from the well established rule, of con
fcring the appoint inent upon the applicant who was most
respectably recommended. Mr. Wayne, however, may
he considered by the Department a; more respectable
than all our citizens combined, and as possessing a more
thorough knowledge of thei. qualifications than they do
themselves. But the im a sure of injustice does not stop
here. After a Postmaster has been appointed for us in
tn. manner above stated, his appointment has availed u-,
nothing. It is true, that within the last two or three
weeks, (no mail has been brought here once in each
week, at such times as suited the convenience of the
carri’ r, whose horse stands at. the door of the office until
the contents o', the mail-bag have been thrown out: and
he .departs as soon as it can he delivered to him again—
thereby affording no opportunity of ansXvcring any
letters that may be received until the ensuing week. Tlio
mail-stage conr s twice a week to Auraria, distant from
this p’ace about five miles, and rests there one or two days.
: each tiyic, and the road between the two places is tolera
bly good. Our correspondents, subserbers, and patrons,
may rest assured, that all communications addressed to
us. will be as early received, and as prompt!;, attended
to. as if wc had the semi-weekly mail regularly to our
village: And to whatever inconvenience and expense wc
may he subjected, in consequence of this injustice, none
ot either shall extend tc them.
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e published som docum' nts last wc< kin r< lation to
the removal of the Post master at Gainesville, w hich prove
to ns among other things, that a new era hascommcnccd
in the duties rtfrnemhersef the Legislature. V. e had
always thought, with all dm r spect to the opinions of the
pa.ties concerned m that affair that lhed'uty of the legis
lator consist-d m making and promulgating constitutFon
al laws, to promote the prosperity and happim ss ol the
peofle; but it has been reserved for the superior sagacity of
Ge”. Bates and his coadjutors, to discover that it°is also
the duty of members of the legislature, to set themselves
up as an inquisitorial tribunal to inquire into and decide
upon the qualifications and pclrical orthodoxy of all the
I Post masters in the State! Acting upon this important
discovery, that inimitable production, bearing date at
! 'dillcdgr’illcthc IGth of December last, was-penned and
j acldressed to that inimitable pattern of political eonsisten
: cy, who manages all thingslor us at ashington. How
modifying must, it be to the lion. “Senator and Repre
sentatives fiun the county of Hall,” (we fear that the
i mnorabi -- Representative in Congress is too far gone
to blush at any thing however ZittZe) to heboid all their
secret machinations, th- mprivate plots, their hidden con
spiracies, exposed to the light of day, and that which they
intended should he kept as scent as tljc deeds of midnight,
unfolded to the gaz< and ernsureof their felloxv-citizcns’
• inch has b- n said about the proscription of the Union
party in Carolina, by the nullificrs, but it is yet (o be
shev n they ever resorted to such dishonorable means
togain the ascendency. V* c shrewdly suspect that the
good people of Hall u ill infurrn these worthy members,
onthefi-t'.-ondayin Cclober next, that inasmuch as
th- y have accomplish <1 th<- most important object of their
mission, they can in futun - , remain at home, and others
Im sent in their ; laces, who will legislate publicly and in
th. Stale Hous-, having the p ro pl fc of theirsdv-s and
upon in-ir own petitions ;.nd remonstrances, to have
J ost masters appointed and removed, as they were ac
customed to do lx fore these honorable members were
- h nt to th legi Za'ure and .Mr. Wayne to Congress.
»»c perceive by the Washington papers that .Mr.
r.B-run his g ven notice i.i the Senate, of Lis inten
tion to m.vc a bill to re-charter the U. S. Bank. Mr.
I’or.sTTii has declared his willingness to vote for a na
ticnal Bank of some description or other, but not for the
p sent Bank of the I nitid States; while our other Sen
ator,.Hr King, expresses a disposition to vote for an
-•'teneon of the charter of the present Bank. But it is
< lear that nothing can be cflcct- d towards the rc-char
tf r -ft Bank, while Gen. Jackson is President. Every
body rccolk cts bn mcniorabie veto < f the bill passed tor
■ ■i.’t purp isi byth- lat’ on grtss, and there is thus far po
• ni - . that lie hi. < ;>ang .i ins opinions on that subject.
♦ hirown opinion.-, unimporta .t as they may be, arc
i din- pp r ition to the re-chartei cl that tremendous in
st.tuion. We consider the removal of the deposites as
mi ?mne«-e.- ary and improvident act, and the means used
b- the I’r idem to Hl rt that object, an extravagant
assumption <A power; but wc are strict constructionists
in theory and in practice, and s-o long as flic constitution
al barrier exists, we shall ever oppose a re-charter of the
bank. : m the ground ofexpedu ncy, too, we arc opposed
to that ms-litutionj its powers arc too great; it will finally/
control the operations of the government, elect our
i r-sid- nts and trample under foot our sacred constitution.
c can never consent to the permanent establishment
cf any institution of the kind, until we arc satisfied that
lii- urrcncy of the country cannot be regulated without
it and the public n w nues preserved and transferred cx
c- pt through its instrumentality; and not then until the
- onsttution has been altered, and the strongest guards
: Heed over the powers of the institution chartered.