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FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES K, POLK, of Tennessee. VICE PRESIDENT, GEORGE 51. DALLAS, of Pennsylvania. CHARLES .1. M< DONALD, of Cobb, ALFRED IVERSON, of.'Muscogee, ROBERT 31. CHARLTON, of Chatham, BARZILLAI GRAVES, of Randolph, * GEORGE VV. TOWNS, of Talbot, W. F. SAMFORD. of .Meriwether, CH AR LES 31Uill’ll'V, of Cups, W. 15. WOFFORD, of Habersham, 11. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin, ELI 11. BAXTER, of II uncork. f From the N. V■ Freni rg P< si. ) THE PEOPLE IN THE FIELDS. A respectable gentleman from am i stale, who had been making a tour through New York, in transacting some business with a friend of ours the other mormng, said; “I have travelled a little in your state, and am glad to sec that in the matter ol politics every thing is going right. “Certainly, ’’ answered the person to whom I he addressed himself, ”it is as you say; every tiling is going right.' 1 ‘Tam happy, remarked the traveller, “to find that you agree with me, and that the re sult of my observations is confirmed ;y your judgement. You think, then, that all is right in your state ?” ‘•Without any question," was the answer, “all is right.” ‘T found an immense majority of whigs in : the steamboats; the railway cars, and the ho tels,” observed the traveller again, “in I act , there seems to be but one ['arty and one opin- ■ ion. Hut some how it appeared to me that, the people in the lields were democrats. “You have hinted at the reason,” rejoined | the other, “why I believe that every thing is j going right. You and 1 snonld probably dif fer in the idea we connect with that phrase. I am a democrat. The democrats ol the fields, i who make the majority ol our population, will come to the polls, and beat the v. higs whom von saw at the steamboats and hotels, j and this is what I meant when I said that every tiling was going right. It is upon tiie people in tie fields and work- i shops that the democratic cause relies for success. Leave ns that part ot the popnla- j tion who are at home minding their our own business,and the whigs are welcome to those : who talk politics in bar-rooms,and take votes j in railway cars and steamboat cabins. Another admission, sirndar to the one we have recorded, was made the other day by n Now Jersey whig - of some note, toa fellow tra veller, whom he took fora whig, simply, per haps, for the reason that he found him in a | railway car. “I do nut understand how it 1 happens,” said he, “that while we see such groves of hickory poles set up in the strong whig county of Essex, an ash sapling is a rare sight. If this is any indication of popu lar opinion, we shall be ft reed to make a hard light if we mean to carry Ne w Jessey.” There are strong indications that New Jer sey is ours. r i i ,■ v : ng them- j selves to account for the unexpected numbers of the democratic party, and asking what holes the crowds who attended the mooting at Bound Brook could have crawled out of.— Almost every day brings new proofs that the | popular feeling is with the democratic party. Whatever face the whig leaders may attempt to put upon the matter, they are exidently, at least the shrewd ones among them, anxious and alarmed. [From the Y. J»vma! > f Commerce.’] AMERICAN IN DIN TRY'. The American, of Thursday evening, con tains a letter, dated Mt. Savage Iren Works. Md. Aug. 1844, in which the Tariff is eulo gized in strong terms, for having produced among other things, the establishment of a i manufactory of rail-road iron, Says the writer:— •’The facilities here for manufacturing cheaply cannot bo surpassed, if equalled—with the excep tion of cost of labor—evt-n in Enelaml. The fur naces are situated at the bn»- *! a hill, and so far below ihe entrance to the coal mines and ore bees. - and lime stone quarry, which require no effort to drain them, that the cars with these mated N may be brought to the month of the furnaces by graxiiy; and the rolling mill is still Sower than the furnaces, I so that the "pigs"' may he tak* ;t there in the same manner. The descent from these works to Cum berland is nearly ICO feet to the mile, so that a lo comotive will take down more landed cars than it catt take back , mpty ones. “This company have a contract, we were inform ed. with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa ny, to transport H 5 u ns per day. of coal and iron, for five years, at the cost oi ! i i is. per ion per mile, or tsS,6l per ton to Baltimore;and probable, a much greater amount w ill find i:s w ay to tide water by the C ho r.peake and Ohio C anal. v. hen it shall he .’as it surely will seem be, completed to Cumberland— thus gixiug life and energy to enterprise, ami em ployment to thousands through the instrumentality of this one Company, who draw their capital w holly, i believe, from the oilier side of the Atlan tic.” How stupid ho must be who does not praise the Tariff Wa determine that wawid not be rained bv buying the cheap iron made by | the pauper labor of Johnny Bull, and so lay on a duty the effect of w Inch is to make the price oi iron more than double wnat it is in England, and litis because Americans cannot carry on the business without this protection. , O.H's.tiipii John Bull fails into the plan im- j mediately.—rends over his money and his men to America, takes possession of a posi tion “which cannot be surpassed if equaled— ; with the exception of labor even in England.” and that he may not be sir; assed in labor, he brings the paupers with him. In tins new position, with the same men and the same | money which he used on the other side, he | makes rail-road iron, and accommodates Jona- 1 than by taking double price for it. John i laughs in his a.eeve, is a great friend of Ame rican industry, and calculates that in states manship, Jonathan is right down clever. Jon j alhan thinks it a slick way of getting iron, for’though he gets bat half as much iron for a barrel of flour as lie would be swapping on the other side, yet he guesses it is such an ; amazing good thing to trade with one’s own folks, and support American industry. ■ ■ Niar - -atac m a .•=MMwaMMWMBMB■■■■■■ *-*4 AUGFSTAj GEO,” THURSDAY MORNING, BLPT. 5, RH4. CTWe would rail public attention to the 1 advertisement, announcing the commence- ' mentof the annual course of Lectures in the , Medical College of Georgia, on the 11th of ; November next. [CrOn our first nngc the reader will find a letter from Judge Taylor, assigning his rea i eons for abandoning the federal whig party, i and joining the democrats in their vindica ■ tion of southern principles and southern rights. This letter isadmirably written, its tone mod- I erate and dignified, and characteristic of the j | amiable manners, ability, independence and 1 strong good sense of the writer. Werecom- i o o : mend it to our whig friends. On our first page will be found also an ar- | ! tide from the Columbus Times, introducing ■ i tiie speech of Mr. Clav, in which he admits i i 1 . N i , tiie constitutional power of Congress to abol- ; j ish slavery in the District oi' Columbia. This ! is decisive of the question at issue for some time past. The speech as quoted is taken ; from Gales tL Seaton's Register of Debates. OAVe are again obliged to give up our ( columns to correspondents, and to defer to I . | our next, the publication of interesting matter i selected for this day’s paper. In the letter of our Albany correspondent, the southern read er will find a general outline of the senti ments expressed by certain whig orators, on the occasion of the mass whig meeting held at that place. The south was abused; her peculiar institutions denounced and condemn ; ed; and yet there was present, as one of the j orators, a United States Senator from Georgia. | ; who, instead of rebuking his political friends, \ | for their abuse of his own state and its cili- I . . i zens, chimed in with those anti-slavery men, ■ in opposing the annexation ofTexas, because 1 it would extend slavery, and vest too much I power in the southern portion of the Union! That same senator chimed in with the manu facturers in praising the protective tariff of 1842, which plunders and robs the south to fill tiie pockets of the Merrimack and Lowell manufacturers! Is there another Georgian | among us, who would have tamely submitted j ! to the lash and abuse of abolitionists and pro- | : teclionists, besides this southern senator? j ; Ami yet this Senator at the Free Trade Con- j vention held in Philadelphia, some years ago, 1 made a report in which Free Trade was j I warmly advocated, and the protective system i pronounced to be unconstitutional, unjust, I and oppressive!! Does tin's senator represent | truly the people of Georgia in the Senate of | : the United States? We shall see in October ■ i and November next. i O’We copy from tiie Southern Recorder i | of last Tuesday the following paragraph, ; ■ which concludes an editorial in defence of i ' the tariffof 1842. Yes, reader, do not smile, i and wonder; it is an article in defence of the j swindling tariffof 1812, and to be found in the columns of the Southern Recorder This I is the paragraph we copy from that paper: | “For the benefit of our readers, and to ena- ; ble them conveniently to refer to proofs con- | tradictory of the continual cry that the tariff ; only protects the manufacturers, and does not ' protect as much as possible ail classes of the | ; people, but especially the farmer, we subjoin ; a table of the tariff duties upon the leading j i articles of agriculture, according to the pre- j I sent prices, and which from the sources from i which we derive them, we believe to be ac- i curate, and by which they will see that on those which comprise tiie great staples of ; agriculture, there is an average protection of | about 50 per cent.” Cotton, equal to 50 per cent, ad valorem. Wool,' 40 Beef, C 4 Pork, 31 Bacon, 52 “ “ Lard, 50 44 “ Cheese, ISO Butter, 51 “ 44 Potatoes, 38 44 Flour, 30 Wheat, 25 “ 44 j Oats, 33 Hemp, 30 “ “ Do the editors of the Recorder believe that they can deceive tiie people of Georgia with such statements? Can our fanners and plan ters be so easily gulled, as to admit that they are protected by the tariffof 1842, as the Re corder attempts to show in litis statement? j The Colton planter is protected to the extent of 50 per cent, ad valorem, from foreign com petition!!! Are the editors ol the Recorder serious in thc-ir position? YVe cannot be- j lieve it. We have too high a regard for their intelligence and good sense, to harbour the i ’ idea that they were in earnest when they . penned the above paragraph: they intended it i only as a quiz, as it is nothing more or Jess than a quiz. But they go further in their list of agricultural products protected; tney include, beef, pork, bacon, lard, cheese, but ter, potatoes, flour, wheat. oats, die. What, beef,bacon, die. protected against competi tion!!! This is really too much; the editors of the Recorder intended their article as a ; quiz, and as a quiz the farmers and planters of Georgia will take it, or we have been most egregiously mistaken in their intelligenceand good sense. If. however, the editors ot the Recorder are serious, and not quizzing the I good people of Georgia, we u ill request them to slate in their next paper, the amount ol cotton, beef, pork, bacon, lard, butter, cheese, j flour, &c. imported into the United State an- , naaily for the last ten or fifteen years, in com petition with the products of this country of like kind, and the amount of Julies paid on such importations. If they cannot, we wi.i Jo so, from documents in cur possession. and emanating from the treasury department ot the United States. \\ e will state here, in advance, that the amount of duties on the ar ticles enumerated, annually imported, except wool and hemp, did not exceed a tew thousand dollars. We will state here also, that tor a few ! years past, pork, beef, bacon, die., have been largely exported to England, and that the only i cotton imported into the L nited Slates, which : entered into competition with the produce ot this country, was from Texas, the duties on ! which amounted to nothing, as the cotton i was entered subject to draw-back, and re -1 exported. If the editors of the Recorded were in earnest in their statement, we regret it on their account. If they intended it asa quiz, | ihev arc to be blamed to make light of a sub -1 ject which is of vital interest to the people : of Georgia. 3j'\Ve continue to receive from various ! portions of the state, the most gratifying in formation in regard to the result of the elcc > tions in October and November next. The i letters we receive represent our friends as enthusiastic in the cause, and confident of a | complete victory. Yesterday, in a letter we received from Floyd county, from a good friend of ours, it is stated, that “the political : news in this section of Georgia is cheering; , the democrats were never more united than I they are at this time. We have lost none, changes are all in our favour I can assure you, and they are many. You may calculate j on a gain in Murray of at least 150. as some who had left us last year have again taken I sides with their old friends. Pauldingcounty i will do well, and Floyd will redeem herself. 1 Our friends are firm and united, that is all ■ that is wanted for a complete triumph.” O’The New Orleans papers announce the death of the Hon. William S. Fulton, one of the Senators in Congress from Arkansas. He died at his residence in Little Rock, on the j 15th ol last month. O”We have received Irom Mr. Holmes, of | the Literary Depot, copies of “The Wander i ing Jew,” by Eugene Sue, author of the Mys | teriesof Paris, &c. No. I, Harper’s edition, i Also, Graham’s Magazine for September, | i containing three beautiful engravings, j Also, No. 7. Harper’s Illuminated and | i Pictorial Bible. LATER FROM ENGLAND. We have later advices from Europe by the ! arrival of the Great Western at New York from Liverpool. The dales are from "Liver pool to the 17th August, and Paris to the 14th. i The political news is not important. Parliament had adjourned to the sth of ! this month. The Queen of England has given birth to ; a prince. The Pacha of Egypt had abdicated in favor of his son Ibrahim. The French had bombarded Tangier, as no satisfactory reply had been made by the Em peror of Morocco to the demands of the Prince of Joinvilie, the admiral of the fleet. The fortifications were destroyed. Joseph Bonaparte died at Florence. Commercial advices will be found under I the proper head. We are indebted to the New York Sun for an extra containing the European news by the Great Western. INTERESTING AND NEW PUDLI- \ CATIONS. The following works have recently been re- i ceived at the bookstore of Mr. Richards: No. 3, Transactions of the Society of Lite rary and Scientific Chiffonniers, containing a continuation of “The Spoon.” The Wandering Jew, by E. Sue, author of the Mvsteries of Paris, No. 1, Harper's edi i tion. No. 5, Life of General Jackson b£. Amos Kendall. Part 15 of that valuable work, McCulloch’s I Gazetteer. No. 7 Harper’s Illuminated and New Pic torial Bible. DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION. At a meeting of the Democratic Associa ! tion of Richmond County held at the City Mall i on Tuesday night 3d Sept,, the following Re- 1 ■ solutions were unanimously adopted. i Resolved , That the thanks of this Associa- \ i tion are due to the Young Men’s Democratic ! Association of Charleston, for their hospita- | ■ ble. and splendid reception of that portion of : I our delegation which went to Macon byway i of that city—that we will endeavor to emulate j i the enthusiasm of our Carolina friends and j j strive with increased devotion to our common i cause —that if honest hearts and zealous i hands can give success to our noble cause, ! all our energies shall be rallied for its triumph. Resolved, That the thanks of this Associa i tion be tendered to the Democracy of Bibb Countv, for their hospitalities to the delegates i I from this County at the Mass Meeting on the ■ 22d lilt. Resolved. That a commttee of three be ap pointed in the 2d, 3J and 4th Wards of this | city to attend to the organization of the party | in those Wards, to call Ward meetings, and j Jo such other things as they may deem prop i or for the advancement of Democracy. Resohcd , That a committee of three be ap pointed to confer with the committee to inv : te j speakers, appointed at the late whig meeting in this city, and that the Chairman be one ot said committee. After several reports from delegates to Ha con. and a very able and effective address 4 from James Gardner,jr., Esq., illustrating the effects of the tariff of 1843, the Association adjourned to meet at Brothersville, at the can of the President. J. G. McWHORTER, President! G. A. Ingraham, Secretary. The following are the committees appoint ed in pursuance ol the above resolutions. j Commutes to confer with whig committee j —Jas. Gardner, jr , Esq., Dr. J. G. McN\ hor ter, and E. Starnes, Esq. COMMITTEES OF ORGANIZATION. Ward y>. 2.— Jas. Gardner, jr.. John Pbi i uizv, jr., and Davis Bottom. Ward A'o. 3.—R. Allen, F. J. W aiton. V\ • Claggctt. Ward Xo. 4. —Jas. Alexander, Jno. Robin son, and G. Simmons. Gentlemen composing the above commit i tees will please take notice of their appoint -1 ment, and proceed to their respective duties. , — [ Correspondence of the Constihu ionalis! .] LEXINGTON, Aug. 28, 1844. 1 P. C. Guieu, Esq., Dear Sir: —Col. Herschel V. Johnson and Col. Janes have just been with us in Ogle thorpe, attending the great Millstone meeting on Broad River, near Elbert, V\ ilkes, and Madison counties. It jvas truly a great and ; noble meeting of over 2,000 people; and as 1 they came mostly from Oglethorpe and Elbert, : | a great majority was, of course, whig; at | least they came there Clay-men; but I assure vou, and there is no doubt ol the fact, many I more Clay-men came there, than went aicuij 1 from it. The public debates now, at the pre- I sent stage of the canvass, do not often change | votes; but as the neighboring country around ; Millstone lias not been much excited, till now, I by political discussions, the public mind was 1 as fairly open to argument as could be ex- ; i peeled, and Col. Johnson had a r air hearing, j | considering he was addressing a people who ; differed with him, before-hand, in opinion.— The conduct of the crowd was remarkably genteel and honorable; indeed, a more gen teel, gentleman-like and honorable meeting of 2,000 to 2,500 citizens, promiscuously assem bled, cannot be got together, in any part of the earth, and, though it was mainly a Clay crowd, i yet Democrats are proud of such an assern | blagc; for it shews the refined and civilized j state of our people. Perhaps another gentle I influence, conduced to the dignity and happi ness of tiie meeting more than any thing else, viz. the presence of about 500 (we understand that was the number at table) ladies; as fair, as senile, and as intelligent as any land can shew. The orators had an inspiring audito ry, and they seemed to feel the inspiration natural to such a place. Johnson made very able speeches; his first one, especially, was j j as eloquent and great, in all respects, as I I ever heard fall from human tongue. O! that j i all Georgia could hear him repeat it! That j ' one ex tempore speech, delivered to the peo- j j p!e of Georgia, county by county, would cost | I the Clay party thousands of votes; it cost them 1 I some to my knowledge, in Oglethorpe. Col. ; ! J.'s manner as an orator, is of the most correct : style, uniting great ease, gentleness, and dig- | nit.y: while his strain of argument is so can did, clear, and forcible, and so free from trick and demagogneism, that men listen to him, delighted. He won much applause from the ! intelligent Clay-men, who, even now, since i he is gone, s; eak of him in high terms. Long | will he be remembered by ail parties in this part of the State, as one ot Georgia’s noblest sons. Mr. Stephens was the main whig speak er of the day. He is a talented and eloquent man; exceedingly Ingenious, but (whata pity!) not at all ingenuous. Put Mr. S. on ihe right side of any question, whereon he is informed; 1 give him the truth of argument, on his side, ! and lie is a very able debater; indeed, he is | then an orator, in the high sense of tire word. I But, unfortunately for tiie good of the south, and for his own future lasting reputation, he has joined the fortunes of a party, so much, and so long adverse to Georgia feelings, that he is cramped in his oratory; he has no! a fair j field for display of his nobler powers of lofty j reason and high sentiment; he cannot, before a Georgia crowd, venture on a thorough de fence of federalism; that would ruin him and his cause; so he is compelled, by his position, (a southern man, advocating a northern party and federal principles, before a jury of repub lican cotton planters,') to mince the matter; and to employ in the present campaign, not his high powers —the {lowers by which he has attained, and might always have preserved, brilliant and honest distinction—but ingenuity, subtlety, sophistry, and, unfortunately, even the low-down art of demagogue anecdote.— Now, this is sheer loss to Mr. S.'s permanent reputation; the reputation, which alone, a high mind cares for, and which exists in the living approbation of wise and good men, lono- after the passions and improprieties of the present | moment cease. I think justice requires the j remark, that Mr. Stephens, himself, to the eye j of one who knows him. seems to be conscious i of the disadvantages of his attitude. Charity | has no other way that I know of, to account j for the bitter and ugly temper, and harsh ; words which he unfortunately allows to mar I the amenity of his public addresses. Yet, alter all, Mr. S. has great power with tiie crowd—the mass; yes, the rabble; for he is a popular speaker, and lie seems resolved to rally plaudits, if not by high-toned argument, like Johnson, at least by catching antitheses, J r? j and even by paltry anecdotes; forgetting that, j at this game, which is never considered taste- I fui in a dignified gentleman, Harrington’s ring-clown can out-do the greatest of orators, j All this is a blemish. The Ciav-men have an art in this region, ; which they practice at every meeting, al : though the meeting be for “free debate,” viz. j the dictation of the order of debate, so as to 1 give the Clay orator tiie advantage of the con clusion. Every speaker knows the value of this advantage. At Millstone. Mr. S. pro posed that the order should be such as to give himself the conclusion: Mr. J. refused to as sent until he could see and consult liis irienus, who were not present, and his particular ac quaintances iu the county had not arrived.— He was then requested to accompany the un known whig junta to the stand, and there the chairman at once proclaimed the order, and put up a whig speaker. ( 01. J. refused to ! notice the “order,” and after rebuking the j dictation in no minced words, refused to speak at all; but was at last, and with difficulty, ! prevailed on by his democratic friends to I change his resolution, and yielded his own feelings to the good ot the cause. He did so. | and entered the debate independently of the order, and proclaiming that lie would not no tice the precedent nor refer to the following j whig speakers. He spoke in general merely i as the Electoral Democratic Candidate ol the : 7th District. " • | ! [ Correspondence <f the Constitutionalist.'] ; Albany, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1844. Dear Sir.—ln my travels north I glanced yesterday at the whig Mass Convention j which assembled in this city according to pre vious arrangements. The whole affair was an imposing one, particularly in the number I of persons present, which I do not think was less than between twenty and thirty thous- I and. The Hon. Daniel Webster and Hon. J. M. Berrien addressed the assembled multi- j tude —the former in a speech of about three j hours in length. Mr. Webster spoke first, but it was impossible to hear him with any j degree of comfort in consequence ol the im mense mass of human beings who were vic ing with each other lor a place near the speak er, As soon as I had gratified tny own curi osity in beholding the speaker 1 yielded my , I position as anxiously as 1 had previously , I sought it. At a little distance from the j } stand where Mr. Webster was speaking, 1 dis- j ; covered another crowd of persons, and draw ; ing near heard Mr. Horace Greely of the ci- | ty of New York, and editor of the Tribune, i speaking with peculiar emphasis on the tariff. I | He addressed a portion of his remarks parti- 1 I cularly to the farmers and endeavored to | ; prove that a protective tariff was of great advantage to them. The whole sum and sub stance of his remarks on the tariff’ addressed to this class of his hearers I conceive to be this; that the fanner should first he deprived of a portion of his earnings in building towns and cities for the support of manufactories, and then raise provision for the people. In turning from Mr. Greely, I discovered Mr. Wheaton, and in another direction Mr. J. A. King; iu another Mr. Franklin, and a little farther off'a fellow entertaining a crowd with i a coon song, while the b acksinith enchained j the attention ofa large audience on the sum i r ; mit of the hill. At this time a general con ! fusion pervaded the whole assembly. The ; speakers were compelled to c.ovate their ! voices to the highest pi ten, and whenever they I touched the Texas question became rather | furious. I drew near to Mr. Wheaton and j heard his remarks on the annexation of Tex as to the union, which were characterised by j : the most bitter denunciations of that portion } | of his fellow-citizens of the south who are in I | favor of the annexation of Texas, whom he j said desired it for no other \ urpose than to j barter flesh and blood for land. He dwelt at : lengthen the admission of Missouri into the , union in reference to the question of slavery . —that the people of the south now desired to : admit a whole territory, out of which four or ■ five States as largo as the Empire State might be formed, and over which slavery was to be spread. He called upon Ids hearers to say whether they would permit if.—to w hich ma ny replied no. In returning to hear Mr. Greek, I discovered lie had got on the same | subject, and was equally severe in his denun i cialions of the people of tiie South, whom he i said were acting deceitfully and dishonestly in referen e to the admission of Texas—that instead ol wishing Texas admitted into the union for the purpose of extinguishing slave ry as they pretended to tiie peopie of the north, that it was for the purpose of perpetuating it. Another of the speakers said it was intended to extend and perpetuate human bondage and called upon the Democrats, whom he said, (byway of flattery) were always on the side of liberty and of freedom, to have nothing to do with tiie annexation of Texas, 1 have thus given yon, briefly, the sub stance and nearly the words of the speakers which were heard by the people present, ne t one hundredth part of whom heard a word j said by Messrs. Webster and Berrien; hut their speeches I presume will be reported, as I discovered several gentlemen taking notes. I wished every planter in the South, who is the owner of slaves, could have heard those speeches, and if he voted in November next for Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen, it would be because the whig party of New York would vote against them. The bank question seems to have become obsolete. Little was said about it. The tariff and Texas questions appear to absorb the whole attention of the whig party here. The former they contend should remain under the control ofits friends, and not he altered except ji n cases which may need farther protection. I could not discover from the argument ol any ; I of the speakers that any rule had been discov ered bv which they could work out any advan tage to the cotton planter under the present i : tariff. Indeed I apprehend that that portion | i of the community may Le able to ascertain ! the present fall, whether the argument in fa i vor of high duties producing low prices, be j I true or not in reference to the article ot cot j ton bagging, which was cited as an exampie, i durin ,T the last winter by some politician, and | I believe by a member of Congress from J | Georgia, particularly as being lower under the | j present tariff than it had been under the for mer. The reason of the low price tiie last i I winter was obvious. The large stock on ; hand caused the merchant to submit to little j or no profit, while the anticipated short crop j caused the planter to purchase sparingly. It ; 1 is within the knowledge of every merchant who dealt in the article the last winter, that little or no profit was realized on the article —not more than one halt to one cent per yard, and in many instances was sold at costs. But the other rule will work the other way the coming season. The reverse of the causes which conspired to lower prices the last win ter will conspire to raise them this. Although the stock on hand in New York is abundant, the article continues to rise. The anticipa ted large crop creates a demand for specula tion, and enables the importer, the dealer, and the merchant to realize a greater profit, all of which must be paid by the planter, and in addition to all those charges he will be com | pelled to pay to the government 5 cents per- I running yard (the present tariff) for such an* article as is generally used, before he can- I prepare his cotton for market. Suppose the av erage t rice of the present crop bo 5 cents per )h. The planter will be compelled to give one lb. of. cotton to the government for every yard of bagging he uses, and this at a time when there is about eight millions surplus j revenue in the treasury. I must close by remarking that we of the south should no longer he accused of abusing the people of the north; we are fully matched here. I trust tlie day is not far distant when the whole south will stand as one man in de fence of their rights. Yours. [COM 31UNIC ATED. J BURKE BARBACUE. Messrs. Editors, — You have doubtless seen the account of the Burke Barbacue, given by the Whigs to .Messrs. Jenkins and Toombs, in the Chronicle and Sentinel, (alias State Rights.) We are authorized by the entire Democracy of Burke County, to say, that they would not condescend to notice the foul and ft/lit if remarks of the Editor of that dirty shed, if we were not. apprehensive that some honest, unsuspecting individuals migl t possibly he led astray by his wilfi 1 and malig i nant falsehoods. What nations that Knight (f Ribaldry may entertain of free discussion, i wo know not, but we presume they must he I in perfect accordance with his views on all I other subjects. Now, Sirs, we will give you | the facts as they are, and defy contradiction. I After it was ascertained that neither Captain 1 B ack, nor Mr. Baxter had availed themselves I of the Whig invitation, a committee from the Clay Club, consisting of Col. George 11. Har ris, and others, waited upon Col. Lawson, and said to him, that they were authorized, by the Cay Club, to invite him to take part in the d .-cussion. Col. Lawson enquired of Col. Harris, how the discussion was to be conduct ed. Cul. Harris replied that the Club had de termined, that Mr. Jenkins should open the debate, and occupy one hour ami a half; that Col. Lawson should be allowed the same length of time, and that Mr. Toombs should conclude: or rather wind up tlie farce of free discussion. Col. Lawson enquired of Col. Harris, if that was what the Whigs called, j free discussion. Col. Harris said those were j his instructions from which he could not de i part. Col. Lawson then stated to Col. Harris j that although he was sick and almost prostrate I from the efleets of medicine, and not knowing ' that he would he able to occupy one hour, yet if the Wuigs would suffer him to reply to Mr. 1 Toombs, that he would accept their invitation, j And here let us say, Sirs, that Col. Lawson’s I friends, one and ail, bogged him not to say j anything, for that he had no chance; and that the Whigs had shown an entire disregard for everything like honorable, fair dealing. Af ter the company repaired to the stand, the committee again waited upon Col. Lawson; | and wished to know whether or not, he would I accept the invitation. Col. Lawson again I asked if they were not disposed to be more | liberal. The reply was, that they could not : depart from their original determination.— ! Col. Lawson then said, that if they would | a<Tec for him to make such remarks, touching . o ~ i the case, at the opening of his speech, as l\p I thought proper, lie would accept the invita tion, under all the circumstances, as much as they were against him. And now, Messrs. Editors, a few words in reply to this hired scribbler and whole sain ; slanderer (Jones.) He states that Co!. Law ( son’s speech "had neither point, nor force, that ; it excited the ridicule of the Whigs, and 1 caused his own partizans to droop with morti- I ficathm.” We have no doubt that the Whigs were disposed to ridicule Col. Lawson's speech; poor fellows, that was all they cou d do; for if ever there was a man completely overwhelmed and entirely used up, our friend Jenkins was the man. Col. Lawson proved that lie had misrepresented Col. Polk’s views with regard to the Tariff by garbled extracts taken from Jones’ lying sheet. Col. Lawson also proved beyond the possibility of a doubt that Mr. Jenkins was totally ignorant of Clay’s present opinions of the Tariff; and “said he knew it was hard work for Clay’s friends to take notes and keep pace with him on the Tariff question, he had had so many opinions lately on the subject, but they had to do the best they could, and follow him any how, for weal or woe, through evil as well as i through good report.” And, Sirs, we do know that a number of res | pectabie Whigs congratulated Col, Lawson and said to him that he had entirely annihi -1 lated Mr. Jenkins, —names can he given if necessary. With regard to oar “drooping our heads, we utterly protest against that mise rable being saying one word relative to our j feelings. But for the satisfaction of our friends abroad, so far from our feeling deject ! ed, we felt exalted and lifted up, when we \ heard our friend and fellow-citizen applying the lash with so much force and effect and driving federalism before him and tearing away its every prop. And in the name of the Democracy of Burke County we say that CoL Lawson will meet Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Toombs j or Mr. anybody else, “with those same old | saddle-bags,” or a (two-horse waggon if ne cessary.) in any county in the a -th congress-