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CHERAW GAZETTE.
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M<#ACLEA& EDITOR * proprietor. CHERAW, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 29, 1835. ' - vol. I'NO.7. ?
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MEDICAL.
From the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
Preveutiou of Phthi?is.
We notice in a late number of the Lonv
don Medical and Surgical Journal, a very
able and interofilmg" lecture by
Graves, of Dublin, on the causes, nature
and treatment of phthisis pulmonaiis [consumption].
Dr. G. strongly reprobates
the practice of treating subjects, predisposed
to this disease, by confinement, seclusion
from the air, spare diet, and inactivity. His
mode of prevention is that of fortifying the
system by free exposure to atmospheric vicissitude,
by active muscular exercise,'and
by the freest diet which the digestive powers
arc able to sustain; * at the same time duly
regulating the action of the bowels, but
with as little aid as possible from strictly
medical treatment. This view of the subject
is not indeed new; but it is urgod by
Dr. G. in the passage to which we refer
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wirn sucn eloquence unu uuiksiiiu^ umi
wc have thought it best to quote his own
words, in order to impress on the minds, of
our readers, with the same force with which
ihey have been brought home to our own,
views which we consider so just and philosophical
on this important subject. How
deeply interesting is every suggestion on
the means of preventing phthisis^ Who
is there of the profession among us that
does not realize this, when we sec, day after
dav, swallowed up in this yawning gulph,
the fairest and most promising in youth, the
most cherished and useful members of the J
social circle in mature life; their fate only
the more bitter for having been long anticipated,
and from the mortifying consciousness
that we can do litde to arrest the progress
of the destroyer when he has once
secured a hold of his victim. In acute
diseases, the very rapidity of their course,
which scarce leaves time for the action of
remedies, furnishes constantly to the praeti- j
tioner tlie excitement of hope, and the de-1
lightfa), even if delusive, feeling that he is
9 controlling in some degree thc nrorrress of
the symptoms. Hut in this, how often will
it happenlhat the resources of skill and science
seem utterly exhausted, ere half the
work of disease is completed, so that the
rvmrtitinnnr has the sad alternative of Quel
ling the apprehensions of the patient by
remedies in which he scarce feels himself
the slightest confidence, or sitting down together
with him in hopeless despondence.
If there is any means of preventing the developement
of this dreadful malady in those
who from hereditary predisposition may be
Considered its proper subjects, we would devoutly
pray that it might be impressed not
only on our pages and those of every medical
journal, but on* the columns of every
paper wliich circulates through the country, that
it might meet the eye and he engraven
on the memory of every citizen. We make
no apology, then, for introducing this quotation
.on a hacknied topic. To those who
know the good sense which pervades Dr.
Grave's writings, it will be doubly welcome
as coming from him; and to those wlio love
truth, if it borrows her language it will need
no other or stronger recommendation.
i You will ask me what is to be done, in
order to avert this phthisical tendency ? It
was formerly thought, that consumption arose
from inflammation of the lung, and,
on this erroneous reasoning, was founded its
preventive treatment: the natient was con
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lined to riis room, and kept in an equable
temperature, wrapped up in flannel.f I
well remember this mode. If a family lost
one of its members by consumption, these
were the means employed to avert its occurrence
in those who remained. This absurd
mode was followed with rigorous exactness,
and the constitutions of the survivors
were so debilitated thcrebvjjhnt thev
became gimilm-ly nflfrrfoff^and in time the
^ whole were swept away. All these pre*
It is not to be understood by this that internj>trance
in eating is to bo encouraged. This
would eventually bring on dyspepsia or some oth.
er disease,which,in its turn,would superinduce de.
bility, and thus prove an exciting cause of con
sumption in a person constitutionally predisposec
to it. What is meant is that a proper quantity
of nutritive food should be taken to preserve th<
body in the full vigor of natural health. Thh
rule, however, applies only to persons predisposei
to the disease, and not to those actually laboring
under any of its symptoms, such as cough or paii
in the breast. When these occur, the patien
should, at once, (we say at once, without the leas
delay) placo himself under the care of an cxpe
ricnced and skilful physician, if he can by an;
means have access to such a one. For the tim<
is critical; a slight error in the treatment migh
f do irretrievable mischief; and the symptoms ani
management in different cases are so various tha
i none but a physician?a man well acquainted wit]
(the laws of the animal economy, and the influenc
of diseases and remedies upon it, can properly ap
ply the best general rules that ever have been, c
i ever can be written.?-Ed. Cher. Gaz.
P t It is not meant hero that flannel is not to b
I worn next the skin in winter. Nothing more j
I meant than that a person be careful not to muffl
| up too closely. Neither would excessive exposui
I Improper.?Ed^Ch, Gaz
cautionary measures' generally tend to 1
same purpose, to make the constitution d
icate, and consequently more open to t
inroads, pf phthisis. A rational physici
will endeavor to prevent its occurrence, i
t by coining his>patieut and wrapping hi
? in flAnriel, but by hardening him agair
3 cold. Any one, who wraps himself i
i and confines himself within doors, tak
cold in ten-fold proportion to the person wl
> .dispenses with superfluous covering, was
fes his chest with cold water, and rises ear
in the morning. Habits such as these, wi
a good, nutritious, but not stimulating di<
and exercise, are the best preventives
phthisis. Make your patient lay aside slo]
and tea; let him take wholesome fre*
meat, bread, and good beer; let him rii
early and breakfast early, and dine also ea
Iv: when the weather Dcrmits. make liim I
in the open air for four or five hours, takin
exercise on a jauntingjcar, or on the top 1
licbacfiT "The gooff liter wilt invigorate tl
system, and, so far from producing inflan
mation, will do exactly the contrary. JN
superfluous muffling should be used, n<
would I recommend the young gentlemei
who wish to avoid cold, to come to hospit
in the morning with a boa round their neck:
Exercise should also be taken on an ope
vehicle, close carriages avoided, and the pj
tient should commence cautiously the pla
recommended by Dr. Stewart of Glasgov
of washiug the chest with vinegar and wt
ter, beginning with it warm, and reducin
the temnerature eraduallv until it can I
used complotely cold. You will have grej
success iu preventing phthisis by fellowin
this plan. . In all cases, also, where phth
sis is hereditary, I would strongly recon
mend the insertion of issues or setons i
the chest, before or after puberty, and I ar
of opinion that if you happen to have a
application made to you for advice, befor
the disease commences, you will certainl
avert its occurrence by this practice. Yo
should, however, employ this mode of treai
ment with due consideration; issues an
setons are very unpleasant things, and yo
should not make your mode of proventio
more powerful than necessary. The onl
cases in which you are authorized to hav
recourse to them, as preventives fare thos
in which there is a family predisposition t
phthisis. I look on issues and setons o
one of the most important means in th
prevention, if not in the treatment of phthi
sis. Their utility in diseases of the hif
joint and spine has been long acknowledge
ed. It is the knowledge of this fact whic
induces me to recommend them in phthisic
al cases. I consider their value very greal
and when I employ them, I generally re
I commend, a nutritive diet, which is of ad
Uiuiiagi. whore -thcrc7s an outlet tor matte
from the system. I never treat a case o
I decidedly incipient phthisis without inserl
ing, at least, two setons under the collar
bones. The following observation, mod
by an intelligent medical friend, is deserv
ing of'attention. "I had inserted a seto
ever the left mamma, where bronchial rata
diminished respiration, and commencin
crepitus, indicated advancing tubercular in
flammation. These stethescopic phenom
ena were much increased every time h
1 * - - 'J - ? I-'- l*o onno
caugni coul id jus uijcsi, iiiiu ?ic lis 11 oviio
bly, by the wheezing and uneasiness in th'r
part of his chest, that whenever lie caugl
cold, the lung there was most engaged.The
effects of the setons were such, tha
in the course of three months, having cor
tracted a severe cold, that part of the lun
was comparatively free from the bronchitis,
[inflammation] For the accuracy of thi
fact I can vouch.*
* Concerning the climate to which w
may find it necessary to recommend a p;
fient to remove, cither for the prevention (
alleviation of phthisis, I shall now offer
few remarks. When you enjoin a chang
of climate, and make persons leave tl
country in which they have lived from ii
fancy, you should not send them to tl
same, or nearly the same, climate: tl
change should be to a completely opposi
one. Italy, the south of France, or M:
deira, are not sufficiently different. It
"' * A?ai
absurd, in my ltnnu, 10 swiu <i jwhwh uw
the British islands to any part of tlie conl
nent of Europe. Towns on the sea-coa
of any part of it will not do; I would pr
fer the East or West Indies, South Carolin
or Florida, the northern states of South J
merica, or Egypt. Many improvements
* Tills was a caso calling for the insertion ol
seton. But we very much doubt the propriety
a seton, or any other external irritation, as the c
tlior seems tQ recommend just above, in cat
where there is no symptom whatever of disea;
and only an apprehension of it from mere fam
predisposition. In a case where the lung
| sound but weak and predisposed to disease, t
seton could not change the natural constitution
the organ, nor of course remove the debility a
predisposition to disease. We should, on t
j contrary, fear that upon its removal after lo
continuance, the irritation might be translal
' to the weak lung, and thus the means used w
t a view lo prevent disease prove the occasion
^ exciting it. The rule which wo would lay do1
then is this?that 6etons and other external ii
tants should be used when symptoms of disc
^ actually occur, and not before.
t In this connection we would protest agai
j the reprehensible and murderous fashion of
t cing,?we do not say tight lacing, but lacing
all. The lungs ought at all times to be allov
0 perfectly free and unrestrained action. This
u particularly important at the age when the c
ir slitution is just forming; and most especially
in cases where there is a hereditary prcdiep
tion to pulmonary disease. Many a mother
e been the unwitting cause -of a daughter's det
is by encouraging or permitting her to conforn
!e a practice which should never be resorted to
o cept with a horse in training fo: the race cou
and-then only far a very faw weok?.-Ei?. C. C
the the social condition of the last named councl
try, tend to render it a desirable place of rehe
sidence; and if the present enlightened Paan
cha continue to promote the advantages
lot which it has gained within the last few years,
im it will become as agreeable a place of resist
dence as any person can desire. Moreover,
up Clot Bey has confirmed the statement of
es Savary, that in Egypt pulmonary diseases
bo are almost entirely unknown.'
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ly RURAL ECONOMY. f
From the Southern Agriculturist:
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0f Culture of Indian Corn. \
os ^ Athens, Georgia, Sept. 21,1835.
ih SlD ??Ttir ovnorimonf T Ko?ta
? ihu v; aiii>uu ai
5e some conclusions in reference to the culture
r- of Indian corn, which I think "are of impor>e
tancc to the planters in the southern states,
ig I communicate them for the use of the pi^
of lie with great ln>siterttott, -fcecause they ire
ie directly at variance with the received opin.
i- ions on the subject.
o The early part of my life was spent in
)r agricultural pursuits, and hence, if there was
n, no other reason, I feel a deep interest in every
al thing relating to hgriculture. I noticed very
s. early the great difficulty in transplanting
sn. successfully the young corn plant. Whence
came this, but from breaking the roots in
m taking the plant up ? How is it then, that
v, intelligent planters affirm the doctrine, that
i- one chief object of ploughing corn'is to cut
g its roots. If breaking the roots of yonng
>e enrri in tmnsnlnnti nor it. is nenrlv fsifcil tn its
it future growth, must not breaking its roots
g with the plough when it is older, and the
i- season hotter, be a serious injury to it ? Any
i- other conclusion seems to me to be at van
riance with the general economy of nature,
n It seems to me-that there can be, in truth,
n but two reasons for ploughing or hoeing
e corn:?rlst, to destroy grass and weeds :
y and 2d, to keep the soil loose that the roots
u may easily penetrate it, in search of their
t- proper food. But in accomplishing these
d two purposes, a great injury must be done
u to the corn by breaking its roots. Can we
n not accomplish both these ends, and, at the
y same time keep clear of the attendant mise
chief? I think we can. .
P T.opf en.inr* T nlonfctil n email niPPP I
v Oj/llllg 1 |/1(?IUV\I u ?7IIIVV< |/<VW v/?
o poor land, first breaking it np well. The
s rows were about three feet apart, and the
o stalks left from 12 to 18 inches in the drill,
i- The ground had been very foul the last year
>- with crab grass, the seed of which matured,
f- The corn was not well up this spring before
h the grass began to appear. When the corn
had about four or five blades, the young
[J grass completely covered the ground, and
>- the com was turning yellow. I spread a
I*, small quantity of Diablo manure foundiW
r corn, and covered the whole ground three or
f four inches deep with decaying leaves from
the forest, taking care to do this when the
- ground was wet, and the leaves also, that
e they might not be blown away; and to leave
r- the tops of the corn uncovered. In ten days
n there was not a particle of living grass to
h be found j and the corn had put on that deep
g blush green which always betokens a hcalthi
ful condition of the plant.
From the day the eorn was planted until j
e it was ripe, there was nothing more done to
I- ?* nnJ *l?n MCliU is ?i nrAflMPt nt tflA ralp nf!
1W i|> J tliiu LIIV> 1 V/OUll i<0 U V^UVV WV k<IV * v-av w
it forty-two bushels to the acre: about one
it third of the stalks having twoears on each
- of them.
t, I noted, in the course of the summer, the'
i- following facts;
g 1st The corn treated-thus was always
" ahead of that planted alongside of it* and
is treated in the usual way.
2d. It ripened at least ten days,sooner
c than other corn planted at the same time,
i- 3d. During the hottest days in summer,
>r the blades did not shrivel, as did other corn,
a 4th. In the dryest weather, on removing
je the leaves, the ground was found to be
ie moist to the surface, and loose as deep as it
i- had been at first broken up.
?e 5th. The hardest rains had scarcely any
ie effect in washing away the soil, or making
te it hard. - .
a- It will. I think, rcouire less labor to pro
is duce corn in this way, than in "the usual
m mode. And even, if it required more, we
'i- have the consolation that while, by the old
st mode, every hour's work is an injury to the
e- land, by this mode, every hour's work is
a, making the land better j for few things can
V- be better manure than the coating of leaves
in put on in summer, ploughed in during the
nUiTcr milowtngr _n
'a I used leaves raked up in the forest, beof
cause of these there is an ample supply
iu- within the reach of almost every one, aud
;cs because there seems to be, from my obscrse,
vation, a strong antipathy between dead and
ily decaying leaves, and crab grass, that most
is harrassing.foe of planters.
he I make this communication, as I have
of already said, with great hesitation,, because
n(l the idea of raising corn without work, that
liC is, without ploughing and hoeing it?arid, at
nrr the same time improving the land, by protecting
it against the scorching influence ol
.. tho cnn. nnd washimr rains, and manuring
ltii r-*~ ?7;? ?. ? . of
it, is so directly in opposition to the univerR.n
sal practice and belief for ages. The thing
is at least worthy of further trial. It may
lead to most important results. Those who
EISC
think the idea is worth any attention, may
easily make an experiment on an acre 01
nKt two, and note carefully its progress through
la* the summerr If they are satisfied, after the
1at trial, that there is any thing in it, to extenc
rcd the operation will be an easy matter. If
1 is on experiment, it should be found advisable
on. to do so, the proper way would be, to col
' so Ject the leaves in winter, and deposit then
osi- in heaps on the ground on which they are
has to be used, and the next spring, during a wfi
ith, season, after the corn, is up, spread them
i to taking care to leave the tops of the younj
ex- corn uncovered,
rso. * ' Verv respectfully,
;A7 ' " JAMES CAMAK.
Will not some of our subscribo s favor us so far
as to repeat the abovo experiment, andjeommu.
nicato to us the result for publication in the Gazette.
The leaves might d>e gathered (luring
the winter, and carried to the ground when time
could be easily spared for it. We would recommend
that an acre should bo divided into" four
"ports; thien let two parts be covered with leaves*
who one two inches deep, and the other three or
<bur. Let the other two parts be covered with
pine straw, one two inches deep and the other
three or four. The straw is not we believe so
Mch manure for land ; but it is in many places
jpneh more abundant, and it requires less labor
together and spread it out. It should be remeirbared
that tl e land ought to be well p'oughed, and
tfBk not too long before the time of planting.
But in order to test the value of this mode of
treating corn, an acre, or some measured quantity
of land ofthc same quality immediately adjoining,
ought to be planted at the same timo and cultivated
in the usual way,?and the products compared.
. Ed. Cher. Gaz.
Drying! Hacon.
There are two objects to be attained in
smoking meat; one is to dry the meat, the
other imprennating it with the acid disengaged
from wood during combustion (the pyroligneous
acid) which rises in the smoke
andis imbibed by the meat?it is this acid
that gives to Bacon -its peculiar flavor, and
property of resisting putrefaction. The fire
therefore should be made of such materials
as contain it in the greatest quantity. Such
as green beach, hickory, ash, maple, or oak ;
cobbs, not yielding the acid, only serve to
color the meat, and are of no use.
To make good bacon, flic meat must.be
gradually ana thoroughly dried ; any considerable
degree of heat will injure its textnre.
'Care should therefore be taken that
it be not heated more than is necessary to
produce the drying.?Wz&tern Farmer.
.
From the Southern Planter.
Boiling food for Cattle.
Having for some years turned my attention
to the most economical and profitable
mode of fattening cattle, and especially hegs
I have found that preparing their food by
the process of boiling is unquestionably the
greatest improvement that has yet been discovered?a
slight fermentation following
previously te feeding it' away, as certainly
adds to the capacity of food for affording
nutrition.' And I have also further fully ascertained,
that the nutritive qualities of many
species of food can only be obtained by
boiling, and in many others is only fully
developed, or prepared for the action of the
stAmonK K.r (lifit n,A/>OCO \
OLUiiiuvia %jj U"*v |?iuwuui
fPWJriiJi potatw famtuhoo g coaC'lBI jHjllU
"of the first kind, and the apples of the last.
It is extremely rare that you will find a hog
that will cat a raw Irish porato, but put it
through .a culinary process and it is rare to
find one that will refuse them.
Boil the apples, let them get cold, and feed
them to hogs, and you will double their capacity
for producing flesh.
; But, sir the result of fairly conducted ex norimpnt
tins nnnnllv convinced me that the
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mixing of different kinds of food; adds prodigiously
to the capacity of the different materials
for affording nutrition, from the effect
of cembination. The increase of the quantity
of food, as well as the addition to its
nutritive quality, by the simple absorbtion of
water in the act of boiling, is familiar to all
well informed persons. But 1 am assured
that the combination of different materials,
produces a greater mass of nutritive matter,
than the whole could separately yield; and
that to find out the art of mixing food, along
with the best mode of preparing it for the
action of the stomach, is the great art of
feeding economically, and I believe to secure
animal flesh, health;and vigor.
The late improved mode of keeping up
flesh in working horses in England, by the
admixture of food, may be cited as -a corroborating
proof in point. It is now, I think,
rendered certain that the combination of
A ^ - -1' -1 ? ? - f A notl/
IHQ UTllLlt/S UI luvaij pi vaauvavo ca iiv?r iiuvktive
matter, more effectual than either could
separately; or than could be produced from
tlie nutritive matter contained in each, fed
separately. Boil Irish potatoes, pumpkins,
and apples; combine them by mashing together,
and add a little salt, and it will be
found most nutritive for hogs, producing
flesh rapidly. Now a hog on Irish potatoes
raw, would starve to death, and do little better
confinod to jminpKiij; oil raw"apples be
would live tolerably, and on the boiled and
combined he fattens kindly and rapidlyi
The result with mc has become an anxious
desire to ascertain the simplest and
most economical mode of steam boiling food
on a large scale, say pumpkins, potatoes,
Snmn nf vnnr rfiadors mav have SCCn.
K/uiiiw v- j ? ? - ? ~ ^
or be in possession of a plan not generally
known, and valuable. I
have no hesitation in saying tliat the individual
whose talents would devise some
plan which would come within the reach ol
. ever}* description of planters, uniting economy
in the expenditure of capital, with despatch,
would confer a solid benefit on oui
| country. **
[We remember lo have seen published, a few
years since, an account of some such cxperimenl
1 as the following. Two pigs of the same siz<
and weight, old enough to be weaned, were cho
' sen from the same litter. One was fed upoc
i boiled meal and the other upon raw corn, th<
, quantity of each determined bv weight. At th<
I ond of 6omo weeks, tho one ted upon meal hai
J, eaten much less food and yet had grown mucl
t faster, end was found to weigh much more thai
i the other. Will not some of our subscribers rc
, peat the experiment this winter, and let us knov
j tho result.?Ed. Gaz.]
? % ?
t Properties of Mules.
, How to Choose, etc.?The following cs
I tracts from a letter from a dislinguishe
gentleman of Kentucky, who is extensivel
- engaAd in the breeding of mules, contain
man ^nimble hints in respect to the se!e(
te*". .."i
tion of this valuable animal, for particular 81
services. The experience of a practical
farmer of superior intelligence, in matters of t?
this kind, is of the very first importance, ?
and hence we feel assured our readers will ai
thank us for transferring the following to our CT
columus:
" If you think of purchasing them for 0f
your own use, first determine whether you m
want them for the plough, wagon, or harness, w
If for tilling the earth, look at the quality ,jj
of your soib If for light, sandy soil, the ag
rapid motion of a carriage, or light vehicle m
of any kind, select them tall with round but pil
slender bodies, with flat, bony, sinewy legs, P*
with rather short, thin ears, a clean head, 'jj
and as fiery an eye as possible: in. fine,
those which most resemble the horse when pr<
brought on the turk no
If for tough clay land, or the heavy slow ha
draught of a waggon, select those with tho[*?
largest heads, the longest flappfn^-et^f ne
coarsest Hmbs^ the heaviest bodies, those
w!nV>h rVlnet wicomKlo thn ioolr in ntrnrrr nnr_ I OW
. i rutvii IllVUk 4 WVllfVIV iUV JUVtt 1|4 V I Vi J j'Ui " "
ticular, except size. The latter are best 861
adapted to plantations intrusted to overseers g
and negroes, as they will endure, without a d
any apparent injury, to be beaten and bruised thr
in such a manner as would render one of
the former unfit for service for days.
Colts to make first rate mules should never ^
be under 3 feet 3 inches when foaled?if the
extra, they should Be from 3 feet 5 inches wa
to 3 feet 8 inches. fe.d
As an invariable rules, let them have jJJJ
length of leg, an apparent excess in that por- ^
lion between the knee and pastern joints. p*
Western Farmerv
in
Abstract of the Proceeding* of the North
Carolina legislature?Continued.
SENATE. In
Saturday< Dee. 5 -Mr. Williams of Beau- mt
fort, presented the memorial of Tannehill ^
and Saunders, of others, pf Beaufort county, ha
praying for the exclusive privilege of navi- vc:
gating Tar river with steam boats, in con-. ^
sidcratiori of their removing obstructions t0
in the naigation of said river, rbfened to ^
the committee on internal improvement, v ,oa
Mr. Moye of Greene, from the com- co
mittee of claims, reported unfavorably on an
the resolution to allow compensation to J. J?
Colloway, a member of tHfe house of com-~ q(
mons at a former session, while detained by n0
sickness at Raleigh after the adjournment; clt
and on motion of Mr. McQueen, the reso"- jfj
lution was postponed till the 4th March Sj
next. na
The Senate took up the bill more effectually
to suppress the vice of gaming. i*
>. Mr. .Wilson offered an amendment, in ?
power to issue ?is warrant, as is provided 0b
in this bill, commanding any constable or ou
other person to enter any building where ?a
they may suspect there are gaming tables, ' j!*
or other implements of gambling, to seize bc
them, carry them into the street, and burn ini
them,-r-as also to strike out-the whipping mi
< proposal to be inflicted on those who may 811
be convicted of keeping gambling houses, jj*
and to include playing at bflliards, back- 8p
gammon and cards, where money or prop-' otl
erty shall be lost or won, in the prohibition, fri
Mr. Wyche move d to except back-gam- J7
mon boxes; which however, was not agreed 0i
to.
Mr. Bryan, spoke against Mr. Wilson's iiyi
amendment. Mr.B. looked upon gaming tfa<
houses as an intolerable nuisance in any
community^and the keepers of them as the
most despicable wretches, in human shape, ge
that arc suffered to roam abroad. If the tb<
Legislature has the right to say what shalL PrJ
constitute a nuisance, can it be denied thai Jj*
she has an equal right to prescribe the be
mode of abating that nuisance 1. Most as- fr<
suredly not. inj
Messrs. McQpcen and Wilson spokfe in au
favor of the motion, and Messrs. Edwards
and* Moore of Rutherford against it, and th
Mr. Cooper of Martin against the bill. , in
Mr. Marsteller moved" for a division of h
the qnestion, so as-first to take the vote jon do
strikinff out the clauses proposed to be
w~" ^ ?v - ** -- 4. w s
amended.; and on calling the yeas and ndys a
it apposed that tlie. Senate refused to strike a*
out, ayes -28 noes 31. Mr. Wilson's a- he
mendment was of course rejected. l\
Mr. Little moved to amend, by striking ^
out billiards from the proviso, so as to in- sb
elude that game in the prohibition. ^ to
Mr. Mebane opposed the motion. t,]
_ Mmmoi; J T Jul- ..'J?jl? -SJ
amendment; which was finally adopted by to
he Senate. at
And the bill passed its second reading, ct
ayes 40, noes 17; back-gammon being the j,n
only game excepted in it. >
Monday, Dec. ?>.?-Messrs. Harry Wyclie p,
1 and Moore of Rutherford, were appointed ~oi
1 on the part of the Senate, together with
11 " n O.-.Im ?nst riiifllmr nn fVio It
Messrs, V^clTbULij cuiu xsuuiv j , vi4 u<u
part on of the commons?a joint select [J
committee, on the bill for incorporating the d
Charleston an Cincinati Rail Road Com. w
' pany. 81
Mr. Wyche aftenvards reported favor- ^
' ably on the bi]l to incorporate this company, j
The bill to repeal that part of the act of si
1833 to recharter tlie Bank of Cape Fear 14
r which obliges the bank to establish a branch n
^ at Raleigh, was taken up, and on its second
| reading rejected. . . ti
i Dec. 9. A
; v Mr. Wyche from the Committee of FM r'
J nance, reported that they had examined the J
| state of the Trensury, and found it kept ac- c
1 cording to the requirements of the act of h
. 1827; and that they had burnt Treasury r
v notes to die amount of $3,100. |
Mr. Polk, from the joint committee to ^
which that part of the Governor's message^ j,
relating to incendiary publications had been t
referred, reported the following preagble' ?
d and resolutions, which were laid on tUb ta- *
y blc and ordered to be printed: j
IS Whereas, the proceedingscerttin persons <
% in the m i Ic, during the past 1
^ *
" - 1 , 1 , immcr,
have furnished clear proof of ? deter.
ination to promote, by mean* the most nnjusti.
ible and. iniquitous, tlw abolition of slavery in
o States of the Union in* which it now exists, '#i,
-and whcraas, as well fVom the wealth, number,.
id assiduity of the persons engaged in this
hninal purpose, as from the means they haW^
sorted to*, to accomplish their designs, sorions
ars aro entertained that oar property, the peace >
' our country, and. the Union nf oar Status,
ay he endangered thereby,?t^iis General ?
mbJy feel called upon by regard for tbo . m
torosts and happiness of the good people of til is ^lj\
ate, and of the Other States similarlyllituaitocV J
well as by an anxious solicitude for the ^te-J Jgfl
rvation of the Union, which at prewnl^o hap-' '
iy unites all the States inta ono confederated- ' I
ople, to declare the opinions, and set forth the. - - j
rposcs of the people of this 8tate, in language -1
once firm, clear, decided and terapenfo. 'I
When the American Colonies first united for v>' ;w>..
otection from the encroax&menta npon^thflic '
ng- upoa.tbe- citizens if each State,
n constituted authorities; and uhen-the "
it constitution vrasadoptod, though ^
il purposes, if constituted, the peoplejoftb? ?- ?*"
itcs one p^plfcfwith^oiie ' goverm
i people. -J!t the time' when tlife cdniltiti^ ^.!
s adopted, as well as at the time^Hentiiecoli., V
leratiou was formed, each ofthe'Statfcs tgCQgff^y %
;ed the right of its 'citizens ioTiol delates.:
astitution contains rin grant ^
^ of'^liis. State,^
We havo! therefore, an oSo^ted riglit to re- '
r own views of justiw and/oxped^n^-?ten
Jt by u^wiAdiatni^' an/re^II^ witfa
eir own subjects^to
tkra^mliuicr affectthorn,?y?poft
consolation under evtblh^Terod^^iyto jury.
We ask protoctiow,' not ^
at purposed Wo ask not es^irtancs '
w rrrp.tionarv movements among ?
ould nidi dccur, we ere fillly aide to
vra ourselves. inn we ekk, wt?, wr
iy in^x^worlt), Butw# do'ask,
isa and violent of oth?2r land?, todecdsofbtafcl.
ted, of which the evils- to us witt-be t&nfporanp^
' the rlavas themselves drcaftffikand L^lrig] .
iat wo may not ho compelled, by * factitiou^
icessity, to adopt measnrot of rigor, whiclsljnclR;
Sccssily only could justify, 'llj<sdfnc itSB^T ' f
have been supposed", that the pracUcee-Wtb'e '***"
>o!itionis?s cannot be put down by legislation,- *
msistontly with the constitutions of Uie ?tates>'
i whiph they live. If this were truo, it yvouhl f I
r/iish no answer to our just complaint,-?ndfof. "*
rd no excuse to those states f<fr$wn^Uing ?ic!?
ractices to continue. The duty, t ho-^rw;^man 1^1f
which wo invoke, is binding upon tmwesfctoB,
rid they have no right to disable tlwuiselvft# flK I
3 performance by an organic- law, more, than-iejfuse
its performance by an ordinary Sofaf it
ion. The obligation being perfect cannot ^
issolvod by any arrangement of the jpaity on- I
-hom the obligation rests. If thorerore, any:j5
ach difficulty did in reality exist, we should have
right to ask, that tli8 organic law which'prc-*
uced it,, should he so altered as to remove gtt I
lut docs any such difficulty exist? . The one
apposed is this : That as the abolitionists seek
3 accomplish-their object by the issue of inflam-.^
latory publications, a law te arrest their progress
roulJ tw Q- violation of.the liberty.of tbte press,
m,;? ^rffimltv has its origin in a'total catscoaeep
iorTof what is meantrby^he liber ty;af the press; x
rhich means not the right to publish without
esponsibility, but to publish without previous
crmission. If it meant the former, the libortv _
f the press >vout<J he;thegreatest curse which
ould be inflicted on a nation. .Where every man'
as a right to publish what he pleases, but is re. "
ponsible to the htw for the'nature and tendency
f his publication, -the press is free. If he haa
be nght tn publish withont such responsibility, \ . |
be press is licentious. If the latter right exist, it
3 the only instance known to ourlavfa, of a right ^ *** I
o act without any accountability "lor 'the
ction. armsfer ^
je had a right t n c?rrv them fiy/defontSt