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BY A. S. JOHNSTON.
NEC DEESSE, IfEC SUPERESSE REIPUBL.1CJE.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TOL. S5--NO. 3.
COLUMBIA, S. C. JANUARY 13, 1839.
$3 PER ANNUM,
DISTRICT
T HE
30L"3"2?3X^. 7313SOOPB
\S PUBLISHED BY
A. S. JOHNSTON,
Every Saturday Morning',
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Four dollars at the end of the year.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted nt 75
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for every subsequent insertion. AH advertisements
ordered in the inside every publication?or inserted
otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for
every insertion. Advertisements not having the
number of insertions marked on them will be contin
ued til! ordered out, and charged accordingly.
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. Solomon & Co.
/A RE now receiving and willin a few dayfc have
.iCm in store the following articles ? and respectful
ly solicit their customers and the public generally to
cai?and examine? consisting in part of
" ? MMry Goods, viz ,
Mackinaw, Whitney and London Duffle and Rose j
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Very superior arid heavy servants cloths, - -
?Linsey, cassinets and Kentucky Jeans,
t*_h*s? ? ^ merinos Circassians,
WTBHUICVi tUVt UJVa. VA?
H^ah^pes, bmwn and bleached shirtings,
Safecti Osnaburgs,
SWT Tickings, so b'e 6- i wide,
Apron ehecks,-cpttoo- and worsted hosiery*, -
* jryjrifckseal skin caps,
Wool hat&fur hats, usually low, -r
Serv^roKies; brogans lined and bound,
Russet brtfgans, very heavy. .
. - Also, ? v
-4 cases heavy and well made clothing, consisting of
* * suits, bang-up coats, great coats, &c.
.Ladies, gentlemen and misses cloaks. - j
Sundries. .
v / 500 ?acks Salt, <fec. &c.
. tC * *-28 hhds. fine sugars, -El Destino and Victoria
\. v brands, :
" 10 hhds. West India Molasses, j
r ;> 10 bbls. superior crushed sugars,
^ do New Orleans Molasses,
- 8- Boxes common and superior loaf sugar,
20; Bags choice green coffee,
I'l; .? 100 i?gs various qualities do.
? Gunpowdei, Hyson, Pnushong and Black
^ wt^eafc in boxes and _addys.
Fv -120 bbls. New Mackerel, No V 1, 2 and 3,
' ? >
- t^^bed Salmon,
*3SpS Boxes sperm candles, 4's, 5's and 6's,
SO- Botes Turpentine and Variegated soap,
ipi* Kvs.NortEero erackets, " " ?
?egs prime (Goshen Bqtter; v ?'*--?
. OILS.
i-betf '?[* ?
1 sperm, Hiiseed and ttfin'oils, by, the
r borre&*?L/ ? ?
^^IjQUQRS. * *
iu Congnac "Brandy, - ' *
f therfnost approved brands,
wRnm* Gin and Apple Brandy.
ti Cherry and Tenneriffe, ,
?w?apaga^t -
%B5jfrkS)&0B??+ .
C^Orange, ^Perfect Love, Cinna
1, Hint; Raspberry, life of Man,
j WARE. '4- * -
tts cot Decanters, Cham
, Tumblers, Jetties, &c.
sjen UecaJiLersand Tumblers, very
1 ii iiirmmly for the use ofhotels.
)CK?RY WARE, an assortment.
---^WOODEN" WARE.
' Fainted fcife, irogbound Tubs in nests, brass- bound
Sockets, Wire Sifters, Straw bonnets, &c.
* Also,
Jk ver^' large invoice of HA V ANN A and
" -pRIXCIPIK SE GARS, selected ex -
fimSimm cbackeRs, a.\i>
' r J??fr S lTCSM$EA T.
TWiHE dhhscriber has just received
\Jl .12 bbls. and 12 boxes Soda, Butler, and
Milk Crackers,
15 kegs New Buckwheat.
>? I. D. MORDECAI.
expect daily to^eceive
Preserves, - Raisins,
"""Tuts.
:h have been
w??>u cities low for
respectfully solicited
i our stock before purchasing else
42 - tf
Coiuuiitled.
^the jail of Union District, as a runaway, a
~ who falls her name SERENA, -and
efongs to Col James Devlin of Ab
abotttfiSve miles from White Hall.?
seventeen oreighteen yearsokl, five
inches high and tggry likely, and has
acar oa the leftsid^ of her neck supposed to
jfljajm. The owner is requested to comply
> taw in such cases and take her away.
>?* SOBERT MACBETH, s. u. d.
-? 39 tf
V
Bffl for Partition & settlement
ocners. yr, igge&Zg
tctof-a Decree of the Court of Equity,
ifi ihe above ease, 1 will offer for sale
"ourt House door, in Camden, on Mon
^th January next, or the next succeeding
about sixty-five prime negroes, among then'
drivers,Wagoners, Cooks, Sems tresses, &c.
""^pi eontainin g aBbut eighty acres,
ateight safles below Camden, belonging
of the Boy
kin, Esqr.
iooeHnrdof the purchase money, on a
first daykif January, 1840, and for the
" thereof/in equal annual instalments,
jwyn hw days of January, 1841 and '42, the
^fmrchasers Qiiog Bt >nd with good personal security,
^ TWftb-iOterest ion the whole sum, payable annually,
jffwta mortgage on theaegtoes, purchasers to pay lor
? .aftif necessary papers. - ,
it W* LANG. C-om'r.
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? ?Sg A RP U A ;\ TKP,
l'i'HOUT Lodgine. ;o a genteel private ;ami
two gentlemen (brothers,) of retired,
naoral andsteady habits, who would cheerfully con
xu~*~ tri ail the ordinaiyfUfes and usages ?jf such a
' ^m^nbe r pa^icularS; en<luire at the South
?tice.
E^ul to their friends and
tl patronage^, heretofore
form .them "that we in
wn www^fiRtto &C,JO{ cush
and earn
? ^-hte^to us, either by note
7artkrad:settfc the sarae
K indulgence cannot be
^-MONTGOMERY.
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; TO CAPITALISTS.
Splendid Sale of Real Estate in the City
of Charleston.
WILL he sold on the 15th of February next,
by order of the Court of Equity, for a divi
sion among the heirs, thai extensive establishment,
the MERCHANT'S HOTEL, known also, at diffe
rent times as Miotts and Sh elton's Hotel, situa
ted at the corner of King and Society streets.
This House has always sustained a high leputarion;
it is situated in the heart of the wholesale and re
tail business; is probably the largest House in the
City, und built entirely of Brick. This house is so
well known %thac a circumstantial description is
thought unnecessary. Any one wishing information
can get it by applying to the subscriber. The terms
of the sale will be extremely liberal. A credit of
one, two, three, four five, six, seven, eight, nine and
ten years, in equal instalments; interest payable an
nually; to be secured by bond, and mortgage of the
premises.
JOHN BOYCE, Jr.
Administrator Estate of Robert
Boyce, Charleston , <$". C.
Dec. 11 53 w2m
If A ST JYOTICJE,
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of James
MacF ie,. will take notice, that unless they come
forward and pay up by th*e first day of February
next, to Messrs. Kinsier, McGregor & Co , or to
myself, their notes and accounts will be indiscrimi
nately put in suit.
Such as stand indebted in sums exceeding five
hundred iollars, may obtain longer indulgence by
giving Bonds with approved personal security, inter
est payable punctually half-yearly.
JOHN KRYCIi, Adm'r.
Dec. 8, ' 53 wlF
T1
Notice.
HE subscribers offer for sale, that valua
ble plantation on Broad River, within
two miles of the Town of Columbia, known
as the property of the late Dr. James Davis
deceased and containing by recent survey
SI 2 acres, fmore or less.) The above tract
will he sold CDtire, or, in lots to suit purcha
sers. Persons desirous of obtaining farms,
will do well to apply to
CATHARINE DAVIS, Ex'trix.
EDWARD (j. PALMER, Ex'or.
Dec. 8, 52 tf
Quacks and their destructive
Nostrums.
T BE united testimony of Physicians, throuehout
the United States, has fully proved the FACT
that PETERS'S VEGETABLE PILLS are the only
true Vegetable Pills, which will stand the test of An
aLzation? hence the proprietor would most earnest
ly urge thera to the notice of those who have been
in the habit of using as CATHARTICS or APERI
ENTS, the destructive and irritating QUACK
PILLS, so generally advertised, and which are at
best but slow consumers of the vital functions and
MURDEROUS agents, even to the most hale. It is
true, most of them produce a purgative effect, and
sometimes transient relief, but in most cases they
injure the digestive oi^ans, and an habitual resort to
them must terminate in confirmed dyspepsia.
IT IS TRUE, that Cathartic and Aperient Medi
cines are often required, but the nicest discrimina
tion should always be observed in the selection, and if
this be done nothing injurious can result from their
t^se.
: To produce this much desired result, Dr. Peters
has made it his study for several years, and feels
proud to say he has at length succeeded, far beyond
his expectations. The object of his PILLS are to
supersede the necessity of a frequent recourse to in
jurious purgatives, and to offer a medicine SAFE,
CERTAIN, and PLEASANT is its operation.
August 25. 35
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For sale.
iHE DWELLING HOUSE belonging to the es
__ tate of Rev. Robert Means, lately occupied by
lis family ; It is situated on Richardson street, on the
square below the State House, and is well adapted
lot a private residence. The House contains seven
rooms conveniently arranged, with a spacious lot of
two acres. For terms, apply to
DR. R. W. GIBBES.
S?pt. 22, " 40 tf
is E*v.r.i.yr/.YiU orde c*ii
HAS just received,
25 boxes Smoked Herrings,
20 boxes Cheese,
2 do Pine Apple Cheese,
5 kegs Goshen Butter,
Smoked Beef,
Wine and Butter Crackers,
Sweet and Pilot Biscuit.
Dec. 1, 50 tf
T1
Positive Notice.
HE subscriber gives notice that he will attend
in person to the settlement of all debts due
him, until the 15th February next, after which time,
all unsettled claims, without distinction to person or
amounts , will be placed in the hands of officers for
collection.
Those interested will please avail themselves of the
opportunity of settling without costs. Office in the
*ear of Wm. B. Stanley's Dry Go^ds Store.
B. L. McLAUCHLIN.
Columbia, 1st Jan. 1839.
N. B. In my absence Mr. W. B. Stanley is duly
authorized to make settlements and grant discharges.
B. L. McLAUCHLIN.
Jan. 5, 1 tl5F
Organs and Piano Forte s
TUNED AND REPAIRED. .
THE subscriber, from the Or^an Manufactory of
Mr Thomas Appleton, at Boston, having put
up and prepared for use the new Organ in "1 rini
I ty Church, for which he came to Columbia, proposes
to remain here three or four weeks, during which
time he offers his professional services to Columbia
and the surrounding country, as a Tuner and Re
! pairer of Organs and Piano Fortes, and will be thank
ful for a share of public patronage. All orders may
be left at G. M. Thompson'3 Store, one door below
the market. Orders from the country will be prompt
ly attended to.
T. D. WARREN.
Jan. 4, 1 8t
Office Insurance Company
/ Of Columbia, January 2, 1839.
A3IEETTNG of the Stockholders of this Com
pany, will be held on the second Monday (14th
| instant,) at this Office, when a statement of the busi
; ness of the Company will be exhibited, and an elec
j tion held for sixteen Directors, for the ensuing year.
AL?0,
A DIVIDEND of Six Dollars per share, having
been declared on the capital stock of the Company,
for the last six months, the same will be paid on and
after the 14th inst., to the Stockholders, or their legal
representatives.
JOHN GLASS, Sec'y.
Jan. 5, 1 2t.
j\OTI?E.
4LL persons indebted to the Estate of the late
Dr. Samuel Gre< n, by bond or otherwise, are
respectfully notified that the demands against the
Estate, require that the instalment and interest on
their respective bonds should be punctually paid.
SSard. \ Executor8
r*ec. 1, 51
PROPOSALS
FOR PUBLISHING A
TEMPERANCE JOURNAL.
IN COLUMBIA, S. C.
The state temperance society of
SOUTH CAROLINA, at the late Anniversary
Meeting.in Columbia, resolved to establish, if practi
ablc, a Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the cause
of Tcraperance. The Executive Committee, whose
duty it is to carry this resolution into effect, beg
leave to address the several Societies and individuals,
in the State, engaged in this good cause, upon this
interesting subject.
The increasing prevalence and ruinous effects of
the use of intoxicating liquors, call loudly for borne
decisive measures to rouse public attention to this
direful evil, and unite the councils and efforts of the
benevolent and patriotic, in arresting its progress. ?
No means seem more wisely adapted to accomplish
their purpose, than such a dissemination efforts and
statements upon the subject as would be effected by
such a publication. The labours, experience and
investigation of the friends of Temperance in the
Northern States, have accumulated treasures of
knowledge and arguments in this cause. But these
valuable materials are excluded from our community,
by their being mingled with speculations hostile to
our domestic institutions. The only way' therefore, '
in which the intertortirrg details and powerful reason- !
ings, contained in the Temperance publications of
the north, can be given to the public here, is through
the columns of the proposed paper. It is thus mani
fest that the best interests of our State, and the pro
gress of the Temperance Reformation so vitally im
portant to public safety and happiness, will be most
effectually promoted by a general circulation of the
Temperance Advocate. j
The following plan will regulate the publication. It
will contain ?
I. Original communications and domestic intelli
gence relative to the general subject of Intemperance.
II. Copious extracts from Books, Pamphlets and
Newspapers, published in other States to promote
the Temperance cause.
III. A weekly summary of general and domestic
news, prices current, &c.
As the friends of Temperance, the expected patrons
of this Paper, belong to different political' parties and
religious denominations, all discussions of n contro
versial or sectarian character, both as to politics and
religion, will be scrupulously excluded.
1 he general de?ign of the publication is to furnish
every family in the State, desirous of obtaining it,
with full information and authentic documents as to
the direful evils of Intemperance, and the necessity
of Reformation
As the commencement of such a Publication can
only be warranted by a large subscription, a strong
appeal is made to the officers of Temperance Socie
ties, and the friends of the cause to whom this Pros
pectus may be sent, to use prompt and active exer
tions to obtain as many subscribers as possible.
CONDITIONS.
the south Carolina temperanc e
A DVOCATE will-be published Weekly, at Colum
bia, en a super-royal sheet, equal in contents to the
Columbia Telescope. The price to subscribers will
be Two Dollars and Fiftv Cents per annum, if
paid in advance, or Three Dollars, at the close
of the year.
In order to fill the subscription without delay, it is
respectluliy recommended to all Temperance Socie
ties to subscribe lor a number of copies for gratuitous
distribution.
The Executive Committee earnestly request every
Gentleman, to whom this Circular is addressed, to act
as agent for obtaining subscriptions, and to transmit
the list of subscribers obtained to the Hon. John
Bryce, lntendant of Columbia, previously to the
first day of March ensuing.
Dec. 29. 56 tf,
(I Card .
THE Subscriber begs leave to return his thank*,
to his friends and the public generally, for the
liberal patronage heretofore extended to him, and
would respectfully inform thera that he has removed
liis Coach Repository, two doors north of his old
stand, and directly opposite brick range, where he
?ecps constantly on hand, a select assortment of
Coaches, Barouche#, Chariotees, Buggies, Gigs and
Sulkies. Also, Harness, Whips. &c. Together with
a large supply of Coach Furniture, such as Axles,
Springs, Dashes, Railing for Barouches, Bands,
Handles, and Plated Work 'generally, suitable for
Coach Makers ; all of which, he offers for sale, on
reasonable terms.
Repairs of all kinds in his line, will be faithfully
executed Orders thankfully received ami promptly
attended to. ? - - - ?
From care and attention to business, he hopes to
receive a share of public patronage. .
HENRY DAVIS.
Sept 22nd 6m 39 *
JYolice.
lyiRS. M. M. ADDISON will again open her
IT*. School in the Village'of Lexington, on the first
Monday in January next. Orthography, Reading,
Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Modem and
Ancient Geography, Modern and Ancient History,
Rhetoric, Ix>gic, and Natural Philosophy, Music on
Piano Forte* nnd Needle Work will be taught.
The year will be divided into two sessions of five
months each.
TERMS.
For Board, Tuition, Washing, Candles, &c per
^Session in advance $73,00
' Music on Piano Forte, per session, 20,00
Use of do do do 4,00
Needle Work do 4,00
A competent Assistant will be employed. The
situation is so perfectly healthy that pupils may re
main in this Institution throughout the whole year
with perfect safety.
Lexington C. 11., S. C., Dec. 26th, 1838 57 4t
Poolck, Solomon & Co.
HAVE just received and offer for sale,
New Bacon Hams, ^
Dried Beef,
Goshen Butter,
Leaf Lard,
Smoked Salmon,
1-4, 1-2 and whole box Raisins,
Soda, Milk, Butter and Water Crackcrs ? all
fresh.
Dec. 8, 52 tf
SUPERIOR SEKATtS,
30,000 SEGARS* A very superior
^ Trabucos,
Merinos, and
Vuelta Brands.
Just received.
POLOCK, SOLOMON & CO.
Nov. 24, 48 tf
Administrator's Sale.
BY permission of James S. Guignard,
Ordinary for llichland District, I will
sell on the 19th inst:, at the late residence of
James Whitecotton deceased, two Negro
Women, one Boy, 3 Horses, Household
Furniture, &c. e
Terms? for all sums over twenty dollars,
Notes, with security, will be required; and
all sums under, cash on deliver)'.
J. McD. SMITH, AdraV.
Jan. 5, 1 tf |
SONG.
Here's to tliee, ray Scottish lassie !
Here's a hearty health to thee,
For thine eye so bright, thy form so light,
And thy step so firm and free ;
For all thine artless elegance,
And all thy native grace,
For the music of thy mirthful voice,
And the sunshine of thy face,
For thy guileless look and speech sincere,
Yet sweet as speech can be,
Here's a health toray Scottish lassie !
Here's a hearty health to thee !
Here's to thee my Scottish lassie !
When I meet the in the throng
Of merry youths and maidens,
Dancing lightsomely along.
I'll dream away an hour or twain,
Still gazing on thy form,
As it flashes through the baser crowd,
Like lightning through a storm ;
And 1, perhaps, shall touch thy hand,
And share thy looks of glee,
Ami for once, my Scottish lassie !
Dance a giddy dance with thee.
Here's to thee, my Scottish lassie !
I shall ihink of thee at even,
When I see*its first and fairest star
Come smiling up through heaven ;
I shall hear thy sweet and touching voice,
In c very wind that grieves,
As it whirls from the abandoned oak,
Its wither'd autumn leaves;
In the gloom of the wild forest,
In the stillness of the sea,
I shall think, my Scottish lassie !
I shall often think of thee,
Here's to thee, my Scottish lassio !
In my sad and lonely hours,
The thought of thee comes o'er me,
Like the breath of distant flower* ; ?
Like the music that enchants mine ear,
The sights that bless mine eye,
Like the verdure of the meadow,
Like the azure of the sky,
Like the rainbow in the evening,
Like the blossoms on the tree,
Is the thought, my Scottish lassie !
Is the lonely thought of thee.
Here's a health, my Scottish lassie !
Here's a parting health to thee,
May thine be still a cloudless lot,
Thotij^h it be far from me,
May siill thy laughing eye be bright,
And open still thy brow,
Thy thoughts as pure, thy speech as free,
Thy heart as light as now !
And, whatsoe'er my after fate,
My dearest toast shall be, ?
Still a healih, my Scottish lassie !
Still a hearty health to thee !
V
RICHMOND, Dec. 31.
Extensive Conflagration, ? On Satur
day night, our city was visited by one of the
most extensive fires which ever occurred in
it : and which destroyed the Eagle Hotel, and
three large brick tenements. The alarm
was given at seven o'clock, P. M. when the
fire was discovered issuing from a basement
tenement, occupied by Mr. Booth, uphol
sterer. There seems to be little doubt but
that the building was fired by an incendiary.
A late fire which occurred in a building con
tiguous to the Hotel is suggested with some
plausibility as indicative of a settled purpose
to destroy the Hotel.
The Eagle Hotel situated on Main street
in the centre of the city, is burned entire,
and is a heap of ruins. The stables are par
tially burned and injured by the falling walls.
The original cost of the Eagle building was
$120,000; but its age and imperfect structure
substracted greatly from that *um. There
was a net insurance upon it ofabout $25,000.
The fire was the most destructive which
has occurred for near 30 years save the Pen
itentiary. The moonlight was very brilliant ;
but the rays were reflected from the burning
to a great distance, and presented one of the
grandest scenes we ever beheld. Among the
objects stood the Capital most conspicuous,
and" we have never seen it look so majestic.
The cellar of Mr. Duvall's Store contained
a large quantity of oil, turpentine, white lead
and other inflammable stuffs which could not
be gotten out. When the fire communicat
ed to them asuccession of innumerable spiral
flames were produced which towered to an
inconceivable height, producing the most
brillant and admirable coruscations.
JANUARY, 1.
More of the Fire. ? The loss by the fire
on Saturday night cannot be short of $>160,
000. Upon which there is insurance availa
ble to the amount of ?63,000,
'Massa, one ob your oxens is dead ? tod
der too. 'I was afraid to tell of em bof at
ouce, fraid you could'nt bore it.'
At a late horse race in Claiborne county,
the judges, after much difficulty, decided the
difference in the race to be one inch and
three quarters. Close judging this.
From* the Nashville Republican Banner.
FEDERALISM AND REPUBLI
CANISM.
The party in power constantly denounces
the whigs as federalists, and endeavors to
palm themselves off upon the country as re
publicans ? Jeffersonian republicans. "Show
me," says Col. Polk, "a federalist of '98,
and I will show you a whig of "33." In all
of their public addresses they make a parade
of going back to the origin of the old fede
ral and republican parties, and affect to argue
that they had derived their principles, pure
and unadulterated, from the latter. So far
from this being true, it will not be difficult to
show that the leaders of the party in power
are a set of impudent impostors ? "wolves in
sheep's clothiug." And as these may be
deemed "hard words," we shall proceed to
justify their use, in this connection by es
tablishing, beyond all cavil, their truth. ?
William B. Giles, we presume, will be re
cognized as our opponents as the very high
est authority on this subject. To him then
we will refer for the origin of the old federal
and republican parties, and the distinctive
privileges which divided them. In hisspeech
in the house of representatives in 1802, on
the judiciary bill, he tates emphatically the
difference between the two parties, to which
we invite the candid attention of all readers,
without respect to party.
THE FEDERADISTS.
"On one side, (says Mr. Giles) it was con
tended, that in the organization of the con
stitution, a due apportionment of authority
had not been made among the several de
partments; that the legislature was too pow
erful for the executive department, and to
create and preserve a proper equipoise, it
was necessary to infuse into the executive
department by legislation, all artificial pow
ers compatible with the constitution, upon
which the most diffusive construction was
given ; or in other words, to place in the ex
ecutive Jiands all the patronage it icas possible
to create , for the purpose of protecting the
president against the full force of his con
stitutional responsibility to the people."
So much for the federalists. Now for the
REPUBLICANS.
"On the other side (says he) it was con
tended that the doctrine of patronage was re
pugnant to die opinion and, feeling : of the peo
ple: that it was unnecessary, expensive and
oppressive, and that the highest energy the
government could possess would flow from
the confidence of the mass of the people,
founded upon their own sense of their com
mon interests. 14 Hence, (continues Mr.
Giles) what is called party in the United
States grew up from a division of opinion re
specting these two great characteristic prin
ciples, viz; 'patronage' on the one side, and
a fair responsibility to all representatives to
the people; an adherence to the general in
terests, &c."
It is scarcely necessary to point the appli
cation of these remarks to the parties of the
present day. The people of the United
States know which of the two parties is in fa
vor of executive patronage and which is la
boring to curtail it. They know that the
whigs succeeded once in getting a bill through
the senate for that purpose which was stifled
in the house of representatives by these bas
tard republicans. They know that Judge
White -was denounced by th^ party in pow
er for voting for it. Since the days of Mr.
Giles, the patronage of the government has
increased to ao.enormous extent. The self
styled republican party had for years the most
absolute majorities in both Houses of Con
gress, and so far from attempting to curtail
the overgrown, and constantly increasing pat- !
ronage of the gocernment, they have reject- ?,
ed bills introduced by the whigs for iha't
purpose ? bills the very same, verbatimet
ratim, which they clamored for the passage
of, when out of power. They are, therefore
federalists in principle, and republicans
only in name ; while the whigs of the present
day are unquestionably republicans, accord
ing to the understanding of Mr. Giies, one
of the most distinguished uncompromising,
members of the old Jeffersonian republican
party.
But let us follow Mr. Giles a-little further
in his account of the means resorted to by
the "favorers of the patronage system," for
sustaining and perpetuating their party. ?
They endeavored to effect their object, says
Mr. G. by 4 erecting a monied interest .' This
desired control of public funds, he further
adds, was obtained by funding the debt prop
er of the United States and the State debts?
by raising armies and navies, and adopting
other schemes of expenses.
An Indian war, he says, sprung up, he would
not say by what means. '< ?
All these means, aud more have been en
joyed in the 'favorers of the patronage sys
tem, * in our day. Indian wars have sprung
up, we will not say how, whose cost wiH not
fall short of twenty millions. The army has
been increased. Large expenditures arean
uually made for the navy. Appropriations
for internal iniprorement have largely in- j
croased since the Veto. The removal of the!
Indians west of the Mississippi the sale of
public lands, and the increase of business in
all the departments of the government, have
enlarged its patronage to a fearful extent. ?
Not satisfied with all this the party, in pow- !
er are grasping at the entiie public treasury
by means of the sub-treasury bill. This is their
great reliance for 'erecting a monied interest*
that shall perpetuate their power.
Can these men be truly called republicans
according to the sense in which Mr. Giles
understood the term 7 Certainly not. They
would have been federalists in his day.
To complete the parallel, we will call the
attention of the reader to another paragraph
in Mr. Gile's speech, which we are sure will
strike every one as a very extraordinary co
incidence. .
"Another circumstance (says he,) peculi
arly favorable to the advocates of executive
patronage, was that during the two first Pres
identiaj terms, the chief executive magistrate
possessed a greater degree of popularity and
the confidence of the people than ever was
or perhaps ever will t e again attached to the
person occupying that dignified station."
It would be impossible to state the case of
Gen. Jackson and the present advocates of
executive patronage' with greater precision
of language. There is a difference, but it is
a degree only. As Gen. Washington never
wielded a tithe of the patronage possessed by
Gen. Jackson, so he never possessed a tithe
of his power. He may have possessed uni
versal popularity , but he was too great and
too good a man ever to have abused it. F ur
thermore, the federalists of his day would
have blushed, we might say they were too
honest and patriotic to desire the flagrant'
abuses of patronage that aie now practised.
The republicans of his time would not have
permitted it. But what the former, with all
their solcitude to see the executive clothed
with his due apportionment of authority,'
never dreamed of advocating our soft styled
Jeffersonian republicans of the present day
unblushing assert, maintain and practice up
on. In the case of executive patronage, from
a division respecting which Mr. Giles tells
us, sprung what is called party in the United
States, the party now in power are as far
ahead of the federalists of '98, as the latter
were ahead of the republicans of that.period.
In fact federalists is too good a name for
the leaders of the present dominaot party.
Monarchist is themore appropriate epithet.
What federalist of '98 ever advocated in
directly, or avowed openly, the monstrous
doctrine, in reference to parties under the
government, that (to the victors belong the
spoils.
What federalist in the olden time advoca
ted the open interference io elections by offi
cers of the federal government.
What federalist of *98 ever desired the
President to wield the vast patronage of
his office to secure the eiectioo of a succes
sor ?
We repeat, then that the self-styled re^
publicans of the present day have extended
the patronage system to a point iufinitely
beyond what the federalists of *98, who are -
charged by Mr. Giles with having been the
authors of the system in all the struggles of
party, ever thought of resorting to. It may
be presumed that Mr. Giles stated the facts
of the case as strongly as he could against
his opponents, but how do those facts sink
into insignificance when compared with the
acknowledged acts of the party now io pow
er? : .
A wolf may put on a sheep's clothing and
succeed for a time in deceiving, but his
i wolfish propensities are sure to betray h?tti.
Our opponents may assume the republicans
| and humbug the people for a while, but their
principles, their practice* and their objects
will in the end make tnaniieat not only their
federalism, but their monarchisnu
From the National Intelligencer .
The subjoined is a curious piece of politi
cal history. The reader will be disposed to
wonder how the writer became possessed of
the facts so remarkable, and, without souie
corroboration, even to doubt of their exact*
ness. We have heard, however, of circum
stances which leave no doubt upon our mind
of the truth of the statement. It seems that
a copy of the resolutions of Mf. Atulrton ,
as originally draughted and intended to he
offered in the House of Representatives, was
forwarded to Charleston, and immediately
published in the Charleston Mercury, through
which channel they found their way back to
this place some days after the resolutions
had passed the House of Representatives iu
a different form. A compat iaoc of the two
sets of resolutions, of course, disclosed the
alterations which they underwent on their
way frbtn the council-room to the House of
Representatives. ; ? C'* . 4* .
Correspondence of the Courier and, Enquirer .
- Washington, Dxc."22, 1838. -
I have waited for some days to see how the .
Southern journals would treat the party: alii-'
ance between Northern and Southern loco
ism on the subject 'of slave petitions, as laid
down by the resolutions of Mr. At?is?ton ,
presented oil tlie 11th Tnst. These resolu
tions, it i? netw wrell juiown, werfc the result
of caucus proceedings ; but the whole history
has not yet been told. The first caucus (for
there have been &?) was convened 00 the
evening of the 8th, and announced to you iu
my letter of the 9th. At this caucus certain
resolutions were adopted, but were afterwards
essentially altered. They were altered be
cause it was avowed that New England loco*
foco ism (alias abolitionism) wooW Bfot submit
to them, and, therefore, .that their Represen
tatives in Congress, dare not vote for them.?
The alteration was made at thesooWcaueflf)
held on the evening, of this lOth*... ^. >- c
The Richmond Whig wooden at the sa
crifice, as be considers it, of Sotjfsefn inter
ests, and the new-coined amalgamation be
tween the North and the South on the slave
question. Let me say to the erudite editor
of that print that the whole movement' was a
political psurty movemeot, iulended to. destroy
all concert iil action amoiig the Southern
Representatives in Cougress, and the plan
appears to'have been well concerted and bet
ter executed. Nor is it certain that the ajei
fareo^h^ttoity l>?-impesnNt%grttro
succless ^Kcll hfttT atteuded this project.?
The injunction of the Father of hisCountry
was, "Beware of geographical distinctions."
But my present object is to give the resolu
tions as adopted in the first caucjife ?#?|?
modified at the second, leaving comment to
those in the South who iiiay feel aggrieved at
the surrender which certain Southero juen
have made of the heretofore coutested poiot.
The motives , in the language of Mr. Adajis,
I have no right to inquire into.
The following are the 21, 3d, and re
solutions, as originally adopted and aa. sub
sequently modified. They are worthy the
attention of Mr. Wise- They may |fford
some light on this mistitied. subject :
[Original. ? 2d. Resolved, V hat petitions
for the abolitiorr of slavery in ihe District of
Columbia and the Territories of the United
States, and against the removal of slaves from
one State to another, are [intended] *** affect
the institution of slavery in the several States,
and thus indirectly to destroy that institution
within their limit*.] ?;/- ' V?, .
Modified.? 2d.J?M<>fo?^ That petitions
for the abolitioo of slavery in the Disrrict of
Columbia and the Territories of the United
States, and against the removal of slaves from
one State to another, are [amort of the plan
of operation set on foot] to affect the[ institu
tion of slavery in the several States, and thus
indirectly to destroy that institution within
their limits.
[Original. ? 3d. Resolved , ThatCongress
has no right to do that indirectly which it
cannot do directly, and that the agitatioo of
the subject of slavery in the District of Co
lumbia or in the Territories [or in any man
ner , with the } view of disturbing or overthrow
ing that institution m tlie several States, is
[equally unconstitutional and beyond i's legis
lative competency.] ? ? y. .
? Modified.? 3d. Resolved, That Coogress
has no right to 'do that indirectly which it
cannot do directly, and that. the agitation of
the subject of Slavery in the District of Co*
lumbia, 01 the Territories, [as a means and
icith a] view of disturbing or overthrowing
that institution in the several ^ $tatjej? is
[against the true spirit and meaning of the
Constitution , an infringement of the rights of
the States and a breach of tht public faith on
which they entered into the Confederacy.]
Original. ? 5th. Resolved, therefore ? Thrt
all attempts on the part of Congress ip abpjr
ish slavery in the District of Columbia-Dr m
the Territories, at to f regulate] the removal
of slaves from State to State, or to discrimi
nate between the institution? pf one porting
of the [Confederacy] and another,- wkh da*
views aforesaid, are in violation of die