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sucsectedt whose principles nec m -1. 'Ie, (the Telegraph,) nusthesenci bleI th11 the change would benefit his principles even were that change to clevate Web. ster himself, for. it is impossible that State Riglhts canl be in worse hands thai)h< Force Bill men, Proclaniationists," &e. Now, in these sentinents, the Whig while necusing the Teleraph of man wor ship. &c., shows imost clearly tlhat his om soul is wrapt tip in the desire if elevatm: o certain mnan to thme throne. le seems it firet tly history of the last few montls ;nd bury at once his rtoFussi-D St:at Rights feeling in a Presidential contest f -or it is imposible that Siate Righti can lie in worse bands than Force Bill mei and Proclamnationi"ts 1" So say we. BU who were louder inl their clamors for the Force Dill than the National Republicans 1 Who passed it but Webster and Clay 1 Who openly, in a speech, approved of th; principles of the Proclaumation. but Clay 1 Whatever the present administration nan have done, they have not gone ont stt' further in usurpation, than have the Na tionals with Clay and Webster. The placed the Tariff upon the country, anc Internal Improvements with all their pro t lligacy. They gave aid andi countenanet to the Proebimatio-they passed it Force Bill, and made it the law of th< land. Yet these are the men, and thes< the principles, the Whig would, in its wi* dom s.-, that it is - the very ace of -tu pidity" in us not to support. If Mr. Cla3 had clone as lie ought to have done, consi derintg " his early principles," come lit( the Senate, as a Senator above partj trammels, and denounced the Proclaima tion and the Force Bill, and called tip witi his eloquence'the entomhed spirit of the Constitution to save the country and its li berties, then might lie have gone down 1< future times as a patriot. But hi? day-ha passed. And all close observers of imer nOd passing events, now see that the spir of a selfish ambition reig-is at least as dfeel in his heart, as the feeling of exalted pa triotism. The Wlhig further says, -, We have nc idea of overthrowing a great party, and th dear and glorious objects for which th; party fights, because Mr. Catlhimn's perso nal elevation may not be one of them. ant because anuother, and not he, may win the prize of the Presidency. Certain of hi. (Mr. Calhoun's) personal friends. nod the Editor of the Telegraph the chie, have al ready dittused a suspi(kin extensively ever amoigst the State Rights Party-that hz elevation is the one thing for which thby care, and, disappointed in .that, they arc willing to see all go to ruin." * * * Any change most he for the better, nut the State Rights Party will go, the Teie graph and its Calhouu visions to the con trary notwit hstanling. for that batinei which can clteet the change." It is but too plain, frmai the spirit o these remarks, that the Editor, while le i, very sensitive at the attachment exhibiiet towards Mr. Calhoun, has his heirt fixet O otte thinig only, and that is, the eleva tion of his ownfavorite to the Presidency " The dear and glorious otbjects for whicl that party fights" indeed. We suppas that oue of these is, that Virginia mnay be worked into a position, where she can h transferred to the greatest advaitage where, through her, the South may be a gain bound to soine Presidential car, atm dragged as a victim to be sacrificel at the altar of unhallowd ambition and avarice We could say much more upon this point but we forbear at present. We know not what portion of the State Rights Party, the Whtig alludles to, wvheni speaks of snspicions extensively diaf'used a to Mr. Calhoun, and the object of his per sonal frietnds. .We wouldl disdain to notice this panrt,i we did not kntow the 4igh authority fron which it indirectly comres, anti thte object is intended to ellet. The whole artich from which the abmove extracts are nmde betrays an unmanly and an ungenerom feeling towards one whose character, anr whose talents have shed a lustre and light over his country, whlich even e musf admire. Theo 'Whie, and tho~e n its friends, who think with it, know little o Mr. Calhoun and his motives, lie asks n< tiivors frotm any man or set of taci livin.; The only reward lie looks for, is the prous consciousness of having; donie his duty, tim af this no power ont earth cant deprtve him. If he hiad chosen to have betratye< his counttrv-if he had even been only si lent, whetn her rights were baiselv tram pled capon, and when others, who are nion so prominent, wcre silent-if his objec hadl been power and tpatronage, no mnan at thti-s day', could have been comveredh witi more popidarity thant himuself. le has a nmmbitionr, but it is a lofty and a noblle one lie looaks with scorn and contempt, upot the miserable atnd dirty scramble for ollica nod pow~er. The burnintg desire of hi heart is, to go down to posterity a ptatrimi and an honest man, identified with th great printciples of constitut ionmd liberty lle looks alone to after ages to do him jus tice, and to throw around his name the hal' of litme. Let the WVhig in its own selfish. ness, antd thmose who feel with it, have nc fears as to Mr. Calhoun for the future We spteak what we know, wvhen we say. that, although covered as he may be witl the ingratitude of a heartless antd selfisl world, lie will die as he has lived, a Ro. ' rv-m-his patriotism without a' blemish, his Grecgrity wijthout reproach, and his splen did intciiect without a rival. ALGERNSON SiDNEY. Dirrac of a Specch from R. BAlawuL Rurr-rT, to his Constituets on the Sail Ketcher River. at a dino'cr given on 4tl dlay of July, 1839. Fu.coW Cirizziys Abmout this time ten) years ago, fIstoni np.on this spot, and addlressedu you on h great subject then ngitafinig the counatry the TLariff' policy of the Genueral Govern ment, by which dtiies were laid urnder uhe pretext of revenue, with the view of fhs terittg domestic manufactures. Since this p~eriod time has not beent inactive iti pro dutcini2 his usual chatnges. Every ztinj arotund us, naitutre as well as ourselves, the - noble trees around us, thte very earth be neath, us, the frietully faces which theti * gr'eetedl mle, and the new fitces wvhiich nuow look tup to mue-all iudicate that time, ns hIr hijs transfo'rming andumlnceholy bI- d,has nmot spared us in his inniovationas. Biut the gludslion whtich theit agitaited our bosoms is stillhoe-sme, unchanged and unchintee able in its ctcraal principles as the mind it self which perceives them... Thanks in the- bendiireni Author of our being! so briaht has he shed abroad the divine rays of truth and justice in the human iear that no deviecsof inen or Government can dim or qench then. Beftie their dis criminaing lihrht wrong wvill still be per eeived to he wront although covered il z with a thousand sophistries or veiled h r the loftiest professions of patriotism; and i'ver was there a CiuL which has more clearly denonstrated the :ist powers ol the liuman min in upholding error and oppression, and i's still iightier powers it 3 refuting anmid overthrowing theim than ihi i Tariff policy of the General Government, t it was exposed and driveu back by the crisis of '33, but sijll lives in your legike tion, and - " in dim eclinse. disastrons twilight shed. ?'er halt the natiion." Nor can the issue it most create lie long; p:ostponed. The Tariff of '33 terininate in '42, and beyond that period it lays nc duties ; but leaves them "4o be providedl for by law." To wait until the session it '42 will manifestly be too late, forjustic' and policy reqmtre that dule notice of the duties to lie exacted by tie Governmenti should be given as we have always hither to dlone, in order that the manufacturing and mercantile interests should not be in juriously affiected in their pursuits. Thi session of '41 will be a short session, whet no question of such magnitude can be pro perly crnAidered or determined. in thi session of '40 then, next winter, the Taril should be revised, if revised at all, and once more this great subject comes itip foi legislation. On what principles shall it be settled ? ' I know it is the general impression thai the Tariff of '33, comino dy called the compromise act had disposed of the con. troversy on this subject forever. But thi. is a capital eiror. That act lays io do. ties at all after '42, while it operates lit and repeals all other taritfs. It dues no purport then, so far is its piusiive, practi cal legislation is concerned, to settle aiy thing beyond '42, and all its prospective legislation beyond that period is uncotsti mutional. So flar as its positive legislation is concerned. by which the duties aregra dually reduced until'42, we have faithful lv adhered 'o the term- oflthis act, although prodnteinig that monster in legislation, twenty eight milliont of money beyon( the most extravagait wants of the Gov ernment, drawn from the people, to be paid back to them agalit, iter fattening hosts of public ollicers. If lite comipro mises of this act are considered then a, limited to its positive lezislaiion, it settlet Snothing hevotnd '42. it brings the dutiet .lown to 20 per cett. and there leaves them for future legislation to determine whethei this or a less ainotint aniount of dtuty shall be laid after that period. But if the com promises of this act are considered as ex tendin' to its pro.pective legislation, il eq;il'y detcrmtines nothing; for every one of the stipulations it contaims in favoi of the mnieittt.uturing interest, to take ef feet after '42, are as I have said, uncon slituional. These stipulations are three fold-Jirst, that the dities shall be "collect ed in ready tuouey ; second, that they shal be assessed upon the value of the good " at the port where entered ; that a cer. tain list of articles shall be made free o duty. If by collecting the revenue "in ready money" is meant gold and silver, which only is recognized as money by the constitution, we will freely assetit to tht propostion ; bit if the notes of individu als or of banks, purporing not to be mc ney, butt prmsn to pity money, is to tended by this act, wve deny the auithority of the Govertnmetnt to receive them itt pay ment of the pubtlic dues. We affirm als< that it surpasaes the wit ofnman to asses, duities utponf artielos5 im)por'ted into this coin try, " att their value at the p~ort where en tered," and reconeile the assessment will that clause of the constitution, which de edares that duties shtall he uniform in al the prts of the United States. How isi p iosile to import goods from foreign tna tions into New York aud New Orleans, fi instance, at the satne price? Tho ele ment of distance alone mtust renider the price of comatmodities int a cotuntry so wide ly extendetd, variouts in the di!ferent piert of the confedleracy ; and of co'mrse the du. iewilvry with thae price of the com nmodity, having this remarkable chiarac where the gohodsviiar e highesices ing, contrary toi the ptriniciple of every wise and benieficent Governmient, the inequali ties and diadvantages of nature. Anm what shall wve say to the list of free arti cles this act proposes, consistitng of sneh cotmmoilities as are convetnient or usefti to the mantrfacturers in their operations or oif such as cannot compete with thenm ii oir tmarkets ; is this sti pulation constit n tional ! Was not this mne very featuire it the Tariff' policy of the Genteral Govern mecnt wvhich constittuted the chief groumti of our opposition in '33 ? We contenle< that Congress had nu constitutional righ to lay any discriminatinig duties, with the view of promoting the interest of manu facturers; that while it had the power i lay duties for revenne, it had no right unider the pretext of raising revenue, it impojise them wvith the view of fnstering one branch of indlustry in the Untion at the expense of all, to the injury of all. Here then is discrimpination proposed, directly contrary to our dleclaredl vie ws of the con stitutiont and the very object of our resist ance in '33. Shall we respect such legis lation? Are any of these prospective sti tIpulations for the benefit of manutfacturers obligatory uponi a future Congress or th< people of the Unilted States ? I take this broad ground-no legislature can bindl its successor-no representative can hitnd his constituents-no man cat bind himself, to puass an uncontstitutional -law. To violate the conistitutioni is a gros. itmmrorlity, and1 there can the no mora -obligatitmn to dlo an immtroral act. Thte legilators in '33 thought proper to leave the country in '42 free of any dtuties at all: and to itopose uipon the legislators whu succeded'l them, t he obligation toc raise the evenue by whieh the Government us to ue maintatined. Whether they designed it or not, ott us the oliigatin is imiposed to raise it in the wvay we think best under ull the solemn sanctions of the constituition. Tere are occasiotns in whicht ant unconiti tutinal law might very properly be sub mied to, with the view of uraduahll bringing about, wi nout disastrous revul sions, a constnut ionalI state of thirgs. Such were the positive provisions of the act of '33 gradually reducing the tariff. But to suppose that there can exist any more oh ligation, not only to acquiesce temporarily in an unconstitutional state of things for the iurpose of restoring the constiulion to its integrity, bitt that we may violate the cotnstituon and perpetrate injustice Seutrselves, in conisequence of any acts of others, ean only b- inainiained by a total r perversion of all the principles of moral I and social duly. rhe blackestdced in the blacekest page of historv.might lie justified hy such je-uitical sophistry. lin 1842 tthen, the Congress of the Uni ted States, stand free to adjust the Tarifl onl the principles they deem best. The wholequestiou of the - Ways and Means" to %upply the Treasury, is thrown open; as much so, as when the firsi revenue act was considered by Congress. Upon what principles of taxation shall we raise the revenue to be collected after '42. for the support of the Government ? It appears to m that there are but two formsof tOx ation, in % hich the South can acquiece Direct taxation. or an equal ad valorem duty on all importatious. Of these two, t he lrmer, is not only ihe Iairest and wis es, but the only system worthy of a Re publican Goverunient. It would be blinding our eyes to the ex perience ofthe past, to suppose. however proper the measure, that an equal ad va lorem duty on all imporia, can be establish ed by the government. without contention and diflieulty; and ailthough, we may reel our-telves competent to any emergency, il mtay not be improper to look around us, to see who will be our associaties in this controversy. Within and without our State we extend the hand of fellowship to aill, who will oin us in the effort to obtain an equal ad valorem dity 1ii3 the dictaite of patriotism in redressing an aeknow edged evil, to go with all who agree with us, in the first gret tneaur.es of redress. ,Those might he suflicient. if harnoniotus lv and vigorously maintained ; and thus ;l future difference or separation between ihose opposed to the evil, lie avoidcd. The South-the -hole South I trust. may be united on the policy of an equal ad valorem duty on iinort-4 for the revenue of the coltitrv ; and if united, he assured, it will he attained peaceably and triumphantly. There is but one thing, in the present pos iure of uffhirs in the Union, by which we can be defeated ini carrying our policy in to the counsels of the Union, and that is, by divisiogs amongst ourselves' and tin fortiunately forour interests or honor. up-rm what subject in these latter tine,. has the South been united ? Even on the vital tl.estion of abolition, where are we? And inl the rest of the Union; where will the two great p:riies-the Whigt and Admiti istration Parties be found in the approach ing tariff vouu: over;y ! The position of ie furmtr, it is not very difficult to divine. They must fiollow the forttitics of their t wo great leaders, and go for a discrimina titig tariff, fhr privilege, and monopoly and plunder. We may fear, if ,uch a word is known in the counsels of Caroli na.hut we have nothing to hope from theim. What position will the Administration or Democratic party of the North assume ? r If they are t rte to their princi ples-if thev legislate flir the benefit of the many and not the few-if they go for the whole country and not a part--for the poor and not the rich-ifr the consunmer anti not the monopolist-they will be found with us. Bt dare they at utpon grea1 pritni pales, wiihtout regardl to power? Their as cendancy in the Union;, is far frotm being criain. Pentnsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, Mainie, held but lby a few thtousatnds, which the manntfactutring inte rests in aniy of these States, if leagtued with their entemies might entirely over throw. Virginia, divided-New York, lost will they nobly tdo right, without re card to consequenc~es, and mighty in their principdes, once more plant the Repubali ean partyon the broad foundation of etuali ty andI the Constitution ; if they do, theirs will be a glory and honor, wh-lich genera ionis only cani duly estimate. The South the whole South, will rise up asone mant, ntd stand beside thetm. More-we will ~o beyotnd them. WVhere the shout is .loudest, and the battle cloud is blackest, .there shall thePalmetto-the proud lhanner oif Carolitna he borne, ever yet the fair tarbiniger of victory, wherever it has fl-awn. Bt, I pause !-Were they not t he authors of the Proclamaation and the Force Ilil: the foulest iniroadls on the Constitu tion, perpetrated since its birth ; their stn tagatinst the Cotnstimttion, was the greater, because they atddced treacehery to delitn qutency-rofessintg :and represeniting them ,elv~es to be the Repubbeanau Pairty, they surrendelred all its pirmeiiples: and basely walked under the yoke of Federalism. T'hey thus went itito the ranks of otur ene m ties, and separated from the State Rights Party. We are still where they left us, st anding otn the old foundtatiotn of Repub licanism, with the Virginia' - d Kentuc ky Resolutions in our hands, ready to greet all as frietnds andi allies, who will confess and practice their creeds. The Tariff di vided us;-the Tariff can fill up the gulf between us, or leave it to gape open for. ever. Within the last two years, under the auspices of the remarkable man who presides over the destinies of the confede racy, with a grace and dignity worthy his exalted st ation, they have undoubtedly, in tall the great questionis which have arisetn, tieen true to the principles of the Repaub lican party; anid it were banse ingratitude, not to acknowletdge the nioble standu they have taken throughoti all the Northern States in defence, of our peculiar institu tions. In the messages of the President of the U. States-in the address of the Democratic members of Congress-itn the areat measure of an Independent Trea sutrv -anti int the -Report oaf the Committee of WVays and Means on the state of the financ's,-I have seen every thing to ap prove; anad the records of Congress will show, whether I have given to the Admin istration a cold and relnetant support. Frankly, freely, cordlially,ini the van, I have sustitined with all my albilities almost every leading measure it has proposed. 'Btut the cause, the first great cause of the separation in the Republican party i-t still there-the Tarif'-and util this is settled upon principles satisfactory to the South, ncilr your interest: nor my honor trill a! low me to identify myself with an:y party, which will not join me in redressing its oppresions. From the Charleston Mercury. Ma RH-TT's SPEECH. We publish to day, a %cry interesting Rld ablespecch of the Hion. R. B. RHET T on a %itally important subject, viz: the fital arrangement of the Tariff question in 1642. Ii is needless to express to the readers of this paper onrconcurrence with the views of the speaker. They are im accordance with the doctrines we have ever held. They are ill accordance too, we trust, with the doctrines of the entire Republican and Independent Treasury pany. From the whole coure of ihe ad ministration sice Mr. VAN BURN'S ac cession to the Presidency-from the Ian guage of the Globe-of the Democratic Reviet-and of all the acknowledged or ganls of the Government pany, we hold it pledged to go with the Sonth on this vi tal question. From their adherence to their principles thus far, we should be most ungenerous and unjust not to pre sume that their pritciples will keep the Administration with us on this question however trying it might prove to their popliarity in other sections, or whatever the risk. But we-jiave reason to be-lieve, that from policy alone, they will not divide from the South on this qutestion. Let this become the areat dividing line of parties. and the South and the genuine Republi cans of the North will be united in a league too powerful for the consolidationists to re sist-and were we the A.!ministration, we would ourselves make the issue of protec lion or no proiec oil, to secure such a con bum mlation. It is not too soon to agitate the question, and we are are glad to find it taken up in our State in a spirit which, we are well assured, meets the sympthy. and will lieve the earnest co-operation of all hr most influential and approved statesmen. Ertracts from S. W. Taovri's Oration, delivered at Aiken, S. C. July 4 1839. It is aratifying to tis, fellow-citizens, while contemplating, otn this occasiou, the present prosperous condition of our cun try, and reoounting the privations of our fathers il iheirstruggle for independence, to reflect that the principles of liberty for vhich they so long toiled & bled,have been extended by their gallant descendants be ynnd the limits of our own great confeder acy. Lilile more than a half century ago, inl a conflict with one Elf the most furmid able powers in Europe, our Whig ances tors showed to the world hlow much could be accomplished by a few brave men fight ingin the cause of freedom. The Texians, uttder sitmilar circumstances, have inure recently alTordel anothersignal proof of -0te tmight that silnthers it a free man's artm." it has been asserted by att eminent writer,that if''all the bloed which has been shed by Englland alone in het diiferent wars, W9. collected into one reservoir, it would he wide enough anltd rcep etongh to float her whole navy." Think for a moment, of a thousand ships, with their thundering ar inaments, borne upon the waves of hIt man gore. Think of the widows and or phans, whose tears have fallen over the ensanguined and corpse-covered fields, where kings have bottled for a throne. Think of these things, and reflect that Eng land, with all her boast of freedom, is still swayed ly an hereditary crown, a hangh ty nobility, and all established church. Turn. then, from that time-worn and blood stained picture, and cast your eves to wards the beautiful plains of our young and~ rising sister Republic. See what has there beetn accomnplishecd hj thme desen dlants of Amtericans-the invincible spirit of freemen. With a force not so great as thlat which in European cottntries nigh tly guards the slumbers of a monarch, they hlave encounterced a nlation) powerful in ntumbers, achieved their independetnce, andI laid wide and deep the Ibundations of Republican liberty. Frotm tihe-commence ment of their struggle, my sympathics have been with them. I have never stopt tto question thteir cause of quarrel. Tryranlts attempted to rule over the beautrful counl try they went to itnhabit. 'ryrants have ntO rightt to he tyratnts-and honor and glory to thlose whot, in all times and inall places have risen up in the nmajesty. of insulted .manhood, and hlurledI them to the catth. I re.joiced whvien Texas took up arms-I re joiced when she triumphed-and~ I woul have rejoiced to hlave seen heCr brieblt star, niow shtinitng alotne, added to thte gloriouts conlstellationt which embilazonts the folds of ontr own silken sheet. But I admire that piride and inldepenldence whlich forbid her to lie a beggar for admittance into tihe Union. Though she is not ntow one o)f us, still are wse kindredl people. We are the saume in inlterest and affections. To4 tile South more especially, are the Texians a kindred peopile. The first to unfurl the hlanner of freedom over the red lands anld the prairie, were the gallanlt sons of the South. The Lamars, tile Fannigas, the Travises, the Ilonhamns, antd the Wards, have acted a noble part. They were the Sumters, thte Marions, the Jaspars, and the Newtons of the young Republic. Not only, fellow-citizens, are the Texians uni ted to thte South by the kindred ties of blood, hi they are united to us as supp~ort ers of the samle domnestic itnstitutions as ourselves ; and wvhen at t he same time we are hatiling with pride the birth of a new republic, ando givinlg hter a cheering wel comewt a seat atmong the nations of the earth, we are taking by thte hand a firm and untflinlching ally oft he South. Let the fana tic but dare attmpt to force us from our po sitio)n, and the bugle blast that would caii the hrave sonIs of theSouth to the protection of their fire-sides,would send its swild noles ever thte broad plains that lie heyond the Sabine, and rouse up a lion-hesarted ratce prepared to conquer or to die with us. A Newy York paper. the Cultivator, a paper edlited bly .Judae Buel, a getntleman devoted to the agricultutral interest, pre sent-,some start lina facts resp~ecting the in dlebtedn~ess of thte states. The amunt due by eighteetn states for loans, chiefly for canals, railroatds, and other inlternal improvements, is one hundred and se ventyj millions, of dlollats, tile interest on whicht mtust he punctlnally paid. The worst of the whole is. that many of these improvements are such as wvill niever pay their own repairs, munch less the interest, or anly nnet of'the principal Tha, gerat Ca-I 3al projected by the master-mind'of Ulin on, turned out a grand work,masd the result was, that lar ,e amounts were expended in the state of New York, on other works that never can be profitable. South Carolina obtained some dear bought experience, some fifteen or twenty year. ago, on the subject of internal .im provement ; and for a tieuc she played the part of a burnt child. But there are signs within two or three years, of her hav ing forgotten the injury. We refer to the appropriations. We rentember. too, to have heard it very gravely asserted, as a reason why the works had not been more profitable, that the superintendent was not paid a sulficient salary ! It seemed to have gone entirely out of mind,that at the time of the projection and execution of soie of the most fertile and visionary pro jectA in which the state ever engaged, that otficer was paid $50U per annum. The total failure of the scheme caused the a lary to he 'reduced .to $1200-at which it continued for many years, and was proba blv too little if such an officer was neces sary at all, the expenses being very coi:si derable. It is now $3000, but we are sorry to say, that the approprintions are yet made in the old way ; and without a ra dicat chanze in the whole plan. we arn con fident the expenditures will be fruitless. We have some further observations to make on this subject, btut must 4efer them to another time.-Pendleton Mrs8enlger. Er Ob rrt f or r. P-A)GEFIELD C. 11 TnuRSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1839. The following return of the recent elec tion, for Colonel of the Seventh Regiment of South Carolina Militia, was furnished us by one of the managers : For Louis T. Wigfoll, Esq., 357 votes. Captain W. P, Delph, , 258 Wigfall's majority 99 A short time since, we received a letter, the postage of which was unpaid. We opened it, supposing it to lie an advertise nent. Behold ! it* was a piece of po etry. signed anonymously!!! Was there ever any thing more provoking? We dislike exceedingly to iia' the postace on advertisements; but on commmnications, oh ! how we hate it. Upon m r, we would not knotCingly, pay the postage on the best poem of the day. We care not for such favors. Besides, nobody readt poetry now-it is out of r1shion. This is a commercial age-the jinele ..' dollars it much more pleasant to the multitude, thar that of verse. Poetry is a dull article ai present-there are no buyers-in market. A frictd who has just returne:1 from Glenn Springs, Spartanbur District, says, that though the waters are not highly impregnated. they produce a fine effect, operating on the skin, and kidneys. lie says, that the landlord, Mr. Huson, is attentive and aecommodating to his guests, that the table isgood; and thnt the rooms and bedding in th hotel, are neat and corfortable. Nothing is wanlinz, lie adds, at this watering-place, to render per feet -h-- enjoyment of the married gentle mnen; but the presence of affectionate ivies, and a goodly supply of books. As to those poor bipeds, who have ao " bet ier halves," he said noithing about them. We presume, that they are as wretched at Glenn's, as at any other place. So strotg ly does our friend recommend this water inc place, and the tuppee country gener ally, during the prevailence of i- sultry weat her, that we have resolved ourselves to take a trip to the mountains, so soon as the great railroad is completed. South& Carolina Politics Five Years Ago.-It is good for us occasionally, tc hook back into the history of the past. A friend has called our attention to a comumu tication, about the State .Rights Party, which appeared in the Charleston Mer cury, of August the 16th, 1834. The communicatio, from which we make some extracts, wvas written by a gentleman of high political distinction, a member of Congress.; who, doubtless, correctly repre sented the f'eelings and. opinions or South Carolina. at that day. The writer proves conclutsively, that the State Rights Party in 1834, htad few feelings .ina common with Mr. Clay, or the Nato at. Repnlicans. WVith what grace. then, can jtr charged upon South Carolina, that she has te.ert ed the Whigs, when, it is evident, ihat she looked with great distrust, on their leaders even in 1834 ? We copy to-dlay, some extracts from the speech of the Hon. Mr. Rhett. It ischa racterized by clearness, force, and elo quence. The views of Mr. Rhett are oh such commanding interest, that they mush commend themselves to the serious atten lion of all. We make the followitng ex tract from the comment of the South Caroliniaa, upon the speech: .MR. RH ECTT's sPEECH. "In the strikincly impressive views and opinlions it contains, and so eloquently il lustrates, we decidedly concur, as we have ever dlone. . . -. .- . We look f& ward, with-the people, to the course of the Administration and its party, on this ques, tion, [the Tarit' question,l with the deep est and most anxious solicitude : and their course will de--ide our own, as well as that of our people. The great errors of their past euaurse, we are willing to forget, so far as they faithfully continue their pre sent one ; and we would fain, therefore, not have seen the severe passing stllusion to it, in the speech of Mr. Rheti. We gratefully aeknowledge thant they have is the test one, with us. We en go wihb none, that are, or niny he, against us on that ; but, if' they wi. firmly and consis tently, go with us, in this, as they have iii other mat ters, let them but show it, openlv and clearly, anti cold as we may have seemed to be, heretofore, we will go. the whole with them, eveti for the Presidency, as wve Feel assured will our State, an&that they will tint find warmer or more zealous advocates, in any other." A fire broke out in Wall, near Bonn dary-street, Charleston. on the morningof the 7th instaint. After the destruction of a few houses, the progress of tihe flames was arrested. The fire is suppos'ed. to be the work of an insane person, (Mrs. Brum mer,) on 'whose premises it originated. All the houses destroyed, were wooden one.. The Courier says, the estimated va lue of the property is about 85,000 or 86000, on none of which, was there any insurance. More Presents to Editors.-In the Mer cury. of August tho 2d, we find the fol !owing " We acknowledge, from Mr. Bussac ker, the present of a peach of noble size, exquisite fragrance, and general niagufi eence-a peach so glorious (the finest we ever saw,) that it would be almost pre suniption to eat it. It shall lie treated with all due respect. P. S. Half-past 7, P.: U.-It has been stolen." The Courier, of the same date, con tains the following: - The Largest Yet.-Mr. Charles.BAs sacker presented us, yesterday, with a mammoth peach, the product of a tree on his premises, King-street; which we un hesitatingly, and without Tear of any in-. peachnent of our justice, pronoune the largest and finest we have seen ibis sea son." Truly, this Mr. Bussacker must Le a charitable, .uohle hearted fellow! le giveth bountifully to the poor. It makes our mouths water, (we mean our own mouth, and those of our workies,) to read ofsuch delicious things ! The Selma, (Alabama) Free Press 'i a late address to its patrons, says.: "The Free Press is a Whig paper, de voted to the best interests of the country. This paper has a respectable number of Democratic subscribers, who have leta nmuch more punctual in discharging their arrearages, than have been the whigs. It is believel that there is scarcely a Demo cratic journal in the State, that has not an independent support from the party, in whose service it is enlisted, thile the Vhige have to labor night and day with out receiving. as they should do, a just re muneration for actual labor. This is certainly a singularstate of things in that State. Are the Whigs so lukewarm in their own cause, as to suffer their Jour. nals to languish, and mus some of liese he in a great degree, sustained -by Demo cratic subscribers? This augurs not well for the Whies of Alabana. The stockholders in the Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroad, are informed, that the next annual meeting will take place at Ashville, in North Ca rolinia, on the second Monday, being the 16th of September next, wvhen it is desir able that all the stockliolders should be present, either in person, or by their proxies. Mrt. Clay and a National ,Bank.-!t has frequently been said, that M'vr. Clay has written a letter to some one, (we have never seen the letter,) in which he gives up uis project of a National Bank. This seems to be a miptake. We make the fol lowing extract from the Globe: "National Bank-Mr. Clay, at Au - burn, N. Y., a few days since, in his fede ral address to his patrons, remarked, that b e would still advocate a National but not aGoverament bank." Mr. Clay and the Comnpromise Act. Mr. Clay,in a speech delivered by him, at a recentt visit to the city of Buff'alo, New York. says - The compromise of the Tariff' wan proposed to preserve our manufactures r'roin impending ruin, menaced by the Ad ministration of 'General' Jackson, and which would avert from the Union, the threater.ed danger of civil'war, if the compromise be inviolably miaintained, as I thitnk it oughglt to be, I trust that the rate of duty for wrhich it provides, in conjunc tion with the stipulation for cash duties, home valuations, and the long list of free articles,inserted for the herefit of the manu facturing interest, will ensure it reasonable North Carolina Election for Congress. -Inm the Fourth-Congressional district, Charles Shepard (Van Buren,) is said to he elected by a large majority over Biddle (Whig). The Richmond Whig says, " We learn, that Jesse A. Bynum (Admi nistration,) is re-elected in the second dis trict." it is stated there is no doubt of the re-election of M. T. Hawkins (Adnminis tion.) - The Pennsylvania Enquirer says-" A great meeting has been held in London, to establish a ' British -India Society,' to encourage the growth and purchase of' East India free-labior cotton, in preference to that grown in the slave-holding states of the United States." From a statement of the Treasury De. parirment, bearing date August 1, 1839, it appears, that the aggregate of Treasury noites now out-standing, amounts ra 85.160431) L.