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AgRiorLTraA'J.
To the Editor of the Fanner's Gazette.
Sumter, Junk, 1840.
As the improvement of our domestic oni.
mats seems to bo now engaging the attention
of many persons, and as I. consider It
betterto improve the nntivosiock than import
from abroad, I would throw out a bnt on
that subject. I would respect fully suggest
^ that ilie males bo from an curly age con.
fined and not he permitted to mingle with
the females until ihoy are. at su<;b age as
may be deemed mat arc?sny ahorse four
y?*urs?a mare not under three?a bull at
least three years and a cow the same age;
svr%x^ coos ar?/4 n or % 11/ tim d <i m o* n
?* Ull'i I | Ul?w J VUI UilVi 1* ? / f? HIV ^ ??
ram (sheep or goal.) two years old find a
ewe one at least. The males tQ be kepi
up, an J only to be'permitted to be with the
lemuivsat such limes as it is necessary.?
That nil males found- at large, be liable lo
be destroyed by.any person, ? bite or black;
and the owners, if known, lined. That the
rule owners of males shall-charge for tfrc
use of males l>e fixed by buv?-a* regulation
of till* kind will improve the breed of thedomestic
animals wo haw amongst us
which are already naturalized.
'Die abovo 1 hope uiJJ induce sone who
have exjierience, to give their views.?
Should you think proper to publish the
ahnvit nnd If ohnnlrt lx> nirntaiih'n fn vnn.
1 will ai some future period make some suggestions
for the improvement of the' productions
of our hinds?lowit, provisions
and Cation. - t
i am, very respectfully, yours,
TI-rq,
From tUo Southern Cabinet.
AGRICULTURAL SURVEY
OF IRE PARISH OF ST. NATTHSWS, (SO. GA.)
ST TICK EDITOR.
JVc^roBS.?These are well fed nnd cloth,
c 1. A peek of corn, or its equivalent in
^- oth?T food, with from two to four poun Is of
bacon or salt fish, are allowed to each full
it luiml Ai.F \ASt*i t 'Plw?ir fJull tin (i
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* consists of (ilapHSf or thick coarse woolen
jacket nnJ pantaloons, fa summer they
are clothed in cotton osnabur^s. Shoes are
of course aHowed. The children tire collected
in t ie mornings and placed in the
charge of an old nurse, who takes care of,
and cooks f>r ihem, while the parents are
absent at work. The usual task for a full
hand, with the" lion, is one acre, following
a tier rhe plough. They are allowed severid
privilege?, su *h as cultivating small fields
and gardens for themselves, rafsing poultry
and* hogs, and some fv\v .?i o\v those who
will take care of ttfem, n cow or two. It is
not, however, thought good policy b) some,
to allow the two l ist, as the negroes ioo frequently
abuse the privilege and appropriate
their masters to their own use. All things
raised or grown by them are usually puis,
chased by the master; and we are glad to
say, that wherever we have visited, (and we
believe the custom is general,) the above
privileges are allowed, and it is considered a
point of honor with the master, to purchase
whatever hts negroes have to sell, which
he knows to he tin* product of their industry,
whether he has need for the articles or not.
In Si. John's, Berkley, many if not ail of the
Planters, pure I w> st: in large quantities,-such
groceries and other articles as ate mo??t Ike.
jy lo be in request among the negroes,
which they let ihcm have at cost, anxl which
si'Hires it to ib'TO ul wholesale pr.ces. This
plan lias been round ret succeed admirably
in pYuvenhng ult trafficking at llie stores or
wi:h canal boatmen. We did not learn
that this plan Ims been adopted in Sr. Matthews,
and we believe it is not. We would,
however, reeommer.d it for tFial at least.
WlK-n hired out, the wages is from six'y
to one hundred doll irs per annum, always
commencing and Terminating on the 1st
^ January. There aro no particular police
regulations observed, further ;ban those enforced
by the laws of the Slate.
Overseers.?Most of these are young
nvn who have grown up in the ParishThey
are considered as generally good managers.
Some who have emigraied to other
Parishes have acquired considerable rep.
utution. The salaries vaiy from two hundred
to lour hundred dollars according to
tiw number of Hands and the capability of
!i*j incumbent. Ho is allowed as much of
the produce of tie: plantation as he may re.
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quire, and a certain quantity o1 coffee, sl
gar, and bacon in proportion to the numbc
of his family.
Agricultural Societies.?None nt prescr
exist in this Parish, but we..hope this wi
j not l??njs be Uie case.
Roads.?The roads are generally gocx
owing as much to the nature of the jjroun
over which they run as the care bestow*
on theitv. The raiLroad from BrancliVjil
to Columbia passes .through this Parish. I
is graded, but the rails are not yet laid. -Th
excavations and embankments are in sever
al places of considerable extent, and Jror
r s ZmZ'esr'. '"Skey
< twenty to thirty leel tn height. uver to
Congareetney ore now engaged in bui!din|
" h hricJge which is to rest on cypress pile
L driven into the bed of the river, and throug
I ihe swamp. , Pish.?In
the ?Vrrs jwe caught troul
brim, goggle^eves, cat fish, rock fish, 9tur
geon, and shad in the proper season. Npn
are tound in.lhe s* reams, but in the pond
! are trout, brim, pike, jack, perch and silve
fish. In the proper season large number
of shad are caught with seins ; wbuLure nc
used fresh, are suited up lor the plantation.
Game.? Deer, from some cause, have bt
: come scarce, xcild turkiet ate abundant i
j the swamps, woodcocks and wipes rare!
(ound, especially the|former..,. Partridge
j and doces are to bo found in consideFabl
quantiius, the former are very tume*:
Ifces -a-These are kept on alrftost over
plantation, in cornmoa hives.' Tiie tier
mans usually luve a large number of htve<
as they make a considerable use of honey i
their domestic arrangements. ~ .
Manures.?-There has as yet been n
systematic attemp s at manuring, thoug
every j)lan:er endeavors to accumulate a
much as possible. But no hands are speci
ally d< signaled Tor this work; the usual pruc
tice is, on such rainv days as the hands can
not be employed in he fe Ids, and rhere i
no other work urgently requiring them, al
are sent into tho woods to rake up leaves
top-soil, &<;. nccoijipamed by oil the carl
and wagons of tin; plantation?and a verj
large quantity is gathered and earled inu
the farm-yard at once. Soon, however, 01
the weather will perimVor oiher work rc
quires their presence. they are taken fron
this, and leaves are not gathered again unti
the next rainy spell.. This plan is not' pe
culiar to St. Matthews. In many place:
where we have v sited we have found it th<
one generally followed perhaps it is mnri
so than that of.designating hands for (hit
work specially. Bur it is objectionable or
various grounds. Jo the first place, the a.
> mounfof manure collected, on the plantation,
will vary every year depending not or
the ability of the planter to have it collected
but on the stale of (lie weather during thai
period. How is it possible then for him tc
lie systematic in his other operations 1 He
cannot determine what fi -lds shall be man.
urod thft-next Reason, for he knows not how
much manure lie shalf collect?-in fact,
every operation is uncertain, depending or
contingencies, and very often not doierminec
on, until the very moment foraction arrivs.
Agdn^whun such large quantities o
trash are brought into the farm yard at om
time, the manure from the cattle, horses,&c
cannot be equally mixed throughoUt-conse
quently, when curled out, it will be found o
uQ'-qual strength, and while some of it wil
be exceedingly strong, the rest will be ver}
lutle belter, if any. than that which might b<
j at once obtained from the woods; lienoe, tjv
j crop will be unequally manured, nnd o
j course boar unequally. It is*trne this Is ob
1 vhi'Pft in a orn:it mpiisure on mnnv nlanfa
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j lions, by throwing the whole muss intolargi
i heaps, and permitting it thus to remain an<
I partially decompose,before removing to lln
I fields ; b jt to intermix tin: whole so us l<
| make it of uniform strength, requires mor
I than once throwing it into a heap : it shouh
be turned over and intermixed at least twe
j or three time? before curling out. We prej
fer much the plan of appropriating a certrih
J number 0/ hands sojely to this work, wh(
are to be thus engaged throughout the year
I and no! on any account to be otherwise em
i ployed, for the supply will then bo regular
i can be equally distributed throughout th<
. yard, stables and pens, will be more intimat
ely mixed ; and lastly, the amount gutfiere
; in this way, will (we have not the least he
j sitaiion in saying) be greater than by th<
lormer mode. Such haslieen the actual ex
pcricnoeef all who have tried bo h, wjtl
| whom we have had the pleasure of convcr
; sing. Nor need the force, thus to be employed,
be large. It is the constant, ever}
day accumulation, that swells the uggregnti
so largely ut the end of the year, By refer
enceto our excursion into St. John's Berkel
v. it will be seen with what a small forci
| Dr. Raven a I accumulates a vast quantity a
I manure. With a mule, c\rt, driver, an
: two Itall'hands, constantly employed, he ma
j nages to collect materials enough to giv
him fifteen thousand single horse-cart load
of excellent manure every year. After thi
crop hastocen laid by, if no', required ft
other work, two ox-carts arc sent to assij
forsonv: four or five weeks, but the main dc
pendance is on tlie one cart and its attcne
' ants thus constantly employed. Other phr
ters in the same Parsb are equally as ac
livt iy employed \ but we do not refer 1
them, because we are not certain as to tfi
anoint of the force they employ, or the rt
8ul'S.
Cotton Seed is also much used in this Pa
r'sh* ^usually thrown out and expose
to the weather from the time it is ginne
until carted out for manure. Somo fet
keep it under shelter and des'roy its vitalil
jus! before using i{; By some it's rn'txe
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arnBrnmammmm? in ?ti i" i n km wj if
r. wi:h their comport manure, supposoJ
r be benefited forinoire than one year.
When carted ouf, botb. the colion ?
and compost manure are laid in small hci
jj about every seventy or.eighty feet, wh
secures an equal distribution over the fiel
]t The compost generally, is' well roped, t
d a handful is placed on cuch side of the f
d rough, aikljho corp planted between. Wt
e cotton seed is used, the corn is first plant
jl and from a pfni to a quart of the cot
e seed, is thrown on the top of the.hill. T
^' is covered by the earth thrown up by
o first ploughing, and as its vegetative pow
e hgve been previously destroyed, it gives
g trouble h'y its germinating. We were i
s informed of any other Manures being ui
h in this Parish, but as most excellent m
has been found in several place*, and as
t, fuv^ experiments which have b?en. mi
j, wbre lnghly satisfactory, we hope in a I
e years to have the pleasure of record
a great renovation and improvement.
:r CULTURE- OF THE CROPS.
3 Cotton.?The fluids intended for the c
>t turo of cotton,.ure cither ivsted two ye
and planted two, or a part planted in c<
>. highly manured, which is considered as
n quivalent to oneyears rest.' The first y
y the old beds (or ridges) are levelled but
s ground is cot further broken up?tbo wo
are then permitted to-spring up and gr
I until August or September, when thVy
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turned under ana me gromiu muuw u
Sometimes this cannot, from n press ofoi
it work, be done, until winter.., Thw produ
n a much finer growth the second year, wh
is also turned under as early in the full
possible, either wiih the plough or hoe,
the one or iho other may be best spared
s work. All endeavour to get this done
early as practicable, so that the weeds n
decompose by the Xiirje the young eol
plants require sustenance. VVnero it 1
g been delayed, and the weeds listed inst<
ij of being turned under,great injury-has bi
done to the crops, and ?ome have been l<
J in consequence of thu great quantities
. un.decompos'rd-. vegetable matter, form
' the beds. If turned under, at the pro;
B season three furroughs are- run togetl
and the cotton planted thereon. All do n
however, turn under ll?? growth of we^
r dec. but prefer running a fur rough, witi
- bull-tongue plough at the proper distnnc
s nod listing it into all the vt-g. table grow
a If this should be delayed, until January
] February, a furrough is run on either s
' 'with the shovel-plough, and the list cover
j so ns to hasten decomposition. If the
is very large, hands are sent into the ft-1
who walk backwards over the lists and ch
( and mix the weeds and earth as much
goiher as practicable. The beds are ma
I principally by the shovel plough, and dre
( ed over by the hoe. They are small, li
f and ftat, so as to elevate the plant as lii
above, the genera] surface as possible, a
from three to three -feet and a half apart.
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planting cotton, a nana is genenmy swu
' head, who levels the bed and removes I
I ary soil; he rs followed by another with
dibble, with which he makes a hole ev<
I twelve or eighteen inches, according to !
t strength of the soil; a third drops the se
and a fourth Covers by pushing n hoe
] piece of board over the surface.* Very f
f manure this crop ; all that they can* coll
j being generally applied to' the corn; J
Haskel, however, does so. Ho places
each hole a hand full of well ro'tnl compr
I covers it yith earth and plants thereon.?
j From the lOlhto 20t i April* they comuiu
planting the crop, winch of course is got
with all expedition. As soon as all of I
\ crops have boon planted, some of the pi.
j ters commence hoeing'thcr cotton, whdl
a it be up or not, in oYd r to destroy the yoi
^ grass which would prove injurious if I
g long. As soon as practicable die cotton
j I'gilt sandy soils is thinned down to- a sin
} st;!k, which is done at the first working, i
less the spring is wet on I cold when Hie fi
part is not, though it is ail thus troa.cd, I
) fore leaving the field. " On clayey lands t
is not deemed expedient. It is ihouglu b
' (and the experience of many of the b
, planters approves) ;o t in at once to a sin,
I stalk, as the frequent breaking up of the i
around, and in contact wuh tne plant uiii
I ded to remain, proves injurious. On claj
grounds the coiton plani is liable to the44 si
^ shins" which renders it impolitic to l
down to a single stalk at first, it is, ho
evor, done at the subsequent working. 1
bull-tongue, shovel, and scraper ploughs
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conjunction wkii ino no us, ?iv u^v,
ing this crop. In light soil*, the scrnpei
^ lone is required, which runs on the sidei
the beds, and throws the eurth into the ci
' tre of the alleys ; ii is ihen run in the cen
^ and reiurns the earth to the sides, whouc
P is drawn again to the beds by the hoc. 1
,j bulLtongue and shovel-ploughs are usee
the heavy,, clayey lands, the scraper not
swering as well in such.os in hghter. rJ
hoes follow immediately alter the plouft
' and do an acre per diem, except when
r crop is to be thinned, when but three-qu?
5l ers of an acre is done, the same hand tli
\ ning that quantity. Every ten dyys or f<
j night the crop is worked over and is laid
( from the middle to the last of July, vary
according to tho season and the soil. 1*'
^ ing commences usually on the light la
from the middle to the end of August. 'J
^ clayey lands are generally a fortnight la
The average product varies from one h
' dred to one hundred and fifty pounds
" clean cotton per acre; 011 choice hi.
, from three hundred to thrco hundred ;
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} which we shall give in our next is much n
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lo twenty, pounds : one hundred pounds art
J picked by prime hands.
2ed Jf planted a second year, a fur rough ii
&PS run in the centre of the old all 'ys, (in the
eh clayey lands, hut not in the sandy,) tin
ds. stalks are pulled up an J laid in them, the
ind grass an J weeds listed thereon, and the bel>
lir* formed, by the plough throwing a furrougli
en or, euch side, which is completed by the hoe.
e.d? The other operat.otis are the same as stated
l?n above.
lnis The only variety planted in this Parish
thtL at present, is the Petit.Gulf, which requires
ere pTbe changed frequency, as it deteriorates
no trreaily in our climate,
not Corn.?-Bo h corn and cotton are planted
8(Jf* usually in the skme fields, without allernat.
|:,r' ingytth each oilier. *ln preparing for this
^,e cropuidurrpugh is run by many, in fht
*de cenHP of the alt fys. into which the old^alkt
are placed, listed on, and covered, "beinjj
in". j first cut into short pieces. Others throw
two furroughs together, and plant thereon
leaving the general breaking up of the
,IU^ ground to to done at the first working
ars when four or five furroughs usually accom.
Jf0 plisties it. The Tuscarora corn is planter!
commontyihrooghout the Parish, nt a dis?nr
tance of three by five feet, leaving but one
l^e stalk. In manuring with compost,it is apu^s
plied by putting a handful on each side of tin
c,v* corn and covering it. The quantity user
are p0r acre, is about sixty bushels. W-bor
cotton seed is used, it is placed over the corn
',er aftei it is planted, at the rate of from one
C"S to two pints per hill the germinating powei
lch being first destroyed. The cotton seed'v
os covered over by the ploughs at the firs
as working. The scraper and shovel plough
f(,r are principally used in working th's crop
a* which is gone over from three to four times,
jay 'fhe average product is thought to be tets
,on busfcpls per acre, and on live best lands ma!|as
nured, twenty bushels per acre.
ia'* Potatoes.?There is nothing peculiar m
worthy of remark in the culture of this crop,
The varieties are die yam, Spanish, nnc
red. The reds are cultivated nccoun
imr e\f I hp i r r>:irlin?'c? ihn VnnlS are. hoWHVCT
Per deservedly the favorites, both on account o
ier' their fine flavour and good keeping qua hies,
lld. ?The root crap is rdied on for feeding
Shps (vines).planted principally for peed
1 11 though when the seasons are favourable
!!'si they grow sufficiently large to yield a quanuty
fit for eating. The beds are madt
or large and five feet-flpirt,?the sets are gen
,c*e trirlly cut. They are hoed twice, shaver
down with the gcriper, nnd lutuied up with
' sl j the hoe. We could not ascertain what the
^s' probabie product was.
ioP Peat.?Usually planted among the cort
,0* tn drills made from s ?lk to stalk ; by symc
LC'e th?;y ur^ planted in double rows?produc
ss- not ascertained. They are also sometimes
r)VV sown by themselves.
t;''! Oats, Rye, and Wheat.?The first ii
sown broad cast and no; manured. No ticJ"
count is tuken of the product. Rye h
n" grown only Ibr earlry pasturritge, Wheat
l^e j is cultivated by a few for homo consump1
a ' tion ; but as there is no proper mill in tin
0 I Parish, the flour is dark, and though whoie,
*'itt some, yet is not as pleasant to lobk on,, a*
e(*? that prepared elsewhere.
^ POLITICAL.
{' . ADDRESS OP THE "NATIONAL
DEMOCR'Al 1C CONVENTION."
)St, ,
j [The firs: several paragraphs of this ad
1CV j dr- ss contain only a profession of principle
fl'e8 corTl|non *? a'' par.ics in tlih coun'rv,
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tn- ! wc therefore do not occupy 6paco w ill* it.?
m' 1 We commence wit1) the sixth paragraph.]
left! The Democratic party has always, from
on | first lo last, arrayeJ i.self *in stern.and influx
gle i iblo opposition to a nalional debt, incurrec
it). J for any other purpose than the imrnediah
n>t i defence of the honor and interest of .tin
)t'- I country, as furnishing the ready means foi
bis ; extravng ?nt prodigality, forming the bush
est of a great paper credit system, and imposing
est hu:dens on posterity, as a penalty for the
gle prodigality of their ancestors. In opposi <
tod lion, " unqualified and uncompromising,'
sn- to the establishment of a National Bank, n>
tey alike unconstitutional, inexpedient and danare
gerous to public I b"rty ; nnd as the nnfaghin
; onist of this gigantic instrument of corrupivr
J lion, whose power to confer Ivnefi 9 bean
'he no proportion to its means of inflicting inju
, in ries, it advocates a separation of the fiscu
rk. concerns of Govewient from the fluctuat*
a- ions of the banking system, as equally ind.a
5 of pensnhle to the independenco of the Goverr,en
ment, the safely of the public furi Is, and the
tre, maintenance of a sound and stable cuiron
e it cy.
'ho Tho Democratic party is in favor of t
I in faithful adherence to the principles adopter
an- and carried into successful operation by lb<
[hie illustrious Jackson, in regard to unconsntu
;hs, tional objects of internal improvement bj
the ilie instrumentality of the General Govern
irt- men'.
iin. The Democratic party ha?, through al
jrt- the vicissitudes of altcrmrio victory and d*
by, feat, of depression ntid exaltation, cherish**
ing a deep, abiding ?nd unifying ntuicbincnt l(
ck- our glorious Union, It has, on al! occasions
nds exhibited h detcrniiuution to maintain will
The invioable faith, 11 wise great compromises o
ter. interests on which it is founded, and by i
un- stem adherence to which, the proud edtfici
of can alone withstand those influences wliicl
nds have heretofore proved fatal to confederate!
ind States.
Such arc the groat fundament?'! principle
rict, whiclropnsiitule the political creed of tin
lore j Deniocra ic party. Mas the eminent citivi
I we no w present a second time for the suflru
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1, 1840.
j ges ofihepooploj faithfully adltercdtothe
in hTs political Career, and in Ins past admi
i istration ofihe Government ? Has he ft
! filled ilie anticipations oi his supporters, r
? | deemed the sanctity of his pledges ? Tl
t most conclusive reply tos these questions,
i a reference-to the course of his adversaries
i Jn ill*? mids' of all ihe clamors and caltir
nics of t'ic fast three jears,an opposiii
I more violent, rnqu sitive, and indelirtigub
than dhyifhciioD, or comhina'ifth of faciio?1
i to Which avarice and ambition over ga
\ birth, ha* neVcf beer) able to fasten up<
i him a solitary act, or a *ingle 8eniKm*nt, :i
camgatiblv w t^i his previous declaration,J
I: in violation of th-f principles of the Dem
; .cratio party* by which he was elected. ?
i close has been hi*adherence to thedacfrin<
text litfit'
: c.vjMiu., .. .. u.^ r
sdif,ji fld hi) v ur ii b ly has ho carr.&i tb?
; out in praotico, that every atft of Ms Admii
- istra'ion has only added new virulence I
, the a turns "of that party whose opposite
i has always been most bitter when those do
, trines were most decisively carried Out
practice-:^
I We appeal to thelrnessages of Mr. V;
Buren as undeniable propfs of Iris devoik
) to th<rse principles, and to'the acts of his A
minis'jahon a.? furnishing.demonstrator)
the sincerity with which he avowed {her
I We. appeal to th<; d lily and hourly aggrhvi
ijtion of the opposition he has ennaurfre/l
t' from that party which has-always been cf
i posed to those pfiricph S, es the clears
I testimony of bis having manfully ancf fea
? j h'ssly taken the old k'-publican track und
t ciicumstanroM ilib most discouraging at
i embarrassing, and pursued it wi.liati in;r
. pid'perseverance, through sunshine at
. -through storm, though some liny sappeajjii
t to stand almost alone and unsupported, e
c?pt by the consciousness of the truth ai
r ghteousoess oflris caus't, and the unsbukt
r fidelity of bis devotion.
If the policy of the Democroic pnrtv
I ' not yet consummated, it has not been o?ii
i to huy want of effort on his part,.but to t*
, "pecuniary opposition of a combination
I factions, having no one in;erc t or princtj:
. in common, but a hatred of the Democrue
. and a hankering for tho restoration of th
, a seen hinqe which they lost by abuse- ?j
, j perversion. If other evidence were ?eqoi
I ? d to prove that he-had struck the true cho
II of Democracy, it is abundantly to be foiu
.? ahnlift/ilnM r* r\ *1 Mil AMu lo /\f I 1/\(t i\l l
II I l|i; WKIUWI tt'nj Htuviiura VI ill}* Uji|iu
I jtion which his administration has a^iIIi
i forth, and which is idcnhfi d in its sourct
! is mems, and its ends, with that which a
sailed Mr. JefFraon throughout his illust
? ous Cflwr, winch pursued General Jarksi
f. in public life, und still violates the s incitv
i his retirement with unmitigated reproach
i and unrelenting'prosecution. A brief sui
mnry of the acta of his administration w
? furnish the f>e?t illustration of Iris devotion
ttios't gr?*ar principffS-we have previously
j trumenncd as ihe'basisof'Democracy.
[ Next follows an account of the manner
which Mr. V.m Duren managed the foreij
| nffaira of the country, which, being gene
ally known and having the npj>robationj
. all parlies, we omit ]
At the commencement of his adininisfr
, tion in 1837, Mr. Van Bureri round fl
oountry exein.d by the redundancy of p ip
. money, which hail produced a maum
speculation, and overtrading and a cons
quern delusive shod' of prosperity, .\vhi<
h id no olhrr basis than a. system of era
without hounds or limitat'on. Toe L'nir
States Bank had, during the years 18J
-i n j 4*.- .t
thrown wine open me nuoagait-s 01 c*pi
sion, and eirli*T allured or coerced ih,> Sia
banks to follow its example. Under pr
tonco of ndmiMsfcring to tlw inrmcdht
prosperity of the. country, it scattered 11
seeds of future ombarraament and Tuin.Tlie
conu'ry suddenly becamir bloated wj
| an unwholesome and sickly expansion ?i
' all men not infected with the loudness of fl
| times then predic od that this imnatur
growth ?rag but the fureruinu?r of incur.iL
(weakness and premature decay.
TlieftiJfrlm'-nt followed close on the hot
j of the prediction. Tliut invariable and it
Lpcrafivo law of nature, which decrees di
all violent excitements, all over-wrought c:
forts, whodier of body or rrthid, shall I
speedily followed by sudden prostrntio
| produced by its inevitable consequences.I
Within less th?n threo moqths from tl
! comineoeem-n! of Mr. Van Btiren's n*
| ministration, and before be luiif advised
; carried into op^ra'ion a single measure th
cotlfd, in the slightest degree, operate,
prodce the catastrophe, more than sevi
^hundred banks, ns if by one iinpu'se, v:ol
ted their charters hy suspending s|xx
' j payments, and by that means locked tip
J (heir vaults, ami withheld from public us
* in a legal currency, more than twenty se
en million* of accumulated revenue, t
property of the pco'p'e.
1* The Admiiiis ration under the directi
. of Mr. Van Huron, and in strict ob?*dt< n
1 to the laws of the lantJ, refused to recogni
3 the notes 'of these suspended institution*
, legal currency, though lie w is menaced,
i various tfunfters where the Federal Opp
f sirion p/evail -d, with coercion, violence;a
fi j bloodshed, unless.he violated his oath, a
g foHpwe I the lead of the ba <ks in sotting t
!? Jaw at defiance. Fortunately for the c'tu
j of morality and justice, the permanent i
u rests of the pooplo, and the sangtily of t
s laws, Mr. Van Buren rcsts ed these threi
b and disregard I th-se clamors, althon
[j S ate after Stale whirled pround on its <
. bit, and deserted for the moment the bam
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NUMBER 33.
ei5H?9-esaes?
m of Democracy. Ho reposed on "thenokxt 4
til sefcfhd thought of the peoppIe,w and the
d event jii^tififd his reliance om'their iotclht>
gt?nee aw integrity. . ^
to -&Be rdfoftined at the helm, steedily stear.
is ing his course b)\ihc polar public
Tahh and natioffjil hortor. ' The,, iesult
n- sudf) as ought to'fflt with honest exul atiqn
jf|. the b(Wi^ who^jiee this* 11s fir) - **
le brightest jewels in f he dfSdem of the aovis,
erei^ ^woffle. The s?red standard df
ve v?lueMwIiioJi is only of seconifcry import-" 1
in once to the standard of morality, and con- * "
ft- edfutes one of the great conservators of htr(it
man integrity. was preserved inviolate by
h." tire Government, while everyfwhere else
>(> trodden under foot. The fldiaof the Utpne
ted Stutes escaped the general wreck of +
r'. public confidence; and the intere|t jind prinm"
'Upal. ofdverv debt were paid *1 <4
1. tu loml cnfreticy, (^ntempHstetl by the-fcfjk
to ers of the Revolution. - #
>ri T.iis state of things has ever since cone
tinned. In tho midst of vast purchases of
in na ionul territory reroovafe of whole Indian
nations, an expensive war, sn f project* ?.
,n equally expensive, devised"by JPederal poK>n
c/, to cieate a necessity for n<w toons; or
ij. fndhvct'tnxes,; nd at ttie same time, afford a
of prtioxf for a charge of ex?raVag..rr*e ag?i
n. -\tr. Van Buren, the specie siandani has
a. still waved ever his head thtougouf afi di se
>A .v-irnMitoffeit. No) a single ndditf<m"*h?*
p. boon made to the burdens ofe, and
?i ?rot a single instance of a failure promptly %
if.* to meet every demand, public or private, . .
er has occurred. The fekh of the tiovem
id. ment has b* n preserved* inviolate m tins
e- midst of accumulated difficulties, and eUl
i,j trii^fiph over the rcit rated efforts of a party,'7
ijj which is ev try day assailing it with unx:
blushing calumnies factious opposition,
id That party, while maintaining its asccft.
,n (Uiwy in Congress, Opposed evmxfneas.
sure ekuhted loaid the Ado^artwation in
is securing the pubbe fund* by creating new
>(r depositories, and-enforcing new penalties
against- public defaulters, it oba'inntely
ol resisted legislation on the subject, endcav.
,je ored lo perplex nnd barrass the officers who
yt preeiikd ovfrr the fiscal affair* of the coonj,t
try wHh vexatious resolutions, tx parte
vl qui- ies, vindictive apd grouo Meat cburifee,
and buter denunciations, which had no
rd er object but lo aggravate present evils, ^ro,,j
duce additional confusion, and mitigate the
,pangs of defeated malignity., J
?d . Ti ?e firm-adherence-of Mr. Van Bur*n
!8, to the obligations of integrity and the be.
rs- best s of I he law, had forced the great nasa
ri- of the b uikrto resume specie payments.?
tin But expert'iico had failed to make the moat
of jUijhcnri^Ase-rn^r-hWr ?* qawwrnd ?
uKurabio propensity to eacrifice fu n
lure security t? present gain. Tbey played
'ill over die same game; the ssme predict ot e
to of its lillimatoconsequences were renewed,
e- and li.c same catastrophe followed. L*?*
,. than :feo y*aars afu?r the first sospen don, uud
again n second occurred. In*Woth :h-? bank
ln oftlie United States led way?first by us inA
? I A
jn ff'tenctt, and anconaiy oy u? exanipi". a
few honorable exceptions miiguted the evil
r* in some degree; hut the measure and its
0' consequences were the same in both ?a?es,
and the people ore now suffering similar
evils wiin those that resulted from-^hc first
a- .suspension. ' V
,P The address next contains 0 rcy'ew of
Mr
of of hs. mariner in which the heads of the
leading executive depnr;men's have dis.
ajfi
lit charged their duties. But os in this we seo
r'J nothing more titan might or ought to So
fy. expected under any adnHnistmlion in tta
i'1 pre sent state of the country, it, also, is omit?*
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** L"t us now contrast the picture justpre*
f- sented with the opposition which t|ie; A(h
lii ministration so conducted has encountered.
*d Tne identity ot the.modern Whiga and
he ancient Federalists is evident ond undonia?l
,bl*\ It may ho distinctly traced throughaW
? . ? r r - J aT la
n.i tinnr cnaagcs w name, unn sccn.inroagn ???
their disguises. The same want of confides
''i?ce in tlic honesty and intelligence of the
ii. peopl", a rid in those institutions which guar
K unly their equal rghis, and the same disco.
(f gard to their feeliug* and their interests, are
!)e always-apparent, except at those periods
n> vthen, despairing qf success by openhpuili?
ty, they .attempt deception, by an affected dt*.
lc voiion to the Democracy as sudden as fris
J. short lived. The moment the crisis is post,
Ql whether it terminate .n successor in dtsupiut
pointmenti the mask so unwillinglyassumed,
i0 and so imps-lenity worn, is thrown off.
en If there bo any essential d.{Terence be- *
a- twe'ti t-ho ancient Federalists and modern
de Whig", it is to be found in tlie absence of
in some of those traits in tho la'ter, which, nt
es the cotmnencerwnr of tlie division of parties,
v. contributed in some degree Jo give character
he to the former. At the time those divisions
originated, and during the whole period ifi
nn which rho Federalists nbrifttctne'd their ss..
Ct'IIUUriCVf ^UUI MJ ITf(]T IVCU
ze decree of decorum vvilcli gave"a pertain
ni respectability to tin* principle* ihcy nvowed.
jn ?S.i long ?s n innjori y of die peeplennppcrr(0.
ted their pretentions, they ticnted them with
|Kj apparent respect, while undermining tlxrir
nd rights hy ttlsidious |egis|;?H?c, in conforms
|1C ty to tln.h avowed principles, {iui lite molse
mcnt tho tendency of their measure* w?m jn.
discovered and denounced by Mr. Jefferson,
hu and'they felt themselves sinking from their
its power, then* deportment underwent to surL
d? n and so thorough y change os so bring
"r. out in strong relief, their doubts of the capsu
lcr cry of the people for ?df government.
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