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quire little attention, subsisting on the
coarsest heritage, almost free from disease,
'and live to a great age in the full possession
of vigor and strength, many being
found capable of their accustomed labor
at 35 and 40 years old, and some authentically
slated to have attained ages
apparently almost incredible. Wny
then, under these manifest andacknowl.
edged advantages, are they not generally
- used f The whole objections, after de.
ducting a little for family viciousness,
may be summed up in one word?pride.
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ACO 1VP hnvfi heen
ideas somewnat, anu u we uniiiiui ijiiiit,
bring up the mule to the symmetrical
eleganceand fiery spirit of the horse, we
can bring them down to think him not
"onrty rot so unsightly aq oliject, hut a
very valuable atidvuseful beast. He has
to be sure, in days of yore, and amons
nations we deem less tasteful and refined
* than ourselves, been esteemed not oi y
, us beast of burthen, out considered wiiij
regard among the luxurious, the opulent
4 anc the prou I : and kings princes, and
nobles, from Absalom, (the most courtly
dandy, and thorough-going demagogue
on record, that has as far distanced his
. competitors- in the race of folly, as bis
? brother Solomon has all modern philoso.
pliers in wisdom,) to the haughty sovereigns,
Ferdinand and Isabella, that stand
tincclipsed in later times in the acqiiisi.
tion of territory, wealth and glory they
made for their country, the mule has received
all that brute has regard and
'fondness we bestow upon the horse. Nor
' should their taste lie too summarily questioned.
VVe have seen specimens of this
hybrid, with proportions so happily blent'
ded as to challenge not simply our approval,
but our high admiration,' standing 19
" ovmmoifimL ffnr a mule.V-finn
uaiiuoj of iiiimv%I Y. ? wj
"jointed, clean .limbed, compact, round
barrel, arched neck, and a costume vary.
i?g, through every shade, from a light
Tcan to a jet black, and which reflected
like a mirror, the light from their polish,
d aides constituting altogether a lofty
bearing, that would effectually silence
the pretensions of half the legitimate
bloodsof the land. Such animals could
not lie purchased for $500 per pair, a
price not fixed from fancy, but from ac.
tual experience, believod to be within
their absolute value. L?t the experiment
at once be tried, by using some of the
best Kentucky Jackson our large blood
marcs, and a salutary change will 60011
be effected in our northern teams.
. Hut 6* moderate farms generally, ive
think the ox, beyond comparison, the
must profitable animal to depend upon for
field labor. He is the natural and al.
mart spontaneous production from an
i;idh?pe?s?Me portion of every man's
stock. He comes almost unbidden to our
hands, and reared with little trouble or
attention on the coarser products of the
farm; is liable to few diseases, which are
generally understood and easily remedied;
is domestic, kindly disposed, tractable,
patient and ever f; ady to do his
utmost; and when he has worked through
his best years, and attained a fuH maturity,
he is turned into the field to gat bet
up and condense the scattered herbage,
^and then is prepared to fill up the measure
of his usefulness, by uncomplainingJy
yielding up his life to the stern and
never satisfied demands of his master.?
If at any time in the cour-e of his working
days he becomes disabled, he is turned
ont and fattened, t?r if kept in good
condition, is always ready for the shamhies.
Some years since, I had an ox,
4i*at through the carelesness of his driver,
had a part of his hoof crushed, by
having a log rolled on it, and finding it
impossittc to staunch the wound, 1 had
him (Kitchen d, and disposed of his carcass
for 6tr2, when tlie well matched pair
were riot worth more than 6100, for
working oxen. Not so with the horse;
if the slightest fracture or disease is discovered,
down comes his value from 20
ft? 80 percent, or if much disabled or seriously
diseased, he becomes absolutely
worthless, or even worse, as the expense
of keep and farrier's bill, is the only legacy
Ix queatlied bv the dead brute after
months of attention.
Km to the objections to an ox team.?
'They cannot endure like the horse in hot
w .aliter." Grant it. There is part of4
m ruths in our climate, when they cannot
do as much in the heat of the day,
l?ut there are parts of every day when
11 icy can do a groat deal; and probably
all that might Ire required of theru ; and
if the sluggards who drive them, would
fake a lesson from the feathered inmates
of every copse, tree and shrub that sur
I iV _
rounds them, and bestir themselves neiore
the fading ghriitner of the last star in the
morning, ant! unyoke and provide for their
weary companion in toil through the sui
trincss of the day, and again when the
* \ces>ive. fervor of the sun had abated,
ihey would renew their labor till dewey
< vo admonished ihemit was time to rest,
ti??y would tind probably th?y* could accomplish
without excessive fatigue to
tltctr .cams, all that was necessary to perjdrttv
The great objection to fhetn, however,
1 dullness and inactivity/* Is the
tji|H.fniped nf bip-vl in In nit ? YVV believe,
y, sr. a'- dui t\-/'Jr.enee .our oyo specie
umorrunaieiy iui iu^
accustomed to see, have had more than
a due proportion of thick muzzle, chunk
head, long ears, ewe neck, narrow chest,
diminutive legs, small body, cat hams,
and most uprepossessi ng tails, the result
of breeding an indifferent jack to
refuse mares of the country. But in a
question of utility we must school our
' ' j ..... *
i: the latter. If the poor dumb brute conk
, I portray his wrongs, they would frequen
. be found to shntne his more inlellig'
- i master; and if even handed justice co
! j done, compel him to change places w
j the abused servant. The ox is genera
1 I trained he'ore he has acquired half
! strength, and his power at once tasked
the utmost. If however, he isallowei
respite, his burdens are for a brief ti
only delayed, and long before his strenj
' is fully matured, he is habitually ovorlo
' ed, and that too under every pr'vation
nutritious and stimulating food ; and
1 consequence is, as every one, not an'
or ass, would have predicted, he loses
spirit and ambition, and becomes the e
? pid thing we are so accustomed to s
> and the whole race are cond< m ied
faults that actu illy belong 10 an< th t. J
' I gill yokes or harness he adopted, sui
1 b!e four wheeled wagons, instead of
neck bruising carts, timt are too ofte
! fu'l load for a team when empty ; let
' j ox he well fed and curried and kept
! ; his yoke or.ly a reasonable time, and ne
1 J overtasked, and he will in his impro'
1 : character, soon retort upon hiscalumr
1 i tors. But the real difficulty is, the br<
! of working cattle need improv
' throughout the Slate. In how largf
portion of it arc. thev far lielowthesla
1 urd of working cattle in New Englar
fs this owing to the mode of rearing
' the breed/ We think the latter,
know the difference in the capacity
performance between horses of the sa
1 bulk ; that one will regiilarly perform
' bor throughout the year, that wo
' knock up another of the same weight
' a week, and kill him in a month, IV
' i there not exist the same difference in
' j breeds of cattle/ Without hesitation
j would answer yer, though not perhap
I the same extent. We are not left to c
jecture upon this point, however, thoi
j our unassisted reason might clearly ir
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; Ci!(6 ((16 (mill j I'M ?*c iiuti7 i|iv i.wi <
11 experience-of -intelligent and obscrv
j man, on both sides of the Atlantic, v
| have tried this matter fully and fail
and whose united testimony is, that i
only are certain individuals better ad
ted to various purposes of labor, but win
Kroortc ar? vrt constituted in form n
character, as to give them the utni
possible adaptation to this object, com
tent with the other important oneofth
j nature, in furnishing subsequently a c
i cass every way suited to the nutrition
man. These breeds are pro-eminen
! the*D->vons and Hereford*?, and to th
| unrivalled qualities for draft, Loud*
Youatt, and other distinguished writ
testify ; and their opinions are corrobo
ted by thousands of experienced indiv
uals in our own country. We know t
Devons to be intelligent, docile, spirit
and capable,- quick in their rnoveine
and enduring in their performance, a
in many instances, when of pure bio*
well trained, and properly managed, r<
tiering it no easy matter for good hor*
1 to out-do them. Youatt yields to I
Hercfonls nearly the same tneed of pra
and allows them greater strength, thron
we think them less active. ('Irissifyi
them by th? sportsman'* ?cat?.* we should i
, the ?von* wrc the thorough bred, and
Hereford 1 ho .etoul hunter, and timi.wh not jj
*c?sing the ?peed. ycl with sufficient Ibr hi*
jct.hei* ?nahieo' to carry greater tvei^hi tl
hi* more active rival. Hoili hav<* good f.u
and conatilwii^ a largo si are of ii?Vine i'lti
> -i
i reeds of the public lands among thr
* ; States, as one of the most eomprehenj
sive schemes of bribery ami corruption,
3ri* : ever devised, and as tending at the same
i lime to produce trie two. to 1*1 calamity o!
, degrading the sovereign Slates of the
# % . .
'he , Union, into servile pens'oners, depende>tf
; cut on their bounty of the Federal GovIf..
I %
; eminent, and of creating the necessity
n 1 1 ^'r il P(M,n!,nenl increase of the duties or
; imports?thus laving the foundation of ;<
ll(?C t ir>
an-o I nwW ^ari^' burdensome to the whole
* ! Union,and unjust and oppressive to th(
-iC. i . * . 11
0j- j planting and exporting States.
j0 j Unsolved, That Win. 0. Preston \vn:
|V i elected to represent this Slate, in th<
iJe: ' Congress of the United States, ns an op
esh | ponent upon Constitioiml grounds of i
ih< j National Batik,a Protective Turiilj am
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Ibe following manner: on the first of April
ifly the land was ploughed flush, and then
ent furrowed off four and a half feet apart
uld with a bulltongue plough; on a portion of
ith the ground was strewed one peck of the
illy first kind of m :nure to the task roW (105
his feet,) spread in the trench ; a furrow was
to then run on each side with a common
i a bar-share corn plough, covering the manme
lira about three inches deep; the corn
gth holes were made with a dibble stick or
ad- pestle, two and a half foot from centre,
i of to centre, and two stalks were left to grow
the in each hill. The same quantity of the
ox other kinds of manure were used and in
his the same manner onthe two other portions
itu- 'and* To three other portions, three
pecks were applied and to the others four
for Pecks* The result was to the first, 18
- bushels to the acre; to the second, 19
, 6 bushels; the third 21 bushels. The next
lta* trial 19 1-2, 22 and 25 bushels. The
third was 21, 24 and 27 bushels. The
" a fourth, was23, 25 and 35 bushels,
the Two other portions of land the grain
i" was planted without manure, and when
ver about six inches high, the same quantised
ty of manure of each of the aforenamed
lia- kinds were applied to the different por.
tied 'ions around the hills ; the yield of these
ing were less in every instance. : Again,
5 a when the corn.was two feet high, ( aiming
lar proportions were used to other por
* tions. The result was much the same as
or the last experiment; and again, when the
All C?rn Rl'v&r,ced to half its growth, the
- same trials were made to still other porf
tions, when scarce any percipitable ad van"ie
tage was gained by the application. But
a" to a part to which the same quantities of
,u'd manure were used in the following mant
,n ncr the result was nearly the same as the
lay | first class of experiments stated, to wit?
the j when the corn was nearly a foot high, a
we j furrow was run with a plough on each side
s to of* the bed, cutting away the foot, so as to
on- expo** the roots; the manure was then
igh thrown in and immediately covered, by
|(j-_ running a plough on the back of the furrow;
in this experiment the bushel of cot
ton seed produced at the rate of forty
'I'" j bushels per aero. The seed in all cases
710 i were fresh, and from beiog covered from
r -v* four to five inches with earth did not veg.
a?t ctate.
,,lP* I am inrlined to think, from repeated exuse
porimeiiis, that manure ought always to he
ind applied to corn where the number of the
o.st ends of the roots .will enter it; therefore,
lis- I should say, that it were best to incorpoeir
rate it generaly in the soil, as the roots
ar. pasture widely, even from four to five feet
0p j if the soil is* well pulverisod, and well
(jv , drained. I found it necessary to chop
'r | away a stock hero and there, which put
i on appearance of burning or drying up ;
* j except in those portions manured with
<>rM , cotton seed which kept green.,
I I will add to this communication n
| method of growing corn and potatoes in
the i the same field, which will be found highted
j |y advantageous viz:?furrow otf the
nts j ground in nine feet rows, plant the corn
nd J fifteen inches apart, on the row in single
ocl, . stalks, or thirty inches leaving two stalks;
>D. i as soon as vines can be procured, prepare
SPS : the intermediate spaces betweenthe corn
:}JC rows and plant them. The corn blades
ise amoved, the potatoc vines will run across
to the corn rows and take root there, and
n produce potatoes which answer well for
feeding stock, while the corn yields fine'
I Iv from itsoncn stand.
me
ios- 1 Yours. <fce.
??>. | J. F. O'ITear.
v,n I X. H.?Corn planted 301 h April.
"II'S i ?^MBMBMMM
im" j COL. PRESTON AND HIS OPPON.
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. ,i PUBLIC MEETING IN ABBEVILLE.
At a meeting of citizens of Abbeville,
ivill District, held at Abbeville C. H., on Mon?ro
day, the 3d May, Benj. Y. Martin, Esq.
1J*,> was called to the Chair, and J. F. Mar.1.
i appointed Secretary.
iur. I Br. H. H. Tnwnes stated the object of
thn the meeting, and submitted the following
c {* Resolutions, which was adopted, with hut
few dissecting voices:
royt J R'sohvd, That wo deprecate the np.
; proach Lxtra Session of Congress, as tlie
??n i probable source of a series of measures peru?I
i Slater, and subversive
IlllvlUiig *'/ > > w T
i'i>le ' ?r tl,e groat conservative principles of
1 our Federal system,
ysi. I Resolved, That we consider the extrat"TJ*
: ordinary convocation of Congress, a great
a^" j public expense, and at a period when the
11|W ! necessary expenditures of the (.Jovcm:iiy
f merit are rapidly decreasing, as n hare
l'?y j f&oed abandonment of the professed prinj
ci.nXs of economy and reform, on which
j the present administration came into
i? j power.
?vf:-1 Resolved, That we should regard the
1,1 i establishment of a National Hank, in the
i fore of the frightful exhibition recently
j made of tire management of the Hank of
ue the U. State.-, as indicating a reckless
in? j disregard of tin Hdrjionitions ofoxperience
of; and as creating aji engine of political
'power and corruption, calculated to dcf
stro) the purity of the government, and
] finally the liberties of the country.
I Resolved, Tout we look upon t!:e pro
4 ! ierted measure of distributing the pro
gi'nct a <IHKCK CVO itllU P ?oy ?'iir. u<:nn<- uui
strong joint*. a large pro,.01 lion of well <! sp<i
1 in iscle, great strength and a rap <1 **trid-? t
make it no easy matter fir their drives to k
pace with thorn; in addition to which, th<y
kiml food* r.*, and whei turned out to grass. 1
take on fl;*h npi My, ami when fid toned
preform! and wil (in ISng'and ;.t any r
I w!i?to th* diflweut hrneo# hove I wen guag:d
jail the epicure 10 palates that hive taken e
i nit mew of fl -ah for tlio ln?t two or three cenl
j ion,) bring a higher price lh.?n any exo-pl
Sooth c ittlo. Di I we posses* 'hew* valuable 1
j tie, and their descend'iits crowreri with our 1
' native*, extensively <1 sseminated through
State, weahofild he.ir very little about the g
i inferiority of cattle.
j ft may perhaps ho asked if the far I'^im <5 S'
| Horns are n?t ad?j<ed to lahor? It'so. their
i voo*l~s have f.ilcd to demonstrate it, witji m
few < xceptinn*; nor do we deem it comal
with their characters they should ever bt so
j tiuguphed. Tliera is an an iconiic. I and pit
j cal impossibility in tin thing Th-y must o
! bine opposite and irrec??ncilable properties in
j complis'iiiig this. Their great and paramo
I exce'tancc is, to load on fle<h in the right imi
J at an catly age. combined with great cap o
I in the co vj for secreting milk, in w ii?-.ii t
I ar? eXee't-d by no other breed crept 11t? L
! Hornet! |)urharn or Yorksnir\ la couclusl
j tot this article Ikis already Ihxmi drawn out t?.
j unwarrantable length, all that i? iiccck* ry
I compassing the gre.it desideratum, the im rr
! mcnt of our country cattle, is to select
I choicest native animal* we have already, f
are best adapted tot his purpose, and cross tl
:.! IV - iinrlivix I !. >>.l/irflv sivlof
! Willi 1/ HIMI. ?? ? ,
in England especially fur this object, and
I sh I! sunn have n r ic not surpassed lor sccur
| to the as1 icultii ist what lie must doiimu !?,
i tho ae.vo npliihinnnt of the greatest amount
!' farm labor at he lcut>l exp; nse.
Truly vours, H. L. Alle!
Buffalo, Feb. 1811.
j EXPERIM ENTS ON MA NT RE
CORN?AND GROWING p|>|
j TOES AND CORN TOOETilt
Chaklkstox, Feb. 20, 1S34
To the Editor of the Southern A<
cullurist.
Mr. Editor.?As the season for pi
ting approaches,I will couimunicu'.e
i result of my experiments the last y
! upon Indian corn, made on Ilia Agricu
j ral Society's Farm called the %iCu
j FarmThe soil, (a light sandy one. i
j without manu;e (did not hot pruod
j when first planted by me four years :
i j more tlmn nine or ten bushels to the a<
; Since which time, by the application
j manure, it has gralunlly increased
; quantity to about twenty bushels. 1
, I last season the following trials were ma
toovy-pen compost, horse litter and tr
'|'coU(>:: were applie 1 -.o ?li. i-/ii i;i
the scheme of distributing the proceeds
of the public lands among the States, and
that, in becoming an electioneering adi
vocate of a political party whoge princi,
pal object, known to him, (although not
publicly avowed,) was and is the adoption
of all these measures, he compromised the
dignity of his office, disregarded and contemned
the known opinions and wishes
almost unanimously entertained by the
people he pmfessed to represent, and has
totally forfeited their confidence.
Resolved, That if, under these circum.
stances, he should vote for a Bank of the
United States, he would sacrifice the prin.
ciples, upon the faith of which he was
elected, and betray the high trust com.
mitted to his hands by the State of South
Carolina.
Resolved, That if, after having render,
ed this degrading service to the Adminis.
tration, he should accept office under
I them, it could be considered in no other
light, by an impartial ivorld, than as the
tendering, on their part, and the accep.
tance, on his, of a reward for his apostney
and treachery !
Resolved, That these Resolutions be
published, to the end, that, should he rise
in the Senate to support a Bank of the
United States, he may. do it with a stigma
on his front, placed there by the people
whom, in assuming to represent, he would
?n fact betray!
On motion, it was
Resolved. That the proceedings of thia
meeting be published in the Charleston
Mercury, and South'Carolinian, and thai
the Chairman of this meeting forward a
copy of the Resolutions to Col. Preston.
The meeting then adjourned.
BENJ. Y. MARTIN, Chairman.
J. F. Marshall, Sec'y.
Col. Preston's Reply.
Columbia, May 11, 1841.
; To Bcnj. Y. Martin, Esq.
1 Sir,?I have had the honor to receive
I your note enclosing to me certain rcsoluj
tions passed in a meeting of a portion ol
j the citizens of Abbeville.
I The temper and language of those con
I c.erning myself, savour so much more ol
persona) bitterness, than of political dis
cussion that I should hold myself discharged
from any obligation to notice
| (hem, hut that I feel it due to the public
il?>t to permit 6ome assertions container:
iu to pass without contradiction.
In the *ifth resolution, being the first ir
which my ,vHnie is mentioned, I am de
nounced for with a party whos<
principal objects til ?wn to me, tho' noi
publicly avowed, were fl National Bank
a Protective Tariff, and the distributor
of the proceeds of the public Irtiltfs#.
It is not the fact that the Whig pvb
had any object known to mc and not pub
licly avowed. It could not be the fact,
for the Whig parly consisting of a vasl
majority of the United States must, ol
necessity act upon publicly avowed
principles, and consisting too of a greal
i majority of the Southern States, it could
| not be implicated in a conspiracy against
i Southern interests.
i It is not the fact that the distribution ol
the proceeds of the public lands, has evei
hcen considered a Whig party measure.
It is not the fact that in any just mean
ingof the phrase it comes in as the high
Tariff party?either secretly understooc
or publicly avowed?for it is notorious t<
the whole country that as far as pledge
could be made by a political party th<
I Whigs were pledged to the Compromise
Act of 1833. Their candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President were deeply, re
peatedly and publicly pledged to it, am
I he mast leading men of all the part;
bound to its maintenance by every possi
i ble obligation?while on the other hand
the candidates of the other party, for Presi
i dent and Vice President and their mas
! leadirtg anil able partisan (Mr. Wright o
*r v -*_ll tim/ a (hp nrll'fl
! iNCW ioru^ were <nan mu<<> ...?
cates and supporters of the irost extravn
gant system of Protection. The vote o
the anti-Tariff States of Georgia am
North Carolina?and the present attitud
of Virginia, vindicate the Whig part
; against this charge,
j It is not the fact, that I was clccte
; Senator as an opponent on constitution*
; grounds of a National Bank or a distribu
' tion of the proceeds of the public lands?
j neither of those questions were agitated <1
j thought of in the State at the period o
! election. If rny sentiments in regard t
! a Bank of the IJ. States, were an elcmen
j in that election?it was known that I wa
! of the Republican State Rights School c
! Madison and Crawford?and had neve
j denounced them or the whole body of til
j Republican party who followed their lea
j in the financial emergencies of 181(
j My strong aversion to a Bank of the Un
' j ted States, existed then and exists nowi
neither decreased or diminished, by th
recent failure of a State Corporation <
Pennsylvania, an aversion which coul
yield only to a paramount necessity,sue
, as overruled the objections of wise an
J patriotic men in 1815?whose chnractr
i and fame must he aspersed, before a d<
j mtncialion can reach me for tollowin
! their example.
So far from this question enicrin
; into the consideration of my constituem
at either of my elections, the notorioi
' j circumstances then, existing, prove it I
: have been impossible.
I !
| I was elected shortly after Mr. Ca
. i houn, who had been the principal agei
. | in establishing the Hank of the Unite
r ! States, and who in the session subsequei
, j to my election, declared this fact in tl"
| Senate of the United States, accompnnu
t j by a stsong panegyric upon the Hani
'! He did not forfeit the confidence of tl
' ; Sinte thereby.
i The immediate representative of yoi
s | own district, Mr. M'Duftie, always tl
'! zealous partizan of the Hank?and at tl
! moment of my election signalized his a
* | vocacy of it upon every ground of consl
I; tuiionalitv and expediency?had eulogi
ou will excuse roe for doing so?and
ssured.
I am, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
W. C. PRESTON*
Jejw. Y. Mabtin, Eso., Chairman 4jt*
[* ;'
Amebic an Tkmpbbabcb Unio*.?Th?
?niversary of the Temperance Union'
ras held this forenoon in the, Murray
treet Church. The report'ef the Trenurer
stated that there was a balance of
t314,4d remaining in 'the Treasury,
ibstracts were then read from the report
>f the Executive Committtee, which staged
that in several particulars llie Temperi
nee cause had received quite an impulse.Mention
was made of the movement anf
ig the Irish, by which fire millions in*
Ireland had adopted the pledge of nhs i*le.^ce,
alsolarge numbers of them whw
ived ?? the cities or were employed on the
>ublic w^rks of this country. In Sweedm,
Finland, Prussia and Russ a onsiderade
enthusiasm was enkindled, and tho
nonarchs of tiiosfi coontries and their
taililis. miniefAra ho A nroressed a decided
J lliaruy which ia uiuuu ui iiumv, .
s have seduced me from (he rough ami thor- I
B ny way of duty, the primrose path was j
3 straight before me. If I was servile, I
* might have surrendered my conscience
* to the keeping of others and been safe.
^ (fl had been venal I might have joined
v tha spoils party. I have preferred to His*
charge according to the dictates of my
' conscience, the high and responsible obli.
* gallons of a patriot Senator, for the pro.
1 motion of the interests and honor of our
common country, and I esteem it a piece
' of good fortune, that in performing this
" duty, I have crossed no material opinion
f once entertained?have denounced no
principle once avowed?and avowed none
e once denounced?that I have des rted
y from or to no party, but have maintained
a straight forward and direct coarso, from
" the beginning of my career to the present
'' moment.
Even on that policy which has been
>r j the occnsiou of the great difference be.
. ! tween me and mv constituents I am en.
I I - - ;
0 | lit Jed at their hands, at least, to the credit
t \ of consistency, Before my re-election,
s my judgment was fixed in regard to it.
^ Experience and the verdict of the count rv,
,r have proved howjint my estimate was.
e It has fallen, and amidst its hideous ruin
j has dragged dow n the party which sup.
? ported it. Amongst the evils which I
deprecated in the establishment of that
_ system, was the danger of making it an
e alternative with the hank, and of forcing
the country to escape from overwhelming
^ I ditficultirs, and intolerable sufferings, un|j
der the protection of an institution, to
^ i which i entertained the most decided ob;r
i jections.
j. I In the future prospects of our conntry,
g I confess I am unable to detect any thing
incident to the lute political revolution
g which can make me doubt the propriety of
lb | the course I huve pursued. If there he
is ! some things in the principles of the mao
jority of the present dominant party which
1 do not approve, I am not the less sensi|.
ble of the advantage of having escaped
. r-~,? nmriices of that which has been I
II lll'lll ?u^ f ? __
.J uxpollcd. I reposed with hope and trust
it upon the order of things as established by
ie the will of the people in the election of
d i (ion. Harrison, and I equally well believe
Is. J that the dispensation of providence which
ie I has placed Mr. Tyler at the head of the
j Republic has neither endangered the
ur ; prosperity of our common country or of our
ie i particular section.
)e j As I know of no more fit mode of bring-1
d- > ing this letter before the gentlemen who
ti. j composed the Abbeville meeting than by
z-I sendihg it through the press, I hope
fili/iiv luiiuaivi ji iiuu ? ? t .
ipprobation of the enterprise, and were
inlisted in it. The movement araoogtho
efoimed inebriates in Baltifliore, *in
his city, jn Buffalo, in Bcsto i, in Augosa,
Maine, and in other parts of the ccfatrry,
had resulted in reclaiming 15,000
Irunkards, besides having awakened the
vhole community.
The ordinary labors of the Union had
>een quite successful during the past
/ear. The expenses of the office lot the
various publications that had been issued,
vas $20,347. From the States of Maine,
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Illinois and Missouri, exceedingly
cheering accounts had been received.
A inong ail persons employed, wheth2i'
as agents, publishers, or officers, the
most perfect harmony und unanimity pre.
vailed on evrry point.
The disposition for a popular vote on
he license question in several of the States,
has greatly increased. Last year about
36 million gallons of ardent spirits wero
manufactured, while three years *go, .the
quantity was upwards of 72 million gatIons.
The records of the police and criminal
courts for the past were then referred 1o,
as showing very many eflVcts of tfe a
cause. **
Addre ses were made by Dr. Jeweft,
of Mnss., Professor Goodrich, of Yalo
Theological Seminary, Rev. Mr. Scott,
of Siockhlom, in Sweeden, Robert Baird,
Esq., who has visited several of the Court*
of Europe, and received the favorable expressions
of their manurehs on this subject,
Rev. Mr. Bingham, of the 5andwjch
Islands, and John Hawkins, Esq., of Baltimore/
.
Ouo of the Speakers slated. that in
Russia there were thirty nr. for|y local
governments, each of wl^ch paid to
the General Government a certain sura
for the privilege of manufacturing and
selling ardent spirits. Thfc' amount received
by the General Government Was
25 million rubla. The local government*
farm *d out this privilege to individuals*
and received an equal sum. This is the
Russia system of licenses.-^-iV. Y. Jour*
Com.
A SECRKT WORTH KVOWLYO. M
? Tr.iih i* mirnmre? gt rawer than fiction
"? " O r>
Under thin bending (he Long Inland Star puSlinhnM
a intcreal in g tain, for tlte extended details'
of which we c .noot fit rf room, but mu*t contrfer
ourselves with giving the leading facts in ? eon* .
dense.) foim for the benefit of oor readers. ^
A vonng grocer of g ???d chmeter and correct
habit", co?nun noed l>iininr?c?n a good and Improved
neighborl o mI. Hi* stock was small, as
wine hm mean*, and Ins stock ?>f customer* weru
still s nailer. His sale* hardly met .is expenses?
snd ho w.is evidently going, "down hill," and nn
old grocnr on the opposite corner prcdiced that
he would socn be nt the bottom.
That the young gr? cer had reason fo regret
this opinion of the old grocer will appear.
The latter had a daughter who had won the
heart of the former. He offered himself to her
and was rejected. It was done, however;
with the assurance that he was the man of
her choice, but that she acted in obedience tw
her father's commands.
Assured of the affections of the woman of
his choice he set himself about removing .the
onlv obstacle in the way of their upipn?the
father's objection to his pecuniary prospects.
* * " * *'. ?
A year had elapsed, and lo, what a change!
The young grocer was now going up hill with
the power of a steam locomotive; customer*
flocked to his store from all quarters, and even
many had left the old crab ished stand on the
opposite corner, for tin? younger favorite.
There was a mystery about it which puzzled
the old grocer sorely, but which he could not
unravel. He at length became nearly sick
wiih losses and aggravations, and vsin attempts
to discover the secret of his neighbor^
success.
At this juncture,?Angelica?for that trai
the daughter's name?contrived to bring
about an apparently accidental interview between
the parties After the old man had.
' L intnmuntinn A t f Ka
Oecomn, irirougu uw unvi _
danghtcr, tolerably good humored, he inquired
with great earnestness of the young men,
how he had contrived to effect so much in* *
single vot, to time extend his bunnies# and
draw off* the customers from the older stand*.
The voting man evaded an answer?bat inquired
if he h ul any further objections to hw
union with Angelica. "None," replied he.
"provided you reveal the secret of your sue.
! cess. Tins the young man promised, when
in* happiness was made complete. The oli
man commended his prudence on this point.
The affiir was at! settled and the marriage soon 1
took place.
The friends of the young couple were all
assembled, and among them many of the customers
of the two sto es. Angelica and
Thuin is looked as happy as they well could
' :li?
; he, and the old gentleman wa?, ir pfiwiuic,
happier than they. The bridal cake was
about to be cut, when the old man called out
for "THE 8ECRKT."
Aye, trie secret,** 4*ihe secret," exclaimed
fifty othere.
"I r is a very simple matter, says Thomas,
I *-1 ADVERTISE"!!!
1 The old gentleman was very'very oW (ash.
ioued. and while he shook Thomas heartily By
the hand, and kissed Angelica fifty.times
over.be merely muttered ' Why the dickens
did1 lit I think >rf thai!"
9 Mr
ed its conduct and; its conductors?and y
proposed ita re-chartcr in an elaborate and a
powerful document. He neither forfeited
the confidence of Abbeville District or of
the State to the highest office, in which he
was subsequently elevated.?Although I E
did not and do not concur in all the views
and conclusions of that celebrated report,
I do not believe that I was elected to the
Senate on account of my dissent from a
them. f
And I cannot refrain from remarking 8
that in the proceeding of the meeting at 8
Abbeville, there is a striking forbearance *
of expression of any opiuio.n as to the Con- *
stitutionality of a United States Bank? (
the objections to it being selected from 1
the frightful exhibitions made in ti?e Ben. '
nsylvania Bank, and other topics of policy,
entitled unquestionably to the very |!
highest consideration. The meeting I
seeks to bind me while it cautiously keeps j *
itself unfettered holds roe to an opinion 1
which itself does not entertain. F
During the period, that I hud the honor c
to serve the State in her Legislature, I do ^
remember that the Bank question was r
agitated. Engaged as we were in the F
the prosecution of a great enterprize, in a
which energy and concert were necessary e
to success?when it was known that r
, many conspicuous men deeply devoted to *
the maintenance of the pr nciples upon that *
which State was acting, entertained var- 4
ious sentiments upon this subject, it would c
, not have been prudent to have agitated it; ,
, and this is perhaps, one reason why it was
not agitated at that time. My course 11
upon the high questions then settled, un. J
doubtedly procnred me the honor of an 1
election to the Senate, and second to 1
f
these, and scarcely second, my opposition 1
to the men and measures of the Jack-ion '
Van Buren administration. To prose>
cute this opposition, mainly, I was sent, <
and if at any time I have enjoyed the ap- <
probation of my constituents, it was when '
j I have been fearlessly and vehemently
assisting in beating down that dinasty.
ci Th*? nnlv dmiht that was thrown upon my
| y .
. re-election, was that I might relax in
these efforts to prostrate the Proclamation, :
p the Force Bill, and the Tariff party, al- i
though that party was then distinguished <
, by a hardy opposition to a Bank. If I
; had faltered in my opposition to that party
. I never could have been elected or re-elcc- '
I ted. If I had faltered in that opposition f
I should have been false to my country 1
, and my conscience ; and having prosecu.
ted it to a glorious success, I find no mat- 1
> ter for regret, but that in the moment of
I that \ ictory, I am separated from a portion
of my constituents, whose countenance
, and encouragement had sustained and rewarded
me through so many viscissitudcs
r of the eventful struggle.
i That the meeting at AbbebiJJe has *
> thought proper to censure me for thus
f persuing to the consummation of what I
r set out to effect, is matter of regret to me
' ?that it ha.* impugned my motives by the J
1 insinuation in the 7th resolution, can ex'
cite, even at the utmost. but a momentary
? irritation. The tenor of my life has put
me beyond the reach of such shafts.?If
f I had been ambitious, the party in power
r at the moment of it ascendancy, was accessible
when I might have chosen it rath
er than the doubtful and almost despair1
ing cause of the country. If the allure'
ments of popularity, of that dearest pop1
?I L ... rn..n>] o t knrtto fftulil