Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, January 31, 1843, Image 4
is-sotvn ; and as it is Uoth a Tulunblo and i
expensive manure, too much attention i
nannot he given it*. I
' Applying time to green crop* is attend. i
?'d wiih more diftctttty. From ohserva*
tidn and practice, Mr. Ronnio reroin- (
triond* llmt. for a crop of turnips, Umv i i
should km MM ? aooariy-m the spring as I
to admit of two, if not throo ploughing** '
and ss tnanjr hatartringa, after it is laid I
on, ao ns both to mis it properly with tha 1
soil, and also to Ut it havu time to cool in I
the land, otherd'tan it will be very apt to ;
<MltM iiui * - - m.r iw. ?? t i
. -v wm-1 I ? III* ?uinip VlUfla I
Mr. fork.. of Wipdy-Mains is ncuustooted
l? lay limo on the land incended i
for. (ornipdi immediately after harvest, i
whjn the land hat got the first furrow.
Ilelwat ran hot a pair rf harrows go back.
-ward and forward ou each ridgo to smooth <
it, then lays di**wn the shells in huts about
60 or 00 Kills per acre Scotch ; as soon
?s ft is powdered, he spreads the huts, and
harrows tho field, and lets it remain till i
Mny, when it may bp prepared for rcccitr. .
ing the dung.
Mr. Brodic of Gar raid, who has long
. paid peculiar and successful attention to
the management of lime, adopts tho fol.
lowing plan in applying limo to his turnip
Innd. After tho ground intended for tur>
nipe has got a winter and spring furrow,
tho limo is laid on, and well harrowed in :
it then gets another furrow before making
up the drills, nnd is again well harrowed,
for the double purposo of getting
tho lime intimately mixed with the soil,
nnd taking out any quickens, or other
woods, by which tho field is infested.?
The turnips nro sown in drills, both as
being better for the turnip crop than when
I - -1 a J *
i?uY?n uruaucnsi, nnu ine lunus nrc got Dei- i
ter-clcahed, cither from nnnunl or pcren- !
liiul weeds. It is reckoned an achnntnge,
to have the lime got forward during
the summer, previous to its being laid on
- for turnips ; for on a turnip furm, I hero is
ai> much spring labor, that it is hardly possible
to drivo nny considerable quantity
of litnc, from any distance, at that season
of the year. When it is new from the
kifn, it is so hot that it is apt to dry up
tho moisture necessary for bringing Hie <
turnips into leaf; in this case, tho liine I
< ought to bo laid on a piece of very dry
. ground, en large heaps, nnd thown up to n
considerable thickness, which will make
it in a tine state for laying on in the
spring, that is, neither in u wet, or in a
very hot stato.
In regard to green crop*, Mr. Putcrsni.
of Castlc-lluntly thinks it better to lay
on the liine after tho green crop, rather
than bcfo'c it, so as it may be wall mixed
with the soil, before it comes in contact
with potatoes or other roots, it being apt
to burn and blister their skins, and to
spoil their appearance, if it docs no more
mischief. Some farmers, however have j
put limn upon the ground after it is plant. J
Vil with potatoes, and harrowed it in. But
this practice cannot be recommended.
The application of lime to grass, par.
liculurly on light dry soils, and where the
land has been long pastured, is a most
advantageous system, if it is soon after to
lie brought into culture; otherwise, heing i
exposed to the atmosphere, with but little
admixture with the soil, it enkes and hnr.
Jens, and in some measure re-assumes
that unproductive quulity, which it pos.
Messed, previously to its being reduced to
a caustic state. It may be upplied after
the land has been a summer in pasture,
or cut for hay ; but the ground should be
made ft* bare an possible, otherwise it will
Ire difficult to spread it equally over the i
award or surface. The lime should he j
laid on in autugnn, and the land should .
remain in grass for another season, till it
is altsorbcd. If intended to he applied to |
..1,1 l.,tr ullUft. If.tr tlm IlltlA n*. Ar\u 1-.il, I
before cropping, lulling it lio upon tho '
surface, or lay it on nbout Miirliumus, and
lot it lio on the surface till February, then
plough it down, and sow the ground when
the weather is suitable. Suffering tho
ground to remain forsomo years in grass,
is certainly the best preparation for liino,
n? it hn9 then fresh mould, und vegetable
matter, to act upon.
Mr. Cuthbertson recommends, that no
lime should be laid on high ridges that
are intended to be flattened ; the ridge |
should bo brought to the same round in
which it is intended to remain, before that I
operation is accomplished, because, in per.
forming it, there is a great risk of bury,
ing the lime. Mr. Barclay remarks, that
when the application is mado, the land
ahould not be too wet ; and it is necessary,
at all limes, to have the limo brought
to such order, as neither to fly off with the
urin/l. nor i?n into clods in tin* Niircndinir.
""" r?~ ? i D_
Mr. iirodio of liarvnld observes, Unit
some speculative agriculturist* recommend
liming upon the surface, to extirpate
the heath, and improve the pusturago,
without attempting to bring ground under
the plough.as the soil and climate may be
unfit for the raising of grain. If the lime
is at any considerable distance, there is
reason to suspect that this would not turn
out a profitable concern. At the distance
of eight or ten miles, n good liming would
not cost less thnn ?10 or ?12 the Scotch
acre. It cannot he ex pec tod that this
improvement, on such hills as those of
f^tmmerrur.'ir, would even pay ths interest
of tho money. (tentlemen proprietors
may improve at i.his rate, hut u teuunt
would bo extremely imprudent, were he
lo throw nvmy hi* capital, witnou* prospeel
of being repaid. it is eurou" better to
lime land worth the improving, to bring
it ondor the plough, end then lo take d
t'cw corn crops to refund the expense.?
The tenant ij thus reimbursed, and has an
mmeliorated pasture, it* the reward ot hi*
industry and superior management.
Though hiding tho surface, " to extirpate
heath, find improve pasturage," may
not boa profitable concern 01 oh J awards,
?t is proper to observe tii.it when laud is i
broken up. merely tor me *aho of tinpro <
virrgth* paMurago, the best, and mo*t <
diwdv is, to apply \nt*t</th
mrface, nnd harrow it alonjj with the grass
xscda. A front extent ?>i hilly pasture
tux thus boon improved lay Dr. Dawson,
ind other*. in Roxburgshire.?
6. Mr. Kerr, the intelligent reporter of
the husbandry of Berwickshire, has trans
milted In inu the f>>liowing calculation of
the exponas of liming. Th? litno ho used
>ll brought by ?vu lo Eyemouth ; nnd
the prion, beside* carriage, amounted to
W*i per boll, in ahull, each boll containing
lour Winchester bushels; heue.o to hum
an aero of land with 35 bulla, will coat u
bout ?3. 15s, besides carriage and spread*
ing, which, the distance being short, in iy
mnoupt to 10s. more,or ?3, 5r. per acre;
and ad this operation was usually repeated
twice during a lease of nineteen years,
liming, in his situation, may bo consider*
eu ns a yenrty cnnrgo ot tux. per acre.
How uslonishcd would ma many far.
incrs bu in oilier cuuniric*, when they
hoar thai Scotch farmers subject them,
selves to an expense or 10$. per uere per
annum, for litno alone, n sum not much
inferior to the average rent of land in
many English countioa. But the ex.
penso is well bestowed, were it only for
the benefit thence to ho derived in the
cultivation gf green crops of every des.
criptiou. For though such crops can be
raised by large quantities of dung, yet
where culcareous substances arc applied,
as Mr. Brodiu of Garvnld has found by
long experience, a less quantity of animal
manure will answer (lie purpose. This is
making the farm-yard dung go farther,
with more powerful and more permanent
effects; and from weightier crops being
thus raised, the quantity of manure on a
farm will be most materially augmented.
7. The use of pounded limestone,
where fuel is scarce or dear, was strongly
recommended l>v Lord Karnes. lie ohserves,
that three pounds of raw lime is, hy
burning, reduced to two pounds of suell lime
though nothing is expelled byMhe tire but
the nir that was in the limestone thecalcnrcniis
earth remains entire. Two
pounds of shell, lime, therefore, contains
as much cnlcurcous earth as three pounds
of rbw limestone. Shell lime of (lie best
quality, when slacked will) water, will
measure out thrice the quantity ; hut ns
limestone loses none of its hulk by being ,
burnt into sliels, it follows, that three j
bushels of raw limestone, contain us much ,
calcnncous earth, as six bushels of pow. j
dered lime; mid consequently if powder,
ed lune possess not some virtue ahovo raw j
lime, three bushels !'the latter, beat small, ;
should equal, as it manure, six bushels of.
the former. These suggestions, however,
have not been acted upon, probably owing
to the difficulty and expense ot beating
(he lime sufficiently .small. At the same
time the advantage derived from the use
of limestone gravel, in Ireland is. however,
highly favorable to Lo d K inics due.
rinn ?
a i> .-i..:.,,.a r,...? ik.i i;.n..
ii infill i luiiirti niuif ?? |
is of no advantage in the neighborhood of
Edinburgh, where the land has been long
accustomed to nrntioii und cily manure.
Mr. Allen of Cruigrook, near Edinburgh,
has given lime the fairest trial, by liming
one li.lge, the whole field over, at the ra'c
of 01) holts per Here, and lenving the oilier
untuned, and he bus uniformly found, that
the linvng Iihs had no effect. The reason,
probably, is ihis, that the land having been
so often manured with Edinburgh streetdung.
which frequently contain a proper*
tion of shells, the use of stone lime is
thereby superseded. Indeed, some are ol
opinion, that the land in the immediate
vicinity of Edinburgh had been abundantly
limed at some former period, which, in
addition to the calcareous matter mixed
ti-illi f lm Ir/i.a.^miir rnrwU'rs nnv miIiIi.
wy j (
tionul liming unavailing.
Mr. llumn of Kant f'nrnn finrla, that |
liinn does not answer on Ins farm near j
Punhar, which ho attributes to the gienl |
quantities of sea.ware, mixed w.th shells, j
whieh hive been laid on these lands from 1
time iuimeinorial, and their having been '
formerly under constant crops of corn, and
never in grass till lately, and even now
only one year at a tune. It is well,
known, he adds, that lime acts hest on
Innd that has he en mucu in gra-s. Any
local circumstances of that sort, however,
cannot diminish the credit of a manure, of
such essential importance to the improve
rnont of the country. ||
t For a detailed account of this excellent mrtlj.
-J ? -el'.??! Uu VI r I) iitrcnn Hon lin ^aPitinrft'
uu, ip prat-ui^u ...? j
Magazine for Murc!>, 1612.
$ It would bo extremely desirable to ascertain !
ivhcthcr limestone gravel might not be found in '
Soot land; to the discovery of which, I hope the |
attention of that public spirited institution, the
Highland Society of Scotland, will soon bo dircc.
ted.
|| It ia an interesting object of inquiry, whethor
lime ia equally efficacious on the acn-shorc, as in
the inland districts ? It is wtll known that gyp.
sum is not.
POLITICAL.
republican or whig department.
From the Ne.u> York Commercial Advertiser.
DISTRESS IK VIRGINIA.
Bitterly indued do the Virginia papers bewail
the pecuniary distress every where prevailing in
that State. Even the Richmond Enquirer, the
sturdy champion of all those measures of the
Jackson.Vun.Burcn.adminislrationfl which hive
brought the country into its present plight, is com.
pellcd to give utterance to tho groans of the pco.
pie. Tlw following is an example, just come to
hand :
>'To the Editor of the Richmond Enquirer:
" l UMBCaL.vND, XJth Ui'camDcr, lo iv.
" When was it that the General Asssmbly of Vir.
ginia over refy?cd or neglected to grant a relief
law of um< description to an oppressed and helpless
eominnuily 1 You have penned laws in your
piper, from tint; to time, cince 1792, either for
stay or rrpl via. W!jy should the Assembly be
disputing about a junto, when rum mid devustu.
lioa sfS pervading our whole country 7 A negro
m-.n #">W in Jfce roy-ity < ' Am"!in, the day fcsn?rv
Ill I III ??WM? SBgSa? ?3S???I?I
ycrtdrdny, aged a'?out 49, at tlie price of $89?a i
good cart and young yoke of oxen at tlie ram of
$7?and, yeelcrday, a young man at the sum of
318b;?and the earns man's crop of tobacco, as
it hung, at the pitiful sum of thirty.fivo cents per
hundred. The sheriff of that county has upwards
of a hundred negroes encamped under hush huts
wailing the day for sacrifice. Whom should your
4?wnibly aid, if it bo not the Weak and helpless
portion erf the constituent body, with crying wives
and children 7 The last barrel of corn, bed, and
plough-horsu gone for almost nothing, making the
rich richer, end the poor poorer, when a little time,
under the blessing of Providence, would bring in
another crop.
" Why not grant some act of relief to the banks 7
?give them a law at their discretion to suspend
?at any rate take them out of the oppressive
hands of the broker. Subscriptions are going tho
round# at our public meeting#, to aid wimu in in j
with his helpless family, who his been sold out at ,
a shameful sacrifice. Tell the rcador the writer
was never suod on his own account, and that his ;
memory carries liiin back to the happiest results ,
of valuation laws.?Why should tho trustee have j
fivo per cent., when he lias no risk, and but little i
trouble ?
" Do, my dear sir, call the young people of the j
General assembly to this all important subject.? ]
Suppose a majority of them were old men, what 1
do you think would be the consequences ?
A PLANTER."
Relef and stop laws, demanded by the pure |
Jacksonians of Virginia?the very staonclicst of ;
the Bentnnian hard.curreney boys I Well: It is.
just what the Whigs predicted from the outset of ,
the grand " experiments" which have brought the j
country to this pass. Hear what Senator Ewiug .
siid, in the Senate, when the J.ichson measures
of currency were under discussion.
?
'* But this is not all. You s ip the morals at '
tho same time you thus rudely shake the pros. I
perity of a proplo. Their first resort will be to
legislative aid, and relief laws follow, or, in
other words, laws to prevent the collection of debts,
(for wli it Legislature can withstand tho appeals of
a wlinK* nrnil!r <Ulrt%i>r'mT imHor n irpnnr .l ?iel?
( 1 -0 ** b* "W"M * ?,vu??M,i i / |
or, if not tli.it, the creation of a bos'. of bank* with ;
fictitious capital, which may teem for a time to
suspend the blow, but will make it fall the heavier
at last. And then, instead of tin- safe and sound ,
currency which we now enjoy, we shall again
have a depreciated and worthies* mass of trash,
which will pass into the hands of the people, and
there sink into uatliing, leaving them to bear the
loss."
Equally prophetic was the eloquent Ciuyton, of
Delaware.
" The farmer must again sell his grain to the
country merchant for state bank paper at a dis
count of from ten to twenty or even thirty per
cent, in the nearest commercial city," &.c. " The
loss of confidence among mon, the total derangement
of that admirable system of exchanges which
is now acknowledged to be belter than in any other
country on the globe, overtrading and speculation
on false capital in every part of the co-mtry, that
rapid fluctuation in the standard of value for mo.
ney, which, like the unseen pestilence, withers ull
tiie efforts of industry whilo the sufferer is in u'.tcr
ignoranee of the cause of hi* destruction; bankruptcies
and ruin, at tho anticipation of which the
heart sickens, must follow in the long train of
evils which are assuredly before us."
From the National Intelligencer.
TIIK TARIFF FOLICV IN VIRGINIA.
Tk. ~r ur.-i - - I
. .ik vi >i LoiiuurciiiiKi coumv, CvirS'*\
niu,) held a convention recently, at which Law. |
iu:nce Wa?iii*u ros presided, and u vet nf un. :
commonly ? limbic resolutions were adopted. We
make from the preamble the following extract, the
saunl practical common sense of wh:ch is truly
refreshing, consuler.ng the qu irter from which it
cornea and the barren abstractions with which
that part of the country is so blighted. These ra.
tional and reasonable Westmoreland men say :
44 With respect to the tariff, which is the absorb.
nK l?pic of the day, we arc decidedly in favor of
such an imposition of duties as shall foster domestic
manufactures to the fullest extent, consistent
with such an amount of revenue us the fair and
honest demands of the Treasury may require. We
profess, nevertheless, to be thorough believers in
tlio doctrines of free trade. Wn arc convinced
that if all tho nations of the earth would be gov.
erned by them in their commercial relations, they
would confer upon ull the greatest possible amount
of attainable prosperity. But we should regard it
as the height of folly to throw open our jiorts with,
out restriction to other nations so long as thcir's
arc shut in our faces, and they continue to act
upon u wholly opposite policy. The practical
statesman, under such c.ircuinctanccs, must lay
his attract philosophy on the shelf and work out
his problems upon the actu il theatre of human
affairs. To buy in the cheapest market is u very
plausible doctrine, but to hint who is for *ed to sell
in the cheapest market, in order to reach it. the
delusion is at once m tdo manifest. The threat '
problem to solve i?, wliat constitutes, under all ,
circumstances?of selling as well us buying?in
tiiPe to como as well as in time present?the most
udvangfOuS market to the consumer?"
DEMOCRATIC DEPARTMENT.
From the Charb.eton Mercury.
Nbw Yonic, J in 17, 1813.
Mj Dear Sirt?Yourablrpjporisjuslly regarded
here as the organ of the People's C imhdnte?Jo.in
C.Cai.moun; and itsopini msin rclationtotliem.in. '
ncr in which the next National Convention shall
lie formed?the time when it shall bo culled?anJ ,
the p'ace where the delegates shall meet?arc
looked for by the young Democracy in this State,
with no little anxiety. Mr. Calhoun has more
personal popularity in the State of New York,
than any other candidate in the Democratic par.
iy<>i iiiih jaci, i am nany occoming more and ;
more convinced. Mr. Van Burcn has the warm
support of all those who held oslice under hi* Administration,
who of course, expect to go back to
office again, if Mr. Van Burcn is re-elected. The
old Hunkers, and the old party organization in
this Stale, also give him their cordial support.?
This is drawing many of the young democracy |
into the Calhoun ranks. 1 appreciate Mr. Van I
Burcn highly?I believe him a most able manager,
and the most shrewd und cunning politician of the
day i with the experience he has had, ha ought to be
a good Statesman. I regret that he is wguin in
mo ncio. anu very noxious lor a nomination?but
I do not think lift has the most remote chance of
receiving it. Nine.tenlh" of the Democratic par.
tr arc ir> favor of the ovr. rr.HM principle, J? i? a
norco of deep regrot to tho friends of Mr. Calhoun 1
in the Free State*?that our brethren in ths Slavo C
States, have, even in this early stage of the pro. (
cccding* forgot a great principle fur which they *
are battling. It has always been granted, that a
the object of holding a National Convention, is to get
a fair expression from the people, as to tho a
man tbey dusu* most fit to be the Candidate of e
tho Democratic party for tho Presidency. Toe f
noxt Convention will be composed of 1123 Dele.1 '1
vitia. rrnmmnfinar lhi> mtmltor of iri/?m'v>ni of CIl.*l d
? I ? ?-w- ' I
House of Representatives, and 53 Delegates, re. v
printing tlio two Senators from cacti Suite. Tiie t
majority of the Democracy in the Free States be. ! n
lieve that the honest expression of the popular voice I
in relation to this saojcct, can be b. st obtained by f
the Democracy meeting in each Conjression.il 1
District in every State?and at such primary . r
meeting, electing a delegate to represent that Die. ti
trict in the Convention. Again for the two Sena, \ r
torial Dolegates? let tho Dcmncratio portion of h
each State Legislature select two proper persons. | 1
Such a courso is Democratic, and consistent with . f
Democratic principles and uaiges. Is it Demo. ! I
cratic for a Statu Convention or a State Lc-gisla. ! ?
ture to select Delegates ? No, it is not,?the pco. '
pie can do this business, mueii better and far more ?'
satisfactory to themselves when the proper tnno ?
arrives; and I am s>rry tiiat in the South, our c
friends should have com n meed choosing delegates I
by Statu Legislature. The friends of Mr. C tl!iou:i f
use logic in the Northern States; and t'icy 'lre c
determined to rled delegate* by the District Sjt. I
teni; far they belieoe it right and jutl to dj ttj? 1
let others d) a* they please; and ovr Drleg itrs
will go to the National C inventi m, a,id claim '
their seats, in d jt ince of well.trained State Can. ,|
vent ions?and the people at large will su it a in )
them, and vit: f >r such Cind.hle at a Cmvea. f,
mil jjimea oy ne Uisinct f.estu.is still mmi. u
nile. I I
Tie D'tnicraiy of this City have ni n."J of r
political jugglers ut Albany t > u.eit I.'tit fret a
delegate foi this County, they will e.ect by dis. c
triets. j u
Proscription if the order of the clay live?any i u
Democrat who is in f.tvor of .Mr. C ilhou.i if j \
marked for political destruction by the Va t Buron , r
leaders. There urn several Calhoun men who j ,
arc now at Albany, and applicant* for State of- <
fices under Gov. Houek?Some of these men have ' y
been, for yearn, the most nctivc, faithful, and elli- j i
cicnt democrats in the party; not a word can be I (
said ugainst theni save the damning heresy " lie ; ,
is a friend of John C. Calhoun." This is enough, j 1
it is a death blow to their application. Gov. J
Bo.irk is an old Hunker, and, since lie received i
the congratulatory letter of Mr. Van Buron, has
been his most willing servant. Not only those i
who arc known to be Calhoun men are doomed to , f
be prescribed, but all those who are even su tp^cted ! i
of Cnlhounism. It is generally reported that Gov. j .1
Bouck has assumed the responsibility of in iking | v
the appointments for this city, regardless of the ! i
wishes of the New York Delegation; and will be j i
guided in the matter by a few of Mr. Van Boron's j
confidential friends of this city?men who were
probably au fait in 1833, but who arc now behind
the asre. If this should urovo to be. trim, fin*
Uouck will regret it before Nov. next.
The election in Dee. for the ' general Com- j (
iniltee of Tammany Hall for 1U13,* called out i (
almost the entire strength of the democracy at the t
primary meetings. Calhoun men were openly t
elected in several wards, and in others there was <
no question asked of Candidates, uu l it is sup. |
posed ill-it several Calhoun men were elected.? <
The ticket which it was generally supposed would <
lie admitted from the 14th ward was culled the i
Van Duren ticket of the ward. The Calhoun men <
voted tlioni out?and sent both tickets hack to the <
ward. A ucw election was held last week?and i
the Calhoun ticket was elected by 2.iJ m ij.?Thus ?
you sec we gain at ovory new trial. Tun: and i
the aoher second thought is every thing for as. I
The Calhoun delegates vote for Hatlicld for i
Chairman, and some of them for .More,?Purdy is I
the candidate of tho Van Huron men. <
Tiic general Committee have nothing to do I
with making Prcsi Icnts?and the question of Calhounism
or Vanhu-enisin. The Van Hurcn men
commenced it. I believe the Calhoun p irty in
this city?if occasion calls th-un out openly?out. 1
nitnillnr tl%A Vun Hnran n? el ? ? * ? ? * ' '
former party is composed of the young, efficient |
and fresh Democrats, the very flower of the Demo- (
cratic party in tliis city, and also in the Slate.
Yours, truly,
YOUNC DEMOCRACY.
I
CAI.1IOUV IV LOUISIANA.
Through the columns or the New Orleans
Ilernld, we have the proceedings of a meeting
of the friends of Mr. Calhoun held in tli it city, at
Banks' Arcade, on Monday night lust. They
are very ably prepared, and show the ntinost dc
fcrenco to the Will of the democratic party, as it
may bo expressed in a nation d convon ion.
Front a letter received at this oTtcc from New
Orleans, we extract the following pirugraplt:
" Our cause goes bravely on. Tne information
r ,., in. ;? ?i... a..
" - j (
gree. In the western portion of the Statu the J
people arc beginning to take up the president i d .
question in u proper spirit. Tiny have begun to i '
express their opinions and prefercnees. with tin: in !
dependence of freemen and democrats. The t
is. that the ultempl made by sonic of our Dri.io
Cratic brethren to stifle the discussion of tne el linis '
of the candidates for the Presidency, has aroused
a sjiirit of inquiry which will stop short of nothing
but truth."
F om Washington we h ive also a letter from
which we extract the following paragraph :
" Our friends here S|>euk very confidently of j
Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Alichi- '
pan. Depend on it, Mr. Calhoun is the availahlo
candidate. * Honestly I do not Ih I eve, !
with all our strength, wc can m ike Mr. Van Bu. I
ren a tittle stronger than ho was in J840?if as | '
strong. Democracy has strengthened, but Mr.
Van Bnren has not rccovorcd from a single charge
brought against hitn in 1810."
CALHOUN IV MISSISSIPPI.
Correspondence of the Alabama Tribune.
Columbus, Miss.. Jan. 7, 18*13.
S'rs?In pursuance of previous notice given in
the Columbus Demoer.it. a rnerliiKr nf iho itrmn
crata of this county (Lowndes) assembled at the
court house ut the hour of 12 o'clock.
The inceling was organized, and Jan. Whitfield,
Lsq., ? Calhoun man, was called to the chair,
and on motion, Maj. Nat. L. Mitchell was appointed
secretary.
Resolut ions preparatory to sending delegates to f
Jackson on tl?e 22d February, were offered and ;
adopted?and then, on motion, Jas. Whitfield, 1
_ * _ .
3?q.f John T. Cornell, C*q>, Dr. A. N. Jones,
Jol. R. Gilmer, and W. K. Cannon, Esq.,?oil j
Calhoun men, goad and true?wore presented ao
uitublo persons to represent tbe count/ in the state I
invention. The motion was put and agreed to
-there being but one di?>enting voice out of j
bout 2JJ democrats in meeting. Tlie da/ was i
xccsaivel/ bad?and man/ of our democratic |
rienda were tlicrcb/ prevented from attending.?
Hie friends of Mr. Van Burnt complain of the
lay?th?7 l?d but two voters from the countr/?
rhile Mr. Calhoun's friends are so hot for hiin,
hat 70 or 80 caineiVoiu the countr/, breasting for
mlcs the snow storin which prevailed all da/,
"lever did a man have such ardent and devoted
fiends as Mr. Calhoun. Poor fellows'.?their
eve for tho man and h.s principles ia painfull/
ivetted to him. Tnere wou'd be no doubt of his
lomination in the national convention, if the dc. j
nocrse/ was in the minority. It would require !
liin, then, to put us in the jit ijority. But with <
3J,0JJ majority, there w.ll not bt hi much use {
or a man o: personal worth. No, no?1 will not 1
telicve that democrat* can be so ungrateful 1
vill not believe tli.it a democrat can lie governed
?y ?j unpatriotic a notion, u* to des.re to in ?ko
mother President, simply Ihjc.iusc sur.li other
vould punish the wings more than woulJ be the
:a*e if Calhoun were elected. Tno idea of legi*.
uting for a puty, and not for the country, is
minded on the principles of mean selfishness?and
an never find a place in a purely democratic |
irciM.
A SUBSCRIBER.
CALHOUN IN AttSAUI.
Great De.ntcratie Meeting.? ?Ve pili'.Hi to.
lay fro.n an Alabama paper, the nccoii.it of a
irge meeting held 111 the city of Mobile. Our
rioiida of the meeting sp ?k clearly the p ine iples !
iitd sentiments of the Democracy throughout the
Jaion. T.icy uls j g.ve cogent reasons lor prefer,
ill Mr. Calhoun for the next President. We
ijroo in >st cordially w.tli the Alatiuni I).*mo.
:rut?, in their ptrliality for the d.stioguishcd son
>1* Carolina. 'Pney, however, express ;lit ir niidi.
nininlied confidence in Mr. Van Duron ?and s? do '
ve. Bat for reasons wnieli we h ive heretofore
fiven, and unnecessary now to recapitulate, we
vould most earnestly hope, tint the next Presi.
lent might be Mr. Calhoun. Among the names
ippcn.led to the proceedin gs of the .Mobile meet,
ng, we are prou 1 to recognize those of John A.
J.unp'.Mtll, (son ol the late Duncan G. Campbell,)
ind Daniel Chandler, formerly of Washington,
Vil'.ies county, und botli nt litis time citizens of
Mobile, and distinguished us well as eloquent
nenibers of the bar.
Wliile on tills su'ijoet, wc would state, for tliu
nformution of our lriends out of tlie State, that
luring the Session of our last legist iturc, a Con.
rcntion of tiie Democracy was held, and delegates
ippoinlcd to attend t!ic General Convention ; and
vc spa ik confidently in rayinj, that the gentle,
non selected to give the vote of Georgia in the
loiniii ition, will but carry out the wishes of their
arty in favor of Mr. Calhoun.?Geo. Paper.
Wmu doc raise fiiom a Dxxiocaatic souacs.
From the Cmilest jii Mercury.
The importance of the one term principle advo.
:alcd by Gen. Jackson in his iiK-twiges?and ;ip roved
by the whole pirty, become* daily more
ppaicnt. Its adoption will secure the represent.!,
ion of the people, stud their will in the filling and
idiuinistrution of the Executive oilinc. It will
>ut an end to the management of selfish poliij.
sinns, who would retain otfico by the continu incc
?f power in the Inn.Is of the incumbent under
whom they obtained officii?and who to continue
>r to restore a President to whoso defeat and that
>f the party with him their own incompetency or
mprudcncc htm pcrh ?ps contributed ?oppose their
i.'liish machinations to the popular will. If it were,
lot for inferior men, who calculate 0:1 Mr. Van
[durcn's overlooking their errors and tolerating their
mhccility?hut who can hope nothing from a
no fids Rkko.im, the union of the party on the
{.cutest iivu of the Demo Tots, and mist avail a.
lie candidate, would he certain.
CONGKB88IONAI*
Although the following li tter, which is from the
VV Isli ngton corri.s|>ondenoc of the New York
Commercial Advertiser. refers ut the beginning to
jroereding* in the llou'c for whic.h we luvo not
'ftftltl it to II Sitill Ka iutolliw Itlo *? !.? oa
?? t* III DklM >'V ?V IIIW IWUUV I |
8KTTI.BMKNT OK POLITICAL BALAXfKS. |
The momma hour liemo over, the mo. }
lion of Mr. I'm.Hit to reeonsi-ler tit*: final |
vote on l!? repeal, eame tip in oril.-r, an.I |
Mr. C untnn-; look I lift floor, to wipe ntf
I
t|i| scorns, iieeinonlatel <lnriii<r tin? ?I? (?>?i? . .
Ho considered flirty" to iii?'iiii a lioily j
i?f men seeking power. lie regarded iln> i
" Deiiiocintic' parly as a set <1 nam 11y- j
ill" to "I'i into power, Willi a repudiated
" suii.t eafin v" Joi its prim iple,?iiml the j
" \\ ! ??'* party as a set ??l in>*n seeking to |
)!.:;>111 power, wilii a repudiated United j
"si ites Hank tor tliair principle. T'e-s.were
tiie chief parties m tin* Ian I. an?l j
Itiesi: their principles. To llisc Ik hail
><! Ox.eii I.:.,I .. 11 ... I I... ^ t. ... I
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tl It ?< :.? ? (! Ill i ill! ll t? 11?> - . \:?i| JltTO lie
weal iiI<> a \\ arm 111 I < :ii uo.it vin'li ,it,on 1
I til liie!l lit king III il r-pe? ell, Ji* Well '
ii in lai: WiioSo <1 Ills rcioul curui-r III {
jlolltU'S.
ill* look (Iim occasion to review tin: |
tvliuh- olThu old stiii y ill).nil the separation
Iml rt evil Mr. T\ |er mill llu: Whig-, wlnr.li
Ins attrition il '<> li e sell mated <re?|?<ilis:i)
at' patty opinion, Willi Mr. ('lay m* H? I
ti a i a ?l leader. il it fur Iaist lie emi.
leinieil, lie- \\ iilg |>iir Iy would innv II !
stronger III ill i:vi i it iv -a e v i n i11 I * 111
Speaking Inr llie f-w iteteliders o| lli<:
id<iiiin>;raii>>ii mi liiai Hour, lie s.iiil liini
L'iieli ol llie great parties here was inter
[ sled in lireak them down. Hut iliev
fen red nothing Irion (Ills ii|i|>nsilinn. The\
led il In tune to vindicate lliem mid thill
conduct.
In replying In die speeches of Messrs.
Thompson, Kessenden, due., dfic., Mr.
Cualitng struck hard Mows, saying, now
and I lien, Willi regard to assertions contained
in those speeches. I hat liicy wen
not true. Whereupon Messrs. Thump
son and Fi ssenden rose lo r.'pel these
averments of untruth, and Mr. (Joshing
peremptorily rt fused to give them the
floor lor a single word. They would liavo
lull tiino heron I ter, during Iho Amnion.
in cnnHiminnt ho said this iidcniniHtrnlion
Alnod on Un hcIh nnd mmaurcs, nnd
upon thorn it cninc to this IIoumo, aorl to
p?W???I??
(he country. If condemned by thin Imdv,
or by the present ngo, the administration
would fearlessly a pp. al for its vindication,
from tlie heated purli7.a11.-h1p of the timo
to the cool und uoparti.il judgment of pos.
toriiy.
Mr. Fossondenot Mnino took tho floor,
fie had expected something like nn urgu*
miMit from the member from Munmrhm*
ells, to do away the effects of what ho had
previously sunt on the disputed points in
his speeeh. Instead of tins, tho flnuso
had lit cn enterluioed with nn hour's special
pleading, which hy no means reached
the point. The qno-dum was, what was
the scope, the intention, the obviously solo
motive of the speech,the meaning of winch
that member was now undertaking to explain
away ?
1 hi; common sense ??l (he House wnn
no: to ho liuci-ivo I <>r untied on llits (M int.
Thai liody had jiiveti the speech in ques.
t on a enlistiui'laiii which cannot be niter*
ed. 11 was as |?l >iii art liuyuajje could
iir.iKo it. And I.era Mr. l'Yssuudcil quot.
imI 11mil the speech in |imnt'.
Mr. 1*. hiI\cried to. the fact that Mr.
Cushiuo had diioeiuil the principal part
ol his special plea, just made, against hliu,
slide lie piisscl over Mr. Thompson with
a word, and very nervously appnaiched
.Mr. lt.ynei, ol N. C. He ii.nl two hypotheses
lor tae explanation ol' this.?
ivtiier .Mr. Cii'.hina tdt llm lorcu ol' Iiim
.pco.'ti more than liuit ol' olher??a sup.
position wnic'ii he ha.I not the vanity to
entertain?or rlvt that ".-nt Icfiian, with it
pr I'i. nee s iiin nhiil ciinrncifiislic of him
v Mr. () J on in.it || >or, li.iil ileenied him
^Mr. I''.) Ins weakest adversary.
.Mr. l'essen.teii a-U ml Mr. Cashing if,
in .-a', i.i,; til it eel I i.ii passages of Ills ^ Mr.
I'\ spi een ai re not irile, lie in :anl to
l.llp.l.e llltellllo ml .iiitiaiti to 11r 11.
.r|i' Cashing disi-ia inert nii\ siicn in
l.'niioa.
Air 1'* s-on leu then viudea e.l his lor
uiei spec. Il against tin' Intel pret.HI.ill put
upon ii |>y .Mr. Custuiig. Mini was ludow.
ed ay
Mr. Carrel 'Davis, of Kentucky, who
was asked hy
Mr Thompson, ol' Indiana, to y eld t!io
llo >r, an.I allow hint to take lip lliu cll.ilhinge
given hy Mr, Cushion, m reference
to his speech ol' smne weeks ago.
Mr. Davis |e tied ha would thus lose
i.: ... i a i i
iii* uiiuiici: ?m ill*: uuur ; mini nu iiu t r 11 v
on. Ilo was opposed lo the reennsidernlion
of ilio \oiu lo repeal Ilo. bankrupt
law. He wtm in favor of the repeal. 80
nnn-h lor lite cxm l question boloio tlio
House, at pri son!. Ilo lliou tippinuclicd
(In: question in lis political aspect, and
paid, i:i Ins tnni. Ins compliments (o Mr.
Cashing, in connexion wiili 1I10 latter a
former and Inter sp-eclios, especially ns
they roll, cl upon the comae of .Mr. Clay
with regard to tin* present ndiriini.alri.tlon.
Ill this connexion Mr Davis took issuo
with Mr. Cusliiiig. on Ilia allegation that
Mr. Clay had started in tins Congress in
opposition to the ndintnislruioit, and reviewed
II in n (ms huh brought forward at
the extra session, contending Mini all of
llnon were lulu.I .Miration measures, and
eminently ealeolnted to sustain, the administration.
The 1'iesideiii?tin-genileniait
from Massachusetts?eonld 001. have ask
t'd any more ol the Wings il.au they did,
for its support.
Mr. Davis expressed surprise that Mr.
Cushion, in ilcti-iidii.i? himself a ".11 list (tin
remarks i?l" members on ihai lloor, a* lo
his |???'iiicruI course, had sntF.rcd parallel
iillu?:ons lo thai of Iho Secretary ?; rfnno
lo pass unnoticed. ill* t!?? ?? passed a hijjli
eulogy upon Daniel Webster as In: was,
ami I'tiiii'ii- ii ed upon li;s present position
as alluring a slroiiji ?-<*||11fi-I lo all Ills
anterior political enrotr. iNo! one lealilie,
tor instance, m ilie l?\cnc<|.icr plan
now advocated liy inni, lull mum complete*
ly refilled and nuiiiliilaled in loriner
speeches of :Mr. Webster, Not nil net of
Iih since ho einne into power but was an*
laaonislieal to all his loriner ncls and
tin in* t. >hII li.Aii M i wl liiiif liia iwil urn
I I - I*"* ?' ""
jecl, a United S ales llank, nan "an oh.
Miiletc idea." II*: I'liiiul tlial lie and his
l>la< e miller government were "obsolete,"
unless the It.ink were no, and In save the
termer repudiated I lie latter. Mr. Sjienecr
luid dune (lie Whig party no harm.?
II is |)i?h I.e.11 |ir<dli<r.ie\ was lim well known
and tne change was no surprise to any ho
dy. It wii * fi nr uterislie,?a mailer of
emir-e. Il was tar otherwise with Mr.
W, Usu i. JSC-. Air.
Mr. I), nu n adverted, in a high strain
ul i liii| i>-iii'et in llmiry Clay, his history,
ins i iiaiaeiei, and lis career. Conclud.
ma ttiu?, (at a i|.iarl> r |inst Iliree o'clock,)
lie was followed t?y his eolleiigue,
Mr. ;Mai shall, who said lie should have
no o|i|*oi .nniiy to say what he had to of.
ler on this i| leslioii tiiilil Monday next.
unless hit wont on now, ns to-morrow
.mil (iiu lie\I <lity were, l>y rule, devoted
to (lie consider.limn ol private lulls. He
should thercloru proceed new, late as it
v. ns.
lie llien gave fin views of the power of
Congo ss, under (tie must Mutton, to pass
dull*.rui h.iliki ii,?? laws, and (ny way of
' n iast to toe Oilier jo lilleiiiOil, who have
In ilav llililre.sseil till! llmhi ). spoke Ml
vilic Il licit! to liie ipiesllon actuildv III!,
lore Ilir ho iv. lie did not lielieve Coll*
gies* had tin: const.lultonal power to pass
.? voluntary bankrupt law. llo wu? up*
postal to the reconsideration.
.Mr. M. iihuded to passages in lliis de.
hate, lieiwccti h I in and Mr. Wise, rclu*
live to points in the private and public
History of this iidnit nisi rat ion. He thought
lie might h 11 rise 11' write the history of tho
i we illy-seven l h Congress, and ho would bo
obliged to Mr. W lor some of those larts
and anecdotes which none could give, ho
thought, so well as he could do. And ho
I hen emtio to gtfito what, mm made out by
McHRtH. Wise nnil Cashing, waa to be la.
kon iih Iho true cause of all Ibto difficulty
in the WIiijt party ; lo wit, the peraonnt
and political hostility of Mcm?m. Tyler find
Web-tor to Menry Clay, 'i'liii, be conI
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