Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1819-1821, November 07, 1826, Image 2
ired a number of rcqaeats
to te-publlsh articles that
appeared la the paper* o< lhat city
the cUlma of Judge Smith and
fudge Sputa. From the length and num
ber of these article*, should we acquiesce in
theNHHNwi*ri?hes we would have to ap
propriate oar whole paper to that jwtpo^
^o the exctasloo of all other mrttrt-} and
(foe a prefer?nc<*to one, % e might
t v|9Krgcd with favoritism or partiality, to
\jf\nvqM^takhi we think. It better to decline a
RaKi of one and all nftheiu.
h M^baerveby a Philadelphia paper
I'oLYTr.rmnic arid Scientific Coll
about to be established in that city, to ac
whlch, the prime mover* have it
f fa contemplation to petition Cnngresa for
^ eld. and assistance. How can Coif
_ ^ xuiit the cltlsen* of that wealthy ahd
' 'hr'.ying city, but by rubbing the Treasurv of
tlie money which has t>ccn deposited there
i'or N^tioxal purpowS by the people of the
diffcreiit sections of our country. Whv \\
it, that these encroachments arc suflercd' to
inrrrjisc so r ipidly.
Wc should >hs glad tu know what Congress
ha* to do with this matter? It is high time
wo should be thinking about lighting our fires
with the United States constitution. In five
years Ucnce a in in will be mtcared'ut, as an
old fashioned blockhead; who refers to it as
uny authority. .
The public arc not aware at tins mo
ment, the Pntidrnt of the United State* for
the time bring, in a* eurr of a majority in th?
Jhuacof Rcfir?krnt<ttivra a* the Afinhter >jf
(Sreat Jiritaln in the House of Common?.
ffe ha? the mean* of commanding it, xvhen
titrJie think? firmer.
Wc have observed that recruiting orders
hive been issued by <wir gallant countryman
f'WUinodore PoHri.it to man the Mexican
Wavy. Rvcry thHi^ relating to this man
('oils forth the recollections of his valuable
ticrvi^cs to Itis native land during the late
>Xfcr. Tho* vile |>crM.-cutmii has mi:,bed
Iwn from the service of his country, he still
^ibreAfhs that spirit of Liberty which will al
4'0vs inhabit the American Patriots breast.
His motto is " Oooemt Ltornt y."
William Du\nr? lieq. of Ph'ladelphia,
formerly editor and proprietor of the Aurora,
has announced his intention to establish a
daily paper in that city under the title of
" Thk New Aurora." if this be oorrcc',
wc'wisb lihn every success. Mr. IV*. c.ip.i
i>illty an:l talents to conduct a public jni'nsi
' r.i one who ;?a* the lo;ist xc piamtancc v-';h
him can don'M. Mr. D. has rv-.?r been h
?ie-Joiisadvosatc >f republicanptin. iples,and
ve h-iz ?rd nati.:;t? in s..yi:;g :h.?t he has donr
i..or ? in stif'in.i t of the cause than all the
JvJ'.trrs oi mir country combined. lfv was h
t.nor to the aiuiin'iKtration party in '9U ;uid
we hope lie uny be as successful in 1 29.
The coMemplated p iper *vdl *>e r.ond.ictcrt
?,.? pM? .y rt^uM'.'-MU prin iplcsof the Jcffer
fin. -"-. m. tap, an I ,n sjpjMtrt of the candidate
of I'.IC iouth, (izk. Avorkw Jacksok.
*Ir. ?Wth a sensible pf.m'.e,
?c>. ustomed to t?ke i .?re of their n?:i rights,
bottling is to he g.tincd t?y arrogant a tt?o. na
tion*, abusive rattling, or sophifttic.il i?r^u
mcnts. Where every n? m reason* every
day, nljpiit nli hi< right*, private anl public,
he is not apt to take thi i^h for grunted, i?c
ruuse Mr. Pinckney ha* ?t ?o in his MsrCu
ry, or Mr. Haig in li s CS izr/ir, or in Mr.
Any-bo;ly-else'j? print. I have been ied
to these reflections, b/ reading the other
day the two paper* Junt mentioned, which
pc-.'hapt it may ho necessary to meut on to
many of u? hack country crackers, are
published and printed in the City of Charles*
ton, the Iviver half of ftouth Carolina. Mr.
Pinckney has commenced the same game
j|vnit Wlje Hmith, witich he played to
toecestfaily when his brother in-law, Mr.
H.tync, *<*? a candidate for the senate of
thc.Unitcd rititfen n department of the gov
ernment of the United St*tf?, which 1 as
>erc the lower country gentlemen of Snuftt
Carolina has some time since come to the
distinct knowledge ol the u/i/ter half of
this state; and 1 beg my friend* from those
parts to forgive me, when 1 take the lioerty
of informing them, that the ufi/ter half are,
tome how or other, curious as it may he,
actnallv aspiring to have some sAarr, if not
a holf in this ioaij-ojf department of the
government, as well as the enjoyment of a
moiety of tWe departments of the state trea
sury, secretary of state's office, controller
general's, surveyors general, 8tc. fee. And
that, notwithstanding all Mr. Pinckney may
tell us, we ah all hereafter emleavor to form
our own opinions of matters and thing*, and
that when we aak for counsel we will at least
ask it of those who are willing tosAare with
us some of the/tHve/r and hubttc benefits
to be dertvatf from thaw different offices of
our government, either aa regards the state,
or the national government.
tthould Mr. Pinrknev tell ns, a* I have no
doubt he would, that tt is all fair and honest,
to allow *Ur lower half -A the state,' heads
of departments, we should, as vnlg.tr as
we are, expect from Mr. Pinckney an ad*
mission of the fairness of allowing the u/t
j*r hmlf ?f the state heads of departments
' also, (lor k aaems we are doomed to be Jou
bit hrad*d.f Asilj/|fiTis far our friends in
CbaHcdetOftVs condescended, to grant us
such <i*vors. But . the principle does not
hold good. It doe* neither suit the vkf
of Mr. Pindtey, nor the feelln(a of his
Irirnds that It should be extended to the
OglkeU government, Tknm^mon and
?ft?t HI.
rftilnllif Ai
fTIC low CfninilT m
meet there. ?en.
parts of Tennessee east and wcst,??ts enti
tled to * senator of the United States, and
thought it a high and honorable ground for
htm to resign his ml on that account, both
senators at that time going from the same
Rrt. But Mr. Pinekney 1 presume would
Id on to the Charleston offices, and can
not for his life (for hit interest) perceive
thai the same principle, or .rather a much
stronger and just one, Is apparent for the
election of a senator to congress from the
upper country, the lower division hftring
the otheK 'And. the long and short bf the
mstter has>come to this.*' CMilMon itiritt
give up her half of the state Offices of the
whole state of JrMuh Carolina, and thereby
thwo U? but our aJ.itr, or she must have
e-respoct for the footings and Interest of
upper and middle country*. and allow
,1, lit least, to participate In ?m half,
of the government, honors,and management
of affairs of the national government.
It has come to a high p?ss Indeed, when
the M'rtury of Charleston shou'.d assume
to direct the affaire of Soutli Carolina} and
when ahe petty, little gcntlemm about
| town, will arrogate, not the criticism of the
cn tdistof one of the most Intelligent, hon
orable, and high minded governors South
Carolina has ever had (notwithstanding his
illustrious predecessor* from *? ChaUttn**)
but to feel, Sir, hetually to feel (do not get
vexed nor laugh) themselves an attic supe
rl >r tc such common country stnlT, who may
even wear boot* when nc should wear
pumps, and use a vulgar, silk handkerchief
instead ?if tbo delicate perfumed llnncn,
with which these gentlemen are so nicely
scented, and which he would most vulgarly
soil, bv compelling them to do militia d-.ity,
when many of their uncestors have lived on
the toil ufirvanl* of one hundred yean, in
affluent circuinitaiicejt ! ? I
O.' this nicenc**, I !>e.^ to be understo-sl,
I do not . * eusc the Mercury. It K*>es mare
for the aubmanre tlinn the aeenl. nut I .con
fess the principles of that paper, to me,
Are neither substantial nor savory. But h
few years since it scandalized Jnoce Smith
for opinions every one of which ?t now ad
vocates, not only with the seal of a r.cw cim
vcrt, bjt with the assurance of one who
h idactu.tliy been the first mover ofthmn ail.?
Judge Smith was abused for voting with Mr.
Lloyd against sending a m'nister to SaiMi
America, on the express grounds, taken by
Mr. 11 tync in his late speech against the
Panama mission. He was abused /or th .
firlnri/ile?. The Mer?\tr/ now landt Mr.
liayne tor them.
Judge Smith was abuvd, enough to make
one's own mercury rise, l>ecuu*c lie foretold
tlie clTcct of the doctrines of tienvral Wel
fare, upon <Hii* slave pojiulation. W: are
now told, that no'nxly ever understood that
inat.cr bcf.ire the aap'.ent editor of tbo M dr
eary, and his low country friend*. Wf
are t.dd daily of the extravagance m l cor
ruption of the general government, Vy M'.
Pmcknev, yet this same Mr. Pinekney ?r
Air. Mercury, abused Judge Smitlt beyv-ud
neiMtre, and railed him radical, and (?;1
iiijwi uliat. not, heuauif he dared to talk
Washington of the necessity of prudence,
??'? ! the retrench'neuts >f the means lo some
of th'; departments, wlncb had been extra
vagantly extended, by means of executive
.pUro>ia?e, t ?r electioneering purposes; and
n-. v what is more provoking and impertin
cut in tneno feilovs, tliey arc actually abus
ing the prcse it administration (which God
kmws is U*d enough) lor exerr.lsiug those
' cry means which Uiey so lauded, raised
up, and be in-sfortonc iilaced in their ene
mies h.iniii instead of tficir own This re
minds uic of the fable of tlic farmer nnd the
lawyer.
1 say again, if the lower country people,
(1 m.stake, I mean, if the Charleston peo
ple) choose to interfere and to prevent, if
by any means they can, the elect-on of
Judge Smith to represent the upper country,
they cannot do themselves justice, unless
they extend the principle and mnke this hut
one Ktate. A hint which I hope they under
stand. Of JuJ,;c linger, nil I can say is,
that 1 am sorry that lie has opj/osed Judge
Smith. Under these circumstances, I can
not support him, though 1 admire very much
his intelligence and high character, nnd
more especially, as he is no instrument of
that Mercury /ur/y, or rather ?tt. It is
not necessary to obuso men because we oih
!>?>*? them. I leave that vulgar office to tlie
Mercury.
THE S')N OF A PLANT^H.
JUDGE SMITH akd JUDGE IVUOKR.
When the ?iaines of these two (gentlemen
were given to the nubile, at candidates for
the senate of the United States, we thought
all tudone which'ought to be done. They
had both l>een engaged in the public service
for the last twenty-five yearn.
Judge lluger had served for a long time
in the representative branch of the state
legislature, and whilst there, won elected a
brigiwiicr general, and afterwards eleated
one of the judges of the state, and has been
riding the circuit, and has held the oairw
nlternnHy throughout the state for the last
six years.
Judge Smith had served for several years
in each branch of the state legislature, was
two years president of the senate, and
whilst in tnat office was elected one of
the Judges of the state, and presided in
all the courts .Uternatly throughout the state
for eight years, ami whilst on the bench
Was elected to the senate of the United
States, and served in that capacity for se
ven years; and Is now, and has been for the
last two year*, a member of the state lecis
lature. Through this long course of pontic
service, there is ivjrt a member of the legisla
ture, or a man of business in the state, with few
exceptions, who has not had it hi his power to
know the characters and claims of both
these candidates. And lie re the friends of
judge Smith were wiilifcg and desirous to
rest their claims} and let the legislature
decide between them.
But what bus been the course adopted by
the Iriends of judge Huger? Why, as If
they feared the decision of an honest and
enlightened legislature* no lees than Ave or
six writers came out at the same instant, In
the CAar/eton Msrtury, and seer* to form
a well organised band, and each of whom
reproached Judge Smith; and some af
them In ffy ufigfhc^bbstefflos, whAtl tkch
whole host of American orators, are hum
bid! ut hi. fect. Cicero nod l>emp*thenese,
the tamed orators of Oreeoe and Rome, ere
eclipsed by hie brilliancy. In the worded
one of thetc writers "a countryman," who
write* from- ? Walterborough,,in speaking
of the mighty power* of iudgeHugcr, my*.
" Hie bold end comnrchcnslf? mind Mends
Icolated -from that of any otbor hum an be
ing. Single end collectc?l In his own
strength* It revolves Its thought* like the
inn Its light *?
Cen any men at; sense, whether judgs
Buffer's friend, or any other msn'# frien I,
regard this ae anything but an ostentations
pun that would blow any ordinary mm out
of his political existence.
Wo have heard of distinguished men,
who were figuratively called "stars of the
first magnitude." But thews grave, and
solemn writer* have not deigned to liken
1 their friend to an objoct, so diminutive.?
He stands (rotated, and therefore he ia com
pared to the sun. If this degtee of emi
nence should be sustained, why not elect
i him president and oppose him to the empe
I ror of China, who has long been called the
brother of the sun. What a scorching In
terview should they happen to Call Into the
same orbit. ?- *
We do not Intend to subscribe to all this.
Rut we w ould ask if lie so far transcends all
other human Iteings, what mighty magic
has obscured his juntre so Ions;? or has it
been kept In store to illumine the senate of
the United States? or if he holds this high
eminence*, why wan it found ncccsanry to
puhllth to tiie world that judge Smith was
opposed to the interest of hU country, and
omtofcc.l to (ion. Jackson; or that he was a
Virginian, or tlwmjrht meanly of his coun
try.' or why wusittbund neccssaty to reiter
ate that Coh.Huger had been elcctel over
hi in.' C .m not a gentle mau of such splendid
power* command the votes of the legisla
ture without hi< friend* .abusing ,hi| oppo
nent; 01 have they thought it neoc*sary to
mske every edge cut.
I promise the public tbnt I will remove
the objection* which they have alleged
ag-iinnt judge Smith, and show them nil t?t
br m *ee fabrication*. And although we
regard iudge lfugcr at a gentleman, and a
man of handsome t dent, arid who can discus*
with a $->od ileal of warmth, yet we humbly
presume that he h** been far overrated, anil
that judfcO Smith i? his e ju*d at Ic tat in pat
riotUm, in ;nond character, in politic-M
Htrengih, an.l u >a UMiMumitij. Thepuhlic
may expect t? hear from me again on this
iiitijcct in your next paper. JLSTIC1&.
PAHTlftT .
T'tl tr t<>???/?.riv a-t / will hU i/ou w'i?
uttt ??#. <>t\' ra'ivkmi
Mr. S&crny.?During the tiine 1 have
jxitl attention to political parties, I have ne
ver known the abo.e proverb Catt me. Ap
ply it to our present partn-s. SVho are tne
supporter* of Mr. J. Q. A U<b^ T?? the
north and *tst, the ol?| inveterate federal
;>arty: tho Xt**qx J'lutot the ?neu who?lded
with'Great klr.t\in during ihe late war; the
blue lights; the Hertford convention mea,
with the not^riode Mr. Webster M their
head; all the inveterate ultra federal newt
papers, such as the New York Spectator,
of which the mild temjMircd editor in Id 16
when Mr. M tdison granted a coud'tional
pardon to tiie Baratarieti* who fairlv earned
it, uttered in hi* own paper the following
imprecation ?? fig hetH me (3od, mau the
next victim of their murderert be Jamie
Midieon." James Madison who was a* un
like John Adams as a peach is to a crab ap
ple, laughed at the sll'.y wretch. When a
P'ior Ignorant man In Pennsylvania during the
administration of John Adam*, an adminis
tration equally wook, wicked and vindictive,
jokingly wished a charge of small shot might
be lodged in the broad part of the Presi
dent's seat of honour, h? w.m taken up un
der the sedition law and punished for his
joke. . a.
Who are the supporters of Mr. John Q.
Adam* in the middle states? all the federal
ists of the old stamp, with Mr. Walsh at
their head; and all the tory Quakers with
Xachirlah Pouluona*their mouthpiece; all
theofllce hunters and expectant*; all the ene
mies of the southern states of southern do
mestic policy, and even of the southern men
(the dvugh-jkeett *e*fru as they politely
term us) while we Ifecrelly spend tair money
in the north, every summer, to enrich the**
malignant*. What are the sentiment* of
the present administration as expressed in
substance by Mr. Clay? Th ;t tl*o southern
states may Kick and struggle as mush as
tliey please; it i* oil to no purpose; for the
north and weat ire destined to be their in'?s?
ter*. Amen, says secretary Clay. I doobt
the *urec*s of (ien. Jackson against the all
powerful influence of the executive; but
whether he is destined to fad or to socrced,
in supporting him I shall do iny
DUTY.
?My.? __ _
the Ueview ??f J;i<l)?e Jnhmcm's life of (Jeiu
Green, m the North American Review.?.
The aecuroulatien of pilot's .k?w brought
forward, not of the carelemnesa of tliis
biographer, but of his propensity to mis
chievous and unfounded calumny, ia indeed i
verv strange. Ilnd hit book been filled
witf? the wild Unprovabilities of Mun
chausen, or with those kind of mistakes call
ed white lies. It might have affected hit ac
curacy, hut not hi* temper or disposition.?.
His mistakes (using * word too mild for the
occasiou) all tend to cotumaiate sorae brave
or worthv man. ,y?
Wi?y eoeshe not reply to the rnmy seri
oua imputations against the veracity of his
stories? to Um. Armstrong? to Mr. Lee
of Virginia* to Mr. I. Banks of Virginia?
to the friends of Pulaski? to the North
American Kevfew? to Timothy Pickering?1
to the writer ia the Telescope, as to Ge,i.
Pinckney? All these gentlemen have made
remarks on hie book (the last on his oration)
implying charges almost of direct falaeltooo.
When Hirfanked of this biographer, "what
ia your authority for such or such an asecr
tkm?" he drasra himself up as if Insulted by
the qMttion, and ays be will answer any
all who calls en him In the attitude of a
Afltleman! I? every man who doubtsJadflP
khassn'i vtraeHy ta-dNrva fi'om the a*
- ^ SO,\#*id[?9>OUthU .
for his anthontles? ft b
?m. very convenient method of escap*
i aorowd. Why d ?* nut this lawyer
hie -volunteered opinion In Rlkison
|u by the net of ,?th Geo. the
/Why b It that tttls conceited man Is to
fond of differing from his fellow judges, oven
while ho substantially agrees with them,
that he will assign dubious reasons of hh
own. rather than Join In solid reasons with
tiiem? ?
It is right that the people of Sooth Cam
illa should know what kui'lof a.persou It Is
*urpo?e of
i vs. Deles
.. *? xllltKly. ''
If his Iwik purporting to he a faithful ac
cou.it of Green's csmpatgns, and the south
ern war, d'?es not eootsln relations that are
unfcrttnded in fact, and that are injurious to tin*
character of worthy men and good patriots, as
it Is said to dot why does he not reply to the
numerous accusations against him to this pur
|K>se, brought by so msny men of well known
rcjmtation and character? why doea he suf
fer his own veracity as an historian, to be
Impeached on all sides, by men whom the
publie will not and cannot disregard, when
they appeal to their fellow citteens, in the
grave and serious manner that they have
employed on this occasion? . JUSTICE.
Mr. Stueffly:?I put the following inter*
rogatories to you with a hope that they, or
at least some of then), may elicit from those
that are better imformod on the subject one
or more categorical answers t
Of what utility to the State of South-Caro
lina have the Interim! Improvements been?
Are the improvements that have already
been in operation of any benefit, or*have they
been detrimental to her interests? lfow
many years will it be before the revenue
arising from the canals will be sufficient to
defray the expenses and salaries of lock
keepers, toll-collector.-, snd bank-rangers?
How many years will it We before the greater
part of the canals, particularly that between
Young's mill snd Columbia ferry will re
quire excating? What will be the probable
cost of the work? Will it require a new ap
propriation or has the revenue arising from
the tolls been sufficient to pay laborers to per
form the ncccssary work? What has been
the whole amount expended on this impolitic
work? Wltat advantage would the interest
of the Mim have been to the citiaens had it
been employed in making of bridges and re
l>Mirin? of roads? I could ask a thousand
mii:h questions with equal propriety, but for
Nejr with a hope tint whit 1 have already
taid will be sotHJciit to form the basis of a
coimminicutiou that will open tl?e eyfcs of
our legislators and shew thcui that \vt have
never yet, and are n>>t likely to rcceivc, any
iicncfit from Internal Improvement.
A LOOKER ON.
BLAVKItV.
Aft'I of Iht- South altenrl!
Who it Mr. J. Q Ad*in?' gre.it ndvocntoi in
CohHrru? Mr. WriiTtR. Who b Mr. Wia
?T?n' It lie n H? |iuMioan, a Democrat.' No.
tie kVm imd?r II. a. Orn, llw prim* movr
of (he llirtford Convention, where Timothy
DelgW wit Seervtnrjr. Merit the conoiriloi.
Mart ford Cnvmtlon, Timothy freight, tV ilirti-r.
Who we the friend* of J. Q Adwtni |wtitia*|ly?
The blue lighu,th? llirtford ^j.ivmiiou mm, all
the ullrn Fed tM?U of the iiort1!. Now rand this:
FROM THK V. 9. TKLRORAPH.
"The general committee of tlie several
ManumWslon Bucieties of the Unite I livitei,
will meet In Baltimore on th?' 3Sth of Oct<?>
bcr Irist. and the following dcieg ite* have
been appointed from the Hocirt y it. this city,
vitt William L. Stone, flieo-t^rc J)wh,'hi!
J tines Palmer, Joshua Underbill, and A irm
l?egjtctt."
4 fhi? annunciation we find li? a Ne-v Vork
paper, edited by one of the above name )
miuhnnrlet or rather emmUirlea, to wit,
William L. Stone, and prefaced by an in
sulting article, no doubt written by t'?e
afjrcsiid I fit I lam A. Stone. We know
nothing h?*re of James Palmer, Jo?ltu v fj?
dcrhill, ani Aaron !j??ggeU| but *' noicitur
a toclht," a man's known from the company
he keeps* ani we c in astvire these three last
iv jrthict, that they come under bod auspice*,
and leave h poor ch rnce of getting into good
many introduced by T%eortt>rr /height and
llUlam L. Stone. Mr. Theodore Dwtght
would no doubt i>e able to give them curren
cy in the loyal and patriotic town of Hart
ford, Connecticut* but we fancy he ia nut as
advantageously known in Baltimore.
The thought of the Hartford Convention
and tteaaon always involuntarily enter our
minds together; and when treason's the word,
the name of Theodore Qwlght'e not far off.
Pray, Mr. Editor, have you heard who ia
to appear in this august assembly as the dele
gate from the non-slave holding city of Bal
BmoiNf ...
Northern tiff fit* are all the fashion now;
and if Mr. Theodore Dmight, the Secretary
of the Hartford Convention* et id omne
genua* are to come among us, and in Con?
vent fan, decide and deliberate upon our po
licy and property, northern blue Itghto will
probably come into vogue in the smith.
Really I am at a lose for words to cxprees
ray indignation at the ofliciousness* the hardi
hood o! these men. Tlicy are undertaking
to direct us in regard to a matter which they
have nothing to d<> with. It is very modem,
and, no doubt, very disinterested* in these
men, to attempt to rob its of a part of our pro
perty, which we have as much right to hold,
and ei\}oy peaceably* as they have to enjoy
any right or privilege whatever, under the
constitution. Thie epeetea nf property is as
much secured to ia by the comtUutlaiy. as
any <*her whatever. The eastern people
came into the general compact with a roil
knowledge of its terms, and have no right
now to Interfere with this species of property,
which ia secured to us tty that compact.
And who forsooth* are the gentry th.a arc
to work the redemption of the poor Africans
from slavery f? Who are to bring a>x>ut this
great political reform' Not Theodore
Dmlghrt and William I* Atone, surely! No
?Ir, there are other men at the bottom
of this. Theodora Dwight and IVII/iam
L. Stom are oely the Arbuthnots* and
Ambristefs of the party. They are
the amlaariee tent among us to stir up
Nihte Ml revolt. ; Different eharac.
tn it is rais*
T| Ml
5 ? fitted for mkwi
i vttulom M ominous name to
A 90U1TIHON.
Tk**hnn convention.?We htrt already
noticed the convention of the Manumission
Society to be held at Baltimore, of which.
[|g^lrht|nd Mr. Stone of the Daily aiut
CommeriM-AdveriUer are delegate*, ft
may be possible, and indeed wc actually Uduk
that many persons connected with the Mu
i s2SshJSMrr,Krrd b**"? -*
orate the condition of our. ?
tkn by evetytair, tranquil,
i?E view* Who aVe ever ready to eels* upon
the pure intentions of others and use them
asnmks to cover dark Mid covert designs.
The slavq question in this country Is truly a
/i <j I it I-a I one; it was originally raised as such,
and substituted by Mr. Ktifts King foTSS
old and stale cluuuair ngn'niit Virginia Influ
ence, and the success ofAfo Adams has cm.
boldened his friends to push the question
further with the hope of perpetuating what
thev call rior^/iern influence.
With mm of honest minds and b!r intcn
tions, every auction of the republic would be
Safe; but the friend* oft he present aduilnlat ra
tion, though a Wure that the constitution rrcof
niscs and promts the rights ef MateaJiaviti*
slaves thev alsoknow full weU.thnt^tua ?1T
eate and domestic question, and thev mainly
appeal to the fears of the south, its the means
of perpetuating their power. That this Is
the ease, take the following parasrenh
from Mr. Htonc, which is too broad to W
misunderstood i
" No compromise will be accepted, until
the laws of the southern state*, under which
for a long series of years, these aggression*
have been practiced, are repealed, or until
they shall have been declared unconstitution
al by the supreme court.*'
The convenUoA, or as a southern paper
the Cvngrtu of Fpnatica, go as near
Viiginiaasthey deem advisable, bv holding
their session In Maryland Let {his tfthir
be looked at in It* primer light. Here is a
convention, composed of some good men, led
oil by Messrs. Dwight and Stone, two politi
cian* of the old federal school, uniformly op
posed to the southern States. This self con
stituted body, agree to hold a meeting in a.
slave state, and one of the delegates openly
avows in Ills paper that - no cutr.hrumUe will
be acee/ited.
Messrs. 1) wight and Stone go Into sover
eign and Independent states, and Say, '? alter
your laws?place your blacks upon an equal
Ity with the whites ?admit tliciu-in the jury
box-?eiiroll them in > f?ur militia?give them
seats at your table?m.rry them to your
daughters," or no com/.rotiiir" will bo
made with vou?we of the northern In
terest?it?r of this convention, will ?>e sntisfi
od with nothing ahnrt of this." It is all im
pudence personified?but it is the ftshion of
the times and the ltv.dm^ men ??f the south
and West canni.t l>e hmjj insensible to the ?
pre.**iit>; neoe**iiy of coming together and ?
uniting upuji suvh constitutional measures as
sh ill place those eastern i?m1 northern hot
siiuis in a quiet miuor.ty, a'?*l oiutuel them to*.:
''mind their owu business,"
.v. v. ^ jaw
77ie CirteJr I^uml.? In the !nt reduction to
the foreign news, published <,* Saturday,
opitd from A New Yoik OomuinxMal /\d
vertiser, it w.\? stated, that^cneral l.'ui*
maud had received JMCmOO d->li ?rs)
for a veer's scrvice in attending to tlj* wild
ing of the tiirck ship* iu New Vol It. The
Com ncrcral ot Suordiv cm recta the state
ment on the authority of-the British Travel
ler of SvpU-iu >cr 8, which miy?, "Gen.
L'dle.nand was ucitner rccnmmcudcd nor
appointed b>' tho Grcclf committee. Per
mit me to add, by th<: way, th.it th<
which the Greeg geve: iimcit h ?d bee<. char
ged, ac coi-ding to M;. Spagrtfolaiki's tc
comits, \% not iJ.'iOUC" This c-.r
rcctii.ri ;>i ices lh? inciter ?r> r^iute a l if. .cr.t
I'ghi, m the valiant <?e,ieiW, ^hiiitea l <?>?
6'i,oj(j dollars p?.r ann un, r .cetveti ooly
dollar*?which is eov an extrctv i;jt
compensation. *
General Lsllemand has published the fol
lowing note |n reference to the above Hhitc
ment in the New York papers:?
It I laving been published in several of thr
journals of this city, that a sum of j?ltf,ooo
has been ailow?id m Unasral J^UHiaiaad by
the Greek commhtee, Oenc.it Lallem md
takes this oppondhlty to declare that the
said statement is Cslsc.
General I?Hllenfand will not answer the
P*1**1*1, rcPections and Injurious remark*
which, in some journals, have accompanied
the statement. Be owes It to the delicacy
of his situation, and to his ch iracter,. to
wait for the publications on the subject of
the Oreek ships, which have been 'promis
ed to the American republic. He will then
make such remarks as may be requisite;
and the truth, which the different docu
ments shall disclose, will be a hiil answer t<?
all calumnies.
^ CH3. LALLRMAND
New Yv>r'?, 13th October, 1820.
Messrs. Hergh fit Co. the b tildc*rs of one
^f the Greek ships, in a note published in the
New-York paper*, contradict tho statement*
that 50,0o0 dollars had been charged for
rent of the two lots on whieh the sh i wem
b?iilt, to which the Commercial m < es the
following replyr? ,
" Notwithstanding the abort deniil, we
now ?t ite the fact, unequivocally, and after
Investigating the object this m irnliig, that
the Slim of fifty thousand dollars per annom
was chargcd for thf* useot the yar?|sf?n Which
the Sftips wers bunt, togtwher wfth the per
sonal attendance of one ih.ui in each. That
the.-c was an overseer in each yard, was*
fact of which we had no knowledge; but wo
wish Messrs. Hergh 9c Co. all the ?>oicAt
they can derlvofrom the <>inissio:i. Perh ihs
we are wrong, and the rent was charged at
only 5000 dollars a year, and the m tderate
sum of 10,000 d'lllara a year for the stUnd
ancc of two ship caq>enteta."
IVarnlig to Hu*banda.?%fr. B?oj?mln
MUler nf Owrry, in Htjw-Y.#fc, afc?d al>mit
80 year*, wu tik*l before a ju*k-V? coert
latt ThurwUy. ?m a charge ol whipping hty,
wife; (wind guilty, ami aentenecd tn 30
confinement in Uio count/ jail.?CAautiqu*
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