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BCh'IiiiioimI' Va. TiicMtlay, Scpl, *j.
“ 77//; HUMBUG "—Or, Sfrtrtt and PapirT
'1’lie Coalition prints “swear terribly hurtl” against
tlio Jackson money, as it is called. They are mak
ing mock of tlio President’s Into toast at Nashville,
about “The true constitutional currency, Cold and
Silver,” &c., &:c. Cold Fugles and Hall'Fngles they
tell ns, will bo counterfeited, though it is certain
that they will not he ns much so ns 5 and 10 dollar
notes have hecn. They also confidently tell us,
that they cannot circulate along with paper. Fuller
Cold is to put down tlio Hank Notes; or, the Notes
will drive the Cold from circulation. Our worthy
neighbor of the \\ hig throws Act mite nlso before tlio
public, lie first asks ns, “What is to bo tlono with
tlio State Hanks?” And then, us if lie were Kicar
do himself, lie tells us, oracularly, how tlio whole
matter is to go of!. Hut we will lav his speculation
before our readers, and then freely give our own
views along with it. Wo shall do so, even though
we have the fear of the Norfolk Herald “and all
its works before our eyes.” It may repent of us what
it so courteously remarked on Inst Friday morning,
on this very subject; that “ Such stuff as this of the
Clobe and its kindred presses, might suit well
enough for Guinea negroes and South-Sea Island
ers, who arc caught with heads anti gew-gaws, hut
it is a downright insult to the respectable and intelli
gent farmers and mechanics of the United States.”
We will speak tlio-truth, although wo have to defy
the Herald, and its ufliliuted brother of the Whig, at
the same time:
it mini lie pi nn lo every man’s comprehension, that 'Jackson Mo
•icy,’ III a t is, gold and silver, will not circulate with paper, and lliut
tli* inomeut llio paper of tho U. States Hank is out of ci rulaliun,
the pnpei of the Stale Hanks will expand to supply the deficit No
principle of political economy is bettor ascertained limn this 'hat llin
least worthy circulation will always drivo out the better. Tliero are
but two mod. a of establishing an oxclusive metallic currency: lo put
down all Honks; or lo prohibit tho issue of Hank notes ol the sumo or
less daooaimation ofvaluo than the metallio medium sought to ho in
troduced. Tlte Ragle will nut generally ciicuhito with Ten Dollar
Notes, nor tho IJnll Regie with Five.—If this he so, to pul down tho
Hank of tho United Stal* s is not ovon tho 'conimniicemniit of the end’
sought to ho attninail. /’Ac Sia's Hanks must be pul down, or they
must lie prohibited from issuing notes under Twenty Dollars, which
would be nearly the same thing. Is tin* proposed.’ lias the Hero or
his ‘Government’ the power to do it? Will the Slates doit,’ Tho
same answer tuny lie given to ev. ry question — NO N- ither tin- in
c iiiation nor llio powar, exists. — What is this clamor, therefore,
"hout Jackson money, hut a wrolchod and shal'ow hunihug’ The
clumsiest gull tr-,p yet constructed.’ ri*ho most open and apparent
fraud that was ever epemplrd upon a nation’s undeistanding/ Wa
have latn'y seen the Knqiiirer calling out, that U<o State Hs. ks must
lie su*tallied, while it was propagating the gold delusion with all its
niight ! Has its Mo1, ‘.Mr. It. V.,’ any thought of sacrificing Ins
Snfny hind Hank System, the corrupt engine or his powar.’ None,
l ul hn, too, is Vastly Imsy in expatiating upon Hie beuuly of gold ! —If
tho rcnp'o of the U. Slotss mo so ignorant ns llio aullioit of tlioso
impositions seem lo suppose, it makes little odds how toon tlioy aie
cheated Into taking the yoke upon their necks.’’
Wo pass over flic coarse witticisms and the bold
assertions, which grace the above article from Sa
turday's Whig, and conn; at once to the merits of
the case.— Party spirit may raiso its hateful crest ns
much ns it pleases. It may satirize the “Jackson
Moneyj’Miut the infusion of a certain proportion of
gold into the currenev of ir' country is not so much
of a humbug, as the Bank Presses affect to consider
if. 1 low is it in Fnglnnd, the most commercial
country in (lie world? Have we not there a proof
of the advantages which arise from n mixed circu
lation—tlint is, of specie and of paper?—JSTo one
denies, that gold is a more costly circulating me
dium than paper is. But who also denies, that, in
case of a toar. or of a panic, which may be so easily
excited, the general diffusion of gold is a general be
nefit to the community? In such eases, there will bo
much less embarrassment, from the precious metals
being in free circulation, than w hen they are all con
fined to the vaults of the Banks.
On this question, at least, we must not judge of
the future by the past. Gold lms hitherto lieen ban
ished from our circulation, for the best of all reasons
in the world. In the 1st place, the Government had
mulgrrnted the value of gold coins in proportion to
the silver. In tlioiJd place, it had thought proper to
establish a great monied corporation, with the privi
lege of emitting bills even as low as live dollars;
and what is more, it bad endowed this Bank with
n species of ubiquity, in rendering its paper, where
soever it was issued, receivable every where in the
payment of the dues to the United .States.—The first
circumstance lias been done away by a change of
the law. Gold has been raised to the ratio of l(j to,
1 of silver.—But, the second consideration is also of
material importance. For, let the people he only
true to themselves—let the “Revolution,” in the
midst of which we are struggling, bo fully accom
plished—ns sure ns the Bank charter expires, we
shall soon see gold enough in circulation to answer
our wants. Its equnl value in ull parts of the coun
try, nnd its convenient portability, will cause ir, in
some degree, to take tiie place of these very U. S.
Bank notes.
It 19 in vain we are told, that two circulations of
unequal values cannot exist at tlie same place. The
circulation of gold and State-Hank notes, at the same
lime, does not at all conflict with the general princi
ple. These Hank notes will freely circulate in the
vicinity of the Banks which issue them—There can
not be a doubt of it—And why ? Because tlicy are
there of equal value with gold, from their immediate
convertibility, and their greater convenience—But,
on the other hand, they cannot emigrate ns far ns
the gold coins con. Their full value is at home;
while gold is gold every where. It finds its value
every where—abroad us well ns nt home; at New
Orleans and St. Louis, as well ns at Richmond or
Norfolk. If A means to travel from this City to
Cincinnati or Philadelphia, ho will frequently turn
his paper here into gold ; because his eagles, when
they take their wing to these distant places, will he
worth ten dollars a piece, in their paper; while the
Richmond notes might he nt a discount; und so on,
vice versa. Who does not see, that such an obvious
process will throw large amounts of specie into cir
culation, when it comes to he extended throughout
the twenty-four States, and the several Territories,
of the Union? It is clear, indeed, tliut the amount
will not be as large, as it might he, and perhaps
ought to lie, were the State Hanks to issue only notes
of larger dimensions.
We grant you, that larger negocintions will still
continue to he carried on by Bills of Exchange, and
by Bunk drafts or checks—But even in this respect,
the free introduction of the precious metals will not
he without n good effect upon the mercantile world.
The easy transportation of gold, and its juster rela
tive value to silver, under the laws recently passed,
will keep down the difference of exchange between
distntil cities to a very moderate ratio—And thus,
again supersede, to a large extent, the advantages
which have been hitherto claimed for the Bunk of
the U. .States.
Wo do not sec, therefore,why it is, that the specie
should be banished, or, that the Htate Banks should
be put down, ns our Richmond Ricardo ventures
to predict. But let us look ahead, and perhaps wo
may still further anticipate, that the step, which is
recently taken, may only bo the “commencement of
(another greater) end,” The Whig says, “the State
Banks in ist lie put down, or they must he prohibited
from issuing notes under twenhf dollars, which would
be nearly the same thing.” Now, we do not believe
in either one nr the other—hi other words, either that
the Stato Banks will he put down, or that they
must he prohibited from issues of notes under $30,
or tlint if they are, they would bo nearly ruined.—
But what we believe is this, that tbe introduction of
a Qnlden Age is calculated to lend to a suppression
of the smaller notes. We seo some evidences of
this tendency in the movements which are already
making in the North. We seo it in some of .the N.
York and Philadelphia papers, Au article, which
we this day give from the Pennsylvanian, will show
wlint they tiro about. N. York is called upon to put
down all her Bank notes under $5. Pennsylvania
has previously set her the example. If this point
only be gained, still it is something. But will it slop
lure? May not the spirit go on, and call there as
well ns elsewhere for the banishment of $5, or
perhaps even $10 notes? Does not the interest of
the country require such n reform? In France, the
smallest of her hank notes is 500 francs; little less
than $100.— In England, the Bank now issues, wo
believe, no note under £5 sterling, (a litile more
than $33,y—the £1 notes of the Bank of England
being all suppressed by act of Parliament. Adam
Hfnitti strongly recommended in his “ Wealth of
Nations,” the same minimum. “ It were better, por
ch9ps,(snys that distinguished Economist,) that no
nank notes were issued in any part of the King
dom, for a smaller sum than five pounds.”
Why (ItWiM »re he blind to the lessons of expe
rifMioe? Tho signs of dio times nro certainly I***,
ginning to indicate sonic change in the character of
our paper, ft*, in aid of the more extern led circu
lation of (mill, our Slate Hanks were compelled to
give up tho omission of any notes below ten or even
twenty dollars, would not the change contribute to
tbo public interests? We throw out the problem
for the mature consideration of our fellow-citizens.
WeCe it carried into effect, we do not believe it
would nearly ruin tho Stnto Hunks. It might
abridge their profits to a certain extent. Hut what
then? These hanks are intended to serve the public
interest. They are not for the exclusive profits of
their stockholders. The effect might he, to place
tho circulation of the country upon a more stable
specio foundation. Tho Hanks themselves, might
he safer; and he better able to defy and to withstand
any sudden panic or public convulsion.
1 lie question is at least entitled to serious consi
deration. The several States will do well to look
| to it, before they may extend any old charter, or
grniit any new one. Anil who knows, but that we
arc just ut the “commencement of the beginning”—
tliut uew improvements in the monetary system muy
be gradually introduced? Wo repeat, then, the
“Jackson money” is now indeed very far from be
ing a Humbug—and who knows but it muy be
hereafter pronounced in its ultimate consequences,
one of the greatest blessings which bis administra
tion bus bestowed upon yur country ?
Tin: nine.
A Correspondent in the Country notices the man
lier in which we have “used up” the Whig—but
then asks us, “ Cui bonoJ Is the game worth the
candle”? We would agree with him most cheer
fully, it the W hig were to he judged upon its own
merits, or the Editor upon his. Hut it is enlisted as
the organ of n piebald party, which, like the bundle
ol rods, is only strong from the very number of
those who compose it. It is the strongest Opposi
tion, therefore, which lias raised its head in Virgi
nia, since the Whig was established—its objects are
such ns are calculated to divide the Stutc—and its
selected Organ seems to be the Whig. It is for
those reasons, in his opinion, that we have stooped to
notice the \V hig, for the first time—to expose its true
character—to trace the wonderful eccentricities of its
course, and to show how utterly unworthy iliseven
ol the party, which has pleased to adopt it.—We
have gone hut a little way in our task; and yet we
are already disposed to drop it in unutterable dis
gust.—Even we hud no idea, until we looked into
tho subject, how perfectly unfit it was to stand the
dissecting knife. We tire amused as well as asto
nished, in tracing it from year to year, to see the
versatility ol its course. Opinions taken up to-day,
to lie pm down to-morrow. Principles vehemently
supported in **33, which are as vehemently aban
doned in ’3*1. Measures, now commended—then
abused. Men satirized with a scorpion’s lash in
one year, who are cried up to the skies in another.
J lie truth seems to liuvc been, that the Editor
enme to this city half horse, half alligator. He was
disposed to be a States Right man, if lie couhl; hut
Air. Adams had been taken up as his idol, and he
found it impossible to go the whole for him. Hence
a continual vacillation; hence the struggle between
the good und the evil genius of his politics. Hence
his attempt to disguise tho Intitudinous doctrines of
Air. Adams—and, hence, too his attacks upon Mr.
Clay—(on Air. Clay? Yes?) on Henry Clay—“the
aspiring, niooii-reaching Clay"—“the last Statesman
in America, whom Virginia can consistently with
bei Aonor, principles, and interests support!”
The Election of Air. Adams, hy the means of
Air. Clay—the Coalition of these distinguished
nun—their concurrence in the Same Administration
—the .Mission to South America, and other'circum
stances, sen led the political fate of the Whig for
years. All its principles became prostituted to its
party, its hesitating zeal for Stale Rights fell down
to zero. No man could rully warmly around them,
without being sneered at as belonging to the Rich
mond School, or as being a flaming Patriot.—The
Virginia Legislature could never raise its voice in be
half of the violated principles of the Constitution—
against the Tariff, or against National Improvements,
without incurring the censure of this redoubtable
Champion, lie was hound to Adams and Clay, ho
lly und soul. 117k country had little or no share in
the concern. And thus endelh the second Chapter
of the Clironiclesof tl 10 Whig.—Faction was now its I
element. An unblushing support of the Adminis
tration of Air. Adams, became its leading object.
This was its “ruling passion,” and hence its political
course “stands confessed.”
Then came on the struggle between Adams and
Jackson—then the struggle between Clay and Jack
son. All its principles went over to the side of Air.
Clay—and nil its hostility was directed against Gen.
Jackson. No measure that he could adopt, even
lor the “long lost rights of the Stutes,” could propiti
ate its resentment, or win its support.—The man
became tariff-mad—n friend of the Bank—an udvo
cate of the Indian pretensions against the sovereign
Rights o( Georgia. During this chapter, too, it is to
he noted, that no paper was more opposed to Nul
lification than the W big. That Party was held up ns
Traitors—Mr. Calhoun as uu ambitious spirit, who
would .sacrifice every thing for power.
I Men came on the third Chapter of the Chroni
cles. When thu Proclamation went forth, the Whig
first praised the patriotism which dictated it—for it
struck in with its hatred for the Nullifies. But, in
n very few days, the Whig seized upon its weak
points, and determined to make them the grounds
of another Revolution in its opinions. Then it raised
the cry about State Rights again. It seized upon the
clamour, which certain unfortunate expressions in
that paper, not explained away till afterwards, had
produced—It dexterously threw itself into the rising
tide. Then it flew from one extreme to the other.
It went to the verge of Nullification itself.—It ceas
ed to abuse Mr.Calhoun. It praised him as a man
worthy of admiration—and his principles, which
were once more traitorous than those of the Hartford
Convention, ore now cried up as the true, rightful
remedy! It lias abandoned Mr. Clay, ns its candi
date for the Presidency, and lias taken up Mr. B.
W. I.eigli, who hns done less than any aide man in
Virginia, of his age, for thsfcause of State Rights—
and whom it once held up as a politician a century
behind his age. How it can reconcile this ter
giversation, even to innny of the members of
its own party, we arc utterly at n loss to con
ceive.—Certain it is, that we cannot stoop to
copo with such an adversary, without regret. It is
no honor to encounter him iu his favorite field of
scurrility. We shall, therefore, content ourselves,
after having stripped him of his peacock plume, and
shown him to he the inconstant and unsteady poli- i
tieinn that he is—to lash him now and then—and
merely expose his grossest misrepresentations, and
his most insidious artifices. If his party will still
adhere to him, l»e it so. But woe to any people,
that will follow such n will-o’-the-wisp Politician,as
their guide and their oracle.
We have no more room to-day, for further ani
madversions. Wc shall notice in our next what lie
says about Mr. Leigh—with a few words on his own
mission and our public printing.— Wo shall show,
that if wo have been at any time inconsistent in our
opinions of Men, with wiint grace it is this K'litor,
can he the first to throw stones at us.—When wo
have dontrtliis, wo will spare our readers fora short
season. His pieces against us have already become
too flat, spiritless, nnd dull, for particular notice.—
VVe assure our readers, that ns wc tiro almost sick
of the subject ourselves, we shall trouble them less |
than we have done for several pnpers, with our
strictures.
1 lie particular* of die Arch' r fliaaer have been nsh»*r
ed forth to the Public.— Mr. Thomas Miller preaided, **
fritted by Vies Presidents Oid sod Ligon, The festival
wat given by "a number of Mr. Archer’s friends and con
iiituenia”—bill Mr. Leigh «eein* to have run off with nit nr
of ibe honors of (bo day. The toasts are spicy—and «oi .»
of them hot enough. Two or three shots at us, a* we mig! it
have expected. It j* die fortune of war, and we *nbri it
witfi die best grace iri the world. "The company is »hi
scribed as nunuroua snd enthusiastic”—though it u. *
been said (hero were not s great many of (ho "Puwlia I
tanera” on the ground. The company was very mixed, I
"fish, fl-sh and fowl"—here « Nnllifier, and there a Clay•
lie, and then a State Rights in.ui and Ihough it seem*
they all "vowed" to aland by die “ Virginia Principle* to
die Ust,” yet it will puzzle nil of them lo a*rce about
the nght leading of iheir creed. Mr. Archer is s.iid to
have "addressed lb* Company in a most impressive
•peerh"— and Mr. I.righ " with Iransre ndant power”—
but it is a pity that there brilliant dntielopewenlt should
have been lost to the world —for want of a Reporter.
We have dis'ressing account* of the tobacco and corn
crops. We (ear, they will botli bo cut sbori in Viginina
by the drought. The Baltimore Patriot says, the best far
mers in dial quarter will scarce make half a crop of corn.
And the National Intelligencer says, (lie same is true of
die country 60 miles round Washlrigton.— We hsd ftn»
shower* of rain on Sunday and yesterday. They may yet
give some relief, though too late to save much o( the corn.
Henry Johnson, returned for the next Congresa, he* af
#o been elected from (he New Orleans District,lo GIF the
vacancy in die next session, occasioned by the resignation
of F. D. While, elected Oovernor c* (he Slate,
1 -ft his Dirty Work, again !
I (Jen. Duff Green ia about,lo undertake the Seven Lx
bo.* of Hercules. He has come lorth with a grand (lour
isli ot train peu—ami announced under Ilia ow n puissant
name, hi* intention to address a senes ol Letter* “to the
IJfiiiocriitic H^fiy ol ill* U. SUles, lor iho purpose of iie>
iiioiislrating that the wsrlate upon the present Hank ot the
United Sts e», is but a pretence on the part ol those by
w hom it i* carried on, lor thr establishment, on its ruins, ol
a much more dangerous moneyed power, under the direct
control ot Ihe Executive; and that, instead ot subs ituting
gold and silver as the Ctlirciiry ol the country, their pur
po<e i-, liral, to divert the public attention horn their own
sellnli and ambitious ends, by a clamor against the Bank
o' the U. States; that, whan they have acquired power,
they may consolida'e the moneyed and political inllueure
ol the country under the control of a central Regeu
ry> clothed with an influence far more dangerous
to (he peace and liberty ol these States, than that
of the institution which they seek to overilnon.1”—
1 his indeed cap* the climax ul impudence. Here is s man,
who once declared iiis solemn opinion to be, that the Bank
and our Liberties could not exist together; and yet he is
now coming forward, under the merest and falsest pre
text*, to attack those who ate most anxious lo put it down;
and thus indirectly to prop up an Institution, which lie has
pronounced a blight on the Liberties of the People, and
on the purity ol their Representatives. Is this man most
fool or knave? Does he really persuade himself, that any
honest man will believe In* idle hobgoblins ol a “more
dangerous monied power”—oi “a central Regency,” &c.,
&c.? The i in media: e puipoae of these letter* lie avows
lo he, lo show—
“Who Alima Kendall U;
Who K. P. Oluir i*;
The purpose of Ihe rtUbtishnienl of Ihe O'ohe;
Thai Uvuerat Juckiuu and his pail* weie in lavur of a National
Dank;
(.i f'St then objection to iho prescnl llank is pcisonul and impair?
That, undei the pretence nl reforming the cutroncy. tlieii object is
In banish a metallic curiency, und lo suoslitute the ilepn ciutod notes
or local bunks;
1 hat (sen. Jackson, himself, is ignorant of the principles of bank*
mg, and that the wicked men who -unound him, have wi. bird Ins
passions and his prejudices lor their owe private emolument, i>iea!ly I
lo tho public injury. [
l propose further lo show, that iho disorganization of the Kepuhli
Can party is to bo attributed to tlio unwarrantable umbitiun of Mar
ti.i \ tin Ituicn, und lo iho couupt and disorganizing arlilices practiced
Tor its accomplishment."
ihe licuoii* ol Mythology will be no longer an isolated |
when this modern ilerciilds shall liave destroyed his '
Neinean Lion and many-headed Hydra. Thank* to the I
Iruillul imagination ol Duff Green! It has ci eated the prin
cipal monster!* whom he ia about lo destroy! Well and wor
thily does our “ron-cieutious coulempoiary” ir.uk on his
modern associatt: “No one (he nou> say a) is belter able
to iiilorui ihe public on these points, ami to shew up the
true character ol these worthies, than the witter who is
about lo set himself lothe lask.” And yet,live year* ago lie
pronounced him to he, 4*tlie bold and unprincipled Dull
Green”—“that pander of mischief, and master of lie*."
But tlie moment lie turns apostate, and is willing to serve
the pui poae* ol Ihe party, lo! presto, lie become* a tiuth
teller and an honest patriot!
“Ilcniy Clay, till! moat libaial »r nv n, tl.e truest to hie friendship
with evory quality to win respect, ami command admiration ”
.. . Wma of 1830.
Uell may those who lotnaiu faithful to Mr. Clay, ask
lhi» eulogist, “Well,sir, liotv comes it about that you have
been less true to your friendship for him, than he has been
to you? What lias be done to lorleit your confidence and
suppoit? Why have you gone over to another man ? —
Five years ugo, you declared that “Fortune cannot do less
ih n indemnity Mr. Clay for his persecutions, by placing
him at the summit ol hit country’s honors.” He is aow the
strongest man in the whole Opposition.—And yet how
comes it to pass, that you are the first to thwart him on bis
a Ivaiice to the summit ol Ins country’s honors? Is lira
the fidelity of your Iriendships ?”
Modern Whig Emblems!—The Philadelphia Com
mercial advertises the manufacture of ll'hig bullous,
elegin Iv guilt, with the Liberty Cap, and motto, E Plu
ribus Unttm, and on the bark the inscription, “True
Whigaof ’7G and ’34.”—The young Whigs of the city
are about to wear them.— But the Whigs of New England
who has been blown about by every wind of doctrine,
and shitted continually about Men and Measures,
arc going to give us war to the hn'\fe,—The Boston Jour
nal advertises that penknives have been imported Irorti
England with handles of transparent horn, and with
auclt mottoes, as “Whigsof New England, are the friends
ot good order;” "Whigs-cl the U. States, stick to the
Constitution,” &c. &.C.—Are there men mad lose! up surli
emblems and dis'inctions? How long will it be before
they will get hack to the Black Cockade?
Aphorisms.—We have given up a large portion of this
day’s paper to a Series ol Elementary Piinciplcs, with
which we have been lavored by an in elligent cotres
pondent—Whatever difference ol sentiment may prevail
about tlie accuracy ol each Aphorism, yet we liiiuk but one
opinion can exist of the research and ability with which
they have been coni| iled.—Their author, we arc con
fident, is tao firm to sluink fioui any scrutiny, and too
modest not to desire it. If be lie wrong, be w ishes his
errors j'o |be pointed ,out —II lie 'be right, he hopes hi*
principles may be accepted.— We leave him in the hands
ol liberal readers, to form their own opinions of bis work,
w ithout any endorsement or contradiction on the pari ol his
Editor.
THE CHOLERA.
J\\w York.—The Board of Health reported, (or 21 hours
up to Thursday, noon, 13 deaths in the city practice, ge
nerally, ami 13 in the 3 Hospitals—26 in all. For the next
21 hours, the Board report 22 deaths in the City, and 7 in
the Hospitals—29 in ail.
ltuffolo.— Nine new cases, and 6 deaths, for 21 hours to
Aug 23, noon.
Detroit.— Vrry few new cases had occurred for 3 days
prior to 20th, noon.
Onto—it has appeared in sundry places on or nesr the
Lake shore. The village of Huron had been severely
scourged.—About 20 persons, one half of whom were Ger
man emigrants, had fallen victims to it in a few days.—
Latest accounts, however, represented it to tie on the de
cline there. Several cases had occurred at Chester,
Meigs county. The family of Mr. John Ware hail been
peculiarly afflicted; his wife and 3 ol his children had
diet), and he himself very low, though hopes were enter
tained of tils recovery.
Cleveland, (O ) — It had raged for 10 or 12{daye prior to
the 23 I. —The number of victims is stated at Irom 50 to 70!
—a large proportion of them non-residents, takenlrom the
boats ol the Lake and Canal. On the 23d, the Board of
Health report 0 new cases, and 7 burials, for the last 21
hours. It was believed, however, to be on the decline.
Wheeling.—The Gazette, of Saturday week, says it
has not heard of a single case of Cholera in that town, dur
ing the week, and believes there has been none. Terri
ble rumours had, however, gone forth through the •un
rounding coun'ry, and the consequence was, that on Wed
nesday morning last, “ not the voice of a single chicken
was heard in the Wheeling market; and a* for butter,
there was not enough to supply twenty families with half
rations.”
Ditlingues.—Two celebrated personages are about to
vi-it the U. 8.—Prince Pucklcr Muskau, the author ol
"‘The Tour of a German Piinee” In Great Britain, ami of
the late Book, Tulli Frutti. He was at Hamhurg,in Ju
ly. And Miss Marline hi, the Political Economist, who
was at Liverpool, on her way out. By the bye, we are
sorry that our worthy friend, Littell, should have intro
duced ihto his admirable "Museum” for August, a carica
ture Print and Biography of Miss M., from Frazier’s Ma
gazine. He apologizes for it, indeed ; but it were better
to have “rejormed it altogether.”
LYHTli UCTJOJYS.
A Correspondent of the Petersburg Constellation gives
an anecdote (roin Nottoway county, Aug. 25: “Yester
day, about three o’clock in the afivrnoon, one of these
“whole-hog” Leighites arrived at Old White’s Chapel,
not in time to hear the text lor the evening preaching,
hut in good time to interrupt the little boys from eatir.g
water*iiielon«. My curovity led me to sec what was the 1
matter, and on getting there, this Mr. f-tighite, it seems, |
had been njficially informed, tbit most ol the qualified |
voters (to use ('apt. Kpes’ term,) from Black* and Whites I
down to tb it meeting-house, had signed the Instructions.
Ho repudiated severely the manner in which the Instruc
tions were carried about, saying the people were taken
from their ploughs, &c., they had signed that ol which they
were perfec’ly ignorant; that they had even signed away
their liber')!! In politics, as well as in religion, we want
no fanatics. I placed my eyes on one of my venerable
old Iriemls, about seventy years old, who bad just walked
up wi:h a pipe in Ids mouth. He smoked as if in deep
Study. I was informed that he had not seen the Instructions.
Me and two ol t is near neighbors, who «* ere also at preach
ing yes'erdey, have been waited on to d*y, and all three of
them cheerfully and willingly signed the instructions.”
“Finding (s.iyslhe writer) the ins'rtiftiou* are likely to ho
carried by an “overwhelming majority,” some of ibein are
resorting to the most pitiful subterfuges In declaring, ami
even have (he consummate assurance ol tel'ing those who
have already signed the Instructions, that they are ignor
ant of w hat they have done, ami th.it they have signed
away their liberty. These very identical men told us
last spimg, that Henersl Jackson had all of the people'*
money, that our crop of lohacro would not hear carriage
to market, our then growing crop of wheat would not
firing more than sixty or seventy cents per bushel. How
, far these broad a«*“f!ion* have been verified, I will humbly
submit to the planters and farmers, the very “bone and
sinew” of my country, to decide.”
The Petersburg lnt<lligencer objects to the present at
tempts, insome counties, to get uplns'ructions. He says,that
j the friends ol Mr. I-eigh do not deny the right of instructing,
I but he does not like live form. “Let our opponents (says
lie) call public, meeting*; let the people, instead ol being
solicited under various disguises, and in every artful form,
i to sign instructions, he called upon openly and publicly to
express their opini ms, and however much we might ob
ject to the danger of introducing this precedent, after a
full expression of their sen intents at the polls, we <hould
(eel bound to submit ” Now, we should like the Intelli
gencer to come to the point at once, aye or no, whe her
he mean* to say Ids mode is to supersede ail others—whe
ther, it (ha People do not assemblo in public meeting, but
sign their names to public Instructions, these are to be set
aside by the Representative—and whether the right is to
he abolished, on account of a forml In this rase,
we (fl*o aak, with the intelligent “ Southron,” in
the “Constellation,” bow comes it to pass, that “These
presses become now so clsmorons, when .their own wea
pon's are uaed against them? Have they forgotten (he
hundreds, might I no* say thousands of memorials gotten
#
up, an»l circulated for signatures, during ilic last session of
Congress, praying for a restoration of Hie Deposit**? Did
Uiry llicn o’ jecl to tin* method ol ascertaining public sen
timent? II they could have succeeded in procuring a
majority ol the people ol the United State*, t0 have signed
these memorial*, by their clamoiou* cties that dirties*
and ruin were coming upon the country, would thry not
have proclaimed it trumpet tongued to the world, and have
demanded the restoration ol the Depositee? Hut when they
lind there i* a change in the current ol public sen'iuirn!
— when they (iml that the people aie moving in their uia
jeaty, lo sweep the Hank of the United States into ultrr
annihilation—they clunge their note*, and endeavor to
suppress public sentiment, and permit the representative*
in the General Assembly to misrepresent public sentiment,
111 Hie miiuicr uikI way it lia< been m trepiefteitltfil, in
Ibc Senate ol the United State*, by Southard, Kreline.
Iiuysen, Dwing, Sprague and Hell. Del these gentlemen
meet the h ir nils id the Admihistiaiion on theirown gioutul,
and try their rtrengtli in the same way. The right of in
fruction is a sanitary principle, and utsolutely necessary
to the lienhhy action ol a democratic republican govern
iiiciit; and the people owe it to their salety to exeicise it.
“Mr. Leigh has said ill a public speech, (in Chestmlield
a* reported.) not wi listanding ihe Hank of the United S ates
. * violated it* charter—notwithstanding it* many ring and
• nii|Uitiea (if a body without » soul can commit sin and ini
j *1111 *y*) •*< (withstanding it ha* set the authority ol the Go
vernment at defiance—that lie will vole for a lesioraiion
j of the Deposit,*, lo the last hour of the existence of the
Hank, w hile he think* the money w ill be *a(o. Do the
I people wish the Deposites restored ? II they do, let them
itirruet their representative* to vole lor Mr. Leigh; tl they
ate against a restoration, let them instruct their tepreseu
lative* to vole against tym. D they w isli to loafer a I
monied aristocracy; if they wish to increase the power and
patronage ol (he United States Hank, (lien vole lor Mr.
Leigh, lie by Ins declarations ia hound to incieuse it*
power lo Hie extent of the public depositee.
“ I lie supporter* of Mr. Leigh nojv say, that the friend*
of the Administration are emleavoring to make it appear
that they are against ihe right ol Inatruclion. Nut so last,
gentlemen, 'i’he asset lion is gratuitous: we a-k tor proof.
Hut this we say, ami the history of the limes w ill prove
it, and you dare not deny it—n is true, as it written by ilio
pin ol an angel ol light, that j on have approved ol tlie- ;
action of the Semite ol the United Slates; you have lauded
the usajoiiiyof that body to the skies, as Hampden*, who
have saved the Constitution from wruik, mid (tie lilierlie*
ol the country Irom destruction} when some lour or fi. e ot
that body set at naught the right of instruction. Ilavo
you not, by thus approving Ihe course ol the Senate, sanc
tioned the course ol those who set at naught the tight of
instiiictiou ?
II M astonishing io witness the modesty ol Hie Opposi
lion paity in \hginia, headed liy (lie pi clean press in ihe
metropolis, Ihe head quarters ol Whigism. They claim
iho honor of being die sole guardians ol ihe Constitution,
Ihe real “Simon Pure” Slates’ right men. I should like
that the people all knew what has been the course of tho
leading Journal ol the Opposition, and ol some ol the Op
position leader-; that they might he enabled to appieciate
Ihe claim ol the press and (lie leaders, lo he sole guardians
of tho Constitution and ol States rights. This press,
when Virginia was battling against the Tatill and
Internal lm; rovement by the General Government, was
lighting under Ihe flag of Adams and Clay, (the hitler ol
whom was and is the champion of tho Tariff',) leagued
with Ihe lutitudinarians and federalists of the country!
" here was the leader ol the Opposition party in Virginia,
when these rapid strides to consolidation were in progress?
\\ here is the evidence that he uttered a syllable, or wrote
a line, to warn his countrymen against die dangers tint
threatened their rights and libeitiet? i>'o much for tho
pi ess and the leader — what shall I say ol a majority of the
balance? \\ ho headed die Adams Convention in Virgi
nia? The present representative of Ihe head quarters of
" higism. W ho have fought Ihe battles against all itifrar
tions of the Constitution ol the United Stales? Mr. Jef
ferson, Mr. Madison, and those who have adopted the re
publican principles ol those disciples of puro democracy.
How many of die exclusive blends of the Constitution ,
and States rights, in bvgone days, belonged to the old re
publican party ? Yet these men, tor effect, and to lure lo
their ranks those who are the real fitends of the Consti
tution and Mates rigli s, would make the people believe,
all those who sustain the present Administration, are ene
mies to the Constitution and the rights ol the States, he. kc.
Hut one of the Delegator, it seems, has tuken die stud.
II wo are to believe the Author ol “Anti Bank,” who
hails from •‘Jerusalem, Aug. 25th,” in the fast Saturday’s
"big, Mr. Harrison, of Southampton, is about lo ch*re
gard the signed instructions ol (he majority ol his Constitu
ents. ‘‘Be entirely satisfied, (says lie, (o die startled Edi
tors ol Ihe Whig,) it will not all do. Our member is staunch,
and says, as was the tact, that he considers his election
as vir nally instructions Irotn the county. For, if you re
collect the election turned upon the simple question—
‘Leigh, the Constitution, and the Laws,*—or, ‘Mr. W.
C. Rives, and Anarchy and Usurpation.’ The principles
of Southampton cannot be questioned.” We cannot be
lieve this wider. Hut, take out woid for ft, that il Mr.
Harrison dues throw himsell against tho signed Instructions
of bis People, the principles of Southampton w ill nevir
sanction his contumacy. What says the worthy Editor ol
the Petersburg Intelligencer, to this doctrine ?— We may
as well seize this opportunity to tell him once (or all, that
we have no desire to gel into a paper war w idi him. He
or to whatever motive he pleases, lint, he has repeatedly
thrown down his gauntlet to us. We decline it for the
present, and turn him him over to Ids neighbor ol the
Constellation, w ho is fully able lo tope with alt his chi
valry. We assure him, that we address the above queries
to him, not for battle, hut "for information.''
FOR TIIE ENQUIRER
At a numerous Meeting of the Citizens ot King Wil
liam County, liel.l at the Court house, on the 25th day ol
August, 18:11—it being Court-day- On motion ol Mr. Tho
mas W. S. Gregory, Mr John liome was appointed Chair
man, and Mr. S. Fontaine, Secretary. Alter a short Ad
dress, Mr. Gregory read the following:
“Declaration and Instructions of the qualified Voters
of the County oj King William, opposed to the resto
ration of the, * Deposit* s' and opposed to the re char
ter of the Bank of the United Stall s, to Walker
Hawes, Delegate elect from said County to the Gene
ral Assembly of Virginia:
“ W'e, a portion ol your Constituents, think it our duty,
as it is our natural and constitutional right, to lay before
you, as our Representative in the next General Assembly
of this Commonwealth, what we desire anil expert from
you, in discharge ol the trust confided to you. W'o de
cline our firm reliance on the w isdoir, integrity, and patri
otism of (ho present Chief Magis'rale of the Union. We
do not say that his Administration has been faultless: An
exemption (roin eiror, is not the privilege ol humanity;
nor can it become the boast of any man. But, we think
well of his Administrslion, lor its general usefulness and
undoubted patriotism. An Administration which is gene
rally wise and good, ought to command the public confi
dence. More than that, ought not to be expected—since
those who look for the perfect results ol infallibility in the
management ol public affairs, are sure to be disappointed
The administration of the aflaits ol a great and growing
country, is no easy task. W’e can allow for the rarea am)
difficulties of a station so arduous as that ot the President
of the United Stales. And, in passing on 'fie acts of the
Piesident ol our choice, we feel dial it would be unjust to
adept (lie rules of construction, by which his enemies
mould immolate him on the altar ol their viudic'ive hate.
“W’e are not the parasites ol Power; but, wo claim our
rank as the Free Citizens of a Republic—equally scorning
the maxims of suspicion and ingratitude, us we do the
simple d(-lesions ol man-worship. Nor, are we disposed
to calumniate the Patriot who has risked his life and latne
In iletence ol lit® honour ami liberty ot his country. We
hold bo'h the honour and the safely of onr country loo sa
crcd, to reward thu*, with unmerited reproach, one ol its
most illustrious citizens. Whilst, by such 3 course ot con
duct, wo arr aware, also, that we should only surrender
ourselves to heroine the victims of wily ambition, and
the dupes of dishonourable precepts, d-stgned to incul
cate the (also lesson, that (lie greatest benefactors of
tlieir country are nccessaiily its most dangetons foes!—
We know the origin of tha' lesson of proscription, by
which Andrew Jackson wss esily sought to be made
the unrighteous victim ol a rival prejudice. Of the
character of the President, as a patriot, but a small por
tion ol his countrymen, we hope and believe, can entertain
any serious doubts. In our opinion, it offers to the con
(eiriplation ol his countrymen, the finest moral trails of the
fe«t American standard. It gained the applause of the
philosophic Jefferson; arid who will say, it woo'd not have
won the applause ot the immortal Washington, had lie
lived to witness the display of i's usefulness and glorj?
'lire popularity of President Jackson has become a (right
ful thing to a coalition of mendicant patriots, who have
not the soul to contemplate and admire Its noble hearing.
But what harm has his popularity done to Ms countryman?
It has, it is true, overthrown the ‘American System,’ and
stripped it of all its falsehood ami treachery, while it has
I- f the name of that specious and piofligatn invention, as
thejonly evidence of tiro now broken monument, which
folly and ambition had reared on the ruins of the Consti
tution. I-et the Author of the American Pystetn lament
wilh Senatorial gravity, over the destructive ravages,
which tiro popularity of a hat^l lival has made in the
field, from w hich he had hoped to gather the fruits of his !
corrupt ambition! But lei his countrymen rej dee, for Iho
Spoiler hat been biflled and defeated! Virginia did re
joice in all her border*, when, by lire election of Andrew
Jack-mn, the right of (be people to cbeo*e their own Pre
sident was vindicated in practice, and tire Blackleg and
Puritan Administration of John Quincy Adams and Hen
ry Clay, was driven Irom ill-gotten power. Ami arc we
now to follow the lead of him, who, by intrigue and ror- I
ruptioo, palmed on the people, the hereditary leader of the
Federalists of ’PS?
"For these strange things, we are not yet prepared.
Our piim iplcs revolt at such unnatural combinations. Wo
have 1.ecu »cru-turned to contemplate the character of our
native Stale, with the ronsrioua feeling of honorable ant*,
lofty pride Nor did we anticipate the day of her humi
liation, w hen her voice would lie heard through the orgaf >»
of her proud sovereignly, calumniating a virtuous 1 biel
Magirtratp, who«e character and deeds of honor have
challenged the admiration of the civilized world, and
whose reputation should h*v« been lelt unsullied by fic
tion, and venerated ss an illustrious example. We hav e,
sir, been misrepresented in the Senate of the United States
—Our free and humane Constitution has been violated by
an attempt to impeach the President. We have seen our
Senators follow in the wake of mad ambition. It is strange,
tha* men who derived their commission from the Rrpre
•entefives of a free am! generous people, should think I*
either just or honorable in themselves, to deny the Chief
Magistrate even lire ntorkery ol a trial. It would he «ttll
more strange, il the same people could so lat lorget them
selves, as to ratify such a procedure, lint what has the
President done, to call down on hit devoted head, this vin
dictive persecutor? When he was railed l.y the voice ol
hi* country met), to till the olltre ol Chief Magistrate,
he lound his country men divided, l.y their sectional inter
ests, and the Coiistituticn, iustesil ol being the bond ol
! peace and union, was likely to prove the biller source
| ol civil strile. ft is well known, that these divi-ious
wete tepidly approaching to j feat Ini issue. The Pte
| sident appears, il we may judge Irom Ins annual tties
I sages to the Legislatut e, to liave looked deeply into the
: causes ol these iinualiiral dissensions. A timid man would
liave elirnuk Irom the aiduous task ol reconciling such
i fonl-ary interests, and subduing su< h obstinate ptejiidiccs.
'I lien was the time and the opportunity, for an unholy am
bition to seek the giatifirglinn ol its lusilul appetite lor
power. He, however, announced his determination to
shield the Constitution: and we feailrstly assert that lie
lias done so. Ills country turn have witnessed the moral
limitless ol their ( liiet Magistrate. And, as a proof that
lie did not mistake the character ol lho»e who confided to
Id* care, their highest interest, we have seen him nobly
fitsiained by tho-e ol his countrymen, aTioie inteieats and
prejudices seemed ready to be arrayed in (earful opposition
to his coutse. Ihefiuitg of Ins wise policy ate now cn
joyed by his country men. What are tl.oso fruits? Let the
recoids of his Administration answer, and not the hypo
critical misrepresentation* ol hut uni ting enemies. The
frtuts ol his wise Administration are found in an extended
commerce, and enlarged inte:rooi>e with foreign na Ions,
on terms ol just and honorable equality; whilst many
million* ol dollars h«ve bren realored, Irom the confisca
tions ol foreign powets, to the widows and otph.iiis of a
long list of sulfeiiug merchant*, who had been teduced to
poverty by the los* ol their properly: Our country res
pected abroad, and Its alliance sought alter by nations
which hi hetlo had regarded us with jealousy and indiirer
enre: We present the spectacle of a free people, on
whom Providence seems to have lavished, with no unspar
ing hand, aft the rich treasures ol its munificence. Our
national debt paid, ami but for the exercise by the Presi
dent ol hi* conslilot onal veto, on the unwise and uncon
stitutional acts nf improvident and selfish legisla ive ho- I
dies, much ol this laige debt would still be unpaid, and |
descend to posterity, as the badge ol political slavery to a
I great stock-jobbing, money corporation, whose interest i'
I is, to make a national debt perpetual, and perpetually in
j clearing. To the calumniated pitiiot now at the head of
affairs, our country owes, in a high degree, all we liave
| enumerated: nay. more; for to him is justly due the credit
of lestoiing to the country a more moderate and equal
system of revenue duties. We cannot but regard the at
tempt ol our Senator, B. \V. J,eir.ht made in the Senate ol
the U. S., to fitch this honor Irom the brow of the Presi
•dent, in order to decorate Henry Clay, as the merest ef
foi t ol a blind partisan.
n»vc luteii iius>r<*pre«cntct!, ami most grossly mis*
ffpwjenli'il in the Semie ol the U. S. on another tmpor
■ nuil ami leai ful question, llie Hank of llie United States.—
t* think we o\v» this art ol inisiepiesriitation to the
'unhappy Imco ol that voiles ol faction, which has en
gulphed the good sense ol our Senators They iiave
stood sponsors lor more than they can answer for at
llie har ol public justice. For all the ouliages ol that
irresponsible and dangeious monopoly on the lights of the
People, ami the Government, they have stood sponsors.—
I-or its corruption of the press, its invasion ol the tight ol
suffrage, its insidious ami corrupt nttemp's to influence
LMetnbers ol Cougiess, its huge expenditures ol money to
gi in the ascendancy over llie councils oi (lie nation; (he
attacks ol the Hank on the currency, its expansions, and
sun den curtailments, its organised measures lo produce
p«o .c and di*ii ess, its nn warrantable (peculations in stocks,.
in. elus.il to allow the Government Directors their ptoper
skate in the hii.-iiits* ol the institution, its illegal ssi/ure ol
the pension money ami Government dividends, and last,
but no» least, in the < atalogue ol its crimes, its daring, base
and jns. dent defiance of the House ol Representatives, in
open vt olation ol its charier, is not this enough, sir, lo
awaken our tears?—Hut we have seen them voting lo re
store the deposit*-*, to this insolent, corrupt ami uncontli*
tuiional frank. e have witnessed their elloits loehange
the long-c herislied opinion ol the People ol Vs., and place
them mid ir the dominion oi this wretched fiscal a gent. It
would be a surprising elf rt ol Senatoti.d tael, tv Inch would,
h tve pow ;r to win us lothe embraces of such a monster—
Not by the: policy ol alternatives, uor by the .-tludiedschemes
ol appielt. tided deretopeinenls, such as the keen optics oi
Mr. J.eigl- seems to have discovered in ilio lalenl policy
ol the Pre S’dent. 11 e protest against all these subtleties
of Senutoi J-iMgh. M e hold lo the written t'oiisiilutiou;and
we are sensible of our duty in reference to the claima nt
the Bank. IV e are tquAlly sensible, that its claims cat.mil
be reconciled to the opposing rights ol the People, and-the
Goveinroe ,l,» ami wc have no hesiiatiosi in din-arding.ihe
ti-cliDtc.il reasoning ol lawyers, in the business il iilustra
ling the pidilical lights ol a tree people. On great qties
lions and us critical limes, it i« inadequate lo the ends of
public justice, especially against great and opulent oflen
ders. Tim technical reasoning of lawyers, has often made
freeilom the scout and derision of Torus; ami, if adopted
in ti.e casu at bar, it will tend to refill** away d;o posi
tive behests ol the Constitution, and iimke our democracy
the laughing stock ol shorn H higs. Wo, Mr. triumph in
JfPcVlf Vil\SW‘M'Jm
by Jlie healthy action of this principle, the end ol the go
vrrmnent is alone utlainahle. 11 e also know, that tha.in
llueiice or a money power in the govt riunenl, il not put
down, wil/ inevitat-ly overturn die fabric ol tlie Consliiu
lion. The n, sir, instead ol a government of numbers, we
should sp* edily have a government of wealii-; ami we
believe that the re-charter ol the Rank of the U. S ates
would frev e a fatal deinom>tra'iun ol the power of a paper
junto, to c* tivert a Government, designed by its framers
lo produce national happiness and enlarged freedom,into a
scheme of financial despotism, {such a despotism, in
stead of dispensing public welfare, would become a
credit sliop lo dispense unequal wealth, bes'owing, on
llie favored classes, exorbitant wealth and political pow
er, whilst nil the People generally, it will entail
perpetual po verty, »t>d degrading civil and political ser
vitude. A fu. being hi inly persuaded that the people have
now lo stand tip resolutely, lor’the President ol their ow u
choice, in lie war of calumny and misrepresentation,
w iged against Inin by llie Hank and its political allies; il
they would secure lo themselves die triumph* of liberty,
and the ptiri ly and eleva ion ol their social and political
sjslcm: Tl lerelore wc, die undersigned, a poi lion of your
iuunediato * onstiluenls, do hereby declare to you, Ihat we
are opposon to llie re-election of Henjsuiln Watkins Lt igh
lo the Sen-.t.e of I)m< United States; and we do instruct and
require you, as our representative in the next Genei al As
sembly, to use all fair and honourable means to defeat his
re-election.
4 We do further instruct and require you lo vole for
W m. C. Rives, o* P. 1’. Barbour, or ai.y oilier iripd friend
of th a administration of the present Chief Magistrate of
the Union, on wham the concurring voice of the friends
of mild Administration in I tie Legislature may he united
to run as a candidate against the said U. W. Leigh, Esq,”
The above De chiral ion and lnsli actions were then sub
mi :ted to (lie meeting, and passed by an nvm whelming
tn ijority—only one dissenting voice catching the ear ol
tf ie Secretai y.
On motion, the Chairman was empowered to appoint a
standing Committee of Twenty five, to procure signatures
to the Instructions, with power lo enlarge said committee,
as circumstances may requite.
Whereupon the following gentlemen were appointed a
'Committee lor that purpose: L)r.. Chath s Webb, Christo
pher Tompkins, Hubert Campbell, Marfiehl Timbtrlake,
Wm. S. Fontaine, Men. Robinson, Dr. Corbin Braxton,
Thos. W. S Gregory James T. Shadwick, Thos. II Ta
lialerro, Richard Gwathmey, Dr. Richard Fox, Henry
Timherlake, Hisitiel Robiu.on, Dr. Feudal Gregory, Ed.
Pollard, Samuel B. Pollard, Hoger Gregory. John Skyrin,
Wm. II. Spiller, Wm. Burke, Ben. Robbins, Thos. Pern
(burton, Thos. J. Powell, Lewis l.ittlepage, John Sixer.
On motion of Mr. H. Robinson, the Cliairman was add*
>et' to the above committee. I he meeting the n adjourned,
•ante die. JOHN ROANE, Chairman.
Wm. Srorawoao Focttaink, Secretary.
TO THE EDITORS Oh' THE EJYQUIRER
You will oblige a pari ol your li lends by publishing ihe
IfrfAowtng Resolutions, entered into by a considerable mini
tt»eT cf (lie citixeneol Hr unswiak, on .Monday the 2 lilt inst.
A< July Court it wee thought necessary to instruct our
TOrfegate* lo Ihe next Legislature, respecting their Sena
iSoris! vote. ArroMlingly.scver.il papria were disuibuled
"IrrOrigliout the cosinty to that effect—but the Jlnlies t»
iKing exception lo ihe mode of proceeding, it was agiecd
•upon by the Irisnd* of the Adminislraiion to call a public
meeting. A mealing was called on Monday last, and lire
ifollewiug Resolutions, submitted by Col M.rllo. y, were
•unanimously adorned;—
1. Itesolvrd, That tire paper now in circnlation. pur
porting lo be a letter ol in Unction to our Ih-legatea, be
adopted us the instruc ion proper lo be given.
2. lit Haloed, That topics be placed in the hands ol
Theo. A. Field. Samuel Lucy, Dr. Dreed Haskins, Capt.
Thus. Jones, Col. Trotter, Win Tally, Win. Sturdivant,
Jlen.y Mason, John Atkinson, Col. Mallory, A Is x. Mal
lory, Jos. A. Riddick, Dr. John Orgain, Cant. Win. Mere
dith, John F. E. Lewis, R<d>\ Jackson, Hwhaitl H II.
W a I. on, John W. Harrison, Dr. Fred. W. II an i son, John
C. Claiborne, John Dailey, M.lea If. Branch, John B
Thrower, Win. 1$. Power, Sterling C. Pearson, and as
many more as may think proper to lake copies; and that
they be rrquested to present the same to the voters of the
county for their signature*, and make report to a meeting
tO#be held at September Tout! next.
3. Hesoloed, That this meeting do adjourn, to meet at
September Court next
On motion ol Dr Frad. W. Harrl«oti, it was UeHoltrtl.
Thai the pi acceding* of this meeting lie forwarded by the
Secretary, to the Editors ol the Richmond Enqtiiier and
American Constellation, with a request that they publish
the same.
JOHN JONES, Chairman.
Georiik S» one, Sen tin ry.
COPV OF INSTRUCTIONS.
" We, the undersigned Voters ol the County of Brwns*
Wick, approving generally of Ihe routse of the Adminis
tration, in most ol its recent measures, and highly disap
proving ol Ihe course pursued hy our Senators in the late
session of Cong'ess, do hereby instruct our Delegates to
the next General Assembly, in the election ol a Seriaior
of the U. State*, to vote again*! Henj W. Leigh, and in
favor of some member of the Administration pnrty» who
will oppose tha*U State# Rmk **
TO 7 //£ F.DIVORS OF THt: tJV^VIRFR.
Brunswick, August 28Ui, 1834.
A piece, with the signature ol **J. B Mallory," Ii-is
just made Us appearance in the Enquirer ol the 2tJ.li in»t ,
which, but lor the lolluwing paragraph, w. uM not now be
noticed, viz: would advite the veritable writer to learP
the truth be/ore he put* pen to paper again—expectully,
ashe btlongs to the Church;" containing a plain and pal*
pable allusion to a particular individual, and an imputation
upon hi* veracity, which, (if iutentiona),) was tinjusli*
liable, ui>rnUed*lor, and altogether unsupported by tael#.
Col. Mallory know# very wall, that tho poison to whom
he alludes, ia incapable cl wiltully mist cprrsn.ting (act#,
and mull see upon reflection, dial the above paiagisph,
roueln d as it i«, in such ambiguous language, ought to
have been expunged Iruni hi*Card beloie it was published.
It li.is, however, been spiead belore the public, and it is
well known ill (Ills section ol the counts In w hom allusion
lias been made. Justice then lo the individual concerned,
demands that an explanation should be made, promptly and
unequivocally made.
Col. Mallory does not s.iy, that he hud more than five
names on his instruction paper up to Sunday, tho 10th
inst., nor docs he pretend to deny that the correspond
ent ol the Intelligencer hail the information as there stated.
He goes on, indeed, lo give his reasons why he had dona
little or nothing, and then concludes by saying, that the
writer would be surpiised when lie saw Ids list, and would
learn the importance of ascertaining the truth of his inlor*
mu ion befoie La made hold assertions.
'I lie correspondent whoudoimed Mr. Hitchio that Col.
Mallory and another gentleman were carrying evciy thing
belore them in this county, was the proper peison to have
been publicly relinked for tusking bold insertions, without
knowing them lo he true; and not one who merely wrote
I in answer to this, that Col. Mallory had, aa lie was inlorm*
[ ed, 5 in«tructionist* on a particular day, and consequently,
that (here must have been some mistake in the business.
W.
hull THE KJfQUIRER.
To STAFFORD H. PARKER, oj Caroline.
* i H :—The times arc ho mutable, and individuals, espc
c ally politician*, are so eer y much disposed lo adapt them*
selves to its variations, that i must beg you to excuse my
acknowledged unsrquatufance with your presint opinions,
un Home ol (lie leading polilicul questions of the day, and
my impertinence, (it impeilinei.ee it be.) in soliciting a
suie and speedy response to the billowing intetrogatoiie»:
1 would enquire lhenr Mr. Parker, whether you con
sider yourself as instructed to vote lor Mr. l.eigli, as our
nvxt Senator, because two ol (he counties ol your Distiict
have ejected Opposition members, and gentlemen who
were known to be in favour ol Mr. Leigh, whilst it is be
lieved that one ol those counties has a majority ol Admi
nis ration voters?
1 would also know particular It/, (lor, 1 consider this par
liculurli/ important,)—should the contest be narrowed
, down, to between Martin Van Horen, 2nd Benjamin Wat
kins Leigh, as at pieamt advised, which will receive your
support lor the Presidency ?
Likewise, Mr. Parker, what are your opinions now,
relative to the “league ol Slate Banks ’ as the Treasury—
its constitutionality ami expediency? Let ui have a “com
plete talk” on this inquiry.
And, finally,.your views generally on the U. S. Bank,
and all o liei National Banks?
Believe me when I say, Mr. Parker, that in addressing
1 this communication to you, lam actuated by no unkind
feelings whatsoever: my only object being, lo know ex
plicitly, and for others to know, what ate the opinions our
iisemtov is Neely to curry with him to the next Legislature.
In conclusion, sir, permit me io ray, that 1 cannot (or
an instant, bring mysell to believe but that you will con
sider it your Representative duty, to respond, promptly and
freely, to llit^respecllul, tho’ anonymous call ol a plain and
humble CITIZEN.
August 27ill, 1834.
[From tli# Monongalia Fuimsr.l
DEMOCRATIC MEEl ING.
Agreeably lo public notice, » veiy respectable meeting
ot ti portion of the citizens ol Monongalia county, was
holden at the mouth ot Pawpaw Creek, on Saturday the
2fHh July. The objects ot the meeting having hern ex
plained l>y Win. S. Morgan, Col. Win. J'. W ill*<y nomine
letl Mr. David Snider, an old Democrat ol 'high icspecta
bihty, as Chairmen; and on motion of Capl. Stephen U.
Mongitn, Capt David Cunningham, Maj Samuel B. Sni
der, and P. Ik Arnett, were appointed Secretaries.
if was on motion, ordered, that a committee of Five
be appoint'd to prepare resolutions expressive ol the sense
of tho meeting. W hereupon, Mr. Joseph Merrill uiul
lour others wi re appointed.
Previous te the in reduction of the resolutions, Wm. S.
Morgan, by,request, took’the floor; acid in an animated and
iot cilde speech ot some length, explained the deposits
question, uud defended the Piesident ol the United Mates,
in lii-t measures, botli to the credit of the speaker, and
tile satisfaction ot hi* very attentive audience.
The committee uppoiuled lo prepare resolutions, report
ed the following:
1. Resolved, by, the meeting, That we have the utmost
confidence in the wisdom, patriotism, and democratic in
tegrity of Gen. Andrew Jackson; lliat wo will sustain
him in l.is efforts to tiling die Bunk of die United Mates
lo a proper investigation andtiia! -bafoie dm sovereign
peopie.
2. Resolved, us our opinions •Thai the rtjusal of the
Bank to submit its books and papers to (he inspection of
guilt of those a buses of iWiVcfw tj.’WfnfiWllf‘15{Ve?W/J
have charged it
3. Resolved, That the Bank's', unfaithfulness in din
charge ot the duties ot fiscal agent >oit the Government,
together with the enormous appropriations ol i s funds in
an effort to control elections, and iis tjianny in creating
such undue and distressing pressure in the money maiker,
prove it to be unword y the confidence ol this meeting, and
it carr-tio longer receive oiir-support.
4. Resolved, That Fief persons be appointed to repre
sent tins meeting, as a committee ol correspondence, lo lay
the above revolutions bttloie our fellow-citizens of (hi»
county and those ol the neighboring counties; and to hold a
I cni respondenre with such as may.dee m it their interest to.
concur in the above opinions and resolutions.
W hereupon, Capt. David Cnrininghain of tho Pawpaw
district, Maj. Samuel B. Snider, of dm Morgantown ,lis
hirt, Oapl. Arson Merrifk-ld ol die Whitedny district
W illiam Thomas, Esq , ol (he Dunkard distiict, and Mr'
John Currant, ol the Swamps district, were appointed said
committee.
'I he first resolution having been read, jt was moved by
Win. S. Morgan, that it be adopted: Whereupon, the
question being pul, it passed without a dissenting voice.
The pecond, third and fourth, having been severally
read and the question put on the passage thereof, the said
resolutions parsed with but niie.dis-e.nting voice.
On motion of Win. S. Morgan, it was
Resolved, That dr* proceedings ot tlm mealing be sign
ed by the Chairman and Secretaiies, and dial copies bo
put in die hands of the committee of correspondence for
publication.
And theu.on motion, the meeting adjourned.
DAVID SNIDER, Chm'n.
l David Cunningham,
Samuel B. Snider, Secretaries,
FOR TIIF. FJVQVIRER.
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
It is understood, that a loiter was road from Dr. At
kinson, at the last Mali lax court, resigning his seat in the
Senate of Virginia, and that no nomination of a eandidalrt
to supply the v.nonnry was thru made. It is, therefore*
respectfully requested of (lie good People of Mecklen
burg, and »« many of the good People of Halifax as c hi
possibly make it convenient to attend, to meet at Uoydlon,
on the 3d Monday of September, it being Mecklenburg
county court, for the purpose ol making arrangements for
selecting a candidate to represent the District, in the plar»
of Dr. Atkinson. MANY VOTERS.
FOB THE EJVQV/REIt.
NOTICE.
A meeting of the qualified Voters of Orange, in favour
of instructing our Senator, Daniel F. Slaughter, to vote
against the re-election ol the Hon. Benjamin W. Leigh to
the United States Senate, is requested at the Couit house,
on Saturday, the 13tli September, by
MANY VOTERS.
DEATHS
Departed lliii lil«, yesterday morning. Franei* ft. Cook, the *n
rood ,oti of John I. Cook, ono of the Editor* of ibis paper —The
Senior Editor knew him wml, nor can ho permit him to descend to
tho tornb, unnoticed and unhnnored. 't his young man was in the
2»!d year af his ug«; and never hnvn wo Irean acquainted with ano,
whose integrity whs purer; whose tensa of honor was nteor; and
who in every rasped. discharged hi* dntis* with morn religions fide
lity. tie wo the drilling of his own family—and asleomcd by ovary
erquainlrinee, wl,., knows how to estimate worth Ho had lingered
long under a diaoase. whiah no eftto, nod n* skill, avers able to re
move. lie bn* jtrst tried rim minoral waters of Virginia in vain—■
and hart only strength enough left to return lo the bo»om of his fa
mily to die among them. The pen that dictate* these few lino* to
las mninory of a deported young friend, is tumble to describe tho
grief ot Iris parents arid hi* friends —Jty The friends nml acquaint
ances of the family are requested to attend his funornl, from the re
sidence o''hi* father, this nltornoon at I o’o'&ck, without further Itl
vitnlion.
After a short and sudden illness, a' bis residence in Orange county,
on Saturday the 9th iost., hiutr l)nxits, Jr., ahoni forty years of ege,
leaving six infant rhildieit. nml ntiracroii* friend* and rotation* in be
moan In* premature death. On Tuesday hewn* assailed with a
most malignant disensn, and altliouvh as.-iy pffort was made lo ar
rest Its piogres*. which medical -kill could dbvisn.yet sneb was tho
ctMiractcr of his complaint, thru it battled tho ability and experienco
of 'he best physicians, and terminator! bis existence on tho succeed
ing {Saturday.
t-|£|.l> SULPHUR HEM IN A l< V.—The ensuing term
■ M of llii* Seminary will cnmmciire on (lie 16.It Sep
tember, and terminate on the I5ih July following. The
studies piiooed here will hr preparatoi y to the University
of Virginia. Tiro Classics ami Matheinntirk* are now
taught, and a leaebcr ol Modern Languages will he em
ployed as soon n* the number of students will jn-tity it.
f'lie uttnosl a tentioii wilt he paid lo the mental, moral
and physical Impiovenienl of tiro youth committed to my
charge. The number i* limited to 2ft. During tire two
month’s vacation, they will receive instruction in Mallies
mntirs, together wi ll hoard, without any additional < barge.
Tf hm*.—Tuition, Board, M'athing tmd MentUngt
per term, $250, payable half yearly in advance. A fine
opportunity is now presented to vHiers, of placing their
Children m a situation combining many advantage*. No
youth of bail habit* or doubllul character can lie admitted.
Communication* addressed to me on ltd* subject will re
ceive ptompt alien ion. tVM. BURKE,
Red Sulyhnr Springs, Monroe County, Vlrgifrie.
August 1». *»>- w4w
1 fr*/ Tho R ebmond Whig, Nat kero I Intelligencer and Charlesion
Mercury, will please to Insert this ndvanis-ment oneo a nsek, for
four weeks, sod usnsmit th»i» aecomts to W H.