The Greensborough patriot [November 1, 1851]

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VOLUME XTIJ. GEEENSBOROUGH; N.C, NOVEMBER I, mh WHOLE NO. 051.
PUBllSIIF.I) WEEKLY
•Y VW.4IM AND SHERWOOD.
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Price •a.-'io a your:
m«ri iHir.nn , ir MOT MID WITHIN osr. MMTU
AFTER TUB DATK 0* THE BUB*C«! II ION.
THE WANTS OF OUH STATE.
tar. GOITCII'S Address at Davidson Col
lege
trenrhed iheraselvea, ami make our Slatr a Imp- of hit yming.-r **»«. Anil had nol llie nifrgrd i juilicious citurae of instruction. Ami more ihan
py IMMM for ourselves and oui iiwrleriiy. and fearful crisis of the age in which he lived,. all others, pcrhapa, in overcoming prejudice and
' tailed forlh Ilia rare lalenl In command and gav-1 bringing llie destitute children of our Slate under
the influence of inslrueiiou. Experience has
•hown in some plsces a ino»t unaccmiiila6le ap-
AclHICI'I.TtRt. i ,
... . . . , ., ..... ' em, llie name ami lame and example nf Waah
Another eau.e winch ha. greatly retar.U the ,,„,._ wo„|d have b„n unknown \„ lne „orU)
iinproveinent of our Slate la the cepreaaeu eon-
A C.REAT UNION LETTER FROM
HENRY CLAY.
ilition of her agricultural interests and pursuits
and die waul of a proper stimulus to her inilus
try. No coninniniiv
porlanl interest
ia the *uhstrocl
in any other light than a distinguished planter in alhy and criminal neglect on the part of s
inaWn. Ociobtr 3d
the colony of Virginia. | parents in sending lheir"ehildrcn 10 IhSM (uun
I do nol wish lo be understood as urging you : tains of intellectual waters. As those who haie
luniiv can long neglect mis'Mi-, ,„ ,ne aJ0pti.m of agricultural pursuits and la- ; been reared in the cold and frigid regions of the
with impunit). an interest which j oon>_ „ ,h, „,,, hu„ne„ „r „„ |lv„. flor by ,rc,-|(. cirr,e klll)W nolllillg „f lh(l seilij, rav, of „
lure ol all socieij, ami me n.un. . „,eans ,„ Ji,,,,.,,),. j.on from entering npon ': milder dime and nothing of llie luscious and re.
damn, of all prosperity :-ai. interest which il what it „„„„ „,,,,,, „,„ |e,rned prufeiaion. f i Ireahing Iruil. brooghl fofil. hy a southern suit,
sound and prosperous, sends Ihe currents of life | ,,ul , de,lte ,„ „,, ,„ y(m( itlei||ion ,nd lec„m. I ,„ ,„,„» knnwinf Jolhjllg „r ,,,„ p|e!l,„r,., an
M Gtnllemen-~\ have the honor io acknowledge
lege. it - r- i- --•-- 7.1, . . , "ni i ueaire io can io your auemiun ana rcroin- to tnev, knowing nothing Off Ihe pleasures and
Among ihe recent effort, opair otic am dit- ,„ ,|l0 ^ ,_ that the heart sends £\tomtf^*$mml^^%t^S\*i& grow ap and go forth into the world
t.ngin.hed citizen, of North Cure-lint to mfusea blood il.rou.-h the ar.er.ea and ten,, of the hu- , Bma„er^wj||l whalev„ ^^^ w bmir. ehilled with alUhe rigorous iulluenrtt il ihe
Spirit of enff rprrsi'amnng ihrrenple of the State, ,uan *> *iriu. those nations whotc manulac- . nP(ja ..()(J ( . B||0 t ns ur employment thro* tame ignorance which htt lienuinM and paw
ture. and tr.de arc r»u*triieutive.andeoiitmute , |ifr| a\u] lhe ;nlran
,
(.K ' l(li8 JJfc^, ^
He leading interest of .:.«■ State, with great wis-1 wil|, animatinn am| zea|. Allll it is nol B0 mil
pan
Iveed themselvea. Here i* a field ol usefulness
easlern and northern border*, and *<■»* what a !
large rapacity she has lor die produciion of (he j
three great staple plants which constitute ih. i
weulih ol the 8oulh. View her lofiy mountain^, j
eluihed with verdure* and see how easily •'lhe I
cattle upon a thousand kills" might he hers. Sur-vey
the wide champaign that sirelched out at the receipt, vestcrriav, or ihe address which yoii
their feat, once rid. and beautiful m ll.eir slate | iransmilied to me. from a i.n r of genile,i>«n
ol iiriinitivcwildiic»t,nuwinarreda-nddithgared| \n the ciiy of New York. Eirltnating from a
by ihe bands of mau, but wlnrb wiih an inlelh- | f(lllrCe so highly respectable and imposing, from
g.ut and enterprising population might be ivade , ff>nda n> whom I am under such grent ohlim.
K ; to bloom as a garden, where we may * eat bread . ,Jons, I have perused it with profound attention
d | without scarceness, and drink (he pure juice of, tmi deference. Alter adverting to the present
the ?rape. View her rivers and mountain »ia(8 0| public affalra| lo the spirit arfterae t
tlremns as ihey dnnre and bubble tn idle curre.us t the measures of compromise adopted during th
to (he ocean, and think what forgea might beat.. |;1,, Congress, which prevailt in certain quarter
rse to
„ _.. prevails in cert tin qu..».nf
whalanvilt ring, how many thousand spindles , to llie necessity of unremilted exertions to pre-might
sing, and looms thrum in building tin- pil- j serve our glorious Union, and to what has been
lars of her strength and weaving the web of ber
glory.
and I
.. „ , ,-so seasonably and well done, with to much -
v. And if the Worth Briton on the bleak : biluy, eloquence and pslriotisin, by some of our
barren hills of his native land, wiih patriot. | eminent countrymen, you invite me to lease, for
ic devotion can repeat tho lines of bit immortal a lime, my quiet abode here, to appear in your
bard
" band of brown heath and shaggy wood.
Land of the mountain and lhe tiood,
I .....it of r iv -I re-! what mortal baud
Can o'er untie ihe tilial band
great city, and to address my fellow-ciiizent on
lhe actual condition and menacing danger of our
country,
I feel, gentlemen, wiih the grentest interest sad
the deepest solicitude, the full force of sll that
these copious Art ft*,
son of North Oi
The liberally educated
who may peruse ihese
ikiiari-, inusl go foilh with a weightier s«||M
obligation lo " lhe good old MollMI of us all.
of
INTKSNAI. IMritOVCMKNTS.
It is a Imili not to be iHsfuiartl, (hat lb
Ynunitv in which our lots htVa brcn
adequately improved lio* many (ale
have been comniiited In her charge-has
nol made that advancement in the
purauiis and eiubclli^bmenH of cr-ilii
com*
i. has not
its which
-that al(S
nidus'rial
d societv
the walks and pursuits of the husband
uun, it is- inutiei of regret thai in our Stale and
most of her southern neighbors. ibtM advantages
are known, apprecialed and enjoved only by a
ft w, wV.n coiistitu \v the educated and more en-liii.'
i'ened portion of ihe community. And ns the
beams of lhe rising ItM first gild
moth)tain tops and bead lands of tl
on which Ihey rise and shine, while Jn^^P | cotppllsh (i to "he gratitmlc of the community
And allhouuh men educated, had habituated i
gracefully woven ihe rhaplcls ol Ceres around
the black letter of Ihe Law.
To bring the agriculture ol our State, under
a more euli^btened ayslvn) by ihe diaaemiiiatlon
of knowledge, the formation of agricitiiural aaso
y hrave all ibe hardships «
ncus, submit to all (be privation*, moral, social, .
and personal of frontier settlements, louuheahby \
locaiions, :.nd often times to premature graves.
Perhaps il IF so ordered b\ ■ wise Providence,
that the rich and tempting territory of this vast
•„,,„ I •?"•»* *• ■PP»«"»" <" ««™«. "M'l-e force an,, „„„,. |( hUc * ,„r ,„„ oceuVied^-
,h, com!ir ,,r ? '"''.'"'i"' example, will be a public heue- flut in il.is proc-M of ai.raliou, perhaps no oq
.1 ' -.iZ , faC""" e:'.'"h"«, ll'"8C " :i.° •'»'•'"'"«<■ »»•' "«* State hu lull, red so rnueh, none been so e.
vales which lie ludow arc si ill d.irli and cold
ihe |)(hi and warantA oi science anu learning
have only hilled upon IbOM who occupy the
hiijh poMtinnfl of society ; while lhe gre.t mas-which
her abundant and varied resources de-1 sea have been h-ft destitute of that knowledge.
nianded,—and ihai she has suffered horaelfto be essentially necassarv lu warm them into a title
greatly ouiurippcd n most ol the iuipro\imen(s of prosperity and succest.
Which rimtlitiila the pride and dignity ol a state. Man Ml a reasoning animal, is also a ^
by many ol her s.st, rs possess.ng a) the OUttel' crc.ture of habi,. and generally. «Ot6 strongly I ^uu-^l the pes.ilent marsh can be made lo j ZX'JSu^^SS^ 7 c
infariuf nataral.ud%ani»Re.iohervel(. When the j under the influence of ihe latter than the lormer ^il8 poitulUllli ^^iC9^ sm^ZB^m\ZS^Vff!i!^^
Consi.iuimn ol the \ n.tfd Stutei was adnpied, moving principle: and as the Mtotf the air of! ,.r ,J ,hp U9e of i|s nwner,_j,10t lhe coUoil "*£ »'°/' c "'»"»" " '
and our feute became a member of thai |rMl every wing build their habitations In lhe *ame i Bli||ki lhc 1(lhacco 9ta|k, sn(l ,,lC mn ,Ia|kt Ciin I
and glormiit Coiifederation of Sltlee, under way ihey did in aJJ past lime, so we may readi- be m;H,tl Ul ,luUris|,. jn p^ „, ,he 1(rier and .he
lysupposetl.evw.il conimue lo do so lor all . lh(irn. Let them see that the habiiaiion of the
ages to come, because Ihey arc governed solely |msband.nun can be constructed wii'. a view both
by instinct, or a facnltv of imitation. And to J „, n0(1|Btat, anti lV,mforl. Thai his home can he
hausted and crippled, by lhe heavy draft* made
upon her men, her capital and her talent By
false theories and mistaken praeifeee; abandon (ft, Inreseant drainafj, which has lasted for hair
Ihem with reluctance, and adopt new and untried a cenlnrv. her glories in the olden lime when
courses, with dot.bi and hesitation ; yet (here is ; shc |Ww| imoo| lhe firgl of (||i, |H.alJ,ifu| 8i„er.
I Way I I Whteh Oiey can be etjectually taught by 1|00,i (1f Siaies. have been forgone... and she is
the force ol example. Let tl.em see lhat barren ; rcduced nearly lo the condition of a " hewr
wastes can he clothe with vcrdurc.-^at ex- j WOO(j aIK. a jrawer of wat,r.» The produce of
haust"d and abandoned fields can be l:i
■""• -x . reuueeu nearly 10 me eominioii <K a - nc
Ft*^att|l ex- j Wood ant1 a drawer of watir." The prod
lnssWwiib |)cr |a(,(>r< an(| ,jiC fpuimofherrTcWa, go i
hi
which we live, she ranked third in size and pop-ulation
tmoi.g the original thirteen. Mill aU
lhnngh sn respectable in size and numbers, such
bat been her position ... •■elation to llie tea ami
her adjoining sifter Slat that the elements of] be governed
union and centralization
their advantages lo-t lo the State. Our territory
it cut up into seciions, whose interests and com-mercial
affinities have more intimately connec-ted
them with ihe outlets and markets of other
States, than wi'h our own. Although possess-ing
one of the best harbors and port-* louih of lhe
Potomac, it is nhimst unknown both 10 trade and
to fame, because no large river disembogues its
waters and its produre into IIM bnaom. No rail
Toad hns been conxirucied lo earrv the fruits m
the industry of the interior and remote regions
of the Slale to Its marls', ami to farititite the in*
lerconimunicatiou nf Bw»li »il ditli-reni seeiinns
and divided iniercst* ami untie ihem with the
ties of a common mine ami prnsprriiv. (lur
friends, on lhe nunhern and southern borders of
lhe Sidle, seek .\\\ outlet lo tho sea for iheir pro-ducts,
through the markets of our staler Si-iies.
hecau»e ihey are nearer swl cheaper of acnt-i.
That portion of «ur pfl| lilotietl who live in lhe
unwholesornc refHiOS ol ib»* east, and who are
compelled, at certain sea-ons, lo abandon then
homes, spend Iheir lime ami itieir money in the
crowded walks nf Northern springs nod baths,
instead nf among (be lowering heights, lhe re-freshing
tujUfv. the gushing fountains,and heal-ing
wateraew their own mountaius ; for the rea-will
it be with man whiUt he suffers bimsell to
vented by ihe force ofhabii. instead of the J rPK1|r,| ,vj(b a
ha*e been wanting ami force of raeaunfc. Ity the use of ih« latter he j
surrounded with reliesbing fruits and shades, ami
grance sweet at
learns windoui bv experience, and daily "dds lo Jsilfan odofe, from (he spicy i-hore
the treasons of nil knowledge. Under ihe in- j °' Arn,'V- liw blWt'
(1 icnce of die oilier, he remains ktaftOOttr. re- ( ■«« al •,l" *»™« """' ,,,s «ealih auj-mente.l; and
pealing old blunders, copying past errors, endu-1 J«« w,u -T'drcss atgumenls to ihem which will
son thai ihey can reach ilm
infirmity and fashion, in
■ am) more comfort
ing pa
ring again and aurnu lhc s mic grieianccs, and
making his blunders and bis errors hereditary
by handing ihem down as hciiluoms lo his chil*
dreu. The great tmslortUL' a.lending our agri-culture
is. ib ii the n.ns-rs rnsi'ircil in ii, ihoogh j
nwuiug the soil ihey eulliv tie, make ibcir occu- j
palion (he MI'.JICI of neither thought, study nor
leading ; ihe advantages ol a syalenialieemploy-menl
of time are lost, all lhe operations Of the t
farm are nerlbraieil wiih a kind of stereotype'
rountine, Bilmitlins of litilt vuriatfnn or improve.'
menl. The modes of cullivauon iutrouueed by i
our I ilhert upon a rich and virgin soil, and HIIIII-lar
Bgrieulmral Hnpmvamenie, tbougb unfit for
lhe same toil srunn il, i .xbuusteii, and in.pover- "
Isheu as a large purl ion of our State now i?*,—is
nit) pursued with undaviattnc fidelity, ibough
the rewards of labor are denied and sterility and I
harrenuessPlike an invading foe, are making year-1
Iv advanci s. md threatening a complete conquest .
ol the IO.I which lliey culinatc. In vain knowl- i
dine nnlurla io them her ample pogOt rich with
tlir esperiencn and wisdom of the past; ihey
bind ll.sui like :
sliniola.c them
spell to their native home, and
II a course of enlightened iodus-
II.ne, wild It
money ami cnnimn ihm they e.iu're;ieh I
the healthy regions of their own Stale. And lor
*hc same reasons lbe;r children are sent to Nor-thern
iiislilutions, alihni.gh the interior of our <
Norlheni tesorts of I shut their eyes upon the l.gbl kindly ollcrcd lo
guide ihem lo prosperity. In ffajD the agnctiU
lliraI ureas weekjy .TIIII montbly oilers in pour
its treasures al ll.eir feel; mo»i of Ihem have
strong pnjiid.cts against what is called " book
(arming/1 and look upon money *pcnt for in*
KDpCATl IM »t Till PK0I*I>K*
Itut there is a nobler soujeoi than tho surfai'S
of lhe earth for us lu meliorate and improve,—
ihe minds ami understandings of our people.
In three Untied Staiee, our coimtiiuiioin and
for.us ol j/mcrniiienl are coiisWuced upon the
principle of the largoet liberty, and wiih but few
exceptions baaed upon universal •mlTYagc. The
peoi Ic ihrough their renreaentaiivea, freely
ChoaCDi make the laws, and (be aaruc people
ihrough t'wir mi.i;s:.-i..il officers, enforce tin in.
In a giitcrnmcoJ to conuiluted, ii is not only im*
poitanl thai the law -Hi i)ker *h >uld be eul^hleiied.
but thai Ins electors should be men of principle,
iuteUlfonce and Qrmncaai for it would hu in
vain to enact wholesome laws, if obedience lo
them was denied by lhe mata ol the people, and
their elocution not enjhrced when nbedieuct
was withheld. An ignorant population is inca-pable
ofappreciating the blessings ol freedom, or
o.inustoriiig iheeuergy and reoonrcoa necessary
to throw oil the ahacklOMOj slaierv— incapable
of funning a just estimate ol the natural or acei"
denial disadvant. get under whirl) they may la-bor,
and wauling in that liberality and enterprise
necessary loi remote (hem. fI"our inlo lhe rum*
Slat' is richly supplied with seminaries of learn- formation as wasted* ll is a mailer of comfort , moo mm.) lhc light of t ducalion, and you iin.ne-iug,
both male and female, which command our that mis tad suite of things is not universal, and ( diauly pui into operation thai enhghlencd encr-retpect-_
nd veneration, and draw liberally upon that this gloomy piciure is relieved m every gy, which spends Uttlf in magnificent works of
the patronage of contigiioiis portions id' our sis* county by well-ci.lnvalcd farui«, under the man- public improvement, ele\ates lhe standard ol
tec Stales. agemeut (d men ol education, and others, whote i morals, dries up the sources of tice, cheapens
But although this uuforliiuale BtaU) of things . vigorous intellects hate broken the shackles of the expenses of got (rumen I by dtmipbbtng lbs
hat long been known to exist, although the inosi habit, and who are reaping lhe rewards of their ; number of poor houses and prisons, and retrench-eloquent
appeals have been made lo the pride, enlightened policy, and selling a noble example ! es (he large sums annually Spent in lhe proCCLU*
lhe iulcreai, and the patriotism, of our Stale, fur lor the imitation of ibeir countrymen. \ lion ami punishment ol criminals.
dim re than a quarter of a century, not till with- ! Rear, in proportion to ihe number of educated ' The census-tables have shown a large number
ilia few years past, has the public mind been men. in our Slate, hare entered upon lhe culti-1 ol those who can " neither read nor write." set
awakened to the magnitude of these ei its, and vatioii ol lhe soil as their sole pursuit ; most of down to the discredit of our State as well as to
Meen induced to enter upon a remedial system ihem have gone into the learned professions, or many other southern neighbors, and we have
•enmasenaorate wiih our wanta. Here is an am- have left the SUate, and there is reason 10 ft ar [ long felt lhc palsj ing effect of this |. adeq weight
( It: thealre for the exercise of thai enlightened in- that there is a prejudice among men of letter-. '. throughout tbe whole ol our Stale policy, i, r.
tluence which a liberal education puit wilhin I and especially young nun, ngan.sl engaging in lhe lime has arrivi d in North Carolina* when
your power. To strengthen the h tads, and en* tin* employment. Il is tooktd upon as an in- lhc Slate,* the embodiment «»i the sovereignty o|
tenor calling. andlOO narrow and limilcil io fur-
BhM*l scope and rango lo an educated mind. That
(hi! learned nrowesiOCA and politics are the only
lieids «vhe.v genius and talcnli cm tread, will.
a certain pnmpeci o| honor am) distinction. No
occupation ought lo be esteemed loo CootcactOu
Us pass away
f distant maajk< is
without any credit lo lhe Slale lhat reared them.
No naiive historian has recorded the sulTeriugs
Bud iiiumpbt of liar Serolotlonary heroes and
patriot-. All of her ((evolutionary slory that
has ever been written, has been committed lo
paper, by ihe hands of strangers, jealous lo a
fault for me honor of their own Stales, ami is
more the shadow than the substance of the his-tory
of oT.r Slale. The memory ol" tbe Regula-tors,
ihm intrepid band that was tbe first among
Ihe Colonies to meet British power in battle fer-ray
; the extortions and oppression under n hieh
they groaned ; lhe cnligheneil principles of hu-man
liberty for which tln-v ttrnnted, hail well
nigh paaara away from the mftnnry of man, till
one of her native sons, with great industry ami
research, gathered up lhe scattered shrei!* md
committed ihem lo the living page. WaaMhoegh
Ihey were tfnfnrtnnatCi even defeat with ihem
was gTorioiis, ami we i tinnot but admire the sj.irii
which, tor the pure lowni liberty*Impelled ih< m
to mingle in the deadU slrifa without a glimmer-ing
hope of success, hot with the certain proa-poet
ol being crashed by the Iron heel ol potter.
The iir>t declaration nf independence eeer pro-nan
need in America, made hi your hold and pat-riotIC
sues upon lhe honored soil upon which
now stands your ilma maicr (a most appropriate
monument to their intelligence and worth,—
'• Alenda lux, ubi orta hberlas,") wasdnuhied
and denied by olhers and almost forgotten bv
ourselves, :»nd not till ul hue years has tbe well
merited honor ol being the |« idmg colony in the
Kcvoluiion been undeniably secured lo our Slate.
Why, ibis oblivion ol honorable past history, this
dullness to comprehend her true interact* Ibis re
Inciance lo enter upon the path of improvement
and honor? (lne leading rt asmi is. that loo
many ol bu^eUucntedandenterpriaingtone hive
been lifting high oAree and adorning high sta
lions far aw ay trom home, spending the eneig.es
ol their matured and vigorous manhood in swel-ling
lhc fame and Increasing the resources oi
olher States. North Carolina has served as the
plant bed. from which they bate been extracted;
but llicic (runs hate enriched and liuir Iragrance
refreabed other lands.
Too many more o, ihem do not look
their native land us their fixed and permanent
home ; but are ready lo be offon lhc shortest no-tice,
to whatever regions ambition or opulence
shall bold out Ibe must huiptmg allurements to
their resiles* desires.
Is this stole <d vassalage never to cease I arc
these, bleeding WOUbtuf never lo
Tbe world is but a feverish rest,
To weary pilgrims souicdmes gi\r- .
V, bee plea-ure:it cup bar lost its /e>i.
Ami glory's hard-ean.ed crown is riven
Here suiter than the dews of even
Fall peaceful on the llumb ring deep;
Asleep io earth, awoke to Heaven—
"He giveth his beloved sleep/"'
Yes on ihflgmvo's hard pillow ri»-o
No cankering cares, no dreams of woe:
On earth wo close oiir aching eyes,
And heavenward all our visions grow;
The airs of Kden ronial us ihc.v.
And in iheir balm our slnmbMB steep,
God calls bis chosen itome, a:u! *o
"• He yivelli bis betoveu >leep."'
Ah ' vainly could the huir.an voice,
In this (lull world ol tin Bad folly,
'i'cll how thi' sainted dead rejoice
In (hose hiL'h realms where joy is holy-
Where no dim shade ol melauch ly
Ueclouds (lie rest which angels keep ;
Where peace and bliss united wholly,
''Hegireth his bulovcd sleep."
It on ih.it brow so fair and you::g,
Allliclioiis trace an early iurrow;
Ii Hope's too dear, dolasive tongue
Has broke its promise of to-morrow ;
Seek not the world again, to borrow
Thedeathfol print iis votaries reap,
Man rives his loved oneapain and sorrow
Goo " glreth Ids betovec rieep.
Tho Yankee and his Progress.
\ French traveller in ibis country, thus sketch-
<s our national phvsioynomy :—
" Pidure lo yuuraelf, if you please, a lean
figure, with bony wrists, leet ol' dimensions that
would forever tarnish the seutcjieon of a gentle*
man ; a hat "tuck upon .be hack ol llie head ;
straight loir; a check swollen, not by au ae-
(idcniai cidd, but, from morning till night, by a
lump of tobacco ; lips stained yellow by lhe juice
of lhe came plant; a black eoai. with nanow
ekuTtCi i tumbled shirtt tin gloves of a gendarme ;
imueera in harmony with lhe real of the equip-ment,
and you will have before you the CSCCl
portrait ol a iborou^hbred Yankee."
And. oflhlt ugly animal
reputation, a leading writ
epeuks :
" ■ Nowhere in the world.' s.ivs lhc writer.
* lines the blood eo swifily rush ihrough the reins,
now ncre docs bfe (low in to loll a stream as a-moug
lhe citizens of the I'niied Slale*. Ii is
true lhat ibis great natural power exhibits, here
and there, a wildqees ami absence of control, ol
which we have lately bud to condemn a manifes-laiion
of recklese eitravagance. Ilm a milder
influence will appear in later years ; sod even
now what a sure oalmnCSS and caiculaiing pru-dence
is joined with the youthful exuberance of
lhe American. John Hull, whose mosi cunning
locks be opens, whose swifiest vessels be out-sails,
regards lhe rapid growth of bis daring
young relative wiih a ml**' re of jealousy, (car.
upon and pride of kindred.' '* * *
"• The gigantic development of power in the
American nation has naturally not been in every
sphere and direction, Ai first it derotcd itself
Io the establishment of political constitutions,
and in this displayed a wonderful organizing
faculty. The next path on which it entered was
staunched I 'hat of exchangee ami Bommeree and the BC |
courage tbe hearts, of all MOM c I these
great and redeeming works, and lo remove every !
impediment and diafienlly out of ibe way, should !
be tbe care and pride of every citizen of the
Stale. The diseases of lhe BjalC require a
prompt and extensive remedy, and never will
lhc people,
family, and
| lellt'UlU-i] W
looked upo
its eoMdtOtiooal vigor be restored till lhe whole : lor the employment of an educated mind, the
of its territory is covered wiih a lattice wink of complished pursuit ol which requires no mean
I ask you. in' the name ol* every thing that is illon of material power. Whoever, wub lhc
dear In a patriot's heart, to eel the noble snd pat- jaundiced Tuomal Ctrlyjc, should insist on re*
M the head of'ibr r',,,ic 1'*"",rl1' "' remaining at home in your na- gJidmg the Americans with contempt or pity
•h. bouml to provide for the in- j "ve &li,u'* "' ,lc">' )""'^l«»s all honors and
I tboee who either from mental j ;v,ahh *•* V" "',l puwbased wjibin her limits.
or pecuniary inability, enimoi lake eareot ihom- "° "ol k':Vc her ", iH'r l,,",r "' sViitenae trial,
selves. T*e principle is deny gaming upon the I 'vl,c" bhe l* hllufe'g|l»R w '"^' »'' the rhackles
tieciions anojueteeool <mr pto|dc
Minor-uhout
know ledge ol the science'- ol l^lieni.siry
alogy, Mechanics, and Hot.my. And
looking bank over lhc long naUlogOOe ol illustri-ous
names, both ancient and modern, that have
lidcd and loomed (be annals ol husbandry, it is
tun ly eooagh for t*v pride nl en American that
rail road, plank txi<\ and river improvement.
extending inloevery important section of fit ter-ritory.
No doubt numerous objections will be
raited, as thee elwaya have been, to a «v*iem so
comprehensive and costly.by croak, r^ and ilem-agogues,
the baneful spawn of popular Ignorance.
But the veil of prejudice mutt be turn from the
common mind, and our people most he taught
that a judicious expenditure of the public money,
is lhe I rue si economy and tbe sorest means ol
growing rich. If we can BCCM 10 luofc upon lhe
dirticultics in our way as gutn'i, and netrauvei
at grasshopper«. we Boa mnove *ll ihe harrters I during ptwaperily and Ircedum, retorned again J atanei
ml will toon I wmc'' navu confined her in ihe house of boa*
man peoerseiah of ibe popular mind, that rim J ^t* ■** s^swiiity--lo shed tho light of oduea-
BuM owes i,» every oht'J. bom wnhiu its 11 mi Is, l,,m ,nto evt'r> household, and to bind up the
lhc rudiments ol a wholesome education ; and | ,m,kr" '™gmentt of her pop.dal.on. into ore
that it is a debt or BC Strong moral and political I prosperous whole by ihe gulden chains ol a wise endeueu
obligation at thai ol Mbmlmga (iroiectmg govern- I :,mi iM,|u,r »y«l«ni ol improicuieiils.
menl, gnainntv mg to evirv unlit iduut security '• The lauli is i.ot in our slars,
to his llhl aiiu'property. Bul lu <*Jtolvoe. il we ara nnuoiiingo
Tbciiecessr.ry steps Jnve been laken by leg- ' Clud has given us a good laud lo dwell i:
beetlite they bate not produced so
of soul, poels, philosopher*, artists
lie | iljy in Iha wrong* They I
time for ii. Urn inn >'->>y will rome
will also gatbei
human actitiiv
In lhe lloily-tieo We may dino.er a strong
fUrestive WMNKMB. Tbe laoseaoc
iranehei ate armed wtthetrong thorny
. p.i.nts. which r.iulcrs it c\;rcmcl> hazardous to | t
\ alueke hough from not lower part of the trc; mm
my strength might
nl me, and my present debihty mghi be incrcas-
'■ ed. There is no place, I mn fully asrare, where
| I idiould find more trJenl and enthusiastic friends
in one party and more cotir.csy and respect in
tbe other, than in ihe commercial metropolis of
ihe Union. Whilst I am constrained, wiih much
regret, respectfully to decline the meeting vou
propose, I avail myself of lhe occasion to present
some views which 1 have taken of public affairs,
and which I Irani may be received as a substitute
for any oral exhibition of them which I could
make hclorc a large concourse ul my fellow citi-zens
in New York
It was nolaepnoead by the authors and anp*.
porters of ihe compromise, in Ihe Ittt Congress,
lhat the adoption of lhe series of mea»uret which
composed it. w.iold secure the tinaniinont eon*
curreooe of all. Their reasonable hnpet were
confined lo ihe great majority of the people -of*
the United Stales ; and iheir hopes have not bfen
disappointed. Everywhere—north, south, east
and west—an immense nrcjoriiy of lite peoplo
arc satisfied wiih. or acquiesce in, the compro-mise.
This may be confidently asserted in r> *
gard to thirteen of lhe elevehojding Siatet, nnd
thirteen, if not fourteen, of the free Slates. In a
few of both classes nf tbe Stales, and in tome
particular localities, dissatisfaction exittt, eihil •-
ling iiself occasionally in words of great violence
and intemperance ; but ibis leelui*' is, 1* truth
where it lint mott prevailed, gradually yielding to
an enlightened sens, of public duly. 1 will pre*
sent a rapid survey of lhc aclual male of things,
as il appears to me, both at Ihe North and the
South, beginning at lhc former—
In all that region tin re is bat one ol the vari-ous
compromise measures thai is seriously assail-ed,
and lhat is tbujavv, made io strict conformity
; wiih the consiiiulTnu. for the surrender of fugt-
! lives, from lawhl sen ice or labor. But lhe law
; ileeJti « ith two exceptions, has been everywhere
lenloiccd; opposition to il is c instantly abating,
; and the patriotic obligation of obeying lhe eon-solution
and lhe laws, made directly Of indirectly
. by ibe people ihemaelves, i* now alutPBl univer-sally
recognised and admitted. If, in lhe exeeus
•] MI of th<- law, by lhc public atujlnriiy. popular
' discontent U sometimes mauifesu I. it has, with
prcscot (hongs snd . lhc MOOpliomi mentioned, been invariably re*
of Germany thee pM***d* or prcvaoted from obstruciing the oilt-i
cert ot jii*iiee i:. ibe pcrlorinmu'e <d iheir olliciil
dulics. If I am correctly informed, a great and
salutary el aogc has been made, and is \ei in pro-gress,
ai lhe North, wlrch authorizes ihaeonfi-tleiu
niilicipiilinn that r.MSon and lw will finally
achieve a mible ir.umph.
The neaaasity nf maintaining and enforcing
that law, urrcpealed, and without any modilica-tion
lhat would eeiioutly iuipai. its ellicieney.
must be admitted by Ihe imp»fiial judgment of
all candid men Many of the elavehojdjag
Stales, 'iml many public m rings of 'be people
in them, have deliberately ill el ired thi t their ad-hi
rence io ihe Union depe. uVd upon tbe preser-vation
'I that law, and ii si :» ali.n:d mmeitt
would be the iignal of the d «tolu bm of the Un-ion.
1 know that the AMiltonjsts (some of
whom opt nly avow a desire to produce that ca-lamitous
cunt) and Ibeir paniza/Kdcny and de-rule
lhe existence of any Sggh danger; but men
who will not perceive and own it, must bc blind
to ihe signs nl tbe times, to die sectional strife
winch has unhappily arisen, lo i.'.c embittered
feelings which have been excm d, as well as the
solemn resolutions of deliberative atsembliee, u-nanimously
adopted. Their disregard of the
danger, I am apprehensive. firi cerdt more from
iheir il- *irc to continue agitation, which augmentt
i., than frotn iheir love of lhe Union iitelf.
You iedr. gentlemen, to "resolutions and ad-dn
est I adopted al (Jo.iventb ns Utcly assembled
around us, in which we have seen with regret,
as W«U as alarm, that the question of adherence
lo the compromise is avoided or evaded," and
\ on justly deprecate the urndi ney ul these reso-iuuons.
1 have nol been an inattentive or indif-ferent
observer of ihem, and with yon I deeply
regret their adoption. 1 wiah lhat ihfee rctpec«
ble bo.ii « could have been less ■robiguont and
ex-duii in declaring their dct-r.uinauon lo
i.led heroes
etc., would
ive not bad
they
laurels on the nobler paths of
aeire of
be hi lid which prejudice and prirHMV >;. I
lu) bOS ata CCriain hci^in, abotc which tbe ealtli
be whom ihe world ksofts upon as tbe greatest I islative p ..visions, lo senre iiie«e imporlanl endf, ; UkC wisdom ami s.icritiees el oar fathers hate eaio.oi reach, lhaoe pueJuM entirely ditapj.ear.
and best ol inen waa a idler id ibe toil by choice, and to carry out these oeneiieienl purpines of ' secure d lo ns an enlightened Irecdom. Cast your - ■ - ■
B hero and siat—man by lhe choice of his coun-luoieraiiieni. The system ln< been cmiuienci d. eves over the 50.000 square miles lhat make The ancieirl Egyptian* bcliaved thai iheir
trvincn, who, slW hiving aarroeafiill) led them ^nd llrunga I sot) not without ■ppoeiiMn, ami il up the tcrr.iory ol our Ktats, iod sthore wiH vou souls would come io re-inhabit ibeir bodiea, pie>
the bloody eumgnee el hwvoMea— muel '- c .p.-:.■ i. wiMnaveat eooouou>i many bud a section el end Msnuhlic| n stare piecesseil enure.
after havmg laid the solid foundation-, ol an en- Beaaeid .-am .' .pting nm the w on* at d eneum- icoet a eopseior estmaaa wd tgsvMtor voriety'ol Ueuce, it in cniijectnerd h> Mime, treOC :..-,..-
[.. Dple, ... procuring coniaesewl ■eefhl produe.Hitrt, cunetiuiimtf ibe elements ofibalm.ng. and ih . 1 eai mi of iheh - - — A *,.*ff ?^"J'!.,M/I/.!!!;
| with epirii and i tl lo the fat mite rmpl<
acquiesce in and abide by, a gri
I . | n.l compromise, whic' I >rmmg an epoch
in the progress of our founlrr, was miemled to
roeooeile and restore concord and fraternal foe-lings
among our divided countrymen. There
was no neceetiiy to reserve a right to discuss,
t , m ulifj au i u repeal theobnoxiona law. Such
i
vu>< nt to ( ieM| and intioducing suiublajiooka, and a J pro.
■tKIIIS, eiiutiiuiiiiig ih<- eleuaojai o
'pen \ and graa u H I Irfy k it hi ' m\y II to lhat law. but ns lo all laws, arc!