The Greensborough patriot [January 12, 1841]

              THE GREENSBOBOUGH PATRIOT.
VOLUME II.
GREENSBOKOUGII, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1841. NUMBER 48.
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TIII FATHO T.
O REENSnOROU.ail:
Tuesday Mornlmg, Jan. 13,18-H.
(fc^-Our last week's Raleigh letter was by
some cause delayed a day, and consequently
did not reach us in time for insertion. We
take occasion here to insert some extracts, as
(applying a link in the chain of proceedings.
K w.i ii.n. N. C )
Saturday Evening, Jan. 2, 1*41. \
Tlie duties ot the two Houses of Assembly
are now nrdunus—being in session from 10
tt'clcck to(i each day, witii but a short inter-mission.
On yesterday J. M. Morehcad ml duly in-augurated
Governor of- North Carolina, in
presence of Isvth Houses, and is now dischar-ging
the duties of his office,
.lurpose. as mav lie deemed expedient by flic
several Htntes rocoiv iM said didnhnlioii.
tbmUmk 'I'hat the Governor of DIM BUM
be roquo.-te.l fo forward a copy ofI hose Reso-lutions
to each of our Senators and Represen-tatives
in Cngross with a request Hist they
lay them before their respective bodies.
FitnrosKn UWlMHfi
Reunited further. That Congress ought at
once to |"0s.- a law reding to the old States
for the promotion of Education, such portions
of the Public Domain, as shall correspond in
n ju«l degree with lh»t already ceded to the
new Stales tor the same object.
The inaugural
...ldrcss was one of his best efforts; ihc so-lemnity
of the scene and place could not pre-vent
an expression of feeling upon the occa-sion,
lie spoke without notes, and without
the slightest appearance of faltering.
On glancing over the doings uf the Legis-lature,
1 find they have made many of the
most important appointments known lo our
ronstitiition, besides enacting several excel-lent
laws, among which is on act making the
election ol'inriiilicrs of the General Assembly,
members ol Congress, Governor of the. Stale,
Sheriffs and Clerks, uniform throughout the
State, and to be huldcn in every County on
the firnl Thurndwj in August. Also an ac!
changing the lime of holding the election for
Electors ofPresident ood Vice President from
the second Thursday to the .firs/ Motulaij in
November, in the. years in which such elec-tions
shall beheld.—The west will noi there-fore
have the heavy lacofaCO majorities ol
Kdgecombo and Other counties of the cast to
meet them and dishearten the unstable here-after.
On yesterday flic engrossed bill establish-ing
the county of siunhj, oui of part of Mont-gomery,
passed the Senate, (upon areconsi-dcration)
and is now a law—many of the
eastern Senators voting for the bill.—I am
now glad to say to you tint the fears, enter-tained
in the early part of the session, of re-viving
the old sectional prejudices, aeon to
hive vanished,
I send yotl the resolutions introduced by
Dr. F. J. Hill, of Brunswick, on the Public
Domain. They will come up nt the earliest
period, tod receive the sanction of the whig
party.
Resolution* have passed the House of Coni-moni)
and Roprc
inllueneo lo procure an appropriation for the
re-opening of Roanoke Inlet at or near Nng's
Head)—and should they pass the Senate, «ill
no doubt receive prompt attention.—What
could cause almost the entire Van Buren par-ty
in the Assembly to vote against them ! I
cannot divine.
The School bill has been under discussion
for two weeks pist, and it Menu to be but
little nearer perfection now than at its com-mencement.
THE NEW JERSEY OUTRAGE.
Preamble and Resolutions introduced into the
House ol Commonsof the N. C Assembly.
Dec. SB, lb40, by Mr. J. O'K. Williams, of
Beaufort.
Whereat, The Congress of the United
States, at its last session, set aside the Repre-sentatives
from New Jersey having the legal
certificate of their election Irotn the Execu-tive
of said Slate, given in accordance with
the provisions of the Constitutions, both of the
United States and the State of New Jersey,
and admitted others to occupy their places, in
violation of all parliamentary usage, and of
the right" and liberties of the people of New
Jersey—Therefore,
Be il ffiHofimf. That the act aforesaid was
a palpable violation of that clause of the Con-siituiiou
of the United Slates, which declares
that Ihc times, places and manner ol holding
elections for Senators' and Representatives
shall be prescribed in each State by the l.e-gislaturo
thereof.
Resulted, further. That the precedent is
at variance with all the customs and laws es-tablished
for the government of Legislative bo-dies,
and if carried out into practice hereaf-ter,
would he destructive of the fundamental
principles of Republican Government, and of
the rightsand sovereignty of the Stalest
Remind further. Thill it is the duly ol
the several Legislatures of the States, com-posing
the Union, indignantly to frown on this
iir.-t attempt of a factious majority in Con-gross,
to trample on all laws and all prece-dents,
lo ga n power, to fasten an odious mea-sure
on the people in obedience to Executive
dictation.
Reiolted, further, That we will stand by
our sister State, New Jersey, in the assertion
of our rights, an I wc congratulate her on I ho
brilliant victory she has achieved, and the
withering rebuke she has thereby given to
the tools and mil, ons of Executive power.
lost and wise government so lo distribute
its favors, that each section ofils lerrilo-ry
or portion of ill inhaliilanls may feel
ils blessing. It should imitate the sun,
which, whilst it extracts dews from the
poorest as well as Ihc richest soil, returns
upon each alike its fertilizing showers.
All governments are tyrannical which
pursue a different course, and it mailers
lilllc to ihc portion of ihe country that
may he oppressed, whether her tyrants
number one or many.
Whenever there ceases lo lie a sympa-thy
between the ruler and Ihe ruled;
whenever those who have the power treat
with contempt or indifference any por-tion
of ihe rights and interests of the
people; the government is a tyranny,
call it by what nnme you will. And
whenever its indifference proceeds from
ignorance, il is odious and contemptible
tyranny, unbecoming a freeman lo tole-rate,
or even a man lo endure. Unfortu-nately
for mankind, this latter feeling is
too often Ihe predominant one. Selfish-ness
is the ruling pn9sion where mep act
in masses, and in the attainment of its
object, truth, justice and humanity arc
frequently disregarded.
I am no advocate for indiscriminate
liberality of a publ.c character. Nation-al
liberality is the dream of enthusiasts.
All wo can expect in a government is,
Unit its conduct should be aclMlcdby
an enlightened self interest.
These principles, si', which I believe
(o he sound, I have endoavored to be
governed by, in the liuinl le part which I
unintelligible jargon about paying Ihe
public debt, and reducing ihe tariff.—
His mind was so completely bewildered
with the theories of Mr. Calhoun, that
he had neither time nor intellect to de-vote
to the business of his own people.
In this posture ol our affairs at Wash-ington,
I fell perfectly satisfied that noth-ing
could be done there, and that if a re-volution
ever took place it must com-mence
here; that the Legislature of
Notth Carolina must be induced lo lake
an interest in the improvement of the
State, and ahould speak to her servants
in tho Federal Government in such a
tone that she would command the unpiin-ciplcd,
and stimulate and confirm Ihe
weak and wavering.
With these feelings, I took my scat in
this body •-«• <••-«■» -g». «•©•• alW my
arrival here), two propositions csme be-fore
the Senate for their consideration ;
one for Ihe relief of tho Raleigh and
Ciaston Railroad; tho other for the con-structionofa
Railroad Irom Favetlevillc
lo Iho mountains. These were projrets
in which the middle and western part of
the Stale took a deep interest. The very
alrongcsl appeals were made to the Sen-ate
on their behalf. Neither of lliem,
howevci, could benefit my section of Ihc
Stale in any form or manner whatever.
The entire country East of the Roanoke
had no more connexion with them than
Ihey could have in a railroad to Ihc nioon.
Myself, however, with other Eastern
friends, in the spirit which I have just
Ci'lll'lll A*«C!lll>ly.
Western brethren With an intense M
fishnet*, til it exceeds any thNlg I have
hitherto net with in the history of legis-lation.
I (aid lliat I would vote against ihis.
oill with great reluctance, and thai re.
uctanco is unfeigned. I have he, u for
memln ra acl upon iheir individual sense
of right and wrong, wc have some secu-rity
in Ihe poWef of decency arel Ihe
sense of shame. Not so, however, if wc
must obey king caucus. Men will do
many things, backed by a majority, which
they would not dare to du, when acini"1
on their own individual responsibility.—
The whole Van Buren pariy would never
have united in ejecting Ihe New Jersey
members from Iheir setts, if many of
ihem had not felt themselves constrained
lo do the bidding of ihe irresponsible
and secret junto that controlled ihem.
The grtal reform of Ihe Government,
which a majority of lUis Assembly unit-ed
in producing, hat succeeded by a
grealer triumph lhan Gen. Jackson's ce-lebrated
reform. I Irusl il may not have
a similar issue ; lo prevent it, we should
ut least profit by bis faults, and not em-brace
those errors wo lave condemned.
Gen. Jacksons administration came in
by an immense majority ; il was soon ve-ry
perceptible that Ihis immense majori-ty,
and Ihe entire dispe rsion of Ins po-litical
opponents, relieved bile from all
restraint. I lie flatterers told him he was
born to command, and he believed it:
ihe party was organized upon the princi-ple
of unconditional submission to the
dictates of its chief, or those wlro QS
sinned to speak for him. One hy one hir.
old friends and original supporters were
driven out, by new and more supplian*.
tools, noil the greatest and most unpar-donable
crime was conceived lo be, that
of thinking for one1* self.
I would advise, sir, lliosc persons who
are marching on in a similar career, in
pause awhile, if ihey have any other
views than self aggrandizement. The
people of North Carolina will not draw-well
in the political harness; they have
not been fighting in the last contest, that
uendmo'nt'^ a f. w men may get onice, but thai Ihe
because the surveys made of thfinlet because he loved .he people-say, .ha. Constitution alone should govern and
were of a conflicting character. Let an- he had attend. .1 one eaue.is, and would ; that every freeman should, upon .1 oe.
other survey be made, was then aaid, never attend another* for be found it jet!"*"* *»*■. full, ami tiaooalificd
, If ihe iDcaima is reported to be prac ' nl-ao for an honest man. T'f1 l0. "■"•" '"3 «■«»■«■«■■*•• '<"",
will ' In my region, M>. Speaker, the people j the dictation of a caucus, or the control
This know but little about this business. I of any self.conslilnled body.
I wit-1 Of ihc two gentlemen selected by Ibid
made on Ihe eve of an election ore not
worth having; and thai a man whose
previous political hfn docs not give an
assurance of good conduct, ought nol to
be trusted.
As one of tho representatives of Ihis
great interest, 1 complain of ihe thing
done, and of the mode and manner ol
doing it. I say to Ihc country, lhat the
west has not acted in good faith in Ibis
mailer; that they havu jeopardised the
greatest interest of the eastern part of
North Carolina, for the poor and pitiful
pleasure of giving an oflice lo a western
man. . .
How was ihis extraordinary unanimi-ty
produced, in the election of our Sena-tors?
It was done, air, by that potent
machine called a caucus—a power which
has grows up in Ihis country greater
lhan Ihc constitution itself—Whose om-nipotent
and midnight decisions no man
has tho courage or dares to disobey. Il
rouses lo madness, in the bosom of it-unfortunalc
votaries, the spirit of parly
—a spirit which eradicates from the bo.
Wan all love of country, and infuses into
il the bitterest hatred of our political op-ponents
; which makes us regard our
neighbor and countryman, who has em-barked
his forlnno and bis life in the
same vessel of Slate with ourselves, as
our worst enemy, if he differs from us up-on
the best mode of sailing tlie ship.
Well aware of Ihis unfortunate infirm-ity,
artful and cunning men always sound
Ihe lOClin of party, when they wish, for
reclaimed, voted for them, and, through I a s. -h purpose, lo impose upon oll.-r
danger," has been the
licahlc, we will go with you—v.
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SPEECH OF HON. W. B SHEPARD,
in the Senate, Dec, !t, IcHOVon Iho bill appro-priating
8330,006 from ihe Public Treas-ury,
tor the purpose of constructing the
Raleigh and Western Turnpike Road.
The gentleman from Buncombe, in ad
dressing iho Sonata a few days ago,
thought proper, Mr. Speaker, lo allude
lo what be calls ihc Nag's Head inter -st
on this floor, and appealed lo them to
vote for tins ttm.—Il is Irue, he said,
that fiction of Ihe Slate had never re-ceived
any portion of Ihe favors of Hie
State) nevertheless he hoped Ihis I
would receive the same support from
that interest, which, at the last session
of the-Legislature, it had given '.0 sinii
lar measures. Being one of Ihc individ-uals
thus specially referred lo, I will
state frankly the reasons why I cannot
respond to the gentleman's appeal, and
aid him in passing this bill through the
Senate.
It is not my purpose lo dicCUH the
merits of this hill. I intend merely lo
avail myself of this opportunity of stating
who are making such desperate exertions
to mount Ihe triumphal car, and partake
the hreoz-, lhat they are destined 10 hit-ler
disappointment. But should Ihis
fni boding not he rcali7.nl, and some one
of our distinguished citizen* meet with
iheir just reward, what benefit will this
he lo Ihe Stale? It may perhaps fid a
handsome paragraph in a newspaper, and
beyond thai be soon forgotten. I would
therefore say to those gentlemen, who
think such Hn achievement will clear our
he reasons why I "have adopted Ihe j Slate's escutcheon from all She aspersions
lot ons have, p' assed tho House.,ot urn* al„l simi■>lar measures. Ii i• ntendi my
i
urging and requesting ear Senator. I kg m . M ex_,anttor, Bnd ■„, j,
prcscntatives in Congress to use their liricalion of mv own C0,lrSc,, without.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Resolutions in relation to Ihe Public Domain,
introduced into the House ot Commons ol
Iho N. C. Assembly, Dec. ill, 1-40, by
Dr. E. J. Hill, ol" Brunswick county—
WIIERCVN. vvebelieve thai each of the uni-ted
States being a parly lo the National com-pact,
possesses mi interest in the Public Do-main
proportioned to the Federal imputation
of each, or, the terms of the compact, accor-ding
to ihe usual respective proportions of
tho general charge and expenditure; ami we
see with regret lhat by iho introduction of
Bills called •• Pre-emption Bills,""Graduation
Bills," an I other measures into the Congress
of the United States, manifest injustice is in-tended
t" Ihe older members of the confedera-cy
:
lie it thinfire RrsotW, That this Gene-ral
Assembly do condemn in the mostdectded
manner, any acl hy the Congress of the Unit-oil
Stales, whatever title it may hear, which
< ontomplstes a disposition of Ihe proceeds of
the Public Lands, otherwise than as set forth
HI the deeds ol cession from the Beveral
Stale-..
Keinhrilfmhtr. That our Senators and
liepr.-i'i latives in tin- Congress of the I'mt-ed
Slates, be requested to use their btsf exer-tions
to procure iho passage of a lull directing
the division of the proceeds of the sales <■!' 11,.-
Public Domain among t!.'' States in an equi-table
ratio, to be used by Ihe Stales for Inter.
nil Inipi ■.!'•■•<. ■- nn
course I intend In pursue upon this and
measure*. I intend J"
le
signing or hoping lo influence thai of
olhnrs. In doing so, I may perhaps sub-jeel
myself lo the charge of egotism. My
excuse, sir, however, will be, that a jus-tification
of the course I intend now lo
pursue, upon subjects similar in charac-ter
lo the one under discussion, render
such allusions indispensable.
I intend, sir, to vole against the hill
now on vour table, in every form and
shape in which it can be presented In
Ihis body, and yet, sir, I do so with the
greatest reluctance. The friends of llns
measure have, however, left me no choice
as an Eastern mm. Tiny have, by their
conduct, compelled me to vote ngainsl
this and all similar measure* winch may
he brought before Ihis body, or be faith-less
lo my own home, which we arc told
is a crime worse lhan (hat of being an
infidel. Were I standing here merely
as an individual, with no other rights
and Interest! to protect lhan those per-sonal
to myself, I would act differently.
But sir, I represent the rights and inter
f our enemies, lhat if our grcal whig
revolution brings no oilier fruit lhan
Ihis, wc will have paid loo dear for Ihc
whistle.
North Carolina, within her bonier*,
has all Ihe elements of a gtcal Stale.—
She needs nothing more lo hn all her
warmest friend* wish her to be, lhan
that her councils should he guided by an
enlightened self-inlercsl; thai the West,
winch has ihc power, should Ireal Ihe
East, not a* a conquered province, but
as a cherished and valuable portion of
ihe body politic, entitled to a lair share
in the honors, the emoluments a:id fa-vors
of tho Government.
This is Iho revolution I wish lo see in
North Carolina; one more worthy of the
intention of our good and wise men, than
all the petty office-seeking which seems
to have obscured Ihe intellects, warp- d
the judgment, and narrowed the minds of
all who move in this infected alinosphcre.
Whenever this revolution iseffecled, and
nol till then, can the song of patriotism,
lor the glory, prosperity and happiness
of the good old noilh Slate ascend in III-iimph,
or he any thing more than a song.
Deeply convinced of the truth of these
• , for fourteen years past, there is
rav of hope for the eastern part of North
Carolina, lhat ihe government al W ush-ingtnn
will perform its duly ; and sir, I
have no doubt, if this mailer i« properly
represented lo them, an appropriation
can be obtained lo effect iho long talked
ofwoik—the opening of
uave inspired a little of lhat divine es- be m=c--
tonce are leouired lo pledge themselves , led Hut disappointment is the true source
10 perform something, Ihey know not j of my present language. 1 hose who
" . know me, will do me justice ; and fioni
" For what have wc been warring sgainsl, those who do not, I don't expect it. I
ihe Van Buren party for the last four do not, however, sir, mean to be. defer-vears
1 Because to 'patty they gave up j red from my course by any consul-ration
object. I' mon ■ ih» duiv of n forever: another gcnllcfnan was full of Iris our present