The Greensborough patriot [June 30, 1840]

              THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT.
VOLUME II. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1840. NUMBER 20.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY,
BY
LTSDOS SWAIM * H. 8. KIIERWOOD.
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THE PATRIOT.
thein, not having'taken a memorandum of any
of them at the time. On the Fountain coun~
tv ""».". (which by the by is one of the spoils-men's
strongest holds in the State,) wa* in-scribed,
" Fountain is Good for 1000 Men at
Old Tip'a Raising next Fall." On a very
large flag, 1 do not remember where from,
was a representation of the President boldiog
a "talk" with a Florida Indian, and entreating
him to cease hostilities, and to give up hi*
prisoners, alleging tliat the United States ar-my
waa so much reduced and embarrassed,
that he would take it aa a great kindness if
the red man would adhere to his
OnBIUSBOROl'UHl
\ TUE8DiW MORNING, JUNE 30,1840."
LCTTER TO THE EDITORS FROM
INDIANA.
Mo-vroouKBT Co. (I*.) June 3,1840.
Slam. Editors: I have just returned from
the great meeting on tho Tippecanoe Battlc-
(.'round, and hasten to lay before you a few of
the many extraordinary objects exhibited at
that place. This was the first time that I ever
saw this celebrated spot; therc.'ure you will
expect I waa much gratified in examining the
ground, in order to form an opinion with re
pect to the propriety of selecting a ecitc for
an encampment at t^ajime this ground was
occupied by the army nmler General Harri-son.
You are aware, Messrs. Editors, that I
do not profess to be a military man; but I am
fully satisfied that the sclectiou was a pood
one. The camp occupied a piece of ground
elevated about 20 feet above the adjoining
country, covered with a heavy growth of
whiteoak timber, without any undergrowth
whatever, and at a point where a small creek
empties into a creek of sufficient strength to
drive a small mill. The low ground on both
these streams is prairie; but all the highland
(which runs down to a point at the junction
of the streams in the form of a V) is woodland
as above stated. It will bo recollected that
the night on which the battle was fought was
a very dark one & occasionally drirxlingrain;
and at that time the grass was so rank that
an Indian might crawl through it within 13
feet of a vigilant sentry undiscovered. At
the time of the first alarm, a few Indians had
made their way through the lines, and the
one discovered was within a few feet of the
sentry, it is thought, with the intention of des-patching
him with the tomahawk.
• <3dtnc diversity of opinion exists here, with
those who are acquainted with the ground.
It is an undisputed lact lint half tho loss in
the whole corps was sustained by Cast Spcn-cer'a
company, which occupied the ground •-
croaslhe point of the V. Consequently it is
inferred that if the army bad encamped fur-ther
up the point, and at a distance from the
bluff on cither stream, less damage would
have been sustained. My own opinion is just
the reverse. Tho occasion of the loss in Capt.
Spencer's company, I believe, waa that the
point was too narrow to accommodate them
with sufficient space,* and waa occupied by
tho enemy who made almost every shot effec-tive
that did not chance to strike a tree. All
a'ong either blufflittle damage was sustain-ed
; for if they elevated their guna sufficient-ly
Urtniss the bluff, they overshot the heads
of the whites. Further, if the whites had en-camped
at a distance from tho bluffs, it would
have given the red mea a large number of
trees for protection. Where they were they
had none, except the point opposite Capt.
Spencer's company. The marks of the Jul-leto
en the sides occupied by the enemy, are
generally from six to fifteen or twenty feet
high ; generally on the other side from two
feet, to tho roots of the trees. Some of the
old soldiers at the late great Convention, de-clared
that they repeatedly heard Harrison's
clear shrill voice sound during the engage-ment,
*• rako tho ground, boys ! rako the
ground!"
But my object in writing this line, was to
give you a small sketch of the Convention j
but where shall I begin I With respect to
the (lumber, I believe any man might be ex-cased
if ho should miss the true mark to the
amount often thousand.—It is said that there
were, twenty-eight or twenty-nine hundred
waggons and other carriages, and I am nfo-pinion
that there were between twenty-five
nnd thirty-five thousand persons from the
States of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan
and Kentucky; and I saw two flags purport-ing
to be from New Hampshire and Vermont.
Each county in Indiana, with very low Ifany
exceptions, had iuown flag, with appropriate
inscriptions, diverse all one from another, but
each containing tho uunie of the county or
town from which it came; and each |>cr*ou,
to a considerable extent, w ore a small flap on
his left breast, on which was the name of his
CWinty, By these means an acquaintance
could be formed in any county in the State.
The hieroglyphics and inscriptions on -some
of the flags were truly amusing; but I am un-able
to do justice in (description of any of
proposit.on.
One of the blood-hound soldiers was applying
for a pension, and another one was completely
in the coils of a monstrous rattle-snake. On
the other side is three or four men at the top
of a hill, rolling a cider barrel down the lull,
their countenances beaming with the greatest
delight: at a little distance ahead is Martin
Van Huen, with every nerve strained with
exertion, and every muscle shrunk with fear,
running down the hill, his hat fallen from his
head, his lace turned back over his left shoul-der,
and lookiag with horror at the barrel, his
left arm thrown backwards with the hands
and fingers extended, his mouth spread to an
awful extent, while he bawls out, '• Stop that
Barrel!"
But ofany flag that I saw. the Fort Wayne
one is the best. On one side is, "A Reduc-tion
of Expenditures, but no Reduction of
Wages." Below this inscription is an ele-gant
representation of General Harrison's
farm at North Bend, with the appurtenances
thereunto belonging; such as a good substan-tial
log cabin, the old farmer at his plough-tail,
driving a noble pair of gray horses; a
beautiful apple orchard, mill, press, *c. with
men attending thereto, and boys gathering
fruit. At the door of the cider house
man presenting a mug of cider to a neighbor,
sic. On the head of Uic other side of the
flag is, "An Increase of Salaries and Reduc-tion
ol Wages." Below this inscription is a
most splendid view of the President's house,
with Martin Van Buren at a little distance,
returning thereto, in his elegant English
coach, drawn by a superb span ot horses,
driven by his English servsnt Below this is
poney and cart, into which Price and Swart-wout
have just deposited a beg of Specie
marked *70,000, and they are straining to
their utniiot, to endeavor to tug on another
bag marked *1.225,000. The whole work
shows that as much credit is due to the hand
that held the pencil, as there is to the head
that formed the design. Indeed almost every
Hag on the field docs honor to the executors
thereof". But I cannot omit to mention the
Indianopolie flag as exceeding in elegant
painting any thing that I ever saw.
In such an immense concourse of people
you would naturally suppose that there would
be some two Irgged beartr; I saw nonesuch.
I did not hear an oath nor an angry word,
neither did I aee an indecent action.
The cannon fired on the ground was heard
vory distinctly at my house, a distance of a-bout
23 miles in a direct line; I presume it
was heard 10 or IS miles farther.
Qfgeneral politics, I presume that yon
know much more from exchange papers, than
I can write you: but after I have written all
that I can, and if you had read every paper
ill the State, you would yet know but little of
the excitement that prevails. I am ofopinion
that we shall elect a Whig Governor and a
handsome Whig majority in the legislature
this summer: but no man in Indiana, nor in
the Union, besides General Harrison, can car-ry
such an overwhelming majority as he will
at the electoral election. The reason why, is
he was Governor of the State for 12 yean,'
and commanded her brave sons at Tippeca-noe,;
at Fort Wayne, at Fort Meigs, on the
Thames, ate. They are acquainted with him
in the bloody field and in the Senate cham-ber—
in the gubernatorial chair and in the
walks of private life, and they have always
found him the same great and good man—the
protector oftlie fatherless and the widow, and
the poor man's friend ! I am of opinion that
Indiana will at the presidential election cast
one hundred and ten thousand votes, and that
seventy thousand or them will be for Harrison
and Tyler. I thought three months ago that
we were ready for the election, but several
changes from the spoilsmen's ranks havo oc-curred
since that time amongst my neighbors,
and I believe that some more arc on the way,
—and what we pain we never lose.
Markets ore remarkably dull; corn sells at
12 1-2, wheat at not more than 37 1-2 at the
mills, and other articles of produce in like
proportion. B. S.
IS used, because it resembles the iky,
where they hope the dead are gone ; but
in other parts, purple and tioht, because
being a mixture of black and blue, repre-sents,
as it were, sorrow on one side, and
bope on the other.
A Dutch Sermon.—The following ad-mirable
production delivered before a
company of volunteer soldiers, during
our revolutionary struggle, upon the eve
of their going 'forth lo glorious war,' waa
calculated ts inspire them with Ilercu-
1 an strength and courage :-•" Mine
friends, ten first you come here, you was
poor, and now friends, you is prout; and
you gotten on your unicorns and dein
vits you like a dong's upon a hog's pack;
now my friends let me dell you dis; a
mnn is a roan if he is no bigger as my
tmnb. Ven Tavid vent out tovight mil
Goliah he dook nothing rid biiu put one
•ling; now don't mistake me, mine friends;
it was not a rum sling, no, nor brandy
•ling, no it was a sling made wit hickory
•tick. Now ven Goliah seen Tavid com-ing,
he says, 'You little damp! scoundrel,
does you come to vight me? I will give
you to the pirdsof the licit and the beast
of the air.' Tavid says, 'Goliah, the
race is not always with the schwift, nor
ish the battle, mil the ationg; and a man
is a man if lie is no bigger as my tumb:'
So Tavid fixes a stone in Ins sling, and
he draws It at Goliah and knocks him
rite in the forehead, and dcu Tavid look
Guliah's swort, and cuts off Ins head—
and drn all the pritty galscomesout, and
strewed flowers in his way, and sung
- Saul is a great man, for he has kilt his
thousands, put Tavid is greutcr aa be,
vor he has kilt Goliah.' Now mine
friend when you coca out to fight mil the
dampt British, remember vat I dell you,
dat a man is a man if he's no bigger as
mv tumb."
Cruelty to Children.—"i mi, does your
mother ever scold you V*
"No—something worse than that.
"Does she whip you ?"
"No, never whips me, but the wathei
s»« fact every morning/"
A Smart Pupil—"Josiah, how many
scruples are there in a drachm!"
"Don't know, xur."
"Well, then, recollect there two."
"O, the is, hay! wal, daddy takes his
dram every mornin without no templet.'"
SKETCH OF THE
REMARKS or «... 6TANLY,
On the ••bill making appropriation! for
Ike civil and diplomatic expentet of
the Governmentfor the year 1840."
More than Bargainedfor—In a cross
examination which took place ou Friday
in the court of General Sessions, a pert
youngling who appeared for the defend-ant,
endeavored to prove by a cress ex-amination
of tho witness that he had a
prejudice against the prisoner.
"HaVe you had any difficulty with the
prisoner V
" No regular difficulty," snswered the
witness who seemed rather anxious to a-void
particulars.
" Have you then bad any irregular
difference with the prisoner thai induces
you to give evidenoe sgainalhim?"
Tho witness besilalcd.'and the lawyer
bridling up with more than bis usual air
of upstart self-iufficiency, sin/, "I insist
upon an answer."
"Well sir, if I must uy it—I hive had
no difficulty with the prisoner, except
that / chatcd him out of my hen-roott,
when he teas stealing my chiekem."
An unique Punnhmtnt.—A late num-ber
of the Glasgow Herald says that it
was the practice in that city a few years
since to shave the beads of all persons
who were carried drunk to the police of-fice—
a practice which was attended with
the ivost marked benefit to the morality
of the city. The Editor sayi:
" Well do we remember the effects
produced by this unique punishment—
and how aitonnhed wore those who had
been "dressed" the preceding night,
when they appeared before the magis-trate
in the morning. Their hands wan-dered
over their smooth palc>—in some
instances they could net be convinced of
their own identity—thsy imagined the
bar officer had brought forward the wrong
man, and, upon the whole, so wall did
the system work, that it was a perfect
rarity to see a shaved man brought back
to the office a second time; indeed so a-larmed
did the habitual tipplers become
from the method, that one incorrigible of
the squad always csrried a wig in his
pocket, in anticipation of finding himself
docked some morning."
(IOVSE or REPRESENTATIVES, APKIL 29,
The following sections of the bill being
read. vis.
" Fur compensation to the officers ami clerks
of the branch mint at Charlotte, North Caro-lina,
six thousand dollars.
•• For pay of laborers in tho various depart-ments
of the same, three lliousaud five hund-red
dollars.
"For wastage of gold, and for contingent
expenses of the same, two thousand five hun-dred
dollars."
Mr. STANI.Y said: Mr. Chairman,
during the last Congress, a motion was
made lo ilnke out this appropriation al-together,
I opposed that motion then
I oppose it now. It is, I fear, sir, too
true that this branch mini has been thus
far a mere humbug. I fear, sir, it is
destined lo be a useless lax upon the nag
lion. But I oppose the proposition to
discontinue o|>eraiions there before the
experiment has been tested. It has been
in operation but two years. And as N.
Carolina has hitherto had little from the
General Government comparatively, I am
more unwilling to take from her whatev-er
of advantage this branch mint may be.
But sir, while I cannot consent to stop
operations there, I wish to reduce the
salary of the Superintendent, who has,
from evidence in my possession, wasted
the public money, and been anxious more
lo secure his own comfort than to serve
bis country. I move, therefore, sir, to
insert in lsis>fiT the Words "provided
that not more than fifteen hundred dol-lars
a Jlear be allowed io tho Superintend-ent
as his salary." 1 wish, sir. !o teat
tho f.eUnded ilnuo. ... , ui tome gentle-
■m on this floor, The Administration
party have ow a decided majority in this
ItiiL.se. I demand of them some evi-dence
of their sincerity in opposing ex.
Iravigancc. I will point them to what I
think is an instsnee of abuse of station
in thia Superintendent, and I call espe-pecially
on my Van Buren colleagues to
join me in this eSort to reduce the sala-ry
of this odor.lining officer.
I hold in my hind a document printed
during the last Congress, (25th Congress,
3d session,doc. IN),) and in examining
this,on the 3d page, I read ss follows:
" Annual expenses ot the branch mint at
Charlotte, North Carolina, exclusive ot the
buildings, machinery, ss enclosing ground*,
apparatus, tools, and fixtures.agreeably to
the resolution oftlie House of Representa-tives
of the 4th of February. 188ft
But, sir, he is a regular profetsing demo-crat;
he thinks the banks are dangerous
institutions, no doubt; he goes for hard
money, too, I suppose. He certainly un
dersuuds "wastage of gold" pretty well,
il this document speaks the truth ; and,
coming from the department, I suppose
it does.
This Superintendent, besides other
things, is, I lesrn, a bank stockholder and
a bank director! Yes, sir; "tell it not
in Gsth." The Superintendent of a
branch mint,coining hard money, belong-ing
to the parly that promised the People
gold and silver as a common currency,
attending political meetings, advocating
a divorce of Bank, and State, ia really, I
am informed, a bank stockholder and a
bank director I
[Mr. Montgomery aaked Mr. Stanly
what evidence he had that Col. Wheeler,
the Superintendent, waa a bank stock-holder')
Sir, f have never seen the bank books.
I have never heard this Col. Wheeler say
he mi a bank director; but I ask the
gentleman, dots he deny it? I am inform-ed
be is, by respectable authority. It
will not ho denied,- if it is, I will under-take
to prove it.
Bui, sir, let us come to the " wastage
of gold" and ine contingent expenses of
an miti-bank, anti-corporation, hard-mo-ney,
Van Buren bank democrat. In She
contingent expenses of the branch mint,
I found one item charged $318 25, to I).
1-■inilri ih & Co. for trees ! Yes, trees,
for the branch mint—218 dollars' worth
of trees and flowers for the braneli mint.
Here, sir, is a copy of the hill, and, for
the benefit of my economical, hard-mo-nev
colleagues, I will read ttie items.
Philadelphia, Nevtmber 8. IKK
United States Mint, Charlotte, N. C. per Col.
Wheeler,
Bought of I). I-andrcth & Co.
50 Ailanthus Trees, at SI 00 *-~sl 00
50 HerseChesnut da
0 Magnolia Grandiflora,
5 do. Macrophylla
5 Tulip Poplars,
5 Silver-leaved Maples,
5 Knglivli Walnuts,
5 Chines* Arbor Vita',
5 American do.
5 Balm ol Gilead,
10 European Lindens,
10 Moms Multicaulis,
1 Chin:. lioHC
Teimasso'e do.
1 Macrophylla do.
1 Green Box Tree,
1 Vareigatcd do.
100 yards llox Kdging,
1 Chncorua Japonica,
1 Pyrua do.
12 best Double Dahlias,
1 Lonieers Fluxuosa,
1 Monthly Honeysuckle,
12 Apple Trees, assorted,
1 00
1 50
1 00
1 00
1 00
T5
78
1 *>
1 no
6 Peseta do.
3 Plum do. <
3 Apricot do. i
3 Pear do. t
1 Gurdeu Keel,
1 do. Line,
1 Scuttle Hoe,
1 Swan Neck do.
1 Half-round do.
50 00
5 00
7 SO
5 00
5 (III
5 10
3 75
3 75
7 50
10 00
021-2.", 25
50
50
75
50
50
12 50
60
1 00
0 00
37
25
3 00
1 50
"yellow gold." This is really a multi.
caulis Administration.
Well, Mr. Chairman, I have given this
ss a specimen of the administration of af-fairs
st Charlotte. Just so the affairs
of our nation are managed every where.
This Administration holds out induce-ments
to its partisans to disregard the
will of the People: it rewards negligcnco
■o public officers. If they have served
their party, no matter how much their
country has suffered by their misconduct,
•hey are sure lo be remembered. I for-bear,
air, from saying more for (ho pres-ent.
I do not wish to occupy the time of
the House unnecessarily.
There are other matters relative to thia
branch mint, of which I may speak here-after.
After some remarks from Mr. Connor,
of North Carolina, Mr. Stanly said-
Mr. Chairman, I did not intend to tree-pass
on the Committee again; but I can-not
permit the remarks of my colleague
to pass entirely unnoticed.
My colleague says, sir, he did not ex-pect
this attack from North Carolina. 1
do not suppose my colleague did expect
ihis, sir. It is hard to soy what be ex-pects
from any quarter. But docs he ap-prove
of this expendiiuref No, sir; he
admits it is wrong, and utterly unjustifi-able.
No man has said it was proper
Why, therefore, should it surprise my col-league
that I object lo it T
Is il because this branch mint is in !v-
Carolina that my colleague tbi-J-s I Ough. "
lo suffer those abuses to pass mnoticsd?
•Sir, my constituents would be ashamed
of mo if Ihcy thought I could harbor such
a thought. *
I object lo extravagance any where.
I censure the improper expenditure of
public money, whether il be in Maine, in
North Carolina, or in Florida. I envy not
that man's patriotism who thinks other-
50
20
25
" 031-3 1 88
75 2 25
" 021-2 1 87
1 25
50
50
44 and 31 75
50, SO, and I ill. 1 75
'1837. Officers snd clerks
Wastage ot" gold, and
contingent expenses -
Compensation to laborers
• 1888. Officers and clerks -
Wastage of gold, and
contingent expenses -
Compensation to laborers
810,400,01)
MOA oo
1,500 00
8UUMXI 00
Different colon of Mourning In Eu-rope,
black is generally used, because it
represents darkness,'which death is like
unto, as it is a privation of life. In Chi.
na, white is used, because they hope that
the dead are in heaven, the place of pu-rity.
In Egypt, yellow is used, because
it represents the decaying trees and flow-ers,
which becomes yellow as they die
sway. In Ethiopia, brown is used, he
cause tt denoted the color ol tho earth
from whence we come, and to which we
return. In some pails of Turkey, blue
The Loiter* Ticket.—Mr. Taylor, the
celebrated sailor preacher of Boston,
once related Ibe following anecdote. A
poor woman who had once aeon belter
days, was finally compelled by the in-temperance
of her husband, lo resort to
the wash lub to earn a scanty subsidence
for herself and children. At length,
howovcr, heart-broken snd destitute, she
determined to purchase a lottery ticket,
with the hope, thai if she should be suc-cessful,
her husband might once more
enter into business snd become a steady
man. To her unspeakable joy, the tick-et
came uptoa prizeof 110,000 I Fran-tic,
she ran to her husband and throwing
her arms round his neck,said, " Oh, mv
husband, now we shall be happy, now
we shall lire as Tc once lived, I have
drawn a prize in the lottery!"
" Don't bo too sure of that, woman,"
said Ihc wretch, looking her in tho face
with the utmost composure, " Don't be
too sure of that; for I found the tickot
in your drawer anil gave it to Mr.
for a glass of rum." The transition from
sudden joy to sudden grief, waa so great
that no sooner had he concluded than
the unhappy woman dropped at Ins foot
a lifeless corpse! Alas' these stories,
touching as they arc, arc nevertheless
stern realities.
"Taatsrav DtPiaTHEirr,
Regtiler't Office, Feb., fl, 1*39.
"T. L SMITH, Register."
By this, it will be seen also, on the first
page of tin- document, that Ihis branch mini
did not commence operations until " Decem-ber,
1837." Here, then, we observe that the
officers and clerks received more money in
1837, although the mint was in operation but
one month of the year, than they did for the
whole of 1808!
1887. Officers and clerks . . #10.100 00
1838. Officers and clerks - - 7,000 00
1 pair fancy Fir' pots, 37 1-3 &. 50, 87 1-2
1 copy American Orchardisf, 1 00
1 do. do. Gardener, I 00
1 do. Florist's Guide, 371-2
1 do. Lindlev's Outline, 25
1 Transplanting Trowel. 871-2
Packing 11 bundles and 2 boxes, with
porterage, .. - • - 16 50
m 03,406 00
Three thousand four hundred and Bixty-six
dollars more in 1887 than m 1888 for "officers
and slerks."
1837. Wastage of gold, and con-tingent
expenses - - 80,500 00
1838. Wastage of gold, and con-tingent
expenses - - 5,400 00
S-IIMI til
One hundred dollars more for contingent
xpenscs, also, tor 1837 than for 1888,
My curiesity, as well ss a sense of duty,
prompted me to inquire how this couid
be so. And having been placed on the
Committee on tho Expenditures of the
Public Buildings, I had an opportunity of
examining into Ihis building.
I have examined the "noniinmnt ex-penses"
of this mint, and, though I have
hut commenced the investigation. I have
found a beautiful specimen of economy
in the Superintendent's accounts. I wish
to remark. Mr. Chairman, before hand,
th.ii I do not know tins Superintendent.
If I ever saw him, I do not remember it.
I am not operated on by unkind feelings.
I discharge my duty, and, in so doing, if
I give ofliiice, I must answer for it, and
I liopo I am rcadv to do so.
W18 25
WTvMBOO Received. Philadelphia, 7th November,
•7,000, 00 I8S9, of John H. Wheeler, Superintendent of
V. S. Branch Mint at Charlotte, NorthCaro-
- 3.400 00 |jnlj the above amount of two hundred and
8,000 00 eighteen dollats and twenty-live cents.
D. LANDRETH &. CO.
I am not sure, Mr. Chairman, I have
called these hard names properly. Some
of them I certainly seldom if ever heard
In lore. No such things grow in my dis-trict,
either in tho swamp, or turpentine,
w< ods, although we have flowers in a-bundauce.
Fifty dollars for horso-cbes-nut
trees! Why, Mr. Chairman, there
is not a country under tho sun where the
chesnut grows more abundantly than in
Western North Carolina. It is a land
abounding in beautiful trees. But plain
North Carolina trees would not suit the
laste of the Superintendent. [Some gen
Neman here remarked that the horse-chestnu'.
was tho same tree called the
buckeye.] Mr. Slanly said, well, sir, I
have no doubt the buckeye, from present
indications, will flouriah in North Caroli-na
though I do not on this account justi-fy
this expenditure in these hard times.
Bui the Superintendent, besides the A-merioan
tree the buckeye, has also the
"magnolia grandiflora" and the macro-phylla,
as it is spelt here,and silvcr-leav-ed
maples, and sir, the morus multicau-lis!
The hickory tree is no longer hon-ored.
Bui ihc morus multicaulis, a fit
emblem of this humbugging Administra-tion,
is transplanted in North Carolina.
Probably, sir, when the Superintend-ent
bought the inulticaulis, he remember-
• d the prediction of the lilobc: in that
paper. July the 16th 1834, it was said,
"in eight or nine months from this Una,
every substantial citizen will have a
long silken purse of fin.-open net work,
through ihc intersticoa of which the ye!-1 north lour or five or tr
low gold will slime and glitter!" lie may I requiring more time and trouble thin ii
have intended, with his "garden reels,"'is worth, held merely for neighborhood
and "scuffle hoe." and "swan-neck hoe,"[convenience, in nine eases out of ti 'i the
lo make silk for the purses lo hold the. postmaster is a'Whig, lit anr sacrifice,
_ other-wise.
Extravagance may be economy
when the money ia spent near home !—
Sir, I made no attack on Iho Stale.
When North Carolina shall be assailed
my colleague, will nol find me behind
him in defending her. But I fear, sir,
an attack on a federal office-holder with
the gentleman is an attack on the Stale.
The office-holders may be the Slate with
him. There is a wido dinVroncc, in my
estimation.
The gentleman says we bad as well
take our cotton lo I'hiladelphis and man-ufacture
it, as to lake our gold there. I
do not see the forco of Ihis argument.—
The mint is a national institution, intend-ed
locoin money for the whole Union,
for the Government. I have never hesrd
of any intention on the pan of Govern-ment
to undertake the manufacturing of
cotton.
Unless my colleague advocated the ei-tablisment
of the branch mini at Char-lotte
merely for the sake of personal sd-ventage
to a few wealthy men who own-ed
gold mines, his srgument amounts lo
nothing. I trust, sir, he will not say
this building al Ihis enormous expense
hss been constructed merely for Iho
neighboihood. I did nol expect that, sir,
from him. I thought this branch mint
was put (here lo aid in giving us a circu-lation
ol the "yclloea boys." I expect
my colleague from the Ilillsborough dis.
lnct(Mr. Movrrgomrry)wrH wai.t Con-gress
lo establish a little branch of the
Treasury Department inftii i strict, lo
issuo ten dollar Treasury notes, which ho
wants, and which not one man of his
party valed for with him, for I observed
it, and called attention to it.
My colleague, if 1 understood him,
spoke of my arguments as "log cabin a;-
gumenls." Tho log cabin scans to
haunt Iho gentleman. There is this dif-ference
between the gentleman's opin-ions
of log cabin men and my opinions:
Ho thinks the log cabin men will do pret-ty
well for voters. I think sn honest
snd capable man, though he baa lived in
s log cabin and drank hard cider, will do
very well for President. Thai ia the dif-ference
between his democracy and mine.
The gentlomsn said his eastern breth-ren
had received a little of the public.
money. True, air, we have, and as far
as my district is concerned, the gentle-man
will find the officers of the United
Slates report that the work has .aved in
the expenses of freight, <kc, in one yoar,
more than il cost. But sir, I belcivc no
in the eastern part of N. Carolina, have
never been indebted to my co'lenyue for
any assistance. He has never voted for
any thing lo benefit the eastern part of
the State, nor cvor advocated it that I
know of.
[Mr. Connor sao! no, and ho neicr
would.]
Well, sir, (said Mr. Stanly,) I do nol
greatly grieve to hear this declaration.
As his advocacy has never benefited us,
I do not fear his opposition. It is a mat-ler
of the utmost indifii ronoo tome whe-ther
ho advocates or opposes the improve-ment
of the eastern part of the State.
Tho gentleman, sir, thought it neces-sary
to say there were some Whig post-masters
in his district. I have no doubt
of it, sir. Wlu rover there is an office,
dollar vcar.