Western Carolinian

              whbt1.1bibsi dalbtdlmh-ia-hf 01i i xo 48 saiaswuivs x e tv^siiax 2n\ax ft 1831 ly repels the hloev and throws briefs on power the language which is used against thc people — what is the consequence ? that the public heart has no ventilator ; it experiences no relief discontent and disaffection follow and the gov ernment and people are arrayed against each ouier with a relentless and unforgiving animosi ty it is this liberty of^oie press and freeeloin of thought in ameiicuj-mhich ensure he res ponsibility ol government it is this which gives to mr mcinioe's speech the character it posses ses of simple unsophisticated truth — laying be fore his countrv in an honest an ingenuous tone the entire political map neither concealing or exaggerating lull of confidence in the strength ofthe country as long us it possesses a constitu tion vhii'li calls all its energies physical and in tellectual into action but no further the peo ple of england arc pressed down by a load of taxation which almost deprives thc majority of thc necessaries of life — either excessive luxury or excessive distress — a meek follower of christ in the possession of twenty thousand per annum and thousands around him struggling from morn ing to night to provide for the day'that is passing over them antl their children millions raised by taxes on the most valuable portion of the com munity to pay placemen or pensioners cither for services which never were rendered or for thc daily prostitution of their conscientious opin ions — a set of ministers distinguished for tlieir determination to multiply their dependents hy the perpetual creation of new places ancl new sinecures — economy laughed at a standing ar my considered a sine qua non without which the nation could not be governed a magistracy armed at all points to interrupt the right of pe tition and by one species of manoeuvre or othei to extinguish the public spirit such is the pic ture which england has offered to tbe observa tion of america ; ancl vet if the principles of thc british constitution were honestly acted i m on if the spirit as well as the forms of that c >, stitulion were preserved we doubt if the ameri cans could display greater sincerity ofalle.;un c than englishmen arc inclined to yield to tbe faithful and honest administrators ofthe constitu tion as blackstone and de lolme have described it the general spirit of mr monroe's message is kind and conciliatory ; it candidly admits the great commercial distress unih-r which america in common with the eutopean world has sutfer ed ; ancl it draws from that distress a wholesome and instructive lesson on the necessity and ex pediency of economy it displays a warm anx iety for the most pacific intercourse with the na tions of europe anel manifests an lionot-.ihle sympathy vvith the fate and fortunes of south america it appears from mr monroe lhat nothing is left undone by the united states to effect by a cooperation with european powers thc complete establishment bf south american freedom no doubt any other conduct would bc disgraceful and inglorious but thc mest dis tinguishing feature in this very interesting mes sage of mr monroe is the rapid reduction ofthe national debt w l»le the ministers of l.nglund are borrowing money to feed tlieir placemen and their army the american statesmen are paying off their national debt reducing their establish ments and practising economy in every depart ment why this difference between the two countries . because in america the govern ment and legislature are the representatives of the people — in england the legislature are thc representatives of the ministers and their friends in america if the public interest were sacrificed to a part and that a small part of the nation the authors would as mr coke of norfolk said be taken by the shoiddert and turned out but in england things are sb managed that all the forms of liberty are prescribed and all its essentials are sacrificed and until the people obtain such a weight in the legislature as reform would effect it is quite idle to suppose that those who profit by the plunder will be the first to relinquish the mode of obtaining it there never was a king so easily made popular and powerful as the pre sent king of england those who know him best assert that in the private intercourse of the table there is no warmer advocate of the principles of the constitution ; and that the cir cumstances alone in which he is unfortunately placed induce him to continue those men in pow er who have struggled so hard to rob their mas ter ofthe affections of his subjects there is an internal cabinet which sways every thing moves all thc puppets who play their parts before us and exercises a pernicious control over the feel ings antl councils of the king which wars with his own nature and contravenes his owninclina rai*str.d and evetit tuesday gy\cu\utva wsmr southey in his life of wesley has preserved a number of well authenticated anecdotes and incidents in the lives of those whom he denominates wesley's lay coadju tors and which furnish some evidences of change of character often as astonishing to the individuals experiencing them as won derful to those who witnessed their effects and contemplated their influence amongst other cases is the following which we repub lish from the 64th page of the 2d vol " a party of men were amusing themselves one day at an aleliot.se in kotherhatn by mimicking the methodists it was disputed who succeeded best antl this led to a wager there v/pre four performers and the rest of the company was to decide after a fair speci men from each a lliblc was produced ancl three of the rivals each in turn mounted the table and held forth in a style cd irreverent buffoonery wherein tlie scriptures were not spared john thorpe who was the last cx hibiter got up on the table in high spirits exclaiming i shall beat you all ! he opened thc book for a text and his eyes rested upon these words ' except ijc repent ye shall all likewise perish .'' these words at such a moment and in such a place struck him to the heart he became serious he preached in earnest and hc affirmed afterwards that his own hair stood erect at the feelings which then came upon him ancl thc awful denuncia tions which hc uttered his companions heard him with the deepest silence when he came down not a word was said concern ing the wager ; he left the room immediately without speaking to any one went home in n state of great agitation anel resigned himself to the impulse which had thus strangely been produced in consecjucnce he joined the methodists antl became an itinerant preach er but he would often say/when he related this storv that if ever he preached by the as sistance of the spirit of god it was at that time an effect so different from what was con template when the exhibition commenced anel so suddenly and in so important a man net produced upon both speaker and hearers mely no doubt be explained satisfactorily by those who rightly understand the operations of the power which accompanied that voice which said " saul ! saul ! why persecutest thou me ." augusta advertiser joilv thorpe br bingham & white the subscription price ofthe westeun cuiolisias is three dollars per annum payable half-yearly in advance ccjljfo paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the discretion of the editors whoever will beeome responsible for tbc payment of nine papers shall receive a tenth gratis advertisements will be inserted on the customary tmims : terms 1'ersons sending in advertisements must mccify the number of times they wish them inserted or ihcy will be continued till ordered out unci charged ac cordingly no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity cj*ah letters to the editors must bc post-paid or they will not be attended to u^oiij c hthc liberal and enlightened policy ofthe state of new york embraces the great subject of agriculture as well as internal improvement — allied to each other they both claim a share of l-rid t lip munificence of her -^ a thc celebrated julp alovsc xaym\e.o i a-sk-cl now in f un health anel igor will stanil the ensuing season at my stable in salisbury at llie moderate price of twelve dollars the season ; seven dol lars the single leap and twenty dollars for insurance ; which will be demanded as soon as tlie marc is discov ered to be with foal or tbc property transferred the season will commence the first tlay of march and end the first of august fifty cents to tlie groom in everv instance michael br01vn february 9 1821 38t50 description napoleon is a beautiful sorrel le'ri years old this spring sixteen hands and one inch high of jnost excellent symmetry and possesses as much poiver and activity as any horse on the continent ; and as a race horse stands unrivaled m b pedigree — sky scraper the sire of napoleon was got by col holmes's famous imported horse dare devil who was bred by the duke of grafton and got by mag net out of hebe ; hebe was got by chrysolite out of an own sister to eclipse sky-scraper's dam was the cele brated running mare oracle who was got by obscurity ; his grandam by celar his grandam by the imported horse partner obscurity celar and partner wero all fine bred horse descended from the best blood in england slow and easy the dam of napoleon wis got by the imported horse baronet ; her dam called e.ainilla was got by co pbalus her dam who was sister to brilliant and burrel's traveller was got by old traveller ; ber grandam by t*arnougbt out of col bird's famous in ported mare killixt.r the above peditfa "■' camilla i ejv.uilljc gen wade hampton of s carolina who bretl bor for gen gunn of philadelphia signed jno allston performance i do hereby certify that napoleon lias run four races all of which he has beat with great ease ; the last over tlie salisbury turf beating brand's sir druid singleton's bay horse and jones's colt ; branch's and singleton's horse he distanced he has never been brought to the turf since ; and i do recommend him as a sure foid getter john thompson former has been gradually improving from thc cupidity anel enterprize of individuals thc latter if not entirely neglected has been left to private associations whose means have not been com mensurate with the wants of the country at length however the public attention appears to be loused 4 and we may justly anticipate im portant and lasting benefits from the direction which it hao taken most of the states and es pecially those in which there existed the greatest necessity for it have set seriously to work in opening new channels of communication among themselves and wilh their neighbours in out last no uc adverted to lhe recent appropriation by the legislature of pcnnsyl.ania of 8 1)22 7,1 80 to this great object — the same zealous spirit is manifesting itself in other directions — but new york seems to be thc only state in which the le gislature have taken much interest in the im provement of agriculture they have establish ed by law a « board of agrici-ltuiie and besides appropriating twenty thousand dollars to wards its general objects direct that 1500 co pies of the annual volume of their proceedings or memoirs hall be published at tho public cx pienee,'and dfstribiited by the county societies amnnglhe farmers of thc state the 1st volume of this work containing miscellaneous essays and papers has made its appearance and is said to be an interesting compilation as one society only woulel bc too large and unwieldy in a great state tbc multiplication of smaller ones must ensure greater punctuality in the attendance of members at general meet ings and excite more ol the public attention as i well as thaw forth more essays 8cc without some geneial hoard to concentrate all the infor mation wbich the county societies may procure i and to excite and sustain their zeal tlieir efforts would probably he short-lived ; and consecjuent ly less beneficial to the community perhaps thc experiment o new-york will recommend itself to the adoption of other states in virginia we should wish to see something mote effected by the private associations singly or combined with facilities offered by the public . agriculture is the great primary interest of the j american states all other interests grow out j of it and feed upflll it — should not something i then bc awarded to its importance ? wc protest a ' gainst bou nties premiums and monopolies sc,espe cially when they " tax the many for the benefit of ' the few — we cannot consent that any thing in the way of premium whether you can caw'n duty or bounty should be t"kcn from the ploughman and given to the weaver merely because thc hitter is american yet wc think that facilities i may with propriety be afforded but agricul i ture and internal improvement tlo not fall with in the constitutional scope of congressional pow er — they are local subjects belonging exclu sively to the states oui agriculture has been long neglected and irish comments on american principles we find in our file of the irishman a belfast news paper the message of the president of the united states given at length with comments by the editor mr law less who makes a contrast between this speech and those of the king of england — a york d adv " the king's speeches arc a cold lifeless freezing heap oi materials put together in the most clumsy manner and only calculated to low er the literary character of the nation never did america rise so triumphant as she does to day in the person ofthe president mr monroe calm dignified simple and unaffected — as if to represent thc giant greatness of the country of which he is the respected head irt the best anel most suitable manner — he goes on with all the solemnity of a statesman looking down upon thc world from an immense elevation neither to be agitated nor intimidated by the storms that blow beneath america breathing the air of freedom e__.ii bits a great people in the enjoyment of the ut most latitude of thought and the most unbound ed liberty of expression of that thought which the most zealous advocate of human liberty can by possibility wish for there every man may speak his n-.ind of the government he lives un der without hazard of an ex officio information there the greater the truth told by thc political writer the greater his justification and the more certain his triumph there the executive can do wrong and can be assailed with impunity by the press when the wrong is committed there thc public is protected by a press which can only be silenced by removing the evil complained of there truth and falsehood find their proper level — the calumniator who makes charges he is una ble to support is abandoned by public opinion — what ! mr attorney general can this bc the fact and still no insurrections no violations of the public peace no treason no danger to the order of things as established by law no disaf fection — an everlasting peace produced by the very means which our sages assert could only produce everlasting discontent ; yet most true it is that the extreme liberty of the press in america prevents those evils which a restricted press in england invariably produces in tug land the people and their friends are abused in the most insulting and exasperating terms anel the press which defends the people is subject to the rod of lhe attorney gtueml because it mere iva way jjk i^rom mv stable in cabarnis couhty on k^*^!r3 or about the 26th of february last a 5sftt-*4a dark chesnut sorrel mare having a while va hind foot antl a blaze in ber forehead ; she is about fifteen hands high six or seven years old and of beautiful symmetry any person taking up said mare and letting nie know so that i can get her again shall be well rewarded by moses a shelby april 18 1821 3w47 state of sotttyv-covowtva in equity camdejy distict ■} february term 1821 > robert cunningham adm'r d s bailey deceased vs i'eter smith jun ct al — bill for relief the complainant having filed in this court bis bill among other things praying that lite creditors of i daniel s bailey mav come in and establish tlieir dc 1 mauds ami receive their proper proportion of the assetts of the saitl estate and that he might be discharged from bis administration uniler the direction of this court ; ami it appearing to the satisfaction of this court that lhe following persons having demands against the said es tate reside out of this state viz i lain troy petei smith peicf smitll jun george iktlrlck henry krai lev pearson h murphey juries smith salterwhite & ti-avis lat-ob hoc thomas allison john krailuy thomas l cowan peter w smith moses a locke alfred d kerr clarv _. doherty anderson ellis gen pearson james clay ut s l fcn-and thomas scott robert woods cridcr william llixon itobcrt moore i it is there fore ordered that the persons above named do appear to tlie said bill on or before the first day of june next or in l-faiilt thereof an order will be made that the said bill lie taken pro confesso as to the said defendants and it isforther ordered that sarah liailev who resides out of • tti_s state tlo appear to lhe said bill before the next rourt john cakt-bk com eq camden dint march 3 msi u.1 11 state i north-carolina j is now laboring under embarrassments almost kvriif.kfomi counviri ' 1inexan iplcd in the history of the country its court of pleas and quarter sessions for the second , . . ,. . monday of january a p 18>1 abel 11.11 vs fred \ products command prices which are comparative - crick f aliev — original attachment levied on h negro '-. y inconsiderable hut the planters and farmers j^^tfffi not be disheartened llicy should avail ms.atc r is ordered thi-t piibli.-ation i made in tin j themselves of this period to im/ifove their estates for thr m„„,l . fort def i.dant . prepared when times shall grow better answer plr.-itl or i'.c-iiiur io tin an innri i i i > . • . cnt v i b entered b defaiili and th prop ! to reap those advantages which must be enjoyed j hc . rm * cnt an j decreet those who arc isaac ciiatox <-'• at"s,-,.-i fzrpiaftttiff ■■:■!. '*'-■ , out of debt mil sec the propriety ol adopting hlhal .! the pro hi li tions to see a king so circumstanced must be a subject of sorrow to every reflecting mind in the empire : but to america how does it appear ? the picture we will not now attempt to draw case in point an eminent barrister had some years ago a case sent to him for an opinion the case staled was the most preposterous and improbable that ever occurred to the mind of man and concluded by asking whether under such circumstances an action would lie '. hc f be various kiti.is commonly in use fur sa'.c a the 9 ollit.eet lie i'i.»ti:r.n or'.i.'mas took his pen and wrote — " yes if the will me too ; lut not trtherw'te