Western Carolinian

              h§t$tttn w ',' ' ' >' " v ' ■ "" •> ■"" from lawi which however wise ind goo themwlvei have ll.e eml.la„ce ... in.-qualiiy which '"■'' "."'"" « »> «'» tart of ti.en.and which will he evaded with little remorse the wisdom ol legl.latlon il especially aeeu in grafting laws on conacienoe j r , ■ , ,„■„., i svl.lsill'i.y itllwlv county v.c tuesday mivk.mlir.lt in m.io vol xi vo ':,-.',. it iha ranks of true greatneii ihen the nam of i il.yei.c willalway.be en.i ltd ,.. .. place ...... ng u.e highi it md will he held in diitinguiihed honor when ions nr an alexander and a ca.ar iro forgotten they perished in early life having immolated thousand to their scl li-ii iiiiiliilioii he survives anil doles nn history ol a life of disinterested devo tion to ihe good of mankind hy a leriei i active military services an i patriotic senatorial tinsels after pissing ihc or dinary limi-.s of human existence — vigor nun twill in mind and body beyond lhc rare reached boundary ui three icore yens and len gfeneiul lafayette place of wliirh lifayette formed a part and in a meeting of which ho wis lhc liisi 10 demand ,. convocation of the it reientatlvei of the people in i7ii'j la f.yeiic was a member ol the national as lombly and he there proposed thc cele bruted declaration of " the rights ol vi in s ihe fundamental basis of all po liii.-al institutions und on which in fact lhe different charters etc are founded which have been given in france since lhal pcio i — including ihe one which has jusi ii.-eu so gro.tly violated a very few d,.ys after the above proposal he was in i commandei in duel of the na tional gards of paris the appointment l^hchhos n iw mom man l.u-iv jours al . invitation from the united siatcs of i america to rc visit thoie shores ; end witness the prosperity which he hud so mainly assisted in ereating the enthu siasm with which hu was received there must have been among the most gruiily ing evrtus ol his life ; but he could little then have looked for lhat still more nri , king series of oventh which has crowned his days with u degree nf glory thai hil seldom if ever awaited any oilier indi , vid.i.lin modern limes anil which hone other ha more conspicuously deserved th liberty for which he shed his blood in curly youth in lit-hulf of another cun iry his ul length been fully achieved foi his own ; and i fav.-llc slill in lhe vigor of his health and faculties ii once mure commander i the national guardi ol | fran e and unqueation ibly the most lis languished man in public estimation which his country or perhaps the civil iz-d world itself can al this moment bousl of old dominion — «► tcctcee e umi » — ridiculed the idea that the present nd ministration could succeed in an object in which their champion had been foiled they declared that the liriiish government was too sensible uf the importance of that trade to this coun try to grant ,. reciprocal commerce with lur colonics and lhal thc friends ol geo jacltsoo were holding nut de lusive hopes to influence the elections tnis iviin their language when they believed tint negotiation would fail hut llie moment they discover lhat mr m'luoe'i perseverance and intel ligec.e have accomplished what tha bungling an.l vacillating policy of the last administration haul lost their tune is changed they n v with charac teristic regard for consistency and truth declare the trade io be worth nothing — and some ol them nn even endeavoring to prove that it will be tl serious injury to the country • such is thecousre ol the opposition no state perhaps in the union will be more benefitted by this trade than north carolina but wc are told here even in newbern that its importance will be trifling four years ago wo had between 30 anil 40 west india meo owned in newbern and laden exclusively with grain and lumber irom our fields and forests and now by the loss of that trade we hue not more then 10 staves sold then lot 88 and sio per m and shingles from 1 50 to i 75 — and now lhe former * command about 554 and the latter from 75 cents to si our country people whose only dependence for years has been upon the sale of t'.cir lumber have been injured beyond conception by the opening of theso islands nur oak nil pine forests will increase 25 per cent i.i value am in a very short tin -, the fanner will find by the increased prices of liis piod.ice ilu btneficinl effects of this new avenue of trade v.11uiwy i/.l'a " sttu from ih nbw.yljtac ttlah if tho reader should think himself suit aclentlv familiar win the eventful life i lafayette not t ni|i)i''e a copy i lis blogrephy we yet believe a perusal i the short mem if we lhis day iiy i i ire i.n will in ipl't l hi feeling hive iui flcieni im " d " • '" '"' '" <: * chmgo i h e opinion reviving lhe impression i m minyimport.nt ir.n..cti in nd irying . ., ncs'i'i which general lafayette has i une u parti it will kindle new l is pet ,,,,,. i sdmir.iion and reipecf md his . i iltudi and veneration as .. lover of n nkind li will i lhe american rta 1 ,.. be » further totirce of gratification lo li i ii he lo whom lhe republic hai !„ rn io nun h indi bted and lo whom ii ii.-r sous have bee proud t manifest their collection of hia generous efforts in their behalf is non th ne has oh iterated the i li.i^s of ni lion a i dislike excited by thoie effort to estimated in the impartial judgmenti of ihos who cannot in any i_c bc iwayed y selfis prejudices toe high u-rins of com n ndiition beitowed on ihe veteran mond l liberty in he sketch we have quoted ue irom i english pen : md hi to ihi language i a london journalist wc j i i me equally warm expressions used by lie ami s ul the ictteis from i'arli |. mc ol which we have copi tl and in ,-;■ employed hv the peakers 3,1 ib publi meeting in england 11 well a lhc cheer wiih which hi name ins been hailed on such occasions we shall have i.l . 1 lory pr.iof iin.t ihc estimation which a stranger might aacribe 10 blind pi 3 iality.iain fact only a homage lo worth mi'i viritie pa.i'1 in.m the sober dictates of jus ia andoftruth 1 1 n 3 1 il lafay.lle bv the course lie has pursued tn the recent astonishing moa i.uics al l'aris has placed lhe adamantine keystone of thc golden arch i his lame two years before iha throne attempted ihe prostration nf lhe right ol lhe i'c pic and thus called forth one nunc thii biserter of tho claims of i.e iun ill divid a bculpi.it i.i i'j-is had execute a bun nf lafayette us a murk nl ihe affec tionate regard and ad mi 0 i it tow.rda ihe general hy himself and the y,.unu l'aiisiaus tnis testimonial was presen ted to lhc congreu ofthe united siaies to receive a place in hi cupiiol by lhe side i the monument of washington the lettei which accompanied the gifi expresses so jusilv ihe character of the beto and so strikingly exhibits thoat feelings to which under il.e must trying liii'cuin.tanci-s truth has let i's seal thai we cannot refrain from repeating some ul its paragraphs : l * the youth of the french nation is filled with admiration for the virtues ol the yniili and old u);c f him ol whom i send you a likeness they envy ihc l;lurv that was acquired upon the am.ri ban toil by lhc side ol lh immortal v ishing'nn in the defence of your noble ii us thev envy thai glory which has i.e u acquired on he soil of france in the iiii.l of the in moles ol l'aris and versalil ., where in bicasiing the storm lie wa , cd courage us liule in thc snug gles of debate as l.e did in contending with ihu swoid they unvy thai glory which covers the front bleached hy age i.u slill sparkling with the fn-u of liociiy bnd of pitriu'.ism how nobly has the testimony so elo quently expressed since been indicated ; nd how doubly enhanced is tint glory thus envied by ihe splendid tvci.isl in which the youth ol france proved the sincerity of these declaration when sluriii wiih the veteran l.is last and most llluilriotll ctlon in the career u the family ol lafayette lus long occu ii i a diitinguiih.il rank i lhe history ofknncb i.i 1423 the al ir.hul i..i..v cue tlef ml our i'like i clur.n t ii b.auge an i ihus preserved hi country from ihe domination of henry viii tho luihei of ihe preient genei 1 a is killed ... lh battle ol mind.n in 173 — iwo vers after the birth of his son who wis born ai aurergne scpicinder 6 1759 all ' having considerably distinguished himsell in the su cci of nis s.ualits ul i hu college of dupteiis ul i'jiis yoong i il'.ic.'.e entered the niy at the age i sixteen years ; anil a velv snort lime af i."iv,.ids he married a tin ii'er of the duke d'ayen a descendani in a ri^ht line from ihe celebrated chmc.lloi d'agucsseau from this une poaseited ol an ample fortune snd connected by nl ii i man luge with ihe highest lami lies ul ihe kingdom .. stnli lemly brilliant il siinv seemed nsiuislly prepared lor i i.u by the ordinary . ircumsiance in ulna i he found himself placed iun ihcsc were udvaniagea which l.o owed o chance ulone ami ihey were not there i..ic ul a i a hire to satisfy his ardent id entbusla.tic mind which punted lor dis < lint lions origin ling wilh itself alone j about ihi period it was that the revo i lution nroke out which finally severed from englaad licr rebellious colonics oi america this g.eut and spirit-stirring event ui once look possession ul the iniiiil of lafayette und lie determined to take at acive pan in ihu progress of it ac cordingly having coma io england an-l spent a few dai's hi-.e .., conference with certiln favoreri ofthe revolutionary par v he embarked becretly lo the new world where he arrived at charleston on the 25 11 of april 1777 as his name us already known his arrival in ameri ca produced .. considerable sensation — especially us m lhis particular moment ihe use ul ihe lievoliiiuu had buffered numerous reverici which had much dis ouraged us supporters lafayette im mediately on his arrival was uffcied u command in ihe revolutionary army — which however fin order to do uwuv uny idea ofthe nature ol his views in viiiiing ihe country ne decidedly r fused bin set about raising a corpse winch were dollied and equipped al bis own sole ex pellee on u.e j i si uf lie july follow ing his arrival in america he wai by a >,, been igaln confined to him ode gtorioui circumstances and ii was iu ihe ubove character thit he wus ihe first t alisplay ihe iri colored cock dc shortly after his appointment to he command of ihe n tional tin ml l f,y cite had an oppoi u-.l ynf shewing hil line presence of mind i saving tho lile ol marie antoinette ot versailles whetc a urcat body of the people had marched from pans accompanied hy ihe n tional guard und in spite of all the efforts ofthe latter had contrived to penetrate into the palace hy a passage . i.u wai little known lafuyelle on this occasion exeitiscd his influence over the peopleand caused them in retire from the palace without doing ihe fatal mischief for which thev were so well prepared unit disposed when the kcdcratinnof the i4ih ol july look place ihe supreme command of the whole oj ihc national guards wus conferred upon lafayette and idolized as he was by ihe people and tho army he m iy ihen be said lo h..ve been the actual head of the french na ion and have had its destinies at his disposal when in he month of june following lhc king i puis xvi 3 endeavored io es cape liom france lafayette during tbe first moment of public ex iu ment and impatience caused by ihh attempt was accused of having favored the movement of the king hut the measures which he af.e.wards adopted and which resulted ni lhe arrest ol lhc king a varennes rc moved lhis imputation from him under uil the extraordinary circuni stances in which lafayette had hitli cno boon placed he had invariably direc ted his conduct by rules and principles d.awi equally from the legal righ's of the king d of ihe people — . m idera lion which causes him 10 become the object ul f ar and hatred to those panics who had oihcr views ihan thc success of light and thc progress ol justice ; in fact hu was hand no less by lhe viol.-iu republicans ban lhe violeni royalists ami became an objcci ol ihc injurious intrigues of hol i in i7<>2 he was appointed one of thc three commanders of ih french arm in the wai against austria t and during his nece.s.ry absence irom the capita on his duiy sever member ofthe na tional assembly haying brought specious i accusations against him a spirit of dis trust w.t excited against him in the iirmi from the lllns-cil or iii conititof off from tho movements it many of our ri.ies amongst the mechlllici and work ing men as ihey are call-d il is very ev ident lhat the social order is disturbed and that they havo not umnngst ihem those who will fairly point out thc causes of their suffering wc do no allude to ihe political juggling whl i has been ro sorted lo in some quarters to turn tin discontents of lhc working classes to parly account but to the minimus of loose hones well-meaning and wurihy cui zcris who irom warn of employment find it difficult io maintain their families — they perceive there is something wrong in the machinery of society hut aa ihcy cannot perceive where the evil originates they are like a man in ihu da.k groping ihoul lo find what was lhal suuek him i blow on the head hill lhis is not lhe ors of ii they rofuse to listen to those who a.e willing and sble loicuch ihem the cause of their bufferings and seem to shudder al lhe very nought of listening to an urguraenl although they may be just as c ipable of un , istandlti | ii and of refuting it il unsound us many 1 phil lawyer lint no ihey ). icier sha dows 10 substance they suffer 1;.em selves 10 be gulled by such terms an '• american system when the system so called is the irua british system i •' protection of domestic industry which means compelling peler to give paul len dollars lor a coal lh.it is worth hut jive ; '• intern i improvements which means luxing l'eier in the mute of maine to enable paul in louisiana lo construct a canal to enable dim ,.. carry 10 market a a cheaper rule his su.;ar whicn he nl eady makes l'eier pay double price for so long therefore as such delusion pre vails a mitigation ui 11.0 evil cannot he looked for it is amusing to notice the contem tible cll'.iris i these men of clay to bolster up sir harry of the west — their expedients however will avail ihem nothing ll.-nry clay will nev er be tlir president i thrse coiled i states the p'inriples anil policy of | ihe list administration have accom plished his ruin while everv a t of j ien jackson but endears him the more to his fellow citizens the truth at l.1st we find the following i . u uion credited to the llecord uf the times la decided clay paper it is srs i urrly jthat we find any ol the opposition pa pers exhibiting a disposition to deal fairly with their readers i.v telling the honest truth that we feel disposed to award all due credit tn iheir party by noticing these rare instances oi honesty unl lair dealing among the organs of a p diti al faction who expect to dc-ive power from the people by deceiving ihem in order lo govern the country by fraud i it was but yesterday it at the national journal of this city bad the impudent e to give false news to its readers in relation to the election in philadelphia were no principle to be colih.ilt.il it would sum to most i men that such a course must termin ate in ruin and a man ol ordinary sa gacity would avoid it because repeated convictions uf wilful falsehood or mendacity must necessarily lessen ihe uielulness of an editor to bis party however badly constitut d that party may lie those falsehoods are insults to the readers of a paper tbe prac tice of uttering ihem is predicated up«n lhe supposed ignorance ol the leader those vho h_v no ihtt means of obtaining politic 1 information than those afforded by the two nationals i this cits , may lur a time be deceived when events are constantly lalsilying theit assertions even these will seek s me less erring sources lor ascertain ing ihe opinions and proceedings of their i.-llow citixerii in distant p.irttof the country u s tel the real liuth.is that ll.e principal cause of ihe buffering complained of by the working men is the very system which ll.ey madly hug to iheir ho.nins the icsiriciive ys m dimititthci the ag gregate traduction .,/' the labor ,,/ the whole community and cooicquently the hare of things which each o j haws out of ine common lock which will always be in u.ci proportion lo hii just claim up on ii uiusi he less than it would b if there wis no restriction of industry if lhe hauer should make his own sh.es as well as l.is own hats und lhe shoemaker should make his hats as well as his own shoes inilead of each one slicking io thai business in which he had an advantage over the other the joint pu.diir.tio.i of hats and shoes under ibe loin ur sysicm would be less than under lhc latter and of couise each ould lie worse cove.cd woise shod this is so plain end so clear that there is not a working man in iho land who cannot ce ils truth and what is lice of individuals is hue of na lions ii u caip mer a bricklayer a plslsiere.i u painter a glazier and othcis who are concerned in house buiidiogi who ca ini.i in tbe nature or things have any prolcction mi their industry soclng tbit ready made houi.i are not u>u..ll imported from foreign countries are ob li id lo pay i.l dollars 01 what is the s me ihn g ui iiuis jabot for a ma which under a sysiem ol duties imposrd l.n icvii.iic solely ihcy . nuld gi a fnrfi.e diys labor «< should like to know bow ihe american sysirm can bentfii litem i cannot inc cose ihc icniatial loi hell i hoi hetaiise as eveiy hotly else has to pay douhl price im their clothes ihev mull have less lo c_|.ititl in building 1 ____________________■ decree ol co g-ess appointed in he ran of major general — he being then not iwemy years of agr for eighleen muiiihs the youthful general remained iu america having dining that peri al oa-cn promoted to the chit command of a division feeling however lhal hc could h iter srrvc the cause hc had cs and being assurrd lhat u pticc was eboul to he sci upon his tile he took the su-p ol retirrlng from f..n.r in which hi was uccompani.d hy m ali-zsnde lain eth mid i i l dlsiinguiitied general of ii 3 '.. he became a prisoner in auilrit and was uol enibled to return lo france till after ihe 18th brum ire puiisrd by quilting thc country for a time he did so anal returned io france where he was very coolly received hy the court of versailles nevertheless lie lucceded in persuading the minis'ur m do miurt pas lo lead the nitl of ships troops and money lo the a i icans having suc ceeded in this minion he returned lo america and immediately on his arrival returned hia command and distinguished himiell io i lie mosi remarkable ii.ui.i both for valor and military skill tne siege of yorktown the taking of the re doubt and the final reduction oi the place will remain un evidence of his greet mil na v talent during lhc supremacy of napoleon lhe latter made repeated attempts lo en gage lafayette in his service and inter es hut was never successful — a lit icul and uncompromising friend of liberty not having any feeling or inoiive of aoi in in common wiih one who was its biiirreit foe during the whole term of nupo icon's power l.f.yelle lived in iho mosi complete retirement chiefly on i is estate of l (• range where he was engaged in agriculture pursuits the return t tbe bourbons in i8u did n offer an ocr sion foe anv change in the mode of life pursued bv lafayette any more than the lieturtiol napoleon from i'.ihi on which the lentlmsnts manifested in the lit ter of m davi i s long bofore tho lute unexpected cii.ls arc conclusive of what pt.lups needed no such proof that ille combined energy in u„,n.c ami moder a i'.n in ii civ » hich i_ii pre eminent ly diidngulihed iho population ol parli were largely attributable lo iho influence ol i daveti . this influence sn honora able to himself md in beneficial to those iraqnd him i owing solely lo indlvldu il tuerii and ... iht . . spen secured i.v his . virtu i his hiu ,- .;.- ii ia " unqucitlona ■< ,/,. / man in publi . in . suntry or pcrhap . , 1 . u in i lis r.l-i wsftcrhiuiii witnessed the rocognition la'lrr occasion die oilers and wishes ol of iheit gro.t tervicei by a solemn vote j ihe kmperor were igiln encwed and u of congress lafayette igaln returned lo tecond tune i.l used france fo obtain fresh aisiitance from tho called shortly allerwardi lo sit is re governmenl ofthal country in which ob presentatlve ol the people in ihe cham j'ecl he full succeeded ; noi however till bur of deputies a the period when 3,11 lhe intended lid wai no longer needed europe was in arms agiinst trance la as by lho time tho french expedition foyelte took no pan iu the proceedings eoi'sistiug of forty ve-.scis and twenty ! i the body of which lie was a member huusand hoops roached cadi news till it became 1 question 11 to lhe integ waa broughl that a treaty of petce h.dytty of france at n lode p.ndenl n.lion been signed between england snd ber re he hen proposed cerialn measures helliuus colonies s til laf.yelte pro which however wise tnd neceisiry cir ceded on h.s 11,11 i voyage to america cumitincei rendered unavtltng.and parli where he was again received wiih hie wai igaln occupied by foi elgn troop moil entliuilasilc welcome ue remain i once more reluming to his p.iva.e kb 1 a 1 1 a nerics for mate iiiue but iciurn 1 lion hc was again called il.encc 10 sit in cl 10 france in 17ss a a moment when , the chamber ol deputies where hc :., ltd ihe public mind 111 the utter country was ,,, a manner perfectly consistent wiihth i 1 0 i ii greatly agitated relative o p whole tenor of his pan of lift finding iii ,, queitioni ; and shor'lv ifler his ic however lhat his voire ihcrc was of lit.lt turn thc fust assem lly of notables took avail be some mmtflia ago aucepiod an the sun has some spots no ita sur face and the best and bttghu-si char mers are not without iheir fault and l'l.r west india tradb while ntgociatlons une pending anil it wis ilu infill whether the briu , li government would coniet.i .. npei he'll west india ponl to the vetbtl q thc united itatcb the ciuv paper i i unhesitatingly .. i i.ci—i much in ... i.v gain .: lathi common walki of fime very fa ll il 1 f iv mill now livim il rw ol any lhat ever yet btl lived m ny penaous lacr'lfice iheir preient appinesi tu their future advantage md die before the pitied ■■■( loii-im anivra