Western Carolinian

              hfctfent ffwtittiiw • it is even v.l.etuabs'ain from lawn which however wise snd gooiuii themselves have ihe scniblmce or inequality which find nn respo.se in the heart ul the citisen and which will be evadcl with little rsmorsa tho wisdom of legislation is especially seen in grafting laws on oonsolenoe -" r ' chamthtg vol xi nt 604 salisbury rowan county n c monday march 8 1831 w/vr /:/./>. / jv eoust j ry aching head on llie pillow of its rc j pose ? why tremble at this that in i the long sleep of the tomb the body shall sillier disease no more and pain no mure and hear no more the cries of want nor lhe groans of distress n'l ar retired from ibe turmoil of life that violence and change ah-ill pass itgntly over it and thc elements shall beat and the storms shall si^h unheur around ita lowly bed s.,v ve aged a od infirm is it thc greatest of evils to die ? say ye children u care and toil say yc filleted and tempted is it the greatest of evil to diet i at in i'aili'.imei.t are some who can not so much bc said to argue as to groan and useinarticulatecries'against it iii this kind are those who sav they hope that they shall not live to witness the time when englishmen shall not have the spirit to deliver their vote in the face of day it would be as honest and about as wise to say they hope not to live to witness the lime when every english man shall not have his carriage and four if they were tn say which would be tne only thing to thc pur pise that they hnped not to live to see the day when an englishman would not gold busting and fearless iv vote lor ihe man ol his ch ice,-with out regard to the dictation of any per so upon eartii ; the falsehood of he pretext woulal be too glaring to be suc cessful even in a country where as much is done by b pot risy as in k.in land it is a matter of fact notorious md undisputed that a great majority of those who vole for members ol i'ar j liaiiiunt iu england proceed to hust ings under the i ifluence of what they either hepe to receive or dread to sui ter and prostitute themselves in the infamous manner by voting not ac cording to the ... dates of their own minds but like crouching slaves at the will of another are these the circumstances in which votes are com monly given in england and are men in und who say they h pe not to live to sec the day when englishmen will be afraid to vote epenly^-patience would he found to hear them ia no assembly we think upon esrth but one composed of the very men who suborn such votes courage to vote as english men vole at the command of those by whom they are buugnt or driven ia the courage ofthe slave when hc lends his body to the lash are here men who pretend a horror at th ■ prospcci of parting with this and reviving in excha ge for the protection of secrecy because secrecy would degrade the people tion but have sanctioned and circula ted l.tr and wide a report from the committee on inaiiitl-cuii s vindica ting the tariff in the mosi uiipualili.-.l terms and expressing their fixed de termination uot ta allow a single item to be altered so much fer the scheme uf attacking and destroying the tat ill in detail disposed to compel mr van liuren to show his hand mi ll.vne ol south carolina enquire i > ' tti.l.iy wheth er the committee on internal improve ments to whom had een referred that part of the president „,, ssagi on that subject would report during the session the enquiry enabled mr tyler a member at the commit tee,to state that hc had drawn a re port responsive lo the message i n which mr 1 lindexter another mem uf the committee had concuredjwhictl had been submitted to the committee and bad been for some in po.stision if the senator of new york mi dud uv who had lor reasons besi known lo himself and which he was bound to suppose were satistaclory to him de clined to express any opinion on the subject either one way or the uthtr and had tin rebv prevented any reputt irom lacing made mc dudley in a few words justified his course by say ing lie did not consider the c mntry would bc benefited by the making o report on the subject mr i la-tidrtcks said he and anoiner member ,,( the committee went in favorof internal im provements and did not doubt the power of tne general government to construct them | but that he thought when so much business was before the senate its lime ought not to be occu pied in the discussion of an abstract principle mr lvindexter aanl iho report drawn by the si nator from vir ginia was a very able document and would he had no doubt be entirely conclusive and satisfactory to thr p.o ple uf the united stiles against the system i account of the waste of public monev and its corrupting in fluence provided it could meet the public eye but that the senator from new york had prevented the presen tation of the report ami that the res ponsibility rested with him the re marks of mr tvlerand ol mr iv.n dexter although addressed lo were intended for mr van buren mr (.--„•,. lhe ,'■>< i im i'-v ott 7 ?:^^^™ nm'l ll\l illlkal >!>' l'l alll^^h t stems to us strange it beema as d li siere wrong in a world where from the very constitution of things death must close every scene of hu man life « llere jt h!hh re 8 ned ''"' ves over all generations where the very air we breathe and the dust we ctead upon was once animated life it seems to us most strange and wrong t'iat this most common necessary rx edict an.l certain ol all events ihould bricg such horror and desola on witb it ; that it should bring such j u-emeudous agnation as it it were aomc awful and unprecedented phe uomenon i that it s-iould bc more than fcath-a shock a catastrophe a coo tiuw.oo i as if oaiure instead of hold log on its steady course were falling jtnto irretrievable ruins and that which is strange is our otraageness to ibis event call sick oe ., we repeat cull pain an approach so death call the weariness nd li bre of the limbs and senses call de cy dving it is so it is a gradual laosening of lhe cords of life and a breaking up of its reservoirs and re courccs so shall they all one and mother give way " i m -*■« the thoughtful man say i leel the pang of suffering as it were piercing and cutting sunder one by one the me and invisible bonds that hold me w the earth i feel the gushing cur rent of life within me to be wearing gvvay its own channels i feel the aharpness ot every keen emotion and of every acute aud far penetrating thought as if it were shortening thc foments ofthe soul'a conuexi n and conflict with the body so it is and to it shall be till at last " the silver oord is loosened and the g.ilden bowl s broken and lhe pitcher is br ken at the fountain and the wheel is broken at the cistern and the dost returns to she earth as it was and the apirit re turns unto god who gave it no ; it is not a strange dispensation fccath is the fellow of all earthly ; the friend of man alone il is not an an cmaly ; it is not a monster in the cre ation it is the law aud the lot of lias any evidence been afforded of a returning sense ol juatice .' none whatever on the contrary and as it it were done expressly to destroy the delusion ul uur people upon that punt a bill was introduced by the commit tee on obi ao come the last hour in god's own time !— and a good life and ti glorious hope shall m.ike it welcome come the hour o release ! — an.i til bictioil shall make it welcome come tbe re-union with the loved antl lost un eartii ! — an the passionate yearn iogs i affections and tne strong aspi ration of faith shall bear ns to their blessed land come dealh to this body — this burdened tempted frail failing dying body ! — and to the soul come freedom liijhl and joy unceas ing ! — come the immortal life !— lie that r.veth saith the conqueror over the devil he that hveth and bcliev eth in mc shall never die reduce the tai ill but to repeal tin a i ol the prccediog aessioti reducing the duty on salt and consequently to res tore that duty to ils original amount the bill was not pasted — but it waa not rejected it lies upon the table to be taken up ut the next session when the combination will be fully or ganized aud disciplined to early it so much for the returning sense ol justice has the system of iuteral improve ments been abandoned ? it has not on the contrary it goes on almost as vigorously and extravagantly as be fore in the list ef acts passed at lhe last session will be i mud acts making appropriations for roads and surveys aod internal improvements — for extending the cumberland road and lor the improvement of rivers i/c the president has placed his veto on none of these acts why he has not it is useless to enquire nor do wc know at present how many mil lions are appropriated by them so much for the abolition of internal im provements lias any evidence been furnished of a disposition to respect the constitu tion or thc rights of the states none whatever on ihecoutrary the majority have committed additional viailstions of that sacred instrument and additional invasions of the sov ereignty of the states amongst ihc most flagrant nf these i their refusal to repeal the 25th section of lhe judic iary act by which thev have deliber ately affirmed the supremacy of the federal court over the courts of thc states and subjected the states to the dominion of a tribunal created by themselves upon this subject we in vite all who may not yet have read it to peruse the report of the judi ciary committee from the notiingbam i'.ng'and review hlf.ct10x lu billot ol all questions connected with re form none have made so much pro gress in so short a time as the ballot thi indeed with sensible men appeals the sine ifita non without this all other measures of reform will be li belous and inoperative but lhis will si-ture that freedom of election which is so desirable in all countries where there is a shadow ol liberty but more especi.hy iu a country like england where the power ol money and influ ence haa so long reigned with unop posed sway thc ball it aloue can op pose this power effefctuallv and ren der elections in their r-suli what they ought to be llie expression of ihe peo ple's will no persons have done half o much for the ballot as ihe duke of newcas tle karl grosveuor and ihoae other peers whu have served notices lo quit on tlieir tenantry i'or their open votes at thc last election d vet the duke in his strange allick on hir t den man io the house of lords on friday night claims lhe beta-fit of indepen deuce fur himself and therefore would allow it to others what must his tenantry think of such a monstrous as sertion ! independence indeed ! yes but is it n t punishable in all those of his tenantry who asserted it bv eject ment from their dwellings lie would do to others as he wished to be done unto himsell whanvould the duke of newcastle say if taking him at his word the king's ministers should give him uolicc to quit all the crown landa on thr ground of his voting against ministers and yet would this not be equal justice would this not bc treat ing him as hc has done lo others and what right wetild such a nobleman have lo complaint the duke alter wards introduced he question of bal lot which he said hc hoped would bc scouted by all men and why be cause it would take from him the odi ous power which he claims of doing what he will with his own in other words it would take from him his power over lhe borough of newark where the popular feelings if uncon trolled by hi influence would at once elect honest antl independent men to represent them in parliament snd re fuse to b't anv longer saddled with a ny nominee which lhat lord of clum b.-r senl amongst them the chief objection to the ballot urged by the d.ike was that"it would be disgrace ful te the country now an englishmen fought openly spoke openly and act ed openly the duke should have added nnd was ruined for bo doing hut as lhis is an argument used by some whom we much respect we will inswcr itj vet not io our owo words but in much better than anv we can use from the article in the westmin ster review to which we have more ihan once directed the atttntion of out readeri tut k mong the opponents of the fcul dudley's situation wis a very unplea sant one and it was apparent that he so considered it j but " nun-committal was the order during the last summer when pop ular excitement was hig i every ef fort was used bv the nppoorutt of con vention to allay the just indignation of our people and to prevent them from resorting to any decisive measure ol redress they ass ired the people lhat the tariff would be attacked in detail and that much would be done for their relief they told them that the pres ident had taken a decided stand a gainst internal improvements and lhat that portion of the system might be considered aa ab ished they toi.l ihem thai the public debt would shortly be extinguisbed.and that as soon as it would bc a reduction of the tariff to the revenue standard would as suredly take place they persuaded ihem in short lhat thing were com ing right — that the most encouraging mil iii stations had been given by thc majority of a returning sense of jus tice — that a convention therefore would be premature and useless — hat every thing wojld be done which our people wished provided they were ni d talc aod patient but lhat they would defeat themselves by any thing like precipit.te or intemperate pro ceedings influenced by these prom ises and assurances thousands who were in favor ol convention determined to postpone tint measure and to a avait the issue of another session convention therefore was defeated uu the people have been anxiously expecting the fruits of their continued moderation and how has that mod eration been rewarded ? another ses sion f congress has come and gone and what has been done to relieve the south pdssion — what is more unpleas ant and what so much derogate from the character ot an amiable beautiful or accomplished woman as to behold her in a passion 1 for a young lady to become enraged at the misdemeanor of a serv.nl | or because her milliner failed in executing her comandin pro per season jor that her dress did not precisely suit her taste ; or irom any other trifling motive at once disenv ers the want of amiability as well as ul sufficient strength of mind to sup press hertemper such an one would nature not to thy eternal reatins place shalt thnu retire alnne thou shall lie dnwn wilh p.tri.rehsotthe infant world with kinpi the powerful of the ear.h the w.ie anil good 1|«ir formi and h rv sce.s nl a«ea p.ll all in one might tepulchre i'he lulls sock-ribbed and ancient s lie sun ; lhc vales aitrctchi'iir ill pensive q lietness do ween 1_he venerable woodl riven tl.at move ln msjjtly and compl>"<i.i innuks t>at tn.ke the meaiwi green nil pourbal round 11 hid ocein'i nt.y nd raslaneholy waite — are but thc lalcmn decor.tiu.'-i all ufltie great tumb uf man but nf what is it the tomb ? does the spirit die ? do the blest affccii ms of the soul go down into lhe dark and ' oilent grave ? oh no tne nar rpw hoo»e and pall and bu-athless darkness and funeral train these 1 bcloog not lo thc soul they prr falaim only the body's dissolution 5phey but celebrate the vanishing away of the shadow of existence man iti'.es not die though the forms of po pular speech thus announce his ex i we docs nol die we bury not our ifiend but only form the vehicle in which for a time our friend lived 5phst cold impassive clay is no the frirntl the parent the child the com panion ihe cherished being no it not blcbscd be god tint we can ay it is not it is the material 3 wo.ld only that earth claims it is i dust only lhat *• decends 10 dust be grave let us hreak its awful apell ils dresd dominion it is the place where man lays down his weak ness his infirmity i his disesses and sorrows that he may rise up to a new nd gloiious life tt is tho place where man ceases in all thlu is frail i and decaying ceases to be rail that = lit may be in glory and blessedness an snglc of light ! why then should we lear death ve a the wicked le.r and mu-l lear '$' why dread to lay down ;, • i e'£<|y in i^rtpiing place and th a can the public debt bc soon paid off it cannot the obvious deter min.iu'.n ofthe majority is that it shall nit for this purpose no effort ha been or will be pared io create ex travagant demauds upon the trea sury never be selected as thc partner ol a sensible man su..h uld never kin dle exalted admit lion true .. spec or genuine love i do not wish to ap plaud those lame beings who have not a sufficiency of spirit to resent an in sult or to uphold at opinion ug-inal the obstinacy of some jackanapes fop ; nevertheless all this might he done in temperate language ami wilh such a il lh lent bearing as is the true char acteristic of a delicate female what is mure admirable than to witness a young and beautiful female timidly adducing strenuous arguments in opno aition to some positive theory of the lords of il.e creation and while her good sease and sound doctrine carry triumph with ilium to ace the deep bluah of virtue stealing over her lure head at her own succeas but even if the public debt should be extinguished in a tew vear hence is there any rational probability that the tariff will then be repealed ? wc think not ia that evetu we lear lhal insteud of repealing the present sys tem af taxation it will be continued for the purpose nf dividing the annual surplus in the treasury amongst the states — or in other words that con gress will resort to another dangerous infraction of thc constitution lur the purpose of perpetuating antl augment ing the injustice and oppression which it has already fixed upon thc south what then is our prospect in creased poverty slavery and degrada tion what is our duty ! snail we hope on against hope ? ur acquiesce and submit withoul further murmur ing or struggle or determine nei ther to be duped again by fallacious predictions and assurances nor to be longer trampled will impunity by an interested combination ? charleston mercury thc grand jury of llibb county j have presented the contemplated establishment of a branch of the u s bank al macon as an evil perdu dicial to the best interests of our stater institutions and not conductive of any good to our fellow citizens generally they ay in conclusion we therefore representing as we believe fairly lhe feelings of lhis community do sol emnly protest against the establish iicnt ol a branch of the united states liiiik iu this place and further express our decided disapprobation as well gainst the establishing of as the c.n linuance her of an unauuhori d a gency which w.t believe to be i di rect violation ol th statute law of lhis siati ; and lu tnis subject we call the atun'.bn ol uur hji'.i t : j c mc'f has the tatiffbeen repealed or m id ifiatd it has not the executive re commendation to revise it and every aff rt to modify or reduce it were all treated with the most prolnnnd and supercilious indifference the pro position to repeal ibe duty on salt — the proposition to reduce the duly on suj r — the petitions and memorials to reduce the duty upon iron — were all rejected and it was even wiih the ut most difficulty that their advocates could obtain a hearing nor is this all the majority not only contulhe liuu-ly rejected every cffjrt al red ac the following extract of a letter isl from the washington correspondent ol ihe new york daily advertiser un der date of feb 39 mr dudley of the senate has incurred lhe censure of his late cih.ii dential and political friends — the oaim.iiiuee on internal improvements i composed of two who uie trie illy to the system and of two who are op posed tu it and mr dudley is the i fifth member just at this time ii would appear that he it lur non-cum ! initial mr calhoun ti friends are