Carolina Watchman

              salisbury *©. «■»•. j«»y 22 1815 for the watchman fourth of july 184*5 wilkesnoito july 4 creeahle to previous notice and arrange ment the citizens of wilkes county met to eel brate the 69th anniversary of american inde dence the 3rd was showery and the clouds looked threatening by the morning however of the 4th the sun arose in all its brightness tbe clouds was gone the air was balmv and bracing and with the return ot our national jubilee was well calculated to inspire e breast of every patriot with that noble feel ing which it is the province of every freeman lo enjoy at an early hour our streets were thronged by the industrious yeomanry from all parts of the courtly by 12 o'clock the court-house was filled to overflowing and still ihere was cr v f>r room here an interesting feature itt>d itself to lhe eye of every beholder iz the presence of such a large audience of lhe fail every one felt that a love of coun try was a delightful — a holy feeling especially when a reciprocal and cherished feeling was risihle in the breast of woman ; and that while ho spirit of liberty was so signally fastened by her smiles — onr government iis institutions and laws would be perpetuated the exercises of the day were opened by an appropriate prayer liy the rev v s colson ; continued hy the reading of the declaration of independence by a a scroggs after which l b carmichall esq delivered an oration on the occasion which for its excellence elo quence and patriotism done alike credit both to his head and heart from the court-house the company adjourn ed to the yard of mr clary ihe enterprising proprietor of the wilkesborough hotel where there was an ample table richly laden with the rood things of life around which amid feasting toasting and cheering the day wore pleasantly away the following were duly announced as the regular toasts 1 4ih july 1770 — sacred in the memory of americans : an eventful day in the history of our country 0 cheers 2 signers of the declaration of independ ence ! venerated names they pledged their lives their fortunes their sacred honor that a merii-a might be free 0 cheers 3 the immortal washington — lie died child less lhat his country mighi full him father drank in silence 4 the officers and solcliers ol the revolu linn — let theii devoted heroism lie remember ed inul emulated 0 cheers 5 the memory of the gallant de kalb and ilu brave and generous lafayette ( drank in silence 6 the principles of the american revolu tion — destined to revolutionize the civilized worid a cheers 7 the union of the states — as one they ate great and growing free and happy abh rr ed lie lhe plotter of disunion 3 cheers 8 schools and education — to be sustained rt5 we value our liberties and holy religion 3 cheers 0 the authors of the mecklenburg declara tiini ef independence — uunconquerablc patri ots may ibe record of their names be as im perishable as the principles they declared 9 cheers 10 the president of the u states may enlightened patriotism guide his administration 3 cheers 11 the governor of north carolina — wur thy die hijih station he occupies may he be true to the interest ofthe good old xorth state 3 cheers 12 the old north state who to himself lintli nut said this is my own my native land 0 cheers 13 columbus — the nations tongues and languages that lill the beautiful world he dis covered will perpetuate his renown 0 cheers there were a number of volunteer toasts offered a lew only of which were preserved volunteer toasts by major john finley president of the day our ancestors of the revolution — the memory ci llieir bravery and patriotism may it be as a 5 ar to direct their descendants in all perilous times by dr l g jones vice president our own carolina she has'the highest mountains lie sweetest vales llie purest air the best wa t,,r the richest gold mines lhe best wives the truest sons and the prettiest daughters by l b carmichall orator of the day flic constitution of our country deposited in c ur national archives to be referred to by suc ceeding generations as the noblest work ofthe l^tli century y a a scroggs reader wilkescoun y alike distinguished for its patriotism — the hospitality and industry of its citizens and the beauty of its ladies may each of those noble characteristics ever continue to be as signally manifested as on this occasion by m aj , v c emmit marshal of lhe day ilke county none can produce men of better wne and muscle head and heart why shan't *- ve love our homes ? by col h brown the memory of cleave ai"i shelby and campbell the heroes of king's untain ibe great disparagement in numbers a samst ibe whigs engaged in that conflict it •*• the best fought battle during the american rev olution . v d gray american government amer jj*l character and american institutions may e j ever hold a conspicuous place in the histo 1 of nations by m chatham agriculture the pride and p°wer of our country titos j lenoir the mountain girls of carolina as fresh and fair as the loveliest flow rs ' ln ne art as pure as the crystal mountain rp ams but harder to hook than the timid trout . a s ports in them as all bachelors present will % dr r c martin the united states the carolina watchman brum & james ) vi _? d .-,... v i keep a check vpox all your editors dc proprietors i is safe ( new series rc,.k ] number 13 of volume ii salisbury n c july 26 1845 of america cemented with the purest blood of the noblest hearts may her political union ne ver be severed by party broils by m a allen our country the paradise of lhe habitable world by john t finley old rip and her ladies from the mountains to the coast we will ever protect and defend love and toast by thos l keller judge gaston was the truest patriot the profoundest scholar and the noblest spirit of the old north state the celebration was followed by a party at night at the wilkesboro hotel which was quite a brilliant aflair indeed many if not all who participated in the celebration and party will long be remembered the day was one amono the happiest and we must be : ' ged in the opinion that such meetings nn .. t casions among the participants of our glorious li v will endear the names the persons and the pa triotism of nur forefathers down to the latest posterity " milton chronicle " please copy instruction for the deaf and dumb the members of the literary board the judges of the supreme court with his excel lency the governor and several gentlemen and ladies of the ciiy visited lhe institution for the deaf and dumb on hillsboro street on tues ilay afternoon last all present expressed them selves very intich gratified at the astonishing improvement made by lhe pupils in the short period in which the school has been in opera tion ; and we may repeat what we said on a former occasion that the most sanguine expec tations of the friends of the institution will be fully realized order and harmony prevail in the school under a discipline governed by af fection and regard between the pupils and teach ers ; and we are sure the school will become as it richly deserves to be a favorite and cher ished object of he people of north carolina — there are now lb scholars attached to lhe school which number must be greatly increased so soon as those interested become aware of lhe immense benefits provided for ihem by the munificence of the legislature of our slate and the excellent character and qualifications of lhe teachers — raleigh independent the annexation of texas we do not igrce wilh iho tribune in disliking the way texas accepts the uni ted states propositions to annex her on the contrary — with undiminished hostility to this whole texas scheme we like the love and enthusiasm americans iu texas show for their own country that they left and their anxiety to get back into it it is flattering our national pride to see her accepting annexation almost withoutterms and unanimously loo — with the pleasant contest of which house should have the honor of originating the resolutions we arc not obliged to like the annexation of texas in the way and manner it has been managed because we like this love of home and of the flag of our country — for on the contrary we can never cease to look upon our countrymen in texas as having originally setiled there with the design of getting up a revolution — just as many are now settling in california while s carolina and parts of geor gia alabama and mississippi are eter nally complaining of this union this go vernment and connection with the north ern states it is amusing to see the emi grants from these slates in texas rush with this avidity back into this horrible union and under this government here is texas embracing with the most uncal culating enthusiasm a people and a gov ernment thai tin state of south carolina is ever affecting to condemn and express ing a desire to get rid of texas makes but a short job of thegravi ; r of put ting oil her own sovereignty ;<> put oi nothing is said of *' the abominable i a riffofl842 living under free trade even if loving it not a syllable is uttered about keeping it it is pleasing to us we must confess to sec a whole state so anx ious to come back to us and at the same time so shaming its compatriot states in the south west which arc often express ing their great dissatisfaction with the union — a y express peculation in tennessee — the " nashville banner charges col miller francis the late treasurer of tennessee with embezzling more than 87,000 of the funds belonging to lhat state and also charges the comptroller daniel gra ham wilh lhe knowledge of the fact and wilh not reporting it to the legislature as it was his duty to do names dates and full particulars are given and the whole affair looks ugly enough georgia convention — the whigs have just held a most enthusiastic convention and nomi nated gov crawford for re-election to he ex ecutive chair that gallant old soldier gen eral clinch was president of the convention the hot weather — at boston at 2 o clock on saturday lhe mercury was 101 degrees at new york on monday at 3 o'clock it rose to 09 degrees and at 12 o'clock in philadelphia it was at 100 de grees at 2 o'clock 102 degrees antl at 3 o'clock 101 degrees they had however at both philadelphia and new york on monday a plentiful shower of rain whilst we were favored with but a momentary shower in baltimore yesterday it rose as high as 99 degrees at 4 o'clock having been in close proximity to 90 deg from 10 o'clock in the morning — bait sun from the richmond times general jackson — major lewis — mr polk and the or gun the hangers on upon the administration are assailing major lewis through letters from the capital one of these assailants has drawn the major out in self-defence and he accompanies his defence with another extract of a letter from gen jackson this letter relates to the organ and is the general's own every word of it — w e give the defence and this instructive and curious letter in another column as a part of the history ofthe limes and invite the reader's attention to them the major promises to prove a troublesome customer " to the administra tion the history of the removal of major lewis is not at ai reditable to mr polk in the first p it evinced ingratitude to gen jack son wh was known by mr polk to be a warm friend of maj lewis as proved by the attempt lo justify the act and put the general against the major by sending the " long list of griev ances " to a friend to be shown to gen jack son the disregard of the general's feelings is rendered the more flagrant by the fact that tht major was removed before ihis list could reach general j well might the general say in his letter to major l — ** my dear major i regret your removal as well as the manner of it i did suppose that the magnanimity of col polk would prevent him from the removal of any officer without giving him notice thereof it will l.e remembered moreover that a reason for lhe removal of major l reflected upon his honor and fidelity to his country the major very properly said in his letter to mr polk that he had a right to take away his ofliee but not his reputation the letter in which his remark was made contained a respectful call upon the president for the specifications and charges ; made against maj l mr polk promised to answer but never did notwithstanding mr l reminded him twice afterwards of this promise this would have hardly vindicated the presi dent's magnanimity in the eyes of the " old hero mr polk had the power to remove maj lewis — he might have done this without a '* why or wherefore ; but as he had come for ward voluntarily as his accuser he was bound by every consideration to have sustained the accusations or to have withdrawn them the extract from the letter of gen jackson now presented is curious indeed and wiil throw some light on the history of the re-organization of the official organ at washington there never was a plainer case made out than that the president by his will and preference caus ed the globe and its editors to be supplanted by the union and its editors as the organ the spokesman and defender of the administration never in the history of this country before the jackson era was there a government organ established on such grounds gen jackson's " iron will " established the " globe and mr polk's " hickory or some otlier sort of will set aside the globe and created tin '* union the s:ime will may set aside the union then according to the democratic practice the gov ernment organ is completely under subjection to lhe will of the president ; and what degree of independence can be enjoyed by a press so situated ? its conductors may seem to be fres to speak and to act for themselves ; but the will which gave them their positions and which can supplant them imperceptibly and inevitably throws its trammels around them and must in spire distrust in the public mind in supersed ing the globe mr polk only followed in the footsteps of gen jackson he alone offended in supplanting the general's favorites : there fore he was " sorely vexed the control of the press he had exercised — il was a part of his system to control every thing about him ; but the mistake of mr polk in discarding mr blair " who had more popularity with democratic members of congress and the demoracy ofthe united states than any editor in them of fended and vexed him how true to his char acter too are his suggestions to blair ever '• anxious tor his friends he advises blair if he " se t have lhe cash or good security strengthening the admonition by adding " se curtt ' known and vouched for to be go:id : : hut who is «*******." the " rene gade politician whose politics or promoise to pay neither are to be trusted . who is he ? — these references must lead to further disclo sures ; and we will enter into no speculations upon ihem judging from the developments already made had the general lived a few months longer a considerable storm would have been raised a b.ittt the administration in the language of the nashville banner " what is to be the fortune ol the administration of a man who elected principally through the friendship and support of andrew jackson had become in a little more than two months the subject of such remarks as are contained in the extract given from a letter written by him ?" now shall we not have " that speech de livered by mr rives before the democratic association of washington ? the ice is bro ken in the extract published by maj lewis — the opinion of general jaekson about the " or gan " is known — the day of the mourning pa geant is over — and there is no longer excuse for withholding the speech we trust lhe copy buried iu the corner stone of jackson hall was not the only one left and that we shall yet be gratified with the speech the following is the letter which has elicit ed the publication from major lewis : washington citv june 9 1345 dear sir : — on returning to the city last week from an excursion ofa month to the north among mv democratic brethren of the " uni versal yankee nation a friend called my at tention to the remaiksof lhe nashville ranner in criticising my letter to you in which i no ticed the removal of maj wm b lewis — a man in the wnist odor here for years past of any whig in the city or district — despised be cause he is looked upon as a traitor from the old democratic party — and because he was faithless to gen jackson and the whole real democracy in the time of the while secession in your slate by begging and hypocrisy by deception and fraud upon the benevolence and j credulity of gen jackson and mr van buren they retained him in office by his secret ser vices to the whigs in old times and his open advocacy of tip — and — ty " in 1840 he still kept in and notwithstanding the viie practices in playing into the hands of the whigs here and giving willis green's roorback operations in franking documents to tennessee last year he expected not only to stay in but to obtain promotion if clay had been elected after ail this because by deception he has still got gen jackson's kindness and pity personally he hoped to put himself on president polk and the present administration where he would have been a pimp and spy for the whigs as he was in gen jackson's and mr van buren's times he is now old and said to be rich — and has had leave to retire where he will have time to review lhe acts of his life and prepare for the world to come i repeat no removal here has ever been more universally approved by all — by every body except a few real federal w higs of lhe blue-light stripe from the new yoik weekly express gen jackson and the tribute to his mem ory — the procession in xctc 1 brk — now that the public here have paid their tri bute to the memory of gen jackson in which we have joined — nay all have join ed we feel it to be a duty no matter how unpleasant but one imperative upon us to perform to protest and earnestly to protest against that part of his history which has left the elements of a revolu tion in the constitution of his countiy and mischievous and alarming traces that are indelibly engraved upon our government for all time to come the violence of gen jackson's character may be forgiven and forgotten amid the plaudits we owe him for the gallant defence of new or leans his war upon the currency the bankrupcies he caused state and individ ual the ruin he brought upon thousands by his expriments with banks and with hard money the pernicious examples he has left behind him his high use of the exe cutive prerogative and his bold assump tions of power will probably be got over but there is that in his administration which never will be forgotten never got over never eradicated — which is impress ed upon the government nay upon the constitution and which will live as long as the republic lives and in the end be its death — we mean the fatal legacy of pro scription amid these funeral processions then that we have — as a part ol that vast number that lined the streets of this city yesterday and swelled the long drawn out procession — amid muffled drum and bier and pall and urn — we feel called upon to say with all the power we can say it — gen jackson is the first man that corrupted and poisoned the constitution of his country and sowed the seeds of disso lution within it while we thank him for being a gallant soldier we can only thank him as the roman patriot thanks ca.sar or the frenchman napoleon the ame rican hero is but a common hero of his class — with promptitude energy and va lor but without self-sacrifice inflamed with the vulgar love of power and forget ful that he had a country as well as him self and a party to serve washington alone ofthe " heroes whose history we have did justice loved mercy and thought more of his country than of himself or his party gen jackson continued an ultra partizan to the day of his death he is rep resented by the letter writers from the hermitage as breathing of war and blood shed almost with his last breath see his reported remarks upon the oregon ques tion he died forgetting there were such human beings as whigs to be thought of or cared for by his country and full of personal animosity toward his political opponents to the last others then may applaud all he has done — but wc cannot we feel for his memory as we fee for tbe memory of a napoleon but we cannot feel that he was a christian or that his example was any thing but pernicious to his country we thank him for the blood he has caused to be shed in our defence and we bury him with the honors of the military but we have no civic laurel for him the legacy ol proscription for opinion's sake which gen jackson has left to his country will in the end destroy this re public his legacy we call it because he first in 1829-30 began it in his day it was first proclaimed that " gen jack son will punish his friends and reward his enemies and to the victor in a civic victory belong the spoils in 1s29-30 jackson first began to act upon these prin ciples and he was the first man who in stituted the practice of making his coun try and its offices a spoil for which citi zens were to strive as gladiators for a prize he it was who first converted citizens struggling for a common good in to opponents intopartizans,in office seek ers struggling for place spoil office sala ry cash he it was who first held up the patronage of tbis vast country to the high est bidders as rome was held up by the pra-torian guard to him who had the most to give for the imperial purple what gen jackson then established has now become custom — nay a species of com mon law as binding as if written in the constitution ; and hence when a chief magistrate is to be elected the great ques tion with thousands is not who is the best map or who has the best principles — but who is likeliest to succeed and thereby give us the spoils the country in their estimation is for sale once in four years gen jackson has established the princi pie it is now replied however to all such just remarks as these " the whigs in this respect are just as bad as the democrats but that would not excuse gen jackson for the legacy left behind him there it is and whether followed by whig or de mocrat it is just as pernicious to the coun try his violence and his passions revo lutionized the country in this respect and his popularity sanctioned the quasi revo lution it is not true however that the whigs are as culpable as the democrats so called the whigs were stripped of all offices by gen jaekson they were hunted down by him as if they had no rights in the government nor privileges under it when they came into power they necessarily protected themselves and began the restoration of equity in the fair distribution of place and power perhaps in too many instances as was natural for human nature under the long proscrip tions they had suffered they took more than their fair share of the offices of gov ernment so much the more is gen jack son to be condemned for so administering the government as to create in the bo soms ofa large portion of his fellow citi zens this spirit of revenge nay the leg acy of gen jackson has become so fatal that in order to have success or good prin ciples now it seems almost necessary to act upon his own rule as in war it is of ten necessary to make reprisals or to burn and destroy in order to prevent burning and destruction the party of the ofliee holders and the office seekers has become so strong from the bad examples of gen jackson that good principles cannot with impunity neglect them the whigs there fore who abhor the example are forced into its adoption by self-preservation to resist office holders in power it becomes necessary to appeal to office seekers out of power tbis converts tbe government itself into a spoil this makes a presi dential election little better than a raffle such is the result ofthe fatal legacy gen jackson left us and which all thinking men see has sown the seeds of dissolu tion in the republic ~ it may i.e~ig.i_r be fore they will grow up — we trust it will be — but there these seeds are and in due time they will bring forth bitter and fear ful fruit having such views then we cannot assist in performing the last duties to this distinguished and in many respects great man without saying we regard his examples and his practices as a civil ruler mi a fatal to the future peace and pros perity ofthe country it is not the plenty of meat that nour ishes but a good digestion ; neither is it abundance of weallb that makes us hap py but the discreet use of it etiquette — when the great duke of argy'e was one night at the theatre in a side box a person entered the sanv box tn boots and spurs the duke arose from his seat and wilh great ceremony expressed his thanks to the stranger who somewhat confused desired to know for what reason he received those th inks ; when the duke gravely replied — for not bringing your horse with ynu life insurance new york mutual lite insurance company the subscriber having been appointed agent for the above company is prepared to receive applications and to communicate all necessary information on the subject to such as mav apply john s richards wilmington n c.june 4 1845 3wl0 forwarding and cmusstt house hall r hall wirould inform the merchants of the interior that » ▼ they have in connection w.th:he general s__.2**s ;© 3ra lei xi-el jc_.-_s._e_e idled to that of for warding ; and having targe and commodious ware houses on the bank ol the river are prepared to receive and forward goods upon such terms aa will defy ail petition our charges and expenses being one-third - -- r the freisht bihs than anv other house in th place all goods shipped to 6 w davis of w'i mingt m.fot the interior and not otherwise directed will be lound in our possession fayetteeille may 24 1844 gj chewhg tobacco just received io boxes beeswing chewing to bacco . j h enniss salisbury june 14 ls45 — tf _. from the new york express gev j.-c'-^on opimoxs and mcasttfte — " no compromise but at the cannon's mouth — this expression of general jack son in regard to the oregon question a mong tbe last words uttered upon bis dy ing bed does not seem in harmony with a truly christian pirif tbe character of an humble follower of llie prince of peace it certainly could not have arisen from any precept or * rarnple of him who wht a suffering under the cruel hands ot bis per secutors and murderers said father for give them — " y compromise iml at the ciinno/i's mouth strange words from a dying christian ! i have no wish to call in question the virtues of general jack son ; he has gone to bis account to that tribunal before which we must all appear and abide a judgment from which there will be no appeal bat havewenol reason to fear the tendency of such a sentiment " no compromise bnt at the cannon's mouth coining from one who has exert ed such a powerful influence throughout the length and breadth of the land and whose character is now unqualifiedly lau ded as all that was greal and od a fol lower ofthe meek an ! lowly jes •* xyo compromis but al tht c uions moufh gen jackson may have been a christian but surely this is not a christian expression and it becomes every good man every well wisher oi ln country every lover of bis race to disavow such a sentiment whether it come from the lips of andrew jackson or am oth r man — a we took occasion to red r to this death bed declaration of general jaekson at tho time we iirst heard ol i utterance the sentiment is so obviously unchristian and inhuman that it carries conviction to the minds of every humane man that it is wrong we have not yet seen the iirst defence of it nor shall we from any man that is loyal to bis country or jusl and ge nerous to bis lyllowmen tin sentiment however is as our correspondent says from the high source from which it came one calculated to tin great mischief and ought therefore to be remembered and censured a military mind is not always the best eonslituted to see things justly and the blast ot war is much mure musi cal to the soldier's ears than the softer tones of peace general jackson ot all our public men was the most arbitrary and tyrannical he was arbitrary as 1 soldier tyrannical as a civilian and re vengeful as a man he bad passed that time of life which was calculated to pro duce the strongest impressions upon his character in the camp and the influence of a predominant self-will never forsook him to the day of his death hi counsel therefore living dying or dead as one iu authority or out of authority at wash ington or at the lb rmitage was the very last that should influence his countrymen upon questions involving cither peace or war \\\< prejudices w ere so ui eal n gainst general \\ asbington's administration that he had lhe boldness to vote as one oi a very small minority against an approval of the military and civil administration of lie fathcrofbis country while we re spect his independence of character for this we cannot but condemn his judgment or help thinking thai his vote w promp ted more by the love of a display of per sonal independence than from any convic tions of his own that general washington was really unworthy of the thanks of coi - gress and the country ii i a base aban donment of reason to resign our right of thought and we shall take lhe liberty to speak as plainly ofl jeneral jackson's acts as he spoke of those of general washing ton or as his friends speak of old john adams or alexander hamilton we shall discuss bis assumption of power military and executive as thev do the alien and sedition laws and while with all proper respect for the memory of the deceased with aft firnib ssm i gj j | ■ • ;, - , i__l and measures of the mant*tl is not the good alone men do that lives after them and it is a poetical ti ; .-': to say that the evil is ofl interred with their bones — good and evil alike live after death and for good and evil consequences for all lime to come we believe in ail sincerity then that the prediction ofthe now official ed itor of the organ ol the pre.-ent adminis tration that " i!i election of gen j son did prove a curse to the country as he warned his readi rs and the country that it would we 1 lieve that the en forcement of martial law undi r lhe cir cumstances al new orleans was an acl of as high banded a usurpation a one man was ever guilty m in any land so ofthe execution of an indian trader with out judgeorjury so of the act laying viohnt hands upon the treasury and up on those around bim who would nol min isler to his appetite for revenge so of liis unexampled proscription of pens so of very many ofthe acts of hi milita ry and civil administration of exhibi tions like those connected with lhe death of dickinson by jackson in a q'.arrel at a horse-race of the street-fight with col benton of the challenge <-• nt by him to general scotr of tin domestic troubles rinsed at washington between on rubers of liis cabinet ive shall not dwell bee they are not public acts thi ugh all ema nating as they did from a most honored and distinguish d man tending to great public calamities from tbe high character and influence ot their origin it i among the highest sources of sat isfaction we have in commenting upon the career of such a man as andrew jaek son to know that for two of ids offences judicial and political he stands condemn i d by the highest tribunals in the land — the record of the caurt imposing a tine of one thousand dollars for his assumption of power at new orleans remain no remission of tines no high-wrought eu logies ofthe general upon whom the pen alitv was imposed or foul reproaches up on the character of the judge who hud tbe courage to do right by the punishment