Carolina Watchman

              b hajsilto c joiras a n €. satthday avw&w ** 1833 vof . 1-xo *. i f this advancing three steps backwards ' j why it means col walter who we believe 1 was next in the line of promotion was not hot i enough in quarrel to stand at the head of the ' charleston nullifiers but that he gov ham ilson with his baby face and sarcenet man ners 1 was the one and the only one of all the state promp enough to draw theblood of his fel low-citizens for standing up for the laws of the ■ nation ifne still persists in the course of rebell ious policy he may yet be elevated in a manner l that he will little like : poh ! such men are j nauseous to our contemplation prospectus for have been able to gather the of tstom tho h angry and he b house the c'-.m-b wdi.b la i the hrjeb a eounties,b that not a pan the f avfr b i other a "'■ four as p-liticam a thcgream of orange lincoln or burke and when v^hhhhhhb we ask for a convention cf the people to remedy w concluded this inequality this very minority that rules the go mm jjb state of north carolina telfa us insultingly that ; so abhorrent the tones of reproach that it is we are after power — " go hence demagogues i among the highest efforts of magnanimity to pro yon are ambitiour vou want power !" people ewe the strait forward course of duty without i imr 4 , i . ii wr ,.-„„♦ ii.n ' being turned aside bf commendation or reproof the west we do want power we want the 7 g ,,, 1 . ' . . . by flattery or calumny whatever be our full share ot political power that tne principles . j ourr . ey trough i ife , ufa the princes on the east of our government and the rights of man entitle em tale ascending the mountain in search of the us to and no more and without this we are not 1 wandrous bird we are sure to hear around of the free we have been slumbering long enough 1 2 brf sounds of blandishment and solicitation , , . . ... » • , t "' menace and insnlt until with many ot us the under this unjust dominion of a mmomy ! it is .,;,;,,.. h . a(i ig tnrnedj and lve are converted time that we should awake and put forth our j intomouumente of warning to those whoare to strength ! if the next legislature should not faifaw us fa lifos adventure rare indeed is yield to the demands of a majority cf the free ***** rccrd forage which like the prudent men of north carolina we can by concert i l>rmde closes its ears against the impressfan ..... . , . , . , , of those bounds ana casts not an eve behmc and determined action produce the desired result 1 mml ite destined course bf . accomplished rare j ourselves we can appoint agents and ascertain ; however as may be tins excellence and in its j theseoaeofthe majority of the precvhite arm ' perfection perhaps unattainable there can hr of north carolina without asking the aid or per ' m ( % nit y aild decision of character without a i mission of the general assembly and the only ™" fpp f to **• p youth he ever c . . , - 3 modest ever deferential to the counsels tne reason for applying to them at all was to make ■ su?ge^ons and the claims of others but in j die mods more satisfactory to the whole state matters of right and wrong whatever be the j wo have an example in the success of tho re lores the tauute-orthe usages of the world or \ form bill which should shame and stimulate i 1»tf?w the suppocw d tocrmvenfaocea of sin __ t<i , ,- r<r ,.. , . , i gulanty let judgement and conscience always 113 1 hey had immense difficulties to contend sli . ■,. 1 1 * , , ,. . rule with absolute sway carry thai maxun with rhcy had prejudices 01 many crntunrr : with ynn through life whatevi 1 oe the station 1 standing to encounter — they too have a form of | you are to occupy or the busines yon are to p r 1 government that recognises in some respects the sue and carry with it another kindrej maxim i rule of a minority ;— and but for the magnanind rcly for sn eas in - vftur undertakings not on t ref ♦!.<.;. ™ , „~ i ♦' „ 11 i tr . . i the patronage of others but on your own capaci ty ot their monarch they could not fiave » effected , i .- ... x 3 ,■ - '„• i " . i ty resolution diugenee and exertions ruse ; any thing bnt by revolution wmle on tha other ; by merit or risr not at all suited as these in hand we have no such venerated prejudices our ; junctions are belie ved to lo to all they are ! form of government recognises the right of the j peculiarly addr:«3;nl to those am mg you who i majority only to govern ; and wo have nothing **"*»?"* renown are resolved to enter upon :,,,,, . , . a public c-ireer ana long'-to read their history ■ to do but to say at a proper time and in a proper n:it]on ' * way that we will reform cur constitution and it how wretched exatahaa ihe poet is fa dune hall wenfct do something ? while the that poor man who hangs on princes favors 11 present minority governs the state there is a miserable is me condition of every bei.ig who hopeless destiny overshadowing ubr we can ex ' n va lhe y 1 ™ 1 " 3 rf cteatdres like himself .. ,, , ,,.,-,, ,,• t lteserve and strive by desert to win lhe pec nothing tor the public good or public honor ; sl ,. rm f your p men thjjg they have a little navigation themselves and ? it decorates him who obtains and blesses they are afraid their negroes will be taxed and j those who bestow it ta them it is retorn so they hold on their accidentally obtained power d m faithful service and to him it comes hi j willi the tenacity of one dying in convulsions j^^*»twn of consctence to animate r , , ; , ., . 4 , ;• , dihgence and reward exertion those too who we need not submit to these t!m : gs unless we , i publfa service are hound to ehsrish choose and it fa to be hoped wc will not much j a hearty sympathv with the wants fre obgcr j lings comforts md wishes of the people b \ wliose welfare is committed to t!i<;ir oli.irpe the followin r arucle from the danville re f » esse-tial forthe preservation of that cor.fi . . . . dence which ought to suoeist hc-tween the prin porter,we extract because it is from a source thai ! eipal aq , tho cnt ih , ci!i]s ;„,.-„, the rr we highly respect and because of tho pure na raesentatrve that all haughtiness and reserve tionality ofits patriotism this is the sort of should be banished from their interdarrse 1 republicanism we delight to greet and such as sometimes happen that he who has lived tee . 1 , ♦„ c n.i . « ", . 1 1 /• a j constantly among books manifests a iii?u'isi in i cannot be too forcibly presented to the j niter down v 1 .» • . j > ,,. j . . 1 • an association with the uneducated are un dfaciplcs ot the \ irgima times h id mme ge re fioed which mortifies and repefa them this nvs we think with these gentlemen tof the is absard in him andainjust to them it fasb eleporteruaf half a loaf is better than no bread surd for he ought to know and know weft ! and that after congratulating ourselves oa the i th '*° r whom and upon whom ho e*p;:;-to to i ,. r - , . i act — fey constitute in fact one ol the most success of our previous esorts we ought toper ••* , ■ , v / , ' e * appropriate objects ot irs stu-.tv ; and ittsuruast ! sist 111 all law nil and honoral)le pndcavours to ac j nr n .. : nhfrequenty under this ruiial afk which complfah a further reduction t the burtlieusoice shocks tho man of books is to be^foewda rtuck tariff w r e have no idea and n-ycr had that of practical intbrm&tfan m which he ; - mis i the raajoriif in ccngress were actuated by for i fi ra">lydcf|eient banish th n all bnper^lioos i . ,- * •..- " . ,,,.-"' nc^sjjfor it ts cnnimal and nan tdous ijacvtlv , rn pi moiivc : we must remsmber*that tiie ope 1 , " , . , „ , ,,.„ .■ - , '. > seek tosesve yourcouniry tor it is glcnous i ! ration of causes on trade is complex and difficult advance die goo i cf voor fallow pien and thus 1 to be understood and that on the very elementa | as far as faebie mnrtakmay actup tn the grcv ry principles of politie-al econo;ny the most example of ha to wheso image aid likeness learned and sensible politicians have dsssurrced | voa arc . 1p ' ,% sf bv , dlbxme arts 1 ,. , ., ww , 7 , to wm t.u r c mifmrrii'o l ut bev.-are how vou common chanty ought to inakc us concede hon-l^a r^fer their favor to their service the i astyofacntunent therefore to our northern ore ; h ; g'i road of service is indeed bbcriov expeserl thrcn — r.nd believing diis we ought tobeai much ; to the rain and suii the heat and dast while and fnbearlciiig,u-fcre we should think of os the by-path affavoi has apparently at fust treme raeasur^-even were our grievances ten ! r " 11 11 h : and is bordered with 1 ... , . -,, ,, ,.. '. ilowere and sheltered by trees cooled wiiti fold greater dgn they are ed c w at fountain and murmuring with water-falls tub i3w tlpl notrathr then that like ihe son bf alameiua wefmdgrentdh&nhyinascertakingth fal apoipf the yanng a . . , b - venturer is temptea to try the haeirp'oxr-enificid actual red«cf«w mine aggregate amonntra of . mm dnfr p i oawrc bu.=.ine*v and p,mi r « dirties effected hy the new tariff thor - the rewards of diltgence withes enfferinfr its duction is estimated at not less than six nor tatigu s bnt once • ntered up:n die path of more than % 1 1,000,000 it is acompro favor though found to decline more and more mise with which altiioug ve nre not entire t-ru,i it - ;; r t nr is pursued thr cjh au its de ly satisfied yet as it is a taking-oi end vi:-no .. nli at leugtii evrii ae th ught cf re net allaying on 1 of ut least ftf.,009.onri wc i j m x ' ' h f ° s """'- r , 1 '"' ? n v .,-•.,- ? .. • , .. "., ,, ,,.,. toeoort tlic j&dnessol the peopfo rs found cr cannot but think it is better than jvklhfe sliprrai , : a to he dm-cf than to rrr.it their ipprc caltcn—either llurllicrn or southern dis batfan meanly ambitious of public trtart with union — war pls iilexce — or famine ' out the virtues to deserve it inteu on persona ix-t us u ncvcr give up the ship we shall distinction and having f,,rgjheii tin 1 ids foi soon ascertain by experiment the precise | «' hich a - i " il ,; s *«* posseas eg tha mtaerahfa reduction that the new tariff will effect mngoanoentrcdallin self,faamato pander to let us continue as fast as possible to cut it t 7 i^s 1 b ce ' v v "^ rv "^ v ■ • 1 i , mar error toteoime in with every dominant party ■ down to the revenue point looking also ; lo wa lht j pr anii dprpivi , h . cortir , a fc ■ with a steady eye to the re-estahhshment of ag^gne how wretched is that poor being ■ -:■ frugal governmert which shall return to i who hangs on the people's favorj all uy.nliness hi he ino;:th of labor the bread it has earnetl j of principle has been lost in tlos long course of i i hit let that be done not by resorting to ex , meanness he dare not use his temporary pep treme remedies or to violence but in oho : r ; larit y for , ar y prposf of public go a in whfah ■ dience to the voice of the people much ! *"" m3y ! £*"& , °( 1 rte:t;n ? 3t j anl , the ■ 1 . - .., ■ , . ' 1 . . , . i very emmence to which he is exalt cjd renders ■ has been etone on tins abstruse subject to ; buullore co spicuo - as b fa cerrility and devrada ■ emighten the public m:nd and cultivate the 1 d atl0n . however dear the convictions ct his judgment let us confide in the i judgment however strong the admonitions of of 01 :• cause and in tho virtue of the ) his as yet not thoroughly stifled conscience not tri th is poicerful and must pre ; these not the law of god nor the rule of right danvili.e hereeter nor the pihiic goad—hat the caprice cf his i^^^^^^^^^^^^bi r astuuentj^mismjehi.s only guide 1 i trae whatsoever things are honest whatsoever things are just whauioevet things are pure ot ab hor that which fa ovil snd cleave to that which fa good believe me this is no fancy picture the original may be found in the world every day nor will it surprise those who have had occa sion to see how the vain heart is aaroeh and the giddy head turned how honesty of purpose and manliness of spirit are perverted by popu lar appfaeae it is but the first step that costs once yield to tho suggestion that a little de ceit or prevarication a slight sacrifice of princi ple and independence a compromise of conse i e^nce in malters not absolutely fundamental aiay he excused when th immediate gain is obvious and the end in view important k the downward i*ath becomes every day more and more smooth untiljin its descent it reach the very abyss of vul gar,trading intrigueing.electioneering office fan ting politicians if in this lowest depth a lower deep can be found none ef us i am sure have the curiosity to explore it aexcd a assuredly there is some ou.irattts^^m condition for its en ir ment ; n ns blest as wel have been and as wc now are with the d r--l est gifts of heaven here below — with f e*!om,^h peace order civilization and social virtue — tlunl arc unquestionably rmposed weighty obligalior.s.^m vou whom i now address will in a few years lei among the men af tha succeeding age in al couutry like ours where the public will is whol-l ly unfettered and every man is a comp-jneat^h part of that country there is lib individual s.jl humble who has not duties of a public kind k>h discharge his views and actions have an m flnence on tfose of others and his opinions v i;h theirs serve to make up that public will mure^h especially is tlus the case with those who wha:-^h ever may be their pursuits in life have ii raised by education to a comparative sunennriiy^h in intellectual vigor and attainments on vni,h and such as yen depends the fate of the mi precious heritage.ever won by the valor or pre-h served by the prudence or consecrated by iiit-1 virtue of an illustrious ancestry — illustrious n>tl because of factitious tithes but nature's noblcs,^b wise good generous and brave ! to you a id i such as you,wiil be confided in deposit the in 1 stituti.ms af our ranosvned and beloved count rv.^h receive them with awe cherish them with i <-'--! alty and transmit them whole and if p«ssi:..fe,^b improved to yoar children yours will indeed,^b be no sinecure office aa the pubhc will is i::--l operative spring of all public action it wil l your duty to make and to keep the public wiiib enlightened there will always be some errur to dispel some prejudice to correct some il'.usk.ih to guard ait-linst some imposition to detect and mm expose maid of these individual efforts y<»ih must provide by public institutions for diifusing^b among the people that genera fafhramtirm with-^b out which they cannot be protected from ti;>h machinations of deceivers as your coantry^b grows in years you miut also cause it to grow^h in science literature arts and refinement hi will be for**you to develops and multiply it.-,h resources to check the faults of mannent l they rise and to advance the cause of industry b temperance moderation justice morals and <. i ligion all around you on you too will devolve^h the duty which baa been too fang aegfaetej l h which cannot with impunity be neglected much^b longer of providing for the mitigation and ' v iai.h too much io hope for in north carolina j forh tlic ultimate extirpation of the worst evil that af-l diets the southern part of our confederacy — i full well do yen know to what i refer for onh this sul ject there is with all of us a morbid h sensitiveness which gives warning even of an i approach to it disguise the truth as we may i and throw the blame where we will it is slave r y which more than any other cause keeps ush back in the career of improvement it stifles in i dustry and repr.;&sc enterprizo — it is fatal to e-h coaomy and providence — it discourages skill — impairs our strength as a community audh pofaons morals at the fountain bead if.^h this evil is to be encoimtered t hqw subdued i h indeed a difficult and delicate enquiry whichh t the time to examine nor the occa-h iseuss i felt however that i couldh arge my duty without referring tothish s one which ought to engage the pru-h oderation and firmness of those who,h later must act decisively upon it h d not depress your buoyant spirits withh mticiputions but i should be wanting h ;, lfl tlto not atate my r eonvfatfan thath be called to the perfoiuiance ef ether du-h ually grave and important perils sur-h u and are imminent which will require ds pure intentions and stout hearts toh and to overcome there is no side onh tnger may not make its approach butl wickedness end madness of factions it fal ncing time was indeed,when factional d amongst us with virulence and fury ; i w r ere or affectod to be at issue on qtits-h irinciple ; now americans band togo-m r thc names of men and wear the lhe 1 ut on the badges of their leaders thenm ividuafa of the diiforont parties were i le by side dispersed throughout the dis 1 bur confederated republic ; but bow the i nit distract the land are almost identi-b 1 our geographical distinctions nowb come that perad foreseen and dreaded i washington by hiui who more than i r individual founded this our wide-h j empire ami gave to our western world i ience and freedom — by him who with a i kvarni ng voice bade us beware of " par-h ided on gcogmphfaaj discriminations 1 i die sentiment ao deeply planted in tiieh our honest yeomanry that union is i . has not been uprooted as yet they i edge the troth and feel the fares of the but excellent aphorfam " united w b rvided wo fall as yet tb^y take prido i iine of the " united states — hi the re 1 a of the fields that were won the blood ■ as ponred forth and the glory which i ied in thc eoramon cause and under the i banner of a nnited country may god i rcy forbid that i or you my friends i ivetoseethe day when these renii-1 id feelings shall c satinet ! whenever i comes then is the hour at hand when i ions republic this at once ■ national nid aled republic which far nearly half a has presented to the eyes the hopes and ttiide of nan a moro briiiiart and lovely ran plato or more or harrington ever l-r fancied shall be like a tale that is told isi m that hath passed away but these ats and leefiaga arc necessarily weaken d in thr end must l»c destroyed unfasa unite thc good and the wfaa unite to indigaantiy upon the first dawnisg9 of tempt to rdienate any portion of our from the rc-st^ir to enfeeble the sacred ties iow link together its various pjatta ; of resistance secession eparatien have c imm^n as household w oreis in the wiefa illy violence of public d.-claimers lhe ar'is familiarized and tho public mind i be accustomed ta the detectable auggen dmananl calculations and eonjee ifaat may tho lioit do without the siutb at may the south do without the east menaces reproaches and recriminalii/'is to the same fatal end ! what can the 0 without the saith what u the do without the east they may do they may exhibit to the curiosity of polit itomfa'.s and the pity and wonder of the the •' dujcrfa membra the sundered g limbs of a once gigantic body instinct te and strength aad vigor they caa to the philosophic iiistorian another mel y acd striking instance of the jwhtica that all republican confederacies hah srent and unavoidable tendency to diss-.rs they will present fields aad occasions fod ovars for leigu.es and cuuntor-leagnes trigues of petty statesmen the suugglesw ry chicft for confiscations insurrcctionsj e<ls of darkest hue they will gladden the i of those who have proclaimed that mgcj ara not m to crorcr-i rhsaaasi i aad shh i tt utrouse.mp on the r ; pssofur ..,,, ; c j throughout the world safat fa his o hi posed nopinishmcntforparran-le ' tt v ui ',. j such,with ,„, o,...j t -, i ci^mo oi pvhtieal r«rricide--the dism auierr^o ef«r saer-taad • p^estc i rut hberr.pr„pl ti ;. famhinres ved imnessz mmm eanutes p%tria am eompum m 7r ouanuu bonus dnbitct mrrtemomp*tr si tl t proh-irus t quo est eks^stmmmv a^anan ml mumtttsqwlarerantnt reefers safctaai tt i$7z j audit js aefaada eeenpali el synt h fiienaai • it u must be so fat parties and par v men c at twoe to quarrel with little arnh^aafard .• h pawie good th may myetify yaselvea and oaem w uh dlsptmtions on p jufaal - ,.,., . - pr v ing the now ponta d ktrfaaa t otheii awn totaj&ctmn and perhaps fa the eunvietfaa of n 9 onaefaeoa earth they may d**.-r»-e lanraw t'"u tor'their selfishitess their vfafaoee their r rors or their wfckedness they may d , r uiitry much harm they may ntafd its growth destroy its harmony imp.ur its chame vr - raider its ioatttutions unstaob , p-rver tha p'fohc mind andlldsprav the publfa novels t b.ticie are iudeau evils and sor ev l hut t1i principle of life remains and will yetaarng a-ith assured suc-re^s over these insapamry nal adics still we are great giorfaaa united tad tree ; stiil wc have a nain that w r<'v»r,>d broad and loved at bourn — a name which is a t.i^^r if strength to us sgaiaat fareftga wrong and a boaj of internal union and harmony — a name which no enemy pronounces but witk"respect ai,d wbi-h im citizen hears bnt with a throb af exultation still we have that hle«w.-d constitntien wbfah with all its pretended defects andahiteall fed viefauona bsa aaafetaad laosabeaent on man than ever yet flowed from any other burn in stitution — which has established justice ihanred domestic traaquihry psavided far theoom>uoa defence promoted tho general welrara and wliich,undcr o^l if we be tru to onrselrea vdl insure the blessings of lii>erty to us and our t»b tority surely such a country and s-j^b a cms - n . tion have claims upon you my friends fab a cannot he dismgardo f entr«a"t and sdjorey n then by all that is car and d«*u to you an ir.h 1 — by all the obligations af patriotfam--jrr tne memory of your fatheta who feu in the great and glorious sinizrr 1 — for the sake ofyowrsone whom you would not have to hlaah far year d geusraey by ail yoor proad reeolleetfana'ofiha past and all your fond anti-mpitiona of the future renown of oar nation — preserve that c natry nv i hold that constitution reaolvn that they a 1.1 not t lost while in your keepiag and may god almighty strengthen you to fulfil that v iw ! the c&rwli3m hvf tnvjrvhil.v edited & published r y hamilton €. jo^'es 1 lis o g-.-t is to autauefand to please lie will therefore with real and diligence set him bbrf fa this work and he tlatters himself ibat the great interests of literature science politics agriculture aad commerce may be promoted by j bis labors goad riarafa and refinement it shall be lis iinbiti n to ttpl-.old and against the cne mfasof these whether open or hidden be villi t r th ut wsl of his strength criticism wit anecdote and tboseorher pungoata that give zest ro intellectual repasts he wiu endeavor to afford lathe wedohman believing in the pntriolisin and just intentions of the president and aware that undeserved blame can but hinder the proper fiction ef government be will feel i ids duty to : n-sisi the tide ofoblorniy which has been bo freely poured forth arnins the administration and vin j dieate with energy its justifiable measures he will be free however ta bostara the continuance | ol the united states bank i.ith buch ehecks and nadificatfaasas experience may have shown to 1 necessary the editor deems the excise of the power of making ht&ndihnprovcnientsby the general government in the highest degree inexpedient he behaves that dm distribution e<f fargesnmsof money by gaagress and the president will peo ducejealoudesj distp.ist and disaffection and iii thus weaken oar anion — v s.>.y nothing of the corrupting teji fancy ofeach legislation against a tariff which has r its object the fostering of the interesta of one eectfon of our country at the kb inse < fan ther the bt at energies of this paper wulheoppa d of the newly prop gated doctrine of nullifica tion only necessary to say that in a!l ite phases and mutations rtars contrary to ot ric-st setded views of civil polity and as such will be combat ed by the wtmchinan but is integrity si;reto meet here its merited reward unijuosti.ri.bly not if it were and the fact jreneiallv known there would scarcely be room f w c^lce aad men would be honest from the warttiaf a plausible temptation to be otherwise bntit is not too much ' say that in genei-al integrity has a tendency to promote theimerr-stof him who pursues it and it is therefore recommended to our adoption by pru dence not pss than by principle snce-css in the acquisition offtriv extrinsic object is necessa rdy mniertain it depends on ccntingencee hicb cannot bt foreseen and which if fort»?cu ere frequently lierond our power it is not in mortals to command sucessa no talent no courage n inriirstry and no address can be certain to effaot it hut when it is attempted by cunn-ng aaieagennona means it is usually rendered awre difficult ofattaicment because of the compleiity of the scheme and the risk of d^teftior and eaanteractienj honesty in the fang run is therefore the surer policy it is impossible to thrive without ihe reputation of it and it fa far esmerto be honest indeed than to eheatthetaaaw into the belief of i«te<rrity where it fa aar tm crooked stratagems dm aria toils eonccalmenis and seut-desials which are neoassary to carry on a roccoaerol inniosition are far morfl onerous and painful than all the dutisr which a life of probity enjoins ; while the consciousness efsn upright deportasent diffuses through the whole man that security and reni ty which infinitely oat weigh all the advanta • ges of sueceadrd cunning nor in recommead i ing ? spirit of odependence it fa intended to proscribe the acceptance of friendly aid freely t ndersd and won by no mean solicitation children of the name common family we are bound to hfilpeaen other in the trials and diffi culties of our common pilgrimage nor should we t-vor be tea proud to receive faun others that assfatanoa which it w xk-,t duty to render to ibcm now snail id is not only likely to be bestowed but c;;mes with fargrealer efi'ect when there has been a manly and sustained effort to do aithsat it the spmdlin plant which lias always been supported by a prop is not only ena ble to stand ijorte but an scarcely lie sustained by props when the eeason of fnfit arrives w nereis t be sgjrb test ainfatance tlien bestowed on thc hardy%oe that self sustained haaalwwvs faavad ma hreeae will enable it to bear iqi under i be heaviest and richest burthen he who trusts to othars imi'.t neeessnrny lie often disappointod and t'ue bal4t of dependence creates a helplessness which is u-hn oat incapable of exertion fancy dwells on expected aid until it mistakes its own ctcaftecs for rcalitw and the child of illusion wastee-lifefin miserable day-dreams unable to set for fahnaslf and confidently relying on assis tan'-p which he is destiued never to ree-eive tojrms tnr ca.r.oi,i-v watcsmaw is pubhahed every week at itaree uocava per year in advance where tlie mbscrzbers iive m counties tatore than r .•• bnadred miles isunt from salisbury and in all cases where fclie oimt fa over one year stan ding thc price wih be i no subscription will be taken far b s thah one year advertising will be none at the ii'-ual rates no subscription will be withdrawn nafil arreara ges are paid unlets the edif or chooses six subscribers paying die whole sum in ad vance can have the if vtch man at tj,5('j lor one year and ifadranccd regularly will he continu ed ;•' t same rates afterwards the oft tariff and aft n*w 7?;//._the following comparative statement of the di ties on some articles under the oil tariff and the duties on the same articles under the new bill lately pawed hat been rttrnish ed by a gentleman who is i largo uaaporter and familiw with the s ibject at a r s.s like the prestrnt t is highly import mt th t the public should know what his b ea done and judge of the of the on cession made in addition to th heavy bur dens which will be remove by th new tarirf the minimum svste-m is ihanddned under the old tariff phins etfsttna 25 •!*. per srjuare yard pay 93f cents por y ird duty under tlie new tari plrins costing all letters tnsme editor must it poet puid or tliry v ill put be attended to persons addressing the editor on the business «•' the office will aduress him as editor of the carolina watchman — those that write on other business can direct to 11 c jones n b all the subscriptions taken before tire commencement of this paper it will be remem bered in-come due o:i die publication of the firs number cents per square y?»d will pay less th an 2 cents under the old tariff plains costing is 1 . 39 1 cents or under,i pay a duty of i » cento per square yard this is the ictcsei rate of duty at whi-h plains can be imported the best welch plains for in-tin 7-s vfide agreeably to the above p-tv i 2 cimts per running yard under the new tariff the same co?t will deeply tooted probity confirmed hal : rs of in dustry air a determination to rely on one's wn exertions constitpta then the great preparation far the discbarge of the duties of man mid the best security for performing them with honor to one's self & benefit toothers bat it may be ask ed what is there in such a life of never ending toil effhrt and priaation to recommend it to ldo aceeptanee cf the young and the gay those who aspire to heroic rri'iirn may indeed make np theii minds to cmhraee these hard doc trine •," bnt it may be well questioned i whether happiness fa nec preferable to great e and enjoyment more desirable than dis tinction lfl others if they will toil up the steep whore fame's proud temple shine loafer ve ichaose rsther to snort in luxu j runs easfl rnd earelesa glee in tha valley below it is,5rsdeedy0a those v.'h sspireto eminence ! that these injnnctaaisare intended to be pressed | irith the greatest emphasis hot only because j • t hire ii them would be more disastrous than j ir '-.:'•»'?. but because tiny arc exposed to g".ater and mere nernsrous dangers ef crr;>r but it is i r s : - ■! mis or to suppasa that they are not suited [ to all and are a t eamesdy nrged ujx)n all j v ever hamue their pretensions or moderate their views happinem as well as greatness enjoyment well ap renown bavo no friends s saro "•* integrity dilig nee and independence ve are not ptaoed here to waste our days in wanton r or rnglorjons ease with appetites p«^r netaallygratified r.n never pubed exempted fwim alleare and solicitrsie with life ever fresh andjc-h ever new 1 let who has fitted us for our eoedttton and aesigned to us its appropriate dntfes ias not left his work unfinished ami omitted to provide a penalty for die neglect of nf our oblinations labour is not more the duty than th bwssing of man withoct it there is t-e.ithrr mental nor physical vigour health ehcer fulncss nor animation ; neither the eagernaafe of hope nor the capacity to enjoy every hu man being must have some oiiject to engage his atfeatfa »• excite his wishes and rouse him to action or he sinks a prey to liatlessncsr for want of proper occupations see strenuous idleness res6rting to a thousand expeeiients — the race course the lxjttle or the gaming-lable the friv olities of fashion the deljasemente of sensuality the petty contentions of envy the grovel luig pur s-iits of avarice and all the various distracting agitations of vice call you these enjoyments is such the happiness which it to so dreadful to wj ■ ■ this watchsialw snli ury saturday august >, ls.i-2 a€rfi&t tlio following genttemcn will obli <• me by siting as agents ii the wvtchmak in die sev eral rjcundrs where they reside and receipts made by ihemu ....■,',;■ :,-, valid as if made hy rnj cicvfa b'gb surr1 county frani is lv arrastn i », capt john wrb i.t c il.t 15 wr i i't !• [ ( lingmara stoivts count john i pfaodexter em \ , ic ci k-j wtlkes county col saml v patten m m si . r i v . •-; birtichell burke co t ntv tj '.-, rl pearson i . sicn ; s '<'■ in john i ! lardia q rockingham v bcrtgal wry jr esq a hi scalesj'esq buncombe pay 1 \ to 5-9 do the second quality do about ivdo do inferior do do 1 do do do hunter's cloth or phins costing s id under the old tar.-it pay 38 per ct adv under the new tariff 50 do do flannels now pay 2 2 cts per^q'iare yp.rd under the now tariff lfi do do do bnisssels carpenting now 71 do do lo «• under the new 6s do do do do venetian o.rpenting now pr.ys 40 eta p.<t square yard under the new pays 11 do do do worsted staffgoods s'u-h #•* bonrbazettij cambists piaids oirc^ssions etc now p»y 25 per cent adv under the new tarirf 10 do do do silks and wonted goo'k such as bomba zinc norwich cnp barege it-dianeta c fee now pay r*,?a to do do under the new 10 do de elo blankets hosiery gloves fee 35 do do under the new 25 do do do blankets not exceeding 75 otr r.ich e point and bristol under the new 5 per cent joseph p caldweh.efqi lincoln c . (' . henderson esq a m burton ef :. ' meckjlenbufts ur j.d boyd v l smith esq kiles 1 abernathy under the existing duty 3 r 5 do do cotton goods costing tess than 15 cts per square yard shall be deeaned to hatn cost 35 cents and 25 per cut dv new t'.ri.t deemed to have coat 0 do and 25 do do if dyed and printed some as before 35 do j aiiid 25 do j yorkshire or servant's cloth under tho ex i isting tariff 45 to s per cent s under the new t-rift 50 per vmt cotton bagging noan 5c silk good 30 per under the new tariff 10 per rpnt aa|||w i by thc old t-riff ll cabarrtj david st rite . es-j d m.jfaxnnger esq guilford dr j . a . afefaane ashe col a mitchell iredell whitfield kerr davidson john p.mahry rr^asenahfa commission will be allowed on mo ney eoueeted ' h.c.jones salisbury july 48 1891 vast happiness enjoy thy gay allies j a youth of follias an old age of carco risen by artifice and conscious of no worth to to suppi.it him he is in hourly dread of being supplanted in the favor oft he deluded multitude by some more cunning deceiver and such soon er or later is sure to be hfa fate at same un lucky moment when he beaars his blushing honors thick upon him and well may such honors blush !) he is jirked from his elevation by some more dexterous demagogue &. falls unpit ied.never to rise again and can this be the loflki him who has been taught by classical authority te regard with the same fearless and uninove able indifference the stern countenance of the tyn k d ardour of the multitude who has leame m a yet higher and holier authority to hold & . on whatsoever things are it is stutc-d'in the charleston mercury that the late electfon for brigadier general in which his excellency gov hamilton and col william walter wore opposing candidates has been set aside on the ground of illegal votes and that an other election will be ordered it will be remembered that governor hamil ton accepted the office of a mditia ensujrt in order to become eligible to the office of brigadier general a grade still inferior to that which he j holds as governor of the state — being in fact i commander i»i chief of all the bngades in the j slate of south carolina w hut is die meaning young vet enervate old yet never wise ; vice waves their vigor and their minds im reform in north-carolina the very question that has been convulsing the english nation for ro long a time and which the purse proud minority of that country were obliged sneery and reluctantly to give up to the people — exists at this very day in north caroli na though not in so great a degree the bur then of their complaints in england was une qual aajejar ntation : that some small towns and communities were represented in parliament — while large towns had not any representative others not thc-irtou pproparaaax as fax as pairs vain idle dissolute in thoughtless ease reserving woes for age their prime they spend all wretched hopeless to the evil days with sorrow to the verge of life they toad grieved with the present af the past asi.a - med they livcand are eusplsed they die no^noro are namod 1 fj to every bounty of providence fl*re jie an