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FOR THE JEFFERSONIA.N REPUBLICAN.
IDiscasc of Heart.
There is disease where there is felt no agonizing
pain,
Xomad'ning throbbings of the pulse, no fever of
the brain:
It steals upon us with a step noiseless as is the
tread
Of those, who midnight vigils keep, beside the un
buried dead.
It withers with a breath as soft as is'the breath of
love, ,
When young affection's tale is told within some
star-lit grove, I
Life's fibres and removeth them as gently as as-!
cend,
The christian's pray'r of trusting faithi to his Al
mighty friend.
Tis ever near, in seeming joy its ghost-like spell
appears,
And flits around our pillow's in the dreams of other
years ;
It saps the vital tide, the cheek's rich color fades
from sight,
As fades the day-star's lucid rays before the fount
of light.
The brilliant lustre of the eye grows dim without
a tear,
Our strength is wasted, and we look with pleasure
on the bier,
The sable pall, and the green turf which soon will
lightly rest.
And wave its grass luxuriantly above the weary
breast.
It is the lone disease of heart when cherish'd hopes
havepass'd,
As doth autumnal foliage sere before the whirl
wind's blast ;
"When ev'ry source of joy is drairi'd and memory's
places green
Are turn'd to barren wastes where no bright flow
ers intervene.
DELTA.
Milford, 1811.
Mr. Badger at Home.
Upon his late return to North Carolina, the
Hon. George .Badger, .bx-ecretary oi me
Navv. was welcomed and complimented by the
inhabitants of the beautiful little city of Ra
leigh, (the place of his residence) with a Pub
lie Dinner, at which were assembled as large
a number of respectable and intelligent citizens
as had ever been gathered together in that
nlace or neighborhood on like occasion.
"Our distinguished and respected Guestall,
who knew him were welhtassurffiithat office
r-mil.l hnva no charms for himiwladnoriwas
:il .stake." . faT--
Among the regular, toasts drank was the
ftcr this Toast had) been drank, Mr. Bad-
i&.r arose and addressed his assembled friends
inV Speech whose eloquence : Is very highly
spoken ofj ofwiiichttfe following sketch, pro
fessedly a"frietorfB, taken down ai the time, is
published in the Raleigh Register, and affords
(no doubi) a correct view of the genera! ground
nmnnied bv the sifted orator :
Mr. Badger commenced by, remarking that
he should mueeu De warning in seuaiuuuy nm
to be touched by the testimonial of undeserved
aonrobation this day offered him, and by ihc
complimentary senttrrlcnt which had just been
so kindly received. He was fully aware that
ihnrt wera&onsiderations other than persona
(Minne ci4ll with this mark of respect; and it
was nolloubt expected, surrounded as he was
bv his' old friends, and by ihose best able to
estimate his motives, that he should say some-
thin as to the dissolution of the late Cabjnet,
the nresent posture of our affairs," and the
course proper to be adopted by the Whig party
of North Carolina.
It u-ns well known to his friends that he hat
Twn-Pr snmrhi office, that he had no fondness for
it and that he look it from considerations no way
,,H,.imI whh his own personal interest and
advancement. Had he,believod himself at lib-
e'rty to consult only his- own wishes and his
tvVinirf?rffit ho. would have remained in his
mutant to attract that
Jlrlllti: kjldll, anu x-ww I'll
and esteem to which 1
miSht be thought entitled: Having been influ
enced' by public considerations to lake office,
K'e felt deeply gratified" Vi' laying it down, to
find'his conduct approved and his motives just
ly regarded by those who had the best oppor
tune v to know him.
The events of the past year (continued Mr
cited the astonishment of eve
rv observant man. It seemed to him only as
ye$t&day,'when ihi's;gr6ve was 'filled with thou
sands of determined Whigs, collected Hxom
every part of the Slate brought together by.J
no huso or mercenarv motives but bv the, sol
emn conviction that the fate of the whole coiuir
try was involved in the issue of a great politi
cal struggle. They were fired by tho same
spirit of liberty that impelled our Revolutionary
forefathers, and like them, felt that the success
of their efforts was necessary to the welfare
and happiness of their posterity. They did
succeed.
Day after day the cheering tidings came in,
that State upon State had declared for the whig
cause. At length the voice of the whole Amer
ican People was collected, and HARRISON,
the Patriot, Sage, Statesman, Soldier, and,
best of all, Christian, was called to direct the
nation. To his voice (said Mr.B ) I yielded,
and became a member of hi3 Cabinet. And
when, sir, I saw and knew that noble old man,
and those whom he had called about him when
I heard him, in the midst of thousands of his
countrymen, take that solemn oath which
bound him to redeem the pledge then given of
faithful devotion to his country. I felt deep
Assurance that misrule was at an end that the
one man power was rnpudiated from our sys
tem, and the Nation secure of a true Represen
tative Government.
But a fearful change has come over the land.
There is a voice heard as of mourning, and a
feeling of distrust seems to pervade every part
of the country. -.Why is this ? Are Whig
principles less valuable now than they were
twejve months ago? Are Loco Foco doctrines
le'ss fraught with destructive anti-social and
anti-religi6us qualities than they then were?
Are the Whigs more ready now than then to
enjbjace them? None will answer the ques
tions in the affirmative. No, though there arc
many good, wise, and excellent men in the
ranks of our opponent, the tendency of their
party principles are still disorganizing and des
tructive, and the Whigs as much as ever reject
and dread them. ; And yet look at the present
aspect of things: of seven Slates of the. Union,
in which elections have. -recently; taken place,
aud where last fall the Whig majority was told
by thousands, five exhibft Loco Foco iriumphs.
Why is this, if the Whig, strength be not di-
mnished? In my opinion,, this result is to be
attributed to the same , causes which led to the
disruption of the late Cabinet. And what are
they? The Whigs have raised up a man to
the Executive Chair, who, though elected as ai
Whig, professing to be a Whig, and belie ve'J
to be a Whig, nevertheless either does not just
ly understand, or truly value and consistently
pursue, the great constitutional priuciptes ui
.1 . . : ; i r
that party.
It is neither my purpose nor wish (continued
Mr. B.) to speak in terms of severity -of Mr.
Tyler ; but the President of the United Statc.
though the Umel Magistrate, is but a puowc
servant, and, as such, his conduct is a fit sub
ject for examinatianand remark. His conduct
towards uongress and nis consuiuuonai auvi
sers was the' riiaih cause of the dissolution of
the Cabinet : and the same cause has led to our
reerTnt defeats. There is no abandonment of
PWhig principles any where, but uncertainty and
distrust have produced, lor the time, inaction
among the Whigs.
Attempts have been made, I know, sir, (con
tinued Mr. B) to discredit the statement in
Mr. Ewing's letter of what
ssecfrin the Caw-
net meeting of the 18th
usi: but I say
here, in the presence of SjjHpnlightened and j
respectable company, on responsibility of;
my own reputation for truth, of which none are j
better able to judge than thoe 1 address, that I
that statement is true in us leading and es-
sp.niial facts absolutelu true in all
its
details
substantially true,
The Cabfhet would not have been disolved
simply because the President vetoed the Bank
bills. His scruples, if sincere, however un
reasonable, and even absurd, would have been
entitledrio tenderness if not respect: and no
member of his Cabinet would have visited with
the harshness of censure the errors of a man
who sought after truth with a willingness to
find ami a desire toembrace it, merely because,
through' feebleness of understanding" or early
prejudice, he was disabled to perceive it. It was
ihe want of sincerity and ingenuousness of
directness and candor it was the disregard of
courtesy and-respect it was the manifeslajion
of a vacillating and unsteady mind it was the
want of that manliness which assumes and
avows its own errors, and scorns by conceaj
ment or evasion to visit them on others that
compelled the President's confidential advisers
io abandon their position. Consider the cir
cumstances of the case for a moment, and
judge if this be not so. One bill having been
defeated, he himself proposed another and in
duced the members of his Cabinet to tirge its
passage. The bill was passed and sent to the
President. Did he sign it? Sir, after his Cab
inet had induced their friends in Congress to
accept it as the olive branch of peace, he not
only1 did not sign it, but sent it back with scorn,
as a measure that every one must have known
he could not sanction. How, ihen. sir, was his
Cabinet situated? . The bill that they had. beu
induced to.-Wcy:nmend was so repudiated ' as
plainly but indirectly to exhibit the Cabinet as
false to truth, false to Congress, and false to
me country, vvhat would be thought oi that
mast er who, hayjng commissioned his servant
to make a purchase, should, after the execution
of hi! order, deny the contract, and put him
uponproof of his. authority? Every man must
perceive that a total loss of confidence having
taken )lace, there was an end at once, to all
hope of rendering service to the country. Of
ihe future conduct of the President we could
only judge by the past; and from that, what
could we infer but a disregard of all that wan
jusily duo to nis as his confidential advisers?
His conduct then, standing as it did to me; to
tally without any explanation of its apparent
deviation from manifest propriety, and without
any sufficient pledge for ihe future, lelt m my
judgment no alternative but immediate resigna-
tion, unless i uau ueen a miserauie sycupmiiu,
willing to retain office, under whatever circum
stances of degradation, for the sake of its emol-
- - i
uments,and power. And in this opinion there
is not a member of the Whig party or any .other
party probably in North Carolina, who wtuld
not concur. -
Over the past (continued Mr. B.) we have
no power, but lrom'it we may gam lessons 10
guide the future. Ay hat course does it become
the Whig party to pursue; or, rather, what steps
shall be taken by thenvhig party of JNorth Car
olina, under the present circumstances? We
see our nominal chief opposed to a leading
Whig measure, demanded for the relief of a
suffering country, even when that measure had
been framed upon his own suggestions. We
sec him rejoicing over Whig defeats, and the
organ of his Administration boasting of every
Loco-foco triumph. Yes, sir, our leader, who
should have led theway in every conflict, holds
intercourse with the enemy, arrd yet retains the
name of Whig.
O.I
Ii was in this position he was seen when tho
recent elections took place, in which we suf
fered loss. .Sir, how could we have expected
to succeed tinder such circumstances? If any
army, drawn up in battle array discovers its
Generah'not ready to lead them to the conflict
or cheer them on to victory; but occupying some
neutral position, in friendly converse with the
enemy, how shall they answer with courage
ana confidence the trumpet which sounds the
onset? Yet their numbers are not diminished,
their strength is not enfeebled, their courage
has not cooled, and if guided by a leader of un
doubted fidelity, their arms would be crowned
with glorious success. This is in my opinion,
a just view of ihe condition of the Whig party.
It is as strong this dayras it was on the 4th
of March last. In the elections which have
taken place recently it is apparent that the
Whigs have in numerical strength lost nothing,
for our adversaries have gained nothing. Our
voters have not gone over to the enemy, but
uncertain and dispirited by ihe conduct of their
chief, they have remained at home. Gire them
again a chief on whom they can rely, and the
rallying word shall find them at their posts as
numerous and as faithful as ever. Our course
then seems to be sufficiently plain. The Whig
parly of (Tie State should organize and concert
their measures. To this.endj. it seems tome
a convention of Whig delegates should be con
vened, from every .quarler of the. State. Let
us stir up the People, and invoke the aid of
their patriotism, that the State may be fully
represented. Let .us consult together like
brethren, in behaffof our country, and leave no
just means untried to preserve ihe union and
integrity of the whig parly. Especially let us
select another and a better leader one who
knows that the only consistency - stuiauie 10 a
finite creature, like man, is a consistent pursuit,
of .ruth, and that to live for 30 years , without
changing an opinion is to live 30 year without
improvement, and who, therefore, will not make
it the great business of his life to think, or ap
pear to think, to day as he thought yesterday,
nor look upon it as reproach that he Iras become
wiser by experience. Let us have a man who,
while he has intelligence to know his own
opinions, and firmness to pursue them, will yet
understand that the only value or any opinion
is its agreement with mull, and will thefofore
at once abandon any and every opinion, when
satisfied that it is false and injurious.. Let us
have' a man. whose mind, is deeply impressed
with tiie importance to his"country of the great
principles of the whig party, and whose fideli
ty to them is guaranteed, not by pledges given
upon obtaining a. nomination, but by the faithful
devotion of his life io his country's service.
Above all, let us have a man with a sound
American head and a sound American heart
whose patriotism, insiead of dwindling into the
narrowness of a political Sectary, enlarges it
self to embrace and love and foster every inter
est of our whole country. . Let.us have such, a
leader, inscribe his name upon tho glorious
whig banner, and give it to the breeze, and rely
upon it, gentlemen, a noble triumph await us.
With such a leader we defeated the phalanx
of Locofocoism, headed by Van Buren, and
wielding without scruple, for party purposes,
iIia ivlwilu I7'vinntivf newer and oatroiiago of
iho nation. Shall it admit of doubt that we
can defeat tho same party under the guidance
of Mr. Tyler?
But, sir, (said Mr. B. iff conclusion) -however
it may be in other States under such cir
cumstances, the Old North State wi.li"again
give eridenqe of her devotion" Id IhVWhig prin
ciples for which she was distinguished iii 1775
and 1776. Then, again, will North Carolina
sir, I speak not of Carolina, nor of South Car
olina, but of North Carolina then again will
Nonh Carolina, the fearless, ihe faithful, the
honorable, but moderate State, show herself
true to whig principles, whoever may desert
them!
From the United States Cazette.
Tafes care of Ourselves.
Mr. Editor:
It- is with feelings of great satisfaction that a
larae part of this community observe the set
tled influence that the .above, remark is.having
upon the conductors of the press. It is to be
hoped that this subject will be pressed upon
the attention of our rulers. We may complain
interminably, and shall have no redress ujitil
you come in as auxiliaries; when we hnd you
at the head of the column, then we may hope
to have some beneficial results. The fact is,
the country is groaning under our system of
frfip. trade, which works for the advantage of
foreign countries, but, for want of reciprocity,
ruinous to us. This free trade is free for all
but us. It gives to the countries with which
we trade, a market for their iron, cloths, hemp,
manufactures, and wares of all kinds but what
do those countries take from us in'return, be
sides cotton and tobacco, which they can pro-;
cure in no other way? Literally nothing; and
in the place of the produce of their industry
and ingenuity, they kindly receive from us the
balance in good solid gold and silver. This is
well for them, but ruinous to us, and we are
now only in a slight degree beginning to feel
its influence. We have, so far, had money
and means enough io pay our debts; but what
is to be done when the specie which we shall
hare on hand is exhausted? Within the last
four months, upwards of $6 000,000 have been
drained from us. The stream steadily runsJ
outwards, and we have no means of stopping
it, but by looking at home for our supplies.
Uur supply oi the precious meiais must soon
be used up, if we persist in this ruinous policy
of buying annually more than we sell, and that
in such enormous sums.
Would it not be belter to make what we
consume; to dig the iron ore out of our hills and
convert it Into rail-road iron, and manufacture
it for other purposes? and if it should cost the
consumer something more than the foreign ar
ticle, would it not be better for the country in
ihe end? Contemplate for a moment the numberj
of people that would thence receive employ
merit and profit. If the iron, wool, cloth, Ss
that is consumed annually in this country was'
grown and manufactured hero, could any man
imagine the immense wealth that would be
created in this country thereby, in the course
i l .
of ten years? Tho steady employ which- our
people would receive in those branches, would
divert a large part of pur population from ag
ricultural pursuitsand turn them into consum
ers, which would secure an increased demand
for the produce of the. farmers; and the farmers
would be the customer's of the manufacturers in
their turn. 1 f this policy was adopted, the ben
eficial results would soon be felt, both at home
and abroad. With our sales of cotton and to
bacco, we would annually he able to pay off
the interest and pact of the1 principal of our en
ormous State debts, and with an adequate pro
tection given to our manufacturers, we would
soon see this interest steadily advance in our
country. At first, our goods would probably
be sold at higher prices than the like of foreign
fabric, and there might, and there probably
would be, impositions practiced; but there would
soon be a reaction, by reason of the competi
tion, and we would finally, and that at no dis
tant day, be supplied by our people at prices
much lower than ihose we now pay. Such has
been the result with cotton fabrics, glass, and
many other articles now extensively manufac
tured here; and such results would undoubtedly
prevail in all articles, as soon as their manufac
ture was firmly established. Wo could well
afford' to pay tho additional price hat would
thus be exacted of us, when we reflect that this
sacrifice would givo profitable employment to
vast numbers of our people, who are now com
paratively; without employment. It would' es
tablish ihe prosperity of our country, on a firm
and solid basis. It would render us, as a r.a
tion, independent of all other nations. It would
ensure a sound circulating medium, because the
stream of specie would run inwards, and be
steadily accumulating. It would, finally, on
sure us an immense export trade, because it
would not be long before wo would be able to
export tho manufactured cotton fabric instead
of the raw article. It would also bo the means
of building up for ourselves a solid prosperity
and wealth, instead of exhausting our resources,
to ensure the prosperity of England, France,
and other countries, who, in their turn, do no
thing to reciprocate the advantages which they
derive from our trade. Wo have lor years,
I been giving steady employment to their people,
and paying out to. them, all tho specie wo couhl
accumulate, to the Ttiin of our banks and om
people, and in reinrn, have seen them reftiso
our wheat and. except with great restriction;
our tobacco; and even an effort is now being
made, to' obtain their' supplies of cotton from
India. When will our people bo "wide awake
to this subject? V answer, only when they
shall import dnly those articles which they cari
not manufacture or produce, anil when their
settled policy shalbbe to buy as little aud sell
as much as possible, it is then, and not tilt
then, that we shall grow rich and prosperous
as a people, and then our enemies and profess?
ing friends will see the folly of having driven
us to extremities by means of their odious corn.
laws, tobacco monopolies, and other restrictive
measures. .
. JTsnproveiKCSil in SliiMgrlinjr '
It is well Icnowii that shingles decay around
the nail, owing to the penetration of water by
the nail hole. A Mr. Bowman, of Brownsville,
Pa., has successfully appfied a cheap and-.easy,
remedy for this defect. It is simply to dip the
point of the nail, as it is driven, into white lead
ground in oil, just as taken from the kegr the,
lead adhering to the point is forced up as the
nail passes in, completely filling up the hole;,
and as the head of the nail is imbedded in the
paint, the penetration of the- water, and cqiustjt,
quent corrosion of the nail head, is eflectually
prevented. '..'" i
It is stated that the progress ot the worKmerc
is very little retarded by the operation, and that
a keg of 25 lbs. will answer for about ten thou-,
sand shingles. Tlie-sams process will do'for.
shingling or weather boarding, and indeed la,
every instance where the nail is exposcu io uie.
weather. In ship building, it -seems tp:us, th
application of this simple plan will' be particu
larly useful. Buffalo Com Adv.
Onions planted- in the same hill with vine's,;
will protect them from the depredations of tlie
striped bug. Farmers and gardeners, copy thi3
in your notebooks.
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The Mighty Fallen. An eloquent and.
sentimental loafer leaning against a friendly
lamp post for support, 'lifted up his voiced and
cried, " How are the mighty fallen ?" A" Voice'
at his feet replied, " lengthwise in the gutter."
A Good rule. A man, who had climed up,
a chestnut tree, had by carelessness missed his',
I)old of one of the branches, and fell to,, the
ground with such force as to break his ribs.
A neighbor going to his assistance, remarked
to him that, "had he followed his rule in these,
.cases, he would have avoided the accident." ,
VWhkWuIe do you mean?" said the other, in-,
fdifnantlyl "This," said the philosopher, "ney--4comedown
a place fasterthan you go up"."
Look abroad among the storekeepers, and
you find that the burden of business, in every
branch, is done by those who advertise most
and numbers there are of the most thriving,
and prosperous, who owe; all their success ii
business to a timely resort to this method of.
establishing themselves while there are num
bers of others ?vho have suffered a valuable,,
fashionable and cheap stock of goods, to become
antiquated and depreciated upon the, shelves,
only because they would not let. the' public
know, through the medium of an advertisement,
that they had them for sale. .
A man who had a scolding wife, in answer
to an inquiry after her. health, said,"she was,
pretty well in general, only subject at times to
a breaking out at the. mouthy
JeF, in the height of indignation at
shrrTe
boys who had stolen every apple in' his or
chard, swore he would have them indicted for
high-trees-on.
Not long since, two sailors passing by a tai
lor's shop, observed a tailor at work with his
waistcoat patched with diierent colors of cloth,
when one of the tars cried out to the other
"Look ye, Jack, did you ever see so many
sorts of cabbage grow on one stump before!"
A Stuart 3ToS,
A Roxbury wag. who was known to be in no
business, was inquiring for an active lad, say-,
ing that ho was in great want of a man of quick
parts, and preferred one from New Hampshiru
or Vermont, as he would be likely to attend il
t'uo business required. His solicitude excited'
the curiosity of a lady, who said to him, "Sir, f
wonder what employment you can find for su-i
a man as you are seeking for?" "I want him,'
said he, "to tend a lighting rod, and none but ?t
sprightly lad will answer the purpose."
Mane what letter of tho alphabet do you like''
IboRt?'
'Well, I don't like to say Mr, Siiobbsc'
'Pooh, nonsense tell right out, Jane.'
Which do you like best?'
'Well, (hlushing and dropping her eyes'!
like you (u) tho best.' j
"Egad ! this is pot luck," as the fellow saltfe
when ho tumbled Into the boilers ,
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