186 



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^1)£ iu^aut'ii iilciit.;ii5 Uii^Uor 



-of lier ciiizeiis, she n^siiiMed .111 ui]iennl)li; |)iisi. 

 lion ill tlie srali! of jiisiii-R vriili le^anl to this 

 mallei' which iijje iiiifl j.'oi'd ailviseis will iiillii- 

 ence her In chaiii^e. 



Each of the Slalr.i has soriielhiiif; — a irix-at 

 (leal indeed — (ex<-<'|ii Missisi-i|ii)i) to show liir the 

 iDoiiey liorrovved ; Init if they had iirofli^attly 

 scattered ev;'iy dollar 10 the Unir wind?, if they 

 had not 11 n)?le of iriternid improveiiirnt within 

 their limits, il' tlie erilire capital which they in- 

 vested had i'len sunk lliey coidd, wiihoiit sid)- 

 jecting tlieti)Si'lves to n hurlheusome taxation, in 

 a year or tiv. I pay all demands against ihem. — 

 Look at the crop of 184"3 of the idneicen in. 

 flehted states. They produced 718,000,000 hnsh- 

 T)f ^rain — cnon^li lu Ibrnish nearly every livinf; 

 mortal on tli« face of the carili with a laisliel 

 each ; 801,000,000 ponmis of eoiton — a ."aifficien- 

 cy when niannlacmred to affoid a ch.anire of ap- 

 parel 10 the wh<:ie Iniman tairiily ; and 2.i;),000,- 

 000 111. of toh.tcco — an ahnndance for the lovers 

 of that indi.--pensal)le liixmy throiishont the 

 world! This i* the liest of evidence that they 

 cnn pay and that they wii.i, (.-ay lo the "iitleruiost 

 farthing." They are iniliisirinn?, they are fruiral. 

 Olid llieir feiiile fields will soon liquidate llieir 

 tlelits. They are ilrainino; Europe of the prei ions 

 fjietals. To lie used in the purchase of their 

 Htaples. 22,000,000 dois. were received at New 

 York, New Orleans, and other ports, helween the 

 first of Janimry and lifleenili of May. It may he 

 said that 184'J was peculiarly seasonable; hill 

 let il he remarked that it was rendered d.nilily so 

 by the care and ener^ty of the cidiivatois ot' the 

 soil. A siiniliir result will be ^^illiessed ag.iiii 

 this ye.ir. Whatever may he the "Crop Crook- 

 iiiii" there is no gcno-al crop faii-ure in the 

 United Slates as long as the lioe'.i edge is sharp 

 and the Pliinghshare Cvitu from rust. When the 

 earth is (aitliliilly drawn upon, it never siifKo's a 

 bill to be dishonored, paitiinla/ly in a cotiniry of 

 such vast dinieii-ions and wiih so deversified a 

 climale as that emhr.iced within the hoiindaries 

 of the .Aineiii'an Uepuhlie. But, in addition to 

 their ayriciilliiral resoun-e.s, the states li.ave olliei's 

 of great magnitude ; llieir iron, le:id, ;;old, and 

 coal iniiip.s — salt and oiher mineral spring.-^ — their 

 ooininerce and iiiannt'actoriKS. 



An impression prevails in Europe, in certain 

 <inarters, tliat the G.'iieral G:ivernnient can, cnn- 

 siitniionally, assnnio the dehis uf the States. — 

 This belief is predicaied upon the provision lliat 

 it made for llie piynient of their ilelils, in 1700. 

 ■occasioned by the revolulidiiary war. In the 

 striiL'gle fiir independence the Slates coiitrihiiled 

 freely, and as it w.is in support of a mtllnnal oii- 

 ject, il was ohligaiory on the General Govern- 

 iiieiit to re-iii-slale their cri-dil at the earliest 

 ronvenieiit inomi'nt. Coiuress superintends the 

 Tt'dionnl inlen'.''ls of ihe Union. Z<oro/. concent.': 

 are left to the Slate Lp:;islatnre.^. The powers 

 of the former are e.xerciseit most in time of vs'ar; 

 t!mse of the latter in time of peace. Congress 

 cannot extend its intinence or aireiicv to aiiv in- 

 terests except tlios>o th.il are siridli) national. — 

 I,-r»powers are einiineraied, and any act beyond 

 the pale of its duties vvoiil.l be of no force. It 

 <',an rorflllid Qnailtj estalilis.'i post ronds, but it cati- 

 iiot make crinuls. When lliat iiistriiment was 

 iindor discussion In the Convention bv which il 

 was formed, it is said that ihat illnsirii'nis philos- 

 opher and slatesin.in, Dr. Franklin [iroposed to 

 add to the clause, " Cong;ress shaft have poirer lo 

 estnblish posi-qfflc(-s nnd posl-roaJs," a.-vd to mark 

 CA.NAl.s, but that his inotinii was rejected bv a 

 considerable ninjoriiy. What absnnlily then in 

 siipi>o,se that Congres.s, with this fact "before its 

 eyes, coidd n)ipropriale funds for making a canal 

 in Illinois, or Pennsylvania, without flagranlly 

 violating Ihe (;onstitinion which it is sworn to 

 support. It is iijle in ihe extreme for the bond- 

 liolders of the in livt hirti Slates to e.xppct any 

 nciioii favorable 10 their wishes from the " ^'^■| rr.h 

 States." None can ever legitimiilely proceed 

 from tlmt i]uarter. The Consiiiution niierlv pre- 

 elndes the |)ossihility of .=i;c!i an occurrence. It 

 i^ the iiolicy, to say nolliing of its duly, of the 

 General Governmeni to preserve the j-ighis oC 

 the Stains. The Senate of ihe United Sfl^s de- 

 rives its existence inuiiediately from the state 

 legisUilures; and the popular branch of Con- 

 gress and Ihe President are elecled mul.-r their 

 control. As has been seen, the Constiiniions of 

 the separate states determine the qualifications of 

 citizens 21 years of age e.xeicising the riulit of 



Allliougli the General (iovertiinenl cannot 

 make it.self responsible for the Public debt of 

 Louisiana, if a war were waged against thai 

 stale, if the metropolis of it were bcsiejied by a 

 foreign eneiiiy, on account of ils indeblediicss. 

 ihe course which it would pursue is not al all 

 (piesliouable. The eonsiiintioii declares that the 

 ■• L'niled Slalei* shall piuiect them (the Slates) 

 from invasion," and tor ibis purpose it has Ihe 

 power 10 order troops liom the most remote point 

 in the Union. The Slales are as fi ee to make 

 conlracis as ciiies or the indiviibials by whinii 

 they are iiirmed : and it would be a solecism in 

 the eslablished usages of the civilized world for 

 a European creditor to call upon his government 



10 take pos.se.ssion of the estate of a debtor, in 

 one of the stales, vi el armis. The crediior mii.-t 

 look fjr coercive iiieans to the laws of the couii 

 try wherein the dehliu' resides. To recover the 

 sums loaned to ihe slales there is vo legal power, 

 nor can Ihe defiult of any one or the whole of 

 them, in Iheir stale capacity, he jnsily made a 

 casus belli agaiut tire " United States." The mond 

 ohligaiiou, therefore, is all that the crediior can 

 nly upon for the security of his iiiveslmenls in 

 sioeks. If the .Aiiieric.ins are ludeeil what they 

 are lepresiuiled 10 he by a jiorlion of the slumped 

 sheeis of England, e.xciiiuj; wherever they go llie 

 recolleelion that they belong to a dishonest peo- 

 ple, deficient in the elements of gooil liiith, coiii- 

 iniuing the most stupeiiihiiis irands, pillaging 

 'Europe. ( le., etc., not a do'lar of the vast siiiiia 

 ll..y Oive will ever be liijnidaled. If they are 



i doiiiute of honor, if ihey merit the opnndiriong 

 epiiliets so unceasingly luslowi'd upon thein, 

 howi.'ver extended llieir idiillly, payment could 

 not be expecieil. New Hampshire, Coniioelicnt, 

 Vermont, Khode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, 

 North Carolina, v\ hiidi owe not one dollar, are 

 denounced -a^ swind'ers. New York, Massachii- 

 si-tts, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alaba- 

 ma, iMiss.iuri, Kci.tocky, Ohii>, Tennessee, whicU 



11 ive miinlaliied their credit nl all limes and un- 

 der all ciicumslance.s, are denonneed as strind- 

 Icrs. Even the nation ilself, which sini-e the 

 adupiioii of ils Consiiinlion has paid funded debt? 



10 Ihe am it of 500,000,000 dols., uiihoirt ever 



having suffered a solitari/ obtigaliori, hnioerer larfsc 

 or however small Ihe amount, lo be dishonored, is a.s- 

 saihai in the m.Jigiiiiy of a fiendish spirrl. a:» 

 " being •;iiiliy of a fraud as enormous as ever 

 disgraced the worst king of the most degraded 

 naiioii in Europe." Whereliire this groundless 

 abuse.' Because out of a while j;opuk(-(iou of 

 17,,5y.5,000 -some 300,000 are Bepndialors— not of 

 the national debt — hui of a ponion of ilie didit 

 of the stale to whiidi they belong; and because 

 Ihe sovereign slales of Pennsylvania, .Mary l.iiid, 

 Iniliana, Ilhiioi,s,aud .\ikaii.sas, have fiiihil lo pro- 

 vide llieir iiiterc'^ls reg^^larly, allhoiijih manili'st- 

 iiig a delerminaiion to pay by the sale of llieir 

 public works, (and oilier means,) the advantages 

 ot' wjiieii are as yet but merely in embryo. 



The combined powers of Europe vsilli all llie 

 innncnce ihey could brinu 10 U-ar — willi the 

 purse and the sworil united — wonhl be unable to 

 get the ti.ibiliiies of' the slales assumed by the 

 general governnicnt, even if such a measure 

 were palpably coiistiuuioiial. Il 1 onid not des- 

 cend from ils high posiiiou lo sanction a doctrine 

 so nnprineiph d. <'i$stimption is the twin sister 

 of Rfpudiation, and is alike desliiute of moral 

 and poliiical chaslity. The objcci of one is to 

 get rid of debts by ifiiposiui: payment on a party 

 not benefilled by their creation, and the niher by 

 totally di-ivowing the face of llieir obligaiion. 

 If we were driven lo the allernalive of choo>ing 

 between these detestable heresies we shoiilil nii- 

 lieslalingly select Repudiation, lor allliongh it 

 would he swinilling on a magniticeiit scale, it 

 would not he more so in the end llian Assump- 

 tion, whicli with ils aiieiidant evils would inifvi 

 lably lead to the dissolulioii of the Union. No 

 nation eoiilil survive the adoption of a project so 

 wiiolly unjusl. It would be oin: of' the most 

 despotic governinent.d acts Ihat the world ever 

 wilnessed. It has been shown in this coirimuni- 

 calion that the current expt'iises fijr iIk; support 

 of local ihstiluliniis are ilifferent in all the states. 

 The governineiit of New llainpshire with a pop- 

 nlalion of 237,000 is adniiiiisleied for .50,000 dols,, 

 while that of Louisiana with a pO|iidall<ni of 

 372,000 requires 090,000 dols. for its support.— 

 What kind of justice would that be which would 

 compel economical New Hampshire to pay the 



ilebts of extravagant Louisiana ? The annual 

 exports of New H.impsliire do not e.\ceed 500,- 

 000 dols., while those nl" Louisiana anionnt to 

 not less than 1,5,000,000 dols. Therefore in llie 

 former siate economy is indispeiisible, while the 

 laJler can afford to pay lier public servant.-) high 

 sabp'ies. 



Whatever may be said on this .side of the .At- 

 lantic, derogatory to the rpptitairaii of tFie Ainer- 

 ican Republic, it iieverlheless is in the '• full tide 

 of successful experimenl." Theiv never lia.-j 

 been a period since the earliest date of ils exis- 

 tence, when confidence at home in its perpiluity 

 was more unboundeil. .As an evidence of this, 

 ils fi per cent, stocks are connnanding n premi- 

 um of 1(3 per cent. It owes, comparalively 

 speaking, no debt — tibsolntely none, but what is 

 held by ils own ciiizelis ; while ils annual ex- 

 pendilurcs h.ive been reduced within the coitl- 

 pa.-s of 2.3,000,000 dol.-.. ! I 



Mark iIk' |irediction. The last cent of piiiici- 

 pal — the la.-t cent uf ufTEREST— will be paiil on 

 the bonds issued by the stale.s. Slocks are daily 

 c hanging owners — jaissiiig font fureigiiers to 

 citizens. The securilies of the diflereiit coiii- 

 moinvealilis nliimately will lie owned at home, 

 which will iHiirl lo slreiiglheii those issuing iheiii. 

 It is not at all improbable but that there vviill ha 

 ennsiiiniional prohibitions iiaHinst she ensatioa, 

 of funded debts. The questii!.n is alreaih' agita- 

 ted in Virginia, Massacliuseits, New York, and 

 elsewhere. It is ttnihinhtedly their true policy not 

 10 invite a dollar li(n» abroad, except that w hicli 

 their surplus prodneis coinni.ind. They are, 

 eniphatieally " agriculiu.'isls ;" -ffJOO.O'iO'of per- 

 sons are eii;;;'.gifj' i») tUh r'uanch »>i' industry, 

 wiiile in al! others le,ss than 1,000,000 find em-. 

 ployment. Their inarch to (hirable weallh wilt 

 be onward as long as they coutiime lo cnltivaio 

 the soil faithlVirry'. M. 



The Pirate Lover^ 



Br stnTT- ~ 



rnrewpll ! rirev.-cil ! the voire J"il he;il"^ 

 [lis Iclt its Inst soit lone (viih y.a — 



It's next iviiisl jnjn the s:?:tw.iril chrer, 

 And shnut .Taiong the shnuli.ne crew, 



Tlir anccnts winoh I sciiFce e"«lil form 

 Beiie.Tlh your rrown'.s contrnrfintr chccfic, 



A'lu^t give the xvord above the storm. 

 To cut the mast, and clear the wreck. 



The liaiij eye, I d.ired not rrii,=:e— 



The hnnd Ihnt shook when [tre&sed to thrr.f; 



^lust point thp nans Lijjon the ch:ij*c— 

 i\hi,-t bid the de.idly ctttliiss slline. 



To .ill I love, or hope, or fenr, 



Hoa(»r. or ortn, a U>ni adieu ! 

 To all, th:il life has soft and dear, 



F.irewell ! .<»r.ve iDeninry of you. 



The Pirate Lover. 



By PEItClVAL. 



Thou art ^'one Tron:! thy lover, ihou lord of the sea ; 

 The illusto'ti 1^ over lint boynd me to thee. 

 I will not reL'rei Ihee tho' dearest thou wert, 

 1 cannot lorget Mice, thou lord of my heart ! 



1 have lovi'd Ihee too deeply, to hnle Ihrp and live, 

 f am blind to the hri-jhte^t p.iy c untrv can ffive : 

 But I cannot hefiolj thee in plonder a^w-f eore, 

 -And thy Minna fjhall fold thee in IbndRess no more. 



Xfir on the biilfiw. thy hlack vcsi^el rides : 

 The wave is tiiy pillt)w, thv pillnvay its tifles : 

 Thy cannon are P'Unted, tliy red flag oil high — 

 Thy crew a.-e undaunUiJ, but yet thou must die. 



f thou^fit tl'.nn wert brave as the sca-!vin!Ts of old, 

 \or drpatned thee a slave and a vass^d to gold, 

 .Mv failh .shaft he pliu'hlpd to none but the free ; 

 Thy low heart has biiihtcd my fond hopes in thee. 



I will not upbraid thee, f leave Ihee to bear 



'f he shanir' thou hast m ide thee, its daniiei and care. 



While thv banner is streaming far over the sea. 



Oh ! my fond heart Is dieaming — is breaking for thee. 



My heart thou hast broken, ihou lord of ilie wave ; 

 Thou hnj,t le!t me a token, to real in my wrave. 

 Tho' false, niein and cruel, th,>u still most be dear. 

 And thy name like a jewel, be Irejsurcd up here. 



Gapes in Chicke.ns. — A writer in ihe Ten- 

 nessee Agricnlluiisl. slalesiluil chickens or lowl.s 

 fed with corn ground coarse, as for hominy, will 

 never have the i;iipe,s. It is not improbable such 

 would be the resuli, and those whose fowls are 

 liable to this di,~ease, would do well to try this 

 manner of feeding. It is only a prevenlive, how- 

 ever, tiot a cure. 



