Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 144, Vevay, Switzerland County, 15 August 1834 — Page 2

were bandied from mouth to mouth on every sie oi him, anions' the rush' i! and reckless rncn around him, ns ihey turn rnd laughed, and gazed brick upon the burning convert; yet l.e could not hut view its destruction a a crime of man, to i he mean instrument a sin, a dancer, perhaps unto death, hut overruled by Divine Wisdom to ti e punishment of wh kedr.ess and vice, and for the benefit of the chuich of true wor shippers. It is a 5ife from (he dead to exchange the dungeon and its dark roof for the open day nd the bright clear heaven?; to feel yourself at large; again n part of that crenlion which t lie sun d uty warm? a;.d gladdens; to hear the voice of nature and of time, in the sound of the torrent, and the crumbling of the mountain's side; to hear goais from the pointed crags bleating to God for their food, : pu g happy on a t u It of herbage, and fii-k ! -nrsnt and plawul in the sun. I he f Christian swelled and beat reioi ' ' bosom, lie forgot, he did not he wa? grey and wrinkled. He i in the world to share human svni . : -, and to feel and be fell for. i !: h-md of Frizsoni marched to Bcrmio, . d thither went Ch: istian also. A number of lay-dresses had been found in the convent; w ith one 01 these. Christian had been accommodated, and thus disguised he could ten lisre on a few ua'd rest and cotivalesccr.ce at Bof inio, before he again turned his thoughts snd his fare to the beloved spot from whence lie had been so craftily ar.d cruelly torn away by a wily and deceitful enemy. (To be continued.) Howssingr Correspondence. Washington, 19th July, 1834. To my old friend Mr. Dzeighl, of the JVczv Turk Daily Advertiser, I am goin to write to yon now on a matter that is plagy deep and cute, and if I cant make you understand it, then you may be sarlin I dont un cferstand it myself, and ifth.it is the case, it wont he the first lime that a man has underta ken to explain a thing that be makes darker than it was afore. Lot I'll try it, and if jnn dont see it, I'll take ny share of the fuult in ex plainin out, and you must take tother share, and that will be about right. Well now to begin you know that a good deal has been said of late, about paper money and hard money, and some folks about " the Government" are trying to make it out that the Ginral is oin to make all the money in the coun try hard Money, and to git rid of all paper mo It folks dont look well into Ihis matter, and understand what the natnron't is, 99 out of 100 on 'em will git puzzled most chockio, and git so much dust thrown in their eyes, that it might take a considerable work to explain and git matters riffht agin; and I am gain now to gva my nations about it, acd then let every man take his own course, and if things git crooked I cant help it - I want to see things go strait, and that's the reason I write you this letter. If this country was a email country, like an island, where a man could eat his breakfast on one side ont, and walk across to the other side to eat his supper, then perhaps it would'nt be much out of the way to have all the money in gold and silver. But seein that it is something' of a considerable of a country, and a man has to eat a good many breakfasts and suppers afore he "its from one side ont to the other, then mv notion is that it is necessary 1 1 look out and see if we can git our money from one point to the other a leetle easier than carrying ont in hard money now let os suppse there warnt a bank note in the country, and all the money was hard money, and suppose you wanted to buy 100 bales "of cotton in Tennessee well 100 bales of cotton would cost about four thousand dob lirs nigh as I can calculate, and four thousand fi iiir.rs in silver would weigh about 240 lbs.- ? -. "ioiv would you gil this money in the ckeap- : -Mil New York to Tennessee? Ahorse well rary it, and so the only way is to . v -ii well you have got it to Tennc .-. and after you have bought the cotton, the j: an you bought it of wants to boy goods with ti.e money at the place where goods are the cheapest, and ten to one be finds New York is that place: and so back he sends these dollar agin to New York to luy goods. Well, the nest lime you want to buy cotton. you'll begin to figure, out how you can save this--x pence and ri-k of sendinhdollars and you'l! iind ont Ihal folks in Tennessee want dollars in New York to buy goods, jit as much as you want em in Tennessee for their cotton; and it ynu can put your dollars in a good safe place in New York, and take a resate for 'em, sayin that them are dollars shall be delivered up when that arc resate is presented, then all you have got to do is to carry that resale with you, or send it in a letttr, and accordin to Ihe safety and se turity at. 1 good character of the man who holds the dollars, and gives that resate forem,jistso wdl it p t?s from hand to had, and be jisl as goo hs the dollar, and a leetle better, because it is en-ier cam-.! hbont than the dollars, and at less peuie; ar.d it is the. natur of our people to do nil kinds of business at least expense possible, sod that's the Tearn why they go ahead of all the rest of tie slim. Well, then, ifihis ia so, a I have been tellin, and it is as true a natur, then our folks would make banks right off. without law, and without knowin on't, for every bit of haul money would r.g; it into ihe hands of folks known to be itch and secure, and honest, or supposed to be si, and their te-a!es for it would be banded about jut as b.tr.k iui'.s arc now, promisio to ';ry.

us uk-& that

if if Ici'.rrr r.n ckmand?' end f tve should have as mry on eni as we have bank bills now. Our folks in. Cengs c--s and ia Leg;! torrs m

this a b a. and ihey see from ihe

ry natur of things that lu-iniss all it bout the,ing good bank paper, but will in my next letcountry would g i igkt into the channel, and no jler. I know ch.eie is nnthir. like it to make thin could help it, nd they went tight to work j things work easy, and it is the cheapest way of to plan things so that the people should not be; goin ahead; hut the pint j in bavin none but deceived in taking these resales, for it would befsich kind of naner that w ill be naid n..n n. it

plagy hard lor a man to git one in pay lor his; ... i goe.is, ar.d when he called for the money, to git an anwtr sayin the merchant or broker could not pay it, and that he was btoke sdl to hits, and so forth. And so the Legislatures of the States turned to and made banks, that is. ihey allowed a good many folks to join together and have a bank with a good solid capital, and to issue their bill, to save the people the ex pense ofcarrying the hard money about. And as these banks had a gioat capital, they were allowed to lend their bank bills to people who wanted to borrow money, and to take the people's notes sn :3 to allow active industrious folks to wosk along and gid ahead in the world; well tliis w as found such profitable business, ihe State Legislatures were overrun with applications for bank charters; and in a little while there were more banks than haid dollars, and it got so the people warnt safe in takin any of the bills, and there was no way pul'.in an eend to d till Congi ess took it up, and the Constitution gives Congress the right to ''regulate the currency "f the country." If Congress had said tight off that all these banks notes warnt money, and nothin but hard money was money, there would a ben trouble ennf as bad as freein the niggers right off: but they looked on't as an evil to be cured jist like the bite of frost, and that was puttin frost to it; and so they made a hank, and they tell'd that bank to go to work and clear out this trash. The Hank f the U. Stales went to work, and arter a spell it got things goin pretty slick. As soon as one of these state banks attempted to shove off more of its bills than it had pow er to pay when the peo pie brought cm back and (hit is the natur of hanks with small capital the U. S. Bank would by hatin its branches all about lookin arter this trick, pick up these bills fiom the people, and make the state banks pay em, and if they didn't then, they would burst their biler. This was to be sure a pretty dirty job for the U. States bank to do, and they got bit pretty often; but it wasit8 duty by law, for the law said the U. S. Bank must regulate the currency. The State Banks got into a pesky bad humor about it, especially those that had no capital, and who wanted to make money out of the people by sending out their bills that they could not pay when called on, and so they all fot to work pickin at the U. Stales Bank, and called it a monster- and eo forth; and then the politicians sot to work, and that's the nature of them too, to get hold of any thing to give em a boost and Mr. Van Buren at the head on em all cryin out agin the U. S. Bank, for they see that one bank could stand no chance among so many State banks first they eaid the O. S. Bnuk naoil safe, and got committees appinted to examine into it, and when it turned out it was a leetle safer than they said it was, and all the rest of tiie banks put together, they then changed their tune and got crying out that nothin but hard money was the right kind of stuff thinkin that a good many people would agree with em on; this pint, and I suppose they will but what U the natur on't? You see if we git back to hard money, folks will go right to resales agin, jest as I have been tellin ; and Congress will have to do something to correct it, and regulate it, and make it Eafe for the people. But what lifts my dander considerable is in know in that all this hue and cry agin the United Stales Bank, (which has got thing just as Con-1 gress wanted em to be when the bank was char tered and a leetle better than it expected ,) is not to git rid of banks, but it to git this national bank, this rale peoples bank out of the way, so as to let the craft of small ones git faiily to work to pick the people's pockets. This is jest as true now, as I am writin about it; and if folks don't see it they mnst'nl blame me. Mr. Van Buren knows this jest as well as he know s that he is arter the presidency ; but he is a knowin critter, and he sees that if he can git all the State banks on his side, and agin the U. States Bank he'll count up a pretty considerable um in votes, but the people w ont git as much hard money by it as he promises, unless it is that kind of money that w ill be plagy hard to git rid on. Then agin, there is the farmer; they tell him hard money is jest the thing, and so he thinks too; and if he cant git a hard dollar for a bushel of w heat, instead of a paper dollar, he thinks it will be a good change ; but if he thinks liille more about the mallei, he will find lhat there hint haid money enough in all creation for that ; and if w e were to come to hard money where he r.ow gits a good paper dollar for his bushel of wheat, he conbi'nt git tw o shillins in silver, because every thing would take its value by the quantity of hard money. If he turns this over a spell he'll gil the dust out of his eyes in a miunit. Then agin a good deal is said about gold, and that the Giner al will have gold money ; and to do this, his folks in Congress pat a law ma kin gold more valuable, lhat i, the same weight of gold which bv the old law was a legal tender for ten dollars' is now to be worth ten dollars and seventy cents. Well this is a pretty odd w ay of managio things, and to keep gold in the country, and to understand il well suppose the law said a copper cent, which now takes one hundred on em to make a dollar, should be made to go fifty for a dollar. M v notion is, we should have more copers shufilin about than folk cared to be bothered with, and none would nn not of ihe country nother. I don't caie no thin about it myself, Lut I like to have things t . . . . .

understood ali.arcund, and then there wont be r.o mistake.. - I haint f(-,t time to write about iha ,t nio

e-jmattur of (lie advantage to the' count i v es'lmv. ... , is hatred in, and in jest si h money as folks j want for.it: and want for it: ppd when we have snrh kind f,f hank bills, tlipr. they are jst so much betierfor j all milters of trade, 'in this evetlaslin wide and hroad country, than hard money, as they cost less to send era about ; and jel sich kind of money we have got now ; but some folks aint content wish it. Tarty folks (not the honet people) say this monster must be put dow n and un less the people look toil and sift it, "the party" will doit. Mr. Van Buren has jet drank a toast about sayin it must be put down and that's ennf; but he did'ut say nothing about hard mon ey in the place ont. That would'nt do he is too cule for that; the safety fund h inks and the prt banks could'ut drink that toast no how; if it come to hard money it would he plagy lurd for them, and nothin would sare the safety fund, but to pass a law makin one hard dollar equal to five of their paper ones, and then they'd git out of the scrape as slick as whistle. Your friend, J. DOWNING, Major. Dovrningville Militia, 2d Brigade. From the Dozening Gazette. AJiOEit tfsc Figg'cr Kead. Not my figger head on the first page of my paper, but the Gineral's figger head, what Com mo.lore Elliott put on the old constitution at the navy yard in Charlcstown. I spose I must be gin at the beginning about this figger head bu siness, because although there has been ever so much of it. in '.he newspapers for a good while past, yet as their hasn't been nothing in my paper about it, I don't know ns my leaders know any thing about it. Well, then, the old Constition Frigate, that whipt the British so like fury the last war, had got pretty much worn out, and some tho't we might as well throw her by. But the Gineral told Commodoie Elliott if he'd a mind to go to work and patch her up a gain, and make a new vessel of her, he might; so the commodore went to woik and ami had her biult up again most as good as new. Ami then he went and hnd a jreal large image of the Gineral cut out of wood and placed standing right up on the forward end of the vessel. And this is what they called the figger head. I don't know exactly what he did this for; whether it was to please the gineral or what; but somehow or other th Boston folks begun to make a mighty rumpus about it, and declared it should't be put on. They said it was too much for one man to have his feet oh two Constitutions at once; and as the gineral had had his feet on 'tother Constitution a good w hile there at Wash inglor. . they c'ectaied they'd stand a brush before they'd see him sailing about w ith the old I ron sides Constitution under his feet. But the Commodore stuck to it, and got his guns out and his men all armed, and declared he'd have the image up, and if any man touched a hand to slop it, he'd shoot him down. So up the image went, and for fear somebody should try to pull it down again, two great seventy four gun ships, big enough for meeting houses, were brought a longside to keep watch and fend off. Well, notwithstanding,!! this, a week ago last Wednesday night, which was rather a dark and stormy night, somehow or other the image lost its head. How it came off, or where it had gone to, nobody could tell, but ihere was a thou sand different guesses about it. Some thought that some of them are rich Boston chaps had hired some of commodore Ellin'ti's men to cut it ofl"; some thought streak of lightning had knock-, ed it off in the storm, some thought the sea ser pent had come along in the night and bit it off, and some thought Col Crockett had grinned it off clear from Washington, but that's a mistake I know, fori have talked with the Col. about grinning, and he says he neter can giin any thing to effect further than he can see. And my friend Col. Stone, of New Yoik, I see, says it is repoited that I passed through Boston that af ternoon, and that I claimed the head to be -hung up as a mirror' in my office at Tortland, there by rather insinuating lhat I took it off. Now this is'nt true, and if the Col is an honoralde man he will take it back again. And on the other hand as I am sn honrable man, I would'nt wish to keep back from the public any thing that the public ought to know. Therefore, al though kick back the insinuation that I had a ny hand in taking off the head, but I wont deny bA that I mighi be tho innocent cause of its coin ing off. And as I wish to have every thing fair and square before the. public, and no skulking or hiding, I'll out with the whole story." I got into Boston that day afore this dreadful thiug happened to the figger" head, and I had to be in Portland the nexl day to get out the first number of my paper. A"nd so I was kind of worrying round to find the vessels and the steamboats and the stages, to see which w ay I could go the quickest, and 1 went all round the wharves, and jut at n;ght i went over the bridges to Charlestown, and went dowji into the navy yard looking round to see il l could find any vessel goin down to Portland. . At last I see some thundering great vessels at the whaif, and I thought I'd go and hail 'eni and see if they couldut carry me So when I got along pretty near 'em, I looked up to the middle one, and, I ileclaie I came pretty near jumping right out of my skin, for iheie was mv ii i fnend ll'.e Mineral standing right up on the forward end ont. mi see I ne ver thought any thing about the figger head, but I thought u was the real old Giueial that I

left at Washin-fon, and how he rould gtt there! afore I did I co.ikiit -ucs. c,,!;j ,u ,0 iltn i

an.l says C.tneral, is th.-u you; h.,w :lte ye; how in nature did you come theie? 1 thought he seem to color a IiMIp, but he di.i'nt answer me At last as I stood lookii.e; at him his !:e:u! ' ir.d of eemed to begin to move up and down, and he looked as if he was trying with all his mi-lit to make a bow to me. An I i'm j t t! v apt to'thiuk that he gin his head si. h a renchinr iiMt it work ed loo-?e a little, and .luring the storm that ni''lit it's a wonder to me :f ihe wind did'ul blow his head off. So according to my way of thinking, it i'nl likely any body was to Idame about it. We guess we must apologue to the gallant Major, for the very innocent mistake to which he relets, about the quickest. Knowing as how the Major is up to ecoeymost anything, we thought as how he might have did that me mai! job while on his way to Portland, and we kind er insinuated as mnch. i stiuck us that he miht have jest wanted the Gmeral's elhv Muck up in his office, over his arm cheer. But since we said it, ive have found out all about il e calculate. It was the man in the claret co red coat what did it and no thanks to nobo dy. That man in a claret-colored coat is iest about one of thecuiioueeslctifters in these parts. 11 e beats all natur. SLAVERY IN TENNESSEE. Our readers are aware that ;i State Con vention is now sitting in Tennessee, for the purpose of remodeling their constitution. The fearless editor of the Trumpeter thus rebukes their tardy selfishness in regard to the poor slaves, Y. Evangelist. The Convention Slavery. The Convention has now been in session several weeks. Many measures of comparatively small importance have occupied a considerable portion of this time; w hile the all important and deeply interesting question of Slavery has been laid over for a " more convenient sea son." It is true, that some of the many pe litions that have been got up against Slavery for thai body's consideration have been presented. But how? Has the relief ptayed for been solicited with that zeal (hat the importance of the subject demands? Have Ihe representatives of the people stood up fearlessly in behalf of their philanthropic constituents? Are they discharging the duty they owe the oppressed and degraded slave, to themselves and their God? Far from it. Al ready has one member, in anticipation of the subject being agitated, raised bis voice against the petitions of his own constituents, and declared his intention of using his efforts against any and all petitions of the like purport that might be presented in future. And is it so that the good people of Tennessee are to be denied relief from this Heavendaring sin, because of the apostacy of their servants in the Convention to gratify the ambitious views and sordid appetites of a portion of the slaveholders? Are ihey, hecause they generally posscss'wealth enough to control the actions of men, to counteract the voice of the philanthropist and Christian, and cause the galling chains of slavery to be nveied mote liirnly on the injured and unfoitunnte negro? If the Convention provides no relief, how are the people of Tennessee to get rid of this preventive to their peace and prosperity, which is degrading them in the eyes of their more enlightened and benevolent sister States? And to whom arc the sons of Africa to look for relief? What are his prospects for ever enjoy ing that precious gift of Heaven, liberly or realizing the blessings that the Declaration of Independence de dares all men to be entitled to, i. e. life, li bcrty, and the pursuit of happiness? Is there an avenue open through which he can pass from his present state of bondage to freedom? Let the Journals of the last Legislature an swer. An attempt was Ihen made for the passage of an act by which slaveholders might have an opportunity to discharge a duty they owe to their God, as well as their slaves, n emancipating them without the expense of colonizing them out of (he State. But even this failed, and as alleged by some of the le gislators in view of the Convention inserting a clause in the Constitution for that purpose". Thus it is that the responsibility is shifted from one body to another, regatdlcss of the iulense suffering of the enslaved. But final ly, however dark the prospects may be, lei us not despair, but continue to petition for relief. If the advocates of slavery will not regard the it junctions of Holy Writ, perhaps ihey can be convinced of its inconsistency with political economy. And it mat be that the present Convention, when all the remontrances against slavery shall he fairly laid before it, will be induced to go into n im partial investigation of the subject, which w ill surely lead (o (he accomplishment of the desired end. From the Liberator. RIOTS IN NEW-YORK. As an article of history which constitutes an indelible feature of the Colonization scheme, it may be of importance to place upon record the scene? which have been exhibited in New York during the first seven days from (he fourth of Jidy, S?A. It w as currently understood that if possible the meeting appointed by the friends of hurTan liberty in ihe Chatham Chapel w ould be molested; but it was conceived preferable to pay no attention to the symptoms of menaced liot. I shall not give you details which you will find in all the papers; but merely advert to facts which it is not probable will be announced by the d.istatdly or criminal conductors-of-4he public press in New Yoik.

TlirMrtf cling on Juy 4Vw .-,: interrupted by a parly rf v c'l .an mcd RtlliUiS; of whom two of the most i,i- v were, prrtligntes named Bull .ind Wilder. The hitler is a foieign ve.gabor.d, lately from Jamaica, and who was ot-ii-lied to ly, il i said, fi in that i-hmd ;,, cape the punishment whii.h he meiiled for bis Motive pait in pulling down the hoiircs f worship, and the cruellies which were hifi led upoi the Mission;u its. lie was l.t r.I stimnlattu;; bis associate in vi'lanv by his descriptions f,f the fin they had in Jamaica, wish ihe Ami Slavery men. The uproars on .Monday th ?ih. o; Tuesday, Wedncsd iy and Thursday, all weic engaged in by the same persons with continual acromions of a mow ly ang of Sons i f Be'.:al

of every dcsciiption. Colm.izci-s, min: whom m prvfcssir.g Chi isii:j.n? ;-.:u5 members of Chun, he?, were engaged in ihe same scenes of di-order. plunder, house breaking and deso'atinn, with the most notorious profligates, the. seeding Infidels of the Kite In quirer squads, Bapi-ts and the Rioters' of the 'ixtli ward, and joutig men, Cietks in the stores and cfiircs of the principal adherents of the Colonization Society. These h:ie been the actual artificers of the mischief. The Chatham Chapel is very much irjurred Lewis Tappan's house is gutted and rendered uninhabitable Dr. Cox's house i very much damaged and the Laight street Church has all tbe windows broken, betides other mischief. Other clergymen, and other churches are also threatened. The Colonization men have let loose a legion of fiends; and now they are untamable, and w here this thing is (o end, no mortal knows or can fore see. It may be asked, who are chargeable with all the guilt and injuiies of this mohocrncy? We answer plainly; the A'cvprtpers ; especially Webb, with hi Courifjr, nd Stooo, with his Commercial Advertiser. These two are the most criminal. By every means in their power, they have attempted to infuiia(e the licentious and drunken rabble. They have ellectually succeeded. But all the other papers arc accessories. Not one of the daily journals but is culpable either for adding fuel to the raging fire, or for not attempting to extinguish the fury. The continual calumnies, falsifications, and excitements poured forth daily, have blinded the eyes of almost all orders of citizens to the wanton violations of rigid, law and justice. And even Christians and more, some ef the .Ministers of Ihe Gospel are almost as much infuriated and are aiding imliieelly by their influence in the most atrocious violations of all thai is peaceful and holy. Wbb,Sone, He, se. Wilder, that scape gallows named Boll, a miserable caitiff" laden wiih crimes; with a large number of merchants', pettifogging lawyers, and young reprobates instigate by the ColoriizationislSj are the head arid Soul of all (he unprecedented mischiefs which have beeii perpetrated in New York. Let it be remembered this rioting and damage are the work of (he chief adherents of (he Colonization cause. They alone 'are responsible for all thai has been done and all that will be executed. But the Mayor of the city is almost as deeply implicated as any rflbe criminal actors. Al'.hough nppiized of all thai was doing and menaced, on t he 4 th of J nly , he neglected to inlei fere. When he was informed of the disturbance and interruption cf the meeting en Friday, (he fourth of July, had he promptly appeared, and seized Wilder, Bull, and about twenty of the Merchants and Lawyers and transferred them to the Bridewell until the fumes of their mania had evaporated, we should have seen nothing of the devastation which now obtrudes itself upon our eyes. But nothing would avail. As long a the Colonization mob and their ungodly ai.ies am not break into houses and luun the furniture, beds, &c. in the street; so long the municipal authorities remained al their case; and thus emboldened, the rioters to accomplish every excess. But all this is consistent. The Mayor obtained his office through the sixth ward riot; and no doubt naturally supposes that his power will be consolidated by the same lawless cause. Nevertheless, ihe friend? of human liberty are calm and unruffled; Ihey feel and wish to exemplify the words of the Apostle Paul; Hebrews 10: 3236. ' Ye endured a great fight of afflictions; and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing that ye have in heaven a belter and an enduring substance. Cast not away your confidence, w hich hath great recompense of rew ard. For ye have need of patience, that after that ye have clone the will of God, p: might receive the promise.' Thanks be to God ! there are no men stealers and Colonization rioters in Heaven. LOOKER ON. .1 Good La:c. In Sweden and Norway persons who cannot read arc precluded from marriage and all public :njoyment a legal provifiou which renders education universal, and prevents any families fiom being bred in utter ignorance. Mormon. The Mormons that passed thro' Wayne County lat May, on their w ay to Jackson county, Mis-souii. are on their return eas', and pasf-d through P, ichmond last week, much wore of ware. They say they are reluming for their families, to settle their business, &c. They speak of a battle having been fought by some of their people and ihe Jack'on county boys. They g ive up thier arms to ihe MUsourians, and backed out for some purpose best know n perhaps to ihcmnlvcs. The tValchnrn.