The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 20, 1845 Page: 2 of 4
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sound mora) and honorable feeling of the
people of the indebted States cannot be ques-
tioned; and we are happy to perceive a settled
disposition on tht ir part.as their ability returns
after a season of unexampled pecuniary
embarrassment to pay off all just demands
and to acquiesce in any reasonable measures
to accomplish that object.
One of the difficulties which we have had
to encounter in the practical administration
of the Government consists in the adjustment
of our revenue laws and the levy of the taxes
necessary for the support of Government.
In the general proposition t'lat no more
money shall be collected than the necessities
of an economical administration shall reqire
all parties seem 10 acquiesce. Nor does
there seem to be any material difference
of opinion as to the absence of right in the
Government to tax one section of country or
one class of citizens or one occupation for
this Government has been given to the retin-' Within that period within the life-time
iuh and it only remains for the two countries ' I might say of some of my hearers our peo-
to agree upon the terms to consummate an pie increasing to many millions have filled
object so important to both. the eastern valley of the Mississippi adven-
l regard the question of annexation as be- turously ascended the Missouri to its head
longing exclusively to the United Slates and springs and are already engaged in establish-
Texas. Theyare independent Powers com- ing the blessings of self-government in al-pr-tent
to contract ; and foreign nations have leys of which th6 rivers flow to the Pacific
no right to interfere with them or to take ex-! The world beholds the peaceful triumphs of
ceptions to their reunion. Foreign Powers the industry of our emigrants. To us bc-
do not seem to appreciate tLe true character J longs the duty of protecting them adequately
of our Government. Our Union is a con-! wherever thev may be upon oar soil. The
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HOUSE OK REPRESENTATIVES.
Wed.vesdiy Jan. 20 1845.
Messrs. Johns Scurry ForJ Sadler and
Jones ofS. P. from the committee on finance
made the following
REPORT.
Tlie committee of finance to whom was referred
the joint resolution providing for ilieininoriationjof
printed book; duty free have agiiu qiven the sub
ject that pa'.ient.invcstigalion which its importance
dcmaild and beg leave to report that the duties
have already beeo reduced on articles of prime
necessity as far as the present condition of the
country will admit consistently with an efficient
The Northern Standard.
federation of independent States whose poli- 'jurisdiction of our laws and the benefits of our I administration of the Government. In some per
cy is peace with each other and all the world republican institutions should be extended f ons llne epnoiic winch have recently rccei v-
n .... . . i II-.. . i l i. ' by immigration large accessions of population the
1 o enlarge its limits is lo extend the domm- over them in thcdistant regions which they i J ." r . r '
& i-i mi people are actually sintering for subsistence and
:ons of peace over additional territories and . have selected for their homes. Ihcincrcas- ifit were consistent with the saM vofthe Cjtcru-
increasing milllions. The world has noth- ing facilities of intercourse will easily bring ment a reduction of du'ics on provisions would
ingto fear from military ambition in our the States of which the formation in that part j ''t claim theattcntionofConrcss; but it ismatter
finrnrnmrnl. WMI ll.. Hln-f M.u.Utr:.. ofour Territory Cannot bC Ion? delayed With-. "' "P "'uurc.mmii.ce ... ...c povcr.y
and the popular branch of Congress are dec-1 " le sphere of our federative union
CLARKSVILLE.
TUES DAY::
:;:MAY SO.h 18-J3.
We publish lo-diy the Report of tho Fi-
nance Committee of the House of Represen-
tatives of the last Congress upon the '-Joint
Resolution providing for !ho Importation of
printed books duly free" which with defer-
ence to the Honorable Chairman and one or
two of the members for whom wc entertain
a high respect wc must pronounce (in our
opinion.) a most extraordinary document.
It seems that the resolution was referred
I r0ir0i1 nnlt- lh enrl tst. .. . uTk sf...
teriej of Paris " and such efforts of vitiatei
power while the stately histories of Prescotr
and Alison andBancrofi;thcrepublications of
Hume and Smollet Lingard and Burnet
the beautiful poetry ef Wordsworth and
Coleridge and Halleck and Bryant tho-
splendid legal axioms of Story and Kent and
Wheaton and the encyclopedias of Brand
and Reesand Murray were flooding the U-
nhd Slates ; or is it that amid all theseihey
cConly such as are vicious and turn away
from the pure springs that run of knowledge
and lofty intellectual power?
The second assumptionof the Report and
one which has a strange tone to our Repnb-
In tht: i "ln nl'arra'snictitoriliu Government is such that
I ltJ.lrt flit l"nt m.l'AAl I.. vn.'. mmA.!r.r. . .. .. .-
.... . ".-UU 1W IlLI JUSIIII.U 111 lt.l.Utllilll.UUI(lM IIIIV 1U1"
tcdlfor short terms by the sulTraKesof those meantime every obligation imposed by rif . .. . . aHedlorh th.
tliemcre profit of another. "Justice and millions who must in their own persons bear J' or conventional stipulations should be sa- crv;ng necessities of an oppressed population.
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sound policy forbid the Federal Government all (ho burdeus and miseries of war our Gov i credly respected
to foster one branch of indu.lry to the delri-' eminent cannot be otherwise
to them as the financial conservators and
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umpires ol the House. lor consideration and lcan ears is that in the opinion of the coro-
a report upon the propriety of its passage ; mittce " the repeal asked for would not en-
and they the " finance committee" having courage sound education or elevate the liter
ary taste the intelligence or morris ot thu-
community." We should be glad to know
who appointed the Finance Committee of th
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tu.ugcui inu uuwars anu cents in'.eresioi tnr
country made a literary report forsooth.
Now a dissertation upon literature well
ist..-t. . .1 . .- . I . . . .
..men lesmerciore aic uc uisposeu 10 recom- done up is ccrtaimy a very pleasant compo- House of Representatives the guardians oi
"U. .:.'... U'" . rhVn.-.s"i"' read but what propriety there was J "sound education ' 'literary lute " and -.he-
men: of another or to cherish ihe interests of ; Foreign Powers should therefore look on the j i' nin a mY am t0 l"ve a careful respect j . . ofweall alllUiterjry leisure and ' '" SUch a documcm coming from a finance intelligence or morals or the community."
one portion to the injury of another portion 'annexation of Texas to the United Stacs not forhe riSlSs otier natons ulIe our 0v" j i a qrcat measure calculated to pamper a vicious ' committee of the Lower House of the Texan j Wedo not think the fitness of tno or three-
of our common country." I have heretofore ai the conquest of a nation seeking to extend wi" be llie 4UlJcct constant watchfulness. ' and depravcd literary taste. j congress is something we have not been able ' of them for such a station was considered in
declared to my fellow-citizens that in "my . her dominions by arms nndiiolenco but as Equal and exact justice should characterize' if other reasons aro necessary your committee todiscover; and what propriety there was.in1 the canvass for their seats and self-constituted-
judgment it is the duty of the Government 'the peaceful acquisition of a territory once a" oar '"te'eourse with foreign countries j with all due deference to the opinions of many ed- its coming from sticA a finance committee is guardiansof the '-intelligence and morals of
All alliances navmg a tenuency tojeopaiu . -.. muijc.. uraMTOac still further beyond our comprehension: for the community " arenot always acceptable
iln vlfn. iii.l hnnnrnf mir i-nnnirr nrcii-. indiscriminate and unrestricted importation of ... . ... . . ...
the uelfare and honor of our country o sac wollMluinhK- ' lh ;. w ihceweption of two upon the committee to the wards. In free governments.moreover
aneans within its power fair and just protec-'ber thereby diminishing the chances of war i "ncca1j' one of tne n:"'"' interests wl" ue ' ion.Iiat lhcrclica Jikcjt-orJula ll0t er.couraSc the IImi- Chairman being one and the there are no censors of the publio morals or.
tion to all the great interrsts of the whole and opening to them newnnd ever-increasing ituaouslv a ' ino opporiunuj 30unj education orekinte the literary taste the two. being a minority we are entirely una-1 of the issues of the public press and a com-
Uinon cmbracingdpjculturejrrranufacturc.1 markets for their products.
.the mechanic artscommerceand navigation.
X hnve also declared my opinion to be '-in
favor of a tariff for revenup " and that'- in
adjusting the details of such a tariff I have) vast rc0Urces 0f her fertile soil and genial as ue as 'e "al:ul'ictu-'s ofour skilful ar- - tion necessary to a correct appreciation of their cy ; we humbly conceive that they did not the committee deemed the j. topic unsafjjud
to extend as far as it maybe practicable to .her own by addinganother member to our
.do so by its revenue laws and all other 'confederation with the consent of that mem-
will be lot to cultivate a favorable under-' intelligence or nurals of the community. They ' blc to understand where the competency ' mittee to determine upon the admissibility of
pronounce upon tho literary tne various species of foreign literature is-
ered by the Report. As to the rather a new feature of the legislative bodies
ome pretensions to con.peten- of a Republican Government. If hoA-evcr.
sanctioned such moderate discriminatin
.duties as would produce the amount of re-
.venue needed ai.d at the same time afford
jroasonable incidental protection to our home
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To Texas the reunion is importaut bc-slanumS wun Iom" -"'m ' -"- "-r -j - .-- - came from to
... - V.. ' .. nur navigation and commerce may be extend- aJ "c" are equally aware of the pamtul truth .
cause tr.e strong protecting arm oi our gov- -- -- .- - that U.a rooJ linul. alreadv amount u. are hu --
eminent rvould be extended over her. and the d and ihc ample products of our fertile soil two who haves
tisans find a ready market anil rcmuneratinir merits.
fjrci''n countrisi. i matte
indiscrimhiattlij nuuldalftrd more light or shadow
More light is greedily called for while it well consider the subject and are decidedly ges of the books proper for them to read why
:rof doubt whether the importation ofboJ in crrorj M we .; endeaVQr how j.j suance cf their '.
irafcy nuuldalltrduiorelight or shadow . . r . . . " . 1
the literary realm ith more obscurity and vicious '"'"'." " "l"'"3U". r" P'Il:y. propose an ainenument to tne
confusion fiction and novelty istha order of the u'e conceive to have been just and pertinent
day
' that the miud
climate would be speedily developed : while
ih.. :.rtv nf Xpw OrlH.in nnil of oiir whole Plces '" '
. . c -.11 ' In taliir.i: '-care that the laws be faithfully
southwestern frontier against hostile aggress- - -'
ii .. f.t . ii n executed" a strict performance ofduty will
;on. as well as the interests of the whole Un- v ' .
jnduttry;"and that I was "opposed to a tariff"! iotl woujd ije proinoted by it. be VXMcd fl0m a" Pllllc "'"ce". 1- rom
lor nrotection merely and not for revenue."! In thecarlier stases of our national exis- !tl'sc officers especially who arc charged
'Phnnn.vflrjnl.iW an! mUrrt irf..! Hn. t.n it n;?nn nrvn!ll v-iih ...!. thnt with (he collection and disbuscineiit of the Ofdesultory man studious ofchangc
w uv.'w. .. J -.... ".v .... i kiv .11. s . i.a k . ...aw-. ......W...W...... . 111 I
.? r i ii :.i: I . i r i ..I o.. . i . mililif rnvpMMR ivill nrnmnt nnd riaid nr ! Aim picascu
lies imposts; ana cAt.scs n uu muisptu- our eysiein ui tuiiicueiaieu ouirj tuum uui .--..- - --0 ' thou-h that indiil
sable one to be conferred on tho Federal operate successfully over an extended '.errito- countabili'y lie required. AnyculpabIeljiI-attliB fj cfu j-ncr anj nob!er and wc do not know that there would have criminate in such matters why not uiscrimt
ry and serious objections have at different ure or delayon their pMt to account iortl'cinnneutti.euumaQi.!. n is matterof common ' been much good effected by the passage of nate for them and not shut out all knowledge
rals too effect- . beyond the grade of primary school books
people and the because some of it wa considered by them
o much more dangerous to the untutored minds of the com-
mental varie-
AIthouShiuourcountrj-thcChieI.Magis-:otllers are still unmJlcd models for th
.Governm-ni which without it would pos-
jsess no means of providing for its own sup-
port. In executing this jiower by levying
a tariff of duties for the support of Govern -
bill embodying the properdiscrimination.and
and are sorry that so many of llie House admit such works as they deemed it safe for
were not of a sort to appreciate them. It the common Deople to read duty free and
rj- man studious o. change woujj however be vain to expect a literary " shut out the others by a prohibitory duty ?
:dn ltd novelty may be indulged:" ... . ... ' . . . " 3
licence is ....fortunately too often j eonSresB ahs age of our national existence ;' lj it is not safe to cllow the people to dig-
liincs been made to the enlargement of our ' moneys entrusted to tiiem at llie times and in observation that the literary taste of the public is the resolution for poverty mth
boundaries These objections were earnest- ' manner required uy law win in every i-u u .- uu.- a.u U.B worus o. Ull lhe H lastc ofour
J i. . .i r? - i r -- modern authors evince less reuiti3. s:ren"i!i .-i-nl . .......
ly urged when we acquired Louisiana. Ex- instance terminate me o.t.c.ai coupon o - - - demand for bodily aliment is- s
nerience has shown that thev were not well .such officer with the Government. .... .i .i.i;m i!n. i.. ; ..' controlling than the desire for
ment the raising of recenue should be the
fibjeet and protection the incident To re- funded. The title of numerous Indian tribes' Although ui our countrythc bluel -'laS13"! others are still unriiJlcd models for tlu 8 ujy ties in a newand sparsely settled country that
verse this principle and make pro ecion the Itovast tracts of country has been extinguish tralc must almost of necessity be chosen by .and adm.rai.o i ofsiiccceding a-es. In the realm the result will be nearly thesame as if the
oJecandenthe incident would be to 1 ed. New Slates have been admitted into the a P"llr. anJ s!jnU PleaS w us principles o. .aucj .u J0.....nce ne unc.ems nave pre leaoiUUoil had been favored by the commit
tccand received their critical commendation.
But to lhe " Report. " The first literary
dictum which drew our attention is where
they dash nlT from lhe financial considera-
tions which were properly their province to
'- Vi- ..... ii L i It"- -st . " . i . 'n.il .nr.-).nri. s-.. in liU nffiriil -lrli.in Iu oect.iiied the ground and their beautiful an J thnl
.inflict manifct mjust.ee upon all other than Union. NewTcrntor.es have been erected and measures tf in his official action . ' lioiltm:lilllbeunim;ueJ aud illiml.aW
' should not be lhe President of a part only
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.ine protected i nierests. m levying amies and our jurisdiction anu laws extended over a..uu. ."... .v t J i pattens for the whole tnbaofhusy. scribblers who
for revenue it is doub-.lcss proper to make : them. Asour population has extended the but oltlie wbole people oi tne uniteu ataus iconui.froin u.ne to time to flood the voracious
such discriminations within the revenue ' Union ha; been cementcdI strengthened.; WniIe be executes the laws with an impar-alljiIltiil(. puh:ic like the locusts ofEiypt.wiih
principle as will afTord incidental protection !As our boundaries have beei enlarged and il hai. shrinks from no proper icsponsi their pest.ierous visitations. In moral and natural
to our home interests Within the revenue lour agricultural population hasWi. spread . bility and faithfully carries out in the Ev. philosophy insaered and profane l.sl0ry in the-.
JimitthereisadiscretiJntodiscriminae;be- overa large surface our federative system j -tive depailment of the Government. S'l:
.yon-I that limit the ngiitlul exercise ot the has acquired additional strength and security. tl'""l-l"" a"u l'ul-J " i- "" """--"v' the preen: day. are the unrivalled proJuctiuns of
po-veris not concedeJ. The incidental pro-' It may well ba doubled whether it would not ' him he should not be unmindful that our furmcr age3. '
tcction afforded lo our home interests by .lis .be in crcater danger of overthrow if our pros- fellow-citizens wnona-.euiiiurcu iun nun in ( ja inveMigatingthe causes which haie produced
-.-. :. rl t- e j. .l ' nnintnn nrp rntillpfl tfl thl full nnd frop exer- ' Itns nnn..n Ml l.riT..rv inOrioriti nflhi- nri-srul ai
. wjii.iiw.. ... w - j j -3-i
mon people A little knowledge is a dau-
gerous thing" says the poet. Net so think
the Finance Committee j but they say '"tho
good books aleady amongst ust are but little
studied with that patience and mature reflec-
tion necessary to a correct appreciation of
their merits." They say that they "are a-
ware that the popular cry is for more books'
and they italicise tne word popular in their
determine; and say that " boehsfor the most'. Report as if to convey the impressiun.that it
part at the present day are the light luxuries j was ui little importance and take no lued cf
criminations within the revenue range it is lent population were confiucd to the compara
believed will be ample. In making discrim- .;vcjy narrow limits of the original thirteen
jnatieas.ali our home interests should as far jsutes than it is now that they arc sparsely
.as practicable be equally protected. The a oyer a more expanded territory. Ii
largest portiou ofour pcoph are agricultur-1 js confidently believed thatour system may
alisu. Others arc employed in manufac-'oe safely extended to the utmost bounds of
xures commerce navigation and the me-' ur territorial limit and that as it shall be ex
change arts. T hey are all engaged in their cnded the bonds ofour Union so far from
being weakened will become stronger.
cise of their opinions and judgments and that
the rights of all are entitled to respect and re.
jrard.
ofmen of wealth and literary leisure and in
a great mt-asure calculated to pamper a clc
ous and depraced literary lastc"
No w there are some of that eora.nitteewho
though notoverburthened with wealth. might
naturally have come lo this conclusion as
rA-nnilitta mi r ml nnrl thuir inint qltrire .'
f iiubuvv uuidiK uuu ktii.ii juuu luuuia cuit
ftttutethe national or home industry lo None can fall to see the danger to our safe-
px one branch of this home industry for the y and fulure peacej if Texas renins an in-
benefit of another would be unjust No one dependent State or becomes an ally or de-
of these interests can rightfully claim an ad I j)endency of some foreign nation more powcr-
Tantage over the others or to be enriched 'fui than herself. Is there one among our cit.
fcy impoverishing the pthury. AH are equal- j jzens who would not prefer perpetual peace
Jy entitled lo the fostering care and protection. -v:lrl Texas to occasional war? which so of.
prthe Government In exercising abound i ien occur hei ween bordering independent
discretion in levying discriminating duties ' nations. Is there one who would not prefer
within the Jii.oil prescribed care should be ! freeSutercourse with her to high duties on all
liken that it bo done in h manner not to bene- 0t.r products and manufactures which enter
fit the wealthy few at the espeuso of the toil- her ports or cross her frontiers? Is lhcre
ing millions uy -sins io7e me .usuries oi 0e who would not preler an unrestricted i be made for the year endinrr 1st Jul V.1W5
Jife. or articles ofsuperior quality and high communication with her citizens to the fron- The contractors having fully complied wilh all
we cannot admit thai the present race of mankind
arc inferior to tlusc whs have preceded them in
natural mental strength. Why. then vi.h all the
n.U-.'Tin-r.. nf Ihr oTni!rim-.. nnl inli-llprlll.-il IlOlhilllT is more COinUIOIl. lhail for a mnn to
Confidently relying upon the aid and assis- j labjrs ot lIl0sc who haresonc b.rore do the mod- iudse others by himself: and some one or
tance of ihc coordinate depitmenls of the ernwriicrs fall so far short in all the essential maui-itwo of lhe committee when they readatall
Government in conducting our public aiTai's. fcatio:. of intellectual greatnessl U'e humbly . rea( ony lhe cQrt flf qq;s condemn -
I rnirvr nnnn tbp diseharne of lhe hill duties 'nte.lain the o union that th; Uai secret lies in lhe. J
I enter upon the dischar c ol ihe hi a dm.e . thls Hcpott. bul we CK prepared 0 .
which have been a s.gned me by the people 1. dt . morc I pect such a declaration f.om lhe Hon. Chair-
agam humbly supplicating mat u.vineuc..ig.atenlivelythsn llie mjJerui confusCU aIlJ orcr.
who has watched over and protected our be- Lhehncd as they aie with such a profusion of books
loved country from its infancy to the present J which from nccc-siiy they must but imperfectly stu-
hour. to continue his gracious benedictions JJ- a he original is always supjnor in merit to
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upon us that we may continue to be a pros
perous and happy people.
To Emigrants.
the mere copy because more genius and talent are
tcqiiired lo execute an original design than to per-
form the more menial office of a copyist- But
originality is not the only reason of the literary
23 i TriHini-f. nf.s-ni-ipnt nnllinr I'ltAi- hn.l lint tvi-
In onsequence of the many false reports now in ;booUlorcadana tIl.y stlld!cd and UIldc!ood
circnlationby those unfriendly to the interests of; (iem nMIa weare eonfuied and oven helmed
the Colonization Company of which the under-1 wil acha mMof Mretey r.tlen b3oUs and
signed isthc representative it becomes necessity ouraUcntion d;$tracUd anJ di.idtd between such
to adopt this method of informing emigrants re- ....... .. that it is
pecting tne conditions upon men uonauuus ...
price which can only be consumed by lhe .;er obstruction? which mustoccur if sherc- tlle provisions and conditions ofme Iawand theirjfour.hs ofle .Ml nennure which now c
wealthy; and highest the necessaries of life mains out of the Union 1 What ever is good : conract w" " tjovernmeni ; they w.u sun con- our ljlcriry sillve5j rul bookstores were to share C0Ples. u
ailicles of coarse quality and low pricr which ! or evil in the local institutions of Texas will . . . . u"1" ' . '"' . " .fJ.' . . I " fjle ol'the Alexandrian Libra.-. the cause of eel
r . comply wun me requirements o. tne ia- in.nc' w: . ..;. m-i. ...ii ir.T
he poor and great mass of our people must remain hei .own whether annexed to the ' . '0rmi. rs Jio. or aa .-.cres ofnrime nil- pMC 'e!.".IS.an1 SUb"u mraIs "M "r lsnol
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burdens of Government' United States or net. None of the present able land to euch head of a family; and t each
.consume.
should as far as practicable be distributed
ustly andequilly aimngall classes'of our
population. These general views long en-
tertained pn this subject I have deemed it
proper to reliterate. It is a subject upon
which conflicting interests of sections and
occupations are supposed to exist and a spirit
of mutual concession and compromise in ad
justing its details should be ch.erished by ev
cry part of our widespread country as the
only means of preserving harmony and a
.cherjful acquiescence of all in the operation
of our revenue lavs. Our patriotic citizens
in every part of the Union will readily sub-
nit to llie payment of such taxes as shall be
needed for tlio support of jbeir Government
whether in peace or in war if they are so
levied as to distribute tho burdens as equally
as possible among them.
Tbs R-pupIic of Texas has mide known
her (J esiro to come into our Union to form a
part of our Confederacy: and enjoy with us
ihe blessings of liberty secured and guar
antied by our Constitution. Texas-was once
apart ofour country was unwisely ceded
away to $ foreign J?jwer is now independ-
ent and possesses an undoubted right to dis-
pose of apart or the whole of her territory
and to marge her sovereignity as a separate
and independent State hr ours. I congratu-
late my country that by an act of .the late
CongTess of the United States the assent o
Stales will be responsible for them any more Ising'e man over the age of 17 years ore half that
than they are for the local institutions of each amuUnt-
olher. They Lave confederated together for
certain specified objects. Upon the same
principle that they would refuse to form a
perpetual union with -Texas because of her
local institutions our forefathers would have
been prevented from forming our present Un-
ion Perceiving no valid objection to the
measure and many reasons for its adoption
vjtally affecting the peace the safely ai&tJe.
prosoerjty of both countries-'! shall oribc
broad principle which.o'rmcjjtbe basis -fed
produced the adoption of quKCoitutiOTAnvt
not in any narrow ipiit.ortiBkpolfcy7
eifucavjr uy an cuuiiiuuuui uuuurauieanu
appropriate means -io: consummate tne ex.
pressed nil) of the People and Government
of the UnitedStajeSjbylhe re annexation of
Texas to our. Unionjii: the etrliett practica-
ble period. ' &?' ' ?
Nor will it become in a less degre? mv
duty tp assert and maintain by all cpr.su'lu.
tjonal means Jhe right of the United Slates
to that portion ofour territory which lies be
yond the Rocky Mountain. Our title to the
country of the .Oregon isj'clear and unques-
tionable" and alrrady are our people' prc-
paiing to perfect that title by occupying it
with their wives and children. But eighty
years ago our population was confined on
he west by the ridge of tho Alleghanics -
To secure lhe benefits of the present year's do
nation it is absolutely necessary that the settler
should have his cabin built and be himself upon
the ground by 1st July; but a temporary absence
thereaf er will not prejudice his claim.
The Surveyor being now at work sectionizins
the land emigrants yiU in future find no diulculiy
in making their locations
There is now a ranging company on the frontier
of the Colony under the command of Col. Smith
and another is now in progresi' of be in; raised
so thit emigrants need entertain-no jfear of? Indi-
ans. AH here is perfect pet ce aaduietode.
The Contractor are determined by a slrictcom-
pjiance with the law to defeat the Tnte'resU 'and
wl.ti. nT I tii'iI r Ii... i Lm teuM..S. .V.L.
'cteireaeDM itT-kteitiost gerdal cjutend upon
mett'ost"ptCsfitttiYe'l'tint!reRqiuc:'sV - ""
JCHARLEMIENSIVEY
AgentTor Tetejrs.' Colony
Fork ofTrinity April 12th 1S45 no 10 4r.
man and wc tike it upon ourself lo deny in
the most positive terms and the daily obser
vation of every observing man in community
will satisfy him that reading is not more
common among the rich than among those
who are merely able to obuin a comfortable
subsistence although the possession of exten-
sive libraries in many instances unread li-
braries is certainly most common among
those who are most able to purchase them.
But it is ery tveilknoxn to this Hon. Com
mittee of course as they are literary gentle-
. almost impossible lo give any in our ea;crncs.s for men that of all the valuable works of the
noiel.y that nn.ure and d.I.bera.e study which is t day immense editions are published
I i..i-oviri Tiri rnfrrff nti 1.fv-iti.liii If fliro t J
llLWk-UI I awU.WIWt. UllUkl kUI.UI.l! 14 uiikW. 1 t t . . l
umbers I comprised oy hundreds but thousands of j
Inch editions are frequently repeat-
sometimes the sixth or eighth t me. This
hly ihe case with modern wotks bul
most of the valuable works of the old authors
from Josephus and Plutarch whose editions
may be numbered by dozens through the
whole list of those who possess a merit suffi-
ciently apparent lo attract a large number of
readers. What becomes ol these editions;
editions numbering occasionallytwenty thou-
sand copies 1 Do the committee think they
are purchased only " by men of wealth to
pamper a vicious and depraved literary.tasit'
Do men of wealth lbmiMctea-?caiDronor:
KAILS WANTED. t
1500 rails wanted- Apply at this office.
May20hl845. r
RUNNING AT LARGE.
And supposed to be somewhere on or near
Gnijg'i Creek a ted cotr with whit spots upon
tbtbody and a Urge whit hurt an her face ; no
maiks or brandsrecollccted.
Said cow lit with her a b'cb heifer calf six; or
eight months old. The cow "formerly belonged to
Mr. Kincaid.
Any peron hating knoniedge of her prescn
wlnre about": will confer favor by jiving infor-
mation at this office.
Clarkiii.Ic Texas Way I3ih 1545. t f
nomatcr.'I damage
Your com.nittce wauld therefore respectfully re
commend the indefinite postponement of the bill
Dksperate Affray. A most blooJy
affray occuned in Hernando between several
men some eight or ten days siuce tho full
particulars of which we have in vain been
waiting to receive. It occurred between T.
J. Matlock Esq and his brother and over-
seer on one side and a Mr. Forrest on the
other. It seems the Matlocks had a dispute
with another person when young Mr. For.
rrst made some interfering remarks: some
time after which heamlrtBeMatIocks nre't-
when some exciting "langu'ge rosa" between
tbem which itiYuccapMo&ne Mattocks to
raise a j stick toForrest- 'wh'o immediately
arewajevqiving pistoijnna saw worc as
lasi.as.possiuie.sncoiingoom oi tneiuauocKS
tnrougn; me younger i. j. tnrougn me
shoulder and the upper part of the breastand
the other through the arm whiotyhas since
been amputated; Mr. T. J.Matld"cR lies in a
doubtful stale; yottngMr. Fort est also receiv-
cd a slight pistol wound in his arm. The
hmost meloncholy part of the bloody affray
was the death of old Mr. Forrest father
ot the 6lherwho stood some yards off during
tne a ii ray ottering no interference; it is said
he was deliberately shot down by Mr. Mat-
lock's overseer without the least provocation:
oilier reports say the pistol was not aimed
at him; the overseer is in jail. Air. Forrest
was a most woilhy and estimable citizens.
tion of the w
JWJK?aS8Sr
nftres&tiTDfTticjMW that the-ma-jomyiot'pB.aiersro
stents rAorc&nts
in moderate" business tnercBantsVclerfes in-
felligent'mechanics snopkpers and men
generally in the 'middleclass of life who
hiccnot twaVAto-.Iavish in fashionable dis-
piay'.but who have intellects desirous to ex-
pand themselves and ambition to attain dis
tinction by so doing and who even when
without other object find the highest spe
cies of enjoyment in appetizing the most
brilliant emanations of superior minds. The
non. committee will also allow us to ask
them what thai is " vicious and depraved"
is to be " pampered " by the purchase of the
various scientific encyclopedias geographies
and histories which nre continually issuing
from the press? Have tho Hon. Committee
really been so dull of vision as to have per-
the ' cry" except to refuse the request it
conveys. Indeed it is one of the most promi-
nentprcultarities ofthis very strange Report
that tho Committee seem to argue in plain
terms against tho soundness of the maxim
which forms the basis ofour political system :
that the peopU have intelligence arid dis-
cernment enough to act for themselves;
but seemed to think that a supervisory
power was vested in them to prevent tho
'grrat unwashed ' from harming thcmselvrs
by dabbling in muddy water; and pursing
up their mouths-in a solemn war they tell
them that they are afraid the '"good books
already amongst us" are not sufficiently
studied.
The third peculiarity ofthis literary-financial
report which has attracted our observa-
tion is the statement that "it is matter of com-
mon observation that the literary taste of tho
public is at the present day less chate and
the votks of modern authors ccince lest gen-
ius strength and merit ihan those of far
mer days. In polite literature the wotks of
Addisnn Johnson Le Sage and others aro
still unrivalled models for the study and ad-
miration of succeeding ages. In the realms
of fancy and romance the ancients have pre-
occupied the ground and their beautiful and.
thrilling creations remain the uniraitatcd and
inimitable patterns for the whole tribe of busy
scribblers who continue from time to tiujeto
flood the voracious and insatiate public like
the locusts of Egypt with their pestiferous
visitations " etc etc
Here again the position of the Committee
is with us a contested one. We sa that -it
isart matter of common observation except
to this literary financial committee " that the-
lilejary tasievoCthe public is at the prestnt-
day-resschasfe'' and that '-the works of mod
em authors evince less genius strength and
merit than thoso of former dayi." Let-no
man claim chastity of taste for the times of
GU Bias of Tom Jones and of Peregrine
Piclcle and the sickening never-ending ro-
mances of Richardson; and as to " genius
strength and merit" let the gentlemen came
iheir authors and the subjects they are '-unrivalled
up:m and we will produce moderns
who shall equal or surpass theinby the judg-
ment of the world if not the literary-financial
comttiittce of lhe House of Representatives of
the Republic of Texas.
They say that "in polite literature the-
works of Addison Johnson Le Sage and. '
others.are still unrivalled modelsor the study
and admiration of succeeding ages." Mod-
els they certainly are but not unriTaI!edand
with the exception of Johnson not unsurpas-
sed. We mean to say ihalBroagham AlaeV
auley Professor Wilson and Dr. Lsver.areV
all superior to Addison as essayists revic
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De Morse, Charles. The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 20, 1845, newspaper, May 20, 1845; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80556/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.