Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-26
ARSrRACTIONs.
An,odo,s Of Oh MAJ. Macon.

ANfC0nc q y v =
we have never seen a bSter IlIisIrIIIIa OF Ih'
mischieyou, doctrine Of AOstractiJns. Ihm is cun
lained IN the snecdJle bell y. deIalle by Geheri
R,mulus NJ Sluniers. tbs { IN bin candiine 10
Congress IA Iae Rdeigh DisirIci, v &. Tau au!
one she oil use il TO recommend hims eli aml la
cause 10 a people OF c1.nnIa sease. wpuld seen
wonderful; but Gr 40 trIclioIisIs IL Il > Is la slur
keeping with the chlracIsr OI that strI,se p'IIucL
genus We have rarely sea auy 1T iteu-.ne.
of genus All rnIsllecIud acIIvi'y a, ml y nj them
Ire-NhJ hL cIun'd SEA. va c'h;d Lr,i-
Them elves i 'wh to the y rle.stLn ling Jl ordinary
men. or c mp c ieul the mlIcnce,, NiIca opera,
Up "a ham IN society. Tiey ara sky sc'aper.-h I
fit tor hts enh - al tre sI'cliertL'y we're al
latpd. the better It ~ I'D he Er Ih,n al :r uher.
Ger ainly They are not III To t,ke charge Of sheep
if Ihis Oyerse.r absIrlct.onisI Is 10 be Ilkea Tor 4,
slmple;-Rieh. Wh,g,
From the Fayetteville y. c. Observer.
flat SHEEP STORY In his speech here
Gen Saunders related an anecdole about Mr. M
Gun aud his sheep. which we hone he will tel
wherever he goes. u Is dry. 10 be sure. bat ia,
Wings will laugh nj It.. IL the Locus wuhI. Aztec
promising that his object was To illustrate the pro-
pr'eIy Of adhenng literally to The very letter of the
Constitution. we may relate the story. which rat
somewhat thus:
MIR Macon. on starting Er Congress On Lne &C
casi"n. gave his overseer written directions as 10 IhC
management Of hs plantation during his absence
which he calculated wOulI not he hanger than May,
One item Of the instruction was. that hIs sheep wer,
To be kept ia a certain Well. the overseer uleyed
instructions iC a letter. aud the old gentleman, whef
he came home. si a Somewhat later period than IA,
N AW naAraA liz e.
shi. Among the rest, "hoS are The Sheep" de.
mlnded he. Deal. SIT" Dead! how. thar
Why. sir. you told me 10 keep them in the field. and
when the summer came On. The water dred up, an,
they ell died." but why didn't you move them l.,
anu her ield!' "Oh sIr, I lDuked into the raper you
gave me aud it wasn't h1r,"
1--WE must say, that we Ia. e seldom seen a joke
50 much relied on by lis author. 50 luIle relishe,I
by his friends. They appeared to he sensible. II the
General was MT, thu D. his Own showing. his
great favouure. Calhoun, has proved u most un-
faithful overseer; icr he has Advocated Protection
Tariff. Bank. aud Internal improvements, though the
General asserts. and every bOlY is willing To admit
that neither Tariff. Bank. nor Internal Improve
meut, is once mentioned IN Le Constitution. They
doubtless thought, too. that ra her than all the sheen
should have died. the Ove'soer would have done
well To exercise a lule com Ion sense; just a.. uu-
der the lIIh paragraph Of the 9Th scciIDn of the
LIST article OF the e msIituiio 4. Congress Is vesieI
with The power To use a lutte discretion 10 do what
may be necessary aud proper" Tor carrying OIL the
government. But the Generals idea is, that the
government had better he pemiueI - Gre. than To
do any thing not expressly Land d 'wn in the consIi-
tuition.
whenever any gread good is To be accomplished
the sheep To be preserved from perishmg for want
Of wafer up starts sJme loco fOcu overseer with
objections To The exercise OF u doubtful power
but 1t IL all right when Jackson aud Van Buren, vi.
Gate the constitution To destroy the public prosper.
iiy."