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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUS T A. MONDAY MORNING, JULY 13. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio ; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican— the patriotic Fanner of Ohio. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TYLER, Os Virginia; A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— —of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriot statesmen. ®■ fOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee." JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. » CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin*' ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalbJT C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. ▼ JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.* E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. TOR CONGRESS, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham. # JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb. LOTT WARREN, of Sumter. THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson. JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. * TrfbMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. ft The Army Bill. u In concluding our comments on this dangerous measure of Mr. Van Buren and his Secretary, which we have already treated at considerable length, we present to our readers, in this day’s paper, the able speech of the Hon. John Campbell, of Virginia; which we give them rather than any remarks of our own. We entreat our readers to peruse this speech carefully, and to reflect that this attempted 'V—* ■outrage upon the constitution and our republican institutions, is made by Martin Van Buren, who is daily making his deceitful professions of republi canism, and who, while he is thus endeavoring by professions to lull the people into security, is de siring to fasten upon the country the most danger ous ar.d for the destruction of the liberties of a free people ever attempted in Amer s ica. People of Georgia, read the Army Fill, and this speech, and put the seal of disapprobation up on that man who dares to recommend its adoption > •consign him and his minions to that infamy which should await every man who thus attempts to de stroy your liberties. Louisiana Election. The election for members of Congress look place in this state on Monday last. We have received the New papers of Tuesday morning, which represent the contest as very animated, and the Whigs as very confident of success. As the * the polls a fe kept open three days, it will be some time before we obtain the final result. The state is at present represented by three Whigs, though we anticipate the election of a Locofoco in one of the districts, in which there has always been an administration .Majority. • The Bankrupt Bill. The National Intelligencer of the Sth inst. says, “This Bill, which passed the Senate after so much laborious discussion of its principles and its details, has received its quietus in the House of Repre sentatives. It came up yesterday in the order of business, received its first and second readings as a matter of course, and then, on the motion of Mr. Pickens, was ordered to lie on the table, until it be dead ! dead ! dead ! We shall hear no more of it at this Session. It is superfluous to say that we regret the fate of this measure. ® The only consoling reflection in the case is, that much has been done by the agita tion of the question now, towards awakening the public mind to a sense of the justice and humanity of the measure proposed, and that at a future Session of Congress it may hope to meet a different fate. The vote upon it, our readers will perceive, was not altogether a party vote, though a large major ity of the Whigs voted in favor of considering the bill, and strong majority of their oppo nents agaiust it. Although nearlj fifty Members were absent from the vote (most of whom are ab sent from the city) it is not believed that the bill would have gained any thing if all the Members had been present. ** U. S. Bank. —We learn from the Philadel phia papers that there is to be no dividend. At a rilfeeting of the Board of Directors, on Monday, it was decided that it was inexpedient to declare a dividend at the present time. Referring to this decision, the Enquirer says— “T ,e effect, as might have been foreseen, was of a depressive character as relates to the quota tions at the Exchange— the stock having receded to 74 —73A.” Execution. The Savannah Georgian says, “We understand that five negroes of the late Mr. Alexander Atkia son, of Camden County, were hung on Monday last at the spot on the plantation of the deceased, where the murder of their late master was com mitted. They were buried under the gallows. A number of persons witnessed the execution.” The Legislature of Connecticut has passed an act abolishing capital punishment, and substitu ting confinement for life. Harrison Meeting in Taliaferro. At a meeting of the citizens of Raytown, and its vicinity, held on Thuisday, the 9th of July, 1840, for the purpose of making preparation for furnish ing a Harrison free Barbecue, to be given at Ray town, in Taliaferro county, on Saturday, the Ist day of August next; Dr. John M. Anthony was called to the Chair, and Pearce O’Leary was ap pointed Secretary. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a commit tee of nine to carry into effect the object of the meeting. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a commit tee of correspondence, to consist of five. Resolved, That a general invitation be extended to our fellow citizens of the adjoining counties, without distinction of parties, and that our worthy and distinguished Representatives in Congress, viz: Dawson, Alford, King, Habersham, Nisbet, and Warren ; and that our candidates for Electors, and the balance of our Representative ticket for Con gress be, and they aje through this medium, in vited to participate. Resolved, That Gen. Grier be requested to act as Marshal of the day. J. M, ANTHONY, Chairman. PEARCE O’LEARY, Secretary. Raytown, Taliaferro co., July 9, 1840. Fire in Natchez. —The Free Trader of the 3d gives an account of a fire that broke out in Natchez on the previous morning, in the bakery of Mr. Rogan, situated under the Bluff. The estimated loss is as follows : S. Cotton’s warehouse SSOOO ; goods in do. on storage, SB,IOO ; Mobley’s ware house. $2,800; Dr. Hyde’s Drug Store, SIO,OOO ; store and dwelling of Mr. Terras, S3OOO ; Rogan,s bakery, 2,800 ; total, 31,700. Proceedings of Council. Council Chamber, July 10, 1840.7 Friday, 10 o’clock, a. m. 3 Council met —Present, Hon. D. Hook, Mayor — Alderman Dunlap, Harper, Flemming, Miller, Jackson, Richards, Bones, Parish, Warren, and Robertson. The minutes of the meetings of the loth and 29th of June, were read and confirmed. The appeal cases from the police docket were called, and determined as follows: City vs. D. S. Boutett, viol’n. Sec. 1. con firmed, fine SSO 00 do B. Pace, do do 18 25 00 do J. J. Brookshire, do 18 25 00 do H. B. Liverman, do 18 fine doubled, 50 00 do N. O. Hinchman, do 18 10 00 do Elizabeth Wood, do 1 50 00 The petition of Isaac Taj lor, Josiah Sibley, and others was read, and on motion it was ordered te lie on the table. Council adjourned to meet a half past 3 o’clock. Council met pursuant to adjournment —Present Hon. D. Hook, Mayor. Alderman Robertson, Parish, Dunlap, Miller, Warren, Bones, and Har per. The minutes of the meeting of the morning were read, and confirmed. The following returns were received from the officers of Council, with the Collector and Treasu rers’ receipt for the amount annexed to their names: Clerk of the Lower Market, fees '..5102 50 do Upper do do 447 Keeper of tire Magazine, Storage, . .67 50 Jailor, Incidental, 14 32 Clerk Court Common Pleas, fees, 670 12 Keener of the Ferry, toll, 765 00 City Marshal, Fines and Guard House,.. ~206 00 Auctioneers for duties on auction sales,. . . .705 1-1 The sexton reports the death of 3 white and 6 black persons during the last month. The keeper of Hospital reports two persons remaining in that institution at this date. The Mayor reported the costs of work done on he streets, and repairs of damages on account of the freshet up to the 15th July, to be $5,143 72. The am’t actually paid out has been.. —3,062 31 And the amount due up to July 15th 2,087 41 $5,149 72 On motion it was ordered that three thousand dollars be added to the contingent fund, and placed in the hands of the Mayor, to continue the im provements and repairs on the streets. On motion the Jail Committee was authorized to advert’se for sealed proposals to supply the jail with beef for the next twelve months, and that the party taking the contract, be required to give security for the performance of the same. The following resolution was offered and agreed to— Resolved, That after the 25th inst,, executions be issued against all persons who are in default in the payment of the city tax for the present year. The following bills were severally read and or dered to be paid. J. H. Mann, cash adv’donUp. Bridge &c. $709 41 F, Blodget, Guard House and contingent expenses, 40 87 C. J. Cook, on account engines, 150 00 P. H, Mantz, pumps and wells, 9 00 Bridge Committee, work on road, 32 50 D. Leopard work on streets,. 9 00 J. H. Spencer, do &c 50 00 B. Picquct &W, Sindersine, Hospital,... 14 00 R. P. Spellman, Engine, - 75 00 O. Danforth, Incidental, , ... 8 50 P. Crumps, Brick Calverts, 60 00 W. C. Berry hill, Hospital, 10 50 W. Brady, Street, 32 50 Richmond Co. Academy, Rent of ferry,,. 100 00 do Annuity, ~ 300 00 Rich & Cavinder, City Ha 11,,, 10 00 A Cunningham, Streets, 110 25 S. S. Brown, Engines, * 75 00 Clarke, McTier & Co., Incidental,.,,.. , 144 00 J. Simpson, H05pita1,....,,...,, 3 50 J. G. Dunlap, Incidental,, 33 93 J. T. Taylor,Salary, ~, 43 34 McKee & Dow, for S. L. Basford, paving, S 2 53 J. R. Scott, Bridge, 36 00 G. F. Parish, pumps and wells,,, 105 00 Do incidentals, 20 00 The bill of J, B. Bowlcy was ordered to be paid, agreeably to the number of Bricks known to be delivered, which was estimated at 15M. The following Resolution was offered by Mr. Harper, and agreed to : Resolved, That his honor the Major he request ed to have a drain made along the centre of Walker street, from Campbell street to Campbell’s Gully, with the view of draining more speedily and ef fectually the low grounds near the depository of the Geo. R. Road and Banking Co. On motion that his honor the Mayor appoint a special committee to report an Ordinance respect ing the storage of Lime within the city of Augusta, his honor named the following gentlemen on that Committee: Messrs Harper, Warren, Robertson, and Crump. Council adjourned. S. H. OLIVER, Clerk. 1 From Florida. i St. Augustine, July 3. gjßy the steamer Santee, which arrived on Wed * nesday from Black Creek, we learn that a woman, ' supposed the mother of Wild Cat. and his child, - have been taken, by the command of Col. Harney, t near the Ahapopka and are now at the Creek. We are also informed that a free neg.o, said to be of 5 Connecticut, who was cook on board the schooner Comet, wrecked some time since oh the coast, was also taken. The crew were all murdered near New Smyrna, as the letters indicated which were * found near their remains. The fellow was spared, ; and has been with them over 20 months. A good many tales are afloat, at relations made by him, but wc forbear giving them currency for the ■ present. Lt. Newton, 2d Dragoons, Aid-de-camp to the j Commanding General, arrived in town last evenir-', from Fort King. He is accompanied by the negro y Sam, lately taken at Wild Cat's camping giound. - It is now decided that the Depot at Garey’s Fer ry is to be removed to Pilatka. Contracts for la borers, wc understand, are offered at S2O per month ' to assist in the transportation and builuings. 1 A Family Consumed. —The Perth (U. C.) ■ Courier gives the particulars of the burning of a shanty in South Sherbrooke, belonging to a man named Patrick Foley ; by which six children, the eldest a girl of 15 years of age, lost their lives. The parents having business at Perth, left the shanty and children in charge of their el dest daughter, and on their return found nothing but a heap of ashes, in which were found same of the bones of the children. It was supposed that the shanty had taken fire while they were asleep, as the bones were found near where the beds stood. President Van Buren’s Standing Army, of Two Hundred Thousand Men ! Addhess of John Campuell, late Treasurer of the United States, to the people of his native county in Virginia. Fellow Citizens—ln the remarks I had the honor ot submitting to you on your last court day, at the request of many old friends and ac quaintances, I had not then had an opportunity of seeing the Bill which is at this time before Con gress, in relation to the reorganization of the Mi litia of the United States. My remarks were founded upon the Report of the Secretary of War, made to the President of the United States, at the commencement of the present session of Con gress, and in order that I might not misrepresent the Secretary, or do injustice to the President, in : commenting upon the plan of an army he strongly I recommended, I quoted the Report itself, and read it precisely as it ivas made to Congress, and called upon every man present to read it—to take it home with him—to study it, and to form his own opinions upon it, as it appeared publish ed before the world. I had road it over repeat edly, and had reflected on it maturely, and could make nothing of it but the recommendation of a great Standing Army, in a period of profound peace—to be organized out of the militia, and of course to he raised by forcing the young men of our country into the ranks, as regular soldiers ! Here is the plan of the Army, word for ivord, as it was recommended to Congress, by the Presi dent—the plan which the President says he cannot too highly recommend : “ It is proposed to divide the United States into eight Militaiy Districts, and to organize the Mili tia in each District, so as to have a body of 12,500 men in each District, IN ACTIVE SERVICE, and another of equal number as a reserve. “This would give an armed militia force of 200.000 men, so drilled and stationed, as to he ready to take their places in the ranks in defence of their country, whenever called upon to op pose the enemy or repel the invader. The age of the recruit tc be from 20 to 37; the whole term of service to be 8 years —4 years in the first class, and 4 in the reserve. One fourth part, 25.000 men, to leave service evety year, passing at the conclusion of the first term into the re serve, and exempted from ordinary militia duty altogether, at the end of the second. In this manner 25,000 men will be discharged from ordi nary militia duty every year, end 25,000 fresh recruits be received into the service.” According to this plan, 12,500 men were to he kept in “ active service” in each District, and yet we are told it was not to be a Standing Ar my !!! What is a Standing Army, hut one that is kept in active service 1 But how was this army to be raised 7 Not by a voluntary enlistment. The militia were to he so organized as to have a body of 100,000 in active service; of course they were to he drafted and forced into the ranks. But we have the law now before us as pro posed by the President in Congress. It is here in the form of a Bill, and is now before me in the official organ of the Government, published at Washington. Here it is, fellow citizens, read it for yourselves, and form your own opinions a bout it. lam vastly deceived, if you do not see in it a Standing Army, and one too, that threat ens to fasten upon you forever a military despot ism. It is proposed,first — “ That every man on the militia roll above the age of 21 and under 45, shall provide himself, at his own expense , with a good musket, bore of capacity to receive a lead ball of 18 in the pound, a sufficient bayonet and belt; two spare flints ; knapsack, cartridge box, to contain at least 24 cartridges suited to the bore of his musket, and each cartridge to contain a hail and three buck shot, and a sufficient quantity of powder ; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch and pow der-horn or flask, with sufficient powder and ball for 24 charges, and two spare flints; and that he shall appear so armed, accoutred and provided, when called out for exercise or into service. And 1 every citizen so enrolled and providing himself 1 with the arms, ammunitions and accoutrements 1 required as aforesaid, shall hold the same exemp i ted from all debts, distresses, or executions, or sales for debt, or for payment for taxes.” One million and a half of men in the U. States, are then in the first place, required by this law 1 to provide for themselves arms, ammunition and ' accoutrements, at their own expense / The hon -1 est young farmers and mechanics of our country, i many of whom, we all know, are struggling, by ) their laudable and honest exertions, to maintain their little families, are required to do all this at 1 their own expense, to raise up an imperial army 1 for the President, whilst the militia man, who is 1 worth thousands and tens of thousands, is re » quired to do no more. The poor and the rich I are taxed equally in providing their arms, and I ammunition and accoutrements ! 1 his is a mea . sure that comes recommended to us by our Dem ocratic President! Will you believe your own eyes, fellow citizens 7 Here is the bill before me * in the Government organ published at Washing ) ton, and the editor hihhly extols the hill, show ) ing that the Administration are determined to > have it passed into a law, if they are sustained by the people at the approaching elections. , The editor says : “After this developement we hope to hear no more of this unwarranted out cry against a plan so eminently calculated to ' render efficient the permanent defences of the country.” This feature in the bill, requiring all the mili r tia in the United States to contribute equal por tions in providing arms, ammunition and accou ’ trements, I consider most outrageously unjust; hut this you will find the least objectionable part of it, when you come to examine its other pro visions. i From the mass of the militia thus armed, are . to be drafted 100,000 men, to be called the active corps , and are to be marched twice a year to ’ some point of rendezvous within a military dis ' trict, and are there to he put under the absolute ’ and entire control and government of the Presi dent of the United States, for as many days as Congress may choose to prescribe !—This power is conferred upon the President in a state of pro found peace, when there is neither invasion, in surrection, or resistance to the laws of the Un ion ! Our military district is to be composed ot the States of Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia; and under this law, the active corps of militia can be marched to any point within their district, twice a year, and there be subjected to any rules of discipline our Gov erment the President may think proper to estab lish. They can be marched to Richmond, Nor folk, Washington, Baltimore or Delaware, twice a year, are to be regarded as in the service of the United Stales, from the time they are ordered from their homes until they return ! And at a lime too, be it remembered, when there is no war, no invasion, insurrection, or resistance to the laws! I will here quote the section verbatim, as it has been recommended to Congress by the President, in order that you may form your own opinions about it. It is in the following words : “ 17. That the President of the United States be authorized to call forth and assemble such numbers of the active force of militia at such places in their respective Districts, and at such times, not exceeding twice, nor days in the year, as he may deem necessary ; and during such period, including the time when going to and re turning from the place of rendezvous they shall bo deemed in the service of the United States, and be subject to such regulations as the President may think proper to adopt for their instruction, discipline and improvement , in military know ledge” // / This law then provides, as wc see, that the whole body of the militia in the United States, a mounting now to more tnan a million and a hall of men, shall in the first place be required to arm, accoutre and provide themselves with ammuni tion at their own expense —and that they are to be divided into Military Districts—that 12,500 are to be drafted in each district, in other words forced into the ranks —that they are to be march ed twice a year to some point within this district that they are to be kept in service such time as Congress may direct, and that they are to be re garded as in the service of the United States from the time they are maiched from their homes until they return to them. They are not to be governed by the laws and regulations now in force for the government of the Army of the U. States, but they are to be “governedby such reg ulations as the President may choose to pre scribe /” —He can under the authority of this law, inflict any punishments upon them he may choose, for any violations of the rules of disci pline 7 Yes, he can order your sons and neph ews and young brothers to be stripped if he choo ses, and scourged at the common whipping post, for any act which he may designate as a military offence —for any act lie may choose to call a vio lation of his rules of discipline. He proposes himself that this power shall be conferred upon himself! ! Have I misinterpreted this proposed law 7 Read it and judge for yourselves. The 17th section does expressly provide that when the militia are at the place of rendezvous, “they shall be regarded as in the service of the United States, and be subject to such regulations as ihe \ President may think proper to adopt.” j Suppose one ol his regulars should be that very , militiaman who appeared upon parade, with his arms, accoutrements, or ammunition, out of order should be strung up at the whipping-post, and get 39 lashes on his bare back. Has he not the power under this law to adopt such a regulation 7 Am I to be told there is no danger in granting such a power as this 7 —That it will never be ex ercised I—lndeed ! Is this the language of free men 7 Is it the language of Republicans 7 That 1 they are willing to grant absolute, despotic power, in a time of peace, to a partizan President, undei the consoling hope it will never be exercised. ! Where has been the mortal man, from the begin ; niug of time to the present moment, to whom has I been granted absolute despotic power, who has 1 not occasionally made use of it! Where is the I mortal, fallible, frail man, who feels power, that does not forget right ? Where is the human being who, possessing despotic and irresponsible power, is not occasionally cruel and unjust? But will I dare to insult my countrymen, you brave Mountaineers, by telling you, that such a j power ought to be granted to any President, be cause it may not be exercised 7 Our forefathers reasoned very differently.—They “ augured mis government at a distance, and snuffed the ap proach ot tyrants in every tainted breese.” They braved and bearded the British Lion, for an ab stract principle, which they thought might lead to their subjugation 7 But where does Congress get the power to call forth the militia, in time of peace—to put them in the service of the United States—to subject them to the absolute military regulations and government of the President, by this bill, is i a most palpable and audacious violation of the Federal Constitution. The Blh section of the Constitution, and the 13lh, 14th, and Isth arti cles, are in these words; Congress (not the President) shall have power: “13. To make rules for the government of the Land and Naval forces. “ 14. To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union , to suppress insurrections and repel it.vasions. “15. To provide for arming and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. We see that the Constitution authorises the militia to be called out, only when there is war— when there is invasion, insurrection ox resistance to the laws. And when they are trained, it must be by the States, according to the discipline pre scribed by Congress and not by the President. But here is a law recommended by the Presi dent, which proposes to authorize him to call out the militia twice a year —to march them off some 3 or 400 miles to a place of rendezvous— to place them in the service of the United States, and to give him (the President) the absolute gov ernment of them—and authorizing him to make any regulations for their discipline that “ he may think proper,” when the country is in a state of profound peace ! Could there be a more outrage ous infraction of the plain provision of the Con stitution 7 Was there ever a irore open, daring and audacious stride towards *despoctic power 7 But we are told that all this marching and coun ter marching—all this service under the General Government —all this power in the President to make any military regulations he pleases for the government of his continental troops —all the power to inflict stripes, if he chooses, for the vio lation of his regulations—all these muskets, bay onets, powder and bullets, to be furnished by the militia, at their own expense ; and this imperial parade of war , in a state of profound peace, means only organizing and classifying the mili tia, —and therefore, we pour, ignorant, silly fellows are the greatest green-horns in the world for making any objection to it! Well now, fel low-citizens, does it make any difference by what name we call such a system ? Does it change its nature 7 Does it change its nature 7 Does it change the thing itself!—Suppose we call it the very qiiiniescsnce of Democracy ? Will that beautiful phrase, so often used, make our marches to Richmond, Washington, or Baltimore, or to any other point of rendezvous in the Mili tary District, any easier to be performed 7 Will it make the President’s military discipline, what ever it may be, any more agreeable to us l Will it make it easier for us to purchase arms and am munition at our own expense! Will it pre vent us from catching camp fevers, when encamp ed at the point of rendezvous, and coming home with broken constitutions 7— How this marching and counter-marching; how this service under tho absolute government of the President; how this purchasing, at our own expense, the mus kets, bayonets and bullets, means organizing and classing the militia , I am wholly incompe tent to decide. I acknowledge my total ignor ance of the meaning of the terms organizing and classing the militia, if they mean (putting them in the service of the United States, in the time of peace, and authorizing the President to describe any punishment he pleases tor the vio lation of his rules of military discipline ! lam wholly ignorant of the terms, if they mean marching twice a year to a place of rendezvous within a Military District and there kept in actu al service, under the regulations of the President as long as Congress shall prescribe! But, if those terms have any such meaning, then I am wholly opposed to organizing and classing in any such style. I care not what names you give the system. It is outrageously unjust —will he intolerably oppressive, and will inevitably over throw the liberties of this country, if ever it is attempted to be carried into effect. What is the object of such an active force in time of peace, or if the name is more agreeable, of such an “ organization and classification” of the militia? Is there any man so blinded with party spirit, as not to see the object of it ? The militia are to be assembled twice a year, in im mense masses, at some point within the Military District. Our District, as I have stated, will be composed of Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia. Ten thousand five hun dred men are to be marched twice a year to any point within the District, the President may se lect, and there kept encamped, and in service, as long as Congress may direct. The centre of this military district would probably be Richmond or Winchester. A forcible writer in one of the public journals, gives the following exposition of the views of the President, in proposing to Con gress the establishment of this immense continen tal army. “ Under the 17th section, the soldiers compo sing the active force of each District, are to march twice a year, at the bidding of the Presi dent, to a place of general rendezvous somewhere within the military district, to remain there, and to undergo the exercises of discipline, for so long a time as Congress, (that is, the President.) may desire. The time in reality, will depend on the progress the soldiers may make, in giving indication of their being penetrated by the influ ences, which during the rendezvous, will be brought to be bear upon them, to incline them to the support and service of the President. He himself, if he chooses, and no doubt will, appear among them, and with gracious condescension, win the favorable regard of his soldiers, who will ever after be his leige men — will sustain him and his men at the polls, and do his bidding to repeal any enemy, or subject any State. Whilst marching to, and parading at, and returning from the place of rendezvous, the President’s soldiers are to be considered, as the project declares, in the service of the United States, and be subject to such regulations as to discipline and training, as the President may think proper to adopt, and are also to receive the same pay as the regular army of the United States. Be it remembered, that un- I der this scheme, the citizens of Virginia may be j coercively marched twice a year, in a time of the most profound peace, out of the Slate of Vir ginia, even into Delaware, and there encamped and disciplined with the other soldiers of the Mil itary District.” Yes, here is the w hole object of the scheme laid open with the hand of a master. The militia, thus embodied, and armed, and accoutred at their own expense, are to he marched off’twice a year, at a great distance from their houses— to be as sembled in musses, that the President may have an opportunity of receiving them with his Se cretary of War, and Cabinet Officers, and splen did retinue of imperial staff, with plumes waving colors, flying, cannons roaring, and bands of mu sic resound with the glorious National Air of “ Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances.” Here is to he displayed to the astonishing and delighted visions of the ardent young men of our country, all “the pride pomp, and circum stance of glorious war !” What an admirable scheme! for a President of the United States, armed with the patronage and power which he has usurped, to make converts—to decide elec tions in doubtful States—to crush all the State Institutions —and finally, if he chooses, to pro claim himself Emperor of this great Republic ! Is there any man so wedded to party ; so blinded and bigotted by party resentment ; so unmindful of the welfare of his country ; so utterly deaf to the warnings of history, in all past time, as not to see in ibis scheme, the seeds of Despo tism 1 Fellow-citizens, need I ask any one of you if you are in favor of this scheme, call it what you will? Will you say that you are opposed to the Scheme, but in favor ofthe man who is determined, if re-elected, to fasten it up on the country ? Has parly spirit got to that point in this country, that we have determined to obey its dictates if it leads to our own destruction Is the man, who proposes such a scheme as this to the American people, fit to be their Ptesi dent? Has he not served us long enough ? I appeal to you as patriots, as men who love your country, is not four years long enough for any man to be intrusted with the immense power which the President possesses ? With the im mense patronage, and immense salary he enjoys of $25,000 a year would it not be better for the country, that he should know that he was to serve but on term? Then we should hearnoe more of these gigantic schemes of continental armies in time of peace, intended for no other earthly pur pose, but to insure his re-election !! But, as an argument in favor of this vast scheme to arm the President with this military power, we are told, that General Harrison recommend'd the same thing, some 18 or 19 years ago. It has been a most remarkable characteristic in the fame of Gen. Harrison, in this cruel and ungrate ful w 7 ar which has been waged upon his well earned reputation, that upon those very points of it, upon which he lias been most violently assail ed, are the very ones upon which he seems to have surrounded himself with a rampart of defence that is altogether impregnable. The more he is rub bed, the brighter he shines ! His enemies con tribute more to make hi.n Piesident than his friends! They assail him upon his strongest points, and have constantly been beaten off with bloody noses, bruised faces, and broken limbs. They had better turn in and praise the old Gen eral, or they will make his majority too large. Gen. Harrison never recommended any such scheme as this army of conscripts, or any thing like it. On the contrary, his recommendations on the subject of disciplining the militia 18 years ago, were precisely the reverse of this scheme. Fortunately, for his fame, we have his reports upon this subject, here in Abingdon, in a volume of State papers, published at Washington, by the authority of Congress. Every citizen of our county can have them read to him, if he chooses. In the Report of the 9th of January, 1838, Gen. Harrison says: ‘-That the Constitution having made it the duly of Congress to provide for ar ming the militia, this power is not duly exercised by enacting that the militia shall arm themselves. A law to that effect, unsanctioned by penalties, would be disregarded, and if thus sanctioned, will be unjust, for it will operate as a capitation tax, which the rich and the poor will pay equally, and which will not be borne by the States in the pro portion fixed by the Constitution. The Commit tee do not approve the plan of putting arms in the hands ofthe militia, when not necessary. That mode would expose the arms to be lost and de stroyed.—They conceive that Congress should provide Arsenals, from which the militia from ev ery part of the United States should dr - when necessary, which would be a sudj?' .qr ercise of the power to provide for arming? ever itia. Congress having power to provider tortii erning the mili’ia only when they are in ih own vice of the United States, and the auU./f training them belonging te the the Committee have not deemed u p ro " r‘s‘ has i Congress should prescribe the time to l, e d ’. i3t a chi to training , or the manner in which that p** were can be best effected. It is the duly of t!; e °^ 3 strat Legislatures to enact the necessary lavr«f o ■ cash purpose.” took Here, fellow-citizens, is a true, genuine t^ie ' stitulional, Republican doctrine, and so f state it doing any discredit to Gen. Harrison V 0 ® remain among the archives of his country *' “I monument of his wisdom, of his philanth’ such and of his knowledge of the Constitution an f' “1 stitutions of his country. ‘ rise < In his report of January 22d, 1819, heir. conti the following remarks about disciplining until lia : °‘ ' overl “ The great difficulty to be encountered j application of a system of discipline or m il P ursl instruction, to a great population, scattered Zi use 1 an immense territory.—The accomplishing P roc this object is evidently not within the p llVf . whic the Government. To instruct the militia 0 f .■! distil country to any useful extent, would requ , * larger portion of their time, than they could. high sibly spare from the duty of providing f ur t | * families, unless they are liberally paid, and * hel pay them would absorb all the resources of ■ nation.' ’ g rca Now, here, fellow-citizens, arc the sentimr plan of a patriot, and of a good man, that do Gene eneF Harrison everlasting honor. They docredit his heart, as well as Ks head.—They show V Wen questionably, that he nas those kind and bene," d ? nt lent feelings for his f How man; for the silua > ,lk ® of the militia of his country as well as those hi endowments of the mind, which fit him tobei W&S Chief Magistrate of our country. We find hn here, not dragging off’the militia, twice a v e ,' V* to places of rendezvous, some 300 or 400 mfe th ® ' from their homes, to he disciplined under the or. ders of the President, in a slate of profound peace \\ Gen. Harrison says that, the General Govern. * u ment has no right to discipline the militia, is , such away, and that “it would require a l ar jrt-oW) portion of their time, than they could spare fre JIE the duty of providing for their families.”® ’The friends of Gen. Harrison ought (oh thankful to his enemies for bringing this char<»- against him. It has only enabled them to hut s-so up evidence and documents, which accumub every day, of his patriotism, his benevolence, ads r his wisdom, as a Statesman. But, all sorts of charges h: vc been brought* Qqx gainst this war worn soldier, who has served t country so long, and so faithfully—who has toil"ML ed so long, and so often, in perilous campaigns who has exposed his life so often in bloody field* of battle, for the safety and welfare of our Wes. tteg tern frontier; who has passed through a public ET, life of such spotless purity, after having millions n, er of public money passing through his Lands, as if t, jq some public good could be effected by destroyii; the fame of a patriot, who will unquestionably live upon the page of impartial history, as onecf p or the fathers of his country. All this was to t* j nte expected, when his countrymen nominaledhia |j e | 0 for the Presidency; but the old General has slot.; p fire so often, and his camp is so well fortified,tk ag the whole artillery of a partizan press let off up- t jj e on him, can’t even make him move a muscle,® n injure a hair of his head ! gerv Who are his accusers ? Are they soldiers an: pg r p officers who fought under him—who are cove ed with honorable scars and wounds they recti- \ ved in fighting the battles oftheircountry ? M gwe they the men who were with him—who foughi a v i by his side, and we r e eye witnesses of his skill, Mac or defects, as an officer ? Who are the men wbo gur j have left memorials| in his favor, and who had pp- b eer povtunities of judging of his conduct in battle, and of his talents and bravery, as a great Coo- ac t e mander? Why, the very names of the men who Tha have left these memorials to the fame of Genera. con , Harrison, ought to thrill the heart of every ga.- lant mountaineer; ought to warm his blood ari ma , and brighten his eyes with patriotic fervor. Ht the commenced his career with General Anthony r Wayne, (“old mad Anthony” as he was called tale in battle) the bravest—the Marshall Ney of tin \ American revolution ! The flames of savage vn: livii were raging in the West—“the war-whoop W Jan wakened even the sleep of the cradle,” wha test Harrison, then a nohleheaned youth at school,ii pur Virginia, flew to the assistance of our Western | C c settlers. He took with him a commission froi gcei General Washington, who was then Presidenla mat the United States, and who had been the intimate bosom friend and companion of his father, vibe Sta had signed with Jefferson, the Declaration ofh r . dependence. con He was by the side of Wayne amMiore his or- gre der, as his Aid-de-Camp, like a gallant yonr; me Virginian, throughout the whole of that men) last table battle fought with the Indians at the Rap!® stat of the Maumee, in 1794. A battle that restore! a i o peace to our whole Western frontier, from Pitt pl a burg to the Tennessee line; which gave safety U am the infant and tranquility to the mother, as sbf of pressed it to lies bosom in her nightly slumte === What did Gen. Anthony Wayne say about bit * Aid-de-Camp in his official coinmumcatioiijaboc i the battle to Gen. Washington ? Ifere are Mi own wmrds ; “ My faithful and gallantLieut.Hat- rison, rendered the most essential services by coif , municating my orders in every direction, and ? ! his conduct and bravery in exciting the Troop to press for victory.” His conduct in this ball* Jm alone, under all the circumstances, will ens® l Wa him immortality and entitle him to the event ting gratitude of his country—lt conies to - g from a veteran ofthe American Revolution—ln® mi “ thedays of auld lang syne,” from Gen. Anti of ny Wayne, who was 7 nailed throughout the I* States after the victory of the Maumee at c ve ’. r 1 village, hamlet and cross road, from one end l g Continent to the other, as the Saviour of his cour, try. I remember well when a hoy myself, ba never rode through this country any where,Hl any direction, that I did not see painted up®* every signboard at eve.y hotel I passed, the p 1 ; ture of Gen. W'ayne upon horseback, she*!:. the universal gratitude and admiration entef ta q, cd for his services and character, by® every in the country. Harrison, fellcw citizens, was one of hi* coß he | rades in that glorious conflict that restored pf a - c ' Jr our whole Western country, and fj General Wayne says, the most essential “by his conduct and bravery in C( his orders in every direction, and by exciting troops to press for victory.” F But is Gen. Wayne the only witness ol lutionary fame who can be called upon to i < in favor of Gen. Harrison? M hat e ° Shelby say, who led the Militia of Kentucky' n C( battle of the Thames—the battle in whir i j., captured an entire British and savage An ll ?’ s; conquered all Upper Canada? What does Shelby say, who led the militia ot an ' ♦ State in the battle of King’s Mountain, an w lautly performed his part in achieving a ' IC f, which Mr. Jefferson said was the ''■fir d 1 q the tide of success, which terminated the I lutionary War with the seal our oj F j ii dcnce . jjt * What does the veteran of the Revolu io about Gen. Harison, who mounted his war ,|| 1 in his old appearance and his voice, and t u j ling recollections of his deeds of jjjp- q Why fellow citizens, he voluntarily pl ace >n jl q self under the command of Gen. ilarrisoru . was an eyewitness of every movement, a u, I ry act, and of every part of his cont uC y oU piHi battle throughout the whole Campaign- M admit that Gov. Shelby knew war, and about the talents and skill ot K'BA It was impossible that he could be