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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. § AUGUSTA. SATURDAY MORNING, JULY IS. — FOR FRESII)ENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Os Ohio y invincible Hero of Tippecanoe —the incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican— the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. FOB, 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 DeKalb. C, B. STRONG, of Bibb. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke. E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. FOR 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. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. The People are Coming. From the Atlantic to the Mountains, from the Savannah to the Chattahoochie, the people are moving in the great cause of rational liberty and reform. The appointment of delegates to the Macon Convention surpasses every thing of the kind ever seen in Georgia, and from present in dications the Second Thursday in August, be a proud day in the history of Georgia. The Patriot citizens of old Republican Scriven» have nobly come to the rescue, and bid defiance to the dictation of the renegade Black, and her voice is responded to in glowing strains, by Old Lincoln. Hall, too, altho’ the youngest of the three, has not been wanting in zeal in this great struggle She will £snd forth her hundred and fifty hardy eons, the generous, the noble tillers of the soil and working men, to pour their libations upon the al s of their country’s liberties. Whet cause will not prosper in which are em barked the choicest spirits of the land I—in which are found shoulder to shoulder the Mechanic, the Laborer, the Planter, the Merchant, and the pro fessional man, all zealously engaged to rescue the Constitution 1 Louisiana Election. The Picayune of the 12th, says : The town was full of rumors yesterday, in relation to the election of Members of Congress in the 2d and 3d Districts. At one time, it was confidently asserted that Daw son had been defeated in the 2d by a small major ity, but this report was not entitled to credit* Dawson has undoubtedly been returned, although his majority, as stated at first, is small. In the 3d District the Whig candidate, Moore, is far aheadf of his opponent, Winn ; but whether he will carry a sufficient majority into the strong holds of Locofocoism is still a question. Moore’s majority, according to the reports in town, is in the neighborhood of 80' some say over that number. Tne general impression is, that he will be elected. The New Orleans Courier of the 11th inst., (a Van Buren paper,) says:—-The fact is, the Demo cratic party in New Orleans should pursue quite a different course in the next election, if they desire to hold together at all; and the patronage and confidencegof the general government must be withdrawn from its enemies, and the foes of the people. Capt. Henry Hauietl. The Locofoco organs have set up quite a shout over the accession of Capt. Daniell, of Kentucky. Prentice who seems to very familiar with the Captain’s political career, speaks of him thus : q3* Capt. Henry Daniell, three or four years ago in giving an exposition of his abandonment of the loco foco party, said—“l was contented to ■lie for the party a great while, but when they wanted me to swear to my lies, I bolted.” From the fact that the Captain has gone back to the party, it is very evident that he now considers himself ready to “ swear to his lies.” Gen. Harrison will be tried and condemned on the 4th of March next.— Globe. Not unless you bring negro witnesses against him as you did against Lieut. Hooe. (r/*The Virginia Reformer calls the Extra Globe “a granary for the supply of the whole De mocratic party.” It looks to us a great deal moie •hkelTgranny-ry. From the N. Y. Courier Sr Enquirer. Official. —We copy the following official an nouncement of the abolitionists from the Evening Post, the official organ of Mr. Van Buien’s admin* istiaUon in this city, and of the Tory corporation. We commend it to the special attention of Mr. Amos Kendall and Mr. Ritchie of the Enquirer. It may aid them in their efforts to identify the Whigs of the North with abolition. The intri rues of the administration with the abolitionists c* the North are sufficiently indicated by the course of the Eve ning Post, and by the fact that the brother of Mr. Woodbury, the Secretary of the Treasury, is on the abolition electoral ticket, nominated in Massa chusetts ; From the Evening Post. Anti-Slavery. —The Anti Slavery Electors of this State, friendly to the independent anti-slavery nominations, for President and Vice President, (Messrs Burney and Earle,) are invited by the Anti-Slavery State Committee to meet in Conven tion at Syracuse, on Wednesday, the sth day of August next, at 11 o’clock, A. M, to nominate candidates for electors of President and Vice Pre sident, and for the offices of Governor and Lieut. Governor. Gen. HarrisoiUs Letter. The following letter which we copy from the Cincinnati Gazette, will be read with interest by our readers. We commend it in an especial man ner to the Hon. George McDuffie, to see if he can find in it any evidences of his being “ a superannuated old man , utterly destitute of the qualifications to sustain or perform the duties of the office” of President. And we would ask the new allies of Mr. McDuffie, those who so recently regarded him a “ traitor,” but now shout over him as a good Locofoco Democrat, to compare the style of this letter of General Harrison with that of the letter of Mr. McDuffie to the Van Buren Locofoco Committee at Milledgeville, and then declare which evinces the higher Older of “ dignity ” or “ qualifications ,” the accused or the accuser. It would be well for Mr. McDuffie to show himself dignified, before he questions the dignity or capaci ty of one whom he might well consult as a model in purity or chastity of style, —befoie he again is sues a philippic, which, while it drew forth the shouts of those v ho had so recently denounced him, as deserving the gallows, excited a feeling of pity, nearly allied to contempt, among his friends* From the Cincinnati Gazette. A Good Thing. General Harrison was among the invited guests to the dinner given to General Van Rensselaer, in Cincinnati, on the second instant. He could not be present, for reasons assigned. The follow ing is his letter, declining the invitation. It rich ly deserves the caption we have given lo this par agraph. It is one of those good things which frequently fall from the pens of American States men, and from none more often than General Harrisrn’s. Good taste will relish, and judgments approve it. North Bf.nd, Ist July, 1840. Gentlemen :— A recent domestic affliction in the death of one of my sons and the present ill ness of Mrs. Harrison, will prevent me from enjoy ing the great pleasure of being present at the din ner to be given on Thursday next to my beloved friend and old associate in arms, General Solomon Van Rensselaer. It is now forty-seven years since I first met this distinguished soldier in the army of General Wayne—he, in the capacity of Cornet of Dragoons, and I as an Ensign of In fantry. Associated in all the toils and difficul ties incident to a war, the theatre of which was an unbroken wilderness; of ages nearly correspon dent; and of dispositions and tastes which induced us to seek the same employments, the same amusements, and the same fellowships, cur friendship thus formed by prepossession and knit in common danger, could not be ephemeral. It was such indeed as though we had owned the same paternity, and had been nurtured at the same bosom. And I may say with Castalio of his brother, “ When had I a friend that was not Polidore’s, “Or Polidote a foe that was not mine ?” I will not attempt, gentleme?), to give you even a summary of the services of Gen. Van Rensse laer. I will not tell you of the deep debt of grat itude which is due to him from western men—of his gallant bearing in the battle of the Rapids of the Miami, and the blood which I saw pouring from his manly bosom upon the soil of Ohio, or his still more glorious achievements upon the heights ot Queenstown, ennobled, like those of Abraham, by the Wood of the contending heroes. AH this you know. It is to be found in the re cords of your country, and furnishes some of the brightest pages ofits history.—But, for a moment, let me ask your attention to his more recent histo ry. Aye, what is he now ! What and who is i the hero of two wars, the conquerer of the heroic ; Brock, of him by whose management, or whose 1 gallantry, so deep a wound had been inflicted up j on the military character of our country! A year ago I would have answered you fellow citizens, that he was living in humble retirement, in the bosom of a large and happy family, sup ported by the emoluments of an humble office, the gift of a President who had himself jeopardi sed his life, and shed his blood in achieving the Independence of his country, and knew how to appreciate a Hero’s services, and reward a sol dier’s toils. Such, gentlemen, was the situation of my friend, the defender of Ohio Cabins from the furious savage, the bearer in his body of the marks of seven distinct wounds, —when the spoil ers came. When the disbanded legions of Augustus were suffered to eject the happy husbandmen of the fairest portion of Italy, we have reason to believe —we know indeed—that some were spared. The ruthless warrior was not suffered lo usurp the seat and violate the groves which had resounded to the songs of the greatest of poets. We may conclude also, that the scarred veterans of former wars were exempted from the otherwise general proscription. Indeed we must suppose tba-t the sympathy naturally felt between men of thesame profession, would have induced the usurpers to spare the war-worn followers of the great Pom pey, although they had been the soldiers of liber ty, and the sworn enemies of their own faction. But, gentlemen, let me ask you now to point to an exception in the proscription which has raged in our country for the last twelve years! Who has been spared that professed any thing which could tempt the cupidity of the spoilers! My friend is the last victim. The reason of this hon orable distinction I could tell. It is somewhat different fu,™ that which induced the giant Poly phemus to intend honor to the King of Ithica. But you may perhaps v><» anxious to know the reason which has been assigned for this outrage upon the feelings of the American peo ple. Why, it was precisely that which has been given in all ages and in all| countries for all the violent and unjust acts of tyrants: “The public good.” In this case, “the advantage of the de mocracy.” In the midst of such abominations, how appropriate is the exclamation of one of the distinguished victims of the savage Hobespiere, “ Oh ! democracy, how man)crimes are commit ted in thy name!” It may be proper, gentlemen that I should add that General Van Rensselaer ias accounted for every cent of the public monej that ever came into his hands, and that he dares the strictest in vestigation into his conduct as anofficer. What cause of deep reflection, gentlemen,does the case of my friend, contrasted with tht of others known to be : mblic defaulters, who hve been re tained in oi ice, present to the pat 0 t and the friend of Republican government! I conclude, gentlemen, by offering yc, a senti ment. “May Solomon Van Renssela r the last victim in our country of party viole ce . anc j may the services which are to be the tutu» pass ports to office be not those rendered to but to the whole people. I am gentlemen, with great respect, W. 11. HARRISOI. To Samuel W. Davies, etc. From the Baltimore American. Gen. Harrison on the Veto.— A letter da ted Cleveland, published sometime ago in the Globe, ascribed language to General Harrison in his speech at that place, which we felt suie he had not uttered. It stated that that Gen. Harrison in reference to the veto power voluntarily pledg | ed himself to sanction any law that might be passed by Congress, whether the measure should be in accordance with his own constitutional opinions or not* The following extract from the speech of Gen. Harrison at Cleveland on the occasion referred to, will show what he did say on that subject: “ He was of opinion that the danger appre hended by Patrick Henry and other distinguished patriots, who held that the Executive would en croach upon, and finally exercise a dangerous influence over the legislative and judicial depart ments of the Government, had, to a great extent, been realized. He considered it of the first im portance that the administration of the Goyern , ment should be brought back to its original puri ty, and that the Executive power and influence should be continued within the limits prescribed by the spirit of the Constitution —that the will of the People, expressed through their Repre sentatives, and not the will of one man , should , govern in all questions touching the general wel fare—that the President should not, and that he would not, if elected, interpose the veto power be tween the wishes of the people and the legitimate objects of their desires, except to preserve the sacred character of our liberties from manifest ' violation. He held it improper for the President to express his opinion, much more to express his determination to exercise the veto power in re gard to measures coming exclusively within the province assigned by the Constitution to Con gress, uniil those measures should have been duly considered and perfected by the legislative department of the Government, and presented to him in the manner prescribed by the Constitution for his approval.” Meeting in Hall County. i Gainesville, July 14th, 1840. At a meeting of the friends of Harrison, Tyler and Reform, on the evening of the 4th inst., at Gaineaville, its objects being explained, Col. Reu ben Thornton offered the following Resolution : Resolved, That one hundred and fifty Delegates be appointed from this County, to the Convention which is to assemble in Macon, on the second Thursday in August next, to be taken equally from each District in the County, or as nearly so as practisable, and that the Chair appoint a Com mittee to announce the names of said Delegates. Whereupon the Committee announced the names of the following citizens as Delegates,in conform ity with the above Resolution: Major J H Gill, Col. P M Byrd, James Rylee, Osborn Seays, Henry J Morris, John Thomason, A W Bell, Edmund Hooper, Alexander Greenway, William Keith, Joshua Simmons, sr., Eaton Haynes, Maj. John 8011, Zimri Tho.na son. Young J Rylee, John J W ood, John D Terril, Giles Eubanks, William G Morris, Francis Whelchel, Coi. E Buffington, Major William P Reed, James Smith, Washington Rowakr, Jacob Eberheart, .Lewis Yancy, Jackson Davis, Samuel Stephens, John Saye, William J Parks, Joab Martin, Wiliam Baker, Lewis Ulmer, Henderson McAffer, Ransom A Davis, Alexander Nuckolls, John Kidd, George W Fenn, William E Davis, William White, Moses Bryan, Esq., Thomas Thornton, . James Gilmer, Zachariah Cross, Thomas Minyard, John White, Ellis Buffington, James Jones, Daniel Gilmer, Ephraim Collins, John Smithey, Absalom Cross, Obum Buffington, William Vaughn, Paul Furr, Esq., Richard Winn, Esq. Walter S Armour, William Cobb, Caleb T Furr, James Smithey, Presly Carter, Joseph Cain, Joseph Gaily, RAW Winn, Tilman Carter, John Stringer, William Armour, Esq. WHliam Wilson, A Gaily, Green W Cain, Thomas C Carter, Joseph Prater, Jacob Rogers, Robert Prater, Robert Armour, sr. Ambrose Kennedy, Esq. Philip Rhine, John B Tuggle, Henry Barker, Allen Banks, Benjamin Falkner, James Frazier, Major Robert Armour, John P Cash, John Nickolson, sr. Orning Cleghorn, Samuel Logginsjr. Daniel Moore, Joseph Pierce, Martin Graham, Esq, John Whilchel, Esq. Abner W Bell, E A Cowen, Joshua Simmons, jr. John Moss, David Sanner, Jeremiah Hubbard, James M. Bell, Redding Pinson, Jesse Lott, jr. John Clark, John D Simmons, Holloway Pass, Reuben Brazleton, Henry II Maddox, Hilliard Lott, Joseph Hubbard, Charles Simmons, Joseph Chambers, Daniel Blackstock, Major Davis Whelchel, Henry B Cobb, Willis Childers, David Graham, John Elrod, sen. Edward Simmons, Moses Whelchel, Jesse Lott, sen. John E Rieves, Jonathan Mitchell, Joel Wood, Richard Waters, Abraham Elrod, Green H M’Cleskey, John Mason, James M Armour, Robert Shuhert, Edmund Palmer, E H Collins, Henry S Campbell, Daniel McAdams, John Leslie, John Dorsy, Esq, James Law, Abraham Chastain, Thomas B Shockly, Patrick O’Conner, sen. Richard Banks, Davis Stockton, Col. Reuben Thornton, Hugh Porter, Moren Moore, Esq. Patrick O’Conner, jr. C Peeples, A G Brazael, Joseph Rivers, R C Prater, J F Trout, Christopher Elrod, George W Lott, Meeting in Scriven County. A portion of the citizens of Scriven County, having assembled at Jacksonboro’ on Monday, the ISlh July, the day for holding Inferior Court in the County, the friends of William Henry Harri son determined to oiganize themselves into a meet ing and to i ally in the sacred cause of Reform and the Constitution. The meeting was organized by calling Judge Isaac Bryan to the Chair, and appointing Joshua Perry, Secretary. The Chair having explained the object of the Meeting, Col. Jones moved the adoption of the fol lowing Resolutions, which were unanimously a dopted: Resolved, That we cordially approve the pro ceedings of the late Convention, held in the month of June last in Milledgeville, and that we pledge ourselves to use all honorable means to support 3 the Electoral and Congressional tickets, nominated i by said Convention. 1 Resolved, That the Chair appoint a Committee 1 °Mght persons, one from each District, to report t 0 is Meeting the names of suitable persons to represent the friends of Reform, in the Convention to be held in the city of Macon, in August next. The Chair appointed Maj. C. W. Young, Robert Williams, Esq., Judge Reeves, Henry R. Videto, Benjamin Prescott, Esq., Major James Roberts } John R. Kittles, Esq., Robert Lunday, Esq. Major C. W. Young then addressed the meeting, in a strain of fervid eloquence, in which he de picted the Magician” iu appropriate colors, and displayed the corruptions of this most profligate Administratson, in language that did honor to the head and heard of a son of old Scriven. The Committee reported the following names, as suitable persons to represent the friends of Har rison and Reform, in the Convention to be held in Macon, i.r August next: J Scruggs, Wm. C Lovett, j Jno. Jackson, J C Love tt, Willis Young, J CSmeillie, G Bissell. A S Jones, J W Kittles, Daniel Thornton, S M Howell, Wm. P Cusseaux, S C Pierce, Jno. R Kittles, S P Bevell, Hardy Scarborough, E Hunter, Jno. F Lovett, Henry Hunter, A B Lovett, Thomas H Burrs, A E Graham, Henry Maner, Jas. W Hunter, Cullen Williamson, James Parker, R Williamson, Thomas F Lovett, Peyton L Wade, Alex. Mcßride, Robert W Lovell, On motion of Col. Jones, the nominating Com mittee were added to the above. Maj. C. W. Young then moved the adoption of the following Resolution, which was carried with out division : Resolved , That in the opinion of this Meeting, the charges instituted against Gen. Willlxm Henry Harrison, of his being a Federalist, and an Abo litionist, and in favor of selling free White citizens, are base falsehoods, or wilful misrepresentations, manufactured by the corrupt and venal partisans of the present administration, for the sole purpose of securing the re-election of Martin Van Buren, and of reaping themselves the rewards of his favor and patronage. The Meeting having finished its business, some of the friends of the present administration chal lenged a public discussion of the merits of the two Candidates, which was promptly accepted by P. L. Wade, on the part of the friends of Harrison and Reform, and requested them to name the day and hour for the discussion, which they declined doing until E. J. Black, Esq. could be heard from, and it could be ascertained when he would attend. They were then informed that they would be met in a public debate, provided some friend accustomed to public speaking, can be prevailed upon to attend and uphold that Standard destined next November to float proudly aloft, proclaiming the defeat of those emphatically styled by Troup,‘'Thieves and Plunderers.” On motion, the meeting then adjourned, sine die. ISAAC BRYAN, Chairman. Joshua Perry, Secretary. Meeting in Lincoln County. Notice being previously given, a large portion of the Anti Van Buren party of Lincoln county as sembled on the 13th July, at Lincolnton. On mo tion of Col. Peter Lamar, Shadrach Turner, Esq* was called to the Chan, and James B. Neal ap pointed Secretary. The object of the meeting be ing explained, B. B. Moore, Esq. reported tiie pro ceedings of the Convention held in Milledgeville on the first Monday in June last, accompanied with a few remarks in support of the nominations there made, and concluded by offering a resolution ap proving the proceedings of said Convention, which was unanimously adopted. After which the following Preamble and Reso lutions were severally offered and unanimously adopted: By B. B. Moore, Esq. Whereas, we, members of the anti-Van Buren party, being anxious to sus tain the true policy of the country, feel deeply the importance of the approaching Presidential elec tion, believing as we do that some of the most vi tal principles of our Government are involved in the contest. And whereas, we believe that the people of a Republic should accordingly meet to gether and exchange ideas relative to the affairs of their country, that thereby they may be the better prepared to act well their parts. Be it therefore Resolved, That we will on Sat urday the Bth day of August next, furnish at Lin colnton a public dinner, free for all who may favor us with their company; and that our Van Buren friends especially be, and they are hereby invited to come and dine with us, and after dinner discuss in a social and friendly manner the claims of the candidates now before the people for President of the United States. On motion of Col. Peter Lamar, Resolved, That this County be represented in the Convention to be held in the city of Macon, on the 2d Thursday in August next, and that the Chair appoint a com mittee to consist of live citizens from each bat talion, to select and report to a meeting of the anti-Van Buren party to be held at Lincolnton on the Bth day of August next, the names of forty suitable persons to represent this county in said Convention. In pursuance of which the Chair ap pointed as that Committee, Peter Lamar, John S. Walton, Wm. E. Dubose, Dr. E. Lamax - , John Sim mons of Lisbon, Samuel Wright, John Bentley } James T. Loflin, Benjamin Tutt, senior, and Lewis Parks. Other necessary Committees were appoint ed to carry into effect the first resolution. On motion of John Wright, Esq., Resolved, That the Chronicle & Sentinel and Reformer, Augusta, be requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting in one of their paper*. On motion of B. B. Moore, Esq. Resolved, That we tender our thanks to Mr. N. Fox for offering the use of his long room for this meeting. On motion, the meeting adjourned to meet on the 31st instant. SHADRACH TURNER, Chairman. James B. Neal, Sec’y. Correspondence of the North American. New York, 3 p. m. July 13, Flour sells readily this morning at $4,75 (a) 4,88 for all Ohio, Michigan, and Genessee. Southern is firm at $5 for all sorts. There are buyers of Rye and Corn at 75 cents, but for Rye holders ask 58 (jet) 60 ; Corn has been sold at 57 ; Oats 35 <ja) 45 cents, South and North. Cotton is very quiet to-day. The sales will pro bably be small. No steamer yet, either here or at Boston. Domestic Exchanges look well. Domestic Exchanges —Philadelphia 2,|; Balti more Augusta 9$ (a) Mobile 11 (29 11 ; New Orleans (a) 8; St. Louis 9 ; Louisville 74; Cincinnati 7£ ; Nashville 13$. Dinner to Gen. Thompson and Mr. Preston. —■The Whigs of Cumberland, Va., give these two gentlemen a public Dinner at Cumberland Court House, on the 23d inst. A rich treat may be an ticipated. Another Falsehood Nailed. As we have understood that the circular of Messrs, Montgomery and Hawkins has found its way into Georgia, we copy the following notice of it, from the Richmond Whig, which will no doubt enable Georgians to place a proper estimate upon the veracity of those two Locofoco mem bers of Congress. Messrs. Montgomery and Hawkins in their in famous Circular, charged among other things, that Gen. Harrison approved a law, when Gover nor of Indiana, which authorized “ poor, but re spectable white neighbour men and neighbour women” to be sold to negroes. It has been shown that the act to which they alluded had reference to criminals alone, persons convicted by a ju ry of theft or some other fellonious act. The law, which authorized these convicts to be sold, contained a section which expressly prohibited the purchase of them by any “ coloured gentle man.” That section, the 9th, is in the follow ing words, and must have been seen by Messrs. M. and H., when they were copying the others : “9th. No NEGRO, MULATTO or INDI AN shall at any time purchase any servant oth er than of their own complexion , and if any of the persons aforesaid shall nevertheless presume to purchase A WHITE SERVANT, such ser vant shall immediately be free, and shall be so held, deemed and .aken.” The Testimony of Honored Age. The venerable Peter R Livingston, the delegate from the Dutches District, on returning to his State after the nomination of Harrison and Tyler, w r as present at a meeting in New York city, on his way homo, and being called upon, addressed the assembly in a strain of lofty and impressive j eloquence in support of the nomination.—We i quote a portion of his remarks. When it is con sidered that this venerable father of the Republi i can school—one of the first electors of Thomas Jefferson —and a man numbering eighty years— cannot fail to command the respect of all parties. His admonitions must sink deep into the minds of all.—His delineation of the character and politi cal propensities of Martin Van Buren is drawn with the master hand. “The first inhabitant of his heart,” he said, “was Henry Clay” and he proceeded to deliver a beautiful and affecting eulogy on his character and public services. He went to the HarrLburg Con vention, determined to use every exertion in his power for Mr. Clay’s nomination. “And who did I find there? Gentlemen, I have probably at tended more conventions than any man living, and I declare to you, that I never saw any body of men that could compare with it for weight of character, splendor of talents, purity of purpose and disinterested patriotism. More than fifteen were men of three-score years and ten, and a large proportion were men who had been honored by, the people in every walk of public service. All were animated by one spirit—to arrive at (ruth, in reference t«» public sentiment, and to make such a nomination as would deliver this abused and scourged peop'e from the iron yoke of the spoilers. Much as I revered the great patriot and statesman Henry Clay, I could not hesitate to surrender my preference, if another man was de cided to have more strength ; for so Henry Cla}' would have acted himself. Much as I loved my friend, I could not be insensible to the merits of another friend. I know Gen. Harrison intimately, thoroughly. He is the son of one of the immortal men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Such was the school in which he learned the les sons of liberty and patriotism ; at nineteen years of age he left his home and friends in Virginia, for the “dark and bloody ground,” desolated by the tomahawk of the savage; he was the aid-de-camp of Wayne, in the battles which saved our help less settlements. He remained in the army till the whole of the West elected him as their first delegate to Congress—then a young man; and his wisdom and patriotism are impressed upon the system, which regulates the sales of the public lauds. Mr. Jefferson appointed him the first Gov ernor of the North Western Territory, For many years all the treaties with the Indian tribes were made by him; he acquired 60,000 000 of acres for the country ; and millions of public money pass- his hands, but never soiled them (Great cheering.) Gentlemen; If he had been brought up in the school of Martin Van Buren, and acted upon his maxims, where would he have been now. Revel ling in riches more than princely; his splendid coach, with English out-riders, and English liver ies, would have been rolling through the avenues of the Metropolis—instead of retireing to his hum ble farm, and laboring with his own hands for the support of his family. William Henry Harrison is the American Cincinnatus ! He commanded our armies at the west. He repelled and scatter ed the Indians at Tippecanoe. He sucessfully defended Fort Meigs against the overwhelming Indian and British force. Against difficulties which seemed insurmountable, he contended— always advancing—receding, and never deteated —till he met Proctor at the Thames—defeated him—broke the Indian and British power—and saved the West from desolation. His mission was ended—and he retired to civil life rich in pub lic services, rich in the gratitude of his country, but poor in all else. Again we see him in the House of Representatives and in the Senate of the United States—mingling in all the duties of legislation with the great men of the land; and among them conspicious for wisdom, eloquence and patriotism. Most of his life had been passed in the civil service of his country and not an act of violence, of tyranny, or dishon or, sullies the escutcheon of his fame. Fellow citizens! we can trust William Henry Harrison. Grapple him to your hearts with hooks of steel —he will never disappoint and betray you, as you have been betrayed heretofore.—His election will save the country, and restore it to peace, and heal the wounds which are bleeding at every pore. He will annul the fatal marriage of the purse and the sword, which Martin Van Buren is striving to consummate—a union which will de stroy our liberty and change this Government Not change the Government immediately, I admit Martin Van Buren will not violently change the forms—he differs from the Csesars, Alexanders and Napoleons, as much in courage, as in person al generosity and talents. But the fatal marriage will make an American Csesar, Alexander, or Napoleon. “I wish I had strength to speak of Mr. Van Buren,”said the veteran gentleman. (Go on, go on, burst from the whole audience, for all were eager to see a picture drawn by such a master.) “I cannot; I am bonding under the weight of years and illness; and I pray you to excuse me. But one thing I must say. Mr. Van Buren relies for success on your divisions and that alone. He has no strength with the people. He has done his country no service—and there is nothing in his career, or his character, around which the patriot ic love of heart once centres. He relies for suc cess on your divisions. He will be disappointed, and I declare to you my full an J entire conviction that William Henry Harrison will be the next President of the United States. I pray God to continue my life to that blessed period !’ Irom the Columbus Enquirer. General Harrison is charged with being a Fed eralist. In proof of this charge, (and the strong est proof that can be raked up,) he is represented as speaking of John Adams, in lan-r-, this: ' ngaa g« S4l •‘For Mr. Adams I entertained atU c ° and have ever since entertained the« grea f I h° pect.—l believe him to be an honest ma 681 or pure patriot, and his conduct dc (1799) proved him to be such.” go Mr. Jefferson, who has of late becom • Cal favorite with the Van Buren party d P. heated political contest for the Preside '^ l Wmr tween Mr. Adams and himself, took 0t ; ■ * , speak of Mr. Adams in the following lar ! 5 "" 1 * ' “Gentlemen,” said Mr. Jefferson, «< yo ’ cc , know that man; there is not upon the more perfectly honest man than John 7“* un concealment is no part of his character n t . I n is utterly incapable. It is not in his'n En meditate any thing that he would not of the world. The measures of the genera! *h< ment are a fair subject for difference ol <5 *' «m but do not found your opinions on thenoti v -in there is the smallest spice of dishonesty or political, in the character of John Adar- |W know him well, and I repeat, that a man tut perfectly honest never issued from the h em his Creator.” Wf.. Why, Mr, Jefferson ! how could you S)v , naughty things. Were you not afraid ofh a !' your good name cast out as evil ? If v V f° r lived in this day, you would have been as ® a alist in spite of your teeth—especially if Vo dai been so unfortunate as to have your name!*'* Wa the people in a contest with that pure—anfi.i, I *s* republican, Martin Van Buren. °‘ ______ thr Speech of the Hon. Francis Cayii eS( OX THE DIGS ITT AND IIESPECTAB ITT Os yg CHAXICAL OCCUPATIONS. * g| v [ln a debate in the Massachusetts Legislate 0 f on an amendment of the Constitution, p ro , r v |ife ing to reduce the number of the members of' gCu House of Representatives, a Mr. Robert,of [ t pre cester undertook to ridicule l he populate ch; Boston, calling them a set of i printers, booh wh ders,barbers, cobblers, tailors, and tinkers, mots vai here and there without permanent places the abode.’ Mr. Baylies; of Taunton, replied m; nai following happy manner.] of I have had some experience in wo ing held a seat in different legislative bodiesjl ten years. I have listened to many legist lari debates, and I have listened to many extras, far nary speeches, but I must confess the most* in traordinary was the one which was madebr str gentlemen from Leicester. Is "that #h aware of the character of his 1 ot adjusting the terms of an amendment to thee, the stitution, he advocates the estallishmeM clrf em principle which would tolerate a ©real bonaf *— aristocracy.—He has gravely urged upon this; An sembly tire propriety of giving to one class of* J citizens greater civil privileges than are aIU; ( Jib to the other classes. If this proposition prerjj JL. J one class must be favored at the expense ofußsei others, and those thus favored become virtm<«wiii an aristocracy, for it is not the titles which c*f lea stitute an aristocracy, but privileges. He wcyl ridi deny an equality of rights and privileges toae dec printers, book-binders, clock-makers, blacksmith* nes cobblers, tailors, barbers,and tinkers, or iaoiel n»a words the mechanics of our State, on whom V *loi has lavished his sneers, and whom he endear of to cover with contempt. He speaks of them > froi ‘ birds of passage,’ ‘ moving planets,’ as deva me of patriotism and of local attachment, as ® * 1 without a home, who hang on society as incci illu brances, and he has placed them in hurailialii tier contrast with the cultivators of the soil, to wh; bet class he complacently tells us he belongs. stai Sir, there are none who cherish a more sines hoj respect for the yeomanry—the farmers of Mm da. chusetts—than myself. I know their worth- abl know their virtues—l would give them theirs; *1 share of civil and political privileges, but I wo,, too give them no more, and if I understand theirfeo son ings, they would ask no more. lam not cert froi that they would ever contend for more than it tho equality of principle, and I believe them lob liar the last who would undertake to wrest from the' Wt neighbors one tittle of their rights. The gentleman from Leicester has called i 60 his revolutionary reminiscences, and hastoldi cor of his personal knowledge of the patriots and;- I 0 roes who composed the glorious band of rev* | tionary chiefs, the men who were engaged ini JP most noble enterprize of modern times. Buir I can tell that gentleman that it is not araoti JP the green bills of the county of Worcester he can look for those daring spirits who gave a W first impulse that resulted in that mighty ere. * r In two little rooms in this city were assembled men who devised the project of emancipatis? ** nation—the pioneers of the American revolt® Jr were the Mechanics of Boston. In their ms . ings they deliberated on the highest objects human concernment —a nation’s rights; andb 1 ing ascertained the strength of the foundal% en . they had no dread of the issue and conflict. I can transport the gentleman tcaJ , » other place—the Carpenter's Hall, in the city® Philadelphia. In that place on a memorabled»i in our annals, the Fourth day of July, 1 776, : »|Pr deed was done which has no parallel On thi day, in that place, was assembled the mosU < gust political body that ever deliberated on ae * lion’s destiny. Five men had be&n selectedi jj* the elite of that assembly—the greatest among!: great—to prepare tho manifesto of a nati® , wrongs.—Amongst them was a man by the nai of Benjamin Franklin, (the gentleman fromk cester in his multifarious reading, maj haver» of him,) a man mighty amongst the son of®* who by common consent stood at the bead' L|. the philosophers of America and Europe, deep investigations into the secrets of given him the knowledge of her subtlest, mysterious, most tremerdous, most destruc- 1 * agent, which he disarmed of its power. Yes, s " pj he played with the forked lightning as will* tamed snake, and yet the dements of the o J velous wisdom which enlightened and the world, were gathered in a Printer’s office,aa this great man was a Printer. j D There was another, not the inferior of F ra ‘■ gj lin in sagacity, but his superior in a sound c- j t tical knowledge ot politics. A man whose op u ion was the essence of strong common the results of the united action of a clear !> q and an honest heart. The name of this > was Roger Sherman, (the gentleman lm m " ai coster has heard of him.) This Roger Sherc» ! wrought at the trade of a Shoemaker , years after he had reached the age of ro atur “’ There was yet another, not a mechanic self, but the son of a mechanic. I will n 0" the gentleman from the room where the men of America assembled, to that in ” • the philosophers of America assembled. , chair ot the last he once would have seen J , = Rittenhouse, a Watch-Maker, one of the astronomers and mathematicians of the age-. I will take the gentleman a little j even into the State of South Carolina; and lived in revolutionary times, he might e n< * heard of a general who was one of the . c military men, a genius who could appmpr ia | benefits of his enemy’s victories tc his and triumph in defeat, and whose conquest. His name was Nathaniel | Blacksmith . like my worthy friend frem l u t dale, (Mr. Emmons). He went forth f anvil to lead armies and to win glory aS t and a patriot. , 1 I will now take the gentleman to Eng introduce him to a person of the name o ley, the constructor of those magnificen s which, in the course of 20 years, t wealth of England. This man was a 1 < There was another, who, by giving tiie 1 engine its highest capacity, swelling 111 \ wealth in a yet greater ratio ; his name « | Watt, a maker of mathematical instrume* -