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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AuGU S T A .
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 23.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
9
Os Ohio;
The invincible Kero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican—
the patriotic Farmer 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 gs 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 Muscogae.
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.
K. 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.
“Unblushing Infamy.”
Under this imposing head, the Federal Union of
the 21st, publishes the Onio forged Circular, which
is copied into that paper from the Old Dominion,
edited by the renowned Theophilus Fisk. What
must the honest portion of the citizens of Georgia
think of editors who would copy into their paper,
a document notoriously known to have been forged
by two members of their own party, in which the
forgers have been detected and exposed, through
the public press. We concur with those editors,
that it is “ unblushing infamy,” but unfortunately
for the editors of the Federal Union, they have to
share their portion of that infamy. For if they
have read the papers from which they extracted
the forged Circular, they knew that that editor,
(Fisk,) had been driven to an acknowledgment of
the fact The} may shield themselves from dis
grace, bg saying that they were not aware that it
had been forged, but if they were apprised of the
fact, they are equally guilty as the forgers them
selves.
It is certainly the most desperate act of a des
perate party that we have ever witnessed, and
conclusively exhibits to the world, in their true
characters, editors who would knowingly favor
such a base attempt to impose upon the people.
We forbear further notice cf the Federal Union
until they have an opportunity to make an acknow
ledgment to the public.
That our readers may properly appreciate this
act of turpitude, we publish below the Circular,
weeimd copied into the Federal Union from the
Old Dominion, and also the proceedings of the pub
lic meeting at Columbus, Ohio, by which the for
gers were detected and properly exposed. It is
proper remark, that the Circular purported to
have been issued by the Whig Committee.
From the Virginia Old Ft minion.
Unblushing Infamy,
We have never perused an article with keener
feelings of indignation against federal calumn
iators, than we did the following infamous SE
CRET CIRCULAR of the organ of the federal
Central Committee of the State of Ohio. We
here have the cloven foot of the federal aristocr
racy fully exposed to the gaze of public abhorrence;
and yet we doubt not that there are mechan
ics and laboring men even in Ohio, who will re
main in full fellowship with the black cockade
politicians who thus bespatter them with their
dirtying filth. If so, they will prove the vile slan
der of the circular well founded, that such “me
chanics possess little independence of mind.”
We ask those hardy men who earn their own
living, and who assist in supporting the silk-stock
ing paupers in idleness to abuse them, how long
they intend to submit to such degrading insults
without protest or remonstrance I The worm
turns when trod upon—is their spirit less than
that of a worm 1 Here is the tissue of abomina
tion —Read:
Circular.
(PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.)
Tke times call for decided and energetic action.
The crisis has arrived when we must have relief.
No half way measures will answer our purpose
now. The Vandals must be driven from the
capital at all hazards. The end to be accom
plished, will justify the resort to ANY means
within our power; for we stand upon the abyss of
destruction, to which we have been hurried by
the mad schemes of the present dominant party.
We must make one last, desperate effort more to
save our country, or wc are lost, irretrievably and
forever.
Union and concert of action are essential to the
success of the Democratic Harrison cause. We
cannot rely upon reason and argument to con
vince the great mass of the people of their politi
cal errors. But they must be reached through
their sufferings. And more especially is this
the case with the Germans. Accustomed in their
own country to look to the Government as the
dispenser of go#d and of evil—of prosperity and
adversity—we must charge home unceasingly
upon the administration, all the embarrassments
and pecuniary difficulties of the country—the
fallen the price of produce—and proclaim con
tinually, that as soon as General Harrison is elec
ted, all will be prosperous —trade flourishing—
high prices for wheat—and this numerous, but
ignorant class, will be induced to aid in putting
down the administration, from their cupidity, it
nothing else.
The next class upon which wc can operate, is
/At Journeymen mechanics and laboring nun.
Fortunately for us, our party possess the power
of making money scarce, and the means of giv
ing employment, or withholding it. The capi
tal, and the command of the business of the
country, is in our hands. This power alone, if
judiciously used, will give us Ohio, and secure
the election of General Harrison. The journey
man mechanic from the nature of his employment,
possesses but little independence of mind, and
rather than lose his situation, will generally con
form to the wishes of his employers in political
matters. 'I Ins course has heretofore been suc
cessfully pursued in other parts of the country ;
and if commenced soon in this State and cautious
ly persevered in until the election, will bring
thousands to the standard of Harrisonian democ
racy, or compel those who are obstinate, to seek
employment elsewhere, and thus lose their resi
dence and their vote. The reasons assigned for
all this, must be the ruinous acts of the adminis
tration.
The time for argument has indeed gone by.
The passions and prejudices of the people mi
be appealed to. This alone can arouse them
from the fatal slumber into which they have been
lulled by the syren song of loco foco democracy.
Sympathy for the wronged is a powerful cord m
the human heart when properly touched; and
w r hen aroused for the war-worn veteran who
heads our ranks, will sweep over the land with a
resistless force. This should be seen to. Cal
umnies, the most vile and revolting, set afloat
against the old General, charged to the loco lo
cos, and rebutted with indignation by our party,
would produce an astonishing effect. This has
been done to some extent —but not enough ; ef
figies, clothed in petticoats and hung up by the
road side, would do much good in the same way.
Making the locos call him a coward and a gran
ny. and assert that he never was in a battle, will
arouse the indignation of his old soldiers. Stories
of Gen. Harrison’s benevolence and kindness to
orphans and decrepid old men, invented and cir
culated far and wide, would effect a great deal.
On the other hand, continually charge Van
Buren with being a federalist—with opposition to
the war, and to the extension of the right of suf
frage—with his extravagant expenditures of the
public money—his gold plate, knives and forks
—his English coach and Ills English livery.
The standing army will be a powerful weapon
with the lower and ignorant classes. Above
all keep up the incessant and intangible cry of
corruption—corruption. The Post Office De
partment is a fine field for this. Never stop to
bandy proof with our opponents, but keep them
on the defence. Proclaim changes in ever quar
ter, but be very careful in stating names.
Davis’s speech on the reduction of the wages
cf labor by the adminissration, if kept before the
public, will have immense effect with those who
are not accustomed to investigate political mat
ters. The defaulters, if artfully paraded before
the public eye, will have great influence over the
minds of the timid and wavering.
We have every thing to gain, and nothing to
lose, in the present contest. Things cannot be
any worse; and the American people will bless
us in all after times, if we can, bt m means,
rid the country of the present corrupt and cor
rupting dynasty. With this end in view, we
respectfully submit the above suggestions for
your consideration, relying upon your prudence
and devotion to the cause, for the judicious ap
plication-
By order of the Central Committee of Ohio.
ALFRED KELLY, Chairman.
Columbus, May 19, 1840.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Forged Circular.
ITS ALTIIOR DISCOVERED.
At a numerous public Meeting held at Colum
bus on the evening of the 30th May, William
ffong was called to the chair, and Wiliam Arm
strong appointed Secretary, the following pream
ble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, some unknown but wicked hand
has prepared and circulated a printed sheet, pur
porting to be a “ private and confidential Circu
lar,” addressed by the Whig State Central Com
mittee of Ohio, and setting forth opinions and
sentiments of most diabolical and hateful chaiac
ter, ascribed to the Whig State Central Com
mittee, with the infamous intent of base and ini
quitious deception ; and whereas, it becomes the
citizens of Columbus and the county of Frank
lin, who are the neighbors of the men who com
pose the committee thus vilely calculated, to de
clare their opinons of this foul transaction.
Resolved, That the composing and distribu
ting of said Circular discloses a degree of reck
lessness and desperation unworthy ot freemen en
gaged in an honorable political contest.
Resolved, That those who would, in the face
of a denial of its authenticity by the Central
Committee, rc-assert that it is genuine, are most
destitute of character, veracity, and honorable
feeling, than we could have believed any to be,
among our political opponents.
Resolved, That we discover in this measure
the base, daring, and desperate efforts which the
leaders and office-holders of the Van Buren party !
feel bound make as evidence of their allegiance
to the powers at Washington.
Resolved, That we can imagine no other ob
ject in issuing so base and palpable a fogery,than
to stay the torrent of public opinion which is now
visiting upon their heads such 3 condemnation, as
the conductors of so corrupt an administration
should always receive from a free and virtuous
people.
Resolved, That the ruin which now pervades
the land, and oppresses particularly the laborer and
the journeyman mechanic, and those who left a
foreign land to seek an assylum in this free re
public, believing that, they would here receive a
proper reward for their industry, is evidence of
the deep corruptions of the practical Government
and of a gross perversion of the great and fun
damental principles of the Constitution.
Resolved, That said Circular was never com
posed by a gentleman, a patriot, or philanthro
pist ; and that it could emanate from no other
than a band of ill disposed disorganizing Loco
focos, in defiance of truth, and in opposition to
the welfare and prosperity of the country.
Resolved, That the repetition of the citizens
constituting the C .tral Committee (each and
all of them) known to us all, as gentlemen of un
impeachable probity and worth, as patriotic and
honorable men, protects them in the estimation
of all intelligent and upright minds from the re
motest suspicion, of guilt imputed to them.
It was Jurther resolved, That the foregoing
resolutions be signed by the persons present, and
that ten thousand copies of them be printed for
general distribution—and that they be publish
ed in the Harrison papers of the city.
Wm. Long, President.
W. Armstrong, Secretary.
After this meeting disclosures were made which
led to an investigation, by Col. N. 11, Swayne
and Judge Gustavus Swan, in the presence of
Messrs, Lath; n, Medary, Andrews and Kelly.
The Journal publishes the written statement of
Messrs. Swayne and Swan, of the result of their
examinations. They e u that the forgery was
the work of James O. Brayman, a Van Buren
man, late reporter for, ami contributor for the
Bulletin, aided by a Mr. Ellsworth, of Licking
County, “too young to be a voters as Brayman
says. Messrs. Swayne and Swan exonerate all
other persons, upon whom suspicion had rested
from any participation in this forgery.
We were pleased at Mr. Medary’s determina
tion to clear his skirts of imputation on the sub
ject. It evidenced correct feeling; much more
so than the after effort to give the forged paper
currency, or to divert the odium of'the vile act
from its author, to his political opponents. The
following passage from Amos KcndaWs circular,
is recommended to Mr. Medrny’s reflections:
“pure morality is true democracy , conceding to
every one his rights.
Washington, July 11, 1840.
To the Editor of the Augusta Chronicle:
Sir: Some time in February or March last, I
had the honor to address a letter to his Excellency,
Governor McDonald, in reply to his request that I
Should co-operate with my colleagues, in present
ing to the House of Representatives, the Resolu
tions of the Georgia Legislature, relative to our
controversy with Maine. Some time at.er, C. J.
Jenkins, Esq , of Augusta, to whom I had incident
ally referred, as the author of these Resolutions,
wrote an article which was published in your pa
per, purporting to be an answer to my letter to the
Executive of Georgia. In that answer, Mr. Jen
kins, not content with a defence of his Resolutions,
thought proper to indulge his personal feelings in
a retort, characterized more by bitterness and an
ger, than by au adherance to facts. I will not tax
your patience by an unnecessary defence of the
course the delegation pursued in rejecting and con
demning these Resolutions ; my object is simply
to relieve myself from the imputation of having
dealt unfairly, or untruly with the author of them.
I should have done this long ago, but I thought it
best to wait, and give Mr. Jenkins an opportunity
to correct an error into which he had fallen, as to
a matter of fact, and out of which, I was willing
to believe, originated the resentment which marked
his allusions to myself. The statement on which
he predicates his attack on me,'is so utterly at va
riance with the truth and the facts of the case,
that I naturally supposed he would discover his
mistake, and correct it himself; presuming that he
had no other grief whereof to complain, except
that which seemed to have been elicited by the
supposed injustice I had done him in the quotation,
he made from my letter. Some two or three
months have now elapsed since the publication of
his answer, and he has failed to make the correc
tion I expected. Whether his silence be the re
sult of inadvertence or design, I know not; but in
either case, I owe it to myself to show, by a refer
ence to my letter, that I did not “ assume ” what
Mr. Jenkins says I did, and that I have been placed
in a false position by the false deductions drawn
from the expressions used. Mr. Jenkins says :
“Again, whilst other representatives of Georgia,
in Congress, when communicating to the Execu
tive, their reasons for declining to present the res
olutions, have contented themselves with a dis
cussion of their merits, it has pleased the Honora
ble Edward J. Black, in a passing notice of my
connection with them, to place me in a false posi
tion, and then in a self-sufficient. Sir Oracle tone
to read me a lecture for indulging in hallucina
tions.
In the first paragraph of his letter to Gov. Mc-
Donald, he speaks of ‘ resolutions relative to the
controversey with Maine, introduced into the last
Legislature by Mr. Jenkins, and ultimately passed
by that body in lieu of more decided and appropri
ate measures,” &c. In subsequent paragraphs,
he enquires, “ What fond hallucination could have
influenced the author of these resolutions to hope
or to ask, at the hands of abolitionists, justice, by
the enactment of a law, to the penalties of which
Philbrook and Kelteran would be submitted, when
these individuals were but engaged in accomplish
ing the very object to which the law makers them
; selves have been so long and so entirely devoted ?”
I The writer assumes, Ist, that I am the author of
those resolutions, which is true. 2ndly, that I had
introduced them in lieu of more appropriate meas
ures, proposed by my colleague, which is untrue,
inasmuch as they were not introduced until after
I, in common with one hundred and forty others,
had voted for the measures of my colleague. 3dly,
That in proposing them, I had in view a remedy
for the case ot Philbrook and Kelleran, which is
also true, Ist, because the whole c cope of the pre
amble and resolutions, indicates that the amend
ment they propose was intended for general opera
tion in future cases ; “ two recent occurrences ”
(not the Philbrook and Kelleran case) being only
alluded to as evidence demonstrating the insuffi
ciency of the existing law. 2ndly, Because I
voted against the resolutions for the simple rea
son, assigned at the time, that by the action of the
Senate, they had been adopted in lieu of a meas
ure more decided and appropriate to the controver
sy between Georgia and Maine.”
Now, when the writer of this extract says that
I assumed that he (Jenkins,) “had introduced
them (the resolutions,) in lieu of more appropriate
measures proposed by his colleage,” he himself
assumes “ that which is untrue .” I assume no such
thing, as any man with his senses about him, might
have seen by recurring to the quotation from my
letter. What did I say ? Why simply this—l spoke
of “ resolutions relative to the controversy with
Maine, introduced into the last Legislature by Mr.
Jenkins, and ultimately passed by that body, in lieu
\ i f more, appropriate measures proposed to the Sen
ate by the Hon. A. J. Lawson, of Burke, and to the
House of Representatives by George \V. Crawfords
Esq., of Richmond .” From this literal extract, it
; is apparent at once, that I neither stated , nor as
-1 sumed that Mr. Jenkins had introduced these reso
; lotions in lieu of more appropriate measures, &c.,
and that is the assumption, let it be recollected,
which he charges as untrue. I said that he intro -
I duced the resolutions, which he admits is true; did
| I say any thing else of him in connection with the
passage of the resolutions ? No ; not one word.
What then did I say ? Why, that the Legislature
had passed them in lieu if more appropriate meas
ures, &c. Now Sir, I leave it to any man, who is
not blind with feeling or prejudice, to say wheth
er C. J. Jenkins, or myself, lias assumed what is
untrue.
Again he says, I assumed that he, (Jenkins,) “in
proposing them, (the resolutions,) had in view a
remedy for the case of Philbrook and Kelleran,
which is also untrue .” The gentleman seems to
be better acquainted with the use of words than
facts. I refer to my whole letter to show, it is not
true that 1 assumed that and nothing else. I ob
jected to the resolutions as inexpedient and uncon
stitutional, not only in the Philbrook and Kelleran
case, which was alluded to to show the insufficien
cy of the law sought to be amended, but in all
other cases that might arise of a similar character.
He then proceeds to exhibit bis proofs that I had
assumed untruly. What are they? Why first,
that “they (the resolutions) were not introduced
until after he, in common with MO others, had vot
ed for the measures of his colleague.” Now I
have shewn you that I did not assume that Mr. J,
had introduced these resolutions in lieu of more ap
propriate measures, but that the Legislature had
passed them in lieu, &c.; therefore the author of
the resolutions attempts to prove a case not in ex
istence, and the result is, that he must take his
trouble for his pains. His second proof of my un
true assumption that he had in view a remedy for
the case of Philbrook and Kelleran is, that the
whole scope of the preamble and resolutions indi
cates that the amendments they proposed were in
tended for general operation in future cases, and
because be voted against his own resolutions, for
the reasons assigned at the time, that by the action
of the Senate they had been adopted in lieu of a
measure more decided and appropriate to the con
troversy between Maine and Georgia. By referring
to what I have already said, you will perceive that
as the gentleman sat out in error, all his deductions
and inferences aie wholly erroneous, I did not oh- I
ject to these resolutions onlj because they weie in
sufficient in the particular case of Philbrook and
Kelleran, but because they were unconstitutional
and inexpedient, “per s?,” and to be deprecated and
opposed on all occasions of a like character. As
to the reason that prompted him to vote against his
own resolutions, I know nothing, and care nothing;
I spoke only of his introducing the resolutions into
the Legislature. That introduction of course was
made before the action of the Senate could hare
been known or anticipated, and although thataction
might have prompted his rote against them, it cer
tainly cannot be adduced in defence of the intro
duction of them to the Legislature; and of that, and
not of his vote, I spoke in my communication to the
Governor.
With this plain statement, I submit to those
who may take the trouble to read what I have
written, whether the charge of assuming that which
is untrue, is fastened on C. J. Jenkins or myself.—
As to the high and important tone that gentleman
assumes about the lecture he says I gave him on
hallucinations, &c,, I can only say, I have yet to
learn that Mr. Jenkins, or any other public servant,
is so far elevated above his fellows, and superior
to his constituents, that his political principles and
measures are not to be canvassed, discussed or ob
jected to, or his name mentioned in connection with
them, without incurring the censure of untrue as
sumptions, and self-sufficiency.
I make this exposition, not only in self defence,
but that the impression may not rest on the public
mind, that I have either assumed untruly, or done
injustice to any man.
Respectfully, EDWARD J. BLACK.
From the New York Courier Enquirer of the 18 th.
Arrival of the Uritish Queen.
The British Queen arrived this morning,
bringing London dates to the Ist July. The
following are the heads of the news ;
The aspect of the Liverpool Colton Market is
certainly favorable, though without advance in
prices; the demnncl is steady, and the sales on
speculation considerable.
Reports had prevailed that the Commercial
Bank of England at Manchester had failed, but
this is afterwards contradicted.
The Liverpool Corn Market was rather high
er, on account of wet weather. American duty
paid Flour 6d per bbl dearer, and in good re
quest.
The King of Prussia is positively dead.
Birmingham is represented to be in a state of
unprecedented distress. And public meetings
had been held to consider the means of relief.
The bill for the Union of the two Canadas is
strongly opposed in the House of Lords by the
Duke of Wellington and other tory peers.
On a cursory examination of our files, the
London money market appears to be tranquil.
Interest on the best securities four per cent.
Consols 91 jf a ex-dividend. Exchequer
bills 235. a 2os. premium.
The steam ship President was nearly ready,
and was to make her trial trip on the 12th of
July, and would positively sail from Liverpool on
the Ist of August for Ncw-York. She is the
chef-de-ocuvrc of naval architecture, and altogeth
er a magnificent vessel.
The bill authorizing the importation of foreign
1 Flour into Ireland was rejected 90 to 79.
Considerable uneasiness was felt in Paris at
the last dates on account of the dubious cha
racter of the account from Algiers.
The Agricultural ai d Commercial Bank in
Ireland had stopped payment.
Dates to sth June from New York, the last
received in London.
The Carlist General Balmaseda had been driv
en back from an attempt to enter the Bcrque
provinces.
Mr. Cockerell, the celebrated Belgian manu
facturer, is dead.
The dates received per British Queen are to
the Ist July from London, and 29th June from
Paris.
Joseph Bonaparte is seriously ill in London.
The Brittannia steam ship was to sail three
days after the British Queen-
Two pistols were fired by a pot boy at the
Queen and Prince Albert while riding in an open
carriage. They did not take effect, indeed it ap
| ears doubtful if the pistols were loaded. The
boy 's probably insane.
The negotiations between England and Na
ples on the Sulphur question, are still going on ;
but there is not the least appearance of any se
rious difficulty resulting from it.
Couroiesier, the Valet of Lord William Rus
sell, had been found guilty of his murder, and
had confessed he committed the crime.
The papers announce the death of Paganini,
the celebrated player on the violin. His remains
were taken from Nico, where he died, to Genoa,
his native place.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Pa f riot
Washington, Thursday }
evening, July 16, 5
The New Jersey Outrage Consummated.
Wh#n I closed my first despatch to-day, the
Clerk had not finished the reading of the minori
ty repoit on the New Jersey election case.
When the House met after the recess, the read
ing was resumed.
The report ol the majority concludes, of course,
as every one knew it would, with a resolution
declaring that the five pretenders from New
Jersey had received a majority of the legal (!)
votes given at the election, and that they were
therefore entitled to their -3ats as Respresenta
tives of that State in the Twenty-sixth Congress.
The minority report is a powerful paper—
clear, closely and vigorously reasoned, irresisti
ble in its conclusions, and distinguished by ener
gy and spirit of expression. It lashes the con
spirators who have succeeded in bringing the
pretenders into seats which, of right, belong to
others, with merited severity, and animadverts
with great force and effect on the conduct of the
majority of the committee.
So keenly did the chairman and majority feel
the flagellation administered to them, that the
chairman (Mr. Campbell, of South Carolina.)
rose, and modified his motion to print, which
included both the reports, so as to confine it to
the majority report alone.
Now the previous question had been already
ordered on the motion to print, by the aid of the
Opposition votes, when it had extend 1 to both
report ; ; and having thus cut of debate, Mr.
Campbell moved to change the form of the very
proposition on which the House had directed the
previous question should be applied. Th's mon
strous injustice couid not fail to strike every one,
and it produced a great sensation in all parts of
the House ; nor was there any hesitation on the
part of many members openly to express their
sentiments concerning the trick and imposition
which had been practised upon them—getting
the previous question ordered on one particular
proposition, and then altering it essentially !
A motion was slautly made to reconsider
the vote by which the previous question was or
dered ; but the Fcdeial Loco Focos refused to
reconsider.
Several members took occasion to denounce
this whole proceeding as a cheat—a delusion—a
fraud. Great excitement prevailed, and there
was every appearance of another row coming on.
The refusal to print the minority report was,
however, too great an outrage to be carried out:
and accordingly, alter ordering (he majority re
port to bo printed, the motion to print the mi
nority report was decided upon separately.
These proceedings on the printing question
were no sooner finished than Mr. Jamieson, ot
.Missouri, started up, and moved that the resolu
tion declaring Mr. Dickerson and his 1 cderal
TjOCO Foco associate pretenders entitled to their
seats, (with which the majority conclu les,)
should be ad >pted; and on this motion he in
stantly demanded the previous q,ue»tios !
Here was another outrage: to call upon mem
bers to vote directly “ yea ”or "nay," on a pro
position in regard to which the evidence had not
been read, nor submitted to them.
Mr. Triplett, and Mr. Rice Garland, and Mr.
Davis of Kentucky, protested against this course
warmly, but in vain. The Federal Loco Focos
sustained the demand for tho previous question.
By the instrumentality of this political axe, all
debate was cut off. and the question was put on
adopting the resolution.
A considerable number of the friends of the
Constitution and the law, among them several of
the most distinguished men who ever honored
the National Councils, successively asked to he
excused from voting. Mr. J. Q. Adams, Mr*
Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Dawson, of Geor
gia, Mr. W. Thompson, Mr. Bell, of Tennessee,
Mr. Andrews, of Kentucky, Mr. Lincoln of Mas
sachusetts, Mr. Proffit, of Indiana, Mr. Everett,
of Vermont, Mr. Cushing, Mr. Triplett, Mr. Da
vis, of Kentucky, Mr. Briggs, of Massachusetts,
Mr. Munroe, of New York, and many others,
requested to be excused. Some gave their rea
sons in writing, others verbally. Several of them
presented this glaring outrage in such a light as
cannot fail to produce a deep sentiment of repro
bation throughout the country.
The general ground taken by all was, that they
had neither seen nor heard the testimony touch
ing the subject upon which they were called to
pronounce judgment; and that it was unprece
dented to ask the House to give a decision in
volving the right of representation of a whole
State, without having the parties who desired to
be heard at the bar of the House, and before the
evidence in the case had been read, or any op
portunity had been given to examine it.
These gentlemen were not excused ; but when
the question was put, only ten of the Opposition
members voted. The resolution was adopted ;
and then the House adjourned.
fcCrGen. Jaekson, Col. R. JW. Johnson,
and the Richmond Enquirer,
In his late disgraceful letter, Gen. Jackson
says he “never admired General Harrison as a
military man.”
Now, it will be seen that “Doctors will differ.”
Colonel Johnson says, "during the late War, he
(General Harrison,) was lunger in active service
than any other General o fficer ; he was perhaps,
oftener in action than any of them, and never
sustained a defeat .”
Mr. Ritchie says, "we shall be the last to dis
pute his military fame, or to pluck a laurel
from the veteran's brow.
Now which is right, Andrew Jackson, Col.
Johnson,Jor T. Ritchie I— Petersburgh hit.
More Forgery.
We received to day a Van Buren paper called
Old Hickory, printed at Springfield, Illinois. In
that JVper of the 25th of May 1840, there is
published as genuine, a letter purporting to bear
date at “North Bend, Ohio, May 1, 1840,” —to
be directed “to the Illinois State Central Commit
tee” —and to be signed by John C. Wright, Da
vid Gwynne, O. M. Spencer, Gen. Harrison’s
corresponding committee,” This is a vile forge
ry—false fr«m begining to end. No such letter
was ever written or subscribed by one of them—
nor by any one for them with their knowledge
or consent! The order is to “charge upon the
enemy.” Forgery and perjury are among tire
means used. What next"? C’in. Gazette.
This, says the Louisville Journal, is no less
than the ninth case of Loco-foco forgery that
has been brought to light within the last three
weeks. The Loco foco leadars are all making a
conceited and set effort to forge and lie the peo
ple out of their opinions and old Tippecanoe
out of his election. Loco-foco Central Commit
tees forge and lie; Loco-foco members of Con
gress forge and lie, and blank paper and twine
Editors forge and lie, and thanks to the indepen
dence and intelligence of the people, the more
the aged soldier of North Bend is assailed with
forgery and lying, the more proudly his pure and
unspotted fame is borne aloft upon the strong
wings of an enlightened public sentiment.— Balt.
Patriot.
Desertion—The Whole Committee Bol
ted.—The entire Van Buren Vigilance Commit
tee at Belmont, Ohio, have abandoned all further
service in the ranks of the power party, and ral
lied under the patriotic flag Harrison and Reform.
We give them a cordial welcome for the inde
pendent and manly preference of their country
before their party. Their address to the people
concludes thus :
“We can no longer support a party whose
golden policy is to make the “rich richer and the
poor poorer,” and whose professions for the dear
people have been so long and loud, but whose
practice proves to us that they love the “loaves
and fishes” more than the people's rights. For
these and similar reasons, we cannot support
Martin Van Buren for the Presidency in the fall
of 1840.
Wm. James, Dorsen Finch,
James McFadden, John Boulfont,
James Mitchell, Wm. Brammhall,
John Pollock, M. Harrison,
Thomas Pruc, Eli Marlow.
D. Rosebrough, David Mercer.”
From the New York Times.
Amos Kendall has been suddenly seized with
a feeling of deep commiseration for the “rank
and file” of the whig party, who, he alleges, are
completely under the domination of “a club of
whig office-holders at Washington.” Prompted
no doubt by the most exalted motives, the ex
postmaster has launched nearly two columns of
the Globe, in the shape of a letter to the Hon. J.
M. Bolts, at these “official usurpers,” who he de
clares have entered into “combination” to “in
terfere with the freedom of elections”!
Think of Kexdall )c TD who has
just resigned the chieftainship of ten thousand
janissaries whose tenure of office consists in elec
tioneering for Martin Van Buren, becoming alar
med for the independence of the “rank and file”
of “these British Whigs,” because their leaders,
as he asserts, “interfere with the freedom of elec
tions'’ !!
Mr. Kendall’s letter is one of tho finest speci
mens of the mock heroic, or rather the mock pa
triotic, we ever beheld. His principal objection
to the organization of the Harrison party is, that
“it does not originate with the people.”
Wend thy way thou reverend hypocrite and
most plausible of mendicants to the green vales of
Ohio, to the fertile plains of Indiana and Illinois,
in short to any portion of the Great West, and
tell the people there that they arc not acting from
their own impulses. Come to the shores of the
Hudson and tell the farmers who till them with
out profit, that when (hey gathered by tens of
thousands to do honor to old Tip and denounce
federal usurpation on the forth of July, 1840, they
were the mere puppets of a “ secret movement."
f ell them this and they will laugh, even in spite
of the oppression which is grinding them to the
dust. Did t ever road the passage in the “Lady
of the Lake ” in which is described the sudden
leaping up the clansmen of Vic',i Alpine from
“Irom brake and bush and fern” at the whistle
of their chief! Just os potent is the watchword
“Harrison and Relorni” to summon an indignant
people to the rescue. Hound but the Tippecanoe
gathering cry and it is echoed by the shouts of
thousands ; and. as it by magic, the broad acres
where all was silence and solitude but yesterday,
are black with a countless niuliitu.l
thought it a little beyond the effron?’ I
Blair and Kendall to insinuate thatsul 1
mgs as the Baltimore Convention. P
five thousand meefing at the Tippl® tw %. I
ground the thirty-five thousand 2°* Hi I,
fort Meigs, the re-union of the 0 !,! j
Springfield, and the vast assemhL S ° dlCr « r '
North and East, during the Past >» %, 1
“ aid not originate with the peopk ~1 m °n’4 I
Van Buren is an Abolitionist -h"
several occasions prove it V V ote s c. '
Hon of NEGRO*
WHITE MEN, U proof mo., t CO „ C I
the idea of his being a “Northern *•«* I
Southern principles.” is as f a | Se as * t
if idled on, may prove as fatal to the f ] ' 1
tcrests of our beloved Country as ,t: i e L ares! U i
the “ fallen Spirit,” to man. * !l » t
From the Richmond Whig i
Just previous to the last Presidential , 1
Professor Holland, a zealous parti ZM of jS ’
Burc-n, published a work entitled the > 1
Martin Van Buren ” It purported to he ? *
led from authentic sources—Mr. V gi* *
no d-.ubt contributing largely to Us'p a l e U3! : - I
book was copiously puffed and praised i T *
Globe, as containing a faithful history o fi?J
tmguished Martin Van Buren. 1
that light, we at the time made extracts 'f B** 8 ** !
to prove that Van was a latuudmarian !
&c hC latC War> a Missouri
Recently the “Buckeye Blacksmith,” „ . 3 !
effective addresses to the people, has been
this same work to prove the same f a 3
many others equally objectionable to Mr V*
Buren .herein admitted by his chosen I
I he Globe, alarmed at the effects produced
these exposures, has had resort to a desperl
pedient. It pronounces the copy of the bo/
possession of Mr. Baer a forged and interpob
edition. At a late discussion in MarvVnd 4
matter was put to the test. Mr. Baer quoted {! 1
his copy, and the Van Duren orator having*,
of the work also, Mr. B. challenged him to } *
duce it and compare it with his. This herei
to do, thereby admitting that the (wo were*
Heal, and that the charge of the Globe is f a U
W e see that Citizen Ritchie has followed
lead of the Globe, and repeats the same charjT
Sexator Tappax and Low Wages-'
extract which we published some timesinai‘
Mr. Tappan’s remarks on the Sub-Treasury?
were not delivered by him in the Senate, as
ted by the New York Times, from which V.
we copied them, but were made by him to V
Wolcott, a manufacturer at Steubenville Ok
Mr. W.is ready to make the oath, to the
should Mr. Tappan see fit to deny bavin*
them.— Troy Whig.
The People ix Motiox.— A Great Fr
iar Movement in Michigan. —The editor of ?
Detriol Advertiser writes’from J
date of the 4th inst.— I “The largest Corner.,
of freemen ever held in Michigan, has just ■
scd. There were over FOUR THOI'SAJI
present, near a THOUSAND were ladies! :■
spectacle was a sublime one, and a mattered
found wonder to all who have been wont to
upon our beautiful new State as but spaa?
populated. And so it is; but no one wo;
have believed it, to have witnessed the ip,
from one direction, and in one procession, ofi
000 persons, in 250 two, sou r and six horse r? ,
gons. Phis immense procession bore every®
ot a long and thickly settled country, yet it t
composed of persons gathered over a surface
ten, fifteen and twenty miles impelled fonts,
however, in the glorious work in which there
engaged, by the purest patriotism.”
Harrisox axd the Cllrgt.— lt was>
cently stated that Gen. Harrison had, at a b
mer period, given a horse, in a most liberal i
kind manner to a Methodist Clergyman, who a
been deprived of his own by accident. Thii
course was denied by the Federal Focos, but: I
reverend gentleman, who was lately at a relies
conference in Baltimore, a delegate from Mia
sippi, confirmed the truth of the whole story
creditable to the worthy patriot.
In connexion with this, we may slate, tk
clergyman ot the Catholic persuasion inn
State recently mentioned a circumstance k'
is equally illustrative of that high tone of »
hospitality which is distinguishing a characK
tic of the farmer of North Bend. He R:2
that some years ago, his visitations
portion of Ohio near the residence of GenJ
rison, where large numbers ofhis persuasion*’
engaged on public works. As soon asbisr
val was known, an invitation was sent tola
with the request that he would make North B(
his home during his continuance in the vicitf
In compliance with this request, he was
quent visiter at the board of Gen. Harrison
there were to be met clergymen of ever den®
nation ; for their host never asked moie than •
they were the heralds of gospel glad tidings
sects, all religions were to himobjects of inteit *
and to each the open hand of liberal hospffi
was extended in a manner which recalls the }
triarchal days of old. —Harrisburg Telegnf
CoxTßAiiAxn Musuem ix Paris.—l *
caught a bad cold, and just as 1 lifted up royh*
to sneeze, I saw through one of the window
the mayor’s office, in the twelfth arronthsM *
the body of a negro hanging by the neck,
the first glance, and even at the second, I to#' 1
for a human being whom disappointed love
perhaps an expeditious justice, had disposed
suddenly; but I soon ascertained that the
gentleman in question, was only a kind ot -
as large as life. What to think of this I did--*
know; so I asked the door keeper the meaning
it.
“This is the contraband museum,’
answer; and, on ray showing a cariosity toei 1 -
ine it, he was kind enough to act as my •
rone.
In a huge dusty room are scattered o ,er "*
floor, on the walls, and along the ceiling, l ';
invention of roguery which have been con- 5 •
ted from time to time by those guardian* o! *"
law, the revenue officers. It is a complex
al of the weapons of smuggling; all,
ly, in complete confusion. Look before J
there is a hogshead dressed up as a nurse, ■'
a child that holds just two quarts and^
On the other side are logs hollow as the ,
horse, and filled with whole armies of ■
On the floor lies a huge boa-constrictor, g ■
with China silks, and just beyond it #F 'j.
coal, curiously perforated with spools etc
The coloured gentleman who had exCl r
sympathy so much at first, met with his h-j.
der the following circumstances.—He
of tin, painted black, and stood like a h e J d “
Ethiopian chasscu”, on the foot- board
riage, fastened by the feet and hands,
frequently passed through the gates, als
well known by sight to the soldiers, wh 1 ’ 11 ’
that he was always showing his teeth, w lIC
supposed to be the custom of his country
day the carriage he belonged to was
crowd at the gate. There was, as usual, #
chorus of oaths and y’dls, the vocal pah
performed by the drivers and cartincn,
instrumental by their whips. The
ever, never spoke a word. His good W t |
delighted the soldiers, who held hint
example to the crowd. “ Look at the .
low',” they cried, “see how well he
Bravo, nigger, bravo !” Heshowed a F e ,
ditlerence to their applause. “My
the clerk of the barrier, jumping on the
and slapping our sable friend on the (,
“wo are really very much obliged to V°